# Rural Land Management Board - February 26, 2020 > Auto-transcribed civic record · February 26, 2020 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/4958 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/4958?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2020-02-26 - **Last revised**: February 26, 2020 - **Length**: 908 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 Rural Land Management Board convened on February 26, 2020, at 3:30 PM in the Council Chamber. The meeting addressed three agenda items, including the approval of previous meeting minutes and consideration of a housing request for agricultural property. During the session, the board took three votes and heard no public comments. The board approved the minutes from their December 18, 2019 meeting and granted approval for Farm 27-2002, a housing request submitted by David and Kelly Baugh. The meeting concluded with a closed session for informational purposes. ## Votes and Decisions The meeting included three recorded votes, all conducted by voice vote and all passing unanimously. **Approval of December 18, 2019 Minutes** [timestamp: 00:00] The board voted to approve the minutes from their December 18, 2019 meeting. The motion passed by voice vote with no opposition recorded. **Housing Request for Farm 27-2002, David and Kelly Baugh** [timestamp: 00:00] Phil Meyer made a motion regarding a housing request for Farm 27-2002 submitted by David and Kelly Baugh. The motion passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition. No second was noted in the record. **Motion to Enter Closed Session** [timestamp: 00:00] The board voted to enter closed session, with Elizabeth providing the second to the motion. The motion passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition. All three votes were conducted as voice votes rather than roll call votes, so individual member positions were not recorded. No vote counts, abstentions, or conditions were documented for any of the motions. The meeting record indicates unanimous passage for all items brought to a vote. ## Approval of the December 18, 2019 Minutes [timestamp: 00:00] The board reviewed and approved the minutes from their December 18, 2019 meeting. The agenda item was handled as a routine administrative matter with no recorded discussion or debate from board members. The minutes were approved without any amendments or corrections noted in the meeting record. ## Farm 27-2002, David and Kelly Baugh – Housing Request [timestamp: 00:00] The board considered a housing development request from David and Kelly Baugh for their property designated as Farm 27-2002. Phil Meyer served as the key speaker presenting information about the proposal. The Baughs sought approval to develop housing on their farm property. While the extracted data indicates this was a discussion item that resulted in board approval, specific details about the nature of the housing development, the number of units proposed, or the location specifics within the farm property were not captured in the available materials. The board ultimately approved the Baughs' housing request, though the discussion details, any conditions attached to the approval, or concerns raised during deliberation are not documented in the provided information. ## Closed Session [timestamp: 00:00] The board entered into closed session to discuss the potential acquisition of a real property interest. Elizabeth served as the key speaker during this portion of the meeting. The closed session was conducted in accordance with applicable open meeting laws, which allow governing bodies to meet privately when discussing certain sensitive matters, including real estate acquisitions. Such discussions are typically kept confidential to protect the public entity's negotiating position and prevent speculation that could affect property values or acquisition costs. No specific details about the property under consideration, its location, or the terms of the potential acquisition were disclosed in the public portion of the meeting, as is standard practice for closed session discussions. The session was informational in nature, suggesting that board members received briefings or updates on the matter rather than taking formal action. Following standard procedures for closed sessions, the board likely received information from staff or legal counsel regarding the property acquisition opportunity, including details about the property's characteristics, potential uses, financial considerations, and any legal or procedural requirements for moving forward with the acquisition process. The outcome was classified as informational, indicating that no formal decisions or votes were taken during the closed session. This suggests the discussion served to update board members on the status of acquisition discussions or to provide them with necessary background information for future decision-making. Upon conclusion of the closed session, the board would have returned to open session to continue with the remainder of their public meeting agenda. Any formal action related to the property acquisition would need to be taken in open session at this or a subsequent meeting, in accordance with transparency requirements for public agencies. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of the December 18, 2019 Minutes - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Housing Request for Farm 27-2002, David and Kelly Baugh - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Motion to enter closed session --- ## Full transcript and i'm going to call the meeting to order we do have a quorum um let's quickly while we have that um last time we could not approve the december minutes and as you noted in what beth sent us Because we didn't have a quorum for January, we don't have minutes, but we did have a summary of the meeting for you all to look at. We will, those are approved. I've looked at those and we will be posting those online as we do our minutes. But for the December minutes, the chair will entertain a motion to accept those. So moved. Second. Motion's been made and seconded. Are there any questions? Or additions, deletions in those? If not, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Does everybody have their screen working? If you could work. As far as our new business, the Balls are here again. Thank you. Again, we apologize for not having a quorum last time. As you'll recall, those of you who were here, David and Kelly Ball had asked about building that arena. And, Beth, do we need to go into the complete presentation? Or shall I just ask, most of you were here last time, who are here again today. Are there any questions about that? Anyone have questions for Mr. Ball, who is here? No? Then the chair will entertain the motion to allow the balls to please proceed as planned. Phil Meyer made a motion. Is there a second? Will seconded. All in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. It is working. There. So, all right, the motion passes. Thank you, and thank you again for attending more than once. Would she like to come say anything to us? I like cows. Okay. Our equestrian there had a comment. All right. Thank you. Thank you all. Now, pursuant to KRS 61.8101B to discuss the potential acquisition of real property interest, we're going out of order a little bit today because we have some people who will need to leave as soon as possible. So before we talk about our chair report and our budget request, we're going to go into closed session to talk about property acquisition. Do I hear a motion to that effect? So move. Motion's been made. Second and seconded by Elizabeth. All right. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. All right. These are not. There you go. It's kind of slow to come up. Thank you. We'll go into closed session, and we'll ask you all to leave the room while we discuss this. We need to discuss the budget for next year. Beth has passed out the pages for budget request. And the chair will, this is on your agenda, number six on your agenda about voting for the request for the budget for this upcoming year. Does the chair, will entertain a motion? Do I hear one? I'd like to make a motion. Yes. That we request $2 million from the council for fiscal year 21. Motion has been made by our treasurer to ask for $2 million. Is there a second? Second. Motion's made and seconded. I don't know if these will work or not. Let's just all say. Okay. They're not turned on now. There you go. All right. It's unanimous. Now, moving on to save time, I just will say quickly that Beth and I have been working on the next on the agenda for our reports. we have been working on, and I'll give her my report, and she can put it in the minutes. We do have, we've been meeting with what we have been calling the stakeholders. The Bluegrass Trust and the Farm Bureau and the Fayette County Neighborhood Council and the Alliance, we are going to try to meet on at least once a month the directors and the heads of those organizations at least once a month to try to coordinate our efforts about what we're doing and what to encourage and educating one another about that. And so far it's been very successful. And I wanted to say that I was really delighted that everybody was willing to do that. And the tenant home issue that has been brought to us, we've gone to the council. We told you that last time. And Beth and I went on to the planning commission, and Headley was there, and that's in progress. So hopefully they'll be getting some drafts within the next month, and we're moving on that. And Beth and I have had, we're having rural land management questions, and it is one of the reasons that it's important we try to come is because every time it looks like we're going to have things we're going to be voting on. Anything else we need to tell them? Oh, we did go to the neighborhoods in transition. Beth made a great presentation, and we were there to answer questions. They did have a lot, and it's back to what Jennifer just said. It's going to take a lot educating the public about what this program really is, that we're not in competition, and that our area out there is not just green space, that it is a working economic development so important to this community. So other than that. I think you've covered it. We're good. Anything else? All right, I will entertain a motion for adjournment. He leaves second and second. Thank you.