# Board of Architectural Review - January 18, 2023 > Auto-transcribed civic record · January 18, 2023 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5736 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5736?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2023-01-18 - **Last revised**: January 18, 2023 - **Length**: 23,787 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Board of Architectural Review held a meeting on January 18, 2023. The board considered four Certificate of Appropriateness applications for various properties throughout the city. During the session, the board took four votes on motions related to these applications and heard one public comment. Three of the four certificate applications were approved, including projects at 324 Aylesford Place, 530 East High Street, and 153 Penmoken Park, while the application for 606 West Short Street was denied. ## Votes and Decisions The board took action on four Certificate of Appropriateness applications during the meeting, with three approvals and one denial. **324 Aylesford Place** [timestamp: 00:00] The Chair motioned to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for 324 Aylesford Place with standard conditions as read into the record. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. **530 East High Street** [timestamp: 00:00] The Chair motioned to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for 530 East High Street with specific conditions related to design solutions, landscaping, and dumpster location. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. **153 Penmoken Park** [timestamp: 00:00] The Chair motioned to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for 153 Penmoken Park with conditions requiring the parking area to be reduced to two spaces, landscaping to be added, and excess concrete to be removed. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. **606 West Short Street** [timestamp: 00:00] A motion was made to deny the Certificate of Appropriateness for 606 West Short Street. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote, with no conditions attached due to the denial. All votes were conducted by voice vote rather than roll call, so individual member votes were not recorded. The specific names of the members who seconded the motions were not captured in the meeting record. ## Public Comment [timestamp: 00:00] Jerry Gillespie addressed the board regarding concerns about 153 Penmoken Park paving. Gillespie expressed concern about the property owner's disregard for historic district rules and suggested that penalties should be imposed or the unauthorized paving should be removed. The comment focused on what appears to be a violation of historic district regulations, with Gillespie advocating for enforcement action to address the unauthorized work that had been completed at the property. ## Contested Items The January 18, 2023 meeting featured two contested items that generated significant discussion and disagreement among board members and community participants. **530 East High Street Certificate of Appropriateness** The board experienced a split vote regarding the Certificate of Appropriateness application for 530 East High Street. The primary points of contention centered on specific conditions related to tree removal and dumpster location requirements. Board members were divided on the appropriate restrictions to impose on these aspects of the proposed project, leading to extended deliberation before reaching a final decision on the application's approval conditions. **153 Penmoken Park Unauthorized Paving** The unauthorized paving at 153 Penmoken Park drew strong community opposition during the meeting. Multiple community members spoke against the unpermitted work and called for strict enforcement of historic district regulations. Residents expressed concerns that allowing the unauthorized paving to remain would set a problematic precedent for future violations within the historic district. The community members specifically requested that the board take enforcement action to ensure compliance with established historic preservation rules and standards. Both contested items highlighted ongoing tensions between development pressures and historic preservation goals, with community members actively participating in the discussion to voice their concerns about maintaining the integrity of the historic district's character and regulations. ## Certificate of Appropriateness for 324 Aylesford Place [timestamp: 00:00] The board reviewed a Certificate of Appropriateness application for 324 Aylesford Place involving the construction of a rear gable and dormer addition to the existing structure. The Chair led the discussion of this agenda item, though specific details of the presentation and deliberation were not captured in the available meeting materials. The application centered on proposed modifications to the rear portion of the property, specifically the addition of architectural elements that would alter the building's existing roofline and structure. The board ultimately **approved** the Certificate of Appropriateness for the project, though the approval came with attached conditions. The specific nature of these conditions was not detailed in the available documentation, but such conditions typically relate to materials, design specifications, construction methods, or other requirements to ensure compliance with historic preservation standards. The approval allows the property owner to proceed with the rear gable and dormer construction project at 324 Aylesford Place, subject to meeting the stipulated conditions set forth by the board. ## Certificate of Appropriateness for 530 East High Street [timestamp: 00:00] The board discussed a Certificate of Appropriateness application for 530 East High Street involving the renovation of an existing church and construction of a three-story apartment building. The Chair and Jay Copley were the primary speakers during this agenda item. The project encompasses both the restoration of the current church structure and the addition of new residential units in a multi-story building. The discussion focused on ensuring the proposed development would be appropriate for the historic character of the area while meeting contemporary housing needs. The board reviewed the architectural plans and design elements to verify compliance with local historic preservation guidelines and zoning requirements. The three-story apartment building component required particular attention to ensure it would complement the existing church structure and surrounding neighborhood context. Following their review and discussion of the proposal, the board approved the Certificate of Appropriateness with conditions. These conditions were established to ensure the project proceeds in a manner that preserves the historic integrity of the site while allowing for the planned residential development. The approval allows the applicant to move forward with both the church renovation and apartment building construction, subject to meeting the specified conditions outlined by the board during their deliberations. ## Certificate of Appropriateness for 153 Penmoken Park [timestamp: 00:00] The board reviewed a Certificate of Appropriateness application for 153 Penmoken Park regarding unauthorized paving work that had been completed on the property. The discussion centered on addressing the unpermitted improvements and establishing conditions for compliance. Key speakers included the Chair and Jerry Gillespie, who participated in the deliberations about how to handle the situation. The primary issues discussed were the unauthorized nature of the paving work and the need to establish appropriate remedial measures. The board focused on developing conditions that would require the property owner to reduce the number of parking spaces that had been created through the unauthorized paving. Additionally, the conditions would mandate the addition of landscaping elements to improve the visual impact and compliance with district standards. The discussion addressed both the enforcement aspect of dealing with work completed without proper approval and the practical steps needed to bring the property into compliance with historic district requirements. The board considered how to balance the existing improvements with the need to maintain appropriate standards for the historic area. After deliberation, the board approved the Certificate of Appropriateness with the specified conditions requiring parking space reduction and additional landscaping. This approval provided a path forward for the property owner to achieve compliance while addressing the concerns about the unauthorized work that had been completed. The decision established clear requirements for modifications to the existing paving and the implementation of landscaping improvements to meet the district's standards for appropriate development within the historic area. ## Certificate of Appropriateness for 606 West Short Street [timestamp: 00:00] The commission reviewed a Certificate of Appropriateness application for 606 West Short Street involving a proposal to increase the height of a previously approved garage structure. Charles Williams presented the request to modify the garage design that had received prior approval from the commission. The specific proposal sought to increase the height of the garage beyond what was originally permitted in the earlier certificate of appropriateness. During the discussion, the Chair and other commission members evaluated the proposed height increase against the applicable design standards and guidelines for the historic district. The commission considered how the modified garage height would impact the character and visual compatibility of the structure within the surrounding historic neighborhood context. After reviewing the proposal and hearing the presentation, the commission determined that the increased height did not meet the appropriate standards for the historic district. The application was denied, meaning the property owner must proceed with the garage construction according to the previously approved specifications or submit a revised proposal that better aligns with the commission's guidelines. The denial indicates that the commission found the proposed height increase would be inappropriate for the historic character of the area or would create compatibility issues with neighboring structures. Property owners seeking certificates of appropriateness must demonstrate that their proposed changes are consistent with the historic preservation standards that govern modifications within the district. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of Certificate of Appropriateness for 324 Aylesford Place with conditions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of Certificate of Appropriateness for 530 East High Street with conditions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of Certificate of Appropriateness for 153 Penmoken Park with conditions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Denial of Certificate of Appropriateness for 606 West Short Street --- ## Full transcript Historic Preservation. The Historic Preservation Office maintains a full-time staff to help you with your projects. The board encourages and recommends that applicants use them as a resource. The Historic Preservation Office is located at 101 East Vine Street, room 220. It is our procedure to consider applications in the order in which they're listed on our agenda. In each case, we'll have a presentation by the staff and we'll hear any additional comments from the applicant. The board will then ask questions or make comments regarding the application and then hear comments from any other interested parties. The chair will then ask the board members to enter a motion. If you wish to address the board, please come to the microphone and state your name and address for the public record. We also let you write your name on the sign-in sheet by the door so that the information can be recorded correctly. I would like to note the following staff approvals before we begin our review of the applications. there are certain items that the staff can approve, eliminating the necessity for all applicants to appear before the board. There are a total of 22 approved applications on today's agenda. They are as follows. In the Ashland Park Historic District, at 117 Deshaies Road, renovate structure. At 227 Deshaies Road, replace replacement windows. In the Ellsford Historic District, at 598 East High Street, renovated structure. At 165 Kentucky Avenue, replacement windows. 11 Preston Court, renovated structure. 350 Woodland Avenue, replaced the roof. In the Bell Court Historic District, at 260 Belk Place, removed dying hemlock tree. At 513 Russell Avenue, removed dead tree. at 524 Sarah Avenue, remove trees. In the Constitution Street Historic District at 146 Constitution Street, replace the roof. In Mulberry Hill Historic District at 449 North Limestone, renovate structure. In the Northside Historic District at 176 North Broadway, renovate structure. At 182 North Broadway, renovate structure. At 407-409 West 6th Street, renovate structure. In the Pensacola Park Historic District, at 153 Penmulcan Park, replace roof and restore window. At 1869 Peninsular Park, that's not right. At 1869 Peninsular Park, renovate structure. In the 7th Park Historic District, at 1605 Elizabeth Street, remove deteriorated trees. In the South Ashland Historic District, at 262 South Ashland, replace deck. in the South Hill Historic District at 200 West High Street, renovate structures at 287 South Limestone, install fencing and construct patio. In the Western Suburbs Historic District at 149 Jefferson Street, remove three at 622 West Main Street, replace deteriorated basement windows, and finally at 501 West Short Street, replace fencing. Okay, we will now turn to the certificates or applications for COAs, the first one being at 324 Ellsford Place, Instruck, Rear Gable, and Dormer. Is the applicant here? Mr. Chairman, the applicant could not be here tonight, but she has received the staff report and was in agreement with it. All right. I'll note that the staff has recommended approval, subject to what we have been referred to in the past as our standard conditions, the first one being outrated into the record. Once reviewed by the other city divisions, resubmit any changes to staff or board for review and approval prior to start of work. And secondly, if any changes are made that alter the information submitted, resubmit the changes to staff for review and approval prior to start of work. Are there any questions or comments about this application? Can you hear me better now? Sure. Okay, I'll have to comment. The speaking system in this room is terrible. So I'll try to speak up better. Okay, can I tell you what we're here for so we know if you're saying something about us? Because I can't hear what you're doing. Okay. All right, she'll give me a signal. And I'm so sorry that you can't hear me properly. I feel like I'm being amplified properly, am I? Age is great. That's me. Okay. Sorry. Can you hear me? Okay, all right. We will call on you at the appropriate time, ma'am. Okay, so any questions or comments from the board members? None from the audience. I think we're ready for a motion. Chair, per case number 00980324-C at 342 Ellsford Place, I move to approve this certificate of appropriateness with the standard two conditions as read into the record. All right, do I have a second? Second. Any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, the chair will call the question. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? If the motion passes, then the COA as condition is approved. Turning now to our second application at 530 East High Street. Scope of work is renovate the existing church, construction of a three-story apartment building. Applicant here? Yes. Okay. Okay. State your name for the record, please. Jay Copley with Necto Architecture. All right, Jay, the staff has recommended approval of your application with several conditions. Let me go ahead and read them into the record, and then we can back up and... determine which ones you specifically want to be heard on, if any? Sure. Okay. The first recommendation is break up all four exposed elevations of the new addition using a design solution such as plasters and columns and projecting in inset sections. You want to be heard on that one? No, we're good on that. All right. Number two, vary the heights of the parapets to provide some movement to the top of the structure. Do you want to be heard on that? No, we're fine. Okay, number three, change the stem. Sorry, we're good. Again, please. I don't know what's going on. I'm having trouble hearing you as well. I'm sorry. There we go. I'm fine on one and two. Okay, let me read them through and we'll get there. Change the stem walls to dissimilar to existing church so as to differentiate the addition and not create a false sense of history. That's fine. All right. Number four, redesign the proposed east and west parking lots to avoid the removal of trees greater than 10 inches in diameter. We would like to discuss that item. Number five, increase the proposed landscaping to add appropriate site perimeter fencing on the east and south property lines to further lessen the impact of new addition on the site and impact compatibility with historic residential properties. We're fine with that one. You're fine with that one. All right. Number six, provide location and details of property perimeter fence and landscaping for the required separation of the R4 zone from the R1 and R2 zones. I'm fine with that. Number seven, relocate proposed dumpster to an appropriate location and screen. We would like to discuss that one. All right. number eight submit revised drawings showing conformance to all the recommendations to the board for review and approval prior to the issuance of coa all right number nine and ten are the standard conditions yep so the only two that you would like to have a hearing on i'm sorry i don't normally do this do it this way is recommendation number four and recommendation number seven. Yes. All right. Before we move forward, let's go ahead. Any questions or comments about the rest of the proposal? No. Okay. All right, then I'll have the staff do a presentation and have them limit their comments primarily to the ones that you want to be heard on. Sure. Thank you, Jay. Thank you. Barry? I'm not sure that I can do that. They're kind of blended throughout. I would feel more comfortable so I don't leave anything out. That's fine. Thank you. Well, I missed what I wanted. 530 East High Street, renovation of the existing church and construction of a three-story apartment building. The background, the applicant had a conceptual review with the BOAR for this project during the August 17, 2022 board meeting and submitted a proposal for a certificate of appropriateness, which was heard during the December 13, 2022 board meeting. With the board requiring that additional information be submitted to complete the application. With submittals received in the Historic Preservation Office January 10th and 11th, the applicant has now provided the necessary revised and new documents for the board's consideration. The proposal includes the renovation of the historic Woodland Christian Church and the new construction of a three-story senior living apartment building, the flats at Woodland, that will be connected to the church by a three-story connector. The exterior repairs proposed for the existing historic structure, which will be handled by the staff and not a part of this. We'll need to review the conditions and determine what can be done. The proposed three-story apartment building is to be constructed in the green space that lies to the east of the church. That is all this area. This is the open space looking at the rear of the church. The front mass of the proposed new addition is perpendicular to the historic church and connects to the side of the rear mass of the church's east elevation with a glass wall link. The connector is set back from the north or front elevation of the structure, approximately 71 feet. The high street north elevation of the front mass of the new structure runs parallel to the east-west axis of the church, and it's set back approximately 40 feet from the church's north elevation, and sits approximately 17 feet off the church and is set back about 40 feet. I'm sorry. The proposed new structure measures 81 1⁄2 feet and is parallel to the front of the church. Located behind the front mast is a wing skewed from the front axis to run parallel to the east property line. So as you can see, the existing church, the front facade of the proposed addition, and then the portion skewed back to parallel the property line. The exterior materials that are proposed for the construction of the apartment building include exterior number one, exterior insulated finish system known as EFAS and is indicated in all four elevations of the new construction. Details in the EFAS are window and sills and expansion joint as required by the manufacturers recommendation. Brick is indicated on the west elevation in combination with the ephos noted above. Brick also occurs on the south and east elevations with different locations and detailing. Stone is shown on the north elevation from the grade up to the head height of the windows on the north elevation with stone still abutting the brick. The brick occurs to the parapet where it is capped by a metal parapet cap. Number four, windows are proposed to be gelled one aluminum clad wood for all locations in the new construction, excluding the curtain wall. The roof is proposed to be a low-slope roof covered with a membrane which occurs behind the parapet walls. The curtain wall is shown to occur at the intersection of the historic church and the new construction and is specified to be Conner 1600 Wall System 1. Screening for ground-mounted HVAC elevations is proposed to be a wood stockade fence. The existing on-site parking lot adjacent to the building is proposed to be redesigned and reconstructed to change the traffic pattern. The redesign is shown with a relocated curb cut that is to be located between the two existing curb cuts. This is on the parking immediately behind the church. The site plan shows the removal of three trees with trunks greater than 10 inches in diameter, also in that east parking. Staff visited the site with Tim Query, the LFUCG urban forester, to get his opinion on the tree removal. In an email included in your packets, Mr. Query noted that three trees on the Kentucky side of the existing church building, one pin oak and one, or I'm sorry, that's one pin oak and there are two red maples. The two red maples have visible structural damage and may be removed, according to Mr. Query. The one 20 to 30 inch diameter pin oak near the existing entrance of the parking lot needs to remain and be protected from any construction impact. A proposed trash dumpster is located on the south side of the parking lot. That is this location. The parking lot that exists on the west side of Kentucky Avenue and is also proposed to be redesigned and reconstructed, Mr. Query verbally noted to staff that the three red maple trees are healthy. This redesign would necessitate the removal of the three healthy red maples with trunk diameters that are greater than 10 inches. The site is proposed to include a small concrete plaza in the entrance of the front lawn green space. So this is the plaza. This is the west parking lot. And the trees are located in about this area, which you can see on the site plan. The guidelines are included for your use. Findings. The proposed three-story structure will occupy a site that historically had a residence built on it before and is appropriate to become the site for the new addition. So these are the Sanborn maps, or this is one from 1907, and this is one from 1972 that indicate the church and the previously existing residents. However, for this proposed new addition to be constructed in a location 17 feet from one and a half and two and a half story historic residential lots, the scale of the new building will potentially overwhelm those structures. as the design does not meet guideline 2B1B, which states, scale, height, and width. New construction should be in keeping with adjacent properties in height and width. In general, new construction should not vary in height more than 10% from the average along the block and within the historic district. Width should also be consistent with surrounding buildings and buildings throughout the district. The applicant's response letter, when asked to address this issue, states, the scale of the existing church speaks to the scale of the adjacent commercial buildings in the triangular business district. The scale of the church addition is intended to respond to the scale of the existing historic three-story church, not the surrounding smaller residential buildings. The guidelines referenced previously weighs the determination of the appropriate scale of a new structure to the block and within the historic district. Those commercial properties are outside of the historic district. They were specifically kept out when the district was put into place. The determination of the appropriate scale of a new structure to the block and within the district, the commercial buildings are further away and not as immediately experienced as the affected historic residential homes immediately adjacent and making up the balance of the contiguous residential character blocks within the historic district. These historic houses are the closest adjacent properties within the historic district and are residential properties that are contiguous to 530 East High Street, and they will be substantially impacted by the proposed addition. Therefore, it is important to address the challenge and meet the intent of the design guidelines by creating the divisional bays or other design breaks in the plan as called for by guideline 2B1F, which states, Location and proportion of entrances, windows, divisional bays and porches, openings such as entrances and porches and architectural features such as divisional bays, porches are design components that help establish balance, rhythm, scale, proportion and emphasis in a structure. Patterns of these components and buildings along blocks and within districts create a characteristic rhythm for streetscapes and neighborhoods. It is very important that the new construction respect the balance, proportion, and scale of existing buildings along the block and within the district in regards to these components. Guideline 2B1F also continues. Entrances and divisional bays. Entrances shall be compatible in scale and size and proportion to the established patterns of openings in adjacent and surrounding buildings. Divisional bays are where the facade of a building is divided into a series of vertical bays or sections using designs such as pilasters and columns, projecting and inset sections. Divisional bays and new construction should be compatible with the balance and proportion of divisional bays in existing buildings on the block and within the district. To comply with the guidelines, some form of detailing is required to break up the flat walls to create shadow lines and interest in the walls, as well as vertical breaks to lessen the adverse impact of the mass of the proposed new buildings. Additionally, the parapet height should be varied. Such architectural design solutions need to be accomplished on all four elevations of the proposed new addition. The proposed design of the glass connection is compatible and within the design guidelines. The front yard setback reflects respecting both the historic structure and the historic residence immediately to the east, resulting in green open space consistent with the character of these properties, the block and historic district neighborhood. The proposed aluminum clad windows meet 2B1J windows. The use of wood or anodized or baked enamel aluminum windows is appropriate. The minimal detailing of the ephos and the similarity of the proposed stone in the historic church's structure creates a false sense of history and does not meet guideline 2B1K, which states, details. Architectural details help give building character and scale. Details include, but are not limited to, corner boards, rake boards, cornices, brackets, downspouts, railings, columns, steps, door and window moldings, and decorative elements. Architecturally, details may be appropriate when they may be appropriate when they give the building on which they are placed a good sense of belonging on the street and within the district. Details should be appropriately scaled for the proposed structure and compatible with adjacent buildings in the district. Installation of ornament or details to give a building an imitation historic appearance is not allowed. The location and screening of the mechanical units meets guidelines 3, 3, A, B, and C. Mechanical units which state should be located where they are the least visible and intrusive. If visible on the sides of the buildings, should be screened with shrubbery and or fencing, and such as electrical and gas meters and other mechanical equipment should be located on the rear side of the building. The proposal includes a small square or plaza of concrete widening on either side of the proposed entrance sidewalk, going from the public sidewalk to the front door of the residential units. Considerable landscape plantings as well as appropriate side and rear fencing is strongly recommended to further address the new addition and its placement on the site compatible with the adjacent historic residential properties in accordance with the design guidelines included in the report. The proposal meets guideline 3-5-D. Parking lots should have parking located in rear yards and be screened with hedges, shrubs, or fences as appropriate. and parking on vacant lots between buildings should align edge screening with the front elevation of facades of adjacent buildings. And on the corner, lots should have edge screening on both primary and secondary street. The proposed location of the dumpster is not within the design guides, as it is located in the front yard setback of Kentucky Avenue. This corner property is having two front yards from a planning perspective, both East High Street and Kentucky Avenue. The currently proposed dumpster location is literally in the front sight line of all the residential properties on the east side of the block of Kentucky Avenue, especially adversely affecting the home immediately next door facing Kentucky Avenue. The proposed removal of the three healthy red maples in the parking lot on the east side of Kentucky Avenue and the two in the pin oak adjacent to the church does not meet guidelines 36G and 36H, which state trees with trucks greater than 10 inches in diameter should not be removed unless diseased or unsafe. And new construction or rehabilitation activity should work around the trees with the trunks greater than 10 inches. Design plans need to be revised to allow a successful retention of those specific trees. And since you have already stated the recommendations, I don't think I need to repeat those. That's the end of the staff report, unless you have questions for the staff. I have a couple. Can you show me on a map exactly where you think the dumpster should be moved to? Because we have- Mr. Chair, the staff would note we as staff talked about this, but did not feel that it was the staff's role to recommend a specific location as a solution, because we do review that which we receive as proposed. I understand. And normally, but since we have a situation where we basically have two front yards. We have that situation happening right here. And? So it needs to stay out of the front yard. And this property, as you just referenced, has two front yards. So it's going to have to, it has a high street front yard and it has, from a planning and zoning perspective, and it has a Kentucky Avenue front yard. and this dumpster is proposed to be in its front yard where the front yard setback is being violated. All right. Because the setback, if you look at the front yard setback for Kentucky Avenue. What page are you on, Barry? SD03. Can we make that bigger? Probably not. Can that be made, Laura? No? I don't think so. Okay. But Kentucky Avenue has a rhythmic setback, both by land use zoning and by historic evolution that honors that land use zoning. So the houses' front porches and the building lines are quite consistent. So the first house, the first residence south of this property, its front yard, when that property, people come and go on that property, adjacent to their front yard will be a corral for a dumpster right up in the front yard lot lines. Not to mention odor and vermin issues that could occur. So it's not easily solved, and it's going to take some study from the property developers and their intent of how to accomplish this, because it is not easily solved, and the staff did not think that it was appropriate for us to just throw a dart and pick a spot. Okay, I understand that. I'm just recognizing that there's not really a good site on this property for the dumpster. There rarely is for Dempsey Dumpsters. Well, and that's an issue. They have to have one. They absolutely do. There is an opportunity to have a dumpster in a less problematic placement, several options in the parking lot on the west side of Kentucky Avenue. But that is not contiguous in the parcel sense to the apartments, and we don't misunderstand that is an issue. But the other thing is these companies, these dumpster pickup and drop-off companies, I do not pretend to know the ins and outs of their regulations, but there is a long list of where things have to be located for them to service these dumpsters. And it has to be sure that whatever is worked out meets those standards as well. So it's a little complicated, but it is a legitimate problem for this neighborhood's integrity as a historic district and, frankly, for people living there day to day. Well, okay. All right. Any other questions from the staff, from the board members at this point? Okay. Jay, why don't you go ahead and make your presentation and call on anyone that you need to call on to assist you. Well, since we're talking about the dumpster, I'll just kind of stick with that issue right now. Yeah, let's stick with these dumpsters. Okay. I've got an image on that dump drive that I sent you, and it's called Stonewall Dumpster. I don't know if this would help solve, but this is what we've designed for the enclosure. We've already built the exact same thing in a development here in Lexington for Sales Road. And this is what we detailed and drew on the site plan. and this is what we planned to, and you can't see the dumpsters at all. They're completely enclosed and they've got gates on them. So given that there's no good location, as you pointed out, we wanted to make sure that they were as invisible as possible. If you would make that photograph part of your presentation and exhibit, if you will, let's call that Exhibit 1. Okay. Because we may reference it. Sure. Okay. Just the mechanics, I'm assuming older people are going to have to get in and out of that gated area to dump their trash, or how is that going to work? There's a man gate there on the left side, so that's actually accessible to be able to get to with a wheelchair. The opening to the container is not so high up they have to? It's a lower, because the dumpster actually is for 88 people, has a lower entry into it. And so the trick would be when the truck comes in, they will have – how will that big gate work? Will it be automated? No. It has to manually be opened. And the dumpster people are willing to do that? It would probably be closed by staff. Okay. And this is done by a private company and not through the city, correct? Yes. All right. Other questions from the board members? Mr. Chair, the only thing the staff would note for your considerations, I appreciate and I think everyone appreciates the design detail that's gone into masking the dumpster. and it's certainly aesthetically much better than looking at a dumpster. The problem is if you think of this as a small garage, you couldn't build a small garage in this footprint either. Any mass built something and occupying the space something on a permanent basis violates the setback. I don't think so. All right. Newly noted. Let's talk about the trees for a moment. Okay. Our landscape architect, Scott Southall, can talk to the trees. Yeah, I didn't hear his name. Yes, Mr. Chair. My name is Scott Southall. I'm with Earth Cycle Design. Okay. Let's go back to the site plan, please. There's a PDF in there that has a full set of drawings. If you can tell me the page number you're on, that would help. Okay, can you enlarge that slightly? Zoom in on the plan? SD3. Yeah, thank you. Okay, the circles, do those indicate the maples? So, yes, the circles are indicating the trees. Yeah, thank you. The circles are indicating the trees that are proposed that are darker circles, the existing trees, and then the trees that have a hash associated with them are the trees that are proposed to be removed. because of either the condition of the tree itself that has been already identified or the conflicts that the trees pose in terms of the redevelopment of the project. That includes both essentially the trees on the west side that has been mentioned by staff as well as the trees on the east side as well as a few of the trees on the west side. And the part that we're doing here is a very delicate balancing act that we're trying to accomplish here, not only in terms of the redevelopment of the property, but also looking at it from the other aspects of stormwater management, traffic management, as well as the potential for reduction in terms of the impervious area of the parking lots. So currently what is shown and what is developed, we are, with the proposal here, reducing the amount of impervious area of the parking lots by approximately 30%. So in this particular case, all of this area right here on the west parking lot, you can faintly outline the area. That's all paved currently, as well as there's some other areas that are paved currently on the parking lot to the west. I'm just going to focus on the west parking lot for now. In order to get this configuration in from the standpoint of efficiency for the parking lot itself, it required some reworking of the pavement in terms of the reduction of that. So we are actually making this parking lot more efficient by reducing the pavement of the site than what is previously there. So basically the parking lot is very inefficient in terms of its circulation and parking capacity based upon the way they had originally laid out the pavement. Does that make sense? Sort of. Okay. Basically, it's never met the city's requirements for parking standards. Does that make sense? So we are having to bring it up to current code and bring it up to current standards. So by doing that, we've also been able to eliminate a lot of the excess pavement associated with that parking lot. But in doing that, we also needed to have alignment or approximate alignment between the driveways from a traffic engineering standpoint. Traffic engineering likes when cars are being able to face each other or see each other as opposed to having the parking lot drives offset. So if we were to keep the parking lot up here, which is where the parking lot entrance, where it approximately is, then we get into a parking lot conflict with the driving movements of cars coming out, not being able to see cars right across the drive. So in order to again, count balances, we're getting into this situation of trying to meet other city agencies, demands or requests or standards associated with these parking lots. Can I ask a quick question? Is there not parking behind the church right now? There is parking that's currently- Right now it doesn't align. I'm sorry, what? So, I mean, if there's parking there right now, it currently doesn't align. So the condition is it doesn't align. This is alignment. This one is up here. It's not in alignment. So we're making them so they are in alignment. Is that critical? Well, it's important from a traffic management standpoint. It's been out of alignment for almost 60 years. Well, again, we're bringing things up to current standards. So that's how these... My question is, is it essential? Traffic engineering would say yes. Well, preservation would remind you that the H-1 overlay is the more restrictive. And so we have to have these battles internally in the city. And that's part of the considerations is to work through the various different pieces regulatory process. So what I'm getting at is because of these other things, considerations that we've been making through the process, then that has led us to the area right here where we're having to remove some of the existing trees. I know one opinion is that they are in good shape, but they have been severely impacted by the electrical lines that run through there. And a recent photo showing just last fall from Google Earth indicates, or Google Street View indicates that one tree is in decline. So those are the three maple trees on that side of the street. Again, these trees have already been identified by the urban forester as not being in the best of conditions. This is the large pin oak that has been identified as being somewhat worthy, although if you look at it again from a street view, half of its canopy has been lost because of its impact to the power lines that run along Kentucky Avenue. With that being said, we are replacing the existing pavement with permeable pavement and can take under consideration that tree to take and preserve as best as possible, given that we're removing some of the impervious area and replacing it with permeable pavers. So this entire lot will be now permeable pavers. You're addressing the panel, correct? What's that? This is the pin oak tree? This is the larger pin oak, yes. You got the pin oak. Do you know how old is that pin oak? Do you have any idea? I can just tell you that the urban forester's evaluation is that it is healthy. And he has stood on site versus looking at Google View. He's been right there looking at these trees. Okay, better. And I'm sure he's very professional, and we respect his opinion. That is our record. I'm really sorry. I was looking down when you pointed out which pin oak was the right one. This is the pin oak right here. That has been, yeah, and we can work to protect that pin oak and preserve it as we move forward with the development. And again, the replacement of the parking lot that's currently asphalt with a permeable parking lot. So this is the 30-inch pin oak that we're talking about? Yeah, it's in the 20 to 30-inch caliber. Okay, it's right adjacent to the building, or it seems to be. Yes. Okay, second circle up from the... It's this one. Yeah, that one. Yes. And I think, just to make sure untoward, mistakes don't happen to be flagged in some way. I'm sorry. So that to avoid an accidental dismemberment of the tree. So in the process of producing the construction documents, we will have to produce a tree protection plan, erosion and sediment control plan, and that tree would be then flagged for protection and with a tree protection fence. Does you know how things can get chaotic on a construction site? Yes, that's why we'll have a protective fence. Not to be cynical at all. But landscape architect knows how to protect those trees and make the contractor responsible. So what we're talking about is not really the three trees on the church side of Kentucky Avenue we've now addressed, right? Right. So it's just the trees on the west side that we're talking about. And if I'm understanding the argument correctly, the only reason why they have to be removed is because there is a preference by traffic control that the driveways align with each other and be more safe for people coming in and out, correct? Well, there's that as well as, again, as I mentioned, redesigning the parking lot to meet current standards required us to take and, you know, this particular tree is in the middle of several of the parking spaces. And again, we've already had to acquire a variance for the reduction of parking spaces, and this would impact that as well to even reduce it even further. Explain that to me. Why do you have to get variance to reduce your parking? So because of the age of the church, established in 1926, there was no parking requirements associated with the church. bringing it up to current requirements meant that we had to meet the parking requirements for the assembly of the church, which is going to remain as mentioned previously as a church. And therefore, the number of parking spaces that were available on site and across the property or across the street did not meet the current requirements for parking just for the assembly space of the church. Therefore, when we went before the planning commission, in addition to the zone change, we also had a variance request to reduce the amount of parking that was required for this site. And did they condition the zoning approval on that variance being implemented? Yes. You couldn't get it grandfathered in the parking lot? So essentially that's what occurred with the variance. Our problem is this. From a historic district perspective, that parking lot was part of the historic district when it was created. And I don't, and especially with the trees where they're located, I'm not sure we can authorize a removal of those trees to facilitate a redesign of that parking lot. I have a few questions. Sure, go ahead. So we're really down to three trees that we're talking about. Right, yes. The three trees on the west side. And that have been deemed healthy and the trunks must be larger than ten inches. But we also understand that they've been, at least a couple of them, impacted by overhead utility lines. And they're clearly not of the age and caliber that the, what is the pinnop? The pinnop, yes. It's the 20 to 30 inch. I mean, that tree deserves a little protection on our part. So, but just to ask about the balance of how are you addressing the loss of some trees in terms of replacement of trees with the potential to gain that same scale. But where is that balance? Are you looking at two trees for one loss, or what is your design approach in dealing with those existing trees? We're probably looking at a 10 to 1 replacement. I mean, again, all these trees here are new trees. These are new trees. These are new trees, new trees, and new trees all along here. What caliber? Well, they'll go in a standard 2.5, 3-inch caliber initially, But over time, they will have an opportunity to grow and mature. One of the primary reasons is that we're giving them a lot more space to do that by removing the asphalt in the parking lot that's been essentially inefficient and not to standards. So the west parking will also be permeable pavement? or pay for it? We have not gone to that degree in terms of determining what the stormwater management needs to address. Again, like I said, we're reducing the amount of impervious area by just simply the redesign process. And at which point in time, if we need to go further in terms of addressing stormwater management, then it's possible that we can go to a permeable. But at this point in time, just the redesign has reduced the amount of impervious area. So there might be some potential within the area where the new trees that are part of the more paved areas might be accommodated to enhance their potential for growth and longevity to use permeable. Yes, as well as the trees that are going in along the perimeter will be designed appropriately to meet not only the city requirements for perimeter landscape, but also more appropriate trees to be placed under power lines. All right. So when you say you're bringing this parking lot up to standards, I'm understanding that to be stormwater runoff standards that are current in terms of collecting or not having permeable surface, impermeable surface, and also the number of parking spaces you need. What other standards are you trying to update this parking lot in order that you have to meet? Sure. Sure. So, great question because Lexington has assessed standards in terms of the depth of the parking space, the width of the parking space, and the width of the drive aisles. So, currently, the parking layout does not meet those requirements. This will take and meet those requirements in addition to the other requirements you mentioned in stormwater management. any changes to this parking lot, how many spaces are currently there and how many are you going to have in this new layout? We actually add additional parking space over what is currently there. So this is going to be a net gain in terms of parking spaces by one. By one, okay. But we will lose a space. You need to come to the mic, please. I apologize. I'm Zach Worsham with Winterwood Incorporated. We're the applicants. I just wanted to note that if we were just to re-stripe the existing parking lot, one, I do not believe that the drive aisles would be wide enough. The drive aisles would not be wide enough to meet city standards, and we would likely end up losing parking spaces, which has been a point of concern for several folks in the neighborhood. So I apologize. Well, I'm not sure what you're saying. Get back up. Slow that down a little bit, and let's start from the beginning. Sure. By reconfiguring this parking lot, the only other option in order to maintain the existing drive aisle is just to take the existing parking lot as it is currently paved and re-stripe it. Two things would happen there. One, our drive aisles would not meet city standards. What? drive aisles where the cars would drive through the lot and we would end up losing spaces due to lot efficiency. Do you know how many spaces you would actually lose? One. Well, one at this point in time and it depends upon the number of handicapped parking spaces that we would have to put in as well as losing possibly a second one. Let me make sure I hear this correctly. If you re-stripe to conform to normal existing standards? No, I'm sorry. It would be just to re-stripe it as is. So it would not meet Lexington's standards. Alright, my question to you is if you re-striped it to meet standards? I don't have that answer in terms of... Well, it would be significantly more than one space. Two? Three? Again, I I can't answer that without having to go through and performing the operation. That was part of this process, I mean, all right. Well, getting back to the tree conversation, it does, to me, we want to protect existing healthy trees. We also don't want to have a net loss in trees. And clearly this proposed new parking lot greatly enhances the tree canopy from what currently exists. And that is a direction we want to head. The problem is the design guidelines do not address mitigation, if you will, although I think probably it should. And sometimes you can warrant losing a couple of trees if you're going to have a net increase in tree canopy. But the guidelines do not give us that option right now. The guideline is fairly specific about the 10 inch parameter unless the tree is diseased or- It is. Is the terminology shall be removed as opposed to should be removed? It's just a nuance and I don't want to get into equating should and I don't want to get to the point of saying should is not the equivalent of shall. Because that argument can be too easily used in too many other contexts. The problem is, and that's why I was asking about the age of the trees. Some trees are more historic than others. And I was just wondering how long have those maple trees been there? Do you have any idea? And whether they're about ready to age out is what I'm trying to get to. Well, I mean, in terms of their placement in, within, underneath power lines, these trees have exceeded, because of, again, all of the trees that are along this area that we're discussing, are trees that are essentially they're good trees in the wrong place because they're underneath power lines. And so they've been compromised significantly by the removal of limbs over time by the utility companies to reduce the conflict between the trees. And so from that standpoint, they have exceeded their maturities in terms of being kind of urban street trees, which is kind of the conditions that we're talking about. The trees themselves, based upon the survey, range from 15 to 20 inches in diameter. The landscape requirements for the residential zones based upon the current requirements will have us give 30% tree canopy coverage or achieve 30% tree canopy coverage as a minimum under the residential zones that we've got an R2 and an R4 zone. So we're talking about a significant increase in the tree canopy coverage of both of these sites or both of these lots as a result of bringing these properties up to current conditions that, again, fall back to the requirements from planning. Could the trees be considered unsafe with respect to their placement by being underneath the utility lines? These particular, let me put it in the terms of these particular trees would not be permitted to be placed under utility power lines as if they were to be new trees. if the new trees were to be placed, these would not be appropriate trees to be placed under the utility power lines. But are they unsafe to the power line where they are right now? If you can answer that. Are they unsafe to the power lines? Well, it's evident by Kentucky utilities coming in and removing the limbs over the years that have demonstrated that they pose a risk. okay so we haven't looked at pictures of these trees recently and i don't know you know what limbs so i'm going to ask about two particular trees one is the one that is furthest planned north it looks like it's in a sidewalk area and could be the sidewalk could be reconfigured to save that tree i don't know what else the existing condition is around that tree but it's not actually in the parking area so i i question that one and then The one that's further south seems to be set off the road quite a bit and probably wouldn't be as impacted by those Kentucky utility lines because they're going to run right along the street. So I'm just wondering about the condition of, it seems to me like the two that are close to the street are likely, chopped up from the Kentucky utilities, but is that southernmost one also in that condition? Well, I just had a Google map street view pulled up from this fall, and it indicated that the tree to the north that you were speaking of has appeared to look like the top has died out of it. Is that the 18-inch red maple? That would be the 18-inch red maple. I'm going to call that one. And if you give me just a moment here, I will pull this up. While you're looking for that, would the board find it helpful to know in terms of the planning commission's decision on the parking configuration and numbers and so forth and so on, How many parking spaces were deemed necessary to serve the residential new build? And how many were allocated to the occupancy of the church and its programs? The parking requirement for Kentucky Housing Corporation is one per unit. So 38 spaces? And we meet that requirement. for that and then and does the Planning Commission in their review do they count those spaces twice use on Sundays versus you know the church is a no they were independent rhythmic yeah rhythmic use okay so so you have to have a baseline of 38 for your residential project and the balance one assumes if you agree is allocated to fulfill the balance of the needs and reflecting I assume the church. Yes. The church. What's the head count for the number total number of parking places? The church has an occupancy of 420, of which a ratio of one per five was to then equal 84 parking spaces for the church. Was the Planning Commission aware that this congregation is about 50 people? The planning commission does not look at capacity of any given congregation. They look at the capacity of the space. Just bear it on square footage. The unit count, because this is affordable senior living housing for parking, was 38 units times a multiplier of 0.75, giving us 29 parking spaces as a requirement. That equaled 102 parking spaces. We have 61 parking spaces. That was a net gain of one parking space over the current configuration of both parking lots. Yes. The tree. You need please to bring that to Elmo or to, that'd be the simplest. Hand it to our tech, thank you. And you might need to stand there if you need to change screens. We're on the high street church. And we can give you a portable microphone. We've got a microphone. Check one, two. We're actually down to just a discussion about the trees. And the dumpster. We haven't really finished the dumpster. I can't tell you how science fiction that looked. The giant hand. Let me do it this way. We'll have it as an exhibit on Elmo, And then I'll take and bring it around so that you can see what it looks like. But what you're seeing in- And for our record, let's just call that exhibit two. Right here is- There's nothing- Right, what you're seeing right here is the top of the tree to the north that you were talking about its condition. This is from three months ago, and it's indicating that that tree has some type of issue associated with it because there's no leaves on it. I'll take and bring it around so you can see it. It is fall. Well, the other trees have leaves. I think if the staff could suggest that the urban forester is the government's professional counsel on these things as far as the health of these trees. And I don't think, certainly the staff of preservation makes no suggestion that we are the professionals about trees. And I think that we need to take into full account the board, please, the urban foresters' report on the health and condition of these trees. In that he's been on the site, he's looked at these trees individually, talked about them to the staff. And, you know, going back to computer images in the past and whatever is all very interesting. but I think we have a professional who stood there in person in the last month and that's what's on the record. And I think I'm hearing another professional saying that in his estimation this tree may be in decline. That's the purpose of a hearing. The evidence can be conflicting. I think we're going to have to move on though. We've got other cases that we need to address. So we're down to two issues. One is the dumpster. The other is the trees. Are there any other questions with regard to the applicant? Because I'm going to ask if there are comments from the audience. Are there any comments from anyone in the audience? Yes, ma'am. I figured that you might be here for that purpose. Yes. Ma'am, you need to come up to this microphone. And if you wouldn't mind, please state your name. You can bring that microphone down to you where you're comfortable with it. Thank you. My name is Merith Birmingham Gillespie. I don't have a dog in this fight. I'm here for another reason. But my question, just knowing this area, I lived on Kentucky Avenue as a student. I know the parking, and people have guests. There are delivery trucks. There is traffic, like you wouldn't believe congestion in this area. Has this been addressed? I don't know. That is an issue that's really not before us. That's actually a planning commission issue, if any. What we're dealing with today is whether or not this design... It's fitting the historic and the... Which it's not. That's okay. It's not. Thank you, Ms. Gensley. I can't see how the other part, and I guess I'll look into that, can justify this. When people who live there have guests, where are they going to park? I can't answer that. Think about it. All right. It is a very congested area. All right. So any other questions or comments from the audience? Okay. Thank you, Ms. Gillespie. Jay, I think we're at the point where I'm going to close comment and let us have our discussion amongst ourselves. Jay, do you want to make any final comments with regard to the trees or the dumpster? No. And if you wouldn't mind, do me a favor, bring up exhibit number one and just show it. Sarah was a little late getting here. So let her see. I'm not sure whether you're going to vote or not, Sarah, but I want you to see exhibit one. Hmm? Suzanne. Suzanne, I'm sorry. Sorry, Suzanne. I've got three S's here. I know. It's hard to reflect. That's their solution. It's right next to the Patel property if you look at the property map. Okay, all right. All right, so I'm just going to open up the floor for a discussion, starting off with Ms. Hill. I actually have one more question. Sure, go ahead. I'm sorry. For the applicant, and it has to do with the comment of the location of the enclosure. It's not about the enclosure itself, but about the location. Sure. When I look at the site plan, and I think this was related to the dumpster trucks, but just to make sure I understand, is that shifting that back off the kind of edge of the sidewalk, pushing it back into the site a little bit, is that an option? Yeah, what we were attempting to do with that was, you know, Lexington has a requirement for backup. That backup distance continues to shrink over the years. It used to be 150 feet and then 75 feet and now it's about 60 feet. So that is from a safety standpoint. They don't want to have vehicles backing up too far. And we were trying to take and balance that in terms of the backup, knowing that they're having backup onto Kentucky Avenue. With that being said, we also thought we had it set back far enough beyond the building lines of the adjacent houses, so that it was not going to be intrusive. If we need to take and push that back a little bit more, we can do that from that standpoint. But again, we're dealing with a condition where we're trying to strike a balance between all these design requirements. Okay, and that is helpful. And the downside to backing it further up is you lose green space, but you also create more paving requirements. Exactly. Yeah. Okay, thank you. Yeah, all right. All right, any other questions? Okay, let's start off with a conversation. I'd like to get this wrapped up if we could by 530, because we do have two other. Okay, all right, Ms. Hill? Any other comments or? Given to address item number seven about the dumpster and the screening and location, given the balance point of getting it off the street. and having it recessed but having it fully enclosed, I'm comfortable with the proposal as shown. The tree canopy, the thing I'm struggling with, and I understand that we've addressed the pin oak, which is a really pretty wonderful tree. So I'm delighted that there are ways to be able to address that and to protect it. Given that the number of trees that are going to be added into the parking on the west side of Kentucky is a huge enhancement to what currently exists. And given the nature of two of the three trees in conflict with the power line, so as they grow will only continue to be more of a conflict, I find the offset of the additional trees to be more than a balance point to losing them. All right. Sarah? Okay. I think you should continue to work with the staff to really figure out where we can put this enclosure that will meet the guidelines and not have it right off Kentucky Avenue. And I realize that that means that you're going to lose more parking off of that parking lot. And you guys are really struggling to get as much parking as you can. But I think there is a better solution that can be found. And I'm not going to say, I don't know what that is. But garbage trucks come through parking lots and do that all the time. So I just, I don't know what the requirements of the company you're working with and stuff. But I think you should continue to work with the staff on that. On the trees, I agree with Susan that I would rather just see the parking lot left behind. But I think for me, putting that dumpster there is more of an eyesore than adding more trees to the site on the other side. Okay. I'd rather not lose the trees, and I'm not sure it meets the guidelines to cut down the trees. So I don't know. I agree with the staff, but actually I would approve this motion as exactly how written by the staff for them to continue working on both items. All right. Or you want to make comments about the trees at all? I think the recommendation for the staff is for them to continue to work with them to come up with a solution to try to save the trees, and I'm in agreement with that. All right. Do you want to participate? I think the enclosure was an excellent first step. I think you can probably make it work better by pushing it back, as Ms. Hill has suggested. Dumpsters are problematic. I don't think you're going to have a problem with your tenants there, overloading it. My concern, unless, well I didn't ask that question. Is there going to be a lock on it so that it's only accessible by the tenants? Jay, do you know that? It's not locked because for the dump truck to be able to get access to it, so it's just not locked. My concern is nearby tenants may avail themselves of it. But its placement doesn't matter. Okay. I think you need to push it back. I think Ms. Lemire has made it clear that you need to work with the staff. I think the enclosure is an excellent solution, but it just needs to be pushed back a bit. On the trees, the guideline is fairly inflexible. And personally, I have a whole different attitude about historic trees. And I think it's unfortunate that when they adopted the guidelines, they really didn't differentiate between truly historic trees in the sense that when you look at it from a national perspective, there are some trees that, by God, you die to keep them from being cut down. That's not the case with these trees, but that's not how our guideline is worded, unfortunately. I think the guideline needs to be more definitive in terms of what is a historic tree. These trees are not historic, but the guideline says, if it exceeds 10 inches in caliber by god you know they stay so i think you're going to have to continue working with the staff on saving these trees i'm not terribly impressed with your argument that because the planning commission would like you to upgrade the standards that that that parking lot has never been a problem that's right i don't think there's ever been an accident on kentucky avenue involving that parking lot that i know of and i live in that area so i don't think it is terribly persuasive that because the planning commission would like to see you redesign it that it has to be redesigned and that's my final take on that so i think i think we're ready for a motion we can do this one of two ways we can either take make a motion on each individual item. I'm assuming that we don't have to recite back into the record all the other conditions. We'll just refer to them by number. But with respect, do you want to go ahead and do a single motion? Go for it, Sarah. Chair, in regards to case number 09290530-G. I move that we approve the certificate of appropriateness with all the conditions outlined by the staff. And I hope I picked up the updated one and not the old one. Okay, one, break up all four exposed elevations of the new addition structure using design solutions such as pilasters and columns and projecting and inset sections. Two, vary the heights of the parapets to provide some movement to the top of the structure. Three, change the stone stem walls to be dissimilar to the existing church, so as to differentiate the addition and not create a false sense of history. Four, to redesign the proposed east and west parking lots to avoid the removal of the trees greater than 10 inches. And that's the pin oak on the east side and the three maples on the west side. Five, increase landscaping and add appropriate site perimeter fencing on the east and south property lines to further lessen impact of the new addition on the site and impact compatibility with historic residential properties. Six, provide location and details of property perimeter fence and landscaping for the required separation of the R4 zone from the R1 and R2 zones. Seven, relocate proposed dumpsters to an appropriate location and screen. Eight, submit revised drawings showing conformance to all recommendations to board for review and approval prior to the issuance of certificate of appropriateness. And the last two, nine and ten are the standard two conditions. All right, do we have a second? Chair will second the motion to facilitate movement on this motion. This is an opportunity that amendments can be heard if someone has an amendment to any of the motions, so state it. So I will propose an amendment. It related specifically to items number four and number seven, as just read into the motion. Take your amendment. Number four, given that the trees on the west side have been impacted by the power lines and that the proposed design is showing far more than a two-for-one replacement of those trees, I propose to allow the removal of those three trees. I'm going to bifurcate our amendments because I can see it's getting stalled otherwise. I agree. Is there a second for that motion? There being no second, the motion fails. Any other amendments? My other amendment is related to item number seven. Given the screening that has been provided to the board and the balance of locating the dumpster, pushing it back further, just expands the paved area, which I think is a greater negative. negative but it is off of set back off of the street i propose to leave it as it is shown as shown in the exhibit with the screening as depicted in exhibit one yes all right is there a second chair will second that motion to facilitate discussion any further discussion turning now from a parliamentary procedure we're voting on the amendment first all those in favor of the amended motion say aye aye motion as amended passes we're now to the main motion as amended i know it sounds a little No duplicates, but that's the way it works. Any further discussion on the amended motion? And this is for number four? Yeah. Okay. Well, actually it's number seven. The dumpster location. So we've already amended the motion to include, to exempt number seven from the requirements. Right. Yes. Okay. Okay, so in other words we're saying that as the we're agreeing with the proposal that was given to us to keep it in its location as shown in the design plan along with the enclosure. So the amendment that has now passed that is the motion. All right, so okay, so we're voting to approve everything with that amendment. Right. Sorry. What I'm trying to do in my bumbling way is, is there any further discussion on this motion at all that needs to be heard? I would just add that they should continue to talk to the staff, and maybe there is no better way, but without just blanket accepting it where it is, we should allow them to keep talking to try to find a better solution. All right. So noted. Is that specific to item number four? No, that's to item seven only. All right, so I'm going to call the question. All those in favor of the amended motion say aye. Aye. Is there a way to, it's either a yes or a no. Mm-hm, sorry. Then I vote no. Okay. So the amended motion includes basically taking seven out, so I would vote no on that. All right, the motion does not pass. We now need to... Can we clarify what just happened there and do it again? We are. I was trying to finesse a solution and I don't think it succeeded, so... We're hung up on, I think, two issues. One is the trees themselves, whether the staff recommendation should be accepted in toto or not. Ms. Hill disagrees with that, and that's why this motion failed, because she will not vote for the motion as amended with that condition in it. Am I interpreting your statement correctly, Ms. Hill? I am comfortable with my vote on the amendment of item seven. But I am uncomfortable with requiring redesign of the parking lot, number four basically. Okay. I need some help here. Let's do this. Let's put aside for the moment number four. Do I have a motion to accept items one, two, three, five, six, and seven? Seven as written. Yes. So moved. Do I have a second? I will give that second. Yes, sir? Can you amend your motion and you voted on that to remove seven? Yeah, I thought. And it passed. So that was off the table. So you're just talking about four. The problem, sir, is with Robert's rules of order, the amendment may have passed, but the motion as amended did not. So I'm now back to try it. I'm trying to work through this, and this is why I'm bifurcated. with respect to all the items other than the tree, item four. I think. Could we not vote on all of them except four and seven and then just vote on four and seven? Well, we could do it that way, too. It seems like those are what we do. That's almost the way I decided to do it at the beginning. I wish I had now. All right, let's do it this way. Let's back up. Do I have a motion to approve the staff recommendation relative to items 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6? And 8, 9, and 10? You know, I was looking at the wrong thing. Yes. 8, 9, and 10. So moved. All right. Do I have a second? Second. Any further discussion on that motion? Chair calls the question. All those in favor of the motion, say aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. All right. Now. Chair, I'm sorry. Is Ms. Irwin abstaining from voting? Abstaining because I wasn't here for the whole. Okay, I just wanted to clarify for the minutes. Thank you for that. All right, so. Mr. Chair, did you vote on that last motion? I did. As a yay? As a yay, yes. Thank you. Now, we are addressing specifically items four and seven. Separately. separately. Do I have a motion to approve item four as written? So moved as written. Yes. Do I have a second on that? I do not. I'll take I'll second it to move them matter long. Any discussion on the motion to approve Item four as written. My comments are already in the record. Right, I understand. All right, Chair, we'll call the question. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Nay. So noted. Item four has been approved. Item seven, the dumpster. Do I have a motion to either accept it as is or as an amended motion? I so move to accept the amended motion. State the amendment, state how we want to amend it. I move to allow the proposed dumpster as shown on the submitted plans, given the information provided to the board with the proposed screening. Okay. Do we have a second? Chair will second it. All those in favor of the motion say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Nay. Motion passes as amended. I believe that brings us to a conclusion. Thank you very much. Thank you. And by the way, let me finish a couple comments. I want to tell you how much I appreciate how hard you have worked on trying to get this plan approved. and to us. And I think we've made significant progress. I know it's been a bit difficult today, but I think it's a really good worthy project, and I hope to hell it succeeds and you get the grant money that you're looking for. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. Okay. I'm going to call for a five-minute recess, and we'll pick up at quarter of. Thank you. 153 Pomocan, is that correct? Just double check. All right. This is the application is to pave a parking lot. The applicant's here? They are not here. All right. They're not? They are not. and they have received a copy of their staff report, but they are not present. Did they indicate to you whether they were in agreement with it? No, but they do know that they are in the wrong on both from our office and from building inspection as well. This is a matter, obviously, in violation. Yeah, I know. And so... Did they ask for a continuance? No, but they have not asked for this. And the situation is the fact that they had a larger parking space but paved it. And per their zoning regulations, they're only allowed two parking spaces to be paved. I'm looking now to staff attorney, Ms. Smith, for guidance. I think it would be appropriate in light of the fact that it's- I said council. I thought you said staff. No, council, staff attorney. Is your question whether or not that's a violation of the infill regulations? No, the question I was asking, should I ask for a motion to continue or postpone this one to the next session in order to give the applicant an opportunity to be here or just move forward? The applicant was aware of the hearing date and it certainly sounds from what you're telling me. I think other should be allowed to speak as well, but if the applicant was aware of the hearing date, I believe you can press ahead. Ms. Glesby, are you here to address this application? We'll go ahead and hear your comments. I think what we're going to do is let's open the case and move forward with it. They were on notice that they should have been here for this, and I think we can move forward. Yes, I would agree with that. since citizens have made a point of appearing to be heard on this. So in light of that fact, let's go ahead with the staff presentation. I think we'll just go ahead and have a hearing in the absence of you. So this is the structure at 153 Pinmoken, and this is the parking lot that has been paved. You can see this lot was actually larger, and it was a graveled lot, and they went ahead and paved without a certificate of appropriateness. The lot you see, the parking where they paved now is 31 by 22, and Ms. Harp indicates in her application that the dimensions of the previous area was 42 by 26. And this is her looking from another angle of this paved area. She's indicated that she put a third space in there for handicap accessibility. Staff has cited this applicant as well as building inspection has also done that. These are some aerials. This paving was done without a COA being? This paving was done without a certificate of appropriateness and a building permit. All right. And so you can see this is from 2012, in sort of 2015, 18, and 20. And this is sort of the back side. This is a picture from when the property was made H1 overlay. You can see where the paving is now. but they did go back and pave that area. Guidelines are included for reference. Staff finds that the proposal to pave the parking area requires further discussion. Of course, staff does not condone work without a certificate of appropriateness. However, after review of aerials for the last 20 years, staff does find that this area has been graveled or a parking area. The staff does find the proposal does not meet the guidelines 3.5B referencing the parking area being too visually dominant and should be reduced to only having two parking spaces as it does not meet the infill and regulations area, which only allows for two parking spaces. The staff suggests that landscaping be added to soften the visual impact of the paving. Recommendation staff recommends that approval to pave the parking area with the following conditions. The parking area be reduced to two parking spaces. landscaping be added to soften the visual impact of the paving and number three and four are standard conditions and of course somebody is here to speak to this case I think I'll just go ahead and ask for questions from our comments from the audience miss Gillespie come on up I appreciate your patience no problem. My name is Jerry Gillespie. I live on Penn Moken Park. We're all aware, or I assume we're all aware, that our neighborhood has been designated as a historic neighborhood after concerted effort on all our parts who were involved in this. The rules and restrictions that are set in place by the Historic Preservation Office for any and all construction projects are clear. However, some property owners, including those who have rental units in our neighborhood but don't live there, choose either to ignore the said restrictions or are simply ignorant of the procedure involved to abide by historic requirements. I suspect after hearing that they declined to be here that the latter is probably the accurate one. The example here refers to 153 Penmo. Can they have a sizable parking area paved without any application for the construction? Now, if it were me, I think that's a pretty big gamble on losing some money to do that without approval or appropriateness. Just saying. We're basically offended by the property owners arrogance just to take it upon themselves and do this. all of us, my wife and I, if we've had fence repair done, we've gotten a permit for that. We had our shed redone. We got a permit for that. Other people in our neighborhood have had projects done. They got permits for that. This property owner did not. They denied even knowledge that it was in a historic district. We know that's not true. As I said, we're offended by the blatant disregard for adherence to the same rules that we're all expected to follow. Excuse me. We just feel like if the restrictions are in place, they should be enforced. And if the very department that created those rules does not enforce them, then what's the point? If there is no penalty for or deterrent against breaking the rules or not following the restrictions, it, in my mind, simply encourages others to do exactly the same thing. So my opinion is they should either be fined for not following proper procedure or rip that up and apply for an appropriate application and redo it. And they should consider themselves lucky because I feel like you all are probably fairly gentle compared to other places in the country that can apply a daily fine of $500 or more for the time that that is there. That's going to be one large figure if they start adding it up, because it's been there for a while now, without permission, without any consultation with you. We feel it's unfair if that's allowed to be tolerated with no penalty. That's my opinion. That's all I want to state. We followed the rules. We feel that everybody in that neighborhood, whether they live there or not, should follow the same rules. Thank you very much. Thank you for your time. All right. Ms. Curra, did you have a comment? You look like you had a comment. Well, I just would echo what our attorney has reflected in that I think in this scenario, the property owner not being present should not inhibit the board going ahead and doing its work. It has certainly been demonstrated that through our contact with them, they are well aware that this is in violation and so forth. So that was mainly the thing I wanted to let you know. I think they've been well informed of the situation that they've created as a problem. All right. So is there any further comment on the COA recommendation by the staff? Okay, let's go ahead and have a motion on it. Chair, per case number 148-20153-A at 153 Penn Moken Park, I move on to approve the recommendations of the staff as follows. Number one, the parking be reduced to only allow two spaces. Number two, landscaping to be added to soften the visual impact of the paving. And number three and four, the standard two conditions. Do I have a second? Second. I have an amendment, if you will, that to item two, landscaping be added to soften the visual impact of the planning. with a landscape plan being submitted to staff for review and approval prior to the issuance of the COA? Second. Without objection, I think that motion is accepted. Okay. Any further discussion on the motion as amended? Hearing none, the Chair will call the question. Yes, ma'am. I just had a quick call. Hearing your words that you just said about the landscape plan being approved prior, Should it also include, for your consideration at least, that the balance is to be removed and re-sod, re-sown into earthen grass? That'd be fine. If you all would like to consider that. Yes ma'am. I would also like us to consider that defining the size of the two spaces. Okay. given that there was some indication that argument that that the that the spaces allowed for handicap size spaces that the size the two parking spaces that are allowed be of standard size which is eight by 20 all right per space I see a frown. So just a moment of discussion. I certainly, since we're reducing it to two spaces anyway, if there is a need for handicap accessibility, I rather hate to deny that as an option. No, I don't think this is a business, though. It's not a business space. This is residential. It is, but there are residential handicap accessibility requirements that can be appropriate. I guess we're speaking about this as a question that needs to go to the owner, right? All right, let's split the baby. Have one regular space and one handicap space? Yes. All right. okay so that is a long way winded away of saying another amendment to this motion the motion now is amended to miss curry you said to remove the ballards the base to remove the balance of the concrete in excess of the standard size space and one handicap size space. All right. So stated, is there a second to that amendment? And to re-sod or return to earthen. With plans and design to be submitted to staff for review and approval. All right. Do I have a second to all that? Second. Any further discussion on that motion is amended? Chair calls the question. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. The motion passes. Mr. Gillespie, I thank you for your time and Ms. Gillespie as well. Thank you all. Thank you. All right, so, and by the way, let me know for the record there was a letter submitted by Mr. Gillespie into our record. All right, so we're now finally up to, I believe, 606 West Short Street. And COA has, its scope of work is construct a garage. And of course, the COA has recommended, the staff has recommended this approval. Let's have a staff presentation then. Correct. And to walk you through, this is of course 606 West Short Street. And this application was approved for one and a half story garage back in August. And sort of walk you through the site and you can see that this lot is empty. It's got sort of a masonry wall in front of it. And then here is the area, the proposed area where the garage will be going. This is the neighboring garage. And this is the neighboring structure of the house. and this is the physical structure of 606 so it's going to be between these two because 606 has such a wide lot. I'm trying to give you some more indications and views of this. And also I want to give this perspective. So on one side of the street on West Main you've got large townhome buildings that have garages sort of built into them. And on the other side, on West Short Street, you have large two-and-a-half-story structures with small one-story, either more modern construction garages or outbuildings. As you see here, you can see two newer structures that were approved by this board and you can see an existing outbuilding which is actually attached to that main structure. And so I think if you could see where the black cars parked, this is the location of where that garage is going to go. And I think to point out staff's concerns to be a little bit more clear. This is a main structure and if you look at the proximity of where this garage is going to go, it's going to be pretty much catty-cornered to the structure. So staff's concern is that being two full stories that it would be the same level as this existing structure which is the main structure of the house with the big addition. So to be clear we have already approved a one and a half story garage now they want to make it into a two-story? Correct. So to give you the dimension so it's going to be at the height of the previous garage is 20 foot point eight inches and this is going to be 24 eight so it's only gonna be four a few more, but the roof is going to have a different slope and it's going to be higher. And these are some of the images that Mr. Williams is asking me to put in the staff report or your imaging to sort of look at both sides of this alley. And this is sort of, sorry, looking towards the sun, which is dismal in its approach. And what you're seeing is the backside of the neighboring structure plus the one-story garage and then the other garage will be on that other location. And to give you some of the renderings, and here's the proposed garage. You have in your packet, the plans that are in, I think, teal that are at your desk of the old plans. 8 and half by 11. They're tucked into your 11 by 17 plans. This is the proposal. It's the floor plan, second story plan, and the renderings. Guidelines are included for your reference. Staff finds the proposal to increase the height of the previously approved garage needs to be further discussion. While the height increases is only four feet difference, it is significant because the increase means that it would surpass the existing structures. Rear Cornish line, it would be the same height as the neighboring property on West Short Street. In addition, this is different because the garage is not directly by the house, but located to the west. It's very close to the neighboring structures, which is not as tall as 606 West Short Street, which is the main structure. The proposed changes would be countered to guidelines 2B to A, which states, accessory buildings should be simpler in design and considerably smaller in scale to the primary building, as the garage would not be simpler or considerably smaller to the primary buildings on West Short. And all accessory structures on this alley are one and a half story. Staff recommends the roof line and design remain as it's approved in August of 2022. Staff recommends disapproval of the proposal as proposed. And Mr. Williams is here. Okay. I will note for the record we do have an email from a Charles Williams indicating he had no objection to the proposal. Making a comment that the garage would block most of the skyline view. But we'll still be able to see some of it after it is built. And that is from Charles Williams. I have a feeling he lives out of town. He's in Louisville. I can correct it. I'm Charles Williams. I'm sorry sir. I'm Charles Williams, 1626 Windsor Place. I should have looked at this application more carefully. Okay. The email, I was corresponding with a Kay Anderson, who lives behind that property. And she emailed me directly just to make sure and I sent her all the stuff and she said she was fine with it. I stand corrected and I realized that I stepped into it a little bit. But so anyway, this is a letter, an email from Kay Anderson. Yes. All right. And with R.A. So you had a story and a half garage that you now want to bump up to a two-story garage. Yes, sir. Good afternoon to everybody. Good evening to everybody. I'll try to make this quick. I know everybody wants to get home. Yes, we initially did the story and a half, kind of the same thing in my mind. But then we got into it a little bit, and it was getting expensive. It was limiting our space up there a lot because we had to clip ceilings and things. And I thought one day, I'm going to do a quick two-story version. And it fell together really nicely, and I thought, this is a lot better. It's a lot more usable space. and I was fine with it and you know height is a concern but I've you can tell on there we're way lower than the main house roof if it was seven feet lower than the main house ridge or something like that lower than the secondary edition on the house and a little higher than the third of which was an old detached kitchen I think at some point and then I put this pent roof over the garage doors so visually that's kind of where the lower roof if you're in the alley and you see it you see this lower roof and that kind of ties in with the lower garages on along that way. So, and it's four feet higher. So, you know, it's not significantly higher. Gives us way more room. Easier construction. I think it's a simpler structure, really, rather than having the dormers and roof planes shooting all over the place. It's actually a, it's a simple box now. So, you know, I'm interpreting the guidelines a little different than staff. You know, I respect their interpretation of them, but they are guidelines. They're not restrictions, as the other guy called them. So I'm interpreting them a little bit differently. They're also two-story, which we saw a picture. There are two-story additions on that alley already across the way from it. And, you know, that's pretty much my argument with there. The other thing I wanted to say, and it's getting in a little bit of a tangent, but the government, the federal government, the state government, local governments all across the country are revising these zoning laws. Get additional dwelling units in alleys and Louisville's doing it and Louisville's certainly not a progressive city and they've eliminated FAR in Louisville and they've started accessory dwelling unit proposals. Now we can, so there's no single family zoning in Louisville anymore. And that's pretty huge. And that alley could be, it's a big gaping, missing teeth right now. And that alley in the future with these laws as they're gonna be changing here, I'm sure, will be full of life and less crime and give you tons of affordable housing on these alleys. And that's happening in my neighborhood in Louisville right now. There was one, some of the neighbors were fighting it And it's up now, and it's like, this is great. You know, it's just great. There's a little life on the alley, and it's just turning out great for everybody. So, you know, I kind of see something like this as, you know, yeah, you're not bending the rules. You're interpreting the guidelines differently, but I think it sets a good precedent for future development on these alleys and these urban alleys. And I hope you will agree with me. All right, thank you. Thank you. let's start with any comments that may be made by the board members. I think the I agree with the staff recommendations for this one. Sarah? I agree with the staff recommendations for this one as well. Ms. Hill? I agree with the staff recommendations on this. I do acknowledge that density is going to be changing the conversation. But I also rather like the section of your first proposal that will be very inhabitable. So. Yep. And since I'm the only guy here, who am I to disagree? You would agree with me, wouldn't you? I like this guy. No, no. I don't agree with you. I think it's too large. We've got issues. Short Street, well, I'm not going to get into all that, but I think you've got your story and a half approved. It's a good design. I've got one. I know that you'd like to have a little bit more room, but I think you've got a good design and just go with it. So any further discussion on the motion or on this topic? If not, then do I have a motion that we move forward with this in terms of disapproving? Okay. Chair, in regards to case number 17170606-L, I move that we deny the certificate of appropriateness to make this a full two-story garage. All right. Second? Second. Any further discussion? Chair, we'll call the question. All those in favor of the motion to disapprove of the COA, say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed name? Motion says this. Should have known not to try it on Short Street. It's a problematic street, as you know. All right. All right. So, thank you, Mr. Williams. I do thank you for your adherence to the procedure. I appreciate that. No problem. I jumped through a lot of hoops. All right. Thank you. Now, go back and save. now mr williams go back and save that wonderful cherokee uh pavilion they're getting ready to tear down oh yeah that's that's going up i know i know it's in rough shape that is but it because the city neglected it okay all right we have a couple of minutes that we need to approve do i have a motion to approve the december 7 2022 minutes so moved do you have a second Second. Minutes stand approved. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes of December 12, 2022? We don't actually have those. So you only have December 7th. That's right. But then don't say that. I'm sorry. I was hoping we would have them, but it just didn't work out. We were overly optimistic. We were overly optimistic. And it really is December 13th. I wondered about that. Yeah. I mentioned that to you the other day. I wondered about that. It's not a floating target. It truly is the 13th. 13th, yes. But we gave out trying to finish the minutes. Okay, so any other business for us to conduct at this time? If not, I'm ready for a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Second. We stand adjourned. Thank you so much. All right. Thank you. 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To urban planners, comprehensive describes the interrelated nature of our physical environment and the collective vision of the community, all of which is woven into what we call the comprehensive plan. In Lexington, our 2018 comprehensive plan is called Imagine Lexington, and now, just a few years later, the city is again asking the community to imagine a future that serves us all. This plan represents a shared vision for community values, goals, and experiences by providing a flexible yet focused framework to ensure equitable development of our community's resources and infrastructure, all with the goal of enhancing our quality of life and fostering regional planning and economic development. Most importantly, the comprehensive plan and the process we undergo to create it gives you, the community, a chance to listen and speak on things that help us determine where we've been, where we are, and where we're going. 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The question is never why come to Lexington. The question is always why not come to Lexington. We have it all here in our city. Support services and accessible well-maintained infrastructure creates a base for desirable communities to thrive. Most importantly these things increase the quality of life for the people who choose to live and grow here. Lexington is such an amazing place for people to grow up and grow old. To have a vibrant community, we need to ensure that we have activities and availability and housing and transportation and public spaces, all that's open, available, generally free for people of all ages. We think of our city parks, places like that where anyone can go and enjoy it in the same sorts of ways. The idea of access is important that they're open to anyone. Adequate and equitable access to community spaces is dictated in large part by the connectivity of our transportation network and ensuring that it serves all types of users. I think it's essential to plan for people of all ages and abilities when we think about infrastructure, whether it's bicycling pedestrian infrastructure, partly because it is people on both the young and old end of the spectrum who often maybe don't have access to vehicles and so they're the ones who are going to rely on it the most. When it comes to our discussion about urban and rural balance, smart growth and rural preservation go hand in hand. It is undeniable that Lexington has both urban and rural assets that are worth celebrating and enhancing in our city's future. I think we have a very vibrant downtown and it's ever-evolving and I think it's only gonna get better. I think that's pretty special that kind of mix of urban and rural that makes it an interesting place to live. You can be in a city and get all the feel of the city but then you can also go five minutes down the road and it's green pastures everywhere you go. That's probably my favorite part about it. These voices represent just a few of the many within our community and cover just a fraction of what's in the plan, but every voice is important. So you may be wondering, why should I get involved? It's important to hear your voice in the planning process because a comprehensive plan just isn't comprehensive if it's not representative of all the people in the community. We are a community. We all live and work together and the growth and the beauty of of this community is going to be when we all have our input into how we want our city to look and to grow moving forward. It's up to us to decide what the community looks like, what is it that we need, what do we want in order to again create a vibrant, livable community. Getting involved will allow for growth for Lexington and it takes its residents to do that. People's old experiences and experiences are all important and to find a balance is never easy but when you get there it's great for the city so everyone's voice needs to be heard when it comes to this issue. So if you want to be a community, be a part of a community, you've got to step up to it. As we reinitiate this process and look forward to Lexington's next 20 plus years, let's continue to imagine. Thank you for participating in this process and we look forward to hearing how you Imagine Lexington. You picked me up, you shot me down Stepping out all over town Drove me back to drinking in this bar I found myself a brand new friend I'm headed down that road again I'm working on my next broken heart After you said it's hard to tell You taught me how to hurt so well When it comes to love I know my heart Well I play this game that I can't win I'll be somebody's fool again Working on my next broken heart Well, I thought all day long you'd be the death of me But I met one good night who wants what's left of me I've seen that look before She'll tear my world apart I'm working on my next broken heart guitar solo I thought all day long you'd be the death of me. But I met one tonight who wants what's left of me. I've seen that look before. She'll tear my world apart. I'm working on my next broken heart. I'm working on my next broken heart Oh, I'm working on my next broken heart Thank you. I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes to play with you. I want to do until the sun comes up. Oh, yeah. I want to do until I can't get enough. Yeah, yeah. I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes. Just working with you. I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes. Just working with you. Woo! Yeah. Boogie down, boogie down. Woo! I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes. Just a boogie with you. Yeah. I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes. Just a boogie with you. Yeah. I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes. Just a boogie with you. Yeah. I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes. Just a bundle with you I wanna put on My, my, my, my, my Puget Shoes Just a bundle with you Yeah Well, she's all you'd ever want She's the kind I'd like to flaunt And take to dinner But she always knows her place She's got style, she's got grace She's a winner She's a lady She's a lady Talking about that little lady And the lady is mine But she's never in the way Always something nice to say, what a blessing. I could leave her on her own, knowing she's okay alone and there's no messing. She's a lady. No, no, no, she's a lady. Talking about that little lady. And the lady is mine. Though she never asks very much And I don't refuse her Always treat her with respect I never would abuse her What she's got is hard to find And I don't want to lose her Help me build a mountain From a little pile of clay But she knows what I'm about She can take what I dish out And that's not easy Well, she knows me through and through And she knows just what to do and how to please me She's a lady Oh, oh, oh, she's a lady Talking about the little lady And the lady is mine Yeah, yeah, yeah She's a lady Oh, she's a lady Listen to me, people, she's a lady Yeah, she's a lady Oh, she's a lady Talking about the little lady Oh, she's a lady Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Chiguray Oh, oh, oh, Chiguray I can't get rid of that little man Ooh, ooh, ooh, Chiguray Last night I dug your picture out from our old dresser drawer I set it on the table and I talked to it till four I read some old love letters right up till the break of dawn Yeah, I've been sitting alone Digging up bones Then I went through the jewelry And I found our wedding rings I put mine on my finger And I gave yours a flame Across this lonely bedroom Of our recent broken home Yeah, tonight I'm sitting alone Digging up bones I'm digging up bones Digging up bones, I'm digging up bones. Digging up bones. Exhuming things that's better left alone. I'm resurrecting memories of love that's dead and gone. Yet tonight I'm sitting alone, digging up bones. And I went through the closet and I found some things in there. Like that pretty negligee that I bought you to wear And I recall how good you looked each time you had it on Yet tonight I'm sitting alone digging up bones I'm digging up bones, I'm digging up bones Exhuming things that's better left alone I'm resurrecting memories of a love that's dead and gone Yet a night I'm sitting alone, digging up bones I'm resurrecting memories of a love that's dead and gone Yet tonight I'm sitting alone Digging up bones I'm digging up bones Exhuming things that's better left alone I'm resurrecting memories of love that's dead and gone Yet tonight I'm sitting alone Digging up bones I'm digging up bones Exhuming things that's better I'm resurrecting memories of love That didn't go far Good night Thank you. Been so good to me I've been unfaithful, darling I've caught through misery I feel the guilt All you taught me And only you, my darling All can stop and see And darling, all All I need Is just to hear you say You forgive me, forgive me All I need to help you touch my tail, I'm listening. A moment of weakness always called me to pray. You're trusting me, dear, I throw away. When I look, look into your eyes. I can see the hurt, baby, that I feel inside. Although I've hurt you, baby You never once complain It makes me feel, sweet darling That must more shame Tears appear, tears are here Running down my face Tears that only you, baby Only you can erase And all I need Is just to hear you say You'll forgive me, forgive me baby All, all I need To have you touch my head Say you understand Oh Oh you do I know I made a big mistake When all your love darling Yes, I need the same It's on my mind It's in my heart It doesn't get the feeling Tearing me apart But every step I make Every step I take I'll make it up to you I'll make it up to you I'll do the wrong I've done I'll do the wrong I've done I've been unfaithful, I know the truth But I'll make it up to you, baby Oh, all I need Is just to hear you say You'll forgive me for you, baby Oh, all I need Is to have you touch my hand Say you'll open, baby Oh, all I need Is just to hear you say You're fucking at me. You say, I cannot get there from here, baby And I don't care where I'm going Here's to your thin red line Ooh, I'm sipping over But you never miss me till I got a bad city address Non-stop talker, what a rocker Blue white runner in a size five trail Change, nothing stays the same I change, and you hit the ground running Change, ain't nothing stays the same I change, yeah you hit the ground running I know, I don't ask for permission This is my chance to fly Maybe enough ain't enough for you And it's my turn to drive I'll see that one miss me Till I got a fat city address Non-stop talker What a rocker Blue-eyed murder In a size-fired train Change Nothing stays the same I'm changed And you hear the ground running Change And nothing stays the same I'm changed Yeah, you hear the ground running Change, nothing stays the same Change, yeah, you hit the ground running Change, nothing stays the same Change, yeah, you hit the ground running Whoa, whoa, Jake, look at this Hey, man, that suit is huge Woo-wee, you'll get some leg tonight for sure Tell us how you do Come on, James, take a break Hey, one break coming up James, nothing stays the same Out of change. Yeah, you hear the ground running changed. Ain't nothing stays to say. Out of change. Yeah, you hear the ground running changed. Ain't nothing stays to say. Out of change. Yeah, you hear the ground running changed. Ain't nothing stays to say. Out of change. I'm not a man. Have you ever tried Really reaching out for the other side I may be climbing on rainbows But baby, here goes Dreams there for those who sleep Life is for us to keep And if you're wondering what this all is leading to I want to make it with you I really think that we could make it good No, you don't know me well And every little thing only time will tell You believe the things that I do And we'll see it through Life can be short or long Love can be right or wrong And if I chose the one I'd like to help me through I'd like to make it with you I really think that we could make it good Baby, you know that dreams They're for those who sleep Life it's for us to keep And if I chose the one I'd like to help me through I'd like to make it with you I really think that we could make it good I'm sorry. That leaves Thinking of the fear I've had so long When somebody hears Listen to the fear That's gone Strangled by the wishes I've paid her Hoping for the arms of later Get to me the sooner or later I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on Holding back fear A chance for me to escape from all I've known Holding back the tears Cause nothing here has grown I've wasted all my tears Wasted all those years Nothing had the chance to be good Nothing ever could, yeah I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on It's your time All right Oh, now Well, I've wasted all my tears Wasted all of those years And nothing had the chance to be good Cause nothing ever could point I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on Holding, holding, holding I said Ooh, yeah That's all I have to say It's all I have to say Turn left at the old hotel I know this boulevard must hear well It hasn't changed since I've been gone Oh, this used to be my way home They paved the road through the neighborhood I guess the county finally fixed it good It was getting rough Someone finally complained enough Bites of tears back with their smile Stop and look for a little while Oh, it's plain to see The only thing missing is me That's my house and that's my car That's my dog in my backyard There's the window to the room Where she lays her pretty head I planted that tree out by the fence Not long after we moved in There's my kids and that's my wife Who's that man running my life? If I pulled in, would it cause a scene? They're not really expecting me Those kids have been through hell I hear they've adjusted well Turn around and the neighbors drive I'd be hard to recognize in his pickup truck It's just an old fixer-up Drive away one more time A lot of things running through my mind I guess unless things change The more they never seem the same That's my house and that's my car That's my dog in my backyard There's a window to the room Where she lays her pretty head I planted that tree out by the fence Not long after we moved in There's my kids and that's my wife Who's that man running my life Yeah, that's my house and that's my car That's my dog in my backyard There's a window to the room Where she lays her pretty head I planted that tree out by the fence Not long after we moved in There's my kids and that's my wife Who's that man running my life? Who's that man running my life? Who's that man running my love? Who's that man running my love? Who's that man running my love? I'm going to lose my hand Is that man running? She packed up her bags and she took off down the road She left me here stranded with the bills she owed She gave me a false address Took off with my American Express Sunspark, baby She sure had me Where I guessed Left me here Stranding like a dog Out in the yard Charge up a fortune On my credit card She used my address and my name A man that was sure unkind Sunspot, baby She sure had a real good time I looked in Miami I looked in the grill Closest I came was a mudmobile I checked the Bahamas And they said she was gone Can't understand why she did me so wrong But she packed up her bag She took off down the road She said she was going to visit Sister Flo She used my address and my name And man, it was sure unkind Sunspot, babe, I'm gonna catch up. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you. I'm sorry. We'll get a chance. I can't do this. I'm going to go over to the kitchen. because of the book. It just got to jam. All right, good afternoon. I'm calling to order 23 zone change public hearing. May I get a roll call? Council member Legree? Here. Council member Lynch? Present. Council member Menares? Council member Plumman? Here. Council member Reynolds? Here. Council member Sevigny? Here. Council member Sheehan? Here. Council member Worley? Vice Mayor Wu? Here. Council member Fred Brown? Here. Council member James Brown? Here. Council member Ellinger? Councilmember Elliott Baxter. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Fogle. And Councilmember Gray. Thank you. Thank you. So this is going to be fairly short. Mr. Woodall, if you don't mind coming up and just give us kind of a brief, you know, synopsis of what you told us earlier. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor and ladies and gentlemen of the council. John Woodall with McBrayer on behalf of the applicant of Winterwood Properties. the applicant has determined to withdraw application MAR22-00012 at this time. We have some substantial alterations that we're going to make to our application and to our request and resubmit that in due course. I want to thank you very much for being here tonight and thank you for your consideration. Thank you, Mr. Rudolph. Seeing that we do not have an item for this meeting, I will entertain a motion to adjourn. So good. Second. Okay. Motion by Council Member Baxter, second by Council Member Plowman. Any objections? We stand adjourned. Thank you very much. I will, too. This is so easy. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I want to put your name down on the French. French. Thank you. Some days are sore Sometimes the hard times Won't leave me alone Sometimes the cold wind Oh, chill in my bones Some days are diamonds Some days are stone Some days are diamond Some days are stone Sometimes a hard time Won't leave me alone I'm not alone. Now that I'm away I wish I'd paid To watch a day of mine That you wouldn't want to be in When you looked at me I should have run But I thought it was just for fun I see I'm strong And I'm not so strong I should have known I don't want that time Still A week after Love I forget Two weeks without you And I still have Got over you Yeah Vacation All I ever wanted Vacation We had to get away. Vacation meant to be spent alone. Vacation's all I ever wanted. Vacation had to get away. Vacation meant to be spent alone. I'm a little bit at you, but I forget. Two weeks at you, and I think I've forgotten the real end. Vacation all I ever wanted Vacation had to get away Vacation meant to be special love Vacation all I ever wanted Vacation had to get away Vacation meant to be special love Vacation all I ever wanted Vacation had to get away Make it to make you feel so low You came here That's what my new heart was looking for And after in the rain You're like a fool in love again Oh, the laughter came with the tears Stop falling now all you do is just call your name And I say, you walked in and my heart Discovering that my life would never be the same You are my destiny You are my one and only You gave that joy to me When my whole life is moment Angel in disguise With your powerful love you just hypnotize I just love the magic of your span How much joy we'll have together Only time will take All that time came when the tears Stopped falling now All I do is just call your name I just call your name Hold in at my heart Discovered that my life Would never be the same I know you are my destiny You are my one and only You gave that joy to me When my whole life was lonely Every day, every night Oh, I know it's alright when I see your face Only time's gonna tell But I know you so well Girl, my love's for real From the first time that I saw you I knew it was forever The mind and love between us will keep us together You're the girl, God took forever I'm so glad I found you forever Forever, forever, forever Forever, forever, forever I'm so glad to be around you You are my destiny You are my one and only You gave that joy to me When my own world was lonely It's alright, it's alright, do it again. It's alright, it's alright, don't let this love in. It's alright, it's alright, don't let this love in. From the first time that I saw you, I think it was forever. The mighty love between us now. It was together. And the girl got you forever. I'm so glad I found you forever. Forever. Forever. Forever. Forever. Forever. I'm so glad to be around you. You are my destiny. You are my one and only You gave that joy to me When my whole world was lonely You are my destiny You are my one and only You gave that joy to me My whole world is lonely It's alright, do it again It's alright, don't let this love in It's alright, do it again It's alright, don't let this love in It's alright, don't let this love in It's alright, don't let this love in All right. I do believe in you And I know you believe in me Oh yeah Oh yeah But now we've realized Love not all that's supposed to be Oh yeah Oh yeah Knowing that you would have wanted it this way I do believe I'm feeling stronger every day I know we really tried But yeah, that we had a love inside Oh yeah, oh yeah So now the time has come The world for us to live on the run. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Knowing that you would have wanted it this way. I do believe I'm feeling stronger every day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. you We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. She said it's lonely here tonight She's always sad when she's alone She said, I need you here tonight. She couldn't wait till I get home. She loved me. And that's all I need to know. She's part of my life. Just a part I won't let go. And she said Love me tomorrow Won't you please promise me Love me tomorrow Like today Love me tomorrow Can't you see I need you more Than yesterday And though it's always cold at night It's always lonely till the dawn And though it's not what we want Knowing she's there, I'll carry on Because she loves me And that's all I need to know She's part of my life Just a part I won't let go And then she said Love me tomorrow Won't you be promised me Love me tomorrow Like today Nothing to matter, everything, can't you see I need you moving anywhere you can say She loves me And that's all I need to know She's part of my life Just a part I won't let go And she said, love me tomorrow Won't you please promise me Love me tomorrow like today Love me tomorrow When you look back, can't you see Need you my father yesterday Love me tomorrow Love me tomorrow Like today Love me tomorrow I need you much more than yesterday Love me tomorrow Love me tomorrow Thank you. Thank you. We'll be right back. My eyes take me to the clouds above. Oh, I lose control. Can't seem to get enough. When I'm awake from dreaming, tell me, is it really love? How will I know? How will I know? How will I know? How will I know? How will I know? How will I know if he really loves me? I say a prayer with every heartbeat I fall in love whenever we meet I'm asking you what you know about these things How will I know if he's thinking of me? I try to fall, but I'm too shy. Can't speak. Falling in love is so bitter sweet. This love is strong, but I feel weak. Oh, wake me. I'm shaking. Wish I had you near me now. Uh-huh. Say there's no mistaken. What I feel is really love. Oh, tell me, how will I know? Just a feeling. How will I know? How will I know? What can we see there? How will I know? How will I know? Did he really love me? I'd say a prayer with every heartbeat. I fall in love whenever we meet I'm asking you what you know about these things How will I know if he's thinking of me I try to fall but I'm too shy Falling in love is so bitter This love is strong but I feel weak If he loves me If he loves me not If he loves me If he loves me not If he loves me If he loves me not Oh, I will know I will know I will know Hey, how will I know? How will I know if he really loves me? I say a prayer with every heartbeat I fall in love whenever we meet I'm asking you, don't you know about these things? How will I know if he's thinking of me? I try to fall, but I'm too shy Falling in love is so very sweet This love is strong, why do I feel weak? How will I know? How will I know? How will I know? How will I know? I say I'm bad How will I know? How will I know? I fall in love How will I know? Hey, how will I know? Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she moves me I don't want to leave her now I know I believe in how Somewhere in her smile She knows But I don't need no other lover Something in the style that showed me No one believe in now You know I believe in how You're asking me will my love grow I don't know, I don't know You stick around now, it's facial I don't know, I don't know guitar solo And all I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I'll leave her now I'm picking up my baby Tonight through a dad He's making trouble It'll be alright I'm working hard I don't know why I'm like a working class dog And I just get by Tonight I'm crawling out From it Oh we're living on the brink Second by second By minute by minute Love is alright Tonight We're gonna be alright Love is alright Love is alright Tonight Everyone's saying the sky's gonna fall Don't know where it's gonna stop If it stops at all I know the world's going crazy Alright, I hope it holds together For one more night Tonight I'm calling it up by minute No, we're living on the bridge Second by second by minute by minute Love is alright tonight And baby, we're gonna be alright Love is alright Love is alright tonight Don't worry, Daddy, I'll have a whole but irrespective of all I would Go to sleep, Daddy, you won't think about tonight With the night comes a feeling that I've got this incredible power Oh, I know that Daddy should be feeling it tonight All right. It's gonna be all right. It's gonna be all right. It's gonna be all right. Love is all right tonight. Baby, we're gonna be all right. Love is alright Love is alright Tonight Just as I thought it was going all right I found out I'm wrong when I thought I was right It's always the same, it's just a shame That's all I could say day and you'd say night Tell me it's black when I know that it's white Always the same, it's just a shame And that's all I could live but I won't go Though my heart might tell me so I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes But why does it always seem to be Be looking at you with you, looking at me It's always the same, it's just a shame And that's all Turning me on, turning me off Making me feel like I want too much Living with you's just the putting me through it all of the time Running around, staying out all night Taking it all, still to take one bite Living with you's just the putting me through it all of the time I could leave but I wouldn't go Would it be easier, I know I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes Why does it always seem to be Me looking at you, you looking at me It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all Truth says I love you more than I wanted to There's no point in trying to retain There's been no one who makes me feel like Do you say we'll be together to the end? Yeah. I wanted to There's no point in trying to pretend There's been no one who Makes me feel like You do say we'll be together To the end But just as I thought It was going alright I found it wrong And I thought it was right It's always the same It's just a shame That's all Where I could say And you say night, tell me it's black When I know that it's white It's always the same, it's just a shame That's all, that's all Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Now I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign Life is demanding without understanding I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign No one's gonna drag you up to get into the life where you belong But then do you belong? I'm under the pale moon For so many years I've wondered who you are How could a person like you bring me John? Under the pale moon Where I see a lot of stars It's enough I saw the blind They opened up eyes I saw the blind Life is demanding Without understanding Eyes for the sky And it opened up my eyes I saw the line No one's gonna drag you up To get into the light Where you belong But where do you belong? Oh, oh, oh I saw the sign, and it opened up my mind That I am happy not living without you I've left you, oh, oh, oh I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign, no one's gonna drag you up To get into the life where you belong I saw the sign, I saw the sign, I saw the sign I saw the sun, I saw the sun, ya-ya-ya-ya I saw the sun, I saw the sun I saw the sun, yeah It opened up my eyes, I saw the sun piano solo of the sea It's been tossed about Lost and broken Wandering aimlessly And God somehow you know that ship is me Cause there's a light In a harbor Shining faithfully Pouring its light out Across the water For this sinking soul Seated That someone out there still believes in me On a prayer, in a song I hear your voice and it keeps me hanging on Oh, raining down against the wind I'm reaching out Till we reach the circle's end When you come back to me again There's a moment That we all come to In our own time In our own space Where all that we've done We can undo If our hearts In the right place I saw the prayer In a song I hear your voice And it keeps me hanging on I'm parading down against the wind I'm reaching out till we reach the circle's end And you come back to me again and again I see my yesterdays in front of me Folding like a mystery You're changing all that isn't used to be On a prayer In a song I hear your voice And it keeps me hanging on I'm raining down Against the wind I'm reaching out Till we reach the circle's end Will you come back to me again? Will you come back to me again? . . . I was alright for a while I could smile for a while Then I saw you last night You held my hand so tight When you stopped to say help You wished me well You couldn't tell That I'd been crying Over you Crying over you Then you said so long Left me standing All alone, alone And crying, crying, crying Crying It's hard to understand That the touch of your hand Can start me crying I thought that I was over you But it's true So true. I love you even more than I did before. But darling, what can I do? For you don't love me. And I'll always be. Crying over you Crying over you Yes, now you're gone And from this moment on I'll be crying Crying, crying, crying, crying Crying, crying Only you Thank you. I could lose my heart tonight If you don't turn and walk away Cause the way I feel I might Lose control and let you stay Cause I could take you in my arms And never let go I could fall in love with you I could fall in love with you I can only wonder how Touching you would make me feel But if I take that chance right now Tomorrow will you want me still Baby, will you want me So I should keep this to myself And never let you know I could fall in love with you I could fall in love with you And I know it's not right And I guess I should try To do what I should do But I fall in love Fall in love with you I could fall in love with you. I always dreamt with you I'm kissing my eyes, kissing my skin I'm hugging my eyes with my eyes I'm imagining that you love me as I could for you So I should keep this to myself and never let you know I could fall in love with you. I could fall in love with you I could fall in love I could fall in love with you I could fall Fall in love with you It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place, except you and me. So set em up, Joe I got a little story I think you should know We're drinking, my friend To the end Of a brief episode Make it one for my baby On this edition of Lexington Now, first five legs, the indoor triathlon and frozen pipes. I'm Neil Noah and welcome to Lexington Now for the week of January 16th, 2023. Fayette County Public Schools introduced a new way forward, its new childhood education initiative through First Five Legs. Mayor Linda Gorton joined school officials for the announcement. We appreciate so much the support that the community shows to our students across the district. As we discuss a renewed focus on our early childhood education today, we know that your support will expand to include our birth to five age group. That is so important to creating a lifelong learning experience for our students. In 2010, Fayette County Public Schools announced a new initiative, First Five Lex. The goal was to encourage our community to work with families and caregivers to read, talk, play with children in their first five years, those formative years. The city's been a partner in that initiative and in other early childhood education initiatives like Head Start. And we are here today, a partner with Fayette County Public Schools, committed to supporting our youngest learners. Early childhood education and kindergarten readiness, as we know, therefore, begins well before children start their first day in the classroom. Brain education research tells us that from birth to five years old, a child's brain develops more than any other time in their lifetime. By the time they're five years old, 90% of their brain development have occurred. As parents, caregivers, and community members, we can help children's brain to development, and it's not complicated, actually. It doesn't require hours of training. It doesn't require an advanced degree. In fact, it doesn't require a degree at all. It simply requires that we read, talk, and play with our students. Parents, families, and caregivers are our children's first teachers, long before they arrive in any of our classrooms. Therefore, this community-based initiative, First Five Lex, helps children, families, and caregivers read, talk, and play from birth to kindergarten so that they're well equipped when they head into our classrooms for the first time. So why now is there a renewed focus on early childhood education across our community? Well, in the 2021-22 school year, just last year, we had the lowest scores ever on kindergarten readiness. This year, we began the implementation of our five-year strategic plan, A New Way Forward. This title is just not a tagline. It's the direction in which we are going and it's the course of action we will take in order to get there. That being said, our goal is a bold one. By the year 2027-28 school year, our goal is to ensure that 100% of students who are entering kindergarten have the prerequisite skills to be ready from day one to begin their learning experience and move forward from there. One of the most important things we can do to improve early literacy is give our children access to books. Inspired by her father's inability to read and write, Dolly Parton started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children in her home county in Tennessee. Today, her program spans five countries and gives over two million books a month to children around the world. With the goal of inspiring a love of reading, the voluntary program gifts books each month to children from birth to age five, free of charge to families through funding shared by Parton and local communities. Until today, Fayette County was one of only five counties in Kentucky with no coverage. Drill to an end.