A Wild Rose

 

Mowed the back trails again.  Found one of the bird houses had been tipped over and the tree swallow eggs within taken.  My guess is a coon.  The house was still attached to the pole so the only access to the insides would have been through the opening the birds use - too small for a bear but probably not for a coon's hand.  I hate putting up bird houses that become feeding stations for the carnivores of the area.  

First meeting of the Town Planning Commission since February.  At that time, Chairman Roger had asked us to look into ordinances for Data Centers.  I have been searching but couldn't find any in my state.  I checked w/ the state towns' association which gives guidance in these matters but they had nothing to add.  Found suggested things to put into an ordinance but no ordinance template itself.   Our town is rural so we don't have any area marked as an Industrial Park.  A Data Center would need to be in an Industrial Park where there are facilities for water, power, and safeguards for the surrounding community.  The team decided to create an ordinance to put a moratorium on the county rezoning any part of the town for a year while we work out what we want to do.  The only up-side we talked about w/ having a data center in the town is we might be able to get taxes off them for road improvement or to make an emergency fund. 

Tick count 8.