Music The End Thank you. Thank you. Welcome everyone. It's a tad after six. Thank you for waiting while we got our technical issues solved. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the June 13th, 2024 Lexington Fayette Urban County Council meeting. And so the first thing on our docket is the roll call. Council Member Legree? Here. Council Member Lynch? Present. Council Member Minares? Here. Council Member Plowman? Here. Council member Reynolds? Here. Council member Sevigny? Here. Council member Sheehan? Here. Council member Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Here. Council member Fred Brown? Here. Council member James Brown? Here. Council member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Council member Elliott Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Council member Fogle? Here. And Council member Gray? Present. Thank you. Thank you, we have a quorum. And I'd like to call on Vice Mayor Wu, who has a motion. Thank you, Mayor. Due to the absence of our honoree, I move to remove from presentations Lonnie Cowan Day. So moved. Second. Thank you. Council Member Plowman seconds. Any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. Now it's my pleasure to welcome Reverend William Houston from Bethel Baptist Church, who will offer our invocation. Reverend Houston, there you are. Welcome. Indeed an honor. At this time, all hearts and all minds clear on one accord, heads bowed. Most precious and all wise God, Father, we come to you this evening asking you just to present yourself in this place. Father, the decisions that are going to be made, we're asking that you remove ourselves, O God, so that you may show up and people see you in the decision. Father, we ask that you just bless all the council members here. And we ask that you bless our community, O God. Father, we thank you for the things that are going on in this great community. And Father, for everything that you do, we give you praise, glory, and honor. Father, right now, we ask that you just go to and fro, God, healing our community. Touching those that need a healing, O God. Father, we ask that you start with the top and go to the bottom. We ask that you just touch the mayor, O God, in her decision making. Keep her and strengthen her, O God. Put a hedge of protection around her, O God. Father, we ask that you just touch each council member, O God. Father, for these things we know and other blessings we ask in no other name but your precious son, Jesus. And all of us assembled, we say, Amen. Thank you so very much. Council members, we have minutes from the February 13th, 2024 zone change hearing. April 11th, 2024 Council Meeting, April 16th, 2024 Mayor's Budget Address, and the April 25th, 2024 Council Meeting. I'll entertain a motion to approve. Council Member Sheehan moves and Council Member Gray seconds. Does anyone have questions, comments, corrections to any of those? All right. All those in favor of approval say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. At this time, we have one very special presentation. I'd like to ask Yvonne Giles and Councilmember Fogle to join me at the podium. Okay, right here. Yvonne Giles has been a relentless leader in our community for many, many years, and we're so glad she's with us this evening. Yvonne has dedicated her life to preserving Lexington's African American heritage and history. Throughout her life, Yvonne has educated our young people on the importance of community service. She is a wonderful example for our next generations. More recently, Yvonne has been working with our Sense of Place initiative to help recognize and preserve more than 20 rural black hamlets in Fayette County. She started our community's oldest Juneteenth celebration, and this Saturday, June 15th, hold the 19th annual Juneteenth Jubilee from 7 o'clock till 8 30 p.m. at African Cemetery number two. Yvonne, I thank you for everything you have done for our community, and now it is my pleasure to honor you with a proclamation. And here's how it goes. Whereas Yvonne Giles Giles is a native of Lexington and a leader in the effort to preserve Lexington's African American history and heritage. And whereas Ms. Giles has presented her findings about African American history in Lexington through lectures, walking tours, and work with students of all ages and grades. And whereas she has authored numerous publications, including African Americans in the Bluegrass and Idea Tour Guide for Visit Lex, Remembering African American Men of Kentucky's Equine Industry for the Kentucky Humanities Magazine, among many others. And whereas Ms. Giles has been the recipient of many awards throughout her lifetime, including an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Kentucky, and whereas Ms. Giles is committed to preserving Lexington's rural black hamlets and now serves as an historical consultant for Lexington's A Sense of Place initiative, which is focused on recognizing and preserving over 20 historic black hamlets in Fayette County, and whereas our city of Lexington thanks Ms. Giles for her many years of dedication to our community and to the history of our African American community, now therefore I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare June 13, 2024, Yvonne Giles Day in Lexington. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Would you like to say a few words? You can put it right here if you want. Yvonne? Thank you. Everybody thinks the 13th is a bad day, bad luck. I was born on the 13th, so this is appropriate. 13 is my lucky number. I do appreciate your recognizing me. and all the awards I've received never a day so this is beautiful thank you thank you and you'll hear much more about me I'm still walking around with McCain so you I haven't gone yet so you're going to continue to hear what we're doing with our African-American history and I just I tell everybody most everybody tends to humor an old lady I get a lot of humoring these days but also get a lot done because it's important it's important to tell all of our history and be accurate with it don't misrepresent it and that's always been my mission is to do the research and tell the truth so thank you for recognizing the what is it 24 years now of doing this I don't have another 24 but maybe 10 never know thank you and miss tanya she called me and she said you gotta come i said this is my nap time i take naps before i go to bed this is nap time well we're going to hear from council member fogel right now thank you mayor um before i start i'm going to ask council member lynch Councilmember Gray, Councilmember Brown, please join me at the podium. And Ms. Chalice, as they come down, I just want to let you know that our community really appreciates you. We're so glad that God leaves you here and blows a breath of life into your body every day and so i ask the other council members to join us but all the council members are here just holding you and representing you and because you teach us so much history i just want them to say just a couple words about you and to you as we stand here the first most diverse council that has ever been in this building or ever in lexington and so thank you for your service thank you and thank you for being who you are and may god bless you and give us more and more days so council members thank you for coming down so you got so many stars coming your way I will of course, let me lower it. Dr. Giles, you are, you for 20, over 24 years have been opening doors to history. You know, there's a saying that, and I'm going to mess it up, if you don't know your history, you're doomed to repeat it, such and such and such. you have been ensuring that generations to come know who we are African Americans who we are in ourselves the great things we've done in our community the great things that were forgotten you have rubbed off the dust and have made sparkly and brand new for a whole new generation to come you know so thank you for all you have done and what you're doing now you're still doing now because i've been around and i've seen you just going hard um but thank you for all that you have done and will continue to do in our community thank you so much thank you yes ma'am one of the things that i've dusted the dust off is to oliver lewis everybody knows about this don't you audience yes too many people were using the wrong image and I got tired of complaining so the cemetery board human being said okay you can print the t-shirt I've had this design on since April 27 I wear it everywhere. This is my uniform. So no matter where you see me, you see this, you're going to know who Oliver Lewis is. That was dusting the history and presenting the truth. He was a great jockey. Dr. Giles, I just want to say thank you for uplifting our African American history in the horse racing industry. I've learned so much about it, and it's because of you and your efforts. And our community, our youngsters, our kids, our youth are learning more about their history and the impact that African Americans have made in the horse racing industry because of you and your efforts. your work touches every corner of this community and we are so grateful and we will continue to support you and uplift you and we're not going to ever let you go so don't think you're going anywhere I do appreciate all the support and really seriously I do. I appreciate all of you. One more. One more? One more. Okay. How many hours are we going to get docked for this? I'll be brief. It's just three minutes. And when I seen you come in, Ms. Giles, I was thinking to myself, I wonder if she's got more than one of those shirts because she's had it on the last ten times of the season. I just, I do. I have more than one and I keep them clean. I promise. Yes, ma'am. No, I just want to say thank you for all that you do and all that you will do in regards to uncovering and protecting and sharing our history. I think one of the most important things I hear you say time and time again is that it's important to share accurate history. And that African-American history isn't just African-American history, especially here, it's Lexington's history, so it's our history. So I you know I think if we keep that in mind as we continue to learn and know where we've been to help guide us to where we're going to go I think that's going to be beneficial to this whole community so thank you for all you do. Thank you. Thank you. We love you. It's a it's a love fest and it's not over. Will you have a picture with the council? Oh now. Oh. Can you come? Okay. What's my hair? Your hair looks beautiful. Okay. Oh. Thank you. Thank you. And at this time, we have a public hearing for the fiscal year 25 budget for the downtown Lexington Management District. so I would like to go ahead and open the public hearing and ask if there's anyone here to speak for the downtown Lexington Management District budget. Anybody want to speak? All right, I see no one, so I will declare the public hearing closed. Thank you. And at this time we're ready for second reading of ordinances. When you're ready. Item one, in ordinance appropriating the revenues, expenditures, expenses, and interfund transfers of the general service district fund, the full urban service district fund, the police confiscated federal fund, the police confiscated state fund, the public safety fund, the municipal aid program fund, the county road aid program fund, the mineral severance fund, the Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund, the Police Confiscated Treasury Fund, the Lexington Economic Development Fund, the Affordable Housing and Homelessness Fund, the FY2025 Bonds Project Fund, the Sanitary Sewer Revenue and Operating Fund, the Sanitary Sewer Construction Fund, the Lexington Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation General Fund, the Lexington Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation Projects Fund, the Water Quality Management Fund, the Water Quality Management Construction Fund, the Landfill Fund, the Right of Way Program Fund, the Extended School Program Fund, the Enhanced 9-1-1 Fund, the Central Kentucky 9-1-1 Fund, the City Employee Pension Fund, the Police and Fire Retirement Fund, the Lexington Fair Urban County Government, the Medical Insurance Fund, the Property and Casualty Claims Fund, and any other funds as provided in Exhibit A on a divisional level by four control levels. On a fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, for the Lexington Fair Urban County Government and its agencies and instrumentalities of preventing adopting the capital improvement program for fiscal year 2025 through 2030. As a portion of the fiscal year 2025 annual capital improvement budget and approving funding for the Lake City Fair Urban County Tourist and Convention Commission from the transient room tax. Set funding to equal 99 and one half percent of the revenue from the tax. Item two. An ordinance of any certain of the budgets of the Lake City Fair Urban County Government to pre-fund various components of the fiscal year 2025 budget as approved at work session May 28, 2024. And appropriating reproving funds schedule number 47. Item three. An ordinance of many authorize strength by abolishing two classified positions of staff assistance senior grade 511n and Creating two classified positions of administrative specialist grade 516 in the division of human resources effective upon passage of council. Item four, an ordinance by abolishing one classified position of administrative specialist senior grade 518 in the department of housing and advocacy community development effective upon passage of council. Thank you. We're going to have a pause here. Council member Reynolds has a motion. Thank you, mayor. There were some concerns about this following ordinance not being explicit enough about its enforcement. And so I met with all of my colleagues about this, and everyone has the amendment in front of them. And I will be making an amendment to make that more clear. I would like to ask Chief Bowling to come up and explain how this makes his job a little more easy in enforcement. Welcome, Chief Bowling. Good evening, Mayor and Council. If you'll notice, Sections 413.1 in the new draft, There's a new section in there under Section C that gives the violation a penalty as it didn't have in there prior to it. So now it's a citable offense. It's a chargeable offense and a court can collect the proper fees and fines. Thank you very much. Thank you. I move to amend item number five under ordinances, second reading, relating to the retail sale of dogs and cats by pet retail stores to clarify that. In addition to prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats by retail pet stores, the ordinance also prohibits the offering of dogs and cats for sale in public places and to provide a penalty for the offering of dogs and cats for sale in public places. This is a material change and requires a new first reading. So moved. Thank you. Is there a second? Council member Fogle seconds. Are there any questions council members? No? All right all those in favor please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right council member Worley. Thank you mayor. Clerk please reflect my recusal on this matter to avoid a perception of a conflict of interest related to my law firm. Thank you. Thank you. All right, that motion passes. So this will require a new first reading and because there is a fine involved, it cannot read us. It cannot get a second reading tonight. It'll have to be on a separate day. So if you can move that down to first readings that would be good and then i'll ask for a motion to approve the previous four ordinances all right and when you're ready if you'll take a roll call vote on the second reading of ordinances sure and who was the second i'm sorry i didn't the second thank you Councilmember Lynch? Yes. I'm sorry, Councilmember Legree? Yes. Thank you. Councilmember Renaris? Yes. Councilmember Plowman? Yes. Councilmember Reynolds? Yes. Councilmember Sevigny? Yes. Councilmember Sheehan? Yes. Councilmember Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. consumer James Brown consumer Ellinger and some really a baxter customer focal yes customer cream yes item five an ordinance meeting section 413 of the code of ordinances prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats by pet retail stores establishing definitions and providing a penalty for the violation thereof and creating section 413.1 prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats by individuals on public property effective November 1 22 24 as amended thank you sure sorry sorry item six and An ordinance changing the zone from single family residential R1C zone to a townhouse residential R1T zone for 0.458 net, 0.600 gross acres for property located at 800 and 802, Gulfview Drive, Anthony Humphries, Council District 11, Item 7. An ordinance changing the zone from a professional office P1 zone to a medium density residential R4 zone for 13.0 net, 13.82 gross acres for property located at 2350 Remington Way, Denton Floyd, Real Estate Group, Council District 2, Item 8. An ordinance amending the Lexington County zoning ordinance as follows. Amending articles 111 to create definitions for cannabis business, card holder, medicinal cannabis, medicinal cannabis cultivator, medicinal cannabis dispensary, medicinal cannabis processor, medicinal cannabis producer, medicinal cannabis product, and medicinal cannabis safety compliance facility. Amending article 111 to exclude medicinal cannabis cultivators, producers, and processors from the definition of commercial greenhouse and amending the following sections to define and allow for medicinal cannabis based medical cannabis based businesses under the zoning ordinance section 81DNE, 82DNE, 83DNE, 84DNE, 85E, 813E, 814E, 815BNE, 816BNE, 817E, 819E, 820BNE, 821BNE, 822BNE, 823E, 824E and section 23A9B and 23A10BNE and And of appendix 23A of the zoning ordinance, all effective upon passage of council. Item nine. An ordinance meaning certain of the budgets of the Lexington government to reflect current requirements from municipal expenditures and appropriating refunds FY 2024, schedule number 46, item 10. An ordinance approving and adopting revised Lexington jobs fund policies and guidelines. Item 11. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one classified position of program specialist grade 514 and creating one classified position of community outreach program manager, grade 522E, all in Division of Environmental Services, effective on passage of council, item 12. An ordinance amending the author's strength by creating one unclassified position of mobile crisis responder, grade 519, and in Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective on passage of council, item 13. An ordinance amending section 1313B of the code of ordinances, grade 5, medicinal cannabis business cultivator dispensary, processor, producer, and safety compliance facility, special fees licensing, and setting their fees. Creating section 1383 of the code to define terms regarding the regulation of medicinal cannabis businesses. Creating section 1384 to the code to require an entity who operates a medicinal cannabis business to obtain the applicable special fees licenses. And further defined in section 1385 through section 1389 and to provide the information required in the application for medicinal cannabis business special fees license. And to set the criteria by which the director of revenue may deny an application, refuse to renew a license or revoke a license, creating section 1390 to require payment of occupational license fee on the net profits and on withholding, creating section 1391 of the code to provide the authority to issue subpoenas to the administrative hearing board, creating pursuant to section 12-6 of the code to determine whether violations of this ordinance have occurred. And to setting penalties and violations and specifying the manner, an appeal for citations and creating section 1392 of the code to provide the procedure to use before denying an application, broking a license or refusing to renew a license and authorize individual revenue to mend its regulations consistent with this ordinance. Item 14. An ordinance amending the Lixit County zoning ordinance as follows. Mending Article 111 relating to definitions, amending Article 36 relating to a workforce and affordable housing. And this is amending Article 811 BCDFGHIM and O relating to mixed low density residential R2 zone. Amending Article 813 DFGHM and O relating to the medium density residential R4 zone. Amending Article 814 DGHIM relating to high density residential R5 zone. Amending Article 816 BCDEHM and O relating to the neighborhood business B1 zone. Amending Article 820 BCDEHJKL and O creating Article 820 03. Relating to the corridor business B3 zone creating article 824 related to the corridor node C end zone. Amending article 919293 and 966 and creating article 98 relating to the group residential projects. Amending article 11 to AB and H relating to the interchange service business B5P zone. Amending article 123G and creating article 123I relating to the commercial center B6P zone. And amending article 17 through 11D and G relating to signs permitted by specific zones. order to modernize the r2 r4 and r5 zones provide a clear delineation between our b1 and b3 zones create a new corridor node zone and propose density bonuses for affordable housing thank you thank you well done are there any walk-ons council are there any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading all right seeing none when you're ready if you'll give second reading to Resolutions please. Yes ma'am. Item one. A resolution to modify the permanent classified civil service appointments of Anisha Sherrill, administrative specialist grade 5, 16 and $26 hourly in the division of accounting, effective May 6, 2024, Matthew Lee accounting, accounting grade 5, 18 and $28 hourly in the division of accounting, effective May 6, 2024, Jordan Criswell, engineering technician principal, grade 5, 19 and 27.773 hourly in the division of engineering, effective May 20, Sandra Jordan, administrative specialist principal, grade 520N 32.768 hourly in the Department of Public Safety, effective May 20, 2024. Brittany Martin telecommunicated, grade 517N 24.315 hourly in the division of enhanced 911, effective June 4, 2024. Patricia Pennell telecommunicated, grade 517N 24.297 hourly in the division of enhanced 911, effective June 4, 2024. Amy Allen, staff assistant senior, grade 511N 17.524 hourly in the division of police, effective May 20, 2024. Matthew Burton, heavy equipment technician senior, grade 521N 31.666 hourly in the division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective May 2020, 2024, Robert Elkins, heavy equipment technician senior, grade 521N. 31.120, hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management, effective May 2020, 2024, Garrett Ogden. Heavy equipment technician senior, grade 521N, 30.469, hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management, effective May 2020, 2024, John Ogden, heavy equipment technician senior, grade 521N. 39.513, hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management, effective May 2020, 2024, George Haston Robinson III, Heavy equipment technician senior, grade 521N, 31.721 hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management, effective May 20, 2024. Donald Stamm, a heavy equipment technician senior, grade 521N, 36.640 hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management, effective May 20, 2024. Robert Wilson II, heavy equipment technician senior, grade 521N, 29.941 hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management, effective May 20, 2024, item 2. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute facilitarium permits and honorariums with the Fayette County Board of Education for the Department of Parks, Division of Parks and Recreation for Space to Hosting the Extended School Program ESP and Recreational Enrichment and Learning Program REAL for the 2023-2024 school year at a cost to receive $39,500 item 3. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey for the continuing and ongoing maintenance of an operation of existing stream flow and precipitation gauges for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, that cost not to receive $123,000. Item 4. A resolution establishing ES Chat, a sole source provider of a radio over internet protocol ROIP communication product for the division of police and authorizing mayor or her designee on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute any necessary agreement with ES Chat related to the procurement of these goods that cost not to receive $95,160. Item 5. A resolution authorizing mayor on behalf of Irving County Government to execute a lease agreement with the United Way of the Bluegrass for approximately 997 797 square feet of space at the Black and Williams neighborhood center generating annual revenue of $8081.64 for the urban county government item six a resolution authorizing director mayor behalf of beginning government execute a central bank center license agreement and levy catering agreement for the police awards banquet item seven a resolution authorizing director mayor on behalf of beginning government execute a pedestrian overhead crossing agreement and other related agreements with RJ Corman Railroad Central Kentucky lines to allow for the construction of a shared use bridge for the town branch trail phase five project for the division of engineering and a cost number to receive $73,785 in FY 2024 and approximately $7,000 in future fiscal years item eight. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of our beginning government to execute a mutual aid agreement with the University of Kentucky Health Care for Mass Casualty Assistance item nine. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of our beginning government to execute an addendum number one to the pharmacy service agreement with on-site Rx Incorporated regarding credit card processing at the city employee pharmacy the cost of which depends upon the volume of credit card transactions, item 10. A resolution ratifying approving the fiscal year 2025 budget of the downtown Lexington Management District, item 11. A resolution approving the FY 2025 budget of the Transit Authority of Lexington Fiat Urban County Government, Lex Tran, pursuant to KRS 96A.360, and requesting that the Commissioner of Finance authorize the Fiat County Sheriff's Office to disperse the funds to Lex Tran collected from the ad valorem tax approved by voters on November 9, 2004. Thank you. you very much is there a motion to approve council member ellinger moved and councilmember baxter seconded when you're ready if you'll take a roll call vote please councilmember lagree yes council member lynch yes councilmember minares councilmember pluman councilmember reynolds yes councilmember savigny yes council member sheehan yes council member whirling yes ma'am vice mayor wu yes councilmember fred brown yes councilmember james brown councilmember ellinger yes ma'am council member elliott baxter councilmember fogel yes and councilmember gray yes thank you thank you those all pass and when you are ready if you'll do first reading of resolutions please Item 12, a resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the government to execute change number one to the contract with CROM LLC for town branch wastewater treatment plant concrete channel repairs for the division of water quality decrease in contract price by the sum of $343,177.46 from $2,995,420 to $2,652,242.54. Item 13, a resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the government to execute an agreement with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet KYTC delegating responsibility for operation and maintenance costs for traffic signals and electrical traffic control devices on the state primary road system in Fayette County, which shall be reimbursed by KYTC up to $426,000, item 14. A resolution authorizing director of the mayor on behalf of the beginning of the government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Bluegrass Community and Technical College for Fire personnel to earn college credit at a cost not to exceed $100,000, item 15. A resolution authorizing director of the mayor on behalf of the beginning of the government to execute the engineering service agreement were pursuant to RFP number 3124 with all four LLC for OSHA compliance program management. For the division of water quality, it costs not to see $337,000. Item 16. A resolution authorizing to the mayor on behalf of the mechanic of next. You get an agreement related to the neighborhood development funds with Bella Wood Neighborhood Association Incorporated, 1,000. Waterford 2, Homeowners Association Incorporated, 850. Firebrooks Estate Homeowners Association Incorporated, 1,500. Friends of the Park of Fiat County Incorporated, 507. South Point Residential Association, $970.19. Stonewall Equestrian States Association Incorporated, 500. Stonewall Community Association Incorporated, 500. LFUCG Senior Intern Program, 4,400. Southland Jamboree Association, Incorporated, 2000. Moondance Foundation, Incorporated, 1700. Palomar Hills Community Association, Incorporated, 1000. Edith J. Hayes Middle School, PTSA, 1000. Endover Neighborhood Association, Incorporated, Care of All Points Community Management, 2500. Walnut Hill Club at Childsburg, Owners Association, Incorporated, 2500. The Fairways at Lakeside Community Association, Incorporated, 2500. Childsburg Maintenance Association, Incorporated, 2000. The Old Ladies Home, 4,275. Halesford Place Association Incorporated, 1,916, Project Kids First LLC, 2,679. George Street Area Neighborhood Association Incorporated, 950. Junior League of Lexington, 1,000 Lakeview Islands and Maintenance Association Incorporated, 1,069.08. Fairway Neighborhood Association Incorporated, 2,000. Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, 2,000. Opera House Square Townhounds Incorporation, 650. Pearls of Wisdom Incorporated, 2,000. Community Inspired Lexington Incorporated, 1,000. African American Arts Association Incorporated 500, Lyric Theater and Cultural Arts Center Corporation 1500, Sunrise Children's and Services Incorporated 500, The Salvation Army 1000, Lexington Housing for the Handicap Incorporated 1000, LFUCG Division of Planning 3000, Unity and Community Incorporated 500, Lexington Housing for the Handicap Incorporated 200, Greenbrier Residence Incorporated 1500, Attitude for Gratitude Foundation Incorporated 500, Lexington Leadership Foundation Incorporated 1050, Northside Common Market Corporation 500, Phoenix Rising Lexington, Kentucky Incorporated 300, William Wells Brown Neighborhood Association Incorporated 700. Bryan Station High School Alumni Association Incorporated 300. Magnolia Run Carriage Homes Incorporated 500. Highland Neighborhood Association Incorporated 1,000. Georgetown Street Area Neighborhood Association Incorporated 2,500. Masterson Station Equestrian Trust Foundation Incorporated 1,000. Step-by-step Incorporated 1,000. St. Martin's Village Neighborhood Association Incorporated 1,725. Operation BU Incorporated $1,445.50. Stars Incorporated $1,245.50. Bryan Station High School Neighborhood Association Incorporated. 1,795 greenhouse 17, 1100 Girl Scouts of Kentucky Wilderness Road Council incorporated $1,223.25 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to see the sum stated. Item 17. A resolution authorizing and approving the transfer of council capital project funds in the amount of $13,495.36 to the division of streets and roads for the completion of paving work associated with the water quality project in the Castle Gate neighborhood. Item 18. The resolution accepting a bid of CNR Asphalt LLC in the amount of $117,200 for the pavement repairs and additions and community corrections for the division of community corrections and authorizing there on behalf of our committee and executive agreement with CNR Asphalt LLC related to the bid, item 19. The resolution accepting a bid of Evoqua Water Technologies LLC in the amount of $151,461 for the odor control scrubber system refurbishment for the division of water quality, item 20. A resolution accepting the bid of Olympic Construction LLC in the amount of $195,568 for the Fleet Services Concrete Replacement for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. And authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Olympic Construction LLC related to the bid. Item 21. A resolution accepting the bid of LM Asphalt Partners LTD DBA ATS Construction in the amount of $587,405 for the Bernard Street Drive Stormwater Improvement for the Division of Water Quality. And authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with LM Asphalt Partners LTD DBA ATS Construction related to the bid. Item 22. A resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Jessica McClung, administrative specialist, grade 516N, 24.091 hourly individual revenue, effective May 20, 24. Michael Todd Fuller, engineering technician principal, grade 519N, 27.893 hourly in the division of engineering, effective June 4, 2024. Christopher Stone, administrative specialist, grade 516N, 23.174 hourly in the division of streets and roads, effective May 20, 2024. Cabin Troll, public service worker senior, grade 510N, 19.688 hourly in the division of streets and roads, effective February 28, 2024. Jim Coutts, Jimmy Coutts, skilled trade worker, grade 515N, 21.181 hourly in the Divinity Streets and Roads, effective April 23, 2024. Nathan Rainey, skilled trade worker, grade 515N, 2120.80 hourly in the Divinity Streets and Roads, effective April 23, 2024. Alfred Godfrey, public service worker senior, grade 510N, 16.180 hourly in the Divinity Streets and Roads, effective April 16, 2024. Gregory Tolby, Operation Supervisor, grade 519E, 2477.52 biweekly in the Divinity Streets and Roads, effective May 20, 2024. Brian Beasley, Project Manager Senior, Grade 522N, $35 hourly, in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective May 6th, 2024, Dalton Bartram, Heavy Equipment Operator, Grade 516N, 22.113, hourly, in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective May 20, 2024, Christina Balding, Environmental Initiative Specialist, Grade 518N, 28.121, hourly, in the Division of Environmental Services, effective June 18, 2024, item 23. A resolution amending section 3.10418 of the Appendix A, Rules and Procedures of the Lixin-Fayette Urban County Council relating to continuing business presentations and employee recognition at council work sessions to provide that the continuing business includes requests for neighborhood development funds, council capital projects, and council committee summaries, and allow up to three presentations per work session with each presentation not to exceed 15 minutes, which presentations may include presentation pursuant to legal requirements, presentations constituting official business, proclamations, and employee recognition with priority given to the presentations pursuant to legal requirements and presentations constituting official business effective on pump passage of council item 24 it was in authorizing the division waste management to purchase bail or wire from accent wire tire sole source provider and authorizing on behalf of the government execute an necessary agreement with accent wire tire related to the procurement item 25 it was in authorizing on behalf of the government executed memorandum of agreement the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet KYTC for turf moving and vegetation management services by the Division of Environmental Services on state owned right of way for which the urban county government shall be compensated at the rate of 36 dollars per acre for areas along Citation Boulevard and $66.68 per acre on all other areas. Item 26, a resolution authorizing and directing on behalf of the government to execute and accept deeds of conveyance and easement from the owners of records of properties needed for the construction of the Mason-Healy Improvement Project at a cost to exceed $369,000. Item 27, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to Infineon Technologies LLC or its successor or affiliate pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act, KRS, Subject to 154.32 whereby the urban county government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fee for a term of no longer than 10 years from the activation date. Subject to the limitations contained in the act and any agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or the urban county government related to the project and taking other related action. Item 28. A resolution authorizing to the man behalf of the government to execute a forgivable loan agreement and related documents with Wellington Park Apartments LLC. Pursuing to the public infrastructure program for construction of an access road and related infrastructure from Wellington Way, as well as the creation of jobs at a cost not to exceed $500,000 item 29. It was authorized in the name on behalf of the government to execute amendment number two to the agreement with NAMI Lexington under the Community Development Block Grant Program. Increasing the budget by $170,000 to provide for an expansion of mental health court services to be eligible low moderate income persons, extending the performance period to December 31, 2025 and authorize the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments related to this agreement. A resolution authorizing and direct them on behalf of the beginning to execute change or an opportunity to the agreement with Bluegrass Contracting Corporation for construction of Davis Park and increasing the grant award by $6,498.25. We're using the total contract from $1,141,801 to $1,148,299.25. And to accept additional grant funds from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, KYTC, in the amount of $4,979.25, item 31. A resolution authorizing the division of community corrections to purchase a full body security screening system from Romaine companies, a sole social provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and a necessary agreement with Romaine companies. Related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed $173,000, item 32. A resolution authorizing Crossland PLLC to conduct a financial audit of the Lexington Fair urban county government funds for fiscal year 2024, not to exceed $187,250 FY2025 and authorizing and direct the mayor or the commissioner of finance on behalf of the urban county government to execute a letter of agreement than any other necessary documents with cross on PLLC related to the audit, item 33. A resolution authorizing directly on behalf of our beginning government to execute an agreement with Nelson System Incorporated for an even tied logging recorder at a cost under $268,350.21, item 34. A resolution changing the street name and property address number of 1875 Newtown Pike to 1850 P. Zucano Drive, 3211 Nicholasville Road to 101 Lexington Green Circle, 1016 South Broadway to 380 Virginia Avenue, 152 Jefferson Street to 161 Bruce Street, 1210 Red Mile Road to 751 Tattersall's Way, 544 South Forbes Road to 1307 Versailles Road, and 2160 Versailles Road to 988 Mason-Haley Road, all effective 30 days from passage. Item 35. A resolution authorizing to the mayor on behalf of the beginning of government to execute a consultant services agreement award to pursue into RP number 92024 with Tool Design Group LLC. It's a complete streets design manual project at a cost not to see $450,000 item 36. It was issued authorizing to execute an agreement with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in order to accept the grant from the cabinet and the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, MPO, which grant funds are in the amount of $360 in service transportation block grant, Lexington, BGSLX federal funds for the complete street design senior project for FY 2024 as part of the MPO's FY 2021 through 2024 transportation improvement project program. The extent to which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of $90,000 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer out of the current budget, item 37. It was an authorizing to the man behalf of the government to execute a revised conditional commitment letter with the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to acknowledge and accept the commitment in its terms and conditions for additional award of $1,281,696 in federal funds in the Kentucky Cleaner Water Grant Program, American Rescue Plan Act funds for the installation of ultraviolet disinfection equipment at town branch and West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plans. The extent of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds, item 38. It was approving and adopting substantial amendments to the 2019 Annual Action Plan, reallocating funds from the existing CARES Act Community Development Block Grant, CDBGCV projects, and decreasing funding from the Community Development Block Grant Administration, $237,328.51. Urban League, $100,000. Lexington Housing Authority, $49,131.27. Food Chain, $5,865.40. National Alliance on Mental Health, $2.18. Refuge Clinic $9,179.33 and New Vista $40,613.34 and reallocating those funds to the National Alliance on Mental Health $170,000 and Recovery Supportive Living Assistance RSLA $272,120.30 and authorizing the mayor to transfer any cover funds within the grant budget item 39. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the McKenna government to execute an agreement with Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation KSTC and their Kentucky Apex Accelerator to provide joint classes, outreach events, and webinars that support the LFUCG Minority Business Enterprise Program, and it costs $8,400, item 40. It was an authorizing and direct on behalf of the beginning of government to execute change rule number three to professional service agreement with Gresham Smith for phase three archeological data recovery for the legacy business park, increasing the contract price by the sum of $485,094 from $2,548,210 to $3,033,304, and 41. position authorizing on behalf of the Arby County Government to accept the proposals for FY 2025 for excess liability insurance from Marsh-McClendon Insurance Agency and to accept, execute any necessary contracts and documents on behalf of the Arby County Government which the following insurance companies and or their respective broker of Marsh-McClendon Agency, Aviation from Westchester Fire Insurance, CHUBB, at a cost not to exceed $54,014 and six cents, general public officials, auto, employer and law enforcement liability from Safety National Casualty Corporation at a cost not to exceed $779,654. $55.74 on the road auto from safety national casualty corporation at a cost number seat $64,341.66 excess liability from Gemini insurance company at a cost not to see $538,850.16 property from affiliated factory mutual FM at a cost number seat $800,418 cyber from access company at a customer to see $56,745.36 pollution from Illinois Union insurance company CHUBB at a cost that seed 27 695.966 and work workers compensation from safety national casualty corporation across order to see 515 201 dollars all subject to sufficient funds being appropriated item 42. a resolution authorizing the division of waste management to purchase maintenance to electrical equipment at material recovery facility from ae electrical solutions a sole source provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of our mechanic of next to get in a necessary grant with a electrical solutions related to procurement item 43. a resolution a resolution authorizing the division individual waste management to purchase parts and services from machine X technologies a sole source provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of our beginning to execute any necessary agreement with machine X and all technologies related to procurement item 44. A resolution authorizing the individual waste management to purchase professional consulting services from resource recycling systems a sole source provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of our beginning to execute any necessary agreement with resource recycling systems related to the procurement item 45. A resolution authorizing individual waste management to purchase parts repairs and installation services from Bullock County Belting and Supply a sole source provider an authorizing mayor on behalf of the urban county cabinet execute an unnecessary agreement with Bullock County Belting and Supply related to Precurement item 46. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the cabinet cabinet execute an agreement with the American Response Vehicle for four new emergency care apparatus that cost $1,737,000 item 47. A resolution amending section 3.106 of Appendix A rules and procedures of the license fair urban county council relating to public comment during the meetings to clarify that the privilege of public comment Afforded during council meetings and work sessions is an opportunity for spoken comment addressed to council and does not include the making of presentations, multimedia or otherwise in amending section 3.107 of Appendix A, Rules and Procedures of the Lexington Fair Urban County Council relating to the distribution of informational material to clarify how members of the public may distribute information material to council, all effective upon passage of council. And item 48, a resolution ratifying and approving the fiscal year 2025 budget of the Lexington Fair Urban County Industrial Authority. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons, Council Members? All right. How about motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? I think we have a few of those. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I have two. On behalf of the Administration, I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to Item 31, a resolution authorizing the Division of Community Corrections to purchase a full-body security system. Is there a second? Council member Baxter seconds any questions All those in favor say aye Anyone opposed? All right that passes The second item is item 46 I move to suspend the rules and on behalf of the administration give second reading to 46 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban County government to execute an agreement with American response vehicle for four new emergency care apparatuses. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu seconds. Any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right that passes. Thank you. Councilmember Worley. Thank you mayor. I move to spin the rules and give second reading to resolution 20 relating to a bid award for the Fleet Services Maintenance Garage concrete replacement. So moved. Thank you. Councilmember Fogle seconds. Any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that passes. Thank you. Councilmember Menarez. Thank you Mayor. I move to on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 19 that has to do with odor control. So moved. Thank you and second by Councilmember Gray. Reynolds. Reynolds. Excuse me. Any questions? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. That passes. Can I have one more? Okay. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 37 that also has to do with work at the town branch in West Hickman water waste treatment plants. So moved. Second. All right. Council member Lynch seconded. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passed. Council Member Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. On behalf of the administration, I move to suspend the rules for item number 16 for the neighborhood development funds and give second reading. So moved. Vice Mayor Wu seconds. are there any questions or comments all those in favor say aye aye it's anyone opposed all right that motion passes also on number 29 mayor on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules on item 29 a resolution concerning NAMI of Lexington under the community development block grant fund so moved second thank you councilmember Ellinger seconded are there any questions all those in favor say aye aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes and the last one is item number 39 on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give a second reading to the resolution of the KSTC so moved Councilmember Plumman seconded are there questions all those in favor say aye aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes thank you mayor thank you councilmember James Brown thank you mayor on behalf of the administration I'd like to spend to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 25 this is MOA with the KYTC. So moved. Second. Council Member Fogle, did you second? Okay. Thank you. Are there any questions on this one? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Are there any other motions to suspend the rules. Okay, we have 16, 19, 20, 25, 29, 31, 37, 39, and 46. Is that correct? All right. When you're ready, if you'll go ahead and give those second reading, please. There we go. Item 16. A resolution authorizing and directing on behalf of the mechanic government to execute an agreement related to neighborhood development funds with Bellwood neighborhood association incorporated 1000 water for two homeowners neighborhood association 850 firebrook estate homeowners association incorporated 1500 friends of the park Fayette county incorporated 507 South Point Residential Association, incorporated 970.19 cents. Stonewall Equestrian Estates Association, 500. Stonewall Community Association, incorporated 500. LFUCG Senior Intern Program, 4400. Southland Jamboree Association, incorporated 2000. Moon Dance Foundation, incorporated 1700. Palomar Hills, a community association, incorporated 1000. Edith J. Hayes Middle School PTSA, 1000. Andover Neighborhood Association, incorporated care of all points, community management 2500. Walnut Hill Club at Charlesburg Owners Association, incorporated 2500. The Fairways at Lakeside Community Association Incorporated 2500, Charlesburg Maintenance Association Incorporated 2000, The Old Ladies Home 4275, Aylesford Place Association Incorporated, sorry, 1916 Project Kids First LLC, 2679, Georgetown Street Area Neighborhood Association Incorporated, 950 Junior League of Lexington, 1000 Lakeview Island, and a Maintenance Association Incorporated, $1,069.08. Fairway Neighborhood Association Incorporated 2000, Henry Clay Memorial Foundation 2000 Opera House Square Townhouses Corporation 650 Pearls of Wisdom Incorporated 2000 Community Inspired. Lexington Incorporated 1000 African American Arts Association Incorporated 500 Lyric Theater and Cultural Arts Center Incorporation 1500 Sunrise Children's Services Incorporated 500. The Salvation Army 1000 Lexington Housing for the Handicapped Incorporated 1000 LFUCG Division of Planning 3000 Unity in the Community Incorporated 500. Lexington Housing for the Handicap Incorporated 200 Greenbrier Residence Incorporated 1500 Attitude for Gratitude Foundation Incorporated 500. Lexington Leadership Foundation incorporated 1,050. Northside Common Market Corporation 500. Phoenix Rising Lexington, Kentucky incorporated 300. William Wells Brown Neighborhood Association incorporated 700. Bryan Station High School Alumni Association incorporated 300. Magnolia Run Carriage Homes incorporated 500. Highlands Neighborhood Association incorporated 1,000. Georgetown Street Area Neighborhood Association incorporated 2,500. Masters and Equestrian Trust Foundation incorporated 1,000. Step by Step incorporated 1,000. St. Martin's Village Incorporated $1,445.50. Stars Incorporated $1,245.50. Bryan Station High School Alumni Association Incorporated 1000. Eastland Parkway Neighborhood Association Incorporated 1795. Greenhouse 17 Incorporated 1100. Girl Scouts of Kentucky Wilderness Road Council Incorporated $1,223.25 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to see the sum stated. Item 19. A resolution accepted a bid of Evoqua Water Technologies LLC in the amount of $151,461 for the odor control scrubber system refurbishment for the division of water quality. Item 20. A resolution accepted a bid of Olympic Construction LLC in the amount of $195,560 for the fleet services concrete replacement for the division of facilities and fleet management and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Airbagana government to execute an agreement with Olympic Construction LLC related to the bid. item 25 a position authorizing the mayor on behalf of every gonna come next to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet KYTC for turf moving and vegetation management services division and environmental services on state-owned right-of-way for which the urban county government shall be compensated at a rate of 36 dollars per acre for areas along Sanctation Boulevard and sixty six dollars and six eight cents per acre for all other areas item 29 a resolution authorizing the man behalf of government to execute amendment number two to the agreement with anami lexington under the community development block grant cdbg program increasing the budget by 170 000 to provide for an expansion of mental health court services to eligible low moderate income persons in extending the performance period to december 31 2025 and authorizing marriage to execute any other necessary amendments related to this agreement item 31. a resolution authorizing the division of community corrections to purchase a full body security screening system from roaming companies a social service provider authorizing mayor on behalf of the urban county government xdk and a necessary agreement with romaine companies related to procurement and across the season 173 000 item 37. a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a revised conditional commitment letter to the kentucky infrastructure authority to acknowledge and accept the commitment and its terms and conditions for an additional award of one million 281 696 in federal funds in the kentucky cleaner water grant program american Rescue Plan Act funds for the installation of ultraviolet disinfection equipment at Town Branch and West Hickman wastewater treatment plants the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds item 39. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to get an agreement with Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation KSTC and their Kentucky Apex Accelerator to provide joint classes outreach events and webinars that support the LFUCG minority business enterprise program at across the state eighty four hundred dollars in item 46. a resolution authorizing direct the mayor on behalf of every government to execute an agreement with american response vehicle for four new emergency care apparatus at across north received one million seven hundred and thirty seven thousand dollars thank you thank you very much uh this brings us to a roll call vote motion to approve thank you as there's council member fogel seconds Council Member Legree? Yes. Council Member Lynch? Recuse from item 16, yes to the rest. Council Member Menoros? Yes. Council Member Holman? Yes. Sorry. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Sevigny? Yes. Council Member Sheehan? Yes. Council Member Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council Member Fred Brown? Yes. member james brown council member ellinger yes ma'am council member elliott baxter council member fogel yes and council member gray yes thank you thank you very much those all passed council members next up is uh communications from the mayor appointments if i could have a motion to approve vice mayor woo moved and council member plumb and seconded are there any questions all right all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes uh the next motion that we need is uh communications from the mayor procurements council member baxter did you move all right and council member legree seconded or council member menares thank you are there any questions all right all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that passes and next up council members are the for information only communications and that takes us down to fire police discipline and we have none tonight and so that brings us to council announcements. Log in, please. Councilmember Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my colleagues who are fathers, I think all of you are fathers, not Chuck. Well, Chuck, happy Father's Day. Anyway, wanted to wish you all a very happy Father's Day and all the fathers in our community. We're so very thankful for you. Thanks, Mayor. Sorry, bud. Thank you. Councilmember Fogel. Thank you, Mayor. First up is an announcement about a new roof that's going to be placed on the Robert H. Williams Culture Center. We will be over in the morning, maybe for ribbon cutting and a press conference about that. That is one of the historic buildings in the west end of town that's in the first district. So I wanted to lift that up. Also, we have some announcements in front of us about some really good events that's going to be going on here in the next couple of days. And even before I get to that, I want everybody to please just keep in prayer. Those who are unhoused, the temperature is going to be 90 degrees, predicted to be in the 90s. And so we are scrounging around to make sure that folks who are not housed has water, they stay hydrated, so that we can cut down on the response team from the paramedicines and the fire departments that may have to go out and tend to folks. So if you have some extra water and you're driving by the courthouse or around Lexington and you see someone, just give them a bottle of water to make sure they stay hydrated. But these are some of the, these are some of, and I don't, like we have respect for each other's district. And Council Member Lynch and I share one of the neighborhood associations. Were you going to make this announcement? Okay, okay. So I want to make sure that people know that things are hopping at Whitney Young Park up at the St. Martin Village Neighborhood Association. So July, there will not be a camp during the 4th of July. And between July, I'm being distracted. But there's a camp that's going to be going on at the St. Martin Village neighborhood. Good, and the second, at the Lyric, we have Juneteenth celebration starting June the 19th, Wednesday at four, there's a free event at the Lyric. And so we're inviting the whole community of Lexington. If you're not busy, please go by the Lyric. In the third slide, we have burn the mic. So that is open to the public June 20th at 7 p.m. Please come and join us because I know that old moon, that old moon announcement from the 10th is getting ready to happen. But we want you all to know that in the first there's a burning mic that's going to happen. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Gray. Moon dance. Thank you, Mayor. Oh, we can skip that one. But I guess I will go ahead and say this. We are having summer playground days in the 6th District. If you're watching residents of the 6th District, go ahead and mark your calendars for Friday, June 21st, and Thursday, wait, Friday, June 21st, 2 through 4 p.m. at Kenwood Park. and then again on Thursday, June 27th, 2 to 4 p.m. at Kennewood Park. And keep going. We can skip this one. But I would like to say congratulations to residents of the 6th District who were awarded for the first time the Let's Grow Trees Award. Next one. We actually had three winners from the 6th District. This is the first time this has ever happened that we had this many winners. Congratulations to Andover Forest HOA who was awarded over $100,000 to plant 350 trees in the 6th District. And also congratulations to Eastland Parkway Neighborhood Association awarded just under $20,000 to enhance historical entrance walls and adding trees, street trees. And also congratulations to Bread and Circuses Media, who was awarded $6,000 for oral history project to engage and educate youth in the sixth district. So congratulations to you residents and keep up the great work. And I'll keep letting you all know of all the great opportunities that we have in our city. thank you mayor thank you councilmember savigme thank you mayor um just uh this saturday um and moon dance and definitely the music capital of lexington soul teeth fest is back this family friendly event is um it celebrates juneteenth celebrating black liberation and culture through live music art architect art agriculture and great food um so learn about this at soulfeastweek.com and on your way out there you might want to avoid fort harrods and harrodsberg road because it's a little messy out there we're working on that intersection but they generally work on it from 8 30 to 3 and the work should be done this month thank you thank you very much did anyone else have a announcement all right we do have a few people signed up for public comment and so when i call your name if you'll please come to the podium and you'll need to restate your name and you're for the record and you'll need to state your council district and you'll have three minutes and so first up is brian clark followed by isaac bandy brian welcome Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council Members, Brian Clark, District 10. I'm the Executive Director with the Kentucky Petroleum Marketers Association. I spoke last month before the working session and just here today to tender comments regarding their urban growth management zone proposed amendments, and those are in a packet for each of you all for your review. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Isaac Bandy followed by Mack Thompson welcome Shalom and happy Pride Month to all of my LGBTQ plus siblings unfortunately I'm in no mood to celebrate as I continue to see my Palestinian siblings this terrorism oh I'm sorry I'm Isaac Bandy from district 10 I apologize thank you very much just Just days ago, we bore witness to a massacre of hundreds of innocent Palestinians who were being injured and murdered in an Israeli occupational force effort to free four Israeli hostages. Excuse me. Hundreds. For four hostages. I understand deeply the sigh of relief that many felt seeing these four alive, but the lives and war crimes that were deemed necessary to retrieve them cannot be normalized. Our government has decided that this is what our tax dollars must pay for, and those justifying this massacre, specifically the massacre of children, claimed that these children would have grown up to hate Jews, become terrorists, and that their murder was necessary. In fact, on June 9th, Kentucky Human Rights Commissioner and Rabbi Shlomo Litvin of Chabad of the Bluegrass in Lexington responded to these murder tolls on his ex-account with, and I quote, best episode of Falda yet. Allow me to read you this quote. children would grow up and surely being the children of parents who had been killed they would constitute a danger no smaller than that of the parents. These are from Otto Ohlendorf, a Nazi officer who shared these words at the Nuremberg trials. One council member earlier this evening said if we do not know our history then we repeat it and I cannot think of a more explicit example of this in our own community. Once again I urge every council member here to use your voice to call for a ceasefire. We elected you so that you may represent us and we are begging for a ceasefire ordinance, not just your Palestinian constituents, but for all of your constituents who oppose this occupation. I'd like to use my remaining time to borrow the words of Leslie Feinberg of Blessed Memory, who fought tirelessly for transgender and working-class rights and against imperialism. Feinberg was also a Jewish person, a Jewish lesbian, and identified as transgender as well. I am bisexual and transgender. I'm a working-class Jewish leftist and with every breath and every sinew I stand with my Palestinian siblings and all those who face imperialist oppression until my dying breath. Our sexuality, gender expression, and bodies cannot be liberated without making a ferocious mobilization against imperialist war and racism an integral part of our struggle. There is no pride in genocide and no pride while occupied and from the river to the sea Palestine will be free. Next up is Mac Thompson followed by Glea Rebman. Welcome. I am Mack Thompson from District 5 and I do disability community organizing and I'm a graduate student in anthropology at UK but today I do not come to you as an academic or an activist but as a Lexingtonian to beg you please to call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for American tax dollars like to stop being sent to fund this genocide. For me Lexington is home. I've lived here in District 5 my whole life and my family's been here for generations. I can go to any quarter of the city and recognize home with my Papaw built or go to Lexington Cemetery and see his grave and his Papaw's grave. For indigenous Palestinians, Gaza is their home and has been not for just a couple generations, as I said here, but many can trace their lineage thousands of years. And yet, for the past 76 years, especially the past eight months, it has been an open-air prison. Countless civilian families are trapped, dying, unable to escape without paying tens of thousands of dollars. And my money is being sent to the IDF and thus being used in this violence. 37,202 bodies have been found or known, recorded. Again, 37,202 found, 10,000 more is under rubble, ready to be discovered. And over 15,000 of those bodies, under 15,000 of those people are children. One thing I've learned being in Lexington is that we take care of each other. We care about human beings. And so if you claim to represent this beautiful city, which I am begging you, please, from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of these many other hearts that will be speaking today to speak for civilian life and call for a stop to the violence. Thank you. Next is Glea. Our final speaker is Glea Redmond. Welcome. Hi. I just wanted to ask you, Mayor, if you could do something about the raising of the rents in apartment housing. In two years, my apartment has gone up $400. And that includes, you know, trash and sewer and water. And it's just, it's irresponsible that these people think that they can raise these rents and not do a lot of fixing problems in the apartment houses. They're trying to raise the rents so that they would be the same prices as new apartment housing. I just want you to know that it's very hard on a lot of people and there will be more homeless people in Lexington. And there shouldn't be. Thank you for that. Will you state your name and your council district? I'm sorry, Leah Redman and District 7. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma'am. I appreciate you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you. That brings us to the end of our meeting, so I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. All right, all those in favor say aye. Thank you. We are adjourned. Thank you all for coming. Italian song