You can sign up for just the alerts you want to get via text or email or a phone call, and we'll let you know when weather is getting particularly bad or there's another type of emergency that residents need to respond to. Then we also respond to emergencies. We provide a layer of response and coordination when the fire department may need some help, The police department may need some help, or it's just such a big event that there needs to be another layer of coordination and cooperation with other agencies if it's a really big emergency. Then we help people recover from that. We coordinate if there are assets that need to be brought in. For example, the latest big windstorm, we did damage assessments. We are working with the state to file that paperwork so if there is state or federal money available that the city will get its fair share. Finally, what we do is we try to mitigate, that is lessen, the types of emergencies that exist in Fayette County and Lexington. A good example of mitigation is where there are particularly low-lying areas. I mean, everybody knows that there are places in Lexington that always flood. One of the things we have done is we assist other government agencies to buy those areas that are flood prone. And we'll turn them into parks or just green areas to eliminate the flood threat. Wow, that is a lot. It's a big job. Yes, it is. So as I mentioned before, we're in the middle of the severe weather season. Is there anything residents should remember about preparing for emergencies or disasters? Well, I mean, there are four major points to what we want people to do. The first and most important is we want people to be aware. We want them to have at least two, preferably three ways of getting severe weather information. That can be through their phone, through phone apps. That can be through websites. That can be their favorite radio or TV station. but just check at least once or twice a day so that people know what's going on. If there is severe weather, that they're prepared for that. We want them to make an emergency plan. And on the Be Ready Lexington site, we have lots of information about how to put a plan together. Now, it's not anything you have to do all at once. You can start out just by making sure that you write down those phone numbers that are in your phone. Everybody's got a cell phone. But do you really know what those numbers are if your cell phone runs out of juice? I mean, everybody knows that you just hit the mom button or the grandma button or the pop-pop button. But you need to write those numbers down. We want to make sure people have copies of important documents, legal documents, insurance papers, prescriptions, so that if they do have to leave their home and they do have to relocate for a time, they have those important documents with them. We want to make sure, too, that in that plan that they have an out-of-town contact so that they can let family and friends know that they're okay. A lot of times during emergencies, the cell phone networks get plugged up. You can't make a call, but you could always text your emergency contact, and it's just very simple. You call that phone number. It could be a cousin or an uncle or another family member who's out of town. You just text them and I'm okay. That lets them know that they can tell everybody else that you're okay. An emergency kit, that's vital. So that even for the person who is just by themselves, a single person to a family, everybody needs an emergency kit with enough materials, food, water, and supplies to last at least three days. We prefer seven just in case. I mean, the recent power outage, we saw what happens when the power goes out. And for many people in Lexington, the power was out for a week. We want to make sure that people have food that they can prepare without having to heat it on the stove. It's difficult, but not impossible. We want to make sure they've got one gallon of water per person per day, and that's easy to stock up. We want to make sure they've got a first aid kit. We want to make sure that they've taken lessons on how to give first aid, and certainly a flashlight, a no-weather radio, other materials, just so that you can self-sustain for that amount of time just in case. Finally, what we want people to do is to get involved. There are lots of ways that they can get involved from Red Cross First Aid lessons to stop the bleed, learning how to do CPR, learning how to use an AED, all the way up to taking part in our community emergency response team. That's a series of nine classes over nine weeks where we teach people things like fire suppression. We teach people how to do basic search and rescue. We show people how to work as a team. And that's very important to be able to do if you want to go the next step. And certainly we don't want to leave our our brothers in blue out, the Citizens Police Academy. They have a great program and the Citizens Fire Academy. They have a great program too, but we want people to be involved. We want people to know how to take care of themselves. We want them to take care of their neighbors and take care of their neighborhood. That's the priority. And I just heard you mention the Citizens Fire Academy and the Citizens Police Academy. I am glad to be a graduate of the of the police academy and I'm a graduate of the citizens fire academy so they they do a great job they do a great job providing information to residents here in Lexington and Fayette County the training is terrific yeah I don't want to leave out our community emergency response team those nine days of first aid and search and rescue communications teamwork those are the units that we can rely on if we do have some sort of large disaster here. Say, for example, we have a tornado coming through here. The fire department, police department, they're going to be overwhelmed. They're going to go where the emergency is most significant, where people need the most help. Our CERT members have emergency response materials with them. That's part of what they get when they graduate. So they can deploy, again, they want to make sure that they're safe, their families are safe, their neighbors are safe, but then they can deploy to the other streets in their neighborhood and help people who need help and provide necessary guidance, necessary assistance until the fire department, police department, or even the National Guard show up. So it's all about working together. Lexington has demonstrated time and time again that the residents want to help each other. They are not living on an island and that people with a little bit of training are better capable of helping during an emergency or even just a minor inconvenience. We want people to be trained. We want people to be ready. Right. We want them to definitely be ready. Do we have any special precautions for individuals where English is not their first language or persons who live with disabilities? Well, for the non-English speaking residents, our website, BeReadyLexington.com. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is now 1.30, good afternoon everyone. I'd like to welcome you to the Urban County Planning Commission Subdivision and Zoning Items Public Hearing. I'd like to call this meeting to order. First on the agenda, I'd like to have the approval of the April 27th, 2023 minutes. The floor is open for a motion. Ms. Wirth? Mr. Chair, I move for approval of the minutes of the April 27th, 2023 meeting as submitted. And we have a second by Mr. DeMoviland. Please vote via Granicus. All right. motion passes unanimously postponements and withdrawals mr chairman members of the commission my name is matt carter with vision engineering on your agenda page two the first item pln mjdp 23-25 rose h uh brigden and mark mcclure property track day located at 2819 liberty road i'd like to ask for a postponement to your june 8th hearing we're still working with staff and engineering on trying to figure out how to sewer this property we've we've run through seven different scenarios and we're looking at an additional option now. And so we need a couple more weeks before we can move forward. Okay, thank you. Is there any questions to the recommendation for a postponement to the June 8th meeting from the commission? If not, the floor is open for a motion. Mr. Penn. Mr. Chair, I move for a two-week postponement to June 8th for PLN-MDA DP-2325. Okay. Thank you. And we have a second by Ms. Barksdale. Please vote via Granicus. Okay. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Okay. If there's not any others, we'll move on to page three. This is a zoning item, PLNMAR 23-6. Good afternoon, everyone. Daniel Crum, planning staff. As planning staff is recommending approval of this item, it may be eligible for an abbreviated hearing. So is there anyone in the audience that wishes to have this item heard in full or is in opposition to this request? Mr. Chair, it appears that this can be done as abbreviated. All right. So the loan zone change today in AR236 is a request by 763 Newtown LLC. They are seeking to rezone approximately a .9 acre portion of the property at 763 Newtown Pike from a highway service B3 zone to a wholesale and warehouse business B4 zone. The applicant is seeking this rezoning in order to expand an existing warehouse use that's on the subject property to the rear. The applicant, in their letter of justification, touches on a place type and development type for the application. The applicant has chosen an industry and production center and an industrial and production non-residential development type. Staff agrees that the place type, development type, and proposed zone can be appropriate at this location. So to give you an idea of where the subject property is located, It is the front portion of this property here, shown in white, located on Newtown Pike as you're heading north towards the interstate and just before you hit New Circle Road. Zooming in a little bit closer, you can see the zoning composition of the surrounding area. So the subject property is currently split zoned. The B4 portion that is located in the rear of the property and contains the existing warehouse use was rezoned in 2011. So they sought that B4 use that came with some conditional zoning restrictions in order to establish that warehouse building there. The surrounding zoning is a mix of uses. To the west, we have the agricultural AU zoning. That's where the location of the elementary school as well as the park. We have industrial zoning to the east, which is the Lexmark campus. To the south, we have B3 and B4 zoning. That is some existing businesses. And then to the north, we have a mix of zoning between industrial and commercial, but however, does not have an industrial commercial use, but is rather the mobile home park seen here. So this is the aerial of the subject property. As you can see, the front portion is the closest portion to Newtown Pike. They're seeking to rezone. This is currently a completely paved area. So this is all impervious surface. This historically, the portion of the property was used as a service station. that was since demolished and has for the past couple years been vacant. Historically, there also was a single family residence that was located in the rear portion of the property. It has also since been demolished. So the existing warehouse is the only use of the property at this current time. Here we have the use of the subject property from Newtown. So once again, we have two access points to the site, the existing warehouse building, as well as the existing parking areas. once again almost entirely paved and pervious surface and then in the areas to the north north that adjoin the the mobile home park there is an existing fencing buffering that was established at the time of that 2011 zone change that provided some additional protections here we have a view of the development plan for the subject property as always mr martin will get into this a little bit more detail but it's fairly simple as far as changes from the current configuration so the the access points that they have the same that are existing to the site currently they're taking the front portion of the site this square here adding a approximately ten thousand square foot warehouse building and they'll be divided up into four days and so this would be that flexible warehouse building space uh... that will operate the same as the existing space to the rear they're also utilizing the existing before zoning uh... to add an additional structure to the rear for the same purpose uh... this was on the previous development plan as well but it's not been built yet at this time as far as discussion within the applicants justification within the comprehensive plan they really talk about how this is building up and utilizing an underutilized site so they talk about how newtown is appropriate for these industrial and storage warehouse uses as it is our major one of our major freight corridors they talk about intensifying a property along this major corridor bringing in that additional density those additional jobs and really activating a portion of land that has more or less been vacant for a significant period of time. Staff agrees that the goals and objectives that they talk about in their request can be met and are in line with the goals for the rest of the comprehensive plan. In terms of site development criteria, staff agrees that the criteria for site design, transportation, and environmental health can be met with this request as they are maintaining kind of the existing pattern of development for the site, actually will be increasing the amount of green space on the property with meeting the tree canopy requirements and new landscaping requirements, as well as providing pedestrian connections between the buildings and the existing pedestrian networks along Newtown Pike. Now, in 2011, when that rear portion of the property was rezoned, there were conditional zoning restrictions that were placed in order to protect the adjoining residential use to the north. The applicant, in rezoning the front portion of the property, has more or less utilized those same types of prohibited uses that you see shown on screen. Staff took a look at those uses and agreed that most of them were still applicable. However, we did make some changes. Essentially, we removed pawn shops as it isn't applicable at this location, and it can't be built under the current criteria. We modified the condition for automobile and truck repair. With this being a little bit closer to the residential areas than some of the previous development, we felt that that would be a better provision to add. And this property is located within the Royal Springs aquifer. And so the last condition, the storage tanks, is a pretty consistent condition that we've placed on properties all along this corridor in order to protect that supply of drinking water. The applicant, in review of these conditional zoning restrictions, largely agreed. They just asked for one small addition. So the condition about major, minor, automobile, or truck repair, they wanted to make sure that any tenants at the site had the ability to repair and modify their own vehicles in order to keep them in working order. Staff has no issue with this condition. However, the staff report wasn't updated. So if you wish to include this condition at the end, you'll just need to modify the staff's recommended conditions. There was one additional aspect of the conditional zoning restrictions that wasn't proposed by the applicant. but was in place at that initial time in 2011. These were buffering restrictions and use kind of modifications. Once again, it is designed in order to protect that adjoining mobile home park. So there is a 50-foot setback from any existing mobile home in this property. The applicant's proposed development meets that. The 10-foot use buffer was established on the back end around any part of the B-4 that was adjoining that mobile home park. that is proposed to be extended through this portion of the site as well. That existing screening and fencing is already a component. It is already there. This is just keeping the conditions kind of consistent throughout the site. The last two just kind of speak to operationally to making sure that these B4 uses don't have an adverse impact on the adjoining mobile home park. So that's a prohibition on loudspeakers and modification to lighting. So with that, staff recommends approval of the request for the following reasons. It's in line with the goals, objectives, and policies of the comprehensive plan, once again, meeting those goals that are calling for increased density, job production, kind of context-sensitive design. It's in line with the development criteria as it's meeting the site design by matching that existing context. It's providing those transportation connections and the pedestrian connections throughout the site, and it is increasing the amount of green space that is present on site at the moment. Once again, it's subject to the conditional zoning restrictions you just saw. As I stated earlier, the applicant would like the slight modification to item 10 that deals with the repair of those automobiles, but is otherwise agreeable to the rest of the conditions. Those conditions are appropriate in order to help better buffer that use from the adjacent residential uses, as well as protect the Royal Spring Aquifer and make consistency with some other rezonings that have happened in the past along the newtown hike corridor this recommendation as always is subject to the approval and certification of the corresponding development plan but at this time staff is recommending approval and would be happy to entertain you have any if any questions of staff at this time any questions for staff yes well i have one minor question um on the uh agenda it notes that the zoning committee recommended approval is is there a reason why it doesn't note that the zoning commission committee recommended approval with the addition of except for vehicles used by the tenants yeah just historically the zoning committee doesn't make that kind of specific recommendation and so we're just reflecting the overall motion as opposed to any specific recommendation i think I think Daniel did present that in his presentation today, though. Okay, I thought we had discussed that specifically in our motion at the committee meeting. Any other questions? Thank you. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the Planning Commission. On page four of your agenda is the development plan associated with the zone change. And as Daniel showed you earlier, here it is. And we've got Newtown Pike. Here are the existing access points. It's two ways, both of these, two-way in and out with the circulation. This is the existing building. These are the two proposed buildings. As Daniel mentioned, this building was originally approved on the previous development plan and never constructed. Again, with these, they are being subdivided, as you can see, for shops of specialty trade, small-time business people, that sort of thing. The parking is oriented to the front of the buildings, primarily for obviously the employees and customers, owners to enter the building. Again, parking here, handicapped parking here. This is all existing. This large green area, this odd area up in here with the lotting, Daniel touched on that. There used to be a single-family home on this property, probably related back to when it was owned overall as a farm. And there's an access easement that leads back into here that is being utilized only to get back in here as maintenance would demand. It's not part of this plan per se. This is the existing detention basin as well. This was reviewed by your subdivision committee. They recommended approval, and staff will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the plan. Mr. Martin, two questions. One, is this a right in, right out, or are they going to be able to cut across, turn left to get in there going? I believe that's full access on Newtown Pike in this location. Okay, so it's full access. Yes, sir. It's open through there. Second thing, when this was a filling station, when it was a station, obviously we're going to be disturbing soil here, and this is on the Royal Springs Aquifer. My question to that is, were those tanks removed and the soil tested, or was that before we did that type of thing? I believe those tanks were removed prior to the previous development plan, quite some time ago. Well, I know it was some time ago. Yes. Oh, yes, sir. Okay. But my concern is that when you talk about the fixing of their own vehicles, I understand that from a technical standpoint, but I think that's one of those things that's unenforceable. That's just personal opinion. any other questions for staff not mr nicholson thank you chairman nick nicholson here on behalf of the applicant to uh to clarify the change in the conditional zoning restriction that is the conditional zoning restriction language for the part of the property and so since there this isn't a divided property it's one single parcel We wanted the conditional zoning restrictions to match what is in the rear to be the same that is in the front. And so the rear already restricts major or minor vehicle repair, except for vehicles that they basically utilize in their trade. We just wanted the exact same language to match on the front in order to not create an odd situation where if you back the truck up 10 feet, you're fine. And so that's where that's coming from. The underground tanks have been removed on this site. They do not exist. We have no problems having that conditional zoning restriction to prohibit underground tanks kind of moving forward. I'm happy to answer any questions if you all have them. Any questions for the applicant? Thank you. Thank you all. I don't think there's anyone here that would like to speak on behalf, so I will bring it back to the commission. speak for, I didn't say for or against, I just speak on behalf. Or opposition. If not, we'll bring it back to the commission for any further discussion or the floor is open for a motion. Okay, Mr. Michler. Yeah, I would like to move to approve PLN MAR23-00006 763 Newtown LLC with the zoning committee's recommendation for the restrictions as the applicant has requested with the addition of the except for vehicles used by the tenants. Okay. Thank you, sir. We have a second by Mr. The bill, any further discussion? Okay, please vote via Granicus. Okay, that motion passes unanimously. I would like to move to approve PLN MJDP 23-00026A1 service and Edster property 763 New Town Pike. Okay, we have a motion by Mr. Mickler, a second by Mr. Bell. Please vote via Granicus. Yes, with the, should we make that the 10 without the place builder criteria? Yes. Yeah, the 10 conditions, removing the 11th. Thank you. And we have a motion by Mr. Mickler and second by Mr. Bell. Please vote via Granicus. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. All righty. So we have one commission item and a public facility review. Good afternoon. This is a public facility review requested by the Division of Parks and Recreation for Cardinal Run North to establish a new regional park at 2075 Parker's Mill Road, 2001 Parker's Mill, and 3280 for sales. So you'll see the property here outlined in blue. So this is the largest parcel, 3280 Versailles Road. And then the two Parker's Mill addresses are here with access here and then this one here. You'll see that the property is zoned currently R1A. It is surrounded by residential uses to the east and west, agricultural to the north, and then to the south we have Cardinal Run South Park here. Here we have an aerial showing the existing site. There's currently a barn structure on the large parcel and a single family dwelling unit down here. So these three parcels will be developed in conjunction together for a new regional park. So I want to sort of zoom out and look at the park system in this part of town briefly. So, again, the parcel we're looking at is here. Cardinal Run South is directly to the south here. So the two parks combined together will be a total of 192 acres, making it one of the top five largest parks in Fayette County. The Cardinal Run North, which we're looking at today, is 137 acres. And then Cardinal Run South, which is in existence already, is about 55 acres. And the park will be accessible to Beaumont Preserve and Harrods Hill Parks to the south via the Beaumont neighborhood trail system. So extending out pretty far into the community there. So here we have the plan that was submitted by the Division of Parks showing the project. So this project will be phased with the first phase including several amenities. So we'll kind of quickly go through what those are. So we've got the park entrance here. We'll line up with the entrance across the street to Cardinal Run South. They are proposing in this vicinity here 12 pickleball courts, a basketball court, and 77 gravel parking spaces with six paved ADA spaces. Moving over to here, you can see the green. These are multi-sport fields that can be used for soccer or lacrosse. that sort of thing, they will be irrigated and turf grass. There will be 105 gravel parking spaces and 4 ADA parking spaces in that vicinity. And then here you'll see a playground area, a 36 by 36 foot shelter. You also see here some proposed future shelters, as well as a restroom facility. And then additional parking here. In the rear, there is a dog park that will be separated into two different sections, again with gravel parking and some ADA paved spaces. There will also be a trail system throughout the park. In addition to connecting to those other parks we talked about, there will be a mile of paved trail, two miles of mowed trail, and then a half-mile single-track trail through the wooded area. They are proposing access at this location to Plantagenet Drive in the Wellesley Heights neighborhood. There is also an access point shown on the development plan for the townhouses at the Silks, in that there's a sidewalk that is constructed that leads up almost to the property line, so I think Parks is still working with that neighborhood to make that connection. And that is not currently shown on this plan. so staff has reviewed this proposal in accordance with the comprehensive plan and with the parks and recreation master plan and we do find that it is in agreement with both of those the public facility improvements for the new park will serve the needs of the community there are no goals or objectives to the comprehensive plan that are in opposition but there are several goals and objectives outlined in your staff report that are in support of the park additionally the 2018 parks and recreation master plan your parks are future specifically calls for this park to be developed as a regional park in order to address a gap in services for regional parks in this part of the city and as always with a public facility review you all do not have to make a recommendation of approval but you do have to make a finding that the proposal is in accordance with the comprehensive plan i know that there are several representatives from the the project here today i don't know if they have anything to add but i'm happy to answer any questions mr pia I don't know whether this is a question for you or somebody in the audience, but will these parks be geared toward regional operations like tournaments, that type of thing? My understanding is that these will not be for tournaments. I'm sure the parks can probably better answer that, but there was a time when this park was proposed for tournament fields, and it was determined that it was just not feasible given the limited access. It's not feasible to have an access point on Versailles Road into the park because of the proximity to the intersection with New Circle. So that was determined not to be feasible for tournament use, but for other activities. So it's basically a city park? Yes, it is a city park. Thank you. How many total parking spaces will there be? and I'm wondering if there's any pervious parking out there. My understanding is that they are phasing the development in the first phase. The parking will all be gravel except for the ADA spaces. I believe it is, I don't have my number written down here, I think it's in the staff report, I believe it's 290 gravel parking spaces. But there is the potential in the future for those to be paved, but at this time they're going to start off gravel. And the applicant may be able to talk about that timeline. I wasn't able to pull up the plan here on Granicus, but could you go over the current sort of buffer areas? Because I know when the draft was first released, it showed a 100-foot buffer along the subdivision, but everything along 2011 Parker's Mill wrapped right up to that home. And I just was curious how that stand stood now with the current plans. I'm not sure that that area is denoted around those properties. I don't think that there's a buffer denoted there. Maybe something that the applicant can speak to. Hi, I'm Michelle Kseniak with Parks and Recreation. We've had several meetings and conversations with that neighbor. We are unable to give them 100 foot all along their property line, But we have, because of where the entrances are located, they need to be lined up across from each other, from the other park across the street. But you'll notice that as soon as we enter the park, we pull that entrance road away from their property. But then we have to, because of some mature trees and some other conditions, we do have to sort of wiggle it back. We have stated a willingness to work with that neighbor to establish a no-mo zone planting, a little reforest, the bluegrass kind of area there, to give them as much buffer as possible. And they seem pleased with that. Is this modified from the original one released? Yes. Thank you. Mr. Bill? Is the applicant, are you all planning on making a presentation? I don't think so. No. Okay. So may I ask the applicant, do you have an idea of estimation on a number of people using the park? and the reason i ask this i'm just curious about y'all's thoughts or anybody's thoughts on parker's mill and the safety of parker's parker's mill and things like that certainly thank you for your question i'm monica conrad director of lexington parks and recreation I don't think we have at this point numbers of expected attendance. Our regional parks certainly are our busiest parks. We see that at Jacobson. We see that at Shilato. We see that at Masterson. The design team may be able to speak to their conversations that they've had with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. This access point is certainly of concern to parks and our park users. So, Darrell, I want to see if Darrell has anything to add from the design team. Good afternoon. I'm Darrell Douglas with Branstetter Carroll. We are working, this portion of Parker's Mill is a state route, so we're working with the state transportation cabinet. We've done traffic counts in that area. We're working with them to determine if a traffic signal is warranted for this entrance. We're trying to get something like that because we are proposing a crosswalk from South Cardinal Run to the North Cardinal Run, and we want to do that in the safest manner possible. But we do have to work with the State Transportation Cabinet and meet their guidelines and prove that a traffic signal or some sort of improvement is warranted. We've also shown a second entrance into the park that's to the west of the main entrance, and that would be a limited use access for only big events and emergency situations. So we're working with the state transportation cabinet, and we want to do some improvement in that area. And in this process, are you all considering bike, ped on Parker's Mill? What was that? Bike and ped. We, as the parks and recs, can't do any improvements on the state route. I understand, but just in conversation, is anybody anticipating that type of thing as far as anybody knows? Yes. Michelle again. I noted in the staff report that they included the MPO has looked at Parker's Mill and is recommending bicycle and pedestrian improvements. I believe that there is an extended timeline for that recommendation, but we can always hope that maybe the usage of the park will accelerate that. Thank you. I can add a little bit to that that timeline I believe is somewhere between 2034 and 2040 but the MPO does have the ability to modify that every five years sort of what their priority list is so as Michelle said if the park is receiving a lot of use it may move up on the sort of priority list. Mr. Penn. If this is 119 acres, the first phase is going to include plans for how much of that? So the 192 acres is the combined size of Cardinal Run North and South. The north portion is 137 acres, and that is the full site. So, again, we're looking at this. I would say that this area here is the largest portion of the property that is not being really touched in Phase 1. So you've got the playground and shelter here. These two faint blue lines, if you can see there, are the dog park. And then you've got all of the sports fields and pickleball fields in this vicinity. and in this area there's not a lot of development other than of course the trail system working throughout the system the reason I'm asking this question is I'm trying to decide in my own mind how much available land is there that's not right now used for parks that you don't have immediate use for park in other words what's your what's your acreage that's not not in your development plan right now? So in this plan, in phase one, we will be developing active recreation and I use that word cautiously because and I'll speak to that for about 20 acres. So there's four sport fields. So if you consider sport fields, active recreation, that's about four acres, four to five acres the pickleball court area is probably an acre two maybe the dog park is 10 acres but it's nothing more than a field with a fence around it so if i'm not sure if you consider that active or passive but that's what that is that's about 10 acres and then the playground and the shelters is probably an acre that area now we do have trails throughout so i don't know if you count that impacted because we're running a mowing we're mowing a trail through it or in the wooded area we do intend to build single track trail which is like when you go hiking at raven run single track is for a single person on dirt so it's hard for me to say i mean we are impacting a number of those acres in that we will be removing invasive species we will be taking out any dangerous trees with hanging branches or dead trees but in truth other than 20 acres that is claimed as for active recreational purposes the rest of it will be left in its natural state for now and then long term we'll continue that um we'll continue that in community engagement but the basically the entire side of the park that is aligned next to wellesley heights and the other developments. Long-term development is for that whole side of the park that's from the road to the neighborhood is really natural area. There are the only things that we've considered in our long-term plans again it was noted additional picnic shelters as the demand increases around the playground. The area against Parker's Mill that in between the playground and Parker's Mill is envisioned to be a lawn area that can be mowed as needed for large events we don't know what those might be because we are developing for 20 or 50 years into the future as population in fayette county increases so it might be a festival it might be a concert series it might be a movie night for the neighborhood we really don't know what those would be but that's the kind of thing we envision it's just a large open space that we can convert as needed flexibly for events and then from the playground area to Versailles is really our most sensitive environmental space so that is where our natural area staff has done a lot of study and hopes to develop interpretive programs so we will be leaving that in as natural state as possible with the exception of the only things we've considered in that space close to the playground we are looking at long term a mountain biking facility, a skills course, which is really, if you don't know what those look like, they kind of look like a big pile of dirt. And so it's not overly developed. It may have some paved track, but it's a relatively small area, about a tenth of an acre is what those typically are. And then the only other thing we've discussed with the community and that we heard through our community engagement, both our in-person last fall, which was about 100 people, and then our survey, which captured we were whispering about we can't remember it's about 800 people responded to the survey I believe and there was a desire for disc golf which is really just a lawn course so you walk and play the sport and then every once in a while there's a pole with a basket on it that you try and throw your discs into it so one of the things is really important to us is as you come in for sales Road with our welcome to Lexington sign there and our beautiful horse farms in that corridor. We really want to keep that viewshed natural. We want to keep it as green and beautiful as possible to to fit in with that corridor. Well, that's that's why I asked that question because we're now hearing rumors that the only way to get affordable housing is to use parkland and I want to bring that up because I think we need and you need and we all need to think about this is intended to be parkland and we need to be able to defended and that's why I brought that question up. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Mulder. Yeah I got a question specifically to the pickleball courts. I'm sure they will be used extensively in the early phases of the growth of the sport. The courts were put up anywhere but today they're put as far away from residential as possible and this seems to be right up against the one residential home? Were there discussions on that? Is there a limitation on timing? I think that's a very good concern. We don't actually, even, we are still working through the operation of this park and what the timing will be. Typically, our parks are open dawn to dusk. We don't have any intentions at this point in lighting those courts so dusk would be the end of play we did mention that to the neighbors and we will manage it accordingly is my recommendation we were trying to keep them again all of the active recreation against New Circle Road and we were trying to limit the distance that we had to run utilities like water lines and so forth to provide for those facilities Yeah, I'd just like the owner to be aware of it. It's a noisy sport. I'm not seeing any more questions, so is there anyone else that would like to speak? Okay. We'll bring it back to the commission. The floor is open for a motion. Mr. Penn? Are we ready for the motion? Any other questions? I don't see any. Mr. Chairman, I would like to move that we state that this is within the comm plan and it's reserved for parks. And we have heard the facilitation, and we certainly believe it fits within the long-range plan. Okay. Thank you. And we have a second by Ms. Wirth. Please vote via Granicus. Okay, the motion passes unanimously. Thank you. I look forward to seeing it. Okay, I think that's it. Since Mr. Duncan's not here this afternoon, I will just remind you next week is committee week, and we did have a relocation for that meeting. We're actually going to be on the seventh floor of the Phoenix building because they are doing improvements to the third floor conference room. So we had expected that they might be finished this week, but I got word yesterday that they need a few more weeks to finish that up. So next week we'll be on the seventh floor when you come to the Phoenix building. Thank you. Okay, thank you. That's a short meeting. Thank you. Meeting's adjourned. Thank you.