Music Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon everybody. I'd like to call to order the work session for May 9th, 2023. First item is public comment for issues on the agenda and we have three people signed up for it. When you come up, please give us your full name and your council district and you will have three minutes. We'll start with Jatana Benton Lee, please. Hello everyone, I am Jatonna Bentley, I'm in District 2. I'm also a member of the Lynx Incorporated, the Frankfort-Lexington district. And so if you know anything about us, we have partnered with DOVE nationally. DOVE is a part of the Crown Act Coalition, and so we have partnered with them. So we're a group of professional women that do lots of civic organizations in the state of Kentucky. We concentrate on Central Kentucky. So we've been working on the Crown Act for a little bit over a year now. And so we've reached out to our council persons to say, hey, we really would like to have an ordinance here in Lexington, Kentucky. Fortunately, they were already working on it, and so we were able to kind of get involved. But I wanted to kind of share a little bit of my background. I am a nurse. I have ran trauma units here in Lexington, three of them for many years. I now teach doctoral and master level nursing students at the university and I travel internationally and nationally working on diversity issues. So the Crown Act is extremely important to me because I see it from the health aspect of it. I know people like the aesthetic look of hair, but I look at it from the health aspect. And so specifically, people are dying because of hair. I know that sounds like it's harsh, but it is. cancer is caused by some of the treatments that women use in their hair. We also know that there's an issue with fibroids with hair. So there's a lot of concerns. Also, women of color tend to have the highest number of traction alopecia. And if you know anything about women, we love our hair. So to not have hair or not be able to grow hair is devastating. So there's this mental health aspect related to health, and I wanted to be able to bring that to the table as a nurse because I talk about this. When I go to Cuba, that culture as well, they worry about their hair and their condition of their hair. So I'm coming to you as a health care provider, as a member of the links to say the ordinance on the Crown Act needs to be passed, not just because of the aesthetic purposes, but just because of the health impact and the people that are being impacted because of their health. And the other thing I wanted to share is that there's a mural downtown that says Black Lives Matter, and it was interesting. Two weeks ago I was down there because my daughter wanted to take prom pictures. And I noticed there was a line of people that wanted to take pictures by that mural. And you had guys that were thinking they were really cute and jazzy with their new fresh haircuts. And you had girls and their nice dudes and their braids and their locks like me taking pictures. So this is all about creating a sense of belonging in Lexington. I feel like we have that. I always talk about tap dancing or across the rainbow by the courthouse. It's about having those visual and now policies that support us in Lexington that we belong. Thank you. Thank you. Next up is Kiki McKenzie. Hello everyone, my name is Kiki McKenzie. I just recently graduated from Eastern Kentucky University. A little bit about myself, I'm a dancer. I've been a dancer since I was eight years old. And with dancing comes certain hairstyles that you are wearing. So I wanted to just share a story about my experience as a dancer and collegiate dancing. So during my time at Eastern, I was on the dance team. And my freshman year, I was about to perform for our nationals competition across the entire United States. And during practice, my coach, a white woman, stopped the entire practice to ask me, what do I plan on doing to my hair for nationals? And when she asked me this, I was like, what do you mean? She was like, well, one of our older alumni, Kiera, she was asked to wear something in her hair to look similar to everyone else on the team. And so I'm asking you, what are you planning on doing to your hair to make it look like everyone else's? And she was like, I suggest for you to buy weave that is straight so that you will look like everyone else on the team. And when she asked me this, I was quite offended. I was deeply hurt by this and I didn't like how she stopped practice to even say this and that it just came out of her mouth to say that to begin with. So I didn't speak up about this until I was not on the team anymore. And it took me two years to say something about it. When I finally did say something about it, my coach blocked me, my coach shunned me. She was upset because it made it look bad on her part that I had said something. And the same coach that was there for me, rooting for me, rooting for all my achievements while I was on the dance team was the same coach that, When it came down to it, she was never for me. She would have never done that if she had considered what that means to me. And so I experienced discrimination while I was on the Eastern Kentucky University dance team. And because of that, she is no longer a coach, and I appreciate that. But I also don't want this to happen to any other little black girl who goes on that team or any team. So thank you. Thank you. Next up is LaDonna Walker. Greetings everyone. My name is LaDonna Walker. I am a resident of Fayette County. I'm a mother of two beautiful children. And today the Crown Act, it means to me is be yourself. Understand who you are and why you are who you are. It doesn't matter your presentation, how you look. If you stand firm and believe in yourself, that's all that matters. Whether your hair can be all over your head, whether you have a wrap on your head. Right now, yes, I have a wrap on my head, but That does not distinguish that I cannot get your job done efficiently and effectively that need to be done at the end of the day, as a business day. You have to be motivated. Talk about who you are. Represent who you are, how you look. That's my signature. So today, I stand firm. I stay positive. And just because I look a certain way does not mean you cannot fulfill those obligations when you're in a business setting, when you're out in public, at an event, when you're in church, when you're at a school function, a gathering. Everybody needs to come together as one. You will learn something from somebody, whether it could be a big or small situation. Or you can help somebody that may be homeless. You didn't even know they was homeless. just because they look a certain way or their hair is not presentable the way you see fit doesn't mean you should not be nice to them, kind to them, love-heartened to them. At the end of the day, it's all about who they are and what they represent. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right, next on the agenda, we have requested rezonings and DOC approvals. If anybody has anything to add, please sign in. Second. Okay. We have a motion for approval and a second. Any discussion? Okay. Seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right. That motion passes. Moving on to approval of summaries. Can I get a motion, please? Second. Second. Council Member Plowman, Council Member Gray, any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? All right, moving on to budget amendments. Can I get a motion for approval here? Okay. Council Member Baxter and LeGree, any discussion on this matter? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. any opposed we also have budget adjustments for information only on pages five through nine and then moving on to new business starting on page 10. all right can i get a motion for uh approval okay okay can i get a second okay uh okay well Let's say Council Member Ellinger and Council Member Chien then. Okay. Any discussion? All right. Seeing none. Vice Mayor Wu, I think we have a walk-on. Where did that come from? Yes. Go ahead, please. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I move to add to Thursday's docket of resolution to accept the bid of Omni Commercial and execute an agreement for work on the Black and Williams Gymnasium renovation project to be paid with funds awarded under ARPA at a cost of not to exceed $1,319,588. Second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? All right, that motion passes. Any other walk-ons? okay all those in favor please say aye aye any opposed that motion passes moving on to neighborhood development funds page 16 entertain a motion to approve council members sheehan and plowman any discussion on ndfs councilmember lagree Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have an amendment on neighborhood development funds. I move to amend the neighborhood development fund list in the work session packet to amend the amounts for Transylvania Park Committee Incorporated and Belcourt Neighborhood Association Incorporated from $1,000 to $900. So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion on this item? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Any other amendments or discussion on NDFs? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Moving on to Council Capital Projects, page 18. Can I get a motion? Second. Council members Sheehan and Baxter. Any discussion or amendments on Capitol? All right. Seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. All right. Moving right along to the summary for General Government and Planning Committee from March 7, 2023. Council member Worley. Thank you, Vice Mayor. The General Government Planning Committee meeting on March 7th began at 1 p.m. The February 14th committee summary was approved upon motion of Council Member James Brown, seconded by Council Member Plowman. No dissent. Next item on the agenda was a presentation on language access website review. Council Member Reynolds had placed in committee. Nick Brock presented on behalf of the administration and demonstrated how to use the new language translation features of the LSUCG website. No action was taken on the item. The next two items on the agenda, the vacation leave policy update and the short-term rentals zoning ordinance text amendment and municipal code amendments were reported out last month at the March 7th work session. The language access and vacation leave policy items were removed from committee, and the meeting adjourned at 2.41 p.m. Vice Mayor, I have a partial report out from today's meeting of May the 9th, 2023. At today's General Government Planning Committee meeting, Tiffany Brown, LFUCG's Equity and Implementation Officer, presented on the Crown Act ordinance proposed by Council Member Lynch in conjunction with Council Members Gray and Fogle. This ordinance is intended to prohibit discrimination based on natural hair, texture, and protective styles. The Human Rights Commission will be empowered and responsible for handling reports, complaints, and investigations to enforce the ordinance. Council Member Lynch made a motion to approve the Crown Act ordinance, seconded by Council Member Ellinger. The motion passed unanimously. So on behalf of the committee, I move to advance this ordinance forward. So moved. All right. We have a motion and a second from Council Member Ellinger. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Obviously, there was a motion made today to report that particular item out early. That was made by Council Member Reynolds, excuse me, and seconded by Council Member Lynch. And then the rest of the committee report out will be made on August 15th. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you, Council Member. All right. I think moving on to a couple of recognitions. I'll be right down. Will Community Corrections Director Colvin join me at the podium please? All right. So this week is National Corrections Officers and Employees Week, a time that we set aside to honor the hard work and sacrifices of our community corrections officers and staff. Our corrections officers are trained law enforcement professionals dedicated to maintaining secure correctional facilities and ensuring the safety of our community. And these men and women have been trained to do a pretty tough job, and they are resourceful and committed members of our public safety team. So on behalf of Mayor Linda Gordon and my fellow council members, I want to thank you for your dedication to your job and our community. And at this time, I would like to present you with this proclamation. At some point, I'm going to say I, Linda Gordon. So just be warned. That's cool. Whereas the duties of our community corrections officers and staff members have become increasingly complex, and whereas our community corrections officers and employees are critical to the safety of our city, protecting the public 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and whereas these officers do outstanding work, often under stressful conditions, and whereas corrections officers often exemplify the values of trust, respect, empathy, integrity, and courage. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gordon, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare May 7th through 13th, 2023, National Corrections Officers and Employees Week. Congratulations. Thank you. Can I say it down here? Absolutely. Thank you. We are the men and women of the Division of Community Corrections. We are always on watch for our community. Our commitment to protecting the city in our own way is unwavering. Regardless of the hour, the day, or the circumstances, We strive to treat all those that come into our custody with fairness, firmness, and dignity. We'd like to thank the council this afternoon for acknowledging us. Thank you. Thank you. Would you all like to join us up front for a picture? Come on up. All right. One, two, three. Perfect. Thank you. All right. Will Chief Lawrence Weathers please join me at the podium? Also today, we have invited representatives of law enforcement agencies from throughout our community. If you don't mind, when I call your name, will you please stand and be recognized? Commonwealth's attorney, Kimberly Baird, and from her office, Amanda Nash and Brittany Scordo. University of Kentucky Police Chief Joe Monroe, Director of Public Safety for Transylvania University Joseph McClure, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Jerry Honaker, U.S. Secret Service Senior Special Agent Matthew Mann, U.S. Attorney from the Eastern District of Kentucky, Carlton Shire and from his office Paul McCaffrey, Chief Kathy Witt and from her officer from her office William Hoagland, Antoine Palmer, Josh Ritchie and Ray Cottle and from Bluegrass Airport Police, Brian Wainscott. Let's give them all a round of applause. So next week, May 14th through 20th, is National Police Week. And National Police Week is a time where we recognize the selfless and heroic services provided by the men and women of our criminal justice community, people who have dedicated their lives to keeping our community safe. On behalf of Mayor Linda Gordon and my fellow council members, I would like to thank all of you for your many sacrifices that you have made on behalf of this community. The foundation of any great city is public safety, and we all know that maintaining public safety is a job that gets more and more challenging. From our neighborhoods to our courts, these are the people who keep us safe. whether it be keeping our neighborhoods safe, enforcing our laws, or responding in times of crisis, it is good to know that we can rely on all of you. So it is now my pleasure to present this proclamation. Whereas in 1962, President Kennedy established National Police Week and set aside May 15th as National Police Officer Memorial Day, and whereas we appreciate the members of our law enforcement community who make many sacrifices and face daily challenges to keep our city safe, now therefore I, Linda Gordon, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare May 14th through 20th, 2023, National Police Week in Lexington and recognize and salute the members of our criminal justice community. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Chief, would you like to say a few words? Chief Colvin, you need to come up here because we all know that you are a very important part of our law enforcement family, so you need to bring your people up too. I just want to thank the City of Lexington and especially the council members. You don't know how much your support means to us. I don't think we get to thank the people of Lexington enough. We've had some law enforcement people do some very serious damage. to our profession, but we've got a strong community. And we have a strong law enforcement community as well. And whatever we need to do to get better, we will get better. And whatever we need to do to make up for the, I'm not going to say transgressions, from the horrible acts that Elizabeth done. We're going to do it. So I appreciate your faith in us. Also, I just want to, the Vice Mayor alluded to it about the 15th being Police Memorial Day. This is also a month where we recognize those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Tomorrow at 1230, the Fraternal Order of Police is going to have a memorial service recognizing that. And on the 25th in Richmond at the Department of Criminal Justice Training, they're going to have a police memorial service recognizing that as well. If you can make it to either one of those, it would be greatly appreciated. I'm telling my law enforcement partners back behind us, look at them. They're here for you. They're here for us. Again, thank you very much. Thank you, Chief. That's all coming up. Get a photo. Thank you. I think I did. Alright, on three. One, two, three. Alright, it took a lot, so I've got so many points. Thank you. All right, we're going to move on to council reports. Council members, please sign in. Thank you. All right, Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I think I have an image. So I spoke about it a few weeks ago, but I am so excited to say that Food Truck Fridays are back at Solito Park, with the first night being this Friday the 12th from 6 to 9 PM. We will be close to the basketball, tennis, baseball complex in that area of the park. And we will have food truck vendors. And this week we have a Japanese street food truck, Daughters Southern, Burt's Speak Cheesy, and Wise Bird Cider, Wessex Brewing, and Bella's Ice Cream. You can bring a chair or blanket and join the fun. There will be some live music this week as well. And I'm so excited that we are able to host this again this year. Okay. And then it's a busy week at Shelltoe Park, actually. On Saturday, we will be hosting the Pace in Parks week four. It'll be Saturday at 9 a.m. It's part of a 10-week couch to 10K training program leading up to the Bluegrass 10,000, which is a 6.2-mile foot or wheelchair race on Monday, July the 4th. The only requirements are suggested ability to be able to walk for 60 minutes nonstop. And they are meeting, the Run Club is meeting every Saturday morning at different parks. So keep an eye on park social media to find out where the next pace in the parks will be. The event's free and open to the public. So once again, that's Saturday, this Saturday at 9 a.m. at Shellitoe Park. That's all. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Sheehan. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I just wanted to remind everyone about the Planning Commission public hearing that is happening this week on Thursday at 1.30 here in this room. Council, a few months back, had moved forward a zoning ordinance text amendment, a ZOTA, on short-term rental policy. and that was forwarded to the Planning Commission for their review, which is the process and how that happens. But if you have comments for that particular ZOTA that you would like to give to the Planning Commission during their review, on Thursday at 1.30 is your time to do it during the public hearing, or you can email the planning mailbox at lexingtonky.gov. Thank you. That's all. Thank you. Council Member Plumman. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I've got a few things here. One of the things I brought up last week was talking about Raven Run. And then I realized after the fact that I forgot to tell you why I was even bringing it up. And that had to do that they had April attendance was all record breaking. It was 7,853 folks came to Raven Run Park in April. So I thought that was pretty cool. And that's the reason I brought all the other comments, but I forgot the main one. So I wanted to bring it back. Another thing I wanted to mention to you is the sense of place. Our Hamlet project keeps gaining speed, and it's very exciting. We are going to have our next community discussion on the 23rd of this month, and it's at 630. And this will be at the Hamlet Gym Town in the church there. And this won't be so much of a presentation as it will be a discussion. It's more engagement of what we all want this to look like, so I wanted to get that on your calendars. And then the third thing I was going to mention, and I get all excited and proud about this because when I was at United Way we started this, and that is Get On Board. And it's a program that, and this is part of our class from last year, it's a class, a seven-week class that is free, so that we have underrepresented folks that can be trained in things like reading financials, parliamentary procedure, marketing, fundraising, a whole seven classes, seven weeks of classes, and as I said, it's all free. And then at the end, what we do is we actually have agencies that would like to have more diverse voice at the table, and we'll have them come in, and these folks also, they put down what their passion is in terms of serving on nonprofits, and we match them up. So probably over the years, 400-plus folks through Central Kentucky have changed the landscape of voice, And it's a program that I've always been very excited about. It's open right now for enrollment. You can go to the plenary website, and you can sign up. So especially colleagues, share this, if you would, in your newsletters and in your post. And the final thing that I'd like to bring up is that today I brought to the general government in planning the conditional uses in the RSA. I think we looked at more of the AR today. But one of the reasons that I did this is in the past months, and as you remember, as I mentioned today, we had looked even at a moratorium at some point. But we do have rural residents that really feel that they do not get to have the opportunity to provide ample input on some of these issues. And really, there is a body in place that is established by an LFUCG ordinance that is capable of vetting those with rural perspectives in mind. That's our Rural Land Management Board. Our ordinance states, in reviewing these issues, the Planning Commission shall consult with and receive recommendations from the Rural Land Board and other entities holding interest in land design to preserve and manage agricultural, rural, and natural lands. And that is ordinance 26. That process is not identified, that process is not captured. And so what I would like to do is I would like to go ahead and make a motion to place this item in the General Government and Planning Committee. And that is I move a review of the process by which the Rural Land Management Board reviews and makes recommendations to the Planning Commission pursuant to Ordinance 26, so moved. Do I have a second? I have a second. Okay. We have a second from Council Member Fogel. Is there any discussion on this matter? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Civigni. Thank you, Vice Mayor. You moved quicker than the Mayor, so I missed an opportunity, but I'm going to try to get it back here. I wanted to make first an announcement that the Lafayette Track and Field is holding their 8th Annual Tyson and Trinity Gay Invitational this Saturday, May 13th, starting at 11 a.m. at Lafayette High School. Each year, they honor the Olympic champion and remember his daughter's vibrant life, which was tragically lost by gun violence. And it kind of ties into my request, and thanks, Director Karama, you came back. I appreciate it. I just wanted to ask about the, if I could, the $28,000, because this program, I mean, we've, And unfortunately, we've seen this uptick in violence, especially in this last few weeks. And I just want to know a little bit more about this program. Which program? It's the $28,000 request for Andrew's Counseling and Consulting. Yes. Yeah, just give me a Reader's Digest version of what you think will happen here. So we do our summer program every summer. We focus on kids and youth between the ages of 12 and 17 who have been directly impacted by gun violence. And so one of the biggest requests that we've been getting from schools and parents is some type of trauma-informed care or some type of counseling component to be a part of our programming. Within the school system, it's a little bit more difficult. They got a lot more internal stuff that they work. The district does a great job. And so we don't like to mess with that. We just partner with them. But for our summer program, we just saw this as an opportunity to add that component. And so the Andrews Brothers is three African-American men who already do quite a bit of similar things around the district. And so these are individuals that we feel can relate to the population that we serve. And so I believe we got eight or nine dates on the calendar for this summer. They're going to be facilitating trauma-informed support groups for seven of those. So they're going to help kids how to navigate some of the things that they've been going through. Do they do that, like, on site? Do they? Yeah. I'm just kind of curious, how is it advertised and how it? Or do you have folks identified already? Sure. Sure. So it won't be, I guess, for public consumption because the youth have already registered. So we can only take about 45 or 50 youth. We had over 100 that registered. And so we've already hit our cap. And so they're actually going to come and be a part of our summer program. So every morning when we have those 45 to 50 kids, they're going to facilitate a session to get our day started. And if you had more money, would you be able to facilitate all those kids that asked? Yes. Yeah, we're thinking of even where we usually do Tuesdays and Thursdays. And we do that because some of the youth want to work jobs, some of them play sports and have other activities. But our goal would be to facilitate summer program for 100 kids and do 50 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then do the other 50 on Monday and Wednesdays. And then we would bring them all together for our end of the year celebration or end of the summer. But I would say this, Parks and Rec also has a really, really great team retreat. They started it last year. They've ramped it up this year. So that's also going to be another avenue that we send parents to since we've kind of hit our cap. Okay. Thanks. Thank you for coming up and talking. No problem. Appreciate it. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Fogel. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Stick around, please. First, I would like to just say their name. I have five young adults that were murdered in my district, the first one being Marquise A. Tompkins, age 24, February the 6th, 2023, on Toner Street. The next say their name is Justin R. Cook, 43-year-old, March 17, 2023, North Martin Luther King Boulevard. The third, Timothy D. Harris, 43-years-old, April 20, 2023, Chestnut Street. Lakeisha Hill, 32 years old, April the 20th, 2023, Chestnut Street. Demar L. Weathers. Age 18, April the 30th, 2023, Castlewood Park. Marr was one of my students in the Jack class at Bryan Station High School. It was told to me as Councilman Brown and I were serving lunch. This is also Teacher Appreciation Week. It was told to us that 82% of murder victims here in Lexington comes from Winburn and Bryan Station High School, which means they're sisters and brothers and children. are in this district and so as I look at your plan Mr. Karama that covers 12 17 year olds I'm sad if some of our students is not in that group and I don't know how it was advertised when these folks signed up for this program that's going to take place in the summer and not knowing is this, it takes a village kids that's been participating or the one Lex that's been participating because every time I hear youth, it says 13 to 29-year-olds. But I'm glad that you're centering on 12 to 17-year-olds. And I just want to know, does that encompass any of the tragedies and traumas that our folks are, are experiencing at these schools and the families thereof? So I'm going to do my best because it was a couple questions in there. So I'll do my best if I miss one, let me know. So we do promote this community wide and it's first come, first serve. The stipulation, I guess, is your child has to be directly impacted by gun violence. Usually the first ones to sign up for the summer program are the kids that we're working through all year long. And so a lot of those kind of get first dibs. In order to be identified by our school partners to be in our in-school mentoring program, you have to have had direct impact by gun violence. And so all of the kids that we work with are suffering from the trauma that you're speaking of. The name of our in-school mentoring program and summer program is called It Takes a Village. Do we have a program at Winburn and Brand Station High School? So yes, we have a girls and boys program at Winburn in school mentoring program and we have since 2021. And we also have an in school mentoring group at Brown Station. Hmm. Somebody must be misinformed out there then. We usually work with Mr. Wilburn who's a dean of students at Winburn. So he can verify that and then at Bryan Station, we either work through Stacy Middleton, I believe it's her name, and Fred Snodgrass, who is the freshman principal. Yeah, thank you for all the work that you're doing and the families. It's just that I have five of the murdered victims in First District. And I just want the council to know, as we move forward, the importance of support for trauma specialists. I remember when there was a shooting at the Fayette Mall, the University of Kentucky. Everybody rushed to give counseling to people who were just in the mall. They weren't even in a section of the mall, but they were there. The shooting happened, and we have these folks in the first district alone. And I know second and six and other districts are suffering, but we ourselves are very impacted. I'm just going to ask the council to please be attuned to the fact that we need some help. We need counselors and trauma and whatever we can do to accent the work that you're doing and just data that we need. And so 82% is very alarming for I know I'm out of time, Vice Mayor, and I don't even know how to end this right now other than I see the families. And I wanted y'all to see these people. Y'all hear the statistics, but I wanted you to see their faces. And let's not grow numb to what is needed. We need some help. And we need to know how to help these families to break this cycle. So I'm asked. Thank you. And I would say this to all the council members, if you have any families impacted in your district. Every Wednesday at the Dunbar Community Center, they have something called Surviving Onward Sessions. And it's facilitated by a victim's advocate with the police department, Robin Anderson. And we partner with her, and that is for families who've been directly impacted. All of them actually have lost loved ones to gun violence, many of them children. And so that is one space that they usually do a couple times a year in six session cohorts. And so I believe tomorrow will be either their third or fourth session for this cohort. And then another thing maybe to jot down that we partner with is a company here called Trauma Informed Care Counseling Center of Lexington. And we always do promote that they do have black practitioners on staff because a lot of the families that we serve, there's a distrust and they actually request somebody that looks like them to talk to. And so they do great work and then obviously New Vista as well. And so anytime you get questions in regards to outlets or resources for trauma, just send them our way and we can get them the right direction. Thank you. Councilmember Reynolds. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I want to thank Councilmember Fogle for putting faces to names that the people that we deal with that have been victims of gun violence are not just statistics, but they're people. I have a bunch of things going on. It's spring, almost summer, and that means there's a lot of activities. Tonight at 7 p.m. at Meadowthorpe Neighborhood Center, there's going to be a neighborhood association meeting with several different presentations of things that are happening in the area. So if you live in Meadowthorpe, I hope that you will either tune into that or show up at the neighborhood center. And then also tonight at 7 p.m. at Valley Park is the Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association planning meeting. They will be talking about bylaws and recruiting for board members and planning for events for the future. So if you are part of Cardinal Valley, please attend that. And then also in Valley Park this Saturday from 12 to 2 p.m. is going to be a cookout trying to connect with neighbors and get to know one another to build community. And there will be food provided. We just ask if you are able to bring a side dish. If you're not, that's okay, too. and then the second annual street fest is this saturday and that will be on oliver lewis way there's going to be a one mile loop of the road blocked so nobody can get through except for people on bikes and scooters and even if you want to dance down the street you're able to do that between 9 a.m and 12 p.m so that will be a fun family activity so get out and that is sponsored by Lex Bike and Walk, LFUCG, and the Lexington MPO. So lots of fun things going on, and I'm sure there's other activities as well. So thank you. Thank you. Council Member Gray. Well, thank you, Vice Mayor. The one Lexington team has left, so I just, I had a question, but I guess I will ask once I see them. But to tag along what Council Member Fogle said, over this weekend, on the other scope, I had a student who was arrested for murder. It's not the first time. It's not the first time, but this one has hit especially hard because this is not that young man's character. Never in a million years would I have thought that I would receive an alert on my phone with his face on it. Never. And thank you. So my question was just for you all. What plans, what are your tentative plans? I was just mentioning to them that one of my students, and I've spoke with you via text about this, was arrested for murder. I'm concerned. I'm deeply concerned for our youth, for our city. As we all know, statistically, when it warms up, crime increases, and that's all crime. Not just, this includes gun crime. Most people didn't realize it. And it's all over. And I'm just curious. I know. And we have, is LPD here? Oh, they have left. Yes. I don't know if you want to speak. But I'm just really concerned for my former students, their families, our families, our lives, as we enter into the summer months. And I just want to know, is there a plan? Does the city have a plan for how we are going to hopefully, prayerfully curb the violence? We do have a plan. Obviously, our strategic plan, we're going to stay locked in on that. We know that there's going to be ebbs and flows, ups and downs, but we believe in our strategic plan. And as far as the summer specifically, one thing that we've been kind of working with our community partners on is kind of this mantra we've been calling it All Hearts on Deck. And we have been encouraging all of our community partners to activate. And a lot of them already do a lot in the summer, but we've been kind of encouraging them to do more. Kenneth just sent out an email today to get an idea of how much programming is going to be going on this summer through the grants that we put out. And I think it's like over 50 events between the Frisky grants and the community partner grants. Those are 50 community engagement events, 50 programs that are going to be centered around trauma, 50 programs that are going to be focused on young people, families impacted by gun violence that weren't going to be there last year. And so I think just staying steadfast on our strategic plan that we work with over 40 community partners with and not abandoning that because we're going to have this not going to be the last tough week that we have this year. But we can't abandon our plan. We work with our community partners. We entrusted them. We got their feedback. And we just got to stay steadfast. And to LPD, I don't know your name. It's mine. It's Commander Johnson. Well, nice to meet you. And I'm not sure you're able to answer this question, but members of our community have reached out to me. They're concerned of certain groups who are worrying. They want the Aslan City Council to pass an ordinance against the banning of black ski masks. We have a certain group that I'm not sure if you're aware of this, a certain group in certain areas. who are known for this and who have been committing crimes and i'm just curious so they would like for you to pass an ordinance to ban black scheme that's okay yeah that's that's not necessarily going to be possible well i believe there's an ordinance in place right now if i'm not mistaken it prevents people from wearing masks outside of conditions such as the COVID. These are ski masks. Right and I think it in general covers all masks but I would have to look at the policy specifically so is that was that your question to me? Well that wasn't specifically but I'm out of time but it was about the crime and I just thought since you were there and that's I've received multiple calls from individuals who reside in outside of my district but reside in Windburn and other certain areas who are deeply concerned about whatever this group is whoever they are who are wearing these black ski masks and i do know the group that you're talking about and i believe those folks have been identified there was a group of at least three i believe over the last week that have been identified and i can't answer off hand if they are involved with any particular group or gang so to speak but i know that some of those members have been identified okay well thank you thank you vice mayor thank you thank you all for for the work that you do. I want to talk about a couple of things over this past weekend that I got to experience in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We helped organize and I'm emceeing in my red suit there at the Kentucky Theater. We had a showing of Everything Everywhere All at Once on Friday. We had a pretty well packed house. and we had several community performance groups come and perform with us, starting with the Bluegrass Filipino Dance Troupe. Let's see if we got those. There we go. They did a couple of dances. This particular traditional dance is classically with wine glasses on top of their heads, and it's kind of a flirty little song, except they put the candles in theirs. and I think there's another piece that's them in action there. And then we also had Dr. Kim's World Taekwondo Academy come in and do a bunch of really, really fun demos with a lot of their students and instructors of different ages. Next one. That was pretty impressive, jumping over four kids and breaking a board and didn't step on any heads at all. And then we finished out the night before the movie with a hip-hop dance troupe based on a few families, not all students, called The Fam, and they did this wonderful hip-hop number, and it really goes to show you that hip-hop is American culture, but it's also world culture, and adopted and beloved by everybody. And then that was Friday, so on Saturday, I got invited by my mom to a Chinese community early Mother's Day weekend picnic, and I got to really hang out with members of the Chinese community and really honor our mothers and our grandmothers at this event, of course, and the food was fantastic. And then right after that, I went out to Dunbar for Korean American Day. This year is the 120th anniversary of Korean immigration to America. And so we took a walk, a walk from Dunbar down to Dr. Kim's Taekwondo studio with, as you can see, a really, really big turnout, members of the Korean community, members of the school. I think the next shot's got us walking in a big group there. Maybe? No? Okay, that's fine. But anyway, it's just three events from what hopefully is a month-long sort of celebration of a group of people in Lexington that don't always get seen and don't always get their culture celebrated. So I'm proud to be part of that community and proud to help celebrate with them. That is all I have. Next item is going to be the mayor's report. Can I get a motion for approval? Okay. Who did the motion? Civigni and second by Councilmember Sheehan. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Mayor's report price contract bid recommendations. Need a motion here as well. Second. Councilmember Plowman and Councilmember Legree, any discussion on this item? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. All right, and moving on to public comment issues not on the agenda. Looks like we have one sign up, and I know she knows how this works. Name and district, and you'll have three minutes. Dottie Bean. Dottie Bean, Council District 8. We are here today with sad news that occurred in our neighborhood last week. We warned several months ago that moving the roll call center from Gainesway out to the area around Clearwater would be a bad idea for the 8th District. Last week on a bike trail in our neighborhood, a 19-year-old male was shot and killed, and two juveniles were also shot, and one is in critical condition in the hospital. They were using a bike trail to get down to a convenience store at Buckhorn Center where drug treatment, drug use, and drug sales are all plentiful. We have at least one flock camera in our neighborhood, but we think you have positioned it in the wrong place to solve major crimes. It really should be placed along Squire's Trail, the bike path that was the scene of this murder, if serious crimes were really your target. You have placed it along Buckhorn where you are likely to catch speeders and not any burglary or assaults or murderers. We were warned about that trail before we came down to make you aware of it. And it has been used by gangs for many, many years and has been actually getting worse. It was one of the very first walking and bike paths in this community. and we are requesting that police give this council a complete report on this crime and their investigation and also whether any images of anything related to it were managed to be captured on camera. We want to know what happened so we can see if we noticed anything helpful that might lead to solving this crime and they have asked for tips and information from the public. nothing is gained by leaving the public in the dark about this thank you for your attention thank you very much that brings us to the end of our agenda so without uh any um i lost the word objection without any objection we are adjourned thank you Thank you.