# Rural Land Management Board - August 27, 2025 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Board · August 27, 2025 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6531 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6531?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2025-08-27 - **Body**: Board - **Last revised**: February 15, 2026 - **Length**: 10,066 words - **Speakers**: Chair > ⚠️ **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 Fayette County Conservation District Board held its meeting on August 27, 2025. The meeting covered 3 agenda items, including discussions on a Soil Health Grant and American Farmland Trust partnership, a primary residence request for Farm 12024, and new PDR (Purchase of Development Rights) applications. The board took 3 votes during the session and heard no public comments. One action item was approved — the primary residence request for Farm 12024 — while the remaining two agenda items were informational in nature. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the August 27, 2025 Board meeting: - Christine Stanley - Phil Meyer - Jim Coleman - Margaret Graves - Will Mayer - Joanna - Robert James - Hannah - Heather - Olivia - Council Member Morton - Tiffany - Gloria Philhager - Beth **Absent:** Tracy **Late arrival:** Mary Quinn ## Votes and Decisions Three motions were brought before the Board during the August 27, 2025 meeting, all of which passed unanimously. - **Approval of July 23rd Minutes** [timestamp: 0:06:08]: Phil Meyer moved and Jim Coleman seconded a motion to approve the minutes from the July 23rd meeting, with a correction to Phil Meyer's title. The motion passed unanimously, with votes in favor from Phil Meyer, Jim Coleman, Hannah, and Christine Stanley. - **Approval of Primary Residence Request** [timestamp: 0:25:22]: Margaret moved and Jim Coleman seconded a motion to approve a primary residence request. The motion passed unanimously, with votes in favor from Margaret, Jim Coleman, and Robert James. The approval is **contingent on the closing of the conservation easement**. - **Approval of November 7th PDR Application Deadline** [timestamp: 0:35:07]: The Board approved setting November 7th as the deadline for Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) applications, with the condition that staff retains flexibility to adjust the deadline based on federal recommendations. The motion passed unanimously, with votes recorded in favor from Margaret and Phil. No maker of motion or second was recorded for this item. ## Budget and Financial Actions The Board approved two financial disbursements during the meeting. - A **$4,000 grant payment** was approved to the **Fayette County Conservation District**. No resolution identifier was associated with this item in the meeting record. - A **$6,100 contract payment** was approved to **Charlie Farmer** for the completion of **61 inspections**, representing a per-inspection rate of $100. No resolution identifier was recorded for this item. No additional budget resolutions, fund transfers, or financial reports were presented during this portion of the meeting. Resolution numbers were not available for either item in the meeting record. ## Soil Health Grant and American Farmland Trust [timestamp: 07:11] Heather Silvanek presented information regarding a $10,000 grant received from the American Farmland Trust and the planned allocation of those funds. The discussion outlined the following proposed uses of the grant money: - **$4,000** designated for the Fayette County Conservation District's cover crop incentive program - **$3,000** allocated for PDR (Purchase of Development Rights) new farm signs This item was informational in nature, with no vote or formal action taken by the Board. The remaining grant funds were not detailed in the available summary. ## Primary Residence Request for Farm 12024 [timestamp: 16:59] The Board discussed a request for a primary residence on farm number 12024. Key speakers on this item were Beth and George Crawford. The discussion covered details of the planned construction as well as the conditions under which approval would be granted. The Board considered the specifics of the request before reaching a decision. The request was **approved** by the Board. ## New PDR Applications [timestamp: 27:41] Beth presented an informational update on new Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) applications, focusing on an upcoming application deadline and the potential for federal funding support. The discussion centered on two key topics: - **Application Deadline:** Beth noted that a deadline for PDR applications is approaching, prompting the Board to be aware of the timeline for incoming submissions. - **Federal Funding Opportunity:** Beth highlighted the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) as a potential source of federal funding that could support PDR efforts. ACEP is a federal program that provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands through easements. No specific application details, acreage figures, or landowner names were presented at this time. The item was informational in nature, and no formal action or vote was taken by the Board. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of July 23rd minutes with correction of Phil Meyer's title - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of primary residence request contingent on closing of conservation easement - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of November 7th deadline for PDR applications with flexibility for staff to adjust --- ## Full transcript a credentialed real property appraiser since 2008 and was an independent fee appraiser here in Central Kentucky at first. Then in 2010 moved over to USDA Rural Housing, was with them for about five years and then in 2015 moved over to Farm Credit on the collateral management. I don't do as much appraisal direct work. My function is primarily in the review of appraisal and environmental. So I see a lot of appraisal reports and environmental reports on a lot of our collateral. And Margaret may remember it was his father, Margaret, who helped us do appraisal reviews in the past. Oh, Larry Disney. So yeah, yeah. Oh, wow. It's all in the family. Welcome to the next challenge. Great. And also we have Christine Stanley here. Hello. Phil Meyer. Hello. Jim Coleman. Margaret Graves. Will Mayer. Joanna, I see. And Robert James. And that's Hannah. I couldn't see. Hannah's in her car. She has said she's had a client today and is showing on a property. So she may be in and out. Also, Heather is here today. She's our person that helps us with the Conservation District, and they're going to be hosting a soil conference roundtable. We'll probably be talking about that a little bit later. Olivia is here. Council Member Boone's Legislative Aid. I want to say thank you very much to her, she and Erica Rogers, and many thanks to our Commissioner Horn and Sean and people in the office who helped cover the Ag Day for Beth and me. I had a little unexpected hip surgery, and Beth's father was not well and had an unexpected surgery on his part as well. And Olivia, you all did a great job in our Commissioner's office for making sure that everything went well for Ag Day. So thank you very much. And I see that Council Member Morton is here. So welcome to you. And I think Tracy is gone today, so you're here as well. She's here for Tracy. Tiffany is. Did I miss anybody? I know we're going to talk about a property in a minute, and so we have somebody else on screen. So I think that's it. Oh, and Gloria Philhager is joining, so I'll add him to the list. Okay, all right, great. Did everybody, I hope, get their minutes and have an opportunity to look through those? Yes? Yes. Thank you, Beth. I know that it was hard for you to do that. I especially appreciate the effort you went through this time. Her parents have just moved here from where she grew up, eastern Kentucky. So in the middle of trying to help her parents move and her father being in the hospital, she has carried on all of our duties. So I'm very appreciative. And thank you, Beth, for getting those out to everyone. And thank you to, I don't think Abuna is here, but she helped you some of the minutes. So I want to make sure she knows we thank her for helping today too. As far as the minutes go, the July 23rd minutes, are there any changes, additions, corrections? Phil Meyer called, that I called, referred to him as Ms. Meyer instead of Mr. So I will correct that on one of the things, but other than that, I think that's it. Okay, all right. Then I will entertain a motion to approve as mailed to you in your packets. So moved. All right, Phil Meyer's a first, and we got to have a second from somebody. Second. Okay, second, Jim Coleman and I saw Hannah's hand and Christine's hand, so we have a lot. All in favor, just show of hands, just so we can see that everybody's alive and awake. Okay, looks like Beth, but it's everybody. Okay. And I can see Phil on the screen now, so we're all where we can vote and be seen. You want to tell us what we need to know about the soil health grant, about the American Farmland Trust? It's sort of listed under new business, but it's kind of old new business. Yes, so the grant that we received several years ago from the American Farmland Trust was for $10,000, and in the fall of 2023, you all voted to give $4,000 to the Fayette County Conservation District for their cover crop incentive program. And we missed the invoice or didn't receive an invoice, so we had not paid them and discovered that when we went to pay for the PDR new farm signs this year, because we were using $3,000 of the grant for that. So we reached out to Heather Silvanek, who is with us today and is the director of the Fayette County Conservation District, to ask her, and she said that they would love to have our funds for this fall, and that they also are starting a nutrient roundtable this year. I think I'll let Heather's going to tell us more about that, but that our money would also go towards that. So they sent us an invoice, and we have paid that to invest in this fall and winter's program. So Heather is here today, and we will let her go ahead and tell you all a little bit about how these funds will be used, and what the program is, and what their new roundtable will be. Welcome Heather. Hi, thank you for for having me. I'm Heather Silvanek, like Beth said, the director of the Fayette County Conservation District. I just received the $4,000 check today, so. Oh great. So we plan on utilizing the funding toward our $35,000 budget for a winter cover crop program, and some of, and so what that program entails, it starts on October 1st. That's when producers and farmers are able to apply, and we pay, it's not a reimbursement, but we pay $35 per acre of cover crop planted. And so regardless of what the expense ends up being, that's what we pay out. And so we understand that it's not, in many cases, the covering the entire cost of planting. And so in addition to that, we offer a reimbursement of the cost for utilizing some of the Conservation District-owned no-till drills. So the $35 an acre, up to 100 acres, or $3,500 is eligible for producers, and if they rent Conservation District equipment, we will reimburse them for a full day's expense for each 50 acres planted, up to three days. So that's a lot, but we publish all this information online. It's on our website, as will be the application on October 1st. So because it's not a reimbursement, we don't require evidence of an expense being incurred, but the backup that we use is a form that's generated by the Farm Services Agency. So when you report what you planted to the Farm Services Agency, you receive a 578 form. And so this initiative is not only to assist producers to continue on with planting cover crop, but to help with tracking what's been planted. So once you have reported your acreage to Farm Services Agency, you get a form, and that form is required before you submit an application. So that's kind of the long and short of that program. I wanted to take a second, if anyone has any questions about all of that, I'd be happy to answer them right now. I'm curious, how many acres typically are you getting each fall in the cover crop program? Phil, it's a hard one to track. I'll say that because it has fluctuated as far as participation goes a lot from year to year. So I'm thinking right off hand, it was underutilized last year. So we budget $35,000, which of course would be 1,000 acres. And so I think we only spent around 30,000 last year. So less than 1,000 acres was planted as part of this program's initiative. Now, there may be more people who are planting who aren't reporting, but every person who is reporting is being directed to apply for this program once they receive that 578 form. And there is a bit of disparity with environmental factors. So when the weather is not good and you can't get your crop planted in a specific time, there's a deadline with the Farm Service Agency of December 15th. So if you're communicating about this opportunity to producers, you really have from October 1st to December 15th. And of course, you can plant before October 1st, and it may be necessary in many instances to do that. But that's kind of the timeline for our program. I hope every chance you get, put in a plug for the Rural Land Management Program helping you out. Yeah, I don't know if anyone has been to the cover crop page on our website, but we did just that. And American Farmland Trust. So we're appreciative of helping this program continue on at the capacity that we want it to be to fund at least 1,000 acres of winter cover crop planted. But this nutrient management round table that we're also considering this year, it actually has been scheduled for October 2nd. And so it's at the UK Extension Office off Red Mile Road. And we are going to serve lunch at 1230 and then the program starts at 1pm. So that's October 2nd at 1pm at the Extension Office. And what that is about is we are working in collaboration with the Kentucky Division of Water. And so Paulette Akers is a keynote speaker and she is the Gulf Hypoxia Program Coordinator for the Division of Water. And so the purpose of having her come there is she is the former Director of the Division of Conservation. And so she has a lot of familiarity with both the urban and rural piece of water quality. And so she kind of plans to pull some analysis from the water samples that have been taken by our city. And she wants to both talk about some of the excess nutrient runoff that is caused from ag fertilizer. But also here in Lexington, most of it is coming from sanitary sewer treatment plants. And so she is the expert on that and I'm not. But we're hosting her and I think it'll be a good opportunity for farmers and water quality stakeholders alike. And so certainly everybody on this meeting right now, it would be really beneficial to hear about this. And we're going to promote the cover crop program there too. So we're hoping that utilization sees an uptake from that. But that is the long and short of what our plans are this fall for the cover crop program and its promotion. So did we call the extension office to get a reservation for that meeting? Yeah, I will send out an email RSVP form and I'll send it to Beth so she can be sure to get it to everyone here. Thank you. Any other questions? Heather, is there a plan to record that? Because I imagine there could be some insights delivered in that meeting that may be appropriate to pass along to city officials. Yeah, I think that the facilities can definitely accommodate it and I think it would be useful because we're offering an educational credit for it as well. So if you'll see about recording it, we'll see about getting it on LexTV as well. Yeah. And she's a wonderful speaker and like I said, she's very versed in water quality in all aspects and she's going to particularly focus on our city. So it'll be lovely to hear from her. Good. Thank you. Okay, guys. Next on the agenda, we have a housing request and I see they have been on the screen early on. Beth has sent us and I really want to thank the applicant very much for sending complete plans and information. They're wonderful. It's going to be a great facility. Beth, I hope everybody had a chance to look at that and they're here. I see it says Kimberly Crawford. You can turn your microphone on so we can ask questions if we need to. And also, Beth, if you'll record that Mary Quinn has made it on the screen. So welcome, Mary Quinn. All right. Yes. Let me go ahead and share this with you all. Pull up our request. We will say to make sure they understand we are getting ready to close on this property. We were going to do it this month and I did close on the other one and I have signed the papers for this one but they asked to wait until the 10th. The property owner asked to wait. So I've already signed all the papers. Everything is ready to go. And the attorney did not want them to break ground or start on any of this until after the property owner has signed all the papers. So while Beth is getting this pulled up, I thought I'd put that in for the board to know. Okay. Is it showing on your screen now? It is now. Okay, great. Thank you. So this is farm number 12024. It is located at 924 Harpiness Road. It's almost 44 acres. The owners plan to make it a horse farm. The current owners are Cuatro Navarro Farms LLC and the closing is scheduled for approximately September 10th, 2025. It is not going to be a federal easement. The impervious surface limit will be 5%. There are no protected structures on this property and they are not requesting any demolition. This property does not have any housing. So they are requesting a primary residence to include 4,640 square feet of indoor living space, 1,360 square feet of garage, 688 square feet of outdoor living space and incidentals for a total of 6,688 square feet. The owners are not requesting paving yet, but their builder George Crawford, who is with us today, has provided a plat showing the location of the house and the type of driveway they may want in the future. The building plans Mr. Crawford provided are attached. This is a permitted use section 5B of the easement that will be on this property provides the right to one primary single-family detached dwelling with reasonable appurtenances, including garages. Other relevant information is that the property has no existing housing. The owners reside in Texas and plan to make this their second home and a working horse farm. They are already in the horse industry, but they have been excited to move to Kentucky. So they are looking forward to this and to branching out and bringing some horses here. The PDR closing is scheduled for September 10th and Board Attorney John Watts has asked that construction not begin until after the closing and the owners agreed. The staff recommendation is approval of the request contingent on closing of the deed of conservation easement, all necessary permitting being issued by the Division of Building and Spatial Planning, being issued by the Division of Building Inspection, and no construction beginning until after the farm has closed, which is currently scheduled for September 10th. Beth will notify building inspection of this requirement. Approval is based on the following criteria. The easement grants the right to a primary residence. The request is in compliance with the impervious surface limit and there is no housing and there are no barns on the property. And the conservationist recommendation is not required since this is not a federal easement. I will note I checked in with Tracy Jones because this one is slightly unusual that we're making a recommendation or making a decision on one that is not closed yet and she wanted to make sure we have jurisdiction to do so and John Watts prior had talked with the owner and asked that they not start construction before because it could cause a mechanic lien or anything like that on the property that would disrupt the closings and they agreed. So what John and Tracy came together and said is that when we make the motion today it needs to say that approval of the primary residence as presented contingent on the closing of the conservation easement. So whoever makes that motion we need to be sure that that language is included. So we will go ahead and look at the plans Mr. Crawford provided. Let me shrink get these down. Okay there we go. All right so there was the exterior and here we have some of what the interior and then the front elevation and rear elevation and the right and left elevation and garage elevation and the entry surround concept and some more exterior and some interior the roof plan and then this is so here is Harp Innes going across here and right now there is just like a kind of dirt gravel road that goes onto the farm and they do plan to eventually pave but the owner said they're not requesting that yet today but Mr. Crawford went ahead and gave us this to show us an idea of what it will be like and this farm does not if the only thing on it doesn't even have any barns right now so the only thing is an old like two car garage but it's very small. It's more like a storage garage for farm equipment rather than a car garage and that is the only thing so they are definitely within their impervious limit since it's five percent if they do decide to go ahead and come back to us and add the paving and that is it. So I can let Mr. Crawford go ahead and if he has anything to add for you all go ahead. I believe you nailed it perfectly. I don't know that I would add anything else. Everything that you said is exactly up to speed on what we're doing and the block building for whatever it could be called will be getting knocked down but we'll probably use it for building storage just to keep it out of the rain so we're it's a little far from the house but at least it's a dry place if we decide to use it for staging or whatever we need to. Okay great. Okay do you all have any questions for me or Mr. Crawford? Again thank you. Your drawings are wonderful. It's a wonderful residence. It's also worth noting that not only have these folks been willing to save the farm with the conservation easement but they're also going to be providing a lot of jobs in the building industry for very nice structures. So we are all very appreciative on many fronts. So thank them and thank you for doing this. It's lovely. Absolutely. Are there any comments? Anybody have some questions before I call for a motion for approval? No? Okay. Remember that the motion that we want to make sure that it's the approval of this primary residence as presented to us today contingent on the closing of the conservation easement. I'll move. All right that's done. Margaret is there a second? Second. Okay Jim Coleman and Robert James both at once. All in favor signify by a show of hands. Okay I think it's unanimous Beth. I think I saw everybody and thank you very much George Crawford for attending. Thank you for being in front of you guys. Thank you. And just as soon as they get their paperwork signed we're ready to move on because we've done that on our end. So because we've not come across this before we applied for obviously a permit just to get things kind of in the workings. After closing how long before we would have some documentation to show the Fayette County Building Inspection that it has gone through the committee and been approved for building? Just as soon as it's recorded it's you can move right on. Yes it's usually within a day or two that we get a copy of the easement and what I'll do after this meeting is go ahead and send Building Inspection an email and tell them about this and go ahead and copy you. Are you working with Ed Mullins? We're not going to sign anybody on this. Okay okay I'll go ahead and let them know and copy you on that email and send this paperwork to them and that it can proceed after that. We'll let them know it's supposed to close on September 10th but I'll go ahead and work with you all that. Okay yeah you're welcome. And feel free to call us if there are any questions when you talk to the Building Inspection. Yes ma'am. Okay thank you. Thank you all. Okay Beth how about our our new PDR applications? Yes so NRCS sent out a newsletter their national office that the large funding bill that Congress passed in July includes a lot of money for ASAP for the program we utilize for match funding and I'm not sure if that is Inflation Reduction Act money that was moved over or new money but it is apparently very well funded and it's my understand that the focus even though this program is called Agricultural Conservation Easement Program it also covers wetlands and in the last administration wetlands were more the focus but it's my understanding from the local NRCS staff that ag lands are going to be with this money and that they expect to have a large amount so that's very good news and they are not since it just passed in July they do not have any guidance yet on when their deadline will be and we usually try to start set our deadline close to theirs so that we have time to get everything done and together maps and data ready to submit afterwards but they are kind of hope hoping that it will be in the last few years they've had a December 31st date they are hoping they may get to have one right before that but also maybe a January February but it's all still uncertain so what I'm recommending right now is that we plan as if it will be December 31st and so that we have an application deadline of November 7th which gives us about six weeks with the holidays to get everything we need from GIS and everything the paperwork that landowners do I said and if it is December 31st I set a deadline of that Friday before the holidays the 19th because it is hard to get applicants to complete things over the holidays and I also put in a word to NRCS to say this is really awful timing this December 31st if you could at all push it into the new year that would be fabulous and they agree they don't like it either but so that is what I'm proposing right now is November 7th we are we've already gotten in a couple of people sending applications and a lot of people asking so I'm fortunate I'm hopeful that we will have a good turnout this year that will give us about two months to recruit and then also with your all's motion that we say November 7th but if by chance I learn from NRCS in the next couple weeks that it is going to be in the new year that we have more time that staff has the ability to extend that deadline so but so that is what we are proposing so November 7th but with the ability for staff to extend that if NRCS also extends their deadline. Are our applications online totally updated Beth? No so we will go ahead and do that after you all have set a date we'll go ahead and put all of that on the website and send out we'll be sending notification GIS will provide a list of all eligible landowners there's usually four to five hundred and we send out postcards to them alerting them that it's time and then also we utilize council member Boone's newsletter and Fed Alliance and Farm Bureau and a lot of our partner organizations to advertise for us. And I suggest that we make sure this time like we did the small farm program on the application to put the checklist up front so they'll be able to do those things first and not wait till the end and then and then not have the things in order to apply. It would help if they if they have those checked off first instead of at the very end say oh I didn't know. Yes okay. Beth are you looking for a November 7th deadline and then if NRCS extends their deadline beyond December 31st by whatever days you're looking to extend our deadline by the same number of days? That would be fine yes it doesn't have to be that specific but something like that would be fine. We would probably it takes for GIS to make the maps and the soil maps and to get the landowners it's good to give a cushion of four to six weeks. So we do not know yet they didn't give or they just said they hope to have a second one in late January or late February so that's all we have so far on guidance. Are there any other questions? There's just going to be one deadline it's just going to be one deadline from the feds right? Yeah well they think maybe two so what they've been doing the last few years is two. They had been doing December 31st and then one in the winter and then but last year they had moved to December 31st and an October date but there definitely will not be an October this year. So they have no guidance. Are we going to work just one batch of applications and one ranking or we do one set of rankings for the earlier deadline and another one for the later deadline? How would that work? I think we'll do the one set and then however many get it all done can go to the next deadline and go to the middle as well. We have to see how the feds roll it out. Yeah yes before we can make a decision about that. The good news is that there's money and they are shifting some of the IRA money and to farm bill money in order to get some of the easements that have been pending. We found that at the Conservancy. So counting on this on the November 7th Phil and answering your question and then we can leave let the staff let Beth have some leeway if they if they change that from December to January then that lets us move those to whatever day comes forward. I don't think we need to give a set number of days. We could just say that the deadline is November 7th and we'll move it forward depending on what they do. How do you feel about that Margaret, Beth? I think that's fine. I think that's the way to do it because we don't know yet what the feds are going to do. So and I think it's fine to give Beth the discretion to set the deadline depending on what the feds deadline is. That makes sense yeah I got it now. And we do have the funds to do it to match whatever we've I know Phil and Robert and Beth and I looked at our budget this past week or so so we're okay there. So I'll entertain a motion to approve the November 7th deadline with permission for staff to adjust it depending on the federal recommendations. So moved. Is there a second? All right okay that's Margaret and Phil is the second Beth. Okay great thank you all. All in favor? Show of hands. Okay unanimous we're moving on guys. Treasurer's report Phil. We had two invoices this month. One the four thousand four thousand dollar invoice already mentioned for the Fayette Conservation District and then the second invoice we had this month was sixty one hundred dollars from Charlie Farmer for 61 inspections that he's done and the list of farms that he's done is in your information packet that you already see so that's all I've got report about just those two invoices. And they were paid she said she got the check so we know it got paid. I know that one's been paid yeah and knowing Beth the other one's been paid too. Yes and I think that's it right Beth when it comes to the money. Yes that is and I'll add that about Charlie Farmer so we do want to say a big thank you to him so NRCS there they work on their fiscal year for our monitoring reports which end September 30th but they wanted all monitoring reports in technically by June 30th but they didn't tell us that till mid-June so they gave us till July 31st but we had 60 we had seven around 71 to finish up and Charlie did 61 of those in July and I did 10 and so that was great that he was able to get out there and hustle and get those done for us so all of our federal monitoring for their FY25 has been completed. Very good thank you. Yes. 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So we got pretty excited about that, and so had the opportunity to get a link up with them and do some things. But yeah, we go for five days, or four days, and they get an opportunity to kind of stay around each other for more than three hours. So they can understand that some people might have brothers and sisters. Now you have an opportunity to stay with somebody that you don't know. So they get closer when they go to this competition as well, too. So it's fun to have an opportunity to really see their work actually be done and what it looks like when it comes together. I always look forward to February going to Gatlinburg every year for the competition. It was a lot of fun for the youth, and it was a lot of fun for the officers as well. So I think that you two standing here today as Lexington police officers is definitely a testament to the fact that this program works, that people that have a commitment, want to be a police officer, this is a positive, positive direction to go in. So we encourage anybody out there that's interested in law enforcement, has a child interested, grandchild, whatever, reach out to us and let's talk about your tomorrow, which starts today with your Tomorrow Post 357. And I always kid you, Officer Hobson, because he's wanted my job for a long time, and probably since he was 14. And now, not only have you taken over the Explorer program, but you actually took over my crime prevention spot in community services. So very proud of you for that. Proud of both of you. And I know you mentioned at 14 you met an officer. He introduced you. But for those that maybe doesn't come across an officer and they're interested in the Explorer program, how do they get in contact with you all? Well, so first of all, nowadays now we've been going to a lot of the high schools, doing a lot of career events at the high school. I just did a few this week. It just gives us the opportunity to get face-to-face contact with them to say, hey, this is what our program is, and this is how we operate. Let's show some pictures, let's show a video. And it just gets them excited about it. So that's the number one thing that we are trying to work on, is just more getting out there. That way people know more about us. Obviously, social media is a big thing nowadays. So we try to be on as much as possible with pictures and videos. That way they can gauge it that way as well, too. So you can look at the screen right now. We've got the website, QR code. You can actually go to that website and get information about the program itself, and also get information on how to join, right? Absolutely. Great. Well, thank you, Officer Hobson and Officer Meredith for joining us today. Thank you all for having us. Thank you very much. It was really nice talking to Officer Hobson and Meredith about the Explorer program, because I didn't really know that much about it. I'm so proud of them. They're doing a great job. Couldn't ask for a better situation than them coming into that role. So, outstanding. So next month, where are we going? We're going to the dog house. So we get to talk to our four-legged friends. Yeah, looking forward to that. Our canine unit, and everybody's always excited about seeing the canine unit, the officers, and the dogs, right? So we've got patrol dogs, we've got narcotic dogs, and we've got bond dogs. So we're gonna focus on them next week, go out, visit them at the kennel, and see them do some of their training and some of their work. So I'm excited about that. I am too. So join us next month for another episode of Your Lex PD. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Hi, I'm Jenny, and welcome to Lexington Senior Center. We are doing chair yoga today for about 45, 50 minutes. You will need a sturdy chair, not a rocking chair, not a reclining chair, something sturdy to sit in. We'll also be scooting in it, so make sure it doesn't scoot away from you. You can do this class with shoes on, shoes off, flip-flops off, socks. I'm going to choose shoes today, so let's sit up nice and tall. And we're just going to start with deep breaths in through the nose, exhale through the nose or just a slight opening of the mouth. Just going to quiet your day, kind of be intentional of your next 45 minutes of stretching, twisting. We'll stand up just once and see how you do with your balance. So right now, just kind of come into yourself with your breath, those deep inhales once more through the nose. Exhale through the nose with a slight opening of the mouth. As you take those deep inhales, lift up your diaphragm, open the ribcage, and then on the exhale, closing the ribcage. On that inhale, think about lifting your spine up even taller in your seat, drawing your navel in a little. Exhale, relax. Two more just like that, nice and smooth. On this next inhale, let's take an inhale and slowly lower left ear, left shoulder. You're just going to slowly tweak your chin forward, and your head backwards, just a little tweaking front and back. Lifting your head up again, take a big inhale. And then this time, right ear, right shoulder. A little front, a little back. Lifting the head up once more, take a big breath. Exhale, lowering chin to chest. And raising that chin up. Slowly lifting it to the ceiling as the head rests back. Feel free to open your mouth here if you want a little more stretch of the mouth, the jaws, that whole front neckline. Coming everything back up, let's take some half circles. So, ear to shoulder, roll chin to chest, ear to shoulder. Drop back down, chin to chest, just these half circles. And good, drawing that head up center. One more here, we're going to turn your chin towards your left shoulder. And draw center with an inhale. And to the right shoulder. And coming center. Let's go ahead and start with just a few of the hands. Taking your left hand out, give it some waves. And some water flicks. And the other hand, reaching out. Just your right hand, give it some waves both directions. And flick of the water. Perfect. Coming back down, let's start with our shoulder rolls. Going up to the ears, roll back to the shoulder blades, lower down and forward. Take a big inhale as you lift. Exhale as you roll back. Exhale completely. Flowing one more this direction. Let's reverse, three to the back. Blades, shoulders, ears, release down. Twice more. Inhale. Exhale. One. And good. Just going to relax there, shake it out. Good, just going to extend your right arm. And take it across the body. Now if this gets confusing, just lengthen it. And gently draw your left arm towards your chest. So you're stretching this back shoulder here. You can also take your thumb and touch each individual finger, give you a little more hand stretch, finger stretch. Taking this right, left arm. Little more waves, reach high, think about lifting through the ribs and then pat yourself on the back. It's going to stretch down the back of your arm. Inhale and exhale to enjoy that stretch. And good, slowly relaxing, releasing, shake out any tension you may have. Let's reach out with the right arm. Reach, reach, reach. And slowly just take it across the body. Give it a little hook there if you wish. And thumb to fingers. Thumbs, give them a little roll around. And let's rise that hand up. Give it some waves. And pat yourself on the back. Enjoy that stretch. You can always assist the stretch if you want or just kind of hang out right there. And good. Now reaching high, lift up through the ribs. I want you to interlace right there, flipping the palms. Keep reaching up through the ribs. And then gently draw the chin to chest as the shoulders go behind us. You can pulse these shoulders out a little. And good. Taking it back up, take your eyes up and just flip your palms up. We're going to release the left hand down. Keep reaching up and take it over. So you can hug the side of your chair if you want to. Think about lifting up through the body, not so much shoulder to ear. Let's take three more breaths here. Good, one more. Slowly rise, this time just point those fingers up, reaching high through the ribs and sway to the other side. Up, up and over. Try not to collapse in the side bend. Up and big stretch. One more deep inhalation. And good, slowly release. You'll see more of those side bends. Now I want you to just shimmy just a little center of your chair forward. The other way the spine moves, different flexion here, which is called cat and cow. So the hands go to the top of the knees, your spine pushes far away. Pulling that belly in a little, take a big exhale here. And then inhale, this is called cow, lift the chin, a little sway at that lower back and your inhale is here. Let's do that twice more, rounding, contracting and exhaling completely. Inhale, scoop it up, take a big inhale. Exhale, contract. Last one here, just lift that chest up. And the chin and inhale. Come back to neutral spine, sitting up super tall. Let's take our focus to our feet now. Heel toeing out. Think about rolling the ankles just a little. Get some activation in the ankles. Do that twice more, heel toe out. Pushing the ankle out a little bit and then heel toe back in. One more, one more. Sitting up super tall. We're getting ready to take a fold with a straight spine. Now come back in just a little wider. This is called small straddle. Taking the hands to the hips or your thighs. I want you to go ease into a bend with a super straight spine. Some people like the forearms just kind of hang out here. You're stretching this lower back where it meets your waistline. Some people will all the way down, touch down. So listen to your stretch. We're going to take three long breaths here. One more in the nose. Exhale through the mouth or nose. Helping ourself back up, hands go back to the lap. Push yourself up. Keeping that super straight spine, I want you to take your left shoulder and turn it to the right just a little turn. Super straight spine. Come back center. Right shoulder, just turn the right shoulder. A little twist. And come back center. Now we're going to add some folding here. Left shoulder turns to your right thigh. And then take your shoulder towards your thigh. Pressing gently into that left knee. If you don't like that, you can always dangle the arm. Press it if you can. And then let's push off. Readjust that super straight spine. Right shoulder turns. Right shoulder folds. We hold and breathe. One more breath. And push off. Come back up. Now we're going to add it all together. So left shoulder turns. Left shoulder folds. Feel the fold. Roll center. Feel the lower back again. Come to the other thigh. And push up. Two more times. Left shoulder. Fold. Roll. If you want to go slower than I am, go ahead. Come back up super tall. Straight spine. Twist. Fold. And roll. Help yourself up. Back to the center. Now we've got three on the other direction. Right shoulder folds. Rolls. Thigh. And rise. Twist. Fold. Roll. And rise. Last one here. And take it up. Let's heel toe back in. Lifting up your left knee. Think about drawing it all the way up to your shoulder. Ankle circles. Other direction. Good. And then readjust. We're going to scoop underneath this time. I want you to sit as tall as you can. Bellies in and flex the foot. That means push the heel away. And then point the toe. And flex. And point. This time we're going to add the leg movement. If your knee doesn't allow this, just leave it out. You can continue that point and flex. We'll do this twice more. Flex high. Point return. Flex high. Point return. Last one. Push through that heel. And then lower the leg down. Still with the toes facing your shins. Take both hands to the bent knee. And fold your body over the long leg. When you get there, try to point your toe a little bit. Enjoy the stretch. Take some deep breaths here. Now we're going to add a little twist here. Your right hand is going to go on the outside of your left foot. Maybe your left knee, wherever you are. Place your left hand right there on top. Just like you're in prayer. Let's open that prayer up and go to the twist. Fingertips to the sky. And close the book. Come back to prayer. And then help yourself roll up super slow. Scooping up the back of the knee there. And give it some hip circles. Reverse that circle. And shake it out. Other leg. And twist. And shake it out. Other leg. So readjust that super spine. Try not to collapse in your seat there. Draw it up. Knee to shoulder the best you can. Ankle circles. Reverse that direction. Good, good, good. And then readjust. I like to scoop underneath. You can stay it on top, but it's easier this way. Flex and point. Flex hard. Push through that heel. Point hard. Twice more. Flex. Point. Flex. Point. Now let's add the knee bend. Flex. And rise. Point. And lower. Sit up tall. You'll try to collapse there. I know I do. Flex. Point. One more. Flex and rise. Point. Return. This one we're going to keep up and lower. Flex up. Super straight leg for the hamstring stretch. Both hands on the bent knee or the bent leg. Let's take the fold. Super straight spine. Straight spine. Straight spine. Get to the stretch. Then point the toe. Enjoy the stretch. Now option to add the twist. So your left hand's going to go way over on the outside of the foot. The leg, the knee, wherever you are. Palms together. And then open up. So that is your right arm opening to the sky. And let's close the palms again. Roll up slowly. Scoop up the back of the knee and give some circles. Blood to these hips and the other way. All right. Shake it off. Anytime you need to grab your water, grab your water throughout. And let's go for right. This is sun salutation. You'll see it in every yoga. Get comfy. We're going to sweep all the way up. Big stretch to the sky. At the top, start to wiggle the fingers. This is called raining down. Wiggle the fingers. Hands go to the top of the knees. And now you can round over and slide down your shins, down to your ankles if you can. We're just going to relax and take three breaths here. Your whole back is expanding. This is like a child's pose in a chair. Good. One more breath. Take the hands to the top of your knees. Push off like we did earlier in cow pose, lifting the chin. And then you're going to reach the hands straight up. Open up like a cactus. This is called cactus. Arms, goalpost arms. Good. And let's do it again. Inhale, rise. Take a big inhale. Exhale as you rain down. Hands to the knees and we slide down. Three long breaths. Hands to the top of the knees. Lift the chest. Lift the chin. Take an awesome stretch. Inhale as you reach the arms up with it. Cactus arms. Exhale. One more all the way through. Sun salutation. Reach up. Rain down. If you need a little wiggle in the fingers, slide down. Three breaths. Now we're going to add a little, little something something here. Take your left elbow. Elbow up like a puppet. Add the twist. Look at your elbow. And then extend the fingers to the sky. A little twist. Your chest might still be on the thighs. Go back to the bent elbow and come back to the shoes or your feet. Your right elbow is rising up just like a puppet. Reach it up to the sky to add a little more twist. Bend the elbow. Return back to the floor. Take one more big inhale and exhale. Help yourself come back up to your knees. Sweep back up to the sky. Take a big inhale. And exhale cactus. Taking the fingertips right there at the top of your shoulders. Warming up or loosening up some shoulder joints here. Let's roll those elbows to the front. You're actually obviously working your shoulders. Elbows are just drawing a line. Let's reverse. Two more. Good. Continue. Elbows straight out from the shoulders. Let's tap the shoulders, elbows together. You'll feel a stretch in your back and open it back up. Two more. Close. And open. And one. Close and open. Now we're going to add a little something here. Take the fingers just the back behind your ears. As you close your elbows, I want you to push your spine away and chin to chest. It kind of gets a nice flexion of the spine. Now big opening. Elbows, chest lifts, chin lifts. Take a big inhale. It's kind of like a good morning stretch. Elbows come back together. Your sternum tucks in. Your spine pushes away. Crunch. And a big extension. Inhale on the extension. Just one more through here. And open. And good. Extending the arms out. Taking your left arm straight out in front. Palm up, elbow up. Take your left arm, put it right in between if you can. Then you're going to, these are called eagle arms. If your hands can come around and touch the hands, if not knuckles, if not prayer. Stay right there. Sit up really, really tall. Now you should feel a stretch all the way across the shoulder blade area. We're going to point the fingers up and try to go up an inch with an inhale. And a slow lowering of the elbows with the exhale. Two more slow. Feel the stretch in the back. Down. And just one more up. Awesome. Super slow down all the way down to the chest and release. Extend the arms back out. Get a nice stretch. Big inhale. This time your right arm's coming out. Palm up, elbow up. Tuck that elbow in there. Swirl around if you can. Put knuckles if you can. No biggie. Little up, just a little, about an inch. Lower back down. Little up. Little down. Little more. And elbows to the center of your chest as you release. Arms extended. Thumbs up. Little more for the shoulder rotation. Thumbs under. Thumbs up. Thumbs under. Thumbs up. And then this one, thumbs under. Hinge forward. Maybe scoot a little to your chair. Thumbs stay down. And if you can grab the back of the chair, you're going to have a stretch from shoulder to shoulder. And maybe you want to lift your chin for a further stretch in the chest area. And good. Help yourself. Come back in and shake it off. Okay. This is going to get into the hip flexor. This is called Warrior Series. Let's heel toe. Get the ankle working again to the side of your chair. So your left leg is on. You're going to slide your right knee down. Pointing the right knee down completely. Try not to be open. If you're open, it's okay. But if you can get that knee down in line with the spine. Now, if you're a little more flexible, take your right hand on your thigh and slide the toe back a little more. Some of you will be really tight here. All we're trying to do is open up this hip flexor, which is important for tight lower backs. Okay. Just hold that stretch. Hug in the back of your chair if you can. Right arm's going to rise straight up called 12 o'clock and the knees pointing down to 6 o'clock. Hold that stretch. And then just turn your palm to the back of the chair. We're going to lift up from the ribs and take a side bend to the back of your chair with three breaths. Pointing that knee down, it's important. See if you can point it down. One more in and out of the breath. Come back to 12 o'clock with the hand straight up and three big back circles. It's always good to keep our shoulders loosey-goosey. This next one, we're going to scoop up the back of our knee. Bring our knees together, our thighs together. Get comfy in your chair. We're twisting to the back of our chair. So with that said, go tall with the spine, fingers to the sky, take an inhale. Now turn your body to the back of your chair as you place your hands down and slowly twist your spine. You want to relax that back shoulder, chin's trying to line up with it. Two more breaths here. It's a deeper twist. And one. Now when you unwind, always unwind super-duper slow. Get these vertebraes lined back up. And we're going to the other side. Let's heel-toe again, maybe. Articulate these ankles. This time your right thigh is on the chair. Your left thigh will be sliding down, pointing down to the floor. You can point the toe, you can curl the toe, whatever feels comfy, but the main thing is you want to take advantage of a nice stretch if you sit all day long. Couple of breaths there, just taking the stretch. Left arm's going to rise straight up, 12 o'clock. Think about reaching through the ribs, not shoulder to ear. Ready? Reach high. Take a dive to the back of your chair, pointing that knee down. Three breaths. Help yourself back up nice and tall. Three big back circles. And feel like you're swimming. Feel some resistance. Reach up, up, up, over, over, over. Last one. Up, up, up, up, up. Scoop up the back of the knee. Bring those thighs together. Before you ever twist, you always want to think about straight spine. So we're reaching high up, turning to the back of our chair, hands come down, and it assists the twist. Relax your back shoulder. Good. One more big breath. Exhale and unwind super duper slow. Unwind, unwind. And let's heel toe back to the center. Heel toe, heel toe. Good. Grab a little water. All right, we are going to go up and do, oh, let's do hips first, and then we'll get up and do balance pose. I know y'all love that. Left leg. So here's the options. Maybe you've had a hip injury, knee injury, and you can't get it above your thigh. Taking it down to your shin, your ankle is just as good. So, and then the harder it is with the ankle to the knee, a little easier shin to knee or knee to knee. Pick your poison there. Sit up super tall. All we're going to do is gently press into the knee and try to relax this hip. So this is called thread the needle if you're in real yoga. So let's sit up nice and tall. Take that deep inhale. Now you really take like an eight count inhale and an eight count exhale to try to loosen up any tension that is stored in your hip. And we're going to do it four long breaths. So if I count to eight, that's kind of the idea of how long you want to hold this breath. So here we go. Inhale. Six, five, four, three, two, one. Big exhale. As you exhale, gently press. Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Empty completely. And then some people, if you don't store stress in your hips, you'll be able to fold forward and get a little unrelease there if you have any. Okay, here we go. Three more. Inhale. Exhale. Gently press.