# Rural Land Management Board - September 24, 2025 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Board · September 24, 2025 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6578 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6578?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2025-09-24 - **Body**: Board - **Last revised**: February 15, 2026 - **Length**: 6,516 words > ⚠️ **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 Rural Land Management Board held a meeting on September 24, 2025, presided over by Margaret. The board worked through 2 agenda items during the session, both of which were informational in nature: one covering New Easements and another addressing Small Farm Appraisals. Across the meeting, 3 votes were taken. No public comments were heard during the meeting. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the September 24, 2025 Board meeting: - Margaret - Hannah - Will - Phil Hager - Robert James - Joanna - Mary Quinn - Christine *(arrived late)* - Jim Coleman - Beth - Sean - Tracy - Olivia - Council Member Boone - Council Member Morton No members were recorded as absent. Christine was noted as late to the meeting. All other attendees were present at the start of the session. ## Votes and Decisions The Board took three formal votes during the September 24, 2025 meeting, all of which passed unanimously with 10 ayes and 0 nays. - **Enter Closed Session** [timestamp: 29:43]: Motioned by Margaret and seconded by Joanna, the Board voted to enter closed session pursuant to K.R.S. 61, 8, 10, 1 B. The motion passed unanimously (10–0). Voting in favor: Margaret, Hannah, Will, Phil Hager, Robert James, Joanna, Mary Quinn, Christine, Jim Coleman, and Beth. - **Authorize Appraisals of Small Farms 352025 and 362025** [timestamp: 36:27]: Motioned by Margaret and seconded by Jim Coleman, the Board voted to authorize appraisals of small farms 352025 and 362025. The motion passed unanimously (10–0). Voting in favor: Margaret, Hannah, Will, Phil Hager, Robert James, Joanna, Mary Quinn, Christine, Jim Coleman, and Beth. - **Adjourn the Meeting** [timestamp: 50:14]: Motioned by Joanna and seconded by Will, the Board voted to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously (10–0). Voting in favor: Margaret, Hannah, Will, Phil Hager, Robert James, Joanna, Mary Quinn, Christine, Jim Coleman, and Beth. ## Budget and Financial Actions The Board addressed one financial item during the September 24, 2025 meeting. - **Small Farm Program Appraisals — $28,000 (John Watts):** The Board considered a contract with John Watts in the amount of $28,000 to conduct appraisals for the small farm program. No contract identifier or resolution number was associated with this item in the meeting record. No additional budget amendments, expenditure approvals, or financial resolutions were recorded for this meeting. ## New Easements [timestamp: 10:24] Beth presented information on two new easements during this discussion item. The easements cover farms 12023 and 12024, with Beth providing details on their locations, sizes, and historical significance. No further specifics regarding acreage, geographic location, purchase price, or other terms are reflected in the available record for this item. The item was informational in nature, and no vote or formal action was taken by the Board. ## Small Farm Appraisals [timestamp: 16:44] The Board held a discussion on the process and funding for small farm appraisals. Beth was the key speaker on this item. The discussion centered on the procedural and financial considerations involved in conducting small farm appraisals, specifically addressing the need to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) due to applicable spending limits. The RFP requirement indicates that the anticipated cost of the appraisal work would exceed a threshold that would otherwise allow for a more streamlined procurement process, necessitating a more formal competitive bidding procedure. This item was informational in nature, and no formal action or vote was taken by the Board as a result of the discussion. *Note: Additional details regarding specific dollar amounts, timelines, vendor considerations, or further points of debate were not available in the source material for this item.* --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (10-0): Enter closed session pursuant to K.R.S. 61, 8, 10, 1 B - **Motion** — passed (10-0): Authorize the appraisals of small farm 352025 and 362025 - **Motion** — passed (10-0): Adjourn the meeting --- ## Full transcript Mae'r cyfrifiadau yma yn ymwneud â'r holl ddynion, yn eithaf cyflym. Mae'n ddangos y byddwn yn ymwneud â'r holl dynion. Mae'r cyfrifiadau yma yn ymwneud â'r holl dynion. 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Mae'r cyfrifiadau yma yn ymwneud â'r holl dynion. Mae'r cyfrifiadau yma yn ymwneud â'r holl dynion. Felly, nid oedd gennym ddigon o bobl ar y sgrin i fynd ymlaen a chael cyfathrebu ar gyfer y cyfrifiadau. Felly, nid oedd gennym digon o bobl ar y sgrin i fynd ymlaen a chael cyfathrebu ar gyfer y cyfrifiadau. Mae Mary Quinn yn dod yma hefyd. Rwy'n cael un cyfathrebu ar gyfer y cyfrifiadau. Rwy'n ymwneud â'r cyfrifiadau ar gyfer y cyfrifiadau. Roedd John Coleman yn siarad am ei pharentiaid, Sam a Cleo, ond roeddwn i'n defnyddio'r enw o'i ganddyn nhw. Felly, rwy'n mynd i gyfathrebu ar hynny. Felly, dyna'r unig cyfathrebu rydym wedi'i gael. Ac rydw i'n gofyn eto, a oedd pawb yn cael eu munedau, dim ond nod ymlaen, felly dydw i'n gwybod. A oes unrhyw newidiadau, adnoddau, unrhyw un? Os na, bydd y cyfrifiadau yn ymwneud â chyfrifiadau ar gyfer y cyfrifiadau. Rwy'n credu, Margaret, eich bod chi wedi'i wneud o'r blaen. Ie, fel y mae Bethan wedi'i gyfathrebu. A oes unrhyw ddau? Mae'r cyfrifiadau wedi'u seilio ar y 31 Deg, fel amddiffyn ar eu cyfrifiadau. Ac mae'n gobeithio bod un arall yn Feb. Roeddent wedi dweud, efallai, y 13 neu'r 20 Feb, ond nid yw hynny'n rhywbeth cyfaddef, felly byddwn i'n mynd gyda'i 31 Deg. Ac yna, os oes gennym rhai aelodau sy'n dod ymlaen ar ôl hynny, efallai y gallwn eu rhoi ar yr cyfrifiadau ar Febr. Felly mae'n amddiffyn ar y 31 Deg, ac roedd GIS yn rhoi llys o'r holl arall o'r cyfrifiadau ar gyfer yr aelodau sy'n dod ymlaen. Ac mae'r 400 o'r rhain ychydig o'r rhain pan fyddwch chi'n rhoi cyfrifiadau. Ac yna roeddent hefyd yn rhoi llys o'r holl aelodau gyda'r cyfrifiadau ar gyfer yr aelodau, ac mae'r 600 o'r rhain ychydig. Ac rydw i'n mynd i roi'r llys i chi i allu cefnogi. Mae yna, ar hyn o bryd, mae'r llys wedi'i gysylltu gan Acreage, o fach i fach. Ac roeddwn i wedi gobeithio sut o farchnau fach sy'n dal yno. Dydw i ddim yn gwybod os oedd ein llys wedi rannu nhw yn ystod, neu beth. Mae llawer o farchnau fach, er enghraifft, os oeddwn i'n gallu cael un o'r rhain yma. Byddai hynny'n wych. Felly, byddwn i'n rhoi hynny i chi i allu cefnogi. Rydyn ni'n rhoi llysiau yma yn ystod y blynyddoedd sy'n fawr a chyffredinol i bawb sy'n ymwneud â nhw. Ac yna, rydyn ni wedi gobeithio ddau o'r llysiau a byddwn yn rhoi'r llysiau yma yn ôl dros ddau neu chwed mlynedd cyn y cyfnod i adlewyrchu pobl. Ac rydyn ni hefyd yn adlewyrchu gyda'r Aelod Cymru, Boone, a rhai aelodau cymdeithasol eraill. Ac rydw i'n mynd i gysylltu â rhai o'ch cymdeithasau cymdeithasol eich bod chi i'w gofyn i'w rhoi ar eu cyfryngau cymdeithasol. Ond rydyn ni wedi cael rhai o'r bobl sy'n ymddangos ddiddorol, ac un o'r ymddygiadau rydyn ni wedi'u closio dwy fwynau yn ôl, mae'r gynhyrchydd ymddygiadol yn cynllunio'i gysylltiad â phobl eraill. Felly, rydw i'n gobeithio y byddwn ni'n cael cyflwyniad da. Felly, byddwn i'n rhoi'r llysiau i chi i gyd yn y dyddiau nesaf pan fyddwn ni'n gwneud, rydyn ni'n cynllunio rhai syniadau ar y gysylltiad ar gyfer pwy yw'r cysylltiad ar NRCS ar gyfer eu cynlluniau cymdeithasol a'r math hwn o beth. Ac, pan fyddwn ni'n cael yr holl hynny, byddwn ni'n mynd i lawr ar y gwefan ac byddwn i'n rhoi popeth i chi i gyd. A oes gennych chi angen i'w gofyn iddynt y byddwch chi wedi'i wneud gyda codi QR? Oh, ie. Mae'n rhywbeth newydd gwych. Felly, mae'r cerddau rydyn ni'n ei gynllunio yn cael codi QR, felly gall y dynion y dyddiau ysgrifennu hynny a mynd i'n ffwrdd i'n wefan, i'r cyfrifiad a phopeth. Felly, gobeithio y bydd hynny'n gwneud hi'n hawdd i bobl ac y byddwn ni'n cael mwy o ddiddordeb a phopeth. Felly, byddwn i'n ei gynllunio ac os oes gennych chi unrhyw gwestiynau, gadewch i mi ddweud. Ond, ie, mae llawer o ddiddordeb allweddol, felly gobeithio y byddwn ni'n cael rhai dda a rhai fwyaf a byddai hynny'n dda. Ac rydyn ni'n cael, rwy'n gweld cymdeithaswyr Boone, mae hefyd ar y sgrin nawr hefyd gyda Olivia. Rydyn ni'n cael ddau cymdeithaswyr gyda ni, ac rwy'n meddwl, gwneud yn siŵr eu bod nhw'n cael copiau. Felly, os ydyn nhw'n cael pobl, y rhestr o bobl, felly os ydyn nhw'n gwybod unrhyw un sy'n gallu defnyddio'r help a fydd eisiau gwneud hyn i sicrhau eu bod nhw'n cael hynny, oherwydd maen nhw'n gweithio â llawer o'r pobl hyn yn unigol. Iawn. Bydd hynny'n ddiddorol. A oes gennych chi unrhyw gwestiynau, cyfarfodydd? A oes gennych chi eisiau gofyn Beth? Beth, diolch am wneud hynny, ac diolch i GIS, gwneud yn siŵr eu bod nhw'n gwybod pa mor rydyn ni'n gweithio â'r amser a'r cefnogaeth sy'n mynd i gysylltu'r holl hyn i'n gilydd i ni. Felly, mae hynny'n beth gwych. Rhowch nhw ffwrdd ychydig a byddwn i'n ceisio hefyd. Iawn. Os nad oes cwestiynau, rwy'n ceisio mynd ymlaen ychydig, oherwydd roedd Phil Hager a Joanna a Tracy wedi dweud bod angen iddyn nhw'n mynd ymlaen o amser cyfartal, felly rwy'n eisiau gwneud yn siŵr ein bod ni'n mynd ymlaen yn gyflym fel y gallwn i wneud yn siŵr ein bod ni'n cael amser i'n, mae'n rhaid i ni ddewis ar rhywbeth yn ystod cysylltiedig. Felly, a oes unrhyw gwestiynau, neu allwn ni mynd ymlaen? Felly, rwy'n mynd ymlaen gyda'r cardiau, Beth, diolch. Felly, rwy'n mynd ymlaen gyda'r cardiau, Beth, diolch. All right. Okay, so we have two new easements this fiscal year so far. So one is Farm 12023 at 4200 Newtown Pike that is 40 acres and it closed on August 21st and is owned by Jeff and Kathy Manley who submitted their adjacent 80 acre farm to PDR last year. And it is contiguous to over 2000 acres of conserved farmland. It's used as a horse farm as you can see in the photo. They had a soil score of 100%. It has environmentally sensitive areas and rural greenways and it's in the North Elkhorn Creek focus area and is historically significant. And also was part of a French and Indian military land grant given to Colonel Samuel Meredith and part of the Adena Mount Horb complex that spans from Newtown Pike to Russell Cave Road. And the Manleys are big supporters of the program and very invested in the history of the farm. So they are great people. I think they will be big champions for us. And this was their second easement and I'll show you that one in just a minute. We'll go to a map. Our next one was Farm 12024 at 924 Harpiness Road that is 44 acres. It closed September 10th and is owned by Joe Navarro. He's from Texas and some of like Phil Hager and Will may know him, but he's in the horse business and has had horses in California. It has a house here but is building one on this farm and that's the one we approved last month. And he and his wife are going to spend a lot of their time here and turn this into a horse farm. It is surrounded by PDR other than one adjacent farm owned by his friend and so he's going to get him to apply this round. And it has a soil score of 99% and is PDR adjacent, has environmentally sensitive areas and rural greenways, natural areas, and is part of the designated scenic viewshed. So next. There we go. It stopped cooperating for a minute. Okay, so the one on Harpiness. Let's see. Here we are. Okay, so right here we are and this. Let me see. Let me make sure I have this right. Yes. Okay, so this is the one that we just took in. This one beside him is the one that his friend owns that he is going to get him to apply. And so you can see how much green there is here. And so that will be great to get that field. And he also knew several other people that he named that he wants to recruit. And then our other. Let me see over here on Newtown Pike. Okay, so this is the other one right here. That's kind of a little bit of a different shape. This is the 80 acre farm that the manly's put in last year. And then this is the 40 acre track right beside it. So you can see that both of those have filled in this huge area green. So those were both great to get. We are now at 33,332 acres. We only have 26 acres under contract because we have cleared our backlog, but we have two farms out for with offers right now. And both have indicated they want to accept and plan to drop off their contracts this week. And then we have one being appraised. And then, of course, our new application cycle coming. So, but yes, so those were both great ones to get and Beth on the 1st, 1, the 1 where the marker is the Peter. That's a very significant, not just not just for the land, but the historic significance. Peter's wife was 1 of the Dalham daughters, and their house, William Smith Dalham's house is still standing at 505 South Mill, and it's been beautifully restored the Dalham girls. 1 of them is the 1 who wrote the diary looking at the war that was on Gratz Park. And the interesting part about that historically is they were nieces great nieces of Patrick Henry's. So, it's a, it's a significant historic piece of property for us to have preserved. So I think that's worth a lot of mention as well. Just. Yes, okay. Thank you to the screen that Christine has made it to she was coming in and had said she was there. Okay. Christina's is now here. Okay, and has just joined as well. Oh, yeah. Hello. Are there any comments about those 2 closings. No, they're 80 plus acres guys. And about the small farm appraisals, that's going to give us some update about that. I did speak with the mayor to let her know that 1 of the issues we've been having is we could do more clay closings that we're running 2 parallel programs. Now, with the small farms and the program, and that appraisals and closings the money in the pot. We had been sharing. So, Beth has talked to our folks about that. And Beth, you want to give them an update about those the funds for that. Yes, so we, so there is a limit the has, it may be a state law, but it is there is a limit on the amount we could spend on professional services with 1 person before we have to get an RFP. And so that is 40,000 and we usually stay within that on our appraiser. John Watts is under a RFP with the law department. So we are not under a limit with him. But so we usually would not have a problem with that. But with the small farm program and the volume of those, it is going to push us past that. And so we, I did ask the director of purchasing if, since those are the program and the small farm are under 2 separate ordinances, could we spend 40,000 with each? And they said, no, because it's all coming out of the division of. So, we have done an RFP that has just been published this week for the small farm appraisals. After we pay for the appraisals that are out right now, the small farm appraisals and 1 regular PDR and the 2 farms that have pending offers, we will have spent 28,000 of that 40. And so we're going to stop there. And that should, we're going to be okay for PDR because most of our applicants that we received this year will go on our federal application and we likely will not have that money until. June, July, sometime in there when the new fiscal year starts, if we do run into a problem, we can do an RFP for that, but we're hoping that maybe the 12,000 would be at least 3 appraisals and that that will be okay. If we had any that we're not using the matching funds that we can maybe make it the rest of the fiscal year with that, but we'll cross that bridge if needed. So, we have done this 1 for the small farms. It is has a deadline of October 10th. If you all know anyone who would like to apply, you can just Google RFPs and it pulls it up all of the RFPs, or I can send that out to you all if you would like. It does have the appraisal specifications that we adapted from NRCS since those have the exact format we want them to use, even though it's not likely we will be using matching funds. We do want them to follow that same format and for it to be a very thorough conservation easement appraisal. So, we adapted those, included that with the RFP and then I think that is it. It is on there and we will let you all know it is a very quick process. Now, the only time during my tenure we've had to do an RFP for PDR was around 2016 and I do remember taking a little longer in a committee meeting and that kind of thing. It does seem to be proceeding quicker now. They expect to have an answer for us on who is eligible by late October or so. So, it shouldn't delay us. The next appraisals, the ones that we authorized last month, are due at our October meeting. So, this RFP may be finished by the time shortly after that and we can go ahead and assign new appraisals to the appraiser that wins the bid. But I'm happy to send that out if you all would like to see it and you are welcome to forward it. But that is all for that. Beth, when I spoke to the mayor about this, I did point out that for people who do these appraisals, that there are very specific rules, regulations and things they have to meet. Very specific about people who can do these federal appraisals and that this was not just anyone can do these. That it is very specific and that we've had certain people over the years were the only ones who've actually, through the federal government, been authorized to do some of these. So, I think people do need to understand that it's very specific. Yes, they actually, NRCS requires that they have conservation easement training and certification for appraisals. And so, yes, all of that is in there. That's what Commissioner Horne and Sean reviewed it this morning and we're impressed with how all of their requirements are, you know, realized that it is very limited. And probably the number of applicants we will get back because it is, there are a lot of requirements for it. So, but that's good. We want it to be good strong appraisals. And I had point, I did point out that we had plenty of money in the pot for the purchases, but that what was happening was part of the reason we couldn't speed these up or do closings faster was because it required specific people to do the appraisals. And we only had so much money in that pot, and we were actually running 2 parallel programs here and that we needed to look at that next time to make sure that everybody understood that. And it's 1 of those catch up with what we're doing with the 2 programs. So, yes, and that's an important point, because I actually should add that we actually have 60,000 allocated for appraisal. So we have money to use on these. It was just that limit of 40,000 that were restricted to using on 1 appraisers. And I think Phil was going to be here. Yes. So, we haven't on the treasurer's report. We have had some bills and you want to tell them that or. So, there were just the 4 invoices that were in your packets to for Charlie farmer for his August and September monitoring and then 2 for our appraiser Joel Kenimer and they've all been paid. And that's it on the treasurer's report. Are there any questions or comments about that? We are doing well, keeping our budgets balanced. So, thank you to Phil and Beth and Sean, everybody for helping us with the things that require specifics when it comes to the money. So, thanks, I guess chairs reports next. I just have 1 quick thing to say. I just got home late last night from a wedding in Oklahoma City and the people there were, it was just for very close family and friends, because both of the people's the spouses had died many years ago. And this was an older couple who was marrying for the 1st time since their spouses had died, all of which are related to farming and they had farms in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri. And when we drove home coming back, since I had just had the hip replaced. And it was really interesting because while we were at this wedding, everybody was talking to me about the farmland preservation that they knew I was very interested in. And 1 of the couples had what they all call ranches. They have ranches and not farms near Austin, Texas, somebody from near Kansas City, and they were talking about the pressure and how difficult it was for them to get the land. But they didn't have the same kind of programs that we have here. So, they were very interested. It was also interesting coming home. There were thousands and thousands of people who were interested in farming. So, it was also very interesting. They had some corn and some soybeans, but more rice and cotton. But the interesting thing was how happy they were to know about our program. And about what we're doing in central Kentucky. So, it was, they were just all wanting to come to Kentucky. They all wanted to come visit. So, it looks like I'm going to have a lot of company this summer, which is okay, because they want to learn more about it. And I was sorry that American farmland trust had not been more active in that area. And I was sorry that American farmland trust had not been more active in that area that I talked to them about because they are very interested in farming and saving farmland. So, I just wanted to say that people away from here appreciate what we are doing and are interested enough in making special trips to central Kentucky. Margaret. So, they're interested in how to do this. I've told them about you and American farmland trust and others. And of course, our program and yours cannot help them there. But it's interesting that they'd be interested in starting programs of something that's not available because they're so interested in saving the farms. And you realize when you drive through those areas how absolutely beautiful it is and how important it is to save those farms. And I did look up, one of the guys had 3000 acres of rice. And so, coming home, I saw the, one of the commercials on the TV overnight about Rice Krispies. And so, I looked up to see where all this rice from Rice Krispies cereal came from. And it clearly says that it all came from that part of the country where we were driving through. So, it's good to know that we are feeding our, we're not only growing it, we are feeding the masses. So, anyway, that's it. Beth. Okay, I do not, I think I've covered it all with our closings and getting ready for application time and the small farms and the appraisals. And so I don't think I have anything additional to add 1 thing. I will say we have board member reports after closed session, but since we have to go off here, we might see if council member Morton or council member Boone have anything to say before. Yes. Yes, they're both here. Olivia was seized from the air side and I can, I can see half his face on the screen. Also member Boone have anything he wants to add. Let's see. We can't hear you. There you go. Hey. Good afternoon. Y'all don't have a whole lot. I know. Council member and I are working on this solar work group. We've met once. On Tuesday, and we'll have kind of meetings every 2 weeks going forward. I think. We'd love to have some participation from the rural and management board in there at some point. We have our core group. That are attending every meetings, and then we're having kind of. Topic based meetings going forward where we'll bring in kind of experts in the field or whatever. And we'll kind of get with y'all when we know. Something about the land preservation land use. Topic comes up. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Good. And I say that council member Morton's. Name is still there, but I don't see him on the screen. There he is. Do you have something you'd like to add to her? I don't think I have anything to add. I think council member Boone kind of hit the nail on the head. We're just working working through that work group and. Great information needed to get to this board. We can, we'll be sure to share. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Well, we do have a closed session. And let's say I have 328. Beth, okay, the time is 328 and I need to call for a motion to enter closed session guys, pursuant to K. R. S. 61, 8, 10, 1 B. In order to discuss the potential acquisition of real property interest, the public discussion of which is likely to affect the value. So move Margaret second. 2nd, all right, all in favor show of hands. All right, we're going to go off. For a lot for did that motion and 2nd. Joanna, I did 2nd. I did the motion made the motion. You want to did the 2nd. Okay. I have that. It was. 338 the time, and I'll call for a motion to return to open session. Someone still move chair Jim Cole and Robert and Mary Quinn both are showing seconds. So we have. Lots of motions and seconds any questions. All in favor show of hands no opposition. Everybody's okay. Beth. I think that was everybody. 10 okay, 10 to 0. okay and and now I need a motion. To authorize the appraisals of small farm, 352025 and 362025 who submitted their ag water quality plans by the August 20th deadline. Motion Margaret is there a 2nd. I'll 2nd. Okay. Jim Coleman. 2nd all in favor signify by show of hands. Okay, Beth, I see everybody. All right. Okay. All right. Thank you all now. While we still have a few minutes and some people don't have to be gone until 4, those people who needed to be gone. Joanna was 1 of them. Why don't you go ahead and give us your. Report if you have something you need to tell us no. I'm going to put my cover crop in for my CSP program and. Close it down fantastic. Let's see and. Bill see, yep, you have anything else tell us. I know the sales are going well. I've gone well. Super well, yeah, sales were good. I'm glad to have it. It's like a long 2 weeks. But yeah, they were sales. It was good. Yeah. Yeah, and I know Tracy, do you need to give us any legal update before you need to sign off? I don't think so. I think you all covered everything today. Well, thank you for being here. Oh, no problem. Then I'll just go around the screen. I think those were the only people who definitely needed to be gone by 4. Hannah. You need to give us, I just like to say that the club had a beautiful horse show on Sunday. It was the 2nd year. Will mayor was also there. I think he can also say how well the turnout was from the public and people who came to ride. It was at 1 of our beautiful farms that we have the pleasure of hunting on, which is also in a land conservation easement. And I'm just always extraordinarily reminded how fortunate we are here to have this kind of land to also have these kind of activities on share with other people. And it's just really a remarkable thing, and I'm just really proud to be a member of a club that promotes land conservation and also encouraging everyone to come out and enjoy the beauty of of central Kentucky. Thank you. Well, Mary, you want to add anything. I'll just 2nd, what Hannah said it was a really great day and I think it's, it's really special, but it's kind of a public facing of that. It's as Hannah said, it's the 2nd year that. This event has been brought back, but it was something that took place for about 80 years previously before it went on hiatus. So it was really cool to have that come back. And on a different note, I wanted to ask a question if I can take this opportunity, because I might have missed the follow up. I know we had discussed. Maybe several meetings back about our signage. Yes, I've, I've seen a few of those out in the wild recently and I was curious what the follow up was and I'll just. Preface it by saying I love the sign. I think I voted for the. I think the design is excellent. It's, um. It's great they are much larger than I had anticipated and so I was curious kind of based, I think on the. The feedback from a landowner, maybe multiple landowners about the requirements and their easements to display signage what the. Kind of follow up with that had been. What Charlie is passing them out as he inspects the farms as he goes to the farms, he's giving them to them. Yes, so far we have not heard any negative. Well, I haven't had feedback period except that. I know some when I passed out some, I only passed out about 10 or so when I did some monitoring in July. Charlie is posting on of them, but some of those were excited to have them and didn't say anything about it. I know some have gone ahead and posted them. Like you said, and Charlie has sent me pictures when he sees some out. But neither of us have gotten any negative feedback, but I also haven't had any other feedback. So, but I will let, you know, so I did see 1 as I passed by when I was out doing ease of mind that was already up and it looks good. They definitely stand out, but I can see what you mean. There are the group that is required to hang them. And we really, that's something we probably need to say. We haven't notified that particular group that it's in their easement that they're supposed to actually hang those. I think as Charlie calls, I think he has only had 1 person say, he tells them he's bringing it when he calls to tell them he's coming to do the monitoring. And I think he did only has had only 1 person say, no, I'm not interested or don't want to put that up. But it has only been since the 2014 farm bill that the language is in there requiring them to post it. So, the vast majority of PDR farm owners are not required, but that's a good point. I need to look at that and delicately make sure I think a lot of those, though, have been excited and we've kind of been on a hiatus of not having the signs. And so a lot of the ones who closed over the last 5 years or so have said, we want to sign, tell us when you have a sign. So, I think this group that is under the requirement probably is going to be okay with it, but that's a good point. And so I will check on that and make sure that I've only had 1 question and when I passed out 1 of those signs, he had the old PDR sign and he wanted to know if he could post both and I said, I thought it was fine. I don't know if it's still there, if that matters, but I told him it was fine the way I had put it up. Yeah, and I would just add a thought for us maybe to consider if there's any specifications about where signs are to be. You know, I know it's traditional for them to be posted on fences, but. I guess I'm. I want to be kind of sensitive to. Landowners that potentially don't want to display such a large sign. And I'll just add that I think the importance of the program, the important part of the program is that it's the easement. And while we, of course, you know, want to celebrate the fact that these farms are under easement, I think. I would tend to lean a bit more towards discretion regarding placement of signs if if that's at all possible. I don't want to generate bad feeling among any of the. Yeah, the landowners of farms that are under easement. So, yeah, I don't think it's stipulated where you don't have to put it at an entry gate or a specific place. I don't think is it best. Tracy. Do you know? No, I don't think it does say that. And, you know, we'll 1 good. That is, we can think about that. If there were anybody who thought it was too large, I wanted something smaller. Before this batch that we had to order, we were getting such a large batch of 400 that we had to go to an outside company. But before that, our streets and roads division. That makes the stop signs and everything was making them for us and because they were just trickling in, we may be needed 5 or 10 a year. And we could probably, if there were somebody that was like, I'm willing to put up a sign, but that's too large for me, or maybe it's a smaller farm and they don't want, then we probably could have our streets and roads make something smaller that they could use. So that is a consideration. So that's a good point to bring up, but we could check with them about that and work with people because we certainly don't want it to be something that. You know, they don't like, or that they don't want to display. So. Thank you. You're welcome. Christine. Hello, I have nothing to report and Jim Coleman. Thank you, Madam chair. I'm pleased to report that our 1st. Inaugural Sam and Cleo Coleman fundraiser for Kentucky State University at Coleman Crest farm was an outstanding success. The President, Dr. Acapo and the Lieutenant Governor Coleman gave great speeches about the future for Kentucky State. We thought we were going to bring in about $10,000 and maybe 15 to 20 people would show up, but it ended up being 110 guests that showed up and we've raised over $30,000. I even received another contribution about an hour ago from a good friend across country with all the success. So we're going to be doing this each year. And so it is, it's just been a fantastic, fantastic event and a big contribution to scholarships for the students. I'd also like to let you all know that next month, October the 20th, I'm going to be going to Ted Turner's estate out in New Mexico. I've been invited by American Farmland Trust to come out to share all the great things that we're doing in Fayette County to preserve farmland and and ideas on how we can help more farmers, young farmers, aspiring farmers to get into farming. So I'll give an update after I attend that great meeting. I want to say one last thing is that Joanna and Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, which my mother was a member of at Kentucky State, they were the first to give a big contribution towards the event. So I want to thank Joanna, her leadership as well as Sigma Gamma Rho sorority. Well, congratulations to both of you. Thanks to both of you. That's a great thing. Thank you, Madam Chair. And just glad it was such a fantastic event. Yes. Wonderful. Great. Mary Quinn. I knew you were going to call on me next and that's a hard act to follow. How much, how much, how much scholarship money have you given in the last? No, I was just going to say we're in the thick of our busy season and we love it. Obviously, Keeneland had a record sales and that's awesome. And we're looking forward to all kinds of things in October, more 250 events, obviously racing at Keeneland. We've got some great events, including the National Horse Show coming up toward the end of the month, end of October at the horse park, all kinds of comedians and singers and performers between our venues around town. So, it is a jam packed calendar. I hope you'll get out and enjoy it and take advantage of these beautiful agritourism products that we have here in Lexington. Thank you so much for all you do. I will tell you at this wedding in Oklahoma, I was surprised how some of them had had taken the distillery tours had. Okay, yeah, that's great. And the rest want to come. So I guess there'll be part of my company. I'll be calling on you to help out. Please. Anytime Robert. Nothing to report. Let's see. Did I miss anybody? Did everybody, Sean, you have anything you need to tell us? I don't have anything to report. Thank you. Thank you for all your help. We definitely appreciate it. Thank you. Beth and I have needed some help the last month and you and Commissioner Horne have been great help. So, thank you. And to GIS and anything else. I think we're going to be okay. Beth, it's I have 350. Okay, we're going to get everybody out here before 4 today and our next meeting is October 22nd. And you all please remember that if you are coming, yay or nay, let Beth or me know. So we always make sure we have a quorum. We will be voting again next month because our appraisals. Some of these will be back and we'll be talking about some of those. She said next to me is October 22nd. It is. Okay. What a Wednesday 3 o'clock. Yes, ma'am. Same, same, same time. Same place, different date. Hey, state is playing football in Puerto Rico. So I'm heading out on the 16th. So, um, I may not be back by then, but I'll try to let her know before then. Right. It's 350. And do I hear a motion to adjourn? This is Joanna move that we adjourn. All right. Thank you. Is there a 2nd? Welcome. 2nd, let's say, and I made the 2nd, right? But that's okay. All right, all in favor signify by showing hands. Everybody's ready to go. So that's not an issue. Thank you again so much for coming and thank you for the time and effort you give this program. And when best sends these out to you, the list of farms that please help us recruit some really. Really good big farms. So, thank you all very much. And Beth, thank you again for all you've done. Thank you. Bye guys. Okay. See you all. Thanks. Recording. Recording. Getting lost in the crowd. Crying out loud. Just want you to know. I know that you have to go. It's all up to you. But whatever you do, take it easy on me. Take it easy on me. Oh, baby. Just one more chance with you. One more chance with you. Take a chance. Take a chance. Take it easy on me. It should be easy to see. I'm getting lost in the crowd. Baby, crying out loud. Just want you to know. I know that you have to go. It's all up to you. But whatever you do, take it easy on me. It's still up to you. But whatever you do. Take it easy on me. Take it easy on me. Did you know my name? If I saw you in heaven, would it be the same? If I saw you in heaven, I must explore and carry on. Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven. Would you hold my hand? If I saw you in heaven, would you help me stand? If I saw you in heaven, I'll find my way through night and day. Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven. If I saw you in heaven, I'll find my way through night and day.