# Urban County Council Meeting - August 18, 2011 > Auto-transcribed civic record · August 18, 2011 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/2140 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/2140?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2011-08-18 - **Last revised**: August 18, 2011 - **Length**: 14,877 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. 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 18, 2011, at 6:00 P.M. in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gray presiding. The council addressed four agenda items during the session, including an invocation, approval of minutes from a previous meeting, consideration of ad valorem tax rates, and a Richmond Avenue address change proposal. The council took seven motions and votes and heard four public comments during the meeting. Of the substantive items considered, the council approved the minutes and the ad valorem tax rates, while the Richmond Avenue address change was tabled for further consideration at a future date. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the meeting on August 18, 2011: * Mayor Gray * Lane * Lawless * Martin * McChord * Myers * Stinnett * Beard * Blues * Crosbie * Ellinger * Farmer * Ford * Gorton * Henson * Kay No absences or late arrivals were recorded. ## Votes and Decisions **Approval of Minutes from Previous Meetings** [timestamp: 0:07:32] Motion by Ellinger, seconded by Gorton. The minutes from previous meetings were approved unanimously with 16 ayes and 0 nays. **Ad Valorem Tax Rates Option 1 for the General Services Fund** [timestamp: 0:09:10] Motion by Gorton, seconded by Lane. This measure passed by roll call vote with 14 ayes and 1 nay. Voting in favor were Lane, Lawless, McChord, Myers, Stinnett, Beard, Blues, Crosbie, Ellinger, Farmer, Ford, Gorton, Henson, and Kay. Martin voted against. **Ad Valorem Tax Rate Option 1 for all Urban Service Funds** [timestamp: 0:10:13] Motion by Gorton, seconded by Lane. This measure passed unanimously with 15 ayes and 0 nays. **Ad Valorem Tax Rate Continuing Current Rate for Special District Tax Rates** [timestamp: 0:10:46] Motion by Gorton, seconded by Henson. This measure passed unanimously with 15 ayes and 0 nays. **Table Amendment to the Taxicab Ordinance** [timestamp: 0:11:19] Motion by Gorton, seconded by Farmer. The amendment was tabled unanimously with 15 ayes and 0 nays. **Table Issue of Bike Lanes Between Woodland Ave. and Kentucky Ave.** [timestamp: 0:14:03] Motion by Gorton, seconded by Ellinger. The issue was tabled unanimously with 15 ayes and 0 nays. **Table Resolution Changing Property Address Numbers on Richmond Ave.** [timestamp: 1:02:57] Motion by Farmer, seconded by Lane. The resolution was tabled unanimously with 15 ayes and 0 nays. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting included approval of three significant financial actions: **Dunbar Community Center Retrofit** A contract valued at $465,200 was awarded to Disponette Service Co., Inc. for the Dunbar Community Center Retrofit project. **Newtown Pike Enhancement Project** Environmental Landscape, LLC received a contract for $219,275 to undertake the Newtown Pike Enhancement Project. **Purchase of Service Agreements** The body approved Purchase of Service Agreements totaling $1,749,240 with various organizations. These three financial actions combined represent approximately $2.43 million in contractual commitments. ## Public Comment Four members of the public addressed the meeting on August 18, 2011, raising concerns about three separate matters. **Address Change on Richmond Avenue** Ralph Brown spoke first [timestamp: 0:28:48], opposing a proposed resolution to change his address. Mr. Brown stated that he had experienced no issues with emergency services or mail delivery, indicating that the change was unnecessary. Lisa Cliggett followed [timestamp: 0:31:37] with similar concerns about the address change on Richmond Avenue. Ms. Cliggett echoed Mr. Brown's position that the change was unnecessary and added that the modification would incur costs for residents. **Taxi Ordinance 18A** Carmen Davis addressed the meeting [timestamp: 1:51:57] regarding Taxi Ordinance 18A. Ms. Davis supported lowering the vehicle limit for taxi companies, arguing that current companies do not guarantee safety. **Traffic and Street Changes** Bernard McCarthy spoke [timestamp: 1:55:54] in opposition to a proposal to change downtown streets from one-way to two-way traffic. Mr. McCarthy cited potential traffic issues as his primary concern with the proposed change. ## Appointments The following appointments and reappointments were made: **CASA Board** - Pamela Weeks was reappointed to the CASA Board - Tom Kim was appointed to the CASA Board **Commission for Citizens with Disabilities** - Arianna Jill Barnett was appointed to the Commission for Citizens with Disabilities - Jerry Kersey was appointed to the Commission for Citizens with Disabilities **Community Action Council** - James Ziliak was appointed to the Community Action Council ## Contested Items **Richmond Avenue Address Change** Residents opposed a proposed address change for Richmond Avenue. Community members argued against the change, citing that no problems existed with current emergency services response or mail delivery. Concerns were also raised about the potential costs associated with implementing the address change. The meeting record does not indicate a final resolution or outcome for this item. **Taxi Ordinance 18A** Opposition was raised regarding Taxi Ordinance 18A, which would have lowered the vehicle limit for taxi companies. Opponents expressed concerns that reducing the vehicle limit would negatively impact safety and service quality. The meeting record does not indicate a final resolution or outcome for this item. ## Invocation Carla Van Hoose and the Kentucky Travelers performed a musical invocation for the meeting [timestamp: 00:02:18]. ## Approval of Minutes The minutes from previous meetings were presented for approval. Key speakers Ellinger and Gorton participated in this agenda item [timestamp: 00:07:32]. The minutes were approved unanimously by the body. ## Ad Valorem Tax Rates The council considered and approved Ad Valorem Tax Rates Option 1 for the General Services Fund, Urban Service Funds, and Special District Tax Rates. [timestamp: 09:10] Key speakers on this matter included Gorton and Lane. The council voted to approve Option 1 as presented, which established the ad valorem tax rates across the specified fund categories. ## Richmond Avenue Address Change A resolution to change property address numbers on Richmond Avenue was presented for consideration. [timestamp: 1:02:57] **Key Speakers** Farmer and Lawless were the primary speakers on this agenda item. **Outcome** The resolution was tabled following public opposition to the proposed address changes. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (16-0): Approval of minutes from previous meetings - **Motion** — passed (14-1): Ad Valorem Tax Rates Option 1 for the General Services Fund - **Motion** — passed (15-0): Ad Valorem Tax Rate Option 1 for all Urban Service Funds - **Motion** — passed (15-0): Ad Valorem Tax Rate continuing the current rate for the Special District Tax Rates - **Motion** — tabled (15-0): Table amendment to the Taxicab Ordinance - **Motion** — tabled (15-0): Table issue of bike lanes between Woodland Ave. and Kentucky Ave. - **Motion** — tabled (15-0): Table resolution changing property address numbers on Richmond Ave. --- ## Full transcript Greetings, everyone. I'll call the meeting to order and welcome the council back into session. I know we've already had the work session, so already back in session. City narrowly survived. Yes. Tonight we have a little bit of a special treat. I'll share that. We do. The roll call. Six weeks is a long time, Council Member Farmer. Yes, sir. No, don't say that. Are you kidding? Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? I would be most happy. Then we will announce a special treat. Yes, that is wonderful. Mr. Lane. Here. Ms. Lawless. Here. Mr. Martin. I think I'm here. Mr. McCord. Here. Mr. Myers. Here. Mr. Stennett. Mr. Beard. Present. Mr. Blues. Here. Ms. Crosby. Here. Mr. Ellinger. Here. Mr. Farmer. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Ford. Here. Ms. Gorton. Here. Ms. Henson. Here. And Mr. Kay. Here. Thank you. Thank you, Susan. It is a real pleasure to share with you all a suggestion that I think has been made sometime before. In fact, I believe Council Member McCord a year or so ago talked about perhaps having some musical entertainment for us. And this is not really entertainment as much as it is a non-traditional invocation. Lori Houlihan, who helps in the mayor's office, Lori had heard about what another city that another university town does, another university city that is a whole lot interested in art and music, and that's Austin. and at Austin's City Council, once a quarter or so, they have a musical invocation. So tonight, I'm pleased to welcome Carla Van Hoose and the Kentucky Travelers. Carla is accompanied tonight by Shirley Hudson and Dick Hudson, and they'll be performing our invocation tonight. They sing bluegrass with some folk and blues thrown in for flavor. And Carla has organized the travelers for some time, and we are really pleased that you all are with us tonight. Thanks so much. That's my old, he tied me home. That's the place where I was born. That's my grandpa's cabin all night. Lived here all his life and I promise I always will. You can have your rose of Texas and your Tennessee stud You can throw waves in the school of Mississippi But shoot up in the mood and search around the world We ain't nothing like a bluegrass girl That's right That's my old interview That's the place where I was born But that's my daddy's category He lived here all his life And the world may always fail I ran across the rivers and the hollers and the hills I've sung at night with a whipple whittle I've put ticked hands lying in the sun And I sing for songs broken That's my old childhood home That's the place where I was born That's where I barely stand on They've lived here all their lives And I probably always will Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Cause you know me Love until we die You know we always will Well, we also learned, Laurie learned from Austin that in lieu of compensation, the artists that perform in Austin are willing to accept a proclamation from the council proclaiming that this is your day in Lexington. So this proclamation proclaims that today, August 18th, is Carla Van Hoose and the Kentucky Travelers Day. Thank you so much. Thank you all. You want to do another? We have one more. All right. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, Mary's friend. Happy birthday to you. Oh, my goodness. Well, thank you all very much. Oh, does that mean that y'all would be real nice to me tonight? Oh, great. Thank you. That was it. That was it. It's over. Thank you all very much. Thanks, Carla. All right. I think I can remember what to do here. Next on our agenda, minutes of previous meetings. Thank you, Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Vice Mayor Gordon. I have a motion and a second to approve the minutes. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. All right, next on our agenda, item number Roman numeral four is committee reports. Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you. Happy birthday. Thank you, ma'am. The council met in Committee of the Whole Work session on August 16th, and there are several motions to come forward. I move to recommend separating Ordinance No. 2 under first reading into two different ordinances. The first would be about civil penalties and warrants, and the second would be right of entry. So moved. There's a motion and a second. We'll take all of these. Is that what it, have we been doing it that way? One by one. One by one, all right. All right. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. And then this motion is related to the first one. I move to table the second half of the previous motion, numbering it number 13 under ordinance's first reading and placing it into the planning committee. Second. Motion by Vice Member Gordon, second by Council Member Ellinger. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. I move to recommend, I move to place on the docket for the ad valorem tax rates, option one, which continues the current tax rates for the General Services Fund. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, second by Council Member Lane. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, I can vote. All in favor, please say aye. All opposed, no. Motion. There is one. Council Member Martin. Thank you, sir. Motion carries. I move to place on the docket for the ad valorem tax rates, option one, continuing the current rates for all urban services funds. That's a motion by Vice Mayor, second by Council Member Lane. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. The motion carries. I move to place on the docket for the ad valorem tax rates, continuing the current rates for the special district tax funds. Motion by Vice Mayor Gorton, second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. This next motion has to do with the Council calendar, and Councilmembers, you should have received by email both the verbal and the actual look at the calendar. I move to place the amended Council calendar, moving the first meeting on Tuesdays to 10 a.m. and taking a break from noon to 1 onto the docket. Motion by Vice Mayor Gorton, seconded by Council Member Kaye. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor please say aye. All opposed, no. No. All right, we want to take a vote? I mean, show of hands on this. We can use the voting system. All right, I'm trying to chew in here. I'm trying to find my name. It's somewhere. There we go. All right. All right. The motion passes, right? Right? 8-7. Motion passes, 8-7. And Mayor, just for everyone's knowledge, that will take effect September 12th, as previously voted by the Council. I move to place on the docket number one under ordinances for first reading, Thunder Properties without a public hearing. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Council Member Lane. Is there any discussion on the motion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. I move to remove Lexington Fayette Urban League from number 22 under resolutions for first reading. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Council Member Kaye. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. I move to table the amendment to the taxicab ordinance and return it to the Public Safety Committee. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Council Member Farmer. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, please indicate in favor by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. I move to table the issue of bike lanes between Woodland Avenue and Kentucky Avenue until the next Committee of the Whole Work Session on Tuesday, August 23rd. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Council Member Ellinger. Is there any discussion on the motion? It's a table. It's a motion to table. Oh, there is no discussion on the motion to table. Do you have a... It's a motion to table the issue of the bike lanes between Woodland Avenue and Kentucky Avenue until the Committee of the Whole Work Session on Tuesday, August 23rd. All right. All in favor of the motion to table, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? No. Motion carries. I move to place on the docket a resolution establishing a residential parking permit for the 400 block of South Upper Street. Motion by Vice Mayor Gorton, seconded by Council Member Kaye. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, yes, Council Member Lane. Do we have a recommendation on this from traffic engineering? Have I missed that somehow? At work session, Council Member Lawless. Do I have a recommendation? They recommended it. Okay. Thank you. Anybody else? All right. Ready to vote then? All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. And finally, I move to place on the docket a resolution establishing a residential parking permit for 257 Lexington Avenue to East Maxwell Street. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Council Member Lawless. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, I can vote. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. That concludes my report. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Madam Clerk, next on our agenda is the first reading of ordinances. Madam Clerk, would you give us the first reading of the ordinances, please? And I thought that since we had the new invocation, I thought maybe we might give us some new ideas as to how to read the ordinances and resolutions. There you go. Being creative. Fun. I'm not singing. All right. Ordinance number one, an ordinance change in the zone from a professional office P1 zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 2.55 net, 3.05 gross acres for property located at 4268 Sarin Drive, a portion of, subject to certain use and buffering restrictions imposed as conditions of granting the zone change. Thunder Properties, LLC condition. And number two, as separated out in the motion. Number 2, as amended, an ordinance on amending Article 5-1. An ordinance amending Articles 5-9, 17-14, 23C-13, and 26-12 of the zoning ordinance to provide for civil citations and civil penalties related to zoning enforcement. Number 3. and ordinance amending Articles 1-11, 8-17D, 8-19D, 8-20D, 8-21D, 8-22D, 8-23D, 8-24D, 23A-4D, 23A-9D, 23A-10D, 28-3D, and 28-4D to define and regulate temporary structures. Number 4. An ordinance accepting the bid of sensible design and construction in the amount of $189,000 for a coal barn storage building for the Division of Police and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 24. Number 6. An ordinance accepting the bid of Godwin Pumps of America, Inc., in the amount of $25,900 for a sewer overflow response program, emergency response trailer for the Division of Water Quality and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 25. Number 7, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette-Arbon County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures in appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule Number 27. Number 8, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette-Arbon County Government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $225 from neighborhood development funds in the Division of Code Enforcement for Property Abatement in appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule Number 28. Number nine, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Faylor County Government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $4,277 from Neighborhood Development Funds and the Division of Parks and Recreation for William Wells Brown Community Center, Summer Programs and Appropriating and Reappropriating Funds, Schedule number 29. Number 10, an ordinance closing Still Alley, determining that property owners abutting the street 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 quit-claim deed transferring the former right-of-way to the abutting owners subject to the reservation of easements for access and maintenance of existing utilities in the former right-of-way. Number 11, an ordinance amending Section 22-52 of the Code of Ordinances, creating four positions of Program Specialist, Grade 112E, abolishing four positions of Administrative Specialist, Senior, Grade 112N, and the Office of the Mayor. And number 12, an ordinance redistricting the districts of the physical court commissioners, justices of the peace, magistrates, and constables. Number 13 was tabled. Number 14. Hold on one second please. Number 14, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 on the assessed value of all taxable property within the taxing jurisdictions of the Lexington-Fanturban County Government, all taxes on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2011 assessment date, as follows. General Services District .0800 on real property, including real property of public service companies, .0990 on personal property, including personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft, and non-commercial watercraft. .1500 on insurance capital, .0150 on tobacco and storage, and .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, .1431 for refuse collection, .0210 for street lights, .0094 for street cleaning, .0920 on insurance capital, .0150 on tobacco in storage, .0450 on agricultural products in storage, and levying an ad valorem tax for municipal purposes at the rate of .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, 2012 assessment date. Number 15, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Agricultural Extension Office for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 through June to 30, 2012 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, 2011 assessment date as follows, .0032 on all taxable real property, including real property of public service companies, .0035 on taxable personal property, including personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft and non-commercial watercraft, and excluding inventory and 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 .0032 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington Baydorne County Government as of the January 1, 2012 assessment date. Number 16, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Soil and Water Conservation District for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, on the assessed value of all taxable real property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Faderman County Government, including real property of public service companies at a rate of .000416 on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2011 assessment date, with the tax bills computed and collected at a rate of .0004 on each $100 of assessed valuation. Number 17, an ordinance adopting the request of the Lexington Bay County Health Department under KRS 212.755 and levying a special ed law on public health tax for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. On the assessed value of all taxable real and personal property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington Bay Dormen County Government, including real and personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft, non-commercial watercraft and inventory and transit, and excluding insurance capital, tobacco and storage, and agricultural products and storage at the rate of .028 on each $100 of assessed value as of the January 1, 2011 assessment date, and levying a special ad valorem public health tax at the rate of .028 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Payette Urban County Government as of the January 1, 2012 assessment date. And number 18, an ordinance amending section 1 of Ordinance 222-2010, amending the schedule of meetings for the Lexington-Fayton County Council for the calendar year 2011 from September to the end of the year to reflect a change in the rules of the Council, decreasing the number of standing committees to six and establishing weekly Council work sessions. Is that all the first reading? All right. Are there any motions on the first reading? All right. If there are none, then we can proceed to second reading of ordinances. Council Member Lawless. Yes, ma'am. I believe there are people here that signed up to vote or to speak before the reading of any of the agenda items because it is on an agenda item. Okay. I think, Madam Clerk, do you know which ones that we're – is it appropriate time then now for this? It is. It's resolution. It's under second reading. It's the resolution number one, and it's at the will of the council if they would like to permit public comment at this time. We have two people signed up to speak. Unless there are objections, we'll ask that they speak now. All right. And first is Carmen Davis. Ms. Davis. and would you please just state your name and your address. That's our protocol. Thank you, Ms. Davis. All right, thank you, Mr. Mayor. And there are three minutes is what is requested. Thank you very much. Okay. My name is Carmen Davis, and I'm a resident of Lexington. I reside at 3679 Red River Drive, Lexington, Kentucky, and my comment is in concern of the Taxi Ordinance 18A. I understand that it was tabled and that I was unfortunately able to make the meeting on Tuesday. All right. Actually, Ms. Davis, we are beyond that item on our agenda. and we were, what the council was asking for, for those to speak related to item number one, which is matters related to Richmond Road, and I think Mr. Brown, Richmond Avenue. And I think Mr. Brown has signed up for that. But Ms. Davis, you may speak if that's okay at the end of the meeting. That's fine. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Brown. And I believe, is Lisa Cliggett, you're also, Lisa, expecting to speak on this issue. All righty. Perfect. Thank you. Mr. Brown, yes, sir, please proceed. Would you please give us your name and address? Thank you, sir. My name is Ralph Brown, still, and I still live at 13 Richmond Avenue, and I would like to continue living at 13 Richmond Avenue, in spite of this resolution that the city seems to think that they can change my address. I talked to my son about this, and he was concerned that I not be a total curmudgeon. And he said, if you mentioned that you were offended by this, he said you should tell people why. And so I will. When I bought my house, the realtor told me, he said, Ralph, you're probably going to pay more for this because it has a two-digit address. I said, you know, 13 is my lucky number. I want this house. Other realtors have told me that there's also a premium for, there's some kind of a premium for addresses. I don't know. So my comment the other day was that I was offended that the government thought that they could take value away from my house by changing its address. So now I've told you why I was offended. I'm in opposition to this. I will tell you that there's not been any problems with emergency services, people finding the right house, or police finding the right house, or fire departments finding the right house, not any on Richmond Avenue. The other day, to check this out, I did my GPS out in South Lexington after I finished babysitting, and I used the GPS to take me to 13 Richmond Avenue, and bing, when I got to 13 Richmond Avenue, it said, stop, you're here. So the idea that there is some public safety issue seems to me to be a cloud, because it's not borne out by the facts that I'm aware of. I think that's all I have to say at this point. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Brown. Lisa, Ms. Cliggett, please. and if you too would just give us your name and address I'm Lisa Cliggett at 22 Richmond Avenue and echoing on some of what Mr. Brown has said our neighbors organized a petition which I've given copies of to all of you 38 out of the 46 affected houses signed that petition with multiple members of the house residents signing it And of those few that did not sign, the only reason they didn't sign is we couldn't reach them. It was unanimous. Every person that we spoke to strongly opposed this move, and a lot of them had a lot of things to say, some of which I captured in the other document that we gave you, which is a bullet point list of some of people's points. But the main thing is that everybody feels that it's an unnecessary change, largely because we have had no problem with emergency services finding us. Not only do they find the exact houses that they need in the instances that we've had emergency situations, but they also use our street as a thoroughfare to get to the other areas behind the first block in the Kenwick area. So they know our street extremely well and can negotiate it quite quickly, as we have all come to realize. The other thing that everybody says is that mail does not have a problem reaching our houses. We don't have lost mail on our street. We often receive mail from other areas of the city, but within the street we get the right numbers. So the Postal Service doesn't seem to have a problem, even though when I called the office that we received the letter from, I was told that it was the post office that initiated this change. So that seems incongruent. Not to mention the fact that given the current state of the Postal Service, we aren't sure that making changes to our addresses that cost us things are necessarily the right move, given that we may not be getting mail at our homes in perpetuity. The other thing that people mentioned is that computers are quite smart. People are smart who program computers, and computers then can be very smart and handle these address changes. As Mr. Brown pointed out, his GPS can find these exact houses. So the whole argument that in order to improve emergency services seems very questionable to all of us on the street, and we strongly oppose that argument. We wonder if there's maybe other reasons for suggesting this change that aren't made totally transparent. The kind of costs that we will all incur are listed on that document, And one I would like to add because I will run out of time in just a moment. So I've listed a range of costs that we, the residents, the taxpayers, will incur as a result of this change. But another one is the cost of changing any legal documents, wills, estates, things like that. We will need to address those kinds of changes when our addresses get changed. And we predict that while there's no problems now with security or postal services, We predict that there will be problems with such a change, and we will be paying the cost of lost bills, delayed bills, things like that. So we strongly encourage you not to force this change on us. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Lawless. Thank you, Mayor. I've had – this is right around the corner from my house. And I've had an enormous amount of contact with the folks that live there. These are bungalows that were built in, I'd say, the 1930s, about the same time my house was. And it's part of that whole two-digit little bungalow street that adds a flavor and culture to it that I think needs to be preserved. I've never, ever, you know, disagreed with one of these things, But I think this is a special situation because it is a special neighborhood with these old, historically significant buildings, bungalows. So I hope that you all will please, and now that we have smart 911, everybody on the street can go there and sign up and tell the emergency vehicles exactly how to get there. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Lawless. If we're going to move into discussion, we might go ahead and ask the clerk to read the resolution, and then I'll ask for discussion. That's all right. Council Member Blues, is that okay? Thank you. Council Member Farmer? Thank you. Great. Madam Clerk, would you read the resolution, please? Resolution number one for second reading, a resolution change in the property address numbers of 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 17, 16, 19, 18, 21, 20, 23, 22, 25, 24, 27, 26, 29, 28, 31, 28 and a half, 33, 30, 35, 32, 37, 34, 39, 36, 41, 38, 43, 40, 43 and a half, 42, 45, 44, 47, and 51 Richmond Avenue to 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 171, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, and 181 Richmond Avenue, effective 30 days from passage. That was impressive. All right. Is there a discussion on the resolute? Well, first, we've only got one resolution, so I'll ask for a motion to approve the resolutions and then we'll ask for discussion. Is there a motion to approve the resolution? Motion by Council Member Blues. Is there a second? Second by Council Member Stennett. All right. The floor is available, open for discussion. Council Member Farmer. Thank you, Mayor. I would submit that the only confusion about the addressing of Richmond Avenue lies purely and only within the government itself. If you read the chronology, you will note that for the first months of the discussion of this change, they actually were in contact with the wrong council member. And I think that having been through more than one redistricting, this venerable street was part of the 5th District before the last redistricting. It is a special street. It has a special character and special feel about it. And I believe with all the money that we have put into E911, as highlighted by a press conference earlier this week, there is the opportunity for us to make way for things that are, what I would just simply put as, people over policy. There will be a policy discussion following my comments, I am sure, although I think we are in a position, technologically and common sense-wise, to let these folks keep the numbering system that has been part of their history since its inception, rather than make a change for a situation that has yet to present itself. I don't believe this sets a precedent for other areas or for other requests. I think it maintains a neighborhood character. I would ask the Council to vote against this change tonight. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Blues. Thank you, Mayor. As a council member who, like other of my colleagues, has worked through this process with folks who have lived on streets and who have been asked to change their street numbers or their street name, I have to challenge the notion that this is, that Richmond Place is a more special neighborhood than Cedarwood. almost a 50-year-old street of residents. How is it more a special neighborhood or a special street than Leastown Road, a 50-year-old neighborhood? Nobody wants to have a street name changed or a street number changed. It's troublesome. It involves an expense. But it is also a public safety issue. The Council set up a process to take the prioritization of safety out of the political process and to put it in the hands of E911 and of the Addressing Committee. I presume, of course, that Mr. Lucas has had the opportunity to speak with the residents, as my constituents have done, when they have faced these issues as well, so he could explain the facts of the situation. or that the residents have had the opportunity to appear before the addressing committee, as my constituents have, and were able to negotiate one change, which nevertheless still protected the safety. In addition to the danger here of deprioritizing safety when seconds count, We also, if we do not approve this resolution, we also politicize a process that the council has taken out of the political process. And there will be no reason why the residents of any street henceforth cannot come down to council and for the very same reasons that have just been offered here, ask us to change the rules. The residents, I understand the reluctance to change the street number because I've been through this process myself. And you've raised the same objections that everybody does, but that at least in my areas, and I'm sure in others, have become reconciled to once they have understood the full issue and the reason for the process that we have initiated. So, colleagues, I urge you to pass Resolution 1 and to preserve the integrity of the E-9-1 process. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Blues, Council Member Kaye, then Council Member Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. In general, I tend to agree with the points that Councilman Blues has made. My only question is whether this, not for tradition or sentimental reasons, but for reasons of safety, might not need to be done. I think there are some instances, and this may be one of them, where the kinds of change that is proposed is not going to make a substantial difference in terms of safety. My understanding is that on this street, the numbers are, as you see, single and double digits. The second block on this street, there are no houses that have addresses. So it's not going to be a confusion. I was concerned at first that the second block had the 100 numbers, but that's not the case. it's hard for me to understand how a set of single digits in the first block is going to create the kind of difficulty for the safety responders that the system was designed to prevent. I also have a, I don't know if anybody here can answer my question, but I have a question about whether this is a policy, Is there a procedure? I understand there have been exceptions to the recommendations of the 911 group, and so perhaps we can get some clarification of that. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Mr. Lucas, David, thank you. Yes, there is a process set up and guidelines. Actually, Mr. Blue's pointed out to him there is an addressing committee that has been set up by the council over almost two years ago where these changes are brought to our attention by post office, PVA, public safety, citizens' complaints, et cetera. The big issue on this specific one is there's two items. One is there's half addresses, 43-and-a-half, 28-and-a-half, and regardless of the sophistication of your computer system, it's not going to find a half address. They are problems throughout the city. We've been eliminating them over the last 10 years. Also, there's a large jump in the street numbers. As you can see, it goes from 51 to 180, which creates a gap that is traditionally unacceptable. Through the process that we've gone through, we'd like to meet with the individuals. As Mr. Blue pointed out, we meet in the community, we talk to them, and we give them the details of why this is presented. And we go through all the questions because for every one of these people, it is the first time that they've been introduced to this process. We did not have that opportunity on Richmond Avenue. We never did meet with them. We leave that up to the council member to arrange those meetings, and that never came to fruitation. So there is a lot of confusion on this specific incident, but it's not unusual. We have problems throughout the city. We've changed over 12,000 addresses over the last eight years, not because we want to, not because it's something we take pleasure in. It's just we are trying to get to consistency and get our addressing to a level that people are not looking for. It's a search and rescue. We don't want to spend time searching for an address to save someone. We want to get there and start the rescue process. Can you give me an idea about the reasons why exceptions may have been made to the policy? I'm not aware of those exceptions except for the ones that this council has decided not to pass. Thank you. Council Member Crosby. Mr. Lucas, can you please tell me, when you have these meetings, can any of the committee members bring something to the table during the meeting? Yes. Okay, so there would not be any notification to Council Member, and it could get approved at that meeting? We just make the proposal, and then once the proposal has been approved by the committee, then we notify the residents and we notify the Council Members. And how much notice do you give them? Before we move forward? Yes. We give them a notice, and then they have, I believe it's 10 business days to appeal or bring it to our attention. And if anyone calls and says, hey, we need more, we stop the clock. Once someone notifies us, there's an issue. And usually we work with the council member, and we like to have public meetings to talk out all the details. Okay, thank you. I will not be supporting this motion, and I don't think we should politicize this committee. I just had my own experience with an address change that went through, and I think that the council needs to look at how these are being presented to us and the notification that's going out and how things are happening within this committee. I just had a situation with the Boy Scouts where they were being bounced back and forth between this committee like a political basketball, and it was unfortunate, and I would have never questioned how the process was moving forward until I went through it as council member in my own district. So I would suggest that we look into this situation because we get lots of address changes, and for the most part, when we see that they're forwarded by this address committee that involves public safety officials, we tend to want to approve it because it's a public safety issue. However, with my situation, it was bounced back and forth, and it was also bundled in with about 200 other address changes when it was specifically asked if it should be taken out, and law was told no. So I think that's political in itself. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Crosby. Council Member Lane. Well, I really hesitate to speak to this issue because it's not in my district, but my number one concern is that we have to have the state-of-the-art technology and our fire department has computers, our police department has computers, EMS has computers, our helicopter in the air has a computer, and they find all the addresses in there. And then just for the average person, like has a GPS in there, a mapping in their car, all these addresses go into a master system and there are worldwide access to these numbers. So I feel hesitant to try to overrule our 911 people who have studied this. They're experts in it, and they're trying to make sure that if somebody has a heart attack or a house catches on fire or there's a gas leak or, you know, there's some kind of criminal event going on, that there's absolutely no delay in getting our emergency people to respond to the appropriate address. And I see the point made here where we do have, you know, half numbers and you have gaps in numbers, and that's where major problems can come up and identify in the correct location. But as I said, this is not in my district, but I think we have to be very sensitive to overruling 9-1-1 and to politicizing the issue of the addresses. We, you know, if this happens on every issue that comes up, we might as well do away with 9-1-1's system. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Lane. Council Member Lawless. Well, Council Member Lawless, since you've already spoken to it, you want to let other folks speak first? All right. Council Member Hanson. Thank you, Mayor. David, I have a few questions. Are there other streets in Lexington with similar addresses? There's several streets in Lexington with double digits. With a one-digit number? There are some with single digits, but the uniqueness of this is the half addresses and the non-consistency throughout. We have several right next to Richmond Avenue. Mintel Park starts at 1 and goes to 55, but there's no halves and there's no large jumps. Tanglewood, I know, starts at 1 and goes to 10. So that's unusual. What we're going for is odds on one side, evens on the other. You start from high to low, and you're consistent. And that's what we're trying to do. Trying to go with the three-digit. Well, actually, one of the thoughts was if we could do it with the two digits and remain it. But the problem is, in this situation, we don't want to change someone's existing address to what someone's was, or a new address to be someone's old address. That's the worst thing you can do is change, and then you'll never get it straightened out. So the solution was to go three digits so that every new address was not someone's old address. I understand the need to change. I guess I would just urge caution because it is costly to the residents. And as far as politicizing this or whatever, that is not the case because I think the folks that it's affecting should have a voice in this, and that's what we all do. It's trying to speak for them as much as possible. But since it is costly, I think we should really, really consider before making any changes. This is a very, I'd say, unique situation, and I understand where they're coming from and trying to preserve that character of their street. But I guess I would have a question for police or fire if they really truly feel like this would be a safety issue. Well, the police and fire that sit on our committee voted to change this. We do have those representatives sitting on the committee, sworn officers, who, you know, we look to them a lot because they're the ones who show up first. Besides the 9-on-1 staff trying to get them there, they're the ones who are trying to find these locations. And you're right, it is unique. It's a large number of changes. We, you know, thought how could we do it and affect less. but we figured at one point let's fix it 100%, and that's what we were proposing here. Okay. I do appreciate your work and have an understanding of why this is being done, but yet I think throughout Lexington we're trying to, you know, our historic areas are very, very important, and I guess I see this as kind of being a historic area. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Hanson. Council Member Beard. Thank you, Mayor. David, if you can dial back about five years, Harrisburg Road, at one point, the 1700 block of Harrisburg Road was on the west side of Harrisburg Road. the 1500 block of Harrisburg Road was on the east side, right square across from each other. How in the world did we get into this mess to begin with? It boggles my mind. Mine too. The reason we got here for two reasons. One, we used not to be murdered. We had county doing it one way, city doing it another. And also, until five to eight years ago, there were no standards, there were no rules, so it was done very haphazardly. So once we found these problems, we set up the guidelines, and it's taken us several years to get the guidelines and rules to where they are today. And the reason they're there is so we don't create more problems. And quite frankly, we've gotten ahead of the development curve, and you don't see these problems in newer sections because we've learned how to address them very early, no pun intended. But in the inside New Circle Road and the districts that we're talking about here, it's more historic. It's older areas. I mean, I grew up a block from Richmond Avenue. I'm very familiar with it. And in the Chevy Chase area, you know, it happens in those areas that they've just been that way for a long time. We had duplicate streets, and those were taken care of first. So we did the worst addressing issues early on when we first started 9-1-1 in 98. And problems like these, they were out there, but we're doing a sweep throughout the city. Ironically, we started up around Leestown Road in New Circle, and we're moving clockwise inside the circle, and that's why we came to this area. We prefer to meet with the citizens, and that's the best way to do it, to get their input and try to find a solution that works for everyone. But it is a problem that we've tackled and we've taken care of future problems, and now we're going back to getting the ones that are just lingering. And we're trying to be proactive. We don't want to try to find 43 1⁄2 and not find it and there be a problem. We want to solve it before it becomes a life-or-death issue. I totally understand. And the other half of the coin, though, the other side of the coin is there's not much enforcement, if any, on people actually putting the numbers up where they can be seen. And, you know, it's like, I know there are rules for that, but I would guess that a third of my district, you cannot visibly see the house numbers. And that's because with our limited staff, we haven't got to your district, but we have collected over $600 in fines. we've had over a dozen liens put on properties for one specific thing, and that's not posting their address. So we used to not have very good enforcement, and we had no citation powers. But over the last 24 months, we have, and we're systematically going around outside of the areas that we get complaints for. So we're doing a lot of citations and a lot more than we did several years ago. But if you'd like for us to concertate in certain areas, we are, but we're kind of taking a systematic approach to the citation because posting the address is the most important aspect. Well, make a big deal out of this and then not even have numbers up is, it just doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, we were on the street. We don't want to cite people on the street for not having their number up, and we're proposing to change it either. So, you know, you're right. You have to weigh those, and it is difficult. Thank you, David. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Beard. I'm glad you asked that question about the history. Councilmember Farmer. Yes, sir. If it's okay with Councilmember Lawless. Am I mistaken or in your comments you said that usually or sometimes members of the neighborhood can meet with the addressing office or the addressing committee themselves? We always set up meetings. We worked through the council members to have neighborhood meetings so we could do it. Just back when we did the original, and I know you attended several of those meetings when we were doing address changes, and that's what we do. We met twice out at Blues, and I tell you what, it wasn't a very pleasant experience for me, but we went two or three times just so we can get to a consensus or something that we all can agree to disagree on. Sometimes you have unpleasant experiences everywhere you go. My question tonight. Did you all meet with these neighbors? No, we did not. I think we should offer them that opportunity before this change happens. I left that up to the council member, and she never arranged those, even though we provided all the labels and stuff that's in the chronology. We leave that up to the council members to set the meetings and the place, and we attend, obviously, because they know their district the best. I'm not trying to highlight anything on the council member's behalf, but on behalf of the neighbors. And I would think all of us up here would want the neighbors to have the opportunity to meet with you before this action would become final. And I know this has been in the pipeline for a while, but I believe it. I do not disagree with you at all. We prefer that method as well. Then, unless I'm precluded, Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to table this issue so that they can meet with the addressing committee and then come back to council. That may receive no second, but I like it. There's a motion to table. There is a second by Council Member Lane. Since a motion to table doesn't allow for discussion. Wait. Yes, sir? I do have a question. Oh, okay. Will this meeting take place by tabling this motion? The question Council Member Blues asks is, will the meeting take place by tabling the motion? I would defer to the Council Member myself. Yeah, Council Member Lawless. I'm not aware of ever getting any labels. However, I would certainly be glad to try to set up some kind of meeting with the neighbors. Well, I mean, I'll do it, but with the neighbors and the addressing office. Do we come to your office? We have it in the neighborhood. It's more convenient for the neighbors that way. So I'll make sure that that happens. And since there's a motion to table. Yeah. Yes, ma'am. Go ahead. I was wondering if Council Member Farmer would withdraw that for just a minute. Withdraw it for as long as you like. I think that, yeah, this is non-debatable. Okay. The motion, sadly. Sadly. All right. Okay, there's a motion to table. There is a second. And there was an inquiry regarding, there was a question regarding the motion that was answered. All right. All in favor of the motion to table, please. Motion to table until they meet, until the neighbors meet with Mr. Lucas. And all in favor of that, please indicate by voting electronically. Yes or no. The motion passes. All right. All right, that's the only motion that we have, the only resolution that we have. So then we can move on to first reading of resolutions. Madam Clerk, will you give us the first reading, please? No doubt. Number two, a resolution accepting the bid of Environmental Landscape, LLC, in the amount of $219,275 for the Newtown Pike Enhancement Project for the Council Office. Number three, a resolution accepting the bid of Disponet Service Company, incorporated in the amount of $465,200 for the Dunbar Community Center retrofit for the Division of Environmental Policy and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with this Binnett service company incorporated related to the bid. Number four, a resolution accepting the bids of Advanced Turf Solutions, Harrells LLC, John Deere Landscapes, Agrium Advanced Technologies, Regal Chemical Company, Residix Turfgrass LLC and Pennington Seed establishing price contracts for golf course horticultural products for the Division of Parks and Recreation. Number five, a resolution accepting the bid of Adamson Industries Corporation establishing a price contract for prisoner restraint cages for the Division of Police. Number six, a resolution accepting the bid of Van Hook Enterprises Incorporated in the amount of $699,000 for the West Hickman Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Solids Building odor HVAC improvements for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Van Hook Enterprises Incorporated related to the bid. Number seven, a resolution accepting the bid of Univar USA establishing a price contract for liquid chlorine for the Division of Water Quality. Number eight, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with YMCA of Central Kentucky $200, William Wells Brown Neighborhood Association, Inc., $500, Lexington Fayette County Branch NAACP, Inc., $500, and the Southland Association, Inc., $1,000 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sums stated. Number nine, a resolution amending Resolution No. 297-2011, which established a residential parking permit program for the 700 block of Tremont Avenue to combine the 700 block of Tremont Avenue with a residential parking permit zone for Beaumont Avenue and the 700 block of Melrose Avenue, established by Resolution No. 75, 2010, and retaining all other provisions of Resolution No. 297, 2011. Number 10, a resolution changed in the street names and property address numbers of 3064 Beaumont Center Circle to 3084 Lake Crest Circle, of 1 Imperial Court to 779 Newtown Pike, of 1012 Wellington Way to 3705 Palomar Center Drive, and of 1201 Devonshire Avenue to 1035 Red Mile Road, changing the property address numbers of 196 Arkeem Avenue to 204 Arkeem Avenue, of 4141 Boone Creek Road to 4153 Boone Creek Road, of 1710 and 1726 Bryant Road to 1730 and 1740 Bryant Road, of 117, 111, and 109 1⁄2 Burley Avenue to 121, 119, and 115 Burley Avenue, of 270 Driscoll Street to 272 Driscoll Street, of 1,100 Horseman's Lane, units B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, and B12, to 1050 Horseman's Lane, units 101, 104, 102, 103, 201, 204, 202, 203, 301, 304, 302, and 303, Of 1,100 Horseman's Lane Units A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, and A12 to 1054 Horseman's Lane Units 101, 104, 102, 103, 201, 204, 202, 203, 301, 304, 302, and 303. Of 165 Jefferson Street to 167 Jefferson Street. Of 500 Lake Tower Drive, Units 110 and 111. To 500 Lake Tower Drive, Units 145 and 146. Of 445, 449, 447, 445, and 431 Patchen Drive. To 455, 457, 459, 461, and 463 Patchen Drive. Of 3457 and 3459 Red Coach Trail. to 3470 and 3468 Red Coach Trail of 363 Woodview Drive, Unit 8A to 365 Woodview Drive, and of 365 Woodview Drive, Unit 8B to 363 Woodview Drive. And change in the street name of 164 Delmont Court Units A and B to 164 Delmont Drive Units A and B, of 154 Delmont Port, Units A and B, to 154 Delmont Drive, Units A and B, of 1192 Devon Port Drive to 1192 Devon Port Circle, of 1519, 1523, 1527, 1533, 1537, 1541, 1549, 1553, 1601, 1609, 1613, 1617, 1621, 1625, 1629, 1633, 1637, 1641, 1645, and 1649. Leastown Road to 1519, 1523, 1527, 1533, 1537, 1545, 1549, 1553, 1601, 1609, 1613, 1617, 1621, 1625, 1629, 1633, 1637, 1641, 1645, and 1649. Old Least Town Road, and of 239, 243, 245, 247, 251, 257, 261, 265, 269, 271, Ann Street, 239, 243, 245, 247, 251, 257, 261, 265, 269, and 271, Shropshire Avenue, all effective 30 days from passage. Number 11, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways, to increase the amount of reimbursement to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet by the amount of $56,957.76 from up to $216,098.97 to up to $273,056.73 for installation of Mast Arm Pool System for the Newtown Pike Extension Oliver Lewis Way Project. Number 12, a resolution declaring a surplus and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute deeds and any other necessary documents for the sale and transfer of property located at 183 Old Georgetown Street and 183 1⁄2 Old Georgetown Street. Number 13, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for extension of the FY2008 Fiber Optic Cable Installation Project through July 9, 2012, at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 14, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following, Colleen West, Social Worker Senior, Grade 113E, 1387, 20, biweekly, and the Department of Social Services, Tara Mills, Social Worker Senior, Grade 113E, 1596, 80, biweekly, In the Division of Youth Services, William Osvito, Municipal Engineer Sr., Grade 119E, $3,088.88, biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, and authorizing the beginning of probationary civil service probationary period upon successful completion of a physical or medical examination as required, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the coroner. Maxwell J. Dowling, Deputy Coroner, Grade 112N, $16 hourly in the Office of the Coroner, Callie Kearns, Family Support Worker, Senior Grade 112N, 15.144, hourly in the Division of Family Services and authorizing the beginning employment upon successful completion of a physical or medical examination as required upon, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 15. A resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Michael Keithhorn, 3,504.16, biweekly. Glenda H. George, 3,346.08, biweekly. David J. Barbary, 3,425-12, biweekly, grade 123E, managing attorney in the Department of Law, effective September 12, 2011. Marie London, environmental inspector, grade 113N, 18.388 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective August 22, 2011. Mary Seatel. Yeah, excuse me, Susan. I was just going to encourage. I know everybody's happy to be back together. But it's hard for the viewing audience and for our audience to hear the clerk if we're – there is work going on, by the way, up here, folks, in terms of a viewing audience. When council members are discussing things, they're typically discussing the business of the council, but sometimes that overwhelms the clerk, who is also trying to read our ordinances and resolutions. So continue, Madam Clerk. Thank you. Mary C. Felty, Deputy Director of Administrative Services Water Quality, Grade 120E, 2009-49-84, biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective August 22, 2011. Approving the unclassified civil service appointments of Laura Hatfield, administrative aid to the Mayor, Grade 118E, 208-272, biweekly in the Department of Social Services, effective August 15, 2011. Joan Dix, Family Support Worker Senior, part-time, Grade 112N, 16.610 hourly in the Division of Family Services, effective August 29, 2011. Paul Sims, Microcomputer Support Specialist, grade 113N, 20.992 hourly in the Division of Police, effective August 1, 2011. Scott Shapiro, Senior Administrative Aid to Mayor, grade 120E, 3192.31 biweekly in the Office of the Mayor, effective August 11, 2011. Approving the Unclassified Civil Service Pay Increase in the Office of the Urban County Council, Willard J. Fogle, Aid to Council, Grade 000E, increased from 2058-80 biweekly to 2089-56 biweekly, effective July 1, 2011. Approving council leave for Rebecca McFarland, Financial Coordinator, Grade 112N, and the Division of Grants and Special Programs, request 90 days. Council approved leave without pay from August 9, 2011 through November 9, 2011. Number 16. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a master service agreement with Hanna Resource Group, LLC, for services related to compensation structure for 23 computer-related technical positions for the Division of Human Resources at a cost not to exceed $8,500, effective June 20, 2011. Number 17, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a release of sanitary sewer easement, releasing a sanitary sewer easement on property located at 1490 Citation Boulevard, 1850 Bulldog Lane, and 1350 Bull Lee Road. Number 18, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute purchase of service agreements with Commerce Lexington, $496,578. Downtown Lexington Corporation, $42,710. Kentucky World Trade Center, $90,950. Lexington, Kentucky Chapter of Score, $5,540. Lyric Theater and Cultural Arts Center Incorporated, $135,000. Bluegrass Community Foundation, $5,000. Bluegrass Area Development District $75,110, Environmental Quality Commission $1,910, Downtown Development Authority $2,011, $230, and Roots and Heritage Festival Incorporated $35,415 at a total cost not to exceed $1,094,443. Number 19, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a donation from Ms. Wanda Shepard of a Victorian couch and chair for use at the Bell House at no cost to the urban county government. Number 20, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a facility usage contract with Fayette County Board of Education for the extended school program and recreational enrichment and learning program. 21. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute purchase of service agreements with Baby Health Services, $14,990. Big Brothers Big Sisters, $8,570. Bluegrass Community Action Agency, $24,980. Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program, Incorporated, $67,500. Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center, $62,440. Center for Women, Children, and Families, $41,630. Chrysalis House Incorporated, $33,300. Bluegrass Comprehensive Care Center, $262,030. Community Action Council, $149,850. Hope Center Incorporated, $666,000. Mash Services of the Bluegrass Incorporated, $142,200. Movable Feast Lexington, $33,300. Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass Incorporated, $41,630. Salvation Army, $180,000. And Sunflower Kids, $20,820 to provide services to the public at a cost not to exceed $1,749,240. Number 22, as amended. A resolution authorizing and direct to the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute lease agreements with Area Health Education Center, Bluegrass Community Action Agency, Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, National Association for the Advanced of Colored People, and West End Community Empowerment Program for Use of Space at the Black and Williams Neighborhood Center. Number 23, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute certificates of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept deeds for property interests needed for the Crimson King Cold Stream Stormwater Improvement Project at a cost not to exceed $975,000. Number 24, as walked on in the Committee of the Whole report, a resolution establishing a residential parking permit program for the 400 block of South Upper Street from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and waiting for the provisions relating to the mechanics of designating residential parking permit areas adopted by Resolution No. 169-90 and amended by Resolution No. 450-91 and 4033-2006. Mayor, there's someone that wants to speak on this issue. Yes. I believe Council Member Gorton has a walk on. Vice Mayor Gorton. No. There are two people that are requesting to speak on this issue. On which one? On number 24, the walk-on. On number 20? No. 24? I'm sorry. Just scratch what I just said. All right. I'll continue reading if that's okay. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, sir. Number 25, a resolution establishing a residential parking permit program for Lexington Avenue from 257 Lexington Avenue to East Maxwell Street, 24 hours per day, Monday through Sunday. along the west side of the block and waiving the provisions relating to the mechanics of designating residential parking permit areas adopted by Resolution No. 168-90 and amended by Resolution No. 450-91 and 433-2006. Now I'm finished. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. Council Members, the Administration has asked me to walk on these temporary franchise agreements. I move to place on tonight's docket resolutions authorizing the mayor to execute short-term electric franchise agreements with Kentucky Utilities Company, Bluegrass Energy Cooperative Corporation, and Clark Energy Cooperative, Inc. Second. This is a motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, second by Council Member Ellinger. Is there any discussion? He was first. Council Member, is there any discussion? Hearing none, prepare to vote. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Council Member Blues. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. I also have a walk-on motion, which is to place on the docket, under first reading resolutions, a resolution authorizing the Department of Law to initiate condemnation proceedings against the properties located at 101 Alexandria Drive, 156 Venture Court, and 140 Venture Court. So moved. Motion by Council Member Blue, second by Council Member Farmer. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. Prepare to vote. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Is anyone else? Council Member Martin. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on the docket a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering, pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 1846, to designate Mitchell Avenue as being prohibited through trucks and authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with the designation. So move. Second. Motion by Council Member Martin and second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, ready to vote? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. There's a lot of competition for these seconds tonight, I'll tell you what. All right, has anybody else got one? Council Member Lawless. Yes, I'd like to walk on a neighborhood development fund allocation to the Prawltown Neighborhood Association. They're going to have their Prawltown reunion that they've been having for years, and so it's set and it needs to get passed so we can get the money quickly for that. Second. Motion by Council Member Lawless, seconded by Council Member Ellinger. Is there any discussion? Then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. When is Peralta? When is the, what's the date? Okay. Thank you. Are there any other, any other walk-homes? Any other motions? All right. Then we can move on. I can give those first reading if you'd like. You're going to do a first read. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. And that will give Mr. Barbary time to write a resolution for Ms. Hollis' resolution real quick so that we can... Okay. Resolution number 26 is a resolution accepting the bid of Kentucky Utilities Company, Incorporated, in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance Number 72-2011, creating and offering for sale a short-term franchise for the operation of a non-exclusive electric generation transmission and distribution system in Fayette County, and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a franchise agreement with Kentucky Utilities Company, Incorporated, incorporating the terms and conditions of Ordinance No. 72-2011. Number 27, a resolution accepting the bid of Clark Energy Cooperative Incorporated in accordance with the revisions of Ordinance No. 72-2011, creating an offering for sale a short-term franchise for the operation of a non-exclusive electric generation transmission and distribution system in Fayette County and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a franchise agreement with Clark Energy Cooperative, incorporating the terms and conditions of Ordinance No. 72-2011. And No. 28, a resolution accepting the bid of Bluegrass Energy Cooperative Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 72-2011, creating and offering for sale a short-term franchise for the operation of a non-exclusive electric generation transmission and distribution system in Fayette County, and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a franchise agreement with Bluegrass Energy Cooperative Corporation incorporating the terms and conditions of Ordinance No. 72, 2011. Number 29 is a resolution authorizing and directing the Department of Law to institute condemnation proceedings in Fayette Circuit Court to obtain fee simple title to the properties located at 101 Alexandria Drive, 156 Venture Court and 140 Venture Court for the extension of Citation Boulevard. Number 30. 30, a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 18-46 to designate Mitchell Avenue as being prohibited to through trucks and authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with the designation. And number 31. Section number 31, a resolution adding Prawl Town days to the Neighborhood Development Fund allocation list in an amount not to exceed $500 in authorizing the execution of any necessary documents. Thanks. All right. Is it officially? Thank you, Madam Clerk. Yeah, David. The second readings list, I have that. So can you share that with us, David? Yes, sir. This is for a second reading. We need a motion for suspending the rules for a second reading, right? Let me give you the list first. All right, thanks. And the justification, I think, for virtually all of these is the delay between council meetings. That's why they need to be read twice tonight. Resolution number 14, which is the normal personnel one that you waive in order to go ahead and hire these people and give them their medical tests and whatnot. Number 16, which is your master service agreement to go ahead and do the study for the pay supplement. Number 17, which is a sanitary sewer easement. Number 18, which is your professional services agreement or purchase of service agreements with the various entities that are listed. number 18 sorry number 21 which is the second group of your purchase of service agreements entities and then the three franchises that were walked on which I think were number 26, 27 and number 28 and number 29 the condemnation matter Move approval Second. It's a motion by Vice Mayor Gorton, second by Council Member Stennett. Is there any discussion, Council Member Lawless? Discussion on this, Council Member Lawless? Okay. How should we do that? Go ahead and vote on these and then, or just add this one. All right. Go ahead and attend. I'd like to suspend the rules and ask for a second reading on number 9. It's the residential parking permit, number 24 and 25 also, and they've been waiting quite a long time on these, and number 31 for the Prawl Town. So it would be 9, 24, 25, and 31. 9, 21, 25. 9, 24, 25, and 31. Okay. I apologize, Mayor, but I've got a late entry. Number, okay. You don't have a late entry. All right. Yeah. Council Member Ford. Thank you, Mayor. I request suspension of the rules to give second reading to the following two resolutions. Resolution number three for the Dunbar Community Center renovation project, and then also resolution number eight for the various neighborhood development fund allocations. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Ford? Council Member Martin? Thank you, Mayor. I request a second reading of the Mitchell Avenue ordinance. Which number is that? It is, Mitchell Avenue is number 30. Thank you. This is a public safety issue. We're trying to slow down, cut through traffic on this road off of Harrodsburg Road. So moving. There's a motion by Council Member Martin. Which number was it again? Three. Three. 30. 30. 30. Okay. Council Member Martin and a second by Council Member Lane. All right. Is that it? All right. So we have, all right, is there any discussion? We need a voice vote on this, right? All right. Is there any discussion then? Are we ready for a vote? Yeah, Vice Mayor. I think Mr. Myers is talking with law about whether we can give second reading to a resolution that's involved with a fine. Normally on an issue like number nine, we would advise you all to go ahead and have that done at a second meeting just in order to avoid a potential issue with your charter or the state law with having something that has a fine associated with it. there's a notice issue there. And normally if there's a fine associated with something, our advice to you all is to go ahead and do that at two separate public meetings. And I think arguably there is a fine associated with that because you're bringing in a group of or an area where now it would be subject to having that type of thing applied to them. So we would prefer. Vice Mayor, go ahead. If that can wait another week to get the second reading, that would probably be preferable because that would eliminate that issue altogether. Okay. I've always had second readings on those residential parking permits. And number nine is the one that was supposed to be wrapped into. It already has passed. but the part about it being wrapped into Melrose. Do you know what I'm talking about? I don't think I do. The only legal issue that might be there is if you could be fined for doing this now by being added into this particular, you've got a potential issue, the safer course of action would be to have that done at two separate places. Okay, I'll withdraw my request for number 9, number 24, and number 25. All right. So do we... Is there any further discussion? All right. Ready to... Madam Clerk, would you call the roll, please? It's just a voice vote. It would just be a voice vote. Yes, sir. Do I need a motion? For the suspensions. We already have. So this is a vote. This is for the suspensions. Right? Okay. Yes, sir. Go ahead. All that's required is a voice vote for the motion to suspend, and then there'll be a motion. I'm sorry. I'm hearing you say that. It's okay. All in favor. I'm thinking electron. I'm thinking roll call. I'm sorry. All in favor. Please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed. No. Vice Mayor. Motion carries. Council Member Martin. I am voting A except for with respect to 21, and I am refusing on 21 because of a contractual relationship with my wife or with one of the entities. All right. So that will be noted. We'll note that in the minutes. Now the roll call. Second reading. It's been way too long since we were at the council. It's all right. Second reading of resolutions that were just suspended. Yes, ma'am. Yes, sir. Now I have to. Now bear with me while I sort out what was suspended. Okay, number 14. Number 14 for second reading. 888.885 weekly in the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the beginning of probationary service, civil service, probationary period upon successful completion of a physical or medical examination as required, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following. Maxwell J. Dowling, Deputy Coroner, grade 112N, $16 hourly in the Office of the Coroner. Callie Kearns, Family Support Worker, Senior, grade 112N 15.144 hourly in the Division of Family Services and authorizing the beginning employment upon successful completion of a physical or medical examination as required effective upon passage of counsel. Number 16. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute to master service agreement with HANA Resource Group, LLC, for services related to compensation structure for 23 computer-related technical positions for the Division of Human Resources at a cost not to exceed $8,500, effective June 20, 2011. Number 17. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a release of sanitary sewer easement, releasing a sanitary sewer easement on property located at 1490 Citation Boulevard, 1850 Bulldog Lane, and 1350 Bull Lee Road. Number 18, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute purchase of service agreements with Commerce Lexington, $496,578. Downtown Lexington Corporation, $42,710. Kentucky World Trade Center, $90,950. Lexington, Kentucky Chapter of Score, $5,540. Lyric Theater and Cultural Arts Center Incorporated $135,000. Bluegrass Community Foundation $5,000. Bluegrass Area Development District $75,110. Environmental Quality Commission $1,910. Downtown Development Authority $211,230. And Roots and Heritage Festival Incorporated $35,415. At a total cost not to exceed $1,094,443. And number 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute purchase of service agreements with baby health services, $14,990. Big Brothers Big Sisters, $8,570. Bluegrass Community Action Agency, $24,980. Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program Incorporated, $67,500. Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center, $62,440. Center for Women, Children, and Families, $41,630. Chrysalis House Incorporated, $33,300. Bluegrass Comprehensive Care Center, $262,030. Community Action Council, $149,850. Hope Center Incorporated, $666,000. MASH Services of the Bluegrass Incorporated, $142,200. Movable Feast Lexington, $33,300. Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass Incorporated, $41,630. Salvation Army, $180,000. And Sunflower Kids, $20,820 to provide services to the public at a cost not to exceed $1,749,240. And then the walk-ons, bear with me a second while I double check my numbers to make sure that I have correct. Okay, I need to go back and read number three and eight. This is my bad. Okay. Number three for second reading, a resolution accepting the bid of Dispenet Service Company incorporated in the amount of $465,200 for the Dunbar Community Center retrofit for the Division of Environmental Policy and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Dispenet Service Company Incorporated related to the bid. And number eight, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute agreements with YMCAF Central Kentucky $200, William Wells Brown, Neighborhood Association Incorporated $500, Lexington Fayette County Branch NAACP Incorporated $500, and the Southland Association Incorporated $1,000 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. And then we have the walk-ons that were suspended. Number 26 is a resolution accepting the bid of Kentucky Utilities Company, Inc., in accordance with revisions of Ordinance No. 72-2011, creating and offering for sale a short-term franchise for the operation of a non-exclusive electric generation transmission and distribution system in Fayette County and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a franchise agreement with the Kentucky Utilities Company Incorporated, incorporating the terms and conditions of Ordinance No. 72-2011, No. 27, a resolution accepting the bid of Clark Energy Cooperative Incorporated in accordance with the revisions of Ordinance No. 72-2011, creating an offering for sale a short-term franchise for the operation of a non-exclusive electric generation transmission and distribution system in Fayette County and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a franchise agreement with Clark Energy Cooperative Incorporated, incorporating the terms and conditions of Ordinance No. 72-2011-28, a resolution accepting the bid of Bluegrass Energy Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 72-2011, creating and offering for sale a short-term franchise for the operation of a non-exclusive of Electric Generation Transmission and Distribution System in Fayette County, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a franchise agreement with Bluegrass Energy Cooperative Corporation, incorporating the terms and conditions of ordinance number 72-2011. And number 29, a resolution authorizing and directing the Department of Law to institute condemnation proceedings in Fayette Circuit Court to obtain the simple title to the properties located at 101 Alexandria Drive, 156 Venture Court and 140 Venture Court for the extension of Citation Boulevard, Phase 2. And number 31 and 30 also. Number 30, a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 18-46 to designate Mitchell Avenue as being prohibited to through trucks and authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with the designation. And number 31, a resolution adding Prawl Town days to the Neighborhood Development Fund's application list in an amount not to exceed $500 in authorizing the execution of any necessary documents. I believe that's all of it. I hope. I haven't missed any. That was impressive. A lot of moving parts. I'm going to be tongue-tied up here. Okay. Is there a motion and a second? Okay. Second. Motion by Council Member Ellinger. Second by Council Member Myers. Is there any discussion? Madam Clerk, would you be willing to call the roll? I'd be most happy to. Mr. Lane? Mr. Lane? Yes. Thank you. Ms. Lawless? Mr. Martin? We're accusing on 21 due to a family conflict. Yes on the rest. I'm sorry, not 21. Number 21 wasn't suspended, but... Yeah, that was the list of... Oh, it was. I'm sorry. We'll note that in the record. I apologize. Thank you. Mr. McCord. Yes. Mr. Myers. Yes. Mr. Stennett. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Beard. Aye. Mr. Blues. Ms. Crosby. Mr. Ellinger. Yes. Mr. Farmer. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Ford. Yes. Ms. Gorton. Aye. Ms. Henson. Yes. And Mr. Kaye. Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Next on our agenda is for information only, no action is needed. Division of Building Inspection, second quarter report. And next is communications from the mayor. There's approval. Second. There is a motion by Vice Mayor Gorton and a second by Council Member Ellinger. Is there any discussion? Mayor. Council? Over here. Mr. McCord. Mr. McCord. Oh, thank you. Mr. McCord. Mr. Barbary, I have a quick question on number nine, on first readings. And as I look at the website, according to our website, ex officio members of the Lexington Center Board don't have term limits. And I don't know if we can vote on this particular one as it's read. It looks like to me that it's at the will of the mayor. And if the mayor wants to move one council member off and put another on, it's just a matter of contacting them. Am I correct on that? That's the way I read it off the website. I don't have that particular one in front of me to read the actual bylaws or whatnot, but generally speaking, that would be the case. Your interpretation would be correct. If you want us to, we could try to go look for it real quick to give you more. That's okay. I just think before we voted on that one that we may not need to vote on that one at all if it's just the mayor's call and one council member on versus another. Ms. McCord, whether they're ex officio or whether they have terms, they still are on the docket for approval. So I think either way, I mean, I think that it's okay because both require a council vote confirmation. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember McCord. Thank you, Council Member McCorder. I thought I asked that same question. Melissa? No. As far as the date? Because there was no date. All right. Okay. Any further discussion? All right. Then ready to... We've got a motion and a second. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Next on the agenda is crommonumeral number 10. And these are for information purposes only. All right. Are there any announcements? Floors available for announcements. Vice Mayor Gordon. Yes, I just wanted to let Councilmembers know that next week I'll be bringing you, just for your information, the new committee assignments, which will go into effect September 12th. Thank you, Councilmember Gordon. Councilmember Ellinger. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I just want to let Councilmembers know that we will be meeting on Tuesday at 1 o'clock for the Council Personnel Committee, and all council members are invited. We will be discussing the council administrator position. Thank you. Councilman Ford. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to make a quick announcement for an event that's happening in my district this weekend. This Saturday, August 20th, the East End reunion will be held at Charles Young Park, beginning at 12 o'clock and extending through, I think, 9 o'clock. We welcome the community at large to come out and participate, East End Natives and otherwise. We also, in regards to the Charles Young Redevelopment Task Force, have initiated a public comment process. And so I thank the task force members, Council Member Henson and Council Member Kaye for their support. Folks that are interested can simply send us an email at charlesyoungcenter at lexingtonky to give us their questions, comments, or suggestions in regards to the process. Hope to see everybody on Saturday. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Lawless, then Council Member Martin. Just quickly, there are a lot of things going on this weekend and one of them is the very popular and exciting Woodland Arts Fair. So I encourage everybody to come to Woodland Park and see all the wonderful work. Council Member Martin. Thank you, Mayor. Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the 7th Annual Tri-Y Kids Triathlon at the Beaumont Center YMCA. And so this is going to be bright and early Sunday morning. And so if you'd like to participate, please call the Beaumont Center YMCA at 219-9622 and sign up, and we'll see you Sunday morning. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, sir. Anybody else? No. All right. Mayor, there is a police disciplinary matter that needs to be. Thank you. Okie dokie. Commander Barnard. Greetings, sir. Yes, sir. Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council. We had a formal complaint filed by one of our lieutenants, Lieutenant Raymond Roller, regarding an officer, David Bradley, in violation of one of our general orders, operational rules. This complaint was investigated by our Internal Affairs Division, turned over to Chief Bastin. He met with the employee, Officer Bradley, and they have agreed on a 20-hour suspension. It's a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, we're ready to vote. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you all. Scores available. Next on our agenda is public comment. I believe Ms. Davis, you wanted to speak, and Mr. McCarthy. Hello. Excuse me. Hello again. My name is Carmen Davis. I'm a Lexington resident, 3679 Red River Drive, Lexington, Kentucky. And unfortunately, I was unable to make the August 16th committee meeting concerning the 18A taxicab ordinance. I understand there was opposition brought to the council concerning fears of lowering the limit of vehicles from 25 to 10, And that there were many things assumed that there would be gypsy drivers on the road, and that whoever opened a smaller business would have poor insurance, no bonding, huge liability, and be a danger to the general public at large. Well, I find all of this very interesting, but seeing how it comes from an established company, I understand why they would oppose this change in the ordinance, because they are just protecting their investment. However, I feel that some of their information is unfounded based on market research and surveys that I have personally conducted. I have been working on a business plan for the past two months. I have spoken with public safety, Mr. Rick Curtis. I attended the public safety meeting July 12th concerning his proposal to reduce it to 10 cars. During that discussion, he brought a presentation that included complaints by current citizens. He also included concerns about the actual current companies and their disrepair and lack of maintenance on their own vehicles. So I'm here to counter that lowering the limit is a danger and a public safety issue, because when I was at that meeting July 12th, he pointed out that in the entire year up to July, of the current taxi cab companies, only 11 cabs have been inspected from both companies combined. Out of those 11, eight had to be taken off the road. for disrepair. So my stance is if you have a current company that's in business, they have well over 25 cars. That is not a fail safe. That is not a guarantee that customers and consumers are safe, that it is a standard that says, okay, we're a bigger company. We We provide better service. If you have the opportunity to look at the July 12th committee meeting in the archive, I encourage you to do so because Mr. Curtis also pointed out that during the equestrian games there were many, many complaints and they had to intercede and bring in the current taxi owners and encourage them to deal with public issues and concerns and complaints. So again, I am a new business owner, potentially. I'm an entrepreneur. I am trying to establish a company in Lexington. I know there is a downtown initiative to do so, and I would appreciate your support in lowering this limit. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Davis. Mr. McCarthy. Okay, for the record, my name is Bernard McCarthy, and my address is 515 Harry Street. First off, I wish to point out that the lane of Sir Barton Way that is currently painted out with yellow hash marks right at the intersection with Winchester Road really ought to be put back in service. I mean, the developers spent the money to build that pavement. The traveling public might as well be getting some use out of it instead of having it painted off and kept idle. It doesn't really make a lick of sense to me the way you've got it set up now. Second, no matter how much you study it, changing our downtown streets from one-way to two-way, is going to cause a mess, and I really think you shouldn't do any of that. The streets that are one way across the whole of downtown right now need to stay one way. Now, any changes need to be in cases where you have part of a street one way and the rest of it two way. Changes towards making our street pattern more consistent, I might go along with. For instance, if you wanted to change this one block long section that is now called Winslow Street, but when I came here many, many years ago, used to be considered part of Euclid and still functions as such, if you wanted to change that one block to two-way to match the entirety of Euclid, that might make sense. But changing Main Street and Vine Street from one-way to two-way would be crazy. Same thing for Limestone and Upper or High and Maxwell. I think the one-way streets need to stay one-way. Unless you are prepared to buy a heck of a lot of right-of-way and spend a lot of money to very drastically widen our downtown streets, they need to stay one-way to be able to handle the traffic load. and if you succeed in cramming more activity into downtown, the need for capacity will be even greater, not less. Thank you, Mr. McCarthy. Is there any further business coming before the Council? If there's not, is there a motion to adjourn? I second. There's a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. We are adjourned. Thank you.