... of April 11th, 2024, and the first item on the agenda is the roll call. Council Member James Brown. Council Member Ellinger. Yes, ma'am. Council Member Elliot Baxter. Council Member Fogle. Yes. Council Member Gray. Yes. Thank you. Council Member Legree. Yes. Council Member Lynch. Present. Council member Menorahs council member Plowman council member Reynolds here councilmember Sevigny here councilmember Sheehan here councilmember Worley vice mayor Wu and councilmember Fred Brown here thank you thank you very much we have a quorum so at this time I'm honored to welcome dr. Jamil Faruqi who is the president of the Islamic Society of Central Kentucky and he will to offer our invocation. Welcome. Thank you so much. I'm really honored to be here today. I will recite a few verses, the opening verses of Quran. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Malik Yawm-e-Din Iyaka Nabdu wa Iyaka Nasta'een Ehdinas Sirat Al-Mustaqeem Sirat Al-Lazina Anamta Alayhim Ghair Al-Maqdube Alayhim Walad-Dualeen Ameen Translation In the name of Allah The most merciful The most beneficent Alhamdulillah, praise to be Allah, the Lord of entire universe, the most merciful, the most compassionate, the master of the day of judgment, you alone do we worship and you alone do we return for help. direct us to the right and straight path. The path of those whom you have favored. Not the path of those who incur your wrath or who went astray. Amen. Thank you so much. Thank you very much, Dr. Faruqi. At this time, we have two presentations. At this time I'd like to ask Teresa Rakes and Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds to join me at the podium. Hi, good to see you too. Teresa is a resident of the 11th district, and she is very dedicated to our community. Since her retirement, Teresa has devoted her time to keeping her neighborhood clean and safe. She also encourages her neighbors to get involved. And Teresa, we want to thank you for everything you do in your neighborhood. It really makes a difference to our whole community. and at this time it is my pleasure to read this proclamation. All right, whereas Teresa Rakes is an avid and tireless servant in her community and whereas since her retirement she has devoted many hours to assuring a neat, safe environment for her neighbors and whereas Teresa picks up all types of trash on Oxford Circle and in the surrounding area, all the while encouraging others to do the same. And whereas Teresa is committed to keeping the greater Cardinal Valley green spaces, watershed, and businesses clean and welcoming to all, and whereas the City of Lexington thanks Teresa for her service and dedication to Lexington, now therefore, Ilyanda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare, April 11th, 2024, Teresa Rakes Day in Lexington. Thank you for all your work. You're welcome. Thank you. Do you want to talk to that? Yes, I do. Are you ready? I'm ready. She'd like to say a few words. She's ready. I thank you for this honor, and I'm not really a good public speaker, but I do have an idea that I'd like to present real quickly. We have 12 districts, 12 months in the year. I would like the council to consider joining forces and have a council cleanup day once a month for an hour. Go out there, I'll come with you. We'll bring grabbers, buckets, gloves, whatever we need, and we will clean up all of Lexington. Thank you. Thank you. Now don't exclude the at-larges. No, of course not. No, not the, not, not, Well, we'll add three extra months to the year. And you can come, too. All right. Thank you. And wait, don't go away. Don't go away. No, we're not done. I thought I was done. We're not done. I'd like to invite Council Member Reynolds to say a few words, and then we'll get a picture with the council. Okay. Okay? Well, I can't begin to paint a picture of the hours and the work that Teresa has put in for over the past year or more during her retirement. She retired. She also found out about the GOAT project and she decided that she was going to start cleaning and picking up trash. And she puts in hours and hours almost every single day and she tracks what she picks up and she tells the Cardinal Valley neighborhood page what you know what she's done and tries to get people engaged and I think it is so amazing that somebody would spend so much time during their retirement working and that's what you've done you have worked for the community you have tried to encourage others the importance of picking up trash and keeping their neighborhood clean and that is something that is really in irreplaceable nothing could come close to it. I just admire your work and I want you to know that you have inspired all of us to do a better job. So thank you. Thank you. Now I'd like to invite Paula Singer to the podium. Paula is also a resident of the 11th district. I have known her for a number of years, mainly through her activism. She has served as the president of her neighborhood association and currently works with many boards in our community. Paula is known for taking the lead in her neighborhood. She is dedicated to bringing solutions. Paula, your hard work and devotion have made our city a much better place to live. Of course, and I want to thank you for your service. And at this time, I have a proclamation to read to honor you and thank you. Whereas Paula is an attentive neighbor, willing to take the lead on issues that matter in her community, and whereas in addition to her work on Versailles Road, she has been a leader in working on Vaughn's branch at Oxford Circle, and whereas thanks to her resourcefulness paula received a water quality grant to bring in goats from the capstone farm to clean up invasive plants and whereas paula continues to bring forth creative solutions to issues that negatively impact our environment while working to engage the wider community and whereas paula has served as president of her neighborhood association and works with many boards and in community meetings. And whereas the city of Lexington thanks Paula for her service and dedication to our community, now therefore I, Linda Gorton, mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare April 11, 2024 Paula Singer Day in Lexington. Thank you for all your good work. Thank you. Can I say a few words? Oh, yeah. She has just a few words to say. Thank you, Mayor Gordon and Jennifer, for this recognition. I thought I was getting the recognition for the GOAT project. The GOAT project is a stream bank restoration project that's funded by a water quality incentive grant, and thank you for supporting that grant. And I really probably wouldn't be here if it weren't for the GOATs and if it weren't for all the volunteers who are extremely enthusiastic about the project. The project was in part inspired by the Oxford Circle Redevelopment Feasibility Study. And if you haven't read that lately, I would encourage all of you to dust off your copy or go to the Division of Planning's link to the study and perhaps read it. And after you've done that, I hope you will come down to the GOAT Project. I'll be sending each of you an invitation for when they return in May. And so I hope to see you and our at-large members down there enjoying the very charismatic and hardworking goats. Thank you. I'll see you there, too. You'll see me there. No, don't go away. Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds. Well, Paula has been working tirelessly for years in the Versailles Road, Oxford Circle, Cardinal Valley area. And so this recognition is for all of your work and the GOAT project. And as she said, this past year the GOATs came to Oxford Circle and I think that they They brought so much interest and hope and got people really excited about their community, making it cleaner, making it better. And so you did that and we are grateful for that. And we're grateful for all the years and work that you've put in to make Versailles Road and the surrounding area better. So thank you. Should we get a photo? Yep. We'll put you right in the middle. Thank you. Thank you. all right thank you now we're ready for second reading of ordinances item one an order to change zone from a light industrial I one zone to a downtown business B to a zone for 1.15 net 0.82 gross acres for property located at 610 Winchester Road UCD Midland LLC council district 3 item 2 an ordinance change the zone from a light industrial i1 zone to a neighborhood business b1 zone for 0.1265 net 0.0573 gross acres for property located at 4690471 jefferson street pizza pios llc council district one item three an ordinance meeting certain of the budgets of lexington fair urban county government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of 225 000 to provide funds for council capital projects in the division of parks and recreation and appropriating repair refunds schedule number 39 and item four an ordinance admitting certain of the budgets of lexington fair urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating repair funds FY 2024 Schedule number 38 thank you thank you is there a motion to approve all right we have councilmember Ellinger and councilmember Baxter and when you're ready if you'll take a roll call vote please councilmember Ellinger councilmember Elliot Baxter councilmember Fogle yes councilmember gray yes councilmember LaGree yes council member Lynch yes council member Menardes council member Plowman council member Reynolds yes council member Savigny yes council member Sheehan yes council member Worley vice mayor Wu council member Fred Brown yes thank you thank you those all pass and now we're ready for first reading of ordinances item 5 in ordinance mending certain of the budgets of the Lexington to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $239,175 to provide funds for council capital projects in the divisions of parks and recreation, aging and disability services, traffic engineering and environmental services including the installation of traffic calming devices on Fiddler Creek pursuant to code of ordinance section 18-51 and appropriating re-pubing funds, schedule number 41, item 6. An ordinance of the budget of Lexington, urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating re-pubing funds, FY 2024, schedule number 40. Item number seven, in ordinance of ending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified civil service position of social services coordinator, grade 520E, and creating one classified civil service position of social services coordinator, grade 520E, in the division of community and resident services, effective upon passage of counsel. And item eight, in ordinance of ending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified position of early child care assistant teacher part-time, grade 510N, and abolishing one unclassified position of early child care assistance teacher, grade 510N, and creating one classified position of early child care teacher, grade 512E, all in division of family services effective upon passage of counsel thank you thank you are there any walk-ons council members all right how about motions to suspend the rules does anyone have one all right that takes us to first reading of resolutions then item one a resolution is something a bit of innovative demolition services LSE in the amount of four forty seven thousand $25 for the Pleasant Ridge Park Dog Lot expansion for the Division of Parks and Recreation and authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with innovative demolition services LLC related to the bid, Item 2. A resolution extended a bit of Model 1 commercial vehicles incorporated in the amount of $70,679 for prison or transport ban for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, Item 3. A resolution ratified the permanent classified civil service appointments of Albulena Maloku, Administrative Specialist Senior, Grade 518N, 24.658, hourly in the Division of Planning and Preservation, effective March 25, 2024, William Wood Jenkins, engineering technician principal, grade 5, 19, N, 28.322, hourly of engineering, effective March 13, 2024, Eric Sutherland, urban forester, grade 5, 21, E, 2,519.2, A, biweekly in the division of environmental services, effective March 25, 2024, Samantha Wittig, telecommunicator, grade 5, 17, N, 23.824, hourly of division of enhanced 9-1-1, effective April 16, 2024, Jennifer Yeager, administrative specialists, grade 5, 16, N, 23.611 hourly individual police effective march 11 2024 to me away staff assistant senior grade 511 and 18.425 hourly in the division of code enforcement effective march 25 2024 damon lewis castiglio worker grade 506 n 15.760 hourly in the division facilities and fleet management effective april 9 2024 timothy joyce park designer grade 521 e 2692.32 bi-weekly in division parks recreation effective february 21 2024 donald baker vehicle and equipment mechanic Grade 515N, $23. Hourly individual parks and recreation effective March 5, 2024. Jessica Tracy, staff assistant senior, grade 511N, 17.8980. Hourly individual parks and recreation effective February 7, 2024. And ratifying the permanent sworn appointments of Jesse Palmer, police lieutenant grade 317E, 4278.10. Bi-weekly individual police effective March 11, 2024. Anthony Sullivan, police sergeant, grade 315N, 41.300. Hourly individual police effective February 28, 2024. Donald Horton, Police Sergeant Grade 315N 43.0300, Island Division of Police, effective March 11, 2024. Item four. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Mechanic Government to execute a renewal agreement with Energize Kentucky LLC for continuing services as administrator of the Energy Project Assessment District Program for an additional three years at no cost to the Mechanic Government. Item five. A resolution authorizing the Division of Police to purchase license plate reader system from Flock Group Incorporated as a sole source provider and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Mechanic Government to execute any necessary agreement flock group incorporated related to the procurement at a cost not just he'd 353,404 dollars and 11 cents item six a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the government to execute an agreement awarding class B infrastructure incentive grant to rob prop LLC for the stormwater quality project at the cost not to exceed 173,103 dollars and 56 cents item seven a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the government to execute an end user license agreement with DVR examiner for software at a cost not to exceed 2,259 dollars and 42 cents item eight a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute a declaration of covenants and restrictions in favor of the department of local government and covering two parcels 3785 and 3990 Raven runway owned by the urban county government to fulfill requirements of the land and water conservation grant in relation to the Raven Run nature nature sanctuary and further authorizing mayor to execute any other documents needed to fulfill this grant requirement item 9 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government and the Lexington urban county government public facilities corporation executed declaration of covenants and restrictions in favor of the department of local government, and covering a parcel 3885 Raven Run Way, owned by the public facilities corporation to fulfill requirements of the land and water conservation grant in relation to the Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, and further authorizing mayor and or the public facilities corporation to execute any other documents needed to fulfill this grant requirement, item 10. A realization authorizing mayor on behalf of the governor to execute and acknowledge an acceptance of prescribed burning requirements and obligation to notify adjacent land owners disclaimer in exchange for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife on site assistance with development of a prescribed burn plan to satisfy their US Department of Agricultural Contractual Program commitments for the habitat management at Hysel Farm Park at new cost to the urban county government item 11 a resolution authorizing mayor on behalf of the county government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Pickleball Association KPA for the performance of an on-site recycling program of Kirk Levington and Shiloh Toh parks at an estimated cost of $100 per shipment of recycled pickleballs item 12 a resolution authorizing mayor on behalf of the county government to execute certificates of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept deeds from owners of record and property interest needed for the Cooper Drive stormwater improvement project at a cost under seat $7,500 item 13 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of American income next you can an agreement award in a class B infrastructure incentive grant to OP Innovates LLC for stormwater quality project at the cost North seat $29,809 item 14 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of American income next to get certificates of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept deeds from owners of record for property interest needed for the development of Coldstream Park at no cost to the the urban county government item 15 a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute and submit a grant application seeking $130,500 in federal funds for the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security under the state homeland security FY 2024 DHS FEMA grant program for the division of police to support training courses for bomb technicians authorizing the mayor to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application authorizing the mayor to accept the award if awarded the exception of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and further authorizing the mayor to transfer an undercover grant funds within the grant budget. Item 16. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the mechanic government to execute and submit a grant application seeking $450,000 in federal funds to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security under the state Homeland Security FY2024DHS. FEMA grant program for the division of police to purchase an emergency response unit rapid response vehicle authorizing the mayor to provide any additional information request in a connection with this grant application authorizing the mayor to accept this award if awarded. which does not obligate the urban government to the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer funds within the grant budget. Item 17, a resolution authorizing directly mayor on behalf of urban government to execute and submit a grant application seeking $484,714 in federal funds to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security under the State Homeland Security FY 2024 DHS FEMA grant program for the divisional police to purchase a proposed forensic crime scene mobile lab. authorizing the mayor to provide any additional information request in a connection with this grant application authorizing the mayor to accept the award if awarded the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer funds within the grant budget. Item 18. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to contract modification number one to the agreement with Palmer Engineering incorporated to unencumbered funds no longer needed for the design of the Harrodsburg road trail project decreasing the contract price by the sum of $224,608 for dollars and 83 cents and reducing the total contract price from $938,577 to $713,890.17, item 19. A resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government who can submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application to accept this grant if awarded, which grant funds are in the amount of $23,787.31 in federal funds under the 2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Prevention and Safety, and s to perfect to purchase smoke alarms the exception which all the case urban county government to the expenditure of $1,189.37 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate refund in the grant budget item 20 it resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the county government to execute engineering services agreement or awarded pursuant to RFP number 12 2024 with shield environmental associates for the development of a remediation plan for the parcel located at 299 Southland Drive for the division water quality at a cost not received 132,263 dollars item 21 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with the Fayette County Board of Education for space to host truckapalooza for the division of environmental services at a cost not received 536 dollars and 80 cents item 22 a resolution authorizing director mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a professional services agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number three 2024 with Gresham Smith to update the Coldstream regional park master plan for the division of environmental services at cost an act to exceed 189,458 dollars item 23 a resolution authorizing urban county government to participate in the kentucky utilities company solar share program by purchasing 60 solar capacity shares at across knocked out seat 47 940 dollars item 24 a resolution amending resolution number 157 2023 and authorizing the acceptance of deeds for property interest needed for the bernard drive stormwater quality stormwater improvement project increasing the cost of acquisition of easements by the sum of $1,000 from $3,000 to $4,000, item 25. A resolution of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government accepting a grant of $906,645 in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner Round 2 Act, ARPA, for the Furlong Drive Water Quality Improvement Project, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure funds in approving the grant assistance agreement authorizing the amendment of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government's annual budget and authorizing the representative to sign all related documents, item 26. A resolution of the Lexington-Fed Urban County Government accepting the grant of $2,955,383 in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner Round 2 grant ARPA for the acquisition and remediation of the parcel located at 299 Southland Drive, the exception which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure of funds in approving the Grant Assistance Agreement authorizing the amendment to the Lexington-Fed Urban County Government's annual budget and authorizing the representative to sign all related documents, Item 27. A resolution authorizing the Division of E911 to purchase radio console technology from AVTEC LLC a sole source provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of the government execute any necessary agreement with AVTEC LLC related to the procurement and across not received $160,000 item 28. A resolution of the Lexington Urban County government accepting the grant of three million seven hundred twenty five thousand dollars in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner round two grant ARPA for the town branch wastewater treatment plant dewatering plant station rehabilitation project the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds in approving the grant assistance agreement authorizing the amendment of the election for urban county government's annual budget and authorizing a representative to sign all related documents item 29 a resolution of the election for urban county government accepting the grant of nine million four hundred and ninety seven thousand two hundred six dollars in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner round two grant ARPA for the Armstrong Mill PS replacement DeLong Street PS FM EH-16 project the except the exception which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and approving the grant assistance agreement authorizing the amendment to the of the election for urban county government's annual budget and authorizing a representative to sign all related documents. Item 30, a resolution of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government accepting the grant of $1,345,000 in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner Round 2 Grant ARPA for the West Hickman Creek Veterans Park Water Quality Improvement Project. The acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure of funds in approving the grant assistance agreement, authorizing the amendment of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government's annual budget, and authorizing a representative to sign all related documents. Item 31, a resolution authorizing on behalf of Urban County Government to execute change order number one to the agreement with the Brown General Contractors LLC for the Waste Transfer Station Repairs Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $121,530 from $399,970 to $521,500. Item 32, a resolution establishing MEDENG LLC as a sole sole provider of police bomb suits for the Division of Police at a cost to exceed $134,624 in FY2024 and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the government to execute any necessary agreements with MEDENG LLC related to the procurement item 33 a resolution authorizing man behalf of beginning except a grant to accept a $1,000 grant by half of green space trust from LG and EKU plant for the plant planet grant for the division of environmental services the exception which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing marriage to transfer other friends in the grant budget and 34 a resolution authorizing and direct the man behalf of the county government to execute and submit a grant application seeking one hundred one thousand forty dollars in federal funds to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security under the law enforcement protection program for the divisional police to purchase patrol rifle kits for all sworn officers authorizing the mayor to provide any additional information requests in connection with this grant application authorizing the mayor to accept this award if offered the exception which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and further authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget item 35 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute a purchase service agreement PSA with the Lexington Pride Center in support of LGTBQ plus youth at a cost not to exceed $5,000 item 36 a resolution authorizing the division of waste management to purchase recycling and reuse of latex paint material from the Lexington Habitat for Humanity a sole source provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of her big idea government execute an necessary agreement with Lexington Habitat for Humanity related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed $14,200 item 37 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of her big idea government execute an agreement with the Kentucky Heritage Council and the Qureshi Development Group regarding the proposed renovation of a vacant church located at 530 North Martin Luther King Boulevard for affordable housing item 38 a resolution determining that the proposal of the for the establishment of a dedicated park fund to fund public parks in Fayette County to be financed by the levy of an additional two and one quarter percent 0.0225 per 100 dollars 100 valuation on all taxable real property shall be submitted to the electorate of Fayette County in a public referendum pursuant to KRS 97.590 and KRS 678.160 with the language of the ballot question substantially similar to the following are you in favor of the established establishment of a dedicated public park fund program that will provide funds to improve and develop neighborhood parks walking and hiking trails neighbor nature parks bike trails swimming pools playgrounds dog parks recreational facilities and other related facilities for children adults families and seniors to be financed by the levy and of additional two and one quarter cent 0.0225 per 100 dollars on all taxable real property affected January 1 2025 authorizing taking any related necessary actions and item 39 a resolution in this in a resolution initiating a zoning ordinance ordinance text amendment to amend article 21-6 B and to create a new article 30 outdoor lighting related to outdoor lighting regulations thank you thank you are there any walk-ons council members all right how about motions to suspend the rules council member gray Thank You mayor on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to resolution 0330-24, number one. Number one. Okay, thank you. All right. Is there a second? Second. Council Member Plowman seconds. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I have three items. The first is 15. This is a resolution that has to do with executing and submitting a grant application for federal funds for the Office of Homeland Security. Second. All right. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. The second one is similar. It's item 16, and this has to do with a grant. Second. Vice Mayor Wu seconds. Are there questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And lastly is item 17. It is also similar. It is for a federal grant application. All right, is there a second? Second. councilmember so big me seconds questions anyone all those in favor please say aye aye all right is anyone opposed okay that passes thank you thank you councilmember Baxter thank you mayor I would like to spend the rules on item number 32 establishing a sole source provider for police bomb suits so moved thank you councilmember Worley seconds any questions all those in favor please say aye aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes thank you thank you councilmember Fogle thank you mayor item number 37 on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give the second reading for number 37 for the creation group all right thank you and I believe I heard Councilmember Worley second are there any questions all those in favor please say aye aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes councilmember Lynch Thank You mayor on behalf of the administration I move that we give a second reading to item number 14 regarding Coldstream Park thank you Vice Mayor Wu seconds are there questions councilmember Sheehan due to my affiliation with UK I need to recuse on all matters for this item okay for number 14 councilmember Sheehan will recuse thank you anything else on this item all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes. Councilmember Sevigny. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to move to suspend the rules and get a second reading on item number 36 for Habitat for Humanity. So moved. Second. Right, second by Councilmember Gray. Are there questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. Councilmember Minares. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 30, and this is for the Water Quality Improvement Project at West Hickman. Second. Thank you. Second by Councilmember Baxter. Any questions? No. Number 30. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Are there any other motions to suspend the rules? All right, I believe we have number 1, 14, 15, 16, 17, number 30, 32, 36, and 37. Is that correct? All right, when you are ready, if you'll give those second reading, please. item 1 a resolution a resolution 7 bit of innovative demolition services LLC in the amount of forty seven thousand two hundred seventy five dollars for the Pleasant Ridge Park dog lot expansion for the division of parks and recreation and authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government execute an agreement with innovative demolition services LLC related to the bid to the bid item 14 it was a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute certificates of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept deeds from owner of record for property interest needed for the development of Cold String Park at no cost to the urban county government. Item 15. A resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the county government to execute and submit a grant application seeking $130,500 in federal funds for the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security under the state's Homeland Security FY 2024 DHS FEMA grant program for the Division of Police to support training courses for bomb technicians authorizing the mayor to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application authorizing the mayor to accept this grant if awarded the acceptance of which does not look at the urban county government to the expenditure of funds and further authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget item 16 a resolution authorizing director of the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute and submit a grant application seeking 450 000 in federal funds to the kentucky office of homeland security under the state homeland security fy 2024 dhs fema grant program for the division of police to purchase an emergency response unit rapid response vehicle authorizing the mayor to provide any additional information requested in connection with this application authorizing mayor to accept this award if awarded the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds and further author authorizing the mayor to transfer the grant budget item 17 it was not authorizing and direct the man behalf of urban county government execute and submit a grant application seeking 484,714 dollars in federal funds to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security under the State Homeland Security FY 2024 DHS FEMA grant program for the Division of Police to purchase a proposed forensic requested crime scene mobile lab, authorizing the mayor to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, authorizing the mayor to accept the award if awarded, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds, and further authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget. Item 30. A resolution of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government accepting the grant of $1,345,000 in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner Water Round 2 grant ARPA for the West Hickman Creek Veterans Park Water Quality Improvement Project, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds, approving the grant assistance agreement authorizing the amendment of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government's annual budget and authorizing a representative to sign all documents. Item 32. A resolution establishing MED E&G LLC as a sole source provider of police bomb suits for the Division of Police at a cost to exceed $134,624 in FY 2024 and the authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute any necessary agreements with MED E&G LLC related to the procurement. Item 36. a resolution authorizing and the division of waste management management to purchase recycling and reuse of latex paint material from Lexington habitat for humanity a sole source provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of every category from the execute and a necessary agreement with Lexington habitat for humanity related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed $14,200 and item 37 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every kind of government executing agreement with the Kentucky Heritage Council and the Keresi Development Group regarding the proposed renovation of a vacant church located at 530 North Martin Luther King Boulevard for affordable housing thank you thank you is there a motion to approve Vice Mayor Wu moves and councilmember Baxter seconded and you're ready if you'll take a roll call vote please councilmember Ellinger councilmember Elliot Baxter councilmember Fogle yes Councilmember Gray yes councilmember Legree yes councilmember Lynch recuse from item 36 yes to the rest councilmember Minaris councilmember Plowman councilmember Reynolds yes councilmember Savigny yes councilmember Sheehan recuse on 14 yes to the rest Council Member Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. And Council Member Fred Brown? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass. I'll entertain a motion to approve communications from the mayor. So moved. Second. Move. Did you make the motion? Council Member Reynolds? Second was Council Member Fogle. Are there any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that passes, and I'll need a motion to approve price contracts. Council Member Fogle, second by Council Member Plowman. Are there questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Members, you have a few pages of communications for your information only, and we have no fire or police disciplines tonight. and so it's time for council announcements councilmember Reynolds thank you I made some district announcement announcements on Tuesday first I want to explain if you see us chuckling up here it's because we hear classical music in the background playing over and over and we have no idea where it's coming from and so it's just making us laugh we're not trying to be irreverent or unprofessional if you see us giggle I have a big announcement I think that birthdays are really important and they're good times to celebrate each other. And I love celebrating birthdays. So Council Member Ellinger has a monumental birthday coming up on Saturday. A very, very big birthday that needs to be celebrated. I don't sometimes I remind him that when he was 20 I was born and I just wanted to wish him a very happy birthday and hope that he gets to enjoy it. So thank you. All righty then. Councilmember Reynolds. Thank you. Councilmember Lynch. I'm still a little tickled. I'm sorry. I just want to remind my neighbors that live in Kearney Ridge we're going to have a neighborhood meeting on Tuesday April the 16th at 6 30 p.m. and we'll meet at Oasis so please mark your calendars come on out for this very important meeting of the Kearney Ridge neighborhood all neighbors in Kearney Ridge are invited and then lastly our district-wide meeting will occur on Tuesday April the 23rd at 6 p.m. and we will convene at the STEAM Academy and And that's all my notes. All right. Thank you. Council Member Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. First of all, let me start with we know that transportation is really difficult here in Lexington. And there was a compelling story that was given by Mr. Sanford. I won't call his first name. But he was at the Build Nehemiah meeting at Mary Queen this week. And he told of a story of being a client to wheels, and he was left at Walmart, and they forgot to come and get him. Walmart closed, and he had to spend the night outside of Walmart in his wheelchair. And so as we move on to think about other venues of transportation and what we are going to be discussing about transit, I think we should think about that and hopefully no one else will be left outside. But I just wanted to raise him up and for us to carry him, let him know that the council and the city will do everything possible to make sure people are not left behind in any transportation to spend the night in a wheelchair outside. So just wanted to lift him up. And let me take a moment. Because from transitioning from that story to this story, hunger doesn't take a spring break. Look at these children. So I haven't made the announcement about how the weather didn't cooperate, but the days that it was fine, these children were able to come to the parks. And we're talking about Oakwood and St. Martin Village where Councilmember Lynch and Our districts kiss and so we do a lot of stuff together. But these children and these families were able to come and not only did they eat a lunch, they were given a backpack every day to take home and then a dinner. And so I would like to lift up the group Feed, who made sure they donated over 500 dinners for the children to take home. And we had Food Chain who gave fresh fruit and the kids was just excited about that. And the council for your donation and the city for your support. It's so many people that I'd like to thank, especially the Northside Library, because they used the library as a hub for people to donate items. And all the volunteers that came out to work at all the parks. And even on those rainy days, if people are wondering, well what happened on the rainy days? Our volunteers personally went door to door in the rain and in their cars and delivered pizza and the food for the backpacks. So children were still able to eat the whole week. Hunger does not take the spring break, neither does the council, neither does the city, neither does volunteers in this city. So thank you for stepping up and making sure that our children are fed. That is my announcement. Thank you very much, Councilmember Bowman. Councilmember Ellinger, in order to make you feel better, I want to just say that I was almost 20 when you were born. So I hope you feel better. What? 21. Okay, thank you. We're not going to talk about it anymore. Happy birthday. Just took the happy birthday. All right. It is time for public comment. And those signed up, I think, know how this works. But I'll just refresh. When I call your name, please come to the podium. And then you'll need to restate your name and state your council district. And you'll have three minutes to speak. First is Billy Mallory. And next is Reva Russell English. I'm Billy Mallory and I live in the fifth district, but I work every day in the first district. I represent the East End Community Development Corporation and we promote our small businesses. We work very closely with our neighborhood organizations, and we work towards economic development. And what I would like to say is that everybody deserves a safe neighborhood. In the first district, in the East End, in the fifth district, in every district, everybody deserves safe neighborhoods. So I am speaking in support of the Flock Cameras. And I know that both of the neighborhood associations have also sent emails in support of the flock cameras. We can't have businesses in neighborhoods if people don't feel safe to come there. And I know the question was asked how many flock cameras were in the first district. That is on the transparency page. There are nine cameras across the first district. There are, I have to make a correction because I said two cameras in the East End, but Commander Greathouse reminded, let me know that there are two additional cameras that are on the boundaries of the East End. One of them is shared with downtown and the other is shared with Northside over in Duncan Park. So we have a total of four cameras that is hardly over policing. But the East End is one of those communities that was recognized long ago as a neighborhood that was at risk because of crime. And we were one of those neighborhoods that were very fortunate to have clear units, which don't exist as that now, but we have neighborhood officers. And we have officers who come to almost every neighborhood meeting, our neighborhood events. They show up on bikes. Our elderly residents love when they show up on foot and walk through the neighborhood. So there are many of us, there are many residents who absolutely are supportive of our police and every effort that is made to make our neighborhood safer. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Reva Russell English followed by Andrew Russell English. Welcome. Thank you, Mayor, Council. My name is Reva Russell English. I live in the 1st District and my family and I lease farmland in the 12th District. I am here to ask you to vote no on extending the five year contract to Flock for the automated license plate readers. These readers, these cameras present a lot of problems. Chief among them, we have no real idea how the data they pull is actually being used, stored and shared. We're told that all the other data is deleted from the system after 30 days unless part of an investigation but given the analytics possibilities of data gathering like this the easy development of hot lists based on traffic behavior deemed suspicious retroactive tracking convoy analysis related vehicle lists and more do we know what is even considered an investigation if lpd keeps hot lists how are they updated when are they deleted when are they started up again is it every 30 days or is there a running log is there a secondary database that tracks data points that is then subject to machine learning to justify traffic stops what are the demographics of the hot lists that are being used who are they sharing the data with what organizations and institutions receive our data and what is their protocol regarding our privacy I'm concerned because I'm not sure what we actually know I think before we give over five more years to this company and towards the police department that what we should know exactly how our personal data is being used. And it's more than just license plate numbers. I'm not sure everybody knows that. Flock generates kind of a fingerprint of sorts. It includes everything from like the make and the model to details as specific as bumper stickers or luggage racks and dents. The system also tracks and logs things like your trips to the grocery, to church, to work, to the gym, to a lover's house, to the library. These things can all be recorded and analyzed. Additionally, there have been instances of incorrect information that have resulted in dangerous encounters between innocent residents and police. Some of these instances have resulted in lawsuits against police departments and municipalities. One big concern that I have as laws happening in our state and other places continue to get, in my opinion, more draconian. In California, we know that police departments share intelligence on vehicles around abortion clinics with police departments in states where reproductive health care is criminalized. Is this really the kind of thing that we want, and is that really something that keeps us safe? I would like very much for you to vote no. We need to know exactly how the system and our data is used here and what harms might be occurring or might occur. We need an independent external audit first, and then let's go from there and see if we want to continue a five-year contract. Thank you. Next is Andrew Russell English. Welcome. Thanks. My name is Andrew Russell English, and I also live in the 1st District, and I also lease farmland in the 12th District. I didn't have a whole lot of time to put something together, but one thing that really strikes me, on the flat camera re-upping is the mayor's council on racial justice and its focus on accountability and in specific police accountability and this seems like for council a huge opportunity to at least look into this a little bit before we sign on for five more years is there any accountability in terms of how the the police uses this data right now so I would just say you know tape tap the brakes you know hit the brakes on this for now and and see what that what that answer is to you all and then go from there thanks thanks that concludes our public comment do I hear a motion to adjourn councilmember Whitney second by councilmember so big me all those in favor say aye thank you all for being here we are adjourned. Thank you. Building me a fence, building me a home Thinking I'd be strong there, but I was a fool