Music Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's 3 o'clock, so I'll go ahead and call to order the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council work session. And today is March 19, 2024, and we'll start with public comment for issues on the agenda. and it looks like we have no one signed up. So that takes us to docket approval. Could I have a motion? Second. I've heard a so moved from Council Member Fogle and then second from Council Member Ellinger. And if you have questions, please log in. Council Member Legree. Mayor, I don't have a question, but I do have a zoning item. Okay. That's it. Thank you. Should I go ahead? Now's a great time for that. Excellent. Mayor, I move to put item number five, an ordinance changing the zone from a light industrial I1 zone to a downtown frame business B2A zone. For 0.82 gross and 1.15 net acres for property located at 610 Winchester Road on the docket without a public hearing, so moved. Second. All right, Vice Mayor Wu seconds. Is there any question, comment? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I have a walk on, would now be a good time for that? I move on behalf of the administration to place on the docket for In the March 21st, 2024 council meeting, a resolution authorizing the mayor to one, submit a grant application seeking $187,609.50 in federal funds under the state Homeland Security Program for the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security for the purchase of hazmat monitors and USAR search equipment for the Division of Fire, to provide any information requested in connection with this grant application, to accept this grant if awarded, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of the funds, and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. Councilmember Pullman seconded. Any questions? No? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member Fogel. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place item number six, an ordinance changing the zone from a light industrial one zone to neighborhood business B1 zone for the property located at 469 and 471 Jefferson Street on the docket without a hearing, so moved. Second. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there questions? All right, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Is there anything else for the docket? Okay, all those in favor of approving the docket as amended, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. Next up is the March 12, 2024 Council Work Session Motions. Could I have a motion to approve? No, Mayor. All right. Vice Mayor Wu and then second Council Member Gray. And are there any questions about the table of motions? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? That motion passes. And we have budget amendments next. I'll entertain a motion to approve. Council Member Plumman moves and Council Member Sheehan seconds. And if you have questions about budget amendments, now is the time. Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Item on page four, first item there, Journal 146603, Streets and Roads. I just want to really just congratulate your department there. Whoever's, I know Nancy's been involved in that quite a bit, but we now have a cost sharing plan with utility companies. And believe me, that's going to help in my paving area. So I was just wanting to commend on that $380,000. That is $380,000 worth of paving that we can do additionally within general government, within government. So I just wanted to commend you on that. The second item I had there is under grants and special programs as to reallocate funds for American Rescue Plan. Is this just clean up work that we're doing on the American Rescue Plan? I suspect, I know we've got just a few dollars left here or there. Well we are cleaning up. This is not clean up. Okay. The first one for the River Hill Pickleball, we actually did find we need a little bit of, a little increased funding on that project to complete it as parks would like. And then on the Dunbar Community Center, this is actually an augmented scope from what you all have previously approved in full transparency. Chris, do you have the photo to put up? So we went and did the CAO's office went and did a site visit at Dunbar. It's probably been about a month ago. You all have an ARPA commitment in the building and you have a general fund commitment in the building to make major improvements to the Dunbar Community Center that we feel are very needed. So while we were there, Michael and Monica took us up to the second and third floor as did the project manager Josh Ives and we realized we did not have in the budget to replace the flooring in the hallways and the I think Monica's going to help you well it I have a picture of the carpeting just so I could be persuasive but nonetheless so we realized as part of the project scope and neither the ARPA or the general fund that we were replacing carpeting in the hallways and in the offices where LFUCG staff are. So at this time we're asking you to consider an additional allocation, funds we don't need from another project to go ahead and replace that flooring as well. What district is Dunbar in? It is in the first district. All right, just to let you know you're getting something. I want to make sure I'm behind you there. We are confident she'll vote yes. Okay. Anyway, those are the cleanups. Thank you. Thank you. That's it, Mayor. Thank you. Are there any other questions about budget amendments? No? All those in favor of approving, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. And we have for your information only the budget adjustments on pages six through eight and then next up is new business and I'll entertain a motion to approve. Mayor Tifford. Second. All right Councilmember Gray. Second was Councilmember Sheehan. And so first up for question is Councilmember Menares. Thank you Mayor. And my questions were regarding items C and D. Welcome Mr. Martin, Director Martin. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Mr. Martin. Director Martin, I just wanted you to elaborate on what is going on with these two items with regards to the West Hickman. If you could just give additional details, please. Okay. Both of these things are fundamental to the treatment process. You have to have oxygen in order to be able to drive the process. So there are blowers, the Sulcer blowers, they are in desperate need of repair. And so as opposed to buying a new one, we're sole sourcing the repair parts for the Sulcer blowers that we currently have. Those blowers are controlled by the controllers and the Hock meters that are item C here. They're the ones that tell you whether or not there's enough oxygen in there or not enough oxygen in order to be able to break down the sewage and make it treatable. So they're not directly related to some of the odor things that you and I have talked about over the last six months. But if they weren't there, we would have a much bigger problem than what we have right now. Thank you. And so that's for both C and D then? Yeah. They're interrelated with one another. Like I said, there are four blowers that provide air to two different zones in the treatment plant. And without those blowers, you have no oxygen. You have no way to drive the process, basically. Microbes need energy to be able to consume food. That's what they're doing is they're consuming carbon and breaking down. So without them, you have no oxygen. You have basically a plant upset. The sensors that are the hock meters, that's what turns the blowers up or down, depending on what your oxygen needs are. because it's an integrated system that reacts with time. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. My first question is for Item J. I think that's Director Burton. Director Burton, welcome. Director, I think I remember this project from when I was on MPO, the first time right so what's funded here or what it looks like in the memo is is this just design this is just a project what about construction i thought we did we fully fund that whole project we've got it in the five-year program for slx funding so yes we do have that pro we work with the mpo to make sure that we have that but we're just starting design and this piece is critical that we we if you recall originally this was going to be a sidewalk project and then we realized that the rest of the M&A neighborhood drains to this area so we basically have to make it a drainage project with some sidewalks atop of it so that's why the cost has gone up a little bit which is why we've programmed it out with SLX funds but yes we do have the full design right away utility and construction costs programmed out. Okay yeah well that's all I just wanted to make sure it was fully funded and I think you're right it started off as just a sidewalk project but then And it's more infrastructure, and I think the reason that it took such priority is because it created safe pedestrian pathways to public transportation bus stops for a segment that didn't have it. So thank you for that. Yes, sir. And then, Mayor, I also have some questions. I see several items that refer to the concession agreements with different neighborhood associations. Monica, can you speak to this a little bit? I know, you know, when I was a district council member, which had areas that had a lot of these shelters in them, the first district, I think the second and the 11th, and maybe, is there any other districts that have them? Seven with Woodhill, three, 11, and one, and two. Yeah, I remember it's my time as a neighborhood association president. that those shelters and the responsibilities that lie with those shelters that the neighborhood associations have. I think we were always concerned in trying to ink out an agreement that would set expectations for neighborhoods, set expectations for the city, and then also create some accountability, because there is income generated and there's benefit to the neighborhoods. I think just laying that out is something that we need to do. I know it's been a long time coming. I like the edits that y'all have made to the agreement and the incentives that you put in it to encourage the neighborhoods to better partner with us. Just to be clear, I think we still want them to report and still want the accountability. But from my understanding, there's nothing punitive that's going to happen to the neighborhoods if they are considering it, considering this, getting more details and information. we would like for them to all to get on board but we're not going to do anything to penalize these communities in these neighborhoods correct we certainly believe and remain committed to the neighborhood associations in their commitment to our facilities within our parks there's nothing punitive in the agreement we continue to try to work with all of our all of our partners to get a signed agreement okay yeah i just wanted that to be clear and to be stated i know it's you know folks are somewhat adverse to change and have concerns especially when it comes to government but I think we're these new agreements are going to benefit both the neighborhood and the city once we get them all signed so thank you for that thank you mayor thank you councilmember Fred Brown Thank you Mayor. Aye. Director Martin. I just really I just want to commend Director Martin and his group of getting that extension. I think that's very important. I believe we have is it close to 14 that I haven't even been started 14 projects that we're at? We've got 14 of them active in some way or another another. I don't have the whole sheet with me here right now, but we're, you know, anywhere between 60 to 70% done with a lot of them in an action, either under construction or under design. We've got several of them that we're still trying to acquire easements. Acquiring easements has become a real challenge. So this will really put us on track pretty much. We should be able to finish the whole. Yeah, I think so. I think so. I think it felt like before the pandemic happened, we were We were trending towards being able to make that 2026 deadline, but nobody would have anticipated what happened at that time. And so EPA and DOJ recognized that that was an unprecedented event and gave us additional time to make up for the last time. I'll comment on at this time that you and the mayor were there at a press conference at Gainesville and Greentree. And I don't know, it's the 8th district. It's kind of the heart of the 8th district, close to Tate Creek Golf Course. But I don't know how many people know that particular area, but it is a very congested area. And Shinaway, all the way from Richmond Road all the way to Armstrong Mill Road is a major corridor north-south that we've been using. And the travelers and people that have traveled out there have not been able to use that, and it's been almost a year. So it looks good. It looks promising, but we will be closing that intersection for all concerned. and the media is covering it too but i think all in all it's it's moving along real well and so hopefully we'll get it done by late summer and have a nice quarter there and people can speed through there again that's all thank you mayor thank you council member focal thank you mayor Those darn easements, they've caused me some heartache out in the Winburn area. But that's not my comment. And Council Brown, thanks for stepping on my F and J. And I'd just like to add some comments to both of those. The people on north end of town, north limestone, they are really excited about the work that's going to come that way. If you all travel in the north end, many of you might and most of you don't. You will see that when you come down, Limestone is like a roller coaster. And so if you don't have good suspension tires, you might just float right on over to the sidewalk. So I look forward to the work that's going to be done. And now, I'd just like to give a shout out. I don't even know if Oakwood is watching. The Oakwood Neighborhood Association in the first district led the way of signing on to the new agreement so that everyone would be protected. And Council Brown, I didn't know what the punitive piece was that you was talking about. So Director Conrad, I want to make sure that, Are we saying that if parks don't sign on, neighborhood associations will not sign on to the new agreement? What happens if they don't sign on to this new agreement? Council member, at this point we are still working with those neighborhood associations. So we continue to meet with them to answer any questions. Some of them are still working with trying to obtain insurance. So we continue to work alongside them in trying to get the signed agreements. We hope and anticipate another wave of agreements coming through in a couple more months. Okay, and I just wanted you to verbally say that because some of our neighborhood associations, they believe that government will punish them, they won't be able to head up the neighborhood association. And I just wanted to make sure that we had that clear. I know that you're working really hard and we hope that the rest of those parks join on. Because really if you look at it and if anyone gets hurt in those shelters, then I don't know, I would not want them to be held responsible personally. And this is a coverage for folks who have shelters that are really needed in our area. And I also want to make sure I say this aloud. So the neighborhood associations really are in charge of the shelters. But the green space, when people want to come to the park, they want to have a picnic with their family, that is parks and recreation. Is that correct? That is correct. Okay, because I have a lot of constituents who want to make sure that they don't have to get permission to come in and put a blanket down and enjoy their family for a holiday and that they don't have to get permission from the neighborhood associations. That's exactly right, and if they want to have an event or a more organized program or activity in the park, then they can go through our parks rentals office and we'll assist them with that. Okay, thank you so much. You're welcome. All right, does anyone else wish to speak to new business? All right, all those in favor of approval say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. now uh... members we have it and interesting little glitch in your so we give people a half hour to sign up to speak but our public comment for issues on the agenda is already several items done and we have two folks who'd like to speak to items on the agenda who have signed up during the first half hour so i am going to go ahead and call on them and ask them to speak uh... since we've already passed that but the time to sign in past so uh... the way this works is when i call your name you'll come to the podium up here and you will restate your name and say your council district for the record and you'll have three minutes to speak so first is house a small loss you're waiting you sure snow issue alright okay and second is leah okay but very good alright uh... thank you very much it's no it's perfectly fine because people can sign up to three thirty so you were certainly within the time frame all right thank you now uh... we have our continuing business and presentations so all entertain a motion to approve the neighborhood development funds council member focal miss vice mayor was seconds are there any questions right all those in favor say i anyone opposed right that passes now all ask for a motion to approve the council capital projects council member gray moves council member plowman seconds are there questions all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes and at this time I'll call on councilmember James Brown to give his budget finance and economic development report. Thank you, Mayor. The budget finance economic development committee June 30th, 2024 report out summary of motions. The meeting began at 1.02 p.m. The first item on the agenda was the approval of the January 30th committee summary. The committee unanimously approved the January 30th committee summary. The second item was the monthly financial update. Commissioner Hensley provided a brief update of the monthly financials. Revenues are running positive to variance with performance better than expected to budget. No action was taken on this item. The third item was the Lexington Economic Workforce and Revenue Update. The Lexington Economic Workforce and Revenue Update was provided by the Director of Business Engagement, Amy Glasscock. Workforce development is the number one issue for economic development in Fayette County. annual unemployment rate for Fayette County as of October 2023 was 3.1%. Unemployment rates have maintained stable since quarter three of 2020. As of quarter two of 2023, there were approximately 200,000 jobs in Fayette County. Health care and education, transportation, trade and utilities, and professional services and business services are the top three job industries. Overall, Lexington is growing and our economy is healthy. No action was taken on this item. The fourth item was the Lexington Economic Outlook and Occupational Tax Forecast. Dr. Mike Clark, the director of the University of Kentucky Center for Business and Economic Research, presented on the annual Lexington Economic Outlook and Occupational Tax Forecast. Lexington has a strong employment growth across most major sectors in FY23, but is expected to slow down in FY24 and FY25. Payroll tax estimated to be $273.8 million in FY25. Net profit revenues for FY25 projected to be $68.9 million. Net profits do not typically follow payroll tax trends. National growth is predicted to be slow. No action was taken on this item. The meeting adjourned at 2.50 p.m. and that concludes my report. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions for Council Member Brown? All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. At this time we have one proclamation presentation to make. Let's try this way. Are you all social services? Will you come right here? Social workers. Social workers. Because we're going to get a picture anyway. All right. So we have our Commissioner of Social Services, Casey Allen Bryant with us. March is recognized as National Social Work Month. Now y'all can fill this. Come on. Come on. What do you need to do? Yeah, just pack it full. Okay. Okay, so this is time to recognize the hard work of our social workers. A social worker's job is not easy. These folks are dedicated to meeting the basic and complex needs that provide quality of life for all of our people. Our division of social services is a cornerstone of our community. From family and youth services to domestic and sexual violence prevention, social services provides assistance to those who need it most. First of all, I want to thank Commissioner Ellen Bryant very much for her work as well as her entire team. And at this time, it's my pleasure to present this proclamation. This is for all of you. Whereas the primary mission of social workers is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic and complex needs of all people, And whereas social workers focus on helping people who are vulnerable, oppressed, or living in poverty. And whereas social workers meet people where they are and help them reach their full potential. And whereas social workers follow a code of ethics that calls on them to fight social injustice and respect the dignity and worth of all people. and whereas social workers are on the front lines in helping our community and nation solve pressing social problems, including an increased demand for mental health services, substance use disorders, and economic inequality, and whereas the City of Lexington commends the hard work and dedication of each social worker in our community, and whereas we are proud of and thankful for the social workers who serve the residents of Lexington and whereas our city's Department of Social Services employs over 30 social work professionals whose training and ethical standards help promote the values of compassion, compliance, coordination, and consistency. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare March 2024 National Social Work Month in Lexington. Thank you all so much. So, I need to give it to somebody. Commissioner, would you like to say a few words? Of course. Of course. I am never slack on words. First, I'd like to say that we have representatives from all over government and not just the Department of Social Services. Of course, we have our partners from youth, we have our Division of Family Services, Division of Youth Services, and Division of Aging and Disability Services. We also have our, from FIRE, we have our Community and Paramedicine Program. From the Department of Housing, Advocacy and Community Development, we have our housing specialists. And then we also have from Housing, Advocacy and Community Development, our social workers from Community and Resident Services. What I want to say about these professionals is that they tirelessly work for the good of our community. They give countless hours, they give of themselves, They give their emotions, their souls to helping our people. Whether it's needing clothing or food or housing, of course, they are there. If it's to lend an ear, they are there. They are truly the unsung heroes and we owe them such level of gratitude. And I just want to publicly say how proud of them I am, how inspired I am by them, and thank you so much for all your work. Now we'll get a photo with the council. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right, thank you very much. Now at this time, our law commissioner Susan Speckert and our director of planning Jim Duncan are going to give a presentation on the legislation for medicinal cannabis. Welcome. Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council Members. I want to talk a little bit about the medicinal cannabis legislation that was passed last year, and then talk about where we are right now. So this is a brand new industry in Kentucky, and there are a lot of components to it. My goal today is to give you an overview of the legal framework, talk about local government authority, the timeline, and then I'll hand it over to Director Duncan to talk about a ZODA that's going to be coming your way. so generally you all will recall back last year in 2023 the general assembly adopted and the governor signed senate bill 47 that legalizes medicinal cannabis in kentucky effective on january 1st of 2025 there are a couple of bills pending in the general assembly right now that would amend the effective date along with make some other amendments and I'll talk about that in just a little bit. But just generally the law excludes medicinal cannabis from the definition of marijuana with respect to criminal law. It outlines requirements for operating medicinal cannabis businesses. What the qualifying medical conditions are provides processes and procedures for dispensing and possessing medical cannabis. The broad regulatory authority lies with the state. So the Cabinet for Health and Family Services will be handling the licensing, the oversight largely, and there's also created the Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program, which is also providing oversight. There are five categories of cannabis business entities which will require licensing by the state and are subject to limited local regulation the two bills that are pending right now that would amend senate bill 47 one is senate bill 337 it has an emergency clause so if it were to pass it would become effective upon passage and then And House Bill 829, which has actually passed out of the House and been delivered to the Senate, and it has an effective date of August 1st of 2024. So the kinds of big business entities that are established are five. A cultivator, which grows and cultivates the medicinal marijuana. There are four tiers, each a separate license that will be issued by the state, and it's based on the size of the growing area the legislation requires that the growing areas be in an enclosed locked facility and the different tiers are based on the size so the first tier is no more than 2500 square feet second tier no more than 10 000 third tier no more than 25 000 in the fourth tier no more than 50 000. processors take the medicinal cannabis plant material and turn it into product and that includes vaping product raw plant material that can be used but not smoked and edibles producers are processors and cultivators and the safety compliance facilities those are the testing labs and then dispensaries obviously dispense them to the public people who are card holders the legislation also provides that none of these entities can be located within a thousand feet of an existing elementary secondary or daycare center and our planning department has worked or is continuing to work with gis to get that mapping in place So we've had one, actually two sets of regulations that have been filed. Both have been filed as ordinary regulations, which means that they'll go through a public hearing process, public comment process, and go before the General Assembly for review before they become effective. The first set has to do with the operations of the business entities. They provide very detailed security and operational requirements that's overseen by the cabinet. The second regulations that were filed were filed last week, and those are for patients. It provides procedures for patients to become cardholders. And then we anticipate regs being filed that will address how the business entities will be licensed. So, local government authority. The local government authority is very limited. And the way that the legislation is structured is it's essentially an opt-out program. So, if a local government wishes to opt out, we may enact an ordinance that would prohibit all cannabis business operations in Lexington-Faya County. were the council to take that action the public could initiate a measure to put the question on a ballot and if the public were to do that and it passed then we would have to permit cannabis business entities the council could also enact a resolution and just put it on the ballot and put the question to the public if the council does not opt out then the regulation is limited to time place and manner that is done in a way that does not impose an undue burden or make cannabis business operations unreasonable or impractical and that basically translates into zoning we are also permitted to impose a fee that's consistent with our licensing licensing fees and other kind of regulatory fees and Director Holbrook is working on a fee structure to present to you all. So for our purposes, the primary impact of the amendments is the acceleration of the date upon which the business entities may be licensed. And the idea for this is that there is a desire on the part of some in the General Assembly, and at the state to have medical cannabis available to cardholders as early as possible in 2025. So in order to do that, the thinking is that you have to go ahead and give the businesses an opportunity to be licensed so that the supply chain can be put into place. Marijuana is still listed as a Schedule I controlled drug under federal law, and so you cannot transport it across state lines and so everything will have to be done here in Kentucky from the growing the processing the testing and the selling of it so what we anticipate is that the licensing process will start this summer it will either be immediately upon passage if the Senate bill passes or it will be August 1st if the House bill passes or it could be something else because amendments could still be made and under the statutes the licensing decisions by the cabinet will be made within 45 days so it's a very quick turnaround time so that puts us on a short timeline should we wish to permit these and put the zoning in place and I'm going to I'm happy to answer any questions but I'll go ahead and turn it over to director Duncan now so we can talk about the ZODA. Thank you. Welcome, Director. Thank you. And as the Commissioner said, when we started hearing about the potential to accelerate the timeline for medicinal cannabis, we decided that we needed to go ahead and start the zoning process. So last week, the Planning Commission initiated a zoning ordinance text amendment that will address how cannabis business entities can be distributed in the zoning ordinance and how they can be operated. That ZODA has been initiated and will move its way through the process. The formal application in the Acela program for the text will be on April 1st, and then we will send notice to all of the neighborhood associations on April 8th. So while the text is generally available now, it will be formally available on April 1st when we file this in the cell and send notice to the neighborhood associations the next week. The zoning committee will consider this ZODA on May the 2nd and then make a recommendation to the full planning commission, which meets a week later on May 9th, at which time they will hold a public hearing to make a recommendation to you about the ZODA. We will send final reports to the Urban County Council on May 31st and this will appear on your work session docket on June the 11th. And if it follows the ordinary course, it can have first reading on June 13th and second reading on June 27th. Or you can also choose to put this in committee or hold your own public hearing on this issue. this issue. But as the commissioner said, we wanted to make sure that we provided an opportunity for this to be in place should the regulations from the state go into effect at the beginning of July. Mayor. All right. Thank you very much. Now if you have questions, please log in. Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I don't know who can answer this, but do we, I mean, what's the minimum we can do as a city government or urban county government in this whole process. I mean, this is state regulated, state law. Do we, how do we, or what do we have to do to get involved at the least? Well, if it's the desire to remain in, to permit this, not to opt out, then we are, and we can basically regulate zoning. So, I believe, Director Duncan, that there is a proposal that the Planning Commission is considering to do that for these different business entities. That is, and imposing a fee are essentially the regulatory authority that were granted under the statute. So, the authority of the local government is fairly limited. Okay, okay. So zoning, I can see that because that's really location and would they, even under the zoning, would they still have to do a business license to us? Yes. As well as the state? Yes. And if there are other kinds of regulatory fees that we would be able to recoup, I'm not sure what that would be. But as long as the fees are reasonable and related to our regulatory activity. So there's no conflict between the local government and the state in this area? I mean, what are a lot of the other counties going to be doing? I mean, they have to go through the same process? Yes. So, in fact, we just had a webinar this morning that the Kentucky League of Cities organized with the executive director of the medical cannabis program to kind of begin educating local governments about what's coming and, you know, what we can do. I don't have a feel for what other places in Kentucky are going to do, but I do know that as far as where our authority, what those parameters look like, it's largely zoning. Okay. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the presentation. Commissioner, not that we're necessarily looking at the option of opting out, But if we were to, what does the timeline look like? The timeline would be before the state starts issuing licenses. So both of the bills right now contain a provision that basically says if the state begins issuing licenses prior to the opting out, that those licenses will still be valid. So that was really the purpose of trying to come on and get in front of you all. when we saw the acceleration that anything that we're going to do, that we do before, to the largest extent possible, before the amendments go into effect. So our recommendation would be that, you know, we try to, if we're going to do a ZODA, that we try to get that on the books before you all leave for your summer recess. And the timeline of the General Assembly, you said it's like 45 days. I mean, they're looking to get the amendment passed in this session, by the end of the session. right i so they would have until the end of the session the 45 days is the is the time line for the cabinet to turn around a decision on um granting a license which is a pretty quick turnaround time um in the question of the the local fees and i know this isn't necessarily this particular presentation um what does that look like who would initiate potential licensing fees if we were to do that how would that process work so um director holbrook and the director of revenue i believe he's working on a schedule right now and these these are you know these would be regular regulatory fees so a license fee and then if we um if there are any regulatory costs that we can recoup it would be those kinds of normal fees that we charge you mind if i call up director holbrook to clarify a few of those as well thank you do you have an idea right now in terms of what you all are looking at in terms of what the fee structure is and then how does the timeline line up with the soda i think one of the things that we've talked about just to answer the second question first is the process for us to send an ordinance to council or to propose an ordinance that you all would consider and have a fee structure would probably probably have a much shorter runway to be able to get it passed if council were in favor. And so the goal is to just sort of go along with what the ZODA process is and mock that timeline just so we have plenty of time for everyone to consider what the proposal might be. As far as the fee structure, we've looked at several different municipalities and a lot of what we've seen so far is outside of what would be reasonable. think about some municipalities where there have been recreational and medicinal marijuana. There was a meeting recently with some attorneys who are going to be representing some of these businesses and they made some recommendations for other municipalities we could look at. So I say I'll let's say there's not necessarily a proposal that's concrete yet other than we're making sure that we can cover some of the costs like staff time for doing zoning compliance and things like that. Is there any thought right now when we're talking about medical marijuana, medicinal cannabis, are we thinking sort of ahead into the future, both in terms of revenue and in terms of zoning, that if we get to the point where recreational cannabis is available, are we kind of setting things up for that or do we cross that bridge when we come to it? I think that's probably, I'll let Director Duncan answer his piece of it. I think we want to have a regulatory structure for this and a special fee structure for this. We can amend that as council may choose if something like that becomes an option. But this would just establish it for the medical piece and could potentially be something to look at should it expand. Vice Mayor, I concur with Director Holbrook. We understand from the state that if adult use becomes legal in Kentucky, that that will be a completely different set of regulations at the state level and the local level. And that we can revisit our zoning requirements for adult use, growth and distribution. Thank you all so much. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Menares. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner Speckert, thank you for your presentation. I just wanted to ask a question regarding the fact that business entities may not be located within 1,000 feet of existing elementary or secondary schools or daycare centers, and how those are potentially defined because there are residences that are licensed to have daycare centers in them, or a home school may be located in one of them, and you're trying to map it with GIS. How would that work with those types of entities? So we can, that's a very good question, and that's one of the questions that have actually been posed to the cabinet. There are a certain kind of daycare centers, or they fall under the definition of daycare center that are actually in private residences. and those are included under the regulations under the definition of daycare center and we don't have access to any information that would allow us to map those at this time. So this is, you know, as I said at the beginning, this is a brand new industry. There are a lot of pieces to it. So these issues are kind of being tackled by the state as they arise. So we have posed that question to them. Thank you. Let's go ahead. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. This is a very interesting subject. I've had actually several business owners approach me about this already. So I know a little, but it's still, as I dive in, it's very complex. And so when we talk about permits and regulations, you mentioned permits locally that we can control, but they also have to have state permits, right? And they have to follow all the regulations under those lists of things, everything happened here in Kentucky, to even be able to have a business, to be able to dispense anything. So, and what you were saying is, in essence, we want to get all of our local things that you spoke of in line, just in case the state starts issuing their licenses in August, but they still would not be able to dispense anything until 2025. That's correct. That's a very good point to make. And so when we talk about different regulations, is one of the regulations that a dispensary can only accept cash? I am not aware of that. the regulations that have been issued so far do not address specify that. It was mentioned to me, so I just wanted to ask if you knew. I'm not aware of that as a restriction. Okay, and then in addition, do we have a way, we're going to be handling these like any other zoning issue, correct? So if we have businesses that are concerned about having a dispensary nearby, we would just handle it like any other zoning issue, maybe with taking people's feedback and all of that, correct? Yes. Okay, I don't know if Director Duncan wanted to add anything. And certainly Councilmember Reynolds, if an entity needed a zone change in order to effectuate that, then that would go through the ordinary public process. But where the zoning is in place, where a building even exists and they need nothing in the realm of development review other than the zoning compliance, there would not be any opportunity for the adjacent business owners to weigh in on that. Right. And can you reiterate for the public what zones someone could have a dispensary in? Certainly. So what is in the proposed ZODA right now, the cultivators, as the commissioner mentioned, where the plants are grown and in the various tiers would be principal use in the industrial zones, in the I-1, the I-2, and the ED zones. They would also be an accessory use, meaning essentially a principal use in the AR zones for the smaller tiers, tiers one and tier two, anything less than 10,000 square feet of internal growing. And then anything between 10,000 and 50,000 square feet would be a conditional use in the agricultural zones. They would be prohibited in residential zones. In fact, I'll just say that now. All of the business entities are prohibited in all residential zones. Processors and producers will be principal uses in the I1 and I2 zones and the ED zones only. Safety compliance will also be a permitted use in the I1, I2, and ED zones, as well as the P1 office zone, the B3 commercial corridor retail, and the B4 warehouse zone. And then the dispensaries where people would actually purchase their product would be available, according to the ZODA in the B1 neighborhood zone, the B2 and the B2A zones, the downtown zones, the B3 zones, the corridor zone, the B6P, the shopping center, the CC, which is the commercial zone in the expansion area, and the MU1, 2, and 3, the mixed-use zones, as well as the proposed CN zone, which is part of the ZODA, the other ZODA, the growth management ZODA that's going through the process right now. Thank you for stating that for the record. And that means there will be some possibility of dispensaries being near housing with the B-1 and so on. Okay. And then real quick, I have 20 seconds. Explain the card issue. When you say card, who can get a card? So beginning the plan or the hope on the part of the state is that beginning on January 1st of 2025, patients who have what they call a bona fide physician patient relationship who meet certain criteria, who have one of the qualifying conditions can apply for a card through the cabinet. And today we saw examples of sort of what the different cards will look like and what the safety mechanisms on those cards are proposed to be. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Savigny. Thank you, Mayor, and thanks for the presentation. My question was also on the zoning piece of it, and you answered most of it. I appreciate it, Director. I'm a little perplexed, and I know that this will probably get worked out, but I'm perplexed why a cultivator wouldn't be a natural for the AR zone, since it's just an agricultural product in an enclosed area, but it's an agricultural product. Thanks. No, you can comment on it. Yes, and there might be some question about that, but yes, we do believe it is a plant, and plants are inherently agricultural, so that's why it would be a permitted use. However, because of the Tier 3 and Tier 3 and 4 are such large structures, we feel that there could be an impact that should be reviewed through a different process. So while they are potentially uses, they would need to go through the Board of Adjustment process. Okay, I look forward to a robust discussion on that. Thank you. Thank you, Chair. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. And I guess my question kind of is not along the same lines, just a little different. Thinking about AR, so are you only allowed to cultivate in indoor facilities? You can't just cultivate in the wild? Yes. What's the rationale for that? Security. Just so that the plant product can be fully secured and safe so that it does not get improperly used. Okay, is that just statewide? Yes. Is that national as well? Is that national policy? And I'm not advocating either way, I'm just- No, but it is a state requirement. It is a state requirement. Okay, all right, thank you, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilmember Worley. Thank you, Mayor, and Commissioner and Director, thank you for the presentation, and thank you all for taking the initiative to protect Lexington's interest on this. Because I think as some may not know, there are different ways to initiate a change to our zoning ordinance. For those text amendments, there's certainly, as you've done here, the Planning Commission can initiate a text amendment. The council can initiate a text amendment or an applicant can initiate a text amendment. So I applaud you and the Planning Commission for getting out ahead of this, given the time frame for this council as a legislative body to have, and for the public, to have input in such a small time period. Because as I took that to be, while it could take up to 45 days to license, technically a licensee could be issued a license by the state on August 1st. And I would presume that in order to get a license, that licensee would likely, well, we don't know what that license regulation looks like, But when you look at all other licensing for alcohol or whatever, they have to identify a site to get the license. So presumably by August 1st, there could be Fayette County businesses that are identifying sites within our community and asking the state for a license. And so when you look at these license types, cultivator, processor, producer, I think what is what I think is important for our zoning and for for folks to know those are not uses in our zoning ordinance currently so those are licensed types that the state is going to create but if you look at our zoning ordinance you will not find dispensary you will not find cultivator so we this is our opportunity to define those for our purposes in Fayette County and to regulate those where we think we ought to be otherwise I think there'll be an ambiguity between state law and our zoning ordinances where someone may say well the state says I'm allowed to do this and we say well we look at our ordinance and we don't know where you could be and then that I think that puts the city in a difficult situation with these licensees so I think I appreciate the initiative that you've taken there and the timetable that you've taken there too and I'll point out to all that there is a public hearing with the Planning Commission so there there will be ample opportunity for the public to be heard even in a expedited time frame so those are just my comments there and i appreciate it because a lot of times these presentations have they come to the council the process wouldn't have already been started they would have been asking us to initiate that process and so i just want the public to know and for all my colleagues this is updating us on a process that needed to get started quickly if we we were going to be given the opportunity in June to give comment to this. Otherwise, I believe state law would steamroll us in this situation. So thank you all very much. I just wanted to give that bit of commentary. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Council Member Fogle. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. So, law, can you all explain this to me? because I just heard what Council Rory said. And I'm just thinking about the housing section that we just came through where the state trumped our ordinance that we put aside locally. Could the state not trump anything if someone applies right now and they get underneath that curve, can they not trump where people can open up businesses or cultivate? I was thinking, you know, I've got a security fence. Why couldn't I just go ahead and grow it in the backyard? Because people can break in my backyard just as well as they can in a dispensary. So I did, I asked two questions. So does the state have no precedence where they can supersede anything that we do? So the legal framework that was enacted last year in 2023 laid out and spoke very directly to the authority that is given to local governments. And it is just time, place and manner. So it really boils down to zoning. Everything else falls under the state. So they are responsible for deciding operationally what the license holders will have to do in order to be eligible for a license, for example. So the state has, in a regulation, the requirement that any cultivation take place in an enclosed lock facility. So we could not come back and say, you can grow it outside. because the state has made it clear that we can't do that. So I think that the state has articulated what our authority is, and we just need to be mindful of that. And again, it's very limited. It's largely zoning. Well, I'm glad I'm in recovery because I fit underneath that category, and I could be smoking and chewing. and I don't know what I'd look like up here on this horseshoe, but thank you anyway. Thank you. Okay. Are there any other questions for Commissioner Speckert or Director Duncan? Thank you all very much. Thank you. The presentation. Council, it's time for Council Report. Council Member Sheehan. Thank you, Mayor. Let's see. Chris, I think I have a couple photos. While he's pulling those up, I want to say congrats to the Bluegrass Irish Society for the wonderful St. Patrick's Day festival and parade from this weekend. And thanks to everyone who attended, there was a pretty big crowd downtown and now i'm for the parade councilman gray council member linton council member james brown was and was there with me and if any famous anyone else uh... i think and and i'd like to highlight on the screen you have a couple pictures here and the lexington fire department was well represented at the twenty twenty four aramco firefighter challenge held in saudi arabia from march fourth to march night Firefighter Sarah McGill and firefighter Andrew Cook were chosen to be part of the five-member team USA. These two standout firefighters have represented our community on the national and international stage on multiple occasions. And this year, firefighters McGill and Cook competed against 300 other competitors from 28 countries in front of a crowd of 87,000 people. Firefighter Cook finished 10th place overall. Firefighter McGill finished first place, earning the gold medal and the Aramco Toughest Firefighter Alive 2024 title. It's just amazing. That's her there in the center with that big trophy. She also finished third in the firefighter stair climb and Team USA, which included both of the firefighters from Lexington, finished third in the team relay competition. So congratulations to these two for their incredible work representing Lexington and showing the world what an impressive department we have here at home. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Plowman. Thank you, Mayor. Last week when I was attending the housing prevention and I'm going blank on the last, I'm a committee member on that and so is Councilmember Sheehan. And there was at the end of the meeting what we always do is we had to do round robin, folks can give their reports. And somebody from it was Jenny Zamarin and she's from the New Life Day Center and it had to do with our panhandling van. I think most of you are familiar with it. It actually started about six years ago. It was a folks panhandling that was very all over town. And just recently, it's kind of started back up. So what they're doing with the van is they're going to go five days a week. It was down to three, and then they're going to extend their hours. But I wanted you all to know that it was a really successful partnership with us. And it's now going to extend to kind of meet the demand that we need right now because of a lot more panhandlers than we've had in the past few years. And I wanted to share all that with you because I did not know that. But it has happened and is happening. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Legree. Thank you, Mayor. Colleagues, in last week's Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee meeting, you all saw an update that I introduced about the Lex Grow Trees Initiative, which was developed out of our residents' concern and interest in our tree canopy and made possible by the allocations of this council. As a reminder, that's a million dollar grant program. And we talked about this a little bit last week, but I wanted to remind you that there are two upcoming opportunities to learn about this new initiative to expand and support our tree canopy. And that means that people will have the opportunity to ask questions and out how they could plant a tree either in association with an organization that they're involved with or on their own property so i just want to reiterate that session information the first is an in-person session which is wednesday march 27th from 5 30 to 6 30 at the lexington public library north side branch and so that you're aware there will be light refreshments and coloring activities for kids and spanish interpretive services so if you know people are interested please remind them about that and then they'll also be a zoom session on thursday march 28th from 6 30 to 7 30 and that zoom session will be recorded and a link will be available at the website which is lexgrowtrees.com and the website also has all that event information And if you all need any media assets, you need any additional information for your newsletters or anything like that and you haven't already received it, please let me know and I'll be glad to make sure you have that in hand. We want as many of your constituents as possible to know about this first round of grant applications, which will be open until April 26th. And anybody who has applied will be notified by the end of May, May 31st. So thank you all again for your support and that's it, Mayor. Okay, thank you, Councilmember Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I'm excited about tomorrow we're having a groundbreaking for the Gainesway New Playground. And it's a groundbreaking, but this is really special. Usually you wait until you get it all in and then have a celebration. So we'll do that too, but because this is exciting up there, I don't usually do new playgrounds, but this one here worked out. We really had private and public dollars involved. I don't think we took any money out of general fund. And this, it's located there at the Gainesway, right behind the Gainesway Center and the Gainesway Park. And the Tate's Creek School System uses that quite a bit. So we're not only doing that for the city of Lexington or city, urban county government, we're really helping out the elementary school and the middle school because they've used the old playground, which was, you know, very small and was really getting out of, had some real problems with it safety-wise. So everybody's invited. This is a community affair, even though it's 8th District. I think it may or even be there. We want this to be a community affair. Anytime we put a new playground in, this project is not a small one. It's $382,000. Anytime we can do that with private money and public sharing, I think we need to acknowledge that. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilmember Sevigny. Thank you, Mayor, if you'll put up my slide. In the spirit of celebrating the 50th anniversary of merged government, I hosted a breakfast on Monday of some former council 10 council members at Winchell's. Thank you. And I want to tell you who's pictured here, Harry Clark, who served from 2013 to 14. Wesley Trapp from 90 to 92. And we've got Chuck Ellinger who attended in place of his father, Chuck Ellinger Sr. who served from 87 to 89. I believe Chuck thought it was an official meeting so he made sure that he was attending to get perfect attendance. We also had Doug Martin. That was a good one. Who served from 2010 to 2012. And Sandy Schaefer from 1994 to 2006. We had a lot of great discussion. It's so funny to talk to people that served prior to the internet, like how they managed their offices, and then post internet and email. So we had a really nice time. There was a few people that couldn't make it. But they hope to join us here on Thursday for the big event. I also wanted to let you know that Southland Farmers Market comes back to Southwind this Sunday at 10 a.m. So that's going to be that's going to be a great it's always a great Sunday mornings are great over there. And I wanted to give out a shout out to my wife. Thirty six years ago, she made the best decision of her life. I made the best decision of my life and I married her. So congratulations, honey. Let's hope for a few more. Thank you so much. Council member Reynolds thank you mayor I appreciate council members of you always make us laugh so I appreciate that I wanted to give a big shout out and I'm sad that the whole amazing group of social workers is not here but I understand why they wouldn't want to sit through our whole meeting but I did want to give a shout out to social workers because they do so much work. I feel like when I think of social workers, I think of people in the community that are doing everybody's job. They are involved, they care, they have compassion, and they're willing to do whatever is needed to be done. I feel that it is a very versatile profession and that people that have are in that field just share a lot of compassion and hard work with us. So I want to thank all of them and for our staff who are social workers we shouldn't just appreciate them on national social work month but all year long so thank you for all the work that you do just a little reminder that we have the boys suite 16 at rep arena this week so please be aware that the traffic is going to be crazy that you might not be able to find a parking spot or it might costs more than you're used to so please plan ahead for that if you're going to be downtown you might want to avoid that area and then just a reminder that this weekend is a really exciting fundraiser for friends of mcconnell springs and there is it's going to be a wine tasting going around to different wineries in the area and so i that's going to be this saturday from And if you're interested, you can go to mcconnellsprings.org and find out how to get tickets for that. Thank you so much. Thank you. Councilmember Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. A big shout out to Parks and Recreation. Thank you. The Douglas Park Pool is underway, first district and north end of town. There were machines up, there's a fence up, and that is underway and I'm so excited about that. The poo passes will be distributed for the community so that they can attend any poo in Lexington. Thank you Parks and Recreation, thank you Council Members, thank you Mayor. So that the children in North Innton Town would not be without a poo for the summer. So I'm excited about that. I went to the downtown Lexington partnership luncheon and It was fantastic, I don't have any pictures, maybe Council Brown might put some up in his report. However, I'm going to turn this glow off because as I have reported recently, on April 1st, our unhoused people will no longer be in the warming center. And so I have a short clip of a gentleman that just, he saw some photos, put some music to it. They send it to me and I want to share it with you all. Pretty soon he starts to fix in the palace. Pretty soon he becomes a king. Take a man, put him in a prison. Pretty soon he becomes a crime. And it ain't no crime to have nothing, nothing at all. It ain't no crime to lose your home It ain't no crime to take a nap on the street And it ain't no crime to have nothing to eat It ain't no crime to have nothing to eat So I just want our community to be aware and continue to put this on the forefront that as we work together, that we will find an opportunity to make sure that folks are not criminalized by the state bill, House Bill 5, as we move on. So I love working with you all and I know you guys will help as we move forward to take care of the least of these. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a few things. One of them is our very own, your Commissioner, Charlie Lantern, was recognized last Friday at the Avall breakfast, which was pretty early in the morning. I don't normally do a 6.30 breakfast, but I did it. And, you know, one of the things I realized, you know, I see Charlie all the time and know the work that he does, but when someone outside of this government recognizes someone in this government for the work they do, you start to think and reflect on what all they've been a part of. And I think Charlie, to his credit, has been involved with a lot of initiatives and has done a lot of good on behalf of our community. So I just want to say kudos to him for all the work that he's continuing to do for our community and for his staff that supports him and you mayors, the administration that supports him in the work that he does. And his family was that actually there to be able to see him accept that award recognition along with several other council members. The other thing I'll say too is to the DLP event yesterday, I think that was another opportunity that shed a light on a lot of people doing good work in our downtown. It was a room full of business partners, council members, mayor, of folks that support that organization, DLP and all they do. Just my hat's off to Alan McDaniel and the work that he's doing. He's really turned that organization around and has put a lot of energy and excitement back into DLP and the partnerships that they have across the community. I appreciate Councilmember Reynolds bringing up Boys Sweet 16. Last weekend was the Girls Sweet 16, which was also a great tournament. Being the host city and being able to showcase Lexington to our other people around the state is a real honor and a privilege. So the folks at LCC, Rupp Arena, the staff did a great job. Our police officers, which have a pretty good hefty presence down there. There are a lot of officers down there that come in contact with a lot of people, and I think their attitude and the way they engage the community says a lot about our city, especially at that event. And to the student-athletes that all participated, it was a great tournament. I know I ran into several council members down there as well. So I think us having the opportunity to host that tournament, boys and girls, is a great benefit to Lexington. Glenn Brown and everybody with KHSAA and what y'all do is a good thing. The other thing I'll say too, Mayor, and I've been pretty quiet and haven't said anything publicly about the folks in our community from our local Palestinian community to have come to council and have advocated for us to speak up and be more vocal about acknowledging the conflict out of this country. I just want to acknowledge the vice mayor, and I know there were other council members, Council Member Reynolds, and other council members thinking about statements to be made. So I appreciate folks' work on trying to put something together that council can get behind and sign. for some of us that didn't and haven't made public statements. Having a statement that you can get more of your colleagues to sign on to and be supportive of, I think is beneficial when you represent folks in a collective body like this. So I think the vice mayor did what might seem like easy to folks, but actually a hard job crafting a statement that kind of addresses the issues and the things that people want us to say and acknowledge, but at the same time not offending other folks that may have different views on that. So I supported the statement that was read a couple of weeks ago. I think it spoke to and showed empathy for the folks that we hear from week after week. It's tough trying to address those issues, And to be honest, I think council making statements, and I think everybody up here is on record saying something about it. And I think that's appropriate. I think a resolution in weighing in and crafting legislation that is something that's out of our purview, something that I don't think we should do. And I think we have made concerted efforts over the years not to do that and just try to focus on what we can control and what we do here. So I think statements are the appropriate thing to do. So I appreciate everybody that signed on to that statement and other statements and have said things publicly about that issue. The other thing I'll say in my last 19 minutes, 19 seconds, everybody start freaking out, is I just want to wish my baby brother, my youngest brother, a happy birthday. Today is his birthday. I think he's 35 or 37. Daniel, Daniel Brown, I think most of y'all have met my brother Daniel. Good guy. Good, great guy. Today is his birthday, so I just want to wish him a happy birthday. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Any other council reports? All right. We have just a few items of business left. I'll entertain a motion to approve the mayor's report. Thank you. Council Member Gray, second by Council Member Reynolds. And do you have any questions? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. And we have our price contract bids. A motion, please. I'll second. Second. All right. Let's see. I know Vice Mayor Wu seconded. Who? Council Member Savigny made the motion. Are there questions there? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And that brings us to public comment. We have one person on the agenda signed up, and so you know that you will repeat your name for the public record and your council district, and you'll have three minutes. Rick Day, welcome. My name is Rick Day, and I live in the 3rd District. Not long after the 2021 reallocations were approved by council, I requested information about how and why they were done. I just recently received some of what I had asked for. I know now why it took so long. But at least now I have something to prove what I've said all along. The reallocations were wrong. everyone involved knew they were wrong and yet the administration recommended council approved them and of course council did. So you know I have only received part of what I asked for and what I received was heavily redacted. I asked law if they would review the redactions. They were quick to tell me they could not provide legal counsel on this issue. They would not review the redactions. In the next few days, I will send you what I have. You might be surprised at some of what you read, but you probably need to become familiar with it because it will be helpful when I start comparing the reallocations to the MAG study. Also, in the next week or so, I will send what I have to the other employees. They probably won't be surprised. But they still may have questions for you. If you have questions about what I send you, I'm sure HR or the administration will be glad to help. But there may be questions they prefer not to answer. If that happens, maybe I can help. Obviously, don't bother to call law. I have a few suggested questions right now. Ask HR and the administration what is required to even initiate a reallocation. And once it's initiated, what is required to get it to a point where it's recommended to counsel? Take their answers and compare it to what you see on the information I send you. One more question. Ask HR in the last 20 years, how many reallocations have they recommended to council? Don't let them tell you about abolish and create or reclassifications. How many reallocations have they recommended? And then see how many were recommended on that one single night. To be fair, I know some of you here now were not on council at that time. But those of you who were on council, I'm sure all involved appreciate your help. They could not have done it without you. Thank you so much. All right, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. All right, all those in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned, thank you very much. Thank you.