# Urban County Council - July 5, 2018 > Auto-transcribed civic record · July 5, 2018 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/4556 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/4556?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2018-07-05 - **Last revised**: July 5, 2018 - **Length**: 11,303 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Council convened on July 5, 2018, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gray presiding. The council addressed three main agenda items during the session, all of which were approved. The meeting included consideration of budget amendments for fiscal year 2019, a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and an agreement with Applied Research Associates, Inc. The council took three votes during the proceedings and heard from four members of the public during the public comment period. ## Attendance The following members were present at the July 5, 2018 meeting: • Stinnett • Worley • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Evans • Farmer • Gibbs • Henson • Kay • Lamb • Moloney • Mossotti • Plomin **Absent:** • Smith No members arrived late to the meeting. A total of 14 members were present and 1 member was absent. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted three roll call votes during the July 5, 2018 meeting, with all measures passing. **Ordinance 0758-18** [timestamp: 02:00] - Amending certain budgets for FY 2019 Schedule No.1 was motioned by Vice Mayor Kay and seconded by Ms. Henson. The ordinance passed unanimously with 14 ayes and 0 nays. All council members voted in favor: Stinnett, Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Evans, Farmer, Gibbs, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Moloney, Mossotti, and Plomin. **Resolution 0729-18** [timestamp: 01:30] - A memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Economic Development and Campus Pedestrian and Bike Safety Initiative was motioned by Mr. Stinnett and seconded by Vice Mayor Kay. The resolution passed with 13 ayes and 1 nay. Council members voting in favor were: Stinnett, Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Evans, Gibbs, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Moloney, Mossotti, and Plomin. Farmer cast the sole dissenting vote. **Resolution 0738-18** [timestamp: 02:30] - An agreement with Applied Research Associates, Inc. for Pavement Management System update was motioned by Mr. Stinnett and seconded by Vice Mayor Kay. The resolution passed with 13 ayes and 1 nay. Council members voting in favor were: Stinnett, Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Evans, Farmer, Gibbs, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Mossotti, and Plomin. Moloney cast the dissenting vote. All three measures received strong majority support, with only single dissenting votes on the two resolutions while the budget amendment ordinance achieved unanimous approval. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed three significant financial contracts totaling $529,754.61 across emergency management, infrastructure, and transportation planning initiatives. **Emergency Management Equipment** Resolution 0368-18 authorized a contract with Advanced Eco Systems, Inc. for $27,550.65 to provide a Rapid Deployment Shelter for the Division of Emergency Management/911. This equipment purchase supports the county's emergency response capabilities. **Stormwater Infrastructure** Resolution 0686-18 approved a contract with Woodall Construction Co., Inc. for $173,489.30 to complete the Wellington Stormwater Basin A Improvements. This infrastructure project addresses stormwater management needs in the Wellington area. **Transportation Planning** The largest financial commitment came through Resolution 0738-18, which authorized a contract with Applied Research Associates, Inc. for $328,714.66 to update the Pavement Management System. This comprehensive system update will help the county better track and plan for road maintenance and improvements across its transportation network. All three contracts represent ongoing investments in critical county infrastructure and services, spanning emergency preparedness, flood management, and transportation planning systems. ## Public Comment Four residents addressed the council during the public comment period, with concerns ranging from proposed land transactions to environmental and moral issues. **Amy Clark** [timestamp: 00:30] spoke about the proposed land swap and road closures, urging the council to conduct proper due diligence and ensure accurate valuation of the assets involved in the transaction. **Mark Barker** [timestamp: 01:00] expressed opposition to the land swap proposal, specifically citing concerns about increased traffic that would impact his neighborhood as a result of the proposed changes. **Don Pratt** [timestamp: 13:00] addressed environmental and fiscal concerns, criticizing what he characterized as wasteful city spending on various projects. He advocated for the city to instead invest in solar panel installations as a more responsible use of public funds. **Gina Daugherty** [timestamp: 14:00] made a moral and religious appeal to the council members, asking them to consider the spiritual implications and ethical dimensions of their decision-making processes. The public comments focused primarily on the proposed land swap, with two speakers addressing different aspects of the issue - Clark emphasizing procedural concerns about proper valuation and due diligence, while Barker opposed the proposal based on anticipated traffic impacts to residential areas. ## Contested Items Two items on the July 5, 2018 agenda generated significant discussion and opposition during the meeting. **MOU with Commonwealth of Kentucky** The proposed Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth of Kentucky faced substantial community opposition. Local residents expressed concerns about the potential impact of road closures and land swaps that would be part of the agreement. Community members voiced worries about how these changes would affect local traffic patterns and accessibility in their neighborhoods. The specific details of the opposition and the ultimate outcome of this resolution are not detailed in the available meeting records. **Agreement with Applied Research Associates, Inc.** The resolution to enter into an agreement with Applied Research Associates, Inc. revealed division among council members. While the measure ultimately passed, it did so with one dissenting vote, indicating that at least one council member had reservations about moving forward with this agreement. The nature of the disagreement among council members and the specific concerns raised by the dissenting member are not specified in the available documentation. Both contested items highlight areas where either community input or council member perspectives created debate during the meeting process. The community opposition to the Commonwealth of Kentucky MOU demonstrates active citizen engagement on issues affecting local infrastructure and land use, while the split vote on the Applied Research Associates agreement shows that council members did not reach unanimous consensus on all business matters before them. ## Amending Budgets for FY 2019 Schedule No.1 [timestamp: 02:00] The council considered Ordinance 0758-18, which would amend certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures for Fiscal Year 2019. Vice Mayor Kay and Ms. Henson served as the key speakers during the discussion of this budget amendment ordinance. The measure was designed to adjust various budget allocations to meet updated spending requirements for the upcoming fiscal year. The ordinance was approved by the council, allowing the necessary budget modifications to take effect for FY 2019 operations. ## MOU with Commonwealth of Ky. [timestamp: 01:30] The council considered Resolution 0729-18, which authorized a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth of Kentucky for an Economic Development and Campus Pedestrian and Bike Safety Initiative. Mr. Stinnett and Vice Mayor Kay served as the key speakers during the discussion of this agenda item. The resolution focused on establishing a formal agreement between the local government and the state to advance both economic development goals and safety improvements for pedestrians and cyclists in campus areas. The memorandum of understanding represents a collaborative effort to address infrastructure and safety concerns while supporting broader economic development objectives within the community. The initiative specifically targets pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements in campus environments, suggesting coordination with local educational institutions. The council approved Resolution 0729-18, formally authorizing the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This approval enables the local government to move forward with the partnership and begin implementing the Economic Development and Campus Pedestrian and Bike Safety Initiative as outlined in the agreement. ## Agreement with Applied Research Associates, Inc. [timestamp: 02:30] The council considered Resolution 0738-18, which authorized an agreement with Applied Research Associates, Inc. for services related to updating the city's Pavement Management System. Mr. Stinnett and Vice Mayor Kay were the key speakers during the discussion of this agenda item. The resolution focused on contracting with Applied Research Associates, Inc. to provide professional services for updating the municipality's existing Pavement Management System, which is used to assess road conditions and prioritize maintenance and repair projects. The Pavement Management System update represents an important infrastructure planning tool that helps the city make data-driven decisions about road maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction priorities. Such systems typically involve comprehensive assessments of pavement conditions, analysis of deterioration patterns, and development of long-term maintenance strategies. The council ultimately approved Resolution 0738-18, authorizing the agreement with Applied Research Associates, Inc. to proceed with the Pavement Management System update services. This approval will enable the city to move forward with modernizing its approach to pavement management and infrastructure planning. The resolution's passage demonstrates the council's commitment to maintaining and improving the city's transportation infrastructure through systematic, professional assessment and planning processes. --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 0758-18** — passed (14-0): Amending certain budgets for FY 2019 Schedule No.1 - **Resolution 0729-18** — passed (13-1): MOU with Commonwealth of Ky. for Economic Development and Campus Pedestrian and Bike Safety Initiative - **Resolution 0738-18** — passed (13-1): Agreement with Applied Research Associates, Inc. for Pavement Management System update --- ## Full transcript Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, everybody. Good evening. Good evening. I'll call the meeting to order, and we will begin with the invocation. Sister Clara Faringer is here with us tonight. Sister, if you'll hold on just a minute, I wanted to mention, too, as soon as you offer the invocation, which we appreciate so much your being willing to do, as soon as you offer the invocation, then we will have public comment we'll move public comment for item number 32 up uh immediately following the invocation so sister clara thank you so much for joining us for our invocation sir sir may we do the roll call briefly before we start i apologize that's right is that okay do that yeah sister clara if you'll hold on just a minute if you'll hold on just one minute we'll do a roll call and then your invocation thank you for just one moment clerk please call the roll mr. Smith mr. Stinnett mr. Worley yes ma'am miss Bledsoe mr. Fred Brown here mr. James Brown miss Evans here mr. Farmer mr. Gibbs miss Henson vice-merkay miss Liam mr. Maloney yes ma'am miss Ms. Massadi and Ms. Plowman, thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk, and now Sister Claire that we've gotten that housekeeping done. Thank you so much. Thank you. So let us just take a moment to take a good deep breath and drink in the wonders of God's creation. As we begin this prayer asking the God who has created each one of us for guidance and the spirit of openness to hear one another, to make decisions that are life-giving for the people of not only Lexington, but all of Fayette County, and that through your guidance, loving God, we hope to build a world that is filled with peace, joy, and justice for all. And we pray this in the name of the God who loves us all. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Sister Clara. Thank you so much. I often say that, Sister Clara, I often say for those who offer our invocation that you are welcome to join us. That's an invitation, but not an expectation. So, thank you so much. All right. we have a few who have signed up for public comment for item number 32 and amy clark is one of those who has signed up so amy i'll ask you to please come to the podium and you know the you know the routine you have three minutes and unless you have someone who has yielded their time to you okay all right now my understanding amy you said billy mallory is yielding her time billy has yielded her time that's right she's okay here very kindly all right so that means so then you you'll have six minutes six minutes all right thank you so much i live I'm here to talk about the swap today of roads in the campus area for land out at Coldstream. And what I want to urge, and there's a synopsis of my key points beside and also a new sheet from the comp plan talking about connectivity as a policy for our roadways. What I want to urge, and there's a synopsis of my key points beside and also a new sheet from the comp plan talking about connectivity as a policy for our roadways. What I want to urge is that you do due diligence before you render a decision to close roads. And I'd like to begin by reminding you that the university first came in 2014 with the plan, the master plan, that involved no through traffic but a pedestrian core on the campus and utilizing SportsCenter Drive as the main conduit around it. In November of 2014, Washington Avenue was closed from Rose to Nicholasville, and that was about 7,000 vehicles a day. So that was already pronounced. The earlier portion of Rose had been closed, I think, 2006. And then they came back in 2016, again before council planning, and asked to close a further portion of Rose. And at that time, there was a meeting in April and then again in August, and a few times it was bumped off in between, pushed back the decision. But the council members and even the administration said, we need to see a plan. We need to see a viable plan. They said, reopen rows, make counts of how the traffic is behaving. You have council already of what it looks like closed. Make a plan to manage that traffic. Sports center looks very promising to everyone, sports center drive, but show us a plan that it will work. Come back and then they felt one could make a responsible decision on when to close the road, whether to close the road. A public road is a public right. A right-of-way means that the public can use this road and not be trespassing on someone's land. And when you as a council decide to abandon a public right-of-way, you do it thinking not only about the adjacent property, and there's a stipulation that UK also can't close a right-of-way unless it owns the property on both sides. That's in the agreement. But that's no more than the law of the land, really. The property in a public right-of-way was usually dedicated to the public, to the government, for use as a public right-of-way when the roadway was created. And when the road is taken away, that land reverts gratis to the people who dedicated it, who are long dead, so it goes to their successors or whatever. So part of your decision is, is there anybody adjacent who gets the land? But the big part of your decision is, what is the use of this road, and is it to the benefit of the public that it be closed? And what I will show you as quickly as I can is a lot of evidence that you do not yet have the evidence to say there will be no detrimental effect, little or none, in these roads no longer being used as city roads, Lexington-owned roads. You just don't have the data. So I'm really asking two things. Get a plan. Show us there's a plan that works that can handle this traffic and convey it through or around in a way that works. And that's really the same thing as saying show us the evidence that there will be no detrimental effect. Now, most of what UK is focusing on, nearly all of what it says, is we're after safety, multimodal safety, especially for pedestrians and cyclists. I'm a cyclist myself. We're all pedestrians. I'm good with that. I'd like to see that safety for the general benefit on campus and off, and I think the best guardian of that is the city of Lexington, who have really, I believe, bent over backwards to try to work with the university to make their plans and needs work in concert with our own as a larger public. The other thing I would ask is that you get a valuation of the goods exchanged. I think it's irresponsible for the government to vote approval to exchange some assets for other assets without getting an expert valuation of what each side is worth. Is it an even swap? Is it a swindle? Is it a sellout? So I would ask that you get an expert valuation. My time is nearly out. I want to say that there are 10,000 cars a day traveling on Woodland and on Rose at the point when Rose was first closed because of construction. 10,000 cars going along. There was a point at which where you turn the corner onto Hilltop, it was as high as 13,000. There was a point at which Hugelit carried 18,000 cars. When you block off roadways, traffic volume is critical to multimodal safety. Thank you. Sure. Thank you so much. All right. Mark, did you sign up? Mark Barker, did you sign up for? Is Mark here? Mark Barker had constraints on his time. He wasn't confident that he could be here. Okay. Thank you. All right. So that's all we've signed on to speak to item number 32. that allows us to move on to ordinances for a second reading madam clerk if you'll please give us a second reading of ordinances ordinance number one an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the lexington vayette urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating re-appropriating funds fy 2019 schedule number one number two an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the lexington vayette urban county government to provide funds for purchase orders and prepaid expenses rolling from fiscal year 2018 into fiscal year 2019 and appropriating and reappropriating funds schedule number two and number three an ordinance closing cross street determining that the property owners abutting the street have been identified provided with written notice of the proposed closing and consented there to in writing and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute quit clean deeds transferring the former right-of-way to the abutting owners subject to the reservation of easements and restrictions all right thank you madam clerk is there a motion to approve second reading Motion by Vice Mayor Kaye. Is there a second? Second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, then Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Ms. Henson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plumman? Yes. Thank you. All right, thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion. It allows us to move on to resolutions for a second reading. Resolution number one, a resolution accepting the bid of advanced ecosystems incorporated in the amount of $27,550.65 for rapid deployment shelter for the Division of Emergency Management 911. Number two, a resolution accepting the bid of Woodall Construction Company incorporated in the amount of $173,489.30 for the Wellington Stormwater Basin A improvements for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Woodall Construction Company incorporated related to the bid. Number three, a resolution accepting the bids of Vogel Full Full Fire Equipment Incorporated, establishing a price contract for heavy duty power rescue tools for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services. Number four, a resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointments of Ethan Simpson, software developer, senior grade 525E, 2005, 23.04 biweekly in the Division of Computer Services, effective July 9, 2018. Nicholas Thornton, equipment operator, grade 510N, 15.547 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective July 9, 2018. Rebecca Arledge, engineering technician, senior grade 516N, 23.254 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective July 9, 2018. Scott Tyree Arborist, Grade 517 and 24.500 Hourly in the Division of Environmental Services, Effective July 9, 2018. Chris Litton, Project Program Manager, Grade 52070, 3335.68 Bi-weekly in the Department of General Services, Effective July 9, 2018. Ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Nicholas Thornton, Public Service Worker, Senior, Grade 509 and 14.245 Hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, Effective July, June 18, 2018. Lucille Barron, Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 510 and 15.741 hourly in the Division of Human Resources, effective July 2, 2018. Brian Estes, Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 510 and 16.124 hourly in the Division of Police, effective June 4, 2018. And ratifying the Classified Civil Service Council leave for Cinder Brown, Grants Manager, Grade 523E, 200549.84, biweekly in the Division of Grants and Special Programs, effective July 12, 2018. through October 9, 2018, and ratifying the unclassified civil service appointment of James Confidas Engineering Technician, Grade 514 and 19.752 hourly in the Division of Engineering, effective July 16, 2018, number 5. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with the Lexington and Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission for provision of services for FY 2019 at a cost not to exceed $242,030, number 6. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a fourth amendment to agreement with Corizon LLC for provision of health services at the detention center for FY 2019 at a cost not to exceed $5,194,475. Number 7, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a purchase of service agreement with Lexington Children's Museum Incorporated for management of the Explorium of Lexington at a cost not to exceed $225,000. Number 8, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute releases of easements, releasing portions of storm sewer and drainage easements on the property located at 4268 Saron Drive. Number 9, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which grant funds are in the amount of $56,000 federal funds under the SLX program, the acceptance of which obligates the Urban County Government for the expenditure of $14,000 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 10, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with a Fayette County Fiscal Court, Fayette County Judge Executive, relating to the expenditure of county road aid fund program monies for Fayette County in fiscal year 2019 and establishing a budget for the county road projects in the amount of $740,550. Number 11, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Kentucky Emergency Management Agency extending the period of performance through June 30, 2020 for the Thompson Road Recycling Center tornado shelter project at no cost to the urban county government. Number 12, declaration of official intent with respect to reimbursement of temporary advances made for capital expenditures to be made from subsequent borrowings with respect to various capital improvement projects of the Lexington Fayette urban county government. Number 13, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a donation from Friends of Wolf Run Incorporated of $11,539, excuse me, to 39 items of plant nursery stock for use in public parks and other public spaces. Number 14, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 12-2018 with Bluegrass Greensource Incorporated for Environmental Education Services at a cost estimated not to exceed $305,000. Number 15, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the agreement with Design Works for landscape architectural services related to the Lexington Corridor's beautification design services project increase in the contract price by the sum of $37,500 from $44,750 to $82,250. Number 16, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with unique security for the jail security improvement for the Division of Community Corrections, decreasing the contract price by the sum of $105,250.73 from $3,422,840.86 to $3,317,590.13. Number 17, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the, excuse me, directing the mayor to execute a memorandum of understanding with Lexington Bay and Urban County Housing Authority to provide assistance in environmental reviews as required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Number 18, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number two to the contract with unique security for the jail security improvement for the Division of Community Corrections, increasing the contract price by the sum of $58,885.20 from $3,317,590.13 to $3,376,475.33. Number 19, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute deeds and all other necessary documents to accept donation of Greenway properties located at 3760 Winthrop Drive from Lockdale Development Incorporated, 2120 Tween Ridge Drive, 2125 Tween Ridge Drive, 2405 Calendula Road, 2412 Calendula Road, 2809 Sandersville Road, and 2810 Sandersville Road from Ball Homes, LLC. and 3325 Polo Club Boulevard and 2270 Ice House Way for North 40 Properties LLC at no cost to the urban county government. Number 20 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a professional services agreement with a pinwheel group for provision of the heat habilitation empowerment and accountability therapy curriculum for the coach fellowship participants at a cost not to exceed $118,500. Number 21 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a professional services agreement with the Urban League of Lexington for provision of case management services for the coach fellowship at a cost not to exceed $100,000. Number 22, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number three to the contract with Olympic Construction LLC for fire station number 24 construction project increasing the contract price by the sum of $99,855.58 from $4,424,544.43 to $4,524,400.01. Number 23, a resolution approving the Fayette County Sheriff's Settlement 2017 taxes for taxes collected as of April 16, 2018, and granting the sheriff a quietus. Number 24, a resolution changing the property address numbers of 504 through 506 Arcadia Park to 506 Arcadia Park, 8737 through 8739 Beach Road to 8739 Beach Road, 1009 through 1011 South Broadway to 1011 South Broadway, 400 through 404 South Broadway to 402 South Broadway, 1310 through 1320 Bryan Avenue to 1320 Bryan Avenue, 1301 through 1309 Cahill Road to 1309 Cahill Drive to 1309 Cahill Drive, 1905 through 1907 carolyn drive to 1907 carolyn drive 129 through 131 cheap side to 131 cheap side 426 through 430 chestnut street to 430 chestnut street 15 516 to 520 codel drive to 518 codel drive 129 through 131 colfax street to 131 colfax street 427 through 435 columbia avenue to 429 columbia avenue 1149 through 1155 commercial drive to 1151 commercial drive 847 through 857 contract street to 857 contract street 417 through 419 corral street to 421 corral street 222 through Devonia Avenue to 224, Devonia Avenue 2046 through 2048, Edgewater Court to 2048. Edgewater Court 819 through 821 Euclid Avenue to 821 Euclid Avenue. 716 through 720 Euclid Avenue to 720 Euclid Avenue. 728 through 730 Gulf View Drive to 730 Gulf View Drive. 519 Goodlow Street to 517 Goodlow Street. 519 and a half Goodlow Street to 519 Goodlow Street. 1049 through 1051 Goodwin Drive to 1051 Goodwin Drive. 4512 through 4516 Haley Road to 4516 Haley Road, 44, excuse me, 449 through 455 Hawkins Avenue to 455 Hawkins Avenue, 331 through 333 Henry Street to 333 Henry Street, 135 through 137 Kentucky Avenue to 137 Kentucky Avenue, 132 through 136 Kentucky Avenue to 136 Kentucky Avenue, 251 through 255 North Limestone to 253 North Limestone, 232 through 234 North Limestone to 234 North Limestone, 115 through 117 North Limestone to 117 North limestone 812-814 north limestone date 14 north limestone 119-143 east loud avenue to 127 east loud avenue 700-722 west main street to 722 west main street 732-752 west main street 736 west main street 230-232 east main street to 232 east main street 960-964 manchester street to 964 manchester street 936-938 manchester street to 938 manchester street 127-139 market street to 139 market street 573-575 maryland avenue to 575 maryland avenue 670 through 678 East New Circle Road to 678 East New Circle Road. 197 through 199 Old Georgetown Street to 199 Old Georgetown Street, 2593 through 2595 Palumbo Drive to 2595 Palumbo Drive. 2520 through 2528 Palumbo Drive to 2528 Palumbo Drive. 2022 through 2028 Parallel Road to 2028 Parallel Road, 167 through 173 Payne Street to 173 Payne Street. 406 through 414 Plunkett Street to 414 Plunkett Street. 163 through 165 Paul Street to 165 Paul Street, 300 Quinton Court to 105 Quinton Court, 112 through 116 East Reynolds Road to 114 East Reynolds Road to 3015 through 3029 Richmond Road to 3029 Richmond Road. 148 through 150 Road Street to 150 Road Street, 225 through 235 East Second Street to 235 East Second Street, 245 through 247 East Second Street, 247 East Second Street, 718 through 720 West Short Street to 720 West Short Street, 1,008 through 1,010 Slashes Road to 1010 Slashes Road, 431 through 433 Spring Street to 433 Spring Street, 6118 through 6124 Tates Creek Road to 6124 Tates Creek Road, 8644 through 8660 Tates Creek Road, 1,002 through 1,018 Trotwood Drive to 1,018 Trotwood Drive, 1411 through 1413 for Sales Road to 1413 for Sales Road, 1308 through 1316 Viley Road to 1316 Viley Road, 175 through 185 virginia avenue to 185 virgin 181 virginia avenue 253 to 255 warnock street to 235 warnock street 4113 through 4121 willow lane to 4121 willow lane 4089 through 4093 willow lane to 43 to 4093 willow lane 4021 through 4029 willow road to 4025 willow road 1163 through 1160 81 winburn drive to 1169 winburn drive 1125 through 1133 winburn drive to 1133 winburn and changing the street name and property address number of 763 West New Circle Road to 800 New Town Court, all effective 30 days from passage. Number 25, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for correlation reviews for ballistic evidence entered in the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network Database. Number 26, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a purchase of service agreement with Bluegrass Area Development District for the operation of the home care program for homebound seniors at a cost not to exceed $987,220 for fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019. Number 27, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the memorandum of agreement with the Office of the Attorney General of Kentucky extending the period of performance through December 31, 2018 for the completion of the affordable housing project funded under the National Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement Funds. Number 28, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the Community Action Council for Lexington, Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, which grant funds in the amount of $32,685 federal funds are for the provision of early childhood care and education services under the Head Start program at the Family Care Center for fiscal year 2019, the acceptance of which obligates the Irving County Government for the expenditure of $8,171 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 29, a resolution of the Lexington-Fayette-Irban County Government authorizing the Kentucky Bond Development Corporation to issue bonds payable from transient room tax and separate bonds payable from facilities revenues to pay costs of development of the Lexington Center Corporation Project. Number 30, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government text you to release of easement releasing utility easement on the properties located at 1404 mercer road and 1001 georgetown road number 31 a resolution of the council of the lexington fayette urban county government authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of a lease agreement between lexington center corporation as lessor and the lexington fayette urban county government is lessee for the purposes of financing and refinancing the costs of the expansion and renovation of the arena and convention facility clerk hold on just a minute please mark barker who wishes to speak to item 32 has arrived so mark why don't you come on up now and you know the you know the protocol three minutes yes sir thank you thank you mayor my name is mark barker i live at 439 park avenue um i just want to continue to express my opposition to the current proposal to the land swap. It started out as a road street closure and we proposed the neighborhood and that it be closed as part of the time and that was rejected. There wasn't any reason for the rejection it was just rejected. Then we proposed that part of the Columbia be rerouted to sports center guys will actually acts like it's supposed to as a traffic route, that was rejected. Right now all the traffic goes right down Columbia into my neighborhood and they're talking about thousands of cars in a very small residential narrow streets. So I finally said well maybe there's this lot that UK owns and maybe we can get them to give that to the city and mow it and make it a dog park or something useful. I said, we don't have a dog park in the area. Maybe we could do that. And I've been told the city's not interested in that either. So basically the neighborhood, which is really struggling, gets all the traffic and nothing to show for it. I think I just find it revolting the way my neighborhood's being treated. We're getting dumped on. The The transmission lines have been dumped on us, the partying has been dumped on us, now the traffic is getting dumped on us. And you know, and honestly, neither the city nor UK care about the area. So I'll have to say, if you vote for this, come March or April and the students are partying and rioting and being destructive, don't say you don't know how it happened. zero attitude is a direct reflection of the university and the city. And if they aren't respecting the neighborhood, it's because you're not respecting the neighborhood. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Mark, so much. Clerk, please continue. Number 32, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth of Kentucky by and through the University of Kentucky for an economic development and campus pedestrian and bikeway and bike safety initiative involving the transfer of approximately 250 acres of property in or adjacent to the Coldstream Research Campus in exchange for certain campus areas, streets and alleys, as well as other mutually beneficial consideration with an estimated cost not to exceed $100,000 in fiscal year 2019. Number 33, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement award pursuant to RFP number 18, 2018 with Bluegrass Green Source Incorporated for environmental outreach services related to the implementation of the green check program at a cost estimated not to exceed $77,653. Number 34, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved which grant funds in the amount of $132,097 federal funds under the Victim Assistance Formula Grant and are for the implementation of the underserved minorities victims advocacy program for the Department of Social Services the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $33,025 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 35, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds in the amount of $20,000 federal funds under the Kentucky Title II JJDP formula grant program for the operation of the new limit to success program for the division of youth services. Number 36, 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, extending the period of performance through June 30, 2019, and changing the local match requirement to funds provided by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the amount of $92,280 for the Old Frankfort Pike Scenic Byway Viewing Area Project No. 37. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant for the Kentucky Division of Forestry, which grant funds are in the amount of $6,345 federal funds under the Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $6,345 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds in the grant budget number 38, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a professional services agreement with Upstream Services LLC for continued planning and implementation of the Coach Fellowship at a cost not to exceed $11,000, number 39, a resolution authorizing the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management on behalf of the urban county government to purchase a Christie 4K upgrade kit and installation services from Sonic Equipment Company, a sole source provider at a cost not to exceed $24,570, number 40, A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Applied Research Associates, Incorporated, a sole source provider for services related to an upgrade of the pavement management system for the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works at a cost not to exceed $328,714.66. Number 41. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with Lexington History Museum, Incorporated for the maintenance of its collection and the provision of educational programs for the benefit of the public at a cost not to exceed $60,000. Number 42. a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the kentucky state police vehicle enforcement division to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved which grant funds are in the amount of 68 500 federal funds and are for the continued operation of the motor carrier safety assistance program for fiscal year 2019 the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of 12 89 as a local match which will be provided from documentation of existing division of police staff salaries and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget number 43 a resolution authorizing directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the kentucky department of military affairs for use of the dma radio communication system for the division of emergency management at no cost to the urban county government number 44 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of under memorandum memorandum of understanding with the bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives for the installation and maintenance of an atf national integrated ballistic information network system for the collection analysis and dissemination of ballistic evidence data number 45 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet to facilitate a county-wide tire collection event to be held on November 1 through November 3rd, 2018 at a cost not to exceed $6,343. Number 46, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a consultant services agreement with the Integrity Architecture for Architectural Services, Architectural and Engineering Services for a new police canine facility at a cost not to exceed $55,000. Number 47, a resolution initiating a zoning ordinance text amendment to expand the number of accessory uses for agricultural markets, including stockyards and the agricultural rural AR zone as described in the proposed text attached here to and incorporated here in. Number 48, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a statement of compliance with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet pursuant to KYTC bridge posting requirements. Number 49, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government pursuant to the jobs fund program to execute a loan agreement and related documents with Hydra LLC in the amount not to exceed $250,000 for the creation and retention of at least 10 new jobs with an average hourly wage of at least $25.25 exclusive of benefits. Number 50, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Kentucky Emergency Management Agency, extending the period of performance through June 30, 2020 for the update of the Lexington Fayette Hazard Mitigation Plan at no cost to the urban county government. And number 51, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with east and family coalition incorporated for the office of the urban county council at a cost not to exceed 2 275 dollars all right thank you madam clerk is there a motion to approve the second reading of resolutions got a motion from council member stennett second by vice mayor k is there any discussion on the motion all right if not then we can vote all in favor please say aye oh nope no we'll do a roll call please call the roll Mr. Stenet? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? No on number 32, yes on the rest. Thank you. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Ms. Henson? Yes. Vice Mark Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? No. No on 40, yes on the rest. did you say 40? sir did you did you say 40? thank you Ms. Massadi? yes and Ms. Plumman? yes thank you all right thank you madam clerk the vote reflects passage of the motion and allows us to move on to announcements before I call on council members or or open the floor to Council, let me make a comment about our 4th of July. There was a lot of things that I know all of us believe went really well yesterday with the 4th. As usual, Lexington performed really, really well. There was, of course, however, quite a public, shall we say, demonstration of disappointment over the fireworks. And I know that Terry Sweeney, who's the president of the downtown Lexington Partnership, is here, and Steve Grossman, who is the chairman, are here. And we appreciate that they are present with us tonight, and they may want to speak before. Perhaps council members have something to offer with respect to it. Would you guys want to comment on it, Steve or Terry? Okay. All right. I think while you all are walking up, I think the comments that I got were that expectations were pretty high. That once the big blue building would be the site of the fireworks, and then perhaps there was an underwhelming event after all. So why don't you all share with us opportunities for improvement. Thank you, Jim. I do want to say you're right. everything went right I think this weekend except for one exception and that was the fireworks and we were sitting over there at top of Bell's the the bourbon thing on the roof and of course I had never been downtown for the fireworks it was my first time so I didn't have much to compare it to but it was very lackluster and I was kind of surprised myself I think we're all deeply disappointed in that we've had great amount of discussion about that today and Zambelli who provided the fireworks has been doing it what 12 of last 13 years yeah 14 15 years and I think during the entire discussion about moving this to the big blue building they said they had a specific fireworks and forth to meet the safety specifications but I don't think the the council was there to it was never mentioned and Woodford had mentioned this he's out of the country that that it wouldn't have the same impactful effect as the fireworks had when we had them over here when they had them in the Arborated but we are very disappointed in that as much as you were as well but Terry will speak to a little bit more the specifics and the conversations that they've had with Sam Belli thanks to you yeah and I think you might have received our statement and as well as Sam Belli's statement and you know we had a number of meetings with regard to the fireworks with Sam Belli also a number of city departments on the roof and one of the things that were of paramount was making sure we had a safe fireworks display. I think it's important also to kind of go back a little bit to understand why we wanted to move those fireworks and take the opportunity and as you remember this is I wasn't here but I've been told that when I was on UK's campus last year it's a little bit isolated it wasn't really economically impactful to our downtown businesses and create some traffic issues and so by moving it to a central location what we like to refer to as down in the city's premier gathering spot it's much more accessible obviously the tallest building makes it so that's higher up and should be able to be more clearly seen from throughout the county and that again it was supporting our businesses and giving people a accessible and easy place to come watch the fireworks at. Now that being said, I think that the impact of the displays was not as Steve said to our expectations and though we had planning with Zambelli, as you see in their statement, they They said that these fireworks are ideal for this type of location. Based upon their, what they provided us as background that they've done this in Louisville, off of downtown Louisville buildings at baseball games, and they are considered one of the best fireworks companies in North America, relying on that type of council and no red flags from them saying, hey, wait, I don't think you ought to do this because you might run into this. in lieu of that we wanted to move forward and trying to do the best we can like we do with all of our events to create the best free and open event for our community while also trying to have an eye towards economic impact and helping our downtown businesses and so that's why we did it we thought at the time you know it was a risk versus reward that didn't quite turn out in our favor and so we're committed to taking a look at that and how we move forward and address those issues all right answer any other questions okay thanks a lot uh we have council members who have signed on to speak now i thought we would pull that up i did ask and jeff reed i know and kevin atkins who is on the your board i've asked them to review this with you and you all are talking about what you're looking at for improvements for next year, right? Yeah. Right, okay. Yes, Steve? It needs to be a lot better. There we go. A lot better. It's a good summary. Okay. Thank you all very much. Council Member Farmer. Thank you, Mayor. My comments cover more than just that one topic. I'll move it along. One of the longest held volunteer positions I've had is as one of the marshals in the parade. And yesterday we had a little bit of a breakdown in that the parade marshals did not have any bottled water. And Lori Houlihan stepped up and made sure that we got water on each of our carts. And I need to thank her for that and for getting it down there to us. And at one time during the back and forth, it may be that she had not said goodbye when I hung up, but it was a great day because we had enough water for people participating on the parade route. and that was very important because we did have one lady who did faint by PNC, and it was a great day for Lexington in terms of its parade, even though it was so hot, you just had to keep water flowing. As to the fireworks, the greatest thing that happened if you drove around, and I came down and took a couple of pictures, people all over found a spot where they could see the financial center. And you could tell because you drive down a street and you see some people standing in the middle of it, Why are they standing there? There was no tree and no house. They could see the building. That last little peninsula of the Richmond Road median, there by north Hanover, south Hanover, was packed with people. There was probably 30 people in that median. So from that point of view, it absolutely worked. It was great. People were out. The whole grassy knoll area around the Harrell Eder building was just chock full of people. From a previous time where I went over and did an interview on the old rail yard with the Zambelli folks, If you're having a real big display, you have mortars and canisters set in sand inside of crates that are huge. And at the time that the building was brought up as a prospective place, I just wondered how they could get all those logistics up there because you're firing a big bomb into the air. And I didn't see how that would work off the roof. I think they'll find a way to make it work better. But certainly from the standpoint of the people came out, yeah, they were disappointed. They'll give us another shot. They want us to get it right. Having it downtown is the right thing to do. All right, then. I always like to watch the coverage of our work. So this morning when I got the paper, and here's this beautiful picture that shows the Fayette County Courthouse. Parade's going by, and underneath it says the Fourth of July Parade passes in front of Old Town Hall. Now, I don't know what Old Town Hall is or who was the person doing the subtitles for the picture, but that's the newly restored old Fayette County Courthouse. That's just a me thing. And then lastly, I think, Martha, is this your last time with us, kind of, in your official capacity as the clerk of the council? Mr. Farmer, it is. Well, I would just say to you, Martha, thank you for the great job you've done. We look forward to having you back any time. And you come back and see us as often as you want to. Thank you very much. Thank you. Perfect. All right. Perfect. That's all, Mayor. Thank you. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect, Lord Farmer. You've done a new clerk. All right. There we go. Okay. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I, too, want to wish Martha a very good life, wherever it may be, and exciting. and I know you've got babies to take care of. So I just wish you well, and it's been a pleasure knowing you. And also I wanted to mention that Missouri Suarez, today was her last day with Partners for Youth, And she has been instrumental in the Cardinal Valley area in particular. And I think the fact that she is Latino herself and is bilingual is a huge plus for the area. So, Commissioner Ford, I wanted to ask that that be a qualification for her job. Because I think we've done a good job as far as Partners for Youth has done an excellent job at giving our youth attention in these areas. and i can't thank mazari enough for everything she's done but um mr ford i'll be sending you an email thank you thank you council member henson council member bledsoe i thank you mayor i just have a couple items yesterday i ran the bluegrass 10 000 which i run most years and i think yesterday might have might have been the absolute hottest day to run that event. So I just wanted to give a shout out to Terry, your team, and Parks and Rec especially. You had a number of water stations. Everybody got them. I don't used to stop for water, and I did every single time. The number of sprays, I mean, we were all soaking wet from all the things. And that was just really good. So I want to say thank you for how much effort you put into that, an extra effort, I think, that you had seen. And there were a number of extra EMS, fire, and police personnel, it seemed like, the route which I just thought was really nice to see EMS personnel stationed around looking at people making sure that they looked they looked nice and looked like they weren't going to die and there were some times I thought people might look like they were not going to make it so I appreciate the extra effort and it was noticeable and as a runner I thought that was just nice for our city to show that we looked like we cared a lot about the people who were there so thank you for that and then yesterday I did not go downtown to the fireworks because I went to Firebrook which is where everyone on the south side tends to go and they had a phenomenal fireworks display phenomenal like well over 20 some minutes of displays um in fact i was up on the hill with the kids and i think harrisburg road shut down for a little while people were in the medians they were in the middle of the medians they i thought so i'll be talking to police about maybe having some police personnel out there simply for traffic flow it was insane and it was beautiful so shout out to firebrook for um privately raising well over $20-some thousand dollars to put that on for the South Side and then working to figure out how we can make that more manageable for everyone to enjoy. And then lastly, Dow, I think this is your last meeting. So thank you for all your work for the city. It's been a pleasure working with you and your ideas. You brought a lot, I think, of different thinking to the commissioner's office and very forward thinking and based. And I just wanted to say I wish you well and thanks for your work and service. Thank you, Mayor. all right thank you councilman blitzow councilman maloney thank you mayor i too want to congratulations to martha we will miss you and you know i'll miss you coming around friday with you good weekend also we have another person getting ready this is her last day i think tuesday was her busiest she's had a long time and i believe that was down we're going to miss you down thank you for everything and i and i was speaking of the fireworks and fourth of july i went down there and i want to commend our parks and all the employees pleased everybody it was amazing for what they did with the heat and uh come in uh councilmember farmer and hit marshall they did a tremendous job for the parade now when i first worked for the mayor with the cao the issue came up about the fireworks and uh fourth of july and everything and we decided to put everything to the downtown authority but my question is the downtown authority has made some changes lately they've merged and i don't know what their mission is i mean i know what the mission is economic development and all that. And I know we spent a lot of time with our staff on them. And the reason I did that is back then they didn't have all this on their plate. Maybe we ought to go back and review just to see if it is better for us to bring the event back in-house. And I'm not saying they did a bad job. I'm just saying possibly there could be some we do already do a lot of the work in-house and i just an idea i just i mean i think we need to be look to see if maybe there would be more money maybe we have a little bit more to lean to fireworks especially or things like that or events and we're already doing a lot of it i just just thought maybe it might be an idea mayor that that's one of the things that i already discussed with jeff and kevin to consider so thank you for that suggestion and i'm not saying they did i'm just saying that they may be going a different agenda that maybe we may have to step in and look if we can get more money to do it in the house worthwhile considering okay thank you council member stennett thank you mayor you know we live in a great city we have a lot of good things going for the city and yes we have some challenges but if fireworks are the only thing we have to worry about today then we're doing pretty dang good as a city and so i understand it's a big issue for people and since we're on that topic Merrick we add to that list to examine a lot of us have talked about tonight and the public has really had a lot of input on it given the weather yesterday but I've heard this for a number of years but can we examine maybe moving the parade back to five or six o'clock so people can actually go to the parade stay downtown for the fireworks and really make something different because right now we have three three groups of people we have the runners congratulations got some blood so you went home though yeah you went home after you ran so a lot of runners do you know then you have the parade people then you have the fireworks people so maybe something to look at just a thought I like richard I heard the same suggestion yes sir and it's a lot cooler too for those that are in the parade so just want to say that and then also want to say goodbye to Martha wish your family and yourself the best in Seattle much different Lexington Kentucky but I know you're up for it thank you for all your hard work and everything you've done for us here in this chambers and then Commissioner Dow Haskins Squire it's gonna be I'm gonna miss saying that name I think but Thank you for all your hard work, especially on the snow plan. You've done great. Brought some innovation to some of our departments under you, so thank you. And we wish you the best down the street. All right. Thank you, Council Member Stanton. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a few announcements. I just wanted to make mention that last week we had the first commission meeting for the Commission of Veterans Affairs. I'd just like to thank the mayor and the CAO for coming to that meeting and the council members for supporting it. I know the council member Maloney, council member Lamb, and council member Bledsoe are on that commission. I think we've got some excited veterans that are passionate about our city and passionate about their service and continuing to celebrate their service and our community. I'd also like to make mention of the DLP. I attended the Patriotic Concert, the parade yesterday, and the firework event. I think they did an excellent job with all that they've done except for the fireworks, and I hate that all their hard work is being diminished by that, but when I think about fireworks in this city, I always think about the legends, and I think they did a great firework display this weekend, and I think there were several fireworks throughout the city, so I think that's a need that's being met on several fronts. But I'm confident that DLP can work to improve that situation and continue to make it a great event and benefit everybody by having it downtown. I'd also like to thank Ms. Billy Mallory. I think she's left. She spends a lot of time with us here in the chambers. I think she provided some snacks for us earlier this week and today, so thank her for that. Thank you, Martha, for your service, and good luck with your new endeavors. And then the same with you, Dow, Commissioner. I hate to see you go. You've done a great job since you've been here. You've been so responsive, and you will be missed in your role. Earlier this week, we had talked about the Coach Fellowship Program. I think there were some questions. We had a lot of items in our packet that pertain to that, And I know Council Member Bledsoe had made mention about putting that in committee so we can get a full report on that initiative and what all it entails. So I'll make a motion to put the Coach Fellowship and General Gov and Social Services Committee to get a report on it when we come back. All right. Motion by Council Member Brown, second by Council Member Bledsoe. Is there any discussion on the motion? Is there any objection to the motion? All right. If not, then the motion passes. That's all I have. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilman Brown. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. I want also to take the opportunity to thank Martha for her service. Always been a pleasure to work with you. I tell people that the skill of speaking quickly is really something special. One of my sons was a debater, and they learned that. I saw it being practiced, so I'm very impressed with all that. Thank you so much and good luck going forward also to Commissioner Hoskins. It's been a pleasure working with you. I think we've made a lot of progress in the city. I know you're not going very far just down the street, so hopefully we'll keep seeing one another. And then finally, really to everybody in the city, police and fire, sanitation, parks, the set of events that we put on this week is really impressive and gratifying. This is a strong and wonderful community to be a part of. It was great to be downtown. Everything, I think, went off very well. So thank you all for all the work you did. Thank you, Mayor. All right, sir. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Council Member Evans. Thank you, Mayor. well I was going to try some try to say something a little bit different but Councilmember Stinnard over there kind of took what I was gonna say but just to try it and frame it a little bit differently because I was concerned about the the temperatures for the 4th of July celebrations and and did kind of jokingly talk to some of you all about you know what should we do when it gets that that hot and for celebrations but I do think we should think about extending some of the same surfaces that councilmember Bledsoe talked about that they did for the race maybe having you know more watering stations and maybe some you know cooling stations you know having those amenities and you know bringing in different things like that so we can keep people down here all day and so they don't see it as a deterrent where they have to pick and choose because Because again, that is something that we do want everyone down here all day. So I did want to add maybe that twist to it, because I did ask around and asked some law enforcement what just would be some of their ideas. And cooling stations were definitely an idea that they had thrown out there. So just in case that hadn't been mentioned to you yet, Mayor, I would throw that out there. And again, I would also say congratulations and good luck to all three women that have been named who are leaving us. And I would put out there that all three young professional women that are leaving government. And I say young because I think we're all around the same age. So I'm still young, you're young. But leaving for all different reasons, but going off to do bigger and better things, hopefully. And I wish you all the best of luck. And I know you're going to go ahead and make us proud and do bigger and better things. And I do wish you the best of luck. And it's been a pleasure working with all of you. And congratulations, but we're sad to see you go. Thank you. Council Member Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. Good luck to you, Martha. Enjoy Seattle. It's a great city. Good luck to you, Dal. I know you're going to have fun at great construction. You'll probably be CEO pretty soon. So keep us in the loop. And she's good, Mayor. She really is. And last but not least, to get you in the car, Carnival mood, remember, Lions Bluegrass Fair, July 12th through the 22nd. Hope you all can come out. Pig rides, I mean, not pig rides, but pig chasing pigs. Carnival rides, funnel cakes, and to make the evening complete, we even have carnival pops. That's going to be given to us by my trusty assistant, Rob Bolton. He'll be passing those out tonight, and happy birthday to you today, Rob. If you don't mind, enjoy your carnival pops and get you into the spirit and get us a little chilled out before we go on break. That's all, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Sadi. All right, that's all who signed on for announcements. I'll just footnote and punctuate what others have said. Martha, thank you so much for everything. Dowell, thank you so much for everything. Next is we do have one police disciplinary item, and Commander Thomas Kurtzinger is here for that. Good evening. Got one disciplinary issue to present to Council. On Thursday, May 17, 2018, an allegation was made that Officer Haley Patterson, badge number 54117, violated General Order 1973-02J, Disciplinary Procedures. Appendix B, Operation Rule 1.35, violating any rule of the department. General Order 2011-01A, Social Media, General Order 1973-03R, Operation and Maintenance of Department Vehicles. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with Chief Lawrence Weathers and has accepted a written reprimand. This recommended discipline has also been approved by Public Safety Commissioner Ken Armstrong. No approval. Second. Motion by Council Member Farmer to approve. Second by Vice Mayor Kaye. 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. Public comments is next on our agenda. Don Pratt has signed on for public comment. And Gina Doherty. Don. I mean, you criticize her. But it seems like you would waste a lot less time if you just accepted the minutes and had them in documentary form and not read that, because none of you were paying attention to her. Okay, Don, you want to go ahead with your comments? It's a great idea, too. All right, go ahead. I'm Don Pratt, and I'm 912 Royal Avenue in Lexington. and I recently saw a great film next door by a National Geographic photographer and at the end he showed a local celebrity and a coal miner that was a false notion because they don't have any solar panels in eastern Kentucky on any of those mountains. I'm here to suggest solar panels be your project immediately and I know you're concerned about global warming because you bought all these buses, five or six of them, that you shouldn't have bought for $850,000 a piece, primarily because they're sitting idle now for a number of reasons, including that I don't think they can actually keep cold enough during the running process because of the amount of energy it takes. But the buses also pollute elsewhere, either because of natural gas fracking or because of coal removal. So it's a false notion that these are non-polluting. I'm here proposing that you spend millions of dollars on solar panels immediately and not on the pork-filled projects of the Linear Park, destruction of Jefferson Street Viaduct, glassifying of Rupp Arena, or Town Branch. That's a waste of money. It's pork. Sorry. I don't speak a lie, I speak the truth. I would bet my life that the majority of Lexington people oppose such wasteful spending. I would bet my life there are better ideas, including solar panels or splash parks, that should be purchased now for the kids because of our global warming. I would even suggest moving your booths on Fourth of July into Rupp Arena. so the people don't stifle to death because of the heat. It is just becoming a major issue. And it does matter that this is taxpayers' dollars. It does matter that it's consumers' dollars that come here to use motels or hotels, and they pay an extra product to finance this. Or it does matter that it's consumers' pricing by the people who make donations, and they get more money from their customers or their resources or their services or goods that they sell. It doesn't matter that it's donated or it doesn't matter that it's federal money because it's taxpayers' or consumers' money, and it's a waste. Thank you. Thank you, Don. Gina Daugherty. Hello, everyone. Good evening, everybody. On the last visit that I was here, there was a comment that was made upon my way exiting out of your presence. And I was informed that somebody else holds on to the keys of this city. And I just wanted to remind everybody that the people delegated a certain person and the people voted for a certain person. There should be no reason why the devil's got the keys to this city. I just want to go ahead and remind the whole entire older generation the same thing I come in here telling everybody time and time again. Every day that you choose to play around with God and Jesus, forget that we're one nation under God, and under God we trust countless amounts of lives are out here dying. But it wouldn't be funny, though, if death personally came to see y'all, though, would it? Hmm? Would it be funny then? A whole slew of people, the whole entire city, should not have to come in here and beg the ones who's got the power within the palm of their hands that God saw fit because y'all swear in the Lord's name every time you get into office. Every last one of you. But then the people and the children, 34 years old, is not allowed to come in here and tell the whole entire older generation about themselves. Christianity, I appreciate each and every last one of you for allowing religion to get us all lost. You've got to study the word of God, and I'm sure that you all heard your pastors telling you this. Every pagan Sunday, y'all have done nothing but made a mockery out of life itself. How do I know? Because 26 years old, God came into my life and told me that I'm making a mockery out of mine. Don't you all go continuing and making a mockery and forgetting that God is watching each and every last one of you. Every single day. You care about your family. Care about the other families who's not rich and wealthy and powerful. It's easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle before it ever will be for y'all to hold on to your riches thinking y'all going to make it into the kingdom of heaven. God does not like ugly, and he ain't too fond of cute and bougie people. Don't go around letting your wealth get you caught up into the hype because it's not worth it. All 13 of you need to find out, well, all 12 of you need to find out from this brother right here who's got the keys to this city because the people voted for Mayor Jim Gray, not nobody else. study that Bible, line upon line, precept upon precept, apply its teachings daily, and then go out here and go get those keys back or put in a letter of resignation. I appreciate you all so much. All right. Thank you, Gina. All right. Is there a motion to adjourn? Motion by Council Member Bledsoe, seconded by Council Member Plumman. Unless there's objection, we are adjourned. Thank you. I'm sorry. I'll make it my home, sweet home When to work the saxophone I play just what I feel Drink scotch whiskey all night long And I, behind the wheel They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose They call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon Blue, Deacon Blue Thank you. This is the night of the expanding man I take one last try as I approach the stand I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I played a song This brother is free I'll be what I want to be I'll learn to work the saxophone I'll play just what I feel Drink scotch whiskey All night long And I'm behind the wheel They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose They call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon Blue Deacon Blue Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You We'll be right back. 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