# Council Work Session - July 5, 2022 > Auto-transcribed civic record · July 5, 2022 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5606 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5606?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2022-07-05 - **Last revised**: July 5, 2022 - **Length**: 16,948 words - **Speakers**: Mayor, That's Correct > ⚠️ **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 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council convened on July 5, 2022, at 3:00 PM in the Council Chamber at the Urban County Government Center in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Linda Gorton presiding. The meeting focused primarily on informational presentations and public input, with the council hearing a presentation on the KU Vegetation Management Plan and providing an opportunity for public comment on agenda items. During the session, the council conducted 4 votes on various matters and heard 1 public comment from community members. The meeting addressed 2 main agenda items, both of which were informational in nature, allowing for discussion and input rather than formal legislative action. ## Attendance The following council members were present at the July 5, 2022 meeting: • Mayor Linda Gorton • Vice Mayor Kay • Council Member Moloney • Council Member Ellinger • Council Member J. Brown • Council Member McCurn • Council Member Lamb • Council Member Sheehan • Council Member Kloiber • Council Member F. Brown • Council Member Baxter • Council Member Reynolds • Council Member Plomin Two council members were absent from the meeting: • Council Member Worley • Council Member Bledsoe No council members arrived late to the meeting. With 13 members present and 2 absent, the council had a quorum to conduct official business. ## Votes and Decisions The council took action on four motions during the July 5, 2022 meeting. **Approval of Work Session Summary** [timestamp: 00:00] Ellinger motioned to approve the June 21, 2022 work session summary, seconded by Baxter. The motion passed unanimously. **New Business Approval** [timestamp: 00:00] Plomin made a motion to approve new business, which was seconded by McCurn. This motion also passed unanimously. **Lexington History Museum Agreement** [timestamp: 00:00] The council voted on a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the Lexington History Museum. Lamb made the motion, seconded by Plomin. This item required a roll call vote, which passed 12-1 with no abstentions. Voting in favor were: Kay, Moloney, Ellinger, J. Brown, McCurn, Lamb, Sheehan, F. Brown, Baxter, Reynolds, and Plomin. Kloiber cast the sole dissenting vote. **Adjournment** [timestamp: 00:00] Lamb motioned to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Ellinger. The motion to adjourn passed unanimously. All unanimous votes proceeded without individual vote counts recorded, while the Lexington History Museum agreement resolution was the only item requiring a formal roll call vote with individual council member positions documented. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed several significant financial items totaling over $578,000 in contracts and grants. **Contracts and Agreements** The board approved a Mental Health Compliance Monitor agreement with C Cesario Medical Consulting, LLC for $14,575 under resolution 0628-22. This contract supports ongoing mental health compliance monitoring services. A major commissary services agreement was approved with Keefe Commissary Network, LLC for $463,018 under resolution 0650-22. This substantial contract covers commissary operations and services. **Donations** The board accepted a donation of 132 smoke alarms from Home Depot Inc. under resolution 0648-22. This donation supports fire safety initiatives without cost to the organization. **Federal Grant Funding** The board approved acceptance of a $100,792 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice under resolution 0655-22. This funding comes from the 2020 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and will support related operational costs and programs. The combined financial actions represent significant investments in mental health compliance, commissary services, public safety equipment, and federal program support. The largest single expenditure was the commissary services contract at nearly half a million dollars, while the federal grant provides substantial revenue to offset program costs. ## Public Comment The public comment period featured one speaker addressing vegetation management concerns. **Robbie Walker** spoke regarding the KU Vegetation Management Plan [timestamp: 02:00]. Walker requested that more specific information and impact details be provided before taking a position on the proposed plan. The speaker indicated they needed additional details about the plan's scope and potential effects before offering support or opposition to the vegetation management initiative. The brief public comment period focused solely on this single agenda item, with Walker seeking greater transparency and more comprehensive information from KU regarding their vegetation management approach. ## Contested Items The July 5, 2022 meeting featured one primary contested item that drew community opposition. **KU Vegetation Management Plan** Community members raised concerns about the proposed KU Vegetation Management Plan during the meeting. The opposition centered on the potential impact of the vegetation management activities, with residents expressing uncertainty about how the plan would affect their area. The nature of the disagreement involved community members requesting additional information before the plan could move forward. Residents indicated they needed more details about the scope, timeline, and specific impacts of the vegetation management activities before they could support the proposal. The community opposition resulted in a request for the governing body to provide more comprehensive information about the plan before proceeding with any implementation or approval process. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps, participant names, and detailed outcomes were not available in the provided meeting data.* ## KU Vegetation Management Plan Presentation [timestamp: 00:00] Kyle Byrnes presented updates on the KU Vegetation Management Plan during this informational session. The presentation addressed ongoing concerns and proposed modifications to the current vegetation management program. Byrnes provided an overview of the plan's current status and outlined potential changes being considered for the program. The presentation served as an update to inform attendees about the direction of KU's vegetation management efforts and to address any outstanding issues that had been raised regarding the existing approach. The session was structured as an informational presentation, allowing Byrnes to communicate key developments and proposed adjustments to the vegetation management strategy. This type of update suggests the plan may be undergoing review or refinement based on previous feedback or operational experience. The presentation concluded without requiring formal action from the meeting participants, as it was designated as an informational item on the agenda. ## Public Comment on Agenda Items [timestamp: 02:00] During the public comment period for agenda items, members of the public were invited to address the board regarding items scheduled for discussion during the meeting. Robbie Walker was the sole speaker during this portion of the meeting, providing comments specifically related to the KU Vegetation Management Plan that was on the agenda for consideration. The public comment period served its standard informational purpose, allowing community input on agenda matters before the board proceeded with formal discussion and deliberation on the scheduled items. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the July 5, 2022 Council Meeting docket - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for the Tuesday, July 5, 2022, Council Meeting a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an amendment to a HOME Investment Partnerships Program agreement with Ballard Apartments, LLC, extending the performance period to September 30, 2022 - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for the July 5, 2022, Council Meeting, a Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, pursuant to the Jobs Fund Program, to execute a ten-year forgivable Incentive Agreement and related documents with RalphVR Inc., in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, for the creation of at least five new full time jobs, with an average hourly wage of at least $41.00, exclusive of benefits - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for the July 5, 2022, Council Meeting, a Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute a Letter of Agreement with NaphCare, Inc. related to payment for emergency medical services at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, at no cost to the Urban County Government - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket of the July 5, 2022, Council meeting a resolution authorizing the Department of Law, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Kentucky Utilities Company related to its tree cutting practices, to dismiss the government’s injunction lawsuit against the company (Fayette Circuit Court, Case No. 21-CI-03574), and to take any related actions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): amend and place on the docket for the July 7, 2022 Council meeting, with second reading on August 18, 2022, and to allow emergency vegetation maintenance only during the interim period - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for the July 5, 2022, Council Meeting, a Resolution authorizing the Division of Streets and Roads to purchase GPS monthly service from Routeware, a sole source provider, and authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute any necessary agreement with Routeware related to the procurement, at a cost not to exceed $35,736.72 - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the June 28, 2022 work session summary - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve budget amendments - **Motion** — passed (0-0): amend the proposed Budget Amendments on the Work Session Agenda to include Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year-End activity including Rolled Purchase Orders and Pre-Paid items. Consistent with normal practices the Divisions of Purchasing and Accounting have reviewed certain purchase orders and pre-paid items as follows and moved them from FY 2022 to FY 2023: (1) Open Purchase Orders for items specifically approved by Council, contains Claims (Insurance) accounts, or for ongoing construction or professional services projects. (2) Purchases that should be more accurately charged to FY 2023, including purchases through May. Budget to cover these purchase orders and pre-paid items must be rolled forward to cover these items. An additional budget amendment for the FY 2022 June pre-paid items will be provided for consideration after Council recess - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve new business - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve neighborhood development funds - **Motion** — passed (0-0): repeal sections 2-326; 2-327; 2-328; 2-329; 2-330; 3-331; 2-332; 2- 333; and 2-334 of the code of ordinances related to the Greenspace Commission (as approved at the June 7, 2022 Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee meeting) - **Motion** — passed (0-0): accept the amendments to the Greenspace Trust (as approved at the June 7, 2022 Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee meeting) - **Motion** — passed (14-10): amend section 14-10(f)(5) of the code of ordinances related to citation officers to add enforcement of article 18 of the zoning ordinance and section 4- 8(d) of the land subdivision regulations (as approved at the June 7, 2022 Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee meeting) - **Motion** — passed (0-0): refer planned unit development zones to the Planning and Public Safety Committee - **Motion** — passed (0-0): refer mass transit and regional zones to the Planning and Public Safety Committee - **Motion** — passed (0-0): refer the trimming of street trees for public safety to the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee - **Motion** — passed (0-0): refer updating our ADA improvement plan to the General Government & Social Services Committee - **Motion** — passed (0-0): refer the assessment and enforcement of the noise ordinance to the Planning and Public Safety Committee - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the Mayor's Report - **Motion** — passed (0-0): adjourn at 5:50pm --- ## Full transcript You've got the promise of my love to keep you warm In all the world You'll never find a love as true as mine A love as true as mine Uptown Girl Living in a right-free world As long as anyone With hot the jam And now she's looking for A downtown man That's what I am And when she knows What she wants From her time And when she wakes And makes up her mind She'll see I'm not so tough just because I'm in love with a Lough Town girl. You know I've seen her in her Lough Town girl. She's getting tired of her high class toys. And all the presents of her Lough Town boys. She's got a choice. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh She's talking to say that she's my eye eye. She'll say I'm not so tall just because I'm in love. Is it up to her? She's been living in a white table as long as anyone can. But can't. And now she's looking for a downtown man. That's what I am. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Thank you. . . . Thank you. I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag. Thank you. do do Welcome everyone. Welcome. It's three o'clock and I would like to go ahead and I call to order the council work session for July 5th, 2022 and ask the vice mayor to make a motion. Thank you, Mayor. And I urge patience on everybody's part, but I move that we go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.81 C for the purpose of discussing proposed or pending litigation. So move. Second. Second by Councilmember McCurn, is there any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Thank you. Thank you. Is there council member Ellinger seconds? Any questions? All right, all those in favor of open session, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, we're back in open session. Vice Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. I know that many people are here for the KU presentation and comments, but We also have on the agenda two proclamations honoring our employees. And so that they and their families do not have to sit through what's going to be, I think, something's going to take a little time. We'd like to move the proclamations to the top of our agenda and then also move right behind them the presentation from KU and then comment from the public. So I move to move items C and D to the top of the agenda followed by item E. So moved. Second. Councilmember Ellinger seconds. Is there any discussion? All right, all those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes, so we'll have the two proclamations at this point. So first I would ask Glenda George. Oh, excuse me, Glenda's not here yet. John Maxwell. Could you and your family come forward? Unless you have 50 of them, we can fit everybody up here. All right. So I want to welcome John Maxwell, his wife Linda, and one of his grands, right? Not a very grand. honorary grand Piper to the podium. John has been with the city for 10 years as our director of human resources. And he came to us after working in human resources for national and international corporations. He is leaving our HR operation much stronger than he found it. And we thank him for that. And we thank him for his many contributions that he has made to our city government. And one of the recent huge contributions was during the pandemic. And during the aftermath of the 2020 year, he made various suggestions for policy changes for our employees and he has been so faithful and dedicated. So it is my pleasure to offer this proclamation. And John, I'm going to ask you to move up to the podium, please. Okay. All right. I don't bite. Okay. And it goes like this. Whereas John Maxwell is retiring after 10 years as Director of Human Resources for the City of Lexington, and whereas before coming to the city, John led human resource operations for national and international corporations, whereas John is dependable, reliable, and always ready with sage advice, and whereas John is well known for his dad jokes and Maxwellisms, terms developed over the course of his career, And whereas John has high expectations and does not apologize for them, and whereas John loves Lexington and will miss living here, and whereas John is looking forward to spending more time with his wife Linda, his children, and his grand buddies, now therefore I, Linda Gorton, mayor of Lexington, with grateful heart and thanks, do hereby declare July 5, 2022, John Maxwell Day in Lexington and wish him a long and happy retirement. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mayor. I just wanted to say that it's been a real pleasure working with this administration and the mayor and Tyler and Sally and just everybody. The council has been great. And it's been both a very challenging, those who know HR know it's challenging, and very rewarding. And I appreciate everybody's help over the years. And I just want to call out our division because we have some great talent there. And I think we're well positioned for the future in providing good services for our employees. So thank you very much for this. Can we get a photo with the council? Thank you, John. And now we'll get a photo with the council. Come do the photo. Come on. Are you ready? Right to play. Thank you. That's where five of our grand buddies are. Okay, all right. Now, is Glenda George here? Well, here she comes, right running in at the right moment, right? Will you join me, Glenda? Glenda? All right. So I want to talk about managing attorney Glenda George, who has been an attorney with us for 27 years. and it seems like I've been begging her not to retire for how many years? It's been in her head for quite a while. But we are really going to miss you, Glenda. Glenda has helped me and my predecessors through some very difficult issues, always with a smile and with the best interests of government and the people of Lexington at heart. It is my great pleasure to present this proclamation for Glenda, and I want you to know that her colleagues in the law department helped us put this proclamation together. No worries. So here we go. Come on. Whereas managing attorney Glenda George is retiring after 27 years serving the city of Lexington and its residents as an attorney, and whereas Glenda has served five mayors and worked with five law commissioners, and whereas Glenda has represented the government in a professional and gracious manner, assisting on the most challenging of issues, And whereas Glenda approached every issue and situation with compassion, never forgetting that the decisions impact the lives of real people. And whereas Glenda has provided countless hours mentoring newer attorneys, and whereas as a member of the Department of Law's infamous Blunt, Blunter, and Bluntest trilogy, Glenda always found a way to say no while maintaining a collegial and respectful relationship. Whereas Glenda is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, and Glenda has one adult daughter, Micah. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare July 5, 2022, Glenda George Day in Lexington and wish her a long and happy retirement. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all. You know, I started working in the Department of Law in 1994, my third year of law school. And I was a law clerk for Terry Holmes, Chris Westover, Andrea Weddle, and Keith Horn. And I absolutely fell in love with working for the government. So when Mary Ann Delaney offered me a job, it was like a dream come true. Now, when I first started working for the government, I was the records custodian for the entire government. I responded to every single open records request. But despite that, I will say that working for the government, you know, the Lexington and Fayette-Armor County government is absolutely the best place to work. And one of those reasons is because of the people. You know, over time, people aren't just your coworkers, they're your family. You know, as Council Member Layman, I talk about when I had my daughter, she was one of the first people, she and Jeremy were one of the first people who came to the hospital to visit us when I had COVID. You know, people in my department, C.A.L. Hamilton, the mayor's office, everyone checked on me every day to make sure that I was okay because that's what family does. And everyone here has been a very important part of my life. You know, I'm going to miss Council Member Maloney on Fridays walking by to say hello to everyone and to tell me a joke or to do something to make me laugh, but, you know, everyone, it's important. You all have been a very important part of my life, and I'm very sad to leave because I know that I'm not going to see everyone on a daily basis. But, you know, after 27 and a half years, it is time for me to say goodbye. And I hope that when I leave here, you all will say, you know, that I did a good job. I may not have done everything right. I may not have always given you the best advice, but hopefully you all will know that I always try to do my very best and for what I thought was best for the citizens of Lexington. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. I miss you. I miss you. I miss you. But I did without pride. I miss you. That was hard. . Come on. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank you. One more. Thank you very much for that. And so following the motion by Vice Mayor Kaye, Okay, next we will hear the Kentucky Utilities revised policy on tree cutting in Lexington. And we have two folks here from Kentucky Utilities. And I'd like to simply preface this before we ask them to speak with a couple of comments. You all know that there has been no tree cutting in Lexington since, I believe, December. It's been almost seven months. And they were true to the negotiations process, which involved myself, our Department of Law, our Department of Environmental Services and Public Works, and of course other staff members, we have worked diligently since December on this particular agreement. So I would like to invite to the podium Kyle Burns, who is the Director of Engineering and Construction, and he's going to give the presentation and introduce Kevin, who's his sidekick today. So welcome. Yes. All right. Thank you very much, Mayor Gorton. Thank you, Council, for having us back. I appreciate the kind words. I know that speaking on behalf of KU, we feel the same. We feel like it's been a very productive discussion. As we said before, we have been listening to the questions and concerns raised by those in here and those that we've met within the community when we've talked. I thought that as far as kind of introduction, we wanted to have a framework that aligned with the six issues and concerns that you had raised previously. So that's kind of the way that we'll go through this. I think hard copies have been presented or provided. We also have the presentation on the screen as well. So I won't read through those. I think we're all very familiar with the six issues. And as we go through them, each of the slides will be addressed to that. So just jumping right in. So one of the things that we have really focused on is even though we've not been moving forward with removals on the vegetation management program, we have kind of maintained the vegetation management program. There have been some areas where we have continued to focus on replanting. So in particular, we've had the Fairway HOA that we had been working with. We did issue mitigation there based on discussions that we had had with them regarding concerns on Richmond Road. We also completed what I'll call the replanting at South Point. there were concerns raised with the way that that replanting looked when we first went there so we've worked with the city and gone back we have completed that and then for the areas of the Lansdowne median where we had performed removals as kind of discussed previously we immediately went back and we have completed those replantings as well that kind of takes us to where we are with considering you know potential for a change and compromise to put kind of the remainder of this slide and then the next slide into context i did want to clarify a couple of things as far as how we've described the program and the elements of it previously. We've talked about the wire zone and border zone applying to lines. That is, as you can kind of see represented here, the middle kind of this graphic representation is considered to be the wire zone. The edges are the border zone. The one component of this as we move forward that I wanted to clarify is we also have categories of lines in transmission. We call those internally NERC lines and non-NERC lines. So NERC lines are lines that are 200 kV or above. Non-NERC lines are below that. There are, I guess, additional regulatory requirements that apply to NERC lines. So everything that we're going to talk about is exclusively for those non-NERC lines in the system. Thinking about how does that apply in Fayette County, in Fayette County there's only one NERC line, and it's on the western side of the county. And that has been under our vegetation management program for many years. and everything that we're talking about here would not apply to that line anyway because there is no vegetation that's kind of under or near that line that would be impacted. So what we tried to do with this graphic is we tried to represent the horizontal and vertical movement of a wire. So we've discussed before the transmission lines. When you look at them, it doesn't look like they're dynamic, but those lines can move quite significantly based on load, heat, wind conditions. So if you look at the graphical representation here, you can see that the line comes down, and then it also goes out to the side. What we have done through negotiations and discussions and listening to feedback is we have a wire-down analysis that we're applying to our lines going forward. That will calculate the position of that wire, its maximum sag, and also its maximum blowout. And then we apply a safety buffer zone around that so that wherever that wire might be throughout the course of a year, if someone is doing work, you know, thinking about our utility contractors that are doing work, we're guaranteed that they're going to stay a safe distance away from those wires. And that's represented by that safety buffer zone. generally we would like to see vegetation in the wire zone under the wires that's 15 feet or less that's what we would encourage people to plant when they're planting new vegetation or if we're maintaining but the the program going forward will allow for vegetation of any height as long as at maturity it doesn't encroach in that safety zone so this takes into account lines in the county where we have newer construction and much higher heights you would see vegetation that is higher than the kind of the 15 feet as measured from ground up that we had discussed previously A second evaluation that we looked at across the system was for those areas where we have distribution under build on transmission structures as is represented by this graphical representation, We are going to have a shared corridor kind of management approach. That shared corridor will allow our KU distribution contractors and department to trim those trees instead of removing those trees. Under the transmission program, it's what I would consider primarily removal. the distribution program that would apply to these corridors, I won't say exclusively trimming, but it's primarily trimming. So the distribution team, you know, they look at that on kind of a case-by-case that says they're moving forward. When we look at these two kind of modifications to the plan, based on what we had originally identified for removals we are looking at approximately a 50% reduction in removals going forward from what we had had identified one one additional point is that in our program document we have historically or in the past we've talked about urban and rural areas and how that applies to the wire zone border zone moving forward we're also going to describe that as maintained or non maintained a lot of questions that we got as we were discussing and trying to describe the program is well what if you have an area that's considered rural today and there's a development that comes in or a subdivision or if it gets developed how does that change or how does that affect the program and so by going with maintained or non-maintained then that will kind of automatically take care of those areas that may be rural and non-maintained you know non-mode non-landscaped today and they might become landscaped maintained in the future those would automatically apply to to this earth the elements of this program would automatically apply to those as well So the second area that we were asked to evaluate was to consider more robust revegetation on private and public property. We are continuing to maintain our commitment to communicate with private property owners prior to removals. We are continuing to collaborate with really kind of all public agencies, LFUCG, elected officials, HOAs. And then we also were asked to look at the initial kind of first cycle reclamation that is still proceeding in Fayette County and the compensation associated with that. So through those discussions, we have increased that by 20%. So that would equate to from $250 per tree up to $1,500 per property to $300 per tree up to $1,800 per property. One of the things that we also do is when we're in discussions with those property owners, especially I think about some properties that have what might be considered a privacy or a screening kind of area with the vegetation of the trees that are on their property and maybe provide a barrier between roads or public paths and those sorts of things. We're really maintaining our commitment that for people that are in that situation, it's handled on a case-by-case basis, but we will offer them either the compensation up to the maximum of $1,800 at this point, or we will offer to work with them to reestablish that screening. So that could mean working with them to install or to plant bushes that will provide a screening. It could be a privacy fence. and what we do is the mitigation that's associated with that screening and the replacement of that, it does not have the same cap, I guess, as the 1800. So we really try to work with folks to make sure that if the compensation is more important to them, then that's what we provide. If reestablishing the screening that they lost because we had to remove trees is more important, then we want to work with people to try to establish that as well. So when we think about or we go back to what we were asked to do as far as notifications, we heard that there is a need or a desire to improve, increase, kind of spread the notifications that we're offering. So I've got quite a few things up there. I'll read through most of them, but what we're looking at is, again, continuing to meet with elected officials, HOAs, individuals, all to describe the work that's upcoming before we do the work. Other than an emergency situation, we really don't want to ever show up in someone's yard or backyard and begin work without giving them an opportunity to understand what it is that we're doing. We're also going to continue those monthly meetings that have been established with LFUCG staff. Primarily, that's Jennifer Carey and her team, and those I think have been very helpful. We talk about the upcoming work. We talk about challenges. We talk about opportunities to improve in those meetings. We also have discussed providing additional mailings to people in a project area. So, for instance, historically, we would have provided mailings to people that are directly impacted or maybe what I'll consider adjacently impacted. So the vegetation might be on a property owner's A's actual lot, and maybe there's another lot that backs up to it. And so although the tree or the vegetation is not directly on their property, we would have notified them as well. What we're talking about here is expanding those notifications maybe to an entire neighborhood. so that let's say if we're doing work at the entrance of a neighborhood, all those people that might be coming through the neighborhood in the past would not have been notified. Now they can have an awareness of the work that's going on. We're also going to develop a map that will show the areas in Fayette County where we're going to work and the roads that are going to be impacted. That'll be something that'll just be available all the time on our website, and people can go to that and they can see if they're in an area of upcoming work. We've agreed to use social media to target work areas. You know, that would be thinking about on Nextdoor you can target neighborhoods so we can make announcements there, you know, when that's appropriate. Publish our vegetation management program guidelines. that is something that we heard from from this council we also heard questions from the public around the program that we reference what does that look like that will now be available on our website and then the last item is something that we had already discussed in here I believe but really just renewing our commitment that we would provide four weeks notice to property owners and then four to eight weeks notice to HOAs and elected officials to give plenty of time for folks to understand what the work is that's coming up and to ask us questions and to resolve any issues prior to work beginning. We also were asked about the, I'm sorry, we were asked to perform an environmental study and we we've completed that study that study has been released in draft to environmental services within the city we've had some really good discussions we got some feedback on some things that that needed to be clarified and we've incorporated that feedback so we do have a study that that can be released to folks. Right now we're looking at as early as next week being able to release that. So I think that that really demonstrates our desire to make sure that we're working hard to address concerns of the areas that we're working in. And again, just as a reminder, The scope of that study went from Lansdowne Merrick Park north to Richmond Road, that entire corridor. It focused on the areas that are listed there, karst topography, federally listed species, and the others. Mr. Burns, excuse me for interrupting you. Yes. The council allocates 15 minutes for presentations, so I would ask about how much longer you'd like and we'll ask for a motion to extend your time. I can finish in 30 seconds. Oh, well, I was going to suggest five minutes, but if you can do it. Even better. Okay. Five minutes. Is there a motion? So moved. Second. Thank you. Vice Mayor Kay moved five more minutes. I heard a second from Council Member Ellinger. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Thank you. Five more minutes. Thank you so much. so for for karst topography i took a couple of selections out of the assessment i can speak to those in some detail but once we release the report i think it will go into more detail and and we'll have kind of the basis of the methodologies behind that so We were asked to look at karst features within the project corridor, which really was defined by our easements in that corridor that I described. There were no what were kind of identified as significant karst features. They also looked at drainage of stormwater or other issues in those two karst features, and there was nothing that was identified there. under federally listed species those are identified as long-eared and gray bats the report says that while the area provides a suitable habitat the report also states that those bats are unlikely to be present and that no recent occurrence records have been documented for the next item under protected bird species it says that birds protected bird species were observed and it was noted that KU has an established policy for complying with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Gold Golden Eagle Protection Act. That policy for us is called our Avian Protection Plan. It has been in place for many many years and it essentially says that as our crews are performing work if they see a nest that has eggs in it or that's active then the next step is to pause to involve our environmental department we also involve Kentucky Fish and Wildlife and then there's a discussion around if and when removal of that tree can proceed and so generally it's in non-emergency situations it's deferred until after the nesting season is completed or the nest is no longer active. For erosion, the report states that our standard practices regarding removals would not increase risks to erosion. Those standard practices are to cut trees off to a stump at ground level, to grind the stump a couple of inches below ground level, typically at homeowner preference. Some homeowners want to do that some don't and then for trees that are in kind of stream banks the the approach there is that those stumps and the entire root system is left intact to preserve the integrity of the stream bank and then the final item was on stormwater runoff that depends on land the report states that stormwater is heavily dependent on the land use and that impervious surfaces such as houses sidewalks and roads will significant will produce significantly more runoff than vegetated areas so the areas where tree removals will take place will persist as a land use and the proposed tree removal is not expected to markedly contribute to additional stormwater runoff again we had talked to the Lakes Edge HOA and I know Diane and John in particular about sharing that report we definitely will be sending them the report that was a commitment but anyone else that is interested or you know wants to read the report will be made available to them as well There was one more slide, but that slide was simply a request to implement a 30-day moratorium. There we go. And as you stated in your opening remarks, clearly we've met that obligation. we have from the beginning committed to folks that we would not restart removals without having clear discussion and understanding about next steps and that's that's where we stand today thank you very much for your presentation and now is the opportunity for council members to ask questions, make comments, so if you have those, please log in. Vice Mayor Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the presentation, and thank you to the administration for all the hard work and negotiation. I do have a very specific question that has to do with Area 1 and the lying down analysis. I think I understand, but I want to be clear. And that is the difference between vegetation that's growing up, essentially in the middle between two support, I don't know what the official, what do you call those? Towers? Towers or poles. Towers or poles, okay. So if the line sways or sags, it would sag most between those two poles. And so if I'm measuring top down, line down, the difference between line down at that point and line down near the pole is significant. Correct. And this would respect that difference. Yes. That's what I needed to know. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Councilmember Kloiber. Thank you, Mayor. you guys for coming out here again today and I'm glad that we've been taking some steps to address the issues that have been brought up I do have one question here and it is also an area one about the distribution under build program so it says that you'll be using you know distribution line maintenance in that area does that mean that it will be more focused on trimming and only the removal of hazard trees or is it what is the difference between that program yes Yes, it means they'll be more focused on trimming as opposed to removals. Okay. So that is trimming that's happening underneath transmission lines, but without distribution lines you are not employing trimming underneath transmission lines, as in you're still going to be within the top-down guidelines be clear-cutting underneath those transmission lines, is that correct? within the context of the top-down or the wire-down analysis that's correct can you give me uh... what what is the meaningful distinction between those two because it it both of them seem to be under transmission lines and so i was just curious like what was the reasoning behind some transmission lines we can trim and other ones we cannot outside that generally uh... the distribution lines that we have that are on transmission structures Those are transmission structures that are smaller, kind of in design. So if you think about the attachments of the wire onto the pole, on a distribution line, those are really kind of narrowly spaced together. On a transmission line, they're further out. and on some of our larger transmission lines there could be 30 or 40 feet between the wires so when we think about trimming a tree and I think folks are probably familiar with kind of the v-cut that you see on some distribution lines so if you consider a v-cut for a transmission structure that might have a 40 or you know 30 or 40 foot span in our experience there really aren't any trees that would survive that. And so that's one of the reasons why we're still not considering a trimming program. But the other is that we're really looking at kind of that wire zone and border zone maintenance philosophy for transmission lines. And we feel like the wired down analysis does give us additional flexibility and kind of indiscretion being able to decide what can stay and what can go okay and I know that most of this arises from the fact that you know the policies we had in place before were very different and what you guys brought forward was just a very stark contrast to what we've been experiencing for many years so I'm glad that you've taken some steps here to help address that obviously do we all wish it could go back to the way it was yes but we might not be there I would also ask just are you going to be willing to continue to talk with us about future changes and but the potential additional memorandums in the future just based off of input we get from the community I guess we're always willing to consider talking that's what I hope thank you sir thank you councilmember Sheehan thank you mayor um thank you for the presentation today i know a lot of people have put a lot of time and effort into this whether it's community members or people from lfucg and ku so i appreciate all that time and effort and i do see some positive changes here in in what was planned to happen so i appreciate that i have a couple specific questions um first you described at the very beginning the nerf and the non-nerc lines um we are here because changes happen right so there was a change in the vegetation management plan um so right now you're saying that there aren't any narc lines except on the western side of the county so there aren't any close into the like um i'm i'm focused on my district i'll just say um but um that they're very limited within our county so my understanding is that the plan would not really change under the nerf lines but this is for the non-nerc lines like you said so um is there any plan to ever change our lines uh the i guess i would say that the designation of nerf and non-nerc lines is something that's regulated at a federal level, so it would not be something that I could comment one way or the other on as far as we have no plans to change kind of how we would consider those. And another way to think about NERC and non-NERC is NERC lines are considered part of the bulk electric system, and that typically has a much higher standard as far as engineering design regulation. And within Fayette county there's only that one line that's about six miles kind of to the far west I don't anticipate that there would be changes to any of the lower voltages to make those you know align with that but would there be any plans to change those voltages in those lines if you're doing upgrades or any of that oh I see what you're saying we don't have any plans to do that at this time okay thank you Then you answered a question about that I had about when the environmental study might be of made available. You said it would be posted on the website probably next week. So but it sounded like you might be willing to share that with some folks now. Does it have to wait until next week or could that be shared at this moment? Not necessarily posted on the website but could you share it you with interested people um myself included it's still undergoing one final internal review so i would say not at this moment but we could commit by this friday okay um and then when do you plan to make the website updates um that you talked about like posting what the vegetation management plan is and the the um you know map for where work is happening because my understanding is you know once this if we were to enter into an agreement about these revised policies then that work would start up so how long will it take to get that public information up and available more generally uh we are planning to have that ready for release uh by the friday of next week okay and then final question um for now uh for the compensation for the residents that this affects on private property um you said it was 300 a tree up to 1800 so that's about six trees i know So some of the properties in our area have many more that are going to be affected on a property. So in my mind, that's not exactly equal to what they may lose in their value, so I just want to express that concern. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor, and thank you for this presentation. I do appreciate everybody that has come to the table to have these discussions and to come to some unique improvements. But given the impact that my constituents have already been exposed to, mainly with the tree loss, would there be any consideration to go back to the property owners that have already lost their trees and in the Pinnacle, Waterford, Bellawood, Wilson Downing Road, Lansdowne Road areas at a minimum and to offer them the new reimbursement rate because they don't get the benefit of having 50% less of trees being cut down. And so I'm just curious if there would be any possible way of considering that. That was something that was discussed through negotiations. And at this point, our commitment is for that additional 20% going forward only. I hate to hear that. So that's really hard for my constituents that didn't have the opportunity to be a part of all of this conversation and had lost all of the trees. So I'm really sorry to hear about that. So thank you very much, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lagree. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for this presentation, and thank you for everybody who's been involved in what seems like a many months long process of negotiation and for all the advocacy within government and outside of government that brought us to this conversation today. I think some of my questions have been covered, but I wanted to seek clarification about one of the numbers that was thrown out, that 50%. The slide that it was on, I guess it was in area one continued. it mentions approximately 50% of trees are saved. And I think that what I'm seeking clarification on is, are the majority of those trees going to be saved by this new wire down measurement and analysis? Or are the majority of them going to be saved by that kind of reassessment of the combination of the transmission and distribution lines? Does that make sense? It does make sense. I think that the majority will be saved through the distribution underbilled. Okay. If I have to look at a percentage between the two areas, I'm sorry, between the two approaches, I think the larger number is through the shared corridor program. Okay. And let me see if I can ask a question about, I guess, again, about the wire-down approach. I think that what you said was that there's a process for determining the safety zone for cutting. How does that work? I imagine it's a lot more involved than the ground up process. So are links of wire measured, you know, how does this work? Like how granular does it get as people are thinking about their neighborhoods? I mean, what does that look like in practice? What is your process? It's very granular. It is going to be a challenging process for us to go through the system and do that analysis on every span. But the way that it works is we have all of the transmission structures modeled within our computer systems. So what we're able to do is we can go back and we can look at those models kind of span by span And we can identify what's the movement of the wire And then project for this particular span kind of at the structure at the pole There'd be no movement because it's attached to the pole And then we can predict what the movement should be as we move out into the span And then once we know that, that gives us the basis for what is that height and kind of what does that bubble look like around the wire. And then that information has to be relayed to the crews and then the folks like Kevin make sure that, you know, we kind of meet with property owners and we follow those practices when we're doing removals. Okay, so it sounds like this is a little bit more of a specific approach to our community and to measurement than previously in a number of ways, right, than the ground-up approach? Yes, the only clarification is one of our commitments is whatever we implement here It needs to be applicable system-wide because we are looking for system and sustainability across our entire program, our entire footprint. So the changes that we're talking about here will apply to our entire system, not just Fayette County. So when you say the entire system, do you mean in terms of statewide policy then? So the changes that you all have brought forward with this settlement potentially could save more trees statewide. Yes. As well as within this community by what's been presented here. Okay, those are all my questions for now, thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Maloney. Thank you, Mayor, I appreciate you all working on this. My question, I'm a visionary, like for instance, Lane Allen, I mean Lansdowne. Will all those trees be safe? Because when you say 50%, I'm thinking 50% of those trees will be safe, or do you think all of them down Lansdowne will be safe? It will be... So we looked at all the removals across Fayette County, and then our estimation has been largely through aerial. So we've used our helicopter at a distance to try to survey the trees as best that we could without going into people's backyards. So it's hard to say on any one particular area. It's not going to be 50% equally shared across every circuit. There will be some circuits that might be 90% safe and some might be 10% safe over where it was. Okay, that's what I'm trying to figure out. Now, do you have an area that you think would have 50% will go? Because that's going to be the biggest concern. And I understand that was my biggest beef. There's a lot of trees that are never going to reach the high wires. scientists but in older neighborhoods where we have the uh the other areas it's a lot not as high that i can see those being cut but there's not really any way you can save those because if they're right on that easement i mean those those things are not even like 25 feet high some of these holes are not very high from so is that what you think the bulk of the trees are going to be cut down or do you think any of the high wires like laying down laying down places like that do you see them getting up i don't see any of them and that i can think i'm going to grow that eye but i can see it on the other i'm just trying to look at where you are the 50 percent are going to come in here so i kind of feel i'm going to get calls from those 50 that's what i'm trying to realize we we have an analysis kind of broken down by area um i i don't recall for lansdowne specifically what your um the area that you're talking about what that percentage is but we do have kind of assumption of what those savings will be by area i think it is true that the lines that are higher construction are generally going to benefit more from the wire down analysis because see i look at where you all chose what you hope to do the next six-year plan or whatever it was and i was looking at parkers mill road a lot of old neighborhoods there a lot of not i don't think there's very many high rising utility lines i i just wondering that that's what we need to worry about to communicate with our constituents about that this is going to be an issue that's going to come down the road that we've come to this is the only compromise we can come with yeah i'm looking at what you all have done in this six-year plan five and i saw with parker's mill the sales road all those words we're going to be in the next you look right now you're in chevy chase in those areas and lane allen and i mean lansdowne and those kind of places so you see 50 of those trees will be cut down is what you're saying uh i think it might be better like kevin and i could follow up with you specifically about the areas that you're concerned about and district council members are going to need to know what areas you're looking at but he He may have an answer to that. Kevin's going to bail me out. My name's Kevin Montgomery. I'm hoping maybe I can answer your question a little bit. Good luck. Well, I know the area a little bit better. I've been over it pretty well. Obviously, it's 50% of the trees are safe through the combined program, right? Distribution under build and the wire down analysis. The distribution under build will save more than 50% of the trees. The wire down generally is going to be less. And the reason for that is anywhere where we have the wire down approach is transmission only. It doesn't have the distribution underneath. The spacing of the conductors is wider. You can't do your V trimming. And so those circuits are lands down is one. lands down going up to New Circle Road out Liberty Road those types of circuits the underbilled circuits are like you said Parker's Mill all the corridors going out of town and all and all those as far as your specific question on Lansdowne Drive itself we have ran the analysis on Lansdowne Drive I can't give you the percentage but I walked that over with the city forestry manager and the nursery and no this approach will not save every tree that's still out there uncut on lansdowne drive i would encourage you if it's a good hot day to take a drive down lansdowne drive and take a look some of it's self-explanatory when you do that so does that answer your question a little bit better you want some more detail okay council members do any of If you have further questions. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you again, Mayor. I guess I'm looking now for clarification of the 50%. Is that 50% of trees that otherwise would have been cut? Or is that 50% of the trees that now are under the lines? Of the trees when I was here, I guess. November December timeframe and we were discussing the program and what was going to be removed yes there were a number of trees that were going to be removed at that point and what we're talking about today is saving 50% of those trees thank you thank you mayor thank you any other clarifications or questions all right thank you very much for that and I want to thank your team Kyle and our internal LFUCG team for all the hard work that you all have done. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next on our agenda is public comment for issues on the agenda and I have two people signed up and the way this works is when I call your name you'll come to the podium and state your name for the record and your council district and and then you'll have three minutes. First is Charles Lason. I would relinquish my time to Robbie Walker. Okay, now Robbie Walker's not signed up. Did you mean to sign up to speak? Sir? It's fine. I'm sorry. You'll need to come to the microphone, but normally we have folks sign up to speak, and so you'll need to speak. I wasn't aware that I was going to speak. It's okay. You'll have your three minutes and Mr. Lason's three minutes, and you'll state your name for the record and your council district. I'm Rob Walker. I'm in the 5th district of Ms. Sheehan's district. Essentially, as you know, we have not had been provided any information, specific information, prior to today. I see there was a handout, and, of course, we've had the presentation. But I think before we can make any intelligent comment on it or ask questions, I think we're going to have to be provided much more specific information that I think is yet to come, such as the plan that's to be distributed next, the study that's to be distributed next week, as I understand it. I think we would like to see that, and we'd like to have some more specific impact information before we can take a position on this. Thank you. Thank you. Next is John Halton. You're going to pass. All right. Thank you. Those are the only folks I had signed up. Was there anyone else who wished to make public comment at this time? No? All right. Thank you very much. And so next we will go to rezonings and docket approval. Could I have a motion, please? So may I. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. All right, Council Member McCurn seconds. Now, if you have issues about the docket, will you please weigh in? Vice Mayor Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. Before people leave, if I may, I see people leaving. What you need to know is that at the request of the administration, I will be making a motion to place on the docket approval of this memorandum of understanding. I don't want people to leave and think that we then had something in our back pocket that we weren't sharing. So there may be further discussion related to this issue at this meeting, at this time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Councilmember Lamb. Yes, I have a motion on behalf of the administration to place on the docket for Tuesday, July 5, 2022, Council Meeting, a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an amendment to the Home Investment Partnerships Program Agreement with Ballard Departments, LLC, extending the performance period to September 30, 2022. I so move. Is there a second? Councilmember Legree seconds. Is there any discussion? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor, I have two. I move to place the docket for the July 5th, 2022 council meeting a resolution authorizing directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government pursuant to the jobs fund program to execute a 10 year forgivable incentive agreement and related documents with Ralph VR Inc. in the amount not to exceed $100,000 for the creation of at least five new full-time jobs with an average hourly wage of at least $41 exclusive of benefits. So moved. Thank you. Council Member Plowman seconds. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. On behalf of the administration, I move to place on the docket for the July 5, 2022 Council meeting a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a letter of agreement with NAF Care Incorporated related to payment for emergency medical services at the Federal Bureau of Prisons at no cost to the Urban County Government. So move. Is there a second? Council Member Bledsoe seconded. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Vice Mayor Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. At the request of the administration, I move to place on the docket of the July 5th, 2022 council meeting a resolution authorizing the Department of Law on behalf of the Urban County Government to enter into a memorandum of understanding with Kentucky Utilities Company related to its tree cutting practices, to dismiss the government's injunction lawsuit against the company. Fayette Circuit Court Case number 21CL03574 and to take any related actions. So move. Is there a second? Second. Vice Mayor, excuse me, Council Member Bledsoe seconds. Is there any discussion? Council Member Sheehan? I do have concerns over putting this on the ducat because we have our council meeting today, which would mean that it would get second reading, our first reading today and our next council meeting is on Thursday. So that means it would get second reading and be voted on on Thursday. As you heard, we're not even going to be able to see this environmental study until the earliest on Friday. And part of the memorandum that we were given today, just momentarily, honestly, includes part of that. And so I have concerns over putting this on the docket at this time, on the timing. Our next council meeting, if we moved it up, I understand that we're going on break, so that would push our second reading until potentially August 18th. But I think because of the community concern over this particular item, that we deserve to go through a process that follows more closely to our regular timeline. And this would only give two days between a first reading and a second reading. So I cannot support putting this on the docket at this time. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to speak? Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I'll speak to the, I share some of the same concerns. I will support this motion to put it on. I just think we need to make a concerted effort to make sure that we share the information that we were provided to today in regards to the MOU and also in regards to the presentation and some of the changes. Hopefully, if there are additional concerns, we can try to hear them before this gets second reading. But I know time is of the, well, maybe it's not of the essence, but I know in order for some folks to get some clarity on their neighborhood and their situation, there is a will to move this forward. And I'm supportive of that. But I think we need to do everything that we can to make sure that people in the community that are concerned about this issue have the same information that we have. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to speak to the motion? Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. So this is just to put it on for first reading, but the big question is when we're going to have second reading for it. That would be, by our procedure, that would be Thursday since that's the next council meeting. So it would be first reading tonight, second reading Thursday night. Because I know there's people in the audience that did not realize that this was going to happen. That's why I kind of went out there and told them that we're going to be discussing this. So hopefully some people came back. But I also know that some of the KU folks are here too. And are they available to answer with the time if we would have between the first reading and not put the second reading on until after break to give everybody an opportunity to look at this? Because we just received a lot of this information today just to make sure that we have some input. And are they available to let us know about the time frame? Mr. Burns, what are you asking him? If he's okay to delay a month? Yes, I want to know if Thursday has to be the date or can we move it to when we come off break, which would be August. Did you hear the discussion that's going on, Mr. Burns? I don't know if you were in the chamber or. Yes, we were suggested to come back, so I appreciate that. Thank you. I did hear that. I would, I discussed just very briefly some emergency work that, and some of those procedures that we have for emergency work. As we discussed before, we have not performed any work for the last seven plus months. I would be concerned about delaying another month before we are able to address some of those emergency areas. so you know I would like to perhaps discuss an option where we could continue with some of those emergency areas where we do have safety concerns outside of that it would be our preference to to move forward and whatever the most expeditious way possible so I would defer to the council on on that we can be as available as is needed to provide any information that may that the council may need to make a decision and my concern is that the neighbors are just now receiving the information i know they're going to have some questions i know when you all met for the last seven months and have been negotiating here but i know there's still some points because that you said when you answered with councilman sheehan you asked about i think lansdowne or somebody over there asked about that and you said at this point but i don't know if that meant they're still open for negotiation on that point about putting in more trees there or something you said so i know there's still some issues that the neighbors would like to have addressed and if we move it from today put it on the docket and have a second reading then that moves it in 48 hours and i know they would like to have more time with this so i i guess when you talk about what's emergency what what would that take into effect and then what could we wait till we come back off break in august to get second reading so everybody have a time to have some discussion if there's any further discussion because that's usually what first and second read does usually gives us time in between if there are some questions that we can have that resolved um from yeah we in order to again, we've worked with kind of this body, I think very collaboratively up to this point. We want to do everything that we can to continue that and move that process forward. So I would request or I would propose that in some of those emergency areas, we could trim those back the minimum amount to ensure that we've got the proper safety clearances that we would like to see. And even if those trees are identified for removal, we can defer the removal until we have a decision on how to proceed. Okay, I think that helps, and I might make an amendment if we have some other people talk that would include those emergencies to do it now, but try to put second reading off until we come back from break. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Maloney. well i have a walk on but i will make a comment i agree with my colleagues here this is a process we have and this is very rare we have to do something real quick we have done it we've done it many times but when you got a group and then this council been working for a couple years about with you guys we appreciate it you and the mayor have been working for the hard for the last seven month thank you but we just got it today and i had some few questions you heard me on the 50 percent and i kind of going and i think some of the neighborhoods so i don't think we're here to destroy this thing we we just got to make sure we don't upset our constituents and throw something out there we didn't do it and i think we did we hit we're doing it right i just think we need to give that month so we can give everybody a chance to come back and we're and and if there's If there's any questions, which I don't, we hope not, or if there are, we hope to work with you all to answer. So I support if we have to delay it another month. And I don't mean to put you, I know the mayor and you all have been working hard, but understand this process. We've got people up here that have promised their neighborhood to be fair about this. And to do this in 24 hours is unheard of. And I think it looks good on paper what you're doing, but to me, I have questions. I think they're going to have questions. You answered some of my questions. So I just want you to understand the process is we're not doing anything out of the ordinary. We're just making sure we do it the way this government was written to do it and make sure we give everybody a chance to see what we're doing. That's all we're doing. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. And I just wanted to make sure that for public transparency, everybody is hearing what we're talking about, but nobody is seeing the documents. And I want to make sure that everybody knows that at some point, I know we have back-to-back meetings today, at some point the documents that we're talking about and the memorandum of understanding should be going on to our Legistar system, which is accessible at lexingtonky.gov, and you should be able to look at the documents that we're talking about. today so the public has an opportunity to see these documents and and to know what we're talking about because I think that's what we're all talking about is the the ability to have transparency and you know I want to make sure that that the public understands that at some point and I don't want to put my council administrator on on the spot but I would think by tomorrow morning I mean that it is logistic that this being a walk-on today if it does pass it will become a a Legistar file number, and these documents will be accessible on our website. I just want to make sure the public knows about that, so thank you. Thank you. Council Member Lagree. Thank you, Mayor. And to echo some of the sentiments shared by some of my colleagues, and I know that may be shared by members of the public who are here, I will have difficulty supporting this back to back kind of walk on and then first and second reading process for the sake of transparency and access to information. I know that when we receive really important documents that need consideration, that need parsing, we are not always able to sort through them at length the way we would like to. But I think that in this case, having more time for people to review the documents, for people to understand them, to parse the information, especially because we have so many people invested in understanding this issue and the impact in the community would be very helpful. So I concur with Councilmember Sheehan at this juncture. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Maloney, are you on for another comment? Good, both. Welcome. Okay, Vice Mayor Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. And I just want to clarify that I brought this motion forward at the request of the administration to have, basically to have this conversation. But I would be in support if Council Member Ellinger is going to make a motion to amend to have the first reading on Thursday night and not tonight. so that the second reading would be after the break and people would have an opportunity to see the information. I share the same concerns that have been expressed about people not seeing anything in relation to this until an hour ago. And it's been, obviously, it's been an issue of concern for months. Many people have been engaged with the issue and I want to be careful how I say this, but after seeing the presentation it seems to me that what has been achieved is very positive, but I believe that everybody in the community needs a chance to look at it and make their own determination and speak to their representatives. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to speak to the motion? Mr. Maloney, are you on for? I'm for a walk-on. Okay, for a walk-on. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. And I would like to make an amendment. I guess I need maybe ask the Law Department how I would say this because I appreciate all that you all in the administration done, what KU's done to really get us to this point because I think you all made a lot of strides so far, And this is something that's going to be for everybody, not just for Fayette County, but it's my understanding it's going to be all for the state too. So you've made a good faith effort to do something. But what I'd like to know, and I want to protect you all, if you do have some emergency vegetation management that needs to be done, that in the interim between, if we do a five minute do a first reading on Thursday and then a second reading, not until the 18th of August to allow them to still be able to do some emergency vegetation work in there. How would a law be able to do that? Dave Barber is here to answer that. I think that you can just add that into your motion. Just make your motion to have this on Thursday night, which would be July 7th instead of today. And then you can add in a sentence that they would be allowed to perform trimming work related to emergency maintenance in the interim period of time. They essentially were doing the same thing before we got to this stage. They had some things that they had some emergency concerns about that they continue to work on in the last days. They had the equipment out there before they stopped. Thank you. With that, then, Mayor, I would amend the motion to give first reading on Thursday, July 7th, but allow trimming work emergency vegetation management in the interim, and then have second reading on August 18th. So moved. Thank you. the council member Sheehan seconds now is there discussion about the amendment seeing none all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes now the motion on the floor is to have first reading on walk this onto the docket or have first reading on Thursday and second reading on August 18th for the MOU. Are there any questions about the main motion? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Thank you very much to everyone. Now, next up is more discussion about the docket. I have a walk. Any other? Council Member Maloney? On behalf of the administration, I move to place on the docket for July 5th, 2022, council meeting a resolution authorizing the division of streets and roads to purchase a GPS monthly service from the route where. A sole source provided and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with route rare related to the procurement at the cost not to exceed $35,000, $736.72, so move. All right, could I ask folks who have discussions to please take them to the lobby so that council can hear? Thank you. Is there any discussion of the motion? All those in favor say aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Does anyone else have an issue for the docket or rezoning? All right, all those in favor of approval of the docket as amended, please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Next is the, do you mind to close the door at the back, please? It gets a little loud in here. Next is approval of the June 28th work session summary. Could I have a motion? So moved. Thank you. Council Member Plowman, second by Council Member Baxter. Are there any questions? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? Thank you. That passes. Could I have a motion please to approve budget amendments? So moved. Thank you Vice Mayor. Council Member Plumman seconds. Please log in if you have questions about budget amendments. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you Mayor. I move that the proposed budget amendments in the work session agenda today be amended to include budget amendments for the fiscal year and activity including rolled purchase orders and prepaid items consistent with normal practices the divisions of purchasing accounting have reviewed certain purchase orders and prepaid items as follows and move them from fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year 2023 one open purchase orders for items specifically approved by council contains claims insurance accounts and for ongoing construction or professional services projects and two purchases that may be more accurately charged to fiscal year 2023 including purchases through may budget to cover these purchase orders and and prepaid items must be rolled forward to cover these items. An additional budget amendment for the fiscal year 2022 June prepayment items will be provided for consideration after council recesses. So moved. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. All right. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Anything else about budget amendments? I see nothing. So all those in favor of passing budget amendments as amended, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Could I have a motion, please, to approve new business? So moved. Vice Mayor Kay moves. Is there a second? Second. Council Member Legree seconds. If you have a question about new business, please log in. Councilmember Reynolds. I just wanted to state that I'm voting yes on all but not on G. And that is about the SCAP grant. Okay, any questions about the new business items? Councilmember Plumman. Thank you, Mayor. I had a question on A and P, and I don't, I think, Commissioner Armstrong, Are you here for a question on that? Okay, I'll be fine. Major Strange is here from the jail. I didn't know that she's- Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. question has to do with what what is the intent of this this service is a consulting services that to come in and look at what you're already doing and make recommendations basically she's already hired for the medical side and yes she comes in she looks through basically just about everything okay she's also used as a resource um so this is we need to change or update so this isn't a new thing that we're doing this is just well it's for the mental health side okay for some reason when they did the medical they did not do the mental health side and we were needing her to help guide us on some of the things that we're facing uh from the mental health side of things so that's why we decided to try to get her on board with that side of things okay i understand it sounds like a good thing just wanted a little bit more background on it thank you and i had also So a question on number P, and I don't see, there she is, Director Conrad. And I think this is a really good thing. I just want to make sure I understand it. So what we're doing is we're bringing in Benchcraft Company, which is a third party. And what they're going to do is they're going to provide us with the scorecards and also the T-signs, but they're going to go out and sell sponsorships. So they're going to get the revenue from the sponsorships, sponsorships, but we are going to get $2,000 a year, and we will also get free scorecards and T-box, or T-signs. That is correct. Council Member, we'll have scorecards for each of the golf courses, and we'll have T-signs at two of the golf courses. So it's a new agreement for us, but certainly something that I think the Senior Center has done something similar with their newsletter. It's a great opportunity for us to use resources elsewhere. I think it's a great idea, and it's kind of a win-win. Has this company done this work with other cities? They have. In fact, Louisville has just been working with them as well. Right. Great. Well, thank you. It's a good idea. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Quickly, HH, which is the authorization to buy some properties up off East 3rd Street, I don't know how much of this has gone through Council or whether we've even talked about it, but I don't have any problem with buying the property, but I'd like to know, get it in committee or somewhere where we could understand what's going on because these are valuable pieces of property up there by our fire station now. It's also a valuable piece of property that I supported putting a new city hall on, and we need more space, but I guess my question is, nobody's made a decision on what to use for the land for. So Commissioner Ford will go through the steps that the council voted on to do this, I believe, and where the money is coming from. Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Council Member Brown. The council may recall during some previous budget discussions there was a million dollars allocated towards the purchase of land for the intent to help fire, identify, and expand some of its operations. Our general service has been gladly working with Chief Wells and Chief Harris and the members of their staff to do an assessment of some of their facilities and some of their needs. We're looking for ways to be more efficient in our operations. And the council's support to allocate that money allowed us to go out on the market. The opportunity for the properties in question are just across the street, like literally right across the street from fire station number one. And we felt, the administration and the fire department felt it would be a good opportunity to have that property under site control. We don't have a blueprint or we don't have any plans or funding to construct anything at the moment. But it does offer us a tool in our toolbox as we continue to assess what opportunities may be available to the fire department. That's fine. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't any final decision on what we, and that would come back to the council as to how we use that land up there, because we could probably get more land in that particular general area if we want, if we approached it that way. But I'd like to, you know, I just think we need to look for the future, and if it's going to be fire or public safety or what it's going to be. Thank you. And if I recall, Commissioner, or I know Commissioner Hensley's here, I believe the Council voted on this from budget stabilization. Is that correct, or was it, it was not from ARPA, it was from budget stabilization. Thank you. Okay, thank you, Commissioner. Thank you, Council. All right. Other questions about new business? Council Member Ellinger? Thank you, Mayor. I see, how about number D, please? And I know we have our bond council here and they've been sitting through here, so let us tell what we've got going on here. Commissioner Hensley, welcome. Hello. Hey, could you just tell us what this one is, because this is, I think, this is a big one here. Sure, first, Happy New Year. If no one has wished you a Happy New Year yet, Happy New Fiscal Year. This is the, there's actually several in here that go together. And we have our esteemed associates, our bond council representatives here with us if you all have any in depth questions. But what these three items will do, we'll take the information from the bond package that was approved and included in the budget. And that will allow us to go ahead and advertise and go out for the bid to go ahead and obtain that bond financing. So what's the process? Now, we go and advertise after we get first, second reading, then it goes out to the market? Correct. Chip, Kelly, do you guys want to add anything? I saw them at Subway, so I figured they've been here. They've been sitting through all this. They've sat through. We might as well give them the opportunity. Exactly. Welcome. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Chip Sutherland with Baird, my colleague Kelly Mercich with Baird. We're your municipal advisors. And, yes, we'll be ready to sell as soon as we get our authorizations out of the way. I'm happy to answer any questions you all have on the market or our expectations. What are your expectations on this? It's going to be robust. The market's really pretty steady right now. We're seeing some comfort in terms of interest rates coming down a little bit. In historic norms, we're well under historic norms. It's a bond issue that's 20 years, but it's really pretty front-loaded, which means you're paying off principal pretty quickly. So the interest rate, we expect it to be under 4%. Now, what would have been a year ago? That's a year ago exactly. I think it's hard to tell. But when we were just not too long ago, we were near 0%. The 10-year Treasury is a great bellwether to look at. And it almost hit 350 not too long ago, 3.5%. It was 0.5% or close a couple years ago. But in 2012, we were around 350. So in that context, we're sort of where we were not too long ago. Because I think not too long ago, didn't we refinance and actually had extra money because we were able to? Yes, every time we've had a chance to refinance for council, we've taken advantage of that with help from administration. Well, thank you. And good timing. Appreciate it. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you very much. Mr. Merchant, thank you. Council Member Maloney. I want to echo on that question. Commissioner, same question. We were concerned about we're going to go over the 10% with 12. You know, the rainy day fund was a big help as long as we kept our 10% of our budget. We're not going to reach our 10% now with our budget because it's 480 whatever. What's helping us keep the bond rating low because of what the other funding we have, budget stabilization and the other fund that's why because eventually my worst fear if we don't have those and they go on what we have those interest rates can go sky high so as of right now the reason we're saying okay is because we have that extra cash to offset that rainy day fund that we have not reached what we're supposed to be am i correct on that so when we had our last rating calls in February. Our rainy day fund or economic contingency was in really good shape. We were at the goal at the 10% of where we thought we would be based on our prior year revenue. With the most recent year's spike in revenue, we'll again be working towards that goal. So we're going to be trying to build that cash savings account for the items that we've set aside once again. But that's also because we've had a rather large jump in revenue. So in looking at the budget stabilization that we had and being able to invest that in some of our capital needs and our projects, as well as, you know, they're going to recognize that we have increased significantly in our revenue, and it's going to take us a while to build back up to that. I don't know. I don't have any expectation that there will be any drop in our rating at all. My concern is when the surplus comes in, We did well because we got one-time money from the federal government that kept that interest rate low. We're not going to have another chance. The only thing that's going to help us maybe is if we do our surplus correctly and put that money into the rainy day fund because this time next year, we're not going to have the one-time money anymore. So I just want to think, am I right on that? Do you think we want to really look at our surplus to make sure we build up that rainy day fund because we want to continue to bond. We're going to bond next year for projects that need to be bond every year. So I'm just trying to figure out that we sure, you might want to make us, am I wrong on that? Then let me know because I've been wrong many times today. I think, you know, with our budget that we have this year, we have pulled a lot of one-time sources of revenue, and we've also done a lot of one-time expenditures. We've proposed a lot of capital investments and things that we've needed to do. I think, I don't think, I know, come the fall, we're going to have the opportunity to make a decision again as what we'd like to do. We will have a fund balance. Our revenues have been far above where we've expected. Our expenditures for our operations and our personnel have come in less than we've expected. So we're closing the year very positively. We just sent out the May financial report. We're in the process of closing June, and we'll do that for quite some time. But I have every expectation that come what would be our fund balance conversation, you all will have the opportunity to take a look at our economic contingency, see where our balances are, see where you'd like them to be, and then propose what you'd like to do with that funding. Yes, sir. Thank you. Any other questions about new business? No? All right, all those in favor of new business approval, please say aye. Aye. Yes, no on G. All right, thank you. No on V, as in victory. So there's one no. Is anyone opposed, first of all? So there's one no on G and one on V. All right, thank you. Next is continuing business, and first I'll entertain a motion to approve neighborhood development funds. All right, thank you. Council Member Baxter, Council Member Plowman seconded. Any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Now I'd like to call on Council Member Fred Brown to give the Environmental Quality and Public Works report. Thank you, Mayor. Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee met at June 7, 2022, and this is a report-out summary. Our first item was the approval of the May 3, 2022 Committee summary. There were no additions or corrections, and the summary was approved without dissent. Next, James Bush with Environmental Services presented the annual Energy Improvement Fund update, and there was no action taken on this item. Next, Director Carey provided an ordinance update which would eliminate the Greenspace Commission and transfer all of its members and duties to the Greenspace Trust. some of the key changes proposed by this date update included membership expanded to those who live or work in Fayette County broadened qualifications reduced membership term and room movable by cause or operation of law after some discussion we had quite a bit of discussion the committee agreed to approve the ordinance updates motion by councilmember Ellinger to repeal sections 2-3 26 2-3 27 2-3 28 2-3 29 2-3 33 3 days I bet that's supposed to be a tooth there's three three one dash two dash three three two two dash three 333 and 2-3234. We discussed all of that anyway, related to the green space commissions. This was seconded by Councilmember Sheehan. Motion passed without dissent. On behalf of the committee, I so move. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Ellinger seconds. Are there any questions? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. Okay. by Councilmember Ellinger to accept the amendments of the Green Space Trust seconded by Councilmember Sheehan. Motion passed without dissent. On behalf of the committee I so move. Thank you. Councilmember Sheehan seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. Okay next Director Carey provided the background on article 18 of the zoning ordinance which pertains to the landscape and land use buffers. She reviewed proposed updates to the ordinance which would provide enforcement of land subdivision regulations regarding surety renewals. She added that until citation authority extends to article 18 staff will be impeded in enforcement of the commercial landscaping requirements. Procedures related to sureties are included in section 4-8 of article 4. Motion by councilmember Maloney to amend section 14-10 F5 of the code of ordinance related to citation officers to add enforcement of article 18 of the zoning ordinance and section 4 8 D of the land subdivision regulations. This was seconded by councilmember Clover. The The motion passed without dissent. On behalf of the committee, I so move. Is there a second? Second. Council Member, I think I heard Council Member McCurn. Any discussion? We did discuss this thoroughly in committee. And everybody got their questions answered, I think. Good. All those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Our meeting adjourned at 2-15. This concludes my report. Thank you, Council Member Brown. Does anyone have any further questions for Council Member Brown? About his report? All right, now it's time for council reports, if you'll log in please. Council Member Plowman. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to share with my colleagues in the public my concern and disappointment with the decision by the Board of Adjustment last Tuesday to to approve a conditional use permit within an AR agricultural zone for 12 soccer fields and 750 parking places off of Newtown Pike. This acreage is adjacent to Faisy Tipton, one of the best known thoroughbred auction companies in the world. It is close by several horse farms off of Newtown Pike and Russell Cave Road. The impact that these soccer fields with their noise, increase in traffic, and Potential lighting is not conducive nor respectful to phasing Tipton, nor to the integrity of our horse industry. We are the horse capital of the world. That is our brand. That is what Lexington, Kentucky is known for, and yet this decision made no recognition of the impact it would make, and now violates and disrespects our brand that is recognized worldwide. I personally support and want a regional soccer center for our youth, but this is not the right location. This particular piece of land is on some of the most highly rated soil in Fayette County. And remember, our soil is why our horse farms have located here. Now we covered with concrete and 750 parking spaces. What type of message does this send to our equine and ag partners? Was there any consideration given to the storm water runoff from these 750 parking places? And this will be going into the cave run tributary that's right there that already floods. Was there a parking study that was done? This conditional use in the AR land is just the tip of the iceberg to build out a full stadium. I and many of my constituents are disturbed about how this was handled in terms of transparency, communication and disclosure. I will conclude that there is an old song with a lyric that certainly resonates with this decision, and it's kind of stuck in my head all week long. Oh, it doesn't always seem to go. You don't know what you got till it's gone. They take Paradise and put up a parking lot. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. I think Chris has something for me. I just wanted to take a moment to give a special shout out to two of our Lexington firemen. During the 4th of July festivities, they bravely ran our Bluegrass 10,000 in full firefighter gear, and I wanted to tell them that was really impressive. I have Steve Eilerman on the left and Eric Bottoms on the right, and I just wanted to, once again, just say way to go. I also wanted to thank our police and Parks and Rec and Waste Management Streets and Roads for just helping make the festival a successful event. Really, you could see all branches of our government working together to really make that a nice occasion for our community. then maybe on not such quite a positive note um i just wanted to let everybody know that this past weekend my district had some tragic fires we lost two homes completely and while thankfully no one was injured um there was um it like i said it was a complete loss for two two of our houses So I wanted to give a special thank you to all of the numerous members of the Lexington Fire Department who battled that blaze bravely. And wanted to let everybody know that a GoFundMe page has been established to aid one of the families who was impacted by the devastating fire. That other home was actually a vacant property, thank God. So if anyone is interested in donating, feel free to reach out to my office. I'd be happy to share that link to the GoFundMe page. my thoughts and prayers are with that family I appreciate it thank you mayor thank you councilmember McCurran thank you mayor and thank you councilmember Baxter for your remarks on our public safety I'd like to also thank them for their help this past weekend with the festival and the fireworks as well I have three items for committee referral and then two events coming up here so I'll be quick with the committee referrals I'd like to make a motion to put a planned unit development zones into the planning and public safety committee so move there a second council member Plumman seconds any discussion all those in favor say aye anyone opposed all right that passes thank you and I'd also like to place mass transit or and regionalism into the planning of Public Safety Committee so move. Councilmember Baxter seconds any discussion? That's a big topic. I'm guessing you might hone it down for the council or not. It's no pun intended it's massive. All those in favor say aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. And lastly for committee I would like to place the trimming of street trees for public safety into the environmental Quality Committee. Is there a second? Council member Legree seconds. Any questions, comments? All those in favor say aye. Anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. All right thank you everybody and coming up tomorrow will be yappy hour. It'll kick off tomorrow evening at the Coldstream dog park from 6 to 9 p.m. This will be every Wednesday through August 10th. This will happen at different dog parks all across the city but tomorrow's we'll have food trucks desserts music fur friendly activities beer and fun so i hope to see you guys out there and bring your pups and your family and then next i have three nights that are coming up i'm gonna start i'll mention all three of them but every year i do a kids night hosted with the lexington legends our first kids night will be on July 12th then it'll be August 9th and September 13th. You are permitted one free ticket per adult or with a kid and one accompanying adult will get in free as well so if you have two kids you can get two adults in for free and then there'll also be free hot dogs for everybody that comes out that evening. It's a great time for your family colleagues I would ask that you guys help make it out if you get the chance to bring your friends bringing families but also invite anybody that's in your district as well just a great time to support our local teams and enjoy night at the park thank you thank you councilmember Sheehan thank you mayor I also have a community event to talk about and an item for committee so this I am placing an item into the general government and social services committee that has come from are commissioned for people with disabilities this item is to look at updating our ada improvement plan so moved all right is there any discussion all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes thank you and for the event I want to let everybody know that the The Junior League of Lexington is hosting its annual charity horse show event next week from July 11th to the 16th. I'm on the board of the horse show, so this is an event that I particularly love and enjoy to attend. But I wanted to let everybody know this is our largest outdoor American saddle bread show. And it is the first in the nation. And this is the first leg of the Saddle Bread Triple Crown event for competitors. The morning sessions are free, those start at 9 AM and go until about midday depending on how many classes of competition there are that day. And the evening has general admission available Monday through Thursday for $5 and Friday and Saturday it's $10 for those who want to attend. This is a fundraiser for the Junior League of Lexington that allows us to raise money for the grants that we award to our community nonprofit. So I hope to see everybody there. There are events every night and you can go to www.lexjrleague.com. And then on the toolbar at the top, there's a support tab and you can click on horse show. And that gives all of the information about everything that's going on over the next week. So thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Reynolds. Thank you very much, Mayor. Our city employees have been super busy over the past week and I especially want to thank, first of all, Parks and Recreation. It's Parks and Recreation Month and they're doing all kinds of activities all over town. But on Friday, they were in Valley Park and if I had planned accordingly, I would have shown the video of the kids and myself jumping down the slip and slide, which was a lot of fun. It was a really hot day, and I just really appreciate all the fun activities that they have planned. That is called the Summer Playground Days, and they're going to different parks throughout the city over the summer. And I know the kids in Valley Park and the parents were really thrilled to have them there with face painting and crafts and other things. So thank you for coming out for that. And then also I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone involved as well, to echo Councilmember Baxter's comments for the 4th of July. The parade was really fun, it's one of my son's favorite events and we had a blast. And there were so many employees working from Parks and Rec to Public Safety and I just really appreciate everyone that made it a safe holiday. And the fireworks were a big hit, so I'm glad that, Thank you, Mayor, for working on that over the past few years, and thank you for RJ Corman. It was a great show, and there were a lot of people in the 11th district that had a chance to see those fireworks, and even from the distillery district. So thank you so much for everyone that was involved with that. And then tomorrow evening, just wanted to remind everyone, all summer on Wednesday nights, Lexington Farmers Market is at Garden Side Plaza from 4 to 7 PM. And tomorrow, Art on the Move, if you're familiar with that nonprofit, will be there. So please take your kids out, enjoy some crafts and some wonderful produce and other things. And then on Tuesday, next week, Tuesday, July 12th, at 7 PM there's going to be an ice cream social in Meadowthorpe at the Meadowthorpe Community Center. So for that neighborhood, I wanted to remind everyone about the ice cream social. So thank you very much. Thank you. Councilmember Legree. I'll try to make this brief. I know we've had a busy meeting. First, like my colleagues, I want to thank everybody who showed up and worked really hard to make the 4th of July festivities successful. It was a hot, hot weekend and we had a lot of people working hard. So thank you all for that. Second, I have an item to put into committee. Mayor, this is an item that you'll be familiar with and many of my colleagues have talked about recently. I'm going to make a motion to enter an assessment and enforcement of the noise ordinance, I know, into the planning and public safety committee so that we can consider our options there. So that's my motion, so moved. Vice Mayor Kay seconds. Are there any questions or comments? Yes, Tom Blues and I co-chaired that task force for three years, and then council turned it down. So maybe this council will have different results. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Thank you. Anything else? All right. Does anyone else have a council report? All right. There is a mayor's report. I'll entertain a motion to approve. Second. Council Member Worley motions. And Council Member Fred Brown seconds. Any questions? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. I have one more item which I wanted to send my – all of you are familiar with the horrible event. involving shootings of public safety officers as well as a canine public safety dog in Prestonsburg and Floyd County this weekend and I wanted to send our condolences to the folks in Floyd County who are really reeling from this and as well as the Prestonsburg residents to let them know we here in Lexington are thinking of them. So with that, is there anyone signed up for public comment for issues not on the agenda? Doesn't look like it. Before we adjourn, Council members, the staff and clerk's office need about 15 minutes to prepare the docket for the next meeting, which was scheduled for 5 o'clock, but we'll reschedule it in about 15 minutes, about 6.05. And with that, I'd like a motion to adjourn. All right. All those in favor, say aye. We are adjourned. Thank you. Bye.