# Courthouse Area Board 11-15-23 - November 15, 2023 > Auto-transcribed civic record · November 15, 2023 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6027 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6027?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2023-11-15 - **Last revised**: November 15, 2023 - **Length**: 328 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 Courthouse Area Design Review Board held a video teleconference meeting on November 15, 2023, at 2:05 p.m., presided over by Erin Masterson. The board addressed four agenda items during the session, including approval of meeting minutes, review of applications for authorization permits, consideration of staff-approved authorization permits, and establishment of the 2024 meeting and filing schedule. Two motions were voted on during the meeting, with the approval of minutes and the 2024 meeting schedule both approved. The meeting included two informational presentations regarding authorization permits but received no public comments. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the meeting on November 15, 2023: * Erin Masterson * Jill Leckner * Ken Michul * Camden Skidmore * Lisa Grober No absences or late arrivals were recorded. ## Votes and Decisions **Approval of the February 15, 2023 Minutes** [timestamp: 0:00:30] A motion to approve the February 15, 2023 minutes was made by Ken Michul and seconded by Camden Skidmore. The motion passed unanimously with 5 ayes and 0 nays. All five members voted in favor: Erin Masterson, Jill Leckner, Ken Michul, Camden Skidmore, and Lisa Grober. **Approval of the 2024 Meeting and Filing Schedule** [timestamp: 0:02:43] A motion to approve the 2024 Meeting and Filing Schedule was made by Jill Leckner and seconded by Ken Michul. The motion passed unanimously with 5 ayes and 0 nays. All five members voted in favor: Erin Masterson, Jill Leckner, Ken Michul, Camden Skidmore, and Lisa Grober. ## Approval of Minutes The meeting included consideration of the minutes from the February 15, 2023 meeting. [timestamp: 00:00:30] Key participants in this agenda item were Erin Masterson, Ken Michul, and Camden Skidmore. The minutes were approved. ## Applications for Authorization Permits [timestamp: 00:01:08] There were no applications for authorization permits presented at this meeting. ## Summary of Staff Approved Authorization Permits [timestamp: 00:01:08] Staff presented an informational update on authorization permits that have been approved since the last meeting. A total of 17 permits were approved, consisting of: * One co-location permit for a cellular tower * 16 sidewalk cafe permits This item was presented for informational purposes only, with no debate or action required from the body. ## Consideration of the 2024 Meeting and Filing Schedule [timestamp: 00:02:11] The board considered and approved the 2024 Meeting and Filing Schedule. Key speakers on this agenda item included Erin Masterson, Jill Leckner, and Ken Michul. The board voted to approve the proposed schedule for meetings and filings throughout 2024. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (5-0): Approval of the February 15, 2023 minutes - **Motion** — passed (5-0): Approval of the 2024 Meeting and Filing Schedule --- ## Full transcript But. Looking through that's all the board, correct? Yeah, that's all. Yeah. All right. Next item is approval of the February minutes 15 2023 meeting minutes. You all should have received those. If anyone has any questions or go ahead and make a motion. I'll make a motion to approve. This is Kim. I'll second. Okay. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Okay. All right. Next item on the agenda. Applications for authorization permits. There were no application for this time around. So no action there. And then summary of staff approved authorization permits. Does anyone from the staff want to speak to those or is that just an item to review? That's just an item to review. Staff looks at certain projects that don't require full board review. Typically those are sidewalk cafes. So we've approved 16 sidewalk cafes and one co-location for a cell tower. So there was an existing cell tower on the roof of a building and another carrier wanted to co-locate there. So we approved that application. All right. Next item on the agenda is consideration of the 2024 meeting and filing schedule. those were sent over in another PDF looks like the dates were February 21st, May 15th, August 21st, and November 20th with associated filing deadlines. I guess the question is does anybody have any issues with those dates or we all feel okay with that? I'm good with it. Yeah. I'm with me. I don't know if we need to vote on that. We'll need a motion for that. Okay. Motion to approve the 2024 review schedule. I'll second it. Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Any further business? I know this was a short one. Welcome new members. Okay. Well, if that's all, we will be meeting February 21st, unless there are no items filed for that time. So I might see you all in February. Sounds good. Thank you. Thanks. Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving. Bye.