# Urban County Council - June 12, 2025 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Council · June 12, 2025 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6457 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6457?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2025-06-12 - **Body**: Council - **Last revised**: March 1, 2026 - **Length**: 12,853 words - **Speakers**: Mayor > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1, with speaker labels folded in from Granicus closed-captioning. 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 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Council met on June 12, 2025, beginning at 6:33 PM in Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gorton presiding. The meeting covered 3 agenda items, all of which were approved, including proclamations recognizing Tates Creek High School Family Friendly Day and Lexington East Elite Flag Football Day, as well as a resolution amending Resolution No. 190-2024. Over the course of the meeting, the Council took 3 votes and heard 3 public comments. ## Attendance All 15 council members were present at the June 12, 2025 meeting, with no absences recorded. **Present:** Beasley, Boone, Brown, Curtis, Ellinger, Elliott Baxter, Gray, LeGris, Lynch, Morton, Reynolds, Sheehan, Wu, Hale, and Sevigny. **Late arrivals:** Hale and Sevigny attended the meeting but arrived after it had begun. **Absent:** None. ## Votes and Decisions Three roll call votes were taken during the June 12, 2025 Council meeting. - **Ordinance 0440-25** — An ordinance amending the Lexington-Fayette County Zoning Ordinance. Motioned by Ellinger and seconded by Sevigny, the ordinance **passed 13–2**. [timestamp: 0:24:00] Voting in favor: Beasley, Boone, Brown, Ellinger, Elliott Baxter, Hale, LeGris, Lynch, Morton, Reynolds, Sevigny, Sheehan, and Wu. Voting against: Curtis and Gray. - **Ordinance 0508-25** — An ordinance changing the zone for property located at East Maxwell Street and Lexington Ave. Motioned by Ellinger and seconded by Sevigny, the ordinance **passed 14–1**. [timestamp: 0:25:00] Voting in favor: Beasley, Boone, Brown, Curtis, Ellinger, Elliott Baxter, Gray, Hale, LeGris, Lynch, Reynolds, Sevigny, Sheehan, and Wu. Voting against: Morton. - **Resolution — Letter of Intent with SFG Properties, LLC** — A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute a Letter of Intent with SFG Properties, LLC. Motioned by Elliott Baxter and seconded by Gray, the resolution **passed 12–2**, with 1 abstention. [timestamp: 1:01:00] Voting in favor: Boone, Brown, Curtis, Ellinger, Elliott Baxter, Gray, Hale, Morton, LeGris, Lynch, Reynolds, and Sheehan. Voting against: Beasley and Morton. One abstention was recorded; Sevigny and Wu did not appear in either the for or against tallies. ## Budget and Financial Actions The Council considered three financial items at the June 12, 2025 meeting, covering environmental compliance, public safety, and medical debt relief. - **Resolution 0458-25** authorizes a contract with **Tetra Tech, Inc.** valued at **$814,000** for Annual Program Management Services supporting Consent Decree implementation and MS4 Permit Compliance. This is the largest single expenditure on the agenda and reflects ongoing obligations tied to the city's stormwater and environmental regulatory requirements. - **Resolution 0502-25** approves a Purchase of Service Agreement with **Conscious Consulting LLC** in the amount of **$40,000** to conduct a city-wide gun violence prevention campaign. The agreement reflects the Council's continued investment in community-based public safety initiatives. - **Resolution 0501-25** establishes a **Medical Debt Relief Initiative** through a contract with **Medical Debt Resolution, Inc., doing business as Undue Medical Debt**, for **$1,000,000**. The initiative is administered through the Urban County Council and is intended to provide relief to residents burdened by medical debt. Combined, the three items represent a total of **$1,854,000** in authorized expenditures across environmental services, violence prevention, and resident financial relief programs. ## Public Comment Three residents addressed the Council during the public comment period, all speaking on the same topic: a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Kentucky ROTC program regarding training at Hisle Farm Park. - **Dave Cooper** [timestamp: 0:14:35] expressed concern that ROTC training at Hisle Farm Park interferes with the general public's use of the park. - **Chuck Eddy** [timestamp: 0:17:28] opposed the ROTC training at the park, raising concerns about gun violence and questioning the appropriateness of conducting military training in a public park setting. - **Anita Courtney** [timestamp: 0:19:44] also opposed the use of Hisle Farm Park for this purpose and proposed Blue Grass Station as a more suitable alternative location for ROTC training activities. All three speakers shared the view that Hisle Farm Park is not an appropriate venue for ROTC training, with concerns ranging from public access and park use to broader issues of safety and the nature of military activities in public spaces. ## Contested Items Two items on the June 12, 2025 Council agenda drew notable opposition or division before reaching a resolution. **MOU with UK ROTC for Training at Hisle Farm Park** A proposed memorandum of understanding that would allow UK ROTC training activities at Hisle Farm Park faced pushback from members of the public. Several community members spoke against the arrangement during the meeting, raising concerns sufficient to prompt Council action. Rather than proceeding to a vote, the Council moved to postpone the resolution to allow for further consideration. The outcome reflects the weight given to community input on the use of the park space. **Sale of Coldstream Research Campus Land** A resolution concerning the sale of land at the Coldstream Research Campus proved divisive among Council members themselves. Concerns were raised about the process surrounding the sale as well as its timing. Unlike the ROTC item, this resolution did advance to a vote, but the result was a split vote, indicating meaningful disagreement on the Council over whether the conditions for the sale were appropriate. No unanimous consensus was reached. ## Tates Creek High School Family Friendly Day **Agenda Item 0591-25** [timestamp: 03:28] Mayor Gorton issued a proclamation declaring **June 12, 2025, as Tates Creek High School Family Friendly Day** in recognition of the school's family-friendly certification. The proclamation was presented during the Council meeting with remarks from Mayor Gorton and Jay Jones. The item was **approved**. ## Lexington East Elite Flag Football Day [timestamp: 08:40] The Council took up agenda item 0592-25, a proclamation recognizing the Lexington East Elite Flag Football team. Mayor Gorton officially declared June 12, 2025, as **Lexington East Elite Flag Football Day** in honor of the team's achievements. - **Mayor Gorton** issued the proclamation, formally designating the date in recognition of the team's accomplishments. - **Michael Logan** was among the key speakers participating in the presentation. The proclamation was **approved**. ## Resolution amending Resolution No. 190-2024 [timestamp: 35:08] The Council took up agenda item 0446-25, a resolution amending Resolution No. 190-2024. The resolution authorized the Chief Information Officer to execute documents related to an agreement with Granicus, LLC for software services. No key speakers, debate, or specific concerns were recorded in the available data for this item. The Council approved the resolution. --- ## Decisions - **0440-25** — passed (13-2): An Ordinance amending the Lexington-Fayette County Zoning Ordinance - **0508-25** — passed (14-1): An Ordinance changing the zone for property located at East Maxwell Street and Lexington Ave. - **Motion** — passed (12-2): Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute a Letter of Intent with SFG Properties, LLC --- ## Full transcript ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ At this time, I would like to introduce Mr. Mike Brown, a member of the Open Door Church, and he's going to give our invocation tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Join me in prayer. Loving God, we are thankful for Lexington, our beautiful and diverse home. We are grateful for this group of elected leaders who work alongside our city workers, community leaders, and individuals from all over Lexington who are striving to make our world a better place. We ask for wisdom in how to serve and love you and our neighbors both near and far more fully. We ask for boldness to befriend people who are different from ourselves. We ask for openness to learn from our friends, challenge our assumptions, and grow in our vision of what is possible. We pray that you give us hearts to serve and love our sisters, brothers, neighbors, friends, and even our enemies. We ask you to give us compassion for the vulnerable and for those who are hurting among us, those who are grieving, the poor, the oppressed, the sick, the refugee, and the immigrant. We ask for courage to be the change we wish to see in Lexington and in our world. Help us to use our time, our talents, our money, and our very lives to be beacons of light and hope and love to each other. We pray in your loving name. Amen. Thank you very much. At this time, I'll entertain a motion to approve the May 29, 2025 Council Meeting minutes. Second. Council Meeting. Council Member Morton. Council Member Ellinger. Second. Are there any questions, corrections, or additions? All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. Now we have two presentations. All right. At this time, I'd like to ask Tates Creek Associate Principal of Family and Community Engagement, Jay Jones, to join me at the podium. And I'd like to invite Council Member Amy Beasley. Hi. Hey. How are you doing? Nice to meet you. This is big news. Yes. Right? We're so excited. So congratulations are in order for Tates Creek High School, which is receiving a family-friendly certification from the Pritchard Committee for Academic Excellence. It is the first high school in Fayette County to do so. This is very important, and it is my pleasure to present this proclamation to Associate Principal Jones. And here's how it goes. Tates Creek High School Family-Friendly Day. Whereas Tates Creek High School recently became the first high school in Fayette County to receive a family-friendly certification from the Pritchard Committee for Academic Excellence, and whereas the Pritchard Committee's Family-Friendly Schools Program aims to increase open communication, learning opportunities, and shared decision-making power across the Kentucky education system, and whereas Tates Creek High School received this distinguished recognition for creating a welcoming and supportive environment for all families, recognizing them as essential partners in a child's education and development, and whereas this recognition is a reflection of the hard work and dedication of the staff, the students, and the families at Tates Creek High School. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare June 12, 2025, Tates Creek High School Family-Friendly Day in Lexington. Thank you for your good work. Congratulations. Would you like to say a few words? Sure. All right. He's going to say a few words. Hey, good evening, everyone. First of all, it was a true collaborative effort to obtain this certification. We had to work with a lot of our students, families, community partners to gather all the evidence to submit to the Pritchard Committee. So it was a year-long process, and with this year being my first year at Tates Creek, it really helped me get to know the school. And we had a lot of things to celebrate as a school. Tates Creek is a wonderful school. The school culture there is wonderful. If you have not been there, come see us. And so we're just really proud of this honor, and next year we're going to try to get the gold-level certification. So thank you all for this, for declaring today Tates Creek Family-Friendly Day. That's great. Thank you. Thank you. I'd like to ask Councilmember Beasley to speak, and then we're going to have a picture. Are you okay? Just checking, just checking. At the beginning of the school year, Mr. Jones came to the PTSA meeting and told us that we were going to win the Family-Friendly School Award from the Pritchard Committee this year. I'm not sure any of us believed him. Then he and his team went to work. We have many events, we help students in our building and in our community. The African Student Association helped build food bags for our families for spring break, as we know food insecurity in our neighborhood is a real thing. From Multicultural Night, where we celebrated every culture in our school, to the Joy of Africa Dance Team winning at Swahili Day this past weekend. We could not be more proud of the hard work our students, teachers, administrators, and staff, staff and administrators, and our parents. This award was truly a family affair. Remember, Creek Nation, you are loved and supported at Creek. Thank you. Thank you very much. Can I get a picture? Sure. We're going to get a picture. Okay. Thank you. Alright, at this time, I would like to invite Coach Michael Logan to join me at the podium. Come on up. Alright, I want to welcome Coach Logan and thank him for being here. He leads the Lexington East Elite Flag Football Team. We are joined by members of the team. These are big guys. This is a great team, I can tell. Thank you all for being here. The team is made up of students from Jesse Clark Middle School, Bryan Station Middle School, Crawford Middle School, and nearby Paris Middle School. They won the 2024 Indianapolis Colts Flag Football Regional Tournament. And coming up in July, they will represent Lexington in the NFL Flag National Championships. It's a big deal. Yeah. We want to congratulate and wish them good luck. And with that, I'd like to read this proclamation and then maybe ask Coach to say a few words. Here's how it goes. Lexington East Elite Flag Football Day. Whereas Lexington East Elite Flag Football, a recreation flag football team for players 14 and under, went undefeated this season. And whereas the team won the 2024 Indianapolis Colts Flag Football Regional Tournament. And whereas the team will represent Lexington as they play in the NFL Flag National Championship at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. And whereas the team is made up of students from Jesse Clark Middle School, Bryan Station Middle School, Crawford Middle School, and nearby Paris Middle School. And whereas we congratulate the team on their many achievements and wish them the best of luck. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare June 12th, 2025, Lexington East Elite Flag Football Day in Lexington. Congratulations. Yes. This is great. And it's great that you came from all over the country. Do you want to say a few words? Well, as a coach, I appreciate the opportunity to stand up here and show off our kids, our parents, because without the parents and my oldest son, who started playing when he was four, without them and their commitment to helping us get kids where they need to be, we wouldn't be here today. So I appreciate it. If you get a chance, go to LexingtonEastElite.com and try to donate if you want to. That's great. Okay, let's get a picture with the council. Let's get a picture with the prom. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Now it is time for public comment for issues on the agenda. And we have a few people signed up. So the way this works is I'll call your name. You'll go to the podium. And you'll need to restate your name and state your council district for the record. And you'll have three minutes. So we'll start with Dave Cooper followed by Chuck Eddy. Welcome. Good afternoon, Mayor and members of the council. Thanks again for the opportunity to speak. I'm here to talk again about the High Soul Park in northeast Lexington. And it's currently being used by the UK ROTC for their training purposes. So I went out there the other day walking my dog. And we're back on the trails and we're walking around. It's just so peaceful and quiet. There's a snapping turtle, a big, huge snapping turtle right in the middle of the trail. You do get to see some wildlife out there. It's an excellent bird watching park. A lot of people go out there and fish. The wildflowers in the fall are spectacular. It's a really, really beautiful park. And I just love to go out there and relax and enjoy the peace. One thing that I didn't mention when we spoke last time, if you haven't been to this park, the way it works is you turn off Briar Hill Road and there's this gravel driveway that's probably maybe a quarter mile long. And at the end of it there's this sort of big gravel parking area. And that's where everybody parks if they're going to walk. And that's also where the ROTC parks. When they're doing their training, there might be 50 or 100, maybe 100 cars parked in that spot there. So it's not separated. The park is not set up to be used by the public in one place and the ROTC in another. But as you come into the park, there's a sign. Division of Parks and Recreation. Family-friendly parks are vital to the quality of life enjoyed by our residents and visitors. Individuals may be banned for engaging for any of the following behaviors on property maintained by the Division of Parks and Rec. Dangerous behavior. Behavior that poses a threat to others, including without limitation. Physical violence. Brandishing a weapon. Disruptive behavior. Behavior that substantially interferes with the ability of others to use the park. That's pretty much the reason why I came down here. I feel like when the ROTC sessions are going on, it interferes with my ability to use the park. So thank you. All right, next up is Chuck Eddy, followed by Anita Courtney. Welcome. Thank you, Council Members and Mayor. I'm Chuck Eddy. I'm in Emma Curtis's 4th District. I'm here this evening as a Lexington resident and gun violence prevention volunteer. I'm a father and a grandfather. I'm concerned about the request to use Heisel Park for UK ROTC military training. As a volunteer, I'm working to reduce gun violence. I know several of the Council Members were at our Wear Orange event on Saturday. Thank you very much for coming out. We're working daily to try to do what we can to reduce gun violence. I know many of you are doing that as well. So I have a lot of friends who are gun violence survivors. They've lost friends, siblings, other family members to others shooting others and also self-inflicted gun violence. Frankly, these survivors and their family and friends could be triggered by being around military training. Even though there will be signage at the park, a family could arrive for a peaceful day of exploring and be bothered by this training. A little bit about myself. I'm absolutely not against guns. I fully support the Second Amendment. I want to see guns handled properly and stored securely. That's what I work for as a volunteer against gun violence. I have a lot of military in my family. I have a nephew who is an active duty lifer in the Army with 23 years of service as of today. I have many Army, Navy, and Air Force veterans in my family. I say this about my family's military service because I absolutely believe in the importance of a well-educated and well-trained military. I just believe this training by UK ROTC should not be in a public park. They need to find a different facility for this very necessary training. Please vote to table the memorandum of understanding. Thank you very much and thank you for your service. Next is Anita Courtney followed by Patty Draws. Welcome. Thank you. Hello Council, hello Mayor. I spoke at the last Council meeting about going to Heisle Park to find some solace the day after my husband Jake Gibbs died suddenly. Unexpectedly coming across the ROTC training was very jarring. That experience prompted me to start thinking about where that training might be better placed. So last week I drove to Blue Grass Station. I expected just to be able to maybe drive around and look and see if there was enough space for it to be appropriate to recommend it. Somehow I got in the director's office, Colonel JB Richmond. And the first thing he said when I said that the ROTC training was at Heisle Park, he said, that would be better off here out of the public eye. He went on to say that Blue Grass Station was originally a military training facility. They have close to 300 acres of open land. And he said they have a number of buildings that could be used for urban terrain training. So some of you may know Blue Grass Station is on the same road as Heisle Park, Briar Hill Road. It's 4.9 miles down the road. So I asked Mr. Richmond if Lieutenant Colonel Overmeyer, who oversees the UK ROTC training, if he in fact was interested in this, how long would it take to get a contract? And Mr. Richmond said he thought two weeks. So right now, Mr. Overmeyer is on leave and hasn't been able to respond to the invitation that Mr. Richmond extended, inviting them to use the facility for their training. So that's in a holding pattern, and hopefully that can be addressed soon. So we don't know what Mr. Overmeyer's going to say. But I think it's promising, and Mr. Richmond sent me an email today and he wrote, I think we can provide everything they want and more. So my hope is that this will be a win-win. That the ROTC will get a training facility that's better suited to them. And that Lexington Parks and Recreation can keep Heisle Park a family-friendly site. So I've got 25 seconds. What I want to say is thank you to you as council members. I know from Jake how hard the work is, how much information you have to digest, how many differing opinions there are. So I thank you. All right. Next is Patty Draws. Welcome. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mayor and Council. My name is Patty Draws. I live in District 6 in Joyland. Regarding allowing the UK ROTC group to use Heisle Park for exercises, I don't agree with allowing military exercises in public Fayette County parks. It just seems like an uncomfortable fit to have the public and then military people in our parks. Other options should be considered. But if you decide that they should be in our public parks, then rotate their locations. There are several large parks in Lexington, Heisle, Masterson, Jacobson, Veterans, and Shilito. They're all large enough to accommodate. And that way the public at just one location doesn't have to be surprised by these activities that the experience can be shared around the city. And number two is considering that the national news shows us of the National Guard and possibly Marines being used against U.S. citizens in Los Angeles. This is kind of a bad look right now to allow military exercises in our city parks, even if it was okay last year. Right now it just doesn't seem right. And people are a lot more stressed and frightened right now, and I just think we should really think about that. Please consider other options, and thank you. All right, we do not have anyone else signed up right now. So that brings us to second reading of ordinances. Ordinance one. An ordinance amending the Lexington-Fayette County Zoning Ordinance as follows. Amending Articles 111, 61, 65, 67, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 11, 6, 11, 7, 11, 8, 12, 7, 12, 8, 12, 9, 12, 10, 15, 15, 2, 16, 6, 16, 7, 16, 12, 18, 2, 18, 3, 21, 4, 21, 6, 21, 7, 23, B, 4, 23, B, 5, 23, 28, 3, 28, 4, 28, 5, and 28, 6. Creating Articles 16, 15, 16, 16, and 21, 9, and deleting Articles 28, 7, all in order to adopt ordinances clarifying objective standards to be ministerially applied to the development plan review as amended. Item two. An ordinance changing the zone from a professional office P1 zone to a medium density residential R4 zone to a downtown frame business B2A zone. For 1.93 net, 2.34 gross acres for property located at 169, 175, 179, and 185 East Maxwell Street. And 245, 251, 257, 261, 267, 271, and 275 through 277 Lexington Avenue. Subtext acquisitions LLC, council district three. Item three. An ordinance amending certain of the budget to the Lexington Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating repurposing funds, FY 2025, schedule number 24, item four. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified position of skilled trade worker, grade 515N, and creating one position of vehicle and equipment mechanic, grade 514N, all under division of parks and recreation, effective upon passage of council. Item five. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing two classified positions of heavy equipment technician, grade 519N, and the division of facilities and fleet management, effective upon passage of council. Item six. An ordinance appropriating the revenues, expenditures, expenses, and inter-fund transfers for the general service district fund, the full urban services district fund, the police confiscated federal fund, the police confiscated state fund, the public safety fund, the municipal aid program fund, the county road aid program fund, the mineral severance fund, the coal severance fund, the miscellaneous special revenue fund, the police confiscated treasury fund, the Lexington economic development fund, the local housing and homelessness fund, the FY 2026 bond projects fund, the sanitary sewer revenue and operating fund, the sanitary sewer construction fund, the Lexington Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation General Fund, the Lexington Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation Parks Fund, the Parks Fund Ballot Initiative, the Water Quality Management Fund, the Water Quality Management Construction Fund, the Landfill Fund, the Right of Way Program Fund, the Extended School Program Fund, the Enhanced 9-1-1 Fund, the Central Kentucky 9-1-1 Fund Fund, the City Employee Pension Fund, the Police and Fire Retirement Fund of the Lexington Urban County Government, the Medical Insurance Fund, the Property and Casual Claims Fund, and any other funds as provided in Exhibit A and on a divisional level by four control levels for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 for the Lexington Urban County Government and its agencies and instrumentalities approving and adopting the Capital Improvement Program for fiscal year 2026 through fiscal FY 2031 as a portion of the fiscal year FY 2026 annual capital improvement budget. In approving funding for the Lexington Urban County Tourist and Convention Commission from the transient room tax, said funding to equal 99.5% of the revenue of the tax. In item seven, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Urban County Government to pre-fund various components of the fiscal year 2026 budget as approved at work session May 27, 2025 and appropriating repurposed funds, schedule number 26. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Council Member Ellinger moved and I think Council Member Savigny seconded. And when you're ready for a roll call vote, please go ahead. Council Member Beasley? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Boone? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Brown? Yes. Council Member Curtis? No on one, yes on the rest. Okay, thank you. Council Member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Elliot Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Gray? No on one and yes on the rest. Thank you. Council Member Hale? Yes. Council Member Legree? Yes. Council Member Lynch? Yes. Council Member Morton? I'm going to do no on two and yes on the rest. Okay. Thank you. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Savigny? Yes. Council Member Sheehan? Yes. And Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Those all pass. And when you're ready, we are ready for first reading of ordinances. Item 8, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lansing Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating items FY 2025, schedule number 25, item 9. An ordinance amending section 2134A of the Code of Ordinances of the Lansing Fair Urban County Government relating to sick leave to provide that individuals hired on or after July 1, 2025 may accumulate sick leave up to a maximum of 600 hours and may continue to accumulate such leave but shall not be paid for any excess accumulation and any excess accumulation shall not be carried over to the next calendar year, item 10. An ordinance amending the compensation system salary schedule to provide a one and one-half percent structure movement applicable to all full-time and part-time positions in the unified pay plan to the position of council administrator and to two positions of police and fire pension benefit specialist, providing that all full-time and part-time employees included in the unified pay plan shall receive a 3% pay increase for FY 2026, providing that the council administrator and two positions of police and fire pension benefit specialist shall receive a 3% pay increase for FY 2026, providing that section 2129B and 2226B, notwithstanding all employees at or above the maximum of the grade salary range, shall receive a 3% pay increase for FY 2026, amending section 2328A to increase the existing step structure of the positions of police chief grade 324E and fire chief grade 324E by 3% and then adjusting salaries accordingly, increasing the salary by 3% for three positions of law clerk part-time within the Department of Law, amending section 2253.2B of the code of ordinances, increasing the starting pay for traffic school guards to $16.71 per hour, all effective June 30, 2025. Item 11, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one classified position of encampment coordinator grade 520E in the Department of Housing Advocacy and Community Development, effective July 1, 2025. Item 12, an ordinance amending the classified civil service authorized strength as follows, changing the pay grade for 15 classified civil service positions of early child care assistant teacher from grade 510N to grade 512N, reallocating the incumbents in the Division of Family Services, changing the pay grade for ten classified civil service positions of early child care teacher from grade 512N to grade 518N at reallocating the incumbents in the Division of Family Services. Changing the pay grade for three classified civil service positions of education program aid from grade 510N to grade 512N reallocating the incumbents in the division of youth services and amending the unclassified civil service authorized strength as follows. Changing the pay grade for one unclassified civil service position of early child care assistant teacher from grade 510N to grade 512N, reallocating the incumbent in the Division of Family Services, changing the pay grade of three unclassified civil service positions of educational program aid from grade 510N to grade 512N, reallocating the incumbents in the Division of Youth Services, all effective July 1, 2025. And item 13, an ordinance amending the section 161A of the code of ordinances related to definitions to create a definition for dumpster enclosure and dumpster service standards and renumbering the existing definitions in this section. Amending section 164D of the code of ordinances related to dumpster container service to put requirements on dumpster service truck operators. Amending section 164.1A2 related to the dumpster screening requirements to delete the word average and add the height shall be eight feet from the surface of concrete pad to the top of the dumpster screening and to delete the remainder of the section. Amending section 164.1A4 relating to dumpster screening requirements to require bollards to be installed per the dumpster service standards. Amending section 164.1B1 related to dumpster screening requirements to require inspection of dumpsters enclosures by the Division of Waste Management. And for conformity to the initial plans and dumpster service standards deviation may result in denial or revocation of the dumpster permit. Amending section 164.1B2 related to the dumpster screening requirements to change the 12 month period to six months. Amending section 164.1D related to dumpster screening requirements to prohibit wooden pallets, mattresses, furnitures, furniture, tires, or grease receptacles to accumulate around the dumpster. Amending section 1611B related to dumpster collection schedules to include construction materials and define excessive weight in amending section 1614C related to special collections to require a designated site for special collections from an apartment complex, townhouse complex, and condominium complex all effective upon passage of council. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any walk-ons, council members? No. All right. Are there any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? If there are, please log in. All right. In that case, we'll go on to second reading of resolutions, and Vice Mayor Wu has a motion. Thank you, Mayor. In light of the public concerns that we have heard about the ROTC MOU in Heisel Park, and in order to give time for all parties to potentially find better solutions for both the public and the ROTC, I move to postpone item number eight to a date certain of July 3rd council meeting. So moved. Second. All right. Council Member Curtis seconded. Is there any discussion? Council Member Brown. Thank you, Mayor, and I'll support this motion, Vice Mayor. I think based off of the concerns that we've heard from the public in regards to this partnership, I think this will give time for our parks department to work with the U.K.'s ROTC to either address the issues raised here publicly in the MOU or give the university opportunity to find maybe another partnership or a location. So I'll support the motion. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Is there anyone else who wishes to speak to the motion? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. All right. If you will please go ahead and do second reading of resolutions. Item one, a resolution amending resolution 190-2024 to authorize the chief information officer or her designee to execute any documents related to the agreement with Granicus LLC for short-term rental tracking and monitoring software. An authorizing payment of $60,176.37 in FY 25 and increases up to 10% annually thereafter subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in future fiscal years. Item two, a resolution changing the property street names of 320 Hanatah Place to 324 Hanatah Place and changing the street name and property address number of 700 East Main Street to 104 Clay Avenue, 1300 Castle Rock Way to 3885 Walnut Station Road, all effective 30 days for passage. Item three, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a site-specific agreement with Jesmond South Elkhorn Water District and BCSC LLC to provide sanitary sewer conveyance and treatment capacity to a portion of property in Jesmond County. Item four, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement awarded to present to RFP number 125 with Tetra Tech Incorporated for annual program management services for consent decree implementation and MS for permit compliance at a cost not to exceed $814,000 subject to the budgeting of sufficient funds in fiscal year 2026. Item five, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an amendment to an agreement with the Lexington Habitat for Humanity Incorporated under the 2020 Home Investment Partnership Program, extending the period of performance through December 31, 2026 and further authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments related to this agreement. Item six, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with Lexington Habitat for Humanity Incorporated under the 2022 Home Investment Partnership Program, extending the period of performance through December 31, 2026 and further authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments related to this agreement. Item seven, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application. And to accept this grant, if awarded, which grant funds are in the amount of $435,464 in federal funds under the State Homeland Security FY 2025 DHS FEMA grant to purchase an emergency response unit rapid response vehicle, no matching funds are required. Item nine, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a filicitron permits and honorariums with the Fayette County Board of Education for the Division of Parks and Recreation for space to host the extended school program and recreation enrichment and learning program for the 2024-2025 school year at a cost not to exceed $40,000, item ten. A resolution approving the FY 2026 budget of the transit authority of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government, LexTran pursuant to KRS 96A.360 and requesting that the commissioner of finance authorize the Fayette County Sheriff's Office to disperse the funds to LexTran collected from the ad valorem tax approved by voters on November 9, 2004, item 11. A resolution amending resolution 684-2004 to change the parking restrictions at 105 and 109 Cherokee Park from no parking 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday and no parking any time. Removing the parking restrictions at 104 and 108 Cherokee Park on the Cherokee Park sides of 1713 and 1721 Nicholasville Road, item 12. A resolution to amend the bid of LM Asphalt Partners, LTD, DBA, ATS Construction in the amount of $613,881.59 for the Brighton Rail Connection for the Division of Engineering and authorize the mayor on behalf of McKenna County Government to get an agreement with LM Asphalt Partners, LTD, DBA, ATS Construction related to the bid, item 13. A resolution to ratify the permanent classified civil service appointments of Antonio Balden, Director Grade 5334E, 5,270.08 biweekly in the Division of Waste Management. Effective May 4th, 2025. Samantha Harvey, telecommunicator. Effective 17N, 24.584 hourly in the Division of Enhanced 9-1-1. Effective June 2nd, 2025. Zara Beth Lyle, telecommunicator senior, Grade 519N, 25.646 hourly in the Division of Enhanced 9-1-1. Effective May 4th, 2025. Ryan Kulabong, staff assistant senior, Grade 510N, $19 hourly in the Division of Parks and Recreation. Effective May 4th, 2025. Carl Flynn, engineering technician, Grade 515N, 23.393 hourly in the Division of Engineering. Effective April 7th, 2025 and modifying the permanent sworn appointments of Keith McKinney, police sergeant, Grade 315N, 42.126 hourly in the Division of Police. Effective May 4th, 2025, item 14. A resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor and behalf of the county government to execute change order number one to the engineering services agreement with Webster Environmental Associates for the work associated with the sewer auto control master planning and program management services for the division of water quality increasing the cost of this engineer service agreement by $1,572,038, item 15. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the county government to execute change order number one to the grant award agreement with Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association for a storm water quality project terminating the grant award in its entirety in the amount of $3,412.60, item 16. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the county government to execute change order number one to the FY 24 storm water quality project incentive grant agreement with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation canceling a storm water quality project decrease in the contract price by the sum of $316,126.75. Item 17, a resolution establishing a medical debt resolution incorporated DBA undue medical debt as a sole source provider for the medical debt relief initiative for the urban county council and authorizing the mayor designee to execute an agreement with medical debt resolution incorporated DBA undue medical debt for procurement of services relating to the abolishment of qualifying medical debt for eligible Lexington County residents at a cost not exceeding $1 million and further authorizing and directing the office of chief administrative officer to report to council in six months and to take any other necessary actions to effectuate this agreement, item 18. A resolution authorizing the mayor and behalf of the county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with Conscious Consulting LLC pursuant to RFP number 13-2025 for a citywide gun violence prevention campaign at a cost not to exceed $40,000, item 19. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement and to accept federal funds in the amount of $1,500,000 from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as funded under the National Highway Funds NH program for the design of the Versailles Road Corridor Improvement Project. The acceptance obligates LFUCG to $375,000 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unaccompanied funds within the grant budget, item 20. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement awarding class B infrastructure incentive grant to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for a stormwater quality project at a cost not to exceed $41,034, item 21. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement awarding a class B infrastructure incentive grant to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for a stormwater quality project at a cost not to exceed $322,000, item 22. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 10-2025 with Kentucky Engineering Group LLC for investigation and design services for the West Hickman Ash Tank Blower Improvement at a cost not to exceed $156,300, item 23. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute change order number two to the agreement with HDR Engineering for the Citation Boulevard Phase 3A project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $65,868 from $451,380 to $517,248, item 24. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute change order number one to the contract with HDR Engineering Incorporated for engineering services for the Citation Boulevard Phase 111B project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $75,123 from $249,802 to $324,925, item 25. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute a salary data agreement with salary.com for access to salary research and salary studies for all classified and unclassified positions for the Division of Human Resources. At a cost not to exceed $10,700 in fiscal year 2026, subject to sufficient funds being appropriated, and item 26. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement related to the council capital project expenditure funds with the latest Urban County Government Division of Streets and Roads, $10,345 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? So moved. Vice Mayor moves. Council Member Reynolds seconds. When you're ready, I'll do a roll call vote, please. Council Member Beasley? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Boone? Council Member Brown? Councilmember Curtis. Yes ma'am. Councilmember Ellinger. Yes ma'am. Councilmember Elliot Baxter. Yes ma'am. Councilmember Gray. Yes. Councilmember Hale. Yes. Councilmember Legree. Yes. Councilmember Lynch. Recused from items five and six. Yes to the rest. Councilmember Morton. Yes ma'am. Councilmember Reynolds. Yes. Councilmember Savigny. Councilmember Sheehan. Yes. And Vice Mayor Wu. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass and now we're ready for first reading of resolutions. Item 27. A resolution authorizing on behalf of every county government to execute a non-endowed designated fund agreement with Bluegrass Community Foundation BGCF for the creation and operation of an expenditure fund known as Kelly's Landing Fund to support the development of the parks and recreations Kelly's Landing property the execution of which does not require an expenditure of funds on behalf of the urban county government. Item 28. A resolution authorizing on behalf of every county government to execute a non-disclosure agreement with ProCare software to obtain PCI compliance report for the extended school program. Item 29. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an interlocal agreement with the counties of Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Franklin, Garrett, Harrison, Jesmond, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholasville, Powell, Scott and Woodford County setting roles and responsibilities between the counties to increase the effectiveness of the area's workforce development system at no additional cost to the urban county government. Item 30. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet Office of Unemployment Insurance to receive wage information at a cost not to exceed $2,400. Item 31. A resolution authorizing on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement related to council capital project expenditure funds with LFUCD Division of Parks and Recreation $17,500, LFUCD Corridors Commission $36, Walnut Ridge Homeowners Association incorporated $2,000 and LexArts incorporated $4,225.22 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Item 32. A resolution submitting an NAC heavy highway incorporated in the amount of $110,425 for the repair of two concrete flood wall reservoir three for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with NAC heavy highway incorporated related to the bid. Item 33. A resolution accepting a bid of Del May LLC in the amount of $285,295 for the North Broadway median greening project for the Division of Environmental Services and authorizing mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with Del May LLC related to the bid. Item 34. A resolution ratifying the permit classified civil service appointments of Crystal Goodwin and Ministry of Specialist Senior Grade 518N 26.960 hourly in the Department of General Services effective June 2nd 2025. Item 35. A resolution authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the Lexington County Government to execute an agreement with accruant for the renewal of an asset and maintenance management software system for the Division of Parks and Recreation at a cost not to exceed $23,050.20 in FY 2026 with annual increases estimated not to exceed 10% subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in future fiscal years and further authorizing mayor or her designee to execute any for future necessary documents related to the renewal operation and support and maintenance thereof. Item 36. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to authorize additional payments under the memorandum of agreement with the Stonewall Equestrian Estates Association incorporated for various property owners within said association extending the period in which horses will be relocated and boarded for the Blenheim sanitary sewer project for the Division of Water Quality at a cost not to exceed $9,589.16 Item 37. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an engineering services agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 11-2025 with e-hazard LLC to assist LFUCG with maintaining compliance with all state and federal electrical safety requirements and regulations for the Division of Water Quality at a cost not to exceed $339,950. Item 38. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with the University of Kentucky College of Nursing to formalize as an educational partnership with the Division of Fire and Emergency Services. Item 39. A resolution ratifying and approving the fiscal year 2026 budget of the Lexington Fair Urban County Industrial Authority. Item 40. A resolution authorizing the Division of Waste Management to purchase, recycle, and reuse latex paint from Lexington Habitat for Humanity. A sole source provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of every county government to execute any necessary agreement with the Lexington Habitat for Humanity related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed $60,000. Item 41. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of every county government to execute change in an award to the FY 23 storm water quality project incentive grant agreement with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation canceling a storm water quality project, decreasing the contract by the sum of $35,000 from $35,000 to $0. Item 42. It was a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute change order one to the FY 23 storm water quality project incentive grant agreement with Walnut Hill Club at Childsburg Owners Association Incorporated. Canceling a storm water quality project, decreasing the contract by the sum of $79,500 from $9,500 to $0. Item 43. A resolution authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. And to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application. And to accept this grant if the application is approved with grant funds on the amount of $68,280 in federal funds under the Victim Assistance Formula Grant funded by the Victim of Crime Act VOCA. For support of contract forensic nursing advocates in the division of police. The acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of $17,070 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unaccompanied funds in the grant budget, item 44. A resolution authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute and submit a grant application to the US Department of Homeland Security. And to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application. And to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $100,000 in federal funds in the 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. For research to reduce firefighter line of duty fatalities and injuries. The acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of $5,000 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unaccompanied funds within the grant budget, item 45. A resolution authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under the American Rescue Plan Act Home ARP of 2021 to accept additional federal funds in the amount of $7,273. The acceptance of which does not obligate the expenditure of a local match by the urban county government, item 46. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with LM Asphalt Partners, LTD, DBA, ATS Construction for the temporary usage of LFUCG property for the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works at no cost to the government, item 47. A resolution authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with the Lexington County Human Rights Commission, HRC, to support the operating costs of the HRC for FY 2026 at a cost not to exceed $451,710, item 48. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a software agreement with Home for Life Design for the Home for Life Design software program at a cost not to exceed $5,000 per year for three years, item 49. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to accept the proposals for FY 2026 for excess liability insurance from Marshall and McClellan Insurance Agency and to accept any necessary contracts and documents on behalf of every county government with the following insurance companies and or their respective broker. Marshall McClellan Agency, Aviation from Westchester Fire Insurance, CHUBB, at a cost not to exceed $59,094.90. General Public Officials Auto Employer and Law Enforcement Liability from Safety National Casualty Corporation at a cost not to exceed $1,666,966.18. On the Road Auto from Safety National Casualty Corporation at a cost not to exceed $82,893.89. Excess Liability from Gemini Insurance Company at a cost not to exceed $666,240. Property from Affiliated Factory Mutual FM at a cost not to exceed $1,001,181. Cyber from Access Company at a cost not to exceed $76,906.95. Pollution from Illinois Union Insurance Company, CHUBB, at a cost not to exceed $25,465.65. And Worker's Compensation from Safety National Casualty Corporation at a cost not to exceed $570,708. All subject to sufficient funds being appropriated, item 50. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor and behavior of the county government to execute an agreement with Stonewall Bodies and Machine Incorporated for one truck command box for the division of fire and emergency services at a cost not to exceed $79,308, item 51. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor and behavior of the county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with Lexington Children's Museum Incorporated to provide funding for development of a reimagined children's museum at a cost not to exceed $400,000 in FY 22-06 with annual contributions for a period of three additional years in amount matching other funds raised by the Lexington Children's Museum up to an amount not to exceed $533,333.33 each fiscal year, subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in future fiscal years, item 52. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor and behavior of the county government to execute agreements related to council capital project expenditure funds with LFUCG, Division of Parks and Recreation, $105,000, and Food Chain Incorporated, $20,000 for the office of the Arby County Council at a cost not to exceed this unstated, and item 53. A resolution ratifying and improving the fiscal year 2026 budget of the downtown Lexington Management District. Thank you. Thank you very much. We have a couple walk-ons. Council Member Legree. Thank you, Mayor. Colleagues, you received an email about this walk-on motion from Brandy Peacher earlier this afternoon. I moved to place on the docket for tonight's council meeting under resolutions first reading, resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the US Department of Transportation under the 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for All SS4A grant program to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application. And to accept this grant if awarded, which grant funds are in an amount not to exceed $2 million in federal funds for support and planning and demonstration activities under the safe systems in action pilot. The acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of up to $300,000, with an additional $200,000 provided by participating project partners for a total of $500,000 local match, and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Second. Thank you, Council Member Reynolds seconds. Are there any questions? Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. Could you come to the mic and just kind of explain what the grant will do? I think you, I read your email. It looks like there was like three projects in there and the breakdown on how it is for the public and just. Yeah, definitely. Thank you, Council Member, I appreciate that. So as stated, this is for a planning and demonstration grant. This would be to supplement our existing safety action plan that already exists that is maintained and administered by the MPO. So it would be building upon that and informing any of our potential improvements throughout our community with the intent of doing everything possible to address safety and reach our goals with Complete Streets and Vision Zero. So as you said, there are three potential projects that we're looking to put into this application. The first one is specifically, I'm sorry, I'm finding the title here. We are calling a collaborative safety framework for Complete Streets on state-owned roadways. And this would be a planning initiative in partnership with KYTC for us to pilot a local decision making and coordination model. In essence, Complete Streets is a new policy for the state. It's a new policy for us, and it's a way for us to partner together to iron out some of the wrinkles in regards to our own processes related to state roads that we all share in Lexington. The other project is titled Integrated Maintenance Plan for Safer Streets. This one is also a planning initiative in order to look at piloting or exploring a comprehensive program management model for our asphalt resurfacing program. So we all know we have a lot of repaving that occurs on an annual basis. And at some point in time, over a series of years, every road will be touched by repaving at some point. So building upon a pilot that KYTC has actually implemented over the past couple of years, learning from their lessons learned, looking to do a similar exploration here about how we could have a more holistic process for integrating safety components into our roadways when we're addressing our repaving program. Then, project number three, we're calling Safe Routes to Campus, a quick build safety demonstration program to advance Vision Zero, Complete Streets, and our safety action plan implementation throughout Lexington. This one is really building upon efforts that are already underway. In particular, we have some projects that are looking at utilizing quick build as a way to test what safety improvements might be considered on roadways. And I know that we have funds that have been allocated for safety improvements around the campus area. And so utilizing that and leveraging those funds to receive additional grant dollars that could also support study of quick build demonstrations to improve our safety for all users of our roadways around campus. And exploring what those corridor improvements might ultimately result in for permanent installation in the future. I kind of feel like around campus, it's one of our most densely populated with bikers, walkers, and transit users. So we do have some unique situations there that are challenging. So that's a good thing for piloting, allowing us to pilot in a challenging environment. If successful, then I am hopeful that interventions that we explore in these urban contexts would be useful elsewhere throughout our community as well as we try to make our roadways safer. Thank you, and I think there's kind of a deadline coming up on the 26th, so you need to do second reading here. Suspend, so we'll do that too. Do we have any idea when the grant will be awarded? We have a sense, just based on historically how they've reviewed the projects, submittals, and then awarded. So as you said, deadline for application is June 26th. I anticipate that they will review and announce awards by the end of the year. And so if awarded, then it's a matter of working out the grant agreement with USDOT to implement that as well. So could be another 12 months or so following that before we can expend the funds. But we would know by the end of this year if we have received a grant award or not. Thank you, thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Are there other questions about the motion? All right, all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? Okay, that motion passes. Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on the docket for tonight's council meeting under resolutions first reading, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the urban county government to execute a letter of intent with SFG Properties LLC for the sale of approximately 19.61 acres of the Cold Stream Research Campus. At a price of approximately $225,000 per acre. Authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase and sale agreement. The final form of which is subject to the approval of the Department of Law. That materially complies with the letter of intent as well as to execute all other necessary and related documents and authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the urban county government to take all other necessary actions related to the transfer of the property. So moved. Is there, I'm sorry. Okay, Council Member Gray seconds. Are there questions? Council Member Morton. So, I just have a, well, we had a presentation on Tuesday regarding Cold Stream and nothing was mentioned about this. Knowing that it was forthcoming, why was that not mentioned? Welcome. I think I heard the question is why this wasn't talked about on Tuesday? Right. So the agreement was still being, the final details putting on the agreement. We're still being worked out until Tuesday. And then the other reason is that the industrial authorities meeting was this morning. And they're the first clearing house, if you will, in this process. They're the ones that screen the projects as they're brought forth, and so they voted on it this morning. Okay. So what is the normal process if this was not walked on? What would that look like? Well, if the council meetings didn't fall like they have for this period, we would follow the normal sequencing. We have walked them on in the past, like on a Tuesday meeting, and done that. But this time where the agreement was still being worked out, and we were still working out the details of the company's name being released. As part of the process as well, the timing is just, it didn't work out this time. Okay, and then while you mention timing, so what would be the need to, I guess, not put this through our normal process then? What would be the rush? Well, it's followed our process. It went through the industrial authority, and now it's come to council. And now the company has asked for the ability to go ahead and get started on their due diligence, which is a clock that's running once council approves it. So they would actually like to get started on that the first of the week, and have asked us for access to the site. We can't do that until this agreement is approved. So, and I guess just from my understanding, so when I say process, I mean, if this was not walked on, would this come up for us in new business? Would that be the process, or what is that process? The letter of intent will expire. If it was not being walked on tonight, and if it was not being voted on tonight, their letter of intent would expire, and they would move on to another site. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Are there other questions? Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. This is part of the original 50 acres, right? Yes. Okay, and how much of that original 50 do we have left then after this? We have this- After this, we will have one nine-acre site and one four-acre site. So- Say that again? One nine-acre site, right as you come in on the right, and then one four-acre site, so 13 acres. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Other questions? All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Are there other motions for walk-ons? All right, when you're ready, if you'll give those first reading, please. Yes, ma'am. Item 54, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of McKenna Government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation under the 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for All, SS4A grant program. To provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, and to accept this grant if awarded. Which grant funds are in the amount not to exceed $2 million in federal funds for support planning and demonstration activities under the Safe Systems in Action Project. The acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of up to $300,000 with an additional $200,000 provided by participating project partners. For a total of up to $500,000 as a local match, and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unaccompanied funds in the grant budget. Item 55, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor or her designee on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a letter of intent with SFG Properties LLC for the sale of approximately 19.61 acres of the Cold Stream Research Campus. At a price of approximately $225,000 per acre, authorizing the Mayor or her designee on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a purchase and sale agreement. The final form of which is subject to the approval of the Department of Law that materially complies with the letter of intent, as well as to execute all other necessary and related documents. And authorizing the Mayor or her designee on behalf of the Urban County Government to take all other necessary actions related to the transfer of the property. Thank you. Thank you very much. Now, council members, do you have any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. I have two. The first is item number 51. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to a resolution in regards to the purchase of surface agreement for the Lexington Children's Museum. So moved. All right, we have a second from Council Member Reynolds. Any discussion on that one? All right, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. The second is item number 55 on behalf of the administration. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to everything that pertains to the purchase of the, or the sale of the property at the Coldstream property. All right. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Any questions? Vice Mayor Wu. Mr. Atkins, can you come back up? I just wanted to kind of clarify again, like I'm generally not in opposition to walk on resolutions, but walk on plus the suspension. And again, I am not Council Member Fred Brown, so I'm not just philosophically opposed to it. But I wonder, can you give us a little more information on this deal? What is the total value or price of this deal that we're trying to do? So we started working with the company on this back in October, actually. And we've gone through the staff over in planning a couple of times to make sure that what they're proposing applies and fits within the P2 zone, which is that property. So this site will be similar, not exactly, but similar to the site that's on Dewtown Pike. This is not one of the large distribution facilities like we have on Leastown. This is smaller. It's a same day delivery, they call it the last mile. It will have a heavy focus on groceries and pharmaceuticals being able to be delivered. The actual price is a little over 4.4 million. It is, and let me pull that for you. The actual price is $4.412,250,000 for the 19 acres, which is $225,000 an acre. Which is the price that the credit union paid for their property when we sold that last year. Can you speak to a little bit also our relationship with UK in terms of how that revenue is going to be distributed? Great point. So these revenues, the 4.4 million gets split 50-50 between the two. Half goes to UK and half goes to us. The UK portion has to be spent on the Cold Stream property, the improvements out there. And our half has to go toward the development of the 200 acre legacy business park site. Does UK have to approve this deal or just us? It has, this deal has to, so this deal will still have to go back through the planning commission here. That's one step. It will also have to go through the University of Kentucky design guidelines review for Cold Stream as part of the process as well. Okay, so if there's still kind of steps in this process, what happens if we don't give it the second read today and we go through our normal process, give it second read on July 1st? Again, the letter of intent would expire and the project could go somewhere else. Is that, if the other party has or hopefully has an understanding or wants to have an understanding of how our process works in terms of transparency and sort of those steps, would we be able to extend that letter of intent literally two weeks for our normal process so that we can have more time for either discussion or transparency? That part of the process is at their sole discretion. So what you're saying is if we don't have the second read tonight and make the deal through, the deal could fall through on their end and that's their discretion, there's nothing we can do about that. Right, and I'd just like to say, I think a couple of the safeguards that I view in here, and this is just kind of one of these things where the timing unfortunately came the way it did. Is that the industrial authority who is the body that kind of clears these projects for the urban county government has heard it and endorsed it. It still has, the project still has to go through the normal approval processes. This is just about the land purchase itself. Yeah, and I appreciate that and I appreciate the due diligence that all those processes represented. For me, coming through the council in its normal course of business is also part of that process. My discomfort isn't even necessarily with specifics of the deal and I certainly don't doubt that you all did your due diligence up to this point. You said you've been working on it since last fall and so I appreciate that. But the feeling here for us as the final decision makers is we heard about this thing today. We put it on the docket. We're going to do two reads on it. It's going to go through and it's a $4 million deal. So I just have some concerns. I appreciate it. Thank you. Other questions? Council Member Ellinger. Thank you. You brought up something I wanted to ask. You said it's going to be a last mile facility that will include grocery and pharmacy items. How does that work? And you said it's not going to be like the distribution that's going to be on Newtown. It won't be like a distribution center on Leestown. So they've got the two huge distribution centers out there. This will be much more akin to what is on Newtown. It will be the large van delivery model. In which way? Have you set up on where they're going to be coming off a citation? Is that how it's going to? They will not have an exit entrance on citation. Most likely that will ultimately be up to the state. That's not what their intention is at this point. And again, that's another area where we still have a lot to work through. As any plan does at this stage, because they will still have to discuss ingress and egress with our director of traffic and the engineering division and planning. Okay, thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Okay, other questions? Council Member Brown. Thank you, Mayor, and Kevin, thank you for answering these questions today. I know we had talked earlier because I had some of the same concerns that the Vice Mayor has. But I think what you shared with me, and I think what you've been demonstrating over the last few years at working with this project. We acquired that land in a land swap. And there is some pressure on us to move that land forward, get it sold, and use that money that we make off of it to invest in our business part. So I think some of the safeguards that we have in place with the board, and then with your office working on this deal, I feel comfortable with this moving forward. Knowing that there's still processes that they have to go through for approval and addressing concerns that may get brought up from our planning department and other places. So, thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Other questions? All right, all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? No. All right, we have two no votes, is that correct? If you're voting no, I think I heard two. Council Member Morton, Vice Mayor Wood, thank you, that passes. Council Member Baxter, was that? That's all, thank you, Mayor. Okay. Council Member LaGrie. Thank you, Mayor. On behalf of the administration, I move to give second reading to item number 54. This is the grant aforementioned, and it is very time sensitive. Second. Okay, Council Member Reynolds seconded. Any questions about this one? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. Council Member Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to suspend the rules and give second reading for 31 and 52. These are both council capital funds. So move. Second. All right, Council Member Baxter seconded. And that was 31 and 52. All right, is there any discussion on 31 or 52? All right, all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Are there any others for suspension of the rules? All right, seeing none, I think we have 31, 52, 54, and 55. When you're ready, if you'll give those second reading, please. Item 31, a resolution authorizing and directing Mayor on behalf of McKenna Government Executive Agreement related to Council Capital Project expenditure funds with LFUCD Division of Parks and Recreation, $17,500. LFUCD Corridor Commission, $36, Walnut Ridge Homeowners Association incorporated $2,000, and Lex Arts incorporated $4,225.22 for the office of the Urban County Council. And it costs not to see the sum stated. Item 51, A resolution authorizing that the Mayor on behalf of McKenna Government Executive Purchase Service Agreement with the Lexington Children's Museum Incorporated to provide funding for the development of a reimagined children's museum at a cost not to exceed $400,000 in FY 2026 with annual contributions for a period of three additional years in an amount matching other funds raised by the Lexington Children's Museum up to an amount not to exceed $533,333.33. Each fiscal year is subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in future fiscal years. Item 52, A resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor and behalf of McKenna Government Executive agreements related to council capital project expenditure funds with LFUCD Division of Parks and Recreation, $105,000, and Food Change Incorporated, $20,000 for the office of the Urban County Council, and it costs not to see the sum stated. Item 54, a resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor on behalf of McKenna Government Executive and submit a grant application to the US Department of Transportation under the 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for All SS4A grant program to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application. To accept this grant, if awarded, which grant funds are in the amount not to exceed $2 million in federal funds for support planning and demonstration activities under the Safe Systems in Action Project. The acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of up to $300,000 with an additional $200,000 provided by participating project partners. For a total of up to $500,000 as a local match, and authorizing the mayor to transfer under performance in the grant budget. And item 55, a resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor or her designee on behalf of the urban county governor to execute a letter of intent with SFA. For the sale of approximately 19.61 acres of the Cold Stream Research Campus at a price of approximately $225,000 per acre. Authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of sale agreement. The final form of which is subject to the approval of the Department of Law. That material complies with the letter of intent as well as to execute all other necessary and related documents. And authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the urban county government to take all other necessary actions related to the transfer of the property. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? So moved. Second. All right, Council Member Baxter, seconded by Council Member Gray. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Council Member Beasley? No, 155. Yes, on the rest. Council Member Boone? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Brown? Yes. Council Member Curtis? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Elliott-Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Gray? Yes. Council Member Hale? Yes. Council Member LaGrie? Yes. Council Member Lynch? Yes. Council Member Morton? No, on 55, just the rest. Thank you. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Savicny? Council Member Sheehan? Yes. And Vice Mayor Wu? Abstain on 55, yes on the rest. All right, thank you. Those all pass. Next are communications from the mayor appointments. And I'll need a motion. So moved. Second. Council Member Lynch, seconded by Vice Mayor Wu. Are there any questions? All right, all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Communications from the mayor donations. I'll need a motion, please. Council Member Gray. Vice Mayor seconds. Are there questions, comments? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And the other communications from the mayor is on procurements. If I could have a motion. Second. Council Member Baxter, Council Member Sheehan seconds. And are there questions on this one? All right, all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. The next group is communications from the mayor for your information only. And that brings us to disciplines. There are no fire and no police disciplines tonight. And now it's time for announcements. Council Member Sheehan. Thank you. I should have one image. But before we get to that, last year we started a program to honor veterans in our community by hanging banners along Vine Street in November. We're currently collecting applications for new honorees. If you would like to learn more about this program or submit an application, you can do so at lexingtonky.gov slash Veterans Affairs. Applications will be accepted until July 4th. And we have been working on Lexington's Preservation and Growth Management Program. This is a program under development related to being proactive and improving the process for how we choose to change and grow by using data to guide our decision making. A draft of the process was released in May and we are asking for feedback from the community. You can learn more about this program and participate in the second survey at engage.lexingtonky.gov. The survey will be open until June 23rd. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Morton. Thank you. And I got a couple of images. So a major shout out to my legislative aide, Adina Tatum on her graduation from the leadership of Lexington, part of class of 2025. Your steadfast leadership, boundless work ethic, and heartfelt commitment to our community have been nothing short of inspiring. Certainly as the Executive Director of Northside Common Market, Adina has already catalyzed positive change, transforming and supporting small business growth and nurturing sustainable community development. And now as legislative aide, she is directly helping put my vision into action, that promise of supporting, uplifting, and defending all of our neighborhoods. So now with this leadership, Lexington distincts from your skills and impact reaches to an even greater level, guiding Lexington with clarity, purpose, and conviction. Our community and myself are truly privileged to have you on our team. Cheers to you, cheers to Adina, and every single graduate of the Lexington leadership class of 2025. And then moving on. So summers here and jazz nights are back in the heart of the West End. Get ready to feel the rhythm and soul of the season. Jazz Night Live has returned to Douglas Park on every Thursday at 6 p.m., bringing smooth sounds and good vibes right to the heart of the West End. Hosted by the Georgetown Neighborhood Street Association, this beloved summer tradition is the perfect way to unwind, connect with neighbors, and enjoy live music under the evening sky. Each week in June features a different incredible band. So today, I didn't get to make it, but today, June 12th, the Positive Movement Band. Next week, on Juneteenth, Honey Child. In June 26th, which will be a great birthday present for me, One Sound Band. So grab a chair, bring your family, and come early to soak up the atmosphere. This is more than music. It's a celebration of community culture and the sounds of summer. And if you come on the right day, you might just catch me up there on a stage for a special selection. And then, really, I'm dead serious, for real. Moving on. Join us also this weekend in the West End for the 21st Annual Father's Day Family Celebration. The Lexington Leadership Foundation's Fatherhood Initiative invites you to a powerful day of unity, celebration, and community. On Saturday, June 14th, we kick things off at 9 a.m. with a breakfast, prayer, and community march at First African Baptist Church, featuring a special message from community leader Thomas Jarber. Enjoy free breakfast, a free t-shirt while supplies last, and a spirit-filled morning of connection. At 10.45 a.m., the community will march together through the West End to Douglas Park, where the festivities continue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with our Father's Day Family Celebration. This event includes food, games, music, haircuts, family photos, face paintings, giveaways, community resources, and more. Let's honor and uplift the role of fathers and families in our community. And don't miss this day of celebration, inspiration, and fun for all ages. And then, lastly, just a friendly reminder, the Windburn Neighbor Association will meet on Monday, June 16th, 6 p.m. at the MLK Park Shelter. Come join your neighbors to stay informed, share ideas, and build a stronger community together. And I look forward to seeing you there. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Hale. Thank you, Mayor. It was a pleasure to join the Mayor, Council Member Brown, and representatives from our community organizations commemorating that this year, 2025, Juneteenth celebrates its fifth year as a national holiday, and Lexington marks the 20th anniversary of the city's oldest Juneteenth celebration. There will be a multitude of ways to celebrate this year. I want to take this opportunity to extend a special invitation to all of you to join us in the Seventh District at the Juneteenth celebration, hosted by A Sense of Place, the initiative that focuses on the stories of black free towns taking place on Juneteenth, this June 19th, in Caden Town, at the historic Caden Town Rosenwald School at 705 Caden Lane. Lunch will be served at 11 a.m., and the program will begin at noon. The program will feature live music, engaging storytelling, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the recently completed renovations to the historic Caden Town Rosenwald School. Come join in remembering and celebrating the history of Fayette County's rural black hamlets. The event is free and open to the public. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Gray. Thank you, Mayor. For, I would like to say happy birthday to the council member that I've actually known the longest in my entire life here. Happy birthday to Joseph Jody Hale, who will be 46 years of age tomorrow. I said his age. I'm sorry. I'm 46 as well. So happy birthday. All right, happy birthday. That concludes our announcements. We ended with the birthday. All right, there's no more public comments, so I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. All right, all those in favor, say aye. We are adjourned. Thank you all for coming. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪