Do you believe me, child, I'm a fool for you? Oh, no, I'm a fool for you. I know you told me you didn't want me around. And I know You got a man way across town So I know it's something What makes me feel Baby, baby, child of a fool for you Oh, I'm a fool for you Did you ever wake up in the morning Or just about to break a day Reach over and feel a pillow Where your baby used to lay Then you put on your crown Like you never cried before Oh, Lord Yeah, you'll even cry so loud You'll give the blues to your neighbor next year Ever since you were five years old, baby I've been a fool for you little girl Way down in my soul I'm a little fool for you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Hello, everyone. All right. Greetings. Welcome to the meeting of the work session of the council. And first on our agenda is public comments for issues on the agenda. Mr. Mundy says no one has signed on for issues on the agenda, which allows us to move on to any rezoning requests and the docket approval. Are there any rezoning requests? I don't think so. I'm not aware of any. All right, then I'll ask for a motion to approve the docket. No good approval. Motion by Council Member Hanson, second by Vice Mayor Kaye. 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. No on number 11. No on number 11. No on number 11. that's uh that's duly noted thank you all right next is um approve i ask for a motion to approve the summary motion by councilmember stennett second by councilmember massadi is there any discussion on the motion all right if not then we can vote all All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Next is budget amendments. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Motion by Council Member Scotchfield, second by Council Member Stennett. Is there any discussion? All right, if not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And next on our agenda is new business. Is there a motion to approve? Move approval. Second. Motion by Council Member Scotchfield, second by Council Member Farmer. Is there any discussion on the motion? Floor is available for discussion on the motion. Council Member Farmer. Mine are on items J and K, pages 30 and 31. And these are... That would be Commissioner Bastin. I guess in J, I was wondering about our attachment to Adair County. and in... I just didn't understand that. Are we in the same group with Adair County, or how does that work? Are you asking about the wind stream agreement? I believe I am. Okay. We have approximately 25 counties in Kentucky that use our selective router and controller for 911. They pay Lexington for that service. This will be a connection that connects counties in that area back to our selective router, so we recoup the funds from the counties. All right, so that's the monthly fee there. Yes, sir. And then on the next page, this is another wind stream agreement. Yes, sir. And this is to connect who to our center? The next one is to connect the Public Safety Operations Center to the Kentucky Post-Secondary Education Network, which is where we route all of our 911 calls in Kentucky that are part of this network that we control, and this connection will tie Lexington in with the other counties that are in this network. For this fee that we're going to pay, Windstream will go ahead and run fiber to the Public Safety Operations Center, and we'll basically absorb the cost for that connection. We'll just pay the monthly fee. From there on? Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Farmer. Thank you, Director Stack and Commissioner Bastin. That allows now Councilmember Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. Actually, CAO Hamilton, I've got a question. I wanted to find out for item L and M. I was just curious. I would like to know where the funding is, and I'm just trying to remember where this was in the budget or if this is bond, and I just can't remember. we're both going to talk today um i'll take um where this where the money is it is in general services that's where we have placed uh the money and bill correct me if i'm going to when we did this before the 22 million dollars for the bond we did that reimbursement resolution and and thus far we have not spent any of that money this would be the first call on the money awesome awesome well i know this is an exciting project and i'm looking forward to seeing more about it and just this is the real start yes it is it is so i'm excited and uh thank you thank you for all your work thanks thanks mayor thank you councilmember lamb all right looks like that's all who've signed on for uh discussion that allows us to vote all in favor of the motion please indicate by saying aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right, that allows us to move on to continuing business and presentations. First is a motion, I'll ask for a motion regarding the NDFs. Motion by Council Member Stenet, second by Vice Mayor Kaye. Is there any discussion? All right, if not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Next is a summary of the General Government and Social Services Committee, the October meeting by Councilmember Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. This is the October 6, 2015 summary, and the committee approved the September 1, 2015 committee meeting summary with corrections. The next item is the revision of the CAO Policy 14R for inclement weather. Ms. Walters gave a presentation about the proposed updates to the inclement weather policy and clarified time reporting policies for the weather emergencies. The next was the comp time carryover policy where the administration reviewed the policy and didn't recommend any amendments at this time. The next was the vacation time carryover policy, and Ms. Warrenma presented the provost vacation time carryover policy and which allows the CAO the discretion to extend the deadline for vacation carryover to the end of the fiscal year. This will be considered on an individual basis, and the request must demonstrate that leave could not be reasonably used due to weather, work demands, or other extenuating circumstances as determined by the CAO. A motion was made by Council Member Henson to approve the ordinance amending Section 21-33 of the Code of Ordinances regarding vacation time carryover, and it was seconded by Council Member Bledsoe. The motion passed without dissent, so move. Second. Motion by Council Member Lamb and seconded by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you. And the next item was a presentation about the board's agencies and commissions, memberships and vacancies. The committee members requested a list of vacancies by council district to be sent on a quarterly basis so that the council members could provide assistance in finding qualified candidates for the board's agencies and commissions. Council members Skutchfield and Bledsoe suggested that the administration consider combining similar boards to increase activity and avoid duplication. And the last presentation was the aquatics program design. Ms. Monica Conrad, director of parks, and Mr. Pat Hoagland from Branstetter Carroll. Presented an update on the aquatics master plan the plan timeline was reviewed and details regarding the citizen engagement process was presented They reported that the qualitative analysis of citizen engagement and analytics would be completed by October 30th The preliminary plan would be completed by November 30th and a draft action plan would be submitted by December 31st And there was no action on that and then the last item were just about the referral items and then the meeting adjourned at 211. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilmember Lamb. Next is a summary by the Councilmember Farmer on the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee meeting. Thank you, Mayor. Councilmembers, this was going to be a little bit of an out-of-order report out, which I was trying to place in front of you all to take potential action on before we have our meeting on Thursday about fund balance. After looking at the administration's recommendation to pull the $288,034 out of the current year fund balance. I think, I mean, that will take care of that. The only thing we would potentially discuss on Thursday would be the use of $79,000 to go into Susan Pluger's shop to buy the machinery to clear the sidewalk. So noting that, I don't believe we need to report it out today. I was just trying to make sure the council had time to think about those dollars because In committee we did approve the snow plan and I will just leave it as is for the regular report out next week But but just know that in in the terms of our discussion that day We did vote to do it and I think rightfully the administration is saying let's let's use those The big dollars the 288,000 in the current year's budget budgeted fund balance And then on Thursday we need to I would think and I would hope we take action to set aside the $79,000 to start the work to Clear sidewalks the next time we have a snow so I'm going to forego the report unless there's questions or comments on that I would just do it the regular time. Thank you. Thank you mayor. Thank you councilman farmer Next is proclamation on world diabetes awareness month. I'll go around to the podium for that All right. I'll ask Lisa Edwards and Joe Loftus, Jim DeMasters, and Laura Babbage and Doug Alexander. Are you just going to take pictures, Doug? You're going to take pictures. Well, there's a lot of them. We're going to ask the council to join us in just a minute. Hey, old Bob is here. Okay. Bob is here. I am pleased today, so very pleased, to give a proclamation in recognition of World Diabetes Day and Diabetes Awareness in the month of November. Diabetes affects many children and adults in our community, in our nation, our world. It is important, of course, that we then take time out to understand the causes and work towards solutions to diabetes here within our community. I'm going to read the proclamation, and then I'm going to ask Bob if he will share his thoughts with us. Whereas World Diabetes Day is November 14, 2015, and whereas over 500,000 Kentuckians have diabetes, over 1 million here are pre-diabetic, and those numbers are rapidly increasing. Whereas, congratulations to the Lexington Chapter of the American Diabetes Association for its work to raise awareness of the disease and to raise funds for diabetes research through the annual Kiss a Pig contest on World Diabetes Day and through other events throughout the year. And whereas, more than $3 million in diabetes research is currently funded in Kentucky through the American Diabetes Association. So now, therefore, I, Jim Gray, as mayor of Lexington, commemorate November 2015 as National Diabetes Awareness Month and November 14, 2015 as World Diabetes Day in Lexington. Bob, here I will present this to you, sir. Thank you very much, Mayor. I appreciate it. All of us pay great attention to rankings of all sorts, and in diabetes we've ranked too highly for too long. But the latest news is better. the CDC says we're 14th in the nation in the incidence of diabetes in our state. That's better. It still erodes many lives and our public finances and many of our resources. And the worst part is that in terms of pre-diabetic, we're eighth in the nation. So there's a pipeline of concern. But public leaders like you, Mayor Gray, and Vice Mayor Kay, council members of this great council, have made a difference. Patients are certainly making a difference, getting treatment, getting advice and solutions, and taking action. We have extraordinary medical and health professionals in growing the ranks of those people. Organizations like the American Diabetes Association, and Lisa, who's here with us today, Mayor, and the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Big difference. And hometown names that you know, like Stuart Perry and Larry Smith and Tammy Ross, who've chaired national associations, make a difference. And companies, global leaders in biotech, like Novo Nordisk, a constant changemaker. But today it all comes back to you, your commitment, your recognition. We are very grateful. We thank you, Mayor Gray, our council members, particularly council members of Stenet for bringing this up, and this exceptional group of public leaders, the 15 of you. I hope you have a happy election day. And for that matter, a happy election day next year, too. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. That allows us to move on to council reports. I'll open the floor to council reports, beginning with Councilmember Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. I have several walk-ons for this Thursday. The first one on behalf of the administration is, I moved to place on the docket of the council meeting scheduled for November 5, 2015, a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute change order number one to the contract with Johnson Controls for the Fayette County Clerk HVAC Controls Renovation Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $14,921. So moved. Second. All right. Thank you. We have a motion. We have a second. Is there any discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. I have a second one. I move to place on the docket for the council meeting scheduled November 5, 2015, a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute change order number 7 to the contract with Churchill McGee LLC for the Public Safety Operations Center Phase 1B mineration project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $29,274.86 and adding three additional calendar days to the construction schedule. So moved. Motion by Council Member Bledsoe, second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. And I just have one last item. We had a Pasadena Neighborhood Association meeting on last week. We had 60 people come. It was widely attended, especially during Breeders' Cup. And one of the things we talked about was the Clay's Mill widening project. A number of them are asking when we're going to stop that left turn on Clay's Mill that everyone just really enjoys. And our goal on that is to have it open by December 1st. No promises. We're working with several utility companies, but that's the goal. So hopefully by the holidays, you'll be able to turn left to the mall. Let's hope so. thank you mayor thank you councilmember Bledsoe vice mayor Kaye thank you mayor I just wanted to comment on there was a little event over the weekend I don't know if people were aware of it breeders cup it really went off so well from so many perspectives and there were so many people who deserve praise for for doing a great job for the city. That includes all the city employees, a host of volunteers, Keeneland, all the other agencies that cooperated to make this a very successful event. The only person who kind of fell down on the job was the person who was supposed to make that a sunny day. Outside of that, it was all great. So congratulations to the city, I believe, and thanks to everybody for doing such a great job. Thank you, Mayor. you vice mayor councilmember Hensley thank you mayor first I'd like to also add on to what vice mayor Kay said about the Breeders Cup being a excellent event and just also comment a little bit that appreciate the efforts of Commerce Lexington has had in making that event successful as well the national world diabetes month is something's also personal to me I lost my dad my grandmother my aunt and my uncle all to juvenile diabetes and is a very serious disease if you don't believe it is come talk to me about it so that is something that's near and dear to my heart I have a final thing a motion to walk on related to the renaming of a street to one of the businesses in the 12th district is the Council of State Governments, which is a multi-state organization. Mostly they serve businesses or government agencies outside of Kentucky. They have a small section of the road out there that Bay and I would like to see renamed Avenue of Estates. So I moved a place on the docket for Thursday, November 5, 2015, Council meeting, a resolution naming the unnamed street that leads to the Council of State Governments National Headquarters, Avenue of State. So moved. Motion by Council Member Hensley and a happy motion by a second by Council Member Bledsoe who has tenured there at the council. Yes. All right. Is there any discussion on the motion? Council Member Maloney. I support this. The question I have for Mr. Stack is we try to do one of these on a road called Alley Cat, and I was told that you did not want to put roads like Avenue Alley and all that in front of it. Is there a reason, I mean, I'm for this, but is there a reason why we decided to do this one, Avenue, and you can't put Alley or any of that in front of the other roads? I was told that y'all couldn't do that. by ordinance normally we do not start street names with words like alley avenue or street which we've had a proposal once to have a street with the name street in it so are you all against the avenue of the state are you against the avenue of the state we are not we are not opposed to it if the council chooses to name a street avenue of the states then we're not going to stand in opposition to it. But if we have alley cat or something like alleyway or something that y'all against that, but they're not against this one. Well, it is if you use alley as the first word in the name of a street, which is actually a street descriptor, yes, there's an ordinance that that violates. But if the council chooses to name a street alley cat, they can choose to do so. Okay, I'm just confused now, but I support it. All right. All right. Thank you, Councilman Maloney. Councilmember Fred Brown. No, no, wait a minute. No, sorry about that. We're still on discussion on the motion. Is there any further discussion on the motion? Councilmember Evans. Well, I'm confused now because we're not, and I'm not opposed to this, but is Avenue not a descriptor? i mean let's let's name it something else then i mean we can stay within the ordinance but let's by ordinance we don't start streets in lexington i understand that so i guess i'm asking you help us with a a different name i mean i don't think anyone else is opposed to it so if that is the rule then i think we're just asking for an exception to the rule correct are you you're asked okay well would you be opposed to changing it to something that is within the ordinance i think they've considered everything and this was the only thing that worked Okay Council anyone else wish to speak the councilman farmer. Thank you mayor. I Think what the first statement was if the council decides the council decides And I think in one part of Lexington There's the Avenue of Champions that has been there for quite some time and people know what it is and where it is And I think we have the right of authorship. And if we decide by eight or more votes to do this, I think it would be a great thing. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Farmer. Anyone else? All right. If not, then we can vote. All in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Council Member, that's all you got. Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Last meeting, last Wednesday, we had the meeting of the Transportation Policy Committee over in Jessamine County. And it was a routine meeting, except for there was, we were enlightened with some information that was basically permits for highway electronic billboards and tree filling. and this was put forth by Kentucky Administrative Reg and is effective for November the 5th. Nobody on the committee was aware of this. Nobody in planning was aware of this. So I felt like that we needed to probably at least acknowledge it and Max Conyer out of planning, Bill Salee, are here. and Mayor, if you could give them the five minutes and they'll introduce our guests from the Department of Transportation to at least address this issue and then I've got one person that would like to speak to that also either at Citizen, I mean Citizen, not on the agenda or after this. It's pertinent to this particular, so if If Max would come forward. Well, how much time are we looking at now? Overall, Fred? I'd only five minutes. Okay, overall five. Oh, well, it depends on the discussion, if any. Well, if we want to wave, you've got five minutes, right? Am I mistaken on that? Is that right? Right. You've got five minutes. I've got three and a half now. Well, we'll go ahead. You've got three and a half now. Okay, Max, you've got three and a half. No, I think the council will be willing to let you go for what you need here up to five minutes. Go ahead. Thank you. I'm going to be very quick. So Council Member Brown gave you the context of last meeting. He was active vice chair. And so the issue was on electronic billboards and vegetation removal to keep those clear. And Barry House, our liaison, NPO liaison, went back, asked our Secretary of Transportation, Mike Hancock, about this. And he has sent a couple of key team members from his organization. I have today here Mrs. Rebecca Goodman, and she is the Executive Director of Legal Services for the state, and I also have the Director of Maintenance for KYTC, John Wilcox, here. So I'll just let them talk intelligently about this subject to you all right now. Thank you. Thank you, Council Members. Vice Mayor, Mayor Gray, we're happy to be here today. I understand that this issue was raised, and I just want to give you a very brief overview about what we have filed with the Legislative Research Commission. These are administrative regulations. They were filed in December of 2013. We've worked on these for two years. There is a definitions regulation, a static billboard amendment to an existing regulation. There is a new electronic billboard regulation, and there is a new vegetation pruning regulation. We're here to answer any questions that you may have. There have been public hearings held on this, numerous hearings, actually, I think three altogether. The agency held public hearings, and the LRC, the Administrative Regulation Review Committee, has also held its hearing and passed this regulation out with one amendment. So we'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have. I can start off with a question. I guess our concern, and some of the council members on here are new, this is their first year, but the Transportation Policy Committee did not seem to be aware of this. I don't know if there was any presentations given to them, but we do have some jurisdiction in this particular area. and then we've talked to planning and related to we have zoning laws and regulations and text amendments, everything that covers us. And I think the concern was from some of the council members and myself included is are these rules that we have in place or do we need to address this additional or are we an exception to the rule or do you know? Well, the state of Kentucky has jurisdiction both under federal law, which is delegated to them, and under state law. And we have reserved in this set of regulations, specifically with the electronic billboard regulation, the jurisdiction of local communities to determine whether they're going to allow electronic devices or not. In order to get a state permit allowing an electronic device, there has to be an affirmative ordinance, an affirmative resolution with the governing body, the jurisdictional body. On the books, it can't just be a letter from the mayor or, oh, we think we want these, but it has to be an affirmative expression that you will allow electronic billboards in order for them to get a state permit. So we've preserved what you all presently have. All right. Councilmember Soddy. Thank you. And maybe Bill Sally can answer this real quickly. Bill, when was the last time we looked at our signed ordinances in depth? Oh, my. We have probably close to one text amendment a year dealing with our sign regulation chapter. In particular, this particular issue, we had a text amendment filed back in 2007 for digital billboards. It went through about a one-month review process and then was indefinitely postponed. We also had a Board of Adjustment case that same year that also did not progress to a public hearing at the Board of Adjustment. So on this particular issue of the digital billboards, it's been several years. That's what I thought, and that was more my questioning was where were we on the digital? I've had a lot of small businesses ask me if we were going to look at that again. They find it more cost effective for them. They can advertise for a certain period of time rather than a stationary billboard that does not move. And I just didn't know if you had a lot of inquiries about that from businesses at all. Occasionally we do get those kind of questions. And most of the time it's perhaps a business that maybe has branches or offices in other jurisdictions, other cities. where they're allowed that type of signage. And so they inquire as to whether or not we allow the moving and scrolling types of signs on our business signs. Because with the advent of the digital age, it looks like it may be coming that way. That's my curiosity was, have we been inundated with these requests, or when was the last time we looked at this ordinance? Yeah, inundated, I wouldn't say so. But it is a recurring type of request to folks in planning and building inspection. All right, thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, Mayor. All right. I'm not sure if there's any other council member having any questions, but Bill, do we need to do anything, this council body, do we need to do anything to shore up our rules and regulations pertaining to billboard advertising? Well, currently we have a provision in our sign regulations that say if a sign type is not permitted, specifically in the ordinance, it's deemed prohibited. So I think for the short term, we do have protection. In talking with representatives of the cabinet, there is a new sign definition being added to the state regs. It might behoove us to take a look at that and see if that should be incorporated in our local ordinance as well. Would you maybe advise us to put this in committee? You certainly could do that. We could report to you on that. Will you share with you the past case from 2007 as a starting point? I'm not sure about that. Maybe there would be some other discussions. But out of courtesy, Amy Clark brought this to our attention at the TPC meeting, and she signed up for public comment with issues not on the agenda. If we give her three minutes here to speak, then maybe some other questions may come up. I'd appreciate it. All right. And while Amy's coming up, Council Member Henson. Amy, if you'll hold on just a second. Council Member Henson has a comment. Sorry, Amy. I guess I'm also concerned about the vegetation and the fact that it would be cut back. And this wasn't necessarily on state property, but there was a billboard in my district where they came in and just, you know, it was left up to that, I guess, the billboard contractor or whatever. And there was no vegetation left around it whatsoever. And the even more serious thing is that it was on a creek bank, which, you know, contributed to erosion of that bank. So I just wanted to, I didn't know if anyone wanted to comment, but I guess we can let Amy speak, and then we can discuss that further. We've got, so will you start the clock on three minutes, please? Thank you. I, too, am very concerned about the clearing vegetation. It looks as though what the amended regulation proposed, which could be on the governor's desk by Friday, says is that the privilege is granted to private parties to trim vegetation that's obstructing the sight of a billboard, a business, a private home. This is vegetation in the public right-of-way for those roadways that the state transportation cabinet controls. This is likely to face legal challenge because there's a provision in the state constitution that says you can't grant private franchise and gratuity to a public franchise. You can't grant a gratuity to a private party over public land. So it looks to me like the sort of thing that all our public policy goes against. We spend a lot of time and money protecting our landscape and our scenic roadways. I would like to ask two things. One is that if need be, you have a moratorium so that you can assure yourselves that our language regarding electronic advertising devices in the zoning ordinance is harmonized with the new language proposed by the state. In large, we've got to think, too, how much of our tourist dollar comes from people who travel throughout the Bluegrass, the Bourbon Trail, the Palisades, Shaker Town, and they come here for a hotel room or dinner or something, exactly what do we want to permit in our roadways for these tourists to enjoy? So the other thing I would like to ask for, if you could put up the resolution, the draft resolution that you all have before you. That, by the way, is a site of, you could clear the trees on that billboard. Okay, what I would like to ask is that the council, and I know you don't do this lightly, I would like to ask that you put on the docket for consideration Thursday a resolution asking the state not to advance these amendations. These are opposed by Tom Fitzgerald of the Kentucky Resources Council. They're opposed by the Kentucky Chapter of the American Planning Association. there's in the courts in the DC appeals court what happened is since 1965 the highway beautification act said no flashing and intermittent lighting on signs I mean your time's expired and I hate it's always unpopular role to be the timekeeper but I think we've gone past our time limits on this and I but but maybe we can help this along. Councilmember Farmer. Thank you, Mayor. Knowing the way the provision has been set by the state, we still provide our own decision-making. And I do think we take seriously the idea of adding a moratorium, and I believe we'd be better served to send this to our planning committee first to vet through it on all the different parts that Councilmember Fred Brown brought to us. So I would just make a motion to send this issue to Planning and Public Safety Committee. So moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Farmer to send the issue to Planning and Public Safety Committee. Second by Council Member Fred Brown. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Hearing none, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Thank you, Amy. Thank You council member Brown Council member Bill Farmer Whoever put the Snickers bars up here Just got just got timing All right Usually I don't need another one. Thank you I'm not one to Tag on to the commentary that's gone on But after weekend such as this I need to come in behind the vice mayor and just reiterate what a marquee weekend for For Keeneland For our entire community in the region Yes, the Sun could have shown a little bit brighter on our old Kentucky home That's where I messed up. Yes, that's vice mayor but I don't know and it comes from the top and the tone that set with the mayor and the administration and throughout all the divisions departments of government and all the way down to the work of the corridors commission but every glad hand and every smiling face and every welcoming comment that was part of making lexington a truly stellar part of the national international community over the weekend the sense of history the sense of kind of an epic situation that played itself out on saturday i I just, there's too many people to thank, but you don't want to not thank them all, even though you can't do it individually, because it was a great effort on many, many people's part, from this dais to every part of this government and all the volunteers and all the folks who came along to do little things that we may not even know about or would even forget about, but they made something special for someone that made an indelible mark in their memory for what Lexington is and how beautiful it is. I mean, to a certain degree, at the track on Saturday when it was kind of overcast, it was almost like you were inside a special bubble or an environment, a special place. And it was to a certain degree timeless because you were watching what you thought would be potential history going on before your eyes. And certainly the crowd and the noise there were as electric as any public event or any sporting event. And it was all right here in Lexington. And you just can't replace that with anything else because it was just so very special. So just my words with those of others of thanks for a job well done by many. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Farmer. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. I actually have an announcement for a Veterans Day appreciation event, and I'm actually going to make it today and then next Tuesday because I want to make sure everybody knows about it. And we are going to actually host a Veterans Day appreciation event on Veterans Day next to the tank on Wednesday, November 11th at 10 a.m. We want to celebrate and thank those who have served or are serving our country. And we hope that we have a great turnout. And I urge my colleagues, if they are available to, to come out. And we're going to have a great day. Thanks. Thank you, Council Member Lamb. Council Member Scotchfield. Thank you, Mayor. I am not falling victim to the Snickers because I've eaten all my children's already. So somebody can have mine if they'd like it. I wanted to make an announcement. On Saturday, as you all have heard and heard me say, I am on the Raven Run board. They have on the first Saturday of the month, of most months, a volunteer Saturday. Individuals, They ask you to come out wearing boots or appropriate shoes, work gloves. They'll help you with any materials you might need to help take down some of invasive plant removals as well as trail maintenance. But that is this Saturday. If you are interested, you can contact the park office at 272-6105 if you want more information. It's really a great time, and we've had great weather, and it's still 70 degrees outside. So come on out and help out. I also wanted to say something about Breeders' Cup this past week. I went down this weekend and had a great time downtown. I was not lucky enough to be able to go to actual Breeders' Cup, so I enjoyed the activities downtown. Susan Pluger, as well as the group of us that serve on Quarters' Committee, did a great job welcoming and making the city welcoming to everybody from outside. I was concerned about some of the downtown atmosphere, and I just wanted to see how we made that decision so that in the future maybe we can have an idea of how to do things better. I know there were downtown businesses that were very upset. And, you know, I'm not – I don't want to place blame on anyone, but I want to learn from the situation. And so could we get a report on how it was decided to have downtown vendors? Sure. Good idea. And we'll ask, I think Kip Cornett would be happy to visit with us on it and share those thoughts. Yes, ma'am. That is all I have, Mayor. Okay. Council Member Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. And as my colleagues have said, the Breeders' Cup was excellent. I was so proud to be a part of it and to be involved in it. And also, I guess it just cemented our status as horse capital of the world, no question. Anybody who came here this weekend got a little taste of that. And we're so very fortunate we have a city that can provide this kind of world-class entertainment, which we did. One other thing, Chris, if you wouldn't mind putting this up on the, and thank you to all those who participated and helped out. This is the Reynolds Road roundabout. We've had some confusion since that roundabout has been installed, and so what Traffic Engineering is going to be doing November 5th and 6th, you'll see the striping on the lanes. I don't know if you can, well, you really can't, you can see the striping, but you can't really see what rows there are there. I know just because I travel it, but you'll be coming on to the roundabout from Keith Shire, well, I guess exiting the roundabout from Reynolds Road and then hitting the roundabout. Instead of using two lanes, you have to stay in one lane. And then as you go around the, there you go, and then as you go around the circle coming towards Keith Shire in Wellington, you'll have that striped as well. So I just want all the public to know that this is going to be happening in an effort to reduce, We have a lot of, not serious accidents, but we have a lot of fender benders because people just don't know how to drive it correctly. It's tough when it's a double lane. The ones at the university are single lane, much easier to navigate. When you have two lanes going, people are not sure where to turn, where to yield, how to deal with traffic coming on two lanes. So traffic engineers are going to try to rectify that, and hopefully we can get that done in the next couple of days. and get some of those accidents, well, not have as many as we unfortunately do. So that's all, Mayor. Thank you, ma'am. Councilmember Henson. I'm hoping. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to echo about the Breeders' Cup. What a fantastic, from what I hear, Lexington left a lasting impression on a lot of people. I also wanted to give a shout out to Keep Lexington Beautiful, who also participated a great deal in getting donations from area businesses. They were very generous in doing so. And then Susan Pluger took that money and ran with it, so to speak. She did just a fantastic job. So thanks to everybody involved. involved I know that it was a very Olympic weekend I guess and what a fabulous champion we had on Saturday so to see American Pharaoh come across that finish line I thought was the most one of the most amazing things I've seen thank you mayor thank you council member Henson council member Maloney the way I I want to echo what everybody said. I got to go down there and see the race, and I got to see one of the greatest races, I think, in the last 35 years to see that American Pharoah, and I'm glad it finished out here in Kentucky. And I don't think a lot of these folks realize, I mean, the last time I saw one 35 years ago, I love horse racing, but to see something what you saw this weekend, you'll probably never see again. I hope we do, but it was amazing. And I think to leave Luxington, one of the greatest racetracks in the world, and show what we saw and what Keeneland did, what the city did, I think we ought to pat ourselves on the back. And everywhere I went, everybody complimented the great work we did. And got to get to the football games. Everybody got there in 15, 20 minutes from the racetrack. So I ought to commend the traffic folks for what they did. So across the board, it was a great partnership, even though Kentucky didn't win the football game. but can't help that. But I did get to see American Fair, but I really commend this staff and everybody the hard work. And we managed to get through trick-or-treat, too. Yeah, I heard the drones were flying over to make sure everybody was okay. Yes, sir. All right. Looks like, oh, Council Member Evans. I'll take the bait and just add to it. Only because I had two friends come in for Breeders' Cup, one from Iowa and one from South Dakota. So people don't think we're just patting ourselves on the back just to make ourselves feel good. I can attest and verify that visitors were very pleased with how things worked out. They drove, so they were driving around Lexington. So the parking rides, they said that went fine and were very impressed with how it all worked out. The horse farm tours, they were very happy and impressed with all of that. So lest we think we're just saying it went well just to make ourselves feel good. Actual visitors, my friends that came, they echoed and mirrored everything that's already been said. So well done to everyone involved. Thank you, Councilman Revens. All right, looks like that's all who have signed on. For council reports, there's no mayor's report. I'll just add to and punctuate what everyone else has already said about the Breeders' Cup. I know the planning that went into this behind the curtain, I see Chief Barnard in the back, Commissioner Bastin, I know that Commander Greg Jones, are you shaking your head, Chief Barnard? Commander Greg Jones was front and center in the traffic and coordinating with Keeneland all the way. And so were so many of our departments as each of those council members, each of you all has already said. and it really does show what Lexington can do. It shows what a city can do when so many are working together with a goal in mind. I, too, heard almost, not almost everyone, but everyone I ran into was saying what an extraordinary welcome. And I think it was put best by someone who goes to a lot of these events, apparently, and they said they'd been to races over more than 30 years and they'd never been to a place that welcomed them the way that Lexington welcomed and put on the event in such an extraordinary way. So you just pretty much can't get any better than that. So we want to thank everyone as you all already have. And especially, of course, we want to thank Keeneland because had it not been for Keeneland, we wouldn't have had this opportunity. And they especially, and the management at Keeneland, deserves a special congratulations that we're all giving it today. Okay, there's no other further mayor's report. That allows us to go on to public comment for issues not on the agenda. Has anyone signed up, Mr. Monson? Wait a minute, I did get, I think I got, no, okay. Amy's already spoken, so we're good. All right, that allows us to accept a motion to adjourn. Is there a motion to adjourn? Motion by Council Member Massadi. Second by Council Member Scotchfield. Unless there's objection, we are adjourned.