# Council Work Session - April 23, 2024 > Auto-transcribed civic record · April 23, 2024 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6097 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6097?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2024-04-23 - **Last revised**: April 23, 2024 - **Length**: 4,142 words - **Speakers**: Mayor > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council convened on April 23, 2024, at 3:00 PM in the Council Chamber in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Linda Gorton presiding. The council addressed 10 agenda items during the session, covering a range of municipal business including zoning matters, budget considerations, and administrative approvals. The council conducted 9 formal votes throughout the meeting, with most substantive items receiving approval including requested rezonings, new business items, continuing business matters, the mayor's report, and price contract bids. No public comments were recorded during either of the designated public comment periods for issues on the agenda or issues not on the agenda. The meeting covered both informational items such as budget amendments and council reports, as well as action items that required formal council approval. ## Attendance All council members were present for the April 23, 2024 meeting. **Present:** • Mayor Linda Gorton • Vice Mayor Wu • Council Member J. Brown • Ellinger II • Fogle • Lynch • LeGris • Monarrez • Sheehan • Gray • Worley • F. Brown • Baxter • Sevigny • Reynolds • Plomin **Absent:** None **Late:** None The meeting achieved full attendance with all 16 members present at the start of the session. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted nine voice votes during the meeting, all of which passed unanimously. **Zoning Changes and Docket Items** Council Member Sheehan motioned to add an ordinance changing the zone from P-1 to R-3 for property at 92 Eureka Springs Drive, seconded by Council Member Plomin. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 02:30]. Council Member Reynolds motioned to discharge committee to place a resolution for a grant application to the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management on the docket, seconded by Vice Mayor Wu. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 04:30]. Council Member Worley motioned to place an ordinance changing the zone from R-1B to R-4 for property at 766 Paradise Lane on the docket, seconded by Council Member Gray. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 06:00]. **Administrative Approvals** Council Member Baxter motioned to approve work session motions from April, seconded by Council Member Monarrez. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 08:00]. Council Member Sheehan motioned to approve new business items, seconded by Vice Mayor Wu. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 10:00]. Council Member Baxter motioned to approve council capital projects, seconded by Council Member Monarrez. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 12:00]. Council Member Baxter motioned to approve the mayor's report, seconded by Council Member Sheehan. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 14:00]. Council Member Gray motioned to approve price contract bids, seconded by Council Member Monarrez. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 16:00]. **Adjournment** Council Member Fogle motioned to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Council Member Sevigny. The motion passed by voice vote [timestamp: 18:00]. All votes were conducted by voice vote with no recorded individual vote counts or opposition noted. ## Budget and Financial Actions The council addressed multiple financial items totaling over $5.8 million in contracts, grants, and appropriations during the April 23, 2024 meeting. **Major Contracts and Agreements:** • **L0424-24**: Engineering Service Agreement with Strand Associates for the Alumni Drive Shared Use Path Project for $541,401 • **L0384-24**: Change Order No. 2 with BMI Builds, LLC for the Dunbar Community Center project totaling $158,358 • **L0413-24**: Agreement with Greater Lex, Inc. for the Regional Economic Development Collective for $130,000 • **L0395-24**: Consulting services agreement with CivicLex, Inc. for $95,000 • **L0400-24**: Document digitization software and services procurement from Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A, Inc. for $21,509 • **L0418-24**: Professional Service Agreement with Cushman & Wakefield, U.S., Inc. for Legacy Business Park marketing at 6% of land sales • **L0411-24**: Purchase of Service Agreement with Frontrunners Lex for Pride Run services for $1,100 **Grant Funding:** • **L0422-24**: Submission of 2024 Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for $4,034,940 in HUD programs • **L0423-24**: Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for Alumni Drive Shared Use Path Project adding $263,000 • **L0421-24**: Victims of Crime Act Grant from Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for Department of Social Services totaling $100,000 • **L0420-24**: Victims of Crime Act Grant from Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for Division of Police totaling $51,208 **Other Financial Actions:** • **L0429-24**: Dissolution of Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Public Library Corporation with $615,000 appropriation to Lexington Public Library • **L0419-24**: Acceptance of $3,900 donation from Woodsongs Troubadour Concert Series for Kentucky Theatre stage lighting improvements • **L0363-24**: Extension agreement with Securus Technologies, LLC for inmate phone and tablet services at no additional cost • **L0396-24**: Education agreement with St. Joseph Health for paramedic training at no cost ## Public Comment - Issues on Agenda [timestamp: 01:00] During the public comment period for issues on the agenda, no members of the public came forward to address the board or council. This portion of the meeting was opened for public input on any items scheduled for discussion during the session, but no speakers registered or approached the podium to provide comments. The public comment period is a standard component of government meetings that allows community members to voice their opinions, concerns, or support regarding specific agenda items before official deliberation begins. This opportunity enables public participation in the democratic process and provides elected officials with community input prior to making decisions. With no public participation during this segment, the meeting proceeded directly to the next scheduled agenda item without any public input to consider on the matters at hand. ## Requested Rezonings/Docket Approval [timestamp: 02:30] The council considered several proposed zoning changes for addition to the official docket during this agenda item. Council Member Sheehan, Council Member Reynolds, and Council Member Worley participated in the discussion of the requested rezonings. The agenda item involved reviewing multiple zoning change requests that required formal approval to be placed on the docket for future consideration. While the specific details of individual rezoning requests were not provided in the available materials, the council moved forward with approving the addition of these items to the docket. The discussion among the three council members resulted in approval of the requested rezonings for docket inclusion. This procedural step allows the zoning change requests to move forward in the official review process, though it does not constitute final approval of the actual zoning changes themselves. The council approved the addition of the requested rezonings to the docket, enabling these items to proceed through the standard municipal review and approval process for zoning modifications. ## Approval of Summary [timestamp: 08:00] The council considered approval of the summary from the previous work session. Council Member Baxter and Council Member Monarrez participated in the discussion of this agenda item. The summary was approved by the council without recorded opposition or significant debate. No specific concerns were raised regarding the accuracy or completeness of the previous meeting's summary during the discussion. **Outcome:** Approved ## Budget Amendments [timestamp: 09:00] Budget amendments were presented to the meeting for informational purposes only. The item was included on the agenda as a resolution-type matter but required no formal action from the governing body. No specific speakers were identified during the presentation of the budget amendments, and the item appears to have been handled as a routine informational update rather than a matter requiring extensive discussion or debate. The amendments were presented without recorded concerns or questions from meeting participants, suggesting they may have been technical adjustments or previously discussed modifications to the budget that required formal acknowledgment. The outcome was purely informational, with no votes taken or formal decisions made regarding the budget amendments during this portion of the meeting. ## New Business [timestamp: 10:00] The council addressed new business items during this portion of the meeting. Council Member Sheehan and Vice Mayor Wu were the primary speakers for this agenda item. The new business items were presented to the council for consideration and approval. The specific details of what constituted the new business were not elaborated upon in the available materials, but the items were presented as a collective matter for council action. Following the presentation, the council proceeded to vote on the new business items. The items were approved as presented without recorded opposition or significant debate. **Outcome:** The new business items were approved. ## Continuing Business/Presentations [timestamp: 12:00] The council addressed continuing business items and presentations during this portion of the meeting. The primary focus was on council capital projects, which were presented for consideration and approval. Council Member Baxter and Council Member Monarrez served as the key speakers during this agenda item, leading the discussion on the proposed capital projects. The presentation covered various municipal infrastructure and improvement initiatives requiring council authorization and funding allocation. Following the presentation and discussion among council members, the capital projects were approved. The council reached consensus on moving forward with the proposed initiatives, though specific details about individual projects, funding amounts, or implementation timelines were not detailed in the available meeting materials. The approval of these capital projects represents the council's commitment to ongoing municipal improvements and infrastructure development within the community. ## Council Reports [timestamp: 13:00] During the Council Reports segment, four council members provided updates on their recent activities and community engagement efforts. **Key Speakers:** - Council Member Baxter - Council Member Gray - Council Member Lynch - Council Member Fogle The reports covered various council member activities and community events, though specific details of each member's presentation were not captured in the available meeting documentation. This agenda item served an informational purpose, allowing council members to share updates with both their colleagues and the public about their recent work and community involvement. The Council Reports segment is a standard component of council meetings that provides transparency regarding individual council member activities and helps keep the public informed about ongoing council initiatives and community engagement efforts. **Outcome:** Informational presentations with no formal action required. ## Mayor's Report [timestamp: 14:00] Mayor Linda Gorton presented the Mayor's Report during the April 23, 2024 meeting. The report was subsequently approved by the council. **Key Speaker:** • Mayor Linda Gorton **Outcome:** The Mayor's Report was approved. *Note: Specific details of the mayor's presentation were not available in the provided materials. The report covered standard mayoral updates and was accepted by the council without recorded opposition.* ## Price Contract Bids [timestamp: 16:00] The council reviewed and considered price contract bids during this agenda item. Council Member Gray and Council Member Monarrez participated in the discussion of the proposed contracts. The price contract bids were presented to the council for approval, though the specific details of the contracts, vendors, or monetary amounts were not detailed in the available meeting materials. The item was structured as a resolution requiring council action. Following the presentation and discussion by the key speakers, the council moved to approve the price contract bids as they were presented. No significant concerns or objections were raised during the deliberation process. **Outcome:** The price contract bids were approved as presented. **Key Participants:** • Council Member Gray • Council Member Monarrez ## Public Comment - Issues Not on Agenda [timestamp: 17:00] During the public comment period for issues not on the agenda, no members of the public came forward to address the meeting body. The session was opened for public participation but concluded without any speakers or comments being presented. This agenda item provides an opportunity for community members to bring forward concerns, suggestions, or information about matters that are not specifically listed on the meeting agenda. The absence of public comment during this portion of the meeting indicates that no additional issues were raised by attendees for consideration or discussion by the governing body. The item was informational in nature and concluded without any action required or taken by the meeting participants. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the April 25, 2024 Council Meeting docket as amended - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the April 25, 2024 Council Meeting docket an ordinance changing the zone from a Professional Office (P-1) zone to a Planned Neighborhood Residential (R-3) zone, for 0.404 net (0.522 gross) acres, for property located at 592 Eureka Springs Dr., without a public hearing - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the April 25, 2024 Council Meeting docket a resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Council, to execute and submit a Grant Application to the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management, under the Federal Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) 2022 Cycle, seeking up to $15,000.00 in additional Emergency Management Assistance Funds, and further authorizing the Mayor to accept funds if awarded, with such acceptance obligating the Urban County Government to the expenditure of up to $15,000 as a local match, and further authorizing the Mayor or her designee to provide additional information requested in connection with this Grant Application - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the April 25, 2024 Council Meeting docket an Ordinance changing the zone from a Single Family Residential (R-1B) zone to a Medium Density Residential (R-4) zone, for 2.462 net and gross acres for property located at 766 Paradise Ln., without a public hearing - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the April 25, 2024 Council Meeting docket an Ordinance changing the zone from an Agricultural Rural (A-R) zone to a Light Industrial (I-1) zone, for 0.481 net (1.675 gross) acres, for property located at 1120 Alexandria Dr., without a public hearing - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the April 16, 2024 Work Session Summary - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve Budget Amendments - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve New Business - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve Council Capital Projects - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the Mayor’s Report - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the Mayor’s Report- Price Contract Bid Recommendations - **Motion** — passed (0-0): adjourn --- ## Full transcript Music Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council April 23rd, 2024 work session. And I want to take a moment to say a couple of things about Ray Sabatini, whom we lost over the weekend. And many of us remember him when he was the director of corrections here for our urban county government. And he was admired all over the United States for his knowledge and his ability to put into practice best practices. And then when it came time to build our new jail, he visited jails all over the country to ensure that we got the best plan and design for what was most effective. And he was a wonderful man. He was beloved by many people. He not only had his expertise in operating our jail, he was a wonderful cook. He was a fine gentleman, and he'll be missed by many people. With that, I'd like us to just give a moment of silence for his wife and daughter and family. Thank you. Now, it is time for public comment on issues on the agenda, and we have no one signed up. So we'll move right along to the docket, which we do have a docket. If I could have a motion to approve. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger, second by Vice Mayor Wu. And we have a few folks who have things for the docket. Council Member Sheehan. thank you mayor um i have a motion to for an item to add to the docket an ordinance changing the zone from a professional office p1 to planned neighborhood residential r3 zone for 0.404 net 0.522 gross acres for property located at 592 eureka springs drive so moved Without a hearing Without a hearing Okay, Council Member Plowman seconded Is there discussion? All those in favor say aye Aye Is anyone opposed? Alright, that motion passes Council Member Reynolds Thank you, Mayor I have a motion for the docket I move to place on the docket for the April 25, 2024 council meeting a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Council to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management under the Federal Emergency Management Performance Grant 2022 cycle, seeking up to $15,000 in additional emergency management assistance funds, and further authorizing the mayor to accept funds if awarded with such acceptance, obligating the urban county government to the expenditure of up to $15,000 as a local match and further authorizing the mayor on her designee to provide additional information requested in connection with the grant application. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu seconded. Any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. councilmember Worley thank you mayor I'll move to place on the docket for the April 25th 2004 council meeting an ordinance changing the zone from a single-family residential R1 B zone to a medium residential R4 zone for 2.462 net acres for property located at 766 Paradise Lane so without a public hearing. Without a public hearing. Thank you. Councilmember Gray seconds that. Are there any questions? Councilmember Reynolds. Councilmember, you said 2004. Just wanted to correct that that's 2024. Yes, 2024. Thank you. Retro. Any other questions? All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Are there any other motions? Council Member Reynolds, do you have a motion about number six? Okay, good. Yes, I do. I'm sorry. I move to place on the docket for this Thursday, 2024, to move, this is item six, for a zone from an ordinance, changing the zone from an agricultural rural AR zone to a light industrial zone for 0.481, 1.675 gross acres for gross acres for property located at 1120 Alexandria Drive, William E. McAlpin, Council District 11. And this was an approval 9 to 0 and without a public hearing. Thank you. Is there, Council Member Worley seconds? Are there any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Is there anything else for the docket? All right. All those in favor of approving the docket as amended, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. We have motion for, I'll entertain a motion to approve the work session April 16th. Motions? All right. Did you do the motion? Okay, motion by Council Member Baxter, second by Council Member Menardes, Any questions or corrections or additions? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. Thank you. That passes. We do have budget amendments, so I'll entertain a motion to approve. Thank you. Council Member Plowman, Council Member Gray seconds. If you'll log in with your questions, please. any questions all right all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes next are for your information only the budget adjustments and then that brings us to new business if i could have a motion to approve Thank you. Council Member Sheehan, second by Vice Mayor Wu. And please log in with your questions. Questions about new business? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Now, this brings us to continuing business. And we have, I'll need a motion to approve council capital projects. Thank you. Council Member Baxter, second by Council Member Monarez. Excuse me. Any questions, Council Members? All those in favor, please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. That brings us to council reports. Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to give a quick thank you to some of our employees who attended a neighborhood meeting last night. Chrissy Stambaugh, Michelle Kseniak, Battalion Chief Derek Roberts, Firefighter Jerome Brown, Fire Station 20 all attended the Stonewall neighborhood meeting last night and they were a big hit. So thank you to everybody. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilmember Gray. Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I would like to say thank you to my colleagues who attended the Youth and Government Day. I'm just going to go down a huge slew of thank yous. Thank you to Commissioners Nancy Albright and Casey Allen Bryant for attending and speaking with our young people. along with Mayor Linda Gordon, a special thank you to Kelly Farley, E911 Director Janelle Patton, Chiefs Weathers and Wells. As well, a huge thank you to our LexTV team for making our first Youth in Government Day a success. And also, of course, a thank you to Fayette County Public School Superintendent Demetrius Liggins for saying yes. Because of course, I have a lot of big ideas for us. And getting our youth involved with our local government was a big dream of mine, a dream and a goal. And so thank you to everyone who showed up for our youth. A special thank you also to our legislative aides as well who showed up to support me in making that day a success. The youth are still talking about it. It was such a big, made a big impact on their lives to be able to sit up here where the council members sit and have their own mock council meetings. So thank you. Huge thank you. Next. Thank you to this past weekend. I attended the Park and Recs kite event in Masterson Station. So Council Member Lynch, I was in your second district. Awesome job there. Thank you to the team of our employees for making that such a huge success. It was great to hear so many different languages spoken, which was descriptive of how diverse Lexington is. That's myself and my niece flying a kite there. We had so much fun. My niece had a blast and wants to fly kites every day now. And next, I would like to say thank you, a huge thank you to, let's start off with Park and Rec's Advisory Board members, Victoria Meyer and David Lowe, to Director Jim Duncan and Chris Avila, to West Sector Matt Brotherton and East Sector Sergeant Andrew Strong. And last, a large thank you to the residents of the 6th District for showing up in large numbers. Over 50 residents of the 6th District showed up for our district-wide meeting, which hit a record for us. And thank you for showing up, residents, and asking your hard questions about the violence that has been taking place in Brookwood. And asking for more flock cameras in our district. It's an outpouring of support of the flock camera system in the 6th District for sure. they're asking for more and earlier today i had the pleasure of attending a press conference for our young people i'm looking for my notes because i want to make sure i say everything properly and i don't have my notes but congratulations to uh to i was going to say the names of the young people to michelle moore and i believe it's aileen um sandoval um sandoval cano for being the recipients of the be the chain scholarship so thank you to galls and thank you to one lexington for providing opportunities for our next generation of leaders to go into the criminal justice system so these young people actually met them at bryan station high school earlier in the school year where i'm I spoke with the Sisters Keepers group, and they're just so excited about this opportunity being provided to them. This is an opportunity to create generational wealth, create opportunities that they never knew were possible. So congratulations to these young people, and thank you to One Lexington for providing this opportunity for two wonderful young people who, basically, you've opened the door for them. So thank you. And congratulations, young people. And congratulations to your parents as well. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. And one last thing. I met Ray Sabatini when I was in fourth grade. I had the pleasure of having Miss Sabatini as my fourth grade teacher at Northern Elementary School. And to this day, I remember having their pizza. That pepperoni pizza is still the best. And I've been looking for Mr. Sabatini and Ms. Sabatini to say thank you. Was that from his restaurant? Yes. Uh-huh. So, Ms. Sabatini, I love you and I think of you often. And I'm thinking of the family and I'm praying for you. Thank you. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. I think we got some pictures. This past week I had the pleasure of checking out two very new facilities here in Lexington. A bunch of colleagues and I ushered in the ribbon cutting at the new Baptist Health Hamburg, $250 million facility and a long time coming. My colleagues and I and a few of us got to do a little tour of the facilities as well. There's an MRI machine to all state-of-the-art facilities, ER room there. So currently it is an outpatient facility only with an ER, a surgery center, and a cancer center. If you back up one, that was the highlight of my tour. In their vending machine room, you can actually get Chinese dumplings out of a vending machine. That I kind of want to see, but I don't know if it's worth the trip to the ER to experience it. But yeah, it's a great facility and great to see such world-class high-tech facilities. And then soon they'll be building onto that with some actual beds to make it a true hospital. And then I had originally missed the ribbon cutting on the Marksbury family branch of the public library, but I got a little tour of it yesterday, and it was beautiful to see so much natural light and all kinds of really interesting facilities like this maker space where there's a lot of 3D printing going on, some stuff that I would like to learn actually personally as well. There's me and everybody's favorite godmother, Dolly Parton. But just such a beautiful space and staffed up with such great, passionate employees and who really understand the evolving, changing nature of what a library is. Public libraries are no longer just spaces where you can go get books. They're really community centers, outreach centers, resource centers, safe spaces for students after school. One of the things we talked about was how it was serving that neighborhood and its predominantly Spanish-speaking residents. So great job all around and really proud to have both these great institutions here in Lexington. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. This past weekend had a flurry of activities in the second district. And the first I will highlight will be Kite Fest. Thank you Councilwoman Gray for coming to visit with your niece and flying a kite. It was extremely windy, so it was a perfect day, a sunny day for Kite Fest. A big, big, big, big shout out to Parks and Recreation for having another successful Kite Fest. I feel like it was bigger and better. We had more folks attend than even last year, and last year was pretty awesome. And I also would like to thank our Division of Environmental Quality and Public Works for giving me some really great swag for the kids. Second to the kites that Parks and Rec were making sure that all of our neighbors had. I had the pleasure of having bubbles that were provided to me by our EQPW division. And those bubbles were the hit of the day. Just about every kid that came to my table got a wand of bubbles. And the cool thing about it is that the bottle is refillable and the recipe for the bubble solution is on the bottle. So parents can, once the kids blow all the bubbles and use all the liquid in the bottle, the parents can remake the bubble solution and give it right back to their kids to make more bubbles. And so the kids loved the bubbles, so we should invest in more bubbles. Make the kids really happy. It was a great event. Again, thank you Parks and Recreation for a very fun time at Madison Station Park. Secondly, I'd like to remind my neighbors that tonight is our district wide meeting. It will be at 6 PM at the STEAM Academy on Georgetown Road. So, hope to see you there this evening and bring all of your wonderful questions, especially your ones about traffic on Leastown Road. And then I would like to also acknowledge that this is April and it's Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. So I would like to encourage my neighbors to learn more about the awesome opportunities that our city has regarding providing support to our survivors of sexual violence. If you are not sure what to do, one awesome thing you can do is to get trained in Green Dot. We have an awesome city employee, Don Runyon, who will train you regarding Green Dot and how to be an active bystander for your friends and your family here in the community and protect them from sexual violence. You can do that, you can volunteer at Ampersand, our local rape crisis center. They can always use more volunteers. And then lastly, bare minimum, we could teach consent to our kids, to our families, even our elders because not everyone knows that we have autonomy of our own body and we should be respected in that autonomy. And we should not be just physically touching each other without getting permission first. So consent is the bare minimum. So I encourage you all to get active in sexual assault awareness and prevention months events that are going on around the city. And then lastly, one thing I almost forgot, I want to give a shout out to Principal Marsh at Sandersville Elementary School on Saturdays several school staff, volunteers, families, and elementary school students did kind of a landscaping cleanup of the Sandersville Elementary School grounds. It looks really, really good. Thank you, Principal Marsh and the students and the families for making that investment in our neighborhood school at Marston Station. A big kudos to you all, the school looks wonderful. And that is all I have, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. First district has been really busy also. I'll start off with the forestry at home that was at the Living Arts and Science Center. We'll get to the videos in a minute. But there were trees, each family could take five trees and then toward the end you could take as many trees to plant as you wanted. And so I took some to the Oakwood Neighborhood Association last night. They were very happy and receptive. So I wanted to start with that. But let me go ahead and do that video before I complete the rest of the announcements. Yesterday, nationally, in the Supreme Court, they were trying to decide if House Bill 5 was going to stand. And if you've read anything about House Bill 5, One of the sections that I focus in on is the criminalization of homelessness. So yesterday at the Catholic Action Center, and you can roll those videos, those photos. Yesterday at the Catholic Action Center, folks showed up in love. Bishop Stowe opened the session. We had gospel singing and we had music that was playing and People were able to sit and listen to folks who are unhoused. House Bill 5 is probably one of the most hideous rules that the state has ever passed, giving businesses and homeowners the right to do bodily harm to folks who are sitting or comes on their property without prosecution that's inside that bill. So I don't know where the rest of those photos are, but you all can just look at the collection of photos that's there. It should have been about ten photos, but that's okay, we'll provide those later. So I'll just move on with my announcements. Tonight, there is a rally near Douglas Park Poo. It says free lunch and free play for kids, put on by the neighborhood associations. So I wanted to announce that, it's from 6 to 6.30, next to the Douglas pool that will be there as soon as they put the concrete in, the pool, and the water in the pool. So I wanted to announce that. And then I stumbled upon JL's destiny, is a hope engagement that will take place Sunday, April the 28th, 2024 from 2 to 4 at the Northside Library, lunch will be provided. What they are uplifting is children with autism. And so they're asking the community to come out and support and learn more about children with autism at the Northside Library between 2 and 4 on Sunday, April the 28th. So a big thank you for the folks who came into the community. And just a little thing, I send my love out to Ray Sabatini. I was part of that crew that helped build that jail. That was before I got a bed inside there. But anyway, I was on the cleanup crew. And then all of a sudden I was in the unit. So anyway, so thank you Ray Sabatini. And our major back then was Glenn Brown. So with his leadership and him spending time talking to me and just guiding me through and just reminding me of the greatness that God placed in me, gave me that start of my turnaround in life. So for Ray Sabatini and his family, that is a big loss to the community, but he served well. He served well, and so that's my report, Mayor, thank you. Yes, he did. Thank you. Council Member Sevigny. Thank you, Mayor. And you were going so quick through the stuff, I forgot to ask a question on item number five. And it's the ordinance on the trailer, truck and trailer. So if someone from planning or law could just answer this question. It looks like it was voted. We've got our commissioner. Oh, yeah, commissioner. Thank you. It was voted a disapproval. so if just tell us when we end up voting for this um will you kind of give us instructions or how on this one do you or do we vote with it if we agree with them or what well you you will ultimately either have to separate this out so that you vote no on the agenda item because as is customary it's placed on your work on your agenda in a positive manner it's an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance so you would vote no the other thing you can do if you prefer is to on thursday night you could make a motion to amend that item so that a vote of yes would mean that you're disapproving okay the ordinance but you will need to do one of those things to make sure you're not inadvertently approving something that you did not intend to approve that's what i just wanted to make sure because sometimes we do move quickly so thank you so much we'll we'll be on lookout for that and then a couple quick announcements friends wolf run is having their annual meeting and volunteer day this Sunday at Preston Springs Park at one o'clock join us out there and lastly in the music capital of the world it all starts again in district 10 tall sound music series kicks off this Sunday at 6 at Alika Shrine green space it's gonna be about 80 degrees you guys could be a great great night to just kind of chill with some friends so come on out to the 10th and hang in And hang with us listening to some music. Thanks, have a good one. Thank you, Councilmember Plumman. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to share just a few things. The three-day event is taking place at the horse park this year. We'd always call it the Rolex three-day event, but it's no longer the Rolex three-day event. It's the Defender, and I don't know what that means yet, but I guess I'll find out when I get out there. But as you know, this is international. These are horses from all over the world. And if you've never gone out there for this, it's really a treat. And you'll see a lot of really cool activities and, of course, the horses. Next Wednesday, May 1st, Imagine Lexington and consultants will be hosting an urban growth festival and design workshop. It's going to be at the Whitaker Family YMCA from 5 to 10. And I encourage all residents, particularly in the 12th district that will live near some of our new expansion areas to attend and provide input. That's next Wednesday the first. Also, I was just going to mention, I was also at Catholic Action Center yesterday and Council Member Lynch and obviously Council Member Fogel. And it really was pretty moving to watch us all come together and talk about this House Bill 5, which is kind of ludicrous, but that's my personal opinion. And then the other thing is, thank you Vice Mayor Mu about sharing about Central Baptist Hospital. because that mayor was out there. And it was really cool at the end, they had this big thing in the lobby of the hospital, you know where you stand on it, they turn it around and you got video of us. So I posted mine on Facebook page, on my council page, if y'all wanna see us. But we still have fun when we go to these things. And that's all I have, thank you mayor. Thank you, are there any others for council report? All right, there is a mayor's report, so I'll entertain a motion to approve. Thank you. Council Member Baxter, second by Council Member Sheehan. Are there questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And we also have our price contract bids. If I could have a motion to approve, please. Council Member Gray, second by Council Member Menardes. And do you have any questions? Council members? All right, all those in favor please say aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that passes and we do not have anyone signed up for public comment for issues not on the agenda so that brings us to adjournment. I have a motion from Council Member Fogel, second from Sevigny. All those in favor say aye. We are adjourned. Thank you very much.