<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2ABo8v_1GxpYhd100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ABo8v_1GxpYhd100" width="1200" height="675" >The 46th District Agricultural Association/Southern California Fair Board is set to discuss its non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Global Stack LLC at next week’s scheduled meeting.Russell Vandenberg, SoCal Fair and Events Center CEO, said in a phone call with The Riverside Record, that the board would be discussing whether or not it wants to continue to move forward with the agreement in light of revelations about the company and resident feedback.The move comes after months of pushback from area residents who have packed the board’s last two meetings in opposition to the agreement and launched a petition calling for the board to cancel the agreement that has garnered more than 2,500 signatures.“Lake Perris is somewhere that people go to be able to relax. It’s kind of like this little oasis away from all the industrial growth here,” Karla Cervantes, founding member of the Mead Valley Coalition for Clean Air, said at the October 28 meeting. “Adding something like a data center, we’re going to be known as the Perris Fairgrounds, the place [with the] fairground next to a state [recreation area] that has a data center. No one’s going to want to go there.”At that meeting, Board President Marisa Yeager said speakers would be able to share their concerns about the agreement but cautioned that the board would not be responding since it was not on the agenda.“This board takes its responsibility to the public seriously,” she said. “We recognize that the fairgrounds are a valuable public resource and that decisions affecting their future must be approached thoughtfully, responsibly and transparently.”Yeager also said at that meeting that the board had received a letter from the city of Perris, which recently enacted a ban on data centers. In the letter, obtained by The Record, Director of Development Services Kenneth Phung said the city “opposes advancing the proposed development without further clarification, environmental review and meaningful consultation with affected jurisdictions.”Phung, while acknowledging the fairgrounds are owned by the state, also requested additional clarification about the project site and infrastructure requirements, whether a comprehensive environmental review was required and steps the board was taking to ensure transparency. He further requested that the board consult with the city and other affected entities and requested special notice about meetings, hearings, workshops and other proceedings involving the proposal going forward.“The city recognizes the important role of the Southern California Fair &amp; Events Center as a regional venue and emergency resource and supports efforts to maintain its long-term viability,” Phung wrote. “However, the MOU contemplates potentially significant development and new uses including computing and aviation uses without adequately defining their scale, infrastructure demands, environmental effects or protections for surrounding communities.”According to the MOU, Global Stack is considering the potential lease of up to five acres of fairground property for the “development of infrastructure designed to address and support emergency services,” with an agreement term of up to 100 years.Global Stack previously told The Record the proposed data center part of the project, which it referred to as an edge computer system, would be designed to process information locally and would utilize self-contained, closed-loop cooling technologies that “require no municipal water connection and consume power comparable to other commercial or municipal facilities.”Next week’s meeting is set to take place at 4 p.m. November 18 at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in Perris. Those who cannot attend in person can participate virtually through Zoom. Full details can be found on the agenda.</div></body>

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The 46th District Agricultural Association/Southern California Fair Board is set to discuss its non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Global Stack LLC at next week’s scheduled meeting. Russell Vandenberg, SoCal Fair and Events Center CEO, said in a phone call with The Riverside Record, that the board would be...

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