# Planning Commission Subdivision Public Hearing - April 9, 2015 > Auto-transcribed civic record · April 9, 2015 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/3625 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/3625?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2015-04-09 - **Last revised**: July 15, 2026 - **Length**: 4,911 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 Planning Commission met on April 9, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Urban County Government Building, 200 East Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky. Mike Owens presided over the meeting, which addressed ten agenda items. The Commission took seven votes and heard four public comments during the session. The meeting resulted in one postponement and nine approvals. Plan 2014-101F for Long Valley Farm, KY, Inc., Unit 2-B was postponed. The Commission approved eight development and planning items, including Plan 2005-166F and Plan 2007-156F for the Clark Property, DP 2015-24 for Boonesboro Manor Unit 1 Block A, DP 2012-62 for Victory Apostolic Church, Inc., Plan 2015-30CE for Belldale Addition, DP 2015-22 for South Elkhorn Village, Plan 2015-33F for Cardinal Hill Hospital, and PFR 2015-2 regarding the relocation of the Lexington Public Library's Eagle Creek Branch to 3000 Blake James Drive. The Commission also approved the cancellation of the April 23, 2015 Zoning Items Public Hearing. Several of the approved items included deadline dates for further action, ranging from May 26, 2015, through June 30, 2015. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the meeting on April 9, 2015: * Mike Owens * Mike Cravens * Will Berkley * Patrick Brewer * Karen Mundy * Carolyn Plumlee * Carolyn Richardson * Joseph Smith * Bill Wilson * David Drake * Frank Penn No absences or late arrivals were recorded. ## Votes and Decisions **Indefinite Postponement of Plan 2014-101F: Long Valley Farm, KY, Inc., Unit 2-B (AMD)** [timestamp: 00:06:31] Motion by Frank Penn, seconded by Carolyn Plumlee. The motion to indefinitely postpone this plan passed unanimously with 11 ayes and 0 nays. **Approval of Consent Agenda Items** [timestamp: 00:10:21] Motion by Carolyn Plumlee, seconded by Karen Mundy. The consent agenda was approved unanimously with 11 ayes and 0 nays. **Approval of Plan 2015-33F: Cardinal Hill Hospital (George, Wash & Meet Property) (AMD)** [timestamp: 00:18:29] Motion by Patrick Brewer, seconded by Carolyn Richardson. The plan was approved unanimously with 11 ayes and 0 nays. The approval includes the condition that prior to certification of the Final Record Plat, private sewer easements and notes regarding maintenance and/or replacement of the sanitary sewer lines must be denoted to the approval of the Divisions of Engineering and Water Quality. **Approval of Waiver to Articles 6-2(a) and 6-6(b) of the Land Subdivision Regulations for Plan 2015-33F** [timestamp: 00:19:02] Motion by Patrick Brewer, seconded by Carolyn Richardson. The waiver was approved unanimously with 11 ayes and 0 nays. **Approval of Release and Call of Bonds** [timestamp: 00:20:21] Motion by Mike Cravens, seconded by Bill Wilson. The release and call of bonds as detailed in a memorandum dated April 9, 2015, from Barry Brock, Division of Engineering, was approved unanimously with 11 ayes and 0 nays. **Approval of PFR 2015-2: Lexington Public Library - Relocation of Eagle Creek Branch to 3000 Blake James Drive (Eastside Branch)** [timestamp: 00:35:33] Motion by Frank Penn, seconded by Mike Owens. The project was approved unanimously with 11 ayes and 0 nays. The approval includes conditions to maintain existing landscape material as much as possible and to screen vehicular use areas in compliance with Article 18 of the zoning ordinance. **Cancellation of April 23, 2015 Zoning Items Public Hearing** [timestamp: 00:37:05] Motion by Frank Penn, seconded by Mike Owens. The cancellation passed unanimously with 11 ayes and 0 nays. ## Public Comment Four speakers addressed the meeting regarding the proposed project. **Ms. Plumlee** [timestamp: 00:29:46] raised concerns about access and traffic conditions at the new library site. She asked about the left turn lane and traffic congestion at the intersection of Blake James Drive and Palumbo Drive, noting particular difficulty turning left during peak hours. **Ms. Mundy** [timestamp: 00:30:48] inquired about green building certification for the project. She asked whether the project would pursue LEED certification. Staff responded that the project would not pursue LEED certification, though it would follow energy-efficient best practices. **Mr. Penn** [timestamp: 00:33:24] questioned whether the single ingress/egress point would be acceptable to the fire department. The fire department responded that the layout would allow full coverage and was acceptable. **Mr. Phillips** [timestamp: 00:17:22] represented the applicant and addressed Plan 2015-33F. He confirmed the applicant's agreement with staff recommendations and the revised condition regarding private sewer easements. ## Contested Items **Private Sewer Line and Public Sewer Requirements** The board considered whether to grant a waiver allowing a private sewer line located under a building to remain private, despite Land Subdivision Regulations that typically require public sewer service. This issue resulted in a split vote among board members. The disagreement centered on whether an exception to the standard public sewer requirement was justified in this case. However, no formal opposition was raised during the voting process, suggesting that while board members were divided on the matter, concerns were not vocally contested at the meeting. The split vote indicates that the board was not unanimous in its decision regarding the waiver request, though the specific vote count and the ultimate outcome of the request are not detailed in the available meeting record. ## Plan 2014-101F: Long Valley Farm, KY, Inc., Unit 2-B (AMD) [timestamp: 00:05:56] The plan for Long Valley Farm, KY, Inc., Unit 2-B was discussed as an amendment (AMD) to a previously submitted proposal. Tom Martin presented information regarding the status of this agenda item. The plan was indefinitely postponed due to the applicant's failure to comply with a specific regulatory requirement. According to Article 6-4(j)(6) of the Land Subdivision Regulations, a required sign must be posted on the property. This sign had not been posted as mandated. Staff received a formal request from the applicant for indefinite postponement of the plan. No objections to this postponement were raised during the meeting. **Outcome:** The plan was indefinitely postponed. ## Plan 2005-166F: Clark Property, Unit 1-B (6/30/15)* [timestamp: 00:07:35] The meeting addressed a request for a one-year extension of Plan 2005-166F for the Clark Property, Unit 1-B. Chris King and Bill Sallee presented the item. The plan was approved for the requested one-year extension. The approval was subject to the same conditions that had been established in the previous approval on April 10, 2014. As part of the extension approval, the plan required the following additions: * Private utility information * Owner/developer information * Urban Forester approval ## Plan 2007-156F: Clark Property, Unit 1-M (6/30/15)* [timestamp: 00:07:35] Plan 2007-156F for the Clark Property, Unit 1-M was presented for consideration at the April 9, 2015 meeting. Chris King and Bill Sallee were the key speakers on this agenda item. The plan was approved for a one-year extension. The approval was subject to the same conditions that had been previously approved on April 10, 2014. The extension included updated scale information and private utility details as part of the approval requirements. **Outcome:** The plan was approved. ## DP 2015-24: Boonesboro Manor, Unit 1, Block A (Interstate Park) (AMD) (5/31/15)* [timestamp: 00:08:42] Cheryl Gallt presented the development plan for Boonesboro Manor, Unit 1, Block A (Interstate Park). The development plan was approved subject to the following conditions: * Approval from the Urban County Traffic Engineer * Approval from Building Inspection * Approval from the Division of Water Quality * Clarification of sanitary sewer easements * Clarification of utility easements The outcome of this agenda item was approval. ## DP 2012-62: Victory Apostolic Church, Inc. (6/25/15)* The plan was reapproved with conditions. Cheryl Gallt presented this item [timestamp: 00:08:42]. The plan received approval with the original conditions maintained, along with one additional requirement: documentation of the Division of Water Quality's approval of Capacity Assurance Program requirements must be provided prior to certification. ## Plan 2015-30CE: Belldale Addition (AKA: Wickliffe Land Co.) (AMD.) (6/15/15)* [timestamp: 00:09:15] The minor plan for Belldale Addition, also known as the Wickliffe Land Co. project, was presented for approval. Cheryl Gallt served as the key speaker on this agenda item. The plan was approved with the following conditions: * Urban County Traffic Engineer approval of new access * Documentation of Division of Water Quality's approval * Revisions to building lines and plat title block The outcome of the discussion was approval of the minor plan. ## DP 2015-22: South Elkhorn Village (The Coffee Pub) (AMD) (5/26/15)* [timestamp: 00:09:15] The development plan for South Elkhorn Village (The Coffee Pub) was presented as an amendment to an existing development plan. Cheryl Gallt presented this agenda item to the board. The development plan was approved by the board, subject to the following conditions: * Division of Water Quality approval of floodplain information * Approval of interior circulation * Documentation of Capacity Assurance Program requirements The approval was granted with these conditions in place to ensure compliance with water quality standards, proper site circulation design, and capacity assurance documentation. ## Plan 2015-33F: Cardinal Hill Hospital (George, Wash & Meet Property) (AMD) (6/23/15) **Overview** Plan 2015-33F concerning Cardinal Hill Hospital's George, Wash & Meet Property underwent discussion and was subsequently approved by the body. **Key Participants** The discussion involved Tom Martin and Kevin Phillips. **Action Taken** The plan was approved with modifications to its conditions. A revised condition was implemented regarding private sewer easements. Additionally, a waiver was granted to Articles 6-2(a) and 6-6(b) of the Land Subdivision Regulations. This waiver permitted the existing private sewer line to remain in place due to a structural conflict that would have prevented relocation or modification of the line. **Transcript Location** The relevant discussion can be found at approximately [timestamp: 00:11:45] in the meeting recording. ## PFR 2015-2: Lexington Public Library - relocation of Eagle Creek Branch to 3000 Blake James Drive (Eastside Branch) [timestamp: 00:20:21] A Public Facility Review was presented regarding the relocation of the Eagle Creek Branch of the Lexington Public Library to 3000 Blake James Drive, which would become the Eastside Branch. **Key Speakers** Barbara Rackers and Josh Ives presented on this agenda item. **Outcome** The Public Facility Review was approved. The project was confirmed to be in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan and Destination 2040. **Recommendations** The approval included recommendations to: - Maintain existing landscape - Screen vehicular areas per zoning requirements ## Cancellation of April 23, 2015 Zoning Items Public Hearing [timestamp: 00:36:34] The April 23, 2015 zoning items public hearing was canceled due to a postponement request from the applicant. Bill Sallee presented this item, noting that the applicant requested to move the only item scheduled for that hearing to the May meeting instead. The cancellation was approved. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — postponed (11-0): Indefinite postponement of Plan 2014-101F: Long Valley Farm, KY, Inc., Unit 2-B (AMD) - **Motion** — passed (11-0): Approval of Consent Agenda items - **Motion** — passed (11-0): Approval of Plan 2015-33F: Cardinal Hill Hospital (George, Wash & Meet Property) (AMD) - **Motion** — passed (11-0): Approval of waiver to Articles 6-2(a) and 6-6(b) of the Land Subdivision Regulations for Plan 2015-33F - **Motion** — passed (11-0): Approval of release and call of bonds as detailed in memorandum dated April 9, 2015, from Barry Brock, Division of Engineering - **Motion** — passed (11-0): Approval of PFR 2015-2: Lexington Public Library - relocation of Eagle Creek Branch to 3000 Blake James Drive (Eastside Branch) - **Motion** — passed (11-0): Cancellation of April 23, 2015 Zoning Items Public Hearing --- ## Full transcript Music Then one day She came back I was so happy That I didn't At Morning Taylor Until my room The door and patched the wall They say she just went crazy went crazy the night she got the call he was up in wyoming and drew a bull no man could ride he promised her he'd turn out well it turned out that he'd lie and all the dreams that they'd been living in the California sand dying right there beside him in shining air they said she just went crazy screaming out his name she ran out into the ocean and to this day they claim And if you go down by the water, you'll see her footprints in the sand. Cause every night she walks the majors of a shining air. They never found her body Just her diary by the bed Told about the fight they had And the words that she had said When he told her he was rotten She said then I don't give a damn If you never Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Your seats will get started. Except for one, we've got everybody seated. That's okay. Oops, there she goes. I'm kidding. Good afternoon, everyone. This is April 9th. It's a nice sunny afternoon. I'll call this meeting to order. We have no minutes for approval today, So I'll move to any postponements or withdrawals from today's agenda. Mr. Martin. Mr. Chairman, staff would like to direct your attention to page one of your agenda. Final subdivision plans. Item A, Plan 2014-101F, Long Valley Farm, Kentucky Incorporated Unit 2B amended. This is property located at Long Valley Lane and Russell Cave Road. Staff has received a request to indefinitely postpone this plan. Anyone in the audience wish to speak to this request for postponement? Commission members, if not, I'll entertain a motion. Mr. Chairman. Yes, sir. I move for indefinite postponement on plan 2014-101. Yes. Thank you. Do we have a second? The motion has been made and seconded by Ms. Plumlee for an indefinite postponement plan 2014-101 Elf Long Valley Farm, Kentucky, Incorporated. Please vote. Everybody goes. Motion passes. Any other requests for postponements or withdrawals? Seeing none, we'll move to Kassin Agenda, in which I think most are on the Kassin Agenda today. I'll ask Mr. Salley to walk us through that. Gladly, Mr. Chairman, you are correct. Most of your agenda items today do fall on your consent agenda and can be considered at this time by the commission. The first two items on your consent agenda are final subdivision plans that have been recommended by your staff for approval of a one-year extension to the commission's prior approvals. The first appears on page two, item C of your meeting agenda, Plan 2005-166F, Clark Property Unit 1B. This is a property that has an address of 1551 Deerhaven Lane. This plan was approved by the commission less than a year ago. The next plan is on page 3, item D of your meeting agenda. Plan 2007-156F, Clark Property Unit 1M. This is a property located at Polo Club Boulevard and Ice House Way. This plan also was approved by the Commission less than one year ago. There is one development plan that's been recommended for conditional approval by your subdivision committee. That appears on page 3, item A of your meeting agenda, DP 2015-24, Boonesboro Manor, Unit 1, Block A. It's also known as Interstate Park. This is an amended final development plan for property at 5355 Athens Boonesboro Road There is one development plan recommended for re-approval by your staff It is on page 3 item B of your meeting agenda DP 2012-62 a victory apostolic Church Incorporated This is for property at 1420 Greendale Road There are also two minor plans that have been approved by your subdivision committee that appear on the consent agenda. The first is on page 4, item A of your meeting agenda, plan 2015-30 CE. This is a minor plan for the Beldale addition, also known as the Wycliffe Land Company, an amended plat for property at 304 Preston Avenue and 1405 Menifee Avenue. The final item is a development plan appearing on page 4, item B of your meeting agenda, DP 2015-22, an amended final development plan for South Elkhorn Village, primarily for the coffee pub. This is property with an address of 4373 and 4401 Harrodsburg Road. At this time, unless a member of the commission or a member of the audience would ask that one of these plans be removed from your consent agenda to allow further discussion commission could consider approving these items as has been recommended either by the staff or by your subdivision committee thank you thank you mr. Sally anyone in the audience wish to hear any one of these items on the consent agenda or have them heard no any commission members if not I'll entertain a motion for the consent agenda as read. Ms. Plumney? Mr. Chair, move approval of the consent agenda. Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Motion's been made and seconded for the approval of the consent agenda as read. Please vote when it comes up on the screen. That motion passes. Thank you. I think we have two items left for the most part on the agenda today. The first one that we will hear is on page two. It's Plan 2015-33L, Cardinal Hill Hospital. You do have a waiver request, petition for a waiver to go along with that on a white sheet of paper before you. Thank you. Mr. Murphy, know that a plot was recorded this morning for him. Thank you. We are at Plan 2015-33F Cardinal Hill Hospital. This is located at the corner of Resales Road and Mason-Headley. I know your conditions have Parker's Mill written on it, but it is Resales Road. Right now they're wanting to subdivide this one piece of property into two pieces of property. There's a building located on this one. and then the major hospital is located on this one. They have 11 conditions. Oops, I'll just put that down. First five are the typical sign-offs from other developmental agencies. We have documentation from the Division of Water Qualities for the Capacity Assurance Program. We have a few cleanup conditions, and because this was a late file, this plan needs to go back in front of the technical committee after this meeting. And then the last one is discuss the status of the sanitary sewer easement, which we have a waiver report for you all by Tom Martin. If there's any other questions. Any questions? No? Thank you. Mr. Martin. Oh, one second. Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, members of the commission, as Ms. Scott reported to you, this was a late plan and therefore missed the technical committee. However, at the subdivision committee discussion, it was determined that we needed to determine, pardon me, at that meeting it was discovered that we needed to determine how this property would be served by sanitary sewer. Your subdivision regulations, of course, require that all lots be served by public sewer. Again, here's the property with Cardinal Hill Hospital with its frontage on Vercels Road and Mason Healy Road. This is the lot that is being created by this subdivision with this being the remainder with the hospital on the property. This was the lot in question that required public sewer. It was subsequently, after your subdivision committee discussed with water quality, with their sanitary engineer folks, with the applicant, and it was discovered that the sewer that exists, if you can see the photograph that I've given to be put up, there you go, you can see the lot lines in red, and if you see that yellow dashed line, that is the sanitary sewer that serves this property. It's a six-inch line for most of its length until it hooks into an eight-inch line. You can see how it bends in there and makes an angle. It's under a structure at that point. It has been our practice, when I say ours, our sanitary sewer, the government's practice, not to accept that sort of situation, obviously, because of a conflict with the structure, but rather to allow it to remain private. That's not uncommon in our community. The most recent example I believe I could give you would be the Chevy Chase Place plats where they had a line that ran under a building. It so happened it was Enders Engineering that did that plat as well, and a waiver was granted for that public sewer. We also did it recently for a plat on Turflin Mall. So very simply, the government doesn't want the responsibility to try to maintain a public line that has building conflicts and that sort of thing. And the cost of replacing that line and relocating it is unnecessary because it's fully functioning and does comply with our standards for serving the property. So we are recommending approval of the waiver subject to the condition you see, which will be Division of Water Quality and Engineering approval of the easement and maintenance language on the plat. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. Questions for Mr. Martin? Yes, sir. You want me to go over here? Yes. Go ahead, Mr. Tom, the sewer that's on the plat that they're dividing out, that's still a private sewer for that property also? Yes, sir. Thank you. But it does go into a public line. Off-site? Off. Thank you. Ms. Plumlee? Yes, so that means if the private sewer needs repair, it would be done by the private individual. Yes, ma'am. That's exactly what that means. Before we get to the applicant, let me ask you one question, Tom. We've got condition number 11, discussed status. I would presume that would change to? Provided the Planning Commission grants a waiver, the requested waiver. Okay. Very good. Thank you. Applicant, good afternoon. Good afternoon. Kevin Phillips with Interest Engineering. I would agree with the 11 conditions and would request the approval. I guess the sanitary sewer condition 11 would change depending on whether the waiver is granted or not. Yes, sir. Any questions for Mr. Phillips? No? Okay. Mr. Chairman, just to pick up on that, if you just substitute condition A on Mr. Martin's report that he's given you for the 11 on your agenda, that would accomplish. Okay. Thank you. All right, then. Okay. You understand that, Mr. Phillips? I believe so. Prior to certification, final record plat to note private sewer easements and notes regarding maintenance and or replacement of sanitary sewer lines to the approval of the Division of Engineering and Water Quality. Yes. Okay. Very good. Questions? If not, anyone else in the audience wish to speak to this plan? If not, thank you, Mr. Phillips. Thank you. close this part open it up for any discussion and or motions as our staff has very adequately done changing number 11 to replacing it with the requirement on the waiver would take care of number 11 the language for it and I would like a motion as far as the waiver as well. So... Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, I move for approval of Plan 2015-33F with the change noted, changing number 11 to condition A from the waiver request. Thank you. Do we have a second? Motion's been made and seconded for approval. Plan 2015-33A, please vote. That motion passes. And now for the waiver. Mr. Chairman, I make approval for the waiver requested on 2015-33F. Thank you. Second. Motion's been made and seconded for approval of the waiver, associated waiver. Please vote when it comes up on the screen. That motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Phillips. Thank you very much. I think we can move on to page 5, understaff items, PFR 2015-2, Lexington Public Library. Oh, I'll tell you what, let me back up just a little bit. On the bottom of page 4, we've got a performance bonds letter of credit that is for you. Yes, sir. Approval of the performance bonds and letters of credit. Second. I knew we had him here for some reason. Motion has been made and seconded for the approval of the release and call of bonds dated April 9, 2015. Please vote. That motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Cravens. Can anybody turn back on the motion? Don't worry. Quick on the draw there. Mr. Ecker. How are you all? Good. How are you? All right. PFR 2015-2 is a request by the trustees of the Lexington Public Library for a property that they own at 3000 Blake James Drive for a new library branch. And it is at the corner of Palumbo and Manowar. We've got hopefully the math. There we go. This is the property right here. We've got Blake James Drive, Palumbo Drive, and Manowar Boulevard. This is the location of the Lexington Furniture Company. This is a workout facility and an athletic club facility. This is part of Richmond Place. We've got wholesale and warehouse mini storage and Wilson Nurseries right there. The property is about three and a half acres, and it's the former Jaguar Land Rover dealership. And if you could put the photo up there, Bill, please. It will be the new East Side Library branch. This is the building. We've got an atrium area here, and then there is a large building that is behind there. The property is Zone B4, and that's our Wholesale and Warehouse Business Zone. And the 2007 Comprehensive Plan land use recommendation for this property is professional service and office use. and services that are generally in that land use category are usually confined to an office, but libraries and reading rooms and museums are very typically found in that land use category. There are several goals and objectives in the 2013 plan that apply to this and that support it, and those are on pages 2 and 3 of your staff report. The existing building that's there is over 27,000 square feet in size, and it was the offices and the showroom for the car dealership. There are 119 parking spaces on the site. That'll be expanded to 126 for the library. They're going to renovate and expand the building, and it'll have a new second floor area within, if you would put the site plan up. It's not in the area that I originally thought. I said it was in the glassed area, which is in the front of the building. It is going to be in this area right here. That'll add 5,185 square feet of usable floor area to the building. They'll have an elevator and two new sets of steel stairs, and they'll have two new entry vestibules, one on each side of the building, that'll be enclosed with insulated glass, one right there and one right there. They're going to rework and replace the flooring, the wall finishes, and the ceiling finishes in the building. There will be selective demolition both to the interior and the exterior of the building as well as the site. That's to allow for the new construction to take place, and it'll be handicap accessible throughout the building and the site. and they will be providing, it's kind of hard to see, but there are two sidewalks that will be handicap accessible, one up here and one right there to go to the bus stops. There's a bus stop on this corner here and then there's one across the street on the other side of Blake James Drive. So they'll have handicap accessibility for those sidewalks. Construction is proposed to begin in a couple of weeks, I think he said April 20th, and they hope to have it open and operational by the end of November or the beginning of December. There are six library facilities in the system, and combined, they have over 600,000 items in their collection. And in the comprehensive plan, it says since 2002, they have circulated over 2 million items annually. So that's a lot of books and tapes and stuff going in and out. In addition to the circulation items, they have a non-circulating reference collection, and that can be used in-house. They cannot check that out. They also offer many other services to their patrons. They have computer classes. They have story time for children. They have various programs for adults and children. And they have free Internet access and free Wi-Fi available to their patrons. And one of the 2013 Comp Plan recommendations for strategies and policies is to expand the quality Internet and computer access to underserved households. And this library with its new facilities, its larger facilities, will fall right in with that. When it was built in 1992, the Eagle Creek branch at 15,000 square feet was the largest in the branch system. Since then, other branches have been built, and now it's the second smallest. The smallest is the Village Library branch on Versailles Road, and that's just under 11,000 square feet. The new library will be called the Eastside branch, and it will more than double the space of the Eagle Creek branch as it exists right now. And to give you some kind of a comparison is between the two, the Eagle Creek branch is very small, and it only has one meeting room that can accommodate only 40 people, and that's without tables in there. This branch will have multiple meeting rooms. It'll have a gallery. It'll have a children's library, a teen library, an adult library. It'll have a children's activity room and an outdoor reading area. There will be a 25% increase in the materials that they have, and they'll have something pretty cool. All the branches now have drop-off service for materials. You can drive through and drop your books off. This will have the capability of picking up materials that you've had on hold, and this will be the only one in the system right now that has that capability. That will be located right in here. So they will have a drop-off and a pickup area. This location will be more centralized. It will serve the growing Hamburg population and their existing customers that they have from the Richmond Road and Manowar Boulevard area. It'll have better access. Eagle Creek right now is surrounded by businesses, and there's no traffic light at that intersection of Eagle Creek and Richmond Road, and this will provide much more ease of access. The 2013 plan and Destination 2040 encourage access and accessibility to all community facilities for all citizens, and they emphasize the importance of providing these community facilities and making them accessible to everyone. The site in the building will be handicap accessible. The site will be accessible by auto, by bus. Like I said, it's got the bus stops on the corner and then one across Lake James Drive. People can walk and they can bike. There are sidewalks on all the street frontages, and so it will provide accessibility to and from all the surrounding properties in the area, whether they're commercial or residential. It goes in all directions. There are two other concepts that are endorsed by the Comprehensive Plan and Destination 2040, and those are adaptive reuse and infill and redevelopment. This isn't exactly infill, but it is redevelopment, and it is an adaptive reuse of the building. Those two work hand-in-hand, and both are being accomplished by this renovation and the use of the existing building as opposed to doing new construction, totally new construction. Adaptive reuse is generally for buildings that are older than this. this building was built, I think, between 2003 and 2004, and usually when we talk about adaptive reuse, it's for older buildings, but this one, it's adaptively reusing an older building, a building that was used for something else, and it is providing a new use and a good use for it. So we find this to be in compliance with a comprehensive plan in both the goals and objectives and the text, as well as Destination 2040. The 2007 land use recommendation was for professional office service uses, and the library fits right in with that. It is accomplishing adaptive reuse and infill and redevelopment, and both are endorsed by the Comprehensive Plan and Destination 2040. And it will better serve more of the population with their expanded service and their better ease of access. And the two recommendations that we have for this is that the existing landscape material be maintained in as much as possible. and they've said that they were going to do that, and that the vehicular use area be screened in compliance with what is recommended by Article 18 of the zoning ordinance for vehicular use areas. If you have any questions about the staff report, I'd be glad to answer them, and Mr. Josh Ives is here from the architect's office to answer any other questions. Any questions for Ms. Rackersh? Yes, Ms. Plumlee? You may not know this, but what happens to the old building? I don't know. I knew somebody was going to ask that, too, and I don't know. Sorry about that. That's okay. Josh might be able to answer that question. I'm sorry, what was the question? What's going to happen to the old building? This overall? Come on up to the microphone, Josh. Just in general, what we're doing to the existing building. Essentially, what you're seeing up on the screen, let me make sure you're seeing the same thing. We're really the only footprint. Do you have the? Yes, what you're going to do is the old library building. Oh, the old library. Eagle Creek, I'm sorry. They're going to actually sell that building and use that money towards this new project. So that is in the works currently. There hasn't been any contract on that yet, but that's what they're looking at right now. Ms. Mundy? I have two or three questions. One is, and I can't remember even though I'm through there a lot, Is there a turn lane in front of this property that we'll be able to handle? Because as she mentioned, there's no stoplight there. And I know coming out of LA Fitness, people are complaining about the long waits to get out of there if they want to turn left coming out of there. There is a left turn lane. It's cut off or clipped off here in this vicinity map. But there is a left turn lane and then also a right turn lane going out of there. And turning left across Palumbo, certainly during busy 5 o'clock and beyond, is a little bit difficult to get out off of Blake James Drive. But to actually get on to Blake James, really there's not much traffic with the limited business behind it. But getting out onto Palumbo and turning left can be difficult at times. It's a traffic light at Palumbo and Man of War. But when I said there was no traffic light at the intersection of Eagle Creek and Richmond Road. Right. Yeah. Okay, and then my next question is, because there's comment alluding to this in the report or whatever, is this going to be a green build project? It will not be. We're not looking to achieve any LEED certification. We are doing best practices for high performance and Energy Star, but we are not seeking LEED certification. Okay, thank you. Other questions? Let me follow up with that, and it may be a question for Barb more so. The one theme goal objective, provide incentives for green buildings, sustainable development, et cetera. Should we be including that, or should that be deleted since we're not going in the green LEED certification realm? You're doing green. But not LEED, right? Correct. Okay, that green building philosophy, but not LEED certification. So the green can stay in there. It's energy efficient, but not LEED certified. And so the green building thing refers to energy efficiency and that kind of thing, not LEED specifically. Okay. But you can take it out if you choose. Okay. All right. All right. All right. We've been down this road before. it's beyond me why Board of Education and the city can't, as it says, lead by example. I think we should try and do that whenever possible. Help me a little bit and just orinate me a little bit better. I remember this property being on the corner of Palumbo and Manowar. Where's the access points? Where are the roads and where's the access points? This is Blake James right here. And the access will be one way. They'll come in right here off of Blake James, and then it'll be one way out. Okay, so where's Palumbo and Man of War? Palumbo is right there, and Man of War is. Okay, so everything's in and out on Blake James? Correct. Okay. All right, then. Other questions? Yeah. Yes, sir? Where's the drive-thru, and I assume that's not a big generator. Right in here. Okay. All right, thanks. Yes, ma'am. I guess I need to talk to our friendly fireman in the back. Are you comfortable with having only one ingress and egress to this property? To be honest, this is the first time I've seen this plan. If it has good circulation, I don't see us having a problem with it. It's currently two-way access, so there's a 25-foot aisle, so you could actually, with fire truck access, enter and exit any of that, and it gives you 100% coverage around the building. This would be acceptable for us. Thank you. Hold on just a second. Let me follow up with this. I'm curious, you said you haven't seen this plan. Is that normal on PFRs? It doesn't go? This is determined compliance with a comprehensive plan, and typically they don't go to any kind of technical committee or anything like that. I remember that, but it just never dawned on me that they may not see these things. We'll be more than happy to look at. Thank you, sir. Chairman, if I can also follow up on your question, Mr. Chairman. Ordinarily, this is a prerequisite to getting a building permit. Yes, sir. And the fire department obviously does get involved with reviewing the plans at that stage at the time of building permit. Usually this precedes that. Okay. Thank you, sir. Any other questions? Yes, sir. Is the renovation of the new building contingent upon the sale of the oil? That I do not know. That's more of the owner's discretion. They've been handling that, their board of trustees. But they have purchased the property. Part of, I think, the seed money to do this, along with financing and other private money raised, is contingent on doing the project, I guess. Okay. Anything else? If not, thank you, sir. Anyone else in the audience want to speak on this plan? see none otherwise we need a motion yes sir what are we actually approving here just that this is in compliance with the comprehensive plan and noting the requirements is that the proper language recommendations made by the staff so I so move Motion has been made and seconded for approval of PFR 2015-2. Staff for the Lexington Public Library Eastside Branch. All those in favor, well, vote. All those in favor voted yes. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you, folks. do we have any commission items need to be brought before us? Any staff items? Mr. Chairman, there is one on your addendum. Page 6. Those of you on the zoning committee may remember last week we were able to cancel your meeting because the one new application that had been on that agenda, the applicants had asked to postpone consideration of that to your May meeting. We suggest that the commission vote to cancel your April 23rd meeting. You will have a meeting on April 30th that you've already set to consider two small area plans, but in Stassview, there's no reason to have a meeting two weeks from today on the 23rd. Okay. Thank you for reminded me of the addendum. I always seem to forget that. So we have one meeting cancellation if everyone's in favor of that. We would need a motion for that. Yes, Mr. Penn. I reluctantly suggest that we cancel our April 23rd meeting. Suggest? Is that a motion? Yes. Okay. Motion's been made and seconded to cancel the April 23rd meeting 2015. Please vote. Motion passes. Any other commission items? Thank you Bill Selle. Any staff items? If none. Yes ma'am. I'm sorry. Do we have work session? We. Yes. Actually. That would be. When is our next work session? Chairman originally the commission had scheduled that for April 30th. There is not a work session scheduled for next week. but you have other items already scheduled for April 30th, so we're not sure at this point. April 30th? Yes, sir. Okay. April 30th is the next worker session. Anything else? If not, I'll entertain a motion for adjournment. Second. Motion to remain seconded. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you, folks.