Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I think we've got a quorum. I'm going to call the meeting to order. This is a meeting of the work session of the council. And first we'll begin with public comments for issues on the agenda. I know that Pete Cassidy is here from the Northside Neighborhood Association. Mr. Mundy, has anybody else signed up for issues on the agenda? All right. Pete, you've got an announcement. We'll let you make the announcement and then escape. Thank you, Mayor. Members of the council, I certainly appreciate you all giving me the opportunity to come before you today and ask you to join us on Sunday, this Sunday afternoon, noon to 5 o'clock, in the Northside neighborhood area for our, I guess it's a biannual house and garden tour. I have given to each of you an envelope that has a little information in there and some tickets. So we would love to have you come if you can. If you can't, keep us in mind. A prayer for good weather would be very beneficial. Thank you very much, Mayor. Thank you, sir. all right all right next on next on the agenda is are there any rezoning requests I don't have any note of the rezoning requests there's no docket approval required this week next is approving the summary is there a motion to approve the summary of the work session motion by Councilmember Farmers, seconded by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Next is next on our agenda, budget amendments. There are no budget amendments on the agenda this week. Well, there's no docket approval this week. So that takes us to new business. Is there a motion to approve? Move approval. Motion by Councilmember Farmer, seconded by Vice Mayor Kay. Is there any discussion on the motion? Councilmember Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question on item I as an igloo. This is matching funds that are in the FY16 budget that we're working on currently. I'm just curious about what type of traffic improvements this money will go towards, specifically what intersections, where we're going to spend this money if we approve it in the budget. I think David Holmes. David and Dowell is here as well. Dowell Hoskins-Squire. That is our annual allocation of SLX funds. And so we have a plan, and I can't tell you on the microphone right now exactly what the plan is. But we have outlined basically using all that money. So we've got a plan in terms of ordering devices. We're going to be ordering new cameras. Part of it will be spent with our, in combination with if the mayor's approved, budget is approved for the TMC, our traffic management center upgrades. We will be supplementing those upgrades with these SLX funds. So it funds a number of issues and programs within our divisions on an annual basis. Okay, but it's not for the fiber optic we need, network and cabling? it's not that that's in the budget so this is totally different correct and it's not targeting a specific intersection it's all over the city correct okay very good thank you thank you mayor thank you council member Senate council member Farmer thank you mayor madam Hoskins Squire before you sit down on the same topic it lists vehicle detection will be improved through the use of video radar and blue blue toad What is Blue Toad, so to speak? Blue Toads are basically a proprietary Bluetooth travel time device. Okay. So we place pairs of them on roadway segments, and they send back travel time information to a company called Traffic Cast, who then sends it to us. And they can compute your rate of travel. Yeah, based on cell phone Bluetooth data. Just another way to be watched. Okay. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Mayor I had and councilmember farmer has a just another just one more on its G and H. I know that you know we're We have to change our Public public accountants in a certain time and fashion based on recent Events and I know that we've had a good relationship with our previous accountant group I just I'm not familiar with this company just one little background just briefly if that's possible about about Strotherman and Company that will be doing our financial audit both here and for the sheriff. Commissioner Bill O'Mara. I'd be glad to give you some background. They're a Louisville company, and they have extensive experience in the public sector auditing. They do Fayette County Public Schools. They've been involved with the city of Louisville as well as the Jefferson County Public Schools. And they come with a good resume and good recommendations. We've already met with them. They'll be on site to start their work in June, and we'll look forward to working with them. So they came to us via an RFP process then? Do they maintain, just for question, do they maintain a Lexington presence at all, or is this just something that they're the lowest bid and we got it? They were low bid. They were also met the qualifications and the research on the references. Okay. They have an affiliation with a CPA firm here, but they don't actually have staff in Lexington. All right. But you're the ones who will be working with them the most. If you're happy, I'm happy. But it's just a new name I was unfamiliar with, and certainly one of the most important tasks it's undertaken each year. So I appreciate your interest. We'll look forward to a good combination there. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Farmer. Council Member Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question on F. As I look on page 16, I don't know who can respond to this. This is the Newtown Pike Extension. We have an original contract amount of $1,000,000, and then we have change orders that are almost $8 million, and then we ask for another change order today of $1,000,000. I mean, did we just, you need to walk me through this. That's a punch of money for change orders. Andrew Grumwald is here. This is, the Newtown Pike Extension is a very complex project. project and understand it is the project manager i'm going to let him do his best to explain i guess my my big question is that do we miss the mark or did we not anticipate this amount being spent or uh no ma'am we we've always anticipated this amount to be spent um if you look at all at the overall project it will most probably be about 100 million 110 million um the expectation is that we're going to spend at least 10 possibly 15 on engineering design costs These would include everything from design to as-builts, anything that the Transportation Cabinet and the Federal Highway Administration would need for us to do to facilitate this project. Currently, I think we're about anywhere from 8% to 9% of the money that has been spent to date, so we are within the window of expenditure for this project. when these projects are originally set up the original amount was to do the environmental work the project itself for instance we didn't know that we were going to redevelop all of davistown that was in addition to the project it was brought in because of the environmental impact statement so over time we have to keep on adding to the project to have the consultants facilitate whatever we're directed to do. I don't know if that... I have a real problem with $8 million in change orders. I just don't understand how you cannot project this amount for this scope of this project. Let me... Maybe you can help me here, Mayor, because I'm confused then. I would have the same questions. And I think in the past, Andrew, I have had some of the same questions. and I think the word that you're searching for is phasing. The project is phased over multiple years. You are not able to identify the scope at the beginning of the project, the full scope of the project. You knew that it was going to be in excess of $75 million, $75 to $100 million overall. The original contract was just for environmental services, so that was the initial phase of the project. So it's been sequenced over time. Yes, sir. That is correct, Mr. Mayor. And all along, the intention was that the engineering contract would meet the expectations of the full scope of the project. Yes, sir. And it was designed to be dynamic, to be added on to. That was the original intent when we originally set out. And I think the original contract was in October of 2000. and we at that point we realized we were going to have to phase the project because all of the money was never going to be available at once thank you mayor i appreciate the explanation just looking at this it just jumps right out at you when you see eight million dollars change orders you know someone has uh not formulated this correctly but i appreciate it thank you it's a very good question so and you've you're you're liable to keep getting that question that's right yes sir councilmember Kaye thank you mayor Andrew don't go away I also have a question about F and it really has to do with a little bit more of the detail I know that there's a large sound wall that was built right along the railroad tracks is this and in this there's money for structural design of a large retaining wall behind Harry Gordon steel is that a continuation of that or tell me a little bit about no so that's not a continuation, the Harry Gordon Steel site will actually be leveled. There's a considerable amount of fill involved at that site. We're going to have to take it down. The retaining wall will be right at the base of the noise wall. It'll be approximately anywhere from 8 to 16 feet high and probably about, I'd say about 500 feet long. The intent of this retaining wall is to, Harry Gordon Steel, is to make it a level site so that the land trust will be able to develop on it. I see. So the site is first being brought down to grade, and then a retaining wall is put up right below the sound wall. Is that right? Yes, sir. Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor Kaye. Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to speak to someone on item D on the match. I notice it's last year for the $47,500, and next year when we get around, this grant will be gone. And my question is, are we working with other cities and trying to get funding to help this position? Do we have resources that show that we're going to be able to continue with this program with other partners coming on? The last thing I don't mean to put this, I don't think we should be in the burden of paying for all this. I'd rather see if there's a reason why we're paying for all this that shows that it's bringing money, revenue, or really doing a good job. I would appreciate that. But I just want to see if they're really going out and trying to find connections for next year. Money. All right. Did you all understand the – so Irene's up at the podium. I understand the money this year. I just want to know next year. Is there another grant for this for next year or just a two-year grant and that's it? This is a two-year grant. I don't know if those funds would be available in out years or not. This is for 16 and 17. Has anybody put a grant together to continue with this program? This one was put together by Ashton Wright, yes. To extend this program. For 16 and 17. They have requested it, and we haven't gotten anything back on it yet? This is what we're asking Council to accept now. $95,000 from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund. Jamie? On your other point about other communities helping and investing, Ashton couldn't be here today because she's making a pitch in Jesmond County to continue to get funding from them as well. So it's a regional effort. Well, I think it is important, and I just want to be sure that we don't put the burden on it. This is a good regional plan, and I think it's not just Fayette County, but all around, this is an opportunity to keep this going, and just hopefully we don't let the crack fall through the crack, that we don't get the funding, that we have a plan B to keep this going. Thank you. Good question. Council Member Maloney, thank you. Council Member Akers. Thank you, Mayor. On the same item, D, so the $95,000 will fund Ashton's salary for the next two years, And then on the supporting memo, it also says that $77,500 has been allocated from the general fund for $16,000. And so can someone speak to what that $77,000? I think Wes or Jamie or Irene is right behind you, Jamie. Irene might be able to help more, but the $95,000 is for half each year for salary and benefits. Okay, so the $77,500 is the other half? Plus operational. Right, but only for fiscal year 16. 16. For fiscal year 17, we will ask for the match again in the general fund. So then it's not asked for 17 money in 16. So it's an extra $30,000 is for operations? Yes. and that is travel, professional development, marketing materials, et cetera? And in one of the attached memos we received, I guess the agreement between the other counties, as Councilman Maloney mentioned, other counties are contributing, very small portions compared to Fayette, But how does her work then get divided between all of the counties? And does she share her time? Does she have to report to them on their investment versus our investment? I don't know what kind of report that she would give to the individual counties. She does have to report to Kentucky, the state agency. She would have to report. And these are funds that come from the state, but they're allocated to the individual counties. So it's not the individual county's general fund dollars that we're talking about here. We're talking about their allocation from the state agency. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Breakers. Councilman Stennett. I had a question back on item F on the Newtown Pike project. Is Andrew still here? Just had a question on this large amount. You said this goes back to the year 2000, the original contract? Yes, sir. Why wouldn't we rebid this at some phase along the way? Why use the same firm for the last 15 years on this project? What was the reasoning behind that? This contract is not only one firm. There is a prime, and then there's about 26 subconsultants working on it. to rebid I guess the prime consultant anybody that we would offer this to would probably have a significant learning curve the transportation cabinet kind of bears the same idea that there would not be any cost savings because they would have to bid so many hours just to get up to date it it does have a lot of history and And the change order that you're looking at right now, only about half of it actually goes to the prime. The rest of it is going to the sub consultants. There's 26 subs? Yes, sir. To date, we've had 26 subs. Okay, because it's unusual to see that many amendments. I was just curious why not just re-bid it when we enter a next phase. But I understand that the learning curve and the investment already made by the first firm would have to be realized by the next bidder. So it would cost us more money. Is that what I'm hearing? Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. That two is a good question. Council Member Lane. Thank you, Mayor. Mr. Cronwall, can you come back up? You got a good question, too? What'd you say? Oh. That three is a good question. I didn't hear the question. I'm welcome. I was going to, I'm going to ask a couple of questions just for the scope of the project because I think people that are watching us on TV would like to have the information. Can you tell me the beginning point of the work on the roadway and where was that? I actually have a map if that would help. Can you put it on the overhead over here now? Yes, sir, I can. Okay. Thank you. I'm actually going to pass out a map as well. This might make it a little bit easier to see. Can they put it on the overhead too? Okay. Just a few facts about this project. It encompasses approximately 50 acres of land that we are purchasing. 25 of that is for the road itself, and 25 of it is for the mitigation. The original intent of this project was just to construct the road. This was in 2001. When we started with the environmental impact statement, we ran into an environmental justice situation which caused us to double, if not triple, the cost of the project. Hence, part of the reason for some of the change orders. I guess the map's not up yet. The road itself... Thank you. Yeah. Is there any way you can rotate it a little bit? What you're looking at goes from Main Street down to Versailles Road. That was phase four. That was the first phase that was constructed from Versailles Road down to South Broadway. That is the phase that we're working on currently. And then the Scott Street connection goes all the way over to South Limestone, at which point we'll reconfigure the intersection of Lime and Upper. Will that be the new main entrance into the U.K. campus if you're coming in from I-64, 75, down Newtown Pike? Yes, sir. This will be the new expected main entrance. One of the reasons I was going to ask about this is because we're discussing putting two-way roads into downtown Lexington, And when this is completed, the Newtown Pike extension is going to divert traffic to U.K. and also over to Broadway away from the downtown area, which will be less through traffic and more local traffic down there. Do you feel like this will make a major impact on the downtown traffic? This will make a major impact on downtown traffic. All right. Our preliminary models indicate anywhere from 15% to 20% of the traffic, the through traffic in downtown would be removed. The other question I have is this project has been under construction for about 15 or 16 years, and how much longer do you think you'll be going on? I know there's a funding issue of having the money available and all that, but do you have a perspective on that? We're hoping that the phase from Versailles Road to South Broadway is under construction, or is at least bid before the end of this year. We hope that that phase is then constructed by 2017, the end of 2017. And then we hope that the Scott Street connection over to the University of Kentucky would be under construction the following year, 2018. Okay, the right-of-way going over to South Broadway, could you describe that a little bit, how we got that land and how that's working into your development plan on that? We're still in the process of finalizing those right-of-way calculations. The transportation cabinet is purchasing that right-of-way. Hopefully they should have right of entry by the end of this summer, within a couple of months. the roadway itself is being taken in fee simple, as is all of the land down here. Do you mean the roadway itself or the mitigation area? Well, I was thinking on the lines that's running along the abandoned railroad track, and the fact that that's how we were able to get that property to go over to Broadway because the railway used to have it. I thought that was very interesting. and sort of a creative way to get access in there without condemning a lot of property. Yes, sir. That corridor was utilized, the abandoned railroad line. We did have to pick up some other parcels, and that's what we're going back and picking up now. But the vast majority of the center line of the road will be the, I think it was the Norfolk Southern Railroad or the Cincinnati and New Orleans Pacific Railroad. Okay, well, I think I've asked most of the questions that I had on my mind. Is there anything you want to add that I didn't ask you about? That'll be my last question. No, I'll just be able to answer any questions. Okay, well, thank you very much. That's very informative. Yes, sir. Thank you, Council Member Lane. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to comment on this project that's been in discussion with the Newtown Pike Extension because I think this is, it might warrant another presentation to council or perhaps planning committee, but I think by far this project is one of the most unique that has taken place in Lexington. And when I look at the land trust that was put in place in the area and an area that is so rich in history that I just find it a very amazing area and the care and interest that has taken place in the area. So I just wanted to comment on that, and I thought maybe perhaps Andrew would want to do another presentation for the council. It has been going on for a long, long time. There was a documentary on KET about the folks in Davis Bottom and the lives when they settled in Lexington. Yes, ma'am. There was a documentary that was produced by the Transportation Cabinet. It was done through, I think, the SHPO's office. It was paid for by using the project funds. I was thinking perhaps if we could get a presentation where we've been and where we need to go to finish this project and just kind of, you know, because we do have a lot of new council members. Yes, ma'am. And I just find it fascinating. I can put together a presentation. And, you know, I think the cost involved with relocation and the land trust is just so complicated and unique at the same time that I think it would benefit us. Sure. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Henson, and thank you, Andrew. Council Member Brown. Yes, follow up on Council Member Henson. In that presentation that you're going to bring forth, I would like for you to go all the way back to when it was enacted, because I was on the council then, and this plan here looks like it's awful complex and a lot more than what we originally had looked at. So I guess there's been some changes, some major changes from the year 2000 until the present. So I think we're requesting a little bit of history on this. I can include a historical timeline and how things have adjusted. I know we worked on it for about a year and had public meetings and had a lot of input on it right around that time, 2000, 2001. And this looks completely different from what I've envisioned at that time. Okay, thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you, Council Member Brown. I think that's all I've signed up, Andrew, so it looks like you're off duty for a minute or two. All right, that's all who signed up for discussion on the motion. We can vote on the motion now to approve new business. We have a motion. We have a second. So all in favor of the motion to approve new business, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Okay, next is continuing business. I'll ask for a motion to approve the NDF. Second. Second. Motion by Vice Mayor Kay, seconded by Council Member Scotchfield. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right, hearing none, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. The motion carries. Next is a summary by Council Member Massadi on the Planning and Public Safety Committee meeting. Thank you, Mayor. This was for the April 14, 2015 Planning and Public Safety Committee meeting. was called to order at 12 59 pm the february excuse me the february committee summary was approved approved by the committee the committee heard a presentation on the versailles road pedestrian study that was referred by council member henson council member henson discussed the benefits of the study and its implementation she stated that there would be an investment in one of the major corridors leading into lexington there were several design questions about the multi-million dollar implementation next the vice mayor led a presentation on design excellence the vice mayor discussed the advantages of a vibrant well-designed downtown council members had numerous questions about the implementation and structure of the design excellent ordinance those were addressed by the vice mayor and more council member lamb had inquired about how the incentives would be presented and also suggested that the board be structured like the planning commission and the board of adjustments so that it would fall under the financial interest reviews of the ethics act discussion continued about the board in subsequent positions and about potential changes commissioner paulson stated that the funding of the design officer and the william one million dollar fund for economic development are were the only changes the motion was made by Vice Mayor Kaye to move approval to the full council, seconded by Gibbs, and the motion failed by a 3-5 vote. The meeting was adjourned at 2-11 p.m. That's all, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Sidi. All right, that moves us to Council Reports. If Council members will please sign on, and then I'll call on you. Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Barry. I just want to first of all thank Chief Jackson for inviting some of the council members out Saturday. That was an experience. I never have. I commend the work that you guys do. I also want to commend the police because I got to go to their police academy. I understand how hard that job is, but also I learned a lot from the fire department. I am going to their fire academy hopefully this year, But it took me 35 to 40 minutes to put that uniform on. It weighed a lot. And I have to commend the guys for what they do and learn a lot and see how important that job really is and really how important who you put in that position because it takes a special person to be in that position. And I have to tell you, every day is some new adventure there, especially from not only the fire but the EMS and what they learn, the knowledge. I think they have more degrees than folks going to be an engineer or a doctor because it seems like every time you look up, they're getting a degree and everything. But I do want to commend the fire department for it the other day and also my colleagues who went. And I hope they took the aspirin like I did after we got done. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Maloney. Council Member Stenet. Thank you, Mayor. Last week we scheduled a public hearing on May 28th at 6 p.m. for the issuance of the industrial revenue bonds for the YMCA by Scott County. The bond council has come to us and asked if we could provide a little bit more time for proper public notice for the hearing and has requested to be moved to June 11th at 6 p.m. Therefore, I'll move to schedule the public hearing currently scheduled on May 28th at 6 p.m. related to the issuance of the industrial revenue bonds for the YMCA by Scott County to June 11th 2015 at 6 p.m. So moved motion by council members stent it and a second by council member Scotchfield is there any discussion right if not then we can vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries thank you mayor and also want to thank chief Jackson all your chiefs and the men and women who showed up Saturday to put on the school for the new council members as well as some of the old ones who showed up you know I think one of the big things, Mayor, about our fire department is people don't understand they're one of the only certified instructor schools in the nation that can actually instruct and train the men and women that go through to become firefighters. And it's remarkable the full service department that we offer here. It's really a luxury that many people don't know we have and it's a credit to the training that many, many hours that they have to keep up and hopefully we can develop some additional opportunities, Chief, throughout the year that council can attend and watch some of those specific hazmat and rescue trainings and hanging from Ruppering his roof and all that good stuff. So thank you, though. Thank you to the men and women of the fire department for keeping us safe. And I know we have many departments that keep us safe, but it was an opportunity to get for hands-on Saturday, and that was a good opportunity for everyone. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Stenet. Council Member Lamb. Thank you. And I want to echo what Council Members Stenet and Maloney also said. I want to thank Chief Jackson and his team for hosting us on the field day. I already had a highly, highly respected the work of our Division of Fire and Division of Police. But after Saturday, I'll just say I have an inside view of it, and I really even more so respect it. It was, I just can't imagine wearing that uniform all the time. So I commend you guys and women. Thank you. Thank you. so and second of all i also i have a motion to place on the docket under first reading ordinances an ordinance amending section 25-4 subsection 1 of the code of ordinances for the ethics act to include the downtown lexington management district board as an agency i so move thank you council member lamb and a second by council member henson is there any discussion on the motion all right hearing none then we can vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries and i want to thank my colleagues for supporting this this was the i should have said this before i made the motion but this was from thursday night so thank you all for your support council member bledsoe thank you mayor i wanted to go to the fire day but i was preparing for the the Southland Street Fair. So I apologize. I hope to make the next one. I wanted to thank my colleagues, Councilman Maloney and Fred Brown and Peggy Henson and Susan Lamb, who came to Southland Street Fair. They joined between 6,000 and 8,000 people who came. It was packed. It was absolutely packed. Thank you, Mayor, for cutting the bike lanes with me. I appreciate that. It was hot. It was like 90 degrees. It was insane. But I'll tell you what, we had such a strong response in the community. Almost everybody walked or biked down to the neighborhood. They ate. They took all the food out of food trucks. Most of our vendors at the end of the night were done, had nothing left to sell. It was a huge success, and I just want to say thank you to my aide, Jamie Giles, who did a ton of work on this project. I'm very proud of her. I would also say that we celebrated the South Lunge Ambrose 10-year anniversary, which is moving to Moondance this summer due to some logistical challenges I might add so if you're curious moon dance will be hopping from now until the fall like three or four nights a week so when in doubt check the moon dance schedule thank you thank you councilmember Bledsoe councilmember Fred Brown yes thank you mayor I too councilmember Bledsoe you all you and the group and the other council members that was a great job because I've been around the community a long time, and that was one of those street fairs or community fairs that was very excellent. So I wanted to commend you all on that. I would like to, another item, I would like to place the Armstrong Mill Road small area plan into planning and public safety committee for presentation, possible funding requests, and future implementation of recommendations. So moved motion by council member Brown second by council member Farmer. Is there any discussion? All right, if not, then we can vote all in favor. Please say aye Opposed no motion carries Thank you council member Brown council member council member of Masati. Thank you mayor on a more serious note we can't listen to the news or look at a newspaper without without seeing one of our police officers being killed. And I just wanted to remind everyone that this is National Police Memorial Week, when we pause to honor the memory and the legacy of the brave men and women who have devoted their life to serving the public and protecting us as a community, and ultimately paying the highest price. And I just want everyone to join me in expressing sincere gratitude to those who serve in the law enforcement community and to the challenges threats they face every day when they put that badge and uniform on and and and just to thank them for all that they do so and secondly um mayor um i was um pleasantly surprised when i picked up the paper saturday morning and saw dr capilluto's article uh demonstrating his leadership with his proposal to raise the hourly uk workers starting pay at ten dollars per hour You know, the University of Kentucky is our largest employer, and this is a huge step forward for our community. You know, minimum wages have not kept pace with the rising cost of living, clearly. And, you know, you all have heard me talk about that at length. And Dr. Capilouto obviously recognized that fact, and he's taking the action to ensure that the University of Kentucky employees, at the low end of the pay scale have an easier means of paying for the most basic necessities of life, utilities, rent, transportation, child care. And I firmly believe, as community leaders, we need to continually strive to work and help those hardworking, self-sufficient workers to do more than then just get by. We lead the trend here in Lexington, and us with the University of Kentucky can set one great example. So I would just ask my council members to take a look at the article I placed in your boxes to really consider this issue. I know this is coming up. We're going to have a meeting in the early part of June and just to kind of reflect on what this does for our community. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Sadi. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to clarify that I was not at the fire academy training because I was in the stream at Pimetals. I picked up two bags of garbage out of the stream, and this is something I love to do. So there are several neighborhoods in the 11th District that participate in these stream cleans that organize these Great American Cleanup events. And a lot of effort, time and effort goes into this. Pine Meadows in particular, they've come up with some very creative ideas to later on, and they're going to be stenciling their storm drains with turtles and fish. And I just think that is so cute. But then I attended the Southland meeting street fair after the stream clean, and I was blown away at the attendance and the vendors, and I was like, I just couldn't. It was unbelievable, amazing. They just saw hats off to everyone that really helped organize that. It was a fantastic job. And then this Saturday, Gardenside Neighborhood is having a stream clean. So again, I'm going to be in the creek. But that's from 10 till noon. And then on Sunday, Valley Park is having a community picnic. so that concludes my report mayor thank you thank you councilmember Henson council member councilmember James Brown thank you mayor I just wanted to echo what the other council members had said about Saturday's event at the fire station thank you to Chief Jackson it was a very insightful learning experience and I've already have a lot of respect for the firefighters but the work they do and the wearing those uniforms around while they do the work. You know, I have even more respect for them as well. And I kind of got from them that it was a good sign of morale, and they really respected the fact that we came out and took time to learn more about what they do and what the different responsibilities of the different divisions are as well. And I just wanted to thank them for that. and specifically Councilmember Lamb, because once I opened that hose up, if she wasn't behind me to have my back, we would have both got blown away. Then I also wanted to commend the DLC on putting together the Mayfest this year. I went down Sunday, and it was a pretty nice festival, and they had a pretty good crowd out as well, so I just wanted to say that. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Brown. Councilmember Scotchfield. Thank you, Mayor. I'm making a motion to put on the docket for the next council meeting the amendment to the ordinance we had talked about on Thursday, clarifying the wording so that it's not ambiguous. For the vapor. For the vapor stores. Well, actually for vapor and cigarette. So I make that motion. Second. Motion by Council Member Scotchfield, second by Council Member Maloney. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Scutchfield. Councilmember Lane. Thank you, Mayor. I also wanted to comment on the minimum wage, and I am a proponent of letting the free market system increase minimum wage rather than the vote of 15 council members for Fayette County. And the fact that U.K. has already increased their minimum wage and there are announcements that Target, Walmart, and McDonald's are increasing their minimum wage, that's a good example of how the free market system will boost the wages without government, the Fayette County government in particular, trying to interject its opinion about what the fair market rate is. So I would just encourage my council members to consider that when this issue comes up later this year. Thank you, Mayor. All right. Thank you, Council Member Lane. Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I want to also comment on the minimum wage. As we, when I brought this up earlier, I said before we start setting examples and requiring people to raise the minimum wage, we ought to start in-house. And I'm glad the University of Kentucky has done that. And I personally think this city ought to do that. Before we allow, make a motion or anything to require other people to do it when we're not even doing it in-house. So I know we have a priority list that council members want to put together, and I'm hoping that the council member from the 10th, I mean the 9th, I'm sorry, not the 10th, 9th, that she puts it in a priority, and I will support the priority, that we need to put temporary, all those employees, to be up to minimum wage. So before we start discussing minimum wage, we need to set an example that this city has the University of Kentucky. So hopefully when the priority list comes together on the 28th, we will see that in that priority that we raise all the employees from temporary to part-time up to the minimum wage. So I just want to tell you I will push for that. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Council Member Maloney. Council Member Evans. I'm the last one that went to the fire field day, so I guess I'll chime in as well. I kind of had a running joke with some of the council members and asking, are we having fun yet? And Saturday was definitely yes. That was probably the most fun I've had since I've been on council. I loved the little instrument busting out the windows. I think that was probably the best thing. But I will toot my own horn and say I was the only one who stayed to put out the fire on the car. So that was pretty fabulous. And again, I'll just echo what everyone else has said. Not that we didn't respect firefighters before, but it just took it to a whole other level. And I would encourage the citizens to take advantage of the program that the fire department has for them to be involved and really get involved and see what actually entails being a firefighter and promoting that the firefighters are our medical emergency medical service. So that was something that we got to discuss in figuring out, you know, what some of the complaints are, why they get an ambulance when they call for or why they get a fire truck when they call for an ambulance. So we had some good discussions, and I think you all are doing some great work. And, again, a new level of appreciation. It was already there. But I highly recommend everyone to take advantage of that opportunity because it was really great. I enjoyed it. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Evans. All right, that's all the council members who have signed on for council reports. That allows us to move on to mayor's report. There's no mayor's report this week. And that allows us to move to public comment for issues not on the agenda. Mr. Mundy, nobody signed up for issues not on the agenda. Well, then that'll go we do have a motion for a closed session Vice mayor Kaye thank you mayor I move that we go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61 Point eight ten one F for a discussion that may lead to the appointment of an employee Motion by vice mayor Kaye second by councilmember Henson unless there's objection the council will enter closed session Second. Second. We have a motion and a second to come into open session. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Puts us back in closed session. I'll maintain a motion to adjourn. Oh, I'm sorry. Wait a minute. Do we need? We don't need a motion. To adjourn? No, I mean for, no. Okay. Motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Thank you. We stand adjourned. Thank you.