# Urban County Council Meeting - August 19, 2010 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Council · August 19, 2010 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/1478 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/1478?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2010-08-19 - **Body**: Council - **Last revised**: June 18, 2026 - **Length**: 9,548 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Speaker labels and verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Council met on August 19, 2010, at 7:00 P.M. in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Newberry presiding. The meeting's agenda included two informational items: a commemoration for Linda Jo Van Eldik, Ph.D., and a presentation on the Summer Youth Employment Program. Over the course of the meeting, the Council heard 2 public comments and conducted 3 votes. No action items requiring formal approval were listed on the agenda, as both agenda items were informational in nature. ## Attendance All members were present at the August 19, 2010 Council meeting. The following 16 individuals were in attendance: - Mayor Newberry - Gorton - Gray - Henson - James - Lane - Lawless - Martin - McChord - Myers - Stinnett - Beard - Blues - Crosbie - Ellinger - Feigel No members were recorded as absent or late. ## Votes and Decisions Three votes were taken during the August 19, 2010 Council meeting, all of which passed. - **Approval of Meeting Minutes** [timestamp: 0:02]: Moved by Gorton and seconded by James, the Council voted unanimously to approve the minutes from the June 10, 22, and 24 and July 1 and 6, 2010 meetings. The motion passed 15–0, with all members voting in favor: Gorton, Gray, Henson, James, Lane, Lawless, Martin, McChord, Myers, Stinnett, Beard, Blues, Crosbie, Ellinger, and Feigel. - **Approval of Ordinances Amending Section 21-5(2) and Certain Budgets** [timestamp: 13:21]: Moved by Blues and seconded by Henson, the Council voted by roll call to approve ordinances amending Section 21-5(2) and certain budgets. The motion passed 15–0, with all members voting in favor: Gorton, Gray, Henson, James, Lane, Lawless, Martin, McChord, Myers, Stinnett, Beard, Blues, Crosbie, Ellinger, and Feigel. - **Removal of Resolution Relating to an Engineering Services Agreement with Strand Associates, Inc.** [timestamp: 25:39]: Moved by Blues and seconded by Martin, the Council voted by roll call to remove a resolution relating to an Engineering Services Agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. The motion passed 14–0, with one abstention. Members voting in favor were: Gorton, Gray, Henson, James, Lawless, Martin, McChord, Myers, Stinnett, Beard, Blues, Crosbie, Ellinger, and Feigel. Lane abstained. No members voted against. ## Budget and Financial Actions The Council considered three contract actions at the August 19, 2010 meeting, covering engineering services, infrastructure remediation, and utility construction. - **Distillery District Public Improvements Program** — The Council took up an Engineering Services Agreement with **Strand Associates, Inc.** valued at **$1,659,091**. This contract covers engineering services associated with the Distillery District Public Improvements Program. - **Glendover West Boardwalk Railing Remediation** — A contract with **Spectrum Contracting Services, Inc.** in the amount of **$39,936.92** was considered for the Glendover West Boardwalk Railing Remediation project. - **Beverly Ave. Sanitary Sewer Project** — The Council addressed a contract with **Schroeder Construction, Inc.** totaling **$672,135** for work on the Beverly Ave. Sanitary Sewer Project. Combined, the three contracts represent a total commitment of approximately **$2,371,162.92**. No resolution numbers were included in the available meeting data for these items. ## Public Comment Two members of the public addressed the Council during the public comment period. - **Mark Leach** spoke regarding the Distillery District Project [timestamp: 58:54]. Mr. Leach raised concerns about the qualification-based selection process used for the project, questioning whether it ensured fair and reasonable pricing. He suggested that the project be re-bid as a way to address those concerns and provide greater confidence in the pricing outcomes. - **Mr. McCarthy** spoke on the topic of public right-of-way [timestamp: 1:01:57]. Mr. McCarthy objected to ordinances that he characterized as giving away public right-of-way. He also offered suggestions regarding improvements to certain road intersections. ## Appointments The Council acted on several appointments and reappointments to city boards and commissions during the meeting. - **Karen J. Ekstrom** was reappointed to the **Alarm Advisory Board**. - **Deborah L. Slaughter** was appointed to the **Carnegie Literacy Center Board of Directors**. - **Donna Robinson-Wilson** was reappointed to the **Civil Service Commission**. - **David Winters** was reappointed to the **Civil Service Commission**. In total, the Council confirmed one new appointment and three reappointments across four bodies. The Civil Service Commission saw two members — Robinson-Wilson and Winters — returned to their positions, while Ekstrom continued her service on the Alarm Advisory Board. Slaughter joined the Carnegie Literacy Center Board of Directors as a new appointee. ## Contested Items - **Engineering Services Agreement with Strand Associates, Inc.:** A dispute arose during the meeting over a resolution related to an engineering services agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. The nature of the disagreement was procedural, centered on concerns about the qualification-based selection process used in connection with the agreement. A motion was made to remove the resolution from the docket as a result of these procedural concerns. The available data does not identify the specific council members involved in the dispute or record the final outcome of the motion. ## Commemoration for Linda Jo Van Eldik, Ph.D. [timestamp: 02:46] Ms. Feigel presented a commemoration honoring Dr. Linda Jo Van Eldik in recognition of her appointment as director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. Dr. Van Eldik was present at the meeting. The item was informational in nature, with no vote or further action taken by the Council. ## Summer Youth Employment Program [timestamp: 07:30] Dr. Marlene Helm presented to the Council on the Summer Youth Employment Program, offering an overview of the program's success and its impact on both youth participants and employers. Ratliff also participated as a key speaker during this portion of the meeting. The presentation was informational in nature, with no vote or formal action taken by the Council as a result. No additional details regarding specific program statistics, funding figures, employer names, or individual outcomes are available from the provided materials. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (15-0): Approval of minutes from June 10, 22, 24 and July 1 and 6, 2010 meetings - **Motion** — passed (15-0): Approval of ordinances amending Section 21-5(2) and certain budgets - **Motion** — passed (14-0): Remove resolution relating to an Engineering Services Agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. --- ## Full transcript Ms. Lawless, here. Mr. Martin, here. Mr. McCord, here. Mr. Myers, here. Mr. Stennett, here. Mr. Beard, here. Mr. Blues, here. Ms. Crosby, here. Mr. Ellinger, here. Ms. Feigl, here. Thank you. Thanks. We have a quorum, so we will proceed. And I'd like for Brother David Danforth from Victory Fellowship to come and give our invocation. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Let us pray. God, we stand before you today thanking you for this moment and the city and country we are blessed to live in. We ask you to guide the effort of this body and endow our leaders with the wisdom to make decisions that will bring good and positive change to this city while honoring its venerable past. We ask you, God, to keep us all ever mindful that despite our superficial differences, we are of the same blood, the same origin, and the same desire to improve our community and the lives of our loved ones. We ask you, God, to empower us all with the courage to say and do what is right. Keep us mindful of our own universal humanity and the guardianship you have placed in our hands to protect those who cannot protect themselves, to speak for those who are too weak or too hidden to do so, and listen to those with voices too quiet to be heard by the masses. Give us the strength, God, to not look the other way when we see our brothers and our sisters in need. Give us the compassion to comfort our neighbors in times of sorrow and suffering. Empower us to see beyond our own beliefs and prejudices and help us understand that our world is more than just us. God, we ask you to bless the leaders here tonight who have chosen to serve, inspire them, and guide them that they may work together to improve our city, our lives, and our future. And may peace be with us all. Amen. Thank you. We have several sets of minutes from prior meetings to approve. Do I hear a motion to dialogue? Move approval. I have a motion by Council Member Gorton, seconded by Council Member Beard. To approve those minutes specified on the docket, any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Opposed, no. The motion carries. I'll now turn the microphone over to Council Member Michael. Thank you, Mayor. As a member of the University of Kentucky Sanders Brown Center on Aging, I have a presentation that I'd like to make. And on behalf of the city, I'm going to also invite Council Member Ed Lane, who is the former chairman from the Sanders Brown Center on Aging, and Marlene Helm, who is a current member on the board. She is Commissioner of Social Services. I think she is here. There you are. If you'll just come forward. And Dr. Van Eldyk, if you would come up to the podium. And I also would like to welcome Carolyn Kurtz, Jim Kurtz, and Lisa Deaton-Greer. They're also from Sanders Brown Center on Aging. Thank you. I think this is on. We're just so delighted to welcome Dr. Van Eldyk to Kentucky. She is a very highly esteemed scientist and doctor, and we are just very delighted to have her with us. Whereas Dr. Linda Jo Van Eldyk, Ph.D., has been appointed director of the Sanders Brown Center on Aging, replacing its founding director, Dr. William R. Marksberry, and whereas Dr. Van Eldyk comes to the University of Kentucky College of Medicine from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where she served as a professor of cell and molecular biology and associate director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, and whereas she served as co-director of the Center for Drug Recovery and Chemical Biology, known for identifying new therapeutic approaches and developing new drugs to treat central nervous system disorders, and whereas Dr. Van Eldyk is a former member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer's Association, a member of the Scientific Review Board of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, and of the International Rett Syndrome Foundation, and whereas she received her doctorate in microbiology and immunology from Duke University, was a postdoctoral fellow in biology and cell biology at Rockefeller University, is a former member of the faculty at Vanderbilt University of Medicine, where she was a professor of pharmacology and cell biology, and has been at the Feinberg School of Medicine since 1994, whereas Dr. Van Eldyk received a Zenith Award from the Alzheimer's Association, one of only four such awards made in 2009, and is recognized for her pioneering work in the area of glial cell biology and the involvement of glia in the pathology of human disease. Therefore, I, Jim Newberry, Mayor of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government, on behalf of all Fayette Countians, commemorate Dr. Linda Jo Van Eldyk for all her accomplishments and for her appointment as director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. Thank you. If we could get you to go to the microphone, Dr. Van Eldyk, and everybody can hear a little bit. Thank you very much for this award. This is very nice, and I'm extremely pleased to be here in Kentucky and to be the director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and also to direct our Alzheimer's Disease Center there. It's quite a privilege. It's a hard act to follow. Dr. Marksberry was a wonderful leader over the years, and I just hope that I can build on his legacy to create even better and more rapid discoveries in the future that will help us against these devastating neurodegenerative diseases. So thank you very much for this award. Thank you, Dr. Van Eldyk. And as I told you privately a little earlier, I'll tell you publicly now, welcome to Lexington. We're delighted to have you here, and we're grateful for your work. It not only impacts Lexington and Kentucky but the entire country and the world. Thanks. Thank you. And Dr. Helm, before you get away, if I could get you to say just a quick word or two about the Summer Youth Employment Program, the group for which we had a reception just before the meeting tonight. Thank you, Mayor Newberry. I appreciate that. I would like to invite Dylan Ratliff and his mom to come up to the podium. and just share with the council just a few brief comments about what the Summer Youth Employment Program has meant for them. You know that this year the Summer Youth Employment Program operated four weeks instead of the usual six. We had 152 students, 76 businesses. All of the employees were in the summer youth employment program. All of the area high schools and all of the area middle schools were represented. The youth, the 152 youth represent or came from 10 of our different zip code areas. We had 88 females and 64 males, and we had every grade covered from 8 to 12. So it was a great year. So I'm going to ask Dylan and his mom, Debbie, just to say a few words. Dylan's gotten a little bit shy this evening, so I'm going to speak on behalf of both of us. This was the first time that he'd ever been in this program, and it was a great experience for both of us. I'm a single mom raising four kids, and I really wish I had known about this program sooner, because I think my two older children would have really benefited from it. I think programs like this have been a great experience for both of us. I think my two older children would have really benefited from it. I think programs like these are extremely important to keep our youth doing something positive and constructive and teaching them in fields of their interest. It was just a great all-around experience for both of us. And I hope you guys will continue it, and hopefully next year it will be six weeks instead of just a month, because I think that would have, you know, a couple extra weeks would have made a big difference. Thank you. Dogtown. She was asking where was his place of business that he was at Dogtown. And then just real quickly, Mr. Frank Hall, who was one of our employers, Mr. Hall operates Learn and Grow Academy, and he just wants to have a few words as well. Thank you. First and foremost, I'd like to thank Commissioner Hamms and Ms. Maddie Morton for designing and operating such a wonderful program. The reason why I say that is because the four kids that I got for the summer was well prepared to come in and work from age 14 to 16, I believe. We worked with them, and not only that, they provided such needed assistance at my facility. They also, at the end of their work experience, we provided them not only with cash bonus, but also with $100 savings bond for each one that came out and worked, because they did such a magnificent job. I think this program is probably under looked, but it is such a valuable program, because these are the kids' first experience being able to work. And when they come into a program I know such as what we provided, we work with them, we let them be a part of the decision-making process. We get feedback from them to let them give their input on what we can do better, what they don't see or what they would like to see. And not only that, when the program was over, they came back each day, they wasn't in school, each day they had time, they came back and volunteered their time. So they did a wonderful job in the preparation for this job. And I just hate to see a program like this lost. And I look forward to being a part of it next year. So thank you. Thank you, Mr. Hall. And then just finally, if I could have the staff who, because a program like this, in addition to everything else that they do, if Maddie Morton and Priscilla Gales and all of Stephanie Jackson and all of her staff would stand up, because 152 youth, four weeks. And thanks to the mayor and to the council for your continued support of this program. Thank you very much. That takes us down to the ordinances entitled to second reading. So, Madam Clerk. Ordinance number one, an ordinance amending section 21-5-2 of the Code of Ordinances, transferring one position of financial management administrator, grade 119-E, and one position of finance and investment administrator. Grade 119-E and one position of finance and investment analyst, grade 116-E, from the Division of Accounting to the Department of Finance and Administration, transferring the incumbent and appropriating funds pursuant to schedule number 26. Number two, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, schedule number 27. Do I hear a motion to approve those ordinances? I have a motion by Council Member Blues, second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, we'll proceed to vote. Those in favor, please indicate by voting aye electronically. Those opposed, vote nay electronically. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Gorton. Aye. Mr. Gray. Yes. Ms. Henson. Yes. Ms. James. Yes. Mr. Lane. Yes. Ms. Lawless. Yes. Mr. Martin. Yes. Mr. McCord. Yes. Mr. Allen. Yes. Mr. Myers. Yes. Mr. Stennett. Yes. Mr. Beard. Aye. Mr. Blues. Yes. Ms. Crosby. Yes. Mr. Ellinger. Yes. Ms. Feigl. Yes. Thank you. Those ordinances are approved and we're now ready for the ordinances entitled to first reading. Madam Clerk. Ordinance number three, an ordinance changing the zone from an interchanged service business B5P zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 1.50 net, 1.85 gross to acres for property located at 1875 Pleasant Ridge Drive, Brighton Animal Clinic, LLC. Number four, an ordinance changing the zone from a light industrial I1 zone to a highway service business B3 zone for 0.3565 net, 0.4943 gross acres for property located at 635 East New Circle Road subject to certain use restrictions as conditions of granting the zone change, Virginia Bates. Number five, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Agricultural Extension Office for the fiscal year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 on the assessed value of all taxable real and personal property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government, all taxes on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2010 assessment date as follows, $0.0032 on all taxable real property including real property of public service companies, $0.0035 on taxable personal property including personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft and non-commercial watercraft and excluding inventory in transit, insurance capital, tobacco and storage, and agricultural products and storage, and levying an ad valorem tax for purposes of support of the Agricultural Extension Office at the rate of $0.0032 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government as of the January 1, 2011 assessment date. Number six, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the fiscal year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 on the assessed value of all taxable property within the taxing jurisdictions of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government, all taxes on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2010 assessment date as follows, General Services District, $0.0800 on real property including real property of public service companies, $0.0990 on personal property including personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft and non-commercial watercraft, $0.1500 on insurance capital, $0.0150 on tobacco and storage, and $0.0450 on agricultural products and storage. Full urban or partial urban services districts based on urban services available on real property including real property of public service companies, $0.1431 for refuse collection, $0.0210 for street lights, $0.0094 for street cleaning, $0.0920 on insurance capital, $0.0150 on tobacco and storage, $0.0450 on agricultural products and storage, and levying an ad valorem tax for municipal purposes at the rate of $0.0880 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government as of the January 1, 2011 assessment date. Number seven, an ordinance pursuant to a request received from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department levying an ad valorem tax for purposes of support of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department for the fiscal year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 on the assessed value of all taxable real and personal property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government including real and personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft, and inventory in transit and excluding insurance capital, tobacco and storage, and agricultural products and storage at the rate of $0.028 on each $100 of assessed value as of the January 1, 2010 assessment date and levying an ad valorem tax for purposes of support of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department at the rate of $0.028 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government as of the January 1, 2011 assessment date. Number 8, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Soil and Water Conservation District for the fiscal year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 on the assessed value of all taxable real property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government including real property of public service companies at a rate of $0.000416 on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2010 assessment date with the tax bills computed and collected at a rate of $0.0004 on each $100 of assessed valuation. Number 9, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a contract addendum for fiscal year 2010 with the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department accepting additional funding in the amount of $50,000 for the Home Network Project at the Family Care Center and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 28. Number 10, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet which grant funds are in the amount of $100,000 federal funds for the continuation of the Street Sales Drug Enforcement Project the acceptance of which obligates the Urban County Government for the expenditure of $33,333 as a local match appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 29 authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget and authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney's Office for a fast-track prosecutor at a cost not to exceed $52,703. Number 11, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet which grant funds are in the amount of $25,000 federal funds are for the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks Program the acceptance of which obligates the Urban County Government for the expenditure of $6,250 as a local match appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 30 and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 12, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Heritage Council to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved which grant funds are in the amount of $12,000 federal funds are for the Division of Historic Preservation's Survey and Planning Project the acceptance of which obligates the Urban County Government for the expenditure of $8,000 as a local match appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 31 and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 13, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky State Police to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved which grant funds are in the amount of $75,000 federal funds are for continuation of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program in the Division of Police the acceptance of which obligates the Urban County Government for the expenditure of $18,750 as a local match appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 32 and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 14, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a home agreement with Fayette County Local Development Corporation for use of home funds for development of a rental housing project at the Russell School property at a cost not to exceed $300,000 and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 33. Number 15, an ordinance amending Section 23-5B of the Code of Ordinances abolishing one position of police captain and creating one position of police lieutenant in the Division of Police and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 34. Number 16, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds Schedule No. 35. Number 17, an ordinance closing right-of-way reserved for extension of Spring Grove Avenue determining that all property owners abutting the portion of the right-of-way to be closed have been identified, provided with written notice of the proposed closing and consented thereto in writing and authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a quick claim deed transferring the former right-of-way to the abutting owner subject to the reservation of easements for access and maintenance of existing utilities in the former right-of-way. Number 18, an ordinance closing a portion of a service road located between Richmond Road and the property located at 3292 Richmond Road determining that all property owners abutting the portion of the service road to be closed have been identified, provided with written notice of the proposed closing and consented thereto in writing and authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a quick claim deed transferring the former right-of-way to the abutting owner subject to the reservation of easements for access and maintenance of existing utilities in the former right-of-way. Number 19, an ordinance relating to stormwater discharges from construction sites subsections 16.1.F.48 through 16.1.F.66 of the Code of Ordinances Defining Terms creating subarticle E of Article 10 of Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances section 16.99 through 16.105 and section 16.107 and 16.108 to ensure adequate control of stormwater where construction sites are located amending section 16.207 of the Code of Ordinances relating to inspections amending section 14.60 of the Code of Ordinances related to transportation and relocation of dirt and debris by renumbering it as section 16.106 and providing the ordinance will not become effective until after Article 20 of the Zoning Ordinance is repealed or amended. Thank you. If there are no motions, we'll proceed to the reading of resolutions entitled to second reading but I think Council Member Blues has a motion. Thank you, Mayor. Because the item that we placed on the docket for first reading of resolutions tonight renders the resolution entitled to second reading moot, I move to remove from the docket item number one under second reading resolutions relating to an engineering services agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. for the Distillery District Public Improvements Program in that the proposed action on this item is now in item number 15 under first reading resolution. So moved. I have a motion by Council Member Blues, seconded by Council Member Martin. Any discussion? Council Member Beard. Actually, this is an ancillary comment because, again, this has been dissolved. I feel that, I sense, let's put it that way, that this whole thing needs to be re-bid. It should be a lot cleaner if it was re-bid rather than an unbundling portion of it. And we do have, even if we pass Dr. Blues' motion, give us a week to put our heads together and see just exactly what it would do and how we might be able to re-bid or if not re-bid, then so be it. But at the same time, that's what my feelings are at this point. Council Member Lane. Thank you, Mayor. Resolution number 15 at the work session, I should have recused myself on the vote on that and I failed to do so. I did vote in the affirmative on that, but my vote would not have changed the outcome of the vote on that item. But I want to apologize to Council. I overlooked that and did not recuse myself. Thank you. Any further discussion on the motion? The motion on the floor then is to remove item number one under resolutions entitled to second reading. All those in favor, please indicate by voting aye electronically. Those opposed to the resolution, please vote no electronically. Have all Council Members voted? There we go. That motion is approved by a vote of 14 to zero with one recusal. Madam Clerk, that takes us down to resolutions entitled to the first reading. Resolution number two, a resolution accepting the bid of Black Hawk Enterprises, Incorporated, establishing a price contract for video equipment for the Division of Traffic Engineering. Number three, a resolution accepting the bid of Nugent Sand Company, establishing a price contract for sand for golf courses for the Division of Parks and Recreation. Number four, a resolution accepting the bid of Spectrum Contracting Services, Incorporated, in the amount of $39,936.92 for Glendover West Boardwalk railing remediation for the Division of Water Quality. Number five, a resolution accepting the bid of Southern Rebinding, Incorporated, establishing a price contract for record-keeping supplies for the County Clerk's Office. Number six, a resolution accepting the bid of Aramco, Incorporated, establishing a price contract for decontamination adult and pediatric patient kits for the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1. Number seven, a resolution accepting the bid of Federal Signal Corporation in the amount of $22,467 for replacement siren for the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1. Number eight, a resolution accepting the bids of Traffic Control Products, Incorporated, Pathmaster, Incorporated, Southeastern Safety Systems, Incorporated, Quality Traffic Systems, Traffic Parts, Incorporated, and Baldwin & Sowers, Incorporated, establishing price contracts for traffic signal and control equipment for the Division of Traffic Engineering. Number nine, a resolution accepting the bids of Central Equipment Company, Montgomery Tractor Sales, and Bobcat Enterprises, Incorporated, establishing price contracts for tractor and mower parts for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number ten, a resolution accepting the bids of Raybar Electric, Westco Distribution, Incorporated, Consolidated Electrical Distribution, Kentucky Lighting and Supply, Incorporated, Malone Industrial Products, and Rexel, Incorporated, establishing price contracts for electrical items for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number eleven, a resolution accepting the bid of Grogan's Healthcare, establishing a price contract for alternate care equipment and supplies for the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1. Number twelve, a resolution accepting the bid of Schroeder Construction, Incorporated, in the amount of $672,135 for the Beverly Avenue Sanitary Sewer Project for the Division of Engineering, Department of Public Works and Development, and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an agreement with Schroeder Construction, Incorporated, related to the bid. Number thirteen, a resolution accepting the bid of Gateway Press, Incorporated, establishing a price contract for waste management guide for the Division of Waste Management. Number fourteen, a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Rosemary Wilkins, Budget Analyst Senior, Grade 118E, 2002-40.48 biweekly in the Division of Budgeting, effective August 2, 2010, Ethan Simpson, Electronic Computer Control Specialist, Grade 113N, 16.189 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective August 16, 2010, John Carey, Telecommunicator Supervisor, Grade 116E, 1006.81.44 biweekly in the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1, effective August 30, 2010, John McElroy, Treatment Plant Operator Apprentice, Grade 107N, 13.898 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective August 23, 2010, Brian Hayes, Municipal Engineer Senior, Grade 119E, 2005-42.56 biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective August 23, 2010, Kendra Wash, Family Support Worker Senior, Grade 112N, 16.884 hourly in the Division of Family Services, effective August 23, 2010, Joseph Bell, Systems Administrator, Enterprise Solutions, Grade 118E, 2004-49.15 biweekly in the Division of Enterprise Solutions, effective August 16, 2010, Jason Eason, Telecommunicator, Grade 111N, 14.579 hourly in the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1, effective August 30, 2010, Kevin Owens, Telecommunicator, Grade 111N, 16.977 hourly in the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1, effective August 30, 2010, Ratifying the Permanent Civil Service Appointments of Charles Cottle, Director of Enterprise Solutions, Grade 123E in the Division of Enterprise Solutions, effective June 7, 2010, Christopher Sapley, Traffic Signal Technician Senior, Grade 112N, in the Division of Traffic Engineering, effective May 9, 2010, Chris Kwon, Traffic Signal Technician Senior, Grade 112N, in the Division of Traffic Engineering, effective May 9, 2010, Casey Coucher, Associate Traffic Engineer, Grade 115E, in the Division of Traffic Engineering, effective June 28, 2010, Richard Fowler, Traffic Signal Technician Senior, Grade 112N, in the Division of Traffic Engineering, effective May 9, 2010, Jesse Lambert, Keith Thomas, Fred Crouch, James Stengel, and Ronrecus Henry, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 109N, in the Division of Waste Management, effective August 1, 2010, Anthony Morton, Christopher Fulce, Timothy Burnett, and Jonathan Covey, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 109N, in the Division of Waste Management, effective August 15, 2010, Ratifying the Probationary Sworn Appointments of Mark Hart, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315N, 17.786 Hourly, in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective July 26, 2010, William M. McCord, Fire Captain, Grade 316N, 23.039 Hourly, in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective July 26, 2010, Approving the Council Leave of Michael Allen, Director of Human Resources, Grade 123E, in the Division of Human Resources, requests 90-day Council-approved leave without pay from July 28, 2010, through October 28, 2010, Michael Roland, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 109N, in the Division of Waste Management, requests 90-day Council-approved leave without pay from June 12, 2010, through September 12, 2010, Approving the Unclassified Civil Service Appointment to the Office of the Urban County Council of Allison Hallett, Aide to Council, Grade 000E, 1,942.32 biweekly, in the Urban County Council Office, effective June 28, 2010. Excuse me. Council Member Wallace. Thank you. I have a question about the E911, the Division of Emergency Management, 911 services. There are several powers here in that division. Is there anybody here that can answer a question about those or get me that information before next week? Yes, ma'am. Are these people that will be working in the E911 response, like when you call 911? Call takers and dispatchers. Call takers and dispatchers. Yes, ma'am. And are they new positions or filling positions that had gone unfilled? They're filling vacancies that existed there. Okay. And are any of them replacing current employees or changes? No. Okay. Thank you very much. You're welcome. I'm very thrilled to see more people working there. So are we. Madam Clerk. Resolution number 15, a resolution accepting the response of Strand Associates Incorporated to RFP number 17-2010 and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an engineering services agreement with Strand Associates Incorporated for design-related services for the distillery district public improvements at a cost not to exceed $508,000. Number 16, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with CARFAX for information sharing. Number 17, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Fire Commission for use of an elliptical Pro 3700 piece of fitness equipment at no cost to the urban county government. Number 18, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Louisville Police Department for the transfer of equipment used for IED training purchased with funds awarded by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to the Louisville Police Department. Number 19, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a professional services agreement with Bridget Ganahl as a sexual assault nurse examiner to provide on-call forensic examinations under the sexual assault nurse examiner program at a cost not to exceed $40 for each scheduled on-call period, $230 for each completed forensic examination, $50 per case for professional testimony in court and the reasonable cost of medical liability insurance. Number 20, a resolution authorizing the Division of Emergency Management 911 on behalf of the urban county government to purchase equipment for the emergency radio system from Information Station Specialists Incorporated, a sole source provider at a cost not to exceed $38,580. Number 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a quick claim deed and all other documents necessary transferring right of way from the urban county government to the Fayette County Board of Education for construction of a turn lane into the entrance of Keith Shire Elementary. Number 22, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the contract with Architectural Graphics Incorporated for the LFUCG Wayfinding Program, increasing the contract price by the sum of $5,227.79 from $383,918 to $389,145.79. Number 23, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute certificates of consideration and any other necessary documents and to accept deeds for easements needed for the Grimes Mill Bridge Rehabilitation Project at a cost not to exceed $3,000. Number 24, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit two grant applications to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and to provide any additional information requested in connection with these grant applications, which grant funds are in the amount of $750,000 federal funds under the Community Challenge Planning Grant Program and are for the North Lexington Gateway Plan, $500,000, and the Land Banking Plan, $250,000. Number 25, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Kathy H. Witt, Sheriff of Fayette County, for the collection of the urban service district taxes for the 2010 property tax year at a cost not to exceed $350,000 with payment net from collections. Number 26, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with Awesome Labs LLC for the Downtown Touchscreen Network at no cost to the urban county government. Number 27, a resolution accepting the response of Metaformers Incorporated to RFP number 37-2010 and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a consulting services agreement with Metaformers Incorporated to provide assistance to the divisions of Enterprise Solutions and Human Resources with open enrollment for benefits at a cost not to exceed $105,709.60. Number 28, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a system improvement design and construction memorandum with Virgie Hager and Ball Homes LLC providing for donation of property at 375 Charlesburg Road for a public park and for transfer of $430,000 in exaction credits to Ball Homes LLC. Number 29, a resolution amending Section 1 of Resolution number 371-2010 correcting the salary of Esther Moberly, Program Specialist, Grade 112E, from $1,634.64 biweekly to $1,775.76 in the Division of Waste Management effective June 28, 2010. Number 30, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an administrative services agreement with the University of Kentucky Jesse G. Harris, Jr. Psychological Services Center for firefighter recruit psychological screening testing at a cost not to exceed $300 for each screening. Number 31, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Part D Advisors Incorporated for assistance with the Medicare Early Retirement Subsidy Program retroactive to May 21, 2010 at no cost to the urban county government. Number 32, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with Reach Incorporated for the Douglas Heights Redevelopment Project to clarify eligible uses of neighborhood stabilization program funds for the project. Number 33, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute Modification No. 2 to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funding Agreement with the Kentucky Department for Local Government for addition of funding out, 30-day cancellation, and access to records provisions, revision of amounts to be expended within the eligible uses of funds, and addition of a loan servicing agreement. Number 34, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute certificates of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept deeds for easements needed for the Dela Drive Storm Sewer Rehabilitation Project at a cost not to exceed $10,000. Number 35, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements awarding Class A neighborhood grants for stormwater quality projects to Autumn Ridge Homeowners Association Incorporated, $11,183.75, and Gainesway Neighborhood Association Incorporated, $10,255 at a cost not to exceed the sums stated. Number 36, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Third Rock Consultants Incorporated for consulting services for the development of a watershed-based plan for the Wolf Run Watershed at a cost not to exceed $177,200. Number 37, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Blue Grass Contracting Corporation for the Vons Branch Flood Hazard Mitigation Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $26,657.50 from $1,225,006.25 to $1,251,663.75. Number 38, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements awarding EcoART grants to Pat Banks, $5,000, Blue Grass Greenworks Incorporated, $3,270, Carnegie Center, $5,000, Chrysalis House Incorporated, $1,000, Dixie Magdon Elementary School, $5,000, FCPS Gear Up, $5,000, Lafayette High School Orchestra, $5,000, Lansdowne Elementary, $4,250, Lexington Art League, $1,950, Lexington Philharmonic, $5,000, Living Arts and Science Center, $5,000, Robert Morgan, $5,000, Mary Resney, $4,550, St. Peter and Paul Regional Catholic School, $4,669, and UK Art Museum, $3,584 at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Number 39, a resolution declaring as surplus and authorizing and directing the mayor. Excuse me, Council Member Beard. I had a quick question for Commissioner Cole. I am assuming that this is the first bite in the $4 million that we had in the budget? Yes, it would be. Okay. What mechanism are we using? Are we going to auction? Do we have some type of a windshield appraisal or something on it so that people aren't stealing it from us? We're actually going to do a closed bid process. We're notifying all of the adjacent property owners and then we'll publicize it in the paper and then we're going to do a closed bid on these properties. Okay. Fine. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Martin. Commissioner, are there going to be minimum bids for these properties? Can I cut you open and pay five bucks? Some of them that we may be happy for five bucks. Some of these are slivers of property. The three parcels that are like acre size parcels? We do have some. The larger ones we will have an estimated value and we'll do a minimum on, but some of them will not have a minimum. But the larger parcels will have a minimum? Yes, they will. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Wallace. Will we be advised as to when that takes place? Well, there will be public notice. I mean, if you would like to be advised of when the public notice is happening. Yeah, I would because I can't read the .7 type in the classifieds. Thank you. Okay. Anything further? Madam Clerk. Motion number 39, a resolution declaring a surplus and authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to execute deeds and any other necessary documents for the sale and transfer of property located at 296 East 6th Street, 762 Florence Avenue, 464 Kenton Street, 124 Eddy Street, 951 Valley Avenue, 1140 Winburn Drive, 510 to 512 East 3rd Street, 221 to 223 West 7th Street, 824 East 7th Street, 313 Newtown Pike, 315 Newtown Pike, 317 to 319 Newtown Pike, 4951 Tate's Creek Road, 1974 Alice Drive, 1970 Alice Drive, and 520 East 3rd Street and declaring a surplus and authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government and the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation to execute a deed and any other necessary documents for the sale and transfer of property located at 262 East 5th Street. Number 40, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute agreements with Tree Fund, $550, Russell Cave Church of Christ, Incorporated, $500, Lexington Fast Pitch Softball, Incorporated, $500, and Cottages of Liberty Woods Neighborhood Association, $500, for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. That concludes the reading of the resolutions entitled to first reading. Are there any motions? Council Member Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. Resolution number four is the contract for the bid to fix the Glendover Storm Water Project. And so I move to suspend the rules and give it second reading. I have a motion by Council Member Gordon and a second by Council Member Blues to give resolution number four a second reading. Council Member Blues. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to add number 24, the application for these grants is due on the 23rd of this month. Thank you. Council Member Lane. Thank you, Mayor. On item resolution 20, I'm asking to suspend the rules for a second read. This is grant money, it's not an impact on the budget, and it's for expanding the emergency radio broadcasting capability to citizens of Fayette County. Any others? Seeing none, we'll entertain all of that as a motion to suspend the rule. Council Member Martin. Thank you, Mayor. And I ask to suspend the rules on item 38. This is the Echo Art Grants Program, so that these projects can proceed. Thank you, Mayor. We'll entertain that as a motion to suspend the rules for purposes of giving second reading to resolutions number 4, 20, 24, and 38. Those in favor of suspending the rules, please indicate by saying aye. Opposed, no. The motion carries. Madam Clerk, we give second reading to those resolutions. Resolution number 4 for second reading, a resolution accepting the bid of Spectrum Contracting Services Incorporated in the amount of $39,936.92 for Glendover West Boardwalk Railing Remediation for the Division of Water Quality. Number 20, a resolution authorizing the Division of Emergency Management 911 on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase equipment for the Emergency Radio System from Information Station Specialists Incorporated, a sole source provider at a cost not to exceed $38,580. Number 24, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit two grant applications to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and to provide any additional information requested in connection with these grant applications, which grant funds are in the amount of $750,000 federal funds under the Community Challenge Planning Grant Program and are for the North Lexington Gateway Plan, $500,000, and the Land Banking Plan, $250,000. And number 38, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute agreements awarding Eco-Art grants to Pat Banks, $5,000, Blue Grass Greenworks Incorporated, $3,270, Carnegie Center, $5,000, Chrysalis House Incorporated, $1,000, Dixie Magnet Elementary School, $5,000, FCPS Gear Up, $5,000, Lafayette High School Orchestra, $5,000, Lansdowne Elementary, $4,250, Lexington Art League, $1,950, Lexington Philharmonic, $5,000, I'm sorry, Living Arts and Science Center, $5,000, Robert Morgan, $5,000, Mary Resney, $4,550, St. Peter and Paul Regional Catholic School, $4,669, and UK Art Museum, $3,584 at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Thanks. Is there a motion to approve those resolutions? So moved. I have a motion to Council Member Gorton, seconded by Council Member Myers to approve those resolutions which just received their second reading. Any discussion? Seeing none, let's vote. Those in favor, please indicate by voting aye electronically. Those opposed, vote nay. And Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Gorton? Aye. Mr. Gray? Yes. Ms. Henson? Yes. Ms. James? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. Ms. Lawless? Yes. Mr. Martin? Yes. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Yes. Mr. Beard? Aye. Mr. Blues? Yes. Ms. Crosby? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Ms. Feigl? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Those resolutions are approved. We're now down to communications from the Mayor, number nine on the agenda. Is there a motion to approve those recommended appointments? I have a motion by Council Member Crosby and a second by Council Member Lane to approve those appointments. Any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Opposed, no. The motion carries. We have a few communications for information purposes only. That takes us down to announcements. Does any Council Member have an announcement? Council Member McCord? Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to quickly congratulate the South Lexington Babe Ruth 14-year-olds. They left today for Leesburg, Virginia to compete in the World Series and just wanted to wish them well in that endeavor. Thank you, Mayor. Thanks. Council Member Feigl? Thank you, Mayor. I would just like to announce that on Monday, the 23rd, we will have our third district-wide meeting, informational meeting, and it will be held at Emanuel Baptist Church from 5 to 7 p.m. And we have a variety of staff members there to talk about a lot of topics of interest at this point in time. So this is open to the public, and we invite all residents of the 5th district to attend this district-wide meeting. Thank you. Vice Mayor Gray? Thank you, Mayor. The work session on Tuesday, we discussed adjusting our quarterly committee of the whole meeting, and at Council Member Gorton's suggestion, why don't we try September 9th? It would be a council meeting evening at 5 o'clock. The council meeting is scheduled at 7, so Council Member Gorton's suggestion was that we have the committee of the whole meeting at 5 on the 9th. There's Council Member James. I just wanted to verify that there is a council meeting on that night. I don't show that on my calendar. It is. Is there one else on the 2nd? Okay. Thank you. There's one on the 2nd, too. All right. Okay. So the 9th and 23rd are the two council meeting dates in September. Motion by Council Member Ellinger to approve that schedule for the CAL meeting. Is there a second? Second. We have a second by Council Member Lawless. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. With Council Member Crosby dissenting. And Council Member Lane dissenting. Council Member Martin. Council Member Martin. All right. I just wanted to announce that tomorrow evening the U.K. women's basketball program is having an event at Moon Dance at Midnight Pass, the new amphitheater out of Beaumont Circle. And the U.K. women's basketball coach, Matthew Mitchell, is going to be performing apparently with the Johnson Brothers. There we go, the Johnson Brothers. So I'm going to need more readers here tonight. So please come on out. They're going to have hot dogs and inflatable things and mascots and cheerleaders. And so it's going to be a great night out at the new amphitheater in Beaumont. So come out and support the U.K. women's basketball program. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Lawless. Thank you. I wanted to remind folks that this Saturday on the 21st there's a lot of things going on. But one of the things going on is the Aurora Street block party. And it's a family affair. It starts in the afternoon and goes until people go home. And I want to give a special thanks to the folks in public safety and streets for getting that through and to let folks know that they've changed the application for block parties. And now it takes quite a bit longer apparently to process those. You can do it online. But due to some problems last year they have changed that process. So I just wanted to let folks know. And thank you very much for the help with that. And also I guess I should have done this while we were reading. On number 15, the Strand and Associates RFP, if we could get some clarification from purchasing and whoever else is involved about the mandate versus guideline issues to make sure our bases are covered and whether or not we can legally do that by next week or by the next council session. I would really appreciate a report on that. And, again, I support it. I just want to know that we're doing the right thing on that. I also want to just briefly update people on the council as well as the project, and that's why I was so concerned. From Limestone to Woodland Park, but the bulk of it is between Limestone and Woodland Avenue, there's a project that's been funded and ready to go for quite some time. There was in 2009 they were getting ready to do it. They got authorization from the state. At the same time, the federal guidelines for, in this particular case, went from guidelines to mandates, and in this particular case it impacts minority business participation. And it's not only minority participation of 10 percent on these contracts, but also they have to be state authorized minority contracts, not just Lexington. Louisville is in the middle of a big project right now and has run into the same thing. So we signed a contract, everybody in the city did what they thought they were supposed to do in the state, and so now we're going to buy and they started digging up the sidewalks and the state made them do a cease work order. So for those of you all in the area wondering what's going on with that, I had already started digging up the sidewalks and they stopped working and I've been working with state folks and city folks to resolve this. We're getting closer. But that's why I'm so hesitant and make sure, wanted to make sure that in the distillery district that we don't run into the same thing. So and to inform the public about what's going on with the Maxwell Street project that everybody's been waiting for and excited about. So hopefully we'll get that resolved. Thank you. Council Member Blues. Thank you, Mayor. The ad hoc committee on winnowing down the several hundred proposed names for the road that is now known as the Newtown extension met the city's expectations. The proposed names for the road that is now known as the Newtown extension met this afternoon and did do some serious winnowing. And so we're now down to the five names for that grand new gateway street. You can find those on the website. I don't know if they're on there here. But they will be tomorrow. And the public and even council members are allowed to vote on their choice of a name for the Newtown extension. You can go to the website, www.lexingtonky.gov. Hit the button that refers to the Newtown extension. And cast your ballot. You'll have one week to do it. I'm not sure of the exact deadline, but about by this time next week the voting will be over and we'll have a new street name for the Newtown extension. Let me ask Rama to come forward and try to make sure we have the dates correct. I don't know whether the voting concludes next Thursday or Friday, but I wanted to find out when that would be available just so people are aware. I think the voting begins at 3 p.m. tomorrow and ends the following Friday at 3 p.m. Okay. Great. And the names will be available tomorrow at 3. That's correct. Okay. Anything further? I just wanted to give a big vote of thanks to all the people who sent in their suggestions. And I hope you come back to the website and help make the final judgment. Thanks. If there's nothing further, we'll proceed to public comment. We have two individuals who have indicated a desire to speak. The first is Mark Leach. Mr. Leach, if you'll step to the podium, you'll have three minutes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and thank you, Council. Thank you, Council, for your awesome time and consideration on the distillery district project. Since it's been mentioned in some comments here, I did want to make some points that are not going to change between now and next week that I think should inform your all's consideration. In Mr. Markham's presentation on Tuesday, he made clear there was a slide that said that qualifications-based selection is a mandatory process to remain available for state and federal projects. Now, the purpose of qualification-based selection, as has been repeated, is to select the most qualified distillery district contractor at a fair and reasonable price. On Tuesday evening, in response to Council Member Lawless's question, Mr. Markham also made a very key point, and that was to say that none of the eight bidders had been evaluated on who was most qualified to do a feasibility study. So, therefore, there has not been an assessment of who is the most qualified bidder to do the feasibility study. And the second part of QBS is to make sure that all bidders are And the second part of QBS, that fair and reasonable price, there was also some news made on Tuesday about that as well, which was when you all received the $1.1 million budget estimate, that was just on the design phase of the contract. It did not include any estimate on the feasibility. There has been, to my knowledge, and not reported yet, any feasibility estimate independently done. So when you have an offer of over half a million dollars, and you don't have an independent assessment, I don't see how you can determine that it is a fair and reasonable price, because you have nothing to compare it to. And any comparison now is after the fact, not at the time when it was actually determined. That is why a re-bid would resolve these issues. A re-bid would inure to the city's benefit, and the city's benefit would inure to the city's benefit. And the city's benefit would inure to the city's benefit. And the city's benefit would inure to the city's benefit. Because Mr. Markham also said that while they did not follow the procedures in the transportation cabinet, and whether it's mandatory or whether it's a guideline, all those procedures require is scoring essentially. And in any competition, scoring is involved, be it basketball or figure skating. Scoring is used so that you can tell who is the better qualified bidder for capacity to do the work, familiarity with the federal requirements. Those were part of the seven criteria. So re-bidding would allow that process to take place, and most importantly, Mr. Markham said that they would be able to more closely follow those procedures on a re-bid. Secondly, those in the construction industry know that when you re-bid a project, your chances of having a more competitive price escalate tremendously, because there's already been a number set that's on the table that people are going to try and beat. You all have a reasonable basis for re-bidding this project. There was not a QBS selection made. There was not a most qualified determination made for doing a feasibility study. There has been no way to determine whether this is a fair and reasonable fee, and a re-bid would resolve those issues and ensure that this project remains eligible for the funding that it needs. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. McCarthy. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First off, I object to ordinances number 17 and 18. You should never, never, never give away public right-of-way without getting something in return for it, first of all. Second, any dead-end street that you have the opportunity to turn into a through street, you should turn it into a through street if you can do so without having to tear down somebody's house in the process, even if all the people who live along it do have to pay for it. Thank you. Even if all the people who live along it do object, and it messes up your chances of getting re-elected. Next, I think that the lane that is painted out with hash marks on Sir Barton Way at Winchester Road needs to have the hash marks ground off and be put back in service. It's crazy to be not using pavement that we've got. And, at the intersection of Sir Barton, Pleasant Ridge, and Manowar, at least three approaches to that intersection need to be widened. Manowar, westbound, needs a second left turn lane for the turn movement onto Pleasant Ridge. I've seen traffic backed up there blocking the through lane on occasion. Sir Barton and Pleasant Ridge each have one exclusive through lane, one exclusive left turn lane, and one shared through and left turn. I would think that we really need to add one more lane so that you can have two left turn lanes and two through lanes and not have a shared lane. And, where Pleasant Ridge abruptly narrows at, I believe it's Plotted Place, the first side street after Manowar, that right lane really should be extended another block. I mean, a lane that's a through lane at Manowar from Sir Barton onto Pleasant Ridge abruptly ends or becomes a right turn only lane immediately after. That puts people in a position where they have to merge very quickly, and that invites accidents. And, I believe that the improvements I have in mind here would be eligible for CMAQ funding. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to address the Council? I hear a motion to adjourn. I have a motion by Council Member Crosby, second by Council Member Myers. All in favor of adjourning, please say aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries.