I would like to thank everybody today for the meeting, calling together the April 10th, 2025 Water Quality Fees Board meeting. Ready to go? Yes, sir. In the minutes. Approval of the minutes, January 16th, 2025 minutes. Does everyone have a chance to read those? Additions, corrections? What's the willingness of the group? I'll move approval of the January 16th minutes as drafted. Thank you, Bill. Is there a second? I'll second. It's been seconded by Aaron. All in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed by dissent? Motion carries. Thank you. Next item is the incentive grant status update. All right. We'll run through this fairly quickly. When it comes to the 2025, I will just move past those. Those are just now getting council approval, and so there's not a lot of movement on those so far. But as I mentioned before, our format here is to give you the update on the Class A's, then Class B, and then Class B infrastructure in that order. So that's how our grant tracker cranks them out, and so that's how we'll give the status update going forward. The first one back here is Hickman Creek Conservancy, and according to the grant manager, he's working on getting the final schedule and getting this one wrapped up. Lou Scott just expressed his apologies for the delay on that one, trying to get that one down. I was going to terminate that, and then I spoke to the new president of Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association who said he may be able to recalibrate and get that one closed out because the work is pretty much done. It's just the final documents. The person that was overseeing that went MIA. I think she's lobbying up in Frankfort and just simply haven't had the time to close that right now, so I'm hoping that we can get that one off the books here in the near future. At Eller Street, the loan, the grant manager said he sent a request, and he knows that the education sign is like the final item on this grant to close out. He's waiting for the final documents, the final report, as well as the educational sign to be installed, and then we should be able to get that one wrapped up as well. Friends of the Park is one that we're going to see today. Construction is done. We're just waiting to get the educational sign produced and then installed, but the construction work is looking wonderful, and we will see that for those that can join us today, what the outcome is. Our next one is Walnut Hill Club in Charlottesburg. We're trying to recalibrate with the new consultant. Jonathan Rainer has left Bell Engineering, so we're waiting to see who we're going to coordinate with from that organization to be able to get everything closed out. Frank, I have a question. Denise, would you mind shrinking back so we can see the comments, please? Thank you. Yeah, this one, I think it's a tweak in our report here. It's just listed twice. I'm sorry. I'm going to move down to Waterford 2 to 2023. This is the permitting stage, wrapping up the design and permitting, getting all of that calibrated, and so you'll see Waterford 2 on here for an FY24 grant as well, but there won't be any movement because we're still coming out of the design phase. We're trying to speed things up on that one, but it's causing for a DOW and the USACE permitting, so we're just trying to get those things in our hands before they finalize the design or restart the construction. On our Friends of Wolf Run, we're just now getting wrapped up on the FY23. We just closed that out, actually, and we're starting the FY24 activities, and so we should see some progress on that one in our next meeting. He is preparing for the first request for funds, but things are moving forward as they typically do with Friends of Wolf Run with their stewardship work along Wolf Run. There's no issues there, so we will give you an update on where that stands with FY24 in July. Rotary Club, we're just finalizing the sign. A lot of these grants' construction is complete, and the signage, the development, and the installation of the signage is where we're at before we receive the final document. This is the case with Rotary. We just approved the sign, and it's about to get installed, and we should see the final documents right after that. Waterford 2, I commented on just a little while ago. They're just coming out of the design phase. Andover Forest, this one just got out on Urban County Council approval, and so there's no movement on this one. They've had a grant before where they did some work on the spillway. That grant is holding up well. It moves expeditiously, and there's no issues, so we expect this one in the same fashion to move along once they start getting the process rolling again. Friends of Wolf Run, this is the new one. It just got Council approval. We won't see movement on this one until they kind of get three quarter ways at least through FY24, so we anticipate that one to be the normal run of the mill with Friends of Wolf Run as they continue the great work in Wolf Run. Waterford 2 Association, this is the FY—this is the Phase 2 portion of their work to turn the pond out there back into the natural shade that they had. So there's no movement on this one so far. That would be our last Class A on record right now, and then Class B education if we move on. FY24 for Bluegrass Greensource, I'm waiting for an update from Amy and Patty, and they said they'll get it to me soon. They didn't get it to me in time for the meeting, but she promises to provide me with a status update. I do know we wrapped up FY23 maybe a month or so ago, and so I do anticipate them to move forward and transition into their fiscal year 24 activities. Field County Public Schools, according to Russ, he sent an email. This is the education grant. He sent an email with all of the curriculum links to all of the documents that they're developing for all the teachers and students, and so I'm reviewing those items right now. They're looking good, including the survey. They've put out a survey for all the teachers to put out, which is required and deliverable for the grant. So we look forward to that one moving. It's making steady progress, but we look forward to moving forward once they really get the responses from the teachers and get the activities rolling. So that is moving along as planned. FY25 for Bluegrass Greensource, once again, no movement on that one because it just got council approval, as well as the Fayette County Public Schools FY25 grant. What they say here, the grant manager says Hickman Creek Conservancy may donate plant material to Fayette County Public Schools. So they may. I think they're trying to request to utilize the funds for plant materials in another fashion, and so we're trying to see what that's going to look like, what their request is going to look like. But we certainly accept donations from whoever. So we expect somewhat of a savings, but perhaps to utilize those funds in a different fashion. Either way, it's a benefit to the community. University of Kentucky FY25, I believe that one is just now getting council approval, so there's not a lot of movement on that one as I stare at the grant manager. Kentucky American Water, I hope to get some more movement on this. I believe they've done a lot of trials with that trash collection, but the issue was we needed some kind of dock platform to be able to capture the trash and bring it up and then take it out front off of Richmond Road, and that's been the challenge. But I believe they are set to try to build some kind of dock because we certainly can't empty it from the bin over there on Squires. There's no way. It would be a traffic disaster. It wouldn't get approved anyway, but that's where we're at with that. I believe there's been some coordination with solid waste, the Division of Waste Management, I should say, in terms of who's going to empty it, how frequent and things of that nature. So we look to see this one get wrapped up, I'm hoping, by the end of fall. As for Community Montessori, this grant, I believe the only thing we're waiting on is the final educational component. The parking lot has been installed. It looks really good. If you're ever out there on Stone Road, you can take a peek over it. But this grant, I believe, turned out well, and we're just waiting on the educational side and the final documents for that particular grant. Somehow we got a glitch because that was listed twice, too. I believe I'll figure that out. Lexington Center Corporation, FY22, you've seen the work if you ride past it there. Our components was depaving and installing the manufactured treatment devices. Those were in place, and I think there was an issue with the manufactured treatment device and they had to go back in and re-lift it because it wasn't capturing like it needed to. But they're continuing that work, and as you can see, they're installing the other stormwater components like the rain guard and some other items they're going to put in the park. But that one's making steady progress, especially where it came from. This grant came from feasibility. This particular project, they received a feasibility and design grant first, and then now we're looking at the construction component, which is making steady progress. Depaving has occurred, as you can tell, and then we're just trying to solidify the manufactured treatment device and then install the educational component. It's going to take a little time because our educational signs can't go in until they finish completing whatever they're going to do, whatever else they're going to do, because those signs are going to be situated based on where those features are. But we are making steady progress. Unitarian Universalist Church of Langston, would you like to add to that? Sure. We just met with Craig Morgan yesterday for kind of a final walkthrough on it, and we are now in the phase of kind of dotting the I's and crossing the T's in terms of getting the final documents put together and the educational signage in place. And we have from the contractor, well, we will have from the contractor, a drone flight of the overall project, and it's kind of time-lapse, and so we should have that and be able to share that with you. Hopefully by next meeting. All right. Thank you, Steve. Hubert Bruce, oh, I'm sorry, sitting near the church in Langston. This is another site we plan to visit today. Construction is pretty much complete out here. I believe they're working on the educational component for this grant. We'll be able to put an eyeball on the progress for those that could join us today, but that one is making steady progress. As a matter of fact, it's nearing completion, I believe. Doug says it's 89.7%. I don't know where he gets the decimal. Where is that physically located on their campus? Is it directly behind the campus? You're talking about sitting there? It was in several locations. There's one right there at the corner where the Speedway is, Taste Creek Road, and there's Mount Tabor or something. There's a feature there. It's kind of like all around the campus. They did some invasive removal behind the church area, and this was the area where we had an issue with the neighbors over removing some of the invasives on. You're looking at the west portion of the campus, but they've moved those activities to more of the southern portion of the campus, right behind the church. These features are situated like that. I can go by there and notice. So feel free, even after today, if you can't join the tour, ask them to swerve through and send us any questions you might have. A few real estate, they just wrapped up. This is a coordination between LFECG Capital Project as well as the grant, and I believe they've wrapped up the capital portion and are looking to install the water quality unit and extend the 36-inch pipe out, which are the grant portions of this project. This is a sinkhole that's out there off of 7th Street, and they were dealing with trying to mitigate issues with that sinkhole swallowing up a bunch of trash and debris, and it also incorporates a fencing around the sinkhole for safety issues and whatnot. So that was making steady progress on the capital project, and now we're moving toward the grant portions of that issue out there. So making progress there. It stays at 40%. Fayette County Public Schools FY23. This is the CTE building. You can ride past there and kind of, now that they've taken off the block to the fence, you can kind of peep over and see the permeable lot in place. I had been concerned to make sure that they keep any additional construction materials off our papers. So that's the only issue I had with the grant managers, to convey the message that the rule is to keep all items off the papers, other than what they've been intended to use for, which was parking cars and whatnot, just to make sure they don't get damaged. But that was making steady progress. I believe we're just kind of waiting for the educational components that are going to come in with that, and that kind of ties in with other portions of the projects, and it's part of a larger project there. University of Kentucky FY23. Let's see, according to the grant manager, their internal teams are making progress in lining up the financials on the paperwork, but he says there remains a few challenges to get alignment on the foreclosure. Some of this is in part due to challenging personnel and retirements that are unavoidable. To be clear, work has been completed for some time, but internal accounting issues are being entailed to be able to properly report the cost share. So he gives us a long explanation. Apparently, they're making progress. It's at 90%, so he's just trying to steadily shove them to the finish line. But unfortunately, they're having to deal with a few internal issues. We'll give you a further update on that one. FY23 for the University of Kentucky room to breathe. He says an extension request through the end of September of 2025. He's approved that, and they're currently bidding and hoping for summer construction. So that's where he is with that. LLC, which is also United Landscape. You have approved a United Landscape grant in the past, and they requested a name change because of how their business is organized. So that's the same thing. So just so you know, when swept is United Landscape, it's the same sort of thing. You want to speak to that? Sure. I apologize. This is the current or the 25 or the 23. This is for 23. 23. We are in construction, and they're progressing along. This winter was a hard one for them, so there's somewhat of a delay, but they're working on progression, and I'm actually headed out there right after this. Great. Thank you very much. Red and Rose's LLC, according to the grant manager, they just received a geotech report, and he reports that infiltration rates are three inches an hour or greater, and he sent a request for an update, and he says an extension request may be necessary for this grant. But he claims it's 36 percent complete, so making progress. Fay County Public Schools, this is the one about tree canopy establishment, they are at just 15 percent. This fall is kind of a different problem. They were kind of working on FY20 for Class E education as well, so they're kind of tying into it together. He's working on the request for funds number four as we speak. It is making steady progress, but he's kind of running those grants simultaneously, and he's kind of shoving both of them along really steadily, so we look to make more progress and hopefully get that closed out sooner than later. I don't think that's a project that's going to take a long time at all. Mediocre Creative, according to the grant manager, no progress has been made. I know this grant came from – I believe this is the feasibility study portion, and I know they've made progress on the feasibility study, but I think he's had an issue with communication, and he's waiting to hear from Eric DeWald and the organization to see just exactly where they are. They did receive also a construction grant, so we hope to get a status update about both of these. OBE Innovates, Scott, do you want to speak to that? This is the feasibility? Yes, this is the final report. Yeah, the final report has been submitted, and we are just waiting for approval and if you close out with the final report. Okay, thank you very much. Partner Lex Acquisition LLC. I've received a message from Jerry Kissick that they may be interested in a change order. I believe they're getting some high bids, and so he's asked about additional funds, so I plan to speak with him this coming week to let him know about that process and to see just how much they think they may be requesting. I have made them aware that these change order funds are limited, and they are on a first-come, first-served basis, so they may need to really consider getting things borrowed and being prepared to present to you all in July. So that's where we are with that. There's some challenges. Rob, Property LLC, according to the grant manager, the design review meeting, they've had that and the grant on February 27th, and they anticipate some revisions to be made to the design plans submitted to the Division of Engineering, and they do anticipate construction to start this summer. University of Kentucky 2024, I believe the grant manager reports no changes. There's a funding delay. I believe this is the one that they asked. They said the University of Kentucky kind of pulled their funding that was going to be used for their car share match, and so we're trying to see if that status changes before we ask them to request a terminate. So I guess we're trying to give them a little time, maybe say December or something. Do they have new plans for that area? The UK may, so we're trying to decide what the new plans for that area will be before they invest in a grant, and how time is it due? So once they have access to that from administration, they'll move forward or not. Thank you very much. Wesley United. I can look at consulting. We are having to go through a Board of Adjustment because we are taking out some parking spaces to put in an island, and that, through discussions with planning, necessitates a Board of Adjustment action because it is a substantial change to the plan. So we are in the process of getting that prepared and submitting it. How many parking places are being eliminated? In this phase, two. That's significant. Go figure. This was a project that stemmed from the feasibility studies that were happening before that. It's still making progress, coming from the feasibility studies. So we're making good use of that feasibility process. That was Delaware. I'm sorry, ma'am, but you got me on premises. No, no, we are moving through the feasibility phase and should be pushing this in the next month or two to actually have it ready for a request for the next cycle for implementation dollars because we are actually going to move from feasibility into design that the owner is going to pay for the design to keep the project moving and then go with a grant request for implementation. So you plan to apply in July? In July, yeah. We're fast-tracking this one. The next three are FY25, no activity. So that would conclude my status update for this meeting. And feel free to fire away any questions that you might have. Questions? I have one. The ones that are at council, are they at the committee level right now? Yeah, I believe one received a delay. Fay County Public Schools has a delay that moved the project out off of for Mason-Healy. I believe it received some challenges from one of the members, council members, and so we've given them some explanations and hopefully there's some clarity there to allow it to move through soon. I'm not sure what, when was that, do you remember that delay? April 10th. It was supposed to be tabled until April 10th, and so hopefully we'll see that one go through this coming week. Any other questions from the public? So they're in committee now, and then they'll report out to the full council, and then we'll know which one's recorded. Typically, these are typically the run-of-the-mill they kind of send them through, but there are some challenges and questions about locations and taking a green space. That wasn't the big deal with Fay County. It was a redevelopment, and they moved some green space for parking. But according to our guidelines, that's allowed unless we change that in the program, which they're covering the regulatory items. The grant funds will be used for over and beyond additional parking or additional stormwater BMPs and whatnot, so it has nothing to do with not covering regulatory items. It's just meeting the challenge that we're just having to explain to the members to give them a level of comfort. And a very high-profile site. Yes. A lot of these in that hot zone. And it's Fay County Public Schools, so they're doing a lot of projects, and so people are concerned about grant funds being used. But they are a fee-payer, I can say. They're one of our greatest fee-payers, like the University of Kentucky, so it would be hard to disqualify them. As far as the UK project and the change in use of the property and so forth, have they given you any indication of when they'll make a decision on that? No, but I think we kind of gave them the notion that, you know, the invitation to delay or extend is not, you know. That's what that point I was coming to. I think give them a reasonable amount of time, however you find reasonable, but not just let it end up and move out there because there are other projects that could use that money. Yeah, I think Bailey and I are going to coordinate and just kind of communicate and give them a heads-up 30 days, 60 days out. It may be coming to that. Do you have any idea in your head, like December, or are we thinking fall? I think it's still, like, it would be a few months before they would have an invitation, but I can, like, give her a drop-dead deadline. I think that would be my suggestion. Yeah, just not to hold up those funds. Yeah, I mean, we're not doing it for their convenience. We're trying to let a program that they can benefit from if they choose to do it, and they've done it, that's fine too. I agree, especially with Class B infrastructure applications, you know, 2026 opening up. You know, it would be nice to know if those funds will be available. Absolutely. And, you know, and not have them sit for a whole other year. Well, I think that's what we need to plan toward, is being able to make sure we can use that money if they're not going to use it before that time frame. I agree. That's what I think we'll do. That's up to you guys to decide how to make that happen. We appreciate your sentiment, and we will definitely convey it. I mean, that's my thought. Whatever you guys. I agree. Yeah, I agree. We'll do. We'll let them know. Thank you very much. Any comments or questions? That's right. In a previous meeting, we talked about, like, a map of Fayette County and the projects. I think you showed one. So maybe just a request for a future meeting if the new projects could be added to that map so we could see. Yeah, I was kind of... Are you meaning the in progress? Yeah, or just, like, an update to that map where we can see the parts of the county where the projects are to see if they're concentrated in one area, if there's an area we need to try to look at for reaching out to. Because the map that's on there now are for completed projects. Okay. But it sounds like you're indicating you want to add the projects that are on our status. I think maybe it's been a while since we've seen that. Let's see. So maybe what I'm asking is already... Yeah, we'll pull it up really quick so you can see it. Yeah, it would be great. Thanks. It's right on our web store page. If you go to either one of the sites, class A, the educational, the infrastructure, the map is accessible. Okay. But it doesn't incorporate these, I can say. We'll look into that. Maybe we'll make them a different color or do something different to it just to let them know. Because I don't want people to get the indication that we're... They'll be looking at a finished project when I get out there. In fact, construction may be an issue. I don't want to lure people out there and there could be some safety concerns in terms of construction. So we have to notate it somehow. So as you zoom in, you can see that... Specifically. Got it. Okay, that's exactly what I was asking. And then you can click and see they should provide more information. How long has the interactive map been on? Maybe less than a year. Okay. If that. Yeah, we love it. Yeah, yeah. No, this is exciting. This is what I use to do inspections. Yeah. Because it gives you a dot for each BMP at each site. And like Brady said, you click on the dot and it gives you the information about that feature and whatnot. And you can just click on the name of the individual. And is that every project that there's... Is there, like, a filter for, like, when would they roll off the map? Or do they stay, always stay on the map? I would think they stay on this. It's all completed projects. Yeah. And so then you can filter. Like in 20 years at all. Right. Yeah. Technology is really cool. It doesn't have education. No. Yeah. But I've been thinking about that for the ones that have rain gardens or something like that. Yeah. Yeah. On the site detail, does it contain the name of the watershed? I believe so. And is that, can you export that data? Put layers on it as well. GIS is truly a great site. Yeah. Yeah. So does that suggest that there are two watersheds, East Hickman and to the east, Boone Creek? I don't see many dots there. And that's what I was trying to get to with mapping it. Is there? Yeah. You were saying these two? Yeah. Like, is it worth? I don't know. I would say it's pretty rural. Yeah. I was going to say, not a lot of urbanization. Yeah. Those aren't in the urban service boundaries. Okay. So they normally, like, aren't as involved. Right. They don't have as much pollution. They're probably not paying partials. Right. You're right. On the agricultural side. On the farm, yeah. Yeah. So North Elkhorn is sparks. I guess a lot of that is. Yeah. It's just where the industry is located on. As you can imagine, you see the cluster. And Wolf Run, they've received a lot of grants in Wolf Run because there's a lot of concern about them. A lot of stewardship out there. Yeah. But there's a lot of density. There's still a lot of residential density in the east segment. Not in the segment. So I guess. But, you know, this is great for potentially flagging opportunities for future. Yeah. Market opportunities. Yeah. Right. Exactly. I have a comment. Am I allowed to make a comment? Sure. Thanks. So we have the Bluegrass Watershed Symposium here. And it was collaborative among different grant agencies. So like NRCS, us. Who else? The conservation district. I think there was one more. UK was here with their big watershed pushes. And so it was interesting to hear everyone advocate for collaborating on how can we all play together. And some of them had suggestions about how they would prefer our program to be. So I think there's potential for us to have more stakeholder involvement in the programmatic changes in January. So I was thinking we could have a listening ear to their comments and then submit them to you all for you all to consider. Would it be good. So I attended the, I guess, day two of that summit on Saturday. And it was remarkable and very well attended. And professionals, engineers, academics, nonprofits, super citizens, it was great. And I did hear some of those, some of that feedback too. And I wonder whether we should just like schedule a listening session, like a formal listening session. I think that group would really appreciate it. And there's just a lot of talent in that room. And they do seem to be collaborating more, which is very exciting. And I was just really very impressed with the event. So I would welcome that if that's an opportunity. A lot of applicants there, Ken obviously, Hickman Creek Conservancy. And I wonder whether part of that listening session, it's kind of outside of our specific scope. But the biggest challenge with grants is that there's just disparate information. So as a result of that session, which I was really sad to miss, frankly, can we just create a resource in a Google Sheet or SharePoint or something where here are all the grants that are kind of related. So that future folks, we can save them time. You mean not just for us, not across the board. Not just Water Quality Conservation District. Or perhaps it already exists. There is Andrea Exeter-Dacron. Dreyer. Yeah, Dreyer. She presented. She has a Google Doc spreadsheet that has all the grants for a company. And it's like pages after pages after pages. Resources. I think she said 80. I'll try to get that and send that to you all as the board if you want to. And let's just put it on our page too. I think let's just try to make it as easy as possible for folks in our world to explore our opportunities. Yeah, I think it will allow for a more targeted approach going forward in terms of our efforts. If we know everybody's, you know, and if we get insight from these other resources, I think our January meeting will be more successful. And we've made pushes each January to try to, you know, add different components, you know, for preferential scoring and things. For example, this year we've added for new grantees, new applicants that never applied or received an award. So we've added, as well as stream restoration, we've given some preferential treatment to those types of grants. So I think adding this component and your suggestions, I think, is going to even increase that effort in January. I have a follow-up question. Sure. Was the Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer, were they at this summit? They were in our Friday session. And they were not? No. I know that's a wellhead protection. It's not clear as to whether they were watching. I see they're out at the trailer park or something like this. Thank you. Ron? I've got one more. Okay. I attended the Rain Garden and Repair and Buffer Workshop on Tuesday, which is a Bluegrass Green Source grant-funded education workshop. It was very well attended. The education program is outstanding. There's a mini-grant opportunity. I think they had possibly over 50 folks at the eastern branch of the library. So that was really outstanding work from Bluegrass Green Source. I think they've applied multiple times, and they're really doing a great job. So when you said you needed to hear back from Amy, I thought she's probably hard at work on completing that presentation. Absolutely. She did a great job. Conservation District was there, some folks from Extension. So I think in multiple events we're seeing more cooperation, which is really outstanding. They did, I believe it was six or seven, maybe eight. I've got numbers in my head. I think eight mini-grants, and we wrapped that. That was the FY23 grant. And so we were able to capture the pictures and the process for applicants to establish those mini-grants. And then we were able to get the outcome of those. So maybe I'll share that with you in the future so you can see what some of those look like. And residential yards. But I think the program was very successful on their end, and consequently for us too. It appears our program is running really pretty smoothly. And we're spreading money out. And most of the solid projects that are submitted are being funded. I think having the owner share involved in it, I think, is a good incentive to be able to spread the money out. That's right. And I think the 20% across the board kind of makes it simpler. Well, that's what simple is good. Yeah, simple is great. Because we used to have 50% on education, that kind of sort of thing, and it was kind of all over the place trying to keep up. But the 20% across the board has made staff's job a little bit easier. Any other questions? No. That's great. I appreciate your bringing us up to date. I appreciate all your hard work. Thank you. Motion to adjourn. If there's nothing else, we'll bring it before the board. Here, I'm asking for a motion to adjourn. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, all in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thank you all very much. Thank you all very much. And we will saddle out for those that plan on joining us. We're going to meet out to Centenary Church as soon as possible. I'm going to contact our team and let them know we'll be on the way. So if we can kind of move expeditiously so our tour group doesn't get impatient there, that would be wonderful. For staff members or anyone who'd like to, I do have a vehicle for as many as will fit.