# Urban County Planning Commission - Zoning Public Hearing - October 23, 2008 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Commission · October 23, 2008 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/628 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/628?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2008-10-23 - **Body**: Commission - **Last revised**: July 16, 2026 - **Length**: 26,967 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Speaker labels and verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Planning Commission met on October 23, 2008, at 1:35 PM in the Council Chamber on the 2nd Floor of the LFUCG Government Center, located at 200 East Main Street in Lexington, Kentucky. Randall Vaughn presided over the meeting. The Commission addressed four agenda items, taking eight votes during the session and hearing one public comment. All items brought before the Commission were approved, including the approval of minutes from a previous meeting, postponements and withdrawals, a zoning map amendment for Lexington Lofts, LLC, and a zone change request for Southern Industrial LLC. ## Attendance **Present:** Mike Cravens, Marie Copeland, Ed Holmes, Mike Owens, Frank Penn, Carolyn Richardson, Lynn Roche-Phillips, Randall Vaughn, and Joan Whitman **Absent:** Patrick Brewer and Neill Day ## Votes and Decisions **Approval of Minutes** [timestamp: 0:06:14] The Commission approved minutes from August 14, August 28, September 11, and September 25, 2008. The motion was made by Frank Penn and seconded by Joan Whitman. The vote passed unanimously 9-0 by voice vote. **MAR2008-23: Thomas & Corbett, LLC Zone Map Amendment and Reserve at Tates Creek Development Plan** [timestamp: 0:08:00] The Commission postponed this item until January 29, 2009. The motion was made by Mike Owens and seconded by Mike Cravens. The vote passed unanimously 9-0 by voice vote. **MARV2008-25: Multicon Development Company Zoning Map Amendment & Angliana Subdivision Zoning Development Plan** [timestamp: 0:10:15] The Commission postponed this item until November 20, 2008. The motion was made by Ed Holmes and seconded by Joan Whitman. The vote passed unanimously 9-0 by voice vote. **MARV2008-26: Multicon Development Company Zoning Map Amendment & Scott Street Multi-Use Project Zoning Development Plan** [timestamp: 0:11:27] The Commission postponed this item until November 20, 2008. The motion was made by Frank Penn and seconded by Joan Whitman. The vote passed unanimously 9-0 by voice vote. **MAR2008-30: Lexington Lofts, LLC Zoning Map Amendment** [timestamp: 0:33:04] The Commission approved the zoning map amendment with a conditional zoning restriction prohibiting storage of hazardous materials. The motion was made by Frank Penn and seconded by Joan Whitman. The vote passed unanimously 9-0 by voice vote. **ZDP2008-132: Lexington Lofts, LLC Property Zoning Development Plan** [timestamp: 0:34:12] The Commission approved the zoning development plan with 17 conditions, including prohibition on storage of hazardous materials. The motion was made by Frank Penn and seconded by Joan Whitman. The vote passed unanimously 9-0 by voice vote. **MAR2008-24: Southern Industrial LLC Zone Change Request** [timestamp: 1:58:14] The Commission approved the zone change request with revised conditional zoning restrictions including prohibited uses and buffering requirements. The motion was made by Joan Whitman and seconded by Frank Penn. The vote passed unanimously 9-0 by voice vote. **ZDP2008-108: Meadowthorpe Community Business Center, Unit 1 Zoning Development Plan** [timestamp: 2:01:30] The Commission approved the zoning development plan with 17 conditions, including resolution of a drainage feature. The motion was made by Joan Whitman and seconded by Frank Penn. The vote passed unanimously 9-0 by voice vote. ## Public Comment Bob Layton addressed the Commission at [timestamp: 1:29:28] to express opposition to the Southern Industrial LLC Zone Change. Mr. Layton raised concerns about the potential impacts of the proposed development on adjacent residential properties, specifically citing: * Noise issues * Stormwater management concerns ## Contested Items **Southern Industrial LLC Zone Change** A proposal to rezone property for Southern Industrial LLC generated significant community opposition during the meeting. Residents from adjacent areas raised concerns about the potential impacts of the industrial use on their neighborhoods. The primary issues of contention centered on: - **Noise concerns** — Residents expressed worry about noise generated by industrial operations affecting the quality of life in adjacent residential properties - **Stormwater management** — Community members raised questions about stormwater handling and drainage issues that could affect neighboring residential areas The discussion became heated as residents voiced their objections to the zone change. The nature and intensity of the community opposition indicated substantial disagreement between the applicant's interests and the concerns of nearby property owners who would be directly affected by the proposed industrial use. ## Approval of Minutes The Commission approved the minutes from four previous meetings held on August 14, August 28, September 11, and September 25, 2008. [timestamp: 00:06:14] Key speakers in this discussion included Randall Vaughn, Frank Penn, and Joan Whitman. The minutes were reviewed and approved without noted objections or concerns raised during the discussion. ## Postponements and Withdrawals [timestamp: 00:08:00] The Commission considered requests for postponements for several zoning map amendments and development plans during this agenda item. **Key Speakers** The discussion was led by Randall Vaughn, Rory Kaley, and Ryan Dougherty. **Outcome** The postponement requests were approved by the Commission. ## Lexington Lofts, LLC Zoning Map Amendment The Commission considered a zoning map amendment for Lexington Lofts, LLC during the October 23, 2008 meeting. [timestamp: 0:33:04] **Proposal** The amendment proposed changing the zoning designation for the Lexington Lofts property from R-4 (residential) to B-4 (business) zoning. **Key Speakers** The discussion involved Traci Wade and Rena Wiseman. **Outcome** The Commission approved the zoning map amendment. ## Southern Industrial LLC Zone Change Request [timestamp: 1:58:14] The Commission considered a zone change request from Southern Industrial LLC to reclassify property from B-1 to B-4 zoning. The discussion involved Bill Sallee, Dick Murphy, and Bob Layton. The Commission approved the zone change request with conditional zoning restrictions in place. The conditional zoning approach allowed the Commission to grant the requested B-4 designation while maintaining specific limitations and requirements tailored to the property and surrounding area. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (9-0): Approval of minutes from August 14, August 28, September 11, and September 25, 2008 - **MAR2008-23** — postponed (9-0): Postponement of Thomas & Corbett, LLC Zone Map Amendment and the Reserve at Tates Creek Development Plan - **MARV2008-25** — postponed (9-0): Postponement of Multicon Development Company Zoning Map Amendment & Angliana Subdivision Zoning Development Plan - **MARV2008-26** — postponed (9-0): Postponement of Multicon Development Company Zoning Map Amendment & Scott Street Multi-Use Project Zoning Development Plan - **MAR2008-30** — passed (9-0): Approval of Lexington Lofts, LLC Zoning Map Amendment - **ZDP2008-132** — passed (9-0): Approval of Lexington Lofts, LLC Property Zoning Development Plan - **MAR2008-24** — passed (9-0): Approval of Southern Industrial LLC Zone Change Request - **ZDP2008-108** — passed (9-0): Approval of Meadowthorpe Community Business Center, Unit 1 Zoning Development Plan --- ## Full transcript At the moment I can feel that you feel that way too. 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Mr. Chairman, I move approval of the August 14th, August 28th, September 11th, and September the 25th minutes as presented. We have a motion and second to accept the minutes for Aug- August 14th, 28th, September 11th, and September 25th. All those in favor of the acceptance of the minutes, please signify by saying, "Aye." Aye. All opposed, please say, "No." Motion carries. Thank you. Mkay. At this time, we will, uh, entertain any requests for postponement or withdrawal. We'll consider any requests for postponements or withdrawal at this time. Mr. Chairman, members of the commission, I'm Rory Kaley with EA Partners. The first item on your agenda, Thomas & Corbett, LLC Zone Map Amendment and the Reserve at Tates Creek, uh, Development Plan ZDP2008-109. We request a three-month postponement, which I believe will be January 29th. Thank you, Mr. Kelly. What, what is that date again? I'm sorry. Uh, I guess, confirm that with staff. Three months is ... January 29th is the date that we have on your draft, uh, meeting schedule for next year. Okay. It's the fifth Thursday of that month. Excellent. Thank you, Mr. Salih. Uh, we have a request for a three-month postponement for MAR2008-23, Thomas & Corbett, LLC. This is for property located at, uh, 1060, 1097 Bridlewood Lane, 5200, 5205, Tikes Pass, 5121 Middleton Place, and 5397 Tates Creek Road. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak to this request for a postponement? Seeing none, the Chair will entertain a motion. Mr. Chairman, I'll move for postponement of MAR2008-23 and ZDP2008-109 for three months until January 29th, 20- 2009. Second. We have a motion and second for postponement. All those in favor of the motion, please signify by saying, "Aye." Aye. All opposed, please say, "No." Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, Commissioners. Um, my name is Ryan Dougherty from McBrayer, McGinness, Leslie, and Kirkland, and I'm here today to request a one-month postponement for, um, the, I guess, MARV2008-25 that appears on page three of your agenda, as well as MARV2008-26 that appears on page five of your agenda. Okay. Thank you very much. Can I get your name again? I'm sorry. Ryan Dougherty. Ms. Dougherty, thank you. Um, we have a request for a one-month postponement. I'm gonna ask staff, what's- what's that date one month from now? It'd be November the 20th. November 20th. Thank you, Mr. Salih. We have a request for a one-month postponement for MARV2006-25 Multicon Development Company. This is for property located at 474, 475 and 497 Angeliana Avenue- No. ... and 701 South Broadway, as well as the Associated Zoning Development Plan ZDP2008-111. Excuse me. I believe that it's, um, MARV2008-25 on page three of your agenda. Okay. Did I say- The Multicon Development- Yes. ... Company. Okay, I apologize. I'm- I'm sorry. Did I, did I say 2006? 2008-25. Okay. I just... I... I was just clarifying that I had the proper- Oh, okay. ... Okay. No problem. Sorry, my apologies. I don't... I don't have my specs on but, uh... Sorry, I just wanted to make sure I had the right one. Oh, that, that's okay. 2008-25. Mm-hmm. Uh, is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak to this request for a postponement? Seeing none, the Chair will entertain a motion. Move for, um, postponement of 2008-25. And the associated- One month. And the associated zoning development. And, and the associated zoning development plan. Second. Okay. We have a motion and second for a one-month postponement. All those in favor, signify by saying, "Aye." Aye. All opposed say, "No." Thank you. And we also have a request for a one-month postponement for MARV2008-26. This is Multicon Development Company for property located at 300, 307, 313, 315, 317, 319, 321, 322, 324, 325, and 328 Scott Street and 701 South Broadway. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak to this request for a one-month postponement? Seeing none, the Chair will entertain a motion. Mr. Chairman, I move for a one-month postponement MAR2008-26 to the November 20th meeting. And the Associated Zoning Development Plan. Second. We have a motion and second for a postponement. All those in favor, please signify by saying, "Aye." Aye. All opposed, please say, "No." Motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Mkay. At this time, I'll ask Mr. Salih, I guess, do, um, in our zoning applications, do we have any for abbreviated qualifying? Mr. Chairman, I believe that there are citizens here, uh, who wish to discuss the remaining two zone changes on your agenda. Um, is that right? They've asked conditions on the 243. I think one of them, it sounds like, will be a very brief, uh, discussion perhaps. Okay. Um, we could ask, uh, members of the audience just to confirm that. ... on the bottom of page two and the top of page three, MAR2008-24, Southern Industrial LLC. Uh, the staff is prepared to recommend approval of that zone change today, uh, and, uh, the corresponding development plan as well. We would ask if there are citizens here present who wish to discuss this proposed zone change at 1447 Antique Drive from B1 to B4. Yes. Okay. That will require full hearing. Thank you. Uh, the other item appears on the bottom of page six and the top of page seven of your agenda. That is MAR2008-30, Lexington Lofts, LLC. This is a proposed rezoning from R4 to B4, wholesale and warehouse business, for just under seven net acres of property. Uh, the property having an address of 201 Price Road. Again, we would ask if anyone wishes to discuss or object to this proposed zone change o- on Price Road at this time. Seeing none, then this item can be, uh, held with an abbreviated hearing if you wish, Mr. Chairman. Okay. All right. Uh, then I guess we'll take, um, the first abbreviated item. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. We'll give staff a moment to get set up here. Good afternoon, Chairman Bond, members of the commission. Our first item today on the agenda appears on page six, the bottom of page six, and continues to the top of page seven, and it is, um, item number five and can found, be found behind tab five in your notebooks. Uh, this is MAR2008-30, a request for zone change by Lexington Lofts, LLC. The requested zone change is from an, uh, R4, which is the high density apartment zone, to a B4 zone, which is the wholesale and warehouse business zone. And this is for approximately seven acres of property, um, for portions of 201 Price Road. The subject property is located, um, on Price Road, which Price Road, uh, intersects with West Main Street, uh, just about where the bridge and viaduct begin, um, past the, the Lexington Cemetery. So we have West Main Street. Uh, Price Road actually has an intersection to the east, uh, southeast of where, um, the road actually extends, and, um, there's a bridge then that crosses the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks a- along, um, which go underneath, I guess, West, West Main Street, and then West Main Street continues and becomes Leestown Road. Uh, again, the railroad tracks run, uh, north south in this area, and Price Road does have a northern, southern northern orientation but then kind of veers to the east somewhat. Uh, again, the subject property consists of two, two portions, a smaller portion, which is a fraction of an acre, right at the intersection of West Main and Priced Road, and then a, a, a larger tract which is approximately six acres, um, about 350 feet to the north of that intersection. Uh, the subject property, again, is about seven acres. And in this vicinity, we do have mostly light industrial zoning, um, on both the, um, east, west, and north sides, and then some R4 zoning between the two portions of the property to be rezoned, as well as a small tract of P1. Uh, the Price, or I'm sorry, the Lexington Cemetery remains agriculturally zoned with an AU designation, and then there's the Melrose Oak Park neighborhood to the south on the other side of Main Street, as well as the, uh, there's a mobile home park along Price Road, and then, um, St. Martin's Village also to the north and Meadow Thorpe to the west. The, um, property has been rezoned twice in its recent history. First, in 2002, uh, there was a request by the applicant to rezone the parcel from I1 to a combination of zones, um, R4, P1, and B4, and at that time, the, um, boiler room, which is, uh, at the front of the property, I'll use the aerial photograph to designate or show that. Um, again, this is the smaller tract that includes the boiler room, was proposed for an office use. Um, and then also the, the portion between the two tracts... ... ... was requested for residential use and then the larger tract, to be rezoned today, was requested for warehousing, uh, use. In 2005, the applicant returned and asked for another zone change. At that time, um, they requested a small P-1 area from an, a residential use, and then they rezoned or asked to rezone the rest of the tract to the R-4 zone for residential uses. And both of those rezonings were approved by the Irvin County Council and that leads us to the point we are today, which is, uh, a majority of the property is zoned R-4 with the small, uh, P-1 area. The applicant is now proposing to change the boiler room back to a, or to a B-4 zone and to return the warehousing portion of the property back to a B-4 zone. The, um, that rezoning would allow for more of a mixture of uses on the property, much like what was contemplated in 2002. And in s- more specifically, um, a B-4 zone would, if a pending text amendment were, i- were to be a- approved by the council, um, would, the B-4 zone would then allow special provisions for adaptive reuse of a, um, vacant industrial structure in either B-4, I-1, or I-2 zones. So the subject property is certainly a potential candidate for that, um, adaptive reuse. The, um, comprehensive plan for this location... Get ahead here. Am I aiming this way? Actually, I need, need to go to the last slide. Six. Thank you. The comprehensive plan for this location does recommend, um, high density residential land use and I'll, I'll show you again on the, our larger map where that is. Um, we have downtown and as you leave the downtown area along West Main Street, you have the cemetery and then the subject parcel, um, on Price Road, here shown with the high density residential plan use designation, and then this would be Lexington Cemetery, uh, is recommended again for the high density residential. And you can see the other kind of mixed use around in that area for Meadow Thorpe, as well as the industrial and warehousing uses. The application then we can say is not in agreement with the comprehensive plan for this location, given that it does recommend residential and the applicant is now proposing a B-4, uh, zone. The, um, the applicant argued that this is a return to a, um, mixed use application and the staff did agree that returning to a less intensive... Originally, it was an I-1 zone, so B-4 would be a less intensive zone, but would allow the adaptive reuse and, uh, mixed use idea to return to this property and agreed that that was more appropriate for this location, especially since that warehousing area remains vacant at this time. And the staff also agreed that the, the warehousing area certainly could be used in a B-4 manner, um, without any kind of special provision or adaptive reuse if that text amendment were not to be approved by the council. Um, lastly, the staff also felt that this, um, application was, or was furthered, or excuse me, the comprehensive plan is furthered by this application in terms of goals and objectives. Goal five and goal eight, um, both refer to adaptive reuse of, um, either vacant properties or underutilized properties or just t- in general. And this, um, application would certainly further those goals. So the staff is recommending approval and the zoning committee also recommended approval of this application, um, mainly because the B-4 use and zoning is more appropriate than the R-4, uh, zoning at this location. And there are four reasons listed on your agenda in the staff report. And then also that the, uh, comprehensive plans, goals and objectives are furthered by this s- sp- specific application. And then lastly, the recommendation is always made subject to approval of the, um, zoning development plan with this before it's, uh, cert- make sure it's certified before it's sent to the council. I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Ms. Wade. Are there any questions for Tracy? Thank you. Thank you. Afternoon. Uh, this next item appears on page seven of the agenda. This is the CDP for this zone change 2008-132 Lexington Lofts LLC. This is a preliminary development plan, and at a later date there will be a final development plan. Uh, this is, as Tracy said, this is for property located at 201 Price Road. Uh, the development plan does not propose any new additional structures. All of this is currently on the ground. The only new addition to the development plan is the additional parking from the required, requirement increasing as a result of the B-4 zoning. There are a total of 296 parking spaces indicated on this plan for just over 220,000 square feet of building square footage. The subdivision committee recommended approval subject to 16 conditions, uh, all of them in cleanup in nature, and I'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have. Thank you, Mr. Taylor. Are there any questions for Chris? No? Thank you, sir. Petitioner? Excuse me, I'm sorry. We were chatting. No problem. Uh, I'm Rena Wiseman. I'm here today for Lexington Lofts LLC. Uh, the principal of that is Rob McGoodwin. Kevin Warner is, uh, the design consultant on this project. And we'll be very brief, because we agree with the staff's recommendation, their findings, and the conditions on the development plan. Uh, I do want to, um, note for the record that prior to this hearing, we met in the hall with, uh, Mr. George Logan, who many of you know served many years, uh, on this commission and lives in the area, as well as Ken Pister, who owns, uh, Suburban Park, the neighborhood, uh, next to us. And b- because of their concern about going back to the B4 zoning, which they do prefer this over the current R4 zoning, but their particular interest was in ensuring that there need b- be no hazardous materials stored on the property. And therefore, we have agreed to add, and I've handwritten this in the, uh, to put into the record, uh, to add a conditional zoning restriction pursuant to Article 6.7. "There shall be no storage of hazardous, combustible, explo- explosives, or similar materiers- materials on the property. And this cond- condition is appropriate to provide protection to residences in the area." So, uh, we would ask that, uh, should you approve this, which we hope you do, that you would add this condition. The last thing I wanna say is that I- I- I do wanna give a few moments of, to give Rob some credit 'cause there's so much focus now on adaptive reuse with the text amendment that I believe is before the council this evening. And this project, whether that ordinance passes or not, is an adaptive reuse. And it's been one that has... We've known we want to use the buildings. It's been trying to find the right fit of uses to make it work. But Rob is no stranger to this. He's been doing this since 1985. He redid what we now know as the Design Center, which is the Flatiron Building on 3rd Street, uh, South Hill Station, uh, University Law. So this is something that he is committed to doing, and, uh, it just underscores what this commission has been encouraging, and in some cases insisting, be done. Uh, as it says in your plan, that this has been a key part of your growth management strategy for the last 10 years is infill and redevelopment. So, uh, we appreciate your support of this project to help further, uh, finding the right mix of uses. Uh, we agree with the conditions, including the additional one that I read and if you have any questions, we're happy to answer them. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Wiseman. Are there any questions for Ms. Wiseman? Mr. Penn? Yes. Yes, sir. How many residential units did we wind up with? There are 42- 40- 42? ... in the two-story building. Yes, sir. And i- Originally, I think that was gonna be 46, but there are now actually 42. So there's g- there's 42, and then we got 220,000 square feet of, of space left after th- Uh, there's 135,000 square feet of warehouse. Okay. I think that the, that big, the building that has the R4 is about 80,000. 75. 75,000 square feet. All right, thanks. So it's quite large. Tha... Yes, sir. Mr. Holmes? Is, is hazardous material defined in the zoning ordinance or when you said there will be no storage or... ? I don't know that it's defined in the zoning ordinance. I think when we've typically done those, we've just kind of relied on federal law as to what constitutes those. Okay, 'cause I just don't wanna disagree between what neighbors might consider hazardous and what you're considering hazardous. Mr. Holmes, uh, it is not defined in the zoning ordinance. I think the, uh, fire department, uh, is the local government agency that inspects storage, uh, for those uses. I'm, I'm pretty sure there is a definition that they are operating under. Okay. Uh, Chairman Vaughan, members of the commission, staff, I'm Rob McGoodwin. I'm the owner of Lexington Lofts and the Lorillard Loft project at 201 Price Road. We appreciate your all's consideration of, uh, this, uh, this zone change to allow us to, to continue our efforts to renovate a historically significant building in our past. And, uh, we think this time, the third time will be the charm and, uh, we'll get it right and, and this building will live on, and Mr. Penn will be able to come down and see the boilers whenever he wants to. And, uh, so thank you all. I'll be happy to answer any questions if you... Thank you very much. Uh, do we have any questions for Mr. McGoodwin? Thank you. I think I saw m- Mr. Logan, I think I saw you raise your hand. Did you have, uh, comments you'd like to make, uh, very briefly? Only thing I'd like to make is a comment. If, if, if you could come forward, sir. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, sir. I'm George Logan, 944 Waverly Drive. Uh, thank you for allowing me to have the opportunity here. Uh, when you mentioned about hazard waste, I know it's not mentioned under the R4 zone, I mean, that's R4B, uh, but, uh, I don't want to happen there as it did on Street that we had the firecrackers in and, and the various other materials for, uh, that burnt quite a while downtown- ... and by us living right up the street and the wind goes thataway, uh, chemicals, and we have enough problems as it is with the noise and the chemicals. So, that is the reason why I wanted it written in because it's not literally stated that way, uh, in that. So, that's all I have to say. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Logan. Um, I guess I had a question for staff. Were we in agreement with, uh, the statement that Ms. Weissman read? Is that, you, is staff in agreement with that? We are, and we would point out in some ways it's redundant, and there's some inherent restrictions against, uh, storage of hazardous materials within the B-4 zone, but we don't think it hurts to, to reinforce that with a conditional zoning restriction statement. Okay. Thank you, Mr. King. All right. Um- Also, Mr. Chairman, if I could- Yes, sir. ... uh, I need to correct my earlier comment. Hazardous materials are defined in the zoning ordinance and we're gonna put that definition up on the screen for you. Thank you. Mr. Carpenter reminded us of that just a moment ago. That covers it. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. All right. Are there any questions from the commission on the definition that we have on the overhead? Okay. All right. Um, if there's a, if petitioner has nothing else to add and staff, we're okay with, uh, uh, where we are with the, uh, addition of the additional conditional zoning restriction, uh, staff has recommended approval. Uh, they have provided for reasons and, uh, petitioner has noted, uh, additional zoning restriction for the storage of hazardous materials. Um, and at this time, uh, we will, uh, Chair will close this portion of the public hearing and turn it over to the commission for, uh, discussion, uh, and/or motion at this time. Mr. Chairman, I move for approval of MAR2008-80, um, with the, uh, for reasons provided by staff. Okay. We have a motion, uh, I believe it's 2008-30. Can I make a request? Y- you most certainly can. Uh, we have a motion for approval of 2- MAR2008-30, uh, for the reasons provided by staff. Are you adding the additional, uh, conditional zoning restriction for the storage of hazardous materials? Yes. Okay. That's something I thought was gone. No, that's the way, that was a conditional zoning, additional restriction, so- Okay. Just a sign. Okay. Add it to it. Okay. We have a motion and a second for approval. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. All opposed, please say no. Motion carries. I move for approval ZDP2008-132 and, uh, we're not gonna do 17 then. We're gonna assume that that coverage, or are we gonna add the conditional zoning? I believe we add the conditional zoning- Okay. ... as condition 17. Okay. With the 16 as defined by staff. I think staff- We do need an, uh, 17th condition- 17. ... stating that- All right, then- ... additional material- ... then no storage of, uh, hazardous materials, same as material. Okay. We have a motion and a second to approve ZDP2008-132 with the 16 conditions and adding a seventeenth con, seventeenth condition for the additional conditional zoning restriction, storage of hazardous materials. Uh, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. All opposed, please say no. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. Salih. Mr. Chairman, members of the commission, good afternoon. Next item appears on the bottom of page two and the top of page three of your agenda. This would be MAR2008-24, a zone change request by Southern Industrial LLC. This is a map amendment request from a neighborhood business B-1 zone to a proposed wholesale and warehouse business B-4 zone. The zone change involves just under two net acres of property, the subject property being located at 1447 Antique Drive. Using the zoning map, the subject property is located to the north and east of Leestown Road in very close proximity to the site we just reviewed, which is at Price Road and West Main, new viaduct, this location. The first signalized intersection heading out of town, once you cross the viaduct, is the intersection of Forbes Road and Leestown Road, and the subject property is a short distance north of that intersection. Antique Drive connects Forbes Road to Medithorpe Avenue and Burke Road, which forms an unusual intersection, this location, with Medithorpe Avenue, Burke Road, and Antique Drive. Subject property is mostly a triangular-shaped parcel, just under two acres of size, but it does have two wings, if you will, that provide a very small amount of frontage on both Burke Road, which also has a signalized intersection at Forbes. Pardon me, at Leestown. And the other end does have a small amount of frontage on Forbes Road. This property is zoned B-1, as is all of the property surrounding it, indicated in the red color. That includes the commercial area, along Leestown Road, office uses immediately to the east, and residential uses immediately to the north. All of those properties are zoned B-1. Further to the north in the subdivision, we have single family, R1-C zoning. That is about, uh, looks like about 200, 250 feet north of the subject property. This time, I'd like to show you a few photos of the subject property as well. This first photograph is looking from the west at the subject property. This is Leestown Road heading away from town in this direction. The intersection with Forbes Road is here. Antique Drive is parallel to Leestown at this location. Subject property is identified and outlined in the thin black line here, and triangular for the most part, has extensive frontage along Antique Drive. Property is vacant currently, although none of the land surrounding it is. We have the residential uses to the north, the offices to the east, and the commercial uses and Medithorpe Shopping Center to the south. Gonna kind of look at all four angles of the property. This is looking from the south. Again, Antique Drive is here. A little closer view of the residences to the north, and the existing commercial uses that are set back a small amount from Leestown Road. This is looking from the east. Burke Road is here, and again, Antique Drive has a intersection in very close proximity to Medithorpe Avenue here. Subject property, as I mentioned, is vacant, although you can see a couple of very small tree stands on the property. Final photograph is looking from the north, again, Leestown, Burke Road, Antique Drive. There's also a drainage area through the property in its center, approximately here. As we do always, we look to the comprehensive plan any time we have a zone change to find its recommendation and see whether or not the change is in agreement with the comprehensive plan. In this case, Leestown Road is here, Price Road is here, Burke Road is here, and Forbes Road is here. Subject property is mostly recommended for retail trade and personal services use, although one of the wings, if you will, toward Forbes Road, uh, is part of the office area that's shown as a professional service land use. The zone change to B-4 is not in agreement with the land use recommendation of the comprehensive plan. On your agenda, you'll see that the staff has recommended postponement of this request. That is a recommendation that dates back to your August Zoning Committee meeting. However, the Planning Commission does not have, uh, the ability today without the applicant's consent to postpone this request further. Uh, and the staff learned earlier in the week that the applicant does not, uh, intend to request a postponement today. Uh, in our staff report, we identified several issues, uh, about this proposed zone change that caused us to recommend postponement. A couple of them, uh, are listed on the supplemental staff report, which we circulated to you, uh, prior to the start of the meeting on the beige sheet. Uh, one of those is regarding landscaping, uh, and that, uh, in our original staff report, we cited that no tree preservation, uh, measures were proposed in that application. Uh, secondly, in our original staff report, we cited a concern with storm water, uh, issues regarding the subject property. Uh, that is because technically the property is, uh, undevelopable at the present time. It's designated as a temporary drainage easement currently. The staff did raise though, the issue that, although there have been no major changes in this area to warrant the zone change, that it might be possible that the B-4 zone, since it was proposed to be restricted, may be more appropriate than an unrestricted B-1 zone on the property today. And in the last week, the staff has focused very much on that issue. We have passed out a staff exhibit to you. ... on, uh, the tan-colored sheet. And on that exhibit, we have listed all of the permitted uses allowed in the B-1 zone. Again, that is the zoning of the property and all of the properties surrounding this location. Uh, and none of those properties are restricted through conditional zoning, so this is a listing, uh, of all of the allowable uses. It does not include, uh, the 20 or 25 uses also allowable in P-1. Uh, generally, those are not thought of, uh, in a commercial sense to, uh, to be very objectionable most of the time. The staff has reviewed, um, the petitioner's proposal for restricted zoning, and we have passed that out to you on the pink sheet today as well. This is a revision from what those of you on the Zoning Committee saw a few weeks, uh, pardon me, a few months, couple of months ago. There are some additional restrictions on this sheet that were not initially reviewed by the Zoning Committee. What the staff has done is translated these restrictions on the pink sheet into the listing that would remain on the tan sheet. Irregardless of the landscaping, uh, and the drainage issues, which do tend to be more development plan type of, of issues, uh, looking at the listing of uses that are remaining, uh, the staff did conclude that a restricted B-4 zone at this location is more appropriate than the existing B-1 zone. Uh, and we've provided findings for you on our supplemental report to that effect. Uh, when viewing this listing, uh, we did come to that conclusion. Uh, on the supplemental report, and since this cannot be postponed any longer without the applicant's consent, the staff would recommend approval of this rezoning for the findings on our report. That is, that the restricted B-4 zone is more appropriate than the existing and unrestricted B-1 zone of the subject property. There are three reasons for that conclusion. The first, the subject property, uh, is to be greatly restricted, including a number of allowable office uses. Secondly, very little traffic impact is expected from the proposed uses of the property. And third, the lack of visibility, the odd shape, and the circuitous access for this property account for the fact that it has not developed over the last 30 years, although Zone B-1. Our staff recommendation is made subject to your review and the approval of the development plan that will be presented to you in just a moment. Uh, it is also made in accordance with the, uh, revised application that the petitioner submitted on conditional zoning, that the property be restricted via conditional zoning. There are some slight differences in the staff's recommendation for conditional zoning, uh, than that put forth by the applicant. Uh, if I could refer you to page two of the supplemental report, items C and D show highlighting of some of those slight differences. Item C is mostly just a clarification, eh, addition that there would be an exception for office uses related to that. And that is allowed under, um, item nine on the list of B-4 uses. Uh, item D, the repair of that, uh, equipment, the staff felt that that was worthy of exclusion as well, given the close proximity of existing residential uses to the subject property. Also, as to the buffering restrictions, the staff felt that it was worthy to place the restrictions the applicant had proposed for their development plan on the bottom of the pink sheet as conditional zoning restrictions. We believe we have copied those verbatim, but we do recommend rather than a development plan restriction, those being enforced through conditional zoning. That concludes our report on this zone change. I thank you, and I'll be glad to answer any questions from the commission at this time. Thank you, Mr. Solly. I do have one question, but I'll ask the commission if they, they have any questions this time. Um, Mr. Owens, I'm sorry. All right, thank you. Uh, Bill, as far as the supplemental staff report, just for clarification- Mm-hmm. ... C and D, what's highlighted except for office, offices for such sales and then the repair of farm equipment, are we excluding those from this? Under this language, under C, that would be an exception that would allow that to remain. Be allowed? Yes. If I could refer you to- Okay. ... the tan sheet B-4, number nine in the lower right corner. Under that, offices, uh, and processors, handlers of agricultural products would remain a permitted use. Right. We did not want the prohibition listed under C to somehow conflict, that that would not be allowable for, in an office setting. Okay. The staff understood the genesis of that restriction, but offices for that purpose, we did not want to cause any confusion. In terms of repair, if you look at the top of page two of the staff exhibit on the tan sheet, we've taken out display rental sale, which is part of the applicant's proposed restrictions, and the only thing left was repair of those. We thought that that also should be prohibited. So that is the most substantive difference, in our opinion, from that offered by the applicant. Thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you. Are there any other questions for Mr. Solly? Bill, I have one question on, uh, on the buffering restrictions, uh, item C on the openings in the, facing the north property. Where, where is that relative to the plan there? Is it- As you'll see in a moment, the plan proposes two buildings, one along the north property line, one along the east property line. Okay. So, the idea with that restriction is the openings adjacent to the perimeter of the property on those two sides. Okay. Okay. Is it, is it on the, on the east, is that residential also? Is that- It is not. It's not. The residential is across Forbes Road that exists- Oh, okay. ... and that is in an R4 zone. Property immediately adjacent to the east is an office use. There is a child daycare center in existence and their outdoor play area actually, uh, straddles the current property line. Uh, the staff does recognize that that use exists in this location. It's obviously a permitted use in B1, um, and we felt that that was a worthy restriction given that use. Okay. Thank you, sir. Are there any other questions for Mr. Salih? Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Martin. Mr. Chairman, members of the commission, on page three is the preliminary development plan associated with this zone change. It is the Metathorpe Community Business Center, Unit 1. And again, Mr. Salih gave you a wonderful orientation to the property, and here with the development plan, this, of course, is Antique Drive, commercial area to the front. Here's our subject property. Uh, the most recent developments we have seen in this area besides the previous zone change that you just approved, was we had a record plat, uh, lot split across Leestown Road, you may recall on Forbes Road, and we had a development plan that never moved very far proposed on a, a warehouse in that area as well, and those have been some of the most recent developments, uh, or proposals we've seen in this area. Here, as Bill was explaining, are the two proposed buildings, 11,000 square feet apiece. They are proposed to be 23 feet tall. The zone that they're proposing will require 37 parking spaces in this area here with their access onto Antique Drive. They are proposing 41. The area, in answer to your question, Mr. Vaughan, again, here and here is where that proposal to restrict the openings would apply on the backside of these buildings. This dark green area, uh, is an area where they are proposing the buffer, the four-foot buffer that has been proposed. This is an existing 15-foot easement on this property as well. The 10 feet remains on the other side of the property line for a total of actually 25 feet in this area. These are the areas that they're proposing for their detention. This plan was reviewed by the subdivision committee and recommended for postponement. There were some concerns with the building location relative to those residential structures. Um, and if you look at the recommendations, you'll see that there are 14 standard conditions, clean up type conditions and additional information that is not unusual, as well as, of course, denote the conditional zoning restrictions. The following 14, 15 through 18, are, are relative to the property and they're, they're items we'd like to bring to your attention. And that, again, is relative, as Bill mentioned in the report, the shape of this property, and you can see how they're having to try to utilize the property with the location of the buildings and the parking and the drainage that Bill mentioned that runs through the property. These issues all relate to this layout and the, and the proposed development, and are the reasons that we have those conditions. Resolve the building location relative to the residential structures at the time of the final development plan, resolve the potential impact of lights and noise, and again, as you saw in, in the previous, uh, in the zoning report, that is a concern that staff has. We also are wishing to discuss the apparent drainage feature in the center of the property, and discuss the uses which are relative, of course, to the location of the building, the noise, the light and the drainage facility, and I wanna put up a, a picture, two pictures actually for you very quickly. The first one. Second. The first picture is again a picture of the property and the drainage facility that you can see that is, coincides with those two- Thank you. ... the, with the two tree stands, if you, and I don't have a laser, but very simply, if you count up three lots on Metathorpe Drive, starting at the beginning at that, uh, intersection of the three streets, at that, between the third and fourth house, right at the back of that tree stand, there is actually an inlet in the street, and drainage is taken from the street through that, between those houses and it enters into this drainage ditch across the middle of this property. The second picture please, that's looking- ... towards the residential properties, you can see it. You can see a pipe that was put in, and you can clearly see the drainage facility. Uh, the staff is, as always, very concerned about storm water drainage. A- and to supplement our concern, and why we wanted to be sure this was on the table and discussed, it's interesting to note that in 1953, when this property was platted, this area was identified as a drainage easement. Subsequently, and Mr. Salih mentioned this, a easement was placed on this property, uh, on a later plat, that states that it shall be released, null and void, at such time that an easement minor plat is filed and the urban county engineer signs off on it being released. Obviously, that has, we feel, potential ramifications to the use and design o- on this property. So we wanted to bring that to your attention. Uh, we do feel that it could be resolved at the time of the final development plan. But again, we, we have concerns about that issue. Obviously, it's an issue that's been around for quite some time. I would add that this drainage system is not part of our public system. It's not a dedicated easement to us. It's not part of the overall system that exists in the area. Uh, it's Planning's understanding, we did meet with Engineering and, and looked at the overall area. Uh, I understand they have also visited. I say they, that's our Engineering staff have visited the site. So, uh, with that, I would say again, nine, 18 discussed proposed uses are relative to these concerns that we have on the overall, uh, property development. If there are any questions, I'll be happy to try to answer them. Thank, thank you, Mr. Martin. Are there any, are there any questions for Tom? Go. Mr. Penn. So Tom, uh, d- do I hear you saying that we need to s- to leave, uh, the drainage issue discussed, or, or take that to resolve? I would s- I, I would state that, uh, Mr. Penn, to stay resolved at time of final development plan. All right. Similar to the other issues. I mean, we are comfortable it can be, but we want, we want it very clear and wanted to bring it to your attention that it needs to be resolved at that time. Obviously, a- again, and the reason I mentioned the previous plats is that obviously there is an issue with drainage, and we want to be sure it's adequately addressed. Thank you. Um, Mr. Owens? Yeah. Uh, Tom, as you mentioned, uh, between the third and fourth lot, um- Yes, sir. ... you showed it up there. Mm-hmm. Can you show it on this drawing over here? Oh. Yes, sir. You go up, boom, boom, boom, right here. Right down that line, it was installed. There ap- apparently there's an inlet, feeds into a pipe, exits here, flows through that drainage ditch- Okay. ... into an area here. Okay. All right, all right, thank you. And then as far as you mentioned, I, I guess, a, there's a four-foot landscape buffer. You were, you were mentioning 25 feet total. Yes, sir. Put an easement on one side? The four-foot buffer being proposed for conditional zoning would be along the property line. There is actually a 15-foot utility easement currently that exists on the property. That would be within that, that utility easement. Okay. And, um. But, yeah, I thought you said the 15-foot utility easement was actually on the other side of the property line. Well, there is 10 feet. You see this dotted line? Ten feet, okay. Mm-hmm. Okay. There's an additional 10 feet on the adjoining property. Okay. Is that on both sides, behind the houses as well? It is 10 feet here, 15 feet here. Okay. Oh, wow. And as a matter of interest, being a 1953 plat, it says utility and TV easement. We thought that was interesting. Okay. I did have some questions about the behind the houses. Is it, is it behind the houses, though? Oh, oh, yes, sir, it is behind. I'm sorry. It's in the backyard along the property line. Okay. Yes, sir. All right. Thank you, Tom. Uh, Ms. Phillips? The structures aren't going to encroach on that easement, are they? No, s- no, ma'am, not at all. They, they show them here, right on, backed up to it. To the, up to the easement. Okay. Mm-hmm. Thank you very much. Are there any other questions for Tom? Thank you. Thank you. Petitioner? Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I'm Dick Murphy. I'm representing, uh, Southern Industrial LLC, which is, uh, has a contract to purchase this property from Ted Osbourne. Um, one thing I want to do as, as a correction first is, the net, net acreage of this property is 2.865 acres, not 1.865 acres. I think in some, some places it's listed as 1.8 and a fraction, and some it's two. Two is the correct number on that. And, um, we may be partially responsible for that because I may have had a typo on one of my filings that said one on there, but it's 2.865 net acres. Uh, pleased to be here with you today. I represent Southern Industrial, the applicant. And Billy Newton is with me on the third row. Billy and his son Mark are the owners of Southern Industrial, and are here b- for us today. Uh, Jim Black, we have, uh, is on the fourth row to, uh, hydrological Engineer and Geologist, and teaches at UK. And Chaz Height, who's a professional planner who works with me, is with us today as well. Uh, Chaz is gonna hand out some exhibits. ... and a letter from the Me-Metti Thorpe Neighborhood Association. We're very pleased here today to be with the support of the Metti Thorpe Neighborhood Association. We have gone through a seven-month collaborative process with the Metti Thorpe Neighborhood Association, which started back in March this year. We didn't file our zone change til July. We started consulting with the Metti Thorpe Neighborhood Association in March. Had a number of meetings, uh, with them and we appreciate the process we have gone through with them. And I've learned a lot about this property through that process. Just wanna give you a little background about what we're proposing here. Um, the, uh, Billy and Mark Newton, father and son, own this business. Um, what the business does is it installs machinery in factories. They, for instance, work at the Toyota plant. Uh, when machinery is installed, it of course is shipped dir- directly from the manufacturer of the machinery to the factory it will be installed at. It is not shipped to their place of business. Um, they install it. At their, their current place of business is here in Lexington on Georgetown Road, just outside New Circle Road. They would like to own their building instead of rent their building out there. Um, most of their work is done off-site. The workers come to their business in the morning, load up the trucks with what they need, the tools and that sort of thing that they will need. Then they go to the factory site for the day. In the evening, 4:30 or 5:00, they come back, unload their trucks and go home and come back and do it again the next day. One time as I visited, um, the Newton's business a number of times, one time I, I was there, they had a crew out to Nashville for two weeks working in a factory, so they weren't even coming back to the business during the day. They were out there for two weeks on a project. All materials here are stored inside, not outside. All trucks are stored inside, not outside here. Um, we thought, um, we thought this use might fit in a B-1 zone, which this property is already zoned. Uh, so we first checked with building inspection, who told us that we were a shop of special trade, and that as a s- shop of special trade, we needed to go in the B-4 zone. A shop of special trade is, closest thing, um, to this is probably use impact is a heating and air conditioning office. They go out and work on other sites. Occasionally, they bend a metal for duct work. Occasionally, in Billy and Mark's business, they bend metal to, to install railings around machinery that are being installed in a factory. So they'll occasionally bend metal for a railing. They'll occasionally weld there for a railing or other protective piece around a piece of machinery, then take it up to the factory to install. During the day, there's usually two or three people there on site, ma- uh, staffing the office, and making sure the equipment is proper. So, in short, it's a very low traffic, low noise, low impact use. They do not have customers coming here. So they do not need a site that has a lot of visibility, which is good 'cause this property, as, as Bill Silley mentioned, does not have a lot of visibility. It's zone B-1 on the, and just as to give you a little background on it, um, it's been owned by Ted Osburn, or his company, it's Halifax Land Company, for about 40 years, and, um, I know Mr. Osburn from having been in this business back in the old days, back in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. He was a major land developer here through that time, and owns remnant properties here and there throughout Lexington. He's got to the stage in life where he's getting rid of these properties. This property is for sale, and as I said, Mr. Newton, excuse me, Mr. Newton has a contract to purchase it, uh, obviously contingent upon getting it properly zoned for the business he wants to put here. Um, the, um, and I think the staff mentioned to you what's, what's allowed in the current zone, B-1. And if you, if you wanna see it, it's, it's right across Antique Drive. Everything allowed in Metti Thorpe Shopping Center is B-1. The, the service station, convenience store, restaurants, liquor store. There's a pool table seller there. There's a place that repairs and sells appliances. There's a Goodwill store there. Uh, there's, uh, restaurants, uh, all that sort of thing are, uh, are allowed in the B-1 zone. And that's what this property is zoned, without condition. It's interesting right now because this is a single lot, so if a B-1 user were to come in here, they wouldn't come before you. They'd just go to the straight to building inspection and get a building permit for it. And, uh, if they met all the building codes and setbacks and everything, they'd be entitled to a, a building permit for a B-1 use. And, uh, and interestingly enough, these houses I'm pointing to along Metti Thorpe Avenue, these, the, they're duplexes and fourplexes it appears to me, are non-conforming uses, 'cause they are zoned B-1. All this stretch of duplexes and fourplexes is zoned B-1 today, along Metti Thorpe Avenue. They're non-conforming uses. The result is that, if a B-1 user went in here, they would be required to do no landscaping whatsoever between their use and the non-conforming B-1 uses behind them. Similarly, these uses over here on North Forbes Road, that's, uh, uh, Charlie Murphy, no relation to me, owns those, and operates those for a mixture of office, business uses, daycare centers, and that sort of thing along here. No, no screening would be required over there as well on that property. So right now, it's a B-1 use with no restrictions whatsoever on the property. But it is limited by, uh, visibility and access. Uh, visibility from Leestown Road is limited. There is a, an opening in the shopping center right opposite here, which you can see out to Leestown Road. Now, there's no vehicular access out to Leestown Road. Th- there's, there's an embankment there. Our access is on either end of Antique Drive, going to Forbes or going to, um, Medithor- or Burke Road is right there. Or you can go out through the parking lot and drive through the parking lot of Medithorp Shopping Center to either of those roads either, but we'd rather avoid driving through parking lots. If you could show the photographs here, have a little more information on this property. Um, photograph one is taken on Antique Drive. We're just looking back into the property there. There are posts along Antique Drive. This is a tree line which is along the current tree line and screening along the lower portion of these non-conforming residential uses along Medithorp Avenue. That's... Picture two is another picture. Um, we're standing on this side of the property, looking again over toward the non-conforming residential uses on that side, and showing you that screening line, which we're intending to keep intact. Um, now, in three, there is, is an area in the rear here along two or three of these houses where that screening line is not as good. I've got the most open shot. You can see the, there's an RV and outbuildings there. We would need to do screening. We intend to do a hedge and trees along there to screen, to supplement that in the, in the screening area along that, that boundary line. So we do intend to, and we have agreed with the neighborhood to put screening in that line as well. Four is, uh, we're looking toward the business uses on North Forbes Road. This is a metal building which is located approximately there, where my pointer is, on the, not our property, but the neighboring B-1 property, which fronts along North Forbes Road. The next photograph is the, um, rear of these uses along North Forbes Road. That's our vista into that. Um, next photograph is we're looking... this is our entranceway into the property from the east. This is the, we're looking at Antique Drive heading down toward Forbes Road there. That's our main entrance point. Our property is on the left here. This is directly across from it. This is... Antique Drive is a public road. It was acquired by the city about six years ago and paved. Essentially, it's the service road for the rear of Medithorp Shopping Center. It's where, as you can see here on this photograph, they have the rear entrances to the buildings. There's three dumpsters in this photograph. It's, it's the rear of the shopping center. That is our, this is our main entrance. I'll... the next photograph shows the main entrance going the other way down toward Burke Road. Again, standing about the same location, just looking the other way toward, toward Burke Road. This is our main entrance coming in on the other side of the property. Um, next photograph. This is the opening between the stores. The Goodwill store is on the left, and the appliance sale and repair business is on the right, and that's the view out toward Leestown Road. That building in the middle is actually on the other side of Leestown Road. Now, you can't get to Leestown Road there because of the embankment. You have to drive either way through the, through the, uh, parking lot of Medithorp Shopping Center. And, uh, next photograph is, um, the drainage swale. This is, this is looking... we just want to point out the drainage facility that's there right now. This is looking, again, along Antique Drive, showing our property here. This is the drainage swale which intercepts the water before it reaches Antique Drive. That may have been done as part of the construction of the road in 2002. I'm not sure, but it takes the, the, there, takes the water down there toward, toward, uh, uh, Burke, and there's an entrance inlet down there. The next photograph just shows the swale going up the other way. There's a little ridge here, but it keeps going down over the ridge, down toward this direction. And our... as I said, our water is, is taken in that swale before it reaches Antique Drive. Antique Drive is higher than the surrounding property, so our water's not going into the shopping center there. They may have had water problems in that shopping center in the past, but it's not due to water coming off of this property. As you can see from those old pictures, and maybe looking at the next picture too, most of Medithorp Shopping Center is impervious surface. They do have a lot of impervious surface there. This is, again, the rear of the shopping center along our property, and the last shot is the rear of the shopping center along our property. And I'd... and I don't take those to say, you know, Medithorp's in bad shape or anything like that, because every shopping center has a rear. Uh, I'm taking them to point out to you what our main entrance is, and that affects us, whether it be at the rear of Tates Creek Shopping Center, Hamburg Shopping Center. When your access point, your main access road is the service road a- along the rear of the shopping center, it's gonna impact the uses and the use of your property as well. So, that's, that's our property here, and, uh, as Bill Selhe mentioned to you, the comprehensive plan recommends retail trade for us, B-1 zone. The current zoning does agree with that under the land use plan element. We are proposing B-4 zones, uh, uh, uh, zoning on this property. The, uh... we've worked with the Medithorp Neighborhood Association and, um, we've- When Billy Newton first approached me, we looked into this, we talked to building inspection, as I mentioned, we me- met with the staff, and we decided that if we could present that... Well, first of all, we knew he had a low impact business. His business was not gonna have a great impact on surrounding properties. We have a rendering of that. Chaz, you can get that out, and we'll show 'em in a second. But the, we felt that if we could limit down our uses in the B4 zone enough so that we felt we had a lesser impact use than B1 uses would be on this property, that we ha- would have the basis for a dialogue with the Methothorpe Neighborhood Association, which we did. We met with them in March. I had a shorter list of prohibited uses to present to them. We had a number of discussions, and my list of prohibited uses kept getting longer and longer, uh, on it. And as you can see from the staffs, we're now prohibiting, I think, at least 12 out of the 20 allowed uses in the B4 zone. And as Ms. Bowland, I've often heard her tell you, which is absolutely correct, you can't prohibit every other use in a zone because the law requires that there be some range of uses in a zone. You can't have a single use allowed in a particular zone. So we tried to identify the most objectionable su- uses in B4, which would not be appropriate here, next to they are non-conforming residential, but they are still residential uses here, and the, the, uh, business uses along here. And, uh, Chaz, if you could just set that on the chair there. We, we, that's our rendering. We do have a... for this building on the left side, which will be built first, that's why he's coming in here to put his business in here, we have a building which will have a brick office and a con- a, uh, split-face block, uh, construction on there, which we've, we've shown this to the neighborhood association many times. And, uh, we spent work time working out our conditional zoning restrictions, and I won't go over the, the 13 or 12 or 13 conditional zoning restrictions which the staff had listed. I've got 'em on page 11 and 12 in my handout. We're okay with the staff modifications of them. We think they just... the staff clarifies some things which were a little unclear, so we're okay with those. We also worked out buffering restrictions, which are at the bottom. And, and it's interesting, you... each, each property is unique. I'd like to discuss these a little bit. We proposed a four-foot landscape easement be provided along the north and east property lines. And you may say, "Well, why don't... why isn't that 10 or 15 feet wide?" Well, in discussions, we had... in, in July or so, we had some of the residents along Methothorpe Avenue, we discussed things with them and other neighborhood residents. There has been an issue in the past with transients living on this property, outdoors, and the concern was that if we make the entire area between our building and the property line a landscaped area, neighbors did not want to encourage further use of that type in that area. That's why they... the neighborhood proposed to us a four-foot landscape easement. We will put a hedge in there for the areas that need it. We're not gonna take out the existing vegetation, but for the area that needs it in back, we'll put the hedge in, and the, uh, I think standard is one tree every 40 feet on that one. No outside loudspeakers to cut down noise. Um, the, uh, no building openings on three, no building openings except for stationary windows facing the north property line. This is the north property line, the one that faces the non-conforming residentials there. Unless required by fire departme- department or code for emergency egress, okay, so we... in case we have to have an emergency door we can have there, but that's to keep... so there's no openings for noise to escape into the surrounding neighborhood there. And fourth, exterior lighting. We discussed this, whether we'd have it lighting on the rear or not lighting on the rear. And again, the discussion was that there should be some lighting there so that neighbors behind can see into the property, uh, but not so that the light bulb itself would be visible, so we've said, "Exterior lighting shall be designed to prevent light shining directly from the source to adjoining properties to the north." In other words, it's, it's gonna be shaded so they don't have that light shining in their eyes, but you can still see into this property. So it's been an interesting process. Uh, the, uh, please, we have the letter from the Methothorpe Neighborhood Association supporting us. I think that's been handed out to you. Um, and we did agree to give notice to the neighborhood association of our final development plan because we... so we can still talk about building materials, particularly on the, the later building, which ma- it's, it's future development. We're gonna phase this. Our final development plan will have phases. We're gonna build this building first, and as... the neighborhood, it has encouraged us to pave as little as possible that we need for that, which we will do. And we have one entrance point onto Antique Drive right there. That'll be the first phase over on the left side. Second phase is over here on that. The neighborhood did take a vote in, uh, last week and voted to support us. I think the vote was 14 to 3. I wanted to put another item into the record here, if you could hand that to Bill, put on the, uh, put on the overhead. We've had a number of meetings with the association and, uh, Shirley Young, who's the president of the association and who is here with us today, uh, Jim Stone is the co-chair of the Development Review Committee, um, this just explains, this is, this is their document, not mine. Shirley didn't want to get up and talk unless she has to, so she gave it up to me to give to you. Um- As they point out here, the Meta Thorpe Development Review Committee, which is a sub-committee of Meta Thorpe Neighborhood Association, meets with developers and attorneys, communicates with their council member, and, uh, determines the course of action, communicates with the neighborhood association. Updates are put in the messenger, the newsletter, and presented to residents at a neighborhood meeting. Um, announcements are put in the messenger, and initial notes here, as Ms. Young has noted, flyers inviting residents and property owners to the Development Review Committee meeting on July 29th were delivered to every resident that abuts Antique Drive. Two households attended and both voted to support the zone change request. And we do have some objectors today. One person showed up at the last meeting last week, who I think lives on, uh, Meta Thorpe Avenue and has objections to this. They have a, they asked us, they ... And, and it's difficult when people come in at the end of negotiations, because my client through this process, dealing with the staff, talked to Building Inspection, neighborhood association, we've put the conditions on there we think we can use and still be able to, number one, make this a viable project, and number two, which is an important consideration in ta- today's economy, he has to borrow money to build the buildings. And bankers get extremely queasy and nervous about lots of conditions on the property. Now, we felt that the buffering ones were absolutely, should be agreeable to a banker. We felt that we could demonstrate the excluded uses to bankers, and demonstrate that there still are some uses allowed here, that if Mr. Newton went out of business, a, a heating and air conditioning business could go in there, or a plumber shop, or a carpenter shop, or something of that range. So you have to demonstrate to the bank that there's some other use if you go out of business, or get foreclosed on, or whatever. You have to be able to demonstrate that- that to a, to a bank. But what we were concerned about, and, um, could not agree to, we could not agree to a condition that there be no noise generated that could ever be heard on a residential property in neig- in Meta Thorpe. We cannot agree to a condition like that, just because I can't even agree to that on my house, with lawn mowers and weed blowers and dogs and kids and all that sort of thing. We can't guarantee that there'll never be a noise you can hear outside this building. That's the goal, but we can't guarantee that. And a banker would be extremely jumpy about that type of condition. Number two, we were asked to put on limitations of hours, that we'd only be there from 7:30 to 4:30, or 7:30 to 5:00, or something like that. Again, although that is generally their business hours, we did not feel we could agree to that. 'Cause there are times they have to work at night. There may be somebody working at the office at night, they may have an emergency situation at, uh, factories, uh, they may need to work at night for some reason. We felt that in the previous discussions with the neighborhood, by closing the building off in the rear, uh, by having no loud speakers, that sort of thing, we were dealing with n- noise issues, and more importantly, we were excluding out the major noise-makers that would come in here. Compare this, if you would, to B-1 zone. A restaurant serving alcoholic beverages could be open til, what? 1:00 AM, 2:00 AM. Most restaurants have a back door, they have a dumpster, uh, you hear the clanging of the dumpster and that sort of thing. Many uses in B-1 would make more noise than what we're proposing here. We just can't get, we can't say, "Well, everything closes down at 4:30." We cannot make that type of blanket agreement. We cannot sell that to a banker who's gonna be loaning multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars to these people to build these buildings. Um, we just can't do that. Um, we understand the concerns. On water, just wanted to point out to you the, the, there's a note on the property, um, on the existing plat. There was a plat made of this property back in 2001, when the city acquired the Antique Drive right of way from Mr. Osborne. The note reads as follows, said, "This property is hereby designated as a temporary drainage easement. This easement shall be considered as fully terminated, of no force and effect, upon the written approval of the urban county engineer and the recording of an easement minor amendment plat, noting this release and creating any permanent easements as may be required by the urban county engineer." I'm reading that to say that this property, it's ironic, it has its zone without restrictions on B-1, but it has probably the heaviest restriction on storm water of any property in the community, because we can't do anything on this property, no matter if it's B-1, B-4, whatever zone, until we go to the urban county engineer with our water plan and show them the water plan, and they agree that it works, for whatever reason, they can decide for whatever reason whether it works or not, and then they release the rest of this property from the water plant. Now, Mr. Black is here. For brevity, I'm not gonna ask him to testify. He's our hydrological engineer. But, uh, uh, Tom Martin did show you the outlet pipe, which is somewhere around here. What, uh, Mr. Black said is we'd simply divert that along the back of the building to the existing swale here. We have... ... shown retention basins here and here. We don't know if we'll need those or not. Uh, Mr. Black will do a detailed study prior to fil- final development plan, which will be presented to you on that. We're showing retention basins to be safe here. We're not sure we're gonna need them, but we're being safe on here, and we have retained an engineer to look into all the hydrological issues. He has not com- done his detailed study that will follow, if you, knock on wood, approve this zone change and we come back to you with a final development plan on that. So I wanted to talk about that issue a minute. And, uh, just let me make sure I mentioned all the topics I want to mention to you here. I got a little off my outline, so I want to make sure I didn't skip anything on my outline here. The, uh, guess the only other thing I'd object, or, or, or mention to you is that the, um, we don't agree with the land use plan element of the comprehensive plan. We think this is more appropriate than B-1 use with the restricted B-4. I think we do agree with the goals and objectives that call for infill. As you all know, the community took a tough vote a few years ago on not expanding the urban service area boundary. And, in that case, it was mentioned at that time, a lot of you all weren't on the commission at that time, but some of you all were, that the other side of that is vacant lots are going to be developed. There was an inventory of vacant lots taken to see what will be developed. This is a vacant lot, and it's anticipated that development will occur here. Mr. Osbourne is selling the property, and development of some sort will occur on this property. We think this is the best development we can have. The houses along Medithorp Avenue, the duplexes and fourplexes, these are very deep lots, and the houses average being 120 feet away from the back property line, so there is an additional space there along the back property line. As they are, um, non-conforming uses, those houses cannot be expanded, uh, 'cause they're non-conforming. Just, it's ironic. You don't often see a non-conforming house in a business zone. Usually, it's a non-conforming business in a house zone, and just as a business in a house zone cannot be expanded, a house in a business zone cannot be expanded either. Uh, but that is B-1 zone all along here, all along there, um, on the property. Uh, so in conclusion, we truly feel, we, we've worked very hard on this with the Medithorp Association. As I said, we've worked for four months before we even filed the zone change. We truly feel we have a lower intensity and a quieter use than would be allowed on this property with a unrestricted B-1 zoning, as is on the property right now. Um, this property has been a problem in the neighborhood in the past due to dumping, trash, transients, and that sort of thing. Uh, we feel this will be a positive addition to the neighborhood, and for those reasons, we're asking you to vote in favor of this. We thank you very much, and we'd be happy to answer any questions you all might have. Thank you, Mr. Murphy. Uh, do we have any questions for Mr. Murphy from Commission? Mr. Penn? Is it the intent of the applicant, when he builds phase two of this, to occupy that building themselves? He may occupy it himself, or he could rent it to a related company, same type of business operation, shop of special trade, which would be complementary to him. Thank you. Any other questions for the Commission? Okay, I know we have some citizens that wish to speak, and, uh, in proper pro- uh, protocol and order, we'll take those citizens that are wishing to speak in favor of this proposal, if there are citizens wishing to speak in favor of this proposal. Okay. We will now take, uh, citizens wishing to speak in opposition to this proposal. Yes, sir. Good afternoon. Chairman Vaughan, members of the Commission, uh, Planning and Services staff, and my neighbors in Medithorp, I'd like to thank you all for your time. My name is Bob Layton. I live at 1480 Medithorp Avenue. It's a duplex. Uh, I live in Medithorp and work in Frankfurt, and have just had to recently familiarize myself with the zoning ordinances. I, and every neighbor I have talked to except one this week, oppose this application because of the threat it presents to using our homes for their basic living function. I also request that the staff enter into the record my email of October 20th to the staff, and I ask that the petition of 116 people opposing this zone change and authorizing me to appear on their behalf, please be provided to the Commission for their consideration. Mr. Murphy suggested that the disagreement here is concerning no noise escaping the property. That is not accurate and has never been sought. The request has been strictly for what Mr. Newton has been promising us. He has been working with Medithorp for many, many months. Every time he has spoke to us, he has said, "You will not have to worry about noise, even though we're talking about welding, even though we're talking about bending of metal." He has repeatedly promised us, has stated to us in conversations that the noise would be between 7:30 in the morning and 5:00 in the afternoon. Um, we oppose this for two reasons. First, the applicant provides no noise protections of time restrictions or buffers for the residences which are immediately adjacent to the property. Specifically, after promising all of Meadow Thorpe that it would only operate during daytime business hours and also after assuring neighbors, looking at us and telling us in the meetings that the location would be used only to store trucks and equipments, the applicant has rejected this ex- exact same conditions that they have provided us orally in assurances. They refuse to agree to noise restrictions on the par- on the property during regular business hours, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, which is what they have been saying for all the months they have been working with the association. As such, with welding and with bending of metal going on under the required agreement, 24 hours a day, those non-conforming uses, which by the way are houses where people live and sleep, will not be able to be used for sleep because they're w- the applicant is asking for the welding noises and the bending of the metal noises to be permitted 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We further oppose the change because this property is pointing the- this additional acreage at several existing businesses, and it is true that Antique Drive is higher than that edge along the property, but it is also true that this triangular piece of property, I- I- I'm going to take an estimate because I apologize, I'm not a geographer, but there is at least a 20 to, I would estimate, 30-foot rise over this grassy three acres and it points straight downhill and straight at the back of these businesses that are- that are across Antique Drive and that already are experiencing flooding problems. You just heard the applicant state that there was no- that they were not aware at this point of any specific storm water improvements needed for the property. That is the same statement they made last week on October 14th at the neighborhood meeting. It is difficult to imagine what will happen to the existing businesses with the additional storm water since there is that stream running right through the middle of that property. Now, concerning the representation by the applicant about Meadow Thorpe approving, I was present at the meeting on October 14th. 14 residents of Meadow Thorpe voted in favor at the meeting. Not a single resident voiced any personal approval. Every person who voted simply expressed that they had met with the applicant and that, in the same way that Mr. Murphy just characterized, we did not have a choice, that there was no alternative to this because of the current B-1 zoning. They stated if we did not approve this change, then something worse would happen without any zone change required. Mr. Murphy states that there has been an agreement to condition in zoning restrictions. While I respect that that is true, that there are technically agreements, those restrictions are for items such as not putting an ice house on this property, or a mine. Concerning the fundamental ability of the immediately adjacent, not nearby, immediately adjacent properties to function as residents, there has been no conditional restrictions for zoning that have been, uh, uh, that mister, excuse me, that Mr. Newton, the applicant, has been willing to agree to. While 14 of my neighbors voted to allow this change because they feared something worse could be done with it- without it, I have been authorized to appear here and ask you on behalf of 116 neighbors and business interests from Meadow Thorpe who oppose this application. Most of them have to be at their jobs this afternoon to make a living, so they asked me to speak. They oppose the application because of the lack of resolution of noise, buffers, and storm water issues. It's not an overstatement to describe those residents and businesses as livid over this proposed amendment. I have learned that this commission has much more authority than was represented to us by the applicant prior to and at the October 14th meeting. The zoning ordinance states that even if the commission decides to approve this application, this commission does have specific authority to protect the residents and businesses of Meadow Thorpe through the use of conditions to granting a zone map amendment. Article 6.7 of the zoning ordinance outlines the limitations of our zone, conditional zoning restrictions and reflects the provisions of Kentucky Revised Statute 100.203. 6.7 on the criteria says... 6.7.A, excuse me, says that a restriction or condition may impo- be imposed whenever one or more of the specifications of the ordinance would, if exercised, impair the integrity and character of the area in which the subject property is located or adjoining areas. Such restriction may include, but shall not be limited to, time limitations. That's from 6-7A, "Requirements that one or more things be done or restrictions or conditions of a continuing nature, so long as the same or limited to the matter set forth in se- section 6-7." This ordinance imposes a criteria that wherever the character and integrity of the adjoining areas would be impaired, that's the criteria, whether the character and integrity of the adjoining areas would be impaired. This requires an understanding of the character and integrity of Medo- Meadowthorpe. Now, I guess the technical term could be described as a non-conforming use, but these are houses where members of our neighborhood live. This is the kind of neighborhood where I have personally gone through this stream and picked up trash. I've taken a chainsaw and helped Bill Stone as we cleaned up brush piles on this stretch. This is the kind of neighborhood where neighbors roll one another's cur- Herbies back from the curb after trash day without asking one another. This is the kind of neighborhood that shares its joys and challenges and sorrows and make them all go easier. We have 60 years as a residential area. I respect that it is not, uh, due to any action of anyone here today that we are currently zoned B-1, but the integrity and character of that property is residential, and it is reasonable, I hope, that we can continue to be able to sleep at night. Even though I'm only recently familiar with this language, that plain language of the ordinance seems to be fairly straightforward to apply. Such a time restriction is the very first specifically mention of a permissible condition and again asks whether the integrity and character of the adjoining areas is impaired without a reasonable time condition restriction. The character of the adjoining areas is residential, does not have any requirement in that ordinance that says it must be zoned under any certain condition. During the evening and early morning hours, being able to weld, to bend metal, and to make noise completely compromises the ability to use those residents for locations where sleeping can occur. The really disturbing thing is that, as we have gone through this process, the applicant has repeatedly orally assured Meadowthorpe neighborhood as it sought approval that it would only need the business during regular business hours as it sought the neighborhood's approval. The minutes of the Meadowthorpe Neighborhood Association reflect that. They have stated that it would only be used from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. That was what the neighborhood relied upon when it did approve this by a vote of 14 to three last week. Because the applicant has repeatedly stated that it would only operate during normal business hours of seven to five, and because the applicant has stated the property would only be used for non-noise generating i-issues, such a time restriction on noise, by definition, cannot create an unnecessary hardship on the applicant. Further, as Planning Services Director Bill Salley has noted, such time restrictions may not be common, but they have occurred and they are specifically permitted under the condition requirement language in 6-7 and 6-7A. Setting aside the conditional restriction now, on the underlying proposed zone change, I submit that there has not been any proof upon which the commission can rely to grant an amendment. Again, applying the plain language here, 6-4D states the criteria for granting an amendment. Uh, if it's in, uh, uh, agreement with the c-comprehensive plan, of course, or in the absence of such a finding that the existing zoning classification to the property was inappropriate, I would expect that... I- I- I would not contest that part, and the proposed zoning classification is appropriate or that there have been major economic changes of an economic, physical or social nature within the area involved, which were not anticipated. So there are two criteria for this zoning change. One is that the B-1 be inap- is inappropriate. The other, it does not say there that the proposed zoning classification of B-4 be less inappropriate. The plain language of the ordinance says that the proposed zoning must be appropriate. I cannot find a better summary for the basis di- to- to disapprove this application than the staff report of the Planning Services Section, which states, "The applicant states that the subject property has been zoned B-1, but has not been developed for more than three decades and that a B-4 zone would be more appropriate at this location." That may be true, but only if the new activity can be appropriately buffered from the adjacent residential uses to the north and west of this location. There are no tree preservation measures... Well, that's been addressed, nor are any development plan restrictions, um, as part of this current application to instill a sense of confidence that a future shop of special trade will respect the longstanding residential uses immediately adjacent to the subject property. This... Until that's taken into account, they cannot agree that a B-4 zone not buffered is more appropriate than the existing R-B-1 at this location. In summary, I ask the commission to please consider the position against this zone change application expressed by 116 of the neighbors in Meadow Thorpe. Please recommend disapproval of the change under 64D of the zoning ordinance as unquestionably inappropriate. Please notice that this language is plain and unambiguous. To recommend approving the change, there would have to be a determination that the B-4 classification is appropriate, not that it is comparatively less inappropriate than the existing B-1. While the applicant suggests without proof that somehow a greater noise use, such as the B-4 of an industrial machine shop, welding and bending of metal, is in some way less inappropriate, it's uncontradicted that both the B-1 and the proposed B-4 are inappropriate, given the immediately adjacent 60-year-old residences. In the alternative, if the commission votes to recommend that the application be approved, I respectfully request that the commission please, please include in its recommendation the specifically authorized time restrictions on noise identified in 67A of the zoning ordinance. I also ask that on behalf of myself and those I am appearing on behalf of, that I please receive a copy of the specific findings of fact and conclusions of law and recommended decision relating to those issues in this application, and I also ask please to be notified of any final plan or additional processes relating to this property. I apologize, I know that was long-winded. Um, this comes down to a question of whether I, I and the other residences here, residents here, will be able to continue to sleep in our own homes. And forgive me if I was a bit repetitive or went a bit long, but respectfully, I cannot overstate how much we in Meadow Thorpe need your assistance on this matter. Thank you, and I'll be happy to answer any questions if I can. Thank you, Mr. Layden. Um, no need to apologize. It's what this process is all about, so. Is there anyone else, uh, that would like to speak in opposition to, uh- I would just also note that, uh, there are, there were three other people, uh, here with me, also in opposition. Um, one of those was included on the petition, so. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much, sir. Appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Mm-hmm. Okay, at this time, we will, um, if there's no other citizens willing to speak, uh, in opposition, we will, uh, take rebuttal at this time. Mr. Murphy, you have a rebuttal? Mr. Newton wants to speak. Mr. Newton? Thank you very much for hearing us. We run a machine shop, so we need to be in a B-4 zoning. And, uh, we've done everything with Meadow Thorpe, we've gave them every- everything asked for. They picked, picked out the materials for the building, and, and this gentleman showed up at the last meeting, you know, and evidently, you know, is against it. He, he wants the field open to raise his children and, you know, I mean, that's fine with me. I don't have any problem with that. The last time that we worked overtime was, you know, I mean, after 6:00 or 7:00 at night, but it was five years ago. But we can't let him tell us what time to open and close or... Can't spend a half million dollars after somebody turn the key on you, 'cause he'll definitely be standing there, but we'll abide by all the rules, we don't have any problem. Welding does not make noise. We use electric welders. I think if you stand outside the building, you can't hear us inside. But there could be a variation sometime, maybe you have to hit something with a hammer. But, but we just can't guarantee on the noise, or we can't guarantee we can't open the door before 7:00 in the morning and close it after 5:00. We just want that understood. But yeah, we'll be the best neighbor in the neighborhood. We'll be the best neighbor in Meadow Thorpe, you know, and if you... I've invited him to come to our place and look, he's not gonna show up, he just doesn't own anything in the field. Thank you, Mr. Newton. Just, just to sum up, I wish that, since Mr. Laydon was at our last meeting, I wish he'd been involved in the seven-month process we went through with the Meadow Thorpe Neighborhood Association. Uh, Ms. Young, in one of the handouts dem- uh, that we gave to you, or gave to the staff, so there'd been, been five or six meetings on this property, and the association with the Meadow Thorpe Development Review Committee. We'd participated in three or four of those to come talk to them, and, and try to work things out. We've been through the process, which I hope you would say is what a developer should do with the neighborhood association. We appreciate very much the people in the Development Review Committee, Ms. Young, Mr. Stone, Mr. Banks, and the other members of that Development Review Committee that repeatedly met with us, repeatedly went over things, invited other neighbors to come, and that's where we had a constructive workout of these issues, and I know it's tough for us, and it's, I know it's tough for Mr. Laydon to come in at the last minute and be raising issues that have been discussed before. But we have tried to design this so that the noise is kept inside, designed the building so that noise is kept inside, not have outdoor speakers, um, have the buffering that we want. And those were worked out collaboratively with the people at the association who came to us at those meetings where we were there to discuss things. When we weren't under the gun about having a meeting coming up and, uh, could sit down and just go over those things and work out what's the best for this community. I don't think there's anything to be gained by leaving this property B-1, without conditions. Um, the uses, I mean, right now, it has access only along the two ways. I mean, the only other way to get access to this property is for somebody to buy one of those houses, tear it down, and put a driveway in to- ... the property through the B1 area, because the residences are B1. That wouldn't be good for the community either. That would be dividing up the residences along Metathorpe Avenue. Um, given what you saw, what our access is, given what the surrounding uses are, and given the fact that I think we have a much quieter and a much better use for this property than is allowed in the B1 zone, we hope that you will vote in favor of this, because we, as the staff has pointed out, the B1 without conditions is not appropriate for the property, but what we're proposing, B4 with conditions, is the appropriate use for the property. Uh, thank you very much. Appreciate your all's attention to this. Thank you, Mr. Murphy. Um, Mr. Layton, do you have any rebuttal comment briefly? Yes, sir, if you could come forward. First of all, I don't, I, I do, uh, need to clear one thing up. I have been involved in this process for at least two months with the Metathorpe, uh, Development Committee on this matter, and I strongly disagree with the characterization that I just came in, in the last week. I've had communications with Mr. Stone. I have discussed this matter in detail and voiced these concerns. Mr. Murphy, excuse me, the applicant, um, talks about the fact that there was a collaborative process. I agree, there was a collaborative process. The absolute essence and the absolute basis of that collaboration was that the applicant said, "We will not make noise before 7:00 P, AM or after 5:00 PM." I have never stated nor would I be so, well, excuse me, I hope I would be reasonable enough to not ever suggest that this should continue to be an open field. I understand that my rights as a property owner end where another property owner's rights begin. I respect that a 23 stop, 23-foot tall building is going to be four feet from my property line. We have a garden in the backyard that will no longer get sun. I'm not even, I, I'm willing to concede that, but what we are hearing here is that there is not a willingness to, to have a conditional restriction on zoning to simply make legal what the applicant has over a period of many months made as a basis for his collaboration with the neighborhood. And I would again ask you to please let us be able to live in our residences regardless of whether they are zoned R or B. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Layton. Uh, staff, do you have a rebuttal, closing comments? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have, uh, three items. Uh, the first, we do have the, uh, email that Mr. Layton, uh, requested be entered into the record, and I'd like to circulate that to you at this time. Also, uh, another comment, uh, from Mr. Layton. It is the staff standard practice to inform objectors to rezonings when the final report is forwarded from the Planning Commission to the council, so that, that will be basically automatic. That will happen, uh, regardless of your decision this afternoon. Also, just a, a brief clarification, the building proposed is 15 feet off the property line. Uh, of that 15 feet, 4 feet is proposed for landscaping. Uh, and then finally, as to the, uh, acreage difference, uh, the survey plat that is submitted with the zone change that is in your notebooks does show the property at 2.86 acres. The typo appears to be on the first page of the application. Uh, so I was most concerned about the survey information, uh, that is the most technical, the most accurate. That does indicate that the property is 2.86 acres and, uh, we, staff apologizes to you for not catching that discrepancy earlier. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Saleh. At this time, we will close this portion of the public hearing and, um, I will, uh, I'm sorry, Mr. Martin, did you have something in addition? Excuse me. Mr. Chairman. Yes. Just a point of clarification also. Okay. Uh, in your development plan conditions, number 18, where it says discuss the proposed uses for the property, um, we believe that you've done that. You've heard the presentation, you have a list of the conditional zoning restrictions proposed. Uh, so should you see fit to approve the zone change in the plan, you could delete 18. Thank you, Mr. Martin, for clarification. Okay, we will, uh, close this portion of the public hearing and, uh, I will, uh, just turn it over to the commission at this time for, uh, further discussion, um, and/or motion. Um, we have before us a recommendation, uh, on the zoning, uh, of approval by the staff for the reasons provided. Um, staff has also provided, um, conditional zoning restrictions, uh, I believe on the tan sheet. I've since misplaced it. I said ... Oh, thank you. I said pink, thank you. Well, I think there's, I said pink, but there was actually, uh, two additional buffering restrictions, I think, in the back of Mr. Murphy's handout. So, but that has all the, um, prohibited uses, I believe, uh, with that. Uh, we also have zoning development plan ZDP2008-01, uh- 108 with the 17 conditions, changing the word discuss to resolve at time of final development plan, the drainage, and then deleting number 18. So, at this time, um, I will turn it over to commission for any, uh, discussion. Yes, Ms. Copeland. I have a q- I have a question. The pipe that daylights, the source of that water is in the street? Is that where- Is this, is that a question for engineering? It... Or for staff? Staff? Or Tom? The, the daylight, the pa- the pipe that daylights, it looks like maybe a 12-inch pipe, 15-inch pipe, th- the source of the water that comes through that pipe, it's from the street? Is that the same water we're talking about when we talk about a stream or is it the swell? It's a very good question. Let me see. A- again, the is an inlet between this third and fourth house, and that is the water from this street system that is coming into this drainage facility through the property, which appears to flow into this general vicinity. Uh, I don't believe... I don't know specifically if the swell serves that or not. Okay, 'cause we had reference to a stream. It is not a stream, according to our information. It is just a drainage ditch. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Martin. Thank you, Ms. Copeland. Are there any other questions? Comments? Is there a motion? Mr. Chairman, I move for approval of MAR2008-24, um, for the reasons provided by staff on this supplemental staff report, and, um, including the revised conditional zoning restrictions, uh, which are the prohibited uses and the, uh, buffering, uh, matters on the development plan. Let's see. That's on sub- that's on the subdivision. Okay, that's it, isn't it? Right there. Second. Oh, I'm sorry. I, I was waiting for a second. I was looking two directions. Uh, we have a motion and a second for, uh, approval of MAR2008, um, -24 for the reasons provided by staff, and... Yes. Noting the conditional zoning restrictions, uh, which en- which includes prohibited uses, uh, revised prohibited uses, and the buffering restrictions. Um, we'll call for the question at this time. Mr. Penn. Discussion. Discussion. Uh, I'm gonna support Ms., uh, Ms. Whitman's motion because I believe that a B1, if it's developed, would be more intrusive to your neighborhood. Not that this business doesn't change what you've seen for the last 40 years, but this piece of property will be developed and it will impact your neighborhood, and I believe that what they're gonna do here with the B4, with the restrictions that's there, will be less intrusive than what a B1 would be for you. And, uh, therefore, that's why I'm gonna support Ms. Whitman's motion. Uh, we have more restriction with the B4 than you would have with a B1, and, and I just believe that that would be better for your neighborhood in the long run than the B1 would be for you. So that why I'm s- gonna support her motion. Thank you, Mr. Penn. Other discussion? Okay, we have a motion and a second, uh, to approve. All those in favor of the motion, please signify by saying, "Aye." Aye. All opposed, please say, "No." Motion carries. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I move for approval of ZDP2008-108, um, with the, um, requirements listed, uh, the 17 requirements listed, deleting number 18 and changing number 17 to read, um, "resolve the apparent drainage feature at the center of the property at time of final development plan." Second. Okay, we have a motion and a second to approve ZDP2008-108. All those in favor of the motion, please signify by saying, "Aye." Aye. All opposed, please say, "No." Motion carries. Thank you. Okay, I think that, uh, concludes our, um, zoning items for the day and, um, at this time, um, I'm not aware of any commission items, unless members of the commission have items that they'd like to, to bring forward at this time. Okay. No, uh, no items by the commission. Um, Mr. King, staff items? Mr. Chairman, we do have one item that we think the commission will want to consider and, and give action to, and that has to do with your meeting and filing schedule. Uh, October is a five Thursday month and because of that, we, uh, have a extra work session on your calendar for next Thursday. In reviewing the items that we have, uh, in the hopper and need to bring to you probably by the end of the year, we feel comfortable that you could cancel that and give yourselves, uh, a week off next Thursday, and that any items that we would need to bring, um, by the end of the year, we could bring at the end of one of your regularly scheduled meetings in November and December there. Because of the calendar with the holidays, there's no dedicated work session day, uh, in November and December, but just in looking at things, we think particularly the subdivision meetings, we'll probably be able to bring anything we need to, uh, after those. So we think, uh, a motion to, uh, cancel your work session for next Thursday might be a treat you could give yourselves. I, I'm waiting on a motion. So moved. So moved. All right. Is there a second? We, we have to adopt, right? Well, this, we're voting on canceling the- All right, second. Second. Second? Okay, we have a motion and a second- ... to, uh, cancel, uh, next Thursday's, uh, work session. All those in favor of the motion, please signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed say no. As if you were gonna be here anyway. Motion carries with one opposition. Mr. Holmes, uh, motion carries. Please note everybody. Thank you. I would think Mr. King could plan a special time for him to... Ah. Yeah. We'll, we'll see if we can make arrangements for that. Thank you. Okay. Is there anything else, um, Mr. King, that we might have s- staff-wise? No, no other, uh, items, Mr. Chairman. Okay. Um, we, I guess we were handed out the, um, draft schedule of next year, 2009. Do we need to take action on that today? Meeting and filing schedule? Yes. Uh-huh. Uh, we'll have that on your agenda for your next meeting. Next meeting? We just wanted to go ahead and pass it out to you today. Okay, so the meeting and filing agendas for our information and reference, we'll, we'll take action at the next meeting. They're different. Uh, they're different. I believe they're the same, just different colors of paper. I believe that's correct. The lower left corner will tell you which draft it is. It's, it's not on the agenda. I think they would wanna announce it on the agenda. Is that correct, Mr. Sollie? Ms. Phillips asked if we could vote on it now, but I believe it has to be added to the agenda or is that... It has been past practice to be an agenda item in case- That's... ... anyone in the public ever would want to comment on it. Exactly. I can't ever remember that happening- ... um, but, uh, that's why we do usually put it on your agenda. Okay. Thank you. We have had a commission member or two make comment, however. Okay. That's all I have. Uh, if there's no further business, uh, is there a motion for adjournment? So moved. Second. Second. All right, we're adjourned. Thank you. The Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority is listening to you and reigning in the parking problems downtown. Meter feeders, beware, it's illegal to park at a meter for longer than the time limit. And the LexPark Outriders are coming. Mounted on electric chariots, these heroes are creating space. Didn't think there was enough parking downtown? With over a dozen garages and 1100 on-street spaces, your Outriders pledge to clear the meter feeders so you can enjoy a vibrant downtown. Hi, everybody. I'm Alaina Inscoe Kelly with Lexington Parks and Recreation. Youth ages 12 and under are invited to the friendliest Halloween event in Lexington, Little Goblins Galore. The event will be held this year from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM on Saturday, October the 25th. The rain date is Sunday, October the 26th, 1:00 to 5:00 PM. We're at a new location this year, McConnell Springs. Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween costume as they trick-or-treat along a friendly trail. There will also be a petting zoo, face painting, carnival games, and special entertainment. Food and soft drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day. There will also be many of your favorite characters to make sure you have a great time too. The admission charge is $5 per child with parents and guardians admitted for free. Little Goblins Galore is brought to you by Parks and Recreation, Fox 56, Mix 94.5, and Cricket Wireless. For more information, call 288-2900 or Lex call at 311. You can also visit us on the web at www.lfucg.com/parks. We hope to see you there. Lexington's got a little problem. We've got meter feeders. But the Lexington-Fayette County Parking Authority is changing that. Lex Park is taking back the streets for visitors, shoppers, diners, dancers, music lovers, and moviegoers. A team of special forces, the Lex Park Outriders, are mobilizing. The mission? To free up parking to enhance our visitor-friendly, vibrant downtown. So meter feeders, beware. Do your part for downtown and park responsibly. Championship golf at its finest. 18 holes of a first-class golf encounter. Kearney Hill Golf Links, designed by world-renowned architects Pete and Pebe Dye. 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There will also be many of your favorite characters to make sure you have a great time too. The admission charge is $5 per child with parents and guardians admitted for free. Little Goblins Galore is brought to you by Parks and Recreation, Fox 56, Mix 94.5, and Cricket Wireless. For more information, call 288-2900 or Lex call at 311. You can also visit us on the web at www.lfucg.com/parks. We hope to see you there. Hi, I'm Mayor Jim Newberry. Let's keep Lexington clean so pick up some trash whenever you see it. Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Save money, save fuel, save nature. When driving, don't drive over 55. You'll get an average of 35 miles per gallon when you drive 55. For every mile per hour faster than 55, fuel economy will drop by 1%. The faster you go, the faster the fuel goes. Take the bus. You'll meet new people and maybe your next best friend. Use a bicycle to get to work or play. By using a bicycle, you contribute nothing to the carbon footprint and you receive the benefits of exercise and fresh air. So save money, save fuel, save nature. He was a champion, a Masters champion. Play golf where champions played and hone their golf skills on a daily basis. Play the Gay Brewer Jr. Golf Course at Picadome. Walk the same fairways and read the greens like Gay did many years ago. Choose your irons and wedges carefully as you swing away at this beautiful designed course layout. The course also has a fully stocked golf shop and a great dining area after a great 18. The Gay Brewer Jr. Golf Course at Picadome. Call 288-2990 for your tee time. Hi, everybody. I'm Alaina Insko-Kelly with Lexington Parks and Recreation. Youth ages 12 and under are invited to the friendliest Halloween event in Lexington, Little Goblins Galore. The event will be held this year from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM on Saturday, October the 25th. The rain date is Sunday, October the 26th, 1:00 to 5:00 PM. We're at a new location this year, McConnells Springs. Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween costume as they trick or treat along a friendly trail. There will also be a petting zoo, face painting, carnival games, and special entertainment. Food and soft drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day. There will also be many of your favorite characters to make sure you have a great time too. The admission charge is $5 per child with parents and guardians admitted for free. Little Goblins Galore is brought to you by Parks and Recreation, Fox 56, Mix 94.5, and Cricket Wireless. For more information, call 288-2900 or Lexcall at 311. You can also visit us on the web at www.lfucg.com/parks. We hope to see you there. This is Customer Service Week and we're happy to serve you, the citizen, from Lexcall 311, your one call for city hall. Be sure and call us if you have any questions regarding any city service. Lexcall 311. Your one call for city hall. Lexcall 311. Your one call for city hall. Hi, everybody. I'm Alaina Insko-Kelly with Lexington Parks and Recreation. Youth ages 12 and under are invited to the friendliest Halloween event in Lexington, Little Goblins Galore. The event will be held this year from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM on Saturday, October the 25th. The rain date is Sunday, October the 26th, 1:00 to 5:00 PM. We're at a new location this year, McConnells Springs. Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween costume as they trick or treat along a friendly trail. There will also be a petting zoo, face painting, carnival games, and special entertainment. Food and soft drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day. There will also be many of your favorite characters to make sure you have a great time too. The admission charge is $5 per child with parents and guardians admitted for free. Little Goblins Galore is brought to you by Parks and Recreation, Fox 56, Mix 94.5, and Cricket Wireless. For more information, call 288-2900 or Lexcall at 311. You can also visit us on the web at www.lfucg.com/parks. We hope to see you there. Get ready to attend the 2008 Neighborhood Summit Saturday, October 25th from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Government Center located at 200 East Main. Registration is $5.00 and will include a continental breakfast. The topics will include public safety, code enforcement, waste management and recycling, with updates on Destination 2040 and the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games. To register, call 258-3100. In 1972, when I was a little girl, my grandmother took me to my first neighborhood summit. It was held at the government center downtown. I remember sitting in the lobby of the government center watching the speakers and listening to their speeches. As I listened, I noticed that many of the speakers were black men. I thought that was very interesting, and I wondered why there weren't any black women. Later, I found out that the government center did not have enough money to pay for a black female speaker. They decided to use a black male instead, and that was me. I was very proud of that fact. I was also very proud of the fact that I was the only black female speaker at the time. I was the first black female speaker at the government center. I was also the first black female speaker in the city of Detroit. I was also the first black female speaker in Wayne County. I was also the first black female speaker in the state of Michigan. I was also the first black female speaker in the nation. I was also the first black female speaker in the world. I was also the first black female speaker in the universe. I was also the first black female speaker in space. The next song is one of my favorites, and that is the Waltz of the Flowers, written by Tchaikovsky. Now, this waltz is often performed by orchestras, but I personally love performing it solo. It's such a beautiful piece. One of the things I love about this piece is how it uses the major scale. Every single note in this piece is a major chord, which gives it such a bright, cheerful sound. Another thing I love about this piece is how it uses arpeggios. An arpeggio is when a piano player plays a chord and then plays a descending pattern of notes to create a sort of melody. Now, I'm sure you're thinking, "What's an arpeggio?" Well, an arpeggio is when a pianist plays a chord and then plays a series of notes in ascending order to create a sort of melody. Now, I want to talk to you for a moment about rhythm. In this piece, we have a lot of eighth notes, which are these little dots that you see here. These eighth notes give the piece a bouncy feel. If you listen carefully, you'll notice that the beat of the music follows the rhythm of the arpeggios. The music sort of dances along. Now, I want to talk to you for a moment about dynamics. In this piece, we have a lot of loud sounds. There's a lot of trumpets playing, and sometimes the horns play these long, low notes. These loud sounds give the piece a sort of intense, almost aggressive feel. Now, I also want to talk to you for a moment about the use of long notes. In this piece, we have a lot of long notes played by the string section. These long notes add a sort of dramatic flair to the piece. One of the things I love about this piece is how it ends. It's so triumphant, and it feels like a victory of some sort. Now, I want to talk to you for a moment about the use of cymbals. In this piece, we have a lot of cymbals played by the percussion section. The cymbals add a lot of energy and excitement to the piece. One of the things I love about this piece is how it ends. It's so triumphant, and it feels like a victory of some sort. Now, I want to talk to you for a moment about the use of flutes. In this piece, we have a lot of flute playing, and the flutes play a lot of high-pitched, airy notes. Now, I want to talk to you for a moment about the use of strings. In this piece, we have a lot of strings playing the melody. Strings play the main tune of the piece, and they give it a sort of gentle, emotional feel. One of the things I love about this piece is how it ends. It's so triumphant, and it feels like a victory of some sort. Now, I want to talk to you for a moment about the use of timpanis. In this piece, we have a lot of timpanis played by the percussion section. The timpanis add a lot of power and intensity to the piece. One of the things I love about this piece is how it ends. It's so triumphant, and it feels like a victory of some sort. . Welcome to the 1970s, a decade filled with technological advancements and social upheaval. In this episode of Back to the Future, we'll travel to the year 1982, just after the events of the original film. But first, a word from our sponsor. With over 40 years of experience in property insurance, General Insurance is proud to bring you comprehensive cover for you and your family. From the comfort of your own home, visit generalinsurance.ca right now. . Back to the Future is based on a script by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. The screenplay was written by Steven Zaillai and Rick Davis, with music composed by John Williams. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Michael J. Fox as Doc Brown, DeNiro as Marty McFly, Robin Williams as Doc Brown's son, Danny, Meryl Streep as his wife, Doris, Kate Winslet as their daughter, Tammy, and John C. Reilly as their son, Marty. The film was released in theaters in Canada on November 19th, 1980, and in the United States on November 20th, 1980. The movie earned $85 million in global box office receipts when it opened. Over $100 million in Canadian box office receipts when it opened. And a whopping $130 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future 2, released in 1989, brought the series into the 21st century. The story follows Marty and his friends as they travel back in time to save the future. The film received critical acclaim upon its release, and it earned over $1 billion in global box office receipts when it opened. Back to the Future 3D, released in 1991, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $300 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $400 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future III, released in 1994, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $500 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future IV, released in 1997, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $550 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future: The Fall of Rome, released in 2001, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $570 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future: The Line, released in 2005, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $550 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future: The Line, Part II, released in 2007, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $550 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future: The Line Part III, released in 2009, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $550 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future: The Line Part IV, released in 2012, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $550 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future: The Line Part V, released in 2017, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $550 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. Back to the Future: The Line Part VI, released in 2019, brought the Back to the Future franchise into the 21st century. The story follows Doc Brown, Marty, and their friends as they travel back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity by a group of evil scientists. The film earned over $550 million in global box office receipts when it opened, and over $600 million in total worldwide. This is just a little sample built upon a single note. Other notes are bound to follow, but the root is still that note. Now this new one is a consequence of one that just went through. As I'm bound to be the unavoidable consequence of root. There's so many people who can talk and talk and talk, and just say nothing, or nearly nothing. I have used up all the skill I know and at the end I come to nothing, or nearly nothing. So I come back to my first note, as I must come back to you. I will pour into that one note all the love I feel for you. Anyone who wants the whole show, mi mi fa so la ti do. He will find himself with no show. Better play the note you know. There's so many people who can talk and talk and talk, and just say nothing, or nearly nothing. I have used up all the skill I know and at the end I come to nothing, or nearly nothing. There's so many people who can talk and talk and talk, and just say nothing, or nearly nothing. I have used up all the skill I know and at the end I come to nothing, or nearly nothing. He will find himself with no show. Better play the note you know. He will find himself with no show. Better play the note you know. And then there suddenly appeared before me, the only one my eyes will ever hold. I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me." And when I looked the moon had turned to gold. And then there suddenly appeared before me, the only one my eyes will ever hold. I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me." And when I looked the moon had turned to gold.(00:00:01) (00:00:21) Love me or leave me or let me be lonely. (00:00:24) You won't believe me, but I love you only. (00:00:27) I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else. (00:00:33) You might find the nighttime, the right time for kissing. (00:00:37) But nighttime is my time for just reminiscing. (00:00:40) Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else. (00:00:46) Now, there'll be no one unless that someone is you, you, you. (00:00:53) I intend to be independently blue, blue, blue. (00:01:00) I want your love, but I don't wanna borrow. (00:01:03) Have it today, give back tomorrow. (00:01:06) No love for my love, it's your love for nobody else. (00:01:12) Scatting] (00:01:32) Blow, Sam. (00:01:35) Now, there'll be no one unless that someone is you, you, you. (00:02:04) 'Cause I intend to be independently blue, blue, blue. (00:02:09) Baby, I want your love, but I don't wanna borrow. (00:02:13) Have it today, give back tomorrow. (00:02:16) It's your love for my love, there's no love for nobody else. (00:02:20) So love me or leave me all alone. (00:02:28) Give it up. (00:02:31) Angels, angels. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. My special angel sent from up above. The Lord smiled down on me and sent an angel to love . You are my special angel right from paradise. I know that you're an angel, heaven is in your eyes. A smile from your lips bring the summer sunshine. The tears from your eyes bring the rain. I feel your touch, your warm embrace, and I'm in heaven again . You are my special angel through eternity. I'll have my special angel here to watch over me. A smile from your lips brings the summer sunshine. The tears from your eyes bring the rain. I feel your touch, your warm embrace, and I'm in heaven again . You are my special angel through eternity. I'll have my special angel here to watch over me , here to watch over me The falling leaves drift by my window. The autumn leaves of red and gold. I see your lips, the summer kisses. The sunburned hands I used to hold. Since you went away the days grow long. And soon I'll hear old winter's song. But I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leaves begin to fall. Since you went away, the days grow long. And soon I'll hear old winter's song. But I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leaves begin to fall. Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today. Madam. Miss Otis regrets- She's unable to lunch today. She is sorry to be delayed. But last evening down in Lover's Lane, she strayed. Madam, it's always regrets. She's unable to lunch today. When she woke from her dream and found that her love had gone. Madam, she ran to the man who had led her so far astray. And from under her velvet gown. She drew a gun and shot her lover down. Madam, it's always regrets. She's unable to lunch today. Then the mob came and got her. And dragged her from the jail. Madam, they strung her upon a willow across the way. And the moment before she died, she lifted up her lovely- Come on, Lexington, and join our schools in the National Aluminum Can Recycling Program. The challenge runs throughout October. And all cans recycled in schools, homes and businesses count. Last year, we recycled over 3.7 million cans during the challenge. And we want to beat that total this year. Just put your empty cans in any blue, rosey recycling container. And remember that together, yes we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Coming up, a look at solar powered parking meters, a preview of Saturday's Neighborhood Summit, and breaking ground on the new rain garden. This, plus more, coming your way on Lexington Now. Hello, everybody. Thanks for joining us for this edition of Lexington Now, an update of events and news from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. I'm David Sullivan. We start this week with Mayor Jim Newberry, speaking at the recent groundbreaking for the Southland Drive Rain Garden, the latest in what is hoped to eventually number 2,010 rain gardens by 2010. It seems like, uh, just a short while ago, we were here, uh, thanking the sponsors for making this project possible, and today I am delighted that we are now ready to actually break ground on the project. Having a lot of citizens involved in our environmental initiatives is key to their success, and, and as I go around the community, people often ask what it is they might be able do, to do, in order to help our environment. Well, one of the things is, they might consider installing a rain garden. Now, rain gardens are, uh, something of a new concept to Lexington, but we're beginning to make a little progress in installing a few of them. Uh, they are part of a holistic approach to managing and improving our community's water quality. They reduce the amount of runoff that, uh, we see in our streams from large surface parking areas, uh, such as the one we're on today, and, uh, they're very effective in helping to protect the quality of the water in our streams, in this instance, uh, Wolf Run Creek, which is, uh, a very important part of the Southland corridor here. As some of you may know, the Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance has, uh, put forward an ambitious goal for our community. We have been challenged to produce 2,010 rain gardens by, uh, 2010, the year at which we'll be, uh, in which we'll be hosting the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. And while that is an ambitious goal, it is a great way to get a lot of people involved in our community and since we have started our first rain garden, registered our first rain garden about a month ago, we now have, uh, another 28 rain gardens that have been registered here in our community, with a total of 6,858 square feet of bluegrass now devoted to the rain garden so we are off to a good start. I want to, uh, just conclude by thanking the sponsors who have helped make this possible. It, it takes a lot of involvement in our community to make these, uh, types of projects work and I see representatives of several of these sponsors here today, the Southland Association, um, Kentucky American Good Foods Co-op, Friends of Wolf Run, the Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance and a number of people in Urban County government, so thanks to all of you for all that you have done to, to make this day possible and we look forward to continuing to have the opportunity to work with you going forward. Improving our environment is, um, important, not only in the short term for purposes of satisfying all of the requirements we have undertaken in connection with the EPA consent decree, but also for the long term, in terms of leaving our kids and our grandkids with a, uh, better place to call home in the future. And so, that's what this is really all about at the end of the day is making Lexington a much better place both now and in the future and I want to thank, say thanks again to all of you who have participated. Continuing with the green theme, Urban County Council Member Dick DeCamp and Commissioner of Environmental Quality, Cheryl Taylor, helped the Lexington-Fayette Parking Authority unveil a new parking meter that is partially solar powered. I'm Dick DeCamp and I'm the Third District Councilman, uh, and most of downtown falls into the Third District so I get the honors today of introducing a new innovation in parking meters. Thank you all for coming to help us initiate the latest, uh, technology, uh, in parking meters. For too many years, Lexington has been behind most other cities in parking programs, including street parking and parking garages. I can tell you for sure, I've headed up in my 12 years on council a couple of ad hoc committees to look at parking meters and it got so confusing because there were four agencies that were involved, uh, general services, traffic engineer, revenue and police. And so as a consequence, we really didn't get anything done but the city very wisely two years ago created a, took a much needed step in creating the Parking Authority and I'm glad to say that the Parking Authority is moving ahead rapidly. They have a board of five people headed up by Kenton Ball and they have hired a very competent director, Gary Means. I certainly am personally pleased that we're moving ahead with the parking problems before I leave office at the end of the year. We're now doing which many cities in this country have done for many years. We have a parking authority that, among other things, uh, will run the government-owned garages and oversee over a thousand parking meters, uh, in our cities. Anyone who's been downtown recently, uh, most of the times you can find a place to park now, which certainly makes it a lot easier to do business in our city center. So today we want to show you the latest in meter, the pay station. Gary, in a few minutes, will tell us more about the meters but the one thing I'm really glad to say that the meters are, fall under the green category. So that segues right into my introduction to Cheryl Taylor, who is our city's Commissioner of Environmental Quality. Cheryl. I have to admit that what drew me out is the flashy new technology. I think we're all interested in solar technology and the feature of this new pay system that the Parking Authority will be installing. And I think a lot of us here, that in Kentucky, we don't have a lot of options here, that we're not the kind of state that has opportunities to use alternative energy forms. But I've found in my, um, my practice, in my life, that that's simply not true. I think we have a lot more options than we think we do here and this is an example of that. I think there are more choices that we can each make in a day than we sometimes think. Um, some of the choices represent new technologies like these solar pay stations, but others are pretty fundamental that any of us can make at home. Um, some of the choices that the Parking Authority has made in general in trying to green their program include things like office recycling, um, they actually reduce the amount of paper they use and they encourage more electronic communication, the chariots that they use, also walking, uh, when they do use a vehicle they're choosing hybrids and that's a, that's a policy that many of us could practice in our businesses and homes. Um, they also have developed the street management plan because a lot- ... that get generated by people who are driving in a downtown area, are created because they have to circle. They have to look for a place and they have to roam around. And by creating this new plan, they're hoping to reduce that kind of time and that kind of circling that goes on in the downtown area. And finally, they're doing some evaluation of their building lighting to try to reduce energy, and I think that's of interest to everyone right now. But I would like to recognize them for making those choices and challenge others to do similar things, in their own home, in their business or their organization. Anyone can choose to recycle. Anyone can choose to explore new options, and I think you just have to take the time to do that. City government and the Department of Environmental Quality is exploring some similar options so that we as a government can act as a role model for the citizens and really practice what we preach. Uh, we're really excited about this, uh, rolling out of the new technology, and I just wanted to hit on a couple of points, um, one in particular. Um, as you approach a block that would have these, uh, electronic meters, you'll have, you'll see a sign similar to this that kind of directs people on either end of the block back towards the, um, parking meter that we've installed. So these are some new signs that you'll start seeing on the, on the blocks that, uh, these meters will, will be, uh, installed on. Currently, we have, uh, five meters installed, three downtown and two out in the UK area, and we're in a, uh, three-phase process where we'll have 20 more in the middle of November installed and then 25 in early December. So, at some point in December, there'll be a total of fi, uh, 50 of these meters installed in the downtown and the UK area. This Saturday, October 25th, the Irvin County Government will host the second Neighborhood Summit in hopes of better educating those active within their community as to how local government works. Here's Mary Ann Blodgett with details on the event happening this weekend. My name is Mary Ann Blodgett. I am the Community Relations Director for the Lexington-Fayette Irvin County Government and the Mayor's Office, and I'm h- I'm proud to say that, uh, for the second year, we are going to hold a Neighborhood Summit. And the summit is generally targeted for, um, presidents and leaders of neighborhoods, however, it is open to anyone in Lexington who is interested in learning more about Irvin County Government, how it works, and how they can get civically engaged in the government. So we're gonna hold the summit this year on Saturday morning, October the 25th. We'll start registration at 7:30 AM and we'll go till around 1:00 PM. We have, uh, the mayor will o- give the general session and we're gonna give a few details on the World Equestrian Games and how neighborhoods can get involved through beautification and landscaping efforts, which should be very interesting. We're gonna get an update on the Destination 2040 project from Charlie Boland, and we're gonna hear a little bit about LexCall. As the morning progresses, we're gonna go into four, four panels that we have planned. The first one is emergency preparedness for neighborhoods. Uh, the second panel will be safe neighborhoods, crime prevention and community safety. Now, you hear a lot about that. We've got some excellent speakers lined up from the, uh, police department and the fire department. Third, Lexington's going, going green. Well, isn't everybody? But we're doing our part, and we're gonna have an excellent presentation and an update on the consent decree and some of the other things that we're doing here as a community, so that'll be very interesting. Okay, then we decided we have one more hour left, and what are we gonna do? Local government, everything including the kitchen sink. So what we're gonna do here is involve the folks in several of our divisions that neighborhoods really have, uh, a lot of contact with. Code enforcement, police, waste management. I mean, all of the f- folks that, as residents, you need to talk to with some regularity. We're gonna have them sit up on, um, uh, a- as a panel, and we're gonna give, uh, the people in the audience the opportunity to ask any question they want. And we're gonna have the same four panels again, so that if you come by yourself, you can go to at least two of those panels. If you bring other people with you, you see you can, you can divide it up and try to hit all four of them. So we're trying to make this as convenient as possible for people to get a bunch of information in about a four-and-a-half-hour time period on a Saturday morning. We'll offer a continental breakfast, a box lunch, all for the low price of $5 for registration. Uh, we did have to kind of offset some of our costs, but I don't think anybody can argue with $5. If folks would like to know more about it, I think the easiest thing to do is to go to www.lfucg.com. You scroll down the right, you'll see Many Neighborhoods, One Lexington. That's, that's our logo. And if you'll, if you'll press on that logo, you'll see all the information and an online registration form. If that's not something that you have access to, please call the mayor's office, 258-3100, and ask about the Neighborhood Summit. Come on down October the 25th, Saturday morning at 7:30, and get all the information you ever want about Irvin County Government and beyond. Do you have a lot of old paint or unused household chemicals around the house? If so, you'll want to take advantage of the upcoming Fall Haul, scheduled for November 1st. You can dispose of old containers of gas, oil, paint, and household cleaners, all in an environmentally responsible way. Tom Webb has more details. So the Fall Haul basically is an opportunity for residents of Fayette County, uh, to bring out their unwanted materials, household hazardous waste, basically, so your solvents, your, uh, automotive, uh, uh, uh... ... type items, waxes, used oil, gasoline, pesticides, herbicides, and a lot of things that you might have in your kitchen sink or out in your, uh, closet or in your garage that, that you're not gonna use anymore. And it gives us- gives the homeowners a good opportunity to get rid of that in a way that is actually, uh, an environmentally friendly way. A lot of these materials will be recycled, what we can recycle. Some of these materials will be reused, um, and, uh, w- we'll actually just work hard to make sure that, that what, what is brought to us is put to some sort of use- beneficial use if we can. But the bottom line is we're keeping it out of the landfills and we're protecting the solid waste workers. And, uh, it's just a, a good event all the way around for the environment and for the public. It's a win-win. It's, it's a real simple process. Uh, once you, uh, you enter off of Jimmy Campbell Drive and, and to go back to the landfill, and we'll talk about that more in a minute, but basically you, you, you'll be routed around in your car. You'll stay in your car; you'll be routed around to the drop-off point, the unload point. You have city workers, volunteers and contractors reach into your vehicle and pull the material out, and that'll be segregated and, and placed in appropriate containers and managed appropriately. But really, there's nothing you have to do other than load your car up, bring it to us, and we'll, we'll unload it for you and we'll get you right back out on Old Frankfort Pike. It's on Saturday, November 1st. It is going to last from 8:30 to 4:00. Those are the hours that we'll be open. Um, we'll have message boards up on Old Frankfort Pike, uh, and, and traffic control to get people in and out as quickly as we can. We've got a lot of staff laid on, a lot of volunteers, uh, a lot of resources. So hopefully it won't be, won't take very, very long at all for the vehicles to be routed through. I think, uh, uh, last, last time we did a similar event, which was spring of 2006, we got the cars through probably once they got into line in, in a matter of, of minutes. So hopefully there won't be any kind of backlog or people have to wait very long. So we're encouraging people to bring what they have and also to bring what your neighbor has to cut down on, uh, traffic and waste and, and, and also, uh, use of gasoline these days. Uh, but if you have a neighbor that has stuff to get rid of, you can bring your neighbor's stuff too, and we actually prefer that. You can contact me or anybody in, in the Division of Environmental Policy, but my phone number is 425-2808. And then you can also go to the Solid Waste webpage and you'll find the information there. Last week in observance of National White Cane Safety Day, the Bluegrass Council for the Blind held an event downtown to bring awareness to those that are visually impaired. It's just a great, great day to be out here in the park, uh, bringing awareness once again regarding the white cane that is, uh, so important and a daily part of my life. You know, some people choose to, um, use guide dogs and that's fine, but it's ... And my mother always used to tell me that I should go and get a guide dog, but the thing about it is, I told her that I can't fold my ... I couldn't fold a guide dog up and put it in my bag, and I'm just too busy really to pay the attention and take care of the dog as, um, they require. So again, it's my pleasure to be here today. Uh, I am, as Paula said, the Executive Director of Independence Place, which is a center for independent living. I'm also the first Vice President of the National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky, the Legislative Liaison to Congress for NFBK, and the President of the National Federation of the Blind of Lexington. So it's my pleasure to be here. It's time now to take a look at this week's lane closures with information provided by Channel 3's morning show, Crosstown Traffic. It gives you details on delays, detours, and roadway construction so you can plan a better commute. Here's a look at this week's lane closures from Crosstown Traffic and the Traffic Management Center. Tune in to Crosstown Traffic every weekday morning from 6:30 to 8:30 AM on GTV3 for live traffic surveillance cameras, collision and impact reports, and up-to-the-minute lane closure information. Another green activity in town is this weekend's Bluegrass Green Expo. Ben Perry with details on the event being held downtown at the Lexington Convention Center. My name is, uh, Ben Perry, and I'm the President of Bluegrass Greenworks Incorporated, and we are the, uh, coordinator of the Bluegrass Green Expo. The Bluegrass Green Expo started in 2004, actually under the name of the Bluegrass Energy Expo, and it kinda got started when we could see, you could see energy prices, where they were headed. The, the, the word on, the verdict on global warming was in pretty much by that time. Uh, a lot of people were concerned about, uh, America's dependency on foreign, uh, oil sources and, and energy sources. And so all that coming together and we decided it was, it was time to put an event out there in Lexington to bring Lexingtonians in to basically learn what those issues were and what they could, uh, what they, what part they could do in it. Uh, we're gonna have probably somewhere between 80 and 100 exhibitors. A lot of them are gonna be businesses. We're also gonna have some educational institutions, government agencies, non-profits, and we're gonna have a bunch of educational exhibits. The area that you see, the parking lot there's gonna be a, a, a display called Sustainability Street. And what it's gonna be, it's gonna be, uh, a lot of different futures and elements of a street, say, in Lexington that would be sustainable. There's gonna be like a Lextran bus stop, there's gonna be zap cars, electric cars, solar cars, uh, a veggie oil cars, that type thing. There's gonna be rain gardens. There's gonna be green building techniques. There's gonna be, just kind of anything that you would find in a, in a sustainable community. Kim Nicholson is charge of the Kids Expo. She just has a passion for this stuff, and she does ... It's gonna be 45,000 square feet dedicated completely to kids. Uh, activities, exhibits, kids workshops, uh, reading groups, uh, uh, creative, kind of self-expression type stuff. And that's always one of my favorite 'cause you get kids, they get excited about it, they get their parents excited about it, and that kinda creates excitement in the community. Well, the interesting thing is this is our fifth year, and, uh, yeah, we, we, you know, in terms of in Lexington, we love to see it spread out kind of more into the community, have, have, you know, events and activities spilling out into the downtown area. And we've actually, after five years, we've also spawned events in, in, in, like, Bowling Green, Owensboro, uh, Nashville, up in Ohio, Frankfurt recently had an event. So we've got a lot of events around the state that are being, uh, kind of, uh, motivated and inspired by this event. Probably, probably the crux of the thing is if you haven't been to the expo before, it is ... it will really surprise you, and just the amount of green activity, green business activity, green non-profit activity, the amount of educational resources there are here. You will be, I promise, very much amazed by the amount of activity that's going on in Lexington, which is, a lot of people may not see it as a particularly progressive community, but there's a lot going on here. Well, it's gonna be right here at, uh, Heritage Hall at Lexington Center. It's gonna be October 25th and 26th. That's a Saturday and Sunday. It's gonna be Saturday 10:00 to 6:00, and Sunday from 12:00 to 6:00. The, uh, website is www.bluegrassenergyexpo.org. A lot of new stuff this year too as well. The Sustainability Street's gonna be new. We're adding 10,000 square feet of e- of exhibition space inside the hall. Uh, we're gonna have a green building walking tour. There's a number of really good examples of green building right here within walking distance, so we're gonna do a tour of those. Have a, a big solar demonstration trailer out here that's gonna be brand new. Uh, uh, a lot, a lot of new stuff this year for people that have even come in previous years. Welcome to this week's Parks Minute. Register now for the special Halloween program at Raven Run. This program will be held at 7:30 and 9:30 PM on Friday, October 24th. Participants will explore the grounds of Raven Run for the mysterious creatures of the night. They will hear ghost stories as they tour the grounds of the historic home and examine the unusual cabinet of curiosities. Patrons can enjoy free refreshments while sitting by a roaring fire. There will also be free spooky prizes for all young participants. Space is extremely limited and pre-registration is required for admittance to this program. For more information, or to register, call Raven Run at 272-6105. Youth ages 12 and under can enjoy the Halloween season with fewer scares this year at Little Goblins Galore. This event will take place from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, October 25th at McConnell Springs. Youth are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes as they trick-or-treat along a trail filled with a friendly cast of characters. There will also be hay rides, a petting zoo, face painting, carnival games, nature activities, and special entertainment. Concessions will be available for purchase throughout the day. The admission fee is $5 per child with parents or guardians admitted for free. In the event of inclement weather, this event will be held from 1:00 to 5:00 PM on Sunday, October 26th. For more information about any events and programs taking place, visit the parks website at LFUCG.com/parks. I'm Stacy Diamond, and I'll see you next time on a Parks Minute. Time for us to keep you up-to-date on the week's meetings. Plenty is on the schedule for city council and other government agencies. Remember, you can always go to lfucg.com for a complete list of local government meetings. We'll close with something for the kids. Little Goblins Galore will take place this Saturday at McConnell Springs from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. For details, call Parks and Recreation at 311. That's all for this week's show. We'll see you next time with more updates and news from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Until next time, for Lexington Now, I'm David Sullivan, and that's all for now. He was a champion, a master's champion. Play golf where champions played and honed their golf skills on a daily basis. Play the Gay Brewer Junior Golf Course at Picadil. Walk the same fairways and read the greens like Gay did many years ago. Choose your irons and wedges carefully as you swing away at this beautiful designed course layout. The course also has a fully stocked golf shop and a great dining area after a great 18. The Gay Brewer Junior Golf Course at Picadil. Call 288-2990 for your tee time. Hi, everybody. I'm Alaina Insko Kelley with Lexington Parks and Recreation. Youth ages 12 and under are invited to the friendliest Halloween event in Lexington, Little Goblins Galore. The event will be held this year from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM on Saturday, October the 25th. The ring day is Sunday, October the 26th, 1:00 to 5:00 PM. We're at a new location this year, McConnell Springs. Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween costume as they trick-or-treat along a friendly trail. There will also be a petting zoo, face painting, carnival games, and special entertainment. Food and soft drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day. There will also be many of your favorite characters to make sure you have a great time too. The admission charge is $5 per child, with parents and guardians admitted for free. Little Goblins Galore is brought to you by Parks and Recreation, Fox 56, Mix 94.5, and Cricket Wireless. For more information, call 288-2900 or Lexcall at 311. You can also visit us on the web at www.lfucg.com/parks. We hope to see you there. This is Customer Service Week, and we're happy to serve you, the citizen, from Lexcall 311, your one call for City Hall. Be sure and call us if you have any questions regarding any city service. Lexcall 311. Your one call for City Hall. Lexcall 311. Su única llamada para el gobierno. This is Customer Service Week, and we're happy to serve you, the citizen, from Lexcall 311, your one call for City Hall. Be sure and call us if you have any questions regarding any city service. Lexcall 311. Your one call for City Hall. Hi, everybody. I'm Alaina Insko Kelley with Lexington Parks and Recreation. Youth ages 12 and under are invited to the friendliest Halloween event in Lexington, Little Goblins Galore. The event will be held this year from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM on Saturday, October the 25th. The ring day is Sunday, October the 26th, 1:00 to 5:00 PM. We're at a new location this year, McConnell Springs. Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween costume as they trick-or-treat along a friendly trail. There will also be a petting zoo, face painting, carnival games, and special entertainment. Food and soft drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day. There will also be many of your favorite characters to make sure you have a great time too. The admission charge is five dollars per child, with parents and guardians admitted for free. Little Goblins Galore is brought to you by Parks and Recreation, Fox 56, Mix 94.5, and Cricket Wireless. For more information, call 288-2900 or let's call at 311. You can also visit us on the web at www.lfucg.com/parks. We hope to see you there. Get ready to attend the 2008 Neighborhood Summit, Saturday, October 25th, from 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. at the Government Center, located at 200 East Main. Registration is five dollars and will include a continental breakfast. 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