Does anyone wish to address the council? Seeing none, we will proceed. We have a docket to approve. Second. We have a motion by Council Member Myers and a second by Council Member Ellinger. Madam Clerk? There is a zone change that needs to have a motion. Item number six. All right. Council Member Bluths. Thank you, Mayor. I move to put ordinance number six for first reading on the docket without a public hearing. So moved. Second. I have a motion to amend the docket so as to put item number six on the docket without a hearing. Any discussion? All in favor of that amendment, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. We're now ready to consider the docket as amended. Council Member James. Yes, Mayor. Would now be an appropriate time to add an item to the docket? Would be. Thank you. I move to place on the docket for Thursday, September 23rd, a resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute a memorandum of understanding and contract agreement with Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, North America, Inc., for Green Roofs Workshop at a cost not to exceed $15,000. Second. I have a motion by Council Member James and a second by Council Member Gorton to amend the docket by adding the item Council Member James just described to the docket. Is there any discussion? All in favor of that amendment, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. The motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Gorton. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on the docket for Thursday, September 23rd, a resolution initiating a text amendment to repeal Article 20 of the Zoning Ordinance, which relates to erosion and sediment control. Ordinance number 151-2010, which passed on August 26th, 2010, related to stormwater discharges from construction sites and addresses all matters currently contained in Article 20 of the Zoning Ordinance so that repeal of Article 20 is necessary to assure consistency in the regulation of stormwater from construction sites. Do I hear a second? I have a motion by Council Member Gorton and a second by Council Member Myers to amend the docket to include that item. Is there any discussion? All in favor of that amendment, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. The motion carries. We're now ready to consider the docket as amended. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor of approving the docket as amended, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. We do not have a summary to approve today. We do have some budget amendments. Is it? Second. I have a motion by Council Member Beard, second by Council Member Gorton to approve the budget amendments. Any discussion? All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. The budget amendments are approved. Takes us down to the new business items. Move approval. I have a motion by Council Member Gorton and a second by Council Member Myers to approve the new business items. Any discussion? Council Member Lawless. On item W, the code of the ethics ordinance, in your memorandum about this, you said you presented it to the council before break and asked the council to take action. It was then sent to the ethics commission, and per their minutes, they passed a unanimous vote to present the ordinance to the council to be put in committee for approval after Ms. George from the law department made the following recommendations. The law department never brought that back to council to put in committee, and I'd like that to be clarified. That's what we're doing now. Well, the way I read this is you're putting it on the docket. Well, you can put it in committee if you wish. It's up to you. Ms. George. Just a point of clarification on that. The ethics commission did review it and make changes, and then after those changes were made, then the draft was provided to the council. It didn't happen the other way around. So once it was presented to you all back in December, then it was for the council to decide what it wanted to do with it. There weren't any additional changes for me to make, if I'm understanding your comments correctly. Okay. I'd just like to make a motion to move that to inter-gov. Second. I have a motion by Councilmember Wallace and a second by Councilmember Blues to refer item W to intergovernmental. Any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Councilmember James. Thank you, Mayor. On item G for the, I guess it's outdoor lighting, I just have a question about the funding for that. Funding, it looks like, will come out of 11-15. Is that funding that is contributed by all of the commercial or residential and all of the folks that will benefit from the use of the lighting? That's from the streetlight fund. It's part of the urban services tax. And the reason that we needed a new agreement is because we changed the number of streetlights on that section of South Lawn. Okay. Is any of that covered under any of the Centerpoint TIF area? I'm sorry. I didn't understand the question. Is any of that under the Centerpoint Phoenix Park TIF area? No, ma'am. It's not under that? Okay. All right. Thank you. Thanks, Mayor. Further discussion of the new business items? Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. Number U, please. Thank you, Mayor Cole. Is this part of what we had in the budget for the $4 million in surplus property that we'd be selling? This would go towards that, yes. Okay. And how are we going about doing this then? Because we're putting this up for bid, or how is this working? These two properties are being treated the same way, the 17 properties that were presented at last work session or the work session before. These will be closed, sealed bids. We'll be notifying the adjacent property owners and advertising in the paper of when we'll be taking bids. And then when will you know if we accept that and how that goes forward on the money? Because it's going towards that $4 million on how that's going. We'll be reporting back to you. Once those sales occur, it will be probably a month or so before those are advertised. Brian Markham is currently working on the ads and the notices that will be going out. We don't have any reserves on these, do we? No. Okay. Thank you. Council Member James. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner Cole. On Item U, 950 Whitney Avenue, it was brought to my attention earlier that this may be a burial site. Is that true? This might be a cemetery? There's been some research that's been done on that. Here we go. Mr. Sinclair can address that. Thanks. Sorry, I was a little tardy. Sorry, I was watching TV up here before I got down here. It was essentially known as the Forest Hill subdivision, and a piece of property was transmitted to the city or the county at that time to be a paupers burial ground. There are some visible tombstones and that sort of thing. I have talked with Council Member Blues, and I believe another lady that was in charge of the African-American Cemetery No. 2, and explained our situation, that our hope is that either Lexington Cemetery or Forest Cove will take it over, because essentially there's been no activity at all for the last 40-something years. We don't want to continue maintaining it if we can possibly have a better use of one of the two adjacent neighbors, which are both cemeteries. At this point in time, there's no obligation that we do sell it. We'll put it out and see if there's an interest, and if not, we can go to Plan C, which is either donate or continue to maintain or whatever the case may be. Okay. Sinclair, in your research, did you find any type of deed restrictions or MOUs or MOAs? Not at this point. Not at this point at all. Other than the normal ones that are in place for normal cemetery use. Obviously the state has different things, and that will be our approach when we advise the adjacent property owners that if you take it, you take it with the understanding that there are burial sites there and that any use would be compliant with state and whatever that go with a burial site. Is there a listing of who is buried there? No, ma'am. The lady, I think her name is Ms. Gill. Giles. Giles. She has been trying to get a complete list, and it's not got one completed at this particular time. We don't have an idea of any at all of the number of grave sites that may or may not be involved. A lot of them are unmarked. A lot of them are paupers of all races, and a lot of them are infants and that sort of thing. Okay. Thank you, Sinclair. I think Council Member Blues has some information on this topic. Council Member Blues. Thank you, Mayor. I had talked to Yvonne Giles about this the day before yesterday, I guess, when I saw that this was on the list for possible sale. And it is indeed, as you've said, it was a former pauper cemetery, indigents, children mainly. Don't know the number of graves there, but it's a significant number, and it was an active cemetery up to, I guess, the early 1940s. The letter that will go out from general services will alert potential purchasers that all state and local laws regarding treatment of burial grounds would have to be observed. Okay. Anything further on that particular issue? All right. Council Member Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question on Q, either Mr. Martin or Ms. Bush. I'll ask my question as you're coming up, because I think you'd probably be easy to answer. Is this a reoccurring fee, or is this just a one-time? It's reoccurring. Reoccurring, so it will be every year? For the foreseeable future. Okay. I personally had folks analyze this, because I questioned as far as why we continue to partner with the U.S. Geological Service, because I wanted to know that we're collecting data that we use. And my staff has assured me that the data that we collect will be part of the stormwater modeling that we have to do associated with the master planning that's getting ready to start. So we'll do it. We'll continue it through that point in time. Once that modeling is done, then we'll reevaluate again, because I don't want to just collect data just for the sake of collecting it. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to discuss any business items? All right. All those in favor of approving the new business items A through V and X, please indicate by saying aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Takes us down to our presentations, and the first is from the Services Committee. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. The Service Committee met in a special service committee on 9 o'clock on the 31st of August. We had three items that we dealt with. The first one, and all three of these are going to be kept in committee, and there will be no motions coming out. The first one was the utility pool placement, and that was put in by Council Member Martin. Council Member Martin gave background information regarding this issue. Graham Poole spoke regarding the utility pools. Mr. Poole stated the power lines are very destructive to the visual environment and degrade the sense of our entire community. Mr. Martin Kaiser with Engineering gave an overview of the various categories and the city's rights over the streets. He stated they operate under Chapter 17C. Council Member Lawless stated a lot of the large utility pools are in her district, and she stated a lot of those were done by the University of Kentucky and the LQCG had no say. Mr. Kaiser stated that once it goes into private easements, then he is notified and has no authority. Ed Gardner with the Law Department went over Chapter 17C with the committee. He stated that Chapter 17C complements the franchise agreement with Kentucky Utilities. And then with Kentucky Utilities, Robbie Trimble spoke and gave an oversight of how much the federal government controls electricity and gave an overview of the cost of burying lines, considerably more to do. As I said, this one will be on our agenda on October 5th, and we'll keep it in committee. The next item was the street repaving list priority plan. Commissioner Webb told council that we approved $3 million of MAP funding for paving plus $1.7 million. That was already in play on the last paving list. Kevin Wente of the Department of Public Works and Development did a PowerPoint overview of the road resurfacing and fund allocations. Council Member Lawless asked for an accurate list of those streets that are 65 and under, and Commissioner Webb said the list will be coming out that will have this information on it. And Council Member Martin asked that the process for rerating a road is, and Commissioner Webb stated that went to a two-year rating, that would help the need for rerating a lot. Once again, we'll keep this in committee for October 5th. The last item which we briefly touched on that we'll bring up again in committee was the snow emergency update. Kevin Wente gave a recap of this issue. And Council Member James asked if there could be a trial call with the reversal call notification. Mr. Webb said that he would talk to David Lucas about the possibility. We adjourned at 1116. Thank you, Mayor. Any questions for Council Member Ellinger? All right. Council Member Stennett, you'll fill us in on the Budget and Finance Committee, please. Thank you, Mayor. We met on August the 30th, and as always, we started off with the key economic indicators for the month through July. Unemployment rate remained the same at 7.8%. A couple of other items, Fed County, the building permits issued were down by 214 for the month of July as compared to June. New business licenses are actually up to 350. They were up 107. And then last but not least, foreclosure stayed roughly the same at 51 for the month of July. Also of note, the Treasury yields on bonds dropped to 2.46% last month. So that was a pretty significant number in the bond market. Also, talking about the July actual revenues compared to budget, the employee withholding, one of the big four categories we do look at was up 10%, 10.3%. Net profit was up 6.48%. Insurance for the month of July was up 38%. And then franchise fees we collect from our utility companies were up 58% for a total of 17.27% for the month of July. However, that number does include the revenue from the taxed amnesty program. To date, through the Budget and Finance Committee meeting, the total taxed amnesty we've collected so far was $1,704,000. And that's through the month of July. That was reported out in the August Budget and Finance meeting. The next item on our agenda, we discussed the comprehensive debt management policy. A couple of items of importance for all the council to understand in developing this plan. This will put some constraints on what we're able to bond going forward. And the other important two pieces to this plan will be the capital management policy, which we instructed during the Budget and Finance meeting for the administration to begin developing, as well as the cash management policy. So all three of those policies, it's important we'll have to go hand in hand going forward. And the debt management policy is currently in the subcommittee. We're going through it line by line. We've made some good progress through one meeting. And I'll be trying to schedule another meeting for that subcommittee to finalize the matrix as to what we use to determine how much we bond going forward. The next item on the agenda was the minimum license fee proposal. And I just passed out a copy that wasn't in the work session packet that was approved by the Budget and Finance Committee. Essentially, for those watching, our current business occupational license is $100 a year. That is paid by every business in Fed County currently by the end of the calendar year, December 31st. The proposed changes that would begin next year would be the license would actually be paid on your income taxes, on your April 15th bill. The other change would be sole proprietors that make $4,444 or less would no longer pay the business occupational license of $100. So those are two significant changes. I did pass a copy out to the council members, and there was a motion that I bring forward to the full council to approve those changes to the business or minimum license fee ordinance. So I'll bring that today. The motion was made by Council Member Lane and seconded by Council Member Henson and was passed without dissent. Do I hear a second? Second. I have a motion by Council Member Stennett and a second by Council Member McCord to add to the docket for September 23rd an ordinance changing the minimum license fee as outlined in your meeting. Is that correct? Yes, sir. Any discussion on that motion? Council Member Beard. Yes, Council Member Stennett, just so I have this crisply in my mind, the sole proprietors can file for an exemption on April 15th or slightly before then that can show a return of gross receipts less than $4,400. When does he get the $100 back, or is he never charged $100 to begin with? My understanding, they would not have been charged the $100 because you're actually filing or paying the fee on your taxes. So if your taxes From the previous year. Right, that's correct. So this would be an April activity. An April tax filing activity versus now a separate whole license and a separate process. And then if their taxes showed $4,500 or $5,000, then they would pay the $100 at that time. That's correct. But they also get a credit back on their taxes of $100 if they pay $100. Right. Okay. Thank you. Council Member Crosby. Yeah, while I appreciate the changes that you've made, clearly it wasn't working how it was put in place the first time. I believe I'll probably not support this just because I didn't support the initial fee to start with. So thank you. Any further discussion on Council Member Stennett's motion to add that item to the docket? Council Member Gordon. I just simply had a question of how, I don't know if there's anyone here to answer, how will folks be notified about the change? How will that be going out so that they know ahead of time? If I may, Director O'Mara would be here to answer this, but he is the proud new grandfather this morning at 6 o'clock, William Logan, his first grandson. So please congratulate him when you see him. So we said he needs to stay there. It's our plan to get the word out several ways. We would be working directly with the tax preparers so that they had a full understanding, because so many individuals use tax preparers. We also would be utilizing G3TV and other methods to get that information out. So that's what our plan is right now. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Vice Mayor Gray. Thank you. I'm going to vote for this, although I've said for some time that many of our citizens and many of our business people view this as an irritational tax. This may be a step in the right direction. It's not adequate. It's not enough yet. I'm going to support this today. Thank you. Any further discussion? Mayor, I want to ask one question. Council Member Ellinger. Could you explain to me how we got to the 4,400 again? I think it deals with the 2.25, but I'm just trying to figure out how that works out. It does. Occupational or tax is 2.25%, so basically the $4,400, if you multiply that out, that's where you would get the $100 break point. If you pay $100 in taxes or more, you get $100 credit back. If you don't pay $100 worth of taxes, you would, under the current order, still have to pay $100, but this way you just won't even pay it at all. So it won't be a $100 penalty for those making less than $4,444. That's basically where we cut it off. We're looking for that $100 mark. Right. Okay. Thank you. Any further discussion? All in favor of Council Member Stenton's motion to add that item to the docket for September 23rd, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Aye. Motion carries with Council Member Crosby dissenting. Thank you, Mayor. One last item on next week's agenda. We're going to go over the bonds that we already currently have issued outstanding and just kind of get an update of what we've already issued and then what we need to issue in this current fiscal year that was approved in the budget. So we'll be talking about that next Tuesday in addition to our monthly revenue update. Thank you, Mayor. Thanks. That takes us down now to Council Reports. Council Member Blues. Thank you, Mayor. I have some announcements. Tonight at 7 p.m., the Masterson Station Homeowners Association will meet in the Masterson Station Clubhouse on Masterson Station Drive at the corner of Jacqueline. Here's a date to put on the calendar. That's Tuesday, September 21. I'm sorry. Strike that. The date is Friday, October 22nd from 10 to 6 p.m. in Applebee's Park. The Lexington Fayette County Health Department is introducing free flu shots, a special one-day clinic designed to give up to 3,000 shots to Lexington residents who want to fight the flu this fall and winter. In addition to the seasonal flu, this year's vaccine will also provide protection against the H1N1 virus. So one shot does it all. And that's October 22nd, 10 to 6 p.m. at Applebee's Park. On Monday, September 27th, the Radcliffe-Marlboro Neighborhood Association will hold its monthly meeting, 7 p.m., in the community center in Marlboro Park. And same time, same night, Monday, October 27th, the Oakwood Neighborhood Association will hold their monthly meeting at the community center in Oakwood Park. A representative from the state will be present to answer questions about the new Eastern State Hospital, which is in process of construction. Thank you, Mayor. That's my report. Thank you. Council Member James. Thank you, Mayor. It's not often that you're at a neighborhood association and there's applause, but Tom Blues and I were at a neighborhood association last night over in Greenacres Hollow Creek, and they were applauding thanks to progress, just the progress of a stormwater project that's going on over there. They've been drowning in stormwater and sanitary sewer issues over there, which is some work and an allocation from state government several years ago from Representative Jesse Crenshaw. Their problems are getting solved. And it's just nice to see a neighborhood cheering for something. So I wanted to say thank you specifically to Daryl Bennett and Jim Ray for being there last night and helping along the way. And that's just a positive thing that our government's doing in combination. And who else? Oh, and Amanda Gumbert. I'm sorry. Thank you. Amanda Gumbert with the Cane Run Watershed Group. It's just amazing. And so it's good stuff happening over there. I just wanted to share some of that good news. So Councilmembers and Mayor, on Wednesday the 15th I sent an e-mail out in response to a newspaper article that I read related to homeless people that will be going over to the Catholic Action Center to be housed in what's being called an emergency housing situation. So I wanted to see, Mayor, if I made a few suggestions of some things that I thought we needed to do to protect our residents in that area, things that they also themselves have requested. And I wanted to give an opportunity maybe for Commissioner Helm or someone with the Administration to talk about. I know that Councilmember Lawless told me there was a meeting yesterday. Was it yesterday or Monday at 3 o'clock? It was a confusion. Apparently it was Friday, but the e-mail that went out was confusing. So I don't think I can make sure. Okay. Well, there's some things that the residents are asking for, some rules to be obeyed, some increased police patrol, making sure that it's safe and sanitary situations. Will children be allowed in at this homeless emergency shelter? Is there a sign-in sheet for those that will be in attendance? Will there be no loitering signs? Because this is a block from an elementary school. Just wanted to get an update of how we're working with the Catholic Action Center and how are we making sure that our citizens around that area are being protected. Commissioner Helm can address those issues. Thank you. Good afternoon. We are working very closely with the Catholic Action Center. They have stepped up along with one of our local churches to provide the food ministries in our community an alternative to trying to finagle their way down South Limestone to get to Phoenix Park. And so we are very supportive of their efforts. What I can tell you is that the Catholic Action Center is going to be utilizing both the Catholic Action Center that is on Fifth Street, and they will also be using the Room at the Inn, which is a facility that is owned and operated by the Central Christian Church. And these two facilities will allow those individuals who do not find Phoenix Park very comfortable, perhaps, for their overnight accommodations, this will give them an option. And we feel like this is a very humane and good thing to do because it is going to be very busy in that particular area. You asked specifically about the sign-in sheets. My understanding is that we do not have the authority to ask anyone who is operating under an official capacity to have a sign-in sheet. What I can tell you is that the Catholic Action Center will be utilizing the same schedule and the same procedures that they use other times when they're open 24-7. And apparently they do that in the winter when the weather is very, very cold. And I think have also called that into action when the weather is very, very hot. So this is not something that we are finding that is unusual. They do operate 24-7. When they operate 24-7, the guests understand that they sign in, and once they sign in they are not allowed then to leave the premises. And the facility will be open 24-7 so that they can sign in in the evening and be there. Meals will be provided. Like I said, the food ministries will have an opportunity to provide their food ministries. If they want to continue to provide them in Phoenix Park, they may. Or they may take the opportunity to move their food ministry to the Central Christian Church parking lot. And Catholic Action Center, again, along with about 100 community volunteers who participated in training over the weekend, are going to make sure that these individuals have the support and the services that they need. They will also have the services of a nurse who will be on the facility, on the premises to provide any kind of support, again, that the guests might need. I won't answer the police questions at this particular time unless you want me to try and answer those. You asked a question about sleeping. The Catholic Action Center does not allow cots. The guests are allowed to sit in a chair. They are provided a blanket. And so if they stay overnight, I'm assuming that they will be sleeping in the chair. The room at the end does have cots, and they are approved for sleeping. And they have a number. I think it's 25. And so these have all been vetted by fire and all of the entities within city government and the health department that have responsibility for that. And these are both approved for the way that they are operating. You asked if it was safe and sanitary. What I can tell you is that the Catholic Action Center received a score of 98 on its most recent health inspection. Will children be allowed in? Homeless youth and homeless families with children are always accommodated at the Salvation Army. So anyone who would show up with a child or an adolescent would be redirected to another facility. Those are the questions that I feel like I'm prepared to respond to. If you have others, I'll be more than happy to. Chief Boggs might want to address some of the police issues. What I can say is the Division of Police is aware of this initiative as well. And Commander Weathers with Central Sector has been in communication with all the involved parties and the police department is ready to assist and just make sure that the community is safe like we would always do in any incident like this. So we don't see it as a problem at all. We're going to have stepped up patrols and just make sure that everybody is safe. So we're ready. Anything further? I'm speechless. All right. Council Member Beard. Yeah, sure. Go ahead while we're on this subject. I was just wondering if this has any financial impact. I know that nonprofits are grouping together to do this. Does this have any financial impact on LFECG? Not that I'm aware of. Okay. So we're not paying for anything besides maybe extra patrols like we normally would in any situation? Okay. That's my understanding. Thank you. Anything else? Council Member Lawless. Yeah. I'd like to make it clear that the committee that has been working on the homeless initiative for quite some time this was not part of that decision-making body. We did not do that. We're looking for long-term resources in our community that are appropriate for everybody in the community. And so this was not part, you mentioned the meeting, this was not part of that group's initiative. We were informed that the Catholic Action Center was looking at doing something, and I appreciate the efforts of all the volunteers, et cetera, but I don't know how the emergency order for them to do this during the World Equestrian Games came about. So thank you. And just to clarify, there is no emergency order now. All right. Council Member Beard. Thank you, Mayor. I move approval of this week's NDF, please. I have a motion by Council Member Beard and a second by Council Member Lane to approve the NDF. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. Several announcements. One, I know Council Member Crosby is pleased as well that the Liberty-Todds Road Man-O-War project is 99% done. The roads are open, and there's now dual left turns at all phases of that intersection. I know it's made a big impact in that part of Lexington, the Hamburg area, Man-O-War. So we thank all the folks in Public Works. All the folks in Public Works, I know it was mainly a state project, but Keith Loven and everyone in Public Works for helping us get that road open. I know there are a couple of traffic changes that were still yet to occur with a turn lane will be installed at Andover Forest Drive entrance off Todd's Road, so that has to be done. Then the church on Todd's Road will also get a turn lane as well. So a couple more things to finish up housekeeping, but otherwise it's a job well done and much needed change to that part of Lexington. Also, on Monday night, September 25th at Brown Station High School at 7 p.m., we'll have the Beverly Avenue Sanitary Sewer Construction meeting. This is to sewer and unsewered area in Lexington. Yes, we still have several within our city limits, and this is a great meeting that will kick off the construction of a lane sewer pipe for this area for the residents with a state grant. So it will be a much needed project and a great meeting for those folks who live on Beverly Avenue. Also, we have two other neighborhood meetings. Andover Forest will meet Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Methodist Church off of Todd's Road, and then North Point will also be meeting at 7 p.m. at Brown Station High School on the 29th as well. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member McCord. Thank you, Mayor. Just a couple of things. That clock over there that we've been looking at for quite a while is down to three days for the largest sporting event to come to the United States since the Olympics. And over the last four and a half, five years, this community has done a lot of things right, and a lot of things that, looking back on, we'd probably say, boy, we could have maybe done that better or faster or whatever. But I've never been more proud to be in Lexington and to see some of the work that has transpired in four years and the amount of investment that has come into this community, both public and private, from federal, state, local, private investors as well, has been tremendous. And this has really been an amazing four years for this community. And you hear a lot about what's the impact of the games and what's the financial impact and this and that and the other. And at the end of the day, I would say that almost any city in America would like to trade places with us right now, with the investment that we have received, we've put into things that benefit, truly benefit our citizens going forward, not only from today and through the games, but for the next 50 to 100 years. And you see projects like the Newtown Pike Oliver Lewis Extension that have been on the books for 50 years. You see a downtown that has completely reshaped itself. You see a South Lime Corridor with no power lines and a real connection to the university. You see a legacy trail that ties your downtown to your rural area. All these things have all been done, along with Cheapside and just countless things, over a four-year period of time. And for all those that have been involved, both in the public and the private sectors, I just want to say thank you. I think that however many guests that we have coming here are going to see a magnificent place, and they're going to see something very special, and I think that we will see a ripple effect for quite a while. What that looks like from a financial standpoint, who knows? Someone asked the other day, how do we measure the success of the games? Well, are they successful if one of these couple hundred CEOs brings their company here and hires your son or daughter? I think that there's a lot of ways that you can potentially look at this. But the bottom line to it is that Lexington has really put its best foot forward, and I'm very appreciative of my colleagues and, Mayor, for your administration and for the community at large in the effort that they have put forward. Let me say in advance to the employees that are going to work extremely hard for the next couple, three weeks, you are very much appreciated. This is something that we are doing as a community. We know that this is going to be tough and people are going to be tired, and we can all rest when it gets to be November. But at the end of the day, we as a community need to pull together and have the opportunity to showcase to the world what makes this place so special. One of those days, Mayor, was a week ago Sunday. It was as good as it gets to see a project like the Legacy Trail come off so well. I want to thank Steve Austin and Beth Wilmot with the Bluegrass Community Foundation for making that a reality and making that a very special day. And it was great to see your congressman, your governor, your first lady, your mayor, council members, community leaders, and just everyone else come out and celebrate a community asset that really is a game changer. And seeing people use that over and over and over. So, again, I think we've made a statement with that, along with other things. The last thing I'll tell you is on 10-10-10 is this other thing, this thing called Second Sunday, that happens across the state. And, again, you cannot get Kentucky communities and counties to do things together. We love to be divisive. And one of the neat things that's happening, one of the amazing things that's happening, is because of the Second Sunday initiative, I can report to you today that out of 120 Kentucky counties, 115 will be doing something. Last year there was 101 and received all this national press. No one can figure out what is happening in Kentucky as it relates to health. And what's great is that no one is doing what Kentucky is doing, and no one is doing it better than Lexington is. And we are leading the way in this new health movement, both in infrastructure and programs. And so I want to say thank you to all those that are involved. And what a great way to culminate Second Sunday when it happens on the last day of the World Equestrian Games. So, thank you, Mayor. Thanks. Council Member Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. Since Council Member McCord listed so many wonderful things about our community, I guess that's why I saw across our Yahoo Finance that Lexington was ranked the third best place to retire. So I'm sure many of the things he said attributes to that. Also, I want to echo what Council Member Stennett said regarding the Liberty Todd's Road completion or 99% completion. It has made a tremendous impact on our area. I know my neighborhoods are very happy now that the road is finally open. I want to also take the opportunity to thank our police because it put a tremendous stress on them having to do extra patrols in the neighborhood because of the people trying to avoid the construction and cutting through the neighborhoods. And also to Brad Frazier because he had to deal with a lot of calls from us trying to figure out how to get flow moving around. So I want to thank you all for that. That's all I have. Thank you. Council Member Wallace. The Elizabeth Street Neighborhood Association will meet tonight at the First Christian Church at the corner of Audubon and Forest Park at 7. The Goodrich Neighborhood Association meets Thursday at 7 p.m. at the end of Goodrich, and they are having their annual picnic on Saturday the 26th at 2 p.m., their block party annual picnic, which is at the end of Goodrich Drive. I'd like to move the issue of residential visitor parking permits to the service committee for discussion and review. So moved. I have a motion and second to move the issue of residential parking permits to the services committee. Any discussion? We've dealt with this many times. Well, the way the ordinance reads now, the permit is only good for 30 days, the visitor's permit for $10, and the parking authority and residents, there's a lot of confusion. So they want to look at doing that for a full year, the visitor parking. We will do it. Yeah. I think what happened there is that there was an old ordinance that had not been interpreted correctly, and so they had been over the years, they've not been enforcing what is actually written in the ordinance. So what they want to try to do is change the ordinance to reflect the way we enforce it today. We'll do it. Anybody that, if we change that, anybody that's paid the $10 will get the full permit. Just a moment. The motion on the floor is to refer it. Visitor, residential visitor parking to services. Thank you. Any further discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you. Many of the activities with Spotlight Lexington will be in the third district. I understand that in addition to their website, there's also a Spotlight Lexington Facebook page. You can go to for updates on traffic and activities. So I encourage all of you all to do that. And I, too, would like to thank in advance all the fire, police, waste management, E911 call center employees, It's going to be a lot of people working very hard, tons of volunteers. And I hope it will be exciting and successful. Downtown Lexington is looking better all the time. And this past weekend, there were so many things to do, it was hard to pick and choose. And the other, I did have a question for, I guess, either Kevin Wente or possibly Commissioner Webb, about the wayfinding signs that were, I've had several calls on those. I'm quite popular on the Internet today as a result of this. We had issued the contract for fabrication in the mid part of July. I did request a 90-day window for fabrication and then, obviously, installation. We have run into some issues with the actual fabrication of the signs, to which those issues have caused the delay that we're now facing. Now, I do apologize on behalf of, you know, the work that I've done in managing this project and not having the signs up that I was hoping to see in place. We will have a delivery of the signs fabricated by next Wednesday, and talking to my contractor today, an installation of those as soon as they arrive here in town. As far as the time frame for those, we'll be receiving 21 signs Wednesday, a matter of a couple, three days, or three to five days I should say, just to allow for any other delays that might occur for those to be up and about throughout town. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Council Member Ellinger. When we had this discussion back in July, I asked that question, are these going to be ready for the World Questioner Games? Because they're great for everybody here, but they're also very good for people who aren't from here to help them get around. I agree. And we really pushed that point that they were going to be here and up, and it's disappointing. Well, we were led to believe that that was going to be the case as well. I would say that I, through the former Commissioner Don Kelly, always told me to, he gave me a little note before he left, and he said, never promise anything that you cannot deliver. So I apologize. I thought that we were in good confidence that we would have these in place. Are we getting anything in return by them? Is there anything in the contract that if they're not up at a certain time that they're going to give us percentage back? I don't recall a penalty phase written into the contract. Actually, Commissioner Webb and myself are reviewing the contract for that language, but at this point I don't actually recall if anything was specified in the contract for a penalty if they weren't erected within. So the best case scenario right now? But, two, with letting this contract, we were looking at a 90-day window for installation. Now, when we first started that, I was expecting that contract to go a lot faster as far as the time frame to which I could have, you know, bid the contract for fabrication. But, you know, it was just the series of, for one, meeting the regulations from the state requirements and then creating a book of guidelines or a contractual guideline for the actual manufacturing. That took some additional time that I hadn't accounted for. So I guess to get the timeline now correct, you think that they'll be delivered on the 29th? Is that next Wednesday? We'll leave the 28th and we're supposed to have them in place on the 29th here at our staging location and then the installation will start as soon as they're in town. That's correct. Okay. Thank you. Sure. Council Member Feigl. Thank you, Mayor. In light of Council Member McCord's comments about the FEI games, I wanted to add a little comment. Excuse me, the world question games. Yesterday we had a press conference out on Newtown Pike to showcase the new banners that have been placed along Newtown Pike and on Versailles Road, welcoming our world visitors to Lexington in 12 different languages. And it has just been a great display, in my opinion, of our Kentucky hospitality to our guests from around the world to welcome them to Kentucky in their own language. So I hope everybody will take an opportunity to go see those banners and to use it as a fun family activity and try to identify how many different languages you can recognize. In addition, I have a motion that I'd like to make as well. I'd like to move into services committee sidewalk specifications for a review and possible modification. And I'll tell you the reason that we want to put this into services. In the Fifth District over the past few months, we have had a number of residents call me because they've been cited for sidewalk replacement for things that really are very, very minor. And I've talked with David Jarvis about this in code enforcement, and he agrees that we probably need to take a look at that, at those specifications, and make sure that they are realistic because when we enforce these, it is a very expensive undertaking for our residents to have to go out and replace panels of sidewalks. I know I got a phone call last year right before Christmas from a man who had a corner lot, and right before Christmas he had to spend $5,000 replacing sidewalks. So I think that... Excuse me. Mr. Winty, hang on for just a second, if you would, because I think there's some more questions. Pardon me. So I wanted to place this into services committee so that we could take a look at what our specifications require and see if they are realistic. We do have to kind of weigh that against the expense for our citizens, so I think it would be a good thing to just take a look at it. I have a motion by Council Member Feigl and a second by Council Member Lane to put the matter of sidewalk specifications into the services committee. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. I, too, want to chime in like the rest of them. I'm excited about the World Questionary Games. They clicked here three hours, just a couple hours, or three days, just a couple hours ago, so it's right around the corner. And Krista, we received these books, and I know some people also received them. Could you tell me who all did, and if citizens want to get a copy of this, how they go about getting this? Because it's very informative and gives you a lot of information. Yes, sir, I'd be glad to. Actually, those were mailed out to about 46,000 Lexington homes that are part of the SmileyPete distribution. They're also found in the recent editions of SmileyPete, which are all three publications, Chevy Chaser, South Sider, and Business Lexington. The CDB has taken 10,000 of those on their initial run, and we'll be placing those out at the horse park for our visitors, as well as in the visitor centers that they will have throughout town. We have many businesses that have taken some and will have them there as well, Commerce Lexington, I believe Don Jacobs Honda, St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington History Museum, and anyone else that is interested in putting some at their location would be happy to do that. For anyone here in the government center, in our ballroom, we do have some available, and we'll be happy to make those available. They're about $100 per box, and we're happy to distribute those. But there's plenty of places to get them, and, of course, we're always looking for more. So there are plenty out there. So if a constituent wants to get one, can they e-mail us and say, send me one? Definitely. Or do they just send them to those places? Definitely. We actually had some, as a part of the neighborhood summit that we did a couple of weeks ago, as well as the volunteer training, we actually had some of the neighborhood presidents say, hey, can you set a box aside for me, and we'll be happy to come down and get them. So we have had some neighborhood associations to actually come and pick up a few boxes and take them and deliver those. We've even had some realtors that have come by and delivered those to some of their clients. Well, it's kind of just overwhelming what all you have going on. I know you feel that, too. But it's nice to have in a booklet to know what's going on, to kind of prepare on what you want to do because there's so much to do. Well, we appreciate what Smiley Pete did. That was their sponsorship in putting all of that together. And, of course, it does include more information than just Spotlight Lexington. So we agree it's a great piece. Thank you. Now, on the bad news, that's the good news. The bad news, I was kind of planning on Sunday to ride my bike out to the horse park and going to the World Question Games. And I understand, I guess I just received an e-mail that said that you're not going to be able to ride your bike. And I guess it's due because of safety reasons. I don't know. Is there somebody who can comment on that? I guess because of the endurance part of the games, you're going to have to close part of the trail so you can't get out there. Is that my understanding? Yes. There will be an endurance event on Sunday that starts at 12 o'clock and ends at 9. And we were requested by the event organizer to go ahead and close the trail. I think at one time there was a hope that we could have folks marshaled across this area whenever horses were not in the vicinity. However, this will be a route that does not run a single circuit. They'll continue to cross several times. And it was felt by the WIG folks that there was just too much liability and too much potential for a horse and rider or a cyclist to be injured. So the decision was made. It was in everyone's best interest to go ahead and close this section of the trail. And I understand that. I'm just going to have to figure out a way to go out there on Sunday. I guess on Drive-In's Day because I was looking forward to riding. The trail will be open at last report out to the spur that goes to Spindletop. Yes. So to the degree you want to go and stop there and watch the endurance, you can. Or you can proceed by foot from there to the horse park. Okay. Will it be closed any other days during the games? That will be the only event that closes the trail. We're trying to get the word out, and we're posting signs at each of the trailheads. The WIG folks are providing those signs for us. We'll have those posted. We want to get the word out. I see Beverly is writing, so I assume she's going to put something in the paper about this. There is a release going out on GTV3 today, I believe. Thank you. I appreciate it. Council Member Lawless, do you have something further? I'm sorry, yes. Also, I've had several businesses on South Lime and downtown want to know about the garbage pickup and waste management schedule. Is that going to be available online, or can somebody get it to me and I'll disseminate it? But that might be good information because it's already a problem. There's somebody that... We are going to have crews downtown and around town almost constantly during the games. So there will be daily pickups. There will be daily pickup for the businesses, and does that include the South Limestone businesses? I'm pretty sure it does, but let me get you that information. Okay, thank you very much. Council Member Blitz. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a follow-up question about the wayfinding signs. So, Kevin, maybe you can clarify on this. When the signs come in, how long will it take to have them all installed? That is an excellent question. As far as the completion of the project in total, I'm somewhat reserved to say that it really is going to be a factor of getting all of the clearance from utilities for the placement of our foundations. I would say that you can prepare for a very nice Christmas present. But as far as a specific date, I'm really not sure at this point what we would have. I did want to see these completed within the 90-day window. Given the setbacks that we've had right now, I'm not sure what that would push that back to at this point. So there's no possibility of having them in place for the period of the games? We will actively be placing them even during the course of the equestrian games. So you will see them being put up during that event. To have them, to say that I would have them complete by the conclusion of the games, I don't think that would be a likelihood at this point. I see. But our original intention was to have those ready for our visitors. I know. So are we taking any alternate measures to help folks find their way? I do not have an answer for that other than the current directionals that we have in place, to which the wayfinding program would eventually replace those that are currently in existence. But as far as I know, there's nothing outside of the banners. And then, you know, what information people would already know about the city themselves as far as points of destination? Well, I don't know what the answer might be. But if there is some way that we can sort of substitute for the signage and help people get around a little bit more conveniently, I think it would be something good to explore. Council Member Beard. Kevin, just a follow-on question. Is it possible when these arrive to prioritize them to the ones that seem to, depending on if they're in that shipment, obviously, but the ones that might be able to help more significantly than going out and putting one up at the Healy Whitney Museum, for instance, as opposed to this is Newtown Pike? That was my intent. I actually had a prioritized list of 32. We initially wanted to see 70 up prior to the games. The contractors stated that that would be an impossible number for them to get to. So I was able to hone that list back to a top 32, which were primary gateway signs that touched every one of the main arterials that hit an interstate and then that of Bursales Road. And then we'd concentrate on the southern part of the county with, you know, the second phase. I think that's what Council Member Blues and I both are glad to hear that. Now, that being said, we've had some issues with those primary 32 as a result of conflicts with utilities and having to relocate or possibly remark and then contact utility companies to see if there is any conflict with where we want to place those foundations. We've gotten to the point where we've had to move a foundation three, four, or more times as a result of just that issue, the utility conflict. So that priority then has shifted to let's get as many as we can where we know we don't have conflicts from where we've already located those. So basically all told, there's going to be a mix of those priority 32s that are arriving next week as well as some of the actual priority two or second phase of those. Okay, fine. Thank you, Mayor. Thanks, Mayor Gray. Kevin, I know you've worked hard on this project, so in a delay like this I'm sure is disappointing to you. Most certainly. But I know that we also do what we are encouraged to do. And projects take on the importance that leadership tells us and encourages us. And this project had a whole lot more significance to it than just wayfinding. It was a lot about branding. And it was a lot about taking full advantage of marketing, which is what we've been saying for a long time the World Equestrian Games were all about. So, yes, it is terribly regrettable that three days, 20 hours, 54 minutes and 11 seconds before the event opens, we discover that a project which the council, I believe unanimously, supported after a long effort to encourage the administration is, in fact, not going to happen. So it is a postscript of enormous disappointment, because people wandering around lost is one thing, but not taking advantage of the branding and marketing opportunity is a whole lot more. And I'm sure that when we get these up, it will then be recognized what we could have had. Thank you. Does any other council member wish to make a report? All right. There are some recommended appointments as part of the mayor's report that have been circulated to you. Is there a motion to approve those appointments? I have a motion by Council Member Blues and a second by Council Member Beard to approve those appointments. Any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. I've also asked Chief Boggs to come this afternoon, and for the balance of my time, to talk just a little bit about some of the preparations that have been made in anticipation of both Spotlight Lexington and the games out at the horse park. So, Chief Boggs, if you could give a little background, please. I'd be glad to. Good afternoon. I'm going to be brief, obviously, because we could talk about planning and preparation for WEG probably for as long as we've been doing it. But just to give you a quick snapshot of how much has gone into this, I stand before you as just a member of one division, but I can tell you that all divisions of government have been actively working on planning for the World Equestrian Games and Spotlight Lexington for several years now. As you know, this is the second largest sporting event in North America. The World Equestrian Games will be in terms of ticket sales, second only to the Olympics. So it's a tremendous thing to come here. Ticket sales right now are in excess of 300,000, and we expect those to continue to climb up through the event. There's been over 40 agencies involved from the federal, state, and local level, and that's only if you count Lexington government as one agency. Certainly we've got 40 divisions, so we would double that number if we added ourselves in. Non-traditional agencies have been at the table. Some things that we normally don't think about, public health, medical, all types of folks, state veterinarian's office that make an event like this successful, it's a lot more than what people see on the face, parks and recreation, sanitation. There's so many people that come together to actually pull this off. The steering committee was formed about two years ago, comprised of the city of Lexington, KSP, the FBI, and ESCO Security Consulting, and from that, ten subcommittees were formed that take in all the different NIMS-compliant things that we need to plan for an event this size. What we got from that was just a small piece of what I put in front of you there that will give you a little bit of oversight in terms of what's going to be coming, just some of the charts and graphs about where different things are going on simultaneously. Certainly the Kentucky Horse Park is going to be busy. The Spotlight Lexington will be equally as busy. The Kentucky State Police have primary jurisdiction and responsibility at the horse park, and the planning and looking through this, we all realize that we've got more than enough to do and there's plenty to share. KSP took that lead role, and Lexington is going to be responsible for traffic and downtown. We've both got people in both places to lend a hand, but we've shared it in that manner. LexCall has stepped up and is going to be our primary means of communications inside of government. Thank you. Pat Tatum has done a great job of stretching her people to cover almost 18 hours a day, seven days a week to make sure that our internal communications are what they need to be during this event. And in terms of major challenges, I guess we see those as the 24th is probably going to be our first hurdle day with the Blake Shelton concert downtown, and you'll see press releases coming out on traffic plans and shuttle plans in the next 24 hours on that. And then certainly October 8th and 9th are the other days that we would tell you that really should be on your radar. Those are going to be two very large days with the concerts that are going on downtown. We've got Nickelback, Charlie Daniels Band happening privately between Rupp Arena and the Opera House, plus Spotlight Lexington. Then on the 9th, as we all know, we've got a home U.K. versus Auburn game, in addition to Spotlight and WEG and the first weekend of Keeneland. So we expect the culmination of all that to make for an exciting two and a half weeks. And the city is ready. It's going to be a very positive time and positive event. The booklet I gave you should give you a bit of an overview of all those things. It's an abridged version. Obviously there's things to be glad to discuss with you off camera. If you've got specific security questions or concerns you want to know about, there's some things we don't want to get into on television. But any questions you have, I'll be happy to entertain. Any general questions? Council Member Beard. Thank you, Mayor. Multilingual people like at LexCall or any other pinch points where somebody might show up and not be able to communicate well, have we addressed that in any way, shape, or form? We have. Your emergency dispatch operations for both police and fire can already handle that through the language line. LexCall has the same ability. We can immediately connect a person with a subscription service that will run a translation service for them. So if they call 9-1-1 or 3-1-1, any visitor's got the ability to speak in their own language and be understood. Great. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, sir. Anything further for Chief Boggs? Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. I know when we put the budget together we talked about overtime, and it appears when you were talking seven days a week and 18 hours, are we prepared for overtime, and have you all taken that into consideration? We have. I think every division in government is doing their part to try and flex their schedules and make this work as best as they can. I know things that are going on at the park are going to be billed to the World Equestrian Games Foundation such that to whatever that bill comes to, and anything that happens downtown, Krista has actually come up with private donations in her fundraising to offset the cost of downtown. So speaking for the divisions that I represent, we're going to be able to manage this. I'm glad to hear that. Thank you. Anything further? All right. Let me just make you aware that this today, I didn't have time to bring them down with me, but we have some credentials for the games that came from the World Games Foundation. Council members will have access to parking and a, I think they call it a flex pass, which is a general admission ticket for every day other than the endurance and cross-country events. So we'll be circulating those. Probably send them down to Ms. Langston tomorrow and make them available to you then. So that's all I have. We do have one individual who has indicated a desire to speak on matters that are not on today's agenda. So Ms. Mallory, if you would step to the podium, you'll have three minutes. Does anyone else wish to address the council this afternoon? All right. I'll actually defer until Thursday. That will be fine. We'll have the opportunity on Thursday at the council meeting. Anything further from the public? I think we have a motion to go into closed session. Council Member Blues. Thank you, Mayor. I move pursuant to KRS 61.8101C to go into closed session for the purpose of discussing pending litigation. So moved. Second. I have a motion by Council Member Blues and a second by Council Member Gordon to go into closed session. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. We have five minutes. Thank you. Thank you.