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City Council, October 22, 2026

Approved: UDO amendment defining data center as conditional use, unanimous

2h 59m27,492 words
168 mentionsmotion to approveapprovedplanned developmentrezoningresidentialcommercialplatcomprehensive planland usezoningsubdivisiondensityduplexpublic hearingconditional useindustrialrezonemixed useCollege Station, TX
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What happened

On October 22, 2026, College Station approved UDO amendment defining data center as conditional use (unanimous).

College Station City Council unanimously approved the Savannah Oaks rezoning (item 9.4) of approximately 1,266 acres between Pebble Creek and Southern Point off State Highway 6 South from R Rural and CI Commercial Industrial to PDD and PMUD for Silverfin Land Development's master…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
College Station, TX
Governing body
Final authority
Date
October 22, 2026
Decisions
10 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, unanimous

Projects in this meeting (4)

UDO amendment defining data center as conditional use

Approved
Open this project

2027-2032 Parks and Recreation Master Plan

Approved 6-1
Open this project

Savannah Oaks

Approved
East of State Highway 6 and Nantucket Drive, between Pebble Creek and Southern Point, College Station · Silverfin Land Development
8 conditions of approval

Savannah Oaks Thoroughfare and Active Transportation Plan

Approved
Open this project

Free sample: decision 1 of 10

Consent agenda incl. Northeast Sewer Trunk Line Phase 3 contract

Consent items 7.1-7.13 approved, including a construction contract with Cash Construction Company for $13,644,510 plus a $1M contingency, for a total of $14,664,510, for Northeast Sewer Trunk Line Phase 3. The line runs roughly from Highway 30 to the Bryan city limits, behind the Home Depot shopping center. The work includes microtunneling under Highway 6. Cash Construction was selected over a lower bidder on qualifications. Moved by McElhinney, seconded by Smith.

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Key Decisions (10)

Approved

Consent agenda incl. Northeast Sewer Trunk Line Phase 3 contract

Vote: unanimous
Approved

UDO amendment defining data center as conditional use

Vote: unanimous
Approved

2027-2032 Parks and Recreation Master Plan

Vote: 6-1Moved by Schaffer
Approved

Savannah Oaks Thoroughfare and Active Transportation Plan amendment

Vote: unanimousMoved by McElhinney
Approved

Savannah Oaks rezoning to PDD and PMUD

Vote: unanimous9 conditions attachedMoved by Wright
Approved

Abandonment of 0.017-acre landscape access utility easement

Vote: unanimousMoved by Wright
Approved

Abandonment of 0.058-acre drainage and public utility easement

Vote: unanimousMoved by Wright
Approved

Abandonment of 0.042-acre landscape and utility easement

Vote: unanimousMoved by Wright
Approved

UDO Section 7.3.K drive-through queuing amendment

Vote: unanimousMoved by Yancey
Other

Baseball economic development agreement direction

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Zoning Changes (1)

1266

Development Activity (3)

Savannah Oaks

Mixed-Use

Northeast Sewer Trunk Line Phase 3

Infrastructure

Baseball economic development project

Commercial

Market Signals (5)

Commercial Demand

FY26 permit valuation in College Station exceeded $1B, with 6,775…

Housing Demand

The 2024 Housing Action Plan projects a 4,162-unit housing shortfall…

Infrastructure

Right-of-way permits rose to about 200 per year, driven by…

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Agenda results

4 subdivision

No vote recorded

1 plan amendment

No vote recorded

3 subdivision

No vote recorded

Thoroughfare Plan Amendment Exhibit

No vote recorded

Bicycle Plan Amendment Exhibit

No vote recorded

Pedestrian Plan Amendment Exhibit 5

No vote recorded

State Highway rezone

No vote recorded

More land-use items (6)

6 items with no recorded vote on this agenda
  • Rezoning Exhibit rezone
    No vote recorded
  • Rezoning Map 8 rezone
    No vote recorded
  • 5 subdivision
    No vote recorded
  • 6 subdivision
    No vote recorded
  • 7 subdivision
    No vote recorded
  • 8 plan amendment
    No vote recorded

Who spoke

21 distinct speakers; 16 identified names.

All speaker roles: 10 Staff, 1 Public, 7 Councilmember, 1 Mayor, 1 Applicant, 1 Attorney.

Identified name roles: 8 Staff, 6 Councilmember, 1 Mayor, 1 Applicant.

Speaker sample: Brantley Gwynn, Applicant.

15 more identified names in Pro: 8 Staff, 6 Councilmember, 1 Mayor.

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Zoning terms (18)

168 recorded timestamps

  • motion to approve (2 timestamps)
  • approved (10 timestamps)
  • planned development (12 timestamps)
  • rezoning (12 timestamps)
  • residential (15 timestamps)
  • commercial (14 timestamps)

Decision moments (10)

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