My car, yes I'm gonna be a star Transcription by CastingWords Thank you. Ms. Henson? Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Ms. Lamb? Here. Mr. Maloney? Here. Ms. Massadi? Here. Ms. Plumman? Here. Ms. Gutchfield? Here. Mr. Stennett? Yes. Ms. Akers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Ms. Evans? Here. Mr. Farmer? I am here. Mr. Gibbs? Here. All right. Thank you so much, Madam Clerk. All right. Next is our invocation tonight. I'd like to welcome Pastor Brian Bolton. And I'll ask Pastor Bolton, please come to the podium for the invocation. Pastor Bolton is an elder at Centerpoint Christian Church and was invited to deliver our invocation tonight by Councilmember Siobhan Akers. Thank you for this opportunity to pray with you all today. Let's bow our heads in prayer. Gracious and Heavenly Father, we first say thank you for this great city that we get to be part of, Lexington. Father, I'm praying tonight for Mayor Gray and Vice Mayor Kay, Council Members Senate and Maloney, James Brown, Akers and Gibbs, and Lamb and Framer and Evans, Scrutchfield, Fred Brown, Massadi, Bloodsoe, and Henson, and Plowman. Father, we lift them up. I pray for other government and community leaders throughout the towns and cities and states and nations. Father, I lift up our firemen and our servicemen and women who serve in our police department. Father, we thank you for their talents and their abilities that you have given them. We thank you that they have chosen to use their God-given abilities to serve this great city. Father, we pray that you would save those who are not yet your own. May they come to know Jesus as their Savior. Father, we pray that you give them wisdom in every decision and help them to think clearly. Grant them discernment and common sense so that they'll be strong and effective leaders. Father, we pray that you help them to lead and govern with integrity, and may their integrity guide them and keep them on track. Father, we ask that you direct their steps according to your word, for their decisions, Lord, have great impact on our lives. Father, we pray you be their defender and their protector and keep them always on guard. Lord, we ask that you would encourage and strengthen them, giving them the wisdom that they need. Bless their families and guide each and every step that they take. We ask that you empower them with energy and focus for tonight's meeting. And it's in Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Thank you, Pastor Bolton. Before we move on to our presentations tonight and announcements, early announcements, I want to take this moment to remember Joe Jasper. Joe passed away Sunday. And Joe was one of the first members of the Urban County Council, representing the 3rd District. Anybody who met Joe remembers his smile and his big personality and his commitment to Lexington. So in memory of Joe's service, I'll ask that we stand for a moment of silence. All right, thank you all. Tonight, we are joined by a group of Girl Scouts who are here to observe our civic and democratic traditions. Scouts, we welcome all of you and want you to know that you are joining the council on an historic evening. Councilmember Kathy Plowman was just sworn in. This is her first urban county council meeting. And for the first time in the 241-year history of Lexington, our city council is majority female. so so scouts and scout leaders why don't you all come forward and we'll get a picture of everybody in front of the in front of here all right rob you're going to take it thank you sir so council members will listen I have one more thing. There's a pass around that. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Oh, yeah. Sure. Sure. Council Mayor Evans has an announcement related to it. Just really quick. This is actually for council members. This troop is also here, like the mayor said, to learn a little bit more about local government. And part of that, what they've been doing is encouraging everyone to vote. So there is a pledge going around that I'm sure all of us will sign, pledging that we will vote on November the 8th. So they're collecting signatures and ask that we all sign it, and I'm sure we all will. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Evans. All right. We can now move on to approving the minutes of previous meetings. Is there a motion to approve? No. Second. All right. Motion to approve by Council Member Farmer, seconded by Vice Mayor Kaye. Is there any discussion on the motion, Council Member? All right. 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. We now have a few presentations to make, and I'll go to the podium and turn the chair over to the Vice Mayor. Mayor, I do have a motion to add. I'd like to make a motion to walk on the May 19th and May 24th special council meeting minutes for approval. Some of you will remember that I removed these minutes several months ago for language clarifications, and I've met with our Department of Law and our council clerk's office, and after those meetings, I believe we need to go ahead and get these approved and in the record. so I so move to walk on for approval the May 19th and May 24th special council meeting minutes. All right, we've got a motion and we've got a 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. All right, thank you, Council Member Lamb. All right. Well, first, tonight, we have a presentation to Ray Larson. And Ray is here, so I'm glad to ask, we're all glad to ask our friend, Lexington's longtime crime fighter, Ray Larson, to join me at the podium to receive a Henry Clay Ambassador Award. So for a little background, Ray served as our Fayette County Commonwealth's Attorney from January 2, 1985 to September 30, 2016. That is more than 30 years of service to keeping our city safe. Now, I looked up some crime-fighting statistics from 1985 to present, or I tried to look them up, but the numbers at hand only went back 20 years. In 1995, there was one homicide for every 17,000 Lexington residents. By 2015, that number had fallen to one in 21,000, and that represents nearly a 25% decrease. Of course, it's not just that that rate has changed. Those of us who have lived in Lexington for many years know how much improved our city is from the decreasing rates of dangerous criminal felonies. We still have many challenges. We all know that. but as the top law enforcement figure in the county for 30 years, Ray Larson played an enormously important role in putting us on the path to safety. It's a privilege for me to honor one of Lexington's most committed public servants and congratulate him as he moves on to the next chapter in his life. Ray, this is a Henry Clay ambassadorship, and it says this. I, Jim Gray, as Mayor of Lexington, do hereby name Ray Larson a 2016 Henry Clay Ambassador in recognition of his devotion to keeping our city and our citizens safe throughout his 32-year career as Fayette County Commonwealth's Attorney. Thank you. Thank you. Janet Graham said, please don't make a speech. I've been a prosecutor when most of you all were teenagers. But it's been a pleasure to serve the citizens of this community for that length of time. Things have changed. Times seem to be a little more dangerous now, regardless of the numbers. And just because I'm retiring doesn't mean I'm going to keep my mouth shut. I just want to thank everybody here for the support of this council and of previous councils for our office. And I'll ask you to continue to support the office with Luanna Redcorn. And I told Janet, these damn women are taking over. and but we got some excellent guy prosecutors too how many of you knew joe jasper well i'll tell you i don't remember joe jasper being the quiet and dignified guy i remember being him an outspoken fellow and i'm really sorry for his passing Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Thanks again, Ray. All right, next I'm going to ask, I want to welcome Ann Garrity and former Vice Mayor Linda Gorton to the podium with me. Ann and our America in Bloom team are back from the National Symposium, and Lexington earned five of five roses and a commendation for our tree canopy work. For the second year in a row, Lexington won its Population Category Award. In total, Lexington scored an 89.5 out of all possible points, excelling in heritage preservation and urban forestry. The American Bloom reviews each year provide our city with valuable professional guidance on how to make our city even more beautiful through continued improvement. We're lucky to have such a committed and thoughtful team at the helm. So, Ann, please. Thank you, Mayor Gray. Yes, ma'am. I don't have to say that now, and I can go right to the awards, and I have four. We're going to give the city some awards instead of you give us. And for the five blooms, which is the maximum you can get, we had four for two years, and we thought we should be five. Some of our people thought it was because of the center point hole in the ground, but it wasn't because we got five blooms this year and we hope to keep five blooms and we want to thank we want to thank the mayor for his support he pays our registration fee i want to thank all the council members for your support i think we have something going on in every district ask me about it and i'm just very grateful and we are all very grateful so would our folks stand up that are here tonight. So we have a board now. We're a nonprofit, and we have an outstanding board, and we are getting our act together. So that's one award. The second award is that we are equally happy to announce that we are the winner of our population category for the second year in a row. And that is this beautiful little item. And I would give it to the mayor you can hold it but this one and the one from last year are I'm talking with the visitor center about putting them there because these are the kinds of things that visitors need to see to have it develops pride develops pride in our city and they appreciate it as well so thank you your time is up The plaque. Every city gets a plaque. And right here it will have one or two. I saw a plaque with one rose. And I saw several with three. And I saw a few with four. And I saw very few with five. And so that is why I wanted to honor you with the flowers. But there is also a commendation just above it. And this year, our commendation was in recognition of our community's urban forestry efforts, continuing and ongoing. We made an effort to, our American Bloom locally wanted to support the Tree Canopy Committee. Harry is on the tree board, and he's our liaison with that component. And so we made a point to show them a variety of tree plots in our town, the cemetery, Henry Clay, the Arboretum Woods, a reef forest, the bluegrass site. And we invited several people, including Jay Gibbs, to a lunch to talk about, to give them a chance to get advice from these judges. And so there was advice given on the spot, but there's also good advice in the report that we got. And this is one of the advantages of being in American Bloom, is that we have these high-powered garden and landscape experts who visit a lot of cities who can compare us with others. And this year, our judge was our own favorite, Katie Moss Warner, former director of Disney World Gardens for 25 years, who has been spearheading this organization. So I think that's where the five blooms came from. But in honor of the urban forestry, we decided that this pledge for the public to see should be in urban forestry, and we've asked Tim Query to have this. The judges complimented our tree canopy, but they also understand it's at around 25%. We're losing trees to the emerald ash borer, and we have to work on it. So we're on board for that. And then the last prize, the one that's a little bit off in the future, is that we bid on, during the past year, hosting a symposium. And we were awarded the 2018 American Bloom Symposium. About 250 to 350 people will be coming to town the end of September of 2018. So we're bringing some money to the city. So, thanks. Okay. Thanks to everybody. Thanks to all of you all. Wait a minute. We forgot to get a picture. We need to get a picture. Yep, yep, yep. Let's get a picture. Let's get a picture. Bring the flowers. Bring the flowers. Bring the stuff. Are you the official? We didn't have to. Okay. Now I would like to ask Greenhouse 17 Executive Director Darlene Thomas to join me at the podium, as well as Councilmember Jennifer Massotti. Now, you all know, hey Darlene, how you doing? Good to see you, dear. Everybody knows, I think, that Greenhouse 17 is an innovative domestic violence program that serves survivors in a 17-county region. The shelter is situated on a 40-acre farm and provides survivors the chance to eat healthy, nutritious, fresh-from-the-farm vegetables, and provides adult survivors a chance to earn a stipend through their contributions to farm work. Greenhouse 17 is at once committed to sustainability, recovery, and most importantly, the safety of domestic violence survivors. We all sincerely appreciate the work of Greenhouse 17, and on behalf of the Council, I'd like to present a proclamation. And it reads this way. Whereas Greenhouse 17 is committed to protecting survivors of domestic violence and ending partner abuse in 17 Kentucky counties, including Fayette, and whereas 15.5 million children in the U.S. live in families in which partner violence occurred at least once in the past year, for 7 million children the partner violence was severe. And whereas in fiscal year 2016, Kentucky's 15 regional domestic violence programs, including Greenhouse 17, helped over 21,000 survivors and their children achieve safety, locate the resources to prosecute their abusers and rebuild their lives. And whereas rising awareness of domestic violence and promoting healthy relationships in Kentucky will help bring peace to Kentucky homes. Now, therefore, I, Jim Gray, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare October 2016 as Greenhouse 17 month in Lexington. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilmembers. I've had the pleasure to work with Darlene since 2004 when we were at the Salvation Army in four small rooms with 20 beds. And I'm not sure if all of you or any of you have been out there, but now we're on 40 acres. We have 17,000 square feet, and we serve 250 women there. It's tremendous. And I attribute that to a wonderful and awesome executive director. She has been phenomenal. If we didn't have her leadership and guidance, we wouldn't be where we are today. But domestic violence is so important for all of us to recognize. It's not only physical abuse, it's mental abuse and emotional abuse. And we all need to be cognizant of that in these times today. So, Darlene, I'd like you to kind of give the council kind of an update on where we are, where we've been, and where we are today. And she's going to do that. She's got some great pictures because I think pictures tell a thousand words. And, Darlene, I'll turn it over to you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Thank you, Mayor and members of the council. So every year I come, and I come because, well, a few reasons, but the main reason is so that you can see how your support really benefits and has direct impact on the families that we serve, and that you need to hear that agencies are working very hard to meet the needs that you have deemed as very important to this community. And then I also do this invite that says you're more than welcome to come anytime, and I know you all have very busy lives, so I thought I would bring Greenhouse 17 to you tonight, And anytime you want to come see us, we still would love to have you visit. So I'm just going to run through these slides so that you have a visual of when I talk about our facilities and what we're doing in our cottage industries, the way that we're helping families move from crisis to self-sufficiency, you now have a really good picture in your head about what that looks like. So here is the back of our facility. It's kind of blurred, but you see our flower. I don't know why it's skipping. This is a new lobby. as people or families come walking into our facility, it's really important that they understand that it's a welcoming, caring environment. That was just redone for us by Lowe's. So we have multiple community partners. We cannot do this alone. This is our crisis office line. This is where we take over 5,000 crisis calls a year from our community members where survivors call for help and guidance on how they can maintain their safety, but as well as community resources and other needs that they may have. We are much more than a shelter, much, much more to this community. We just put in a state-of-the-art sewing room about two years ago, and we did that because it keeps moving forward on me. I'm not sure why. We did this for a couple of reasons. It was really a sense everything we do now is all about repurposing and finding value in what you can do for yourself. And so families that might have low income or not a lot of resources, when they move out, if they can make their own blankets, if they can make their own pillows, their own throw pillows, if they can make their own diaper bags or bags for school. It is amazing how much pride and dignity comes from knowing that you can do things for yourself. And it's also an economic justice issue. And here's two beautiful babies out back. I've got to throw my babies in there. This is part of our farm. We invite all of our residents, if they'd like to participate in a stipend program, to grow vegetables. We do a lot of gardening that we use for the shelter. So we all summer long, our families eat healthy versus chicken McNuggets and french fries, which there's nothing wrong with those things. Sorry, McDonald's. But there's something about growing your own food and seeing it and then bringing it in off the farm and preparing it that just adds a sense of well-being for all of our families. So we grow a lot of our own food. Our residents help with that if they would like to, and they can earn a small stipend. They can also earn stipend if they're any part of the preparation. A few years ago, this is our flower industry. We started a flower industry as well as a goods industry, which our families run. So basically, they grow flowers, they harvest them, they cut them, and they put them in beautiful bouquets, which are for sale to the community. So we do events, we do weddings, you name it. We started the Flower CSA, which is community-supported agriculture, and this year we sold almost 200 shares of our CSA. All of that money goes back. The first year we started this venture, we earned about $500, and we were so excited. However, what, three, almost four years later, we're on mark to make about $50,000 from our industry, which will go right back into stipends to help more and more families move to self-sufficiency. These are folks working on the farm. We take a lot of volunteers from the University of Kentucky. This is some of our flour preparation. We do everything in ball jars. So if anybody has extra ball jars, we love to have those. We go through a lot. Two years ago, we put in a commercial kitchen where we can make our products in our flower industry with the help of our community. Here's some of our products. We make lip balms, soaps, as well as candles. And when I say these are our products, actually the survivors are the ones that research them. They test them. We use a lot of the products from our farm, so our lavender, you name it. There's different smells and flowers that go into these. They're all grown on the farm. And then the families figure out the recipes They put it together. They market it. They name it. And we're now on Etsy and sell nationwide our products. So they're very proud of that. They learned those skills. This is our dog and animal, our dog and cat kennel. This is actually the dog run. Because what we realize, too, is that our job at our organization is to make sure that we reduce any barrier that would keep somebody from coming for safety. And one of those barriers is often the pet. because I don't know if you're pet lovers, but I know it would be very hard for me to ever leave my dog behind if I had to flee my home. And so what we decided was to reduce that barrier and add a space for dogs and cats in our facility. Well, we have snakes and other things, too, that have visited us along the way, but they're a little easier to contain, and that's another picture of it. We were able to secure a tax credit project, So come January 1, we hope that these units that you're looking at here, we've put 12 kind of cottage duplexes on the back of our property. They're beautiful. They're one story. They are kind of tucked away in the back corner, which will be able to help 12 families. But we also purchased 12 units in the city of Lexington. So we'll be able to help a total of 24 for two to four years after they leave shelter until they become self-sufficient on their own. So these families will be going to college. They will have jobs, be working towards self-sufficiency, which is always good. That's a bigger picture. They've come up fast along the way. And that's the inside. So there will be one, two, and three-bedroom units. We have horses on our farm, too. We try to stay very true to our land and our neighbors and the real sense of who and what Lexington is. And we've been really blessed along the way. I also wanted to announce to you that we just got word. We haven't done our press release yet, so you're kind of the first to know, but we did receive a $250,000 federal grant for transitional housing, which will pay for local families to be housed for 6 to 12 months until they become self-sufficient. And most recently, the University of Kentucky just received a half-a-million-dollar grant to research Greenhouse 17 as a national model. So we will hopefully, it will be, hopefully the research will show, we'll have some research-based proof or evidence-based knowledge about our project, how we do it. We are the only program in the nation doing this. So we don't have a lot of guidance on how to do it. Some of it's just you set your mind and you do it and you find a way to do it. And we could not do it without the community support. But at the same time, we've really become nationally known. for what we're doing, and we're really proud to partner with University of Kentucky on this research, so we'll have evidence behind what we're doing. Do you all have any questions? Were pictures helpful? Much better than me just talking about it. Great. Great. Well, with that, I just want to thank you all for your service to this community in Greenhouse 17, and I really do encourage you. Now you're enticed. You've got to come see it. There's a lot more to see just in the pictures. And thanks to Jennifer Mastati, Councilwoman Mastati, for all of her support as well. And Mayor, of course. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, let's do one more, and then we'll get the picture together. In addition to the work of Greenhouse 17 and so many extraordinary nonprofits, I want to take a moment to recognize our committed city team. Under the leadership of Social Services Committee Commissioner Chris Ford, Lexington has expanded its focus on both domestic violence prevention and substance abuse and violence intervention, two issues that are unfortunately often tied together. Domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness among women, and sadly, several women die each day due to domestic violence murders. Domestic violence is a preventable crime, and that's why our city is focusing on survivor safety and perpetrator accountability. So, let me read this. Domestic Violence Awareness Month, whereas domestic violence is defined as a pattern of purposeful behavior used by one person to dominate a partner, often through physical and sexual assault, intimidation, isolation, and coercive control, and whereas domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness among women, and whereas with a focus on survivor safety and perpetrator accountability, domestic violence is a preventable crime, and whereas awareness and education are critical components of prevention, and therefore we strive to increase the public's knowledge of domestic violence, and whereas more than three women in America are murdered each day by a partner, and domestic violence affects all people, regardless of age, economic status, race, or sexual orientation. Therefore, I, Jim Gray, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare October 2016 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Thank you, Mayor Gray. Council members, we want to thank you for your support of the work that our department is fortunate to do in the area of domestic violence prevention. For over 30 years, our coordinating council has worked with so many partners, such as Darlene and Greenhouse 17, for this work. We've had Terry Farragher for so many of those years leading that effort on a consultant basis, And Stephanie Fexton, our coordinator, is doing an outstanding job as she nears her first year of service. So thank you guys so much. We look forward to the challenge ahead. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We are now ready for ordinances for a second reading. Madam Clerk, please proceed with the second reading of ordinances. Ordinances 1 through 6. Ordinance number 1, an ordinance modifying the conditional zoning restrictions in a mixed-use-two neighborhood corridor MU-2 zone for .94 net, 1.10 gross acres for property located at 275 South Limestone, City View Investments LLC Council District 3. Ordinance No. 2, an ordinance changing the zone from a light industrial I-1 zone to a wholesale and warehouse B-4 zone for 12.03 net 15.75 gross acres and a planned neighborhood residential R-3 zone to a wholesale and warehouse B-4 zone for 2.24 net 4.0 gross acres for property located at 2551 Leestown Road and a portion of 745 Greendale Road RML Construction LLP. Council District 2, ordinance No. 3, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington and Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures, in appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule No. 13. Ordinance No. 4, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fader and recommending government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $3,200 in the Division of Parks and Recreation from the Council Projects Fund for additional funds needed to cover expenses for ongoing events for the Douglas Centennial Celebration and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule No. 15. No. 5, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one classified civil service position of Project Manager, Grade 517, and in the Division of Streets and Roads in creating one unclassified civil service position of administrative specialist senior, part-time, grade 516N, in the Division of Risk Management, effective upon passage of counsel. Number six, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified civil service position of administrative specialist, grade 513N, in creating one unclassified civil service position of administrative specialist senior, grade 516N, reclassifying the incumbent in the office of the chief administrative officer, abolishing one classified civil service position of administrative specialist, grade 513N, in creating one classified civil service position of Administrative Specialist Principal, Grade 518, and reclassifying the incumbent in the Division of Human Resources, abolishing one classified civil service position of risk manager, Grade 526E, and creating one classified civil service position of manager of safety and loss control, Grade 526E, and changing the position title of the incumbent in the Division of Risk Management, effective at the beginning of the next pay period following the passage of counsel. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion to approve a second reading of ordinances? Motion by Council Member Stenet, second by Council Member Scotchfield. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. First. Ms. Henson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Masati? Ms. Plumman? Yes. Mr. Sinnott? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Farmer? Yes. Ms. Evans? I'm sorry, did I call Ms. Cutchfield? I'm sorry. All right. I say yes also. Yes as well. So, does everybody get called? Okay. All right. All right. The vote reflects passage of the motion. Allows us to move on to ordinances for a first reading. Madam Clerk, whenever you're ready. Item 7, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fayette-Arbor County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating funds. Schedule number 16. Item 8, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified civil service position of CSEPP planner part-time grade 514 and in changing position title for one classified civil service position of Director of Environmental and Emergency Management, Grade 526E, to Director of Emergency Management, Grade 526E, all in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 9, an ordinance creating Sections 12-8.4a of the Code of Ordinances related to accumulation of snow. To declare accumulation of snow on a sidewalk a nuisance, creating Section 12-8.4b of the Code of Ordinances relating to accumulation of snow. To provide for abatement of any nuisance in violation of this section, creating Section 12-8.4b1 of the Code of Ordinances related to accumulation of snow to require sidewalks to be cleared after accumulation of snow of four more inches of snow, creating Sections 12-8.4B2 of the Code of Ordinances related to accumulation of snow to require sidewalks to be cleared within 24 hours of the end of the snow event, creating Section 12-8.4B3 of the Code of Ordinances related to accumulation of snow to establish the end of the snow event as posted on the government website, creating Section 12-8.4C of the Code of Ordinances related to the accumulation of snow to provide for note citations for sidewalks not cleared when the abutting street has not been plowed, creating sections 12-8.4D of the Code of Ordinances related to the accumulation of snow to allow the mayor or his designee to hold in advance the provisions of this section in the presence of extreme weather. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are there any motions? Are there any motions associated? All right. If not, we can move on to the second reading of resolutions. Resolution number one, a resolution accepting the bid of Municipal Sales Incorporated establishing a price contract for sewer line chemical route control for the Division of Water Quality. Item two, a resolution accepting the bid of Toyota South Incorporated in the amount of $80,019 for Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Item three, a resolution accepting the bid of S&S Tire Truck Center establishing a price contract for tire retreading for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Item 4, a resolution accepting the bid of Adams Contracting LLC in the amount of $107,000 for concrete apron replacement for fire stations 12, 13, and 14 for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Adams Contracting LLC related to the bid. Item 5, a resolution modifying the probationary classified civil service appointments of Greta Giles, Administrative Specialist Grade 513 and 18.238 hourly in the Division of Revenue, effective October 3, 2016. Jonathan Cole, Electronic Computer Controls Manager, Grade 523E 2302.88, bi-weekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective October 17, 2016. Kisheen Wayne, Human Resources Analyst, Grade 520E1999.60, bi-weekly in the Division of Human Resources, effective October 3, 2016. Raymond Brandwee, Operations and Recovery Manager, Grade 521E 2574.72, bi-weekly. Robert Pogue, GIS Developer, Grade 522E 2416, bi-weekly. Judith Cox, telecommunicator senior, grade 517N, 20.744 hourly, and William Montgomery radio electronics specialist, grade 515N, 22.737 hourly, all in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective October 17, 2016. Frank White, heavy equipment technician, grade 516N, 27.214 hourly, in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective October 17, 2016. And Robert Meyer, skilled trades worker, grade 515N, 23.915 hourly, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective October 3, 2016, ratifying the permanent civil service appointment of Bay Clark Waste Management Account in Grade 518E 1820.56 bi-weekly in the Division of County, effective September 21, 2016, ratifying the approved council leave of Landis Howard Resource Recovery Operator, Grade 513N, in the Division of Waste Management beginning June 10, 2016 through July 23, 2016. Number six, a resolution specifying the intention of the Urban County Council to expand and extend the full Urban Services District, number one, to provide street lighting, street cleaning, garbage and refuse collection, in finding a need for this service in the area, included in finding the ability of the urban county government to provide this service in this area, which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets, Autumn Ridge Drive, Bay Springs Park, Blackwell Place, Cornelius Trace, Hanborough Park, Henderson Drive, Horseman Trail, Jacob Court, Cavanaugh Lane, Lauderdale Drive, Lawson Lane, Magnolia Springs Drive, Marco Lane, Millstone Way, Patchen Lake Lane, Polo Club Boulevard, Quampano Lane, Remington Way, Sir Barton Way, Sweet Clover Lane, Sweet Clover Park, Tabor Lake Circle, Tabor Lake Court, Tabor Lake Cove, Tabor Lake Drive, Tabor Lake Place, Tabor Lake Ridge, Table Lake Walk, Trailwood Lane, Tranquility Point, and Wyndham Hills Drive. Item 7, a resolution specifying the intention of the Urban County Council to expand and extend partial urban services district number 5 to provide street lighting and garbage and refuse collection, finding a need for this service in the area included, and finding the ability of the Urban County Government to provide this service in this area, which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets, Hellandale Road, Fredericksburg Road, and Noyle Court. Item 8, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to exceed agreements with the Griffith-Ballard Towers Resident Council, Incorporated, $250, Georgetown Street Area Neighborhood Association, $500 Herod Hill Neighborhood Association, $1000 Lexington District Branch No. 23 National Association of Black Veterans, Inc. $900 Alpha Beta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Fraternity, Inc. $750 Under Main, $700 Japan America Society of Kentucky, $500 Honor Flight, Kentucky Inc. $1100 East End Community Development, $750 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated Item 9, a resolution authorized the Mayor on behalf of the urban county government to exceed a lease agreement with NAMI, Lexington, Kentucky, incorporated for approximately 795 square feet of space at the Black and Williams Neighborhood Center, generating an annual revenue of $4,809.72 for the urban county government. Item 10, a resolution authorizing to direct the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to exceed an amendment to the agreement with the Friends of Wolf Run, reducing the funds available for services from $16,000 to $13,200 and providing for an extension of the performance period for services through December 31, 2016 for activities under the Wolf Run Creek Watershed Base Plan at no additional cost to the Urban County Government. Item 11, a resolution authorized by the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number 1, final to the contract with Smith Contractors Incorporated for the expansionary 2A Wastewater System Improvements Contract 1 pump station project, decreasing the contract price by the sum of $18,978.08 from $4,861,000 to $4,842,021.92. Item 12, a resolution authorized by the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one to the agreement with Judy Construction Company for the Lower Cane Run Wet Weather Storage Facility Project, increasing the contract price for the sum of $1,609,325, from $9,697,00 to $11,389,326, extending the date of completion by 180 calendar days to May 31, 2017. Item 13, a resolution authorizing directly on the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute an amendment to the memorandum agreement with the Office of the Attorney General of Kentucky and an amendment to the subrecipient agreement with the Hope Center extending the period of performance through June 30, 2018 for the Hope Center renovation project funded under the National Foreclosure Settlement Funds. Item 14, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant from the Bluegrass Community Foundation, which grant funds are in the amount of $1,541 for the expansion of an early childhood literacy program in McConnell Springs, 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. Item 15, a resolution authorizing directly the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with Sunflower Kids Incorporated, extending the period of performance through September 30, 2017 for the provision of supervised visitation and monitored exchange services under the Safe Havens Project. Item 16, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to include the purchase of a compressed natural gas, slow-fill fueling equipment owned by Clean Energy Corporation. Item 17, a resolution authorized by the Mayor on behalf of the U.M. Kennedy Government to execute neighborhood action match grant program contracts with Autumn Ridge Homeowners Association, $4,850. Childsburg Maintenance Association, $10,000. Cumberland Hill Neighborhood Association, $911. Hember Homeowners Association, $8,669. Lakeshore Village Homeowners Association, $5,000. New Pass on Main, $10,000. Palomar Hills, $7,413. Palomar Reserve Council, $10,000. Rosenville Neighborhood Neighborhoods Association, $1,293. Southern Heights Neighborhood Association, $850. Squire Oak, $3,050. The Colony, $500. The Glens at Greendale, $5,731. The Lofts at Locust Hill Townhomes, $10,000. Walnut Ridge, $10,000. Wellington Maintenance Association, $7,583. And Willow Oak Homeowners Association, $4,150. For carrying out various neighborhood activities and improvements for fiscal year 2017, at a cost not to exceed $100,000. Item 18, a resolution authorizing and directly may on behalf of the U.S. County Government to exceed an engineering services agreement award pursuant to RFP No. 26-2016 with Palmer Engineering Company for Design and Engineering Services on Section 1 and Section 2. Other for sales road corridor improvement project had a cost not to exceed $210,600. Item 19, a resolution authorized and directed the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeway Commission's Polonai Memorial Bicyclists and Pedestrian Education Program and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $15,000 commonwealth of Kentucky Fund Center for the operation of a public education program for bike and pedestrian safety. Item 20, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Utilities Company and the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority to permit the placement of electric vehicle charging stations on certain portions of the public rights-of-way in a parking facility and metered parking spaces in Lexington and Fayette County at no cost to the Irving County Government, and further authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute any necessary side agreements for the placement of electric vehicle charging stations in suitable locations. Item 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Airman County Government to execute an amendment to the agreement with Greenhouse 17, extending the period of performance through September 30, 2017, for the provision of services under the grants to encourage arrest policies and enforcement of protection orders program. Second. I have a motion by Council Member Farmer to approve, seconded by Vice Mayor Kay. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, then we can vote. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Henson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plumman? Yes. Ms. Scutchfield? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Is that it? Okay. All right, the vote reflects passage of motion, allows us to move on to resolutions for our first reading. It doesn't look like that's not correct, is it? We don't have all the votes reflected up there, but they are in our records, so we got them. Thank you. Whenever you're ready. Item 22, a resolution accepting the bid of Adams contracting LLC in the amount of $29,500 for training tower concrete floor slabs for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services. Item 23, a resolution accepting the bid of Abby Jones Consulting, PSC, establishing a price contract for general surveying services for the Division of Water Quality. Item 24, a resolution accepting the bid of Brintag Mid-South Incorporated, establishing a price contract for liquid chlorine for the Division of Water Quality. Item 25, a resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointment of Don Davis, Commercial Building Inspector, Grade 518 and 24.635 hourly in the Division of Building Inspection, effective October 31, 2016, ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of William House, Security Officer, Grade 507N, 14.134 hourly, in the Department of Public Safety, effective September 7, 2016. Mark Putty, Code Enforcement Officer, Grade 516N, 19.619 hourly, in Division of Grants and Special Programs, effective October 4, 2016. Luann Burgess, Mailroom Clerk, Grade 508N, 14.530 hourly, in Division of General Services, effective October 4, 2016, ratifying the probationary sworn appointment of Brett Gavin and Lucas Moore, both Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315N, 31.062 hourly, Andrew Norton and Brandon Vogt, both fire captain grade 316 and 39.755 hourly, all in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 3, 2016, ratifying the voluntary demotion of Mark Mapps and public service supervisor senior grade 517 and 26.437 hourly in the Division of Waste Management, effective October 17, 2016. Item 26, resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments. Robert Boone, public service worker, grade 507 N, 13.929 hourly. Adam Doherty, treatment plan operator, grade 515 N, 20.578 hourly. Sean Green, electronic computer control, specially grade 517 N, 22.688 hourly, all in the Division of Water Quality. Jefferson Harkless, equipment operator, senior grade 514 N, 16.397 hourly in the Division of Waste Management. Kenny Pretty, vehicle and equipment technician, grade 514 N, 19.599 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, all effective upon passage of counsel. Amber Stevens, 13.130 hourly, effective October 24, 2016, and Belinda Pugret, 14.128 hourly, effective November 7, 2016, child care program, grade 508N. And the Division of Family Services authorized in the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary community corrections officer appointments. Allison Vaughn, Carrie Crutcher, Nathaniel Griffin, Tiffany Hawkins, Tanisha Hayes, Devin Heierbacher, Claire Hogan, Stacey Humble, Justin McCone, Elena Murray, Josh O'Reel, Bradley Osborne, Sarah Smith, Darren Warren, Joseph Williams, and Christopher Young, all community corrections officers recruit grade 109 and 15.384 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passive counsel, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments, L&D Dixon, Workforce Development Manager, Grade 520E, 2500 biweekly in the Office of the Mayor, effective October 24, 2016. Jody Scribner, Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 510N, 16.124 hourly, effective November 7, 2016. And Chris Holtzclaw, Environmental Inspector, Grade 516N, 20.640 hourly, effective October 24, 2016. Both in the Division of Water Quality, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following. Unclassified civil service appointment to the Office of the Urban County Council. Zachary Losey, aid to council grade 518E 1788.46 bi-weekly in the office of the Urban County Council effective October 17, 2016 Item 27, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management extending the period of performance through March 30, 2017 for the Clarksdale Court Project under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program Item 28, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a professional services agreement with Element Design PLLC for architectural and engineering services for the Jacobson Park Spay Ground Project at a cost not to exceed $46,000. Item 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a professional services agreement with Element Design PLLC for architectural and engineering services for the Masters and Stations Spay Ground Project at a cost not to exceed $36,800. Item 30, a resolution authorizing directly the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which grant funds are in the amount of $2,500 federal funds for a fire safety and prevention project at no cost of the Urban County Government authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Item 31, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number 2 to the contract with Allen Company for construction of section 2C of the Clay's Mill Road Improvements Project, decreasing the contact price by the sum of $240,153.80 from $4,401,776.99 to $4,161,623.19. Item 32, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant from the Bluegrass Community Foundation's Knight Foundation donor-advised charitable fund, which grant funds are in the amount of $10,000, or for the retrofitting, the retro Southland Drive case study, 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. Item 33, a resolution authorized the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change. Order number 3 to the agreement with Solid Rock Construction Services, LLC, for the Cardinal Lane Stormwater Improvements Project, phases 1 and 3, decreasing the contract price by the sum of $10,488.43 from $261,874.44 to $251,385.81. Item 34, a resolution authorized and directed by the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a federal equitable sharing agreement with the Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury, for participation in the equitable sharing program. Item 35, a resolution authorized and directed by the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with the Environmental Remediation Contractor for Piccadown Golf Course sinkhole retrofit and stream restoration, decreasing the contract price by the sum of $10,121.24, from $378,871.50 to $368,750.26. Item 36, a resolution authorizing directly to the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute modifications to agreements with the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, extending the performance period through September 30, 2017 for fiscal year 2013, fiscal year 2014, and fiscal year 2015 agreements for federal funds under the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program at no additional cost to the urban county government. Item 37, a resolution authorized by the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet relating to the acquisition of right-of-way for the East Brandon Road Extension Project and further authorized by the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a deed and any other documents necessary to transfer a portion of the property located at 200 West Hickman Plant Road in Nicholasville, Kentucky to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the East Brandon Road Extension Project. Item 38, a resolution authorized by the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a general services agreement and statement of order pursuant to RFP No. 59-2015 with NTT Data Incorporated for configuration and deployment of a cloud-based LexCall citizen request management system at a cost not to exceed $810,716.72. Item 39, a resolution authorizing directly to the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order No. 1 to the contact with BMC contracting for the Crosskeys Pollen Improvements Project increasing the contract price by the sum of $54,964.48 from $243,732. to $298,697.38. And number 40, a resolution authorized by the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute agreements with Consolidated Baptist Church, Incorporated, $360. Lighthouse Ministries, $750. Tates Creek Middle School, PTSA, $500. Ronald McDonald House, Charities of the Bluegrass, Incorporated, $500. Middle Thorpe Neighborhood Association, Incorporated, $250. Costa of Lexington, $500. Highlands Neighborhood Association, $500. And on the move, Art Studio, $215 for the Office of the Irving County Council. And it costs not to exceed the sum stated. Thank you, Madam Clerk. All right. Are there any requests for suspension of the rules for second reading from Council Members? Council Member Lamb. Oops. Council Member Scutchfield. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules and give a second reading to number 40. Number 40. All right. Is there a motion? Is there a second? Second. Seconded by Vice Mayor Kay on number 40. Is there any discussion on number 40? All in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules, give second reading to number 26, and this is for the conditional offers of employment. All right. Got a motion by Council Member Henson, seconded by Council Member Bledsoe. on number 26. 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. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules for second reading on resolution number 38. This will allow the 311 to go ahead and kick off their project and get started more quickly. I so move. Motion by Council Member Lamb, second by Vice Mayor Kay. 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. Council Member Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. On behalf of the administration, we request that number 34 have a second reading. This is a reference to a federal equitable sharing agreement with the Department of Justice. So moved. Motion by Council Member Massadi, seconded by Vice Mayor Kaye. 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. All right. Madam Clerk, if you'll please give us a second reading on those four items. And I'm going to turn the chair over to the vice mayor. Item 26, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments. Robert Boone, public service worker, grade 507 N, 13.929 hourly. Adam Doherty, treatment plan operator, grade 515 N, 20.578 hourly. Sean Green, electronic computer control specialist, grade 517 N, 22.688 hourly. all in the Division of Water Quality, Jefferson Harkless, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 514 N, 16.397 Hourly in the Division of Waste Management, Kenny Pretty Vehicle and Equipment Technician, Grade 514 N, 19.599 Hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, all effective upon passage of Council, Amber Stevens, 13.130 Hourly, effective October 24, 2016, and Belinda Poobrat, 14.128 Hourly, effective November 7, 2016 Child Care Program Aid, Grade 508 N, and the Division of Family Services authorized in the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary community corrections officer appointments. Allison Bond, Carrie Crutcher, Nathaniel Gorfin, Triffney Hawkins, Tanisha Hayes, Devin Hierbacher, Claire Hogan, Stacey Humble, Justin McCone, Elena Murray, Joshua Reel, Bradley Osborne, Sarah Smith, Darren Warren, Joseph Williams, and Christopher Young. All community corrections officers recruit. Grade 109N, 15.384 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passage of counsel. Authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments. L.D. Dixon, Workforce Development Manager, Grade 520E, 2500 biweekly in the Office of the Mayor, effective October 24, 2016. Jody Scribner, Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 510N, 16.124 hourly, effective November 7, 2016. And Chris Holtzclay, Environmental Inspector, Grade 516N, 20.640 hourly, effective October 24, 2016, both in the Division of Water Quality, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make the additional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment to the Office of the Urban County Council, Zachary Lucy, Aid to Council, Grade 518E, $1,788.46 by weekly in the Office of the Urban County Council. Item 34, a resolution authorized and directly may on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a federal equitable sharing agreement with the Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury for participation in the equitable sharing program. Item 38, a resolution authorizing directly to the Mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a General Services Agreement and Statement of Work Awarded Pursuant to RFP No. 59-2015 with NTT Data Incorporated for Configuration and Deployment of a Cloud-based LexCol Citizen Request Management System and a cost not to exceed $810,716.72. And item 40, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute agreements with Consolidated Baptist Church Incorporated, $360 Lighthouse Ministry, 750 Tays Creek Middle School, PTSA 500, Roland MacDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass Incorporated 500, Meadowthorne Neighborhood Association Incorporated 250, Costa of Lexington 500, Highlands Neighborhood Association 500, and on the move, Art Studio, $215 for the Office of the Irving County Council, and a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? I have a motion by Council Member Henson. Second by Council Member Henson. I'll second. Second by a lot of people. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Henson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plumman? Yes. Ms. Gutchfield? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Yes. Ms. Akers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? And Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Thank you. That vote reflects passage. That allows us to move to next item, communications from the mayor, which is for information only. And then to announcements, council members, if you would sign in. If you have an announcement, if I can get the screen back up. Council member Massadi. Thank you, Vice Mayor. On Tuesday when we had the planning and public safety committee, there was a lot of discussion about constables. So I've spoken to Council Member Stinnett, who brought the item to the committee, and I believe he is going to chair a subcommittee on constables. So Council Member Stinnett, however you want to go about that, and whatever council members you deem to be necessary on the committee to help you out, I'll leave that to you. And also, many of us were at the Public Safety Operations Center, and my trustee aide, Rob, took a bunch of really nice pictures. So we've got them up on the board there. If you have a moment, we can share all the Star Trek and high-tech type of things that we saw today. It was a great building and just a state-of-the-art center. So thanks, Rob, for taking the pictures, and lucky us in Lexington. That's all, Mayor, or Vice Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Akers. I'm sorry, I skipped over. Council Member Scotchfield. Also, yesterday, a lot of our council member colleagues and other people from government got together at Woodland Park about 5 o'clock. James didn't come today. And there's a lot of talk right now about why he's not here. But he's not here because he had eighth grade night for his son. So we forgive him for that. But we had a great time. It was a great event. both James and I played for our non-profits I played for Urban Impact they do community outreach, youth development and discipleship they are under the Lexington Leadership Foundation also they're doing a promotion right now and I just shared it on my Facebook page, they're in the running for a $75,000 grant through Chick-fil-A so help them out with that and then James played for community inspired solutions with mike thomas um they're dedicated to decreasing violence in our community and supporting families um we had a great time and i really appreciate again everybody coming out it was you know all in good fun and and and i appreciate it thank you thank you councilman hansen thank you vice mayor i just wanted to do a little recap on the weekly events But I have to say that the tennis match was great fun. And Jenny Scutchfield has some very, very good form when it comes to playing tennis. I just thank you guys so much for inviting us and including us in that. and the public operations safety center that opened. It's valuable to our community. It's valuable to our neighborhood. And so I was just very blessed. It's been such a great week. Now, I also was blessed or fortunate to have a wet weather storage tank in my district that went live this week. I had a picture. I can't get it from my phone to Chris, but I'll keep working on that. But it actually does not look like a wet weather storage tank at all. And I'm just, I couldn't be happier and more pleased with the work that Water Quality did. Vernon has a veto, I think. Is that correct? He is just marvelous. I think Charlie Martin is marvelous, but they have some very good qualities of not only being engineers and being very smart, but they work well with people and get you taken care of as far as complaints and things. And I haven't talked to this neighborhood there. Hopefully I can show you the picture and then I'll give you a real good view of what it looks like. And there is no smell. Even though it holds sewage, there is no smell. But I'll get back with you. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Evans. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Just one quick announcement. And the Liberty Ridge Senior Living Center will be having a vendor and craft show fair on October the 15th. Over 20 vendors. So I would just invite everyone out to attend on October the 15th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There's a lot of stuff going on over there. They even have classic car shows periodically. So, again, if you're in the area, just invite you to come out and see what kind of goodies you can pick up. because Christmas time is coming. Sorry, I had to remind you. Sorry. Thank you. Council Member Akers. Thank you, Vice Mayor. This Saturday, October 15th, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m., the city will be providing a free non-hazardous waste disposal day for Lexington residents at the transfer station at 1505 Old Frankfurt Kike. So bring your non-hazardous wastes on Saturday. And then Parks and Recreation also on Saturday will be hosting Little Goblins Galore at McConnell Springs. It's a Halloween event from 1 to 5 p.m. The cost is $5 per child, and it's free for parents and guardians. So that is a really fun and safe event, so bring your kids out to the park. Thank you. Thank you. And Councilman Henson has managed to get a picture up. Can we get it? Is that going out to the public also? Great. So that's the new storage tank. Okay, Council Member Lamb. Thank you. Council Member Akers was talking about the goblins, and it reminded me that I need to announce to make sure everybody knows about the party for the pumpkins at the Arboretum on Saturday from 2 to 6. It's going to be a fun time. There were a lot of unique pumpkins last year, and there were live birds and lots of fun for all ages. So I encourage you to come out. Thank you. I just want to add my own comment. I got there late, only saw the very end of the battle. And I know James has told us that he has an event, but I could swear I saw him licking some wounds. I don't know. The other thing I want to acknowledge, at least left Council Member Farmer, who extended hospitality to the Council Members to kind of cap off that event, and it was really a good opportunity for the Council Members to relax a little bit and talk and so on. So I want to thank him and the Chevy Chase Inn. Nobody else has signed up. That allows us to go to public comment, and I have Mr. McCarthy. For the record, and for the one member I haven't met yet, my name is Bernard McCarthy. My address is 515 Harry Street. Now, I've nagged many of you and your predecessors for many years over traffic. Tonight, I want to try to translate from engineering jargon into sports jargon, since more people might understand it that way. If our street system were a football team or a basketball team, announcers would say the biggest thing wrong with it is it doesn't have enough depth. We simply do not have near enough through streets and we have way too many dead ends. widening existing roads around three sides of a square might make the snarls a little bit less until somebody has a wreck and puts two intersecting streets out of commission temporarily at the same time but it doesn't fix the fact that you're driving three times as far as you would be if you built a street that would form the fourth side of the square I know neighborhoods love dead ends and hate through streets, but the fact is we have too many dead ends and not enough through streets. And while I may be the person most hated out of this whole county's population by most neighborhood associations, what I'm saying is nevertheless the truth. We need to chop down the barricades, buy out some private streets and make them public. And I would say, first of all, connect what we can connect without having to tear down somebody's house. Eventually, things will have to be built that will require tearing down buildings. But it would be better to first connect what doesn't displace anybody. And by the way, I know, Mrs. Bledsoe, I know that you unseated a fellow who initiated the motion to put up a barricade. So that demonstrates that caving in to the neighborhood associations doesn't always get you reelected. Thank you. Is there a motion to second? without objection, we stand adjourned. I'll be right back. 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