# Urban County Council Work Session - April 23, 2013 > Auto-transcribed civic record · April 23, 2013 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/2964 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/2964?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2013-04-23 - **Last revised**: July 16, 2026 - **Length**: 7,291 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Council met on April 23, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the 2nd Floor of the Government Center, with Vice Mayor Gorton presiding. The council considered 27 agenda items and took 33 votes during the session. The meeting included 5 public comments. All agenda items brought before the council were approved. Notable approvals included a text amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow mobile food vendors, authorization to install multi-way stop controls at McDonald Avenue in Hiltonia Park, and adoption of a fund balance worksheet. The council also approved several agreements and authorizations, including facility usage agreements with youth baseball leagues, a stormwater quality projects incentive grant to The Fountains at Andover Brookfield, LLC, and acceptance of federal funds from The National Council on Crime and Delinquency for a Prison Rape Elimination Project. Additional approvals encompassed infrastructure and development projects, such as accepting deeds of easement for the Fourth and Jefferson Signalization Project and executing a Memorandum of Agreement with the Lexington Center Corporation for Rupp Arena planning and design. The council also authorized agreements for services including a tree canopy survey with Davey Resource Group and composting services with Red River Ranch, LLC. Administrative matters approved included amendments to Council Rules and Procedures and corrections to previous resolutions, as well as authorization to add $1,380,023.54 in funding to a purchase order for ATS Construction. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the meeting on April 23, 2013: - Linda Gorton - Chuck Ellinger - Steve Kay - Chris Ford - Shevawn Akers - Diane Lawless - Julian Beard - Bill Farmer Jr. - Kevin Stinnett - Jennifer Scutchfield - George Myers - Jennifer Mossotti - Harry Clarke - Peggy Henson - Ed Lane No absences or late arrivals were recorded. ## Votes and Decisions All motions brought before the body on April 23, 2013 passed unanimously with 15 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. **Procedural and Administrative Approvals** Motion 0399-13 to approve the summary from the April 16, 2013 work session passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:16:05]. Motion 0384-13 to approve the General Government Committee Summary for April 9, 2013 passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:18:43]. Motion 0405-13 to approve the Neighborhood Development Funds list for April 23, 2013 passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:18:12]. **Zoning and Traffic Amendments** Motion 0424-13 to adopt the fund balance worksheet passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:01:17]. Motion 0425-13, a text amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow mobile food vendors as accessory uses, passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:08:32]. Motion 0426-13 to authorize installation of multi-way stop controls at McDonald Avenue in Hiltonia Park passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:15:01]. **Council Rules Amendments** Motion 0427-13 to amend Section 2.201 of Council Rules and Procedures regarding quorum for standing committees passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:18:43]. A related motion to establish a 15-minute quorum time limit and place the amendment on the docket for the April 25, 2013 Council meeting also passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:20:16]. **Grants, Agreements, and Authorizations** Motions 0313-13 through 0387-13 and 0404-13 addressed various authorizations and agreements, all passing unanimously [timestamp: 00:29:23]. These included amendments to solid waste fees, facility usage agreements with youth baseball leagues, stormwater quality project grants to multiple entities, acceptance of federal funds and donations, street name changes for Enhanced 9-1-1 improvements, easement authorizations, agreements with service providers and state entities, and funding additions for paving projects. **Meeting Conclusion** Motion to adjourn passed unanimously [timestamp: 00:53:22]. All 15 council members voted in favor of every motion: Linda Gorton, Chuck Ellinger, Steve Kay, Chris Ford, Shevawn Akers, Diane Lawless, Julian Beard, Bill Farmer Jr., Kevin Stinnett, Jennifer Scutchfield, George Myers, Jennifer Mossotti, Harry Clarke, Peggy Henson, and Ed Lane. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting approved multiple budget amendments and financial actions under resolution 0384-13 and related resolutions. **Public Safety and Emergency Services** The meeting authorized $1,600,000 for the public safety radio project and $175,000 for the initial order of radio subscriber units and equipment. Funding of $26,287.00 and $15,633.00 was approved for temporary contract employees in the 911 Call Center. **Bond Issues and Major Projects** Two significant bond budgets were established: $6,498,821.40 for the 2013B refunding bond issue and $13,103,388.15 for the 2013A GO Resurfacing Bond. The meeting also approved $2,500,000.00 for the Arena District/Rupp project fiscal year 2013 funding. **Special Events and Community Programs** Funding was allocated for community events including $7,500.00 for the Reforest the Bluegrass Special Event, $2,000.00 for Sweet 16 food costs, and $1,370.00 for Sweet 16 food costs and operating expenses. An additional $750.00 was approved for banner installation and removal operating expenses, and $100.00 was allocated for a Leadership Award to a 2013 graduate of Family Care Center. **Grant Funding** Multiple grants were approved, including $2,500,000.00 for the Lexington Downtown Redevelopment project from the Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Governor Department for Local Government. Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grants were awarded to The Fountains at Andover Brookfield, LLC ($203,944.00), J.M. Smucker, LLC ($350,000.00), and Habitat for Humanity, Inc. ($148,169.00). A $33,134.00 grant budget was established for the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) 2013. **Contracts and Services** A contract for $42,300.00 was approved with Davey Resource Group for a tree canopy survey and planting plan for the urban service area. Composting services funding was approved for Red River Ranch, LLC at $0.00. Planning and design funding for Rupp Arena was approved for Lexington Center Corporation at $0.00. **Infrastructure** Funding of $193,829.00 was approved for the salt budget to install a temporary salt storage structure. A purchase order for $1,380,023.54 was authorized with ATS Construction to complete the paving schedule for FY13. **Grant Adjustments** Numerous grant amendments were approved to reflect actual expenditures and revenues across multiple years and programs, including HOPWA 2009, Blue Light 2010, various TACT and Traffic Safety grants, and the CSEPP 2010 grant, along with $137,358.90 for the Newtown Pike FY 2009 grant for temporary housing expenses. ## Public Comment Five public comments were presented during the meeting. **Chris Ford** [timestamp: 00:44:01] expressed condolences for recent tragedies in Boston and Texas, and thanked first responders for their service and sacrifice. **Diane Lawless** addressed three separate topics: - **Emergency Preparedness** [timestamp: 00:47:39] — Encouraged residents to register their cell and home phones with the city's emergency management system and to update their E911 information. - **Litter Reporting** [timestamp: 00:49:23] — Suggested the city explore mobile applications for reporting litter, particularly cigarette butts, to improve accessibility and response. - **Travis Gaines Fundraiser** [timestamp: 00:50:42] — Announced a golf tournament fundraiser for Travis Gaines, a Dunbar High School student injured in a diving accident. Details were shared via a Facebook page. **Kevin Stinnett** [timestamp: 00:52:49] announced that Susan Lamb was named Kentucky Municipal Clerk of the Year and encouraged the council to recognize her at the next meeting. ## Contested Items **ZODA Report Access and Transparency** Council Member Stinnett raised concerns about the transparency of the ZODA report process, specifically objecting to the fact that media outlets had access to the final report before the city council did. Stinnett questioned whether this represented appropriate procedural transparency. Vice Mayor Gorton responded to these concerns by clarifying that no draft version of the report had been shared with the media, addressing the council member's objection. **Performance Bonds vs. Letters of Credit** Council Member Stinnett initiated a procedural dispute regarding the city's policy on performance bonds. Stinnett advocated for a comprehensive review of the city's approach to performance bonds, arguing that the current policy should be reexamined to strike a better balance between maintaining accountability measures and avoiding excessive burden on developers. The council approved Stinnett's proposal to conduct this review. ## Adopting fund balance worksheet The Council approved the adoption of the updated fund balance worksheet during this meeting. [timestamp: 00:01:17] **Key Speakers** Linda Gorton and Chuck Ellinger were the primary speakers on this agenda item. **Content** The fund balance worksheet outlined planned expenditures from the fund balance, with a significant increase allocated to the Economic Contingency Fund. **Outcome** The Council approved the resolution to adopt the updated fund balance worksheet. ## Text amendment to zoning ordinance to allow mobile food vendors The Council considered a text amendment to the zoning ordinance to permit mobile food units as accessory uses in industrial and office zones. [timestamp: 00:08:32] **Key Speakers** Shevawn Akers and Chris King presented on this matter. **Content and Outcome** The amendment clarified zoning regulations for food trucks and mobile food vendors operating on private property. Specifically, it allowed mobile food units to serve employees and guests in industrial and office zones as accessory uses, rather than as primary commercial operations. The Council approved the text amendment. ## Authorization to install multi-way stop controls at McDonald Avenue in Hiltonia Park **Item Number:** 0426-13 **Type:** Resolution **Outcome:** Approved Council considered and approved a resolution authorizing the installation of multi-way stop controls at McDonald Avenue in Hiltonia Park [timestamp: 00:15:01]. **Key Speakers:** - Julian Beard - Linda Gorton **Summary:** The council approved the installation of multi-way stop controls at McDonald Avenue in Hiltonia Park to improve traffic safety and control in the area. ## Amendment to Section 2.201 of Council Rules and Procedures The Council considered resolution 0427-13, an amendment to Section 2.201 of Council Rules and Procedures [timestamp: 00:18:43]. **Proposal** The amendment established a 15-minute time limit for standing committees to obtain a quorum. Under the new rule, if a quorum is not achieved within 15 minutes, the committee must adjourn. **Key Speakers** Steve Kay and Glenda George were the primary speakers on this agenda item. **Outcome** The Council approved the amendment to Section 2.201 of Council Rules and Procedures. ## Table of Motions April 16, 2013 [timestamp: 00:16:05] Council reviewed and approved the summary of motions from the April 16, 2013 work session. The summary encompassed motions related to budget amendments, new business, and continuing business items that had been discussed during that session. **Key Speakers:** - Julian Beard - George Myers **Outcome:** The council approved the table of motions as presented. ## General Government Committee Summary April 9, 2013 Council approved the summary of the April 9, 2013 General Government Committee meeting [timestamp: 00:18:43]. The approved summary included discussions on the following topics: * Quorum procedures * MECU MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) * Future agenda items Key speakers on this agenda item were Steve Kay and Glenda George. The outcome of the vote was approval of the General Government Committee summary. ## Neighborhood Development Funds, April 23, 2013 [timestamp: 00:18:12] Council considered and approved the Neighborhood Development Funds list during this agenda item. The presentation was led by key speakers Linda Gorton and George Myers. The approved funds included a $250 grant to FoodChain for educational programming at 148 Woodland Avenue. The council voted to approve the Neighborhood Development Funds list as presented. ## Authorization to amend Section 16-16 of the Code Ordinances to create Schedule E **Agenda Item:** 0313-13 Council considered an ordinance to amend Section 16-16 of the Code Ordinances to create Schedule E. [timestamp: 00:29:23] **Key Speakers:** - Kevin Stinnett - Harry Clarke **Action:** The amendment establishes Schedule E, which sets the solid waste-landfill fee for 2-cubic-yard dumpster containers at $12.05 per month. **Outcome:** Council approved the amendment. ## Authorization to execute Facility Usage Agreements with various youth baseball leagues **Item Number:** 0331-13 **Overview** Council considered and approved agreements to authorize the execution of Facility Usage Agreements with various youth baseball leagues. These agreements would provide facilities for youth sports programming during the period of March 1 to July 31, 2013. **Key Speakers** The discussion was led by Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke. **Outcome** Council approved the authorization to execute the Facility Usage Agreements with various youth baseball leagues. The agreements were noted to have no budgetary impact. **Discussion Details** The agenda item was addressed at approximately 29 minutes and 23 seconds into the meeting [timestamp: 00:29:23]. ## Authorization to execute an agreement awarding a Class B Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant [timestamp: 00:29:23] The Council considered a Class B Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant to The Fountains at Andover Brookfield, LLC. The grant, authorized up to $203,944, was intended to support infrastructure improvements at the project. Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented on this agenda item. The Council approved the authorization to execute the agreement, allowing the grant to move forward to support the stormwater quality infrastructure improvements proposed by The Fountains at Andover Brookfield, LLC. ## Authorization to accept award of federal funds from The National Council on Crime and Delinquency **Item Identifier:** 0342-13 **Overview** The Council considered authorization to accept $33,134 in federal funds from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for a Prison Rape Elimination Project. The funds were designated for use within the Division of Community Corrections. **Key Speakers** - Kevin Stinnett - Harry Clarke **Outcome** The Council approved the authorization to accept the federal award. **Transcript Reference** [timestamp: 00:29:23] ## Authorization to accept a donation from the Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association Council considered a proposal to accept a $7,512.80 donation from the Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association (CPAAA) [timestamp: 00:29:23]. **Purpose of Donation** The donation was designated to cover travel expenses for the Motorcycle Unit to attend Police Memorial Week in Washington, D.C. **Key Speakers** Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented on this agenda item. **Outcome** Council approved the authorization to accept the donation from the CPAAA. ## Authorization to change street names and/or individual property address numbers **Identifier:** 0352-13 **Type:** Ordinance Council considered and approved changes to street names and individual property address numbers across various districts. The primary purposes of these changes were to eliminate problematic addresses and improve the Enhanced 9-1-1 emergency response system. **Key Speakers:** - Kevin Stinnett - Harry Clarke **Discussion:** The presentation and discussion of this ordinance occurred at approximately 29 minutes and 23 seconds into the meeting [timestamp: 00:29:23]. **Outcome:** Council approved the authorization to change street names and/or individual property address numbers as presented. ## Authorization to accept deeds of easement for the Fourth and Jefferson Signalization Project [timestamp: 00:29:23] The Council considered agenda item 0354-13, which sought authorization to accept deeds of easement from property owners for the Fourth and Jefferson Signalization Project. **Key Speakers** Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented information regarding this matter. **Outcome** The Council approved the authorization to accept the deeds of easement for the Fourth and Jefferson Signalization Project, with a cost not exceeding $4,000. ## Authorization to execute agreement with Kentucky Office of Homeland Security for extension of performance period **Item 0355-13** Council approved an agreement with the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to extend the performance period for the Metropolitan Medical Response System Project through December 31, 2013. [timestamp: 00:29:23] **Key Speakers** - Kevin Stinnett - Harry Clarke **Outcome** The authorization was approved. ## Authorization to execute a Release of Easement for temporary pump station **Item Number:** 0359-13 **Outcome:** Approved **Key Speakers:** Kevin Stinnett, Harry Clarke **Summary:** Council approved the release of a temporary pump station easement on property located at 2108 Stedman Way. [timestamp: 00:29:23] The agenda item involved authorization for the city to execute a release of easement related to a temporary pump station facility. The specific property affected was 2108 Stedman Way. Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented or discussed this matter with the council. The council voted to approve the release of the easement, allowing the temporary pump station easement to be terminated on the specified property. ## Authorization to execute a Partial Release of Easement for drainage easement **Item Number:** 0360-13 Council considered and approved authorization to execute a partial release of a drainage easement affecting property located at 821 Lochmere Place. [timestamp: 00:29:23] **Key Speakers:** - Kevin Stinnett - Harry Clarke **Outcome:** The council approved the partial release of the drainage easement. ## Authorization to execute an agreement with Davey Resource Group for tree canopy survey Council approved a contract with Davey Resource Group to perform a tree canopy survey and develop a planting plan for the urban service area. [timestamp: 00:29:23] **Key Speakers** Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented and discussed this agenda item. **Outcome** The council approved the authorization to execute the agreement with Davey Resource Group. ## Authorization to execute an agreement with Red River Ranch, LLC for composting services **Item 0372-13** The council considered and approved an agreement with Red River Ranch, LLC for composting services. [timestamp: 00:29:23] **Key Participants** Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke were the key speakers on this agenda item. **Proposal** The agreement authorized the execution of a contract with Red River Ranch, LLC to provide composting services for yard waste and organics at the Haley Pike Composting Facility. **Outcome** The council approved the agreement with Red River Ranch, LLC. ## Authorization to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky **Agenda Item 0376-13** Council considered authorization to execute a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the Lexington Downtown Redevelopment project [timestamp: 00:29:23]. **Key Speakers** Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented on this agenda item. **Summary** The MOA pertains to administration of a $2.5 million grant from the Commonwealth of Kentucky designated for the Lexington Downtown Redevelopment project. **Outcome** Council approved the authorization to execute the Memorandum of Agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. ## Authorization to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the Lexington Center Corporation for Rupp Arena planning and design **Agenda Item:** 0377-13 Council considered and approved a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Lexington Center Corporation regarding the planning and design of Rupp Arena as part of downtown redevelopment efforts. [timestamp: 00:29:23] **Key Speakers:** - Kevin Stinnett - Harry Clarke **Discussion and Outcome:** The MOA was presented to authorize the Lexington Center Corporation to manage expenditures related to the planning and design phase of the Rupp Arena project. This agreement was part of the broader downtown redevelopment initiative. Council approved the authorization to execute the Memorandum of Agreement with the Lexington Center Corporation. ## Authorization to amend Resolution No. 288-2011 to reduce Tempur-Pedic International inducement [timestamp: 00:29:23] The Council considered a resolution to amend Resolution No. 288-2011 regarding inducement terms for Tempur-Pedic International. The amendment proposed reducing the inducement period from ten years to five years to align with state inducement terms. **Key Speakers** Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented and discussed this agenda item. **Action Taken** The Council approved the amendment to Resolution No. 288-2011, reducing the Tempur-Pedic International inducement period from ten to five years. ## Authorization to amend Resolution No. 146-2013 to correct clerical error [timestamp: 00:29:23] Council approved a correction to Resolution No. 146-2013 to fix a clerical error in the Telecommunicator Grade 111N hourly rate. The rate was adjusted from $16.438 to $17.401, with the change made retroactively effective April 11, 2013. Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke were the key speakers on this agenda item. The council voted to approve the amendment, which addressed the wage rate discrepancy in the original resolution. ## Authorization to execute an agreement awarding a Class B Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant to J.M. Smucker, LLC [timestamp: 00:29:23] Council considered and approved a Class B Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant to J.M. Smucker, LLC for infrastructure improvements. The grant authorization, identified as agenda item 0381-13, provided funding up to $350,000. Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented this matter to Council. The grant was designed to support stormwater quality projects as part of an incentive program for qualifying applicants. Council voted to approve the authorization to execute the agreement with J.M. Smucker, LLC for the stormwater quality infrastructure improvements under the Class B grant program. ## Authorization to execute an agreement awarding a Class B Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant to Habitat for Humanity, Inc. **Agenda Item:** 0383-13 Council considered and approved a Class B Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant to Habitat for Humanity, Inc., with funding up to $148,169 for infrastructure improvements. [timestamp: 00:29:23] **Key Speakers:** - Kevin Stinnett - Harry Clarke **Outcome:** The council approved the authorization to execute the agreement. ## Authorization to offer a short-term telecommunications ordinance Council considered and approved a short-term telecommunications ordinance (Item 0387-13) to provide temporary authority while longer-term franchise agreements are negotiated. [timestamp: 00:29:23] **Background** The action was necessary because existing telecommunications franchises are set to expire in June 2013. The short-term ordinance would allow the city to extend service authorization for up to one year while negotiations for permanent franchise agreements take place. **Key Speakers** Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke presented information on this matter. **Outcome** Council approved the authorization to offer the short-term telecommunications ordinance. ## Authorization to add $1,380,023.54 in funding to purchase order for ATS Construction [timestamp: 00:29:23] Council considered a request to add $1,380,023.54 in funding to the purchase order for ATS Construction. The additional funding was needed to complete the FY13 paving schedule. Kevin Stinnett and Harry Clarke were the key speakers on this agenda item. The council approved the authorization to add the requested funding to the ATS Construction purchase order. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for the Thursday, April 25th, 2013 Council meeting an Ordinance changing the zone from a Professional Office (P‐1) zone to a Planned Neighborhood Residential (R‐3) zone for 4.09 net gross acres, for property located at 1060 Cross Keys Road - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for the Thursday, April 25th, 2013 Council meeting a resolution adopting the Council’s April 23rd, 2013 Fund Balance Worksheet as the planned basis for expenditure of these funds by the Urban County Government - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for Thursday, April 25th, 2013, a resolution initiating a Text Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to amend Section 8‐21 (c) and Section 8‐22 (c) to allow Mobile Food Units as accessory uses in the Wholesale and Warehouse Business (B‐4), Light Industrial (I‐1) Zone, Heavy Industrial (I‐2) Zone, Office, Industry and Research Park (P‐2) Zone, and Economic Development (ED) Zone expansion areas - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for the April 25, 2013 Council meeting a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering, pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 18‐86, to install multi‐way stop controls at McDonald Avenue and Hiltonia Park - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the amended docket - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the summary - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the budget amendments - **Motion** — passed (0-0): amend the list of budget amendments on page 7 of the Work Session packet to include a budget amendment for the public safety radio project as approved at today’s Committee of the Whole meeting in the amount of $1,600,000 - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the new business items - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the Neighborhood Development Funds list - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for the April 25, 2013 Council meeting, a resolution amending Section 2.201 of the Council Rules and Procedures - **Motion** — passed (0-0): refer to the Planning and Public Works Committee to Performance Bonds versus Letters of Credit - **Motion** — passed (0-0): adjourn --- ## Full transcript This is the end of the video. I'm going to show you how to do this video. Good afternoon, good afternoon, good afternoon. I'll call the meeting of the work session to order. Greetings, everyone. Thanks for joining us. And first on our agenda for the work session is public comment for issues on the agenda. Is anyone signed up, Mr. Mundy? All right, sir. Then that allows us to move to item number two on the agenda. Are there any rezoning requests? No rezoning requests? Council Member Henson. Yeah. Okay. Yes, ma'am. You got a motion? Let me find the number here. It should be. Where? It's under the business ordinance. Ordinance number eight, I move to place on the docket without a public hearing. Second. Motion by Council Member Henson, second by Council Member Stennett. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. I've got it. All right. Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. Council members, after meeting yesterday in a budget retreat and this morning's Committee of the Whole Fund Balance meeting, the council has come up with some uses that they would like to see from the fund balance. So everyone should have a copy of the updated fund balance worksheet from Connie Underwood. It was done since our meeting this morning. And then you should have a copy of the resolution adopting this fund balance worksheet, knowing that we still have more work to do. But, Council, I've talked with several of you in the sense is that you would like to move forward with these items. So I move to place on the docket for the April 25, 2013, Council meeting a resolution adopting the Council's April 23, 2013, fund balance worksheet as the planned basis for expenditure of these funds by the urban county government. Second. Second. Motion. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Council Member Ellinger. And, Mayor, I don't know if you would like us to put the worksheet on the – do we want to put it up on there so people can see it or it might be helpful if – All right. So we have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion on the motion? The motion is to place the worksheet document, the council worksheet document, on the docket. Chris, you're going to put it up on the – can you get it up there? So just for confirmation, just to confirm, is there any discussion first? I was going to ask a question, if I could. So this would represent Bill O'Mara. Is Bill here or not? Oh, okay. So based on this appropriation to the Economic Contingency Fund, This would represent how much would we be adding to the Economic Contingency Fund for this year in absolute dollars as a total now? 3.2 and change, or 3.5 plus this 2.7? The formula drove the original budget or the original CAFR proposal, right? The way I read the work schedule, and I think the way it was presented, there would be 1.372627 plus an additional 2.7, so that would be $4,072,627. Plus what was already? This is in addition to the $18.5 million, which was the balance at June 30, 2012 CAFR. And that included an addition of how much for the fiscal year? I didn't bring my handouts from the earlier meeting. Well, it's a $3 million and change, isn't it? Was it? Or was it what? Do you have the PowerPoint? We can get it later. I can have it for you in just a moment, sir. I think we went into this, to fiscal 2012 with, seems like. We put $3.4 million. So that means we would be adding a total of how much then? A little over $7.4 million. Which would mean like a 40% increase in one year. 30, good. How much would that be? 15 to, yes, it's about. Well, $4 million on $10 million would be 40%. So you were at $16 going into the last fiscal? We were at $15. It would be $22. So the new number would be $22 or $21? Okay. $22.5, something like that. Okay. All right. All right. All right. Thank you. Well, that certainly is a testament to being back on track in many respects and being able to save money, and that's a good thing. Yes, fund balance is a good thing. I do suspect that there will be some, so this would be on the docket for first reading on Thursday. Okay. All right, yep. All right, so is there any discussion on the motion? All right. All in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Next on the agenda is a motion for approving the docket. Is there a motion to approve the docket? No, no. Motion by Council Member Myers. All right. Is this for the docket? Council Member Akers. All right. Okay. We'll hold the motion then on the docket. Council Member Akers. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on the docket for Thursday, April 25, 2013, a resolution initiating a text amendment to the zoning ordinance to amend Section 8-21C and Section 8-22C to allow mobile food units as accessory uses in the wholesale and warehouse businesses, Zone B4, Light Industrial I1 Zone, Heavy Industrial I2 Zone, and Office Industry and Research Park P2 Zone, as well as the Economic Development Zone expansion areas. Motion by Council Member Akers, seconded by Council Member Lawless. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Hearing none, then we can take it. There is discussion on the motion, Council Member Beard, but no. I don't think that. Council Member. All right. Vice Mayor Gordon. Yes, thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to invite Chris King to come to the podium. Normally these ZOTAs, Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments, come as a recommendation from a committee or from the council or from a work group. And I've talked with Council Member Akers about this, and I'm quite all right with this. But since it has not been vetted by anyone to recommend it to the Council, I wonder if you could speak to the Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to exactly what it would mean and to what principal uses this accessory use would be, if you could do that, please. Certainly. Basically, I think you could look at this as a cleanup in some ways, but also a logical spinoff of the discussions that have been going on in the ordinance that you passed about mobile food unit vendors here recently. I think probably most of you are familiar. I know when I worked going through school as a welder on a shift at a factory, there was a truck that came around at the lunch shift. Technically, there's nothing in the zoning ordinance that allows that. So that would certainly be one type of use that would be covered by this that is technically not covered in the ordinance now. And there are other things. Basically, the zoning ordinance does allow an accessory use of food service for otherwise permitted facilities for the employees and guests. Think of a factory having a food service cafeteria, things like that, and guests can use it and others. and that has to be inside an enclosed building and not just be generally open to the public, although any public that are using that facility and visiting can use that. We have found some locations where there are permitted uses that can't meet that requirement, but a food truck could serve that same need. And this change would allow that to happen with the normal restrictions of the site permitting that you put in place earlier this year and also the board of health regulations would still apply so um council member acres asked about this we drafted a text amendment i did a very quick vetting of it to the planning commission at one of their work sessions knowing that it might be coming to them on that 60 day clock and had no strong concerns and again you know there are some text amendments that i think it's good or necessary that the council vet them before they send it to the planning commission i think the issues associated with this are so small and narrow that the planning commission hearing could serve that purpose if there is any concerns or any questions that people have and it'll come back to us anyway yes it'll come back to you with a recommendation from the commission so these would all be on private property yes correct correct and um the text says no signs visible from the exterior of the building so they would be on the property but without signage advertising that they're there. What this would not let someone do is just basically set up a restaurant in a parking lot and serve to everyone. It has to be clearly accessory for the guests and folks. Sure, there may be incidental. One location where we've had a request of this, there's a brewery, which is allowed. And they're also allowed to have a tasting room, for lack of a better term, for the brewery. And they could have a food service in there associated with it, but they can't have a food truck. And we said, well, you could put the food truck in the building, which would comply with zoning. Unfortunately, it does not be building codes. So, again, this would allow the food truck to be in the parking lot, serve in that capacity. capacity, but again, you just couldn't pull up on a vacant industrial lot and set up a restaurant. Okay. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. All right. Is there any further discussion on the motion? Council Member Hanson. Thank you, Mayor. Chris, there is also another step involved that all the sites have to be approved. Is that correct? That's correct. Okay. They would have to go through that permitting process that you established earlier this year. In other words, the property owner would have to come to us with a site plan showing where that would be located. We would make sure that it doesn't interfere with parking and circulation, and we would approve it for that location. And then they would have a general site permit that would be good for two years where the trucks could come in and out. I think this is a good text amendment. And they do have to have permission from the property owners. It's not like they can just pull up and... Absolutely. This, I think, actually will help clarify these situations versus what we have now. Okay. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to speak on the motion? All right. If not, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Now, unless there's another motion, I'll ask for a motion for the docket. Oh, Councilor Beard. All right, sir. For some reason, it just decided it was going to erase my name off this thing. I hope there's no message in that. I moved to place on the docket for the April 25, 2013 Council meeting a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 18-86 to install multi-way stop controls at McDonald Avenue in Hiltonia Park. Second. Motion by Council Member Beard, second by Vice Mayor Gordon. 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. Any other motions before I ask for a motion for the docket? Is there a motion for the docket? Approval. Motion to approve by Council Member Stenet. Second by Council Member Myers. Is there any discussion on the motion? Okay. Then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Next on our agenda, then, is the summary. Is there a motion to approve summary? Motion by Council Member Beard, second by Council Member Myers to approve the summary. Is there any discussion on the motion? Okay. All in favor then, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Which takes us to budget amendments. Is there a motion regarding budget amendments? Approved. Motion by Council Member Stennett, second by Council Member Beard. Is there any discussion on the motion? Aye. Vice Mayor Gordon. Yes, Mayor, thank you. I was asked by the administration to go ahead and make an amendment based on the fund balance work that we did yesterday and today. So I move to amend the list of budget amendments on page 7 of the work session packet to include a budget amendment for the public safety radio project as approved at today's Committee of the Whole meeting in the amount of $1.6 million. Motion by Vice Mayor Gorton, second by Council Member Scotchfield. 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. All right. Are there any other motions? All right. Then is there any other discussion on the motion to approve budget amendments? All right. Okay. Then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Is there a motion to approve new business? Move approval. Second. Motion by Council Member Stenick, second by Council Member Clark. Is there any discussion on the motion? Any discussion on the motion? Okay. Then we can take a vote. All in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Next on our agenda, continuing business. Is there a motion regarding the NDS? Move approval. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, second by Council Member Myers. Is there a discussion on the motion? Okay, hearing none, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And next on our agenda is the summary of the April 9th, is that correct, April 9th meeting of the General Government Committee by Council Member Steve Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. As you said, General Government Committee met April 9th. The first item on the agenda was the approval of the summary, and that was approved without dissent. The second item was about a revision to the Council regulations about quorum, and Glenda George from the Law Department presented an amendment to the Council Rules and Procedures, Section 2.201, and this is regarding how a quorum of committees is to be determined with Council members not on the committee. There was discussion of the wording as presented, and then there was a motion by Vice Mayor Gorton to amend the proposal to include that there would be a procedure to establish a minimum amount of time for that committee to remain in session or to wait to obtain a quorum. That motion was moved and seconded and passed without dissent. Then the original motion, as amended, was passed, again, without dissent, and I have a motion related to that vote, Mayor. I move to place on the docket for the April 25, 2013 Council meeting a resolution amending Section 2.201 of the Council Rules and Procedures. Motion by Councilmember Kaye. Is there a second? Second. Second by Councilmember 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. Thank you. item was a discussion of the Metro Employees Credit Union, an update, and Chief Administrative Officer Sally Hamilton spoke to the committee about a memorandum of agreement, which was to accompany the lease, and what she led us to believe is that the lease is essentially not in question, but the memorandum of understanding had not been reviewed by the Metro Credit Union at that point, and so they asked for time to review that, and we will place that item back on the agenda for May 2013. At that time, we'll review both the memorandum of agreement and the lease. The next item was about items that were in committee. There was a motion to remove the issue of franchise agreements, and that was passed without dissent. For the May agenda, the CAO Policy No. 3 on vehicle use and assignment and fleet right-sizing will be included, and also a presentation on restructuring government to move the divisions of building inspection and code enforcement to the Commissioner of Planning, also on the May meeting. There was no further business, and the meeting was adjourned. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Kay. All right. There are no presentations on our agenda today, which allows us to move to council reports. And signed up for council report. Council Member Lawless, have you signed up for the council report, or is that for previous? Actually, I signed up to speak to new business. Oh. Well, that ran away from us somehow. Well, I think it was doing my name like Julian's, taking it up. So I just kept punching. Okay. Would it be okay if I? Well, let's see. We passed on new business. Is it we've already voted on it. What procedurally, what's the? She can make a comment. Go ahead, Council Member Lawless. It seems like there's a generous understanding of encouraging the question, inquiry, curiosity. I appreciate my colleagues and the mayor for allowing this question. It's item D, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for Prison Rape Elimination Project. and I would like more information on that project, how it's planning to be implemented, etc. So if Commissioner Mason or someone from Corrections could get that information, I would really, really appreciate it. This is something I worked on for 30 years. So thank you. Thank you for your all's patience and kindness. Yes, ma'am. That's an attribute of the council and everybody here, patience and kindness. All righty. That allows us to move right along. I'll let you go first. Where were we? Council reports. All right. Okay. Okay, signing up right out of the gate, Council Member Scotchfield, then Council Member Akers. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to announce tonight, Childsburg Neighborhood Association will be having their neighborhood meeting at Crossroads Christian Church at 6 p.m. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Scotchfield. Council Member Akers. Thank you, Mayor. I also wanted to announce the McConnell's Trace Neighborhood Association meeting. will be held Thursday, April 25th from 7 to 8 p.m. at Bracktown Baptist Church. Also, I wanted to remind everyone about the food truck blast that will be held this Friday at 366 East Main at the corner of Midland. Food trucks will be gathered there between 11 and 2 for those interested in having some food trucks for lunch. That's it. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Akers. Food. Food, food, right. Councilmember Clark. Thank you, Mayor. There's an event tonight that I'd like to mention. It's not in my district, but I think it gives me an opportunity to promote something else. Tonight, the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra Jazz Ensemble is performing at the Lyric Theater at 730, conducted by Raleigh Daly, who is a member of the U.K. faculty. And one of the reasons I want to mention that, not only is this a fine group, but also I want to encourage the council to do everything they can do to promote the Lyric Theater. Again, this is not in my district, but at the same time, I think this is an important venue for Lexington, and we need to do everything we can possibly do to individually support that venue, and obviously tonight would be a good opportunity. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Clark. I'm sure all Council Members and everyone on our viewing audience would punctuate that encouragement. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to send a thank you to the downtown Lexington Corporation for organizing the downtown trash bash. And there's many, many great American cleanup events going on. But on Friday, it was quite nice outside. It was actually very cold, but I did participate for a short while. And what I found was Lexington did not have a lot of trash but a lot of cigarette butts. So I wanted to ask for all council members to also help anyone that's listening that we educate people and continue to educate people that cigarette butts are very much litter. and our environmental policy division has ways of helping out with the cigarette butt arms or whatever they're called. But to me, that is a huge problem in our city. It's a very nasty problem. And even, you know, I think if you're a smoker, you need to be responsible. So thank you, Mayor. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Council Member Henson. Councilmember Beard. Thank you, Mayor. Sometime around 20 minutes to 3, we had a visitor, Frank Butler, who's the project manager for the Arts and Entertainment Area and Rupp Arena and Civic Center. and I guess the town branch, Commons, and Kevin Atkins was along with him. And I looked up just a few minutes ago and they disappeared. And then I looked over here. Oh, there they go. Marching back. Right, marching back in. And, you know, we're bringing the checkbook. So, I thought I'd gotten out of here. Mr. Butler. Yeah, so is there a question? This is fine. I just hate to see people sneak out. Is there a question, sir, that I can answer? No, not immediately, but probably just a few minutes later. Dare I leave or should I sit back down? You're the only one who can answer. All right. So I think we're here. Please hang around. All right. Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. A couple things. One, I want to put into the planning committee. I make a motion to put in the issue of performance bonds versus letters of credit. for some background from new council members for years for developments to happen we require a performance bond to be purchased and to ensure the work be done to our satisfaction. What's happened during some of those issues is those bonds weren't renewed, the work wasn't done, the city didn't have recourse on that individual developer to complete the work. So we changed our policy a few years ago to require layers of credit. But that's on the opposite end of the spectrum. It's requiring large amounts of collateral, and we all know how valuable that is today our discussion on fund balance to be put up in order to do the same thing a bond would do. So I think it's time that the council weighs in on our policy and what it should be going forward, a fair process and a process to ensure that we hold people accountable when we're doing these projects in a fair way and the city does have recourse rather than putting undue burden on the process and causing land costs to go up because we're once again requiring cash collateral. So I put that into planning commission to analyze the best way to administer that process going forward. So moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Stenet. Second by Council Member Kay. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. And the other issue, I wanted to follow up. A couple weeks ago, I'd ask the Vice Mayor about the Zota for the recreational use in the rural areas and the task force's work. I understand the task forces completed their work. I'm just curious. I know Commissioner Paulson followed up with us and said that the hearing actually would not be until the end of May for the particular property that brought this issue about. But I was curious of when the council is finally going to get the final report because I'm understanding that members of the media have it and the council doesn't have it yet. So I'm trying to figure out what's out there, if there's draft copies we can look at, and when we're actually going to get the final report because actually I would like it much sooner than the end of May so that we can weigh in appropriately. Thank you, Council Member Stenet. Vice Mayor Gordon? If I can respond, if the media have it, they wrote it. There is no draft that has been given to anyone. So I don't know who told you that, but the media do not have a draft of the report. That's the first thing. Second thing is we're working as fast as we can. You saw the work Council Member Akers did on one ZODA. This report has multiple many ZODAs in it, and I'm hopeful that it will come very soon. So anything the media has shown you is not a report from our ZODA committee. So when we get it back soon, it has to go to the Planning Commission, do the Planning Commission process, then back to the Council. It'll go. So we still have a lengthy process to go through. It will be reported out to both the council and the planning commission. That is the desire of the group. But the group is finished working. Okay. Yeah. So how are you going to report out to both the council and the planning commission at the same time? Well, the difficulty is that our own planning folks have a lot of work to do on this, and they would prefer that the council not put them on a 60-day time clock. So they would prefer that the council not initiate a text amendment like we did with the food trucks. That puts everybody on a 60-day time clock because this is much more complex than the one that we did today. So what is the process? The planning committee is the commission's in the middle of their comprehensive plan update, and if it can go to both groups without an initiation of anything from council, the planning commission isn't on a time frame. They can work at their speed to get it done and bring it to us. So the report will come to both us and the planning commission. And all that is assuming that once we get the report, a council member doesn't initiate a zone of text amendment on their own, and we have the ability to do that. So I'm just trying to figure out the process, Vice President, because I know this issue has a lot of attention. And I think the more information we have and the more transparent we're making, what's going on behind the scenes, available not just to the council but to the public, the better off we'll all be in getting a product that is good for our community. You know I agree with this. I'm in total agreement. And I'm a little bit disappointed to hear that you've been told that the media has a copy. There is no copy of a final report. So I'd like to get the copy from them. I knew you would know. Be the one to ask. So please give us a time frame as soon as we can get that copy. But I think we need to have a further discussion about who gets the copy first and why. I think some of us may not feel it's best not to initiate it from the council end, since we're the one that, you know, the council initiated the Zota committee work group, right? You formed it? The big council. Yes. The council. I appointed the committee. Correct. So thank you. Yeah. Thank you, Mayor. All right. Thank you, Council Member Stennett. I had a report. On this issue, Council Member, Vice Mayor Gordon. I did have a report. Okay. Oh, you'd signed up for. All right. Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you. I was just responding to his question. I did have two items. I wanted to send our thoughts to our council administrator, Stacy Maynard, and her family. She was called out on an emergency at the end of last week, which did ultimately result in a death in her family. And just so that everyone knows that we are thinking of her and her family, she should be back in the next day or two to work. And then just to remind council, we're going to start our Committee of the Whole budget meetings. We're going to start taking a look at the mayor's budget, rummaging around in it. Yes. Keep us on our toes. Keep us all on our toes. So our meeting is Thursday, April 25th at 3.30 here in the council chamber. We'll be talking about revenue, bonding, debt, and capital. and there will be a packet that should be ready by tomorrow to get to you. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor Gorton. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. I guess while Mr. Butler and Mr. Atkins are here, we'll let them go ahead and kind of give us an update where we stand on M&N. I guess that was on the new business today. What is going on with the downtown? It's a good thing. and we were put in collaboration with the state $5 million to look at this. Could you just kind of tell us where we stand and what's the timeline? Sure. I'd be happy to recognize that when you start out, Frank, I was just curious, Mr. Butler, when was the last workshop that was conducted for Council? It was about three weeks ago, I think. Okay. Okay. I was thinking that it was pretty soon. And you're looking at that workshop, there was a conversation about making that a routine. Right. Right. I think this is more for the public just to kind of inform them where we stand. That's a good idea as well. That should be added to the routine. Thank you. I'll make this brief, as brief as you all would like. As you know, we've started the project in earnest. We have three consultant groups that we are currently working with on the project. The first one was the strategic financial advisor. The purpose of bringing that group in was to help us basically put together a business plan and how to finance this project. We're probably about halfway through that process right now. There are actually four firms that came together to do that particular project, CS&L, Convention of Sports and Leisure, Legends, Sports Marketing Firm, Live Nation, and HKS. And we're in the midst of looking basically and examining all possible financing options for the RUP project in the aggregate, and we're testing them against the realities of both budget issues and political processes, et cetera, and we'll hopefully have a report from them sometime towards the end of May, the beginning of June, based on our original schedule. The second thing that we're probably about two-thirds of the way through is a contract with Convention Sports and Leisure for a feasibility study on a replacement for the Convention Center. As you know, because of the way Rupp and the Convention Center are married physically, if we are to adopt the renovation strategy for Rupp, a good portion of the Convention Center has to be relocated in order to accomplish that. And if you'll just give you a 30-second review of that, during the task force's efforts, the assumption was that for Rupp, the lower bowl stays pretty much the way it is. The upper arena gets renovated almost in total, including replacing all the bench seats with chair seats. and the concourse becomes sort of the location for suites, loge seating, et cetera. And so in order to do that, a major portion of the convention center has to be relocated physically. So we're in the midst of looking at what it would take to do that, what a future site of a relocated or redesigned convention center might be, and we are due to have that report by the end of May as well. The third contract we have in place currently is with PC Sports. They're our program manager. They're the owners' representatives in this project, and they will be the ones that will manage the architectural and construction process. We do have three RFPs out on the street currently, one for architectural services and architectural engineering services for the Rupp Arena design. We have one out on the street for architectural engineering services for the convention center design, and we have a third one out on the street for construction management at-risk services. And I think, you know, just to give you sort of a perspective of where we think we're going to get with that, As you know, sort of the total budget that we have for all the planning for this, the city's contribution, the state's contribution, and the money from LCC and the Convention Bureau is about $5.5 million. And obviously you're not going to get all the way through design development for two major projects for $5 million. What we are anticipating and what we're going to do is get through schematic design, which will give us a real number relative to what the Convention Center and RUP renovation and Convention Center relocation would cost. Because at some point you're going to ask me to give you not only what the total cost of the project is going to be, and I'm not ready to do that right now before Julian asked me, and then the second thing is how are we going to pay for all this. So that's where we are. We're really now starting to ramp this up. I would anticipate that sometime probably towards the end of May, beginning of June, we will have selected our architects and our construction manager and we'll be in full-blown moving the project ahead. Thank you. Thank you. You're probably going to get... That takes care of... No, no. I just wanted to thank him for giving us that update. That sure helps. Thanks. Thank you, Councilman Ellinger. By the way, Mr. Butler, where you are right now in this project and where we may be proceeding in this project and the familiarity that you may have become or how you become very familiar with these chambers, you've probably also become familiar with the routine here and the protocol that council members have five minutes and visitors have three minutes. Did I exceed my three minutes? I don't know. I was getting some nods that we were getting close. No, you're in good shape. It was Council Member Ellinger's time. You did well. Yep. You're getting some thumbs up so far, so far. Council Member Beard, you want on the same? Just a quick question, Frank. the gentleman from Denmark who came and gave us a rendering of the external part of the Rupp Arena. It was really quite sexy, I might say. I'm trying to think of another term, but that's just about what it is. Do you know if he's going to respond to the RFQs? I do not know for sure because what we have so far is an expression of interest from a whole series of firms. And I think once we get into the discussions about the finals, we'll know exactly who everybody is and who everybody's partnered up with at this point. I had talked to Gary previously, and he had indicated he was interested in bidding on the project. Thank you, Frank. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Beer. Thank you, Mr. Butler. Council Member Ford. Thank you, Mayor. Just two quick things. I wanted to echo the sentiments and thank Council Member Clark for highlighting some of the good things that are going on over at the Lyric. I know that Harry is very sure of the commitment that his council and government has made to the Lyric in times previous and ongoing. So I'm glad that your musical expertise and artistic perspective is here on the council. Secondly, I also just, in light of the rough week that we had nationally in regards to tragedies up in Boston and in Texas, that our community, as I'm certain we have, continue to send prayers to those who've been impacted. But I wanted to take this time to, as we always do, but to thank the first responders that we have here in our community. It really amazed me, I think it was Friday night, watching up in Boston, and just how, you know, the courageous efforts and the sacrifice that everybody did up there. You never know when you're going to be called, but we're lucky that we have those folks and the first responders, and I know Commissioner Mason, with his previous experience and intelligence, can understand that. And the community has a role to play in being vigilant and being responsive, so we thank everybody for their service and continue to wish them well and recovery. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilman Ford. Just as a parenthesis between the two council members, I thought before you all left, unless there are more questions for Frank and Kevin. Are there any more questions for them? I was just curious, Frank, as you were standing there, question. I know you've never probably added these numbers up, but perhaps you might share with the council. So if you were to look over your career at the University of Kentucky and the build-out at that campus, have you got any idea of how many hundreds of millions of dollars of construction work you may have had a role in guiding or leading? Probably about three-quarters of a billion, about $750 million worth. Is that outside the hospital? Because the hospital alone is $750 million, isn't it? Well, it's going to be when it gets finished. The hospital, the first two phases were $500 million. And actually, before Mike Garf came, I did about $100 million of the hospital myself. But then I left him with no debt, so he very quickly took care of that. And so they're there. I was going to say that might provide a thimble full of relief, perhaps, and encouragement and inspiration for us that the role that you have today, you are accustomed to dealing with projects at this level and significance. So I thought it would be worthwhile maybe just to mention that. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, sir. All right. Council Member Lawless. Thank you. I'm always interested in hearing from citizens about things that the city needs and try to include those in email updates. And one of my constituents sent an email asking how the city, how Lexington was prepared and referring to Boston. and I was able to let him know, and I want the public to know, that on the LexingtonKY.gov website, if you go to emergency management, there is a program or an option to register your cell phone, And now that many of the phones have been converted to voice over IP, you can register your home phone also. You can give as much or as little detail, and you will be alerted when there are severe weather or some kind of catastrophic event. So I would encourage it was I think people don't know that's available. and while you're there you might look around. There's also enhanced E911 where you can fill out information about your address and as much or as little information as you would like to put in there about your family if there was an emergency, et cetera. So I would encourage people to do that, and that was a really good question. And I want to thank Mr. Pratt for posing that. Another question I got in speaking to the litter downtown and cigarette butts is there's a litter reporting. However, you have to kind of be at a computer, and it's only for cigarette butts or other litter thrown out of a car. And you can report that anonymously. and was wondering if there was some way the city could look at, and you can find that online also, but in the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government website. But I was also, I kind of got interested and explored what some other communities are doing, and I found a website that has applications for other than the iPhone because there is a 311 iPhone app. And so I don't think the council needs to put this in committee, but maybe the administration, if I could communicate that to the administration to look into because I think that would be very, very helpful. The other thing I wanted to bring up is, as you all know, Travis Gaines, a senior at Dunbar, had a very tragic accident in Florida when he was there with the baseball team diving into the ocean. Many of you all know him. Many of you all remember retired clear officer Keith Gaines, who is his father and their family, and they are now in Louisville at the Fraser Rehab Spinal Institute. And there is a Facebook page, Let's Rally Around Travis Gaines. It's been pretty phenomenal how the community has come together. The legends did a thing for him. All the high school baseball teams, little league teams, different businesses doing fundraisers because they are going to have enormous expenses down the line. And I'm going to try to read this from on May 6th. There is going to be a golf tournament at Champions Golf Course. I don't golf, so. And it is $100 per adult and $60 for students. And all proceeds will go to the benefit for Travis Gaines. And if you want more information, I can get that to you. And you can also find that on the Facebook page. And lastly, oh, I'm out of minutes. Dagnabbit. I hate it when that happens. Oh, goodness. I wanted to ask more about the ZODA, but I'll do that another time because I'm once again out of time. Okay. Council Member Stenet. Thank you, Council Member Lawson. Sorry, Mayor. I also wanted to mention to our very own Susan Lamb, she was just named the Kentucky Municipal Clerk of the Year. So I think she'll be, will she be here Thursday night? So we can properly thank her at our councilman Thursday night, but just wanted to give the public a heads up. We have some great employees, and it's a good recognition. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, sir. Thank you, Councilmember Stanton, for announcing that. Anyone else wish to give a council report? All right. Then we can move on to the mayor's report. There is actually no mayor's report this week, which allows us to move to public comment for issues not on the agenda. Mr. Mundy, anybody, nobody signed up. All right, then, there's a motion by Council Member Stendet to adjourn, and second by Vice Mayor Gordon. Unless there's an objection, we are adjourned. Thank you.