# Planning Commission Work Session - October 30, 2025 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Commission · October 30, 2025 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6602 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6602?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2025-10-30 - **Body**: Commission - **Last revised**: March 1, 2026 - **Length**: 49,055 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 Planning Commission Work Session convened on October 30, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. in the Phoenix Building 3rd Floor Conference Room. The session featured seven agenda items, all informational in nature, covering a range of planning and development topics including tree canopy goals, industrial revenue bonds, the Blue Sky Master Plan, the Downtown Master Plan, Neighborhood Voices, the Imagine Lexington Analytic Research Center, and Legal Reminders. No votes were taken and no public comments were heard during the session, consistent with the work session format focused on briefings and discussion. No presiding officer is identified in the available meeting record. ## Achieving Lexington's Tree Canopy Goal: Efforts & Challenges [timestamp: 10:25] Heather Wilson, Michael Potapov, and Eric Sutherland presented on the city's ongoing efforts to increase tree canopy cover in Lexington, as well as the obstacles standing in the way of meeting the city's established canopy goals. The presentation covered multiple dimensions of the city's approach, including: - **Community engagement efforts** undertaken to involve residents and stakeholders in tree canopy expansion initiatives - **Funding deficiencies** identified as a significant barrier to achieving the city's targets - **Staff deficiencies** cited as an additional challenge limiting the city's capacity to implement and sustain canopy programs The discussion was informational in nature, providing the Commission with an overview of where the city currently stands relative to its tree canopy goal and what challenges must be addressed to make meaningful progress. No formal action or vote was taken as a result of the presentation. *Note: The source data for this item is limited. A more detailed summary — including specific canopy coverage targets, program names, budget figures, or policy recommendations — would require additional transcript or document materials.* ## Industrial Revenue Bonds [timestamp: 41:00] Kevin Atkins presented an overview of industrial revenue bonds (IRBs) and their application as an economic development tool, with a particular focus on affordable and workforce housing initiatives. Atkins explained the mechanics of the IRB structure, including the leaseback model, which is a financing arrangement in which a government entity issues bonds on behalf of a developer or project, with the property or asset then leased back to the developer. This model allows projects to access tax-exempt financing while the issuing authority retains a formal role in the transaction. The presentation highlighted the use of IRBs in supporting affordable and workforce housing development, areas identified as priorities for economic development efforts. IRBs can provide a lower-cost financing mechanism for these types of projects by leveraging the tax-exempt status of government-issued bonds, potentially making housing development more financially feasible. This agenda item was informational in nature, and no formal action was taken by the Commission as a result of the presentation. ## Blue Sky Master Plan Update [timestamp: 1:09:29] Sam Castro presented an update on the Blue Sky Master Plan during this agenda item. The presentation covered community feedback that has been gathered as part of the planning process, as well as potential improvements under consideration for the area, including street lighting and transit services. No vote or formal action was taken on this item. The update was informational in nature, intended to keep the Commission apprised of the Master Plan's progress and the input received from the community. ## Downtown Master Plan Update [timestamp: 1:19:14] Boyd O. Sewe presented an update on the Downtown Master Plan during this informational agenda item. Sewe's presentation focused on two primary areas: - **Community Engagement Efforts:** Sewe outlined the outreach and engagement activities conducted as part of the master planning process, gathering input from community members and stakeholders. - **Emerging Themes:** Based on the engagement efforts, several key themes have surfaced through the planning process, including: - **Safety** — identified as a priority concern among community participants - **Housing** — reflecting community interest in downtown residential needs and development - **Transportation** — highlighting connectivity and mobility considerations for the downtown area The item was informational in nature, and no vote or formal action was taken by the Commission. The presentation appears to represent an interim update on the master plan's progress rather than a final proposal or recommendation. ## Neighborhood Voices [timestamp: 1:34:56] Quinn Mulholland presented Agenda Item V, introducing the **Neighborhood Voices** initiative to the Commission. The initiative is focused on building trust with communities that are experiencing development pressure and gathering meaningful input from those residents. Mulholland's presentation was informational in nature, outlining the goals and approach of the initiative. The core purpose of Neighborhood Voices is to establish a channel through which community members in areas undergoing development can have their perspectives heard and incorporated into relevant processes. No vote or formal action was taken on this item, as it was brought before the Commission for informational purposes. ## Imagine Lexington Analytic Research Center [timestamp: 2:09:37] Hal Baillie presented an overview of the Imagine Lexington Analytic Research Center, with the discussion centering on data availability and public engagement as they relate to future planning efforts. The presentation was informational in nature, providing the Commission with an update on the center's work and its role in supporting planning initiatives. The focus on data availability suggests the center is working to ensure that relevant information is accessible to support evidence-based decision-making, while the emphasis on public engagement indicates an interest in incorporating community input into future planning processes. No specific outcome or action was required from the Commission as a result of this presentation, as it served primarily to keep members informed about the center's activities and direction. ## Legal Reminders [timestamp: 2:16:39] Tracy Jones presented legal reminders to the Commission during this agenda item, emphasizing two core areas of compliance for commissioners in their decision-making responsibilities. - **Statutory processes:** Jones stressed the importance of following established statutory processes, reminding commissioners of their obligation to adhere to required legal procedures in carrying out their duties. - **Avoiding bias:** Jones also highlighted the need for commissioners to avoid bias in their decision-making, underscoring that impartiality is a fundamental requirement of their role. The item was informational in nature, and no action was taken or voted upon. No debate or specific concerns were recorded in connection with this presentation. --- ## Full transcript Sittin' like a princess perched in her electric chair And this one more beer And this one more beer And this one more beer And this one more beer And this one more beer Didn't you dear You nearly had me roped and tied All about hypnotized sweet freedom Whispered in my ear You're a butterfly And butterflies are free to fly Fly away Hide away Bye bye I never realized the passing hours Of evening showers and sick news Hanging in my darkest dreams I'm strangled by a haunting social scene Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen It's four o'clock in the morning, damn it Listen to me ghoul I'm sleeping with myself tonight Saving time, thank God my music's still alive Someone saved my life tonight, sugar babe You almost had your hopes in me, didn't you dear You nearly had me roped and tied All about hypnotized sweet freedom Whispered in my ear You're a butterfly And butterflies are free to fly Fly away Hide away Bye bye And I would have walked right on into the deep end of the river Clinging to your stocks and bonds Paying your HP demands forever Coming in the morning with a truck to take me home Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight So step your frame and rock the field you play low Someone saved my life tonight She did this You almost turned your back on me Didn't you dear? 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And that's all I could leave but I won't go Though my heart might tell me so I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes But why does it always seem to be Me looking at you with you looking at me It's always the same, it's just a shame And that's all Turning me on, turning me off Making me feel like I want too much Living with you's just a part of me Through it all of the time Running around, staying out all night Taking it all, still to take the one bite Living with you's just a part of me Through it all of the time I could leave but I won't go Well, it'd be easier, I know I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes But why does it always seem to be Me looking at you, you looking at me It's always the same, it's just a shame And that's all Truth says I love you More than I wanted to There's no point in trying to pretend There's been no one who Makes me feel like I do Say we'll be together to the end Truth Well, I could leave but I won't go It'd be easier, I know I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes So why does it always seem to be Me looking at you, you looking at me It's always the same, it's just a shame And that's all But I love you more than I wanted to There's no point in trying to pretend There's been no one who Makes me feel like I do Say we'll be together to the end But just as I thought it was going all right I found out I'm wrong and I thought I was right It's always the same, it's just a shame And that's all Well, I could say day and you say night Tell me it's bad when I know that it's right It's always the same, it's just a shame And that's all, that's all Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh A large branch is taken down in Lexington And so these are wonderful free resources That are available to us to mulch our trees And then how we mulch in Lexington It's been a bit of an issue We see a lot of what we call volcanoes And those are slowly killing our trees So with the help of the PI group The Public Information Education group We came out with a flyer that is available in English and in Spanish And we're spreading it throughout the community Teaching people how to properly mulch trees And community engagement is very important Jennifer already mentioned Tree Week We're obviously supporting of that And we had a sticker contest a year ago I think We have a little budget So we try to spread around in the community as much as we can And most importantly we want to facilitate conversations So we just held a tree gathering event Which brought together representatives of Both city, education, forestry, parks, planning But also Fayette County Public Schools We had major property developers represented University of Kentucky And just getting people in the room And talking about these tree issues And we're going to attempt to continue to do this As the event was very well received And I think this presentation is part of the reason Is one of the outcomes of that tree canopy gathering event So switching hats Back in 2015 when the original tree canopy study was completed The city found that over 70% of the opportunity To increase our tree canopy was on private property Non-government, non-city owned property And so Jake Gibbs was a council member at the time I'm sure all of you remember him And he and Steve Kaye were part of setting up A tree canopy committee under the tree board And in 2016 the decision was made To spin out Trees Lexington As a freestanding non-profit From the tree canopy committee of the tree board So ever since Trees Lexington has been Working to plant trees Educate people about trees Taking care of trees And most importantly growing the community Through our efforts And so some of our key programs are We hold tree giveaways twice a year In spring and fall We plant a lot of trees on private property in schools And we don't just plant them and walk away We provide care We go after the events and we mulch And we prune young trees And teach people how to do it Through our tree stewards program Some of our projects that I can highlight Shropshire Circle Which is a city property between 5th and 6th And we planted 27 trees there back in 2022 They're doing amazingly well These are some of our projects that you can see We work with apartment complexes, schools We installed trees at God's Pantry Food Bank Newest location as part of the Legs Grow Trees grant That Trees Lexington received And importantly we're sharing what we've learned And the expertise that we've developed with others So some of the grant recipients from the LGT grants We've worked with to actively help them execute We just planted 124 trees at Andover Hills HOA It was supposed to be 125 But unfortunately one of them walked away As they were sitting there So since inception We are almost at 1,400 trees And over 4,000 trees given away So that's where we are And with that I will turn it over to Eric Thank you Good afternoon Planning Commission Nice to see you all under different circumstances today Thank you Michael and Jennifer For leading us off today I'm the urban forester for the city And so development and street trees are my purview And I'll be talking today about some of the efforts That we are doing annually To increase our urban canopy And to take care of it And also some of the challenges One of the programs that I oversee Is called the Neighborhood Clearance Pruning Service And I'm not sure if any of you know what that is But it was established in 2016 Basically in response to the overwhelming time And financial cost it took for one assistant of mine To scour Lexington and hang door hangers Saying your tree is out of compliance Which was a really wise fiscal move So now we have a certain amount of funding per year That the council approves And we subcontract that work out To prune people's trees for them For a year And over the sidewalk Most of that work has focused on the outer perimeter of Lexington As you would guess The younger trees that are impacting the right-of-way Occur out there where they're younger And so it's really essential And it takes three to four hundred dollars off Of that homeowner's plate Every time we can do that We are about to come up on the tenth year And so this year we're actually Actually tomorrow my assistant and I Are going to be out looking at The packages for fiscal year 26 And a couple of those are going to be Areas that we hit ten years ago So the idea as we move forward We would like this to be on a rotating schedule So that we Hopefully we can get it down to six to eight years Where we're returning to these areas Right now it's looking like it's going to be more ten to twelve years To hit the areas And then as you know As you see development plans rolling in We're growing So there's going to be more trees And more areas to prune In the future One thing that we really try to do With these funds We're targeting newer neighborhoods With the young trees as I mentioned But we're also really trying to hit areas Where folks may not have that money To spend to prune their tree And so that's one of the things That I'm really proud of And hope that we can do more of The picture there is a lovely area of Saron Drive Where all those trees were pruned out of the street And off the sidewalk The second program That I oversee Which is the largest program And it's extremely Beneficial And popular It's called the Hazard Street Tree Cost Share Program This is funded annually By the council And I have quite a bit more money In it than the Neighborhood Clearance Pruning Service The goal is to remove and replace Hazardous trees in our city As you can see this tree here You wouldn't want to park there for the game Because number one that sign tells you not to But it was literally about to fall On this poor guy's house So I had to actually initiate A notice of violation process enforcement To encourage this gentleman But in that conversation Got him approved for the program So 50% of this job Was going to be covered by the city We have 50% and 100% Assistance components Really proud of the 100% Component And this year I think we have 15 Individuals Families that we're helping A lot of those are folks that are lower income Or they're just Our elders who are retired They're on fixed income And they don't have the money to pay for a $2000 removal And some of those trees are more than that So I'm really proud of the 100% component of this This year the 50% money Was gone in 7 weeks So You can see that how popular And how needed this is It's the opportunity to fix location and species Issues as we've mentioned we have Pear trees, we have Gigantic oak trees growing In tiny easements This program allows Us to guide the homeowner in what they Plant back Since 21 We've removed and replaced over 600 trees So That is a huge benefit into Improving. I just wanted to mention a couple Of other efforts that Are similar in scope But that we are also engaged in You're familiar that we are Trying to strengthen our Zoning ordinances Through the text amendment process That actually helps us Clarify certain issues That maybe were missed 20 years ago when they were written But also on the development side It's really helping me have more Tools in my bag when it comes to how do we Mitigate tree loss and how do we protect those Trees. So that's one other effort That we're doing. Also I just wanted to highlight HOA and Neighborhood Association outreach and Communication has increased I think with The awareness of trees So that is something that I am actively engaged in and it's Really helping take some of the Financial Enforcement burden off of me And my one assistant As you can imagine it's a pretty monumental Task to oversee Every single street tree in Lexington Some of the challenges That we're facing in street Trees with our street trees and In development projects The first I put up here Education and compliance First part of that and that Goes both with the public and With the development community I hear all the time I didn't know I was supposed to get a permit To remove that tree So there's a lot of It's a challenge to Communicate that to so many people Who live in our city The clearance As we've already mentioned If I receive complaints Through Lex call about those I send a letter to the homeowner asking them To take care of that Sometimes if it's a minor issue My assistant or myself Will take care of it The right tree right place Again educating the public We don't want gigantic Oak trees and five foot easements Ask the folks in Arcadia Park They're falling on people's houses Lack of ordinance knowledge Again the public Doesn't know that we actually Have laws in our city that regulate Trees the development community Surprisingly Doesn't have a great grasp on our Ordinances and Understand the right place Right tree Dynamic I'm gonna I've got some slides after so these Next few I'm just going to talk about with Pictures because everybody loves a good picture Improper planting If our goal Is to have healthy Functioning trees that are environmental Utilities right that's the way we're Looking at trees they provide an amazing Service to our community Storm water retention Carbon sequestration Shade property value Safety health all of those Things if we have trees being Planted like the one on the left You can see there with the Twine still left the cage still around The ball none of the material taken Off that tree Is unlikely to reach its maximum Potential so What does that cost Lexington Per lot we're Losing out on maximum carbon Sequestration we're losing out on maximum Storm water absorption Etc the gentleman's Tree on the right I hear a lot of times from the development community Of community about street trees Oh that Tree looks great the tree there On the left had leaves on it So yes it's got leaves But the tree on the right Was planted just like this As you can see what happened when the wind came Through those roots were all bound Up in a ball and it went down so that Tree had been growing probably 15 years 20 maybe You lose that entire Growth and all those environmental Services that I was just highlighting So that person had to Replace that tree now they've got a tiny tree They're going to have to wait 20 more years so that's An impact to our community Improper planting That is one thing That I'm really struggling with With the development community as well Also development As you all have known we've had Many lovely conversations about In the last two years tree protection On development sites huge challenge The tree on our left That was tree protection That was put up I mean My son could probably tell you that's Not going to protect that tree right On the right I wanted to just include a picture Of proper tree protection Area being placed on a development Zone nothing should occur With inside of that fence And so that tree on the right Is going to be well protected this tree Over here we had to move we had to have them move It to the proper place So that's a big issue Tree protection on development sites that's why The Zoda process is Very important for us To meet this challenge moving forward So we can save our trees Infrastructure Damage Amazing tree on our Left And I had some more close ups of it This is on Transylvania Park You might be familiar with this tree it's Beautiful you feel like you're in this Really old meaningful place But look at her sidewalk It's been Dinged by code enforcement So we're put in this Constant conflict between Flat Sidewalks on a moving earth Beautiful trees that we Need these environmental services So here you can see probably We should not have put an oak tree there 100 years ago right 5 foot easement Right tree right place This tree over here on Barbary look at that thing If I was like 8 and I had a bike I'd probably be trying to jump that root And the ramp off the sidewalk Really fun again that's a 5 foot Easement we have a giant tree in there The tree on the right Again infrastructure damage You can see that the homeowner had Replaced their sidewalk panel They took the tree out but they haven't Put their tree back So we're losing These environmental services We're putting a financial burden on the homeowner When we make the wrong choices A lot of this I'll talk about And I think I've pleaded before The planning commission before in some of our discussions I think that this is an opportunity for Creative design right Trying to get our development Community to see And develop our neighborhoods better Make larger Right of ways make pocket parks Incorporate things where we can actually have Tree cover and not put this Financial burden on our citizens Also Right tree right place Again Actually Let me go back How can we go back Street tree loss again Every time I get in my vehicle Get this or get my notepad out So many trees Are missing along our streets And they were all put in as part of a development Plan right to get that 30% canopy Coverage in these residential areas As I said before With a staff of two it's really difficult To have Dozens and dozens of enforcement I'm consuming so street tree loss Is a huge Issue in our city And hopefully with some of these Programs that Michael highlighted and that Director carry highlighted We can get those trees back And then here's the big one That you probably hear from every city Employee who comes before you Funding and staff deficiencies are a huge challenge And We have Large goals in our city to Preserve our canopy We need more funding and we need more staff Thank you for your time Thank you Mr. Sutherland Do we have any questions For Eric or Jennifer or Michael Mr. Wilson What type of trees Do we have downtown What's the species of trees In which area On main street Those lovely willow oaks that are dying I was Thank you Wrong tree Wrong place You've answered two or three questions I had right in line With that because I've noticed that they didn't seem like They were faring very well But let me ask you this as it relates to the root system Of those trees, is that one of the reasons why they die Yes So The trees in themselves aren't the problem Necessarily even though we probably Wouldn't recommend putting a willow oak Which is more of a water loving tree Surrounded by concrete I think the major problem is the way they design those wells There's not enough soil volume there To actually Sustain those trees Now thankfully some of those are doing better As you've noticed we've lost many If you've been to D.C. Some of those wide plazas They have willow oaks, those are willow oaks growing And they're huge, they're 30 inches in diameter Those all have access to the soil Underneath so they're not in a cell That has kind of You know limited In terms of how much they can take in As far as nutrients and water Laughter I was loaded for bear And he took it all away from me What's that now? On the town branch trail Yes Yeah I just wanted to highlight That we don't have to go to D.C. To have an example of where it's been done right We have right here a long town branch trail When they were installing it They actually installed proper what are called Silver cells and appropriate soil mix So these trees I think should do Much better than the ones downtown Or on Main Street Molly Thank you What will your role or how will you be involved With the downtown Plan that's Undergoing and happening right now I mean Does it extend to Looking at if there are trees Proposed will you look at the species That sort of thing Are you already involved with that Yes Commissioner Worth Trying to think of how to ask this This is really more of a legislative Question but I would be interested To hear your reaction Obviously we've been involved Lots of conversations with you and with Developers about removal of trees That shouldn't be removed But what we also see Are clear cuts of property Before they ever get to the development Stage and so I wonder if you all are Aware of legislative Efforts in other locations where they Incentivize Developers to preserve Their trees before it ever comes To development or other Legislative things that have been done to protect Those trees before They get a fence around them To tear things down I think that that is Something that we're trying to Work through in the ZOTA process here locally I'm not aware of any State legislation that addresses that Boyd do you have a comment on that Or other communities Right now In our zoning ordinance Article 26 The incentives if you preserve Existing trees that goes towards I think 1.5 Of your canopy requirements It's 1.5 per tree you Preserve We are working with Eric and DES To improve on that And hopefully We will be before you discussing this within the next few months And is that preserve once you've Developed it or is that preserve Before it gets to that state So it's both So if you say you're preserving it You use it for your canopy calculations Then when you are Developing it's a requirement By article 26 that trees that Stay will stay within that Tree protected area And you cannot do anything within that area Unless Eric gives you permission And as for the other communities that do it A lot of communities do this We are using I think Austin, Texas I wasn't prepared for this But we are looking at other communities that do this There are communities that actually do protect their trees And I think what you're alluding to is a look back Like once they hand in the plan They've already cut the trees down So what Boyd's talking about Is we're trying to throw them An incentive that If you preserve these trees Will give you a better Percentage of canopy coverage So then you have to plant fewer trees The look back is something That we have been in Kind of behind the scenes discussions On how we can You know, address that Through an ordinance But I don't have any better Information at this time on that Okay, do we have any other questions? 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This girl of mine, she loved me so right She loved me so long and she loved me so hard I finally passed out in her front yard Wasn't why that I had to do the job It was a double shot of my baby's love Double shot of my baby's love, yeah, yeah, yeah Double shot of my baby's love, yeah, yeah, yeah Wasn't why that I had to do the job We got into this conversation And two or three months after we got into it The state introduced legislation Kind of going on the same realm They passed their bill and ours mirrors that pretty well So industrial revenue bonds in their nature Are to assist with economic development They were primarily used in the early days To help industries build at a much cheaper rate Than they could otherwise get conventional loans for These bonds, the industrial revenue bonds This is a key point Are not general obligations of the urban county government Or an indebtedness of the government We are basically a conduit to the financing It helps the borrower get a rate closer to ours Which according to our commissioner of finance Is roughly 2%, worth about 2% savings in doing them And we see these requests primarily to We'll see them for non-profits for that first point So they can get a lower interest rate The other one, and when I discuss this Think about the Manchester hotel Down in the distillery district They're interested in what is called a lease back We essentially take title, if you will, to the dirt It's just on paper And then the property for the period of the bond Comes off the property tax roll The applicant has worked with the other taxing agencies In relation to the taxes that would have been paid on that But the lease back model is primarily When we went in and looked recently That's what we were primarily looking at So we spent the time looking over the policies and guidelines We had never really had housing under those And so it's something that the mayor asked us to take a look at It is an economic development program So we did maintain the job creation component and requirement So if you think about, Jim, the town center model That is kind of what we had in mind When we started looking at this Kind of that whole concept Or if you look at the Met down on Midland That concept where you had businesses on the first level Apartments on the upper level The other thing the mayor asked us to do in this So under the policies previously If you wanted to look at housing You had to do it primarily And we've got a map in just a second in the downtown area She was interested with the expansion area Making sure, as some of the communities in northern Kentucky had done That we made it available to a broader area So as we said, we do two types We do traditional IRBs Traditional IRBs, think of a bank loan I mean, that's essentially what it is Except you're selling a bond And the lease back is where it comes off the PVA roll When you do that, it does require what's called a payment In lieu of taxes Which you have to then go to the school system, the library, Lextran And negotiate with them on a level of payment over that time So part of the process We put together an internal working group of the government Commissioner Horn was part of that group representing planning To really take a look at the process Craig and I then met with our partners in the taxing districts To talk about their feelings on this Because they really put a lot of money in this When you're talking about property taxes and schools and the library We then went out and met with the building industry folks And got their input on it After we did all that We worked with our economic development investment board Making the changes on that board We've got attorneys and bankers and developers, quite frankly And we have one attorney who specializes in economic development That board approved this And then it was approved by council We also had a broader community group that was involved in this as well That we put together after we kind of took it to The initial industry representative folks As I say that, now you can see On the left you see all the people from internal to LFUCG That were involved in this process On the right side, a lot of the folks that you all are used to seeing Were involved as external partners with that And J.D. Cheney from the League of Cities Because they do bonding But they also have city legal reps Who know this from a legal standpoint Was the chair of that committee for us to walk us through it So here's where we are We are going to use the leaseback model for housing And that is done with direct input from our partners When we do this, we kind of followed the planning staff We took an idea from Jim and Hal and team We now ask the applicant to come in ahead of time and talk to us And we take a look at it We then will coordinate a meeting With our taxing district partners To talk about the proposal If they want to move forward with us Then we have the applicant go start the pilot agreement negotiation with them If you have one that does not want to participate We tell them you can't go talk to this one Or we met and our partners are just not wanting So after those negotiations On the pilot agreements are complete Then the person can actually come back and file An official application We'll review all that Craig's finished up the revised application That will then go to the economic development investment board For approval and then ultimately the council And again, those are not general obligation bonds They are indebtedness to the applicant If the applicant defaults, the bondholders become the owner The urban county government has no responsibility for payment Or anything related to the bond So here's kind of where we went We wanted to focus on two things Affordable housing, which we all know a lot about And workforce housing To get the lease back This does not pertain to just a traditional IRB To get a traditional IRB You do not have to meet these two categories But if you want the full benefit of the lease back model The partners putting money back in These are the criteria So if you are looking at affordable housing 20% of the units Being built have to be In that 80 below AMI And you can get a 15 year term On the bond for that If you want to do Workforce housing 80.1 to 120% of AMI Then 20% of the units Have to be workforce I will tell you Everybody was supportive of the affordable But a couple of our partners Really liked the workforce housing Because they felt it helped them in recruitment Of younger personnel It helped them get the students coming right out of UK Involved in their employment So I mentioned earlier Tracy helped Craig find the map on your left That's where the previous model Allowed you to Do a housing related IRB You can see how much better maps are today Than they were about 30 or 40 years ago But it was not a big area The mayor felt it was important to do this for everything Inside the urban services boundary Now the one thing I will mention Is when we did this We noted the state requirements Because I don't want to get this confused With the affordable housing trust fund This program requires 40 units or more Which mirrors the state language Obviously what director McQuadey does Is it can be that big or it can be smaller We have different programs Charlie Lanner who is the commissioner of housing You all probably know And I have already talked to at least one client Who there is not a problem using both funds So they're not exclusive It's not a case where you can do one and not do the other If it works But this program requires 40 units or more I think keeping in mind the key components A, this has no impact whatsoever On the commitment or the operation Of the affordable housing fund That has been successfully used in this community for years And one of the things when we met with the developers On this It's not a one size fits all model And I forget which one of them said it But this is just another tool To assist with some of the development But it's been a good effort We've had a lot of good input along the way And so Craig and I are both here if you all have questions All righty Thank you Mr. Atkins Do we have any questions on this agenda item Yes sir He's not here so I'm going to speak for him But Larry Forster is our resident banker And he has expressed concerns on more than one occasion That with developments such as this Having a requirement to have How can I make this make sense The mixed use part of it He says there's a difficulty in getting the mixed use Developments fully leased out And I want to know was there any pushback From the partners or from the builders about having A mixed use requirement I mean In fact one comment was that if you Kind of look at the expansion area That's kind of that town center model is kind of Where things are progressing And so and if you notice I did not put a specific we didn't say you had to create A hundred jobs But it is an economic development program at its heart And so there was You know we took a lot we took a long look And if you look at the met If you look at Townley Center Because you think about Townley's got all the Restaurants and retail there and some apartments Those are the models And I think the other side is you can keep 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We know you're successful in a lot of these things, because you saw our belts at the beginning, right? For the boxing, so yeah, and when we think of PAL, obviously we do think of some of the athletic programs and all, but you do some other things as well, right? As far as mentoring. But there's nobody out there. Some of them do, like there's a truck repair place that repairs refrigerator trucks, and so they are 24 hours, because if your refrigerator truck breaks down, you need to fix it right away. So those guys are out there, and they said it's pitch black in the middle of the night. I would say the rest were pretty far along in the back. We actually got laughed at a few times with the renewable energy question, but the old Richmond Road neighborhood folks voted pretty heavily for that one. The one thing that we didn't factor in was we did not have a do nothing option, and I was also surprised at the number of people that wanted that as their option. As you can see, we also have a survey that we have out, and it's still up on the website, and we're kind of encouraging our steering committee, our advisory committee to continue to push that, as well as the employees and employers to continue to get feedback probably through the end of November. And it's a good even split of hearing from employees and then hearing from the people that actually own property out there or own businesses out there. And like we said, some of the things that they ranked really highly were the onsite amenities, and then also, interestingly enough, workforce training and education partnerships out there, transit service to Blue Sky, which we pushed for transit service in the Urban Growth Master Plan, so this is a continuation of that that would make sense. And then sidewalks, trails, or bike facilities. And again, the Urban Growth Master Plan pushes for those trail connections all the way out to Cane Break, which is just the next intersection over from Blue Sky. So the idea is to continue it, whether or not we have people that would actually bike out there today is one thing, but the idea is if Area 3 started to be developed, that is really very close to be able to ride a bike or to walk to work. As you can see, in terms of the improvements for a better work day, again, street lighting came up there, food options was number one again. And then we also asked them what sort of incentives would help you want to kind of participate in the Blue Sky Small Area Plan, and a lot of it had to do with small grants or loans for site rehab or for facade or landscaping improvements. The public comment was really interesting. The conversations we had were great, and this is the part of engagement that I love. We can't get just looking at maps and running data, is that a lot of people really stress the fact that they liked Blue Sky because it's secluded, because you get the access and the proximity to Lexington without having to deal with all of that Lexington stuff, is what we were told, especially because anecdotally, we kind of found that a lot of folks that we talked to actually reside in Madison County or Scott County or Garrett County. They're coming from other places and working in Blue Sky, so it doesn't necessarily impact them one way or the other to drive into Lexington. So we had kind of an equal comments of the leave it as is versus a lot of people wanting the lighting or the safety, the quality of life, the kind of making things look a little bit less run down in some areas, concern about traffic and how cars and people and freight all interact. So that is a little bit of where we're at. What is... I'm sorry. Thank you, Sam. Yeah. Water egress and... Are they talking about boating? No. What... I'm not sure they're talking about just stormwater flowing off. I mean, it's pretty much a straight pitched impervious site from... The grade change is about 100 feet. So from Ethan Spoonsboro down to the stream, you're just sheeting water for a good part of that. And we did get to hear... We also did get to hear about how much things like the fact that, I guess, the city, it is not on their snow removal route. So they were telling all these stories about how there's one guy that's got a truck out there and he has to come and pull a lot of the office workers out, or they have to walk out to Ethan Spoonsboro and try and get an Uber home because they get stuck with ice. And same thing with the water back by the stream, the cutter court and the areas back in there sometimes are inaccessible because the water will overtop the stream that's in the back. And there's only one egress point in and out of that back half of the site. So those were some really interesting things that we picked up. Mr. Wilson, one quick question about the feed... From multiple different business owners in particular, was the fact that our existing industrial zoning is really written for a different time or a different way that we used industry. We have these requirements in there that really dictate the sort of level of warehousing or manufacturing that you're supposed to be doing on site versus how much office space you're allowed to have. And really in reality, a lot of these businesses want a little bit more flexibility in that mix and what they can do, because I think a lot of them are sort of putting warehousing uses just to fulfill the requirement. When really what they want is the office... Elliott's a great example. They have a lot of administrative things and executive things that need to be done in more of an office setting, but they also have all of their trucks that need to go out and service electrical calls. So they need that administrative side of things, but they also need the space for laydown and for parking of their vehicles. So our current code isn't allowing that. And we heard numerous examples of how that works. So that's one thing that we are going to be looking at, again, in our industrial code rewrite. So we want to make sure that that can help them where they need, but also so that we are not having unintended consequences with work we're doing in industrial areas elsewhere in the city, like out in Coldstream. We don't want to do something here that then upsets the apple cart in other areas. All right. That was very good, Sam. Do we have any questions on Blue Sky? How much leftovers do you have? How much what? Leftovers? How much leftovers do you have? Have you ever seen the gentleman that worked out in Blue Sky? We had very little leftovers. They were more than happy to eat as much as they could. Thank you, Sam. Thank you, guys. All righty. The next item on the agenda is the downtown master plan update with Boyd. Okay. A lot of this has been covered. I've been here a few times, so I will go through this real quick. And the whole purpose of this is to update you on the event that happened on October 8th at the Lyric Theater. But before I get to that, I'll just go real quick about some of the background information, what the downtown area is all about. This is a community-driven plan, and we've been in the community since it started in May. So that's what we are trying to do. These are some of these are all the consultants on the team. Earlier on, Eric mentioned that he's talked to the consultants. He is the consultant that's looking into our canopy, and we've had meetings with DES, and we've also had meetings internally. So we are having that collaboration. And then about the process, these are what we expect from the outcomes we expect from the plan. I've been through this. If you need me to stop and explain any of this, I'll do that. So this is what we are expecting, the outcomes we are expecting from the plan. This is the schedule of the plan. Right now, we've had one project advisory committee meeting. We've had one community-wide meeting. Our outreach is ongoing. The plan development is just getting started. Housing and market analysis is almost over, and I just found out that there's something that just ended in October. Existing condition analysis, that is coming to an end tomorrow, so maybe we'll have something to discuss about that the next time I come around to have this conversation. So this is what we've had so far. We've had community workshops. We've had neighborhood meetings. We've had stakeholder interviews. We did that on October, I mean August 10th through the 12th. Some of you are there for that. We've had pop-up and creative engagements. Last week, Thursday, we had an event for UK, BCTC, and transit students. I'll explain. The reason we are doing that with students is most students, when they come from out of town, out of state, out of country to UK, they get the education, which is a local investment for people who are here, and they take all that talent out of Lexington. So we are trying to see what we can do to keep that talent here. Example, one of them was kept here. That's me. Then we've had a lot of pop-ups and creative engagements. We have a project website, Downtown LexPlan. It's live and there's a survey there that we're encouraging everyone to take that survey. Also, we have interactive digital engagement. This is, it might say, led by LFUCG, guided by the advisory committee, but I think the consultant is putting in a lot of work in that, and they're doing a really good job when it comes to engagement. So far, these are some of the events we've been to. The scavenger hunt that I just mentioned with the students, that's not here. We just met with MLK Neighborhood Association, District 2, District 11, and one more neighborhood association. That's within the last week. Mentele Neighborhood Association. So that's what we've done within the last week. Then moving to some of the stakeholders we've met with. Out of all this, we are still planning on meeting with the downtown retailers. They had some concerns that I think will go beyond just the master plan. So we plan on meeting with them some more and getting more information from them. Then now down to the Downtown Dreaming. That was the event that was held at the Lyric Theater. I was happy to see some of you there. And we had over 200 participants, and they were active. We had surveys that were done. We had paper surveys that were filled out there. We were able to collect 91 at the end of the day. We had people sticking those stickers, I don't know, the dots onto the map, and showing us where they lived and where they came from. We had 130 dots that were put on the maps, with the majority of that coming from the 4 or 5 or 8 neighborhoods. And there was, as I said, 130 stickers. Most of the preliminary data shows that most of the participants were from the East End neighborhood. That's a neighborhood we've also met with, and they are very active and very vocal about the plan. So we are keeping them in the loop on that. So far, after all this engagement, which started in May, there have been some emerging themes, and we've had this through one-on-one communications, through the community meetings, through the surveys. And the nine emerging themes are Downtown is a special place. There's a lot of history, there's a lot of culture, and people want to maintain that. Safety in connections. People want downtown to be connected to the neighborhoods. They want a safe and walkable connection to those areas. And then also for the existing businesses, for them to thrive. Right now we are approximating there are 4,100 residents in what we consider the downtown area. We are trying to make that grow because that's what will support the businesses and make downtown life continue throughout the day instead of ending at 5 o'clock when people go home. And then the transportation and infrastructure is also a concern. When it comes to biking, when it comes to public transit, downtown is not as efficient. People want to see that improved. Then the unhoused population in Lexington. We are looking for ways to support the unhoused community and solve some of the root causes. That was not in the original RFP, but due to all the meetings we've had with the community, people have brought that up time and time again, and now the consultant is looking into that. And also we are trying... Another theme that emerged was Downtown as a gathering place for people. An interesting thing about that was I think because Gatron Park just opened, people want to see more green spaces, more parks, but not more big parks like Gatron Park. They want smaller spaces for events. Then the need for better housing. Two of the top types of housing that were wanted was multifamily housing and affordable housing. Then when it comes to people visiting downtown, people wanted more events and more programming to the venues in the downtown area. Most importantly, which I was happy to see that the community really wanted, was a realistic plan, not a plan for another plan or a plan to sit on the shelves. Those are the nine themes that we've had so far. Then we have... What's next with this plan is we have... What is it? Project Advisory Committee meetings scheduled for the 20th. And then we have two more community-wide engagements and ongoing survey that closes on the 9th. And we also have a public engagement where we will be out in the public meeting, anyone and everyone. So if you know anyone in the neighborhoods who wants to sit down with us and talk, we are available to meet you and have the discussion. Let's go, Dream. Questions? Thanks, Boyd. Mr. Nickel. Boyd, thank you very much. Something we've been thinking about, not formally, but informally, what I'm hearing in our Planning Commission hearings is that we would like to engage more with the University of Kentucky to understand their plans. And for me specifically, I want to see their campus-to-downtown plan. And I think that when I was looking at your slide, I saw that UK was missing from the stakeholders. And maybe they weren't. But if you could... This would be a great opportunity for you, on our behalf, to get the information that shows the vision from the University of Kentucky how they're going to connect campus to downtown. Because that connection will lead to increased vitality in our community. So I'm sure you've already done it, but I just want to make sure that we have got their plan incorporated and noted. And then if we can help improve their plan, or if you can help improve their plan, if they're acceptable to that, I think that that would be a great way for us to engage with UK, understand at least a little bit of their part of the plan to connect campus to downtown. Okay, so... I think this will fall more on the consultant, because UK will do staff on campus. So this is more with the consultant to engage. And the good news is UK has been very active in this. So they've given us access to talk to them. They gave us someone to be in the project advisory committee. So we are talking to them and we are looking at their plans. Like the latest plan they have is for the Innovation District. So... Say that again? What I was trying to say as I just leaned at Mr. Wilson and we're saying, wow, we'd like to hear about that as well. So I'm sure, I mean, we're going to find a way to engage with UK. I know there's a desire to, but this is a good opportunity for you on our behalf to outline UK's thoughts about your downtown development plan. Yes, UK, BCTC, TransE, they've been very, very active in this. And I'm actually happy at the way we are communicating and we are all in the loop on this. Great, and if there's a way that in the final document, if it involves a layout or mapping or design to include those entities prominently on whatever document is delivered because those are major assets to our community, these wonderful universities that are downtown, that do want to participate in the downtown development. No, this is actually for Director Duncan because I understood the last time you brought this topic up, I think you indicated that there was a committee between the Commission and the University of Kentucky working on this issue about what their plans are and how we might facilitate one another. Is that correct? Mr. Wilson, as I recall, I was coming in to ask Larry if he would make sure and stay for the rest of that zoning hearing and I got caught with another question. So if I didn't give the clear answer, what I should have said was similar to what Boyd said. Yes, we have a member of UK on the Advisory Committee, so we're working with them on that. We're also working with UK as they look at other developments in town. So, that's a convoluted way of saying yes, we are in active communication with UK about what they are doing and they're thinking about for development and we will be glad to share that with you all and include that in other reports as well. I think that's the key part is to keep up with them in their planning process. Judy. Two questions related to that. Do their conversations talk about housing or is that off to the side of what their plans are discussing? Since that's where we get the rub. I wouldn't call it a rub. You haven't been where I've been lately. Well, I have from a different perspective. No, I don't know if they have additional plans for housing at this time. They certainly have shared with us their medical plans and some of their other academic building plans and I suspect there will be continued conversation about infrastructure as well, but as far as their housing, I can't give you an update on that. My second question for Mr. Bailey is what's the innovation district? What is that? That was mentioned to us in some of the meetings that we've been having with the University of Kentucky associated with the downtown master plan that is focused on certain areas of their campus that they are seeking to develop in the mid to near term future to kind of build upon what has been done off of Avenue of Champions bolstering some of their properties that they have there and trying to play into the tech development that is coming out of the University of Kentucky. Sort of like Marksbury Center and those facilities? I can get back to you with some very specifics after we kind of reach out to them and we can have further discussion at that time. One other quick question, maybe just a suggestion. I know the University of Kentucky, as you've indicated, they are in conversation about a lot of things but the question that Ms. Worth asked about the housing issue I think is one that we should pose to them if they don't pose it to us to get their answer about what's what because that's where we're getting the rub. The barbershop and the athletic center and lots of other places around town. Alrighty. Do we have any other questions for Boyd on the downtown? Tracy, you don't know what we're talking about? Whenever I have an issue with the Planning Commission, I always go to my barbershop and usually there's about 10 to 15 people there that are more than happy to give me all their expressions that they have about anything especially if it pertains to their particular community. This was particularly true of St. Martin's Village, Oakwood and anything going on on the north side of town. So those are the constituents that I represent. Alrighty. Thank you, Boyd. Our next item on the agenda today Neighborhood Voices with Quinn Mulholland. Good afternoon, members of the Planning Commission. Okay. Get this set up. Oh boy. Alright. Hopefully that works. My name is Quinn Mulholland. I'm a senior planner with the Outreach and Strategic Planning section. I've been on staff with the Division of Planning for almost a year and a half now. So y'all have probably seen me around but this is my first presentation to the Planning Commission. So please go easy on me. Okay. So I'm going to be talking a little bit about a new project that we've been working on called Neighborhood Voices. So to give you some background Neighborhood Voices the initiative was really born out of a need that we identified to build trust specifically in neighborhoods that have felt left out of the planning process. So we've heard loud and clear in recent years a sentiment expressed of changes happening in folks' neighborhoods and residents in these neighborhoods feeling like they didn't have a voice in those changes. And so we really and specifically I think the new Strategic Planning section really wants to be out and about in communities and I think this is a really great opportunity for us to do the type of thing that really I think we were established to do which is meeting people where they're at in the community outside of the context of a potentially contentious development plan review process and really just talk to folks about what makes their community special, what they'd like to see, hopes, fears dreams for the future. And then also just to say this project emerged out of conversations that we had with the offices of council members Tyler Morton and James Brown. So I wanted to give a shout out to their offices they've been extremely helpful in this. So in addition to the reasons that I've already stated I think we also see a really clear mandate in a couple of the recommendations that have come out of recent studies and reports. Obviously I don't need to tell you all about the comprehensive plan but there is a real focus on equity in the most recent comprehensive plan including a real focus on public education and community engagement as it pertains to equitable development. In addition I wanted to highlight the report that was completed by the task force on neighborhoods in transition in 2021 which I know at least one of you served on which made a couple of recommendations that pertain to planning and specifically pertaining to sort of uplifting the history, character and urban fabric of neighborhoods that might be at risk of displacement or gentrification. And then finally in the public engagement toolkit that planning staff put together back in 2020 there was a recommendation that was similarly geared around doing really proactive outreach and highlighting neighborhood history, character, culture. So this is really rooted in these recommendations from these reports. So yeah, what will it look like? I really want to emphasize that we anticipate this is going to be sort of an iterative process. This is the first time we're doing something like this so we want to kind of use it as an opportunity to try out different engagement tactics see what works, what doesn't. Some of the strategies that we'll be using include listening sessions one-on-one interviews door-to-door canvassing community events both attending events that community organizations are putting on and also potentially putting on our own event to gather input. The deliverables from this project will include a report where we will compile the community input that we gather as well as some additional background research about the neighborhood and present that to you all as well as developers and community members. We're also open to supporting a community-led initiative. Depending on what we hear from the community, we really want this to be led and driven by what we're hearing in these communities but if folks express interest in some sort of art project, mapping project oral history project historical information, we certainly would be open to supporting those efforts. And then just in terms of the scope at least our initial focus will really be on neighborhoods experiencing development pressure and neighborhoods that were identified as vulnerable in that Neighborhoods in Transition Task Force report and we are going to start off our pilot neighborhood voices project will be in the Smithtown neighborhood so I'll get to that in a second. Some of the intended outcomes from the project I know this is a lot but really I think the first three all have to do with just hearing from residents opening up lines of communication between the Division of Planning and residents in these communities building trust, putting names to faces and really hearing about what folks really think is special about their neighborhood hearing about the history of these neighborhoods passing the mic to residents of neighborhoods so that they can tell their own story. We also hope that this can be a resource for developers and can inform future development applicants like I said we'll be providing the report that we compile to developers We also really hope that this can be an educational opportunity. I think often times the planning process can be opaque to residents of the community from the outside so we want to demystify that process and try to do some education about how the development plan review process works and how neighbors can be more involved in that process and really I think the goal of this is to engage a broader slice of these neighborhoods not just folks who show up to Planning Commission meetings but really I think we hope that meeting people where they are will be able to engage a broader and more representative slice of the community and really bring more people into the planning process and then like I said this is an iterative process and we hope that the input that we gather will be able to actually inform future engagement efforts that we do in the future. We want to receive feedback about how people would like to be engaged in the future The Neighborhood Voices project like I said it's really about building trust and so because of that we want to be very clear at the outset about some limitations of the project so firstly we like I said we hope that the input that we gather can be and will be used by developers to inform proposals in these neighborhoods that being said there is no legal obligation on the developers to do so because this is not policy or regulatory change but certainly I think it behooves developers to take into account community input and then the second caveat that I want to make at the outset is that we certainly take the issues of gentrification and displacement seriously and we are very serious about addressing those issues but we just want to be clear that this project single handedly is not going to prevent displacement from happening and really we see this as more of a way to engage communities build relationships build trust and that is sort of our primary goal with this So a little bit about the pilot project in Smithtown like I said we are piloting Neighborhood Voices in Smithtown so myself and my co-workers have been spending the past few months doing some engagement in the Smithtown neighborhood which if you don't know it's bounded by 4th street to the south, Jefferson street to the west, 6th street to the north and Broadway to the east so this picture is some of my co-workers tabling at Smithtown Day back in August we have been meeting with key neighborhood leaders and conducting background research about the neighborhood that will inform future engagement efforts as well as the report that we'll be coming up with and a couple of reasons that we chose Smithtown for the pilot project Smithtown is one of the neighborhoods that was identified in the Neighborhoods in Transition Task Force report as at risk of displacement it was also a neighborhood where there haven't at least recently been any sort of high profile controversial development proposals so we were hoping that this would be an opportunity to really do some good engagement and it's also relatively small so we wanted to start off with a relatively smaller neighborhood and yeah in terms of next steps for the project like I said we spent the past couple of months doing some sort of small scale community input gathering we are going to spend November and into December doing some larger scale community input gathering that will include potentially some sort of event where we'll invite people to come provide input and then later on in December into January we will be compiling and summarizing the input that we've gathered into a report that we will then finalize and present to you all sometime in January or February so yes just checking my notes yeah oh and then like I mentioned there is certainly a possibility of supporting some sort of community led initiative but again that will be based on what we hear from residents in Smithtown and in general we want to keep the timeline relatively concise so that this is something that we're able to replicate in other neighborhoods with that I will open it up for questions Mr. Wilson first of all let me say that I applaud the actions that you're taking here I think this process has been needed and I think it will be productive and in fact I think that this will help us rather than waiting for issues to come we can meet them head on so I applaud your work on that and that's really good a couple of things related to it and I think it's important that you pointed out there's no legal ramifications to the developers they can do that but I think it's incumbent upon all of us every time I look at these development reports that come in from the staff I always look under that civic engagement, community engagement no matter where it is and I know there's no requirement on the developer to deal with that but I think it's incumbent upon us to keep asking the question just to let them know that we're sincere about public engagement irrespective the other thing is to the we have over 26 hamlets around this community and I got out one Sunday and with some friends and we got a van together and we rode around to each and every one of them and they do have a distinct history for each of those but the question I had is and I hope that might come out of all this is some legal protection for these hamlets Mr. Wilson let me address that you may recall that it's been about 20 years now that we did in partnership with UK a formal study of the rural settlements got that completed and that's been incorporated in the comprehensive plan ever since Council Member Lynch has expressed a strong desire to revisit that and see if they need to be refreshed what implementation tasks there could come out of that and that kind of thing and Boyd will be working with Council Member Lynch probably starting in this winter to revisit that so yes that is an active project and planning and the council will be involved in bringing that to the fore Great and will this also include other communities for example the hamlets that have been identified I think that's perfect but places like Prawl Town is not what's classified as a hamlet but it is a historic district and then Jonestown some of the other areas are not I hope they are included as a part of that. I think as Quinn said that we're looking first at the neighborhoods in transition as a guide for where we need to start first and certainly we'll hear from council members what they think are the areas in there but we do have the neighborhoods in transition as our starting point. Great and one final point I noted that you had in there about the gentrification and displacement one of the key issues that we centered on was involuntary displacement because displacement quite frankly is natural and so is gentrification there are certain areas in this community have gone from black to white to black you know it's all over the place we can't control a lot of that legally or any other way but we can identify it and one of the things that came out of that report is the University of Kentucky had done some interesting studies about what communities would potentially be gentrified next and I think that would be a good report to pull back to the table as a part of the general discussion. I could go on but I'll stop there because I've got another 45 minutes to talk. Thank you Mr. Wilson. Thank you. Mr. Davis. Thank you. So Quinn this is so interesting I'm sure it's not the only thing you have going on on your plate though and you mentioned that you had a number of colleagues who are helping you and this may be kind of a awkward question but I imagine you will be going into places where there are people who speak Spanish people who are black, people who are white. Is your team made up of a wide and diverse group of people so that you can build trust with the people you're going to be interviewing? That's a great question. So in terms of when I've been referring to my team that's just referring to the outreach and strategic planning team and so the four of us are all white and I think we are wanting to really be reticent of that and know that when we're going into these communities we are outsiders and so I think it's important to know that we're all working together and we're all approaching it with humility. I will also say that we have had a great working relationship with the offices of council members Tyler Morton and James Brown Sarah Brown one of council member Morton's aides is here she's been a huge help for us and she lives in the first district and has been helpful in helping us identify neighborhoods and leaders in these neighborhoods to approach but yes I think that is something that we are certainly bearing in mind and wanting to really approach this with respectfully and with intention. Do we have any Spanish speakers amongst the group? We don't have any Spanish speakers on our outreach and strategic planning team Thank you just curious Well I would just add if we went into a primarily Spanish speaking area or just an area that we're known to have a decent amount of Spanish speakers I think we could have either people within government that we know who provide those services or even somebody that we could contract with translation was an issue One other quick thing if I could if you had one of these sessions at the library on Vassell's road the new library there that is primarily utilized by Hispanics and they have quite a few people there in the library that speak Spanish so there's a resource sitting there in the community Alrighty Mr. Mickler Could you go back to your outcome slide? Thank you So I guess my question has to do with the goal of building trust as you sort of described it and I'm looking at this and I guess I'm wondering what your all's thoughts are because looking at this it feels like the I am not seeing very tangible outcome goals and in particular I mean the only tangible thing this is producing is a report that I guess will get presented to us I you know if on the first side of your outcomes successful in sort of building these dialogues that you're looking for the I mean I know if I'm thinking in you know from my own perspective I don't know that it would be very trust building with myself if there were then no tangible sort of outcomes from those conversations so I don't know that that would be a great way to build trust with me you just came and got my opinions and then nothing came of it. I don't know what that would do to build trust yeah I think that's a good point and I totally hear that I think that something that we're thinking about is you know obviously in the scope of this project because we do hope to replicate it in other neighborhoods it will be a relatively short time frame but that being said I think we really hope that actually through the process of having these conversations and getting input from residents that we are then able to build relationships with neighborhood leaders, residents that then you know continue to develop even beyond after the process of compiling that input into a report and presenting it is over I think really for me I see a key outcome of this is just like me going out into these communities, introducing myself to people, giving my contact information so that they know who I am they know that I'm with planning, they know that they can reach out to me if they have questions about things that are happening that are related to planning but I hear you that like that's what we don't want this to be is just sort of a one off you know drop in make a quick report add it to the shelf to gather dust we really want this to be about building relationships and so yes we hope that like with this new outreach and strategic planning section that this is the type of engagement that we're able to do on an ongoing basis moving forward I don't know if that answers your question Would it be okay if I working with Quinn I agree and we've talked through that in many different ways and we shared the same concern with the council members that we've been working on with this and I think where we landed with it is something is certainly better than nothing we need to be building relationships, we need to hear from people and we have to be very careful to say this is not a small area plan this is not like an infrastructure plan we're not going to identify all the things that the neighborhood needs and then the city is going to come and improve that park or whatnot this is about trying to hear from a broad range of people in the neighborhood often times when we have the zone changes the answer is no we don't want this and we may not hear from everybody in the neighborhood we may just hear from some and what we're trying to get a sense of is what is broadly the interest and the desires of the neighborhood in terms of what they hope to preserve and what, how development might actually contribute in a positive way to their neighborhood and we want to have those conversations with a broader group while we don't have something contagious happening and we hope to Mr. Wilson's point that if and when a development does come to the area that we have done some of that community input sort of on behalf of planning and the developers to say this is what we have heard and we hope that you will take that into very serious consideration because once we're at a zone change level emotions are very high and sometimes it's difficult to have those conversations those really sort of meaningful conversations about what we want to preserve versus what we want to be moving forward One other suggestion too when you go to the communities there should be some people identified as people who can take and introduce you to the community because even me because I live on the other side of town I'm not but my barber the reason why I get all these comments is every time I walk in he always introduces me as being on the planning committee and I'm saying I can't do everything I have to try to explain to people what's reasonable as such one of the things that came out of my discussions with them is not so much that we say yes or no it's why we say no it's important to them and why we say yes primarily if you say we reject your perspective here it's not just a simple no but it is a no because of this and laying out those reasons as rationally as we can but anytime I can help I will volunteer my time as well as whatever in fact if you'd like to get a haircut and I guarantee that you will listen because you have no choice if somebody's sitting there with a razor to your neck you will listen So Mr. Wilson that brings up a point that I was thinking about is there a conversation of the commission might make a decision that they find disappointing it's not that they don't believe you or they don't think your perspective is correct but legally or whatever the case may be like Mr. Wilson said we have to either say yes or no has that come up in conversation if the commission does not vote the way you feel they should it's not because of this or that but rather because it took me a long time to really learn that even after I was absolutely and yes I think that's really when we talk about the public education piece that's really one of the outcomes that we hope to achieve is you know giving people a sense for how the planning process works the role of the planning commission and the constraints that you all have and sort of the limitations of the process because I think right totally it can be very alienating to come out to a hearing give your public comment and then the decision goes the other way so really doing education about the entirety of the process and also like how residents can best engage in that process because it can be very dispiriting to engage in a process where you think that your input doesn't matter. Mr. Chair let me build on that also and to address Mr. Mickler as well what Quinn has said is absolutely what we're trying to get out of this and in many respects this is also building community input for the major plans where then Robin you will see action come out of so if we introduce Smithtown and other places to the comprehensive planning process and in turn get their input when that plan comes around in a year and a half or so then we've made a major stride. We're not just getting the usual people coming to speak and their voices are going to have an impact then on the outcome of the plan and then subsequently how the planning commission makes decisions about development so while this is certainly something that we want to learn more about the individual neighborhoods and areas we also see it as a way to get them involved in the bigger picture where then there can be tangible outcomes as a result This all makes sense to me and the communication and the dialogue I do think can be a positive thing I also suspect that when you go into a neighborhood and you get all this impact and you create that dialogue when a development does come around that they're not in favor of and you do have a staff report that recommends approval you're not necessarily creating a it's pretty easy to erase anything that you've worked to gain unless you define really clearly what the outcome of their comments are I guess and it seems like when I'm looking at this list and I'm not sure how to create it but it seems like some loop back to the neighborhood with sort of a timeline and like to make sure that continued conversation happens that you're talking about is built into the process with a mechanism for tracking it I guess absolutely yes I think we'll definitely take that into consideration Thank you both what Mr. Duncan said about this engaging people now but hopefully for the next big effort couldn't be more important because how often in planning processes does it seem like you only hear from the same people and you don't hear from the people who you also want to hear from and plus what Kenzie said sorry Ms. Gleason what you said really struck me which is since the planning commission has less less of a role now now that it was House Bill 443 and now it's something else knowing what the community or that neighborhood thinks so that when the technical review committee meets with the developer or propose they will have better information which will better inform all the decisions so I think it has a lot of potential and I think it's wonderful that you're doing this sort of building along those lines what I hear maybe coming out of this is either establishing or strengthening communication networks within particular areas and thinking I'm sure council member Morton Murphy that he has a link out I know what my council member does but it's once a month it's a newsletter in certain neighborhoods many people don't get those newsletters they don't read them a lot of people don't use the internet very much and I think what specific things can happen like what you voiced in terms of development plans you know council said if you're going to do development we're now going to post a sign and we're going to send out information so that creates an opportunity for information going out to the community in time that they are aware of it and I see that as one little tangible example of something that maybe can create opportunities for information to flow better back and forth both directions not just one I can just add I agree to that and I agree with the comments that Robin has made and Molly as well the thing that I'm always trying to be cautious about is I talk to people when they come down here they're not interested in five year plans comprehensive plans mean absolutely nothing to people who are in pain for the moment so whereas I think it's good to try to get people involved in the long term process they're not going to do that until they have been demonstrated that the short term process works it's like a person in the middle of the desert talking about building a pipeline when they're dying of thirst you gotta get a canteen out there then you can talk about the pipeline some of the people look at this as bureaucratic red tape and they don't quite understand the importance of this particular process as it relates to their momentary pain this is where trust really comes in because if people in the community say you have to be cool that's better than coming from us saying you need to be cool that does not just fit to the humanity issue here so we've got to balance that off because I don't think that's going to always hit off people coming in and expressing their pain and passion to us but we have to be patient as it relates to that we knew the bed was burning when we got in it that was a really good first step and I think the key thing now is the follow through I think that's a great statement and I concur 100% but one thing that may be helpful is when you do engage with different communities to take with you the comprehensive plan and help the neighborhood understand by right the zoning that exists in their community what can be done by right from the private property owner and then what the comprehensive plan is encouraging for future development because it's important for everyone to understand that when change comes to the community if it's done without a zone change it is a private citizen developing in accordance with our zoning laws by right so I think it's important for neighbors to understand your community is this it's a combination of these zoning we anticipate it in the long term looking like this so these are some things you may be aware of ok we are grateful Quinn we are grateful to council members and we appreciate it thank you thank you very much alrighty our next item is Imagine Lexington Analytic Research Center Mr. Bailey thank you very much I will go relatively quickly but I will highlight a few things that were described today both with the blue sky small area plan and the downtown master plan the first thing is extensive community outreach that is being largely driven by the project managers that are working on those two projects so Boyd Saway and Eve Miller are really pushing our consultants to do more go above and beyond and try to reach people where they are at and try to do more I think the project that Quinn just described the neighborhood voices that is working through OSP is a clear indication that both long range services, OSP the MPO are all picking up on the sentiments that have been brought up in the past several comprehensive plans that the planning commission has pushed for greater amounts of community engagement, community education and trying to get the best possible plans that we can get and I think this will all lead to a really wonderful comprehensive plan hopefully in 2028 and when we are leading up to that during the outreach part of that is trying to make sure that people are able to see the data the information that is out there I did want to highlight our Imagine Lexington website has changed a little bit we are now on the government's website so it will take you into our URL it's still there, imaginelexington.com but it just looks a little bit different one of the things we are really trying to hit upon as we lead up to the next comprehensive plan is getting as much data and information available to the public this will help you all make decisions as you go along it will also feed into some of the other decision makers processes as we move forward so under Imagine Lexington analytic research center that may or may not pop up hopefully it's still working if you want to visit this online it's imaginelexington.com backslash ARC and we're hoping that it still is working we have been adding a lot of information to this recently so we're working with the division of GIS to try to get these things uploaded but one of the things that I wanted to highlight was some of the upcoming data that's going to be added onto the website, imagine on this white screen, that you would see several new data points that are being pulled from the sustainable growth report that was created by the sustainable growth task force, we are updating that information, we are making it hopefully available on an active website that would pull up the different charts that were laid out in that and we're continually adding to that information making sure that it is a component of what we're looking at for any type of growth metrics or getting into our comprehensive plan. One of the things that has been highlighted throughout our review of the data is that we only look at it every five years one of the major components of the ARC when it is working is that we are trying to make sure that people are getting month by month updates if not annual updates, this will get in to trends like housing development within our community permitting, different aspects like the affordability of housing, all of this is then going to play into what we are calling our lab reports area Iris Dooling right back here give us a wave, senior planner with long range planning is currently working to move along our projects and the website is working so if you go into the lab you will see that we currently have two new lab posts, these are reports that essentially are going to be breaking down either information off of things that the division of planning and the planning commission have worked together on like accessory dwelling units, this will be a review of the past work what is ongoing and then what is the future kind of things that we are looking at, what are we trying to develop as we are trying to implement the zoning ordinance text amendments that have been adopted what you are not seeing here is what Iris is working with the vast majority of our staff right now to do which is create two other types of reports one that would get into a more narrative explanation of elements of the comprehensive plan pulling out action items that are described within the comprehensive plan, building upon it and giving the public greater resource or data to support why those were in there, why those policies and action items are so important, the third type of report that we are looking at for this website would be a comparative analysis when we are getting into the data that we are uploading online, what does it mean when housing prices are going up and the actual income is staying at a much more level basis what does that mean for people to obtain housing within our community, what does it mean for shifting types of housing production within our community these are all things that we will be calling out in some of these lab reports as they go along we see this as being incredibly important not only as we lead up to our comprehensive plan but also to keep the public updated on the different things we are doing so if our outreach and strategic planning is going out and teaching people about the planning process, getting into trying to find out what people love about their neighborhoods, this is the other part of this, to show people what is going on in the community maybe outside of their neighborhood, what are the effects that would be impacting issues of involuntary displacement within our community, what are the things that could then lead to perspective changes, policy changes or regulatory changes that we might want to call out in a small area plan, master plan or in a comprehensive plan, so all of these efforts are really working in tandem to create a very robust public information gathering and reporting process so that we can make the best decisions possible and have the most educated public possible. That is a quick run through, if you have any questions, I'm happy you got to look at the website. Great, thank you Hal. Do we have any questions for Hal on this particular agenda item? Thank you very much. Great, thanks Hal. Alright, the last item on our agenda today is legal reminders from counselor. I'd love to come up here and tell you all about this at the end of the day when you've been here for however long, but this will be quick. I'm going to just go through a couple of things with you guys. We thought this might be important just because we have some new members on the commission. I don't have a report for you because I want it to be more just hitting some points with you and then if we need to have a discussion more than anything else. We have a few new members on here. We also had some significant changes with the update to the comprehensive plan, which is quite a bit different with an expansion with House Bill 443 that's now KRS 100-275. So we just thought maybe going back and hitting some things with you all and specifically things that relate to how you're all's role is interacting with the community both, you know, as you as an individual, but also you as a commission member and you acting in your role as the commission member as it pertains to different things that y'all have to deal with and handle. So I'll go through what I wanted to say pretty quickly and then if y'all have questions, I'll be happy to try to answer those and we'll just go from there and hopefully it won't take too long. So the first thing I wanted to just remind you is that, you know, with the change of House Bill 443, you all are not seeing all of the development plans anymore. You're not seeing all of those things that you used to look at and talk about. You know, if they meet all the criteria that were in the ordinance, they're moving on. But you are seeing some of them. They're coming to you if they have waivers. They're coming to you, you know, if there's certain concerns that are raised about them and the staff is trying as best we can to direct you when you get those. But, you know, sometimes that produces people talking with you guys or trying to ask you guys things about those more generally because they're not hearing from you all in a commission meeting about them. If that happens, you just need to remember that if they're meeting the criteria that you all put forward to the council and that the council adopted for that and they're approved, they're moving through the process. They're just not necessarily coming to you all. So while you may be free to answer questions about that or to talk about that, you can't really change that result by talking to anybody. So, and we'll talk about this a little bit more related to zone changes, it might be best if you don't express a contrary opinion to what's been approved and is moving forward. And I say that for two reasons. One, because it has moved through the process. And if it's been approved, it's going through the process that we dictated by ordinance and it's doing what it's supposed to do. Secondly, and we'll talk about this more specifically in a minute, it's also to protect you guys just because, you know, everybody's not going to agree with everything this commission does, whether you're on it or not all the time. I'm sure you all know that. But it just helps you if something's moving through an approved process, it helps you to maybe not get put in an uncomfortable situation unknowingly. And I'll get into that a little bit more in a minute. As to zone changes, those are not different. You're still seeing those exactly the same as you saw them before. They're coming through committees and at your zoning hearings at the end of the month. You all still see all of that. You still have the opportunity to voice your opinions, to ask questions, to deliberate and to make decisions. But what I do need to tell you about that is you all are an 11-member body. So six of you guys are there at a minimum or you can't have a meeting because that's your quorum. Your vote, whatever number's there if you have a quorum, is your all's decision. So whether you approve a plan, you disapprove a plan, you postpone a plan, which we can only do under certain circumstances if there's time allowable, that's the decision that you all as a commission have made. From our perspective and the staff's perspective, what we're trying to do in the course of that, and particularly my role, which is why I try not to talk very often, which is also a good thing for you guys because if I don't talk very often, that's good. That means we're doing our job, is that we want you all to make sure you follow the statutory process, you follow our zoning ordinances and our process, and that you reach your conclusions in a way that if they're challenged, we can defend them. That's our first priority. And so in a zone change, you're making your decision based on the application that's filed, all of that information is in front of you. You're making your decision based on what the staff tells you, what the applicant tells you, and what anybody from the public tells you at that zone change. But your decision is made based on what's in that hearing at that time. So if you all make your decision based on that, that's why we have findings and everything else, then we feel like that's a pretty defensible decision if it gets challenged, whatever the outcome is. The other part of that that we're trying to look out for you all with is we want to make sure that you all engage in that process at that hearing without being questioned as to how you're making your decision. And so this goes into another part of something that we're seeing that we didn't use to really provide you all an orientation, we didn't use to talk about that much, but there are so many avenues for communication now. You know, there's email, there's all the social media platforms, there's texting, there's all kinds of things that can happen. And I'm sure you all have all experienced that in some context about some particular zone change or matter that's coming before you guys. What I would want to tell you is I would caution you about responding to those things, or on your own, you know, maybe putting something out there, because if you do that and it's not in the course of the hearing, I don't know why people call me when I'm in a meeting, but anyway, so you're potentially putting out there that you've already heard information about that. You've heard information from outside the hearing. You've heard it maybe from one particular side or the other. And that, I'm not saying that it's true, but I'm saying that can account for the fact that someone thinks that you've already formed your opinion, or that you have some kind of bias, or that you have pre-decided not based on the hearing. And that can cause a challenge as well. And it's problematic for two reasons. One, because it can, not normally, but it can cause us a little more problem in defending whatever the action is, because we have to then also fight back on, no, it wasn't biased. No, they followed the policy. You know, those kinds of things. But it also can cause you all some concern, because if somebody's going to challenge a decision, I mean, let's be honest, it happens. They don't like it. They have a right to appeal it. And particularly if they have counsel, they're going to throw everything in that appeal that they possibly can. So if they can pull something out of social media, or off your email, or some response you made, or text message and say, look, they already decided their vote wasn't appropriate. They were biased. That, you know, impacted the whole process, blah, blah, blah. Then we have to defend that as well. I will tell you, and I mean, ironically, this is not a horror story, even though Halloween is tomorrow. But this has happened in the past, and I've had to deal with it. You may have heard this story before if you've been oriented more than once. But you know, we've had cases where people have raised specifically claims about members of the council, or members of the planning commission, engaging in conversations, voicing their opinions, putting stuff out there before a hearing, after a hearing that compromised maybe that. And then as the case has progressed, what has happened is that other attorney has said to us, well, you know, I think that's a big problem. I think I want to explore that some more. I want to depose those people. And I want you to give me all their emails. Well, nobody wants that. If we're in a lawsuit, we may or may not be able to fend that off. In the particular case I'm thinking of that we had to handle, we couldn't fend it off. They deposed five council members. Every single one of them was mad. And the first call I got from every single one of them was, you're going to have to get me out of this. And my answer was, I can't. So I'm saying that to you all, both to protect the process and both to protect you guys, because you all have a hard job, and people want to come to you and they want to talk to you, and they want to ask you about stuff. My caution is, just don't talk to them about specific projects, zone changes, and things that are coming before you. You know, to this discussion we had earlier about the neighborhoods. You know, if you want to inform people or people that you know about the process, how it works, what avenues are available to them, what information sources they have, those kinds of things, I don't have a problem with that all day long. If we're having a discussion about a text amendment, which is community-wide, is generally more of an open process, I don't, that's great. But when you get on a specific project that we've either decided on or are in the process of deciding on, we need to keep that process as clean as we can, and we need to keep it both for your all's, you know, well-being and concern of doing your job, and for the process itself. We, you know, we don't get a ton of appeals, but we do, we have seen a little uptick lately, and on a couple of them, most of them, we're successful in defending them, but on a couple of them, we're waiting on some decisions to see how they're going to go. So, I just want, we just wanted to kind of remind you guys of where you are on that kind of stuff, and what, where you should and shouldn't venture. It's not a, it's not a line in the sand, you know, kind of thing, so I will also say this, you know, it's also not the question of, you all are subject to the Ethics Act, which is primarily about, you know, you're making decisions or doing things that would benefit you financially, personally, or your family, or, you know, it's not really about that. That, we don't have a problem with that, that is not what usually happens. It's more about these more, other types of things that are more hard to pin down, like bias, or predisposition, or, you know, making a decision that's not based on the record that's in front of you, and that, that's just what we wanted to caution you about. I will also tell you that, if you have questions, and, and some of you have done this, and I would encourage you to do it in the past, I don't have all the answers, but I'll try to give you the best one I can. If you call me, and I have some cards, if you want them to have my number on them, or you can email me, and I'll try to get back to you, and say, hey, I have this situation coming up, or I have somebody's, you know, that's inquired with, of me about this, or somebody that's asked me to do this, do you think that would be okay? And, and for those of you who've done that, you know, I'm going to be pretty straightforward with you. I'm going to tell you, I don't know if I would do that, or maybe that's not the best idea, or that should be fine. You know, and that protects both you and our process, but feel free to do that, if, if you need to do that. And, and thinking through those kinds of things, I will tell you all, you know, I was the first class, this may date me to some degree, but I was the first class at the University of Kentucky Law School that we had to take the professional responsibility exam before we could take the bar exam. They implemented it at the end of our second year, so we had one year to do it before we could take the bar exam, but we, so we all had to then take a class so we could take the test. And the teacher that taught that class, because it was all about kind of ethics and conflicts and those kinds of situations, he said, you know, ultimately, if, if your gut's saying, hmm, I don't know about this, this might be a problem, he was always told us, at a minimum, you should inquire, and at, at a maximum, maybe you shouldn't do it. So, I just put that out there to you, you know, if you, if something's feeling odd to you, or strange, or you're not sure, you can inquire, at a minimum, and we can try to hash it out and see where we are. But, that's really, I think, Jim, everything you wanted me to cover, but, you know, and I'm, if you all have any questions, other than you just want to get out of here, you know, let me know, but we just kind of wanted to touch base back with you, because a lot of things have changed, and you all are seeing a lot of things, and we feel like you're probably getting a lot of inquiries to you about the process and how we do things. Thank you, Mrs. Jones, I appreciate that, and I appreciate you and, and everyone in legal who, during our hearings, which, sometimes, it's just human nature, we can get off course just a little bit, for bringing us back to what does the discretion that is, for items truly under the purview of the Planning Commission, and making sure that we stay in, in whatever lane we need to be on that particular discussion. Yes, sir, Mr. Wilson. For the, for the people who are not here, some of our council members are not here, is this being taped in such a way that they could? It should be. Yes, this is, this is, will be archived, so the other members can watch it, yes. Okay, well, what I'm suggesting is, is that we don't just simply say it's in the archives, you must look at this thing before you come back to the next Planning Commission meeting. I know you can't, that's another legal thing, but I'm trying to make sure that we're all informed equally about what's going on. Okay, and Tracy's been kind enough to answer questions for me, personally, in this capacity, and she's never billed me for it, so I appreciate that. Well, Mr. Davis, I can't bill you for it, but I don't mind, truthfully, and I'm looking at two of the name tags that are not here, and they've both contacted me directly and asked me questions before as well. So, you know, again, I, I will try to give you the best advice I can, and help, you know, guide through the process, and I will say, you know, sometimes there's questions that come up that, you know, you might hear me say, hmm, I've never had that posed before, so, but we'll think through it and figure it out. Thank you, Tracy. Any final questions before we go to Mr. Duncan? Okay, thank you very much. Mr. Chair, thank you, and thank you all for being here today. A lot of information to cover, and I really appreciate and respect the questions that you all ask, and as Tracy said, and everyone said, please feel free, we are a resource, call on me, call on our team, we'll be happy to help in any way we can. The next time the Planning Commission gets together is next Thursday for your committees, and just to let you all know, since we, I won't see you, the Monday, or Tuesday, the 11th, Veterans Day is a holiday for the government, so we'll be closed, but we'll be back on schedule on November 13th as well. And then one final thing, we've been having a bake sale upstairs to raise money for the United Way, and I heard from Rachel that everything has been marked half off, so if you all need, want to pick up a treat on your way home, 7th Floor Conference Room, we do have some cookies and things up there. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Duncan, and thank you to all the staff and everyone who presented today. We covered a lot of information, and the Planning Commission is very grateful for your expertise. I'm sorry? I believe we're open on Election Day, the city is. Is that correct, Mr. Duncan? I'm sorry? Is the city open on Election Day next week? Oh, yes, yes, yes. Our next holiday is November 11th, so we're open next week, yes. Thank you very much. If nobody has anything else, we are adjourned. Thank you. Hey, Mama, is it true what they say that Papa never worked a day in his life? And Mama, they talk going around town saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife. And that ain't right. Hey, them talk about Papa doing some so-called preaching, talking about saving souls and all the time leeching, stealing in debt, and stealing in the name of the Lord. Papa was a rolling stone, my son, wherever he laid his hat was his home. And when he died, oh, he never was alone. Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home. And when he died, oh, he never was alone. Hey, Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack-of-all-trades. Tell me, is that what sent Papa to an early grave? Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bill. Hey, Mama, folks say Papa never was much on banking. Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking. Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth. Mama looked up with her teary eyes and said, son, Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home. And when he died, oh, he never was alone. Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home. And when he died, oh, he never was alone. Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home. And when he died, oh, he never was alone. Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home. And when he died, oh, he never was alone. guitar solo They come from the cities and they come from the smaller towns. Beat up cars with guitars and drummers go crack, boom, bam. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. Wagon in the U.S.A. Said goodbye to the family, said goodbye to the friends. With the pop names in their heads and very little money in their hands. Some are all black and some are all white. And they ain't too proud to sleep on the floor tonight. The blind faith in Jesus, you know that they just might. Wagon in the U.S.A. Hey! guitar solo drum solo Voices from Norway and voices from the larger town. Build our head full of dreams and turn our world upside down. There was Frankie Lyman, Bobby Fuller, Mitch Ryder. They were R.O.C.K. Jackie Wilson, Shangri-Las, Young Rascal. They were R.O.C.K. Spotlight on Martha Reeves, but don't forget James Brown. Wagon in the U.S.A. Hey! R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. There is a fire starting in my heart. Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark. Finally I can see you crystal clear. Go ahead and tell me out and I'll lay your shit bare. See how I'll leave with every piece of you. Don't underestimate the things that I will do. There is a fire starting in my heart. Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark. The scars of your love remind me of us. They keep me thinking that we almost had it all. The scars of your love, they leave me breathless. I can't help feeling we could have had it all. You're my baby. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. You have my heart and soul in your hands. You're my baby. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. Tears are gonna fall. Baby, I have no story to be told. But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn. Think of me in the depths of your despair. Make it all now. There is my choice. The scars of your love remind me of us. They keep me thinking that we almost had it all. The scars of your love, they leave me breathless. I can't help feeling we could have had it all. You're my baby. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. You have my heart and soul in your hands. You're my baby. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. You could have had it all. Rolling in the deep. You have my heart and soul in your hands. But you played it. We defeated it. Ready? Throw your soul through every open door. Count your blessings. Find what you look for. Turn my sorrow into treasured gold. Take me back and kind of reap just what you sowed. Royal Alpha Ho. Thank you so much for making one of my dreams come true. It's been amazing. Thank you. I want you to sing along with me. I'm gonna do it, and then the girls, and then you, and then we'll all do it together. You're gonna wish you never had met me. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. You're gonna wish you never had met me. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. Your turn. You're gonna wish you never had met me. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. You're gonna wish you never had met me. It all, it all, it all. We could have had it all. You're gonna wish you never had met me. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. You're gonna wish you never had met me. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. You could have had it all. You're gonna wish you never had met me. Rolling in the deep. Tears are gonna fall. Rolling in the deep. You have my heart inside. You're gonna wish you never had met me. But you paid it. You paid it. You paid it. You paid me to the deep. Thank you. Thank you. What do I gotta do to make you love me? What do I gotta do to make you care? What do I do when lightning strikes me? And to wait to find that you're not there? What do I do to make you want me? What do I gotta do to be heard? What do I say when it's all over? Sorry seems to be the hardest word. It's sad, so sad, with the sad, sad situation. And it's getting more and more absurd. It's sad, so sad, why can't we talk it over? Oh, it seems to me that sorry seems to be the hardest word. It's sad, so sad, it's the sad, sad situation. And it's getting more and more absurd. It's sad, so sad, why can't we talk it over? Oh, it seems to me that sorry seems to be the hardest word. What do I do to make you love me? Oh, what do I gotta do to be heard? What do I do when lightning strikes me? What have I gotta do? What have I gotta do? Sorry seems to be the hardest word. Candyman Candyman Hey, Candyman All right, everybody, gather around. The Candyman is here. Now, what kind of candy you want? Sweet chocolate, chocolate, malt, candy, gumdrops, anything you want. You've come to the right man because I'm the Candyman. Who can take a sunrise? Sprinkle it with you. Cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two. The Candyman The Candyman Oh, the Candyman can. The Candyman can. The Candyman can because he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good. Makes the world taste good. Who can take a rainbow? Who can take a rainbow? Wrap it in a sign. Wrap it in a sign. Smoke it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie. The Candyman The Candyman The Candyman can. The Candyman can. The Candyman can because he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good. Makes the world taste good. The Candyman makes everything he makes satisfying and delicious. Now you talk about your childhood wishes. You can even eat the dishes. 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Nothing I can do? Change your mind? I'm so in love with you Too deep in? You can't get out You're just a poor girl in a rich man's house Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Yeah! Baby, I'm crying Out of you! Don't you know promises were never made to keep? Just let the night lift us up off its feet I'll be your savior, stay fast and true I'll come to your emotional rescue I'll come to your emotional rescue I'll come to your emotional rescue I'll come to your emotional rescue I'll come to your emotional rescue Hey, it's Vajna Niko with another episode of Your Lex PD. I'm kind of excited this month because look, first time I've ever had to wear, get to wear something like this, right? I feel like a champion. We're going to be talking about our PAL program, Police Activities League. Yes, they are under the Bureau of Training and Wellness, under the Community Services section. So who are we going to be talking to today? So we're going to talk to Sergeant Donald Horton. He's over the unit, actually the PAL part of Community Services. And also we're going to be talking to retired Johnny Washington. Love him. Oh yeah, and Officer Keisha Kopp. Love her too. All right. All right, let's go talk to him. Hey, we are here with Sergeant Donald Horton. Thank you for joining us today. No problem. Glad to be here. So can you tell us how you became in your position? So I joined Lexington Police Department nine years ago. I worked patrol for three years and ended up joining the Detective Bureau. After that, I joined the training section as the wellness coordinator. And when PAL opened up through the community services section, I was really encouraged to do it because before I became a cop, my wife was actually the PAL volleyball coach. And I just remember really great memories with them, working with John Washington. He would travel and take us down to different parts of Tennessee for different tournaments that we engaged in. So I just had a really good time, and I just knew how important it was, seeing all those people and how much they loved. Well, that's interesting that you had a vested background in it, that you knew all about it from that. I know PAL goes way back. Obviously, 1917 is kind of when it originally started, officially. And then 1940s, National PAL started. So when did it actually start in Lexington? So, yeah, it came to Lexington in 1985. Roy Modders, a K-9 officer for us, started the PAL Commander's Football Team. Sergeant Walker Webb was its first coach. And so we started with football, and it's grown to so many other things, basketball and softball, e-sports. It's really exploded. Impacted a lot of lives over the years, right? So we're going to be talking with some of your officers today. How many officers actually are working in the PAL program now? So the PAL program, we have a PAL coordinator, but we also have our Explorer coordinator, our DARE coordinator. All of them kind of work together to kind of help with PAL and everything they need to do. So we have four officers, including our CPA officer, Officer Stephanie Ward. And we all kind of chip in and do what we need to do to make it work. Well, I know there's probably over 300 chapters around the United States, but Lexington has always been known nationally as a fantastic PAL program. So, Nicole, let's go find out a little bit more about PAL. All right. Thank you. All right, we're back with our PALs. Nice. We are here with Officer Keisha Compton and Retired Officer John Washington. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having us. So can you all tell us how you became involved with PAL, your background and history? Well, I'm going to start off. I got an invitation to go see Chief Berry at the time. He was interested in me coming in to community services. And at the time I was on patrol, but I was in a specialized unit called 4th Platoon. So I went to the chief's office, sat down and talked to him. True story now, true story. I sat down and talked to him, and he asked me if I was interested. And I told the chief, Chief, I appreciate you thinking about me, but I'm committed to working patrol and in the streets, just working for the community. So we shook hands and I walked out of the chief's office. But there was a more matured officer, a veteran officer, asked me, he's like, Johnny, did you take the job? I said, no, man, I didn't. So the senior officer, he kind of like grabbed me a little bit and said, man, the chief was not asking you for your opinion. So what you need to do is go back in the room and tell him you're going to take the position. And I did. And I want to tell you something. That's the best decision I ever made in my life as far as the police department. Well, it was obviously a good decision for the police department, too, because you were you were in that role for how many years? Twenty plus. Yeah, that's what that's what I thought. So you impacted a lot of kids, a lot of kids over those years. So I first joined the police department back in 2013. And shortly after joining, I ran into now retired Sergeant Barry, who asked if I was familiar with the Police Activities League. I told him I wasn't. He took the time to explain to me what POW was, the mission of POW. And he explained all the fun things they got to do in the unit. And I knew when that spot became available, I wanted to apply. So I was on patrol till 2020. And when the spot came available for POW, I put in for it and I've been in the unit ever since. And I just love it. Best job ever. Well, I've had an opportunity to work with you a lot as well, Johnny, for many, many years, but you for several years. And I know both of you truly care about the kids and do a lot of good work. So when we talk about the kids, what kind of programs do we have? What how do we serve them? Because when we think about Police Activities League, I think years ago, wasn't it called Police Athletic League? But that's not the case now, right? Police Activity League. So what kind of programs do we have? The programs we currently offer are basketball, boxing, cheer, football and karate. Boxing operates out of 1317 Center Parkway. Right here is our boxing ring. Right next door is our karate room. And we have, what, 15 to 20 kids that participate. So our karate program, they just participated in the Bluegrass State Games and they represented POW well. Our football team, it's out at Gainesway Park. We currently have an 11U team and we are very fortunate to have Officer Greg Gerton and Officer Andrew Miller as our coaches. So looking forward to the season. And then with cheer, their season is about to begin. They'll start competitions in September and it'll last until March. Basketball, we have nine teams and that's kids all across the city. We know you're successful in a lot of these things because you saw our belts at the beginning, right? For the boxing. And when we think of POW, obviously we do think of some of the athletic programs and all. But you do some other things as well, right? As far as mentoring? Yeah. One time during COVID, you know, everything was kind of like shut down. But we had a good relative of mine who just moved back from New York City and he brought a program to us. He said, he said, man, I think the kids in the community could benefit for this. And it was called a stock market game. And our kids learn the value of money, like two ways to legally make money. You work for it and your money works for you. So they had a great understanding about the stock market game. We also within that game, we competed against New York City and our teams finished in the top 15. That's awesome. That's awesome. And you also do some tutoring, too, correct? Yes. So we partnered with UK Pharmacy and they have their students come over sometimes and tutor the kids with whatever they need and whatever subjects. And also with the tutoring as well, because I have to give a shout out to the UK softball team and also the volleyball team. They also come and help with the tutoring. So, Officer Compton, you had mentioned that POW is for children between the ages of seven and 17. So after they graduate high school or for you, what are some success stories or what happens after they graduate? Well, we the list goes on. I can't name everybody or everything. But after they graduate, some of them became doctors, professional players, college scholarships or academics. Man, it's like say it's just so many, so many people have been involved with the PAO and have been given back. And hopefully some of them may come back to be future officers. Which we do have one officer, Greg Gerton. He is now our POW football coach. And he was once a POW kid. He actually played football for POW. That's great. Love to see those success stories. Well, I know we appreciate everything that you all do for the community, everything you do for the police department. A lot of success stories. I know that. I've watched you over the years and seen that. So I think it all comes down to what's the motto that you use for POW? Every kid needs a POW. That's true. And let me tell you this. Hey, once a POW you, we a POW for life. But I also want to mention this now because I can't forget this. Safety Officer Connie Rayford has a lot to do with this. And she's been around, I think, for the police department since 1993. So she was instrumental in me becoming into POW, into the unit. So I just want to give a shout out. A lot of folks who have committed a lot of years to this program and to this police department. So if someone wants to learn more information about POW, how do they go about doing that? Well, they can contact us through email, Facebook, or our website. All right. And we've actually got that information on the screen right now and a QR code where you can get in touch and see how to join. Thank you all for joining us today. Thank you. Appreciate it. So it was really great talking to the officers with the Police Activities League. They do a lot of good work. And over the years and years and years in Lexington, they've impacted so many lives, helped so many young people. And, you know, the whole philosophy of POW is that relationship between police officers and young people and deterring crime, deterring, you know, juvenile violence, different things like that. And we know it works and all the success stories. And they just celebrated their 40th anniversary and had a community day last week. Yes, yes. 40 years. That's very significant. And you're right. They had a community day. So many folks came out for that. And they looked back to all the people that had been involved over the years, all the officers involved, all the volunteers involved. So, yeah, it was absolutely a great day. Everybody needs a POW. They do. Absolutely. I've got a POW. I do too. All right. So what are we going to talk about next episode? All right. So next episode, we're going to be talking about our traffic section, which is also under the Bureau of Special Operations. And they are in charge of so many different things, everything from major events in Lexington, coordinating traffic and so forth, to selective enforcement, writing citations, motorcycles, safety officers, so many different components to that. So next month, we'll take a look at that and all their different functions. And with school coming back into session, we need that information. Absolutely. Talking about how people are driving and maybe we can ask them some of the things that they see out there that are problems. So join us next month. Next month. Next month. Next month. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ April rain, no flowers bloom, no wedding Saturday within the month of June. But what it is, is something true, made up of these three words that I must say to you. I just called to say I love you. I just called to say how much I care. I just called to say I love you, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. No summer's high, no warm July, no harvest moon to light one tender August night. No autumn breeze, no falling leaves, not even time for birds to fly to southern skies. No Libra sun, no Halloween, no giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring. But what it is, though all so new, to fill your heart like no three words could ever do. I just called to say I love you. I just called to say how much I care about you. I just called to say I love you, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. My name is Jenny. Welcome to the Lexington Senior Center. I am going to teach a beginning yoga, mostly deep stretches. Do what you can when you can. Take a pause whenever you need to. If you have a block, we use yoga blocks. You can use one or two. We will be on our knees a few times. If you know your knees need a little extra pad, we have thick pads. You might have something at home. If not, a pillow. I always double up my mat if you need that also. First, let's just sit up nice and tall. Get comfortable. If this crisscross is not comfy for you, you can always stick out one leg. Sit on a pillow, blanket, whatever you feel there. Right now, we are just going to close our eyes. Think about elongating our spine. Take some deep inhales through the nose. You can either exhale through your nose or a soft opening of the mouth. It just kind of quiets the body and gets us ready for our little practice here. So, deep inhale. Exhale. Let's take a couple more. Exhale. On this next inhale, think about lifting that spine again. Inhale deeply. We are just going to lower left of your left shoulder. Take your time. Maybe a little tweak forward, tweak back. Lifting the head up again. Take a deep inhalation. Exhale. Right ear, right shoulder. Gentle stretch. Good. Lifting the head up. Nice and tall. Lowering chin to chest. Exhale deeply. Let's get these half circles. Ear to shoulder. Chin to chest. Ear to shoulder. Lifting the head up. Let's reach the chin to the sky. Let the head rest back. You may open your mouth here. Take a little jaw stretch. Whatever you feel like. And now, bringing everything back to center. Let's go ahead and get these wrists moving. Any direction you like to feel here. We are on our palms a lot. You can also flick the water. Finger movements going. Sweeping up. While we're here, let's interlace the fingers. Press palms to the ceiling. Gaze up. Big inhale. And slowly lower left hand as you're reaching upright. And let's hold this stretch for about three long breaths. And one. Good. Sweep up. This time just point the fingers to the sky. Reach, reach, reach. Inhale. And sway to the other side. Three long breaths. And good. One more. And push off. Reaching high again. Take a deep inhale. This time we're just going to take a gentle stretch to your left. Maybe one hand goes in back, the other one in front. Just your first twist. Ease into it. And inhale. Rise. Every time we rise, think lengthening the spine. Inhale. Exhale. Twist into the other side. Relax your shoulders. And good. Coming center. Let's take our fingertips way behind us. Open our chin and our chest. Take a inhale. Exhale. Wrap forward. Palms touch. And draw your navel in, your chest in, and a big stretch of the spine away from you. Doing that twice more. Big opening of the chin and the chest. Lift with an inhale. Exhale. Contract. One more. Exhale. Round. And palms together. Really reach, reach, reach forward with your fingers as your spine presses away. And good. Let's open it up. Shake it out. Left arm. Just going to reach across. Stretch the back of the shoulder. And while you're here, you can give your fingers another little tap, stretch, thumb circles. Inhaling and exhaling. And open again. Take a inhale. Your right arm's coming across this time. Just going to take a nice stretch. Thumbs, fingers if you need that. Wrist. And good. Alright. One more while we're seated here. We're going to turn towards our right thigh. Just kind of lay your chest down. Maybe fingertips in front, whatever you're feeling. What you should feel is that left hip taking that nice stretch. Take some long breaths. Feel that nice stretch. Walk yourself back up. Turn to your left thigh. Walk your fingers out. Let the chest lower. Hold the stretch. And good. Rising up. And now the last one here. We're going to spider walk our fingers out as far as they'll go. And enjoy the stretch coming up from the pelvis. And now this is going to help us come all the way to tabletop, we call it. I'll turn sideways for you. So take your time. Get up on your hands and knees. I'm going to double up the mat here for my knees. Knees are going to be right underneath your hips. Palms are flat. Or if you want to make a fist here, everything's in line. Shoulders, elbows, wrist. Let's continue the curving of the spine, which is called cat pose. Think about shoulder blades to the ceiling, tailbone tucked. Take a big exhale while you're here. Inhale, you're going to just let a little bit of the sway of that lower C curve. As the chin lifts, the tail lifts a little. There's your inhale. Let's give ourselves two more flows of these. Rounding, contracting, exhaling. Inhaling, small lift of the chin and the tail. Once more. And cow pose. So that was cat and cow. We'll flow into spinal balance now, getting the spine completely straight. Right leg back first. Press the toes into your mat. Pressing through that heel. Nice stretch of the Achilles. And then from there, we're just going to lift that leg up. Just your leg for right now. Make some ankle circles. Your eyes are gazing down at your mat. Your shoulders are gazing down. Now taking the left hand, which is the opposite of your foot, touch your mat with your pinky finger. And if you can, reach it up. Eyes are looking straight down. This is called spinal balance. So you may feel a little unstable. Now I want you to go for a big reach. Fingertips and heels or toes. Reach with an inhale. Exhale. Let's bring it all back down to your tabletop. Other side, left toes. Press into the mat to stretch the heel. Lift that leg up. Ankle circles. Reaching out. Right hand reaches out. Pinky finger down first just to find stability. And then see if you can lift off. And then go for the reach. Fingers reach. Heels reach. And tabletop. Now we're going to flow that. Take your time if I go too fast. Breath as you reach out. That's your inhale. Reach out with the opposite. Come back to your tabletop. Reach out with the right hand, left foot. Long reach with an inhale. Tabletop. Two more. Last one. And good. Now what we do is just send our hips back to our heels. It's called child's pose. Now if you've had a knee replacement, your knees don't bend that much, you can keep these hips high. Hips touch your heels. Forehead can go on a block. Hands come down by your feet. And this is your resting pose. If anything gets difficult, this is where you will fold to. Let's take five long breaths here. Just kind of check in. Extended child's from here. Extend your hands all the way to the top of the mat. Maybe the knees open up a little bit more for comfort. You can curl your toes or flatten them. Just go for a big reach. Really walk those fingers up. Pressing your armpits down. And rise back up to that tabletop where we started. We're going to make this into a little twist now, which is also called thread the needle. We're going to take our left arm, rise it up, and thread it through. So your palm of your hand will be up. Your left ear is going to go to the mat. Hips can be high or hips can be low. Enjoy that spinal twist. And good. We're going to unwind there. Oh, that felt good. And left hand down. The other side. Right arm opens up. The twist first. And spins that spine. Ear to mat. Reach through with the palm of your hand. And rise up. Hopefully that got a few little vertebrae loosened up. Now the big plank. Hands are flat. We extend our legs straight back. I'll show you modified. Push into the earth. Arms are straight. Now if you need a modification, just lower the knees and still pushing out of the shoulders there. Maybe you want to stretch your feet a little more. I shift heels to the front, to the back. Doing good. Doing good. Give yourself one more breath there. And now everyone lower the knees. Let's walk to our knees. Curl our toes because we're going to pop those knees up. Now if this is uncomfortable, come on up. We'll come back up in just a second. But it's a great stretch for the feet. So with that said, lift your hips. Now for ragdoll, you want your knees deeply bent. You want your upper body feeling like a loosey goosey ragdoll. Hold on to something. Your shins, your feet, your thighs. And you want your head just to relax. Let's take some deep breaths here. As we come up, we're coming up super duper slow. Take your hands to your thighs. Your spine is rounded. When you get to the top, roll the shoulders up, back and down. We're just going to kind of check out here. It's called mountain pose. You're straight up. Your palms are open. You're just kind of bringing the blood flow back up. Take it's a good morning. It's going to warm up these hips. Feet are hip width apart. Grab your waist. Give it a good tuck. You're going to send your hips way back. Bend your knees and just send your body over parallel. Where your spine is parallel with the earth. You're not touching your thighs yet. Now the energy is going to come from the legs, to the hamstrings, to the hips, to the mid-body, which is your core. Lift up nice and tall. This just kind of warms up the hamstrings, the hips, folding over. Then bring yourself back up using all of those muscles to lift up. Take an inhale at the top. Exhale, send the hips back. Bend the knees. Push from the heels to the hams, to the hips, to the core. Up. Then we're going to fold into ragdoll again. Bend the knees. Send the hips back. Lengthen the spine. Go back to your ragdoll where we were before. Shake it all out. Things should be a little loosened up now. Rolling up super duper slow again. One more time. Then we're going to get into a little movement here, a small flow. I'll show you side view and front view. First to start, let's go back to that mountain pose. Nice and strong. Sweep your arms all the way up. Nice straight line. Then we're going to fold again, but the arms circle around. Lengthen the body. Bend the knees on the first few. Let's go behind the calves. If you can, your nose towards your knees. This is called forward fold. Then monkey pose. We take our hands to our shin and lengthen our spine. You've got straight arms, straight legs, straight spine, monkey pose. Bend the knees again. Chair pose. Arms by the ears. Pulse those knees out. Warm them up. Now push from the legs again to the center of your body. Just maybe ease back a little. Feel free to go deeper. I don't want you to get too dizzy. Let's do this about three more times. Reach high first. Arms circle around, which are called swan dive. Into a forward fold. Your knees can be bent. They can start to straighten. Your choice. Deep breaths here. It's a deeper stretch. One more. Slide your hands in front of your shins. Lengthen the spine. Monkey pose. Bend the knees. Sweep the arms by the ears. Chair pose. Rise straight up. Inhale breath. Backbend option. Inhale tall. Swan dive. We're doing two more. Hands behind. Nose to knees. One more. Monkey pose. Lengthen. Bellies in. Chair pose. It's a strengthening pose. Feel it in the legs. Power up. Exhale back. Let's go one more time. Everything feels good. Stretched out. Lengthen down. Swan dive down. Forward fold. Three breaths. Monkey pose. Lengthening. Bellies in. And good. Chair pose. Strengthening. And we rise. Open up mountain. So this is your check-in spot. Mountain pose. Maybe grab your water. Shake off your tension. Do a little few side bends. And then the fun balance pose. With a side, think about taking the curve out of your back. We call it tilted pelvis. Try to get the curve out by zipping that belly up. Tucking that tailbone under. Think about lifting up through the ribs. And grounding down with the side of the body. And we're going to take a nice little side bend over. Three long breaths like we did when we were seated. You can also take this other hand and support your hip. Slide down your thigh. Wrap it around your waist. One more breath. And use that side body to help you come up nice and strong. Cramping my toe. All right, tuck the pelvis. Get that sway of the back out. Reach high with the right ribs. As you sway. Three breaths. And one. And side body pulls you up. Good. Roll the shoulders. Relax. Okay, so now for your balance pose, you want to find a focal point. Front of yourself or out on the floor somewhere. Just not straight down your toes. So let's start with your right leg. Nice and strong into the floor. Feel the strength coming up the leg to the side body. Real easy here. Slide that left toe in by your ankle. Oh, I'm wobbling already. Now find that focal point. As that toe lifts up off the floor. You just want to stay. Reconnect. Find the focus point and take five long breaths. Once again, you can be at your kitchen counter holding on to something. The chair. Two more breaths. Awesome. Last one. And relax down. Give that hip that you were balancing on a little knee to chest. Something to loosen it up. All right, left foot grounded into the earth. Strong trunk of the tree. Strong trunk of the tree, which is your leg. Slide your right toe in close to your body. Find that focal point. Do what you can. Five breaths. Two more. And good one. You did fabulous. All right. You do need to practice those every day. Don't worry about practicing yoga every day, but definitely your balance as we age. Let's go wide in a straddle. Wide in a straddle. Let's go wide in a straddle. If you need to turn on your mat, whatever you need. I want you to softly bend your knees. Grab your waist and give it a good squeeze. Now sending the hips back like we did earlier. Soft bend the knees. Now your head is really heavy. We're going to think about pulling with the head down to the earth. Hands are going to wrap up behind the thighs, whatever you're feeling, but make sure that head is dangling. Give yourself five little breaths here as you slowly pulse through that straddle. And monkey pose, just like we did earlier. It's the same thing, but your legs are in straddle. We're going to shake out of the thighs, the knees. We're going to turn this into a twist. Go ahead and press your right hand into the block. You're going to take your left elbow up, start to twist. If you need to bend a knee, it would be the right one, that arm that's touching the floor. Open up that hand to the sky. Add the twist along the waist. One more. Deep breath with that twist. Awesome. Left hand comes down, shake it out again. Relengthen the spine, which is called wide monkey. Left hand staying down. Left knee can bend. Right elbow rises. Maybe it goes all the way up. That's up to you. Good. One more breath there. Perfect. Bring it back down. Shake it out. Now to come up, turn your heels in. 10 o'clock, 2 o'clock. Take your hands to your thighs, lift the spine, lift your chest. Let's sweep all the way up. Always feels good. Take a big breath. And then goddess pose is a soft bend in the knees and the elbows come back. Give yourself two more of these. Inhale deeply. Goddess pose. Exhale completely. Last one. Inhale. And exhale. And rise. Now flowing into what we call warrior series. Take your back foot. Well, I don't know on the camera. I'm going to take my right foot and turn it to 10 o'clock. My left foot's going to 12 o'clock. Warrior one. You want to try to get these hips centered. Shoulders will be directly over the hips. And then the fingertips come up. Now your front knee is bent. Your back leg is strong at 2 o'clock. Feel like you're on one of those balance beams. Warrior one. And all we're going to do is open our chest and hips. We call it east and west. As the fingertips stay north and south, your face still gazes at your front middle finger. Shoulders relaxed. We call this warrior two. Nice strong pose. Sink as deep as you can. Into peaceful warrior. The right hand drops back. Left arm rises. Reach back there. Feel that awesome stretch. Right in the midsection. And cartwheel. Just where the forearm's on the thigh and your right hand is going by the ear. And you should look like a diagonal line. Reach with the middle finger. Press through that heel. Big stretch, big stretch, big stretch. And good. Push back off. We're coming back to that straddle. And we're going to the other side. Now it'll be your right foot out in front, 12 o'clock. Your back foot, 10 o'clock. Try to get those hips turning right into warrior one. Arms over hips, shoulders, fingertips. Everything's in line. Open up towards the TV. Your chest and shoulders. Hips sink down. You gaze north and south. Warrior two. Left arm sort of drops behind. Right arm sweeps up. Reverse warrior or peaceful warrior. Big stretch back. And good. Cartwheel over. Diagonal. Fingertips right by the upper arm, right by the ear. Fingertips reach. Press through that heel. And perfect. Come back out. Let's go back to straddle. Let's fold to the floor. Let's fold to the floor. Let's get one more straddle fold. Reaching back, down, down, down. Pulsing through, pulsing through. Now to come down. Lower the knees. And then maybe visit child's pose again. Swing those hips around. Check in. Grab your water. We're going to slide our hips to one side and extend your legs to the top of your mat. You want this 90 degrees in your body. Before we go, I want you to point really, really hard. Give these feet some love. Ankle circles. Point, point. Flex, flex. And then do what you want there. Do what you want there. Point or flex. Reaching up. You're in a 90 degree. See the 90 degrees? So that means you've got to lift up and tuck in. All we're going to do is keep our arms by our ears. Hinge at the hips and reach till you can't reach anymore. And try to keep the spine super straight. Try not to round. We're looking at a totally different stretch here. You should be feeling it right in that waistline. Breathe deep. Good, good. And now just kind of walk yourself back up. I'm going to go ahead and turn center. You can stay wherever you want to on your mat. Butterfly pose. Soles of the feet come together. Drive those heels in the best you can. So you want either a diamond shape or a closed diamond. Once again, we sit up super duper tall. We take a big inhale. Just kind of open the knees to start. And now let's gently work the pose. Reach for your ankles. Take a breath. Inhale. And then gently open up the knees. Maybe your spine is falling forward. Maybe you're still sitting up tall. Close your eyes and press with that exhale. Inhale. Release. Exhale. Work the pose. Gentle stretch. Whatever it takes. And good. We're just going to do that once more. Inhale. Lift the knees. Exhale. Gentle press. And now bringing those knees together. This is called windshield wiper. Just kind of roll on your hips. It usually feels pretty good. I'll turn my mat just forward just a second. Taking our spinal twist. Everyone's great at the spinal twist here. Let's go ahead and extend your left leg out. Giving your right knee a good hug. See if you can cross that right leg over. You want to line your knee up with the center of your body by giving it a good hug. Then we're going to take our right arm to the sky and slowly start turning our bodies with the spinal twist. Reach behind you. Ah, ease into that twist. Hugging that knee. Good. Slowly unwind. Slowly unwind and if you want to do something fancy you can just reach for the bottom of that foot. And I'm going to lay that leg down and bring our left knee in. Sit up super tall. See if you can cross it over. Try to bring the knee right in the center of the body. Reaching up just to add length with the spine. And slowly take the turn. Relaxing your back shoulder. Good. Two more breaths. And unwind. Unwind really slow. Maybe lift the leg up. Maybe not. That's up to you. Alright, we are going to roll to our backs now. Now, don't be afraid to roll on your back. I will show you what I mean here. This is a good way to get us down to our backs. You're just going to crisscross your ankles and give yourself a little massage on your spine. But like I said, if you don't like to do that on your spine you can just come back. You can roll right to left. Give yourself a little massage there. Alright, let's extend those feet straight up. Bring in our toes towards our shins. Pushing our heels to the sky. You can also take your arms up. Dead bug. Get a good stretch. Ankle, wrist circles again. And now I want you to try to tuck like a ball. Bring your knees to your chest. Hands wrap around your shins and head comes to your knees. Give that a try. Keep your head down. Now from here, everyone lower their neck and head. We'll go into bridge pose. Feet are going flat by our hips. Palms are down by our hips. You're just going to tuck the pelvis. What that means is bring your hips to your ribs. Press your whole spine down. So that C curve that's right underneath that Press that to the floor. Let's do that two more times. Just relax. Take a breath. Inhale. Exhale. Tuck it. Warming up that lower back. It's great to do before you get out of bed. Let's release one more time. A little relax. And then pelvic tilt. Hips to ribs. Spine flat. Bridge. We're going to push into the heels. Take both hands and just kind of help yourself. Lift those hips up. If you don't need help, lay the hands down. Maybe touching the mat. Palms open. That's up to you. Walk your heels in a little more. Lift those hips up a little more. Let's take five breaths while we're here. In through the nose. In through the nose or mouth. Lift a little higher on the inhales. You're working your hips and your hamstrings here. In through the nose. Lift. Exhale. Relax. Just two more. Inhale. Lift. Exhale. Slight lower. Lift. And slowly lower. Vertebrae by vertebrae by vertebrae by vertebrae. One more time. You're going to tuck like a ball. Knees go to the chest. Face to the knees. And good. Lower it down. Let's extend those legs straight back up. Give a massage. Now this is what's called happy baby. Everyone loves this one. You're going to open your feet a little bit and bring your knees down to your shoulders, armpits. If you can reach for the outer foot, awesome. If not, the back of the knee is fine. Happy baby. Just kind of press down. Relax. Good. You can rock here as well. And then we're going to go wide straddle. Just going to keep pushing through the heels. Take your hands to your knees and gently open. You can also ankle circles there or keep pushing through the heels. And good. Let's bring those legs back together. Right leg's going down as we hug left knee in. This is another good stretch to do before you get out of bed in the morning. If the flexor feels really tight, bend that right knee. But if not, see if you can extend it and hug your left knee to your shoulder. Let's bring the right knee in. Left leg long. If you can, let the heel drop to the mat. It's up to you. Keep bringing that right shoulder up as high as you can. And good. Both knees to the chest. We're going to rock and roll one more time before we spinal twist and then start bringing our body to a quiet rest. Feet flat. Close to the hips. Knees together. Ankles together. Lift our hips. Shoot them to the right a little bit and drop both knees to the left. Now, if you feel like your knees are flying in the air, you can put your block underneath the knees there. You want arms, capital T arms out if you can. You can also do gold pose, but enjoy that little twist there. Take it slow. Maybe five long breaths here. Good. Good. Let's rainbow those knees up. Little shift of the hips to the left first. Knees will slowly drop right. Keeping that left shoulder down the best you can, the opposite shoulder. And relax. Five breaths. Good. And good. Come center. Before we go into total relaxation, I'll show you one more stretch for the hip. It's called thread the needle. Cross it over your right. You're going to thread your hands through that little diamond shape there, interlacing at the bottom of your thigh there or the top of the thigh, whatever you're feeling. And see if you can bring that right thigh to the chest. Gently draw it in. Take some deep inhales and exhales here. Your left hip might be screaming. It might enjoy this. Everyone stores stress differently. Some of us store it in our hips. But you're stretching your right, your left hip, your left hip, left legs crossed over. Let's take two more long breaths. Inhale, a little relaxed. Exhale, draw in. Inhale, relax. Exhale, draw in. And slowly come out of that. You can give that left knee a little circle, which is actually opening up the hip the other direction. And good. Left foot just flat. Right goes over. Gently open that knee. You can just do option one, just opening the knee. It still gets that hip a little loosened up. Here we go. Thread the needle if you can. Interlace the fingers behind the thigh. Take a deep inhale. Draw that thigh towards your rib cage. Start to quiet your body. Inhale, relax it. Exhale, gentle press. Inhale, relax. Exhale, gently draw in. Gotta exhale completely there. Last time. And draw in. And let's come out of the pose. Left foot goes flat. Right hip can go circles. Alright, let's end this in a long relaxation. We do have some fun music you like to put on that you normally relax to. Now, a little tip. If you have lower back issues, always keep your knees bent or you can go into a diamond shape. Let's slide our palms right down by our hips. Before you do that, pick your shoulders up. Give your spine a nice long line. Your palms are right by your hips Looking to receive positive energy. And then starting with your forehead, we're going to scan our bodies. Relax each and every muscle. With that set, your forehead. Focus. Try to relax it. Moving that down to our eyes. Especially the eye socket, the back of your eyes. Totally relax. Feel that tension releasing. Down to our cheeks. Our throat. Unclench your jaw. Let the shoulders relax. Start to dissolve into your mat. Letting that relaxation move through our center of our bodies. Our hips, thighs, calves, feet. Feel free to stay there or if you want to come with me, you can draw your knees to the chest. Let them float to the left. Feel free to hang out there for a while or help yourself come back up to a seated position. In a comfy seated position. Like I said, crisscross doesn't feel good. Don't feel like you have to go there. Neck circles, shoulders, any lasting tension you may be storing. And then take that big rainbow sweep up. Take a breath at the top. Inhale. Come to heart center with an exhale. And a namaste. Go out and have a great day. I'm Jack Patty and this is the Senior Minute. Successfully serving seniors. Hello everyone. I'm Council Member Shayla Lynch. Welcome to the Senior Minute. I have joining me today Hannah Johnson. She's a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Thank you for having me. Why don't you tell our viewers a little bit about yourself and what you do here in the community. My name is Hannah Johnson and I am a Clinical Pharmacist and a professor at the College of Pharmacy here in Lexington. I specialize in psychiatric pharmacy. I work with our healthcare providers. Physicians, nurses, physician assistants, really all of the healthcare staff to help come up with the best medication options, counsel on medications, look at drug interactions and then hopefully provide access for our medications for people. Wonderful. What drew you to this field? I have always been interested in science and math and medicine. I really like that pharmacists are the specialists on drugs and medications so we just have that unique knowledge and understanding. The medications that I specifically know are really complicated. I really liked having that kind of understanding and then engagement with the community and patients and their parents, their family members and everything. That's wonderful. You have a huge organism. What role does a pharmacist play in that huge system of the healthcare system? We can play a lot of different roles. I think what's unique about the pharmacist is we're really accessible. You think about going to your pharmacy and a lot of people know their pharmacist. Oftentimes we're the healthcare provider that they're seeing the most often because you're going in monthly or even more often but we're a great access point. We can help be the liaison with other healthcare providers. If you're getting your prescriptions filled we can see if there's an interaction or if we can see a change in how you look or we can do blood pressure screenings and that sort of thing. If we're seeing those changes we can communicate with your healthcare providers and be that connection to all of them because you're going to be getting prescriptions from your cardiologist from your primary care doctor, your psychiatrist. Hopefully if you're getting them all filled at the same pharmacy we have access to all of those prescriptions and we can help be that one touch point for all of those providers. That's great and so very much needed. What advice or tips do you have for seniors as they're managing their medications? A lot of seniors can be on a lot of medications so it can be very complicated. I think most recently I heard on average maybe 15 medications. Wow, that's a lot. It is and so for anyone that's really complicated and if you're taking these medications more than once a day it gets even more complicated. Making sure that you have a good strategy on remembering how to take the medications and when to take the medications and following the directions that are provided from your healthcare provider, from your prescriber is really important. Whether that's asking for help from either your pharmacist or from a family member or a caretaker can be really helpful coming up with a calendar or the pill trays that you can fill out each week. That can be a really good way to help remember to take your medicines and also know when you need to fill your prescriptions again before they run out. Utilizing one pharmacy can be really helpful because you know where all your medications are coming from and they can address any sort of drug interactions or contraindications that may happen because of certain medications that shouldn't be taken together. I think that's really important and understanding why you're taking the medicine is important so that you're able to understand communicate with all of your healthcare providers the medications that you're taking and why you're taking them and when you're starting to change those medicines letting everyone know because even small changes can be drastic in the senior population just because they're more sensitive to some of the side effects and falls and that sort of thing. Those are a couple of the primary things and then just being consistent. Consistently taking your medications as prescribed not coming off of them when you think you're feeling better or your blood pressure looks good today or your mood's a little bit better today not coming off the medication because you feel or think you feel better but communicating with someone and coming up with a strategic plan on coming off of those medications or making any sort of adjustments. That's really good advice. Not just for seniors but for all of us. Anytime I have to take a medication more than once a day it gets really complicated and it's easy to forget so setting reminders can be really helpful. They have apps now to help you remember to take your medication. That's what I use. I utilize my phone to remind me to take my meds. It's very helpful. Are there common questions that you get from seniors as a pharmacist that you would like to address with our public especially since our viewers are mostly seniors? We are getting a lot more questions about vaccinations a lot more about herbal and vitamin supplements the wellness industry has really kind of blown up recently with all of the different supplements so questions about that are getting more common and I'm hearing that I can take this for this so making sure that you're having a conversation with your pharmacist or your healthcare provider about anything that you're taking over the counter even if you think it's well they just sell it at the grocery store so it's got to be fine making sure that you're talking to someone about that because a lot of these can have interactions with the medications that you're prescribed or also taking so anything over the counter or vitamins, supplements, herbs powders, tinctures, anything like that that as well and adding it to your medication list to make sure that it doesn't interact with anything or could cause any worsening symptoms that you might have and then you mentioned vaccinations I think the majority of my life when I've gotten my flu shot for example, it's been given to me by my pharmacist so are there any vaccinations you recommend for seniors to consider getting annually? Yep, so the flu vaccine is recommended annually if you're getting up to date guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine so that's also recommended and then based on your age and if you have other chronic health conditions you might be recommended to have other vaccines maybe not annually but based on that criteria so you can talk to your pharmacist or your healthcare provider about those and the pharmacy can generally give those other ones like travel health if you're traveling you might need some different vaccines and so pharmacists can also help with that so it's always a good conversation to have and then again if you have access to a single pharmacy they can keep all that on record too and that can be really helpful. Great, that's awesome and as our time is wrapping up are there any resources out there if seniors want to learn more about how the pharmacist plays such an important role in their health and their survival? I don't know any specific websites off the top of my head we have a lot of organizations that are here to support the community and give information about medications and things like that so the American Pharmacists Association and NAMI which is the National Alliance of Mental Illness are psychiatric pharmacists help give drug information if you have questions about specific psychiatric medication that information is there and your pharmacist or at your local pharmacy is always a great person to just walk up to introduce yourself, ask them questions they usually have a consultation room and so you can ask for that consultation or give them a call and say when do you think you might be less busy and we can sit down and chat and talk about my medication so I think reaching out to your pharmacist is also a great place to start. Thank you Ms. Johnson for joining us today, it has been a great interview seniors you heard it here, talk to your pharmacist build that relationship because they are a great resource as we learned. Thank you for tuning in today to the Senior Minute brought to you by the Senior Services Commission here in Lexington See you next time! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Memories ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ On this edition of Lexington Now, Hannah Lexington, A Common Thread, and Andrea Bocelli. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'm Neal Noah and welcome to Lexington Now for the week of October 27th, 2025. It's Halloween week and Erin Goins is here to talk about Haunted Lexington. I'm Erin Goins and I have a walking food and history tour company called Bites of the Bluegrass. Bites of the Bluegrass is meant to be a love letter to the city. We love sharing local history and boy is there a lot of it around here. Our city in fact turned 250 years old. It has seen so many important events and people and it is such a fun way to not only tap into those stories but also get to know your city in a new way. Head to bitesofthebluegrass.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok at Bites of the Bluegrass to find out more. We've got tours that range from distillery district to downtown to the warehouse block with a cocktails and bites tour and of course a haunted history tour. The haunted fun will keep continuing after October. We'll be running this one through November so still a chance to get your tickets. I'm the ghost of Cary Nation. In fact I was born in nearby Cary County in 1846. We had to move around a lot because we were a farming family but also because my mother firmly held that she was Queen Victoria. This ended her up in an asylum in Missouri where she sadly passed. Now by my drinking age of 21 I decided to marry a man named Charles Gloyd. He was a doctor but sadly a raging alcoholic. We had one daughter together Charlene and he died shortly after her birth. I went on to marry a second man named David Nation. I earned my own teaching certification and I started traveling around to warn young girls about the dangers of wearing tight fitting clothing. Now in 1900 God came to me in a vision. He said Cary you need to go to Kiowa, Kansas and destroy all the liquor and the barware. That's exactly what I did. On June 7th I rode into Dobson Saloon, flung open the doors and said men I'm here to save you from a drunkards fate and I destroyed all the bottles. At that time I gathered a bunch of little rocks that I called smashers to bust up these bottles. Next thing you know words traveling I have throngs of women following me singing psalms as I burst into one saloon after another. My husband David said to me you'd get a lot more done if you used a hatchet. I told him that was the smartest thing he's ever said to me and I divorced him shortly after. Bars across the nation are terrified. They start carrying signs that say all nations welcome except for Cary. Well all things were going great. I was the face of the women's temperance movement until President William McKinley was assassinated and I guess I went too far saying he got what he deserved. He was a secret drinker. That's when I entered an asylum just like my mother. Now my childhood home is where one of my favorite haunting places around here for sure. Sadly it was destroyed a couple years ago and you wouldn't believe where it's placed today. A distillery all nations distilling in fact whose label reads all nations welcome except for Cary. In Lexington lies beneath souls from the dead. Certainly our city has seen a number of cholera epidemics. The first one being in 1833. Now as you walk throughout downtown Lexington you'll actually hear water trickling because that is a live feed of town branch hidden stream flowing underneath Vine Street. In fact we built our city right on top of this waterway. Merchants put their shops right on top of this water. They would leave their floorboards loose so they could just sweep their trash into it. That became a major problem folks. And in 1833 there were 7,000 living in Lexington. 500 people died in the very first month. Now some unlikely heroes arose from this time. William Solomon had arrived here from Virginia and took up the important role as town drug. Now this guy was a real menace. He would walk around all disheveled. In fact one day he got his whiskey on climbed a tree and fell right on top of a constable who had sent him one too many times. Now he was in front of a judge who says William Solomon we're going to sell you on the auction block to recoup all these fines you've been accruing. Around the same time a woman named Aunt Charlotte arrived here from Virginia as well. Well she was there that day when she sees William Solomon on the auction block. She takes pity on him buying him for 13 cents. Now I'm sure Aunt Charlotte thought what have I done until this epidemic. People were boarding up their doors, moving to the countryside and that included grave diggers. Bodies were piling up everywhere. But William Solomon saw his chance to shine. He said I don't drink water just whiskey. I'll bury those bodies. And that he did filling up all the cemeteries in downtown Lexington and giving way to the new Lexington Cemetery where you'll find lots of souls at rest. In fact he was one of the first buried there in 1854. You can still find his tombstone today and was given a hero's burial. It reads, William King Solomon had a not a royal heart. Aunt Charlotte is remembered on our west end by Charlotte Court. So Gratz Park is a place where ghosts have long preferred. In fact, Gratz Park was seeing ghost tours as early as the 1920s and certainly for good reason. There are a lot of spirits over here and even a couple of dead folks. I'm here to tell you about one of those and that's Constantine Rafinesque. Constantine was an early professor at Transylvania and when you hear the name Transylvania and you see that the pioneers have an image of a bat as the mascot, you think this has got to have something to do with Dracula, right? Well, in fact, Transylvania literally means across the woods, which is how you once had to go to get there. But Constantine brought along the bat image. In fact, he would often abandon his classroom to go hang out with John James Audubon, the naturalist bird enthusiast. Well, he had been in his class too many times for Horace Hawley, who was the early president of the university. He finally had enough and decided to evict him for both his classroom and his house. Well, upon Constantine's return, he was furious about this and lacked putting curses on this place. Well, at first, everybody shrugged their shoulders and didn't think much of it. But Horace Hawley died that first year. Next thing you know, there's a fire at the university. So people kind of start scratching their heads about this old curse thing. Well, in the early 1900s, a pauper's grave was found in Philadelphia, believed to be Constantine Raffinesque. The university hears about this and think this is our chance to lift the curse. So they have him exhumed. And today, Constantine is buried in the basement of old Morrison Hall, the oldest building on Transylvania's campus. On his tomb, you'll find an inscription that reads honor to whom honor is overdue. It's right about this time of year that students compete during Roth Week. The winners get to sleep tombside and have pizza delivered to them. All I got to say is the Transylvania Lady Giant Ear Bats pioneers just had a couple of undefeated seasons and two division three titles. So I got to say curse be gone. A new artwork was officially dedicated downtown. It's called a common thread. Our city's 250th birthday has served as a time of reflection, a time to take stock, to celebrate how far we've come and the work that lies ahead of us. We began planning for this milestone in 2023 with the goal of creating a year-long celebration for Lexington, about Lexington and by Lexington. 10 months in, we have done exactly that. Hundreds and maybe thousands of our residents and countless community partners, including many of you, have joined us in the fun. We have celebrated Lexington in true fashion with music, food, horses, bourbon and today public art, a lasting remembrance of our 250th anniversary. This sculpture, a common thread, represents a significant commitment to public art in Lexington. Public art is very important for our community and an investment in public art is an investment in our community and an investment in our people. A common thread is bold, it's futuristic, it is forward thinking, much like the city it represents. The design of this piece is the work of Benjamin Ball of Ball Nogas Studios and Benjamin is joining us today. It has been wonderful getting to know him, working with him on this project. I told him earlier that we ordered for this LA resident the weather just for him and we want to thank Ben for playing such an important role during our 250th birthday year and we're excited to have your work in Lexington and I'd like to invite you to say a few words. All right. Thank you so much. I just wanted to thank you personally because I think it was about 16 months ago that I was in Mayor Gordon's office and I said, you know, what is this project about? And I said, are we thinking about the past? And she says, no, this is all about the future. So thank you for giving me this opportunity. We're standing within a public sculpture and landscape and a collective act of imagination. It weaves together the voices of Kentucky's poet laureates, the reflections of passers-by and the spirit of a city always in a state of becoming. Fragments of phrases mingled with mirrored glimpses of the streetscapes around us, inviting viewers to use themselves as part of Lexington's unfolding story and its future. In this space of reflection, language, memory, and movement intertwine. The work is a loom for shared identity, a place where past and future, word and image, individual and community are held together by a common thread. We wanted this to reflect our local excellence in the written word. If you look very carefully at the base of the sculpture, you will see engraved lines of poetry from our four Lexington, let me go back, from four of Lexington's Kentucky poets laureate. Silas House, I want to say it again, Silas House, thank you, Frank X. Walker, George Ella Lyon, there you are, Jeff Worley, we had to wait for the truck, and along with Lexington's youth poet laureate, Eva Alcaraz-Monet. Today we are joined by several of these talented writers, and I want to welcome all of our poets laureate who are with us. The name, A Common Thread, is so fitting for this sculpture. It is a literal reflection of who we are as individuals and the important community connections that bind us together as a people who love this city of Lexington and who care for one another. And I invite you to enjoy this sculpture, stand under it and see the reflections, and to take any kind of photos you want. After this, Andrea Bocelli. Hello everyone, Mayor Linda Gorton here at historic Darby Dan Farm, right in the heart of the bluegrass. All year long we've been celebrating our city's 250th anniversary, a celebration for Lexington by Lexington, about Lexington. The excitement keeps building as we head into October when we celebrate Lexington's equine heritage. For generations, Lexington has been known around the globe as the horse capital of the world. Each year, thousands of visitors come here to enjoy a day of racing at Keeneland or the Red Mile and to take in the rolling bluegrass landscape that makes our home so special. The picturesque farms that surround our city, just like Darby Dan, are home to world-class bloodstock and a thriving equine industry. Our farms are businesses that employ thousands of our people and contribute to our economy. Our equestrian roots run deep. They're not just part of our story, they are our signature and we are proud of that. Join us for the 250 Lex equine month and help us shine a spotlight on the history that has shaped Lexington for 250 years. Welcome back to Lexington Now. World-renowned opera performer Andrea Bocelli is coming to Lexington. It's a fundraiser to help fight cancer. In just a few short weeks, on the evening of Saturday, December 6th, the legendary Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform for the very first time in Lexington, Kentucky, right here at the Central Bank Center's Rupp Arena. He will be joined by the Lexington Philharmonic, bringing together world-renowned talent and the exceptional local musicians we are so proud to celebrate right here at home. The concert is presented by the Lexington Cancer Foundation and will benefit the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, supporting the development of the UK Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building. We are joined this morning by Markey Cancer Center Director and Physician-in-Chief Dr. Mark Evers. Thank you for being here today. We are also joined by Brent Rice with the Lexington Cancer Foundation. Thank you both for being here today and for the incredible work that you do. To mark Maestro Bocelli's historic visit in Lexington, I will be declaring the first week of December Bocelli in the Bluegrass Week. In the days leading up to the concert, there will be a number of community events, including fundraisers to support Markey Cancer Center, activities with the Lexington Philharmonic, and music education programs in our local schools. Maestro Bocelli's visit to Lexington marks an exciting milestone during a milestone year. 2025 has been a celebration for our entire community as we've commemorated our 250th anniversary. We are so excited to include a performance by Andrea Bocelli as the curtain begins to close on this special year. I would now like for us to hear from Dr. Mark Evers, who has been instrumental in advancing world-class cancer care in the Commonwealth and across the globe. Dr. Evers, please tell us what this means for the Cancer Center. Welcome. I'm honored to stand with the Lexington-fed Urban County Government, the Lexington Cancer Foundation, and the Andre Bocelli team to announce Bocelli in the Bluegrass Week, a signature event to Lexington's 250th anniversary celebration. UK Health Care and the Markey Cancer Center are proud to be part of this incredible partnership. This concert is more than a cultural milestone. It's a symbol of hope for thousands of Kentuckians facing cancer. As Kentucky's only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, Markey has spent over 40 years delivering exceptional care to patients across the Commonwealth. Now we're preparing to take the next step forward. Proceeds from the Lexington Cancer Foundation's VIP and premium ticket sales will directly support the construction of the new UK Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building, a transformative project that will redefine cancer care in Kentucky for generations to come. So let me briefly share what this new facility will mean for our patients and for our state. First, it addresses a critical and growing need over the past decade. Our patient population has doubled, yet our outpatient space has remained unchanged. This new building will double our clinical capacity and provide room for continued growth. Second, it will significantly enhance the patient experience. Currently, outpatient services are spread across six separate buildings at UK Health Care. The new facility will bring these services together under one roof, creating a true one-stop shop where patients can receive consultations, chemotherapy infusions, imaging, and radiation therapy all in one location. Third, it will expand our ability to deliver the most advanced treatments available. The building will include dedicated space for our precision medicine clinic, offering access to early phase clinical trials, and for our cellular therapy program, which uses patients' own immune system to fight cancer. Most importantly, this facility ensures that no Kentuckian will need to leave the state to receive exceptional clinical care and access to the latest innovations in cancer treatment and research. There's also a beautiful connection between this concert and our new facility. It will include a dedicated space for integrative medicine, art, music, and narrative therapies that support healing and well-being. Andre Bocelli's artistry has touched millions, and through this event, it will help transform cancer care in Kentucky. To Mr. Bocelli and his team, the Lexington Cancer Foundation, Mayor Gordon, and everyone who made this possible, thank you for your generosity in helping us build a future where cancer no longer defines the lives of so many Kentuckians. We invite everyone to join us on December 6th for an unforgettable evening of music, meaning, and hope. Thank you. I want to extend my thanks to Central Bank Center. Central Bank Center is a hub for entertainment in the heart of our downtown, and I give a special thanks to Brian Sipe, who is with us today, and I just want to tell Brian, his team rocks all the time, every day. So, tickets for Andrea Bocelli's Lexington debut are still available, and we want you to get yours while they last. So, it will be an evening to remember, and thank you all for being here today. LexTV's very own intern Mac Becraft joins us to talk about what's happening this weekend in Lexington. Hey Lexington, I'm Mac, and I'm interning with LexTV. Here's some upcoming events this weekend that are going on in Lexington and Fayette County. Join the outdoor programs for a hike at Heisel Farm Park, Main Gate, Saturday, November 1st at 9 30 a.m. This hike will focus on the migration season in our parks during this month. We will identify various bird calls around the park and discuss some of the rare birds that are present in our area at this time of the year. Bring some binoculars if you desire, and for more details and information, please visit the calendar page at lexingtonky.gov. Join the park staff to help remove invasive plant species at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary this Saturday at 10 a.m. This month, we will focus on removing bush honeysuckle and winter creeper. This program is recommended for all adults in ages 12 plus, but all ages are welcome. Tools, equipment, and gloves are provided, but feel free to bring your own gloves if you prefer. Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. All participants will need to sign our volunteer waiver prior to volunteering. And then the story walk at McConnell Springs this Saturday morning at 10 a.m. It's a fun way for children and adults to experience reading. Laminated pages of a children's book will be posted around the trail for all to enjoy at their own pace. This is a self-guided event, and no registration is necessary. Meet with other men and boys from the community in the King's Club Boys Mentorship Group at Castlewood Community Center Sunday evening at 6 for a safe space to discuss everything that being a king in today's society involves. This is a monthly meeting, and all meetings take place on the first Thursday of every month while Fayette County Public Schools is in session. Free food will be provided, and any male under the age of 18 is eligible to attend. And I'm Mac, and that's just some of the things going on this weekend in Lexington and Fayette County. For more events and more information, please be sure to visit lexingtonky.gov. Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next week. Stay classy, Lexington. Mac joins us again to tell us about our live meeting coverage this week. Hello, everybody. I'm Mac, and I'm interning with LexTV. Here's our live meeting schedule for this week, October 27th for LexTV. Remember, you can watch all of our live meeting coverage on LexTV channel 185 and always online at lexingtonky.gov. We've got a light live meeting schedule for this week. First up on Wednesday, October 29th at 8 30 a.m. is the Planning Commission's Technical Review Committee meeting. This meeting is held in the third floor conference room in the downtown Phoenix building. And our other live meeting of the week is on Thursday, October 30th at 1 30 p.m. and it's the Planning Commission's work session held in the third floor conference room of the Phoenix building. That's our current live meeting schedule for LexTV for all of the week of October 27th. Watch all of our meeting coverage on LexTV channel 185 or always online at lexingtonky.gov. I'm Mac, and we'll see you next time. That's all for now, but as always, you can keep up with us on social media, check out the latest traffic updates on X at LexRex, or catch our live traffic cams on lexingtonky.gov. For all of us at LexTV, I'm Neil Noah, and that's it for now. Goodbye, my love, and you'll be on your way. Then my wild, beautiful bird, you will have flown. Any day now, I'll be all alone. Any day now, when your restless eyes meet someone new. Oh, to my sad surprise, then the blue shadows will fall all over town. Oh, any day now, love will let me down. I know I shouldn't want to keep you if you don't want to stay with me until you're gone forever. I'll keep holding on for dear life. Holding you this way, begging you to stay. Any day now, any day now, when the clock strikes go, you'll call it off. Then my tears will flow. Then my wild, beautiful bird, you will have flown. Oh, any day now, love will let me down, because you won't be around. Oh, then the blue shadows will fall all over town. Any day now, love will let me down, because you won't be around. Oh, any day now. Hey, it's Baja Nicole with another episode of Your Lex PD. I'm kind of excited this month, because look, first time I ever had to wear, get to wear something like this, right? Feel like a champion. We'll be talking about our PAL program, Police Activities League. Yes, they are under the Bureau of Training and Wellness, under the Community Services section. So who are we going to be talking to today? So we're going to talk to Sergeant Donald Horton. He's over the unit, actually, the PAL part of Community Services. And also we're going to be talking to retired Johnny Washington. Love him. Oh yeah. And Officer Keisha Compton. Love her too. All right. All right. Let's go talk to him. Hey, we are here with Sergeant Donald Horton. Thank you for joining us today. No problem. Glad to be here. So can you tell us how you became in your position? So I joined Lexington Police Department nine years ago. I worked patrol for three years and ended up joining the Detective Bureau. After that, I joined the training section as the wellness coordinator. And when PAL opened up through the Community Services section, I was really encouraged to do it because before I became a cop, my wife was actually the PAL volleyball coach. And I just remember really great memories with them. Working with John Washington, he would travel and take us down to different parts of Tennessee for different tournaments that we engaged in. So I just had a really good time and I just knew how important it was seeing all those people and how much they loved. Well, that's interesting that you had a vested background in it, that you knew all about it from that. So I know PAL goes way back. Obviously, 1917 is kind of when it originally started officially. And then 1940s, National PAL started. So when did it actually start in Lexington? So yeah, it came to Lexington in 1985. Roy Marters, a K-9 officer for us, started the PAL Commander's football team. Sergeant Walker Webb was its first coach. And so we started with football and it's grown to so many other things with basketball and softball, e-sports. It's really exploded. Impacted a lot, a lot of lives over the years, right? So all right, so we're going to be talking with some of your officers today. How many officers actually are working in the PAL program now? So PAL program, we have a PAL coordinator, but we also have our Explorer coordinator, our DARE coordinator. All of them kind of work together to kind of help with PAL and everything they need to do. So we have four officers, including our CPA officer, Officer Stephanie Ward, and we all kind of chip in and do what we need to do to make it work. Well, I know there's probably over 300 chapters around the United States, but Lexington has always been known nationally as a fantastic PAL program. So Nicole, let's go find out a little bit more about PAL. All right, thank you. Dara, we're back with our PALs. Nice. We are here with Officer Keisha Compton and Retired Officer John Washington. Thank you for joining us. So can you all tell us how you became involved with PAL, your background and history? Well, I'm going to start off. I got an invitation to go see Chief Berry at the time. He was interested in me coming in to community services. And at the time I was on patrol, but I was in a specialized unit called Fort Platoon. So I went to the Chief's office, sat down and talked to him. True story now, true story. I sat down and talked to him, and he asked me if I was interested. And I told the Chief, Chief, I appreciate you thinking about me, but I'm committed to working patrol and in the streets, just working for the community. So we shook hands and I walked out of the Chief's office, but there was a more matured officer, a veteran officer, asked me, he's like, Johnny, did you take the job? I said, no, man, I didn't. So the senior officer, he kind of like grabbed me a little bit and said, man, the Chief was not asking you for your opinion. So what you need to do is go back in the room and tell him you're going to take the position. And I did. And I want to tell you something, that's the best decision I ever made in my life as far as the police department. Well, it was obviously a good decision for the police department too, because you were, you were in that role for how many years? 20 plus. Yeah, that's what, that's what I thought. So you impacted a lot of kids, a lot of kids over those years. Keisha, what about you? So I first joined the police department back in 2013. And shortly after joining, I ran into now-retired Sergeant Berry, who asked if I was familiar with the Police Activities League. I told him I wasn't. He took the time to explain to me what PAL was, the mission of PAL. And he explained all the fun things that they got to do in the unit. And I knew when that spot became available, I wanted to apply. So I was on patrol till 2020. And when the spot became available for PAL, I put in for it. And I've been in the unit ever since. And I just love it. Best job ever. Well, I've had an opportunity to work with you a lot as well, Johnny, for many, many years, but you for several years. And I know both of you truly care about the kids and do a lot of good work. So when we talk about the kids, what kind of programs do we have? What, how do we serve them? What all, because when we think about Police Activities League, I think years ago, wasn't it called Police Athletic, Athletic League, but that's not the case now, right? Police Activity League. So what, what kind of programs do we have? The programs we currently offer are basketball, boxing, cheer, football, and karate. Boxing operates out of 1317 Center Parkway. Right here is our boxing ring. Right next door is our karate room. And we have what, 15 to 20 kids that participate. So our karate program, they just participated in the Bluegrass State Games and they represented PAL well. Our football team, it's out at Gainesway Park. We currently have an 11U team and we are very fortunate to have Officer Greg Gerton and Officer Andrew Miller as our coaches. So looking forward to the season. And then with cheer, their season is about to begin. They'll start competitions in September and it'll last until March. Basketball, we have nine teams and that's kids all, all across the city. We know you're successful in a lot of these things because you saw, you saw our belts at the beginning, right? For the boxing. So yeah. So when we think of PAL, obviously we do think of some of the athletic programs and all, but you do some other things as well, right? As far as mentoring. Yeah. One time during COVID, you know, everything was kind of like shut down, but we had a good relative of mine who just moved back from New York City and he brought a program to us. He said, he said, man, I think the kids in the community could benefit for this. And it was called the Stock Market Game. And our kids learn the value of money, like two ways to legally make money. You work for it and your money works for you. So they had a great understanding about the Stock Market Game. We also, within that game, we competed against New York City and our teams finished in the top 15. That's awesome. That's awesome. And you also do some tutoring too, correct? Yes. So we partnered with UK Pharmacy and they have their students come over sometimes and, and tutor the kids with whatever they need and whatever subjects. Okay. Yeah. And also with the tutoring as well, because I have to give a shout out to the UK softball team and also the volleyball team. They also come and help with the tutoring. So Officer Compton, you had mentioned that PAL is for children between the ages of seven and 17. So after they graduate high school, or for you, what are some success stories or what happens after they graduate? Well, we, the list goes on. I can't name everybody or everything, but after they graduate, some of them became doctors, professional players, college scholarships or academics. Man, it's like say it's just so many, so many people have been involved with the PAL and have been given back. And hopefully some of them may come back to be future officers. Which we do have one, Officer Greg Gerton. He is now our PAL football coach. And he was once a PAL kid. He actually played football for PAL. That's great. Love to see those success stories. So, well, I know we appreciate everything that you all do for the community, everything you do for the police department. A lot of success stories. I know that I've watched you over the years and seen that. So I think it all comes down to what's the motto that you use for PAL? Every kid needs a PAL. That's true. Right. And, and let me tell you this, hey, once a PAL youth, hey, we are PAL for life. But I also want to mention this now, because I can't forget this. Safety Officer Connie Rayford has a lot to do with this. And she's been around, I think for the police department since 1993. So she was instrumental in me becoming into PAL, into the unit. So I just want to give a shout out. A lot of folks that have committed a lot of years to this program and to this police department. So if someone wants to learn more information about PAL, how do they go about doing that? Well, they can contact us through email, Facebook or our website. All right. And we've got, we've actually got that information on the screen right now and a QR code where you can get in touch and see how to join. Thank you all for joining us today. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. So it was really great talking to the officers with the Police Activities League. They do a lot of good work. And over the years and years and years in Lexington, they've impacted so many lives, helped so many young people. And, you know, the whole philosophy of PAL is that relationship between police officers and young people and deterring crime, deterring, you know, juvenile violence, different things like that. And it, we know it works and all the success stories. And they just celebrated their 40th anniversary and had a community day last week. Yeah. Yes. They, 40 years, that's very significant. And you're right. They had a community day. So many folks came out to that and they looked back to all the people that had been involved over the years. All the officers have been involved, all the volunteers have been involved. So yeah, it was absolutely a great day. Everybody needs a PAL. Absolutely. I've got a PAL. I do too. All right. So what are we going to talk about next episode? All right. So next month, next episode, we're going to be talking about our traffic section, which is also under the Bureau of Special Operations. And they are in charge of so many different things, everything from major events in Lexington, coordinating traffic and so forth to selective enforcement, writing citations, motorcycles, safety officers, so many different components to that. So next month, we'll take a look at that and all their different functions. And with school coming back into session, it's, we need that information. Absolutely. Talking about how people are driving and maybe we can ask them some of the things that they see out there that are problems. So. So join us next month. Look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel, but I got it wise. You're the devil in disguise, for it you are, devil in disguise, mm-hmm. You fooled me with your kisses, you cheated and you schemed, heaven knows how you lied to me, you're not the way you seem. You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel, but I got wise. You're the devil in disguise, for it you are, devil in disguise, mm-hmm. I thought that I was in heaven, but I was sure surprised, heaven helped me, I didn't see the devil in your eyes. You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel, but I got wise. You're the devil in disguise, for it you are, devil in disguise. You're the devil in disguise, for it you are, devil in disguise, mm-hmm. Everybody loves somebody somehow, everybody falls in love somehow. Something in your kiss just told me my sometime is now. Everybody finds somebody someplace, there's no telling where love may appear. Something in my heart keeps saying my someplace is here. If I had it in my power, I'd arrange for every girl to have your charm. Then every minute, every hour, every boy would find what I found in your heart. Everybody loves somebody sometimes, and although my dream was overdue, your love made it well worth waiting for someone like you. If I had it in my power, I'd arrange for every girl to have your charm. Then every minute, every hour, every boy would find what I found in your heart. Everybody loves somebody sometimes, and although my dream was overdue, your love made it well worth waiting for someone like you. Everybody loves somebody sometimes. I had a nice little life, a little boat, a little beach, a little routine I like. A blue ocean view, free to go with the flow anywhere that I wanted to. But the moment you set foot on my shore, that's when I knew there's a difference in living and living well. You can't have it all all by yourself. Something's always missing till you share it with someone else. There's a difference in living and living well. Till you sailed with me, thought that I had it good, as good as it could be. From the back of my deck, caught a fish, caught a breeze, and a thousand red sunsets. Sitting here with you, girl, I just saw the best one yet. There's a difference in living and living well. You can't have it all all by yourself. Something's always missing till you share it with someone else. There's a difference in living and living well. My days are brighter, my sky a deeper blue. My nights are sweeter when I'm with you. There's a difference in living and living well. You can't have it all all by yourself. Something's always missing till you share it with someone else. There's a difference in living. I thought I was living. There's a difference in living and living well. Well, her old friend from her old end of town dropped by today. Way down deep inside me, something died when he came around. I see her that way. Here it comes again. That same old chilly wind will blow like a cold winter squall. And I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall. And I'll be drinking again and thinking whenever he calls. There's a storm coming on and it won't be too long till the snow falls. Oh, I'll be somber some, but when October comes and goes, I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall. Oh, how quick things slip away here today and gone tomorrow. Loving seasons never stay. Bitter winds are sure to follow. Now there's no doubt it's gonna be cold out tonight. I've shivered all day. And when I look in her eyes, needing to hold her so tight, she just looks away. Oh, she'll swear that it's true. He's just someone she knew long ago. And I'll know that's not all. And I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall. There's a kind of rush all over the world. Tonight, all over the world. You can hear the sound of lovers in love. You know what I mean, just the two of us. And nobody else in sight. There's nobody else. And I'm feeling good just holding you tight. So listen very carefully closer now, and you will see what I mean. It isn't a dream. The only sound that you will hear is when I whisper in your ear, I love you forever and ever. There's a kind of rush all over the world. Tonight, all over the world. People just like us are falling in love. La, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. So listen very carefully closer now, and you will see what I mean. It isn't a dream. The only sound that you will hear is when I whisper in your ear, I love you forever and ever. There's a kind of rush all over the world. Tonight, all over the world. People just like us are falling in love. They're falling in love. They're falling in love. They're falling in love. Aruba, Jamaica. Oh, I want to take you. Bermuda, Bahama. Come on, pretty mama. Key Largo, Montego. Baby, why don't we go? Jamaica off the Florida Keys. There's a place called Kokomo. That's where you want to go to get away from it all. Bodies in the sand. Got the cocaine melting in your hand. We'll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band. Down in Kokomo. Aruba, Jamaica. Oh, I want to take you. Bermuda, Bahama. Come on, pretty mama. Key Largo, Montego. Baby, why don't we go? Down to Kokomo. We'll get there fast, and then we'll take it slow. That's where we want to go. Way down in Kokomo. Martinique, that Montserrat mystique. And we can go put out to sea. And we'll perfect our chemistry. And by and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity. Afternoon delight. Cocktails in the midnight. That dreamy look in your eye. Give me a tropical contact. Way down in Kokomo. Aruba, Jamaica. Oh, I want to take you. Bermuda, Bahama. Come on, pretty mama. Key Largo, Montego. Key Largo, Montego. We'll take you. How's it going? My name is Tyler Morton, council member of the 1st District. And we're sitting here at the historic St. Paul A&E in the heart of the 1st District. And we're here to talk about all the great things happening, both from the past, but all the way up to the present. And I'm sitting with... Priscilla Sullivan, and I'm a trustee here at the church. You know, we're at a point in history where we have to preserve a lot of the artifacts and a lot of the history, especially when it comes to our African-American communities and our African-American churches, neighborhoods, and everything involved. And I believe this segment is crucially important in providing information and preserving the history of the historic St. Paul A&E, but also informing folks in Lexington of this important gem that we have in our city, in the heart of the 1st District. So we'll dive right into it. So let's talk a little bit about, as we're talking about that history, let's talk a little bit about just a brief timeline of the historic St. Paul A&E, how it started, key milestones, how it become a spiritual and historical landmark in Lexington. Okay, first off, historic St. Paul was established when the members of Hill Street Methodist Church left and formed their own church. Okay. It was in 1820. They were able to purchase the land for $280. They built the building in 1826. We've had members here, Henry Tandy, Ferdinand Tandy, his son, the Brittons, Henry Britton, his children was raised here, Dr. Susan Britton, Julia Martin Britton, Bell Jackson, Jordan Carlisle Jackson. They were very political. We held three after Reconstruction, three of the state colored conventions here. One was for separation of the, against separation of coach and on the trains, of riding in the back of the train. They wrote resolutions protesting that. We had another one on education, wrote resolution. So in this community from pre-Civil War all the way through today, our church has been very involved in education, social justice, and that's basically what is founding up the African Methodist Episcopal Church. So what can you tell us about the role the church played during the time of the Underground Railroad? Are there any specific stories passed down from that era that you know of? It is, I believe, that their strategic location of where they placed this, that they were, its purpose not only for a place of worship, but also a place where they can help the enslaved. The building itself has an enclosed hidden area above the ceiling, and that's where they were able to hide the enslaved. This was a well-kept secret. Okay, this area, the hidden room was not known to the community, I believe, until 1978. We believe that we were probably instrumental with the escape of Louis Hayden and his family. Louis Gerard Clark, who is the character George Harris in the Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, he came here, I believe, twice, I do know, twice in his writing. One to get one of his brothers who had already escaped, and he did find his younger brother. And in his writings, he came to Lexington. Now, when his wife passed after the Civil War, he came back here and lived. And when he passed, he was buried. His funeral was held here. He became the first man of color to be able to lie in state in the state of Kentucky. And so those associations that we can clearly say that we were in the business of saving those who were enslaved. So, you know, I know that right in front of LTMS on 4th and Limestone, they just put the marker of Louis Hayden. And I think that that is a beautiful marker, but it goes to tell that we're here preserving and talking about the history, that not only is that marker that they come through there, but they had to come past here to make it to wherever they went to, huh? To make it to freedom, not just wherever they went to make the big freedom. They had to come to the historic St. Paul AME to make the freedom. And it's more highly likely because of the way our history posed is that whenever they left, they would go through the pen. Now, at that time, it was 1844, so we didn't have the pen. But the majority of the time they left here through horse and carriage. And you talked about we talked a little bit about how it was the one of the best kept secrets. So now that means it's more important now more than ever to preserve the history so that it's no longer that secret. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Because majority of the person who were first and second witnesses and was around when they have all gone. So basically, in my generation is what we were told during the in the church. This has been told in our denomination in this state ever since I came in, ever since I really was born and has always been of high praise that we were the first church and that we held the Underground Railroad as a beacon because there were other churches here. There are other churches. But I think we were the center because, first of all, we were the first. The others came around in 1838. So let's talk a little bit about just some artifacts and some historic preservation. So I know that we're sitting right in front of several different artifacts and there's many different artifacts throughout the church. But can you talk about this a little bit about what kind of historical artifacts or documents the church has been able to collect or preserve over the years? Oh, well, majority of them come from the denomination itself of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where a lot of the bishops themselves wrote and documented the history. Because then you can trace who the clergy because the most important part of the church is their members. And so when you start looking at their members, then you begin to see the mission, the missionary work that they were doing. Some of the artifacts we have, we have the bagel of Bell Jackson, who was a part in establishing the orphan home, which is now the Robert H. William Cultural Center. Right. We do have a skeleton key that we found in the bell tower, but it's a skeleton key and we found that. Well, with the historical artifacts, we do need help and correctly, because now we started it as you see the project that we have. This is just a beginning of it. We have a pile that's in the back that we need. We do need the expertise so that we some things need to be restored. And so, yes, we do need help with that. But the biggest thing is the room and the rafters above the ceiling all the way to the door to the bell tower. What has the restoration process look like both physically and financially and what what still needs to be ensured? What needs to be ensured for the church's legacy to be protected for future generations to come? The main thing what we are undertaking this summer is the Mason Foundation repair, whereas you have to lift the building. That is the biggest and major undertaking. Because once we do that, once we've completed that job, then we're able to come in and restore flooring and reinforce the some of the wood, because there's a lot of mahogany wood that has been here over the years that needs to be reinforced. And then you get your electrical, your plumbing. But the importance of preserving the church is that this is a part of history of Lexington that's still not known. And I think there are great lessons here because you're looking at resilience. You're looking at a force that was together, not only just in Lexington, but in the state of Kentucky. If you look at the history during that time, we produced a lot of people that left here but became famous, but they originated in Kentucky. And when you start looking at Kentucky's history and the history that the that we play in the abolition of slavery is that we may have started here, but we were connected always, even after they had left. Because those who had escaped Priscilla Baltimore, William Wells Brown, all of these folks had a hand back into Kentucky due to communication efforts that we all had set up with the network. Well, that's amazing. So what I hear is, you know, there's many untold stories that need to be told and that history is not should not just be his story. It should be the real story, the real history. And that's also the importance of this interview, making sure that we're putting out the real history and telling those untold stories. Yes. And I can say this as a person who was born and raised in Lexington, that in the last 10 years, I learned more. And that's, you know, that's a bit of technology right now. You can we can type a couple of words in there. And as you said, if it's digitalized, it makes it very, very easy. It's a little bit harder because the different stories fluctuate. So that was one of the biggest hurdles that we had is that we had to start from scratch. Now, the lucky thing, we had names to go with and deep records. But to get to where we are now, we really had to dive deep. Well, well, and that's that's the beauty of sometimes some hard work is what's needed to get to that, to get to the end goal. And that's always a good thing. Hey, Michelle. I'm so excited to be here with you at our Phoenix Park Reimagined Project. It's really exciting. We're right on the edge of the opening. September 18th is a big day. Yes. So tell me a little bit about yourself and your role with this project. Thanks, council member. Yeah. So my name is Michelle Kosiniak and I'm the superintendent of planning and design. And I've worked at parks for over 28 years. And my role is working with a great team of individuals to help design and plan our park system. Well, excellent. And you had a big role to play here with Phoenix Park. So tell me a little bit about your vision for this park and what you wanted to make happen here. Sure. So the park was originally built or the park that most people will know or remember was built quite some time ago. And all of the infrastructure was coming to the end of life. So the fountain, we had difficulty running. The electricity was the wires were failing. The lights were failing. And so we knew that it was time to replace everything in the park. And so we sat down with a consultant and we scheduled a plan to really reach out to all the community members that live around Phoenix Park. The business partners, the nonprofit partners, lots of people who who in our community who are vested in downtown. And we listened to what they what they said. And then we ourselves at parks, of course, you know, our mission is to improve life or enrich life through parks program and play. And so that play, we really wanted this to be a fun space. And so we had key words in our reimagining, such as vibrant and fun. Well, that leads us to what's right behind us here. We have our playground. It is huge. It looks fun. about how you incorporated safety into this and thought about the families and some of the elements of the playground just tell us a little bit more about it right so we want playgrounds to be welcoming we want them to be safe safe doesn't necessarily mean though that it's not it's boring and so as you'll see behind us. We are we do have a very high structure for ages 5 to 12. We also have a smaller structure for ages 2 to 5 so age appropriateness is important. But we also wanted the kids to feel there's a little risk and so inside enclosed connections, you'll find rope course challenges. But then on the ground as you can also see we don't have our traditional mulch here we wanted the important place surface which has you know cushioning effect so so that's the really the safest surface on the market right now, yeah, it's very springy and what about these mouths tell us a little bit about these are they part of the playground structure. I mean who doesn't like to be the king of the hill right. That's kind of what this is about it's just creating a fun vibrant atmosphere. Just different challenges different learning different balance. And we know that there are a lot of kids to come down to the downtown library who are going to be playing here, but there are a lot of households that are really close to this park and it's part of a kind of larger Park system so there about what 1400 households within what a 10 minute walk at least at least somewhere between 1500 2000 we think as of the last statistics and so it's really important to us our goal and mayor Gordon's goal is to have a green space or Park within 10 minute walk of everybody's home and so we have to remember that while this is downtown where a lot of people just visit. Every once in a while there are people that live downtown and they need parks as much as we do out in the suburbs. Yeah, and speaking of parks and some of the features of this one. The dog Park over here that's the only dog Park aside from Gatton Park on the town branch within new circles. So I know that we did a lot to enhance that dog Park can you tell us a little bit about the features of that area of the park absolutely so that was and we didn't know that was going to have a dark Park when we started our planning with in this park actually was a pilot project even predating that and so being a pilot project it wasn't built to the highest, you know we were we were temporarily testing out and we tried not to we had people that helped donate to make it happen and we're testing out if it would be used and my gosh was it ever years so clearly those residents we talked about the live downtown love their dogs and so the park saw very high use so when we were re and imagining the park. We absolutely wanted to upgrade the dog Park and so this is our first artificial turf dog Park and it's got shade and it's got nicer fencing and so I think everybody will be really pleased with the experience. Well excellent, I know that when we're getting input about what people want to see in the park. They talked about the dog Park and how important it was especially if that people are visiting downtown if they're living downtown, you know dogs in place to run and play absolutely this one's going to get a lot of use and you know thinking about some of our other features I want to talk to you about the stage area we had a special donor to help us with that part of the project anything you want to share about that and what you are thinking for what the stage could have happened. Yeah, so the stage is a donation specifically from the night Foundation through bluegrass community Foundation and we're already programming events were already lining up a queue of events for the remainder of this year and looking ahead to next spring. Lots of different cultural events from lunch with the arts to some weekend events for the families that want to come down so let's look for all of that on the park's website that's so fun and we know that all of these different elements help to bring the park to life but a big important part of it would be the people who come here and can connect with each other and all the activity that we're going to see here and speaking of people we added an amenity that we think is really important and it's special in its own way tell us about the bathroom, this is a a big point of conversation with Council and it's been a big need for downtown so this one is a pretty nice one. What do you want to share about it so this is the first of its kind in our park system. We do know that when families come downtown, it's difficult to find a place to use the restroom, you have a toddler, you know or or child that he's got the restroom and for that matter if you're an older adult you need these rest for all so we wanted it to be a good experience and so we have we are we are we have implemented a self-cleaning restroom so after every use it cleans itself. It does a limited cleaning and then after so many uses it does a full cleaning and washes down every one of the surfaces. There's also safety features for those that might be uncomfortable with that idea after 20 minutes, the door unlocks and opens and you have to exit the it has a sensor and you have to exit and stay gone for quite a while until the door closes again, but it will not re lock immediately so so we're we're fairly sure that that's that's something good safety feature. Yeah, it's pretty high tech yes, and we're hopeful it works and that it gets a lot of use just like the rest of the park and you know one other feature that people have asked me about are the swings over here absolutely are those for adults are they for kids, I mean we talked about how fun this park is also there for kids of all ages. Of course they're not playground equipment. They don't have surfacing under them so they are intended to kind of bring that front porch swing feel to the park. So we've got 3 of them. We don't have these particular ones in any other park. One of the cool features as they do have lighting integrated as does we have we have some shade structures that also have led lighting integrated ice really it's it's throughout the park and that's to increase security and safety at night so people feel comfortable. Yeah, so not only do we bring the park up in elevation we added these elements so that we can activate the park in different ways we added lighting. Those are all things that we heard from people who are stakeholders in this project to care about the potential of Phoenix Park and what we built here today and it's really exciting to see it all come together and I appreciate your role in this process, I know so many people have been involved and I think we're all excited to see kids families and people of all different backgrounds coming down here to this part. Well we appreciate we appreciate your support on the project and we appreciate the support of all the council and the mayor on this it was really time that this park needed to be reimagined and we're looking forward to opening it so and there's there's one feature you're not going to see when it opens if I could mention that so I wanted to this is our first fog feature. Oh, yeah, and so we have led lights that are integrated into a fog system. I think you'll probably noted, I'm excited to see it. The night we do thriller downtown. I think that will showcase it really really well but for other times you know it's a it's a way to refresh in the hot temperatures without actually you don't need a bathing suit, you don't need anything you're not going to get that wet. But it will have a cooling effect so that was this our first first time using one of those in a park so it's one of the first and then we have another first in this park besides the bathroom. And the state of the art dog Park and the tallest playground, I think we have and the place and the big swings. We also have a play feature for kids kind of kids of all ages, it is accessible physically accessible, but it's also anyone from ages to up can play it we have our first electronic playground game, it's called the Neos and it's for those of you that are old enough, you might remember the game Simon where you follow. Well, it's this has I'm inside yes, I'm well, Simon it's actually like an electronic game that the lights blink and you try to push them. Well, this has a game similar has 7 other games that you can play by yourself or with friends and we're really excited to introduce that we think that it's a multi generational right so it's designed for kids, but I encourage adults to use it. Yeah, well when we're having a little sneak peek of the park the other day I saw some council members are playing around so I think it will get a lot of use and we're just really excited about this park and the way that it's along town branch comments that it's part of the whole family of parks and that it can really be a destination for people downtown so thank you and Phoenix Park reimagined we hope to see you all here and this is a really special place. Thank you. Hey all this is your vice mayor Dan who if you're watching this video you may have received a letter in the mail from undue medical debt saying you're unpaid medical debt has been acquired and canceled that letter is indeed real as is the relief of your debt. In 2024, I proposed a million dollars towards medical debt relief in Fayette County and the urban County Council we are now working with undue medical debt, a national nonprofit to eliminate 10's of millions of dollars of unpaid medical debt in our community. We launched this initiative because Kentucky is one of the sickest poorest states in the nation and more than one in 12 residents carries the burden of medical debt. This means folks suffer financial strain mental and emotional stress and don't seek regular medical care further worsening their physical health. While we may not be able to impact our health care and insurance systems on a national scale. We in city government can help on the local level. I am passionate about putting money back into the pockets of Lexington families and relieving the burdens of medical debt. So file away your letter as evidence that you have received this medical debt relief. We will also continue to work to connect impacted families with resources and education to break the cycle of unpaid medical debt. Congratulations to all those who have received this relief and know that we are not done yet this work continues and there may be more relief to come. It's just know that the world will not be cursing or given when I walk along some railroad track and find moving on a back road by the rivers of my memory and for hours. If my Governor suit back on the girl track called train yard. My beard and cold pile and a dirty thôi loaf across my face. Cup cans round a tin can I pretend I hold you to my breast and find. That you're waving from the back road by the river of my memory. Every smile and every gentle on my mind. That you're waving from the back road by the river of my memory. Every smile and every gentle on my mind. I love the colorful and the way the sunlight plays upon her head. On the way through the air. Give me. She somehow close. Softly smile. 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A little more and a little less fun A little less and a little more A little more and a little more fun Oh baby, I'm tired of talking Grab your phone and let's start walking Come on, come on A little more and a little less conversation A little more action please All this time the baby's been infecting me A little more and a little less fun A little less and a little more fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little more and a little less fun A little 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the light fade from the sky On the wind I heard a sigh As the snowflakes cover my fallen brothers I will say this last goodbye Night is now falling So is this day The road is now calling And I must away Over hill and under tree Through lands where never light is shone By silver streams that run down to the sea Under cloud, beneath the stars Over snow and winter's war I turn at last to pass that lead home And oh where the road then takes me I cannot tell We came all this way But now comes the day To bid you farewell Many places I have been Many sorrows I have seen But I don't regret Nor will I forget All who took that road with me Night is now falling So is this day The road is now calling And I must away Over hill and under tree Through lands where never light is shone By silver streams that run down to the sea To these memories I will hold With your blessing I will go To turn at last to pass that lead home And oh where the road then takes me I cannot tell We came all this way But now comes the day To bid you farewell I bid you all a very fond farewell I was sitting in a crummy movie With my hands on my chin Oh the violence that occurred Seemed like we'd never win Love and mercy that's what you need tonight So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight I was lying in my room And the news came on TV A lot of people out there hurting And it really scares me Love and mercy that's what you need tonight So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight I was standing in a bar And watching all the people there Oh the loneliness in this world Well it's just not fair Instrumental Ah Ah Hey Love and mercy that's what you need tonight So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight Love and mercy that's what you need tonight Love and mercy tonight Love and mercy tonight Love and mercy Instrumental I feel like I've been locked up tight For a century of lonely nights Waiting for someone to release me You look in your lips I'm blowing kisses my way But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away Baby, baby, baby Oh My body's saying let's go Oh My heart is saying go If you wanna be with me Baby, there's a price to pay I'm a genie in a bottle You gotta love me the right way If you wanna be with me I can make your wish come true You gotta make a big impression You gotta like what you do I'm a genie in a bottle, baby You gotta love me the right way, honey I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Come, come, come on and The music's playing and the lights don't go There's one more dance and then we're good to go Waiting for someone who needs me I'm always racing at the speed of light But that don't mean it's gotta be tonight Baby, baby, baby Oh My body's saying let's go Oh My heart is saying go If you wanna be with me Baby, there's a price to pay I'm a genie in a bottle You gotta love me the right way If you wanna be with me I can make your wish come true Just come and set me free, baby And I'll be with you I'm a genie in a bottle, baby You gotta love me the right way, honey I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Come, come, come on and I'm a genie in a bottle, baby You gotta love me the right way, honey I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Come, come, come on and Oh My body's saying let's go Oh But my heart is saying no, no If you wanna be with me Baby, there's a price to pay I'm a genie in a bottle You gotta love me the right way If you wanna be with me I can make your wish come true You gotta make a big impression Gotta like what you do If you wanna be with me Baby, there's a price to pay I'm a genie in a bottle You gotta love me the right way If you wanna be with me I can make your wish come true Just come and set me free, baby I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Come, come, come on and Yeah So you're looking for a hero That you can see with your own eyes When they don't wear the mask it gave They're hard to recognize Even though these are cynical times Bear it in mind Good guys win every once in a while Oh, grown men get to learn from each child Now and then Just when you think it won't happen again The good guys win Trouble all around us Dirty tricks at every turn Seems that we historically Refused to live and learn You start to wonder if all those days gone You would be wrong Cause good guys win every once in a while Oh, grown men get to learn from each child Now and then Just when you think it won't happen again The good guys win State of confusion, we're so disillusioned You turn on the news and the Good guys win Now and then Just when you think it won't happen again Good guys win every once in a while Oh, grown men get to learn from each child Now and then Just when you think it won't happen again The good guys win The good guys win Remember those walls I built? Baby, they're tumbling down And they didn't even put up a fight They didn't even make a sound I found a way to let you in But I never really had a doubt Standing in the light of your halo I got my angel now It's like I've been awakened Every rule I had you breakin' It's the risk that I'm takin' I ain't never gonna shut you out Everywhere I'm looking now I'm surrounded by your embrace Baby, I can see your halo You know you're my saving grace You're everything I need in my heart It's written all over your face Baby, I can feel your halo Pray it won't fade away Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Hit me like a ray of sun Burnin' through my darkened mind You're the only one that I want And I'm addicted to your light I swore I'd never fall again But this don't even feel like fallin' Gravity can't forget So pull me back to the ground again It's like I've been awakened Every rule I had you breakin' The risk that I'm takin' I'm never gonna shut you out Everywhere I'm looking now I'm surrounded by your embrace Baby, I can see your halo You know you're my saving grace You're everything I need in my heart It's written all over your face Baby, I can feel your halo Pray it won't fade away Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Halo Halo Halo Everywhere I'm looking now I'm surrounded by your embrace Baby, I can see your halo Pray it won't fade away Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo Do your halo, halo You can dance Every dance with the guy Who gives you the eye Let him hold you tight You can smile Every smile for the man Who held your hand Need the pale moonlight But don't forget Who's taking you home And in whose arms you're gonna be So darling Save the last dance for me You can know That the music's fine Like sparkling wine Go and have your fun Laugh and sing But while we're apart Don't you give your heart To anyone But don't forget Who's taking you home And in whose arms you're gonna be So darling Save the last dance for me Baby don't you know I love you so Can't you feel it when we touch I will never, never let you go I love you oh so much You can dance You can carry on Till the night is gone And it's time to go If he asks if you're all alone Can he take you home You must tell him no Cause don't forget Who's taking you home And in whose arms you're gonna be So darling Save the last dance for me You can dance You can carry on Till the night is gone And it's time to go If he asks if you're all alone Can he take you home You gotta tell him no Cause don't forget Who's taking you home And in whose arms you're gonna be Oh darling Save the last dance for me So darling Save the last dance for me Yeah baby Save the last dance for me Ooga Chaka Ooga Chaka I can't stop this feeling Deep inside of me Girl you just don't realize What you do to me Ooga Ooga Chaka When you hold me In your arms so tight You let me know Everything's alright I'm hooked on a feeling I'm high on believing That you're in love with me It's as sweet as candy Its taste is on my mind Girl you got me thirsty For another cup of wine Got a bug from you girl But I don't need no cure I just stay a victim If I can for sure How does love grow When we're all alone Keep it up girl Yeah you turn me on I'm hooked on a feeling I'm high on believing That you're in love with me All the good love When we're all alone Keep it up girl Yeah you turn me on I'm hooked on a feeling I'm high on believing That you're in love with me I'm hooked on a feeling And I'm high on believing That you're in love with me Yeah I'm hooked on a feeling And I'm high on believing That you're in love with me Jessie is a friend Yeah I know Is that a good friend of mine But lately something's changed It ain't hard to define Jessie's got himself a girl And I wanna make her mine And she's watching him with those eyes And she's loving with that body I just know it And he's holding her in his arms Late late at night You know I wish that I had Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl Where can I find a woman like that I'll play along with the charade There doesn't seem to be a reason to change You know I feel so dirty When they start talking cute I wanna tell her that I love her But the point is probably moot Cause she's watching him with those eyes And she's loving with that body I just know it And he's holding her in his arms Late late at night You know I wish that I had Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl Where can I find a woman like that Like Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl Where can I find a woman Where can I find a woman like that And I'm looking in the mirror all the time Wondering what she don't see in me I've been forever cool with the lines Ain't that the way love's supposed to be Tell me, where can I find a woman like that You know I wish that I had Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl You know I wish that I had Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl I want Jessie's girl Where can I find a woman like that Like Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl I want Jessie's girl I want Jessie's girl I want Jessie's girl Lying here with you so close to me It's hard to fight these feelings When it feels so hard to breathe I'm caught up in this moment I'm caught up in your smile I've never opened up to anyone It's so hard to hold back When I'm holding you in my arms We don't need to rush this Let's just take it slow Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight Just a touch of the fire burning so bright No, I don't wanna mess this thing up No, I don't wanna push too far Just a shine in the dark that you just might Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life So baby, I'm alright Just a kiss goodnight I know that if we give this a little time It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find It's never felt so real No, it's never felt so right Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight Just a touch of the fire burning so bright No, I don't wanna mess this thing up No, I don't wanna push too far Just a shine in the dark that you just might Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life So baby, I'm alright Just a kiss goodnight No, I don't wanna say goodnight I know it's time to leave But you'll be in my dreams Tonight Tonight Tonight Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight Just a touch of the fire burning so bright No, I don't wanna mess this thing up I don't wanna push too far Just a shine in the dark that you just might Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life So baby, I'm alright Let's do this right Just a kiss goodnight With a kiss goodnight With a kiss goodnight guitar solo Gonna put the world away for a minute Pretend I don't live in it Sunshine gonna wash my blues away Had sweet love but I lost it She got too close so I fought it Now I'm lost in the world trying to find me a better way Wishing I was deep, deep in the water somewhere Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky Never been so happy, never felt so high And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise Wrote a note, said be back in a minute Bought a boat and I sailed off in it Don't think anybody's gonna miss me anyway Mind on a permanent vacation The ocean is my only medication Wishing my condition ain't ever gonna go away Now I'm deep, deep in the water somewhere Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky Never been so happy, never felt so high And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise This champagne shore washing over me It's a sweet, sweet life Living by the salt of the sea One day you could be as lost as me Change your geography Maybe you might be Deep, deep in the water somewhere Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky Never been so happy, never felt so high And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise Come on in, the water's nice, find yourself a lip slice Grab a backpack and let's go you never know until you try when you lose yourself you find the key to paradise whenever I'm with him, there's something inside I start to burn in, and I'm filled with desire could it be a devil in me, or is this the trail I'm supposed to be? like heat waves, burning in my heart can't keep from crying, it tears me apart whenever he calls my name, so low, sweet and plain I feel, yeah, yeah, well I feel that I'm ready to burn and half the pressure's got a hold on me, or is this the trail I'm supposed to be? like heat waves, burning in my heart can't keep from crying, it tears me apart sometimes I stare into space, tears all over my face I can't explain it, don't understand it, I ain't never felt like this before and now that's unseen, and now me a man, don't know what to do, my head's in the air it's like a heat wave, burning in my heart can't keep from crying, it tears me apart yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, heat wave yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, heat wave don't pass up this chance, this time it's a true romance heat wave, heat wave, heat wave heat wave, heat wave heat wave, heat wave, heat wave heat wave, heat wave, heat wave just one look and i feel so high i fall in love with you how good it feels to have your love say you will, will be mine forever and always just one look and i knew that you were my only one i thought i was dreaming but i was wrong and i'm gonna keep on scheming till i can make you, make you mine so you see, i really can't without you i'm nothing just one look and i know i'll get you someday just one look, that's all it took hey, just one look, that's all it took wow, just one look, that's all it, whoa baby, that's all it took yeah baby, that's all it took all the world around you come on baby that's all it took love will abide take things in stride sounds like good advice but there's no one in my saddened town washes clean loves wounds unseen that's what someone told me but I don't know what it means cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine and I think I'm gonna love you for a long, long time caught in my fears thinking back the tears I can't say you hurt me but you never let me and I never drew one response from you all the while you fell all of the girls you never knew cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine and I think it's gonna hurt me for a long, long time wait for the day you'll go away knowing that you warned me of the price I have to pay and lives full of love will lose the cost living in the memory of a love that never was cause I've done everything I know to try and change your mind and I think I'm gonna miss you for a long, long time cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine and I think I'm gonna love you for a long, long time orchestra only I've been cheated Been mistreated When will I, I be loved I've been put down I've been put down When will I, I be loved When I find a new man That I want for mine He'll always break my heart in two It happens every time I've been made blue I've been lied to When will I, I be loved When I find a new man That I want for mine He'll always break my heart in two It happens every time I've been cheated Been mistreated When will I, I be loved When will I, I be loved Tell me When will I be Loved blues Feeling better Now that we're through Feeling better Cause I'm over you I learned my lesson And left a scar Now I see How you really are You're no good, you're no good, you're no good Baby, you're no good I'm gonna say it again You're no good, you're no good, you're no good Baby, you're no good I broke a heart It's gentle and true Well, I broke a heart Over someone like you Now, baby, forgive me Don't visit me I was blaming They said to me You're no good, you're no good, you're no good Baby, you're no good I'm gonna say it again You're no good, you're no good, you're no good Baby, you're no good guitar solo I'm telling you that Now, baby, and I'm going my way Forget about you, baby Cause I'm leaving this day You're no good, you're no good, you're no good Baby, you're no good I'm gonna say it again You're no good, you're no good, you're no good Baby, you're no good Oh, oh, no You're no good, you're no good, you're no good Baby, you're no good guitar solo bass solo bass solo bass solo bass solo They used to tell me, boy, you ain't going nowhere With your cheap guitar and your big long hair You gotta realize all your responsibilities You gotta get out to work and face reality Wake up in the morning, take your heavy load And you gotta keep going down the long black road Long black road So I drifted for a while down the road to ruin I couldn't find my way, I didn't know what I was doing I saw a lot of people coming back the other way But I'm gone when I heard them say You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load And you gotta keep going down the long black road Long black road Long black road bass solo Long black road Long black road Hey! Long black road Long black road Made a lot of money, I was making quite a mess A deal stole my money, wouldn't bring me happiness You gotta work it like a man in a real man's life You gotta have to take all the trouble and strife You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load And you gotta keep going down the long black road You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load And you gotta keep going down the long black road You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load And you gotta keep going down the long black road Long black road Long black road Long black road The storm came and went Like the times that we spent Hiding out from the rain Under the content Laughed and she'd smile It would last for a while You don't know what you got Till you lose it all again Listen to the melody Listen to the music on the radio Oh, listen to her heartbreak Every time she runs away Oh, listen to the banjo wind A sad song, driftin' along Listen to the tears fall Not my place that she turns to fall Oh, the evening dance Listen to the bluegrass band Takes the chill from the air Till they play the last song I'll do my time Oh, keeping you off my mind But there's moments that I find I'm not feeling so strong Listen to the melody Listen to the music on the radio Oh, listen to her heartbreak Every time she runs away Oh, listen to the banjo wind A sad song, driftin' along Listen to the tears fall Not my place that she turns to fall Running down by the lake shore She didn't know the sound of a summer storm Played on the lake like a mandolin Now it's washing her away once again Oh, again Oh, oh Yeah Oh, oh Oh, oh Boats steamin' in Oh, watch the side wheels spin And I think about her when I hear that whistle blow I can't change my mind Oh, I knew all the time that she'd go But that's a choice I made and go Listen to the melody Listen to the music on the radio Oh, listen to her heartbreak Every time she runs away Oh, listen to the banjo wind A sad song, driftin' along Listen to the tears roll Not my face as she turns to go As she turns to go Listen to the, listen to the mandolin ring Oh, oh Oh, oh Listen to the tears roll Not my face as she turns to go Listen to the tears roll Not my face as she turns to go Oh, oh Listen to the mandolin ring Yeah Ooh Good morning Today's forecast shows a blue sky Sun is shinin' in the sky There ain't a cloud in sight It stopped rainin' Everybody's stillin' to play And don't you know It's a beautiful new day Hey We'll leave down the avenue And see how the sun shines bright In the city, on the streets Where once was pretty Mr. Blue Tiger's living here today Hey Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why You had to hide away for so long Where did we go wrong? Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why You had to hide away for so long Where did we go wrong? Hey Hey, you with the pretty face Welcome to the human race It's a celebration Mr. Blue Sky's up there waitin' And today is the day we've waited for Oh Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why You had to hide away for so long Where did we go wrong? Hey there, Mr. Blue We're so pleased to be with you Look around, see what you do Everybody smiles at you Mr. Blue Sky Mr. Blue Sky Mr. Blue Sky Mr. Blue, you did it right But so comes Mr. Night Creep right over Now his hand is on your shoulder Never mind I'll remember you this I'll remember you this way Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why You had to hide away for so long Where did we go wrong? Hey there, Mr. Blue Sky We're so pleased to be with you Look around, see what you do Everybody smiles at you Mr. Blue Sky Your little hand's wrapped around my finger And it's so quiet in the world tonight Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite nightlight To you, everything's funny You got nothing to regret I'd give all I have, honey If you could stay like that Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up Just stay this little Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up It could stay this simple I won't let nobody hurt you Won't let no one break your heart No, no one will desert you Just try to never grow up And never grow up You're in the car on the way to the movies And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off At 14, there's just so much you can't do And you can't wait to move out someday And call your own shots But don't make her drop you off around the block Remember that she's getting older too And don't lose the way that you dance Around in your PJs getting ready for school Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up Just stay this little Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up It could stay this simple And no one's ever burned you Nothing's ever left you scarred And even though you want to Just try to never grow up Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home Remember the footsteps, remember the words said And all your little brother's favorite songs And all your little brother's favorite songs I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone So here I am in my new apartment in a big city They just dropped me off It's so much colder than I thought it would be So I tucked myself in and turned my nightlight on Wish I'd never grown up Wish I'd never grown up Oh, I don't wanna grow up Wish I'd never grown up It could still be a little Oh, I don't wanna grow up Wish I'd never grown up It could still be simple Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up Just stay this little Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up Don't you ever grow up It could stay this simple Won't let nobody hurt you Won't no one break your heart And even though you want to Please try to never grow up Don't you ever grow up Never grow up Just never grow up Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Once was a thought inside my head Oh, oh, oh Before I reached thirty I'd be dead But somehow on and on I go I keep on rolling with the flow Oh, oh, oh Folks said that I would change my mind I'd straighten up and do just fine Ah, but I still love rock and roll I keep on rolling with the flow Rock and roll While guys my age are raising kids I'm raising hell just like I did I've got a lot of crazy friends And they forgive me of my sins Some might be calling me a bum But I'm still out there having fun And Jesus loves me, yes, I know So I keep on rolling with the flow Oh, oh, oh While guys my age are raising kids I'm raising hell just like I did I've got a lot of crazy friends And they forgive me of my sins Can't take it with you when you're gone But I want enough to get there on And I ain't ever growing old So I keep on rolling with the flow Rock and roll I ain't ever growing old If I keep on rolling with the flow Keep on rolling with the flow Keep on rolling with the flow Keep on dancing to the rock and roll On Saturday night, Saturday night Dancing to the rhythm in our heart and soul On Saturday night, Saturday night I, I, I, I just can't wait I, I, I, I got a date And a good old rock and roll show I got going Saturday night, Saturday night Gonna rock it up, blow it up, do it all, have a ball Saturday night, Saturday night Saturday night Saturday night Saturday night S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y Every day is with my baby till the night is through On Saturday night, Saturday night Tell her all the little things I'm gonna do On Saturday night, Saturday night I, I, I, I love her so I, I, I, I'm gonna let her know And a good old rock and roll show I got going Saturday night, Saturday night Gonna rock it up, blow it up, do it all, have a ball Saturday night, Saturday night Saturday night Saturday night Saturday night S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y S-A-T-U-R-E-Y Sit there with a blank expression Say you can't go on anymore It's not like me to come out and help you Maybe I've been down this road before Been living in the shadows Now you come out slow Now you're in the saddle Got your eye on the line Now the dream was shattered These days are through Maybe something mattered It's not just what you do So you're gonna go far Broke the sun and lay down I've been too long standing still Oh, I know Whenever you need me You reach out and set me in motion Looking out on that long wind valley Telling me I've come so far And you're the reason I finally got there You're the reason it's been so hard Been living in the shadows Now you're here to call Now you're in the saddle Got your eye on the line Now you push a little harder Like a shortcut to it If you give me courage Then I'll look to you So you're gonna go far Broke the sun and lay down I've been too long standing still Oh, I know Whenever you need me You reach out and set me in motion So you're gonna go far Broke the sun and lay down I've been too long standing still Oh, I know Whenever you need me You reach out and set me in motion So you're gonna go far Broke the sun and lay down I've been too long standing still I will pick you up when it's gone Oh, you reach out and set me in motion Oh, you reach out and set me in motion I've been too long standing still I will pick you up when it's gone I will pick you up when it's gone I stay out too late Got nothing in my brain That's what people say That's what people say I go on too many dates But I can't make them stay At least that's what people say That's what people say But I keep cruising Can't stop, won't stop moving It's like I got this music in my mind Sayin' it's gonna be alright Cuz the player's gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off All my fingers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the fakers gonna bake, bake, bake, bake, bake Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off I never miss a beat I'm lightnin' on my feet And that's what they don't see That's what they don't see I'm dancin' on my own Make the moves look as I go And that's what they don't know That's what they don't know But I keep cruisin' Can't stop, won't stop groovin' I got this music in my vines And yet it's gonna be alright Cuz the player's gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off All my fingers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the fakers gonna bake, bake, bake, bake, bake Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off Hey, hey, hey Just think, while you've been getting down and out About the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world You could've been getting down to this sick beat My ex-man brought his new girlfriend She's like, oh my God, hey I'm just gonna shake into the fella over there With the hella good hair Won't you come on over, baby? We can shake, shake, shake Yeah, oh Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off I'm talking away I don't know what to say I'll say it anyway Today is another day To find you shying away I'm coming for your love again Take on me Take on me Take me on Take on me I'll be gone So needless to say I ought to say this But I'll be stumbling away I'm slowly learning that life is okay Say after me It's no better to be safe than sorry Take on me Take on me Take me on Take on me I'll be gone In a day or two In a day or two All the things that you say Yeah, it's delightful Just to play my worries away You're all the things I've got to remember When you're shying away I'll be coming for you anyway Take on me Take on me Take me on Take on me I'll be gone Take on me Take on me Take me on Take on me I'll be gone In a day or two In a day or two Take on me Take me on Take me on Take me on Take me on Take me on Take me on Take me on Take me on What's the long face? What's all the crying for? Did you expect it When you opened your door To the man with the long coat With a long list of victims Everybody watching knows He's the one keeping the score Where she sits Everyone stands in judgment People watching as the curtain falls down City lights Do alarms no fade The show goes on And the satellite sisters go walking on Everyone watching all along The show goes on As the old times are coming near The summer's all gone Still without you The show goes on Some say she's alright Some say she'll never learn Some rush into things Some stare and wait their turn I've been here all along Standing here all this time But you never notice That the same tired flames burn Where I sit Everyone stands in judgment Everybody watching as the curtain falls down City lights Do alarms no fade The show goes on And the satellite sisters go walking on Everyone watching all along The show goes on As the old times are coming near The summer's all gone Still without you The show goes on Time is acid Slowly passing you by You better try to try to find it Before it passes you by As I watch you walk into another cold dawn And you keep on walking And you keep on talking Talking on and on There she sits Everyone stands in judgment Everybody watching as the curtain falls down City lights Do alarms no fade The show goes on And the satellite sisters go walking on Everyone watching all along The show goes on As the old times are coming near The summer's all gone Still without you The show goes on Oh, the summer's all gone Still without you The show goes on Oh, the summer's all gone Still without you The show goes on The show goes on The show goes on I got myself an obsession It's on another dimension Don't need a whole lot of protection I got myself an obsession It's on another dimension Don't need a whole lot of protection Don't need a whole lot of protection Cause it gave me all I've been getting It gave me life, hope, dreams, goals You know Oh, you've got to give a little love Give a little love Go on, just do it You can't abuse it Give a little love Give a little love Go on and do it Go Live in a world where there's plenty So how come we're running on empty When we've been touched by so many And still there's more without any Without any life Oh, dreams, goals You know Oh, we've got to give a little love Give a little love Go on, just do it You can't abuse it Give a little love Give a little love Go on, just do it Go You know you've got to do what you can You know you've got to try to understand You've got to give a little love Give a little love Go on and do it You can't abuse it Give a little love Give a little love Go on and do it Go You've got to give a little love Give a little love Go on and do it You can't abuse it Give a little love Give a little love Go on and do it Go Go on and do it Give a little love Give a little love Give a little love Give a little love Give a little love Sometimes I feel like a propeller Spin, spin, out of control I don't know who's up on the throttle Oh, I wish they'd let it go All I ever do is get dizzy Think, think, things left undone It's like you're so low, I'm down on zero I just like to make it to one I'm turning around Heroes are found Pulling my crown Oh, I've been down I'm turning around I'm turning around I'm spinning around Pulling my crown Oh, I've been down I'm turning around Sometimes I get lost in daydreaming Sleep, sleep, is my life away I know in my heart I'm a sailor And my ship is on the way There never is an inter-believer Look, look for the right sign If everything will just keep on turning All that I want will be mine I'm turning around Heroes are found Pulling my crown Oh, I've been down I'm turning around I'm turning around I'm spinning around Pulling my crown Oh, I've been down I'm turning around I'm turning around Heroes are found Pulling my crown Oh, I've been down I'm turning around Heroes are found Pulling my crown Oh, I've been down I'm turning around I'm spinning around I'm turning around I'm turning around I'm spinning around Tell me, have you ever wanted Someone so much it hurts Your lips keep trying to speak But you just can't find the words Well, I had this dream once I had it in my head She was the purest beauty But not the common kind She had a way about her And made you feel alive And for a moment You made the world stand still Yeah, we Own the night You hand me dim the lights You dance just like a child The wine spilled on your dress All you did was smile The gift was perfect I hold it in my mind Yeah, we Own the night Oh, yeah! When the summer rolls around And the sun starts sinking down I still remember you Oh, I remember you And I wonder where you are Are you looking at those same stars again? Do you remember when We woke under a blanket All tangled up in skin Not knowing in that moment We'd never speak again But it was perfect I never will forget Yeah, we Own the night Yeah, we Own the night Yeah! Yeah!