# Urban County Council Work Session on 2019-09-24 3:00 PM - Packet - September 24, 2019 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Council · September 24, 2019 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/4846 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/4846?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2019-09-24 - **Body**: Council - **Last revised**: February 5, 2026 - **Length**: 6,082 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1, with speaker labels folded in from Granicus closed-captioning. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Speaker labels and 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 met on September 24, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky, with Vice Mayor Kaye presiding over the session. The council addressed two main agenda items during the meeting, both of which were approved. The business included requested rezonings and docket approval, as well as a lease agreement with LexArts. The council took two votes during the session and heard one public comment from a community member. Both agenda items received approval, demonstrating the council's progress on zoning matters and cultural partnerships within the community. ## Attendance **Present:** Council Member Plowman, Council Member Lamb, Council Member Bledsoe, Council Member Brown, Council Member Ellinger, Council Member McKernan, Council Member Evans, Council Member Reynolds, and Council Member Worley were in attendance. **Absent:** Council Member Farmer, Council Member Saadi, and Council Member Morales were not present at the meeting. **Late:** No council members arrived late to the meeting. Nine of the twelve council members were present for the meeting, constituting a quorum for conducting official business. ## Votes and Decisions The Council took action on two motions during the meeting. **Rezoning and Docket Approval** [timestamp: 15:30] Council Member Plowman made a motion to approve requested rezonings and docket approval, which was seconded by Council Member Lamb. The motion passed by voice vote with no opposition recorded. **Bond Issuance Amendment** [timestamp: 45:00] Council Member Ellinger moved to amend item F under new business items to increase the not-to-exceed amount of the issuance from $30 million to $32 million. The motion passed by voice vote. No second was recorded for this motion, and no opposition was noted. Both votes were conducted by voice vote rather than roll call, so individual council member positions were not recorded. All motions that came before the Council during this meeting were approved without recorded dissent. ## Budget and Financial Actions The Council addressed two significant financial matters during this meeting. **LexArts Building Lease Agreement** The Council considered a lease agreement with LexArts for the building located at 161 North Mill Street. While the specific lease terms and financial details were not disclosed in the available information, this contract represents an ongoing commitment between the city and the local arts organization. **Grant Application Authorization** The Council reviewed a grant application to the Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeway Commission's Paula Nye Memorial Bicyclist and Pedestrian Education Program. This application seeks $15,000 in funding to support bicycle and pedestrian safety education initiatives within the community. The Paula Nye Memorial program is designed to enhance public awareness and education regarding bicycle and pedestrian safety measures. Both items required Council consideration as part of the city's ongoing financial planning and partnership development efforts. The LexArts lease continues the city's support for local arts programming, while the bicycle safety grant application demonstrates the city's commitment to improving pedestrian and cyclist safety through educational outreach. *Note: Specific resolution numbers and detailed financial terms were not available in the provided meeting materials. Timestamp information was not included in the source documentation.* ## Public Comment One member of the public addressed the Council during the public comment period. **John Pica** [timestamp: 05:00], who identified himself as president of Saints Peter and Paul Regional Catholic School, spoke in opposition to a proposed zone change. Pica requested that the Council hold a public hearing on the matter before proceeding with any rezoning decision. No other public comments were recorded during this portion of the meeting. ## Contested Items The Council meeting featured one contested item that drew community opposition and requests for additional public input. **Rezoning at 171 Sonier** The proposed rezoning at 171 Sonier faced community opposition during the meeting. Residents and community members expressed concerns about the rezoning proposal and specifically requested that the Council hold a public hearing to allow for broader community input on the matter. The opposition centered around the rezoning application itself, though the specific details of the proposed zoning changes and the nature of the community's concerns were not detailed in the available meeting materials. The primary outcome of the community involvement was a formal request for a public hearing, which would provide residents with an official forum to voice their concerns and ask questions about the proposed development. The item represents a typical example of local zoning disputes where community members seek greater transparency and input opportunities when land use changes are proposed in their neighborhoods. The request for a public hearing suggests residents felt the standard review process was insufficient for addressing their concerns about this particular rezoning application. ## Requested rezonings and docket approval [timestamp: 15:30] The Council addressed requested rezonings and docket approval during this agenda item, which included conducting a public hearing for a zone change proposal. Council Member Plowman and Council Member Lamb were the key speakers during the discussion of this ordinance. The item involved reviewing and considering approval of requested zoning changes that had been submitted for Council consideration. As part of the process, the Council conducted a public hearing to allow community input on the proposed zone change. This hearing provided an opportunity for residents and stakeholders to voice their opinions and concerns regarding the rezoning request before the Council made its final determination. Following the discussion and public hearing process, the Council voted to approve the requested rezonings and docket approval. The approval indicates that the Council found the proposed zoning changes to be appropriate and in compliance with the city's planning and development standards. The specific details of which properties were involved in the rezoning requests or the nature of the zone changes were not detailed in the available information, but the item followed standard municipal procedures for handling zoning modifications, including the required public hearing component to ensure transparency and community engagement in the land use decision-making process. ## Lease with LexArts [timestamp: 40:00] The council considered a lease extension with LexArts for the building located at 161 North Mill Street. Council Member Reynolds participated in the discussion regarding this contract matter. The proposed lease extension would provide LexArts with continued occupancy of the property for several additional months. This short-term extension was presented as an interim solution while ongoing discussions between the city and LexArts continue to develop. The council approved the lease extension, allowing LexArts to maintain their operations at the North Mill Street location during the extended negotiation period. The temporary nature of this extension suggests that longer-term arrangements for the property are still being evaluated by both parties. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Motion to approve requested rezonings and docket approval - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Motion to amend item F under new business items to increase the not to exceed amount of the issuance from $30 million to $32 million --- ## Full transcript ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Every light in the house is on I guess they're waiting on you and me I know I told them midnight Now it's almost daylight I could be losing more than sleep Oh I know they're in trouble Yes I do But I don't care about that I care about you I don't wanna be your daddy's favorite And I don't wanna be your brother's best friend No baby that's not the way This love story goes I'm not the answer to your mama's praying And I don't care what all your friends are saying I just wanna be the one you love the most ♪ Now we can blame it on the yellow moon We can blame it on a thousand stars We can tell them that we broke down Somewhere uptown Blame it all on the car Yeah there's a good story ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ We'll get started shortly. We are one short of a quorum, but the last council member is on his way, so we should, again, we'll start in a few minutes. Thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ready to get started. This is the September 24th work session of Urban County Council. First item on the agenda is a public comment for issues that are on the agenda. I have two people signed up. I can't read the handwriting. I'm sorry. Is it Sister Florence? Are these four items on the agenda, the two people who are signed up? If so, welcome, and we'll start with Mr. Pica. If you'd come to the podium, give us your name and address, and you'll have three minutes. My name is John Pica, and I am president of Saints Peter and Paul Regional Catholic School, and I'm at 423 West Short Street here in Lexington, 40507. So as a point of clarification, I wanted to find out if this is an opportunity to speak in opposition to something on the agenda or to request a public hearing on an item. So it's about a rezoning. If it's about a rezoning, this would not be an appropriate time to speak, although it would be an appropriate time to request a public hearing. Okay. Well, it's my understanding that others that are opposed to the zone change, specifically Mr. Bob Millward, is supposed to be sending an e-mail to our representative requesting a public hearing, I believe, for Thursday. And so my point is to make sure that folks know that there is opposition to that zone change and that we would request a public hearing on Thursday if possible. So just to be clear, this is the zone change that's before the Planning Commission at this point? It's 171 Sonier. It's on docket approval. It's on docket approval. On docket approval for today? Yes. Okay. So duly noted, you'd be requesting a public hearing on that issue. Thank you. Thank you. And the sister also wished to speak on that? Same thing. Okay. So we'll just note that you're here in support of that as well. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay. Is anybody else here to speak to items that are on the agenda? Okay. The next item on our agenda is requested rezonings and docket approval. Is there a motion to approve? Motion approved. I have a motion. Is there a second? Second. Motion second. Discussion on the motion? Council Member Plowman. It's not on this. It's not on this. Okay. Not on this. Not on rezoning. Council Member Lamb. I can. Do you want to take care of the zoning matters on the docket before you have walk-ons or does it matter to you? Well, let's take the rezonings first. And then we'll do walk-ons and docket. I'll wait then. So there's no... This is rezoning. Council Member Plowman. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I moved to place on the docket for a public hearing Tuesday, October the 22nd at 5 p.m., an ordinance changing the zone from a community center CC zone to an expansion area residential EAR2 zone for 16.53 net 17.14 gross acres and to an expansion area residential EAR3 zone for 8.09 net in gross acres for property located at 6600 Manowar Boulevard, Somute. Motion. Is there a second? The date was Tuesday, October the 22nd at 5 p.m. And we did check with most of... almost all the legislative aides on that date. The next Thursday is Halloween and then the next one is not until November. I have a motion. And a second. Discussion on the motion? Did we get a second? There is a second. And I see people signed up for discussion. Council Member Lamb. My question would be to double check with Division of Planning staff to make sure, because that seems a pretty quick turnaround. Is that time enough for notification and everything? I see a head nodding, but you probably should speak on the microphone for the record. Thank you, Vice Mayor Kaye. Council Member Lamb, that is enough time for us to send notice. It's about a month, so we'll have enough time to send it. Thank you. I always double check that. So, thank you. Okay. Council Member Ledsoe. Thank you. Anything works. I have a neighborhood meeting and a prior engagement, so I just don't want to commit that I can be there as a part of the total. That wasn't already in the books. Does anybody else wish to speak? Council Member Allengurl. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I, too, have a prior commitment on that date. Can we look at the 29th, by chance, instead of the 22nd? So you can't meet on the 22nd as well? No. Okay. Can I just get a show of hands, how many of you cannot be present on the 22nd? That's three of the ten of us who are here. Vice Mayor, we could try the 29th. On the 29th, just of the people who are present, how many people could not be here on the 29th? One. Can we amend your motion, if you're willing, to make it on the 29th? Sure. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Yes, I would like to amend my motion to have the public hearing on Tuesday, October the 29th, at 5 p.m. Motion to amend to the 29th. Any discussion on the motion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries now to the underlying motion, which is now on the 29th. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you. Any other zone-related motions? Council Member Cardin. Thank you, Vice Mayor. We're going to continue on the conversation and find another one here in just a second. I'm going to move to place on the docket item number eight an ordinance changing the zone from a high-density apartment, to a downtown-framed business B2A zone for .119 net acres for a property located at 171 Sawnyer Street, with a public hearing on November 12th at 5 p.m. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second for a hearing on November 12th at 5 p.m. Discussion on the motion? Have you? I have not. All right. Let me check again. How many people could not? November 12th. That's a Tuesday, November 12th. Tuesday at 5 p.m. Five o'clock. How many people could not be present? One, two, three. Let me keep searching here. So may I make a suggestion? Sure. Let's leave that motion. Since we have five council members who are not present, it's very hard to get an accurate idea about whether we'll have a sufficient number for the hearing. If we leave it there, and if it turns out when you check with other council members that you've got a problem, reschedule it. Would that be all right? I'll have Alicia send out a note for it today. It would be at 5 o'clock, yes. Okay, so. Would that work? Repeat. Sorry, I was listening over here. I'll have a note sent out about it today. Sorry, my initial was going to be on the 29th, but since we moved another one to the 29th, now we're. Got it. Okay. For the moment, it's going to be close again, but let's leave it on the 12th and see if we can get a sufficient number. We can leave it on the 12th and then take a poll. Okay. Okay. Any further discussion on the motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Aye. That motion carries. Thank you. Any further on rezonings? Okay. Then for the docket, if you have requests. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have a walk-on. Council Members, you should find it in front of you. I move to place on the docket for the Thursday, September 26, 2019, council meeting a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering, pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 18-51 to install traffic calming devices on Gibson Avenue between Devonshire Avenue and South Broadway. So moved. I have a motion. Is there a second? Second. I have a motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you. I have two walk-ons, please. One is a motion to place on the docket for the September 26, 2019, council meeting a resolution authorizing the mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeway Commission's Paula Nye Memorial Bicyclist and Pedestrian Education Program, and to provide any additional information requested in connection with the application, which grant funds are in the amount of $15,000 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds and are for the operation of a public education program to promote the safe use of streets and trails. And because of the timeliness of this, I will be asking for second two readings on Thursday night. Second. I have a motion to second. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. And the second one is I move that the work docket be amended to include an ordinance for neighborhood development funds in the amount of $1,125 for Parks and Recreation AmeriCorps program. This allocation was approved at the September 17, 2019, work session and inadvertently left off of the work copy docket. So move. Second. Motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Any further requests for the docket? Seeing none, all in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Next would be approval of the summary from September 17. Is there a motion? Second. So moved. I have a motion. Is there a second on the summary? Second. I have a second. Thank you. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. That will bring us to budget amendments. If you have a question about budget amendments, please log in. Council Member Ellinger. Is this on budget amendments? Budget amendments. I'll wait. Sorry. Okay. Council Member McKernan. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Director Martin, if you can come up for me on journal 119302 for Manchester Street. And I don't really necessarily have a question about the project itself, but if you can just talk about any upcoming events and what's been planned for talking with the businesses along Manchester or the neighborhood too, please. Okay. I can do that. We have a sewer project that will be starting on Manchester Street probably in the next 30 to 45 days. It will be from the overpass, the railroad overpass that's about midway out towards Forbes Road coming back towards Oliver Lewis Way. When Oliver Lewis Way was done, the sewer was replaced all the way up to the point to where the approach apron comes off the bridge. It wasn't done all the way down to where the railroad bridge is, and we've continued to have multiple problems with it. It is a very deep sewer. It's about 18 feet deep in some places. Old clay pipe is probably one of the oldest sewers in town given how close it is to the treatment plant. We've met with business owners in the distillery district. We met with them last week, briefed them on the project. They've given me some really good suggestions on things that we can do to kind of help with the outreach. We have a neighborhood meeting scheduled for the 14th of October to reach out to the residential folks that are there adjacent to that area. But it's going to be an ongoing thing. It's scheduled to last six months. We have a contractor in place. I think you've already given first reading to that, or you're about ready to. But it will be somewhat of a traffic impact that we're going to have to communicate with folks pretty regularly. Thank you. I know that we've had multiple conversations about this recently. I just thought any extra transparency will help on this and alerting of the neighborhood for those who can't make it on the 14th. So thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Brown. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Item on Journal 119171, Parks and Recreation, the mineral severance fund. Two questions, I guess. It says funds were remaining in fiscal year 2019 for these projects. But that's the first part of the question. Is that it just didn't get completed in the fiscal year? That's correct. And the funds did not get rolled at the end of the fiscal year. We've asked that they be moved forward. One of those is the Shillitoe dugouts. And based on their season, the time frame when you could complete the work is very short. The other question is, I guess it qualifies, but maybe somebody else can answer. How come this came out of mineral severance fund? Is that just a budgeting item? There's some stipulations on mineral severance fund on what you can use. So this is where council chose to put it as part of the FY19 budget whenever you all were making your decisions, reporting out the links and individual council member recommendations. But it qualifies out of this fund okay with no problem? Yes, it qualifies. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Anybody else? If not, I'll entertain a motion to approve the budget amendments. Motion in a second. Any further discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. What bring us to new business? If there are questions, council member Allinger. I think this is the right time. On number F, I need to make a motion to amend item F. Okay. I move to end. And this is brought to me through the administration. I see the executive director at Frankel's here. If you have any questions. I move to. I have a motion. Is there a second? I have a motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? Council member Kern. I'm not sure if your microphone was on with that. Yeah, I just realized that. Okay. Yeah. Could you hear me or do I need to repeat that? Point of order. Vice mayor. Yes, ma'am. We need to have a motion to approve the new business items before we have this discussion on the floor, please. Thank you. I have a motion and a second to approve new business. Any further discussion? That's why I didn't have my microphone on. I'm kidding. Exactly. Now can I amend that? Yes, sir. We'll try this again. Okay. Item F. I move to amend item F under the new business items which pertain to the Lexington Fayette Urban County Airport Board general revenue refunding bonds to increase the not to exceed amount of the issuance from $30 million to $32 million and to provide for the issuance of a revenue bond for the 2019 project so moved. I have a motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you. Council member Reynolds. Thank you, vice mayor. I don't know if this is for Ms. Conrad or someone else. On item H, about the lease with LexArts and the building at 161 North Mill Street. Could someone answer a question about this lease for me? Thank you. It says that it's fourth lease extension and then it's only for a few months. Could you go into that? That is correct. We usually determine that there are further discussions needed on terms and conditions of a lease, especially in this case since it's going to be potentially a ten-year lease. We provide as needed and as requested basis three-month extensions, same terms being kept as it is while we're working out the details. So we still got a couple of unresolved items that we're going back and forth. So this is the fourth, hopefully the last extension that's been asked for. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, vice mayor. Thank you. Council member Evans. Thank you, vice mayor. I have a question on item C. Mr. Burton, if you could just come give an update on where we are with the bridge. I think we might be a little bit behind schedule. We are. Unfortunately, KU has not completed all of their utility relocation work yet. We have a meeting with them this week to resolve an issue with an adjacent property owner. Once we get that resolved, they should finish up their move. It's still our goal to bid the project this fall. Initially, we had hoped to bid late summer and start this fall. It's looking more like bid this fall and start in the spring. Yep. Thank you. Council member Plowman. Thank you, vice mayor. Mr. Burton, I had a question for you as well. This is on number I. When I was reading this, it says the division of engineering. It's to do with the contractor was asked to perform work beyond the original scope of services, yet it is a deduct from the change order. I was just trying to figure out. It's just the nomenclature that's used. It's standard nomenclature. Because the original contract would have had them to do the duties that we actually took out as well. When you remove something, you still use the same language. I didn't understand that. While you're up here, I was curious on number G. How many bridges do we have? I just didn't know. I don't know, to be honest. Off the top of my head. The reason this comes up is the state, any bridges we have, the state does the biennial inspections for us. And if there are any issues with condition, then they reevaluate those and give us new recommendations for bridge postings. So that's what this is related to. I got that. I just didn't know. I don't have the number off the top of my head. Sorry. I can get that for you. Thank you, Mr. Burton. The last one is on J, item number J. And this talks to having enhanced services to employees for additional plan coverage. Can there be an explanation on what those enhanced services are? Sure. We added a second voluntary vision plan that is approximately, it has a higher benefit level than the lower level plan. And we, at the same time, we took out of the Anthem plan the standard I plan that was embedded in the Anthem plan. So now, once you sign up for the Anthem plan, and we'll tell this to everybody during open enrollment, if they want the vision plan, it's a separate standalone, and there's two levels of that. And before it was just the one level? Yes. It gets complicated. Oh, well, we'll find out about it when we do the open enrollment. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have four questions, and three of them were answered by my colleagues already, asked and answered. Number N is Mr. Maxwell. Yes. Could you tell me what that employee assistance program is and what that is? Sure. It provides for some counseling up to currently five to eight sessions of counseling for things such as marital counseling, any kind of grief counseling, those kind of issues that employees can go and get counseling for. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. I see nobody else signed up. We can vote on the motion to approve new business. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Brings us to continuing business and presentations. First would be the NDF funds. Is there a motion to approve? So moved. Second. A motion and a second to approve NDF. Discussion? Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I would like to make a motion to amend the line of LexArts for the purpose of assisting the Kentucky Youth Fest 2019. I would like to add $275 of NDF money to that, making it $1,000. And I so move. Second. Motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Brings us to the underlying motion to approval. Further discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Next would be the committee summary budget finance and economic development. Sure. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you. The chair called the meeting to order at 1 p.m. on August 27th of 2019. The committee approved the summary of the April 30th special budget finance and economic development committee meeting. Bill O'Meara, Rusty Cook, and Melissa Lugar provided an update of the city's financials for the first month of the fiscal year. Lexington's unemployment rate in July was 3.9%. Total expenses included positive variances of $250,000 under personnel and $1.3 million under operating. The total change in fund balance is a positive $1.8 million. Many members expressed concerns about the negative variance of $1.4 million in revenue when comparing current year to prior year, but acknowledged the limitations to draw conclusions from only one month of data. Secondly, the downtown Lexington Management District update and budget approval. The item was reported to the full council on September 10th to approve their fiscal year 2019-2020 proposed budget for the downtown Lexington Management District. The resolution approving the budget will be on the September 26th council meeting docket under second reading, which will be accompanied by a public hearing. Dudley Webb, board chairman of the Webb companies, talked about the economic impact of the city center development project. This is the first in a series of presentations featuring significant downtown and other developmental projects and their economic impact on downtown. No action was taken on any of the above. Lastly, Nan Plummer provided a presentation on the impact of LexArts in Lexington as one of its economic development partners. She summarized their impact in creating 1,185 full-time jobs and $32 million in local spending annually, but emphasized the true impact is improved quality of life. The committee discussed sustainability in reaching parts of Lexington beyond downtown. The meeting adjourned at 219. Thank you. Thank you. Next will be the committee summary for environmental quality and public works. Council Member Brown. Yes, I'll report out in absence of Council Member Farmer. The committee approved the April 23rd, 2019 committee summary. Charlie Martin, director of water quality, reviewed the list of various division of water quality projects around Lexington. There was no action taken on this item. Another item, Greg Lubick, stormwater section manager in the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works, provided an update on the stormwater priority list. There was no action taken on this item. And the next item on the agenda, Chris Smith, governmental affairs manager for Metro Net, provided an update on the fiber optic installations throughout Lexington. And also there was no action taken on this item. The meeting adjourned at 253. Thank you. That will bring us to council reports. If you have a report, please log in. Council Member Plowman. Thank you. Last Thursday, we had our Breaking the Bronze Ceiling event, and we had our four finalist judges to attend, and they showed their maquettes, and we had a pretty good attendance. And Friday morning, we had our judges panel, which were made up of different art professionals in the community, and the finalist was selected. We're waiting until we work out the contracts, and then we can make that announcement. But also, FYI, we have raised $310,000 out of our half-million-dollar goal, so that's exciting. Another thing I wanted to mention, last night Farm Bureau hosted what they call their legislative dinner, and it's an appreciation for elected officials. And we had folks from Frankfurt, the representatives and senators. We had judges there, and, of course, our council members were there. We had, let's see, Vice Mayor Steve Kaye, council members Amanda Bledsoe, James Brown, not James Brown, Fred Brown, and Jennifer Reynolds, so thank you for attending. It was a nice event. And I am hosting my first-ever Pizza with Public Safety event in two weeks, and since we're not here next week, I thought I'd announce that. It's going to be at the Eastside Branch Library. It will be from 6 to 8, and this is for the Blackford neighborhoods, the Glen Eagle home place, and Waterstone apartments out there. And last but not least, there will be an actual hiring event out of our Division of Community Corrections out on Old Frankfurt Circle. It is this Saturday, and you can learn about the facility, take a tour, fill out the application, complete the pre-appointment testing, all while enjoying a complimentary lunch, and that's this Saturday. That's it. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have two things. One, I participated in the LexTran Bus Rodeo this past Saturday, and there were several other government colleagues that were there and which I really appreciated. Just for the information, the LexTran Rodeo showcases the superior driving skills of LexTran bus drivers only being eligible to compete after having first met a series of strict criteria from LexTran. The top finisher of the LexTran Rodeo then moves on to compete in the American Public Transit Association International Bus Rodeo against other top finishers from around the country. The top finishers this year were Anthony Angelicchio was in third place, Randy McDonald was in second place, and the winner again this year was Mike Burnett. Congratulations to all the winners and incredible drivers. It's a pretty amazing course to watch them drive through the big buses. The other thing is that Lexington's second annual tree week is coming up next month for October 12th through the 19th. The week is a celebration of how Lexington's trees impact our lives. There will be a lot of fun-filled activities including community tree plantings, tree walks, tours and hikes, educational programs for youth and adults, art, poetry and music events, outdoor yoga, shame they couldn't add goats to that, goat yoga, community workshops and seminars, the Kentucky Tree Climbing Competition and more. Information is available online by looking up Lexington Tree Week or Urban Forest Initiative. And also we will be looking for volunteers for tree planting on October 12th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Meadowbrook Park that's off of, it's off of, sure it is. No, it's not off of Wilson Downing. Thank you very much, Mr. Brown. It is off of Tiverton. And it's, so it will be, I'm looking for volunteers so hopefully we'll have a lot of people come that morning. I think there's about 200 trees in that park to plant. And so October 12th from 9 to 12 in the morning and we'll plant some trees. So thank you very much. Thank you. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have a number of exciting announcements. First, this Friday night kicks off the Freaky Friday Flicks series at Moondance. And this year we're doing the Harry Potter series. So there will be a movie each week in addition to s'mores and games. The pre-show starts at 6, movie starts at 7. It's a lot of fun. I hope you bring your kids out there. And then on Saturday at Moondance is the Kidchella. It's the first kids-centric arts and music festival in Lexington. It's going to be from 10 to 3. They'll have live music for kids, hands-on art projects and activities. Again, it's a free event, which should be fantastic. The Hillandale Neighborhood Association is hosting their fall festival also on Saturday from 2 to 5 at the Hillandale Park. They're going to have inflatables, music, and a fire truck, so you don't want to miss that. And then Sunday is the Kids Club Special Needs Expo at the MC Suite. Their office, their kids club is actually in the 10th District, but they're doing a huge expo at the MC Suites on Newtown Pike from 1 to 5. It's a free event to connect families and providers with special needs resources in the Bluegrass area. There's lots of family activities, including a photo booth, but also a sensory room and some private areas. So if you know somebody or you have a family member in special needs, that's where you need to be on Sunday. And I just want to mention a couple things from last week. Lexington hosted Springfield, Missouri for their leadership trip, if you will, which a number of us were at their reception. And it's always neat to hear other people talk about your own city. It was fascinating to hear what they loved about Lexington, and it was just really nice to host them. And then a bunch of us participated in the Shillitoe build. I know Council Member Saadi and myself, Council Member Morales. The park staff were incredible. I was only there two days, and the number of people who talked about they had practically been living at Shillitoe last week to get it to a place on Sunday where kids could play, at least in the first section. One, I just want to recognize every one of them. Michael in plumbing was great with me. I used an impactor. I loved it. But I had never used a router before, and I got to use a router. So if you see on the right side of some of those playgrounds, they're custom is what we called them, custom, because they are not identical. That's all I'll mention about that. But at least now I had the privilege of doing that, and my son joined me, and he enjoyed calling them custom as well. So I just want to say thank you. As much as we were wondering if anybody would come to the community build and how it would work, I thought it was fantastic. The number of nonprofits and business sector people who brought teams to be there, it was actually a really neat experience. So hats off to the team for doing it. I hope they know how much we appreciate all the extra effort they put in to make that happen. So thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Worley. Thank you, Vice Mayor. A bit of personal privilege and an announcement I'm excited to make. Some of you may have seen on my Facebook page, but they announced the arrival of the 7th District newest and one of my favorite constituents. My nephew, Leif James Owen, was born early Friday morning. We're so excited that he's here. Leif is L.J., as we're going to call him. He's named for his great-grandfather, former circuit judge L.T. Grant, and his grandfather, Andrew James Ryan. Mom and L.J. are now home, doing great, and I wish his parents, Grant and Sidney Owen, congratulations. I love them so dearly, very happy for them, and absolutely delighted to have L.J. with us. So thank you. Thank you. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have a bunch of announcements, so bear with me. We don't have meetings next week, so I'm going to give all of them. Tonight is the Piccadilly Neighborhood Association meeting at SCAPA, and that will be at 7 p.m. Several of the nearby principals will be speaking. I'll be sharing briefly, and so that is going to be a good conversation. And then tomorrow at 6 p.m., from 6 to 7, at Village Branch Library, I will be doing my monthly conversation with your council member. So I will give a brief update and then hear from people and answer any questions that I can. I'm going to plan on rotating the location of that, so next month it will be at Good Foods Co-op, and then afterwards back at Village Branch to get both sides of the district. Then Thursday at 10 a.m., the feeder's supply is having their ribbon cutting of their new location on Harrodsburg Road in the 11th district. So come on out at 10 a.m. on Thursday for that. And then on October 1st, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Village Branch Library, they will be having their big celebration for their 15th year anniversary. So that will be a good time. If you live in the community, come on out for that. And then I'm hosting a community-wide picnic for the whole district with Representative Joe Gravis out in Village, I'm sorry, not in Village Branch, in Valley Park. It will be at 5 p.m. and on October 5th. And we are going to have a conversation about our community, about our safety. We're going to go over some of the results of the Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association survey. So it will be a really good time and a great opportunity to really connect with your neighbors. So I hope anyone in the district is welcome, and I hope that you'll come out for that. So thank you very much. Thank you. Councilmember Evans. Thank you, Vice Mayor. This is triggered just based on Councilmember Plowman's trying to get a quorum. I wanted to let people know that I will be hosting the sixth district-wide meeting. That will be October the 22nd, hence not being able to attend. So sorry for that. At 6.30 over at the Eastside Public Library, I believe the mayor is scheduled to attend as well. I will be there giving some updates, and then we will also have a guest speaker talking about the census. A couple of speakers, perhaps, talking about the census. So, of course, it's sixth district specific, but anyone that is interested in the census and learning about what it really means and how that information is used, please feel free to come. That's October the 22nd at 6.30 at the Eastside Library. Thank you. Thank you. I see nobody else signed up for council reports. That would allow us to move to the mayor's report. Is there a motion to approve? So moved. I have a motion. Is there a second? Second. A motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed? That motion carries. That will take us to public comment for issues not on the agenda. I believe there's nobody else signed up. I would then entertain a motion to adjourn. Second. Without objection, we stand adjourned. Thank you. It came on overnight. I must have held you too tight. Last night and called the church of your love.