Welcome everyone to this meeting of the Council. And first thing on our agenda is the roll call. And I'll ask the Clerk to please call the roll. Madam Clerk. Mr. Martin? Yes. Mr. McCord? Here. Mr. Myers? Here. Mr. Stenet? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Beard? Present. Mr. Blues? Here. Ms. Crosby? Mr. Ellinger? Here. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Ford? Here. Ms. Gordon? Here. Ms. Henson? Here. Mr. Kay? Here. Mr. Lane? Here. Ms. Lawless? Here. Thank you. Thank you, Meredith. Next on our agenda is the invocation, and tonight we are honored to have Reverend Albert DiGiacomo from the Newman Center. Al, thank you for joining us tonight, sir. My pleasure. Let us pray. Gracious God, blessed are you, Master of the Universe, for you have made this night your own. As we begin this meeting, we remember that each time we gather, we are in your presence. Grant this body wisdom and vision. Gift them with humor, patience, and humility. Help this council to meet the practical matters at hand. May the work of this meeting serve this community of Lexington and you. May the gifts with which this council is endowed transform the work of their hands as a fitting service to the people of Lexington and be pleasing in your sight this night. And let the people say, Amen. Thank you, thank you, Reverend DiGiacomo. All right, next on our agenda is a proclamation, and I'm going to invite Council Member Bill Farmer down to the podium with me. Council Member Farmer. Okay. All right. Well, Council Member Farmer and all the council members know that this is the fun part of our job. Yes, guys, y'all are looking like this is it. and this is it. We are celebrating the achievement tonight, real achievement, by some superstar kids in Lexington. The 11-year-old Eastern League, Eastern Little League All-Stars, are the District 3 champs. Hello! So, big congratulations. to the team's manager, Greg Young, and its coaches, Doug Owens, Rob Rumpke, and our very own Mike Sanner. And congratulations to all the parents. You know, it's not easy being an all-star parent. But most importantly, congratulations to the amazing kids on this team. You guys, you all have all made Lexington really proud. Big deal. So, in recognition of the District 3 champions, I declare today Eastern Little League All-Stars Day. And I get to ask, have the great honor and pleasure to ask Councilmember Farmer to recognize these young men whose home field is in Ecton Park, your district. Thank you. and whereas each year a district tournament is played to determine a representative to play in the state tournament and whereas the Eastern Little League National 11-Year-Old All-Stars won the District 3 tournament and was one of only eight teams in all of the Little League teams in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to participate in the 11-Year-Old State Tournament. On behalf of the Mayor and the Council, it is my pleasure to recognize the District 3 champion coaches, players of Eastern Little East live in your all-stars. Congratulations. Congratulations. You have the other one? We have the other picture. It shows the team next to the scoreboard. And for a Little League game, a championship game to end at 1-0 is really something. So our team played good defense that day to hold them to zero runs. So thank you, Mayor and Councilman Farmer. And, Mayor and Councilmembers, it's my pleasure to stand before you today in a baseball uniform rather than my usual lawyer costume. And I would like to introduce the coaches and the players of the Eastern Middle League 11-year-old All-Star District 3 champions. First, the manager, Greg Young. Coaches, Doug Owens. Spread that out. Rob Rumpke, who couldn't be with us here tonight, and I was the other coach. And now the players. Corey Smith. Joshua Peters. Clay Brumley. Dayon Perkins. Aidan King. Walker Owens. Matthew Kincaid. Matthew Kincaid. Montavion Bean Mark Rumke Will Newberry Drew Kendi I recognize the last fellow. His name slips me. I think it's Ben Sanner. Let's get to council members. Can everybody gather up behind the guys? Great. Okay. Okay. One, two, three. Okay. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. Thank you. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Okay. Okay. All right. That cleared the house. Yeah. It's good we have presentations. We wouldn't have anybody here otherwise. All right. Now, after that nice celebration, we'll get back to business. And I'll ask the clerk if she'll please give us a second reading of ordinances. Madam Clerk. Ordinance number one. An ordinance amending Article 2 of the Zoning Ordinance to change the Zoning Map Atlas from the historical series of 81 maps to a system utilizing the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Geographical Indexing System, GIS, to serve as the official zoning map for the urban county. Number two, an ordinance amending Section 2152 of the Code of Ordinances abolishing one position of engineering technician, Grade 111N, and one position of staff assistant senior, Grade 108N, and creating one position of municipal engineer senior, Grade 119E, in the Division of Engineering, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 8, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 3. An ordinance amending Section 2253.22 of the Code of Ordinances adjusting the entrance rate and pay scale for traffic school guards effective upon passage of council. Number 4. An ordinance amending Section 2152 of the Code of Ordinances abolishing one position of Administrative Specialist Senior, Grade 112N, and one position of Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 108N, and creating two positions of administrative specialist, Grade 110N, in the Division of Building Inspection, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 10, effective upon passage of council. Number 5, an ordinance amending Section 2152 of the Code of Ordinances, transferring one position of engineering technician, Grade 111N, and its incumbent from the Division of Computer Services to the Division of Engineering, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 9, effective upon passage of council. Number 6, an ordinance amending Sections 3, 4, and 5 of Ordinance No. 91-2012, removing pay increases for part-time employees, effective retroactive to July 1, 2012. Number 7, an ordinance amending Section 21-52, the Code of Ordinances, grading one position of skilled trades worker, Grade 111N, in the Division of Community Corrections, and amending Section 22-52 of the Code of Ordinances, abolishing two positions of skilled trades worker part-time, Grade 000N, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 11, effective upon passage of council. No. 8, an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 44, 2012, to make the following corrections, deleting and duplexes from Section 2, Subsection 2, deleting but no accessory structure shall be taller at the roof ridge than the height of roof ridge of the primary structure from Section 2, Subsection 5A, and deleting an attached from Section 2, Subsection 7. No. 9, an ordinance amending Section 26, Madam Clerk, just excuse me just a second. Council Member Stennett. Yes, ma'am. There should have been a pause before item six. Yeah, you were. I apologize, but this item needs to be changed. David, she's already read it. We haven't voted. You can still make your motion and just substitute it out. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. I move that item number six under first reading of ordinances be removed, and I move to place on the docket an ordinance deleting Section 4 of the ordinance 91-2012 relating to school traffic guards. This will result in all other part-time employees except for the employees in the Division of Park and Recreation and Seasonal receiving a 2% raise retroactive through July 1, 2012. The salary for school crossing guards is being addressed by Item 3 under first reading of ordinances. This is a material change and will require a new first reading. Second. It's a motion by Council Member Stennett, second by Vice Mayor Gordon. Is there any discussion on the motion? Any discussion on the motion? All right. Hearing none, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. The motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Stennett. Madam Clerk, when you're ready. First reading? Yeah. First reading for the new ordinance and ordinance deleting Section 4 of Ordinance No. 91-2012, removing pay increases for school traffic guards effective retroactive to July 1, 2012. Continuing. Ordinance No. 9 and ordinance amending Section 21-52 of the Code of Ordinances, creating one position of Deputy Director of Recreation, Grade 120E, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective upon passage of council. Number 10, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule Number 7. Number 11, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the fiscal year July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012 on the assessed value of all taxable property within the taxing jurisdictions of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, all taxes on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2012 assessment date, as follows. General Services District, $0.0800 on real property, including real property of public service companies, $0.0990 on personal property, including personal property of public service companies, noncommercial aircraft and noncommercial watercraft, $0.1500 on insurance capital, $0.0150 on tobacco and storage, and $0.0450 on agricultural products and storage. Full urban or partial urban services districts based on urban services available on real property, including real property of public service companies, $0.1431 for refuse collection, $0.0210 for street lights, $0.0094 for street cleaning, $0.0920 on insurance capital, $0.0150 on tobacco and storage, $0.0450 on agricultural products and storage, and levying an ad valorem tax for municipal purposes at the rate of $0.0880 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government as of the January 1, 2013 assessment date. Thank you, Madam Clerk. This allows me to introduce a public hearing tonight regarding industrial building revenue bonds for additions and improvements to the campus at Transylvania University. I'll declare that the hearing is now open and ask anyone who wishes to address the Council on this issue to please step forward. I don't believe anybody signed up, Mr. Mundy. All right. Then no one has signed up to speak. We can close the hearing. I'll declare that the hearing is now closed and ask the clerk to continue reading. Ordinance number 12, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Agricultural Extension Office for the fiscal year. Actually, Mayor, I think the public hearings were for the ad valorem taxes. Oh. All right. And there's actually two separate ones. There's one for the Agricultural Extension Office, and then there's another one for the Soil and Water Conservation District. Okay. Okay. So we are now on the ad valorem. Yeah. All right, so you can continue now. I think you should go ahead and formally announce the opening of the public hearings for those two tax districting. All right, tell us. I'm opening the hearing. Describe the hearing for us, David, please. It would be one of them is for the Agricultural Extension Office ad valorem tax, and the other one is for the Soil and Water Conservation District ad valorem tax. All right. Okay. Is there anyone here who wishes to speak to either of those issues? No one signed up, Mr. Mundy? All right. Then I will declare the public hearing closed and ask the clerk to continue reading. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Ordinance number 12 and ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Agricultural Extension Office for the fiscal year July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, 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, 2012 assessment date as follows. $0.0033 on all taxable real property, including real property of public service companies. $0.0035 on taxable personal property, including personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft and non-commercial watercraft, and excluding inventory 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 $0.0035 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, 2013 assessment date. Number 13, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Soil and Water Conservation District for the fiscal year July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, on the assessed value of all taxable real property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, including real property of public service companies at a rate of $0.000433 on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2012 assessment date, with the tax bills computed and collected at a rate of $0.0004 on each $100 of assessed valuation. And number 14, an ordinance adopting the request of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department under KRS 212.755 and levying a special ad valorem public health tax for the fiscal year July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 on the assessed value of all taxable real and personal property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, including real and personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft, non-commercial watercraft, and inventory in transit, and excluding insurance capital, tobacco in storage, and agricultural products in storage at the rate of $0.028 on each $100 of assessed value as of the January 1, 2012 assessment date and levying a special ad valorem public health tax at the rate of $0.028 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government as of the January 1, 2013 assessment date. Thank you, Madam Clerk. I'll ask for a motion to approve second reading of ordinances. Move approval. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, second by Council Member Beard. Mayor, was it the Council's intent to give the pay raise one a second reading so you can adopt it tonight? Yes. Okay, you all may need to make a motion to do that. All right. Then I'll ask for a suspension of the rules. Council Member. Move to suspend the rules on item number six and give it a second reading, so moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Stennett, seconded by Vice Mayor Gorton. Is there any discussion? All right. Hearing none, we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. The motion carries. All right. When you're ready, Madam Clerk. Ordinance number six and ordinance deleting section four of ordinance number 91-2012, removing pay increases for school traffic guards effective retroactive to July 1, 2012. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon. Is there a second? Second by Council Member Beard. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Hearing none, we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. We'll need a roll call vote on this one. Okay. Is this on the second read? The second reading ordinance is 1 through 14. All right. Take a roll call vote then, please. Mr. Martin? Can you clarify what the vote is? I'm a little confused. This is a vote on the second reading of everything, including number six. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. No one 11. Yes on the rest. Thank you. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Yes. Mr. Beard? Aye. Mr. Blues? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, not all. Mr. Ford? Yes. Ms. Gordon? Aye. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. And Ms. Lawless? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. And the vote reflects passage of the motion. And when you're ready, we can, Madam Clerk, when you're ready, we can move on to first reading of the ordinances. Ordinance number 15, an ordinance changing the zone from a wholesale and warehouse business B4 zone to a mixed-use community MU3 zone for 2.12 net, 3.39 gross acres. for property located at 1200 Red Mile Road, a portion of 439, 441, 445, 451, 455, 459, 461, 463, and 471 Nelms Avenue, Lexington Trots Breeders Association, LLC. Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. This is a follow-up from Tuesday's council meeting. This is just officially removing number 16 from the docket and placing it into a planning committee for further discussion. Second. Motion by Council Member Stinnett, second by Council Member Hansen. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Hearing none, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. Madam Clerk, you may continue. Ordinance number 17. And ordinance changing the zone from a single-family residential R1D zone to a townhouse residential R1T zone for 1.009 net 1.458 gross acres for property located at 99-119 Burley Avenue Anderson Campus Rental Properties, LLC, Robert C. Hodges and Anthony McIntyre. Number 18, an ordinance amending Section 2252 of the Code of Ordinances creating one position of Administrative Specialist Principal, Grade 114E, and three positions of Administrative Specialist, Grade 110N, with terms to expire on September 23, 2014 in the Division of Water Quality effective upon passage of council. Number 19, an ordinance authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a donation of $3,000 from the Granger Foundation for supplies for the community emergency response team. Number 20, an ordinance of the Lexington Fayette urban county government authorizing the issuance of various purpose general obligation notes, series 2012C, in the aggregate principal amount of $3,600,000, which amount may be increased or decreased by an amount of up to 10%, for the purpose of financing various projects of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, approving the form of the Series 2012 C Notes, authorizing designated officers to execute and deliver the Series 2012 C Notes, authorizing and directing the filing of notice with the State Local Debt Officer, providing for the payment and security of the Series 2012 C Notes, creating note payment fund, maintaining the heretofore established sinking fund, authorizing a certificate of award for the acceptance of the bid of the note purchaser for the purchase of the Series 2012 C Notes, and repealing inconsistent ordinances. Number 21, an ordinance amending Chapter 9A of the Code of Ordnances for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to prohibit the sale and use of certain fireworks and consumer fireworks in Fayette County, and further amending Sections 9A2, 9A5, and 9A6 of the Code of Ordnances to delete references to permanent fireworks retailers, amending Section 9A3 of the Code of Ordnances to define the terms use and sale, to allow the use and sale of consumer fireworks as defined in KRS 227.7021, and to require compliance with federal, state, and local law. deleting Section 9A4 of the Code of Ordinances in its entirety and renumbering Sections 9A5 through 9A9 of the Code, amending Section 9A5 of the Code of Ordinances to delete certain permits and to change the seasonal retail fireworks fee to $100 per location, amending Section 9A6 of the Code of Ordinances to specify June 10th through July 7th as the time period for seasonal sales, and amending Section 9A8 of the Code of Ordinances to increase the fine for companies to $2,000 to provide for up to six months' imprisonment and to establish minimum fines for use of fireworks in the amounts of $250 for a first offense, $500 for a second offense, and $1,000 for a third or greater offense, all effective on date of passage. Number 22, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds. Schedule Number 12. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are there any walk-ons or suspensions? All right, then. If none, then we can move on to second reading of resolutions. Madam Clerk, when you're ready. Resolution number one, a resolution accepting the bid of Nugent Sand Company establishing a price contract for sand for golf courses for the Division of Parks and Recreation. Number two, a resolution accepting the bid of Amron International Incorporated establishing a price contract for dry suits for public safety diving program for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services. Number three, a resolution accepting the bid of Keesler Police Supply Incorporated establishing a price contract for soft body armor for the Division of Police. Number four, a resolution accepting the bid of TEM Group Incorporated in the amount of $148,812 for a generator for fire station number one for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to enter into any necessary agreement related to the bid. Number five, a resolution accepting the bid of Lagco Incorporated in the amount of $124,451 for the Andover Trunk Sewer No. 16 Fairway for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Lagco Incorporated related to the bid. Madam Clerk, excuse me just a minute. I'd like to ask Vice Mayor for a motion. Yes, thank you, Mayor. The Administration asked me to bring this motion. I move to amend Item No. 6 under second reading of resolutions, ratifying the probationary civil service appointments, to remove Andre Scott. Second. Motion by Vice Mayor Vorton, seconded by Council Member Ellinger. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Hearing none, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And I will ask the clerk to continue reading, please. Resolution number six as amended. A resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Marcus Ashford, public service supervisor, senior, grade 114E, 1,440.72, biweekly, in the Division of Waste Management, effective September 10, 2012, Jimmy Ross, public service supervisor, grade 111N, 15.494, hourly, in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective September 3, 2012, Philip Stiefel, Information Systems Service Level Manager, Grade 121E, 3101.12 biweekly in the Division of Enterprise Solutions, effective September 3, 2012. Nanette Lewis, Telecommunicator Supervisor, Grade 116E, 1,715.04 biweekly in the Division of Emergency Management, 9-1-1, effective July 30, 2012. Tamara Walters, Deputy Director, Human Resources, Grade 122E, 3,300.56 biweekly in the Division of Human Resources, effective August 13, 2012. Christopher Cord, Telecommunicator Supervisor, Grade 116E, 100784.08 biweekly, in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective August 13, 2012. Eric Gentry, Public Service Worker, Senior, Grade 107N, 13.360 hourly, in the Division of Water Quality, effective September 9, 2012. Ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of Robert L. Bailey, Equipment Operator, Senior, Grade 109N, in the Division of Waste Management, effective July 16, 2012, and John A. Day, Equipment Operator, Senior, Grade 109N in the Division of Waste Management, effective July 8, 2012. Ratifying the probationary sworn appointments of Brian Dawson, Fire Captain, Grade 316N, 23.039, hourly in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective June 25, 2012, and Michael Henderson, Fire Major, Grade 318E, 3,521.79, biweekly in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective June 25, 2012. Ratifying the approved council leave for Julia Shaw, Police Analyst, Grade 111N in the Division of Police beginning July 23, 2012 through October 20, 2012. David Rawlings, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 109N in the Division of Waste Management beginning July 23, 2012 through October 20, 2012. Charles Johnson, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 109N in the Division of Waste Management beginning May 1, 2012 through July 29, 2012. And Michael Smith, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 109N in the Division of Waste Management beginning July 27, 2012 through October 24, 2012. and unclassified civil service pay increases in the office of the urban county council leah boggs aid to council grade 000 e from 2098.80 biweekly to 2131.36 biweekly in the council office effective august 13 2012 and tiffany tatum aid to council grade 000 e from 2040 biweekly to 2131.36 biweekly in the Council Office effective August 13, 2012. Number seven, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a lease agreement with Lexington Fayette-Urban County Human Rights Commission for lease of space at 162 East Main Street. Number eight, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a facility usage agreement with Fayette County Board of Education for use of Dunbar Track for the Hershey's Track Meet at a cost not to exceed $84.50. Number nine, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a lease agreement with Lexington Downtown Development Authority for lease of space at 101 East Vine Street. Number ten, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute contract modification number three to the contract with CDP Engineers Incorporated for the Clays Mill Road Improvement Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $73,012 from $1,067,727 to $1,140,739. Number 11, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a statement of compliance with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for bridge posting requirements. Number 12, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, which grant funds are in the amount of $112,000 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds under the Kentucky Recycling Grant Program, or for the purchase of a commingled sorting line, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $28,000 as a local match, and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 13, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the contract with Mitchell Construction Management for the improvement project at fire station number six, increasing the contract price by the sum of $2,100 from $54,000 to $56,100. Number 14, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Division of Waste Management to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $3,000 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds and are for disposal or recycling of waste tires, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 15, 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 the acceptance of additional federal funds for the Tates Creek Road sidewalk improvements project in the amount of $250,000, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $62,500 as a local match and extending the project through June 30, 2013. Number 16, 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 use of Tates Creek Middle School Gym for the Teen Initiative Program at a cost not to exceed $633.75. Number 17, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a facility usage agreement with Fayette County Board of Education for rental of Tates Creek Middle School Gym for Teen Initiatives activities at a cost not to exceed $1,087.50. Number 18, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with LAGCO Incorporated for energy efficiency improvements to Black and Williams Community Center for the Division of Environmental Policy, increasing the contract price by the sum of $3,000 from $426,040 to $429,040. Number 19, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a right-of-way with Columbia Gas of Kentucky Incorporated for a pipeline and service connections over and through Masterson Station Park relating to widening of Leastown Road. Number 20, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a facility use contract with Fayette County Board of Education for the ESP and REAL programs. Number 21, a resolution accepting the response of immediate response spill technologies for a hazardous materials cost recovery and supply program from the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with immediate response bill technologies related to the RFP in response at no cost to the urban county government. Number 22, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney's Office for a fast-track prosecutor for the street sales drug enforcement project at a cost not to exceed $57,914. Number 23, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the acceptance of additional federal funds for the Brighton East Trail Project in the amount of $256,000, the acceptance of which obligates the Irving County Government for the expenditure of $64,000 as a local match. Number 24, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a lease agreement with Downtown Lexington Corporation, for lease of space at 101 East Vine Street. Number 25, a resolution authorizing the Urban County Government to rename the Valley Park Neighborhood Building to the Jesse Higginbotham Neighborhood Center pursuant to the Division of Parks and Recreation naming policy. Number 26, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a lease agreement with Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority for lease of space at 101 East Vine Street. Number 27, a resolution authorizing the Division of Revenue on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase document imaging provider and related services from V-Bridge, a sole source provider at a cost not to exceed $55,000, and authorizing the mayor to sign any necessary agreement related to the services. Number 28, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with Discipline and Service Company, Incorporated for Charles Young Center repairs, increasing the contract price by the sum of $2,800 from $182,600 to $185,400. Number 29, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a facilities use agreement with St. Luke United Methodist Church for space for the meeting the challenges and opportunities of aging conference at no cost to the urban county government. Number 30, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, which grant funds are in the amount of $2,621,304 federal funds. Under the staffing for adequate fire and emergency response, SAFER grant program are for hiring 28 firefighters, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 31. 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 interest needed for the Andover Trunk Sewer Project at a cost not to exceed $57,261.06. Number 32 A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a certificate of consideration and accept a deed conveying a permanent easement across the property located at 721 Roland Avenue for the stream stabilization project at no cost to the urban county government. Number 33, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the University of Kentucky for cost sharing for relocation of sanitary sewer lines in the 400 block of Rose Lane for the Division of Water Quality at a cost not to exceed $103,000. Number 34, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of services agreement with UK Arboretum for stormwater education and outreach workshops for the Division of Environmental Policy at a cost not to exceed $50,000. Number 35, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute contract amendment number one to the contract with Third Rock Consultants Incorporated for the Wolf Run Watershed Plan, increasing the contract price by the sum of $13,500 from $177,200 to $190,700. Number 36, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Fayette County Public Schools for the provision of meals to students at the day treatment and family care centers at a cost not to exceed $5,000. Number 37, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation for reimbursement of expenses. Number 38, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept funds in the amount of $22,517 from Kentucky Utilities as approved by the Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition for the purchase of an electricity-powered vehicle. Number 39, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the contract with Harsha Train for Police Headquarters HVAC, increasing the contract price by the sum of $726.27 from $97,117.73 to $97,844. Number 40. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with Paladin Incorporated for additional energy assessment services for the Energizing the Arts program increasing the contract price by the sum of $1,987.50 from $46,182.50 to $48,170. Number 41, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irma County Government to execute a lease agreement with Lynn Imaging for a wide-format scanner, printer, copier for the Division of Water Quality at a cost not to exceed $1,920. And number 42, a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 1886 to install multi-way stop controls at the intersection of Boston Road and Wyndham Hills Drive. Second. Motion to approve by Council Member Farmer. Second by Council Member McCord. Is there any discussion? All right. Hearing none, then I'll ask the clerk to please call the roll. Mr. Martin? No 130, no 134. Yes, on the rest. Thank you. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Beard? Aye. Mr. Blues? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Ford? Yes. Ms. Gordon? Aye. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. And Ms. Lawless? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. And the vote reflects passage on the motion. Thank you. And when you're ready, Meredith, you deserve that glass of water. fully, or coffee, whenever you're ready. Resolution number 43, a resolution accepting the bid of Black Hawk Enterprise Incorporated establishing a price contract for video equipment for the Division of Traffic Engineering. Number 44, a resolution accepting the bid of precision survey supply in the amount of $122,728 for a three-dimensional laser scanning system for the Division of Police. Number 45, a resolution accepting the bid of Martin Sanitation Service Incorporated, establishing a price contract for pump and hauling services for the Division of Water Quality. Number 46, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments. Brian Young, public service worker senior, grade 107 N, 11.668 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective upon passage of counsel. James Sloan, microcomputer support specialist, grade 113 N, 18.917 hourly in the Division of Computer Services, effective upon passage of counsel, and Roger Wright, Attorney Senior, Grade 121E, 2009-57.92 biweekly in the Department of Law, effective upon passage of counsel. Authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary sworn appointments. Jacob Diaz, Andrew Tizik, Timothy Buchenroth, Forrest Palmer, Sean Lawson, Timothy McDermott, Jonathan Taylor, Michael Shields, Amanda Arbergast, Byron Bradford, David Dunn, A.J. Laughlin, Jonathan Stipp, Brandon Logan, Tyler Overley, John Girardi, Brentley West, Stephen Leiser, Scott Lambert, and Isaac Allen, Firefighter, Grade 310N, 14.424 hourly in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective upon passage of counsel. Bradley Williams and David Richardson, Police Sergeant, Grade 315N, 28.588 hourly in the Division of Police, effective upon passage of counsel. Authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment. Albert Beatty, Deputy Coroner, Grade 112N, 16.400, hourly in the Office of the Coroner, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 47, a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of James York, Telecommunicator, Grade 111N, 15.451, hourly in the Division of Emergency Management, 9-1-1, effective August 27, 2012. Steve Zahn, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 109N, 18.300, hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective September 9, 2012. Charles Sayer, Traffic Signal Technician Senior, Grade 112N, 23.727, hourly in the Division of Traffic Engineering, effective September 10, 2012. Michael Cook, Skilled Trades Worker, Grade 111N, 21.437, hourly in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective September 10, 2012. Joseph Davis, Public Service Supervisor, Grade 111N, 19.310, hourly in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective September 10, 2012. Sharon Buford, Administrative Specialist Principal, Grade 114E, 1853.44 biweekly in the Division of Police, effective September 10, 2012, and Gregory Lubeck, Engineering Section Manager, Grade 120E, 2774.96 biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective September 17, 2012. Number 48, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $75,000 federal funds and are for continued operation of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $18,750 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 49. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement and a lease agreement with Lexington Fayette Animal Care and Control LLC for animal control services at a cost not to exceed $1,095,980. Number 50. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Insight Business for cable internet service at 2269 Frankfurt Court at a cost not to exceed $3,540. Madam Clerk, on number 51, which is upcoming, Council Member Blues has a comment. Council Member Blues. Thank you, Mayor. I have no problem here with the next four resolutions and agreements, but I would like to know a little more about how they all fit together and what the obligations of the urban county government are going to be upon passage. Commissioner Hamilton is here, and maybe she could fill in the blanks. I think that would be helpful. Yeah, she's been filling in a lot of blanks on this one. So have a lot of other folks, some who are here in the audience, Council Member Ford. Sally did you hear the context of the you kind of got the question you might want to pull that microphone down a little bit there you go yes ma'am well thank you very much and um in the audience today is several members of the advisory board and chairman alvin seals is back here and Next to him is Sharon Reed, and behind a couple rows back is Joyce Parks, and right here behind me is Charles Fields. And then with him is Dr. Regina Berry, who is one of our respondents and has been gracious enough to volunteer to be our facility manager. A couple of points on this before I get into detail. We have had an extremely active public participation and engagement in this process. It has been probably the most transparent process I've ever been involved in. We took the RFQ, which was in the Charles Young Plan, and we advertised for that, and we rated that. The entire board graded and rated that and interviewed people in the open. We did not bring it back here, and the staff here did not do it. The board did it. And the reason for that was the board was totally committed that this had to be something that the community could take part in, and it was theirs and not just something that we were dictating. So we had an unbelievable dedication by the board. We also want to thank Shiloh Baptist Church, who has held all of our meetings for us, and Mr. Fields was able to get it. The thing that I'm going to address, I'm going to address one area in here, And that is the memorandum of agreements and the thing where this one, and I've talked to several of you about this, where this differs somewhat. These memorandum of agreements come in and describe the activities which are going to be conducted by our four respondents. Those activities that are going to be conducted are all quite different, but they serve youth. We do GED programs in Spanish and in English. We're going to do senior programs, and Dr. Berry can get into real detail to tell you about all of those. But one of the things that we have got in here is we have got a brand-new building that has got a big gymnasium right in the middle of it. And what we are not doing here is what we usually do on our other leases. These memorandum of agreements read that LFUCG is picking up the utilities and all the O&M expenses. Now, I'm the lady that always stands and says, there should be no exception to the rule, da-da-da. This project is so brand new. We have just redone this building. We don't have a good handle on what these costs are. The center of this is the gymnasium. So nobody is, we'll have tons of activity in it, but nobody is responsible for it. The programs are all new. So we think that we'll need two offices over here to do these particular programs and two here. But we really don't know yet until we get this thing up and going. But we have got a good program over there and a good building over there. And we've just got to start this. We've got to start and see where we end up. And I think with this community, and you all have been so supportive, that we've just sort of got to come out of the box and do this work. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to give a speech. Well, thank you very much. And I know that you and Councilmember Ford and Board Chairman Seals and the members of the board have really put together over a good bit of time and an immense amount of effort a real community-based set of programs here. And I think it's been helpful and heartening to see this come to fruition in these resolutions at this juncture. So thank you so much. We fought and we've loved a lot. And everybody laughed and smiled as you said that, Sally. That's encouraging. That's very encouraging. Thank you very much. Council Member Myers, wish to speak. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner, could you come back up for a second? We worked hard with you guys on this policy, and I guess my question is, because I don't think this is fair, that they get to go in here and not pay rent and utilities. And we've got the credit union that we're now debating on. We've got all these other agencies that are going to be saying, and why do these guys get to go in for free? So my question is, if it's new and all those things and we don't have things figured out, how long are they going to be allowed to be in there for free? Okay. To address your, if I can say one thing prior to right, Angie, one of the things that we have got in here is Dr. Berry, who is one of the respondents. She is going to be our facility manager, which is just invaluable to us. that that will be a tremendous cost savings to us. I don't know how we would have done it. One of the other tenants is our own urban county government, is here, is Beth Mills. What we have got here is that our agreements, the agreements that you have in front of you, say that it is that we're picking up the utilities and the cost of the building, and it says they can be renewed for three consecutive years. I guess I'm really struggling with why we would do that because the reason we put that policy in place was so that we didn't have this issue. And so what do we say for everybody else that we just all this year have been making pay rent for the first time, making pay utilities for the first time, and what are we going to say to everybody who comes after this, that for some reason this group gets all these renovations and then all these things for free, but everybody else is going to have to pay. And I think the original idea was that a big box, much more of one organization, will come in, take that facility, and pay all the costs. And that didn't happen. But you're saying that these groups will be able to renew this for free for three years? That's the way it is written at this point. Yes, sir. If this is new, why wouldn't we just say, and I don't agree with them being in there for free, period. I think that they need to follow the policy that everybody else is following. But if we are going to do this, why wouldn't we just do it for one year? We could do it for one year. We could change our agreements. We could do it for one year. We would say at that particular time that those people, when they are seeking grants, that they seek money in their grants to help pay for this. That could be certainly amended. And I guess my other question would be is what type of evaluation is going to be done at the end of the year to see what value is being brought and what outcomes are being met? I think that's a – Because part of that policy, and we put that policy together in the criteria for who would be getting reduced rent and all those things, was based on what services and programming they're providing to the community and what those outcomes are, and that we as a government and a community thought that those were valuable enough that we would take on those costs. So if we're going to do that, I definitely would not agree with doing this for a multi-year, but if we are going to do this for the first year, what type of metrics is in place so that we see what we're getting for our dollar? I think you ask a very good point. And Dr. Berry, as the program facilitator as well as the building facilitator, is going to gather all that information, is going to make sure that all those programs are delivering and keep a matrix of to whom they're delivering the services and if they're worthwhile. She is reporting that back to the board, and we are in turn, and it's in our MOAs, are reporting back to the council on the results. Okay. You know how Social Services has the new plan that we just were asked to approve on their application process and they've got the outcomes and everything built in? Is that in, because the agreement here is different than the application if they had to fill one out, for what services they're going to provide. So is that stuff built into their application? I'm not sure. I'm real familiar with that process in Social Services. Am I? Is it something I've just forgotten and no? We were in the budget to do a senior citizen. Do you want me to speak to this? You will. Good evening. In our budget link, it was put in our budget link to do a senior citizens program at the Charles Young Center. It says some funds were put in to hire a part-time person and to put equipment in. we were told when the rfps came out because it was a neighborhood board that we did one but for example we have a parks and recreation program at the lexington senior citizen center and we don't have an agreement with them or charge them rent but i think it's because it was a neighborhood board and it was a new program that we were asked to put in rfp just like everybody else So the reason they're not paying rent is because it's a neighborhood board? No. Since we're an urban county government program, we wouldn't pay rent to another urban county government program. I got you. We have parks and recreation in our senior citizen center, and we don't charge parks and recreation rent. Right. So are you saying that all these programs are? I don't know the other programs. We just applied for the senior center program. The other programs were community programs that applied independently. Okay. The reason I was asking about you wasn't really your program. It was whether or not their application is structured the way that you structured the partner agency application. That's what I was asking. No. It's not like our partner agency application. Okay. It was more services program than outcomes and that kind of thing. It was like what kind of programs are you going to offer in our neighborhood? Right? Okay. I'm sorry. So is there nothing in there that talks about outcomes? Do you mind if I allow Dr. Berry's name? She's going to assess it. It's a great question. Thank you. Good evening. I wanted to point out that regarding the evaluation of programming, what we have in place is a process of measuring outcomes for all of the programs, measurable outcomes. And first of all, my services as facility management is for in-kind services that would cost well over $50,000. And I provide support services. I have an office manager and administrative support. So all of that is in-kind. moreover all of the services in the facility will cost will be at a cost of approximately two hundred and three hundred and fifty thousand dollars to serve the community so we have in place all these programs and the goal is to meet on a regular basis monthly to gather data from all of the program to determine the population they're serving, the number of people they're serving, what their goals are and objectives, whether they're meeting their goals, and to assess all of the positive outcomes. And I would then analyze all of this data and put it in a report. So we will be measuring whether or not the programs are successful or not. Would it create heartburn for you if this was modified or amended so that instead of having three years free or the ability to renew it for three years, that it was at the end of that first year, your reports were assessed, and then based on the outcomes of your reports or your analysis of the reports, then the council would determine whether or not it should be free the next year? Well, I think it's written into the memorandum of agreement that the city government has the option of, I guess, discontinuing a program that is not successful at any time, basically. So what you will be getting is monthly reports on the services. Yeah. Councilman Myers, we were just talking about this in sidebar. Time is expired. I'm going to go on then to other. You want to summarize? Yes, sir. And I appreciate you being patient. And I guess what I'm thinking is that other council members don't want to hear the answers to these questions if they don't want. No one else is going to ask them, so that's okay, but I appreciate you being patient. There are several people lined up to speak. Okay. Thank you for being patient. Council Member Lane, there is a, we have a, just as a reminder, you know, five minutes. We've got the little timer up there, so I don't have to invoke my unpopular role of timekeeper. Council Member Lane. My feeling is that we have to treat everybody equitably under every situation, and so there may be a reason to treat certain groups differently based on the services you're providing. But one of our guidelines is that the utilities are supposed to be paid by the tenant so that there's somebody responsible for managing the efficiency of the building and all that. I don't have enough information on your organization where you're trying to accomplish what the program is that I can even make an evaluation of whether to go forward with this or to reassess it or whatever. So that's all my comment, and I did that within less than a minute. Thank you, Mayor. Remarkable. Yes, sir. Thank you so much. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I agree with Council Member Myers that we should be fair across the board, but I'm also very dedicated to the Charles Young Center in helping it get up on its feet. And I just think I keep seeing it as an investment in this community. Our kids are in trouble. Our seniors need help. There are lots of things going on over there that I think Charles Young Center will run appropriately, and I trust in the board to look after it, that it will benefit our community in the long run by saving our kids from it's pay me now or pay me later. If we can help them grow into responsible adults, take our place one day. But I know social services, of course, is there, and they will do a great job with the seniors. So I would support it, and I look forward to hearing the progress. I know that this was a very intense process that we went through with the Charles Young Center Task Force. and we laid everything out. It has a plan, and I would like to see that followed through. So thank you for your work and your volunteering. Thank you, Council Member Henson. Council Member Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. I've been an advocate for complete transparency in the budgeting process, and I think that we need to honor that principle in all situations going forward. And in part, I was an advocate because the rent subsidies that we were providing were essentially invisible. You couldn't see them in the budget. We weren't making decisions about whether to provide those subsidies or not. So we asked for an analysis of all the buildings and the fair market value for all those spaces. But in my mind, that did not mean that everybody who was in those buildings then needed to pay full market value. It meant that the council then had to make a determination of whether it was fair to ask that organization or entity to pay the full market value or something less and be consciously doing that. I don't think we should make an exception in this case. I think we want to find out now that the building has been repaired and brought up to first-rate condition. We want to get a sense of what the fair market value is and going forward, understand what it is that we would be subsidizing. I don't think we should do it this year. I think we have the option of going forward and supporting this very important program for this community, but that going forward, the Charles Young Center should not be an exception to the general rule we've made, which is we want to know what the fair market value is. We want to know if we're providing a subsidy, what that level of subsidy is, and if we want to continue to do that. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Kay. Council Member Stennett, then Council Member Martin. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner, did you say you have, we know the dollar amount it's going to cost to operate, we have all that information? Yes, sir. We estimated $43,000 because it's open seven days a week. That's across all groups. And that's across the whole thing. That's for the building. Yes, sir. And I appreciate Council Member Myers' candor, and I'm all for a fair policy across the board. But to me, this situation is just a little bit different. One, we own the building. And it's not like we put a sign out there and said, for rent, anyone who needs space, come on in this building. What we've done effectively is we've asked for someone who can program it for us because we can't do it. And that's what they're doing for us. And this is no different than any park and recreation program. We'll take the franchise baseball leagues. We don't charge them electric. We don't charge them water. but we let them operate in our facilities, in our parks, in our concession stands, and we don't charge them rent. This is a similar situation in my eyes, that we're asking someone to come to our facility and program it. And I think there's a big distinction between that and putting out a sign saying, who needs space, and let's charge them rent. So I appreciate the efforts everyone's put into this, and I look forward to the accountability in a year or two years, three years down the road to see if we are making an impact in that community, because that's what the community has asked us for. that's for a space that offers these services. And I think you did a great job getting them in there. Thank you. Councilman Martin. Thank you, Mayor. I don't think this is about the quality of the charge at Charles Young Center or the quality of its program or the desirability of its program. I'm on the council. We decided and made a determination that we would charge folks rent but make offsetting grants when we wanted to so support various programs. The reason of this is because everything was off book. We had no idea what folks were doing. We didn't have leases. We didn't have any money trail. We had no idea what all this was about. And so the whole purpose is not to not support the Charles Young Center, because I do support that. But the idea is to do it in a way where it's transparent from an accounting standpoint. And by granting free rent or different types of things that are essentially take-it-off books, there will be others who come and ask, want the same thing. Well, our programs are just as important as Charles Young's. And I will support giving you all a grant to do this. But to take it off books means that we can't account for it. And so I see Council Member shaking his head, but that's the way I feel. And so I think we need to have our relationships with our third-party vendors in a way and our social partners that keeps the flow of money and it keeps the support out in the open where the public can see it. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Ford. Thank you, Mayor and members of Council. I want to thank Commissioner for her work and for the advisory board members that are present. Where do I begin? I think this is a good discussion to have. We spent all of calendar year 2011 working on the Charles Young Task Force and getting the plan. Council Member Henson, Council Member Gay, and basically the whole council was engaged last calendar year, which resulted in the resolution of this council and this government recommitting itself to the Charles Young Center. And since that time, we've actually kind of turned it over to the community, the advisory board. And I'll speak kudos and applause to them right now, Mayor and Council. Eleven members, nine resident members, two members of the administration. Glenn and Commissioner Hamilton have done a great job of coordinating this effort. But they've been committed since March to do exactly what we've asked them, which is to identify priorities and recruit folks per the RFQ. I tell you, because it's a fact, that the general sentiment in the community and the constituents I serve were not fans of the RFQ. That's just a fact. But they engaged the RFQ and it works. Just as Commissioner Hammond has said, it couldn't have worked better, in my opinion, because it allowed for a transparent process. Secondly, one of the things we talked about beginning in the task force was that we must abide by policy. Before I got on council, Council Member Lane and Council Member Myers led an effort that really charted this government on the course to get the data right. And that's what Council Member Martin was speaking of. We want to know the data. Who's in our facilities? What is it costing us? How can we be more efficient? And so when I was talking to the task force members, I said that Charles Young, if we can get it back online, will have to abide by the facility usage policy. I shared that with this council. Basically what we're saying is we're asking for an opportunity to establish a basis and to allow the programming online to position these third-party programmers, folks that care about the kids in our community, that care about the East End of Lexington, to get established programmatically because we know it will take the facility usage policy and the investment in that building to make it sustainable. The building looks great right now. It looks great, and I'm very thankful for that. There was three prongs. There was three prongs in this approach. Three parties were supposed to play a vital role in the redevelopment of Charles Young. So urban county government, the advisory board, and our third-party vendors who at the time were to be determined. We've determined those now, and that's what we have on the docket today, where we've identified four folks who don't have to be at Charles Young. They could provide these services anywhere in Lexington, but they've committed themselves to come to East Third Street and provide these services. LFUCG is the facility manager. We're going to operate the building. We've operated that building empty for the last four years. It may not have been a line item on the budget, but we have paid the utilities and things that keep that building dormant for the last four years. And I won't even give my opinion on that, but that's what the reality is. There's been investment over there that has generated no benefit to the kids and to the families of this community. We said, okay, let's program it. And the citizens, more importantly, said we want to be a part of programming it, so we established the advisory board. But who will, Council Member Myers, the effectiveness of what happens at the Charles Young Community Center won't be, it's not that simple just to put a matrix and checkpoints and say this is successful, this is successful. We will know if this has an impact because the advisory board working with this government will be able to demonstrate that we're having an impact over there. And last but not least, we said we need third-party providers. Zero dollars is what the LFUCG is putting into the programming of the Charles Young Center. I'll say it one more time, just for clarity. What's on the docket requires zero programming dollars for the LFUCG to provide these services. I ask us to allow this work to begin. Let's give it a chance. We've come too far not to allow the folks who are ready to provide these services an opportunity. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council. Thank you, Council Member Ford. Council Member Lawless. Thank you, Mayor. I understand Council Member Myers' concern and the work that's been done by Council Member Lane and many others on this issue. However, and Council Member Myers, when you were not a council member, worked on the HOPE VI grant, and so did I, as director of the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center. And they asked us if we would provide services over there, educational support service groups and counseling. And we agreed to do that and wrote that portion of the grant and itemized what it was going to cost that agency to go over there and do that for no reimbursement. So as far as I'm concerned, this is much like that, in that if we had gone over there and provided those services for free, and then they said, oh, you have to pay rent now because you agreed to come provide the services we asked you to come provide. We also have many, many, many, many, many, many services in our parks and rec buildings that people come in and provide. some of which cost our government money to maintain, but they're not charged rent to provide those programming, youth, after-school youth program, kiddie capers, swimming pools, tennis, et cetera, and there's no way to measure some of them. So on that note, I do see, Council Member Myers, your issue about us trying to look at a zero exemption, but we don't have a zero exemption on our park department buildings. We ask people to come in and provide services for free, and they do. And I think this is very much like that. So while I agree that we've had a lot of issues and took us almost four years that I've been on council to even get a list of the properties we own and who's in them and how much they cost, this is different in that we are asking people to come in and provide services on our behalf for the community. So that's where I stand on it. I think it's an excellent opportunity and much-needed services in the community. Thank you. Councilman Myers. Thank you, Mayor. I guess as a follow-up, I would say that if you want to give an example of what this is like, it's more like the Black and Williams Center, and we do have plenty of buildings that we have that we are charging people utilities and either full rent or some type of reduced rent. And so this is no different than the Black and William Center. We've got third-party vendors in there, and they're paying utilities, and some of them are even paying rent. So if it was agreed that the board was looking at this, as Council Member Ford said, and they intend to follow this policy at some point, then considering the fact that this council can't bind another council into a three-year agreement, then I would move that we would just simply keep the agreement as it is so they have free rent utilities this first year. At the end of the year, we look at their report, and then the council at that time, just like all the rest of the one-year agreements, would determine whether or not it wants to give a subsidy for rent, whether it's full or partial. But I think at that time, then we would go ahead and follow the policy, as Council Member Ford stated, in which all the outside agencies or all the people that are in our buildings are paying their fair share of the utilities. So I would move that we would amend the agreement so that instead of it being a three-year agreement for utilities and rent, that it would be a one-year agreement. So moved. Motion by Council Member Myers. Second by Council Member McCord. All right, so the floor is open for discussion on the motion. Does anybody wish to speak to the motion? Council Member Ford. Mayor, I'm going to speak against the motion. I don't think that the motion is necessary to provide this council and the administration the accountability that's needed. If anything, it has the potential to provide a barrier and an obstacle that very well may hinder the implementation of this new program, this innovative program, going forward. I'll ask before I finish my comments in regards to Commissioner Hamilton, how does the agreement read now in regards to the duration? I'm only going to speak to the motion, Mayor. What I'm about to read pertains to all four agreements, so they're all the same. With the recommendation of the Charles Young Center Advisory Board, the government hereby retains the organization for the period beginning on September 1, 2012 and continuing for a period of three years with a two-year renewal option from that date, unless at any time, based on the recommendations received by the Charles Young Advisory Board, the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government exercises its rights and gives the organization its 30-day notice. Don't set up the Charles Young Center to fail. It's not fair to do so. I'm going to say this in regards to everything that's going into what we've done today. I think everybody is acting, this council included, the administration and the advisory board and the constituents that I serve. Everybody is acting in good faith. Nobody wants to go in and just sponge off the Charles Young Center. Nobody has the intent to bankrupt this government on $42,000. And I will say that during the task force, and this is a good thing, during the task force, that estimated cost of annual utilities, if I'm correct, was about $80,000. The reason that it's at a discount at $42,000 is because of the investment, energy efficiency that we've placed into that building now. You guys got to go and take a look at it. So everybody is trying to do what they can do to be stewards. Don't set up the Charles Young Center to fail. Let's keep accountability. Let's ask and request the best. and I know we have the power to do it, Councilman Myers we can make a motion to just change things but a task force an empty building four years in the making a task force 12 months in the making and this administration I trust has a good basis to recommend the agreement that they brought forth to us I ask us to defeat the impromptu motion and ask us to approve the memorandums that we have on the docket. Thanks so much, Mayor, and members of Council. Council Member Kay. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner, a little more clarification if I can. Yes, sir. That section that says it's a three-year with a two-year renewable, does that mean that the initial memorandum of agreement covers three years and that there's an option at the end of that time to extend for two years? Let me ask, Dave, can you comment? This is the standard MOA language, but let me make sure that... while he's looking. I mean, my concern is at the end of the first year, is that when the option to renew kicks in? No, you've got to. It's basically for a three-year term, your initial term, and then you've got a two-year renewal option at the end of the three years. And then in addition, you've got the option of a 30-day notice if either party is not satisfied with performance? You've got the way it's structured. It looks like it involves a recommendation from the advisory board, but if the advisory board is on board with that recommendation, yes, there would be a 30-day ability to terminate the agreement at any point in time. So, again, I hate to ask you to repeat, but the only party that has the ability to terminate is the board, the Charles Young board. You all terminate it, but it involves... Did you hear the question? He asked if the contract... I think the way it operates is the board is contacted about whatever the issue is. They make a recommendation to you all to terminate it, i.e. the Commissioner of General Services, and then the termination would be effected. But the board would be involved in that decision as to whether or not it should be terminated. Thank you. So then a comment if I can. I was involved with the task force in its initial work, and I would hate to see all of that work at this point be in vain. That building is important to that neighborhood. It's important to our general community. This is not the time to kind of be second-guessing and thinking about whether we need to go forward. I have an interest, as I've explained before, in the transparency in our budgeting process and having the council understand the decisions that it's making about whether to subsidize or not subsidize. So I would urge the board to encourage the tenants who are not services provided by urban county government to think about ways in which they can, going forward, contribute to the maintenance and upkeep of the building and be cognizant that there are issues about the subsidies that they'd be receiving. And I would want the Council to monitor the effectiveness of the work that goes on in the building. But I would not support the current motion to amend. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Lane. Well, now I have more information than I did earlier on. To me, the question is not whether or not we provide the rent for free or not, But the question is, how are we going to pay for it? And just because we don't charge rent doesn't mean it's free, because the government's paying for the rent, the operating cost over there. So where is the $40,000 in operating budget going to come from? And if we have the money we're going to spend it, why don't we make a grant and then charge the rent back so it's on the books and we have a record of it? I don't see why we couldn't do it that way. that would make me happy and it would follow our policy and it wouldn't cost any more or any less than it's going to cost. All right. Council Member, back to Council Member Myers. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to speak to the motion because all this conversation about setting them up to fail and all that kind of stuff, it has nothing to do with that. It has to do with the policy that we've set in place. And if the administration had come in with an agreement that said, because they have this latitude, we want to waive the rent for the first year, they could have done that. And if they said it would be an exception if we waived the utilities, because we haven't been doing that for anybody. But if the agreement simply said that based on the services they're providing, the programs they're providing, we think it's enough value to this community that we are going to waive the rent for the first year, that's the policy. That's what the policy was put in place for. There would be no problem with that. What I have a problem with is that that's not what it says. It says we're going to waive it for three years, and then after that there's a two-year right of refusal, if you will. So I have no intention of stopping the program, stopping this building from opening or any of that stuff. I'm simply saying we have a policy in place for a reason, and if we want to grant them the rent for the first year, that's perfectly within the confines of the administration's ability to do. but let's do like Councilman Elaine said put that on the books and do it that way and if we want to make an exception to this group and even waive the utilities for the first year if the council wants to do that it can do that as well but put that on the books as the policy says and then make it happen but to just come in with an agreement that says we're going to waive all this stuff for three years that's what got this government into trouble in the first place if you talk to the law department they'll tell you we've got agencies that are in buildings with a 50 year shelf life on them but the government's on the hook for a 99-year lease. And if that building goes out of service, according to that contract, we've got to relocate them someplace else. That's why we put this policy in place. It has nothing to do with the Charles Young Center, the programs they're providing, or wanting to not see any of this succeed. It's simply we have a policy in place. If we follow it that way, then everything works. Thank you. All right. I don't have anybody else signed up to speak, so we can take a vote on the motion. Does everybody understand the motion? If you vote yes on the motion, you would be voting to adjust the memorandum of understanding, memorandum of agreement, MOA, right? All right. To me? Yeah. Question, Council Member Myers. I would be fine with dropping this motion and allowing the administration to just change the agreement to reflect our policy. And if they want to grant the rent for the first year, do that. And if you want to go ahead and grant the utilities for the first year, do that. If you want to do that, we can drop this motion and just do it that way. But it's up to you. Thank you. Well, Councilor Myers said it was up to me. I was, as chair, reluctant to engage in the debate. However, as representing the administration, I suspect maybe it would be appropriate. Let me say, you know, put in context real quickly. This is a good debate. You know, it is good if you were watching this, if our citizens are observing this debate, then they're seeing a couple of things going on, in my view. One, they're seeing a council that is very thoughtful and careful about the way it invests and spends its limited resources, taxpayers' money, and that's healthy and that's good. And then, on the other hand, people are also seeing a council that is working hard to work with a community to make use of a facility in an important part of our community. And a lot of work has gone into that. And I think when we look at that in terms of, I look at it in terms of maybe a business model, and businesses often use the word exception management. And the way I think of it is this way. We create protocols and rules that guide us 75%, 80% of the time. And God gives us judgment to use it those other times, that other 10%, 20%. That's what exception management is all about. And in this case, we have what many would call a startup effort. and the government has a long history, probably 237 years for a city like Lexington, of supporting those kinds of initiatives. So you asked Councilman Myers what the administration, well, I think the administration would allow this motion to go ahead and see how the council feels about it, But I believe the administration and the work that's been done, just like Commissioner Hamilton said, she's been at this a fair amount of years. I've known her for 35, and I know how they've worked on this, and I think that what they're engaging in this decision is this level of careful thought before they're making a choice to make an exception. And that's, I hope, what the intention of our facilities usage policy is all about. Okay, so we can go ahead then and take the vote. All right. All in favor of the motion, please indicate by voting yes. All opposed by voting no. All right. Has everyone voted? All right. The vote reflects failure on the motion. But thank you for the motion. Yes, sir. And thanks for the conversation associated with it. The debate associated with it. All right. Now, where exactly are we? Thank you, Council Member Blues. Thank you for bringing us to the opportunity for democracy to illustrate itself. Well, you're most welcome, Mayor. Thank you, sir. I think we're up to number 51. Yes, we are up to number 51. So you may proceed. Resolution number 51, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with Center for Family and Community Services for Facility Management, Programs, and Services at the Charles Young Community Center at no cost to the Irving County Government. Number 52, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with Community Action Council for Programs and Services at the Charles Young Community Center at no cost to the Irving County Government. Number 53, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Department of Social Services for programs and services at the Charles Young Community Center at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 54, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Professional Life Coach LLC for programs and services at the Charles Young Community Center at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 55, a resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality on behalf of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, be and hereby is authorized to purchase two 12-inch full-flare Weir End Wemco hydrogridders for headworks located at the Town Branch Water Treatment Plant from Weir Specialty Pumps, Care of Sullivan Environmental Technologies, a sole source provider at a cost not to exceed $81,000, and authorizing the mayor to sign any necessary agreement related to the services. Number 56, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irby County Government to execute a renewal of the Engineering Services Agreement with Hazen & Sawyer PSC to provide for sanitary sewer capacity management operations and maintenance program deliverables for consent decree implementation at a cost not to exceed $500,000. Number 57, a resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality to accept a payment adjustment owed to employees of Tobacco Rose Farm for the SSA Group 1 sewer shed field activities manhole raising due to prevailing wage requirements in the amount of $5,419.70. Number 58, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc., $900, and the ALS Association Kentucky Chapter, Inc., $475, for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sums stated. Number 59, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet for operation of the 2012 Waste Tire Amnesty Program in Lexington, Fayette County, at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 60, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a second amendment to the system maintenance agreement with Lexington Call Mobile, Inc., a sole source provider for maintenance of the 800 megahertz analog trunk-to-radio communication system, to extend the term up to three additional years beginning September 1, 2012, at a cost not to exceed $134,138.25 in fiscal year 2013. Number 61, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $146,023.33, sense, Commonwealth of Kentucky funds are for continuation of the litter abatement program, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds, and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 62, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a lease agreement with Kentucky River Foothills Development Council for lease of space at 1055 Industry Road. Number 63, a resolution of the Lexington Fayette urban county government authorizing the advertisement for bids and the distribution of a preliminary official statement for the purchase of the principal amount of its $3,600,000 various purpose general obligation notes, series 2012C, which amount may be increased or decreased by an amount of up to 10%. Number 64, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a programmatic agreement with the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for Historic Preservation Compliance and the Administration of HUD-funded grants in the Division of Grants and Special Programs at no cost to the urban county government. And number 65, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Central Kentucky Housing and Homeless Initiative, $1,100, Tree Fund, $425, Historic Woodward Heights Neighborhood Association, $500, and Prawl Town Neighborhood Association, Incorporated, $500, for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum as stated. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are there any motions for walk-ons? Are there any motions to suspend the rules for a second reading? I know that David. Mayor, the administration had a couple of requests. One of them was on number 46. That's your typical contingent offer resolution. And then on number 63, in order to appropriately have the bond deal go through, the newspaper ad that's authorized or the advertisement that is authorized in number 63, we'd need to go ahead and get two readings tonight. Motion approved by the vote. Motion by Council Member Ellinger. But there was a second there, a generous second. Oh, from Council Member Stenet. Right. Possibly. Motion on number 46 and number 63. Is there a motion and a second? Is there any discussion on the motion? Okay. Hearing none, we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Commissioner Mason, you've got it. Number 60 is a maintenance contract on the fire radio system that expires September 1st. We need a second reading so we can go ahead and do that extension. Motion by Council Member Blues. Second by Council Member Ellinger. Is there any discussion on the motion? Discussion on the motion? Okay. Hearing none, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. All opposed, no. The motion carries. So it's 46, 60, and 63. All right. Madam Clerk? We got some more? Oh, okay. Council Member Ford, I missed that. Sorry about that. Thank you, Mayor. I humbly request the suspension of the rules. Give second reading to the following resolutions, number 5152. 53 and 54 to facilitate the execution and the move-in at the charles young center so moved motion by council member ford second by council member lawless on 51 52 53 and 54 is there uh is there any discussion on the motion council member uh council member martin thank you mayor um since we're looking at the specific proposals here as opposed to the project in general uh i'm going recuse from 51 and 52 as my wife. These two companies, I believe, are clients of my wife. Thank you. All right. Any further discussion on the motion? All right, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right, anybody else have a motion? Okay. Then, Meredith, whenever you're ready. Resolution number 46 for second reading. A resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer under the following probationary civil service appointments. Brian Young, Public Service Worker Senior, Grade 107N, 11.668, hourly, in the Division of Water Quality, effective upon passage of counsel. James Sloan, Microcomputer Support Specialist, Grade 113N, 18.917, hourly, in the Division of Computer Services, effective upon passage of counsel. And Roger Wright, Attorney Senior, Grade 121E, 200957.92, biweekly, in the Department of Law effective upon passage of counsel. Authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary sworn appointments. Jacob Diaz, Andrew Tizek, Timothy Buckenroth, Forrest Palmer, Sean Lawson, Timothy McDermott, Jonathan Taylor, Michael Shields, Amanda Arbogast, Byron Bradford, David Dunn, A.J. Laughlin, Jonathan Stipp, Brandon Logan, Tyler Overly, John Girardi, Brentley West, Stephen Leiser, Scott Lambert, and Isaac Allen, Firefighter, Grade 310N, 14.424, hourly in the Division of Fire Emergency Services, effective upon passage of counsel. Bradley Williams and David Richardson, Police Sergeant, Grade 315N, 28.588, hourly in the Division of Police, effective upon passage of counsel, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment. Albert Beatty, Deputy Coroner, Grade 112N, 16.400, hourly in the Office of the Coroner, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 51. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Center for Family and Community Services for Facility Management, Programs and Services at the Charles Young Community Center at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 52. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Community Action Council for Programs and Services at the Charles Young Community Center at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 53, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Department of Social Services for programs and services at the Charles Young Community Center at no cost to the urban county government. Number 54, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Professional Life Coach LLC for programs and services at the Charles Young Community Center at no cost to the urban county government. Number 60, A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a second amendment to the system maintenance agreement with Lexington Call Mobile Incorporated, a sole source provider, for maintenance of the 800 MHz analog trunked radio communication system to extend the term up to three additional years beginning September 1, 2012 at a cost not to exceed $134,138.25 in fiscal year 2013. And number 63. A resolution of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government authorizing the advertisement for bids and the distribution of a preliminary official statement for the purchase of the principal amount of its $3,600,000 various purpose general obligation notes series 2012C, which amount may be increased or decreased by an amount of up to 10%. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Second. The motion by Council Member Henson and a second by Council Member Ellinger to approve. Is there any discussion on the motion? Mayor. Council Member Martin. Thank you, Mayor. Apparently the Center for Family and Community Services is not the NEST, and so I do not need to recuse from 51, but the Community Action Council is still the Community Action Council, and so therefore I recuse from 52. Thank you, Mayor. All right, sir. All right. Is there anyone else wish to offer a comment? All right. Then if not, we can take a vote. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. Martin. Recuse on 52. Yes on the rest. Mr. McCord. There we go. Mr. Myers. Yes. Mr. Stennett? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Beard? Aye. Mr. Blues? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Ford? Yes. Ms. Gordon? Aye. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kaye? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. And Ms. Lawless? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you. The vote reflects passage of the motion. Next on our agenda is for information only. With the communications from the mayor, is there a motion? Actually, number eight. Whoa, whoa, whoa. What was it? Number eight. Motion by Council Member Stenet. Second by Council Member Farmer. Is there any discussion? Council Member Ellinger? Council Member Ellinger? Yeah, it's not information only. Not a mistake there. All right. Hearing none, we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. This one is for information only. Thank you for correcting me, Council Member Ellinger. And we don't need a vote. Next on our agenda is announcements. Floor is open to Council Members for any announcements that anybody needs to make. All right. very quickly I know that some council members probably heard that extraordinary citizen and contributor to our community in so many ways Coach Stout is in the hospital went to the hospital this afternoon and I heard that he's improved some but I know that he and his family would appreciate knowing that he is in our thoughts and prayers Louis Stout serves our community in so many ways, and being the chairman of our Board of Adjustments is a very, very demanding role, one that along with so many that he provides in our community so well, and we appreciate it. All right. Next on our agenda is public comment. We do have several who have signed up for public comment. I have Mr. Seals, Alvin. All right. All right, sir. And Sharon Reid. Sharon, you're going to wave? All right. You feel like that? And I'm having a little trouble here with the pronunciation. Bill Poliniak. Is Bill here? Yeah, I'm here. Bill? Brian Schlecki. Okay. Yes, sir. Okay. And Brian, you're up. And then Mr. Bernard McCarthy. We've missed you, Bernard. Welcome back. Yeah. Yeah. Brian, you probably know the protocol here. You haven't forgotten my name. Sir? You haven't forgotten my name, but you do well with it. Oh, no, not at all. Yes, sir. You know the protocol. And if you will just give your name so we can have it reported and address. And then three minutes for comments. Thank you, sir. Six minutes. That's right. Yes. You want me to wait until this goes around? because I'm going to pop. Okay. Ready to start? First of all, thank you very much, Mr. Mayor. It was a very good discussion, as you say, showing what this country's made about, controlled discussions. Thank you, Council, again, for the opportunity to present something to you. You know, when we play sport, if we play golf, we stop before the first tee and we get a scorecard. And now that I'm retired and have a little time and can read things, and think about things, I decided I would take a look at how Lexington has maybe done from 2002 to 2012. That's a 10-year period, and a lot has happened in this period of time. And I'm basing this on population, employment, unemployment, job creation, for specifically Lexington and Fayette County, a place that I dearly love living in and want to help and assist in any way I can as a public citizen. So I'm going to pass over some of these things rather quickly, but they're all there for your review. In 2002, the population was 266,953. The employment was 139,000 and change. The unemployment was around 6,000 and change. And what I did was set up an employment population ratio. So the employment population ratio is 52.18%. What am I saying in basic terms? That out of the population of every 100 human beings in Lexington, 52 were employed. Let's go forward to 2012. We grew to 301,000 and change. The employment went up to 146,000 and change. Our unemployment went up to 10,000. And our employment population ratio was 48.67%. So over that 10 years, out of every 100, we lost four employees to 100 of population. The population growth change was plus 34,616, which is 13.1%. The employment growth, the actual jobs, went from 139 and changed to 146, which is an increase of 24.8%. Our unemployment went from 6,000 to 10,000, a change of 63.4%. That's a rate. The job creation from the quarterly report, which you get of the years that I could get from 2005 to 2012, went with 17,000. That's positive. I could not find figures for unemployment or lost positions. The point that I want to make is that if employment in Lexington from 2002 to 2012 had been maintained at the ratio of 52 employed out of 100, we would have an employment today of 157,358. But we have an employment rate today, a total employment of 146,000 and change, and we have a shortfall of 10,683 employment positions. These are hard figures. So in summary, the population increased 13.1%. Employment increased 6,000. Unemployment increased almost 4,000. But the shortfall of maintaining the same rate is 10,000. Even though the overall employment increased with 6,672 positions, the employment is 10,683 positions short for the 2002 employment population ratio. In addition, on the books, according to the state, we have 10,192 unemployed at this time. These figures, to me, represent revenue loss from a shortfall of 10,863 employment positions lost over the past 10 years had that previous employment population ratio been maintained. You know, I retired from Lexmart. It's tough for me right now. I've got good friends out there. That's ad limit. But we've gone from 5,000 to 2,700. It's going to be down to 2,200. And then we go from ACS up to 3,000. There's a difference, though. The difference of pay rates to potential revenue decreases. The point is, the concern is employment, the lifeblood of our city. Going forward, we must find ways to backfill these shortfalls. What does this mean? Well, in view of all the tough situations for funds, police, fire, pensions, sewer repair coming, bond debt servicing, and all, we must focus on keeping revenue even. The economic impact of simply 10,000 people at $10 an hour, which would be $20,000 a year, is a total cash flow of $200,000. Looking forward, if this projection from 2002 to 2012 went out to 2022, if that really happened, we are in difficulties. to get back to maintain the employment ratio of 52 out of 100 going forward with a 1.3 increase in population per year, as stated by your planning committee, we would need in the next 10 years 19,220 positions. And that, to me, is what we really need to focus on. I thank you. Thank you, Brian. Thank you, Brian. Thanks very much for that thoughtful work that you put into this. And I think we all are looking at it and probably want to talk to you after the council meeting. Mr. McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy. Okay. For the record, my name is Bernard McCarthy. My address is 515 Harry Street. I still live there. Despite having a vehicle with plates from another county on it, I didn't move. That's just where I bought the vehicle back in March. But I want to say that the vast amount of money that would be totally wasted if this government were to tear down portions of the Civic Center and replace it with scattered separate buildings would be much better utilized for other purposes instead. Since Mary Alice Pratt died back in January and isn't found to make this point anymore, I will point out that that much money would have gone a long ways toward housing our homeless population, for example. and while the previous speaker pointed out that we seem to need more employment within the city, I do want to say that when it comes to alternative energy type jobs like factories to make solar batteries and windmill parts, those rightfully ought to be put in the areas where coal mines are running out of coal and mining jobs are being lost so that people who would have otherwise been mining coal can be put to work instead at some of the new energy sources. So that, for one thing, we don't want everybody whose father and grandfather mined coal 100 miles east of here to wind up having to migrate here and add to our urban sprawl. and I still think most of our one-way streets need to be kept one way. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Bernard. And that's all that we have on the sign-up. We've got a motion to adjourn by Councilman Ellinger and a second by Vice Mayor Gordon. Unless there's an objection, the chair will declare that the meeting is adjourned. Thank you.