Bridgehead Industrial Project

Called out Councilmember Williams' promised yes vote and accused the council of pre-deciding the outcome despite residents' property value and industrial-adjacency concerns.

Raged that the council ignored constituents on traffic, non-native plant schedules, and runoff, saying the data center removal was never the real issue.

Described recurring pneumonia near factories, urged protecting the Delta environment, and asked the council to prioritize local businesses and community uses over industrial infrastructure.

Urged a no vote on the rezone, arguing the Klein family would profit while nearby home values decline.

Asked for a 40-foot height limit and bigger setbacks along Big Break Road, elimination of building three, and a full ban on data centers.

A high school teacher who painted two futures, urging the council to reject the rezone and protect the Delta watershed.

Opposed a potential AI data center, citing an MIT study on 1,270 MW of power demand, water use, and jobs that would be replaced by AI, and warned of Delta-wide environmental harm.

Questioned whether infrastructure can support an AI data center, called the investment a 'unicorn,' and asked who owns an unregistered barge off Big Break.

Argued standard data centers for cloud storage could fit the community, but AI data centers with high-density chips use vastly more electricity and water and the current proposal doesn't distinguish between them.

23 online public comments were received, mostly opposing a potential AI data center, from named individuals including Juni, Daniel Trulove, Maleena Allen, Elijah Page, Zaire Jefferson, David Bonson, Brandon Herrera, David Virden, Alexandria Diaz, Kaylani Payne, Emiliano Martinez, and Sofia Reyes-Shaffer.

An Iron Workers apprentice said the project would give local apprentices experience close to home instead of long commutes.

Urged rejection, citing harm to wildlife and air quality and the risk of water-guzzling data centers drawing from the Delta.

A 41-year resident said truck traffic on Big Break Road would make it too dangerous for kids to bike to Big Break Marina and the regional park, invoking a child's past death on that road.

Opposed over potential data center impacts on infrastructure, noise, light pollution, and property values.

Vintage Parkway resident since 2005 asked the commission to vote no, saying 60-foot buildings would turn Big Break Road into 'Big Building Road' and a data center could use over two million gallons of water a day.

A 34-year Vintage Parkway resident argued the EIR ignores data center noise, water, and grid strain, and noted data centers are mentioned in the developer's LLC documents but not the staff report.

A lifelong resident and Marine Corps veteran asked the commission to reject the rezone over air quality, noise, and water concerns, noting he lives 0.2 miles from the site and never got a hearing notice.

Called unspecified tenants a 'wild card' and the potential AI use a potential Trojan horse; wants to know what's going in and hold veto power.

Iron Workers Local 378 president supported the project, citing jobs-housing balance, apprenticeship opportunities for Oakley members, and local construction work.

A three-year resident said she wouldn't have moved to Oakley if she'd known warehouses were coming and urged a no vote.

A Diablo Water District board member said the district could supply about 71,000 gallons a day but 16.7% data center use would need 300,000 gallons a day, and asked the commission to delay a decision for more public and agency input.

Carpenters Union Local 152 representative supported the project, citing a union general contractor commitment, living wages, and apprenticeship pipelines.

A 43-year resident and Delta advocate warned that an AI center's water use and heated discharge would further harm the struggling Delta ecosystem, submitting a 20-page Restore the Delta report.

A 38-year Vintage Parkway resident said the developer wants to rezone to build data centers and urged rejection, questioning notices sent only to nearby residents.

A three-year resident said the project conflicts with everything she loves about Oakley and echoed rejection.

A 30-year resident demanded transparency on what will actually go in the buildings and vowed to fight the project every step of the way.

IBEW Local 302 president asked for support, citing 124 union members living in Oakley who could work close to home.

A scout master tied to Big Break said the EIR may not adequately analyze worst-case water and energy demands of the full range of allowed industrial uses, and told the commission it can simply say no to the zoning.

Opposed over water and power availability, citing PG&E rates, Delta fish, and 'blank spots' in the analysis.

A lifelong resident and parent raised the 45-decibel interior noise standard, unanalyzed data center and battery storage water use, and short truck turn lanes on Main Street.

A pro-development lifetime resident who strongly opposes data center language in the project, asking that data centers be struck as a permitted use and classified as heavy industrial in the municipal code.

A young adult from the Stanly Point 3 mobile home park on Bridgehead Road said the project would make her not want to stay in Oakley.

Cadence's father said the mobile home park supplies low-income housing to 46 families and already suffers traffic and litter from the nearby Amazon facility.

Cadence's aunt urged the commission to protect the environment and Delta water quality, saying there's no financial guarantee but a definite guarantee of environmental harm.

A 21-year lifelong resident who does deliveries said traffic is already bad, Freedom High is overflowing, and asked for a solid ban on AI data centers.