# Urban County Council Meeting - August 27, 2015 > Auto-transcribed civic record · August 27, 2015 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/3752 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/3752?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2015-08-27 - **Last revised**: August 27, 2015 - **Length**: 16,750 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 convened on August 27, 2015, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gray presiding over the session. This meeting focused primarily on community recognition items, with the council acknowledging contributions from local organizations including the Aviation Museum and the Lions Club through informational presentations. The council conducted 2 votes during the session and heard 1 public comment from community members. Overall, the meeting served as a platform for celebrating community partnerships and recognizing the valuable work of civic organizations within Lexington-Fayette County. ## Attendance The following members were present at the meeting on August 27, 2015: **Present:** • Farmer • Gibbs • Hensley • Henson • Kay • Lamb • Moloney • Mossotti • Scutchfield • Stinnett • Akers • Bledsoe • F. Brown • Evans • J. Brown All members were in attendance with no absences or late arrivals recorded for this meeting. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted two roll call votes during the meeting, both motions made by Ms. Henson and seconded by Mr. Gibbs. **Ordinance 1021-15** [timestamp: 07:33] - Amending certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government passed unanimously with 15 ayes and 0 nays. All council members voted in favor: Farmer, Gibbs, Hensley, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Moloney, Mossotti, Scutchfield, Stinnett, Akers, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, and Evans. **Ordinance 1019-15** [timestamp: 07:36] - Levying ad valorem taxes for the Agricultural Extension Office passed with 12 ayes and 3 nays. Council members voting in favor were: Farmer, Gibbs, Hensley, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Moloney, Mossotti, Stinnett, Akers, J. Brown, and Evans. Three members voted against the ordinance: Scutchfield, Bledsoe, and F. Brown. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed two significant financial items requiring council approval. **Public Safety Operations Center Expansion** The council considered Resolution 0908-15, authorizing a contract with Airbus DS Communications for the expansion of the Public Safety Operations Center. The contract amount totals $1,542,083. This represents a substantial investment in the city's emergency response infrastructure and communications capabilities. **Custodial Services Contract** Resolution 0953-15 addressed custodial services for the Streets and Roads department, awarding the contract to Key to Cleaning, LLC. The specific contract amount was not disclosed in the available meeting materials, though the resolution indicates this covers ongoing maintenance services for municipal facilities related to street and road operations. Both items were presented as contract awards requiring formal council authorization through the resolution process. The Public Safety Operations Center expansion represents the larger financial commitment of the two items discussed, reflecting the city's continued investment in emergency services infrastructure. ## Public Comment The public comment period featured one speaker addressing a local development project. **Bruce Simpson** spoke about the Thistle Station Tax Increment Financing Project [timestamp: 06:19]. Mr. Simpson presented renderings of the proposed development and provided background information on the project's history. No additional details about the specific nature of his comments, concerns raised, or the scope of the proposed project were recorded in the available meeting materials. The public comment period was brief, with only one community member participating in this portion of the meeting. ## Appointments The meeting included two appointments to city boards and advisory bodies. **Animal Care and Control Advisory Board** • Kevin Stinnett was reappointed to the Animal Care and Control Advisory Board **Black & Williams Neighborhood Community Center Board** • David Cozart was appointed to the Black & Williams Neighborhood Community Center Board These appointments represent the city's ongoing efforts to maintain citizen representation on various municipal boards and advisory committees that provide oversight and guidance for city services and community facilities. ## Contested Items The August 27, 2015 meeting featured one contested item that generated division among council members. **Ad Valorem Taxes for the Agricultural Extension Office** The council considered an ordinance regarding ad valorem taxes for the Agricultural Extension Office, which resulted in a split vote among members. While the ordinance ultimately passed, it did so with a vote of 12-3, indicating notable opposition from three council members. The nature of the specific disagreements or concerns raised by the dissenting members was not detailed in the available meeting materials. However, the voting pattern suggests there were substantive differences of opinion regarding the tax provisions for the Agricultural Extension Office operations. The 12-3 vote outcome demonstrates that while a clear majority of the council supported the ordinance, the opposition was significant enough to prevent unanimous passage. This type of split vote typically indicates either policy disagreements about the scope or amount of the tax provisions, or concerns about the implementation or necessity of the proposed measures. Despite the opposition, the ordinance passed and became effective with the majority vote supporting the ad valorem tax provisions for the Agricultural Extension Office. ## Recognition - Aviation Museum [timestamp: 06:00] Agenda item 1095-15 provided recognition for the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, with presentations from Mayor Gray and Mr. Moloney highlighting the museum's history and achievements. The recognition ceremony featured remarks from several key speakers: • **Mayor Gray** - Presented recognition on behalf of the city • **Mr. Moloney** - Provided additional remarks about the museum's contributions • **Mr. David Riggins** - Participated in the recognition proceedings The presentation focused on acknowledging the Aviation Museum of Kentucky's role in preserving aviation history and its contributions to the community. The speakers highlighted the museum's achievements and ongoing work in aviation education and historical preservation. This agenda item was informational in nature, serving as a formal recognition ceremony rather than a matter requiring council action or debate. No concerns were raised during the presentation, and no formal vote or decision was required. The recognition represents the city's appreciation for the Aviation Museum of Kentucky's efforts in maintaining and sharing aviation heritage with the public. ## Recognition - Lions Club [timestamp: 06:00] Agenda Item 1098-15 provided recognition for the Lions Club and their community service contributions. Mayor Gray and Ms. Mossotti presented the recognition, with Mr. Charles Gray also participating in the presentation. The recognition highlighted the Lions Club's ongoing community service efforts and achievements within the local area. Mayor Gray and Ms. Mossotti acknowledged the organization's dedication to serving the community through their various programs and initiatives. Mr. Charles Gray participated in the recognition ceremony, representing the Lions Club's involvement in the presentation. The item served as an informational presentation to formally acknowledge the Lions Club's contributions to the community. This agenda item was ceremonial in nature, with no debate or concerns raised during the presentation. The recognition concluded as an informational item celebrating the Lions Club's community service work. --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 1021-15** — passed (15-0): Amending certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - **Ordinance 1019-15** — passed (12-3): Levying ad valorem taxes for the Agricultural Extension Office --- ## Full transcript The ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ Thank you. Greetings. Oh, thank you. Thanks, everybody, for allowing me to call the meeting to order. And we will begin the meeting of the council with a roll call. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Here. Mr. Hensley, first time. Here. Ms. Henson? Here. Mr. Kay? Here. Ms. Lamb? Here. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Massadi? Here. Ms. Scutchfield? Here. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, right. Ms. Akers? Here. Ms. Bledsoe? Here. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? And Ms. Evans? Here. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Tonight, our invocation will be offered by the Reverend Carol Ruthven from St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Carol, thank you for joining us tonight. Thank you for the privilege of being here with all of you to offer prayer. May each of you be blessed as you gather together to serve everyone in our community. May your efforts and decisions be guided by insight and wisdom as you serve all people with great care and respect. May your personal beliefs give you strength to act honestly and well in all matters before you. When you leave this evening, may you continue to be blessed in all that you do. Thank you for your dedication and commitment. Thank you so much, Carol. Thank you so much. Next on our agenda are minutes from the previous meetings. Is there a motion to approve minutes of the August 13th Council meeting and the August 18th Special Council meeting? So moved. Second. Motion by Councilmember Farmer, second by Councilmember Massadi. 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. Next on our agenda are two presentations, and I'll go around to the podium and I'll ask council members to join me. Thank you. 4316 Hangar Drive in Lexington at Bluegrass Airport on April 15, 1995. One year later, the Aviation Museum established the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame Lexington to recognize men and women of the Commonwealth for their achievements in aviation and aerospace. It continues to this day. The museum also runs aviation summer camps conducted in Lexington and other cities which have engaged over 5,000 young people to explore aviation, aerospace, and the potential these have for productive careers and self-fulfillment. After 20 years, the Aviation Museum of Kentucky continues to be an impactful force in our city and region. Now, before I read the recognition, I would like to ask Council Member Maloney to say a few words. Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I want to thank you for allowing me to be on the airport board. And I'm really excited to work with the Aviation Museum. And I asked all the council members of my college to go. It's amazing, especially the kids that go out there and the history of that. It's what we have done over the years. And I'm also excited to have a council member, the new one, who's big in the airfield. And I'm going to ask for some of his advice. So I'm looking forward to working with the new Councilmember Henson on that, and I appreciate working with you on that. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Maloney. Let me read the recognition now, and then I'll ask David Riggins, who's with the Aviation Museum, to offer a few comments. This plaque reads, Aviation Museum of Kentucky Day, whereas the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, the state's official aviation museum, opened in 1995 and recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, and whereas in 1996 the museum established the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame to recognize Kentuckians for their achievements in aviation and aerospace, and whereas the Aviation Museum is an educational and cultural resource for all Kentucky citizens. Now, therefore, I, Jim Gray, as mayor of Lexington, commend the many accomplishments of the Aviation Museum and hereby declare Thursday, August 27, 2015, as Aviation Museum of Kentucky Day in Lexington. Dave? Thank you, Mayor Gray. Thank you, Councilman Maloney, also members of the Council. On behalf of our Board of Trustees and our volunteers and docents at the Aviation Museum, we want to thank you for this recognition. This has been a memorable year. We had an excellent event earlier in July when we had the only flying B-29 Superfortress at our museum. We had over 2,000 visitors, and aviation history is significant here in the state of Kentucky. You may have also heard about our tragedy this week. We lost one of our volunteers who was instrumental in the recovery of Apollo 11 in 1969, Max Hellmuller, who I'm sure many of you are very familiar with. But thank you for your condolences. Also, I want to recognize another member of our board of trustees who's here tonight, Robert Riggs. Robert, thank you for your service throughout the years. Robert's been there from the very beginning. So, again, thank you all very much. So let's get our pictures made. And Bob Riggs was telling me, Dave, that you've got another board member here, Commissioner Ronnie Bastin. So Commissioner Bastin, if you'll join us, please, sir. How are you? It's not that patient with the long hair. I like the long hair much better. I do. I mean, do you think the vice mayor can do that in vice mayor or no? They still can't see me. I don't know. I have a nephew who's about the age now, but that picture is saying he just got that full head of hair. All my boys have it. It's gone, huh? It's gone, huh? It's gone. It's gone. Yeah. It happens when you have 40, you know? Yeah, it would, you know. Kind of pieces, huh? Jay's got a pretty good thing. Really? Yeah, it was really in the house. I'll ask Council Member Massadi. Yes, Council Member Massadi to join me. And Lions, our members of our Lions Club, Bill Poore, Charlie Gray, and Lioness Edna McDowell, if you all will please join us up here. Our second presentation tonight is recognition for the Lexington Lions Club. Council Member Massati's office brought their successes to our attention. They have recently been recognized for the best nonprofit float in the July 4th parade and for raising money to help those with visual impairments. They are a group that really makes our city great, of course. Thank you all for being here and sharing your success with the community. Before I read the recognition, Council Member Massati, would you like to say a few words? Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. The Lexington Lions Club is a member of Lions International, which is the largest and the oldest service organization in the world. The Lexington Lions Club provides a wide range of services to the community through vision and hearing screenings. They purchase hundreds of pairs of eyeglasses each year, hundreds of hearing aids for eligible individuals. They provide a retreat for deaf and blind, a camp for diabetic children, and the funding for eye surgeries. The club also supports many community organizations through their annual contributions. The Lexington Lions Club has a proud tradition of service, and they are easily recognized by the bright gold vests that they wear, as you can see tonight, which I think is very fitting for the Lions Club members who seem to truly have a heart of gold as demonstrated by their strong commitment to serving the community. For the past 54 years, the Lexington Lions Club has presented the Bluegrass Fair, our county fair, in July. Each summer, the Lexington Lions Club Bluegrass Fair, now located at Masterson Station Park, provides a special entertainment venue for tens of thousands of Central Kentucky fairgoers, and the funds raised from the fair help provide free vision and hearing services to many people in the community who can't afford it. They support organizations such as the Bluegrass Council for the Blind, Central Kentucky Radio Eye, Visually Impaired Preschoolers, and many others. This is the most important. Over the past decade, the Lexington Lions Club has contributed more than $1.5 million to area programs, assisting the blind and visually impaired and the hearing impaired, particularly children, in a variety of ways. They purchase nearly 1,000 pairs of eyeglasses each year. They provide between 6 to 10 much-needed eye surgeries each year. They help fund special retreats for persons with hearing and sight disabilities. They collect more than 6,000 pairs of used eyeglasses annually. And they purchase 50 to 60 hearing aids for income-eligible individuals. They support camps for the blind, deaf, diabetic children, and they fund year-round programs for blind preschoolers. Indeed, the Lexington Lions Club is a continuing story of human spirit of giving and service at its very best. Tonight, Lions Club President Mac Ferguson, who many of you recognize, is a member of our code enforcement staff, and some of the members of the Lions Club are joining us for a special recognition by the mayor, and I will now ask Mac to step to the podium and say a few words. Thank you, Ms. Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, all the council. As president of the Lexington Lions Club, I'd like to say how much it means for our club to get the recognition. We're truly honored. For those not familiar with the Lexington Lions Club, we are a civic-minded service organization that was chartered here in Lexington in December of 1920. So, coming up pretty soon, we're going to celebrate our 100th anniversary. The work we do as a club makes a pretty good impact on the city of Lexington. Each year, thanks to the hard work and efforts put forth by our club at the Lexington Lions Bluegrass Fair, we put on the average of $150,000 back into the community, helping those less fortunate than us with vision and hearing impairments. Our club is made up of men and women from all walks of life. We have doctors, lawyers, bankers, stockbrokers, teachers, tradesmen, government employees, as Councilperson Massadi said. And we may even have a councilperson or two. We're looking for more, so come on. We're always looking for good, civic-minded folks that want to join the Lexington Lions Club, so check out our website. Come on out. We'd love to have you. We'd love to invite all the council people to come to any meeting, and we'd be happy to have you as a lion. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Mac, thanks. All right. What I'm going to do now is read the commemoration to the Lions Club. It reads this way, whereas since it was founded in 1920, the Lexington Lions Club has made many important contributions to our community. And whereas just in the past decade, the club has given more than $1.5 million to charities that assist the blind, visually impaired, and hearing impaired with a special focus on helping children. and whereas the club raises money for charities through its Bluegrass Fair, which has been entertaining Lexington citizens for 54 years, and whereas the work of the Lexington Lions Club helps make our city great. Now, therefore, I, Jim Gray, as mayor of Lexington, do hereby commemorate each member of the Lexington Lions Club for making a real difference in the lives of our citizens. Thank you, sir. All right, let's get through. Thank you. in a workout studio as a chair like this. Before we go to the next item on our agenda, I know that many of you remember and recognize that today is the ninth anniversary of the tragedy of Flight 5191. And in honor of that, in recognition of that, in memory of all those who were lost and gave their lives and also of the first responders and those who participated in the difficulty and challenge of that event, I'd like to ask that we stand for a moment of silence. Thank you. Next on our agenda is a public hearing. We have a public hearing tonight on a tax increment financing project. As mayor, I now declare this public hearing open. The developer and representatives are here, and I will now invite them to introduce the project to the council. Thank you, Mayor. Mr. Simpson. Thank you, Mayor, members of the Council. I'm Bruce Simpson, and I'm here tonight on behalf of Thistle Station Development Team. As many of you will recall, this particular application for zoning came before you several months ago. It was unanimously approved. It was unanimously recommended for approval by the Planning Commission, by the two different subcommittees of the Planning Commission, and received very favorable and warm endorsement by three different neighborhoods that are located nearby. On the screen, you will see proposed elevations that our architect, Graham Pohl, did in connection with this project. And if you can see as we go through the slides there, if Chris, if you could just go ahead and show the four different elevations, There was a lot of care and attention to detail and matching up what we believe will become an iconic project for the redevelopment of the Newtown Pike Corridor and this part of Lexington in general. This project is three years in the making before it ever got filed for its own change, and that's because the development team headed up by John Ceregliano and Tim Terry and Tanya Phillips, Zach Davis, Those folks are here tonight. That's what they wanted. They wanted to reach out to the community. And so by the time we filed this application, we had virtually no opposition, a great deal of support. Here tonight, we are having a public hearing to introduce the basis of our TIF tax increment financing application. John Ferris of Commonwealth Technology, who many of you have heard before, is here tonight to explain it. And we did have a workshop several months ago where we went over the details of the application. We won't go into that level of detail tonight unless there's a demand for it. Instead, we'll give you, if you will, a Reader's Digest snapshot of our application. In terms of tax increment financing applications that you all have considered in the past, and I know some of you have knew and not had a great deal of experience in working with TIFs, This one is probably the smallest request. It's $2.7 million. Many of the other TIFs have been tens of millions of dollars. This is a very small TIF. It's also a property tax TIF, and John will explain to you the mechanics of that. I have had passed out a copy of a detailed PowerPoint presentation that John can cover, if necessary, about TIFs in general and this project in particular. But I've asked him to summarize the highlights of this application, since it is relatively small. And I will give you that the general justification for this in terms of getting it off the ground, aside from taking care of a blighted piece of property, which has been blighted along Newtown Pike between 3rd and 4th Streets for decades, which no one can dispute, it will bring a much needed intensity of residential use new residential use new people live in this part of lexington which we desperately need to keep the renaissance that is going on in downtown lexington with full momentum it will certainly add a major foundation for other applications in a form-based zone change this is the first one lexington has ever had where the form of the project, the design of the project, is as critical as the use in terms of planning consideration. And so we had to work very hard with the planning staff and other government officials to achieve their approval, and we did so as well as this body in terms of unanimous approval. But as you can well imagine, for property that has not been used in more than five decades, the urban county government engineers, with no activity or complaints of anything, there's no map of even the existing sewers that are underground. So that came as a surprise to us as we went through the development process. The TIF application will cover those costs. In addition, there's a railroad track next door to our property, which we're going to abate the sound. That's going to be an expense. It's going to be for the tenants that will also live in this property will benefit from, as well as the surrounding neighborhood because the horns of the train and the noise of the train will be, when they start blowing that horn when they get to the crossing, they'll use a lighting system instead, which won't wake people up in the middle of the night. So the other improvements will be access points off Newtown Pike, 3rd Street, and heavy landscaping. And finally, it will provide an important linkage to Legacy Trail. Instead of usual 6-foot sidewalks, we're going to have 10-foot sidewalks along Newtown Pike. It was a specific area set aside for the Legacy Trail. So all in all, it's a tremendous benefit to the community, an important benchmark for form-based zoning in our community, and we very much need this TIF approval for the $2.7 million. And I want to ask John Ferris now to go into a summary of the details that are set out in the application, which I did file with the Irving County Council clerk more than 30 days ago. John? Thank you, Bruce. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. We gave a workshop, our firm, Commonwealth Economics, on the different TIF programs. And as many of you know, the state has five different programs. This is the first one that will be applied under the state real property tax program. And that program is simply limited to the incremental property taxes that are created by the property development to be redirected and reimbursed the developer for public infrastructure expenses. the breakout in your packet the last five pages gives more detail but the very last page gives a breakout of the expected contribution an estimated contribution from the count from the from the city of lexington and also from the state you can see that over 20 years it's about two and a half million dollars about 60 percent comes from the local government about 40 percent comes from the state. Those are the eligible taxes, and they will be used in a receipts-based program to reimburse for public infrastructure, eligible public infrastructure, on the property. That's about as brief as I can be. I can also answer questions if you have them. All right. Are there any comments or questions? It appears not. John, thank you. Thank you. All right. If there are no further comments or questions, then I will now declare the public hearing closed. Before we move on to other business, Vice Mayor Kaye has a motion regarding a closed session. Thank you, Mayor. I move that we go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.8101C for the purpose of discussions regarding pending litigation. So motion, motion by Vice Mayor Kaye, second by Councilmember Akers. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. The motion carries. For those who want to stay for the Councilmember after we reconvene, we'll just ask that you, we will be back. ¶¶ Thank you. ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ The End Oh, my God. All right. Need a motion to return to open session. So moved. Vice Mayor Kay. Yep. A motion by the Vice Mayor, seconded by Council Member Scotchfield, to return to open session. Unless there's objection, we are, Council will reconvene in open session. And I will ask the clerk to please proceed with the second reading of ordinance. And after the first ordinance, we have a public hearing. Sir, ordinance number one, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fayette Urban County government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds. Schedule number three. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. I'll now read the preamble to the public hearing. House Bill 44 of the 1979 special legislative session requires the urban county government to provide an opportunity for citizens to make comments about the ad valorem tax rates for the upcoming fiscal year if the proposed rates exceed the compensating rates. The compensating rate is a rate that produces approximately the same amount of revenue as that produced in the preceding year, excluding new property and personal property. A summary of last year's refuse collection, street light, and street cleaning rates, the compensating rate, and the proposed rate for fiscal year 2016, along with corresponding assessments and revenues for the Soil and Water Conservation District and Extension Service District were published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on August 15, 2015, and August 18, 2015. Copies of the summary are on the table at the back of this room. Public hearing is now in session for Ordinances Numbers 2 through 5. Are there any comments from the public? Are there any comments from Council members? All right, the public hearing is closed for Ordinances Numbers 2 through 5. Madam Clerk, please proceed. Ordinance Number 2, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the fiscal year July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, on the assessed value of all taxable property within the taxing jurisdictions of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, all taxes on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2015 assessment date as follows. General Services District, $0.0800 on real property, including real property of public service companies, $0.0915 on personal property, including personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft and non-commercial watercraft, $0.1500 on insurance capital, $0.0150 on tobacco and storage, and $0.0450 on agricultural products and storage, Full urban or partial urban services. Districts based on urban services available on real property, including real property of public service companies. $0.1431 for refuse collection. $0.0210 for street lights. $0.0097 for street cleaning. $0.0920 on insurance capital. $0.0150 on tobacco and storage. $0.0450 on agricultural products and storage. abandoned urban property $1 and levying an ad valorem tax for municipal purposes at the rate of $0.0880 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington Bay Urban County government as of the January 1, 2016 assessment date. Ordinance number three, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Soil and Water Conservation District for the fiscal year July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 on the assessed value of all taxable real property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, including real property of public service companies at a rate of $0.000516 to be billed at $0.0005 on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2015 assessment date. Number four, an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for purposes of support of the Agricultural Extension Office for the fiscal year July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 on the assessed value of all taxable real and personal property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government. All taxes on each $100 of assessed valuation as of the January 1, 2015 assessment date as follows. $0.0035 on all taxable real property, including real property of public service companies. $0.0038 on taxable personal property, including personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft, and non-commercial watercraft, and excluding inventory and transit, insurance, capital, tobacco and storage, and agricultural products and storage, and levying an ad valorem tax for purposes of support of the Agricultural Extension Office at the rate of $0.0032 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government as of the January 1, 2016 assessment date. Number five, an ordinance adopting the request of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department under KRS 212.755 and levying a special ad valorem public health tax for the fiscal year July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 on the assessed value of all taxable real and personal property within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, including real and personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft, non-commercial watercraft, and inventory in transit, and excluding insurance capital, tobacco in storage, and agricultural products in storage at the rate of .028 on each $100 of assessed value as of the January 1, 2015 assessment date and levying a special ad valorem public health tax at the rate of .028 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County government as of the January 1, 2016 assessment date. And number six. Mayor. Council Member Henson. i have a motion for number six before your second reading i move to remove the number six from the docket and place the item into the planning and public safety committee it's all moved second motion by council member henson second by vice mayor k to remove item 6 and place it in which committee planning planning and public safety committee there's a motion and a second is there any discussion on the motion is there any discussion councilman acres thank you mayor councilmember Henson can you just tell us why you want to place it back into committee when it came from committee and it was already passed first reading and now it's up for second right it gets confusing I understood that the state actually took away the local authority to write a taxi so what will happen in in the committee our law department will do a presentation to better explain all the changes that have taken place on the state level that That really takes away the regulations that we have for taxis. So all I know is a good thing that Council Member Lamb tabled this because we were not aware of those changes. Okay, thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. All right. Any further discussion? All right. If not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. all right madam clerk if you can believe that's it that's it all right is there a motion to approve second reading motion by council member hansen there's a second to approve yeah you got a second you need to roll call all right did i get a second i just needed a second and then i'll ask for the roll call madam clerk please call the roll Mr. Farmer? Aye. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yes. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Scutchfield? Yes to all, but no on four. Thank you. Mr. Stinnett? Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes to all, no on 4. Thank you. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes to all, no on number 4. Mr. James Brown? thank you miss evans yes and all thank you i record three no votes on number four so it would be approved thank you madam clerk the vote reflects passage of the motion allows us to move on to ordinances for a first reading mayor yes i'm saying on number seven uh which is the first one yes council member lamb thank you mayor i appreciate it um i know we've had a lot of conversations about this what we call the rec zoda and i have expressed my hopes that we could set up a workshop for the council to actually learn a whole lot more about not only this recreation zoda but just zoning ordinance text amendments in its own entirety before we try to move forward and make a decision on a matter that is very important to our community. So having said that, I would like to make a motion to set up a council workshop on November 10th. It's a Tuesday at 10 a.m. I have talked with the Division of Planning staff, and I have checked about some dates, and it looks like these Tuesdays are going to be our options. Thursdays are just no go. so I would like to make a motion so move second motion by Council Member Lamb second by Council Member Farmer is there any discussion on the motion Council Member Kay Vice Mayor Kay I simply want to get from law clarification of what it means if we give it first reading even though that motion has been made and what other implications it might have about moving this forward I think the complication of giving it a first reading is if you all make a material change you might have to add as a result of the of the input you're going to future input you're going to get you you might have to give it another first reading at a future point in time but that would be the only real ramification of giving it the first reading tonight and I can't speak I don't know what you all might end up doing so I don't know that a material change would result from the these workshops or not so okay and if we give it first reading tonight when will it not then automatically appear it will unless someone makes a motion either tonight or at the meeting that's scheduled uh i think september 10th to to place it on another date yes sir unless something happens to change the second reading date by you all taking an action it will appear for second reading on the next regular council meeting okay and would it be appropriate to amend this motion to either table it now or to it depends on whether you all are comfortable giving it first reading or not vice mayor if i may or may i speak yes thank you vice mayor actually i was wanting to set up the motion I should have said clarified that after the motion to set up a workshop I was going to suggest that we have I was going to make a motion that we set up a public hearing for second reading which in place would after it was given first reading tonight it would be taken off the docket until at the time that we the council set up account a public hearing for second reading that way it has it has a safe place to stay until that second reading and that's what I was going to suggest, just to clarify that. Okay, so my concern is about if we amend it materially. There is no, right now if we give it first reading, there's no opportunity between that and the public hearing and the second reading to amend the ordinance. That's my concern. Is that we want to have a workshop. We want to have, I think we want to have a public meeting or a public hearing one or the other but i'm concerned that council may want to amend this ordinance and if we want to do that then we have to start all over again well if i may respond please i would like to clarify that actually when it is on the docket for second reading we have full ability to amend it to change it to remove it to do anything that we could do tonight we can do that on uh at before it's given second reading or we could even just decide to table it and not do anything so the fact if we give it first reading in the um in its draft in its ordinance form as it is tonight doesn't mean that we won't have full opportunity to fully vet it once we have the workshop and then once we have the public hearing then that's when that's the proper opportunity for us to actually request changes to it before it's just it's it's very similar to the zone change public hearings that we have where you hear both sides and then you actually go and sometimes we'll change and add some information into the ordinance or change it we have those opportunities at that public hearing hopefully that'll that subsides i think david has yeah david has i think the ramification would be if it's material you all simply would have to give another first reading you i think what you're going to end up getting possibly is instead of if you made those changes and they were material and you weren't comfortable suspending the rules that evening and giving it two readings you probably would end up having it adopted a the next council meeting in line rather than on the date of the public hearing i think would be the actual practical impact of that thank you thank you all right is there any further discussion on the motion i mean council member councilman acres you all signed up for the discussion on this councilman rakers thank you mayor um david have we i mean we've we have passed text amendments before this has been through planning commission this has been through an entire work group for several years now. Is it normal that we would hold a public hearing for something that's not an appeal to a Planning Commission decision? I don't know how you define normal, but I think that this is a fairly significant issue. And I think Council Members Lamb's point is maybe you want to try to get as much input as possible before adopting this. But I don't think, to answer your question, I don't know. There's nothing wrong with doing what she's suggesting, but I don't know that it happens on a regular basis, if that's what you're asking. But I don't know that you have this type of issue come up on a regular basis all that often either. Sure. And can we do it any sooner than November? Why the delay until November, I guess, is my next question. I think I heard September and November, which was? I was actually thinking of November for the workshop and December for public hearing, but that was simply to allow our new council member to get his feet underneath him. I would hate to, I mean, you've already been thrown into a closed session, so welcome aboard. And two, I think we all realize that our October is crammed full with Keeneland and Breeders' Cup. And I don't know, I just personally feel like that in order for us to give this a fair shake, that's the only reason. But clearly it's up to everybody here. I'm just making suggestions. Okay. Thank you, Council Member Lamb. Council Member Loney, then Council Member Hensley. Thank you, Mayor. I mean, I would probably support this motion, but the question I have is, this issue's been going on for a long time. I've been in a committee for three or four years. We've had folks put together. And why don't we put this in a planning committee, table it, put it in a planning committee, let them look at the whole thing, and then come back with the recommendation of what, because this is, I don't mean to say that we can do this all in one day, because these guys, folks, have been doing it for six years. trying to see how we finesse this. And we're going to sit here in one day, do a workshop for two or three hours to learn this, and then on top of that, we're going to have a public hearing and have everybody's input on that. Now, I just want to know why we just don't go through the planning committee, let them digest this, let them hear everybody's concern, and then bring it out, And then we go through this normal channel of discussion. And so I just seem like I don't want to play with this, guys. And I know we're all here, but this is a very important issue for this community. It's been split for years. I think it's best that this city take it, this committee, the council take it seriously. And that's why we have a committee. And I want to know why we can't put it in a committee. Okay. Council Member Hensley. You know, I wouldn't say hold anything up for me with a session later in October. I'm drinking from a fire hose already. And this is a hot and burning issue that I hear from many of the constituents daily. You know, it is a very complicated issue. I've followed it as a resident for years. That being said, because it is a complicated issue, I think I would support it going to a hearing. But beyond that, I think we need to get the train out of the station, so to speak. So that's just what I'm hearing. And so from my perspective, that's what I would support. Thank you, Councilmember Hensley. Councilmember Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. As chair of the Planning and Public Safety Committee, I've got an agenda probably for the next three months where I'm not sure I could even get it into committee. So if it's something that you want to do a little bit more expeditiously, we probably need to think of another avenue. But at this point, probably the earliest I may be able to hear this in my committee is maybe November, possibly. And I don't think we have a meeting in December, so that could be January. So it's the Council's pleasure. We can put it in the planning committee, but it may not be there until January. Thank you. All right. Back to Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate your concerns with you busy for the next couple months, but this thing's been going on three, four years. I don't see why we couldn't wait and do it right or wait three months before we hear this in your committee. Because I'm really telling you, this is a split issue, and there's a lot of moving parts in this. and it goes back and if you and anybody up here feels like they're comfortable to sit here in two hours and learn all this and then turn around and have a public hearing for five hours to hear another story, you're welcome to go through that. But that's why we have committees to prepare to answer these questions. And I would make a motion that we put it in the committee. And I'll give it three months from now. But it's got to be heard, and it has to be heard right. I make a move that we put it in a committee, so move. Well, we've got a motion on the floor, Council Member Maloney. Can't do that yet. We've got a motion on the floor. Is there any further discussion on the motion? Council Member Henson. I'd like to make a motion to amend. Okay. Council Member Henson, we'll come back to you. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to voice my opinion on actually placing it in committee. I would still think we would still need a public hearing. Well, we can. And I think a workshop and a public hearing would be appropriate. I know in committee, you know, I'm on planning, so it works for me, but not everyone on this council is. So I don't support putting it in committee. Thank you. All right, Council Member Gibbs. Thank you, Mayor. I don't support putting it in committee. I think it needs to be fully vetted. It's very, very important, as you said, Council Member Maloney. I think needs to be fully vetted by all 15 of us and they will only be fully vetting it by 10 of us And then we do it all again with all 15 of us. I think we'd be doing to be doing the work twice so I'd rather see us do the workshop and have public meeting Move as slowly as we need to get it done, but without putting in the committee. Thank you All right councilor back to councilor lamb Thank you all I can say is is that the main reason for the november date it was nothing more than allowing october to transpire with with when we have a lot going on in october and then also to allow our new council member to get his feet under the ground now if we wanted to if someone wanted we wanted to move it up into late november i believe i spoke with some of my colleagues and some said that they couldn't do it after october 15th. So, you know, I'm just trying to pick a date that works with all. All right. We've got the motion. We've got a second. We've had discussion on the motion. Is there any objection to calling the question? All right. Then all in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. And voting electronically, I guess. Let's vote electronically. All right. Motion passes. All right. That allows us to... Actually, Mayor, I can still have the floor, please. Yep. Now, having said that, I would like to schedule a second reading with a public hearing for Ordinance No. 7. And I looked at having it, if we thought we could hear it, less than two hours, which I think is probably not a possible thing. So usually if it's more than two hours, then we would look at having a special meeting. and I was looking for possibly having it on Monday, December 7th, which is in between the last two meetings. So then if we chose to need to move it and have changes to where we needed to have a second reading the next night, we could have it at the next following council meeting and it still would be able to move forward in this calendar year. So I would like to make a motion to schedule a public hearing for second reading of ordinance number seven, the rec Zoda, and I still move. And that's at 5 o'clock. Second. That was on what date again? Council Member Lamb. December 7th. December 7th. December 7th. D-Day. At 6th. At 5th. Pearl Harbor Day. Pearl Harbor Day. All right. Is there a second? Second by Council Member Gibbs. Is there any discussion on the motion? Vice Mayor Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. So I'm still actually concerned about making sure that council has the full opportunity to vet this question. I'm uncomfortable scheduling a public hearing right after a workshop that we don't know what the upshot of that workshop will be. It may be that we have a workshop and we think we need a second workshop. It may be that we want more information. I don't know what it might be. But I'm not comfortable scheduling a public hearing for a second reading before we know exactly what council wants to do in terms of its full deliberation of this issue. And you look like you have a response. Do I never. All right. Councilman Lamb. Thank you. I do think I understand your concerns. And I think that after a workshop, if we feel like that we have more concerns, we certainly at any time can set up the workshop at any point in our venture. We have the purview of doing that at any point. I think that if it comes down to the concern of the public hearing and we don't feel like we're ready, we can come to that meeting on that day and we can schedule something else. We can table it. We can do something else at that time on December 7th. But I think that it is imperative that we set something for second reading tonight. I think that is part of the procedure, what you would have to do. Because if you don't set something up tonight, it is going to come back for second reading on the next meeting, and then we are going to be in a pickle. well my understanding is that if we don't do anything when it comes up for second reading in two weeks we make a motion to table it until we have had workshops and public meetings etc so I guess I'm just trying to avoid scheduling something which puts us in a little bit of a box and then having to worry about whether we want to go forward or not so that's my concern We have the same amount of motions and options tonight as we have on December 7th, as we have at any other council meeting with any other ordinance and resolution that we have before us. So we're in pretty good shape. I think so. All right. Council Member Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. Just quickly, I don't want to schedule a public hearing on December 7th, have this room full, and then we tell everyone, guess what, we're not ready. So I think that would be really unfair to the people that are going to come and want to speak to this issue. So I support what Vice Mayor Kay says, and let's just not box us in on a specific date to see how this transpires. Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember Akers. I'll just ditto what Councilmember Massadi just said. Thank you. All right. Okay. Does anybody else wish to speak? All right. If not, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. No. All right. Let's vote electronically. All right. Is everybody voting? No. Two more. Oh, boy. Remember our closed session. One. All right. Here we go. Motion. That's it. No, failed. Motion fails. All right. Well, I will urge my colleagues then for someone to come up with an idea then because. Put it in the committee. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. Council Member Lamb has the floor. Go ahead. I move to table the issue until after we have, I move to table ordinance number seven until we have our workshop. So move. The motion, and there's a motion by Council Member Lamb, seconded by Council Member Henson. Is there a discussion on the motion? All right. Vice Mayor? Yes, sir. Thank you, Mayor. I hate to keep doing this, but. I would like to amend the motion. I would like to move to amend the motion that we table it until after we've had the opportunity for a workshop and a public hearing and any other action the council chooses to take before putting it back on the docket. That's my amendment. We've got a motion to table. It's not debatable. So motion to table is not debatable, right? okay so we can't amend it we've got to vote it up or down right all right so there's no right so all in favor of the motion to table I'm sorry point of order okay a motion to amend is it's not debatable but is it amendable I don't think it's amendable this was with a condition I think he's entitled to ask for an amendment, Mayor, if she's willing to take it. All right. So we can take a motion to amend it. He's just basically clarifying how long it's going to be tabled. Oh, all right. Okay. So it's not amendment. It's a motion to clarify. Or it's a question. I think that... Let the Vice Mayor ask the... Well, I mean, it seems to me that the motion was made with a condition. It said table it until we've had a workshop. I'm raising the question of whether the until we've had a workshop can be changed. Can we amend that part of the motion to table? I think you can. Okay. All right. We've got a motion to amend. The language would be after a workshop and a public hearing and any other action council chooses to take to help its deliberations. It would be cleaner if you just tabled it. Then it doesn't come off the table until when you take it off the table. So it would be clearer if we eliminated the condition. Is that a, Council Member Lamb, can you take that condition off and just table it? My question is, is can we have a public, I'm going to ask the law department, can we have a public hearing or should it be public meeting? I'm just, the language, I mean, I've always had a public hearing that has been affiliated with the actual ordinance in its ordinance form, and I'm just questioning as to whether we can have a public hearing in a different venue. Mr. Law Department and Mrs. Law Department. Before we, I'm sorry, but we would take all the conditional language off. We just table it. So there'd be no question about whether it's a public hearing or just table it. Amen. Yes. All right, so. Point of order, I just have a question about tabling it. Because if it's not addressed by the next meeting that we have, isn't it then practically dead? Is that what we're trying to do? Are we trying to kill it? Because Robert's rules, I believe, would say if you table a motion and it's not brought up at the next meeting, that issue is dead. We had this conversation on other issues earlier this year about tabling versus postponing. I think we want to postpone it. If you table it without, the way the process normally works is if you table it without a date or a specific time event, it just remains on the table until someone makes a motion to take it off the table. That is not what we did earlier this year. I don't know all the background of the incident that you're recollecting otherwise, but the normal rule on tabling is without a date is it will remain on the table. It may never come off the table if no one makes the motion to take it off the table, but what it would require to come off the table is someone at any point in time getting the majority of you all to take it off the table at that point in time. All right, so we have a motion to table, and we have a second on the motion. I think it's indefinite. Right. All right. Is there further discussion on the motion to table? All right. If not, then we can take a vote. All in favor to clean table? No. All in favor of the motion to table, please indicate by saying aye. Opposed, no. What are we voting on? We just voted on the motion to table. Is that her motion to table or is it her motion to table? No, the amended motion. she adjusted her original motion at the request of the vice mayor could we just have them yeah what is the motion we table indefinitely table indefinitely thank you thank you all right do you want to vote i'm ready all right we voted motion passes all right well done okay great job All right. Madam Clerk, you're ready to go. So we're moving over ordinance number seven. Yep. Going to ordinance number eight. Ordinance number eight, an ordinance amending article 17, construction screening signage and identification signs in business and industrial zones to permit identification signs to be placed on large commercial or industrial developments, as well as to permit temporary construction fence material to contain text and pictures when utilized during construction of large commercial and industrial projects, MIA Brookhaven LLC. Number nine, an ordinance changing the zone from an expansion area residential 1 EAR1 zone to an expansion area residential 2 EAR2 zone for 46.64 net, 47.18 gross acres for property located at 1551 Deerhaven Lane, a portion of North 40 Properties, LLC, Council District 12. Number 10, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one vacant classified civil service position of Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 510N, in the Division of Police and creating one classified civil service position of Community Program Coordinator, Grade 514N, in the Division of Police effective upon passage of Council. Number 11, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one unclassified civil service position of Records Management Assistant part-time, Grade 507N in the Office of the Council Clerk, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 12, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one classified civil service position of Public Information Officer, Grade 523E, in the Department of Public Safety, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 13, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified civil service position of Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 510N, and creating one classified civil service position of Permit Clerk, Grade 512N, reclassifying the incumbent in the division of police effective upon passage of counsel. Number 14, an ordinance of the Lexington Fayette Urban County government authorizing the issuance of its various purpose general obligation bonds series 2015B in one or more sub-series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $33 million approving a form of series 2015B bonds, authorizing designated officers to execute and deliver the series 2015B bonds, authorizing and directing the filing of notice with the state local debt officer, providing for the payment and security of the series 2015B bonds, creating a sinking fund, creating a bond payment fund for the Series 2015 B bonds, authorizing acceptance of the bid of the bond purchaser of the Series 2015 B bonds, and repealing inconsistent ordinances. Number 15, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule Number 6. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are there any motions? All right, if none, then we can proceed to resolutions for second reading. When you're ready, Madam Clerk. Resolution number one, a resolution accepting the bid of Bradley Hook It Up Mobile LLC establishing a price contract for vehicle pressure washing and steam cleaning for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number two, a resolution accepting the bid of Key to Cleaning LLC establishing a price contract for custodial services, streets and roads for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number three, a resolution accepting the bid of Key to Cleaning, LLC, establishing a price contract for custodial services E-911 for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number four, a resolution accepting the bid of Black Hawk Enterprises, Inc., establishing a price contract for video equipment for the Division of Traffic Engineering. Number five, a resolution accepting the bid of Gulls, LLC, establishing a price contract for soft body armor for the Division of Police. Number six, a resolution accepting the bid of Kiesler Police Supply, Inc., establishing a price contract for ammunition for the Division of Police. Number seven, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number two to the contract with Mitchell Construction Management for bathroom renovations to fire station number one, increasing the contract price by the sum of $10,900 from $154,365 to $165,265. Number eight, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number three to the contract with Mitchell Construction Management for remodeling renovations to fire station number one, increasing the contract price by the sum of $200 from $165,265 to $165,465. Number nine, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number four to the contract with Mitchell Construction Management for bathroom renovations to fire station number one, increasing the contract price by the sum of $2,085 from $165,465 to $167,500. Number 10, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a third amendment to the purchase agreement with Airbus DS Communications, formerly known as Kassidian Communications, Incorporated, to purchase equipment and services necessary for the expansion of the Public Safety Operations Center at a cost not to exceed $1,542,083. Number 11, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a participating addendum to the value point cooperative contract between the National Association of State Procurement Officials and Verizon Wireless, designating the Urban County Government as an authorized user of wireless equipment and services and further authorizing the chief information officer or her designee for the term of the contract to execute any necessary documents for the creation of Verizon Wireless accounts at no cost to the Urban County Government and subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds. Number 12, a resolution approving the Fayette County Sheriff's Settlement 2014 taxes for taxes collected as of April 15, 2015, and granting the sheriff acquitus. Number 13, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Kathy H. Witt, sheriff of Fayette County, for the collection of the ad valorem urban service district taxes for the 2015 property tax year at a cost not to exceed $350,000 with payment net from collections and the urban county government receiving any related payment from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Number 14. Number 15, a resolution authorizing the Division of Traffic Engineering on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase Bluetooth travel time origination and destination devices from Iron Armor LLC, a sole source provider, at a cost not to exceed $200,000. Number 16, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Bluegrass Workforce Investment Board to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $140,000 federal funds and are for the operation of a Workforce Investment Act project for low-income and at-risk youth ages 16 to 24, the acceptance of which obligates the Urban County Government for the expenditure of a local match in the amount of $9,630, which will be provided from documentation of youth services employee wages and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 17, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a release of easement, releasing a utility easement on the property located at 2399 Richmond Road. Number 18, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an ordering document with Oracle America Incorporated for licenses and license support fees at a cost not to exceed $67,806.03 for the period of time from August 17, 2015 through August 17, 2016, with future fiscal years subject to sufficient funds being appropriated. Number 19, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Lexington Healing Arts Academy for placement of an intern to provide yoga classes for the family care center's clients at no cost to the urban county government. Number 20, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to donate to the McCreary County Sheriff's Office for law enforcement use only two police cruisers that are being removed from the fleet. Number 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky State Police Vehicle Enforcement Division to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $60,000 federal funds and are for the continued operation of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program for fiscal year 2016, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of a 20% local match in the amount of $15,000, which will be provided from documentation of existing Division of Police staff salaries and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 22, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for use of the 800 mHz P25 trunked radio system. Number 23, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a donation of $1,000, one desk, one cabinet, three bookcases, two iPads, and five Kindle readers from Adam Banks for use at the Black and Williams Neighborhood Center by program participants. Number 24, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a license agreement with Fright Night's production company, LLC, granting a limited license to host a Halloween event at Jacobson Park at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 25, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with Element Design PLLC for the Idle Hour Parks Improvement Design Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $1,600 from $33,000 to $34,600. Number 26, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a donation of five desks and 27 chairs from the NAACP for use at the Black and Williams Neighborhood Center by program participants. Number 27, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an engineering services agreement with CDP Engineers, Inc. for the design of Clay's Mill Road Improvements Project Section 1 between Harrodsburg Road and Waco Road RFQ No. 59-2014 at a cost not to exceed $526,482. Number 28, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to agreement with Acela, Inc. and a supplement to general terms and conditions with Springbrook Software, Inc. for service and storage changes to the OLF business tax revenue collections, recording and reporting system at a cost savings of $41,284. Number 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a statement of work agreement pursuant to Commonwealth of Kentucky Master Agreement 758-13-0000-5121 with SDG Blue LLC for technical project management, change management, and business consulting services related to the LexServe billing project at a cost not to exceed $262,500. Number 30, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Georgetown Street Area Neighborhood Association, Inc., $250 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. And number 31, a resolution authorizing the Division of Environmental Services to purchase plant materials for Breeders' Cup beautification projects from Kelly Nursery, LLC, a sole source provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with Kelly Nursery, LLC related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed $78,451.25. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion to approve? Motion by Council Member Henson. Is there a second? Second. Second by Council Member Farmer. Madam Clerk, when you're ready, please call the roll. Mr. Farmer? Aye. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yes. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Scotchfield? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. And Ms. Evans? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion, allows us to move on to resolutions for a first reading. When you're ready. Resolution number 32, a resolution accepting the bids of Kalkruth Roofing and Sheet Metal Incorporated and Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal Company of Kentucky establishing price contracts for roof repairs and maintenance for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 33, a resolution accepting the bids of Kentucky Service Company Incorporated and Xylem Watering Solutions Incorporated establishing price contracts for repairs or replacement of electrical motors, pumps, and submersible pumps for the Division of Water Quality. Number 34, a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Daryl Stewart, 18.517 hourly, and David Ellis, 15.986 hourly, both Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 512N in the Division of Streets and Roads, and Anthony Williams, Project Manager, Grade 517E, 1,693.365 weekly in the Division of Parks and Recreation, all effective September 7, 2015. Ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of Brada Minton, clerical assistant senior, Grade 507N, 13.924 hourly in the Division of Accounting, effective August 9, 2015. Barry Brock, engineering bonds officer, Grade 514N, 19.592 hourly in the Division of Engineering, effective August 23, 2015. Deborah Robinson, PSAP Manager, Grade 521E, 2477.12 biweekly, Charles Bowen and Charles O'Connell, both Telecommunicator Supervisor, Grade 520E, 2040.40 biweekly, all in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective August 23, 2015. ratifying the unclassified civil service pay increase in the office of the chief administrative officer Glenn Brown deputy chief administrative officer grade 534 e from 3,787 point 12 biweekly to 4,038 point 46 by weekly effective August 24 2015 and ratifying the unclassified civil service pay increase in the council office Robert Bolson aid to council grade 518 e from 2,288 point 88 by weekly to 2,400 by weekly effective August 10 2015 Number 35, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make conditional offers to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Amy Wallet, Information Officer, Grade 518E, 100827, .98 biweekly in the Division of Government Communications, effective September 7, 2015. Bethany Weisenberger, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 18.299 hourly in the Division of Revenue, effective September 7, 2015. Matt True Resource Recovery Operator Grade 513 in 18.299 hourly in the Division of Waste Management effective upon passage of counsel Claire, Claire McBride Telecommunicator Grade 514 in 17.207 hourly in the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1 effective September 7, 2015 Robert Baumgartner Code Enforcement Officer Grade 516 in 19.303 hourly in the Division of Grants and Special Programs effective upon passage of counsel Caleb Smith, Security Officer, Grade 507N, 12.410 hourly in the Department of Public Safety, effective September 7, 2015, and David Wilson, Vehicle and Equipment Technician, Grade 514N, 19.214 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective upon passage of council, and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment, Jordan Russell, Deputy Coroner, Grade 515N, 19.712 hourly in the Coroner's Office, effective upon passage of council. Number 36, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute the first amendment to the agreement with the Fayette County Attorney's Office for a driver's education program at the old Frankfurt Pike landfill, extending the term of the agreement until December 31, 2018, at no cost to the urban county government. Number 37, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet for operation of the 2015 Waste Tire Management Program in Lexington, Fayette County at a cost not to exceed $5,000. Number 38, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute agreements with YMCA of Central Kentucky, $700, Lyric Theater and Cultural Arts Center Corporation, $850, One World Films Incorporated, $950, Fayette County School District Finance Corporation, $3,050 American Diabetes Association $800 Alzheimer's Association Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter $800 Dunbar Advisory Council Incorporated $750 and tweens nutrition and fitness coalition $600 for the office of the urban county council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated number 39 a resolution amending resolution number 247 93 to annex 211 West Maxwell Street into the South Hill residential permit parking district number 40 a resolution authorizing the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1 on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase upgraded outdoor warning sirens from Federal Signal Capital Electronics, a sole source provider, at a cost not to exceed $90,000. Number 41, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Division of Waste Management and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $4,000 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds for disposal or recycling of waste tires, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds, and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 42, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one, final to the agreement with Free Contracting Incorporated for the Hill and Meyer Pump Station Decommissioning Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $4,095.87 from $319,001.13 to $323,097. Number 43, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to formally request transfer of 110 South Limestone Street, a portion of Phoenix Park, from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Urban County Government to accept a deed and execute any other necessary documents for transfer of same and authorizing the construction of five parking spaces on a portion of the property. Number 44, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to donate to the Kentucky Fire Commission 150 Fire Shelters, model number 5100-320G. Number 45, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a multi-year letter agreement with American Municipal Tax-Exempt Compliance Corporation, M-TEC, for professional services related to the arbitrage calculations for certain previous bond issuance at a cost not to exceed $2,400 in fiscal year 2016. Number 46, a resolution of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government authorizing the advertisement for bids and the distribution of a preliminary official statement for the purchase of the principal amount of its various purpose general obligation bonds, series 2015-B, in a principal amount not to exceed $33 million. Number 47, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a lease agreement with Pilgrim Baptist Church for use of its parking lot located adjacent to Coolovan Park beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016, with two automatic renewals of one year each unless terminated by either party and subject to funds being budgeted. Number 48, a resolution authorizing and adopting an updated filing fee schedule for Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment applications. Number 49, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a release of sanitary sewer service agreement, releasing the urban county government from any further obligation under the Sanitary Sewer Service Agreement with Southland Christian Church of Lexington, Kentucky, Incorporated, and further authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a sanitary sewer collection facilities conveyance with Southland Christian Church of Lexington, Kentucky, Incorporated, conveying sanitary sewer collection facilities and transferring maintenance and operation facilities to the Jessamine South Elkhorn Water District. Number 50, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with Central Kentucky Housing and Homeless Initiative for provision of administrative support to the Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention and for sponsorship of the annual community stand-down event at a cost not to exceed $10,000. Number 51, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to agreement with the Board of Education of Fayette County, Kentucky regarding information sharing related to the collection of occupational license fees, taxes at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 52, a resolution accepting the response of Paradigm Engineers and Constructors, PLLC, to RFP No. 25, 2015, Design Services for Water Quality Electrical Shop, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irma County Government to execute an agreement with Paradigm Engineers and Constructors, PLLC, to provide services related to the RFP at a cost estimated not to exceed $35,090. Number 53, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irma County Government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Bluegrass Community Foundation for services related to the provision of fundraising for the town branch commons project at a cost not to exceed 180 000 number 54 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with miss kentucky scholarship local preliminary 400 lexington community land trust 750 and food chain 2 200 for the office of the urban county council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated and number 55 a resolution authorizing the department of law to institute condemnation proceedings in Fayette Circuit Court to obtain one temporary construction easement and one permanent drainage easement at 1250 Deerhaven Lane for the Polo Club Boulevard Public Improvement Project. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are there any motions for walk-ons? Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on the docket a resolution authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the urban county government to execute deeds and any other necessary documents to transfer the property located at 1055 Industry Road to the Catholic Church Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, or other appropriate entity at a cost of $550,000, and transfer from the church of the property located at 400 East 5th Street to the Urban County Government in order to resolve all pending litigation related to the operation of the Community Inn at 824 Winchester Road. So move. It's a motion. Is there a second? Second. We have a motion. We have a second. Is there any discussion on the motion? Council Member Farmer. Oh, this is for something else? I was going to actually make a motion on another resolution. Oh, all right. I'm glad to speak against this. Make no mistake. I understand. Yes, sir. All right. If there is no discussion, then we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no? No. All right, let's vote electronically. All right, motion carries. All right, are there any other walk-ons, any other motions for walk-on? Yes, sir. Council Member Farmer. This is the resolution. yes sir mayor i move to place on the docket a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute change order number 22 to the contract with marilla design and construction for the senior citizens senior citizen center construction project so moved motion by council member farmer and second by council member henson 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 all right any further walk-ons any additional walk-ons i think you'd wait on that one since that's ordinance right uh are there any motions to suspend the rules for a second reading she's got to give those oh that's right thank you so much count meredith would you please give us the first reading resolution number 55 a resolution authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the urban county government to execute deeds and any other necessary documents to transfer the property located at 1055 Industry Road to the Catholic Church, Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, or other appropriate entity at a cost of $550,000, and transfer from the church of the property located at 400 East 5th Street to the Urban County Government in order to resolve all pending litigation related to the operation of the community inn at 824 Winchester Road. And number 56, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number 22 to the contract with Marillia Design and Construction for the Senior Citizen Center Construction Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $679,752 from $9,465,420.25 to $10,145,172.25. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Now, are there any motions to suspend the rules for second readings? Council Member Stendon. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules and give a second reading to number 35 so the conditional offers can go ahead and be made. Number 35? Yes, sir. Motion by Council Member Stenner on number 35. Is there a second? Second. Second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion on 35? All right. If not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. Then number 46. Number 46. So these bond projects can proceed. All right. Thank you, Council Member Stenner. Is there a second? Second. Second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And then last but not least, Mayor, number 55, so that this project can move forward with legal action. All right. We have a motion. Mr. Mayor, I blew the numbering, so those were actually 56 and 57, the two walk-ons. Sorry about that. wait a minute still want 55 56 56 yes thank you the number is wrong okay so it's number 56 is there a second which what's no 55 i said 55 55 yeah the last one so what is number 55 going to your eight yes okay that's your that is 55 okay thank you So it's 55. It's 55. All right. Is there a second on the motion to suspend on 55? We need a second. Second. A second by Council Member Evans. All right. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Is that all, Council Member Stenet? is that all yours all right thank you sir council member gibbs thank you mayor i move to suspend the rules to give a second reading to number 39 so my constituent can find a place to park so moved motion by council member gibbs second by council member henson is there any discussion on the motion all right we can vote then all in favor please say aye aye opposed no motion carries that's council member scutchfield thank you mayor i have a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 38 and number 54. all right i have a motion on number 38 and number 54. we'll vote on them separately is there a motion on both this is there a second on both i have a second by council member Bledsoe is there any discussion on 38 all right if not all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries number 54 is there any discussion all right if not we can vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries councilmember Scotchfield oh that was yours Council Member Farmer. Thank you, Mayor. First, let me confirm the walk-on I placed is number 57. Is that correct? Yes, sir. I've been asked by the administration to have a second reading on number 57, so moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Farmer on number 57 and a second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right, hearing none, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. motion carries thank you yes sir thank you council member Gibbs is that back to you no all right is that all we have then all right madam clerk that's looks like that's all When do you want to do this ordinance? I'm going to do it. I assume she does a second. Ready? Please, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Resolution number 35, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make additional offers to the following probationary classified civil service appointments, Amy Wallet, Information Officer, Grade 518E-100827.98 biweekly, in the Division of Government Communications, effective September 7, 2015. Bethany Weisenberger, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 18.299 hourly, in the Division of Revenue, effective September 7, 2015. Matt True, Resource Recovery Operator, Grade 513N, 18.299 hourly, in the Division of Waste Management, effective upon passage of counsel. Claire McBride, Telecommunicator, Grade 514N, 17.207 hourly, in the Division of Emergency Management, 9-1-1, effective September 7, 2015. Robert Baumgartner, Code Enforcement Officer, Grade 516N, 19.303, hourly in the Division of Grants and Special Programs, effective upon passage of counsel. Caleb Smith, Security Officer, Grade 507N, 12.410, hourly in the Department of Public Safety, effective September 7, 2015. And David Wilson, Vehicle and Equipment Technician, Grade 514N, 19.214, hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective upon passage of counsel. and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment. Jordan Russell, Deputy Coroner, Grade 515 in 19.712, hourly in the Coroner's Office, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 38. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute agreements with YMCA of Central Kentucky, $700, Lyric Theater and Cultural Arts Center Corporation, $850. One World Films Incorporated, $950. Fayette County School District Finance Corporation, $3,050. American Diabetes Association, $800. Alzheimer's Association, Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter, $800. Dunbar Advisory Council Incorporated, $750. And Tweens Nutrition and Fitness Coalition, $600 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Number 39. a resolution amending resolution number 247 93 to annex 211 west maxwell street into the south hill residential park permit parking district number 46 a resolution of the lexington fayette urban county government authorizing the advertisement for bids and the distribution of a preliminary official statement for the purchase of the principal amount of its various purpose general obligation bonds series 2015 b in a principal amount not to exceed $33 million. Number 54, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County government to execute agreements with Miss Kentucky Scholarship Local Preliminary $400, Lexington Community Land Trust $750, and Food Chain $2,200 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Number 55, a resolution authorizing the Department of law to institute condemnation proceedings in Fayette Circuit Court to obtain one temporary construction easement and one permanent drainage easement at 1250 Deerhaven Lane for the Polo Club Boulevard Public Improvement Project. And number 57, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number 22 to the contract with Marillia Design and Construction for the Senior Citizen Center Construction Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of 679 752 dollars from 9 million 465 420 dollars and 25 cents to 10 million 145 172 dollars and 25 cents thank you madam clerk is there a motion to approve motion by council member henson's is there a second second by council member scutchfield is there any discussion all right madam clerk when you're ready please call the roll Mr. Farmer. Madam Clark, it's been a pleasure to work with you. Thank you. Absolute nay on number 56. Yes on the rest. No. No. 56. It's not. 56 didn't receive second reading. Oh, it didn't? No. I still say no. You can vote nay next time. And it's a pleasure to work with you. No. So we'll just across the board yay vote then? There's no time. Okay. Yeah, go ahead. Thanks. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yay. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Scotchfield? Yes. mr stinnett miss acres miss bloodsoap yes mr fred brown yes mr james brown yes and miss evans yes thank you thank you madam clerk the vote reflects passage of the motion next we i'm going to call on council member farmer for a special uh motion regarding an ordinance that we need to go back to. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Akers approached me before she left. Our budgeting folks missed an opportunity to roll over the budget amount for the money to finish the Oliver Lewis Way art project. In order to get that done in time for the Breeders' Cup unveiling, I move that an ordinance related to a budget amendment for the LexArts Oliver Lewis Way project in the amount of $110,000 be added to the docket. So moved. This money was already appropriated, just wasn't rolled over. This would be a first reading until it be rolled over and get a second reading on the 10th. Motion by Council Member Farmer. Is there a second? Second. Second by Council Member Stenet. 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, Council Member Farmer. Do you need to read that now? No, you need to read that, don't you? Yes, ma'am. Now we need to hear Christine. And this becomes ordinance number 16, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to provide funds for the LexArts Oliver-Lewis Way Project and appropriating and reappropriating funds, schedule number 8. Thank you, Madam Clerk. And Madam Clerk, that may be your, unless I'm mistaken, and I could be, that may be your last reading, and I think it deserves a standing ovation. Public service is a privilege, and I thank you. Thank you. We are going to miss you. All right. Next on our agenda is communications from the mayor. There's a motion to approve Councilmember Stennett, second by Vice Mayor Kay. Is there any discussion? All right. Hearing none, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Mayor, I have to recuse myself on number 11 of the communications. I have to recuse myself on that one. All right, we'll reflect that then in the vote. All right, Madam Clerk, thank you. Before we open the floor up to the council, we have one fire disciplinary hearing, and Battalion Commander Bittner is here for that disciplinary hearing. Mayor, Council members, I'm here for recommendation for council approval for charge against firefighter Matt Howard, employee number 39203 for the offense of inefficiency and inability to meet performance standards in accordance with fire department uniform disciplinary guidelines. it's been approved by commissioner bastin and the law department and chief jackson all right sir thank you commander there's a motion by council member henson to approve second by council member stennett 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 the floor is now available to council members for any announcements councilmember lamb thank you mayor um you know uh i haven't i went through this not too long ago and um i just i wanted to say to meredith uh council clerk nelson uh that it's been a pleasure i've worked with you for six years and it's been a privilege to work side by side with you and And while I'm very sad to see you go, I am excited that you're going to move into a new challenge. And I will always cherish our time at work and the wonderful friendship that we have grown and created. And I know you have been a true asset here, and you will be an asset to Mr. Blevins next door, but I still will hold a grudge to him that he's taking you away from us. and I hope that each of my colleagues have gotten to sign the docket that she has wanted to be passed around. I hope that everybody's gotten to sign that and I also wanted to recognize her husband, Mr. Jonathan Watson, who's here tonight, which, you know, is pretty cool to get to see him too. So, and thank you for all of your wonderful work. All right. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Council Member Farmer. Mayor, thank you very much. I just want to take a moment and welcome Council Member Hensley to our horseshoe, as folks like to call it. I know that things have happened quickly, and it's a pleasure to welcome you to the ranks of the council members here. And we look forward to getting to know you and to serve with you. And then, Mayor, I just want to step back and take a moment to compliment you on your leadership and the courage of your convictions. I believe that in appointing Mr. Hensley, you have perfectly honored the service and the stature of Councilmember Lane. And at the same time, also honored the courage and convictions of the voters of the 12th district. So many decisions we make are relatively simple and fairly routine. summarized to a far greater occasion, and your appointment today is one of those in my estimation. Congratulations, sir. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Farmer. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I do want to say my appreciation for Meredith and the work that she's done, her fast reading. We're really going to miss it. But you won't be far away, so we'll get to see, I'm sure, from time to time. When I gave my council report on Tuesday, I made a mistake about the coffee on Monday with Andy Barr. It is not at 9 o'clock. It's at 9.30. So I wanted to clarify that. And then in the morning, Global X, there's a press conference. And this is on the First Hills Road campus, the opening of the new International Center. So at 10 o'clock, I just wanted to make you aware of that. Thank you, Mayor. Oh, and yeah. Welcome, Mr. Hensley. Council member. Yeah, there we go. Councilmember Scotchfield. Thank you, Mayor. We have an ending. We have a beginning. It's great to have known Meredith. It's great to have you join us. I do have a couple of announcements. I also am having a coffee with your councilmen and congressmen. Mine is coming up Wednesday, September 2nd at 7.15 in the morning at Panera Bread on Richmond Road. We invite anyone to come out. I also wanted to make an announcement. I serve as the chair of the aquatics steering committee looking at the upgrades to the aquatics center. There is another upcoming town hall meeting at Imani Baptist Church on September 1st at 6 o'clock. There is also one on September 3rd at, I believe, on Clay's Mill, another aquatics town hall meeting. So I invite people to come out for that as well. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Scotchfield. Councilmember Hensley. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to say thank you for the support that all you've given me and kind of feeding me through the fire hose tonight. And I look forward to serving and helping and representing the 12th District. And thank you for the appointment. Yes, sir. Thank you, Council Member Hensley. And Council Member Maloney. I, too, want to thank Meredith for the great work you've done. And when you get over to see Mr. Blavin, you tell him to stay away from here. We don't want him to take any more of our good workers. So keep him away here. All right, we're going to miss you. And thank you again. I appreciate it. And Council Member Hensley, I'm glad you're on board and look forward to working with you, especially with the airport and your experience. I may need all the help I can get out there. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Maloney. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. I want to echo the sentiments that everybody has been shared, so echo. And then, two, just have one announcement. The third President's Council for the 10th District will be September 14th at 6 p.m., and that's for anybody who serves on the board of the Home Neighborhood or Hummers Association. We've had some great attendance. So the third one will be September 14th, and I'm thrilled that Mayor Gray will be joining us for that discussion. So thank you, sir. and that's all. Thank you Councilmember Bledsoe and Councilmember James Brown. You got to excuse me. Thank you Mayor. I have a cold or something but I wanted to say welcome to the new councilmember as well. I won't be the rookie anymore. He'll get that title but I also wanted to make an announcement about the Duncan Park Centennial Celebration that's coming Saturday. It's from 3 to 7. There's going to be a live band, free popcorn, popsicles. It's going to be some other local talent. And there's going to be some information about the history of the park and the Morton House. And then our special guests are going to be the mayor and the vice mayor. They'll both be there that day. So I encourage everyone to come out. All right. And goodbye, Murda. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Brown. All right. That's all council members who have signed up. That allows us to move on to public comments. The floor is available for public comment and I have two of our citizens who have signed up. One is, first is Susan Delph and then Amy Clark. Susan, welcome. You're aware of the three minute rule. Yes, I am. I'm just going to be real brief tonight. Last time I was here after the session was over with, I talked to one of the council members here. She recommended that I try to bring some of the homeless people up here. Well, about that time, they're up Maxwell Street eating, and after that, they take the bus or walk to the community inn. So that's out, and they think that their voice will go in one ear and out the other. Well, my suggestion was, why don't you come down to where we're at, down to the New Life Day Center. Don't dress up on Sunday beds. Dress down in blue jeans and t-shirts so you won't scare them. That's where you get all your answers. Because I'm just up here to transform what they're telling me. because I am one of them, as you know. They rely on me for a lot of things. So I'm up here to voice their opinion along with me. They're following me. I'm also in the political campaign against Jenny Ramsey, looks like it too. So, yeah, nice one, isn't it? So if you could do this maybe on a Saturday, next two Saturdays, they won't be there hardly because it's payday this week. They're in motel rooms. They're not the community in Harley. They're up to motel rooms. On the third week, they'll be back there. That's when the council meets again. So if you could do that, I'd be grateful. But I also suggest that you register up there so you get some coffee, donuts, things like that, like we do. This is the card that we get from them. This is the only way we're going to get anything we want to eat or drink. We get five drinks a day, and we have TV in our lockers. I think it would be a great idea that you come down there and talk to them personally. Just sit down and talk to them. I'm down there. They come to me. So if you can, it would be great. I figure on a Saturday when you might be more freer, they open up at 830. They close it at 11. That's just on Saturday. and on the weekdays it's from 1130 to 230 so if you could come on down it's on the corner of Martha Luther King and 3rd it's called the New Life Day Center you're welcome thank you thank you Susan Amy Amy It's good that I have three minutes. I think three minutes is all you want to give me at this hour. I'm shocked that Meredith Nelson is moving on from the council clerk. I've just developed a fine relationship with her, and it's a mark of her propriety that, although I've had a lot to say to her very, very recently, a lot to inquire about, I had no notion that her personal career plans were changing. I want to thank Meredith Nelson and wish her all the best as she goes forward. I can say that the council clerk is the single best help for the citizen, in my experience, in trying to be an engaged citizen with the government. Without exception, those records kept by the council clerk are available and intelligible to the citizens. Those that are not, it's a long struggle. Catch as catch can, find it here or there, we'll beg, send messages. Good luck and bad luck, good will and bad will. So thank you very much, and I wish you well. I'm grateful to the Council for not hurrying through with a second reading, number 43 on the first reading of the resolutions today. That's the one concerning requesting that the state donate the half acre of Phoenix Park to the city for further care. And there's mention in the memorandum about it that there would be restrictive covenants in the deed to ensure that it remain parkland. I would encourage you before you give it a vote in the second reading to think very carefully about this measure. It looks like a mixed, a compound motion to me. There are two parts. One is you'll weigh the question of who is the best steward of this property. Clearly the state has preserved it as parkland intact as long as it's held it. And the city already is taking measures to carve out a piece of it, a little piece for commercial public parking, public parking that appears by what I could judge of the work session the other day to be at the request of development for the convenience of development. I believe those were Commissioner Paulson's words, something about development and request. and in response to a particular new business, I think that was the word that one of the council members used, and I encourage you to ask who's the best steward of this property and what does parkland mean and what is your larger responsibility to the public? It's very important to get infill right. You will lose your support for infill. if you crowd in commercial uses in every possible place. And you may lose the citizens' confidence if you seem to fast track or give extraordinary heed to major developers. Anyone who reads the paper knows that the developer in question here is a major contributor to many political campaigns, legal contributions. and we wouldn't like to see undue influence. Thank you. I was just going to get a motion if you needed some more time, but you're okay? I think that's it. I just want to encourage you to think long and hard about the public interest on that resolution. Thank you. Thank you. All right. That's all who have signed up for public comment. Is there anything else, unless there's anything else to come before the council, I'll ask for a motion to adjourn. Motion by Council Member Evans and a second by Council Member Hensley. Unless there's objection, we are adjourned. ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ He's eager lives and hold me fast I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last How can we keep love alive? How can anything survive? When these little minds tear you in two What a town without pity can do How can we keep love alive? How can anything survive When these little minds tear you in two? What a town without pity can do No, it isn't very pretty What a town without pity can do I'll be seeing you In all the old familiar places That this heart of mine embraces All day through In the small cafe