Thank you. ¶¶ Thank you. Thank you. We'll be right back. Thank you. Everyone, I would like to go ahead and call to order the December 7th council meeting. And I'll ask, we do have a quorum, so I will ask our clerk to call the roll. Yes, ma'am. Miss LaGree? Yes. Mr. McKern? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Here. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Here. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Mr. Koiber? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Lamb? Here. Thank you. Thank you very much. We have a quorum. And tonight, I'd like to welcome to the podium the Reverend Dr. Charles Halton. He is the Associate Rector at Christ Church Cathedral. Welcome. And he's going to give our invocation. Thank you. Well, on behalf of the people of Christ Church Cathedral, a people committed to prayer in action here in downtown Lexington, I want to thank all of you for inviting me here to be with you tonight. as you engage in the good and holy work of caring for all the people of the city of Lexington and Fayette County. And as you do that good and holy work and build up God's new world, let us be guided by the words of the prophet Micah from the Hebrew scriptures. God has told you, O human, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God. Let us pray. Oh, Holy One, we ask that you would be with this council and everyone present here today, that they would have the wisdom and compassion to make decisions that would enable all the residents of this city and county to flourish and live in safety. May their discussions be filled with grace and love. May they promote justice for all, and may they discern next steps that they should take with clarity, compassion, kindness, and humility. Amen. Thank you very much, Dr. Halton. And now I'll ask our clerk to go ahead and give second reading to ordinances. Yes, ma'am. Ordinance number one. An ordinance expanding and extending the full Urban Services District Number 1 for the urban county government for the provision of street lighting, street cleaning, and garbage and refuse collection to include the area defined as certain properties on the following streets. Angus Trail, Barley's Pass, Bob White Court, Calendula Road, Case Way, Clematis Way, Casimo Way, Dawson Springs Way, Feather Sound Way, Feliciana Lane, Forest Hill Drive, Foster Drive, Haley Rose Way, Holly Shock, Drive Lorenzo Way, Peninsula Way, Pierro Way, Sindersville Road, Silver Spring Drive, Snowy Egret Way, Squares Circle, Sunny Landing Trail, Tanksley Way and Wildflower Way, item two. An ordinance expanding and extending partial urban service district three for the urban county government for the provision of garbage and refuse collection to include the area defined as certain properties of the following street. Livingston Lane, item three. An ordinance expanding and extending partial urban services district number five for the urban county government for the provision of street lighting and garbage and refuse collection to include the area defined as certain properties on the following streets. Aberdeen Drive, Brigadine Parkway Park Brookview Drive Greenbrier Road Jessalyn Drive Starling Drive Wallace Court and Woodstock Circle item 4 an ordinance changing the zone from an interchange service business zone B5P zone to a highway service business B3 zone for 2.47 net 3.5 gross acres for property located 2275 North Broadway North Broadway LLC council district 6 item 5 an ordinance changing the zone from a wholesale warehouse business before zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 0.84 net 2.51 gross acre for property located 2670 Sanderville Road, Clark Central LLC, Council District 2, Item 6. An ordinance amending seven of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating reappropriating funds. Fiscal year 2022, Schedule number 24. And Item 7. An ordinance amending section 1729 through 1729.5 of the code of ordinances related to permits for outdoor cafes as follows. And make section 1729 of the code to define on street parking and to include the term in the definition of outdoor cafe amending section 1729.1 of the code to create a permit for the use of on street parking as part of an outdoor cafe and to require any furnishings or objects used by the permittee to be removable from and cannot damage. On street parking locations amending section 1729.2 of the code to require a scale drawing or plan for all applicants and proof of approval by the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority. To use on street parking as part of a business's outdoor cafe to clarify that the administrator may request review of applications from divisions as it deems necessary. And to amend the fee structure for outdoor cafe permits to include the separate permit for use of on street parking. As part of a business's outdoor cafe amending section 1729.3 of the code to include as prohibited conduct failing to keep water inlets. cleared of debris, trash and refuse, failing to erect trashworthy barriers if utilizing on-street parking, and failing to pay any fees required by Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority, admitting Section 1729.4 of the code to change references from Lexington and Fayette Urban County Special Events Commission to the Urban County Government in relation to the authorization of community or special events for which the administrator may suspend or modify the terms of existing outdoor cafe permits to accommodate the events and to require the approved outdoor cafe plan be posted or visibly displayed on the premises, creating section 1729.45 of the code to allow administrator to promulgate regulations not inconsistent with section 1729 through section 1729.5 of the code, and then section 1729.5 of the code to include failure to pay fees required by the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority for use of on-street parking, failure to avoid crash-worthy barriers when using on-street parking as part of a business's outdoor cafe, and failure to abide by the regulations promulgated by the administrator as reasons for denial of revocation, suspension, modification, or conditional approval of an outdoor cafe permit and to clarify when furnishings and vestiges of businesses may be removed by the urban county government upon revocation of a permit and amending section 1729 through 1729.5 to include gender neutral references throughout and to provide the current name of the department of environmental quality and public works. And item eight, an ordinance redistricting the districts of the members of the Lexington Fair Urban County Council. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? How about a second? All right, thank you, Councilmember Ellinger and Vice Mayor Kaye. And when you're ready, if you will please take a roll call vote. Yes, ma'am. Ms. Legree? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kuiber? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Thank you, those all pass. And when you're ready, if you will give first reading to ordinances. Yes, ma'am. Item number nine, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one unclassified position of ARPA project manager, grade 528E, in the office of the chief administrative officer and creating one unclassified position of financial coordinator, grade 516N, in the divisional grants and special programs with a term expiration date of December 31, 2026, unless extended effective upon passage of counsel. Item 10, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one vacant classified position of administrative specialist, grade 513N, and creating one classified position of Senior Budget Analyst, Grade 522E, in the Division of Budgeting, including one classified position of Program Manager Senior, Grade 524E, in the Division of Environmental Services, effective upon passage of Council, Item 11. An ordinance amending section 1489 of the Code of Ordinances relating to towing to amend the notice requirement from one hour to two hours amending section 1492 of the Code of Ordinances relating to towing to amend the retention of receipts from one year to two years and amending the entities entitled to receive the towing invoice upon written request to include a law enforcement agency, the attorney general, a prosecuting attorney, disabled vehicles owner, or lien holder, or individual involved in the underlying collision, or his or her representative, amending section 1494 of the code of ordinances related to towing to delete maximum charges and replace it with rate sheet posting requirements, amending section 1491.3 of the code of ordinances related to towing to delete the section and replace it with a phone number for contact of the towing company outside of business hours and return call provisions. Item 12. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing three vacant classified positions of staff assistant, grade 508N, creating one classified position of assistant record custodian, grade 510N, and one classified position of staff assistant senior, grade 510N, in the division of police, effective upon passage of counsel, item 13. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one vacant unclassified position of administrative specialist part-time, grade 516N, and creating one classified position of safety and loss control specialist, grade 520E, in the division of human resources, effective upon passage of counsel, item 14. An ordinance amending section 2253.2 of the code of ordinances increasing the starting pay of the traffic school guard to $15 per hour effective January 3, 2022. In item 15, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair-Urbing County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds of fiscal year 2022, schedule number 25. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons? All right. Are there any suspensions to give second reading? Councilmember Fred Brown. I've got a question from law on which ones we might be able to do it. We can do all except 15. It has a budget amendment with it. Okay, then I would suspend the rules for 9 through 14. Second. All right, thank you very much. Councilmember Ellinger seconded that. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. If you will go ahead when you're ready and read all but 15, which has a schedule. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Item 9, in order to submitting the authorized range by creating one unclassified position of ARPA project manager, grade 520E, in the office of the chief administrative officer, and creating one unclassified position of financial coordinator in grade 516N in the division of grants and special programs, with a term expiration date of December 31, 2026, unless extended effective upon passage of council. Item 10. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one vacant classified position of administrative specialist grade 513 and in creating one classified position of senior budget analyst grade 522e in the division of budgeting and creating one classified position of program manager senior grade 524e in the division of environmental surfaces effective upon passage of council. Item 11. An ordinance amending section 1489 of the code of ordinances related to towing to amend the notice requirement for one year to two years, amending section 1492 of the code of ordinances related to towing to amend the retention of receipts from one year to two years and amending the entities entitled to receive the towing invoice upon written request to include law enforcement agency, the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney, a disabled vehicle owners or a lien holder or an individual involved in the underlying collision or his or her representative amending section 1494 of the code of ordinances related to towing to delete maximum charges and replace it with a rate sheet posting requirement. Amending section 1491. Three of the code of ordinances related to towing to delete the section and replace it with a phone number for contact of the towing company outside of business hours and return call provisions item 12. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing three vacant classified positions of staff assistant grade 508 n creating one classified position of assistant record custodian grade 510 n and one classified position of staff assistant senior grade 510 n all in the division of police effective upon passative counsel item 13. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one vacant unclassified position of administrative specialist part-time grade 516 n and creating one classified position of safety and loss control specialist grade 520e and the division of human resources effective upon passive council and item 14 and ordinance meeting section 22 53.2 of the code of ordinances increasing the starting pay of the traffic school guard to 15 an hour effective january 3 2022. thank you thank you council member ellinger is there a second second thanks vice mayor and when you are ready if you will take a roll call vote please yes ma'am Ms. LeGree? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kaye? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you very much. Those all pass, and when you're ready, if you'll give second reading to resolutions, please. Yes, ma'am. Item one, a resolution accepting the bid of Jave LLC in the amount of $165,607.23 for Clemens Road Bridge repair for the Division of Engineering and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Jave LLC related to the bid. Item 2, a resolution accepting the bid of Drellis Shack and Drellis Shack Incorporated DBA Pro Tech Sales, establishing a press contract for respiratory protection system for the Division of Police. Item 3, a resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Clarence McCoy, Storrs Clark, Grade 508N, 13.760, hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective November 10, 2021. Kyle Spivey, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 512N, 17.510, hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective November 3, 2021. Item 4, a resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase supervisory control and data acquisition, SciTech Historian Support Services for the Town Branch and West Tickman Wastewater Treatment Plants and Pump Stations from Advantage Industrial Automation, Incorporated, Soul Source Provider, at a cost not to exceed $46,249.50. Item 5, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Black Soil, Elmwood Stock Farm, Hi-Fi Farm, Homegrown Direct Lazy 8 Stock Farm, Rolling Fork Organic Farm, Root Bound Farm, and Sustainable Harvest Farm for the Fiscal Year 2022 Workplace Wellness CSA Farm Share Program at a cost-nuck-dote seed, a total of $60,000, item 6. Resolution, authorizing, and directing, and managing to execute volunteer income tax assistance, tax counseling for the elderly, partner sponsor agreement, and internal revenue service civil rights assurance and any related documents for the provision of the 2022 volunteer income tax assistant program at the Charles Young Center at no cost to the urban county government. Item 7. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with common sale and services for generators at a cost to exceed $3,266. Item 8. A resolution authorizing the division of police to purchase magnet axiom core from magnet forensic or social service provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with magnet forensics related to the procurement at a cost to exceed $3,550. Item 9, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement with NAVX Global Incorporated for the Office of Internal Audit to upgrade the LFUCG tip line to the NAVX Global Ethics Point platform at a cost to exceed $7,912.95. Item 10, a resolution authorizing the division of E911 to purchase Smart 911 Smart Prepare Public Safety Portal from Rave Mobility Safety, a sole source provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute any necessary agreement with Rave Mobility Safety related to the procurement at a cost to exceed $68,400. Item 11. Resolution pursuant to KRS 381.755, KRS 67A.060, and 901 KAR5090, authorizing the removal and relocation of graves in an abandoned cemetery located upon a property consisting of 22.35 acres located at 2671 Kearney Ridge Boulevard, Lexington, Kentucky, owned by Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey. Item 12. Resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute contract modification number four to the professional services agreement with CDP engineers incorporated for the design of town branch trail phase three project increasing the contract price by the sum of $16,200 from $121,680 to $137,880. Item 13. Resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if awarded. which grant funds are in the amount of $80,000 in federal funds under the 2021 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and offer the purchase of two passenger vans for the community paramedicine program, the acceptance of which will obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of $8,000 of the local matching, authorizing the mayor to transfer an etiquette of refunds within the grant budget. Item 14, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute amendment number one to an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to extend the period of performance for LexTrain to conduct a comprehensive operations analysis to June 30, 2022, and to accept $125,677 of additional federal funds from the COA, the exception which will obligate Lixitran to the expenditure of $31,419.25 as a local match, and authorizing the mayor to transfer to edicommer funds within the grant budget. Item 15. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your beginning government to execute an agreement awarded pursuant to RFP No. 34, 2021, with Strain Associates Incorporated for work related to the East Lixitian Trail Connectivity and Traffic Study at a cost not to exceed $150,000. Item 16. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement with Credit Bureau, Systems Incorporated, DBA, Ambulance Medical Building for EMS Billing Services, Item 17. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement with Axon Enterprise Incorporated and Flock Safety Group Incorporated for installation of camera systems, Item 18. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute agreements with Believing and Forever Incorporated $200 and LTMS PTSA YSC Care of 16th District PTA Incorporated $250 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost note to see this unstated. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Thank you, Council Member Ellinger. Is there a second? Second. Council Member Fred Brown, thank you. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Ms. LeGree? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? No on 12, yes on the rest. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Koiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you, those all pass. Now we're ready for first reading of resolutions. Yes, ma'am. Item 19, a resolution accepted in a bit of Bachman Auto Group is incorporated establishing a price contract for of relayed parts for the division of facilities and fleet management, item 20. Resolution accepting the bid of Wildcat window tinting establishing a price contract for auto and light duty truck accessories for the division of facilities and fleet management, item 21. Resolution accepting the bid of Davis H. Elliott Construction Company Incorporated establishing price contract for traffic signal installation repair for the division of traffic engineering, item 22. Resolution accepting the bid of Johnson Controls Incorporated in the amount of $34,514 for fire pump replacement at the government center for the division of facilities and Complete management and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute any necessary agreement with Johnson Controls Incorporated related to the bid. Item 23. Resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointment of Eric Merlino, municipal engineer senior, grade 520AE, 3238.96 biweekly, individual water quality, effective August 1, 2021. Tamara Hernandez-Serrano, public service worker senior, grade 509N, 15.286 hourly, individual water quality, effective July 6, 2020. and ratifying the council leave of Alexander Braun, public service worker senior, grade 509 N, 15.031 hour individual streets and roads from December 8, 2021 through March 7, 2022, item 24. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the University of Kentucky as manager on behalf of Eastern State Hospital for EMS Transport of Behavioral Health Patients, item 25. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Kentucky River Watershed Watch, Incorporated to provide services relating to water quality monitoring in the North Elkhorn Watershed. At a cost, nocturacy, $5,000, item 26. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement with Commerce Lexington Incorporated for the administration of the Accelerate Lexington Program for the chief development officer at a cost, nocturacy, $250,000, item 27. A resolution changing the property street names of 1686 Bryan Station Road to 1684 Bryan Station Road and changing the street name and property address from 1812 Versailles Road to 1824 Hill Rise Drive and 999 Winchester Road and 103 to 103 Hillcrest Avenue and amending resolution 324-2021 to amend item C from 560 Waveland Museum Lane to 550 Waveland Museum Lane. Effective all effective 30 days from passage item 28. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of your beginning government to accept a donation from firefighters charitable foundation of $300 for the purchase for purchasing intubation cameras for ECU units for the division of fire and emergency services item 29 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute changing order number one to the grant award agreement with griffin gate communities association incorporated for stormwater quality project decreasing the grant award by the sum of 245.21 from 10 293.20 to 10 047.99 item 30 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a certificate of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept a deed for property interest needed for the bobolink stormwater improvement project at a cost of $142.25. Item 31. A resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of your Buchanan government to execute a four-year lease agreement with Quadiant Leasing USA Incorporated through Central Business Systems Incorporated and authorizing her to execute any other documents related to this lease for electronic return receipt software for the Department of General Services at a cost of receipt $1,269.42 in fiscal year 2022. Item 32. A resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of your Buchanan government to execute an agreement order with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet to resolve permit violations at the Haley Pike Landfill and further authorizing the payment of a civil penalty in the amount of $6,000 to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Kentucky State Treasurer, Item 33. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a construction services agreement with Garland DBS Incorporated for the Material Recovery Facility Roof Restoration Project at a cost not to exceed $435,550, Item 34. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a partial release of easements releasing portions of sanitary sewer and utility easements on the property located at 3000 spurrow road item 35 a resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement awarded pursuant to rfp number 33 2021 with gresham smith for work related to the northeast new circle road corridor plan at a cost knocked out c 250 000 item 36 a resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of your mechanic executive executive amendment to an agreement with hope center incorporated under the emergency solutions grant programs to extend the period of performance through August 31, 2022. Item 37. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Virginia Government to execute a construction services agreement with Garland DBS, Incorporated for the Family Care Center roof replacement project, at a cost not to exceed $1,141,007. Item 38. A resolution declaring the property located at 161 North Mill Street as surplus and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair Urban and Virginia Government to execute any necessary documents for the transfer of 161 North Mill Street to Lex Arts Incorporated. And item 39, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute the vendor agreement and any other related documents with community action council for Lexington, Fiat, Burbank, Harris, and Nicholas Counties Incorporated to allow LexServe to receive assistance payments from the low income home water assistance program at no cost to the urban county government. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk ons? No. Are there any motions to suspend the rules? Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. Move to suspend the rules and give second reading to all. Second. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. When you are ready, if you will please give second reading to all of those. Item 19. A resolution accepting the bid of Bachman Auto Group Incorporated, establishing price contract for Chevrolet parts for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, item 20. A resolution accepting the bid of Wildcat Window Tuning, establishing price contract for auto and light duty truck accessories for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, item 21. A resolution accepting the bid of Davis H. Elliott Construction Company Incorporated, establishing price contract for traffic signal installation and repair for the Division of Traffic Engineering, item 22. A resolution accepting the bid of Johnson Controls Incorporated, in the amount of $34,514 for the fire pump replacement at Government Center for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urbicani Group to execute any necessary agreement with Johnson Control Incorporated related to the bid, item 23. A resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service deployments of Eric Molino, municipal engineer senior, grade 528E, 3,238.96 biweekly, in the division of water quality, effective August 1, 2021, Tamara Hernandez-Serrano, public service worker senior, grade 509N, 15.286 hourly, in the division of water quality, effective July 6, 2020, and ratifying the council leave of Alexander Braun, public service worker senior, grade 509N, 15.031 hourly, individual streets and roads from December 8, 2021 to March 7, 2022, item 24. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your American government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the University of Kentucky as manager on behalf of Eastern State Hospital for EMS Transport of Behavioral Health Patients, item 25. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your American government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Kentucky River Watershed Watch Incorporated to provide services related to water quality monitoring in the North Elkhorn watershed at a cost of $5,000. Item 26. A resolution authorizing and directing to Mayor on behalf of your McKinney to execute an agreement with Commerce Lexington Incorporated for the administration of the Accelerate Lexington program for the Chief Development Officer to cost $250,000. Item 27. A resolution changing the property street name of 1686 Bryan Station Road to 1684 Bryan Station Road and changing the street name and property address number of 1812 Versailles Road to 1824 Hill Rise Drive and 999 Winchester Road to 103 Hillcrest Avenue and amending resolution 324-2021 to amend item C from 560 Waveland Museum Lane to 550 Waveland Museum Lane, all effective 30 days from passage, item 28. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to accept a donation from firefighters charitable foundation of $300 for purchasing intubation cameras for EC units for the division of fire and emergency services, item 29. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a change order number one to grant award agreement with griffin gate community association for stormwater quality project decreasing the grant award by the sum of 245 dollars and 21 cents from 10 293 dollars and 20 cents to 10 047.99 i am 30. a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a certificate of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept a deed for property interest needed for the bobbling stormwater improvement project that it cost not to exceed 142.25 i am 31. a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the American Government to execute a four-year lease agreement with Quadiant Leasing USA Incorporated through Central Business Systems Incorporated and authorizing her to execute any other documents related to this lease for electronic return receipt software for the Department of General Services at a cost not to exceed $1,269.42 in fiscal year 2022, item 32. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the American Government to execute an agreed order with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet to resolve permit violations at the Haley Pike Landfill and further authorizing payment of a civil penalty in the amount of $6,000 to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Kentucky State Treasurer, Item 33. A resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of your McKinney Graham to execute a construction services agreement with Garland DBS Incorporated for the material recovery facility roof restoration project at a cost of not to exceed $435,550, Item 34. A resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of your McKinney Graham to execute a partial release of easements, releasing portions of sanitary sewer and utility easements on property located at 3000 Spur Road, Item 35. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 33, 2021 with Gresham Smith for work related to the Northeast New Circle Road Corridor Plan at a cost not to exceed $250,000, item 36. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an amendment to the agreement with Hope Center Incorporated under the Emergency Solutions Grant Program to extend the period of performance to do August 31, 2022, item 37. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of your mechanic to execute construction services agreement with Garland TBS Incorporated for the Family Care Center roof replacement project at a cost of $1,147,007 item 38. A resolution declaring the property located at 161 North Mill Street as surplus and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to execute any necessary documents for the transfer of 161 North Mill Street to Lex Arts Incorporated in item 39. a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute the vendor agreement and any other related documents with the community action council for Lexington, Fett, Burbis, Harrison, and Nicholas counties, Incorporated to allow LexServe to receive assistance payments from the low-income home water assistant program at no cost to the urban county government. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Councilmember Ellinger. As Vice Mayor Kay seconds. And when you are ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Okay, Ms. Legree? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes on all, recuse on 39 due to my employment with Community Action Council. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kluiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you very much. Those all pass. Council members, next are communications from the mayor, if I could have a motion, please. Thank you, Councilmember Plumman, Councilmember Sheehan. Are there any questions? All those in favor of approving, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And next are communications from the mayor for information only. Councilmember Bledsoe, okay. There are no police or fire disciplines. And, Councilmembers, now it's time for your announcements. Councilmember Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to take a few moments and talk about redistricting just for a quick second. From the very beginning, I didn't have concerns about particular precincts, if you will. My concerns and questions really involved around the process and the procedures. And my concerns in particular was some of the restrictions that the committee members felt like they could or could not decide. Meaning they didn't feel like they had the authority to decide. But those decisions really had an outcome on the rest of the conversations. From the very beginning to the very end. And we didn't really have a chance to talk about those issues. We really were given a final map to discuss. And I think there's been concerns raised about the members of the committee and their intentions. I think that does cause some maybe assumptions on some people's parts that maybe weren't assumptions on others. So to clarify all that moving forward, I'd like to place into a general gov a review of the discussions of the, a review of the regulations and guidances for redistricting moving forward. Is there a second? Second. Council Member Reynolds seconds. Is there any discussion of the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. Happy holidays. Thank you. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to, well, I'll start off with this. I have a development that's going in on Versailles Road, and there's a neighborhood behind it that's very concerned about a possible connection being made. And I think some of those people thought that I might be walking something on today, and I'm going to be walking it on after the break to keep Concord closed. And I wanted them to know that I was going to do that and that I would be talking with my colleagues about that, but that that would be after the break. And that there's still plenty of time to do that before the development goes through. They were concerned about that and a lot of people contacted me and we have a neighborhood meeting tomorrow to discuss it. But I just wanted to say that tonight in this meeting that they didn't have to worry and I would be doing that in the right amount of time. And then I wanted to mention in that regard, I called a meeting and it will be held at Village Branch Library this Saturday at 11 AM with the Housing Authority. And anybody from the 11th district that would like to go and see the development plan and what it will look like and anyone that has any questions, I called that meeting because I wanted people to feel like they knew what was happening and if they had a chance to voice their concerns and be involved with that. So that will be once again Village Branch Library this Saturday at 11 AM. And then I wanted to thank Home Instead and Whitney Villasana for inviting us to help pass out gifts to seniors in need at several different locations this morning. I was able to go to the Emerson Center and Christian Towers in my district. And it was very rewarding and I really appreciate their work. They've done that for Christmas every year for many years and so I wanted to thank them for that. And then I also want to thank our city employees, everybody for all their hard work. We have had two really crazy years. Feels like it's been one year, feels like it's been ten years. But it's been a lot of changes and a lot of challenges that have gone through our local government. And so I just want to thank everybody for their hard work and everything that they do every day. And I know that not all the city employees get thanked on a regular basis. And I just wanted to say that and happy holidays and happy holidays to my colleagues, to the mayor as well. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Worley. Thank you, Mayor. And we've got a good crowd here tonight, and I see the list in front of you. There's several people here signed up to speak. And so I just want to make sure those who know, I have a neighborhood meeting, previous engagement, that I will have to leave and not get to hear these comments. It's not that I don't want to hear them. I value all that you all have to say here, but I have an obligation with my constituents in the 7th District. So please don't see my leaving or my absences that I didn't want to hear what you had to say. And then while colleagues will all be together again Thursday, there will be several folks. This is technically our council, the start of our council break, and when we would normally make these sort of greetings. So I just say to all the city staff and all the employees, all of you, my colleagues, and all the constituents watching at home, happy holidays in your family's traditions and in my family's tradition. Merry Christmas. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. And I kind of want to join on the Merry Christmas parade as well. Just saying thank you, and we appreciate all the services that our city staff and employees provide to our city and our community. I think one of the things that kind of gets overlooked a lot of times is folks see us up here making decisions and representing the city, but it's truly our employees that make the city special, city government special. So the other thing I want to kind of note, and Council Member Worley said it, it's a good crowd that's here today. I think we're going to hear some comments in regards to the ARPA discussion that we've been having. I think we've been working to compile a list, but I think one of the things that's not always conveyed in the articles that relate to the ARPA discussion is there are a lot of items that are on the ARPA list for consideration that we all know that probably won't be funded through ARPA funds. I think we've talked about other accounts with the city as well as potential bonded capacity for some of these projects. And I think the reason that they're on the list and that we're talking about them now is because they have always been part and have come forward during the ARPA discussion. So they're on the list. But I think, you know, we try to be transparent through this whole process and continue to want that and encourage and appreciate everybody here tonight that may speak on that topic. So thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. If I can get through this without coughing. The Sarah Christian Village over on, excuse me, the Sarah Christian Village campus over in the Bella Wood subdivision on Bella Wood Drive there. having a drive-through nativity on December 16th from 6 to 8 p.m. And they are hoping that they will be able to have a good crowd come through. And they also are having a drive-through testing for COVID, which is something that's been going on for a while. But I just wanted to drop that in there, too. But the drive-through nativity, I thought, was a unique opportunity on December 16th from 6 to 8 p.m. And I will say that I do look forward to having the conversation in General Government Social Services Committee about the resolution and the guidelines. And that there clearly, from the 4th District perspective, there was no impropriety on anything. And I do look forward to having those discussions in this coming year. So thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I, too, would like to just shout out some happy holiday news to everyone. Just hope everyone is safe and hope everyone enjoys their family and the travels that we have to go through. It's been a tough year for this council. We're still wearing masks, supposedly. But we're still trying to stay safe and healthy. And as we continue into this new year, just wish everybody a Merry Christmas. Thank you. Thank you. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. As soon as I disentangle all the glasses and et cetera, and I just briefly want to echo a lot of what's already been said. This has been a very challenging year for council and for the city. I value the work that this council has done, my colleagues. We've been meeting more than certainly I remember ever in my 11 years on council. But as has been said, the real work of the city is done by our employees from top to bottom. We value what they do. We appreciate the efforts that they make. We have example after example of how well they serve this city, and it's appropriate, I think, to give them a big shout-out. At the same time, we're looking forward to the break, and I think everybody else is. So I wish everybody health, wealth, safety, and a happy holiday and a good new year. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Kloiber. Thank you, Mayor. Maybe we should rename this from announcements to just happy holidays. I think I want to echo that for everyone else. This last year has been amazing getting to know all of the amazing workers that we have right here in the government center. So it's been a pleasure to get to know you guys. You work hard and even though this is our last meeting of the year, I know many of you are still working going forward. But I want you all to have happy holidays and know that we're all thinking about you and we'll see you all in the new year. Thank you. Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. Earlier today, I wish everybody in the city who watches this, a lot of employees, a happy holiday. But now I like the citizens of Fayette County a happy holiday, especially the nurses and the first responders out there. We're not out of the woods. I just got a call from a friend of mine who just got his booster shot. he just tested positive at 102 degrees temperature with coronavirus. So I just want everybody to know hang in there during these holidays. I think we're going to have another tough time for the next six months I mean the next three months for this winter month. So I beg all of you all some of you that don't think it's real. It's real and it's not good. So please wear your masks. please stay away from people that are six feet because I don't think we're out of the woods and I just want to keep all of you all in my prayers and again all citizens I wish you all a happy holiday. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other announcements council members? All right. We are to public comment and we have quite a large list of folks who would like to speak And I'm going to apologize to you all right now. Some of the names are a little harder for me to interpret, so I'm sorry if I massacre your name. The council rules state that you need to come to the podium when I call your name, and you will state your name and your council district, and you'll each have three minutes to speak. and I'll be the timekeeper. So first on the list is, I believe, Ken, maybe Johnson? I'm sorry. Welcome. Thank you. If you'll state your name and council district, thank you, welcome. My name is Kenneth Jenkins, Council District 6. I'm here on behalf of seniors who are impacted by the COVID and are concerned with the relief funds and how they will be allocated. it. I depend on oxygen to live and I cannot work full time anymore. Excuse me. So it's very important for me to kind of stay abreast as to where things are being advocate allotted and how the funds are being used that are intended to help individuals like me. So I don't want to take up a lot of time. I just want to acknowledge that I am with KFTC, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth as well. I'm also with build. and we have a lot of concerns in Lexington. And I'm excited that we are in the company of people such as yourself that are empathetic and are showing promise that we are trying to make it through this. So thank you. please remember me and people like me when the funds that are intended for something goes in a different direction because a lot of us are depending on it for not only our livelihood but for life and so with that I'm going to close wish everybody a Merry Christmas. I've taken up and up your time. Thank you, and have a good day. Thank you very much. Next is Roy Harrison. Welcome. Thank you. Roy Harrison, 3rd District. In 2014, Lexington committed itself to effectively ending veterans' homelessness. Five years later, HUD and the VA declared that we were the first city in the Commonwealth to have achieved that milestone. That accomplishment is something everyone in the Chamber should be proud of and we should be proactive in applying the lessons from that experience in the broader fight against homelessness today. The administration, this council and our city's civic and religious organizations met this goal through a sustained and intentional effort to create a system to identify, assess, connect and permanently house veterans experiencing homelessness it's this background that informed the LFUCG homelessness prevention and interventions offices recommendations in its five-year strategic plan with the infusion of 120 million ARPA dollars we have a new opportunity to build upon the success and support the institutions that make up our continuum of care so far you have set aside four million dollars for homeless homeless shelter expansion but only 1 million for general homelessness initiatives, even as the men and women closest to the struggles of those experiencing homelessness have outlined nearly 5 million in programming requests. I strongly urge you to increase the amount earmarked for these homelessness initiatives so that we can actually make forward progress to end homelessness. As the veterans' experience shows us, ending homelessness requires direct and sustained engagement with the individuals and families who experience it. It requires case managers who sit side by side with our under-housed neighbors, hold their hands affirm their humanity and ably connect them to resources to address the specific challenges that lead to their homelessness it requires data collection case manager training and workforce development and education opportunities as well homeless shelters play a role in addressing homelessness on a night-by-night basis for some people but it's the services inside and around these shelters and in along the shelters and along the continuum of care that solve the root problem we are doing ourselves a disservice if we fail to take this opportunity to invest in solving these problems there are very Lexington specific ways to address homelessness with these funds I hope this council revisits the proposal of LFUCG homelessness prevention and intervention office and recalibrates your approach as you finalize budgeting of the ARPA funds expand upon your legacy of service by supporting the creative Lexington centric efforts to not just manage homelessness but effectively end it. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next is Richard Watson. Welcome. Good evening, Mayor Gordon and Councilmen and women. Richard Watson, I am from Mr. McCurn's district and thank you, sir, for your fine advocacy for the people of our district. I'm here this evening to advocate on behalf of our neighbors who find in their circumstances they must live on the streets. As pastor of historic St. Paul Catholic Church in downtown Lexington on West Short Street, I find that some of my most wonderful and incredible neighbors are the homeless. I, from my own experiences, have met, walked with them, shared their stories, and prayed and cried with them. At no fault of their own, for many of them, they find themselves in these circumstances. So I come today asking, as you take on this awesome, this incredible task of trying to discern, with many people pulling you in various directions with their projects, their pet projects, and I know many of them are very important, but as you discern how you will allocate all of the monies that are being given to our city from the American Rescue Fund Act, that you consider very seriously the plight of our homelessness. with evictions and so forth now increasing that population is growing i see my neighbors that live on the street every day they come to the back door of brossard house the rectory next door to saint paul church as we have done for decades to receive a bag lunch and that's where i get to know them best but i also see them sleeping in the nooks of the steps leading up to saint paul church I see them sleeping in all kinds of weather on our benches around the property. I was walking to lunch on Short Street on Saturday, and there was at least four or five homeless people living, making an area in front of a business on Short Street because that was the only place I'm sure they could find to be safe at that moment. So you've heard it said that a society's worth may be measured by how we treat the most vulnerable. I know you know that. You've also probably heard it said that people are more important than things. So there's a lot of things that this august council needs to consider. But please, in your deliberations, do not forget the homeless citizens, the men and women that have no one to speak for them but us. So I ask you in giving out those monies to not forget this population. They depend on you. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Richard Owen. Good evening, everybody. I'm Richard Owen, and I'm in Liz's council district. And I, too, am asking that you think very seriously about redirecting significant amounts of these federal monies into the homeless area. And I'm probably going to go five minutes instead of three, Mayor, but I have to say what I have to say here. I'm a 24-year veteran of the police department. I've been a 20-year member of NAMI, which you know is a national alliance on mental illness. and I helped with the initial startup of our Fayette County Mental Health Court and we've got to concentrate on human services that comes along with public safety police and fire human services they all wrap up together the unfortunately the homeless is having a huge negative impact on this community every place I go and I'm just going to give you some examples of those that surround me and the business people and the neighbors who I talk to. We have a pocket park, Johnson Heights Park, near my house, across the street from my house. And people who go over there tell me that they know I'm a retired police officer. They tell me they're scared of the homeless. We have a big problem with the homeless there. Sporadically, one month here, another month there, you may not have any problems for months, and then you get hit again. The homeless don't bother me except for their campouts there. Numerous people, including women and children, apparently are camping out there. I find children's clothing. I find diapers. I find all sorts of things when I break up their campouts. There's stolen property connected with them. There's substance abuse. We have uncovered needles. we have chemical agents and a lot of personal stuff that I deal with. So I can understand why the people are scared. This also ties in with David Coybird's project here with the grocery carts. The most recent camp out involved two girls who were pushing these humongously filled grocery carts into the park and I I stopped them nicely and talked to them, and they said, well, yeah, we have a campout up there. And I said, really? I said, I walked the park almost every single day, and I had not seen it. Well, this was the most sophisticated campout that you have ever seen. They had propane stoves. They had Jimmy rigged a toilet. They had a five-person tent. They had security. They had everything. They were nice enough to disband it for me and move on. and then I had to pay another homeless person to help clean up what they didn't clean up. So that's one of the- Mr. Owen, I'm so sorry. Your three minutes is up. I don't see how I can do this. It's too much. If we go away, if I move from the park over to- Well, if the council wishes to give you more time, we'll need a motion from council members. The rule is three minutes, so it's up to council. I'm asking for an additional three minutes. Maybe there's some important stuff you need to know because I know you don't know. Is there any motion? We approve three minutes. I'm sorry? All right. I hear a second from Council Member Plumman. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Okay. Thank you very much. You'll have three minutes. If we move over to Eastland Shopping Center, those of you that may be familiar with it, architecturally in the back there used to be a stairwell. The homeless began to camp out under that stairwell. The stairwell had to be totally demolished and a fence put up. The litter is tremendous. The trucking company that sits behind the U.S. Bank there, I spoke with the owner today, because I noticed he had chopped down four trees on the hillside outside of his fence, and I asked him why, because I had a suspicion why. He said, I chopped them down because the homeless were constantly sitting under my trees for shade during the summer, and I got tired of it. I got tired of the litter. I got needles on my property, and so on and so forth. The car lot next door there, the homeless are constantly taking over that car lot when no one is there. Downtown, fences have been erected where homeless have been, as you just heard the reverend. You see a homeless spot, and then all of a sudden the fence goes up. So that's that area there. I volunteered with the room at the inn at church, where we bring in several men during the cold winter months. And I interacted with them, and I found out they're from all over the country. And this may surprise you, so I started asking, well, why are you here in Lexington? And they said, because our vine services tell us that you have some of the best services for the homeless anyplace in the country. Let that sink in a little bit. So we almost need wraparound services, as you know. We need psychologists. We need substance abuse counselors. We need all sorts of people that they don't necessarily have now. The housing initiative that the urban county government has been involved in, the affordable housing, is fantastic. We just need, obviously, more of that and more of the wraparound services. and then very quickly when I was working security at our main library and I walked into the bathroom one time and one homeless person is taking a bath in our sink when he left he left all these live all these live bugs all over the place another one had problems with his bowels and you could track the trail from the bathroom all the way out onto the carpet. These are very real everyday problems that we're dealing with the homeless. We're doing a great job but we have a long long way to go. A lot of these people will not come off the streets because you cannot do drugs, you can't do alcohol in our shelters and a lot of them have PTSD for one reason or another and they will not come in that you can bring them in by their hand they won't stay. So we have a lot of complicated at issues here that got to be worked on. Otherwise we're going to look like the city of LA downtown. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for your time and the extra time. Thank you. Next is Martine Morton. Welcome. Hi. If you'll stay. Martina Morton. Do you want to keep your mask on or? Martina Morton. Okay. Wharton. Morton. Okay, Morton. Thank you very much. And I was here because I was asking for help. I have a 15-year-old daughter. We have been sleeping in my car for three months. And the whole three months, all I've been hearing is, we're going to help find you somewhere to move. We're going to help find you somewhere to go. And ain't nothing happening. and we had a hotel right now that a lady had put us in for 30 days. I got 24 more days left. Then after the 24 more days, where'd me and my 15-year-old go to go then? I don't have nowhere else to go. They won't take me because of eviction. They told me to make sure I had eviction to get somewhere to go, and I said I don't have no help at all. Thank you. I think before the meeting, I connected you with Commissioner Ford. He said he's going to have a lady try to call me tomorrow. Polly's going to contact you. All right. Thank you very much. Next is Jarmita Patton. Okay. Okay. Next is Tanya Fogle. Welcome. Tana Fogle first district James Brown is my councilman I heard each one of you say happy holidays as you get ready to approach the holiday season and go home but what I want to bring to your attention are the people who have already frozen and died on the streets that the media did not cover their deaths but we have those statistics right here in Lexington. The young lady that just spoke before me we have diligently been trying to help for the last week. We have made those calls to Polly. We have made those calls to the agencies that you all have set before us. And what she is on is this desperate wheel with a 15 year old that goes to Henry Clay. I don't know about you all but I haven't been able to sleep. Maybe you can sleep as you put up your trees and you go in your warm homes. And I'm not trying to demean anyone that sits on council. I'm just telling you what we face every day in life as we are trying to provide these services. We know about the Salvation Army. We know about the Hope Center. We know that the Salvation Army is planning to sell their building and move across the street. What we don't know are the statistics that the Housing and Homeless Coalition, how many people did they help last year? How many people have they helped this year? If you think for one instance that there is no homeless and housing situations going on and desperate situations, you're kidding yourself. We see this every day, I'm on the ground, grassroots organizing with the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, the Poor People's Campaign, the People's Campaign, the black faith leaders. We are marching to try to help individuals that are your citizens, our citizens. We have a right. I can't think about building a complex, a sports arena, when I know that these people are homeless. They're, she's in a hotel, but she doesn't have food. Her 15 year old is at school, but she doesn't have clothes, because the homeowner set all of their belongings out. See, there's situations that's going on that exceeds far beyond not having a place to live. Where is the sustainable housing? That's what I'm asking the city to, if you could just table this, what is the rush? Could you table it, go home for vacation, come back in January, and let's really dig into this. You guys should be asking for accountability for the people who are seeking more funding from the city council. You all should dig into, is this money really going to provide more services? Being sheltered is not the answer to permanent housing. I hope that we can help you. I'm ready to stand on the corner with a hat and a tin can and try to panhandle or something. There is no way that this family, and it's just not her, she represents thousands of Lextonians. for whatever reason, has fallen into hardship. And it is our duty as folks living in Lexington, not to be thinking about a sports arena on Coldstream, not to beautify Lexington, but to help the homeless, not to hide them, but to actually help them. Affordable housing, $19 million is sitting somewhere, 120 million is sitting somewhere else. And she's in a hotel with no food. Thank you so much. I know the council will not give me an extra three minutes, but that's okay. I've got some phenomenal speakers coming behind me. Thank you for your time and Merry Christmas. Thank you very much. Next is Melissa Jackson. Welcome. Good evening, council. I'm actually here as a business owner. I own a restaurant in the first district, Mr. Brown's district. I live in the sixth district. I'm not going to say what I was going to say about my business being located downtown. This is in regard to the funds and me asking you all to allocate as much as possible to our homeless situation here in Lexington. In addition to being a small business owner, my wife is a teacher here in Fayette County. And just kind of piggybacking on what these ladies spoke about. Give me one second, she sent me a note. She couldn't make it here tonight. So at her school, their population in particular is, a large majority of it is extremely underprivileged and they depend on government housing and section eight and so on. One of the units where a lot of her students lived was recently purchased. It's a, sorry, I'm very nervous, I've never done this before. So the families were evicted from this housing place. The rent that they had to pay, they raised it to $1,800. So we're talking about single mothers who have children, we're not talking about a high school. There's not four sorority girls living in an $1,800 apartment. These families were displaced and now the students have gone in different directions. Some are living in their cars. Some are in homeless shelters. My wife received a phone call today regarding a student that she had taught who's now at a different school, and they were going to put this child in special ed. And my wife said she doesn't need to be in special ed. She didn't go to school in kindergarten. She's only been half a year in first grade. She's lived in three different homes. So these are all things aside from people sleeping in doorsteps and me finding human feces around my restaurant and on my patio and things like that. The homeless issue is so much bigger, and it's not just people with drug addiction and alcohol addiction and even just mental health. It's just about a cycle that just keeps repeating itself, and especially with single parents and their children. And I'm asking that you all do as much as you can. I keep hearing this number of $120 million being put out there, that you consider where we can put that as a city to address the issues and try to provide long-term housing for families. so they don't have to move their children around to different schools. They don't have to live in cars, things like that. I also want to say, as someone who did receive funds from the city during COVID, I know that the city can help out a lot. I was able to retain all of my employees through the whole situation, and I'm grateful for that. So thank you. Thank you very much. Next is Reva Russell English. Welcome. Hi, my name is Reva Russell English. I live in the first district. Thank you, Mayor and Council. One of the reasons my husband and I moved into the neighborhood we live in on Limestone north of Loudon and inside New Circle eight years ago, was because we felt certain that we would not be able to plead ignorance there regarding any of the problems in our city. The home we purchased was also one of the only ones that we could have afforded. We could not afford that home today. Prices in our neighborhood, a census tract with an area median income of $25,000 in 2010, have in many instances more than doubled. And I don't think it's unrelated that drug use, homelessness, public fights and domestic violence, theft and gun violence have also increased as rent prices and home prices have. My neighborhood has a lot of unhoused people who live in it. Sometimes they use the bathroom in my yard, and why wouldn't they? The only public restroom in the area they were allowed to use is at Save-A-Lot, and They had to close it because somebody OD'd in there and died. Last Friday morning, an unhoused neighbor of mine died of an overdose on the front porch across the street from us. It's a property where Bryan Station middle school students wait for the school bus. For all I know, one of them found her. We take people to shelters, and we call ambulances when they ask us to or when it's clear that they need us to. We break up fights, and please don't say that we should call the police, because honestly, what would that do about the things that I'm talking about? We sometimes that people who are having a hard time sleep in our home when there is no cold or heat emergency that would allow them to go to a shelter. Because so far without exception every unhoused and insecurely housed neighbor I've met in my neighborhood drinks alcohol or uses illegal substances. And as you know that means they are not welcome at a single shelter in this town. We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to address homelessness and affordable housing needs here. A $120 million check given with the express understanding that I go toward alleviating those inequities and harms made worse by the pandemic. I've lived in my neighborhood for eight years and I can tell you with no uncertainty, the pandemic has made homelessness, drug use and ODs, gun violence, visible domestic violence and housing insecurity worse. There was a proposal made last week by Councilmember Sheehan to spend $5 million of the ARPA funds to address ending homelessness here. It is something we accomplished with unhoused veterans a few years ago. So we know it can work with enough money and political will. That proposal was scuttled and watered down, so that four million of it is now proposed to go to expanding two shelters, shelters that do not end homelessness. Then again, these shelters literally exclude unhoused people who use substances. If you want to give money to expanding shelters and recovery programs, okay. But why do that at the expense of a program that will address homelessness at its roots? My neighbors need housing. They need a safe and warm place to sleep. They should be able to take a shower. They should be able to use the bathroom in peace, read a book, play with children, cook a meal. All the things that you and I do when we go home. Our homelessness problem in Lexington is not unfortunate. It is a policy decision. It is your policy decision. And with these funds, you can change that policy decision in a meaningful way and address homelessness really, finally, here. And as you've heard, that will help so many of us in so many ways. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next is April Taylor. April? Okay. Next is Daniela. When you come to the podium, if you'll tell me your last name, I apologize. My name is Daniela DiGiacomo. Thank you. And this is Isabel. And which district are you in? We live in District 3 behind UK in the Chevy Chase area, and my council member is Hannah Legree. Thank you. And I am here as a newcomer to Lexington. I'm a professor at University of Kentucky. We moved here just two years ago, so two and a half years ago. We've been here mostly in pandemic. And I'd like to echo what Reva said and just to focus on the ways in which we know that the COVID pandemic has exacerbated inequality along many multiple lines. And we have this opportunity now to do something around how we can better support the unhoused in the community. And another gentleman said before, I think we measure ourselves as a community and a democracy and how we take care of others less fortunate. And I have not had opportunities. I do not live where Reva lives. I don't interact on a regular basis with the unhoused. But now I go to Gray Line Station, and I go to different businesses in the north side, and I see that inequality is not improving. And I'm worried about inequality amplifying through schooling and housing. And I think that in Lexington, I'm really proud to be a Lexingtonian. I'm so happy to move here from California. And I would like us to be a part of a community that takes really seriously the need to how we can think critically and deeply about how we can reallocate resources to support those who have less than us. And so I don't have as much history, and I also don't have my notes on me, but I would like to encourage us all to think about how to do that in a more sustainable and profound way and not as a sort of Band-Aid solution. Thanks. Thank you very much. Do you have anything? No. Okay. Next is Darian Kinder. Is Darian here? All right. Paul Murphy. Welcome. Hi there. Yeah, Paul Murphy. I'm District 3, and Helen Le Grease is my councilwoman. I'm a small business owner downtown. by the pavilion area and I just want to touch on the homeless situation down there which is you know it hasn't gotten better in the last couple of years and there's more and more new homeless people and I know they're doing drugs and they're drinking and all this and it's unfortunate but they're very aggressive they've got knives they're urinating they're doing the toilet and in public daytime you know it's it's just really not good you know my customers will walk on by the door they're getting harassed my staff are getting harassed and it's you know we call the 911 or the the non-emergency number and sometimes you know they're like are they what are they doing and nobody turns up so i you know it's like i just want to know like cleaning up the pavilion area because it's getting worse and worse it's like skid row some days you know to be frank so that's basically you know i've just you know there's needles found outside the door and and i'm speaking for all the businesses down down all the bars on the pavilion area specifically and you know they're all having problems with the homeless so that's basically just what i'm here to see you know you've seen some pictures Helen yeah so thank you very much next is David and I apologize is it to comas is it to comas ducomas welcome you'll have three minutes well it's not nearly long enough but I would relate that Paul Murphy is a tenant of mine and a couple three four weeks ago one of his customers walked out of his place in the early hours of the morning and and went over to the parking lot across the street to get his car and go home and and he was robbed at gunpoint and and I've spent 35 years downtown as I told you in the last public forum we had like this cultivating or trying to cultivate what I call a decent built environment and I feel like the city owes me just some basic safe clean place for us to all operate and when the city lets their part of our contract down, I feel at a loss as to what to do. If we're not able as a city to keep order, and I'm going to devolve into the camping that goes on there in the Cheapside Pavilion, city-owned property that, you know, the city's the largest owner by far of real estate in the downtown, however you'd like to demarket. When you don't take care of your own property, what happens? I don't think we're focusing on any of this. And I don't want to skip along, but in the name of three minutes, when Ronald Reagan was president, all those what we call homeless now, people that have difficulty managing their lives, were at Eastern State. He turned them all out. And so in the ensuing 30 or 40 years, we've all been kind of living with it, and it's reached a crescendo. And long and short, you're going to have to give them a place to go, and it should be just as nice as Cheapside Pavilion. Everybody up here has made a point that they're entitled to a decent life too, whether they can manage it on their own or not. I just wanted you to understand that if you don't step in and create what we would all call a decent quality of life, you're leading us all down a bad road. And what's to happen? And thank you for letting me speak about that. It's hard. Thank you very much. Will Overbeck. Welcome. Thank you. I'm Will Overbeck. I live in District 2. I want to just thank Kentuckians for the Commonwealth for inviting me down. My main issue in Lexington is environmental issues. I'm a longtime watershed restorationist with Friends of Rope Wolf Run Watershed. And I'm allied with all of the environmental tree planting and everything. But I do want to thank Kentuckians for the Commonwealth for supporting issue-based justice policy types of support for this community. And I just want to say that I have witnessed during the pandemic lots of inequality. And I want to encourage the city to look at models from other similar municipalities that are experiencing similar struggles for solutions. I think that we can find innovative solutions from other cities. I think that as far as in our community, many restaurant workers and other service industry workers have been disadvantaged during the pandemic. Lots of my friends and family have been unemployed and some of them are unhoused currently. I've taken in four citizens of Lexington into my house over the last two years to help them. And the wealth inequality continues to grow in Lexington through the pandemic and the economic starts and stops. So we need to take proactive measures using the funds from the ARPA to fund initiatives that are going to strongly support the social and economic issues that are directly connected to the pandemic. such as the fair and affordable housing issues, the jobless issues, and other similar concerns. So thank you. Thank you very much. Next is David Wortshofter. Welcome, Rabbi. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you also to the city council and all of you folks taking a break from your precious time with your families to support our Hanukkah gatherings downtown this last week. It is deeply appreciated. I want to echo what has been said here on behalf of the homeless of our city. I want to thank Liz Sheehan for her leadership on this issue and KFTC and the Poor People's Campaign. At this time of year, we Jewish folks in our election area, our table of Torah readings, we study the story of Joseph and his brothers. And it teaches us something about fiscal leadership in demanding times. Because when Joseph stands before the court of Pharaoh to interpret the leader's dreams, it's not only about managing the plenty in the robust first seven years, but managing the lack, the dearth, in the seven years of famine. And we have just such an opportunity right now to think about what we're going to do with these ARPA funds, to manage them in a way that if and when, heaven forbid, we face hard times again, we're going to look back at this time, we're going to look back at this holiday season, and ask ourselves, did we make a cautious, discerning, to echo back to the invoker's remarks, decision about how to manage these resources? Because if there's one thing that we know, it's that difficulties will be back. The Joseph story also teaches us never to separate ourselves from the person standing before us. And it cuts both ways. And Joseph has to remember that his brothers, for all of their failures, are human beings. But what Joseph's brothers have not fully recognized until he tells it to them is that he's their brother. The homeless person in our streets looking for food, the person who doesn't think that our current housing is right for them, is not only our fellow Lexingtonian. They're not merely our fellow American. They're our fellow brother and sister. Let's be sure that we act in such a way that we put in the structure for prevention and intervention so that it's there. If there's anything that this pandemic has taught us once again, it's that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Let's act like it. Thank you. Next is, and I apologize, Rita Cause. Esperita. Okay. Steve Bush. Emma Anderson. welcome I'm Emma district 5 yeah I'll be quick I'm doing door knocking for the housing stabilization program right now so I get the forcible detainers when they're filed in court and I've been knocking on every door with somebody who has an upcoming eviction and there's a couple of trends that I'm really worried about a lot. There's several apartment complexes that are affordable to lower income residents and they've been recently bought. So people in those complexes were asking me where their rent's going up, I think it's $200. And, you know, Fair Housing Council has estimated that in 2021 Lexington rent is on average going up $200. So people are super worried about having a place that they can afford and they're going to have to start leaving Lexington. I mean, There's just no place for them to afford. So, you know, that's something that people who are facing eviction are worried about and people that haven't gotten there yet are worried about. And, you know, to have a really strong city, you need to have a base where everybody can thrive. And I don't think that we can have a stable and prosperous city if renters, which is you know almost half of the population are can't can't afford to live here so I would just encourage council to spend more than 15% of the ARPA investment funds on housing related and like permanent housing related investments instead of you know Louisville's Louisville's hasn't given as much as people there want them to give to housing but they have you know I guess the number is 46%. So I think that it would be the best thing for our city to have a prosperous Lexington, and I would just encourage us to do that. Thank you so much. Happy holidays. Thank you. Next is Quinn Mulholland. Welcome. Good evening, council members. My name is Quinn Mulholland, and I live in the 5th District. I am here to just echo what you all have heard from so many other folks who came to the mic today. Lexington is experiencing a homelessness and evictions crisis, but you would not know that from looking at the list of proposals that have been advanced on the list of ARPA funding. These funds as so many of the folks who came to speak tonight are intended for rescue And just looking through the list It's really hard to make the connection Between how some of these projects are intended to rescue Those who are most in need of rescue I was really disappointed like Emma just said to see that of the Total cost of projects that have been advanced or approved so far only 15% percent relate to housing and that includes the 10 million on affordable housing and it includes the four million to the Hope Center and the Salvation Army that includes and it includes the five million to the solar projects I know that the list will continue to be called and I appreciate your remarks Councilman James Brown about not all of these projects will be funded by the by ARPA but I just would question whether there is an authentic if there is an authentic community upcry about why these funds are included at all whether or not they're funded by ARPA then maybe they're worth reconsideration compared to Louisville which is spending 46% like Emma said of its ARPA its first and second round allocations of ARPA funds to housing that's almost three times as a proportion I know that Louisville is getting more money total from arpa but as a proportion they're spending over three times the amount that lexington has proposed to give to housing that's a travesty and i'm also very concerned that if you you know total up the the numbers for for housing it doesn't even compare to just two projects which are the 10 million for the new sports complex and the 17.5 million for cold stream research park that concerns me those projects are not rescue projects those projects are economic development projects and study after study has shown that those types of economic development schemes do not affect private companies decisions about how to invest and they don't affect people's decisions about where to spend their money I appreciate the councilmember McCurran withdrew the disc golf course from the table. I think that too is not a project that's directly related to rescue. And I would just conclude by really appealing to your sense of duty on this. We're in a crisis and we need to act like it. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Our final speaker who signed up is Evie. If you'll give us your Is Evie here? Evie? If you'll give us your full name and your council district, you'll have three minutes. Welcome. Thank you very much. I'm not much of a speaker at all, and I apologize for that. I've only made a couple in my life, and I've traveled all over the world, but I'm just not used to this. So bear with me, please. I'm Mr. A.B. Hopkins, and I'm District 5. Thank you. Thanks for giving me this opportunity. And I am 100% for the bicycle route and the rock quarry. I'm just not prepared to have the bicycle route on old Frankfort Pike and all the dust and the traffic. We'll get somebody hurt. I want it on the creek in its most beautiful place in Lexington, Kentucky. And I'm going to repeat some of the things I said because my memory is short. I'd like to give you all a couple of pictures, if I may. Gene, would you take these up, or what do I do? Pictures, will you take one to this gentleman on the end here? You, come up. Yeah, come up here. Where are they, sir? Right here. Okay, if you'll give them just, it is a large picture. Just give them to our clerk right there, to your side, to your left, and she'll see that the council members can pass them around. Sorry. Sorry. If you'll let them take care of it, we're cutting into your speaking time. I don't know. That's a picture of the Tam Branch from Forbes Road to New Circle Road. Can you speak at the microphone, please? Oh, I'm sorry. You have about a minute left. Just a minute. Yes, sir. I don't understand. Go ahead, and we'll see at the end of the minute what happens. I told you, Town Branch runs from Forbes Road to Old Frankfort Pike. That's a new circle road. Then it goes west. Well, I am really confused, and I'm sorry. But anyway, from Forbes Road to New Circle Road, 98% of the people in town does not know that it runs there. 98% of people in Lexington has never seen Town Branch. And they got it privately. You cannot enter. No one can get in there. But I don't know what to do. I'm here to do whatever y'all say, please. It's all right. Your time is out, but I think someone has a motion. Thank you, Mayor. I move to give the speaker two more minutes. All right. The motion is to give the speaker two more minutes as soon as he's ready to speak. Any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Anyone opposed? Okay. Mr. Hopkins, you have just been given two more minutes to speak if you need it. And Mr. Edwards there is going to help you pass out the pictures. Can I ask you all a question, please? You can ask. This is really not a time for back-and-forth discussion. The council uses this as time to hear from the public. Would I be better to come back? I'm sorry. We're happy to hear whatever you want to say right now. Okay. I would love to ask you all, with the dust and the traffic on old Frankfort Pike, would you ride a bicycle down that area? Would you let one of your grandkids, or would you ride a bicycle down through there? Look at the creek, town branch. It's absolutely beautiful, and it's the most beautiful place in this town. in the state, and we're going to bury it. All you can use it for is a bicycle route. And you won't find a better place to put a bicycle route. And Old Frankfort Pike, again, it's dangerous, it's dusty, and the pictures will show you how dusty it really is. Please don't ride a bicycle on Old Frankfort Pike. Somebody will get killed. It's a matter of when. You still have a minute left. I'm sorry. I'm an old timer and I'm confused. Traveled all over the world, like I say, and I have never made a speech. Well, thank you. Anyway, please stay off old Frankfort Pike in the dust and put the bicycle route where it belongs. Don't get some young kid killed holding her hand walking up old Frankfort Pike in the dust. Think of your grandchildren. and put them over on the creek where it's absolutely beautiful. Well, I'm down to 33 seconds. It's all yours. I'm like the gnat that flew over the fence into the nudist camp. I hardly know what to do. Sorry, I don't. Thank you very much. Do you want your pictures back? I think you probably do, don't you? I'm sorry? Do you want your pictures back? If you want to look at them, I can bring you a hundred more I got since 19... I'm serious. I've got them since 1966. Thank you very much, sir. We appreciate you. Council, that takes us to the end of our... Yes? Okay, is there someone who didn't sign up but wishes to speak? Okay, if you'll come to the podium, please, and give us your name and your council district, and you'll have three minutes. I have your paperwork. Good evening, my name is Eugene Young. I live downtown, absolutely love it. Avery's a very good friend of mine. He and I have owned a lot of property and did a lot of business on old Frankfurt Pike and Forge Road. We've been on that road for over 30 years. We've seen every concrete truck, every gravel truck, recycling truck, concrete truck go down that highway. I love the idea of town branch and I like the idea of the bicycle route. But we do feel it would be much safer if we took it off of Old Frankfort and put it onto the stream, which Avies showed you quite a few pictures of. It's very much a safety factor. It'll be cleaner. And we just ask you to consider it. I think the city already owns a lot of that property. I don't think it'd be a great expense. I tell you, I don't come to a lot of these meetings, and I really enjoyed hearing all the concerns about the homeless, and I feel a little bad talking about a bicycle route, but I think it's all part of our community. And if you haven't went too far, I'd just like for you to consider, looking at a town branch where we have the nature, ducks, squirrels, and a lot of just natural Kentucky life down through there. Please consider that. Thank you for your time, counsel. Thank you very much, sir. Good to see you guys. Was there anyone else who didn't get to sign up who wishes to speak? No? All right. Thank you all very much for coming. And, counsel, it's time for a motion to adjourn. So moved. Thank you. Thank you. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are adjourned. Thank you all very much.