# Planning Commission Subdivision (Sub) Committee - June 5, 2025 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Commission · June 5, 2025 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6448 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6448?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2025-06-05 - **Body**: Commission - **Last revised**: March 26, 2026 - **Length**: 32,349 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 Subdivision Committee Meeting was held on June 5, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. in the Phoenix Building, 3rd Floor Conference Room. The committee worked through a full agenda of 9 items covering a range of subdivision and property matters. Of the 9 agenda items considered, 7 were approved and 2 — South Broadway Place and Lynn Grove Addition, and Patchen Wilkes Unit 2 — were postponed. The meeting included 9 votes and 1 public comment. ## Attendance The following 21 members were present at the June 5, 2025 Commission meeting: - Vaughan Adkins - Steve Parker - Ben Cornett - Eric Sutherland - Lane Gilliam - Embry Beatty - Rob Volpenhein - Scott Burton - Scott Thompson - Boyd Sewe - Craig Prater - Chris Dent - Holly Salazar Carrillo - Traci Wade - Daniel Crum - Chris Chaney - Cheryl Gallt - Jeremy Young - James Mills - Paula Schumacher - Tracy Jones No members were recorded as absent or late. ## Votes and Decisions The Commission took action on nine items during the meeting, with seven approvals, two postponements, and all votes conducted by voice. - **PLN-MJSUB-25-00003** — The Commission approved the amended plan for Patchen Wilkes Unit 1, Phase 2, subject to conditions presented by staff. Motion by Mr. Penn. [timestamp: 0:06:16] - **PLN-MJDP-25-00012** — The Commission approved the Locust Hill Shopping Center plan with 16 attached conditions. Motion by Mr. Chair. [timestamp: 0:12:04] - **PLN-MJDP-25-00025** — The Commission approved the Enterprise Industrial West Unit 1 plan with 25 conditions. [timestamp: 0:22:53] - **PLN-MJDP-25-00029** — The Commission approved the Coleman Property plan with 13 conditions. Motion by Mr. Jeremy. [timestamp: 0:36:26] - **PLN-MJDP-25-00026** — The Commission voted to postpone the South Broadway Place and Lynn Grove Addition plan, with 14 conditions noted. Motion by Mr. Penn. [timestamp: 0:51:28] - **PLN-MJDP-25-00027** — The Commission voted to postpone the Patchen Wilkes Unit 2 plan, with 15 conditions noted. Motion by Mr. Chair. [timestamp: 1:38:35] - **PLN-MJDP-25-00028** — The Commission approved the On the Block LLC Property plan with 23 conditions. Motion by Mr. Chairman. [timestamp: 1:45:47] - **PLN-MJDP-24-00030** — The Commission approved an extension for the Greendale Hills Unit 3 plan with 18 conditions. Motion by Mr. Chair. [timestamp: 1:48:05] - **PLN-MJDP-24-00099** — The Commission approved the Givens Property plan with 19 conditions. [timestamp: 1:56:45] All nine items were decided by voice vote; no roll call votes were recorded and no individual ayes, nays, or abstentions were tallied. No seconds were recorded for any motion. ## Public Comment One member of the public addressed the Commission during the public comment period. [timestamp: 1:22:04] - **Rhodes Brown** spoke regarding concerns about the proposed Kroger development and its potential effects on the Patchen Wilkes Townhomes community. Brown's comments focused on three primary areas of concern: traffic impacts, noise, and potential connectivity issues that the development could create for the surrounding neighborhood. No additional public comments were recorded during this portion of the meeting. ## Contested Items - **Patchen Wilkes Development (Kroger):** Residents raised concerns about the proposed development at Patchen Wilkes, specifically citing issues related to traffic, noise, and connectivity. Community members expressed opposition to the project during the meeting. The provided meeting data does not include details on the specific outcome or vote resulting from this discussion. ## Patchen Wilkes Unit 1, Phase 2 **Case No. PLN-MJSUB-25-00003** [timestamp: 02:05] The Commission took up a discussion item regarding Patchen Wilkes Unit 1, Phase 2, a major subdivision proposal. Rory Keeley was among the key speakers presenting on the item. The discussion centered on a revised street layout for the subdivision, along with an increased number of proposed lots. The updated plan calls for **115 lots**, plus one additional lot designated for the Homeowners Association (HOA). The technical advisory committee had previously reviewed the proposal and recommended approval subject to conditions. The Commission's discussion reflected that prior committee recommendation. Following the presentation and discussion, the Commission voted to **approve** the request, consistent with the committee's recommendation and the conditions attached to it. ## Locust Hill Shopping Center **Agenda Item:** PLN-MJDP-25-00012 | [timestamp: 06:47] The Commission took up a discussion item regarding the Locust Hill Shopping Center, specifically concerning a revised building and parking layout along with the proposed addition of a double car drive-through. Key speaker **Tony Barrett** presented or addressed the item before the Commission. The discussion centered on the proposed revisions to the site plan, including how the updated building and parking configurations would function alongside the new drive-through element. Despite the item ultimately receiving approval, the process was not without complication — the committee had previously recommended **postponement** due to unresolved compliance questions. The nature of those compliance concerns is not fully detailed in the available record, but they were significant enough to prompt the committee-level recommendation to delay action prior to the Commission's consideration. The Commission ultimately voted to **approve** the item, moving the Locust Hill Shopping Center proposal forward notwithstanding the earlier postponement recommendation. ## Enterprise Industrial West Unit 1 **Agenda Item:** PLN-MJDP-25-00025 [timestamp: 13:05] The Commission took up discussion of the Enterprise Industrial West Unit 1 proposal, which concerns a proposed expansion to an existing commercial building. Kyle Hope was the key speaker on this item. The committee had previously reviewed the proposal and recommended approval with conditions prior to the Commission meeting. The structured data available for this item does not detail the specific conditions attached to the recommendation, the nature of the expansion, or any particular concerns raised during the discussion. The Commission approved the item. > *Note: Limited detail is available in the source data for this agenda item. For a full account of the presentation, any conditions of approval, and the discussion that took place, viewers are encouraged to consult the meeting video beginning at approximately the 13:05 mark or review the official meeting record for PLN-MJDP-25-00025.* ## Coleman Property **Agenda Item:** PLN-MJDP-25-00029 [timestamp: 23:24] The Commission took up a discussion item concerning the Coleman Property, identified as case PLN-MJDP-25-00029. The item centered on a proposed reconfiguration of building square footage, an increase in lot coverage, and revisions to the locations of parking and a dumpster on the property. Daniel Rainer was the key speaker during this portion of the meeting. The committee had previously reviewed the proposal and recommended approval with conditions prior to the full Commission discussion. Following the presentation and discussion, the Commission approved the item. *Note: Additional details regarding specific conditions of approval, concerns raised during deliberation, or further breakdown of the proposed changes were not available in the source materials for this item.* ## South Broadway Place and Lynn Grove Addition [timestamp: 36:56] The Commission took up agenda item PLN-MJDP-25-00026, a discussion regarding the proposed development of **220 multi-family dwelling units** at South Broadway Place and Lynn Grove Addition, which also involved a requested zone change. Tony Barrett was the key speaker during this item. The discussion centered on the proposed multi-family development and the accompanying rezoning request necessary to move the project forward. A primary concern raised during the discussion involved **stormwater management**, which emerged as a significant obstacle to the project's advancement. Due to these unresolved stormwater concerns, the committee recommended **postponement** of the item rather than moving it toward approval. The item was ultimately **postponed**, consistent with the committee's recommendation, pending resolution of the stormwater management issues associated with the development. ## Patchen Wilkes Unit 2 **Case No. PLN-MJDP-25-00027** [timestamp: 1:38:35] The Commission took up a discussion item concerning the proposed development of Patchen Wilkes Unit 2, a project that would include a 127,000 square foot grocery store, a gas station, and 154 multi-family dwelling units. Key speaker Brandon Gross addressed the Commission on this item. The discussion centered on outstanding questions regarding the intended uses of the development, as well as concerns that the application contained incomplete information necessary for a thorough review. Due to these unresolved questions and the incomplete nature of the submitted materials, the item had previously been flagged by committee, which recommended postponement rather than moving forward with a decision. The Commission followed that recommendation, and the item was **postponed**. No final action was taken on the merits of the proposed development at this meeting. ## On the Block LLC Property **Agenda Item:** PLN-MJDP-25-00028 | [timestamp: 1:39:47] The Commission took up a discussion item regarding a proposed zone change for the On the Block LLC Property. The request sought to rezone the property from a Planned Neighborhood Residential (R-3) zone to a Neighborhood Residential (B-1) zone. - **Key Speaker:** Kyle Hope presented on the item. - **Committee Recommendation:** The committee had previously reviewed the proposal and recommended approval with conditions prior to the full Commission discussion. - **Outcome:** The Commission approved the zone change request. No additional details regarding specific conditions of approval, concerns raised during deliberation, or further debate were available in the meeting record for this item. ## Greendale Hills Unit 3 **Agenda Item:** PLN-MJDP-24-00030 [timestamp: 1:48:36] The Commission took up a discussion item regarding an extension request for the Greendale Hills Unit 3 plan. The committee had previously reviewed the matter and recommended approval with conditions prior to the Commission meeting. The Commission approved the extension request for the Greendale Hills Unit 3 plan. *Note: No key speakers were recorded in the available meeting data for this agenda item. For full details on the presentation, any concerns raised, and the specific conditions attached to the approval, viewers are encouraged to consult the meeting video beginning at timestamp 1:48:36 or review the official meeting record for PLN-MJDP-24-00030.* ## Givens Property **Agenda Item:** PLN-MJDP-24-00099 | [timestamp: 1:49:12] The Commission took up a discussion item regarding the Givens Property, focused on a revised plan for a 7 Brew Coffee development. Matt Carter was the key speaker presenting on this agenda item. The discussion centered on updates to the project plan, including changes to the property boundary and revisions to the parking layout. These modifications represented a revised submission from the applicant, and the presentation addressed how the updated plans responded to prior considerations related to the site's configuration. Following the discussion, the committee recommended approval of the item with conditions. The specific conditions attached to the approval were part of the committee's recommendation moving forward. - **Agenda Item ID:** PLN-MJDP-24-00099 - **Project:** 7 Brew Coffee development on the Givens Property - **Key Topics:** Revised property boundary changes and updated parking layout - **Presenter:** Matt Carter - **Outcome:** Approved with conditions --- ## Decisions - **PLN-MJSUB-25-00003** — passed (0-0): Approval of Patchen Wilkes Unit 1, Phase 2 amended plan - **PLN-MJDP-25-00012** — passed (0-0): Approval of Locust Hill Shopping Center plan with revised conditions - **PLN-MJDP-25-00025** — passed (0-0): Approval of Enterprise Industrial West Unit 1 plan - **PLN-MJDP-25-00029** — passed (0-0): Approval of Coleman Property plan with revised conditions - **PLN-MJDP-25-00026** — postponed (0-0): Postponement of South Broadway Place and Lynn Grove Addition plan - **PLN-MJDP-25-00027** — postponed (0-0): Postponement of Patchen Wilkes Unit 2 plan - **PLN-MJDP-25-00028** — passed (0-0): Approval of On the Block LLC Property plan - **PLN-MJDP-24-00030** — passed (0-0): Approval of extension for Greendale Hills Unit 3 plan - **PLN-MJDP-24-00099** — passed (0-0): Approval of Givens Property plan --- ## Full transcript Good morning, everyone. According to my clock, it does say it's 830. Someone handed me this wonderful gavel today, so you've got me. We'll go home and get started. So first and foremost, are we on page one? Oh, yes, OK. OK. Good morning. Is that it? Yeah, there. That's better. Sorry. I was just chit-chatting. We're going to move forward. We're at PLN-MJ-SUB-25-3, Patchen-Wilks Unit 1, Phase 2 amended. We saw this not too long ago for the lotting layout. They've come back. They've reduced the size of the lots, and they've increased the number of lots. So this is a new layout showing 115 lots with an HOA area here in the middle. This is Patchen-Wilks. This is Patchen-Wilks Drive. Winchester Road is out this way. Here's their floodplain. This is going to circle around back over to Enterprise, or not Enterprise. And so, let's see here, there you go. That shows you a better zoom up on the property. So it reduced the size of the lots and increased the number of lots. And with that, we have our typical sign-offs, engineering, traffic, landscape, addressing, forester, environmental quality, bike, green space, documentation from the Division of Water Quality for the cap because they increased the number of lots on the property, the note source of contours, an addition of note number 11 from the previous plan referencing HOA maintenance, and then resolve access to Patchen-Wilks Drive to the greenway. There's a greenway, whoops, let's go back, greenway in this area. And so, we want to have access denoted how we're going to get to that for the people in the neighborhood. So, with that, I'll open it to you all to see if there's any other comments or questions. Questions? Yes. No longer. There it is. Trying again. Oh, there we go. I'm learning. What was the original number of proposed lots? Rory, what was, do you remember what the, I thought it was like 69 or something. That's 68. 68. That was my recollection too. Yeah. 69. A real increase there. Yeah. Morning. Rory Keeley with EA Partners. We're good with the recommendations, answering questions. Any questions? No? You look good. Thank you. Anyone in the audience that would like to speak to this? Yes. Come on. Come forward, please. Sorry. We need you on the microphone. My name is Rhodes Brown and I live in Patchen, Wilkes Town Homes. Questions come up whether or not Joan Drive is proposed to remain open permanently or is it just during the construction phase? It's permanently to be connected. Yes. Okay. That's all I want to know. Okay. In fact, all of the stub streets that exist on Eastland and anywhere in our community are intended to continue and connect to a new street. Okay. So. Can you tell me what those other ones are? In the community? I mean, they're all over, but there's also Charleston. On Eastland. Charleston. Uh-huh. That might be the only other one. Okay. Joan and Charleston. From Eastland. Got it. Yes. Thank you. Any other questions? If not, thank you, thank everyone, and commission? Mr. Penn? Mr. Chair, I move for approval of P.L.A.N.M.J. D.P. 2512 on the issue B-25-3 with the conditions presented by staff. Second. Motion has been made and seconded for recommendation of approval. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, sir. Yes, ma'am. Okay. We're going to turn to page two, but you have a revised condition on this property. This is P.L.A.N.M.J. D.P. 2512, Locust Hill Shopping Center, B6P area. They're putting in a Jagger's. Everyone's familiar. This is Richmond Road, Man O' War. We have the Kroger's Shopping Center up here. This used to be Texas Roadhouse, which faced Richmond Road right there near the access. So, they're going to tear that building down and put in a Jagger's restaurant. And with that, we have revised conditions. As you can see, we have the typical first 12 of them are typical sign-offs. Let's see. I'll zoom in here a little bit better. This shows you here the restaurant location. This is the access easement that runs across the front in parallel to Richmond Road. This is the access easement coming in off of Richmond Road. They have their parking coming through here, their drive-through for their drive lanes for the restaurant, and then they have additional parking. So, we just had a couple cleanup conditions left to pick five-car stacking, clarify area of canopy for drive-through. We were told at one time that it was this area here, and then they're showing it at this area here. And after discussing with the applicant, he said it's the smaller side. It's not the big... Yes, so that's the question. So, that's why I asked him to clarify that on the plan. Let's see. Then, we have a note to note the removal of the parking on-site. Lot 1, Block A will be completed at the time of redevelopment of Lots 8 and 9 to maintain the existing non-conforming for maximum parking. This, I'll go back. This area here is parking currently, and they proposed square footage at this area here. And so, to be able to reduce the parking to meet the maximum of what's required in the zone now, they proposed a building, so they would have to remove the parking to be able to do that. And then, update site statistics for Lot 8 and 9. In the site statistics box, there are a couple lines that were not completed for information. It says what is required, but they didn't give us information as to what was proposed. So, we just need for them to complete the site statistics box with that information. With that, I'll open it to you to see if there's any other comments or questions. Questions for Cheryl? Is there enough for stacking? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Down here is their window, their menu board. And then, this is the window for the pickup. And you can, whoops. Okay. You can see that they have, it looks like, they just don't have the car shown. They had them on the previous plan, and they got taken off on this plan. I'm sorry? Yes, sir. Yes. Yes, ma'am. I'm sorry. So, they're building a smaller restaurant rather than a bigger one? Yes. So, they're offsetting, Frank, that square footage they're losing with the new proposed office building, which is proposed in front of Sutton's, which Cheryl mentioned. Like, they're removing parking, adding an office building there to make up the square footage they're losing. Yeah. Any other questions for staff? If not, applicant? Good morning. Tony Barrett, here on behalf of the owner and also for Greenberg. Greenberg Ferro, the architect engineer that filed the plan. We are, Tracy, you asked about that water area. I believe that's the concrete level pad for the, just control the relationship there. So, we'll get that clarified on the plan, or probably just take that off. Doesn't really mean anything on this plan. But otherwise, the, I think we'll continue to have conversation with staff about the parking and the office building and how we address that in detail. But other than that, I think we're good with the conditions and ask for your approval. Questions for Mr. Barrett? No? Thank you, Mr. Barrett. Thank you. If not, anyone in the audience want to speak on this plan? If not, I'll bring it back and ask for a motion. Mr. Chair, I move for approval of PLN MJDP 2512, Locust Hill Shopping Center and the 16 attached conditions. Do we have a second? Second. Motion's been made and seconded for recommendation and approval of PLN MJDP 25-12, Locust Hill Shopping Center within now revised conditions. Thank you very much. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Next. All right. Moving along on page three of the agenda. Next plan is MJDP 25-25, Enterprise Industrial West, Unit 1, Lots 6, 7, and 8, Thomas Property, United Contracting. This is at 790 Enterprise Drive. Excuse me. The purpose of this plan is to depict the expansion to the existing building. I think it's 15 by 30. We have 12 standard sign-offs, engineering, traffic engineering, landscape examiners, addressing, forestry, environmental quality, bike pad, green space, fire, waste management, water quality, and building inspection note. And then we have an additional 13, I believe I'm doing math in my head, which is a dangerous thing. Orient the design scheme and vicinity map with north to top of plan. Add north arrow to vicinity map. Denote written scale in addition to graphic scale. Update plan title to match staff report. Depict subject property boundary with solid lines. Depict contours with dashed lines and all line types should be different and distinct. Depict 20-foot building line. Delineate and dimension all parking drive aisles, bicycle parking, and walkways for Article 16. Depict vehicle or use area perimeter buffer for Article 18-3A2. Denote height and feet of existing building in proposed addition. Depict all existing and proposed easements. Provide a tree inventory map and tree protection plan for Article 26 of the zoning ordinance. And provide a lighting plan in compliance with Article 30 of the zoning ordinance, if necessary. Most of these are cleanup items. On the plan you'll see Enterprise Drive is at the bottom. The existing building is a little hard to see. It's in this location with the proposed addition to the rear of the building. It's 15 and a half by 30. There's a paved area around the building and in the rear. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. We'll have a lot of that in the future. Okay, we'll try that. And with that I'll open it up to you all for questions or comments. Questions? Yes, ma'am. Yes, whoever wants to go first. How big is the lot? Off the top of my head, I don't remember. I don't know if I can see it. I mean, just give me the approximate. Almost an acre, maybe. I assume it's going to be more than just 30, but 15 buildings on an acre. It's an addition to the existing. It's really hard to see on this drawing, but the existing building is here with the addition in the rear. I think the existing building is... So, it has been so divided that they've got their own plot? Yes. Yeah, this building's been here, I think, since the early 90s, 80s, maybe. Well, I mean, that's just hard. When you first look at that, you wonder, gee whiz. Yeah. That's the blankest canvas I ever saw. Well, that's contour land. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, we see a lot of contour land. Yeah, the existing lot's almost nine-tenths of an acre, and then that existing building is 50 by 60 with a 15 and a half by 30 addition proposed. So, just out of curiosity, what is the existing building? Do you know? Maybe the applicant can speak to that. It's been a few different things. So, then, let me ask a real question, then. Yeah. You said most of it is cleanup. What's substantive change on this that we need to know? Really, the only thing that's not cleanup is the tree inventory and tree protection. There's some existing trees on the property in the front. I'm not sure. I'm not sure if there's any in the rear, and I don't remember off the top of my head. We can ask the applicant. Yeah, I don't think they're proposing to take any out. I don't know. Chris, either you or Tracy, we seem to be seeing a lot of that as far as provide tree inventory map, protection plan, lighting plan. When is that actually due? According to Article 26, it's due when you file your plan, and we have pushed back quite a bit over the last couple of years about people not submitting those on time, and, you know, at some point, we're just going to start rejecting the plans because it does say in the ordinance planning can reject the plan if it's not included. Or postpone it or continue it? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Applicant. What point is that topic? Good morning. Good morning. Kyle Hope with Mizzou Engineering. How are you guys doing? We're good. How are you doing? Doing all right. I'll ask for a little bit of grace. We're still in the early days working through the proper plans and the proper processes, so we're here to get it figured out, get it fixed. Since we were talking about the tree protection plan, are you removing any trees? We are not, no. Okay. Other questions? When do you think you could come up with a tree inventory map plan and lighting plan? We talked about the lighting plan in the tech review. There's no proposed changes to exterior lighting with the building expansion, and so that note is going to be added, and the lighting plan requirement is going to be waived, if I understood correctly. Well, you just won't be required to submit a plan if there's no new lights, so that's why we added if necessary at the end of that condition. So no lights for that. We are getting a landscape architect out with tree inventory plan, working through that with Ben and Eric on what's going to be required around the VUA and then as far as the tree protection plan. So I'm going to ask my nosy question. What is that building? What is the building? What's the property? What is the structure? What's the water? What's the water? I'm not sure that's going to be a key factor among other things. Not blue. Not blue. No. Don't wear the camera. Blue's in the rain. OK, we can move on. Other questions? So for the E.P.A. in place, it's just going to be a conference room? Does that still require a capacity application? Every final development plan requires the Division of Water Quality to sign off on it. So you'll have to contact them. You could apply for an increase of 0, essentially. Well, and again, they may say, no, none is required, and then they communicate that to us. But it remains a condition for every final development plan, just to ensure that we remain compliant with the E.P.A. consent decree. Perfect. And then for storm management, that was a question. We're planning to use the exact same outlet. We're changing impervious asphalt to an impervious building, directing it along the same path to the same outlet point, same inlet that flows through the same path. Are there any follow-ups? We can take it offline, but the plan was not to modify storm. Engineering is always a sign-off, and so you can just express during our sign-off process that there's not going to be any change in impervious, and we'll sign off, I guess. Sure. Last thing, the remainder of the cleanup items are taken care of. I was trying to hold off for one submittal so that you're not getting multiple revisions, having to recreate the list multiple times, but I've been told that might not be the best way to do it. We appreciate the work. I'd love to see it. Anything else? How many cars will you normally have on the lot in any one time? I think I've seen 20-ish whenever I've been there a few times. Good news. Thank you. Anything else? Since you're new to the process, just so you understand, you will have to submit the regular stormwater documents with the land disturbance permit, which is an executive summary, which is where you document your no increase, but for the DP, we'll just communicate that. Anything else? Thank you, Mr. Pope. Anyone in the audience wish to speak on this plan? If not, I'll bring it to the commission and entertain a motion. Do you want a motion for approval? I want a motion. People here want ice water, too. I move approval of PLN NJDP 2525 with the 25 conditions, which bothers me. Second. Motion's been made and seconded for recommendation approval of PLN NJDP 25-25, Enterprise Industrial West Unit, etc., with the current 25 conditions. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. We look forward to your revision. Thank you. It's working. Okay, we're going to move on down the agenda. We're going to go to NJDP 25-29, Coleman property, Newtown Pike, Hampton Inn. And you will have revised conditions for this. This property is located out in Newtown Pike, Coleman Avenue right here. I-75-64 is out further out this way. We have a gas station right here on the corner, a hotel over here. They're proposing to put in another hotel, Marriott's over in this area. We saw this hotel probably last year or so, and, well, the architects decided to add some square footage and lot coverage. So we're back to revise the development plan so that their building permit matches the development plan. So they had a long list of conditions. They've come back and they've done some cleanup on it. So we still have our still, the first ten conditions are still our sign-offs. We ask that, one, they remove the gray shading and hatching. It makes it difficult when reproducing. Denote review and recommendation of the Royal Springs Wellhead Protection Committee. They have a detention basin here, and just being in the Royal Springs Aquifer area, we would have them review it. Then clarify the numbers and the site statistics for parking. When you're counting them up to verify what number of parking spaces, they seem to be off a couple parking spaces. So with that, having all these cleanup conditions, it's worked out well. I'll leave it to you if there's any other comments or questions. Surely there's a detention basin on site. Well, there's an existing basin over in this area here off of Coleman. And in the original plan, they had parking that had completely come over this area here. And I believe it was, they were working with engineering, and they had to remove that parking. And they're still proposing some additional underground detention in this area. There's going to be an underground detention built over top of it. Because I knew there wasn't room there. Mary got room enough for the hotel. Yeah. Okay. Yes, ma'am. Just the Royal Springs folks, have they scheduled it yet? It hasn't been approved yet or heard yet, right? I assume it got heard last year. I think that probably would have been when Tom was attending. And maybe the applicant can clarify. I will note they don't typically like underground detention. This time it has not been to the committee. I know that for conversation. Cheryl, you said reconfigure building square footage. I think you said increasing somewhat. Well, they moved some floor area down and have lot coverage. And part of the development, in the development plan, you cannot reduce your lot coverage. Where did they increase the lot coverage? Where did they change the lot coverage? I think it's the length of the building. They're adding to one end or the other or both? It looks like they're adding to the back end. Back end. Okay. They talked about just shifting the building. So that's why I'm not sure if you want to say it's the back end or the front end. Okay. Because they shifted. I'll let the applicant say that. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions? Yeah. Thank you, applicant. Oh, there he is. Good morning. Morning. Yeah, I think I can clarify a lot of your questions there. For the record, your name? Daniel Rainer with Thoroughbred Engineering. Thank you, Daniel. Yeah, so on the building square footage, as architects like to do, they like to change it after you already get it approved. So they increased, I think, by about 400 square feet or so. And the shape of the building itself, they kind of put some little nooks and crannies on the outside. But the main reason was we did increase the overall building square footage. It was a little bit longer towards the back is where it grew a little bit. But in kind of reconfiguring the site and our conversations with engineering as well, the overall open space, actually, we didn't reduce the open space. It was just the building coverage that kind of kicked it into a major, major amendment to have to come back in front of you all. I believe there actually is a note on here. So this was heard by the Royal Springs Aquifer Committee last time we came through. And with regards to that, the only thing that's changed is potentially the location of the underground potential. So we haven't changed our overall plan. It's just, it used to be, it used to be located right there and we've just shifted it there. And actually, honestly, we're trying to, we've been looking at potentially not meeting underground attention. It's something we've been in conversation with engineering. If the timing, basically the timing of the storms works, that actually it's better not to store it. And basically when the storm is coming through here, retain ours so that it combines with it and causes a larger peak. We may not have to have it, but for now, because we haven't gone through that process with engineering yet, we're still showing where we would put underground attention if we need it. But there is a note. I don't know if we'll be able to see it that, and I wasn't sure, I wasn't sure on the clarification, what you needed for the Royal Springs Aquifer because we did. Okay. Well I'll default to you to see what we need to do on that. If you just, maybe we just need a confirmation from the committee. Hey, do you need to hear this again? We've only relocated where it is. And I can, I can definitely reach out to them to try and see what it is they need for that. On the parking statistics. Is it just clarifying where some of the additional parking is going? Okay. Cause we've two spaces. Okay. Yeah. So that if it's just two, I can, I can get with you to coordinate that, but he's got. Shared parking agreement with the other side. So if we need to add two over there. Okay. Okay. my recollection was that you or that the owner wanted to document the shared parking. For the hotel. Yes. Because that particular hotel wanted a certain level of confirmed parking spaces, whereas our ordinance doesn't require those. So that, that note can remain about shared parking. I think Cheryl's just saying your site statistics and your drawing don't match. Gotcha. We may have missed that when we relocated the dumpster. I'll get that fixed. So when you went for the Royal Springs aquifer, did you get approval for the underground park? Yes. Previously we had. So the only thing that's changed and that's what I'll, I'll try and confirm before between now and then if we need to meet again or not, but yeah, we previously had approval from them. Thank you. Other questions. I'm curious. I know this, you're talking about underground. So we might not see it. It seems like so much, and it's not just your plan. So much of the time, it seems like that the detention basin seemed to be up on the front of the lot or more exposed to, to eyesight and so forth. And I'm looking at this thing that it was in the back. And then the, I know the neighboring property has a pond on it. It can't be just for elevation reasons. I'm just wondering why we always seem to have the tension up front. I think that depends on. That could be a discussion for later. I mean, it is topography, but also where do the pipes connect? So if your pipe is up here and your water's coming back here, you need to. Specifically to our case, the initial reason we had it back there was because we were planning on tying into kind of that drainage whale that's coming there, but through our, our multiple rounds of conversations with engineering, we basically decided best not to send anything into there, leave that as is. And so that's why we shifted it so that it can drain out to the right way. Okay. Thank you, sir. And you're, you're probably wearing this area in general. It's draining across the town. Okay. Any other questions? I'm sorry. I think in TRC, there's a discussion about potential. So the transportation cabins, widening new town, Pike and they're providing sidewalks, but they actually, for whatever reason, there's they stopped short of Coleman court. And one of the discussions was potentially. Like a construction easement or something that would allow them to construct it with. They basically their, their condition is that they don't have enough space to build it, but our condition is they, they really should build it. I talked with Steven last. Okay. Last week. And we talked about that and he said, he's just, he just wants to know that we can coordinate with them at which point that happens. Cause I think some of our trees were shown and if we need to relocate trees, I'm like, yeah, that's totally fine. Okay. Probably. Yeah, I guess maybe. Everybody's benefit. I think that's what we're, we want. I think the client would is totally fine with doing that. He just doesn't want us to look right now. So he'd be fine with. Okay. And that may be delaying planting the trees until. Yes. Okay. Yeah. The sidewalks are in, even after. Yeah. Occupancy of, you know, for it. Who knows how long the transportation cabinet will take to build. That portion. So if the hotel is finished, we're going to be able to move on to the next phase. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So if the hotel is finished. And they're ready to occupy it. I don't think we want to hold them up because we asked him not to plant trees. Yeah. In the front. So maybe that there needs to just be a note regarding that. Okay. All right. Thank you. Yeah. I think Steve's point was it was a timing thing. Yeah. And, and transportation cabinet has to, they'll have, they have a construction. They have to reach the construction revision and they'll have to do other things themselves as well. So. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Well, will you close off the access to. The Marriott during construction. No, that, that. That was a specific conversation we had with a fire and. And the way span of it as far as maintaining that emergency access easement. I know the emergency access. Yeah. I don't think there's any permanent easement. I don't think construction comes through the Marriott. It comes out. You can access the stoplight. Yes. Going in front of the hotel site. From the Marriott parking lot. Yes. Yes. I don't think there's any actual easement between the two properties. The main thing was making sure that we keep. And emergency access for fire and emergency services, but there's no actual permanent easement. Okay. Any other questions? No. Thank you, Mr. Anyone in the audience wants to speak on this. If not, I'll bring it back to commission. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Jeremy for approval of. 2529 Coleman property. With the attached 13 conditions. Thank you. Do we have a 2nd? Motion has been made and seconded for recommendation approval plan. M. J. D. P. 2529 Coleman property on new town. Pike with the now revised 13 conditions. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed motion passes. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. All right, we're going to move down the agenda. We're going to the 1st zone change. There are revised conditions for this plan also. So, this plan is M. J. D. P. 2526 South Broadway place and Lynn Grove addition. We are located. We have Virginia Avenue up here. South Broadway here. We have the railroad tracks. University of Kentucky is on this side. This is Simpson Avenue. Coming through here. And then down here, we have Burley. So, you can see there's been a lot of development for apartments in this area. They're rezoning the property. They have a little bit of property here. And then down in this location here that they're rezoning to add 220 multifamily dwelling units in this area. So, they're taking the R1D zone to R1T and R4 zone so that they can build this. R1T to R4. I'm sorry. That's. Okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. So. So, they're proposing to have 220 dwelling units in this area. And then that also includes this building down here off of Burley Avenue. They have one access point here off of Simpson Avenue. This will snake on through to create their second access to go through a commercial lot up in this area. They had access with these town's homes down here. They had an access drive that continued from the parking area behind these townhomes down to Burley Avenue. Now, they've removed that. So, for the only way to get into these townhomes down here would be through Simpson Avenue. As you can see, we have our typical sign offs, traffic, forester, green space, environmental quality. We had a couple cleaning up conditions, remove gray shading. I know Tony said that he wanted to keep it at this time. But if there is a way to take them white out behind the numbers, it makes it easier for reading. That's what we're looking for. Because when it copies, it copies real dark and it makes it hard to see. Denote location of common open space per Article 20A, 26A of the zoning ordinance on Burley Avenue. There is a small park that's located on Burley. After speaking with Boyd, they can use that because it meets the distance requirement. So, we just need to denote that that's where that open space location is. Addition of sidewalks to Burley Avenue. Addition of exhibits to meet the multifamily design standards. Provided that the Planning Commission approves a waiver for Article 6-8B and 6-8F. On Simpson Avenue, it's a stub street. And so, that is a waiver for the termination of a cul-de-sac, hammerhead, whatever. And so, Planning Commission has to review that and approve the idea of granting them a waiver for that. Discuss removal of existing driveway from the townhomes off of Burley Avenue, which I pointed out. Discuss stormwater management, including proposed location of existing modified detention basin from previous plan. They had a larger detention area located in this area in here. And the size of the detention area, and now they're reducing it to show that this is their detention area in this location. So, they have underground stormwater detention. So, it was just a question as far as this size versus that size. Is this still going to meet? You're going to turn around and cover with additional non-pervious areas. So, we had a question about that stormwater detention. And with that, and then the last one is place builder criteria. Discuss that. So, I'll leave it open to you all to see if there's any other comments or questions. Questions for Cheryl? I just wanted to comment that water quality and engineering have concerns about stormwater management. So, we're going to need to see some documentation on how this is not impacting the area off-site because there are identified flood issues. I think downstream and then other places off-site. Yeah, that area going towards Broadway. Under the railroad tracks. Comes under the railroad tracks and heads toward Broadway. Yes. So, just clarification and staff recommendation. Originally, it was postponed. Is it still recommended to postpone it? Yes, ma'am. Because we know that this is an issue with the detention and that that needs to be worked out. So, they haven't changed the original design for the detention area. Cheryl, if you would help me a little bit more. The railroad tracks are on the right side? Yeah. Okay. Makes sense. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. It runs the total length all the way down through here. And that heavy kind of black line where you see text, that's where the pipe comes through under the railroad tracks. Yeah, Tony's pointing at it there. The other thing that was mentioned at tech committee, which would be addressed with a sign off, is that two of the structures were placed over the top of sewer lines. So, those would have to be relocated. So, I think from planning's perspective, we think based on the comments from tech committee, there's probably some changes that we anticipate seeing in terms of building locations and perhaps more open space. With the storm water. Oh, and the termination of Simpson Avenue is also an issue. Okay. Well, actually, Jeremy's going to come up for place builder criteria. Well, you can do that. Good morning, Jeremy. Good morning, Jeremy Young, planning staff. The zone change request that's associated with this project involves three parcels and a portion of another. As Cheryl said, it's going from R1T and R1D to R4. The applicant has indicated enhanced neighborhood place type and medium density residential development type, and staff is in agreement with both of those. And our recommendation at this time is for postponement for the storm water and connectivity issues that Cheryl mentioned. If you have any questions about the zone change, I can answer those. Any questions for Jeremy at this point? Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Applicant? Good morning again. Tony Barrett on behalf of Anderson Communities. Anderson Campus Rental Properties in Midtown. Anderson Midtown. Dick Murphy is here as well on our behalf, but I'd like to clarify the area of the zone change. We have two lots right here making that L that are R1D opposed to R4, and then this one lot right here, which we're showing as one lot. It might be multiple lots, but from R1T to R4. So the rest of the balance of the site is already R4 and has a final development plan on it, and we're amending that final development plan with this amended preliminary development plan. And as was referenced, increasing the number of units on it. So, although the zoning is just those three lots, two areas, really, the development plan is amending the balance of what is shown here. So, with the closure of Simpson Avenue, Simpson Avenue is already closed as is Prospect. Is it Prospect? Yeah. Prospect was closed and then Simpson was closed up to that lot line right there. So, we're just shortening the public at that point. So, really just closing that little bit right there. Changing the layout of the circulation a little bit, but we still have very good circulation as far as coming in. You got a loop, you can get out, you can turn around at the T there, and then you can exit this way and go out to Export Street. So, there's a continuation of circulation through the site. It's not a dead end. And the closure of, the removal of this driveway was really an effort to practice Dennis' safety by design concepts with reducing what he calls leaky sites where you have too many exits. And there will be an office presence in this area here, management office, so that the management can see people coming and going and there's that element of safety, security with that regard. So, that's kind of one of the overall principles or guidance that Dennis is advocating for the changes to the development plan. The, and then the, we understand the concerns regarding stormwater management and the sanitary sewer line and we've got to work through those. We've still got a bit of work to do to make it right, I guess, and as Tracy alluded, we'll probably see some tweaks to the plan and to address those concerns. So, we're anticipating, hoping to just continue with the postponement at this time and get those worked out. Questions? Yeah, I have a question. I guess this is for engineering. When this plan is completed, that section is not put under, it's still on top of the ground where all those pipes are laying there where they haven't closed that storm drainage that goes across Broadway. Oh, are you talking about up closer to Broadway? Yeah. The property owned by the Greers? I don't know who owns it, I just know that all this pipe is sitting up in there for years. And Windy's? Yes, to close it. To close it. Is that ever going to happen? Well, we could ask Vision if they know anything, if they're here today. Do you have any plans? You haven't seen any plans? No, I want to know if that's going to eventually be closed. It will, but that's the key. That will not be completed until it's completed. Will this water go to that? That's what I thought. I'm very familiar with it. It ran right under our tobacco workers. And it can bring a lot of water. Sounds like we're still in postponement type mode. Any other questions for Tony? Yeah, this is really a question for this afternoon's group, but I'm going to ask it anyway. It looks like there's still some individual homeowners in that area. Have you all already done community outreach with those folks? I'll let Dick address that. Dick Murphy. Yes, Dick Murphy here on behalf of Anderson Communities. Dennis has talked to a number of the individual neighbors. We are planning for a neighborhood meeting as well. That's one reason we're postponing it so we can schedule that. We just had scheduling difficulties on doing that neighborhood meeting as well. This is largely a student rental area now. One reason behind this, why we're changing the development plan, is Dennis is trying to get away from reliance upon student rentals. This will be one and two bedroom rentals appealing to people who work at the medical center and other professionals. So the buildings are going to be sized, little smaller footprints, maybe more buildings on that. But we do want to reach out. There are still some homeowners living in the neighborhood, and we do want to have a meeting with them. Thank you. Other questions? Well, let's see if anybody else wants to speak first. Anyone in the audience want to speak on this? If not, we can move forward. Mr. Penn. Mr. Chair, I move for postponement of PLN-MJDP-2526 with these 12-14 conditions provided by staff. Second. Motion has been made and seconded for recommendation of postponement of plan MJDP-2526, South Broadway Place, Linden Grove addition. With the revised 14 conditions, all those in favor please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Tony. Next. All right. Moving along, page five of the agenda. MJDP-25-27 Patchen Wilkes Unit 2, located at 1811 Winchester Road. This is a development plan in conjunction with a zone change as well. This plan is to depict a 127,000 square foot grocery store with parking, a gas station, and 154 multifamily dwelling units in support of the requested zone change from a neighborhood business B1 zone and planned neighborhood residential zone to a commercial center B6P zone and removing the conditional zoning from the remaining B1 zone. We just recently saw the preliminary development plan for this. This is Winchester Road at the bottom of the plan. Frederick Douglass High School is the entrance is directly across from the proposed Charleston Drive. And this is Thunder Stick that connects over into the adjacent development. Currently, the property is zoned B1 from this line down to Winchester Road and R3 from the line north to where Thunder Stick is. They're proposing to change the zoning to B6P for this. If I can get it to go all the way down to the access road and up to Thunder Stick and then keep the B1 zoning on the outlots along Winchester Road and remove the existing conditional zoning from those. We do have seven standard sign offs. The first is provided the zone change is approved. Then engineering traffic, engineering, forestry, green space and environmental quality. And then a note, no building permits will be issued unless and until a final development plan is approved by the planning commission. And then some cleanup items at North Arrow to vicinity map had section line for cross section. Provide tree inventory map for article twenty six of the zoning ordinance. Depict vehicular use area perimeter buffer for article eighteen. A two of the zoning ordinance depict proposed development of out lots two through six per article. Twenty one of the zoning ordinance because we're because they're proposing to remove the conditions. We just we need to see what's proposed on those lots. And then we have three discussion items discuss lack of pedestrian connection between the multifamily residential and the grocery store. The there's multifamily here that faces Thunder Stick and on the corner of Thunder Stick and Charleston. The rear of the proposed grocery faces those and they're not currently showing any pedestrian connection other than the sidewalk along Charleston to reach the grocery store. Discuss orienting proposed grocery store to Charleston Drive instead of Winchester Road, which would put the rear of the grocery store to the rear of the existing business development to the. To the to the east and then discuss place builder criteria. And with that, I'll open it up to you all for discussion. Show me again where the townhouses are. The townhouse go back townhouses are. In this area down here on the other side on the other side of the proposed Charleston Drive. Actually, I believe there's a there's a piece of the. So, this is. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What's a multi family? Yeah, yeah. There's 22 multifamily structures. Okay, those in the back. Okay. All right. Very good. Thank you. Other questions. Thank you. Oh, well, you got time applicant. Oh, oh, there. I treasure these moments. Let me treasure these moments. Uh, Daniel crumb planning staff. Um, so, just to start us off here, um, in terms of public engagement, the applicant did hold a very large public meeting staff was. Uh, in attendance at Frederick Douglas high school, um, a couple of weeks ago. Um, so there was a large turnout from the more or less the entire area. Um, some of the concerns and discussions talked about, um, sort of safety along Winchester road. There were a lot of questions about sort of the future residential on the opposite side of Charleston here. So, the parts that are joined say, Eastland, and then kind of how those were going to shape up. Um, there were questions on how this was going to be connected as far as multimodal. Um, so kind of a wide variety of questions, but it was, it was very well attended and staff was present for that. Um, I don't know if there's any follow up meetings plan, but the, the applicant can kind of weigh in on that. Uh, this is a. Surprisingly, very complicated requests, so they have a zone change. They are also requesting a variance, um, in order to reduce. Basically, the, the amount of they have between the, the building and Charleston drive, um, and they're also requesting conditional zoning restrictions be removed. So, really, it's, it's, it's basically a 3 part application hitting all 3 of those, those 3 elements, uh, in terms of place builder, um, we, um, released our staff report last night. Uh, the applicant is, is trying to situate this as a corridor type development. Um, however, how the site is really laid out with the biggest use, um, in the residential being kind of so far detached from Winchester road, and then not really showing the development along Winchester road. We thought a regional center is usually more appropriate, especially when you're looking at a B6P that has some implications on some of the development criteria, but ultimately staff has still has some questions about the development. So, we are recommending postponement, um, talking about, uh, questions about the connectivity between the uses that they're proposing and the future residential development orientation of the building. Um, there is also a small portion of floodplain present in the top right corner of the screen that really wasn't addressed, um, in the, in the application as well. So, a couple of things that we're, we're looking to see cleaned up and some more information, um, but there's a couple, couple different moving parts in this application that we'll get into in more detail later on this afternoon, but happy to answer any questions on the zoning side while you have me. I don't know how this is shaping up. Seems like the last time we saw not this plan, but development in the area. We had questions about kids going from Frederick Douglass across the way. Was that discussed in the neighborhood meetings or? Yeah, so the connectivity, or that basically what improvements are being made to Winchester road where those improvements taking place really questions about the entirety of development and safety along Winchester road were discussed. Um, so those improvements will be brought up as a part of a traffics review in coordination with the state and the rest. But, yes, other questions. Thank you, Daniel. Thank you. Applicant. Brandon gross on behalf of the applicant and. I think they did a good job and we know there is work. I'm going to. Zoom out a touch and so, yeah, we had probably 100 people. At our neighborhood meeting, and it was probably the most well advertised meeting since it was in the paper and on the radio and on TV for a couple of weeks before the meeting even occurred. And so, but it was, it was a really good meeting. It was constructive. Most of, as Daniel said, most of the topics were concerns related to. Other portions of patch and Wilkes that aren't part of this. Project, the 1st. Item you saw today, which is the residential development. I believe that the ball homes is doing that and I believe they have met with the local council person. And maybe with staff, have you guys met with council? Okay. So there are discussions on that portion and hopefully. The neighbors questions be answered on that, but a couple of things I want to give you a little bit of background of where we are right now. And so on infrastructure. So, currently. Vacant land right here, and then the patch and Wilkes townhomes development starts, and then you get to patch and Wilkes drive and that's where the existing single family residences are. Our project is not touching those projects. And at this time, our project is not proposing any connection. To those projects, those would be discussions that would occur in a future date when those plans come before you. And so that's 1 thing I know the neighbors have been really concerned about. But as to those connections, those are the connectivity. Regulations are what they are, and those discussions will be had in the future and I wish I could tell the neighbors this is what's going to occur. But, as you know, until the plans in front of you, we're not 100% certain. So, that's 1 issue that has been brought up with the neighbors. The 2nd issue that we've heard about is lighting. Which everyone knows when you take a green space and you put development on it, there is going to be additional lighting. That's just a reality, but if you recall, we have just. Revised our lighting regulations and so. All the lighting has to be pointed downward. We can't shoot any lighting up. We have to submit a lighting plan, which will be done at the final development stage, which will show that we don't have any spillage from our site onto adjacent. Properties there are now height limits on how tall the lighting can be and there's now. It's a Kelvin's, which is the warmth. Am I getting that right? Finally? Okay. So there are also no new Kelvin regulations and that deals with the, if you go to the store and you can't figure out what light bulb you're supposed to buy up your house anymore. Because I do that all the time, I inevitably there are 3 choices. I picked the wrong 1 every single time that is Kelvin's and so in the idea is how much blue light and the more blue light pollution is what causes bigger issues. And so that is now being handled in our regulations. And once again, that's something when we come back with the final development plan, we'll be able to work through with that lighting study and make sure that staying care. But those are also concerns of the neighbors that we're not fully. Ready to address at this point. Another item is the floodplain item. I was not aware. We will that is something we will make sure we've now noted. We'll make sure we're going to look into whoever brought the floodplain item up as a new item. Daniel report. I've not been able to have time to go through your very. It is very long report. It's, it's, it's, I think, a longer than my justification letter, which is a very long justification letter. So we're going to go through. We will address that portion. That is new information to us. We had a very, I guess, robust. What's that? Well. Well, unfortunately, my engineer also didn't put the North symbol on it, so sometimes they they miss things. But, yeah, that's something that at least I was not aware for us to for us to address. But we will we will make sure that's added to the plan. And that's something we're going to look into. So that's not an issue. Okay, on the out lots 2 through 6. So, we are working right now. Right now. We have. Honestly, we have no idea who those end users are going to be and we did not add those on. And we can have disagreements on what exactly article 21 says. Article 21 does not specify that for conditional zoning removal. You need a development plan. But we were going to add those buildings on there. We are looking at those right now. And what to add on, they will be obviously. Preliminary conceptual, but we will probably have. A restaurant, we'll add in a couple of quick service type. Uh, possible restaurants and some other things that will show. Just so we can kind of have an idea, but we do not have end users and that will likely not come until. The Kroger is under construction and that's just kind of how. Developments normally work, but we will add those buildings and those will be on. So. We'll get to the postponement. We're fine. Fine with that. Mr. girls, thank you for my continuing education on writing. I hope I get created for that. I had no idea what you were talking about, but I do make the same mistakes going by like. Yeah, this Kroger doesn't have a fuel stop or. It does that was located close to the road there right here. Yes, so the way the. So, I'll walk through the Kroger. So. Have you driven by because I know it's in your area of town, the new town pipe Kroger. Oh, yeah. Yes. This is a very similar. To what that 1 is that big? Yes, really? Yeah, it's going to be. Yeah, this is a Kroger marketplace. Okay. Um, that 1 stop shop, so we'll have. Your groceries, your pharmacy, your. Yes, they will have clothing. They will. It will be similar to Beaumont center for those on. Judy and my side of town, so I'll be stopping there to get a lot. All right. Yeah. Well, they do have light bulbs. They do have light bulbs. Yes, they have a light bulb. So, and so. And so I'm going to go from East to West, so this will be the 1 and spirits. Location, and then we'll have the Kroger. This is the pharmacy pickup lane. Okay. And this is where they're putting in the. Click it's a call. Click it now. Click list. I'm sorry. I'm. Yeah, it for any Kroger pick up is now called pick up. Yes. Um, so this is the, um, pick up area here. And then we'll have the green space, then going down. We are. This will be a common open space. We are proposing a shelter. And so, originally, we have talked with some of the neighbors and on the shelter, we are looking at designing it to look. More like a barn structure with a cupola. That's right. Okay. And potentially, some of the downtown horses. Put some of the statue horses, the white horses, since that's what Patrick Wilkes was known for and making it have more of an. Equine feel, and that came out of our neighborhood meeting. That some of the neighbors were like, hey, we would like, and so we're looking at that and I will have hopefully to share with staff. Some kind of conceptual plans that we're working on that I'll be able to share with them. And then that will, in the future, if, and when. There is a bus route in this area. That could also be used as somewhere for people to sit and wait. Then this is where the fuel station is is in this location. And then that kind of ends. The development, and then this will be where our. Out lots are, which could be dental offices or. Or a number of things another question that came up is connections to Frederick Douglas. Are so with Charleston drive, Charleston drive at this point has been approved. We have our permit, we have a construction contract. No, no permit. Oh, I think you're okay. Well, we are going to be getting our permit and we are working towards a permit. We definitely have. A contract sitting to start that construction as soon as we get the balance of the approvals, but. The planning commission has approved it on on a plan. And so, as part of that, and we are in discussions with, we have to discuss with both the city. And with the state, because we will be connecting to Winchester road. There will be a sidewalk that connects directly to Winchester road. Um, I believe, uh, if you look at in the haymakers project on the other side of Winchester on patch, and they have, like, a little ramp. But right now, Winchester road only has a shoulder. And it does not have any sidewalks along Winchester road. We are, um, we did have a conversation at about that. I've had a follow up conversation with Mr. Parker. About whether or not we can add sidewalks to Winchester road. And part of our keep hitting the wrong button. And on that, um, part of that is there is a pretty steep significant. This is all guard railed. Because there's a, when you leave the shoulder, it's a pretty good drop. Um, and we would probably need to build that up. If we were to do that, we may need to remove trees. That are in that area, which is currently in the tree protection area. And so it will be a discussion of a balance of. You know, yes, and so that's a conversation we are willing to have with the staff and with the, with traffic and with the bike ped team and figure out. Where does that balance fall on on this particular project for now? We do have a sidewalk that's running East to West along the access easement. Um, at the very least, we will bring this portion down along. 6 to connect, so at least the people are coming from executive drive. They will have a connection up into the shopping center where they have to walk all the way down. To Frederick Douglas, and then this access easement could. Continue on as these lots get redeveloped or developed in the future. So there could be a future connection, but we understand. The concerns, there are no sidewalks on this section of Winchester road right now. And so that's the discussion we just need to have with. The divisions and then bring back kind of where everyone's landed on. On that item, so that's something we are, we will have a discussion on. And let's see here, I think the floodplain. We will add those. Talk about the lights and I guess on the. The orientation of the building where. We're orienting it to look at Winchester road, Winchester rose, the busiest road. Generally, you want your. Building to face the public on the on the busiest road. That's 1 reason why it's oriented in that direction. And so. I understand having back to back commercial to commercial. I understand what they're saying, but in this instance. It's going to be a budding a green space. That will be apartments and the apartments are kind of designed, so they will not be right on top of. Where the trucks are and. People don't have to live in those apartments if they don't like. That type of activity in the future, and if you look at Beaumont farms and Beaumont center. Those apartments stay completely full and it's a very similar. Design and I'm not 100% certain. How having the, the loading dock. Be close to apartments is any different than if I were to build apartments over the Kroger. You would hear the same noises that you would hear here. So we want to keep the orientation. This direction, another issue I have is if we were to flip. The building and put it here. I mean, don't we have an issue with our vehicle use area. Being 300 feet from the road. Don't we get further from. Well, or any other outlines like you have a. You know, yeah, that's right. Thanks. What's that? It's a greenfield development. Oh, I realize that, but there are not a lot of. Grocery stores that have the parking behind the building. I don't think we're suggesting to be behind the building, but. There's also opportunities for other uses along Charleston that would break up that. Yeah. Yeah, like the gas station. Okay. So if we were, how would that work? Would that create a lot. If you're interested in reorienting, we could talk about how that could work. Okay. But. It sounds like you're making an argument not to know we do not want to reorient, but I just wanted to make sure that. You know, yeah, I'll interject. We spent a month on the layout, so we've looked at. That option, plus many others before we submitted 1 to you. And we're sitting here talking about parking on the roof, which we know progress. Oh, I have parked on the roof that say, well, the parking space. Well, I will say that my understanding is. Kroger does not like that parking on the roof and they wish it wasn't there and if you ever go to that parking on the roof, you may be the only car. If they're almost really, it's not okay. Well, when I've been up there. When I stopped by, it's it's pretty, but I don't like going back Kroger. Anyways, it's small. I don't like the parking at all. It's hard to get in and out. I prefer to go to my center. Yeah, I just remember when we, when we developed that Kroger liked the parking on the top, but they took every, every variant you could take to get that in. Yeah, you're talking about a site that's living down the fire in a 5 pound sack. It's because they, I mean. Oh, yeah, I know. I understand. Sometimes I sit down to eat fried chicken meal. I love, I don't like it the next day, but I do love it at the time. But yes, I know. I understand. I completely understand your point. Yeah, but I think that kind of addresses most of the topics. Oh, here comes the real boys. Brandon, you can talk about parking. Brandon, the pedestrian connection between the residential. Okay. And so, yeah, 1 last thing and I'll let. Yeah, so we've got pretty significant retaining wall here and retaining wall here. And so, we have looked at a connection here. And the problem is, is dropping this road is pretty high up and we can't change kind of for it to connect. And so the issue is being able to make a connection here. That's 88. And so what we're looking at now is, can we make an East West connection? So that the people in this building don't have to go all the way up here and then around, but to make it a little bit shorter, it would be a few 100 feet longer. Then, if we had this connection down here, ultimately to get to the building, but we're, we're looking at an East West internal connection in the apartments. So, okay, but. Brian, Darby, Darby, you can talk about the parking on the garage. If you feel like it, I got 1, you know, that sounds like a great idea until you start till it's about 20, 20, you know, some odd years old and your roof starts leaking. Yeah, well, but there's, but there happens to be concrete on top of it and that's the problem that what they've experienced, what Kroger's actually experienced with that roof is a multi-million dollar repair job. Because of the leaks that have occurred, so they are very reluctant at this point to do that again. I do have a couple of questions in all of this. I've heard Thunderstick, I've heard Charleston, I've heard Joan. Where are those connections? Can you identify each one of them? Sure. Thunderstick is the northern most here and this up to the property line here, it exists coming out of executive drive. So, our preliminary subdivision plan is for the road is to extend Thunderstick over to. The roundabout that you all approved on Thunderstick from here. This is Charleston drive out to Winchester road. Charleston drive eventually it's named that because it will line up with Charleston drive coming out of Eastland and it goes by Crawford middle school. So, that's, you know, there's still some acreage left of the farm. The existing entrance into Crawford middle school is a driveway off of the end of Charleston drive. So, there's already quite a bit of traffic going up Eastland and down into Charleston to the school and back out for this project. The roads will stub after the roundabout. So, we will not be making those connections at this time. So, there'll still be a, I mean, all the residential land that's already zoned north of Thunderstick and the greenway, your floodplain area through there does not have any preliminary subdivision plans or final development plans associated with that. It was rezoned and Daniel knows the year, 1904? 2000 maybe? The original? Well, that was for the commercial. For the residential was before that. So, we've had no plans for that again because the farm's been used. They were, you know, developing from the front back. So, when the Charleston connection will happen is, you know, outside of this conversation. Yeah, so Charleston hasn't been built yet. No, no, no. Okay. Joan drive ties into the 1st plan on today's agenda. Joan will connect to catch and Wilkes drive. And the, oh, go back. Okay, so then. Our roundabout approved here. When you come to the West out of there. It becomes patch and Wilkes drive. This goes behind the existing home. And it will tie over to the residential homes already there. And eventually, Joan. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, as we're currently. And we can add some larger aerials when we do the zone change so that you all can see the. The bigger picture. Okay, I would like to add that I did have the tree inventory map shown on this drawing. They've asked me to pull that data off and give them a separate exhibit. So it's easier to even trying to fit with all these development lines. Okay. Other questions, anyone else want to speak on this plan? You brought up the trees. Are we losing any big trees in this process? No, contrary to the zoning report. There are no interior trees. There are trees along Winchester and trees along executive drive. Mostly they're in the fence line. And no, it's the pine trees and locusts and locusts. Yeah, the pines were planted. The locusts joined in. Yeah, okay. Very good. All right. I think we're still in postponement mode. It sounds like. Correct. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. There's no other questions. I'll entertain a motion. I thought I asked anyone wants to speak. Oh, I'm sorry. Come back up. I thought I asked. Thanks, Daniel. Okay. Again, my name is Rhodes Brown, and I live at 2133 Patchen Lake Lane with my wife. We've lived there for about eight years. I'm also on the board of directors of the Homeowners Association. It's a voluntary job, which is non-paying, and it's a lot of work. Our president couldn't be here today, so she asked me at the last moment to step in. I think if you ask our neighbors in our community what their feelings were towards Kroger's development, I think some of it would be anger, but I think it's mostly not necessarily anger, just concern, moving towards great concern. We want to know how it's going to affect our 54-unit townhouse community. The first thing that we've noticed here recently that's come to light, when the area where the Charleston Drive is going to intersect with Winchester Road, when that was cleared, a number of sizable trees must have been removed because now in our townhouse community, there are five units that face east, and they face the new Charleston Drive, and they are experiencing a lot of car lights for cars moving west on US-60, which was not a problem before this entrance was worked on. It's interesting. I've lived there eight years, and you could never really see the farm because of the number of trees, but with all the clearing that's been done, I just realized how pretty of a farm it is. It's like Calumet, and it's one of the prettiest entrances into Lexington. It's a shame that it's got to be developed, but the Rosenthals are entitled to develop their farm and their property just as much as, say, the families that owned Hamburg and Beaumont were, but we'd like to see when our development was built, there was a berm along Winchester Road, and it provides a nice buffer for sound and screens us from all the traffic, but when you get farther east where the new intersection is going to be, the elevations are such that the berm is not as effective, and with those trees having been removed, it's become noisier and, again, the problems with the car lights. Maybe this isn't the forum, but we would like to see if we could get the developer to consider taking that berm and moving it perpendicular to the existing berm across our property line with the adjoining 2.54-acre tract owned by Barry Irzine, and that would give us the necessary protection from car lights and maybe put some arborvitaes or pine trees or something on that, which would help screen us from the lights that are going to become not only from Winchester Road as it is now, but from cars turning right into this new development off Winchester Road. I mean, those lights are going to be ever-present, and it's going to be a real problem for the people in our community who live in those particular townhomes. We're concerned about the lights. I mean, you all addressed most everything else we've talked about, but long term, we're concerned about how our patch in Lake Lane, which serves our 54 townhouses, is going to be connected or if it's going to be connected to the Kroger development and the development at large. We would hate to see our property tied in so that it becomes a back entrance into Kroger. It's a private street. It's maintained by the HOA at great expense to us. It's got some S-curves in it. It's got a bridge. It narrows down in one segment. It's got some elevation changes. It has blind spots for people using it. There's parking along one side of it, which narrows the width of it, and we would just hate to see anything that connects us to future residential properties or certainly not the Kroger development, and that doesn't seem to be addressed anywhere. I was wondering if the developer or Brandon or Darby could tell us what those plans are. It's not. Again, that's not part of this zone change that we're considering at this point, and so that's why it's not depicted on this plan. So, those would be sounds like future conversations for your HOA with the current property owner. I don't disagree with that, but you know, I went through Brandon's justification letter, and at least there's seven or eight references to interconnectivity. There needs to be interconnectivity with all these other ordinances. Okay, but we'd like to see how that's what that means. It talks about interconnectivity with Crawford Middle School neighborhood, Bluegrass Wilks, Executive Drive Business, Eastland Park neighborhood, Dixon Plantation, single-family Patchin Wilks, townhomes Patchin Wilks. Well, there are tenets of planning that promote connectivity throughout our community, and those apply equally to all neighborhoods, whether they're high-end or low-income. Connectivity is very important. It's meant for the everyday users, but also for our fire and emergency services to get to where they need to be in our community. It's also meant for the mailman and the Amazon driver and everyone else that needs to transverse our roads in the community. Connectivity is very important. It's for safety, and continuing, whether it's your community or any other neighborhood, to say connections should be stopped is, frankly, very problematic, and it runs against the comprehensive plan. It runs against our ordinances. It runs against council-adopted policies, so when neighborhoods come up and say they don't want connections, it's almost painful for our staff because we know the implications of that and the results end up being negative other traffic problems because now you only have one way in and out. You can't drive to Kroger without getting on all these other streets because you don't want the connection. I don't think anyone wants to drive to Kroger. Some people may need to, right? When they go out to Patchin Wilks Drive and go through Thunders. Right, on the public street. Why not provide the most direct connection for your neighborhood? I appreciate that, what you're saying, but the other side of the coin is why burden our neighborhood as a secondary road in and out of Kroger's for people on Patchin Wilks Drive or this new residential area that Ball is going to be building? I mean, it's not safe. I mean, that's the main thing. I don't think that's a fair statement. It's really more about timing. I think like Ms. Wade mentioned already, that's not addressed on this because there's nothing being built on this plan, so there's no connection being made as of now. That's not going to happen at the moment, but the idea as far as with connectivity, I mean, if you look at most neighborhoods inside New Circle Road, they almost all connect. Every road connects to another road. There's very few cul-de-sacs and I don't think there's anything detrimental to that. What we see, so you mentioned Beaumont. What we see there is a very limitedly connected community with big time issues, people getting in and out, and a lot of complaints and a lot of money spent by the city to try to fix the issues 20 years down. So in general, connectivity is important because it provides not just one, you know, say for instance, not just one connection, but multiple connections so that, you know, I'm not even trying to give your road as an instance, but there's a lot of different options for people, so they're not, you know, going through one. So what happens sometimes is we make one connection and then the rest are just stopped, and now that one connection is a problem because now that's the only option people have. So again, it's just trying to, as we move forward, not doing some of the things we did. Again, maybe it's Beaumont, for instance, where we limit all of our connections as much as possible, and so then there's only three ways out of Beaumont now, like basically as there is currently. So we wanted many ways and many routes as we can, and that's interconnectivity. And again, if you just look at most of the neighborhoods inside New Circle Road, that's the way it was always done up until about the 80s. So we're trying to kind of bring that type of thinking back. I understand. The other concern we have is the noise that's going to be created with all this additional traffic. It sounds like it's interconnected with all these other neighborhoods that the traffic is going to be a lot worse than we anticipated just from the Kroger store. We have a question regarding the road that serves these out parcels where it connects with Charleston Drive. Is that going to be a light, a stoplight there, or stop signs, or four-way stops? You're talking about the access easement? That will be the access for these out parcels. Very, I doubt, I mean it certainly wouldn't be a light initially. We wouldn't do that. We did discuss the potential option for another roundabout there. I don't know if that's how considerate, how much consideration that is. It's something that could be beneficial to calm traffic and would be able to provide the capacity needed into the long term. But as far as a signal, I doubt that would, I doubt it would ever be signalized, honestly, because there's probably not enough side street traffic that would ever be generated. But again, we wouldn't do that front anyway. So cars that are using those parcels, like if let's say there's a Chick-fil-A or something on lot two and they want to get out and turn left onto Charleston, how do they get across? They would proceed when it's clear. You know, wait and proceed when clear. Won't it be like Beaumont where you turn into Beaumont and then immediately have a stoplight at Fieldstone? Yeah, that was also not supposed to happen. That was a stop sign. That was supposed to be medianed and that was a temporary. That's what traffic engineering is talking about. Those are the issues that have surfaced after 20 years where we only have one entrance, a main entrance into Beaumont that's like eight lanes wide and people are crisscrossing each other and it creates accidents. But in this instance, this one is further away from the main. So like Beaumont's just a couple hundred feet. I think this is, how far is this one? Yeah. Is it? Okay. I thought it was even further than that. Okay. But yeah, so it is a little bit further, but to that effect, yeah. Well, I'm sure there have been traffic studies and you all have that under control. But last night about 5.15, I stood at the intersection where this stoplight is. It goes to Frederick Douglas and intersects Charleston Drive. And as far as I could see, there were cars sitting on Winchester Road trying to go east. And the light at that intersection did not turn red for Winchester Road for almost eight minutes. It was continuously green. Sorry, for Charleston or for Winchester? For Winchester, it was green. Okay. I'm sorry. So they had free flow of traffic, but it was still backed up. Yes, every evening. Exactly. And sometimes during the day, but I'm trying to think, well, how are people going to get in and out of this shopping center? This stoplight's got a... The lighting will change. I know, but what's that going to do the traffic on Winchester Road? Just back it up further? Potentially, yeah. There are issues that, you know, problems with living in a city and there's city problems that you're going to experience. That's just, you live in a city. There's instances where we're never going to get away. There's no way to eliminate traffic, especially during the rush hour. And we can mitigate it as best we can, but there's no way to eliminate it. And like you said, as far as the development of the property, they've got a right to develop it just like anybody else, just because there's now traffic that wasn't there 30 years ago. We can't say no. So we'll try to mitigate it as best we can. There's a corridor study that the state is... I believe that was mentioned at TRC. I think Scott mentioned that. And so that's, again, looking at kind of what's gone, what changes have happened over the last 20 years and how to mitigate that going into the future with real dollars, you know, real kind of... That's the state, so there's going to be a lot more money, you know, behind that, but it's a long-term process, too, because it's a corridor, not just spot leashes. This has been zoned for commercial development since 2005 as well, so it's been vacant and able to move forward for 20 years. But not to this extent. This grocery store could have been built at this size? Not at this size, but it could have been a grocery store, mixed-use residential. Yes. I mean, I think an 80,000 square foot grocery store could have been built. I'm not familiar with any 8,000 square foot. 80,000. 80,000? 80,000, yeah. I think that was Gerger's typical model maybe years ago, but it seems like they do most of them, and then that's their prerogative, you know. Mr. Rhodes, we definitely feel your pain. We hear and discuss traffic often. This is still scheduled for postponement. I encourage you to continue discussion with all parties involved. Okay. Well, if I had my say, I would prefer a 40,000 square foot grocery store, kind of like what Publix is going to put on Romney Road where Kroger's used to be. I mean, that's the perfect size, but thank you all so much for your time. Thank you, sir. Just a couple items. I will put on our list of things to discuss in relation to whether or not we need to add any buffering. It would be off-site, but as to between Charleston and the neighborhood, because some of the trees did need to come down to build the road, and so we can talk with staff on what they are comfortable with improvement-wise. I would suggest just having that conversation with the Homeowners Association because any improvements that you're going to do are probably going to be on their property. Okay. So we will put that on our list of things. Well, the reason I was saying staff to make sure we're not agreeing to something that you guys are like, well, that's going to mess up potentially future connectivity or future things. Well, the trees can come down for connectivity. So we will talk with them. Yeah. I talked to Mr. Brown before the meeting and told them we were more than happy to meet with their association, and we have not had a follow-up neighborhoods meeting because we haven't made any changes yet. We wanted to get through today and then meet with staff, and then at that point, if changes have to be made, we can then bring those to them. And then you mentioned the roundabout. The issue with the roundabout is that we've already really far down the road on building this road, but because we've got approvals and we'll have to work with whether or not, as an example, Tracy, if we were to do the roundabout, would we have to go back through the subdivision process and have a whole other application process to get that modification approved? Yeah. I think this is discussion that can take place outside this room. Oh, no, I understand. I just wanted to let you know that we've had those discussions. Well, that's fine. But continue, please, as to the discussion outside this room. This is stuff that can be discussed later. So, yeah. So, thank you. Anything else now I dare ask? If not, I'll entertain a motion. All right. Mr. Chair, moving for postponement of PLMJDP 2527 Patchen-Wilkes Unit 2 as approved by the applicant and staff. Do we have a second? Second. Motion's been made and seconded for a recommendation postponement of PLMJDP 2527 Patchen-Wilkes with the 15 conditions. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Kaley. Hey, he's in his first rodeo. We can discuss that afterwards, too. Chris. All right. Still on page five of the agenda. Next plan, MJDP 25-28 on the block LLC. This is also in conjunction with a zone change. It's located at 400 Chestnut Street. The orientation on this one north is kind of to the bottom left. It's on the corner of Chestnut. Let's see. Here and 4th Street. Elm Tree's down off the plan just a little bit. Midland's up to plan north. Actually, to the south, though. The purpose of this plan is to—oh, sorry. Read the wrong one. The purpose of this plan is to depict an existing structure and lot in support of the requested zone change from a R3 zone to a B1 zone. So, there is an existing structure that's been used for commercial on a kind of a small lot. I believe, from what I remember, they want to go ahead and do the zone change to a commercial zone because in the past, they've sought conditional use permits. Every time they have a tenant change, they have to go through the process again. I believe that's correct. The applicant can maybe speak to that. Let's see. So, we have 14 standard conditions and then some cleanup items. First condition is that the zone change is approved. And then engineering, traffic engineering, landscaping, addressing, forestry, environmental quality, bike ped, green space, fire, waste management, water quality, postal service, and then the building inspection note. And then the remaining conditions denote written scale in addition to graphic scale, orient design scheme and vicinity map with north to the top of the page. Correct the plan title to match the staff report. Depict contour lines at two-foot intervals. Depict all doors on existing structure. Provide a variance as approved for the zone-to-zone screening per Article 18 of the zoning ordinance. Where it's an existing structure, there's just really not space. Denote the height of building and feet. And then to provide a tree inventory map and tree protection plan per Article 26 of the zoning ordinance. And finally, the discussed place builder criteria in conjunction with the zone change. And with that, I will... So, they're really not proposing any changes to the structure itself. They're just doing a zone change. Correct. I don't think they're proposing any structural changes or anything like that to the site. Any other questions? No? Thank you, Chris. Yes, sir. I didn't forget this time. No, you did not. James Mills Plainstaff. Yes, this is a lot simpler request. They're not changing anything. The structure has existed since probably around 1930 or 1932. There was a BOA case from 32 where they asked to build the structure for commercial use, but it's always been zoned R3. In regard to the place builder criteria, they were choosing an enhanced neighborhood place type with a low-density non-residential development type. Public engagement-wise, there hasn't been much other than that they've opined in their application with discussions with local residents and businesses and business owners that they have occurred. Tech committee and staff are recommending approval, and we're in agreement with both the enhanced neighborhood place type and the low-density non-residential development type. Thank you, and I guess for audio and visual purposes, give us your name. James Mills Plainstaff. There you go, James. I missed that. Did I, or did I not? Okay, it was very quick, very quick. My apologies. That's okay. Thank you, James. Any questions for James? You don't get out that quick. Yeah, just, has this been sort of like a little convenience store, or what have they used to Historically, the amount of times it has gone before the Board of Adjustment, I think it was about five that I could find on file that we have scanned ever since 32, and each time it has changed, it has gone from a grocery store, hairdresser, laundromat, back to grocery store, then to, I think, the selling of vinyl records, and then back to a hairdresser. It has been a commercial property since its inception, but it's always been zoned residential, and so they had to keep going before the Board for a change in non-conformity. Thank you, James. Back again. Kyle Hope, Mizzou Engineering. A lot of the plan stuff will get fixed. Again, it's the same type of stuff. We'll get the cleanups in. No questions on the comments. I'm going to go ahead and turn it back over to you, James, and I'm going to turn it back over to you, James, and I'm going to turn it back over to Kyle Hope, Mizzou Engineering. A lot of the plan stuff will get fixed. Again, it's the same type of stuff. We'll get the cleanups in. No questions on the comments. If there's anything on the place builder, we can run through that, but this one's about as simple as it gets as far as rezoning. Questions for Mr. Pope? Sounds like we're good. Anyone in the audience want to speak to this? I hear, I see no one. So, thank you. Motion? Yes. Mr. Chairman, I move for approval of PLN MJDP 2528 with the 23 additions as proposed by staff. Second. Thank you. Motion's been made and seconded for recommendation approval plan MJDP 25-28 on the block LLC property with the 23 conditions. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. All right, so we, excuse me, we have a plan for extension. This is PLN MJDP 2430 Greendale Hills Unit 3 Downing property. We have Greendale over in this location. We are in, this was residential and commercial. They're wanting to go ahead and move forwards with the commercial. And so, they were, the plan was, it was, it was May 19th that it was 2025 that it was going to expire. So, they are asking for this to be reheard so that they can move forwards to get this plan approved and then continue to get their sign-offs. They brought us in a revised plan just stating that they wanted to stating that they wanted to ask for this. And so, we need to clarify the parking on article 16 for the zoning ordinance. There's, you can only have 90 feet before you have to have an island. And so, there's a couple areas where they need to revise that in addition to the outdoor lighting plan for article 30 of the zoning ordinance. And, Cheryl, there was a revised plan? I'm sorry. It wasn't revised. They came in and asked for this to be reviewed. I don't think they've touched it since planning commission. No, they haven't. I'm sorry. You're fine. You're fine. I was like, oh, there is. Okay. They wanted us to review it again. So, yeah. So, this is just an extension. Okay. Yes. Questions? Applicant here? No applicant? Okay. No applicant. Anyone else want to speak to this? If not, commission? Committee? Mr. Chair, I move for approval of the applicant's request for an extension with the for appeal in MJDP 2430 Greendale Hills unit 3 with the attached 18 conditions. Motion's been made and seconded for recommendation approval for the extension plan MJDP 24-30 Greendale Hills unit 3 with the recommended 18 conditions. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Okay. We have one more item that was postponed and we're bringing it back for review. This is the MJDP 2499 Givens property out parcel number 7 for 7 brew coffee. We've seen this quite a bit. Excuse me. We are located out Georgetown Road. This is Citation Boulevard. This is Publix here and then they've been working on several different items going through. I think the last thing that we reviewed was the Wendy's right here in this location inside this area. Now we're looking at 7 brews which is this building here with the cooler. When they had this in before we had some there had been a consolidation plant that had gone through and changed the property boundaries so they had to revise the property boundaries and kind of reconfigure their lotting layout and their parking and drive areas with that. So with that we have our typical sign-offs. We just have a couple cleanup conditions. Update site statistics box to include the floor area ratio. That was part of our overall discussion with the B3 zoning and so there was a building that was proposed over this area here to add square footage for the overall floor area. And so at this current time we're not sure when lot 11 is actually going to be finalized. They had a restaurant there and they changed that to this more like a retail store looking. We want to denote review and recommendation of the Royal Springs wellhead protection committee. Addition of dimensions for canopy building driveways and access on all lots especially their lot. They don't have any dimensions on their building or their canopy. We need also note the height of all that too. Depict construction vehicle access point. Addition of street cross-section plan on plan to meet plot S-550. There was a consolidation plot when they did that. They updated all the street cross-sections and we need to make sure that they carry forward all those street cross-sections and note where those cross-sections are. Clarify information for approval of outlot 6 and 11. They haven't been recorded yet so it depends on who gets in first and we need to make sure if they're in last. They make sure that they have the most recent information for those lots. Provide lighting plan per article 30 of the zoning ordinance and that will be it. So I'll leave it to you all if there's any other comments or questions. Questions? Same question earlier have Royal Springs seen this or been requested yet? I'm not sure. There we go. Because they don't have any underground tanks, no underground detention and I think there's a sign. Matt is this correct that the committee wants a sign posted somewhere on the property that says. Matt come to the microphone. This is in a in the Royal Springs aquifer is that? Matt Carter, vision engineering. I'll tell you what their recommendations were so February 24th of this year it went in front of the committee. They asked for a sign noting that the project is located within the Royal Springs wellhead protection area recharge area. They want us to include in our storm water a water quality structure. It's basically an oil water separator and that's just for runoff coming off the parking lot. So we'll do that. They wanted us to note that no gas refueling stations are recommended for any lot on the development so we've added that. So that's their comments. I did want to add that on the site statistics on the plan we did add four area ratios so they're on there now. That was one that was yeah and I don't know why that's black. It's like a negative of what it's supposed to be so we'll fix that. We have an updated box because we added building 11 to balance out the floor area ratio. Yeah so lot 11 floor area ratio. So anyway other than that it's just a couple of cleanup items and we'll have those done. As far as the lighting plan that is something that we just have to provide before it's certified. It's not like you need to see it when it's filed correct? Yeah I think it's technically supposed to be filed when you make your application. We're double checking that it's in the file before we get it certified. Okay. Because a lot of obviously it's a newer section of the ordinance so a lot of our applicants aren't aware of it so we're trying to get them. I'm not sure if y'all are aware they're very difficult to get. Most companies do not do lighting plans. We have to sub that out to the lighting manufacturers so you're at their mercy. So to have it when we file is going to be pretty difficult. It just takes time but other than that I mean curious question Matt when did you file this? File this plan? Yeah. Oh the original plan. Yeah I couldn't tell you. Okay sometime last year though. Yeah okay. November maybe. I know where you're going. Thank you sir. Thank you sir. You're right. Any other any questions for Matt? Anyone in the audience want to speak on this? If not I'll entertain a motion. Mr. Chair before I make the motion I was reading an article about franchising. You know what the profit margin for a coffee shop for a coffee drive-thru or give these little coffee things 60 to 80 percent. And that's why the most successful franchises in the United States have little bitty buildings and sell coffee and make 80 percent profit. That's why I brew my coffee at home. Me too. And the most expensive thing that happened to Mike and I is they put a Starbucks out there close to us. All right. I think we approve that be careful. I move for approval of PLN MJDP 2499 with the 19 conditions. Second. Motion has been made and seconded for approval of plan MJ recommended approval of plan MJDP 24-99 Gibbons property with the 19 conditions. All those in favor please say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Do we have anything else? The only other thing I would mention is you know we had the House Bill 443 text amendment that went through. We're going to have to do a an amendment to the subdivision regulations to kind of follow up and make sure things are in line. Like we changed a few definitions that also appear in the subregs. We want to make sure they're they're equal. So you'll the subdivision committee here's subreg amendments whereas the zoning committee here's zoning ordinance text amendment. So you all will see that coming up in the next month or so. So no they'll have you'll have one more because application day for July has occurred right has occurred already. So yeah so they'll follow the current process. So in July we'll still meet July 3rd and you'll hear all plans. Although there weren't that many. I think we got eight. So August will be really when when the July filing comes in or maybe even yeah because I think it's July 1st. Anything else? If not, thank you. Thank you everyone. 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Oh, that little, bitty, teeny-weeny thing They call the love bug Nobody's ever seen it But it's got the whole world shook up It all started with a little, bitty kiss and a hug It's a little, bitty, teeny-weeny thing They call the love bug Well, I always thought that I had me a pretty good style But I lost and raced my good old country mile Yeah, I was walking all around With my head held way up high And it blew me, hit me, really took me by surprise Oh, that little, bitty, teeny-weeny thing They call the love bug Nobody's ever seen it But it's got the whole world shook up It all started with a little, bitty kiss and a hug It's a little, bitty, teeny-weeny thing They call the love bug Oh, that little, bitty, teeny-weeny thing They call the love bug Nobody's ever seen it But it's got the whole world shook up It all started with a little, bitty kiss and a hug It's a little, bitty, teeny-weeny thing They call the love bug Yeah, it's a little, bitty, teeny-weeny thing They call the love bug 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you love me Cause I'd already know What would you do If my heart was torn in two More than words to show you feel That your love for me is real What would you say If I took those words away Then you couldn't make things new Just by saying I love you La dee da dee da dee da dee da dee da More than words La dee da dee da dee da dee da dee da Now that I've tried to talk to you and make you understand All you have to do is close your eyes And just reach out your hands And touch me Hold me close don't ever let me go More than words is all I ever needed you to show Then you wouldn't have to say That you love me Cause I'd already know What would you do If my heart was torn in two More than words to show you feel That your love for me is real What would you say If I took those words away Then you couldn't make things new Just by saying I love you You More than words La dee da dee da dee da dee da dee da More than words La dee day day day La dee da dee da da dee da La dee da dee da da dee da La 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Anthony works in the grocery store Saving his pennies for some day Mama Leone left a note on the door She said sonny move out to the country Mama working too hard to give you a heart attack You ought to know by now Who needs a house out in Hackensack Is that all you get for your money And it seems such a waste of time If that's what it's all about Mama if that's moving up Then I'm moving out ♪ I'm moving out ♪ ♪ Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beach At night he becomes a bartender He works at Mr. Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street Across from the medical center And he's trading in his Chevy for a Cadillac You ought to know by now If you can't drive with a broken back At least you can polish the fenders And it seems such a waste of time If that's what it's all about Mama if that's moving up Then I'm moving out I'm moving out I'm moving out I'm moving out You should never argue with a crazy ma-ma-ma-ma-ma You ought to know by now Who can pay on the sound of the overtime Is that all you get for your money And if that's what you have in mind If that's what you're all about Good luck moving up Cause I'm moving out I'm moving out I'm moving out I'm moving out ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I was eight years old A man with a dime in my hand To bust off the page Of a paper from my old man He sat on his lap In that big old building Steered as we drove through town Tied up my hair And said son take a good look around This is your hometown This is your hometown This is your hometown This is your hometown ♪ Sixty-five teaching was running out At my school There was a lot of fights Between the black and white There was nothing you could do Two cars hit a light On a Saturday night In the backseat there was a gun Words were passed A shotgun blast Troubled times had come To my hometown To my hometown To my hometown To my hometown ♪ Main street's a whitewashed window And vacant store Seems like there ain't nobody Won't to come down here no more They're closing down Textile mills Across the railroad tracks Foreman says these jobs Are going boys And they ain't coming back To your hometown To your hometown To your hometown To your hometown ♪ Last night in K We laid in bed Talking about getting out Packing up our bags Packing up our bags Maybe heading south Thirty-five We got a four Of our own now Last night I sat him up Behind the wheel Said son take a good look around This is your hometown ♪ ♪ ♪ When the sun goes down On my side of town That lonesome feeling Comes to my door The whole world turns Blue There's a run down bar Across the railroad track I got a table for two Way in the back Where I sit alone Think of losing you I spend most every night Beneath the light Of a neon moon Now if you lose your one and only There's always room here For the lonely So watch your broken dreams Dance in and out of the beams Of a neon moon I think of two young lovers Running wild and free I close my eyes And sometimes see You in the shadows Of this smoky room No telling how many tears I've sat here and cried Or how many lies That I've lied Telling my poor heart She'll come back someday Oh but I'll be alright As long as there's light From a neon moon Oh if you lose your one and only There's always room here For the lonely So watch your broken dreams Dance in and out of the beams Of a neon moon guitar solo The jukebox plays on Drink by drink And the words of every sad song Seem to say what I think And it's hurt inside of me Ain't never gonna heal Oh but I'll be alright As long as there's light From a neon moon Oh if you lose your one and only There's always room here For the lonely So watch your broken dreams Dance in and out of the beams Of a neon moon So watch your broken dreams Dance in and out of the beams Of a neon bass solo drums, bass, & keyboard play in bright rhythm Hi, I'm Councilmember Hannah LaGrie, and I'm really excited to share about a new pilot project launching in early June that reflects the values that we all care about. Safer streets, community-driven solutions, and a more connected Lexington. We're making changes to East High Street, between Woodland and Rose, to address long-standing concerns about speeding and pedestrian safety. This quick-build project will add over 30 spots of new parking, a loading zone, a protected bike lane, and will modify our travel lanes. It's a multifaceted effort aimed at calming traffic and making the streets safer for everyone. These changes are based on feedback from neighbors, and we'll be testing and adjusting as we go. Installation is planned to begin on June 2nd, weather permitting. Thank you to everybody who's helped to shape this effort, from our Complete Streets Coordinator to our Traffic Engineering to our Division of Planning to our Metropolitan Planning Organization. And especially a big thank you to our Neighborhood Champions who helped to push this initiative forward in our community. To learn more, visit lexingtonky.gov forward slash roadpilot. Let's keep moving Lexington forward together. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ We're standing in the heart of the 1st District at Charles Young Park, hosting Hunger Does Not Take a Spring Break. Hunger Does Not Take a Spring Break I was a fogel myself when I was working in the office. We realized that during spring breaks, kids would hunger. Specifically in our district, we serve a very underserved and undervalued district where we know that kids needed food and had food insecurities. But this is something that we realized the whole city has taken advantage of. We have six locations. We have Charles Young Center, Dunbar Center, Douglas Park, St. Martin Village Park, Greenacres Park, and Windburn Park where the kids can come and have programming. As you'll see in the gym, where they have access to community centers, access to the parks, or access to organization doing programming, they can get free food, free meals, hot meals, different meals every day, but also a snack bag to take home and get that snack bag refilled each day so that they can eat throughout the evening. We know when folks are in school throughout the year, they are counting on the breakfast and counting on the lunch from school. So that's honestly where this program came from. Those kids are counting on school lunches. We wanted to make sure we would fill at least one void. The main goal is to make sure that our kids have something to eat during the spring break because we know that hunger does not take a spring break while also making sure that we're activating our parks, activating our community centers. These parks over time have not been as activated as we like to see, but this initiative, we see that they are getting out there. We're seeing at least between about an average of 50 kids per location, and it is a great thing. I think this initiative is so important because one, we know in our undervalued communities we need to bring the resources to their footstep, and that's exactly what we've done. We've looked at all over the first district. We made sure that the radius is wide-ranging so that the kids have to walk less than a mile or kids have to be transported less than a mile to get free food and free snacks, but it hits home for me because as a kid, I used to go up to the shelter. We're not at a shelter right now, but we will be at one, and I used to get free lunch, and as I grew older and got into college, I used to question, where's the free lunch? Where's the programming? Why aren't our kids having things to do? Poverty is a gateway to many things, for example, gun violence or for the needs of lack of resources or criminal activity. We know now more than ever that we need to address the need for food. So this initiative is one of them. We've seen that not only does it address the need for food insecurity, but it addresses the need of getting youth in the gym, getting youth off the street, maybe making better decisions. It's addressing the need for other non-profits providing wraparound services, knowing that we've seen, well, the city's open to the whole city, that non-profits in the different daycares are taking advantage of providing, you know, getting these kids food and getting them snacks because they see and the main goal is just making sure kids get food, kids get fed, kids get snacks, and that kids are happy. So if it's coming from a non-profit, it's coming from neighborhood kids, no matter what, we are serving them. And so this initiative, the gateway of addressing the poverty and working together as one community, as one unit, to address that, it takes dollars to get and donations to get the food to the snacks. So that's the first piece. And any folks that are willing, that are committed to making sure that the kids are fed, they can find as many innovative ways and many different ways to reach the kids and reach the families so they can know that this resource is available. We've realized that that is our biggest barrier, is a communication piece. They always say you can take horse to a water but you can't make it drink. Well, we have brought the water to the horse. Now we've got to figure out how to get them to in the centers to take those resources. And the last piece is just making sure, our volunteer piece, so making sure that we can run these buildings. If you want to donate, if you want to be a partner to buy snacks, or if you just want to help spread the word, those would be the ways to help us, I would say. For the next year end, best believe, this is a spring break, but probably in the summer you'll see something similar coming with this initiative. We want to see our kids smiling, and you will see very soon the smiles on the faces, the happiness they're having. And this shouldn't just be for one week, this should be year-round. ♪♪♪ We are standing in the heart of the First District, in the East End, in Charles Young Center. I'm sorry, we're in our reading room. The kids are out there playing, having fun, having a good time. Charles Young is activated, finally. We are here with two great community leaders, Mrs. Hodge, the Vice President of Williamsboro Brown Neighborhood Association, and Mr. Hodge, the President of Williamsboro Brown Neighborhood Association. How are y'all doing today? Wonderful. Great, great, great. Well, thank you so much for being here, and thank you to the sponsors and everyone that makes it happen. Can you tell me a little bit about the importance of Hunger Don't Take a Spring Break and kind of how you got here? Well, we kind of got here because we knew there was a need in this area. So initially, we kind of got it going, got money from a few people, and put the rest up together, and you see what it is now. There it goes, there it goes, there it goes. So you spoke about needs. We grew up in the East End, in the housing projects, and so we knew as children that there's always a need in the spring and in the summer and in the fall. Whenever you're away from school, there's a need for kids that are dealing with hunger. So we decided that it would be a good idea to activate Charles Young because it sits in the heart of where we grew up, and so it's very important and dear to our hearts because we can reach neighborhood children that we see on a daily basis. Great, great. You mentioned neighborhood children. I mean, there's probably 50 children in the gym, if not 100, within this campus of Charles Young. Tell me how happy you are to see the kids out and them using this gym and being activated, allowing them to get nutritious meals, but also to feed their heart with activities and programs. Well, we love it, and we just feel that Charles Young needs to be activated and used more, utilized more for the kids. You know, we complain that they're causing issues, but what are we doing to give them something else to do? And that's exactly what the community leaders have done here in this location today. Five days a week, Monday through Friday, 12 to 2 p.m., the Williamsboro Brown Neighborhood Association, the Williamsboro Brown leaders have took the call. They stepped up, made Charles Young a location to feed the kids, but also make sure that we have youth programming, getting the kids off the street, getting the youth fed nutritiously, but also feeding the heart. You'll have anything that you want to say towards the community, just in general, about the kids, about the youth, about the center, about this event? We love seeing the children, we love seeing Charles Young come alive. It was always alive and bustling with children when we were growing up here, so just to see it now, and to see this many children in this space at one time is wonderful, and that's what it's about. We, as a community, have to come together and make sure that we have a safe place for children to play, to read, just to enjoy the magic of being a child, and so that's why it's very important and dear to us to have Charles Young open and active and readily available for these children. They're begging for help, they're begging for someone to pay attention, and that's what this center should be used for, and that's what we're advocating for, and we won't stop until it's actually open and available on a daily basis. There it goes, there it goes. Ms. Hodge, Ms. Vivian Hodge, hit the nail on the head. Kids deserve to dream, they should be able to dream big, and our community leaders have made sure this week they can dream, and I plan to make sure they can dream further. I appreciate y'all. I'm really excited to be a part of this initiative. One of the key roles I played was contacting our fundraisers, so I just want to thank all of our partners, because without our partners, we would not have been able to run this event and provide as many snacks as we wanted to. We set a goal, we met that goal, of 500 kids a day that could be fed for five days, which is really big. We want to thank Bluegrass Community Foundation, Community Inspired, CHI St. Joseph Health, we want to thank Hallway Feeds, Traditional Bank, the Fatherhood Initiative with Lexington Leadership Foundation, Chef Lee, which I'm going to give a special shout out to because she's one of our entrepreneurs that we work with, and she's providing some great nachos. V's Catering, Visit Lex, and 859 Print for providing our flyers and helping us to get the word out. Most importantly, we would like to thank our neighborhood associations because without them, the spaces wouldn't be open. They're there, they have been there every day serving food and helping to also organize the volunteers that have come out, and we want to give a special shout out to all of our volunteers. We put an ask out, and the call that we got back was overwhelming to where we couldn't even use all the volunteers that had reached out, so it was very impressive, and we love to see the teamwork and philanthropic hearts that are in Lexington. And we want to give a special thanks also to Dunbar Center and Parks and Recreation for having their staff help facilitate this program too. We are standing in the West End at Douglas Park with one of our amazing community leaders, Rolanda Woolfolk. How you doing? I'm good, how about you? It is an amazing day. Spring break week, the sun is out and the kids are here. Full house, as you all will see on this video. Rolanda, can you tell me about the importance of hunger doesn't take a spring break and it being here at Douglas Park? Well, it's important because it's right in the middle of the community and providing opportunity for our youth to have a meal during lunch time is a great time for them because they're excited about the food that they're receiving and just being able to get the meal. Tell me the importance of bringing resources to the footstep and to the doorstep of the community rather than the barriers in place or having to go find the resources? It relieves a whole lot of barriers. It's easy access to them. They don't have to think about where they need to go and how to get there and transport. They just know it's right close to the school. It's in the area of the park where they're used to going to play and that it's going to be easy enough for them to access. Right. We just seen a little kiddo run past with a green backpack. Tell me about this green backpack and what is in this and what is this? They're excited about their green backpack and they bring them back every day to get refilled. They receive chips, any type of snack that they like, cookies, macaroni and cheese, ramen noodles, to fruit cups and applesauce. They get to walk down the line and pick out their snack each day for their refill. Tell me about the process in each location and how it works. Each location got a map out on how they're going to move forward with the meals each day and how they transition each time. What they do is the volunteers help pull it out and then they walk with the kids. With them, we're learning names. We're also learning about the kids and having conversations on what they like and what they do not like but they still take each thing home and if they have a sibling we get to learn their siblings and that process just brings it down with a conversation as well. So no sign up, just show up. Just show up, no sign up. You just come and let us know you're here and we'll give you a bag and give you something to eat and they have a good time. You mentioned a key point, but trust, building trust. This initiative, we talked about how the goal was just to feed kids that were possibly hungry or just give kids where you have access to food but we're seeing that it's going down many different angles, whether it's supporting non-profits, supporting other entities, whether it's supporting or attacking root causes of poverty. Speak about how it's building trust and how that it's activating our parks and showing that youth programming is important now more than ever. Youth programming makes a big difference because it gives somebody a mentor and it's easier for them to build a relationship and see someone every day in their neighborhood that they can connect to. They have trouble or see something they can come to because they remember you being up in the park and saying, hey, this is a safe person that I can talk to and remember who I've been interacting with all spring break. It's a building bond relationship. It's connecting the dots and building a relationship, a family ship with each other. Creating safer and healthier neighborhoods. Lastly, we've seen a lot of smiles on kids' faces. We've seen a lot of kids at all locations. We know we're averaging between 50 to 70 at each location. Tell me your thoughts on the impression or the thoughts of the kids and what you've got out of it, just the kids at this location and how they feel. Our kids, when we got movie night down there at the, whatchamacallit, at the Black and Williams. With them coming here, we have built a partnership with them and then with Black and Williams. They look forward to coming to both locations to have a good time and activities. It's what are we going to do next? What's our next activity? What are we going to eat next? That excitement, seeing them excited about that is very heartwarming. I think you just hit another nail in the head that this spring break initiative is one week, but it shows that we have to keep going. These kids, we built that trust, but now the kids want more. How is this park going to be activated? How are these community centers going to be activated? What is next? That's a great segue. What is next, Lexington? We have to make sure that we're investing in these kids, investing in the youth, providing them with programs, providing resources to their doorsteps, at their footsteps, because it's needed now more than ever. As you can see, the kids want it and they need it. I just wanted to thank Rolanda, thank the Georgetown Neighborhood Association, all of our community leaders, all of our volunteers for stepping up, taking the call. As you see the theme, the process, show up, no sign up. Easy, walk through, get your meals, stay for programming or not. Two, the kids are happy. The kids are activated, the parks are activated, the community centers are activated. We are rolling. Three, and most importantly, it is here for you. Thank you so much. Music Hello, neighbors. I'm Council Member Shayla Lynch and I'm glad you're joining us today. Today we're going to continue the deep dive to talk about the city's boards and commissions. That's an item I put in committee to get really a good look at our city's boards and commissions. We commissioned a study to do a deep dive to see if they're equitable, if they're meeting the community's needs and doing what we hope that they are doing. And so today I have someone that knows our city's boards and commissions very, very well, Ms. Melissa McCart Smith. Thank you so much. She's the administrative specialist senior in the mayor's office. Thank you for joining me. Thanks for having me. Of course. If someone is interested in serving on a boards and commission, what should they do? Where should they go? Who should they talk to? The first thing I recommend is to go to our website and to kind of tool around in there. We've got a page for each board and commission which has a lot of information on that board. There's a contact person on every board and commission that you can call directly or email directly. Another thing that I think is kind of helpful sometimes is if you reach out to the council member who may or may not be on that board or commission. There's not a council member on every board and commission, but a lot of them do have a council member and so they know a lot about what's going on and what it does and how effective it is and all of that good stuff. So that's another good thing to do. And then also I think it's fun to just show up to a board and commission, all of the meeting, all of the boards and commissions meetings are open to the public. And so anything that you see on their times and dates, you're welcome to come to and learn a lot more about what's going on directly from the members. Good advice, good tips. When someone is filling out that application, are there any suggestions you want to provide them when they're tackling that application to submit? There's always, I feel like lots, like more information is great. You might be filling out that information for people you've never met and it almost always goes through council for approval. And so if you've never met any of the council members, the more information you can give about yourself, the better. And if there's ever any questions, my name and the link that goes with the application, you can always just ask and I can reply and respond to that. A lot of the applications have specific questions for the specific board you're applying for, so it'll ask you a little bit more information that's needed if the seat is qualified in any sort of way. So there's always a way to reach out and see what you need and any kind of technical issues that happen, I'm always happy to help too. Wonderful, that's awesome. In your opinion, what is one of the most popular boards and commissions that you see a lot of people apply for? One of the most popular boards and commissions is the Planning Commission. Really? That surprises me! It's extremely popular. Every time there's a vacancy, we get at least 10 applicants, which isn't a lot, but often we'll get up to 30. So it's a very popular board and commission. It's also one that you spend a lot of time at, so it's a very busy board or commission. That's great. I think you've already said, if a neighbor has questions about joining boards and commissions, they should go to the website and look for that contact information and they can contact you as well. Is 311 a good option as well? They may know a little bit about the board and commission. If your question is real specific, I recommend going to the board first. You can certainly go through 311. They know so much. I'm always impressed about what I can call and ask them. They can at least get you to the right place if you have a question about that. Can people serve on multiple boards and commissions at the same time? Or are they just applying for one at a time? The application allows you to apply for one board at a time or commission. You can serve on multiple boards at different times, depending on your schedule. There are a couple of boards that say you can't do that. It just depends on which one you are. There's probably a handful, like two or three, that say you can't serve on this board if you're serving on that board. Awesome. Viewers, neighbors, I want you to apply to be on our city's boards and commissions. We have over 60 of them. That's a lot and there are a lot of vacancies. I know you send out a vacancy email report every month. At the beginning of every month, I'll send out what are currently vacant seats that are open. Also, people who have terms expiring in the next 90 days, because sometimes those seats will roll off and they'll be available in 90 days. That notification goes out every month. If someone wants to sign up to get your email to get the vacancy list, how do they do that? All they have to do is send an email to boards at lexingtonky.gov. That link is on the website, too. There's a little handy button. If you go to the website, you can just click and say, sign up. Awesome. Neighbors, you can get even email reminders about applying for boards and commissions. They'll send you a vacancy list. Thank you, Melissa, for joining us today to answer those questions. I want everyone to get engaged with local government and a board or commission is a great way to do that. I am here with Martin Rivers, a good friend who's become a good friend. We're going to talk about the city's boards and commissions. Martin, first tell the viewers a little bit about yourself. I'm retired. I was an engineer, firmware and software engineer at Lexmark. Retired in 2017. Did some volunteer work that was not government related. Then got introduced to the Senior Service Commission and sort of hopped in at that point. That's where I met Martin. He's serving on the Senior Service Commission. We serve together. What motivates you to try to decide to be on a city board or commission? As you likely know, I send lots of emails to council people because I see problems maybe or offer an idea. My council person is Council Member Sheehan District 5. I'd seen something about really what turned out to be the Homestead Exemption Act. I was thinking about things that could help seniors reduce their taxes because most seniors are on fixed incomes. They have to be very careful with their money. She gave me the answer to that. She said, Have you ever thought about being on the Senior Service Commission? The answer was no, I've never thought about being on any commission. I poked around at it. I submitted an application. It was really quite easy. I was really nervous. I thought, Is it an elected position? No, it's not really an elected position. I also thought, It's going to be lots and lots of time because the commissions that I typically hear about are the Planning Commission or Board of Adjustments. I think those people put an enormous amount of time in. I do like being retired, but this commission does really important things. I've been honored to help out with the Education Subcommittee. It seems like we are providing valuable information to the community. It really was not like the Planning Commission with that sort of time stuff. Thank you to Council Member Sheehan for introducing me to that. Being on the Senior Services Commission, has that allowed you to pursue some interesting things you're passionate about through the commission's work? The education component. There are several subcommittees in the Senior Service. There's one on transportation, there's one on housing, there's one on education. I'm sure I'm missing some. I think it's important for seniors to understand what sort of services are out there for them to take advantage. We've kind of been working for the last year on this, we call it the Senior Minute. Little quick interviews that we do with organizations, government organizations, community organizations. I've learned a ton of stuff about what's available. Hopefully those are providing good information to our seniors. Awesome. Has you faced any difficulties or challenges being on this Senior Services Commission or Boards of Commissions period? I said I was a retired engineer, so I'm kind of a techie kind of guy. I wish that there was more technology brought to bear from the commission's perspective. I sort of helped set up some Google Drives to keep minutes and all that sort of stuff, but I think there's still hesitancy in using that technology to track meetings. Then on the flip side, I really tried to push for paying more attention to technology that can help seniors, because everybody hears about aging in place. I just haven't quite got the traction on that in the commission. I'll keep trying. Yes, please do. We appreciate you pushing us in the right direction. What aspect of serving has been most rewarding for you? Learning about local government. I knew nothing about the boards and commissions before Council Member Sheehan asked me to look into this. As soon as I joined, it struck me, I don't know anything at all about local government. I'd vote for council people, but I just didn't pay attention to them. It was just a couple of weeks after I joined the Senior Service Commission that I started coming to a lot of council meetings. It really became eye-opening that your local government really is what affects you the most. The news is all about the federal government. You just get riled up. When I watch what happens at the local level, I don't get riled up. I see people like you and Council Member Sheehan and Vice Mayor Wu and Rattle the List Off that are passionate about what you want to do, you're trying to do good, and it's not just the council people, it's the bureaucrats, the staffers, that's what really it's pleasing to come to these meetings and talk with these. I would have never done any of that if it had not been for the Senior Service Commission. Wonderful. Now, I'm recording this hoping to invigorate some of my neighbors to want to join boards and commissions. Approximately how much time a month do you spend on the work you're doing with the Senior Services Commission? This commission meets once a month, hour and a half. Typically Zoom, so you can stay in the comfort of your home and do it. We do meet in person a couple of times. And then this education team that I'm on, I've sort of helped organize the interviews and so maybe four hours reaching out to people. And then we have, with the help of LexTV, do the interviews. And that's another hour, hour and a half. So six hours a month at the most. So not bad at all. It's not. And you get to meet all sorts of interesting people. So are there other city boards or commissions you're interested in joining? I would be interested in thinking about the Planning Commission. You won't like to hear this, but I think the Planning Commission is more powerful than the Council. And even though it is appointed and voted on by the Council and the Mayor, I don't view that they are really representative of the normal citizen. All you have to do is watch some of the meetings that happen. And I'm not a planner, but I like to research new topics and I've looked at planning. So that's one, but in the hierarchy of things, the Planning Commission, the Board of Adjustments, maybe the Ethics Commission. So my last question would be what would you like to see more of or done differently since you've been serving on the Senior Services Commission as far as boards and commissions? Younger people. People like me. There are people on the Senior Services Commission, like two Council members, you're one of them. And then there are people from the Health Department, the bus member, but I don't view those as members that are they're not normal citizens. They're representing the government in some way. I want to see more people that have less gray hair on these commissions so that maybe the Senior Services Commission wouldn't be the right commission for younger folks, but I can find a lot of arguments that's not true. But this is your government, this is your city, and we need your views. We need the younger views. Great, excellent point. And thank you so much for joining me today to talk about our city's boards and commissions. I'm so glad that you're serving. I hope you will continue to serve in more capacities on our city's boards and commissions. So I hope, neighbors, that you will get engaged as well. Please visit the city's website, listen to KY.gov, and go into the search bar and type in boards and commissions, and it will send you to the list of boards and commissions so you can figure out where you want to serve because we need you to serve. Thank you so much, and I'll see you next time. Hi, I'm Councilmember Amy Beasley from the 8th District, and today we're here with Chief Wells from the Fire Department, and we're talking about our Safe Haven Baby Box. So tell me about the Baby Box, Chief. So the Baby Box is a really neat community partnership, community collaboration. A local group raised the funds to actually purchase the Baby Box, and then we, working with the LFUCG, were able to secure the remaining funds to get it installed and utilize this alarm system, which alarms and lets the crews in the station know, but even more special and even cooler is there's always a chance that these crews, and with this busy station it happens a lot, are out. So it also notifies dispatch so that they can dispatch the closest crew to come and check on an infant who may have been placed in this box any time that exterior door is opened. So I open the thing and I put my how old baby? Yeah, a newborn baby is sort of the intended audience for this, and that's who we would expect to find in there, but yes, somebody would open the box, place a newborn in the box, that would trigger an alarm both inside the station so that the crews can immediately check on the infant if they're here. If not, the closest crew will get dispatched to come and check on this newborn who is in the box. It then locks from the outside so that there's no chance of somebody following behind and trying to try to grab the child or the infant, and our crews are able to immediately render care. It's climate controlled so that regardless of how hot or how cold it is outside, that there's good temperature and plenty of opportunities for fresh air to come in from this side. Okay, so we put the baby in here and our heroes, I mean our firefighters have made it here. Now what? Now, so we actually had to write an internal protocol. The child is going to be transported to, I believe, UK, and then there will be a lot of collaboration with the hospital, with the social workers at the hospital to make sure that the child is taken care of, but this was meant as a completely anonymous way for a parent to surrender a child so that there's no interface with the parent. They can do this completely anonymously, and ultimately the goal of this is to prevent abandonment in an area or a place where that might not be safe. So we know, a parent knows that they have surrendered their child in a situation that is not only completely anonymous but completely safe. So there's no cameras outside facing this box? No cameras at all, and actually that is one of the requirements that Safe Haven, which is a company that produces this box, requires us to confirm that there are no cameras that are monitoring the outside of this box. Do you know how much this costs? The box itself is about $14,000. They are built one at a time when the orders come in, and then the ongoing cost is just the monitoring which is fairly nominal. And so you said that UCG raised some more funds to put this in, I guess for the install? Yes, there was costs associated with the installation and obviously there's a little bit of cost associated with the monitoring for the box, the electricity that keeps it climate controlled and all of that. So that is something that the LFUCD partners with and they provide the funds for that. And so if I put my baby in here, there is no chance that I'm going to be prosecuted for abandonment or anything else with this baby, right? That is 100% correct. Because I've left it with the firefighters. But in most cases we figure if a parent is surrendering a newborn it is an act of desperation. And it's a life or death situation that this parent felt they had to surrender the child and we just want it surrendered in a safe environment. I love it. I love the baby box. It's a great thing. So could we possibly get these in other stations? So it costs $14,000 for this box. So say my group decides, oh, we're going to put a baby box at $16,000. Could we raise the money and then petition the council member to try and get that at that fire department? Maybe. So there are some requirements that come with this box. You have to have an exterior facing wall that opens up into a climate controlled living space. Some of our stations and I'm not sure that $16,000 would be necessarily a good fit because it doesn't have a lot of exterior wall. But one of the things that we did when we were presented with this opportunity was we cross referenced where we have the most maternity cases with which stations would be able to accommodate a box like this. And this was our best location for the first one. I think there are other stations in our community that will be good candidates for it, but without looking at the specific requirements for installing the box, I couldn't tell you exactly which ones those are. So if an organization wants to raise money for one of these boxes, the best thing for them to do is reach out to your office. Reach out to us. We'll probably put them in contact with Community Service Bureau through the Lexington Fire Department who would assist in facilitating that process. Have we had anybody drop their infant off in our box yet? We have not. Now this thing is just a few months old and I don't think it's unlikely to say that we will at some point in time. There's been a number of infants surrendered in Kentucky already, but none in Lexington thus far in this box. Awesome. Thank you. I love it. 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Well, you're a sweet-talking, Sexy-walking, honky-talking baby The men are gonna love you And the women gonna hate you Reminding them of everything They're never gonna be Maybe the beginning Of a World War III Cause the world ain't ready For nothing like a Y-O-U I bet your mama must have been Another good-looking mama too Hey, say hey, good L-O-O-K-I-N-G Well, I smell T-R-O-U-P-L-E I said hey, I said hey I said hey, I said hey, I said hey Yeah, well, I smell T-R-O-U-P-L-E Yeah Whoo! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I'm Neil Noah and welcome to Lexington Now for the week of June 2, 2025! Kelly's Landing is officially open! The new park offers the only public river access in Fayette County. Welcome to Kelly's Landing, Lexington's first public river park. I have been working on this project since my first day in office, 2019. I'm thrilled to be here to say that Kelly's Landing is now open to the public. Kelly's Landing will provide new opportunities for recreation in Lexington. There are walking trails, green spaces and lots of wooded areas. Those who love kayaks and canoes will have a place to go to get into the river and travel 12 miles between locks. This will be the only public access to the river in Fayette County and it offers beautiful views of the river. I'd like to also recognize former 12th District Council members Kathy Plowman and Gloria Martin. This project has been in the works for many years and their dedication has laid the groundwork to where we are today. With the opening of Kelly's Landing, the 12th District is now home to three beautiful natural area parks. These invaluable spaces are perfect for enjoying the outdoors and serve as a powerful reminder of why protecting our natural land in rural Fayette County is so important. It was just over a year ago that we gathered here to announce that Kelly's Landing would soon be open to the public and that the Fund for Greater Lexington, in partnership with the Lexington Parks Department and the amazing team at Gresham Smith, was investing in a community-driven master plan for this really special space. Today we are thrilled to share the master plan with all of you. We're proud to see it take shape as Lexington's first of its kind river park, a vibrant, inclusive space along the Kentucky River designed for the residents of Fayette County and the surrounding areas. This community-informed plan honors Kelly's Landing as an ecologically rich and historically meaningful site. It includes walking trails, river access points, and natural play areas. Inviting residents to connect with nature and explore the Palisades in a whole new way. Our team in natural areas will also begin to schedule educational opportunities, including watershed and water quality education, curriculum based environmental education programs, learning about land forms, wildlife, geology, and the towering limestone cliffs that are here on the Kentucky River Palisades. Adventure programming education will be a key component with kayaking, canoeing, and water safety. I want to tell you just a little bit about the fact that in 2019, we first started our discussions, and we were able to come out here with Debra and John Kelly. We had several meetings and several conversations right here, and I am so thrilled to be here. I am so thrilled that John was able to hear what we thought could happen in this beautiful place. He loved this Riverside property. These 30 acres. And I know that John Kelly is here in spirit, and we have honored him by naming this park Kelly's Landing. This is CPR and AED Awareness Week. We were on hand to catch the announcement at fire station number two. In 2023, the American Heart Association and the Lexington Fire Department teamed up in an effort to improve survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. As part of that, we focused on educating more people in hands-only CPR. Together, we co-funded mannequins for each of Lexington's 24 fire stations and began a campaign called Lex Save Lives, encouraging people to stop by a fire station and learn hands-only CPR. So the statistic that we want to share with you is prior to our collaboration, the rate of bystander CPR in Lexington was approximately 7%. Today, I can tell you that it is at 18%. And that shows how important partnerships and collaboration are. With the support of Mayor Gorton, Commissioner Armstrong, our LFUCG leadership, this division has joined with the American Heart Association to promote and teach hands-only CPR to anyone and everyone that we can catch. This initiative is not just a blip on the radar. This is a meaningful initiative that translates directly to lives saved. Bystander CPR can double or triple an individual's chances of survival in the event of cardiac arrest. The more people that we can collectively reach and train, the more lives that will be saved. As a resident of Lexington and as your fire chief, I am so proud of our community. The increase that we have seen in bystander CPR is both humbling and encouraging. I should also mention how very proud I am of the amazing members of this department. Members like Captain Mike Kinney back there, who emailed me just before this initiative started and said, I have an idea. We should put mannequins in every fire station and teach anybody that comes through the doors hands-only CPR. It is that kind of initiative and dedication to saving lives that makes our community and our organization so very special. While we have much to be proud of, we still have lots of work to do. The LFD and the LFUCG leadership and considering our mayor is a registered nurse, I can guarantee you she's not going to let us let up on this initiative. We will continue to promote and teach hands-only CPR as long as there's a need. Thank you all for what you do and together let's keep building a community of lifesavers. Increasing the bystander CPR rate means increasing the number of people who survive heart attacks and other incidents. It's just plain and simple. We're saving lives. As the chief mentioned, I am a registered nurse and I do understand how important CPR is and how important it is for people, bystanders, to know CPR. I've seen CPR save lives in my professional life and also in my own home. I'd like to just tell one personal story about a family member of mine and I am so thankful that my nurse's training and my understanding of CPR at the time saved my daughter's life. When she was two, unbeknownst to us, she had spiked a fever and she had a seizure at home and she didn't start breathing again and her heart did not start. So, what did I do? I kicked in and I did CPR with my own little daughter and it of course saved her life. And we just don't ever know when someone around us is going to need CPR. So, you can learn what's called hands-only CPR at your local fire station and I love your idea, Chief, of the mannequins at every station and help you learn and become aware and be able to give this life-saving process to someone who may not start their heart on their own. The Moosnick Service Award was established in 1990 in honor of the late Dr. Franklin Moosnick, a long-time devoted volunteer and past president of the Board of the American Heart Association in Central and Eastern Kentucky. Dr. Moosnick is credited with many accomplishments, including participating in advocacy for CPR in Fayette County and serving as a co-founder of the Emergency Medical Service of Lexington in 1976. It's incredibly fitting to see the Lexington Fire Department receive this honor for their work in CPR education for 2024. Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause When we come back, we'll take you to Blue Grass Airport. Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Welcome back to Lexington Now With the continued growth of the Lexington area, airport needs have changed. A multi-million dollar grant funded expansion to parking was announced at Bluegrass Airport. For those that have traveled over the last couple of summers where we've had not only a lot of folks parked in our overflow lot waiting on the shuttle, but we've actually had a number of people parking in the grass last year, and we'll probably have a lot of those people parking in the grass again this year, so this is just the beginning. This is probably the first phase of a number of improvements that we're going to be doing to the airport over the next decade or so, we hope. So we're pretty excited about this project as we experience more passengers in our terminal, the need for expanded parking and improved curbside traffic management has become even more crucial. Today, we're proud to announce that more than 17 million dollars are being invested toward parking enhancements and easier access to and from the terminal. First, terminal drive, which many of you know is the road beside us, will be reconfigured to expand the loop so there can be additional parking inside of it. That will enable us to bring 815 new spaces that will be long-term parking, which is our most requested parking option by our passengers. A second covered walkway to the terminal will be added, keeping us safe and our customers safe from the elements walking to and from the terminal from the parking area. Many of you and us are excited about the new exit plaza that will be constructed featuring updated parking technology and an additional exit lane to ease congestion during peak hours. And finally, there will be a new employee parking area to accommodate the growing staff of our airline, concessionaire, rental car, and security partners that have grown to meet our increased passenger demand. The airport has long been the first impression that people have when they arrive here. And it's the last memory many of them take with them when they leave. Whether coming home from a trip or vacation or closing a business deal, or whether welcoming family and friends, this is where the journey begins and ends for over 1.5 million people every year. And today we mark the next step in making that journey even better. And it's no secret, Lexington is growing, and we have some growing pains. And our region is growing, and many thanks to new flights to places like Denver, New York, Las Vegas, the Bluegrass Airport is connecting more people to more places than ever before, and we're so grateful for that, especially post-COVID. But when passenger numbers grow, we have our commitment to making this experience safe, reliable, and easy, and we have to do that too. And that's why today is so significant. More parking, better traffic flow, new walkways and exits, and more importantly, innovative community ways to get in and out of the airport. So many times we hear that this airport has the most beautiful approach in the country, right? Really, I think in the world. Surrounded by our iconic horse farms and green space, it's a welcome site when returning from a work trip or even a vacation. Lexington continues to be ranked as one of the best places to live, retire, and visit by respected national publications. As Lexington gains recognition, our airport becomes even more important as a travel hub for the city and the region. It supports our Bluegrass business community, our universities, our residents, and our visitors. The passenger growth Bluegrass Airport has experienced is truly remarkable, and that growth is a direct result of the hard work by the people here at the airport. The parking enhancements are another important step in making sure our airport meets the evolving needs of our community. As Senator Bledsoe said, we're growing and we need to grow with that. One, two, three. Applause We are introducing a new segment on Lexington Now. It's called Safety at Every Step. I'm Stephanie Bixton, coordinator for Lexington's Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition. We want survivors to know that there are people in our community who care about you, who believe you, and want to support you along your path to safety. Today we're talking to the detectives in our Special Victims Unit about how they support survivors, and here's what they had to say. We initially, in our unit, we get our reports from patrol officers. Patrol officers will go out and they will talk to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and they'll file a report, and it'll come up to us. The detectives here in this unit, we specialize in survivor trained interviewing, being able to speak with them with dignity and respect, letting them know this is what we're going to do for you, this is how we're going to handle your case, and this is how much we're going to investigate, and if there's any point that you need us to stop, if something comes up, or if your feelings are in a way that you're not ready for an investigation, we can accommodate that, and we're ready to investigate as needed for them. Some of the information that I would tell survivors, especially when it comes to domestic violence, is that there is a ton of resources out there for you. Not only do we have Greenhouse 17 that's here in Lexington, you also have The Nest, which is a great resource. They actually have attorneys that they provide to you, they have translators, so especially for our growing Hispanic community, you have that availability there where you can talk to us, even though there's a language barrier there. There's also something that's called a Victim Safety and Rights Information. That is something that every patrol officer, even detectives, have access to. We can print this out at any time, even if you don't want to proceed with criminal charges at any point, especially that's very daunting when you call us the first time. This is something that can be printed out, given to you. You have all these hotline phone numbers, especially for sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, all that stuff. You have a lot of resources here. So we can print that out to you, give it to you. So if you change your mind later on, you can always reach out to us. So when we do investigations for domestic violence, we take reports from patrol officers, and we get in contact with the victims, follow up with them, see how they best want to proceed. And reports don't have to be made right away. They can be made month delay. It doesn't have to be right that minute. It can be done, delayed, whenever the survivor is ready to come forward. If it's an emergency, please call 911. Let's get a patrol officer to you as quickly as possible. If it's a delayed report, call our non-emergency line, 859-258-3600. We'll get somebody out to you. They can take a report in a more calm setting, and if something can be done by the patrol officer there, great. They'll go forward with it. If it can't, it'll get sent to us. We are here to help. We are available 24-7. There's plenty of resources at the Lexington Police Department that are here to aid you. We have all the knowledge that you're going to need to survive your situation and to keep pushing. Nothing is permanent, and any assistance that we can offer, we will happily be able to give you to get you through what's going on, and we're here to help. You're not alone. I actually am a survivor myself. It is scary. It is daunting, especially when it's somebody that you love, have a relationship with, that does something to you that's unspeakable. It's traumatizing. You are strong enough to do it. You can do it, and we're there to help you through it. Don't ever blame yourself. There's no correct way to respond to domestic violence. When these incidents happen, it's never your fault. Domestic violence suspects, they will try to make it your fault. They will try to make it seem like you're the reason that this is happening to you. It's not. There's no right way to respond to it. It is never your fault, and it's never too late to come forward and try to get some help. That's what we're here for. Live coverage continues this week on LexTV and streaming online. 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For all of us at LexTV, I'm Neal Noah, and that's it for now. ♪ ♪ Picking up lots of forget-me-nots You make me feel so young You make me feel there are songs to be sung Bells to be rung And a wonderful fling to be flung And a wonderful fling to be flung And even when I'm old and grey And even when I'm old and grey I'm gonna feel the way I do today today Cause you make me feel so young You make me feel so young You make me feel so spring has sprung And every time I see you grin I'm such a happy individual The moment that you speak I wanna go and play hide and seek I wanna go and bounce the moon Just like a toy balloon You and I are just like a couple of tots Running across the meadow Picking up lots of forget-me-nots You make me feel so young You make me feel there are songs to be sung Bells to be rung Wonderful fling to be flung And even when I'm old and grey I'm gonna feel the way I do today Cause you you make me feel so young You make me feel so young You make me feel so young You make me feel so young I can feel you wonderful whenever I'm with you I can tell you wanna give in the same way that I do Love can be a hurting thing when faithless hearts deceive I know you've been the fool before But baby you won't believe If only you believe If only you believe It's what we make it We've got to be strong It's where I believe that we belong I find a reason for believing dreams come true And I know enough to know I'm in love with you Oh Some people just gotta talk They say love is a shaky ground And everywhere you look these days There's a broken heart go bow bow bow Baby more than anything I want you in my life Take my hand and show some faith And believe what you feel inside Believe what you feel inside Cause I want what you feel inside It's what we make it We've got to be strong It's where I believe that we belong I find a reason for believing dreams come true And I know enough to know I'm in love with you Baby I feel it And I know you feel it too So hold on to me And I'll hold on to you I find a reason for believing dreams come true And I know enough to know I'm in love with you We've got to be strong It's where I believe that we belong I find a reason for believing dreams come true And I know enough to know I'm in love with you I find a reason for believing dreams come true And I know you feel it And I know you feel it too So hold on to me And I'll hold on to you She knows every move that a man could make She knows how to give She knows how to take For so many times she's been taken a fool By those alibis and lying eyes and all the best lies Lord knows she's heard them all She's been cheated on She's been pushed around and left alone Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made She knows how to make one on you She once thought she'd done just a game Her feelings once came from the heart One day I gave her a wedding ring And one night I tore all those feelings apart With my alibis and lying eyes and all the best lies Lord knows she's heard them all She's been cheated on and pushed around and left alone Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and lying eyes and all the best lies Lord knows she's heard them all She's been cheated on and pushed around and left alone Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and lying eyes and all the best lies Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and lying eyes and all the best lies Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and lying eyes and all the best lies Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and all the best lies Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and lying eyes and all the best lies Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and lying eyes And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and lying eyes Lord knows what I've put her through And boy you can bet if a move can be made Her own alibis and lying eyes Okay, so if you have had to have police to your home or someone has had to call police to your home we already know that you have survived a traumatic event and it's very natural normal to wonder what do I do now? What happens next? What can I do to keep myself safe? What are my rights? And so that's where we come in and we will reach out and contact by phone primarily but also in person too as well any survivors of an intimate partner violence interpersonal violence or any violent crime as well and just let them know what the next steps are in prosecution we can register them with VINE to be notified if their offender is released from custody let them know when their next court date is all victims thanks to Marcy's Law have the right to be notified in a timely manner of court proceedings as well as attend those court proceedings so we call and let people know what their rights are as a survivor of a violent crime in Lexington And you hear people talk about Marcy's Law more now obviously so that's really one of the major components of that is the notification process It is. Marcy's Law made victims rights in Kentucky a constitutional law and so victims and survivors have the right to be heard in court proceedings involving their offenders we work with every unit every section of the police department but if you are a survivor of an intimate partner violence crime or we're talking about a crime against a child you are also going to get assigned a detective who is highly trained trauma informed victim centered and is also going to follow up with you as well. So all of our detectives in our unit are also very well trained they're like advocates as well so it is very much a team effort between us and the detectives to make sure that anybody who has survived a violent crime in Fayette County especially when we're talking about domestic violence or interpersonal violence is going to be very well taken care of So it's more than just the justice of getting the crime through the court system it's about helping those victims all the way along. Very much so and in a lot of cases the investigation is still ongoing. If the patrol officer could not make an arrest due to various reasons at the scene there's going to be a detective that's going to follow up and take those next steps and go above and beyond for that victim and every single one of our detectives in the special victim section does that. And I've heard you say before that Lexington and I think I've heard you say it too that Lexington is very resource rich and that's really what you all do is kind of put people in touch with those resources and what are some of those resources? So we are extremely fortunate in Fayette County to be partnered with a lot of our outside agencies. A lot of what we do is referral based so our job is to make sure that victims and survivors get connected to resources to get help and get the next steps. We're very fortunate to have Stephanie Feaxton in our Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition board. We are a member there and she provides us with resources for survivors of domestic violence to help them with their next steps like providing them with security equipment and things that they might need to feel safer in their home. We're also very fortunate to be partnered with Divine Karama and One Lexington and so he helps us provide access to programs and counseling and support for families who have survived an incident in Fayette County involving gun violence. So it's a huge program what he's doing there. We work very closely with the other advocates at the county attorney's office as well as the commonwealth so that the survivor has a streamline from the arrest to prosecution and so hopefully the process for them is a little easier given what they have survived. Now does your program refer the victims to these or can they reach out and call them or does it have to? It's a little bit of both. It's a little bit of both. We communicate weekly with the county attorney's office. It's basically just communication to let them know what we've done with the victim just so that because a lot of times victims, they may tell us one thing but then tell them another thing so it's just a way of communicating to see kind of just where we're going with that person. Keep everybody in the loop. Exactly. So how would someone get in contact with you all? With the passing of Marcy's Law, try with there being the four of us, we try to assign an advocate to as many case reports every single day as we possibly can so ideally if you're a victim of a violent crime in Fayette County you shouldn't have to do anything. We will reach out to you but if you need us, if you have a follow-up question, if there's anything we can do to help you, you can call 258-3700 and ask to speak to one of us. So it's more than just resources right and I've heard you all talk about this before and the Lexington Police Department obviously very committed to this that sometimes people just need to when they're a victim or a victim's family sometimes they just need to ask questions they need to have answers but I've heard you say before that sometimes they just need someone there for them. Yes, that's a very good point. Sometimes we're not going to make a referral sometimes we're not going to provide certain things sometimes what anybody might need after surviving a tragic situation is just somebody to talk to and that seems like a small thing but it's incredibly valuable. It's incredibly valuable to have somebody to talk to you've just survived a violent crime and you just want to talk it out with somebody and we do that day in and day out every day. We sometimes have communication with survivors. We no longer are working their case but they still call and check in. A lot of times too and like Tisha was saying just to kind of feed off of her is that it may not be a referral base because there's a lot of times that victims will also come to the lobby and want to speak to us and it's just a matter of just like you said just listening and just hearing them out and it may not be an actual referral that we get so a lot of times we get individuals from just that may not be a referral to us and they'll call us from downstairs and say hey so and so is here, can you speak to this person, provide them with victim services and we make ourselves available for that as well. Awesome. Well we thank you all for joining us today and I've learned a lot more about the Victims Advocates Program. Yes, thank you. Yes, no problem. Yes, you are very welcome. Hello, we are here with Ms. Robin Anderson and Marisol Contreras. Thank you for joining us. Absolutely. So you all also work with the Victims Advocates Program. Yes, ma'am. Yes. And one of the things you do is what's referred to as the SOS Program, is that right? Can you tell us a little bit about that? SOS stands for Surviving Onward Sessions and it is for families and friends that have lost someone due to homicide. We meet the first Tuesday of every month at the Dunbar Community Center. We start with some food, little fellowship and then typically we have a speaker every week in which we bring in from all different community agencies such as One Lexington, we have a prosecutor come from the Commonwealth Attorney's Office, we bring in our Robbery Homicide Unit, Bluegrass Care Navigators and many more and also some of our grassroots type of services such as SWAG which is Tanya Lindsay who works with homicide families as well after losing her son. And it's just a way for families to come together and learn a little bit more about what our community has to offer and then find support with each other. Now I know you had mentioned that these are I guess victims of homicide deaths. What about overdose deaths? Now we pretty much work every case as much as we can and one of the new areas that we are working with is overdoses in which the person does not survive and we will reach out to the family and just offer our condolences and let them know of any support that our community has and offer those services to them. Awesome. So Ms. Contreras, can you tell us about your background? Yes, like you said, my name is Marisol Contreras. I came to the department in 2022. That was the goal of the department when they opened a position for bilingual advocates. You know, it's a matter of trying to help the community to make them feel safer and to make them feel comfortable coming through with reports. When I talk to the victims I always like to explain the process of what's going to be happening next. You know, I let them know if another person is going to be trying to reach out what their role is and why they're reaching out. Sometimes, you know, the barrier of the language makes a big difference and impact. It can be intimidating for the person so that's the reason why we try to provide the services in their language. So both reporting and also following up. That's very important to have that. Absolutely. So when we were talking to Leticia and Cornetta, we were talking about, you know, the resources. So I know being on patrol, we're familiar with some resources. Greenhouse 17 and The Nest. Can you all tell us a little bit more about that? Well, when it comes, yeah. I'll give a little bit from when it comes again for the Hispanic community. We try to network with those agencies. Some of those agencies have also made efforts to have a bilingual person. So by different workshops and meetings that we attend with those agencies, we try to network. So let's say that I have a Hispanic person that only speaks Spanish, you know, I'll let them know. We have these resources that are provided through a different agency but you can reach out to this person. She also speaks Spanish. You talk to them and they should be able to help you with this, this. And if you have to reach out to another agency, this is what their services are. So that they have clarification on those resources. Ms. Contreras, is there a message in Spanish that you would like to say? Sure, yes. Everybody here at the Police Department appreciates you as well. So thank you very much for joining us. Thank you. Thanks. So Bajie, it was really nice talking to the Victims Advocacy Program. I did not know that there was a victim advocacy program in the U.S. And I was wondering if you could talk a little bit more about that. I did not know that there was that many resources for the victims and their families. So what are we going to be talking about next month? Episode 3 of Season 2. We're going to be talking about something that's kind of near and dear to my heart. It's a program that I actually started 25 years ago and just recently turned it over to some other officers that were part of that program in their youth. It's our Explorer Post 357 for ages 14 to 21 giving them an insight and training into law enforcement. So I'm excited about that and going back a little bit and talking with some of the officers now that were part of that program when they were as young as 14 years old. So that's coming up next month. So join us next episode on Yearlex PD. 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Safer streets, community-driven solutions, and a more connected Lexington. We're making changes to East High Street between Woodland and Rose to address long-standing concerns about speeding and pedestrian safety. This quick build project will add over 30 spots of new parking, a loading zone, a protected bike lane, and we'll modify our travel lanes. It's a multi-faceted effort aimed at calming traffic and making the streets safer for everyone. These changes are based on feedback from neighbors and will be tested.