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>> Mayor: hello everyone.

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It's 6:00 and I would like to go

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ahead and call to order the

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lexington fayette urban county

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council meeting.

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Today is SEPTEMBER 10.

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It's the council that's chatty.

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SEPTEMBER 10, and we are going

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to go right into our agenda and

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the first item is the roll call.

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>> council member brown.

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>> here.

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>> council member curtis.

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>> yes, ma'am.

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>> council member eblen.

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>> yes, ma'am.

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>> council member ellinger.

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>> yes, ma'am.

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>> council member elliot-baxter.

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>> yes, ma'am.

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>> council member hale.

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>> yes.

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>> council member higgins-hord.

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>> yes.

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>> council member lynch.

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>> present.

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>> council member morton.

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>> yes, ma'am.

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>> council member reynolds.

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>> yes.

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>> council member sevigny.

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>> here.

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>> council member sheehan.

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>> here.

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>> vice mayor wu.

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>> here.

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>> council member boone.

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>> yes and council member

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council member beasleyly.

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>> yes, ma'am.

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>> Mayor: we have a quorum.

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I am pleased tonight to welcome

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council member eblin's pastor

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and my pastor, DR. John ligitt

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who is here from second

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presbyterian to offer his

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invocation.

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The podium is yours.

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>> thank you all for your

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service and let us pray.

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We ask for your blessing and all

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that is best for us and your

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forgiveness of anything that has

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fallen short of the better

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moments of our past.

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The hopes of the present, and

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the call to higher things in the

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future.

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Guide these members of our

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council and all others who care

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about and direct the affairs of

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our community.

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Sustain them in their work.

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Quiet any anxieties within them

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and strengthen them in their

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resolve to seek and pursue the

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well-being of all the people.

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And their successes and approval

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of a good conscience in all

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their endeavors.

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And work among each of us who

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call this place home that our

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community MAY be renewed in

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pollute beauty and goodness and

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happiness and peace with deep

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and abiding gratitude we offer

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you our prayer.

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Amen.

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>> Mayor: thank you very much.

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Can I have a motion to approve

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curtis was first.

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Are there any corrections or

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additions?

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All right.

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All those in favor of approving

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the minutes, please say aye.

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>> aye.

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>> Mayor: is anyone opposed?

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All right, thank you, that

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passes.

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Now we have two special

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presentations.

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This evening, we have 3 some

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very special guests with us.

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I would like to invite shani ika

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carter and the girls from the

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basketball team to join me up at

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the podium.

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come on.

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All of you.

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All right.

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So, this evening, we are

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celebrating the police

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activities league sixth grade

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girls basketball team.

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Congratulations.

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[Applause]

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Shanikaings one of the coaches.

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And in JULY, the pal united

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sixth grade girls basketball

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team competed in the run for the

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roses tournament in louisville

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and won the championship in

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their division.

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This is a wonderful

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accomplishment and I want to

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congratulate all of you players

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for your hard work and

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dedication.

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Powell does great work to

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support our community and our

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young people and I'm very proud

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of our police for investing in

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our youth n helping them reach

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their full potential.

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Thank you to police officers --

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there are a few back there,

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mentors, parents, all of the

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folks who make this program

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possible.

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Chief, I see you back there:

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your time, your encouragement,

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your support make a real

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difference in our community and

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to the young people involved in

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pal, keep up the great work.

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And each of you has a really

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bright future ahead of you so,

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at this time, I have a

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proclamation would I like to

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read and present.

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And I will ask sha aki -- shanika

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if she would like to say a few

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words.

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Whereas the lexington police

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department police activities

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league girls basketball team

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recently competed in the run for

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the roses tournament in

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louisville and whereas this

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tournament is the largest

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women's college basketball

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recruiting event in the united

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states, bringing together more

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than 2900 teams from 15

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countries around the world and

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whereas the pal team had an

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amazing showing, winning the

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championship in its division and

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whereas this summer is the team

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has won a total of six

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championships.

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And whereas lexington pal is a

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crime prevention program for

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youth ages 7-17 and whereas pal

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teaches respect and

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responsibility building bonds

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through recreation, sports and

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education, and whereas since 19

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5, lexington pal has worked to

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connect youth and law

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enforcement providing strong

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role models for our young

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people, and whereas we

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congratulate the pal team on its

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many accomplishments and

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celebrate the team members and

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the coaches who represent our

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community with pride.

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Now therefore I, linda gorton,

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mayor of lexington, do hereby

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proclaim SEPTEMBER 10, 2026

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police activities league girls

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basketball team day.

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>> all right, all right, all

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>> Mayor: y'all are awesome.

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Do you want to say a few words?

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Come around.

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Coach carter is going to speak.

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>> first of all I want to say

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thank you mayor linda gorton,

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thank you for having us, pal,

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thank you for having us and a

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big shoutout for these young

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ladies for working hard and

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before we start practice, we

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always pray and we always focus

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on discipline and character,

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more than basketball.

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It's about their future as well.

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And I want to give a big

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shoutout to amanda robertson.

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Amanda read is always helping me

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with the girls and coach eagley,

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he always helps me and the

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So thank you very much for

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giving us this opportunity and

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to be part of such an amazing

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program.

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Thank you very much.

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>> Mayor: let's get a photo with

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We are going to get a picture

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now with the council.

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We are all about the good

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tonight I want to invite dora

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hudson and tanya clark to join

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me at the podium.

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Are you in here?

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So, dora and tanya help lead the

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west end community empowerment

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project and I want to thank you

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both for being here tonight and

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west end community empowerment

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project works to support and

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uplift residents in the west

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end.

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For over 30 years this

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organization has invested in our

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young people through its after

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school program and summer camps

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and in programs during school

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breaks.

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With their support, they help

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our young people develop

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essential life skills.

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You have all made a lasting

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difference in the west end and

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we are grateful for what the

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west end community empowerment

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project has done over all these

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years and continues to do.

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So, at this time I would like to

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read a proclamation and present

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it to you.

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And then ask you if you have

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some remarks to make.

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And here's how it goes.

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Whereas the west end community

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empowerment project was

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established on JANUARY 5, 1995,

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by a group of dedicated

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individuals, including tanya

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clark, melvin cowan sr. And dora

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hudson and whereas the group

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works to create a nurturing

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environment that supports

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educational growth, health and

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wellness and economic

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development to ensure a

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prosperous future for

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generations to come.

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And whereas the power of

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community involvement can drive

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positive change, promote family

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values and enhance the quality

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of life for all the residents,

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and whereas the west end

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community empowerment project

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offers family support services,

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community health initiatives,

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and youth empowerment programs

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to help families and young

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people develop essential life

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skills and achieve their full

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potential.

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And whereas we thank the members

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of the west end community

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empowerment project for their

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service and dedication to the

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residents of the west end now

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therefore, I, linda gorton,

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mayor of lexington, do hereby

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proclaim SEPTEMBER 10, 2026,

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west end community empowerment

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project day.

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Thank you for your good work.

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[Applause]

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You want to say a few words?

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All right.

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This is dora.

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>> thank you, mayor gorton and

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council staff.

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To come up here today after 30

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years, I I'd never thought it

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would happen.

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One of the things you probably

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don't know is we this was

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birthed out of the urban county

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government.

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One of our founders melvin

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cowan, had a vision that the

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department of youth services

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needed to go into the community.

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At that time barbara curry, the

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commissioner, went along with

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him.

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I was a tag along from the

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community and after much

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investment in our community,

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melvin cowan, this was his birth

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and we are his masterpiece.

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And we are so proud.

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[Applause]

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We are so proud of all those who

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have not only been a part of us

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but contributed to our progress

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and our programs and our parent

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support is awesome.

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But you also have a council

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person, shayla lynch, which is

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undoubtedly probably one the

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best I've seen.

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She shows up for everything.

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When I don't see her, I I wonder

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if she's sick.

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And we do a lot, but she is

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always there, always supporting

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us in any way she can and

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danielle sanders, which is over

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our building.

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She is a facilitate personnel

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there, that's the best that has

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ever been there and we are

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better because of her.

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And so we appreciate all of

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those who have come out to

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support us.

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Can our family stand up?

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[Applause]

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And now I can tell you that we

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serve generation afterien --

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generation after generation.

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We are three and four

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generations.

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We don't just serve west.

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We serve lexington.

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That's the type of program we

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run.

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Nobody is turned away.

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Everybody comes.

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The opportunity that exists

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there is the reason they come.

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So when you say violence

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prevention, 1995, we were a part

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of violence prevention.

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It was the same situation now

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was in 1995.

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And that's how melvin came up

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with the vision that the

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community had to have the input,

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that the community had to decide

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because I thought it was just

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government coming trying to take

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over when I first heard the

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conversation and I worked for

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the federal government so I

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understood that.

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But after I got in there, it was

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a great vision and I thank you

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for allowing us to be here

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today.

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>> I want to say hello torch.

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Help MS. Hudson and

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MS. Clark.

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We have worked together for many

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years and worked through the

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vision and still carry it on

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today.

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Shall we have all the west end

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supporters?

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>> Mayor: all right.

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Now it is time for public

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comment for issues on the agenda

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and the way that works is I will

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call your name and you will come

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to the podium and you will need

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to restate your name for the

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record and state your council

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district.

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And I would like to a few people

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are yielding their time.

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So I would like to ask is jim

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durhoffsle is here?

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Jim, are you here?

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I wonder if he is outside.

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Jim are you yielding your time

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to judith humble?

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Very good and then frank

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dooring, are you here?

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>> yes.

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>> Mayor: are you yielding to

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don ament.

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>> yes.

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>> Mayor: thank you.

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And then laura ann graves.

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>> yes.

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>> are you yielding to dan

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graves?

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>> yes.

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>> Mayor: so the three folks,

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judith, don and dan will all

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have six minutes.

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Everyone else will have three

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minutes and one of the council

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rules is that we keep a nice

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gentle atmosphere in here

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without clapping and yelling and

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booing and all of that.

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So we'll go ahead and get

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started and first up is kathy

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clement followed by lane

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boldman, and then riva russell

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english.

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Well on com -- welcome.

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>> thank you.

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>> my name is kathy clement.

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District 5.

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Thank you for listening today.

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I'm here again in support of the

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AUGUST 18 solar zota that is

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based on hard, thoughtful work

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that ways multiple priorities.

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The climate crisis is a

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humanitarian crisis in the

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energy we all use every day is

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the primary culprit.

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According to the lfucg office of

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sustainability, our biggest

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source of greenhouse gas

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emissions is the electricity we

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use which comes from coal and

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gas fire powered plants.

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This energy is responsible for

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high bills, climate changing

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emissions and numerous

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co-pollutants that have serious

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health consequences.

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A recent report scored each

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state for the health harms from

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electricity it generates.

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Kentucky was ranked the second

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worst in the country.

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So we have a problem that we

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can't ignore.

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At present, two economically

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viable paths exist to reduce

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fossil fuel use, increased

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efficiency and renewable energy.

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We need both of these but as a

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city, we have a tough road to

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ho.

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The city can incentivize much

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needed energy efficiency, but

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they can't easily require it

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state policy prevents the city

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from setting city wide energy

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standards that exceed the

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outdated codes adopted by the

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state.

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The city can also incentivize a

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small amount of roof top and

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parking lot solar but a serious

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buildout of such distributed

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solar is ham strung by state and

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utility policies.

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The upshot of these is that roof

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top solar is accessible and

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viable only for wealthier,

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single-family homeowners, and

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smaller businesses we won't get

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it on lower income housing,

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multifamily housing or larger

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facilities without policy

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changes.

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I hope the city will engage with

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the long-term battles with the

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state and our monopoly utility

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to make these changes.

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But while we are waiting, there

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is something the city can do

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right now to reduce burning

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fossil fuels the city has

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control over zoning ordinances.

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The AUGUST 18 zota provides a

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reasonable pathway for the

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generation of a worthwhile

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amount of clean energy and

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protects our signature farmland

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and puts a strict limit on how

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much ago sewn land can be used

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for solar.

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And includes multiple

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requirements, including

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agrivoltaics, soil monitoring

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and decommissioning plans that

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must be met to receive a

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conditional use permit we all

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want what is best for the

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community please support this

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zota that does a great job

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balancing community interest.

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>> Mayor: thank you, next is

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lane boldman followed by reva

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russell english and then dan

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nolett.

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>> lane boldman, district 11.

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I live at 114 woodford drive in

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cardinal valley.

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If you read the guardian,

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00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:45,390
european paper, today's headline

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, a rapid global smift

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shift to clean energy to trigger

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a cascade of progress of

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repairing the damage to the

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planet by the climate crisis.

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I know this has been quite the

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debate here in fayette county

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but this is also a worldwide

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00:34:00,554 --> 00:34:03,591
issue and it's time for people

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to lead and the fayette county

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00:34:05,193 --> 00:34:06,728
has been a leader when it comes

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to development and progress and

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preserving land, but I want to

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say in this case, I support the

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council-based solar zota --

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zoning ordinance that would

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allow large scale agrivoltaic

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00:34:20,508 --> 00:34:21,876
solar on no more than 1% of

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agriculturally zoned land.

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Fayette county is a major urban

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core surrounded by significant

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00:34:27,150 --> 00:34:29,415
agriculture, has the opportunity

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to set the example not just for

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fayette county but for the world

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on how to advance solar design

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with farmland preservation with

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this thoughtful ordinane and I

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thank you for that.

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Most importantly, the zota

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provides the opportunity for

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fayette county to control how to

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00:34:51,272 --> 00:34:51,973
develop dual yews solar

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properly.

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It has been proven over two

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decades that solar projects can

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be responsibly integrated with

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continued agriculture production

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and has been happening in

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kentucky for six years.

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The dual use of farmland for

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00:35:05,386 --> 00:35:07,786
energy production and crop

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00:35:08,257 --> 00:35:09,425
production is not a new son kept

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00:35:09,425 --> 00:35:10,960
concept and nor should it be

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00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:12,270
seen as an industrial conversion

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00:35:12,270 --> 00:35:14,270
of farmland.

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It should be seen as smart

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00:35:15,530 --> 00:35:17,199
design that maximizes the

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00:35:17,199 --> 00:35:19,267
commercial value of farmland

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should the owner choose to do

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so.

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The constraints bonding and

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monitoring requirements that are

583
00:35:25,874 --> 00:35:28,210
set in the solar zota provide a

584
00:35:28,210 --> 00:35:30,346
responsible approach to the

585
00:35:30,346 --> 00:35:30,912
concerns of preserving land

586
00:35:30,912 --> 00:35:32,912
quality.

587
00:35:32,982 --> 00:35:34,716
Other concerns such as

588
00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:36,716
widespread ground water

589
00:35:37,119 --> 00:35:39,422
contamination of leaching of

590
00:35:39,422 --> 00:35:40,556
heavy metals is not supported by

591
00:35:40,556 --> 00:35:42,556
scientific evidence.

592
00:35:43,258 --> 00:35:44,360
I really thank this council for

593
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,960
being thoughtful taking a lot of

594
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,871
time to this and being a leader

595
00:35:55,871 --> 00:35:56,272
on what you had should be a

596
00:35:56,272 --> 00:35:58,272
win-win.

597
00:35:59,242 --> 00:36:02,242
>> Mayor: next is reva russell

598
00:36:06,382 --> 00:36:06,749
followed by dan nolette.

599
00:36:06,749 --> 00:36:08,749
Welcome.

600
00:36:09,850 --> 00:36:09,318
>> my name is reva russell

601
00:36:09,318 --> 00:36:10,520
english.

602
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:11,721
I live in the 1st district and

603
00:36:11,721 --> 00:36:13,550
farm and forage in the 12th.

604
00:36:13,550 --> 00:36:13,322
Thank you mayor and thank you

605
00:36:13,322 --> 00:36:15,322
council.

606
00:36:15,958 --> 00:36:17,260
I think a lot of us do

607
00:36:17,260 --> 00:36:17,426
compartmentalizing of one

608
00:36:17,426 --> 00:36:18,327
another.

609
00:36:18,327 --> 00:36:20,330
Separate the wheat from what we

610
00:36:20,330 --> 00:36:21,498
call the chafe, the sheep from

611
00:36:21,498 --> 00:36:23,320
the goats, republicans from the

612
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:24,667
democrats, rich from the poor.

613
00:36:24,667 --> 00:36:27,403
And it's true that there are

614
00:36:27,403 --> 00:36:29,171
differences among us.

615
00:36:29,171 --> 00:36:30,440
It's also true not all of these

616
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,875
differences hold hard and fast

617
00:36:32,875 --> 00:36:33,743
in a place as small and

618
00:36:33,743 --> 00:36:35,178
interdependent as ours.

619
00:36:35,178 --> 00:36:36,312
It is common to hear assumptions

620
00:36:36,312 --> 00:36:38,348
and stereotypes about some of

621
00:36:38,348 --> 00:36:40,450
the districts like the 1st

622
00:36:40,450 --> 00:36:41,651
where I'm lucky to live and the

623
00:36:41,651 --> 00:36:42,419
12th where I'm lucky to farm

624
00:36:42,419 --> 00:36:44,419
and forage.

625
00:36:44,521 --> 00:36:46,550
I could tell you many stories

626
00:36:46,550 --> 00:36:48,425
about the people, the animals,

627
00:36:48,425 --> 00:36:51,610
the plants in both districts,

628
00:36:51,610 --> 00:36:52,929
stories that refuse easily

629
00:36:52,929 --> 00:36:54,931
categorization that the 12th is

630
00:36:54,931 --> 00:36:56,633
full of rich horse farmers or

631
00:36:56,633 --> 00:36:57,600
the if I remember is a hot bed

632
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,236
of rampant crime.

633
00:36:59,236 --> 00:37:00,337
In the time I have, I want to

634
00:37:00,337 --> 00:37:02,773
remind you about the literal

635
00:37:02,773 --> 00:37:04,474
farming is which is how all of

636
00:37:04,474 --> 00:37:04,674
us eat which happens in the

637
00:37:04,674 --> 00:37:06,343
12th.

638
00:37:06,343 --> 00:37:08,770
Seed leaf, which boasts at least

639
00:37:08,770 --> 00:37:10,780
half a dozen community gardens

640
00:37:10,780 --> 00:37:11,749
in the 1st district stewards

641
00:37:11,749 --> 00:37:13,383
20 acres in the 12th where

642
00:37:13,383 --> 00:37:14,318
they provide land access to

643
00:37:14,318 --> 00:37:16,718
immigrant farmers and other

644
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:18,555
farmers of color: my family's

645
00:37:18,555 --> 00:37:18,822
farm is mostly in the 12th

646
00:37:18,822 --> 00:37:20,758
district.

647
00:37:20,758 --> 00:37:22,993
Wrut some of it is in the first.

648
00:37:22,993 --> 00:37:24,628
And with our efforts and fer

649
00:37:24,628 --> 00:37:26,620
fertility and kindness of the

650
00:37:26,620 --> 00:37:27,364
soil in both places we feed

651
00:37:27,364 --> 00:37:28,866
people in your district, council

652
00:37:28,866 --> 00:37:30,233
member hale at the wood hill

653
00:37:30,233 --> 00:37:31,768
international market.

654
00:37:31,768 --> 00:37:33,169
We display restaurants and

655
00:37:33,169 --> 00:37:34,337
groceries in your districts

656
00:37:34,337 --> 00:37:35,673
council member morton and

657
00:37:35,673 --> 00:37:37,673
council member eblen.

658
00:37:37,674 --> 00:37:40,770
Plants we grow and forage in the

659
00:37:40,770 --> 00:37:42,780
12th have eased the aches and

660
00:37:42,780 --> 00:37:43,680
pains of your constituents,

661
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:44,848
council member sevigny,

662
00:37:44,848 --> 00:37:46,483
reynolds, sheehan and lynch.

663
00:37:46,483 --> 00:37:47,985
If I sat down with the map, I

664
00:37:47,985 --> 00:37:49,787
could prove that my family has

665
00:37:49,787 --> 00:37:51,455
fed or provided medicinal plants

666
00:37:51,455 --> 00:37:53,560
to someone or many someones in

667
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,656
all your districts that we grew

668
00:37:58,620 --> 00:38:00,620
in the 12th.

669
00:38:01,832 --> 00:38:04,101
It just isn't true that the land

670
00:38:04,101 --> 00:38:08,301
isn't being put to good use and

671
00:38:08,606 --> 00:38:11,420
that the land isn't also yours.

672
00:38:11,420 --> 00:38:12,376
It's part of the life, the food,

673
00:38:12,376 --> 00:38:15,780
the health of all of your

674
00:38:15,780 --> 00:38:17,415
districts of all of our lives.

675
00:38:17,415 --> 00:38:18,716
I know some of you come from a

676
00:38:18,716 --> 00:38:20,818
farming background and I want

677
00:38:20,818 --> 00:38:22,487
you to imagine your family land,

678
00:38:22,487 --> 00:38:24,880
and I want to you imagine

679
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,324
industrial solar on it.

680
00:38:26,324 --> 00:38:27,892
Would you do that to it?

681
00:38:27,892 --> 00:38:29,694
Please don't I am peril our

682
00:38:29,694 --> 00:38:31,328
agricultural zone.

683
00:38:31,328 --> 00:38:32,930
The land needs your protection.

684
00:38:32,930 --> 00:38:35,233
Farmers like me, like seed

685
00:38:35,233 --> 00:38:35,600
leaf's farmers need your

686
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:35,678
protection.

687
00:38:35,678 --> 00:38:37,678
-

688
00:38:37,802 --> 00:38:38,970
I know you say it's 1% of the

689
00:38:38,970 --> 00:38:40,705
land but what about next year

690
00:38:40,705 --> 00:38:43,705
and the next council, opening

691
00:38:44,743 --> 00:38:45,430
the store threatens a flood of

692
00:38:45,430 --> 00:38:46,978
harm.

693
00:38:46,978 --> 00:38:47,779
Please don't put industrial

694
00:38:47,779 --> 00:38:49,800
solar in the agricultural zone.

695
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:50,715
I believe in climate change.

696
00:38:50,715 --> 00:38:52,284
I know we are in an emergency

697
00:38:52,284 --> 00:38:52,484
but the land is already on our

698
00:38:52,484 --> 00:38:53,585
side.

699
00:38:53,585 --> 00:38:53,752
Let's not do anything to harm

700
00:38:53,752 --> 00:38:54,285
it.

701
00:38:54,285 --> 00:38:55,487
thank you.

702
00:38:55,487 --> 00:38:57,487
>> Mayor: thank you.

703
00:38:59,758 --> 00:39:02,527
Next is dan nolette followed by

704
00:39:02,527 --> 00:39:02,761
eric cop there the stain.

705
00:39:02,761 --> 00:39:03,950
Welcome.

706
00:39:03,950 --> 00:39:04,496
>> thank you.

707
00:39:04,496 --> 00:39:06,496
Thank you, council.

708
00:39:07,933 --> 00:39:09,868
My name is dan nolette.

709
00:39:09,868 --> 00:39:10,702
I'm a resident of danville

710
00:39:10,702 --> 00:39:11,970
kentucky and iemed here speaking

711
00:39:11,970 --> 00:39:14,339
as a member of the kentucky

712
00:39:14,339 --> 00:39:16,739
solar energy society board.

713
00:39:20,679 --> 00:39:21,346
I'm in favor of the solar zoning

714
00:39:21,346 --> 00:39:21,880
ordinance amendment that is

715
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:23,880
before you.

716
00:39:24,616 --> 00:39:28,816
One of the other hats that I

717
00:39:29,621 --> 00:39:30,489
wear is I'm the chair of the

718
00:39:30,489 --> 00:39:32,570
danville planning and zoning.

719
00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:33,692
I know how hard it is for you to

720
00:39:33,692 --> 00:39:35,692
get this right.

721
00:39:36,162 --> 00:39:38,330
And to do a good job to balance

722
00:39:38,330 --> 00:39:40,899
the needs of your community and

723
00:39:40,899 --> 00:39:43,235
I want to congratulate this

724
00:39:43,235 --> 00:39:45,700
council because I think you have

725
00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,239
taken the time to consider this

726
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,810
issue and to get it right.

727
00:39:50,810 --> 00:39:53,646
There needs to be a reasonable

728
00:39:53,646 --> 00:39:55,646
balance between solar

729
00:39:56,682 --> 00:39:58,500
installations and reasonable

730
00:39:58,500 --> 00:39:59,918
regulations and reasonable

731
00:39:59,918 --> 00:40:01,153
accounting and requirements that

732
00:40:01,153 --> 00:40:02,355
are placed on that and have you

733
00:40:02,355 --> 00:40:05,358
done a good job in trying to

734
00:40:05,358 --> 00:40:06,893
make that happen so I support

735
00:40:06,893 --> 00:40:09,293
what you are doing.

736
00:40:10,620 --> 00:40:13,662
I think those who have opposed

737
00:40:14,933 --> 00:40:16,336
this have framed the issue

738
00:40:16,336 --> 00:40:17,102
incorrectly this doesn't have to

739
00:40:17,102 --> 00:40:18,637
be either or.

740
00:40:18,637 --> 00:40:22,410
This can be both and where we

741
00:40:22,410 --> 00:40:23,743
can responsibly implement solar

742
00:40:23,743 --> 00:40:26,743
across the county, across our

743
00:40:27,580 --> 00:40:30,517
state and do it in a way that's

744
00:40:30,517 --> 00:40:31,184
environmentally safe and

745
00:40:31,184 --> 00:40:33,184
friendly.

746
00:40:34,688 --> 00:40:36,689
The particular company that has

747
00:40:36,689 --> 00:40:39,689
one proposal in fayette, also

748
00:40:41,728 --> 00:40:42,328
has a farm in gehrig county next

749
00:40:42,328 --> 00:40:44,163
to me.

750
00:40:44,163 --> 00:40:44,364
I have seen it and toured the

751
00:40:44,364 --> 00:40:46,650
farm.

752
00:40:46,650 --> 00:40:48,902
It has been done well.

753
00:40:48,902 --> 00:40:50,903
Kentucky utilities also in mercy

754
00:40:50,903 --> 00:40:53,373
county does something similar at

755
00:40:53,373 --> 00:40:55,875
the ew brown plant so I think

756
00:40:55,875 --> 00:40:56,909
there are examples.

757
00:40:56,909 --> 00:40:58,979
You are probably all familiar

758
00:40:58,979 --> 00:41:02,150
from your studies, that this has

759
00:41:02,150 --> 00:41:04,830
been done and can be done well.

760
00:41:04,830 --> 00:41:07,830
There are also academic studies

761
00:41:08,321 --> 00:41:09,556
that show that balancing ag and

762
00:41:09,556 --> 00:41:11,224
solar actually helps the land

763
00:41:11,224 --> 00:41:13,224
and the productivity.

764
00:41:14,327 --> 00:41:16,290
Those studies have been done

765
00:41:16,290 --> 00:41:17,964
most family at university of

766
00:41:17,964 --> 00:41:19,533
tennessee.

767
00:41:19,533 --> 00:41:22,603
There is a bunch of studies done

768
00:41:22,603 --> 00:41:24,204
to show that.

769
00:41:24,204 --> 00:41:25,339
Again, thank you for your

770
00:41:25,339 --> 00:41:28,875
commitment and thank you for all

771
00:41:28,875 --> 00:41:29,643
that you are doing to try to

772
00:41:29,643 --> 00:41:31,643
implement reasonable regulations

773
00:41:31,878 --> 00:41:32,113
on this matter.

774
00:41:32,113 --> 00:41:33,130
Thanks.

775
00:41:33,130 --> 00:41:35,130
>> Mayor: thank you.

776
00:41:35,349 --> 00:41:36,450
Next is eric copstain followed

777
00:41:36,450 --> 00:41:38,450
by jim coleman.

778
00:41:40,420 --> 00:41:42,420
Welcome.

779
00:41:43,657 --> 00:41:45,580
>> my nape is eric copstain, a

780
00:41:45,580 --> 00:41:47,458
resident of nashville, tennessee

781
00:41:49,697 --> 00:41:53,200
here on behalf of silicon ranch

782
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:54,340
corporation.

783
00:41:54,340 --> 00:41:55,102
Mayor, vice mayor and members of

784
00:41:55,102 --> 00:41:57,370
the council, thank you for the

785
00:41:57,370 --> 00:41:58,205
opportunity to speak with you

786
00:41:58,205 --> 00:42:00,605
again and more importantly,

787
00:42:01,242 --> 00:42:03,430
thank you for the time the

788
00:42:03,430 --> 00:42:04,440
diligence and public service you

789
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:05,813
have devoted to this issue and

790
00:42:05,813 --> 00:42:07,514
to the people of lexington

791
00:42:07,514 --> 00:42:09,514
fayette county.

792
00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:12,220
As you can consider the solar

793
00:42:12,220 --> 00:42:15,255
zota before you, I want to

794
00:42:15,255 --> 00:42:17,655
emphasize that the thoughtful

795
00:42:17,825 --> 00:42:19,590
framework you have developed

796
00:42:19,590 --> 00:42:21,459
reflects the difficult balancing

797
00:42:24,232 --> 00:42:26,868
act inherent in this complex

798
00:42:26,868 --> 00:42:29,268
issue it recognizes the

799
00:42:29,737 --> 00:42:31,539
importance of agriculture and

800
00:42:31,539 --> 00:42:32,673
the rural service area, economic

801
00:42:32,673 --> 00:42:34,673
development opportunities,

802
00:42:35,576 --> 00:42:37,312
energy needs, environmental

803
00:42:37,312 --> 00:42:38,460
stewardship, and the

804
00:42:38,460 --> 00:42:39,280
opportunity-for-responsible

805
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,280
solar development.

806
00:42:42,830 --> 00:42:43,318
We believe and silicon ranch has

807
00:42:43,318 --> 00:42:45,520
proven in many other projects

808
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,355
that those interests can

809
00:42:47,355 --> 00:42:49,355
co-exist.

810
00:42:50,910 --> 00:42:53,395
As we have mentioned in prior

811
00:42:53,395 --> 00:42:54,729
meetings, silicon ranch takes a

812
00:42:54,729 --> 00:42:56,264
fundamentally long-term approach

813
00:42:56,264 --> 00:42:56,498
20 the communities where we

814
00:42:56,498 --> 00:42:58,432
operate.

815
00:42:58,432 --> 00:43:01,469
We are not simply a developer

816
00:43:01,469 --> 00:43:02,137
that builds a project, sells it

817
00:43:02,137 --> 00:43:04,137
and moves on.

818
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,243
We own and operate our projects

819
00:43:08,243 --> 00:43:09,644
for decades.

820
00:43:09,644 --> 00:43:10,879
-- and when we enter a

821
00:43:10,879 --> 00:43:12,881
community, we expect to remain

822
00:43:12,881 --> 00:43:13,181
and be part of that community

823
00:43:13,181 --> 00:43:15,181
for decades.

824
00:43:15,484 --> 00:43:17,786
That commitment we also reflect

825
00:43:17,786 --> 00:43:20,455
in how we manage the land itself

826
00:43:20,455 --> 00:43:21,590
you have heard about

827
00:43:21,590 --> 00:43:23,590
agrivoltaics which combines

828
00:43:24,459 --> 00:43:26,194
solar energy production with

829
00:43:26,194 --> 00:43:27,997
active agricultural uses.

830
00:43:27,997 --> 00:43:31,132
And as you have heard, rather

831
00:43:31,132 --> 00:43:33,401
than viewing farming and solar

832
00:43:33,401 --> 00:43:34,836
as mutually exclusive, we

833
00:43:34,836 --> 00:43:36,836
integrate management of

834
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,342
livestock, grazing in the solar

835
00:43:40,342 --> 00:43:43,342
facilities so the land continues

836
00:43:44,212 --> 00:43:46,612
to produce agricultural value

837
00:43:48,383 --> 00:43:49,985
while also pling energy.

838
00:43:49,985 --> 00:43:51,985
Land regenerative practices

839
00:43:52,454 --> 00:43:54,723
improve soil health, increase

840
00:43:54,723 --> 00:43:56,392
organic matter, support

841
00:43:56,392 --> 00:43:58,460
biodiversity, soil retention and

842
00:43:58,460 --> 00:44:00,860
help restore the long-term

843
00:44:01,563 --> 00:44:03,963
productivity and resilience of

844
00:44:05,701 --> 00:44:07,970
so after many months of public

845
00:44:07,970 --> 00:44:08,937
discussion and analysis and

846
00:44:08,937 --> 00:44:10,606
deliberations, you have

847
00:44:10,606 --> 00:44:12,674
constructed a thoughtful zota

848
00:44:12,674 --> 00:44:15,740
that I think establishes

849
00:44:15,111 --> 00:44:17,111
meaningful standards while

850
00:44:18,881 --> 00:44:21,830
allowing responsible projects to

851
00:44:21,830 --> 00:44:23,453
be considered on their merits

852
00:44:23,453 --> 00:44:24,453
and we believe this zota is a

853
00:44:24,453 --> 00:44:25,521
healthy productive balance for

854
00:44:25,521 --> 00:44:28,521
the future of lexington fayette

855
00:44:29,725 --> 00:44:31,930
county and I respectfully

856
00:44:31,930 --> 00:44:31,827
encourage you to continue to

857
00:44:31,827 --> 00:44:34,227
move this zota forward.

858
00:44:34,930 --> 00:44:36,766
So thank you again mayor and

859
00:44:36,766 --> 00:44:38,167
members of the council for your

860
00:44:38,167 --> 00:44:40,336
service, your diligence and hard

861
00:44:40,336 --> 00:44:41,871
work throughout this process.

862
00:44:41,871 --> 00:44:43,206
>> thank you.

863
00:44:43,206 --> 00:44:45,408
Next is jim coleman.

864
00:44:45,408 --> 00:44:47,243
Jim will be followed by judith

865
00:44:47,243 --> 00:44:47,510
humble who will have six

866
00:44:47,510 --> 00:44:48,111
minutes.

867
00:44:48,111 --> 00:44:48,778
Welcome.

868
00:44:48,778 --> 00:44:50,130
>> mayor, thank you so much and

869
00:44:50,130 --> 00:44:51,648
to the council for this

870
00:44:51,648 --> 00:44:52,548
wonderful opportunity to share

871
00:44:52,548 --> 00:44:54,548
my opinion.

872
00:44:55,251 --> 00:44:57,753
I am a happy farmer, fourth

873
00:44:57,753 --> 00:44:59,589
generation farmer coleman crest

874
00:44:59,589 --> 00:45:02,580
farm and I'm pleased to let you

875
00:45:02,580 --> 00:45:03,893
know that I'm a farmer who

876
00:45:03,893 --> 00:45:05,295
supports solar as well as zero

877
00:45:05,295 --> 00:45:06,663
emissions and when I spoke at

878
00:45:06,663 --> 00:45:08,798
the last meeting I walked away

879
00:45:08,798 --> 00:45:09,990
thinking I've got to be more

880
00:45:09,990 --> 00:45:10,533
responsible.

881
00:45:10,533 --> 00:45:13,637
In the good spirit of henry clay

882
00:45:13,637 --> 00:45:16,720
who was the great compromiser

883
00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:18,700
and great at resolving conflict,

884
00:45:18,700 --> 00:45:18,642
you guys are faced with an issue

885
00:45:18,642 --> 00:45:20,110
that is 50-50.

886
00:45:20,110 --> 00:45:21,645
It doesn't have to be 50-50.

887
00:45:21,645 --> 00:45:22,646
I went back and I said I've got

888
00:45:22,646 --> 00:45:24,915
to be more responsible.

889
00:45:24,915 --> 00:45:27,184
So I put together my own

890
00:45:27,184 --> 00:45:29,860
analysis by using google and

891
00:45:29,860 --> 00:45:30,554
chatgpt and talked to my dog

892
00:45:30,554 --> 00:45:31,755
torch to come up with an

893
00:45:31,755 --> 00:45:34,570
analysis that I have here and

894
00:45:34,570 --> 00:45:35,792
sent you all an email.

895
00:45:35,792 --> 00:45:37,761
Just by simply doing my own

896
00:45:37,761 --> 00:45:39,263
research, I have found that in

897
00:45:39,263 --> 00:45:42,263
fayette county we have over

898
00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:45,900
10,000 acres of non-farmland we

899
00:45:46,737 --> 00:45:47,671
have an opportunity to catch

900
00:45:47,671 --> 00:45:49,439
2,000 megawatts of power that

901
00:45:49,439 --> 00:45:50,374
could provide power to over

902
00:45:50,374 --> 00:45:52,374
350,000 homes.

903
00:45:52,909 --> 00:45:53,177
That's more homes beyond our own

904
00:45:53,177 --> 00:45:54,744
county.

905
00:45:54,744 --> 00:45:55,912
And when you look at it,

906
00:45:55,912 --> 00:45:57,781
everything from our public

907
00:45:57,781 --> 00:45:59,160
schools and I learned a lot with

908
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:00,985
algebra and square footage, that

909
00:46:00,985 --> 00:46:05,220
when you come up with our public

910
00:46:05,220 --> 00:46:06,230
schools, they're 27 acres and I

911
00:46:06,230 --> 00:46:07,558
just went into google and said

912
00:46:07,558 --> 00:46:08,759
how many parking lots exist at

913
00:46:08,759 --> 00:46:10,894
our public schools and it told

914
00:46:10,894 --> 00:46:12,429
me a total of 6500 so when you

915
00:46:12,429 --> 00:46:14,298
look at it with our planning

916
00:46:14,298 --> 00:46:16,867
department, each space has got

917
00:46:16,867 --> 00:46:18,603
to be about 180 square feet and

918
00:46:18,603 --> 00:46:18,970
all adds up to the number of

919
00:46:18,970 --> 00:46:20,538
acres.

920
00:46:20,538 --> 00:46:22,172
The big part here is for like

921
00:46:22,172 --> 00:46:24,572
kroger we've got 12 stores.

922
00:46:25,142 --> 00:46:27,377
They've got a total of 25 acres

923
00:46:27,377 --> 00:46:29,800
that are for uncovered lots and

924
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:30,515
27 acres for the roof tops.

925
00:46:30,515 --> 00:46:31,949
They could use that savings that

926
00:46:31,949 --> 00:46:33,817
they could generate from their

927
00:46:33,817 --> 00:46:36,921
own solar power to reduce the

928
00:46:36,921 --> 00:46:38,622
cost of hamburger, meat, milk

929
00:46:38,622 --> 00:46:40,191
and pampers for our citizens

930
00:46:40,191 --> 00:46:42,160
here in fayette county.

931
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:45,760
And that goes also for wal-mart

932
00:46:46,964 --> 00:46:48,766
that's got four stores, sames is

933
00:46:48,766 --> 00:46:50,234
one university of kentucky has

934
00:46:50,234 --> 00:46:50,701
4,000 parking lots at the kroger

935
00:46:50,701 --> 00:46:52,370
stadium.

936
00:46:52,370 --> 00:46:53,572
When you convert that over

937
00:46:53,572 --> 00:46:57,172
that's a total of 17 acres that

938
00:46:57,542 --> 00:46:59,430
could produce 522 megawatts of

939
00:46:59,430 --> 00:47:00,512
power: DR. Capilouto could

940
00:47:00,512 --> 00:47:03,140
share that with community or

941
00:47:03,140 --> 00:47:03,848
take that and have a $10 million

942
00:47:03,848 --> 00:47:04,482
savings for the university of

943
00:47:04,482 --> 00:47:05,817
kentucky.

944
00:47:05,817 --> 00:47:07,252
The bottom line is that I put

945
00:47:07,252 --> 00:47:08,820
this chart together and I did

946
00:47:08,820 --> 00:47:11,890
this for my own farm on a vision

947
00:47:11,890 --> 00:47:12,691
of success and I'm looking at

948
00:47:12,691 --> 00:47:15,260
SEPTEMBER 10, 2030 going to be a

949
00:47:15,260 --> 00:47:16,460
great article that mar tina

950
00:47:16,460 --> 00:47:17,896
barksdale is going to get for us

951
00:47:17,896 --> 00:47:19,297
in the new york tiles where it

952
00:47:19,297 --> 00:47:22,000
says lexington leads the nation

953
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,400
zero emission power without

954
00:47:24,869 --> 00:47:25,136
sacrificing one acre of

955
00:47:25,136 --> 00:47:26,604
farmland.

956
00:47:26,604 --> 00:47:27,739
Mayor linda gorton said it was

957
00:47:27,739 --> 00:47:29,408
because of the strategic forward%

958
00:47:29,408 --> 00:47:30,309
thinking of our council members

959
00:47:30,309 --> 00:47:32,511
combined with the support of our

960
00:47:32,511 --> 00:47:32,811
community that made the

961
00:47:32,811 --> 00:47:33,445
difference.

962
00:47:33,445 --> 00:47:36,140
DR. Capilouto said U.K. Is

963
00:47:36,140 --> 00:47:39,140
saving over $10 million with our

964
00:47:39,184 --> 00:47:41,530
U.K. Solar power program at our

965
00:47:41,530 --> 00:47:44,890
parking lot at the stadium and

966
00:47:44,890 --> 00:47:45,658
it has been the best tailgate

967
00:47:45,658 --> 00:47:46,891
party ever at U.K.

968
00:47:46,891 --> 00:47:47,960
Kroger said we are going to make

969
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:49,194
sure our savings are providing

970
00:47:49,194 --> 00:47:49,995
savings to all of our families

971
00:47:49,995 --> 00:47:51,995
here in lexington.

972
00:47:51,997 --> 00:47:52,664
Thank you so much for this

973
00:47:52,664 --> 00:47:53,999
wonderful opportunity.

974
00:47:53,999 --> 00:47:55,500
Please put this in the record.

975
00:47:55,500 --> 00:47:55,701
Thank you for this opportunity,

976
00:47:55,701 --> 00:47:57,701
mayor.

977
00:47:58,570 --> 00:48:01,206
>> Mayor: thank you very much.

978
00:48:01,206 --> 00:48:03,542
Next is judith humble followed

979
00:48:03,542 --> 00:48:04,677
by don who have have six

980
00:48:04,677 --> 00:48:04,910
minutes.

981
00:48:04,910 --> 00:48:06,110
Welcome.

982
00:48:06,110 --> 00:48:07,746
>> good evening council.

983
00:48:07,746 --> 00:48:10,616
Mayor gorton and vice mayor wu.

984
00:48:10,616 --> 00:48:12,518
My name is judith humble and I

985
00:48:12,518 --> 00:48:13,753
live in the 5l1 th district.

986
00:48:13,753 --> 00:48:15,854
I am asking for a final time

987
00:48:15,854 --> 00:48:19,224
that you support the version of

988
00:48:19,224 --> 00:48:21,294
the solar zota with the council

989
00:48:21,294 --> 00:48:22,995
text amendment allowing large

990
00:48:22,995 --> 00:48:23,596
scale solar on 1% of land in

991
00:48:23,596 --> 00:48:25,596
fayette county.

992
00:48:27,266 --> 00:48:28,934
The zota language introduces an

993
00:48:28,934 --> 00:48:31,771
innovation in its mandate for

994
00:48:31,771 --> 00:48:33,138
the use of agrivoltaic solar

995
00:48:33,138 --> 00:48:34,474
model for installation.

996
00:48:34,474 --> 00:48:36,874
The bluegrass action team,

997
00:48:38,511 --> 00:48:40,112
kentucky sear sierra club and

998
00:48:40,112 --> 00:48:41,881
bluegrass sierra club see

999
00:48:41,881 --> 00:48:42,548
agrivoltaic solar as a model to

1000
00:48:42,548 --> 00:48:44,548
benefit our community.

1001
00:48:44,784 --> 00:48:45,885
we have come to this conclusion

1002
00:48:45,885 --> 00:48:47,252
through diligent research and

1003
00:48:47,252 --> 00:48:47,921
would I like to summarize our

1004
00:48:47,921 --> 00:48:49,389
findings for you.

1005
00:48:49,389 --> 00:48:51,257
I'll start by talking about what

1006
00:48:51,257 --> 00:48:52,392
it is and comment on things that

1007
00:48:52,392 --> 00:48:54,392
does not do.

1008
00:48:56,196 --> 00:48:57,797
It is a conservation-based model

1009
00:48:57,797 --> 00:49:00,320
developed in partnership with

1010
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:01,200
renewable energy and the carling

1011
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:02,535
community.

1012
00:49:02,535 --> 00:49:05,472
It has been in operation in the

1013
00:49:05,472 --> 00:49:06,839
U.S. Since 2008.

1014
00:49:06,839 --> 00:49:08,839
With 600 successful renewable

1015
00:49:10,243 --> 00:49:12,243
energy farming partisanship

1016
00:49:12,713 --> 00:49:13,512
partnerships around the country.

1017
00:49:13,512 --> 00:49:14,614
Developers of the agrivoltaic

1018
00:49:14,614 --> 00:49:16,616
model recognized years ago that

1019
00:49:16,616 --> 00:49:18,551
the need for large scale solar

1020
00:49:18,551 --> 00:49:21,355
would increase and that farmland

1021
00:49:21,355 --> 00:49:21,955
would present minimal obstacles

1022
00:49:21,955 --> 00:49:23,123
to construction.

1023
00:49:23,123 --> 00:49:25,124
They also recognize the

1024
00:49:25,124 --> 00:49:27,160
importance to communities of

1025
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:28,762
keeping agricultural land in

1026
00:49:28,762 --> 00:49:30,664
production and they partnered

1027
00:49:30,664 --> 00:49:32,699
with farmers to develop a model

1028
00:49:32,699 --> 00:49:34,735
that would introduce the world

1029
00:49:34,735 --> 00:49:35,969
to renewable energy with

1030
00:49:35,969 --> 00:49:37,969
agriculture.

1031
00:49:38,338 --> 00:49:39,973
The agrivoltaic partnership

1032
00:49:39,973 --> 00:49:42,408
makes possible two steady income

1033
00:49:42,408 --> 00:49:43,243
streeps from a single piece of

1034
00:49:43,243 --> 00:49:45,243
land.

1035
00:49:45,411 --> 00:49:47,147
This is conservation at its best

1036
00:49:47,147 --> 00:49:48,615
rather than degradation.

1037
00:49:48,615 --> 00:49:51,150
And the agricultural community

1038
00:49:51,551 --> 00:49:52,860
has been a participant from the

1039
00:49:52,860 --> 00:49:53,420
outset.

1040
00:49:53,420 --> 00:49:55,722
Farmer buy-in is demonstrated

1041
00:49:55,722 --> 00:49:57,224
with the endorsement of

1042
00:49:57,224 --> 00:49:59,624
agrivoltaic solar by the

1043
00:50:00,127 --> 00:50:01,950
american farmland trust a

1044
00:50:01,950 --> 00:50:02,162
nationally recognized

1045
00:50:02,162 --> 00:50:03,230
organization in the agricultural

1046
00:50:03,230 --> 00:50:05,230
community.

1047
00:50:05,566 --> 00:50:06,867
Currently aft is providing

1048
00:50:06,867 --> 00:50:09,303
farmers in several states with

1049
00:50:09,303 --> 00:50:11,738
training on ways to partner

1050
00:50:11,738 --> 00:50:12,973
successfully with this model and

1051
00:50:12,973 --> 00:50:14,307
their website predicts it will

1052
00:50:14,307 --> 00:50:17,907
have an important role in the

1053
00:50:20,681 --> 00:50:22,830
future of farming.

1054
00:50:22,830 --> 00:50:22,750
Agrivoltaic solar differs in

1055
00:50:22,750 --> 00:50:24,750
important ways.

1056
00:50:25,653 --> 00:50:27,200
Materials and design are

1057
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,420
explicitly selected to minimize

1058
00:50:29,457 --> 00:50:31,250
impact on the land and soil.

1059
00:50:31,250 --> 00:50:32,927
Ground cover is selected in

1060
00:50:32,927 --> 00:50:35,960
accordance with standards for

1061
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:36,731
regenerative agriculture and

1062
00:50:36,731 --> 00:50:37,197
never includes gravel or grass

1063
00:50:37,197 --> 00:50:39,197
only coverage.

1064
00:50:40,101 --> 00:50:41,569
These arrays are more complex in

1065
00:50:41,569 --> 00:50:42,937
design more challenge

1066
00:50:42,937 --> 00:50:45,720
challenging to build and more

1067
00:50:45,720 --> 00:50:45,306
costly than standard large scale

1068
00:50:45,306 --> 00:50:47,306
models.

1069
00:50:47,641 --> 00:50:49,430
The willingness of agrivoltaic

1070
00:50:49,430 --> 00:50:50,144
companies to embrace these

1071
00:50:50,144 --> 00:50:51,245
challenges demonstrates

1072
00:50:51,245 --> 00:50:53,645
commitment to the conservation

1073
00:50:56,117 --> 00:50:56,484
mission this model does not ruin

1074
00:50:56,484 --> 00:50:57,451
farmland.

1075
00:50:57,451 --> 00:50:58,853
It has been shown by research

1076
00:50:58,853 --> 00:51:01,122
and farmer testimony to improve

1077
00:51:01,122 --> 00:51:02,656
soil quality and to protect soil

1078
00:51:02,656 --> 00:51:04,525
in times of drought.

1079
00:51:04,525 --> 00:51:06,527
I have submitted documentation

1080
00:51:06,527 --> 00:51:09,530
to council with links to peer

1081
00:51:09,530 --> 00:51:11,320
reviewed research that supports

1082
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:11,766
improvements in soil quality and

1083
00:51:11,766 --> 00:51:14,166
vegetation, especially with the

1084
00:51:16,471 --> 00:51:18,871
practice of solar grazing.

1085
00:51:19,173 --> 00:51:21,476
It will not overrun farmland.

1086
00:51:21,476 --> 00:51:22,430
Must be tethered to a

1087
00:51:22,430 --> 00:51:22,944
transmission line.

1088
00:51:22,944 --> 00:51:24,545
This limits locations in fayette

1089
00:51:24,545 --> 00:51:27,515
county to a small contained area

1090
00:51:27,515 --> 00:51:28,850
with low visibilty.

1091
00:51:28,850 --> 00:51:31,250
The agrivoltaic model benefits

1092
00:51:31,353 --> 00:51:32,720
farmers with a dependable

1093
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:33,555
income.

1094
00:51:33,555 --> 00:51:35,560
Farmer practitioners have

1095
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:36,658
described the model as a

1096
00:51:36,658 --> 00:51:38,260
lifeline in a time when it is

1097
00:51:38,260 --> 00:51:41,260
increasingly difficult to make a

1098
00:51:41,290 --> 00:51:41,563
living in the agricultural

1099
00:51:41,563 --> 00:51:42,897
coactor.

1100
00:51:42,897 --> 00:51:44,332
The complaint has been made that

1101
00:51:44,332 --> 00:51:45,533
large scale solar will change

1102
00:51:45,533 --> 00:51:45,934
the esthetic of our bluegrass

1103
00:51:45,934 --> 00:51:47,435
area.

1104
00:51:47,435 --> 00:51:49,571
This could be true to a limited

1105
00:51:49,571 --> 00:51:50,572
extend but it doesn't have to be

1106
00:51:50,572 --> 00:51:53,572
a cause of irreversible harm.

1107
00:51:54,900 --> 00:51:54,276
We can learn to appreciate a new

1108
00:51:54,276 --> 00:51:55,210
esthetic.

1109
00:51:55,210 --> 00:51:57,846
One that is based on the

1110
00:51:57,846 --> 00:51:58,780
realization that an agrivoltaic

1111
00:51:58,780 --> 00:52:01,160
installation takes us a leap

1112
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:03,252
forward in our renewable energy

1113
00:52:03,252 --> 00:52:04,190
portfolio and helps us fight

1114
00:52:04,190 --> 00:52:06,190
climate change.

1115
00:52:06,488 --> 00:52:07,790
In the long run, sheep grazing

1116
00:52:07,790 --> 00:52:10,426
underneath the solar array MAY

1117
00:52:10,426 --> 00:52:12,227
be a welcome site than that of a

1118
00:52:12,227 --> 00:52:13,496
fossil fuel fired power plant

1119
00:52:13,496 --> 00:52:15,797
that will generate emissions far

1120
00:52:15,797 --> 00:52:18,200
in the future, the devastation

1121
00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:21,300
of eastern kentucky by mountain

1122
00:52:21,300 --> 00:52:22,505
top removal and nearby community

1123
00:52:22,505 --> 00:52:24,340
ravaged by tornadoes.

1124
00:52:24,340 --> 00:52:27,343
It is very important to remember

1125
00:52:27,343 --> 00:52:28,944
that fossil fuels inflict

1126
00:52:28,944 --> 00:52:30,246
violence on the environment in

1127
00:52:30,246 --> 00:52:31,613
numerous ways that we don't

1128
00:52:31,613 --> 00:52:33,649
witness from a front row seat.

1129
00:52:33,649 --> 00:52:35,251
In closing, I strongly believe

1130
00:52:35,251 --> 00:52:36,418
that the version of the zota to

1131
00:52:36,418 --> 00:52:38,200
be voted on this evening

1132
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:40,322
represents an opportunity and a

1133
00:52:40,322 --> 00:52:40,923
milestone in our battle to

1134
00:52:40,923 --> 00:52:43,692
mitigate climate change and I

1135
00:52:43,692 --> 00:52:45,427
ask you to researches the sierra

1136
00:52:45,427 --> 00:52:47,263
club organizational sign on

1137
00:52:47,263 --> 00:52:48,198
letter which contains the

1138
00:52:48,198 --> 00:52:48,864
signatures of several

1139
00:52:48,864 --> 00:52:50,699
organizations conservation

1140
00:52:50,699 --> 00:52:52,101
minded from this community and

1141
00:52:52,101 --> 00:52:53,402
community leaders who support

1142
00:52:53,402 --> 00:52:55,738
this version of the zota.

1143
00:52:55,738 --> 00:52:56,906
Thank you for your attention

1144
00:52:56,906 --> 00:52:58,906
tonight.

1145
00:52:59,242 --> 00:53:01,242
>> Mayor: thank you.

1146
00:53:02,912 --> 00:53:04,481
Next is don amond who will have

1147
00:53:04,481 --> 00:53:07,481
six minutes, followed by dan

1148
00:53:07,650 --> 00:53:08,684
graves, who will also have six

1149
00:53:08,684 --> 00:53:08,918
minutes.

1150
00:53:08,918 --> 00:53:10,918
Welcome.

1151
00:53:11,621 --> 00:53:13,356
>> thank you, mayor.

1152
00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:15,356
Greetings council.

1153
00:53:15,824 --> 00:53:16,592
I'm don ament.

1154
00:53:16,592 --> 00:53:18,600
A 5l1 th district resident.

1155
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:19,280
I have been thinking about the

1156
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:20,263
frustrations many of us are

1157
00:53:20,263 --> 00:53:22,632
having over all the recent

1158
00:53:22,632 --> 00:53:24,567
delays with the water company's

1159
00:53:24,567 --> 00:53:25,668
repair work and how we seem to

1160
00:53:25,668 --> 00:53:26,803
have so little power to get them

1161
00:53:26,803 --> 00:53:27,904
to do much of anything to get

1162
00:53:27,904 --> 00:53:29,839
things fixed.

1163
00:53:29,839 --> 00:53:32,142
It occurred to me there is a

1164
00:53:32,142 --> 00:53:33,610
parallel there with the rural

1165
00:53:33,610 --> 00:53:34,511
solar initiative before us this

1166
00:53:34,511 --> 00:53:36,511
evening.

1167
00:53:37,647 --> 00:53:39,160
The similarity being the issue

1168
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:40,583
of control or lack thereof.

1169
00:53:40,583 --> 00:53:41,417
We didn't buy the water company

1170
00:53:41,417 --> 00:53:44,721
when we had the chance and now

1171
00:53:44,721 --> 00:53:47,757
we seem to be stuck with their

1172
00:53:47,757 --> 00:53:48,759
timeline and their priorities

1173
00:53:48,759 --> 00:53:50,930
what will happen in fayette

1174
00:53:50,930 --> 00:53:52,493
county when kentucky utilities,

1175
00:53:54,364 --> 00:53:55,632
another public utility ultima

1176
00:53:55,632 --> 00:53:56,600
thely realizes that solar power

1177
00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:59,203
generation is cheaper than coal.

1178
00:53:59,203 --> 00:54:01,400
As a public utility, they MAY

1179
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,400
well go on to build solar

1180
00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:04,942
generating capacity in our

1181
00:54:04,942 --> 00:54:08,542
county wherever they want in the

1182
00:54:10,181 --> 00:54:12,820
cheapest way possible.

1183
00:54:12,820 --> 00:54:13,950
If the public service commission

1184
00:54:13,950 --> 00:54:15,719
grants that kind of permitting

1185
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:16,687
I'm afraid we will see the true

1186
00:54:16,687 --> 00:54:19,687
solar installations that so many

1187
00:54:22,159 --> 00:54:24,662
of us are rightly afraid of.

1188
00:54:24,662 --> 00:54:25,896
That could happen if we have no

1189
00:54:25,896 --> 00:54:27,965
restrictions gade lines in place

1190
00:54:27,965 --> 00:54:29,660
or you could vote to allow

1191
00:54:29,660 --> 00:54:31,660
commercial solar installations

1192
00:54:32,536 --> 00:54:34,405
on agricultural land in fayette

1193
00:54:34,405 --> 00:54:35,839
county but only if they add

1194
00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:38,643
adhere to the constraints you

1195
00:54:38,643 --> 00:54:39,977
have added into the new zota.

1196
00:54:39,977 --> 00:54:41,312
I hear virtually no public

1197
00:54:41,312 --> 00:54:43,181
comments about the fact that we

1198
00:54:43,181 --> 00:54:46,181
are going to eventually get

1199
00:54:46,751 --> 00:54:47,840
rural solar one way or the

1200
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:48,219
other.

1201
00:54:48,219 --> 00:54:48,953
i know it has been discussed

1202
00:54:48,953 --> 00:54:50,953
here in council.

1203
00:54:51,122 --> 00:54:53,390
I have read some of your own

1204
00:54:53,390 --> 00:54:55,426
reports stating how the psc has

1205
00:54:55,426 --> 00:54:57,826
indicated they could greatly

1206
00:54:57,962 --> 00:54:59,564
strive to work within your

1207
00:54:59,564 --> 00:55:01,564
commercial guidelines before

1208
00:55:03,467 --> 00:55:04,903
permitting any public utility

1209
00:55:04,903 --> 00:55:06,270
solar installations and to me,

1210
00:55:06,270 --> 00:55:09,740
that is the bottom line.

1211
00:55:09,740 --> 00:55:11,420
The psc would work within your

1212
00:55:11,420 --> 00:55:13,100
guidelines if you have any.

1213
00:55:13,100 --> 00:55:14,145
I would do the hear that point

1214
00:55:14,145 --> 00:55:15,546
discussed out in the wild at all

1215
00:55:15,546 --> 00:55:17,148
and I have only heard it

1216
00:55:17,148 --> 00:55:19,584
discussed here by council as

1217
00:55:19,584 --> 00:55:21,984
something of a peripheral

1218
00:55:22,860 --> 00:55:25,623
concept; but it is a key point.

1219
00:55:25,623 --> 00:55:27,425
What I do hear is legitimate

1220
00:55:27,425 --> 00:55:29,460
concern that I share of

1221
00:55:29,460 --> 00:55:31,460
industrial scale, unconstrained

1222
00:55:32,463 --> 00:55:32,864
solar installations that do

1223
00:55:32,864 --> 00:55:34,332
destroy farmland.

1224
00:55:34,332 --> 00:55:36,467
We have seen that happen and it

1225
00:55:36,467 --> 00:55:38,690
could happen here.

1226
00:55:38,690 --> 00:55:41,139
Therefore, I urge you to pass

1227
00:55:41,139 --> 00:55:42,740
the new solar zota, keeping your

1228
00:55:42,740 --> 00:55:44,474
comprehensive guard rails fully

1229
00:55:46,511 --> 00:55:49,511
in place we can have

1230
00:55:50,716 --> 00:55:52,217
regenerative agricultural

1231
00:55:52,217 --> 00:55:53,552
production working cooperatively

1232
00:55:53,552 --> 00:55:56,955
with solar capacity I. Does not

1233
00:55:56,955 --> 00:55:58,323
have to be an either or

1234
00:55:58,323 --> 00:56:00,323
situation.

1235
00:56:00,858 --> 00:56:02,294
To conclude, I wish to add

1236
00:56:02,294 --> 00:56:04,796
something to what I shared here

1237
00:56:04,796 --> 00:56:06,732
in AUGUST on this issue.

1238
00:56:06,732 --> 00:56:10,332
I spoke then on this solar

1239
00:56:11,236 --> 00:56:12,270
issue, I mentioned the aerial

1240
00:56:12,270 --> 00:56:13,405
mountain top coal mining

1241
00:56:13,405 --> 00:56:16,405
photographs I made in perry

1242
00:56:16,641 --> 00:56:19,745
county 20 years ago as part of a

1243
00:56:19,745 --> 00:56:20,312
group effort sanctioned by

1244
00:56:20,312 --> 00:56:20,646
kentuckians for the

1245
00:56:20,646 --> 00:56:21,814
commonwealth.

1246
00:56:21,814 --> 00:56:23,548
I did not mention what happened

1247
00:56:23,548 --> 00:56:24,784
prior to our flights over those

1248
00:56:24,784 --> 00:56:26,418
active mining operations where

1249
00:56:26,418 --> 00:56:28,554
we made our observations from

1250
00:56:28,554 --> 00:56:30,554
the air.

1251
00:56:31,123 --> 00:56:34,723
earlier that day we drove back

1252
00:56:34,993 --> 00:56:39,193
into a holler way out in the

1253
00:56:40,766 --> 00:56:42,568
county into a small farm house.

1254
00:56:42,568 --> 00:56:44,170
We met an elderly couple who

1255
00:56:44,170 --> 00:56:46,570
lived there froabl forever.

1256
00:56:46,973 --> 00:56:48,441
They took ows a stroll out on

1257
00:56:48,441 --> 00:56:49,842
their land and chatted about the

1258
00:56:49,842 --> 00:56:52,842
mining that was happening all

1259
00:56:55,982 --> 00:56:57,616
around them soon we made our way

1260
00:56:57,616 --> 00:56:59,352
up a small ridge and when we got

1261
00:56:59,352 --> 00:57:00,353
to the top, we could see into

1262
00:57:00,353 --> 00:57:02,788
the valley on the other side

1263
00:57:02,788 --> 00:57:05,191
into the heart of an active mtr

1264
00:57:05,191 --> 00:57:07,259
operation, up close and personal

1265
00:57:07,259 --> 00:57:10,597
as far as the eye could see.

1266
00:57:10,597 --> 00:57:12,231
If you want to see and hear true

1267
00:57:12,231 --> 00:57:14,231
environmental desecration, there

1268
00:57:15,401 --> 00:57:16,680
it was, right over the fill from

1269
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:17,837
their farm.

1270
00:57:17,837 --> 00:57:19,472
The mining we witnessed that day

1271
00:57:19,472 --> 00:57:22,274
from the air and the ground was

1272
00:57:22,274 --> 00:57:24,440
the first step, the birth, you

1273
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:26,378
could say, of how we make

1274
00:57:26,378 --> 00:57:27,647
electricity, but it was also the

1275
00:57:27,647 --> 00:57:31,247
literal death of som of the

1276
00:57:31,484 --> 00:57:32,352
most ancient fertile and diverse

1277
00:57:32,352 --> 00:57:34,752
ecosystems on the planet.

1278
00:57:35,555 --> 00:57:37,790
The elderly couple asked us to

1279
00:57:37,790 --> 00:57:39,559
tell the that story.

1280
00:57:39,559 --> 00:57:42,396
If a yes vote from this council

1281
00:57:42,396 --> 00:57:45,396
on the rural solar initiative

1282
00:57:46,967 --> 00:57:47,901
keeps just 100 lochs of coal

1283
00:57:47,901 --> 00:57:50,170
from being dug out of the

1284
00:57:50,170 --> 00:57:51,638
ground, that will be 100 lumps

1285
00:57:51,638 --> 00:57:52,806
of coal that will not be dug out

1286
00:57:52,806 --> 00:57:54,806
of the ground.

1287
00:57:54,941 --> 00:57:56,409
We need to make every effort

1288
00:57:56,409 --> 00:57:58,579
possible for that to happen.

1289
00:57:58,579 --> 00:58:00,130
We owe this to the generations

1290
00:58:00,130 --> 00:58:02,413
that will follow us.

1291
00:58:02,883 --> 00:58:04,851
We owe it to our fayette county

1292
00:58:04,851 --> 00:58:07,588
farmland to protect it from

1293
00:58:07,588 --> 00:58:09,790
actual industrial solar that I

1294
00:58:09,790 --> 00:58:12,359
fear will home if you do not set

1295
00:58:12,359 --> 00:58:13,600
your excellent restrictions in

1296
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:15,600
place.

1297
00:58:15,262 --> 00:58:16,663
With your vote, you can help

1298
00:58:16,663 --> 00:58:19,399
keep coal in the ground and

1299
00:58:19,399 --> 00:58:20,330
protect our rural farmland from

1300
00:58:20,330 --> 00:58:21,468
true industrial development in

1301
00:58:21,468 --> 00:58:23,468
the future.

1302
00:58:23,870 --> 00:58:26,206
You can do both.

1303
00:58:26,206 --> 00:58:28,142
And I would just like to also

1304
00:58:28,142 --> 00:58:29,409
acknowledge the person who

1305
00:58:29,409 --> 00:58:32,409
donated three minutes of their

1306
00:58:32,779 --> 00:58:34,347
speaking time to me, frank

1307
00:58:34,347 --> 00:58:36,347
during.

1308
00:58:36,417 --> 00:58:37,851
Frank's street is currently torn

1309
00:58:37,851 --> 00:58:40,421
up by the water company and also

1310
00:58:40,421 --> 00:58:44,210
frank, 15 years ago, I had the

1311
00:58:44,570 --> 00:58:45,590
honor of sitting next to him at

1312
00:58:45,590 --> 00:58:48,590
the federal courthouse right up

1313
00:58:48,528 --> 00:58:50,998
the road when he was, he became

1314
00:58:50,998 --> 00:58:51,231
a newly minted united states

1315
00:58:51,231 --> 00:58:53,231
citizen.

1316
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:56,971
His worldly viewing way beyond

1317
00:58:56,971 --> 00:58:57,271
anything I could ever hope to

1318
00:58:57,271 --> 00:58:58,172
approach.

1319
00:58:58,172 --> 00:59:01,209
So thank you to frank and thank

1320
00:59:01,209 --> 00:59:02,276
you all for your -- the ability

1321
00:59:02,276 --> 00:59:03,744
to speak here tonight.

1322
00:59:03,744 --> 00:59:05,713
>> Mayor: thank you.

1323
00:59:05,713 --> 00:59:08,215
Next is dan graves, who will

1324
00:59:08,215 --> 00:59:10,215
have six minutes.

1325
00:59:10,885 --> 00:59:14,722
And dan will be followed by bob

1326
00:59:14,722 --> 00:59:15,623
corny and then andy Mcdonald.

1327
00:59:15,623 --> 00:59:17,623
Welcome.

1328
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:19,627
>> thank you.

1329
00:59:19,627 --> 00:59:21,627
I'm dan graves.

1330
00:59:24,990 --> 00:59:26,990
12th district.

1331
00:59:26,401 --> 00:59:30,138
I would like to say that what we

1332
00:59:30,138 --> 00:59:34,938
are looking at here as a city is

1333
00:59:34,943 --> 00:59:37,343
wrong on 27 different fronts.

1334
00:59:38,713 --> 00:59:40,748
800 acres and it will likely be

1335
00:59:40,748 --> 00:59:42,500
more in the tbut if we allow the

1336
00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:44,500
800 acres to go.

1337
00:59:44,219 --> 00:59:47,220
Let me give you an idea about

1338
00:59:47,220 --> 00:59:49,422
the size of 800 acres.

1339
00:59:50,158 --> 00:59:53,158
The downtown historic core of

1340
00:59:54,496 --> 00:59:57,496
this city defined by main,

1341
01:00:03,338 --> 01:00:04,573
church walnut and broadway is 10 acres.

1342
01:00:04,573 --> 01:00:07,573
Commonwealth used to be now

1343
01:00:11,179 --> 01:00:13,916
known as kroger field, is 48,000

1344
01:00:13,916 --> 01:00:16,316
square feet that's football

1345
01:00:16,351 --> 01:00:17,219
field, not the end zones or the

1346
01:00:17,219 --> 01:00:19,219
sidelines.

1347
01:00:21,222 --> 01:00:22,858
800 acres is almost 35 million

1348
01:00:22,858 --> 01:00:24,858
square feet.

1349
01:00:25,527 --> 01:00:28,264
You do the math on that.

1350
01:00:28,264 --> 01:00:30,732
What we are looking at putting

1351
01:00:30,732 --> 01:00:34,332
in the twefsdz district -- 12th

1352
01:00:36,372 --> 01:00:38,772
district are 726 kroger fields.

1353
01:00:40,420 --> 01:00:43,846
Let that sink in for a minute.

1354
01:00:43,846 --> 01:00:46,846
That's a lot of panels.

1355
01:00:53,155 --> 01:00:55,570
In our ag zone, I have to think

1356
01:00:55,570 --> 01:00:57,460
about that for a minute, welcome

1357
01:00:57,460 --> 01:00:59,328
to lexington, I mean solarville.

1358
01:00:59,328 --> 01:01:02,498
The east side of lexington is

1359
01:01:02,498 --> 01:01:06,980
where all this seems to be

1360
01:01:09,605 --> 01:01:10,706
happening I'm an east side man

1361
01:01:10,706 --> 01:01:12,706
born and raised.

1362
01:01:14,310 --> 01:01:14,977
We have the army depot known as

1363
01:01:14,977 --> 01:01:16,977
bluegrass station now.

1364
01:01:17,647 --> 01:01:19,616
We have mulch, it seems like

1365
01:01:19,616 --> 01:01:21,417
everything the city does not

1366
01:01:21,417 --> 01:01:25,170
want anybody to see in lexington

1367
01:01:27,230 --> 01:01:31,223
goes to the east side of town.

1368
01:01:32,940 --> 01:01:32,895
We are meeting quotas and our

1369
01:01:32,895 --> 01:01:35,865
comprehensive plan and we are

1370
01:01:35,865 --> 01:01:36,733
going about it in the long way --

1371
01:01:36,733 --> 01:01:38,802
in the wrong way.

1372
01:01:38,802 --> 01:01:39,102
I'm all about meeting the

1373
01:01:39,102 --> 01:01:41,102
quotas.

1374
01:01:42,906 --> 01:01:44,741
I'm all about -- I'm for solar in

1375
01:01:44,741 --> 01:01:48,111
fact, I have been looking and

1376
01:01:48,111 --> 01:01:49,712
reading up since I was back here

1377
01:01:49,712 --> 01:01:49,946
in AUGUST and got up here and

1378
01:01:49,946 --> 01:01:51,347
spoke.

1379
01:01:51,347 --> 01:01:53,149
One of the most interesting

1380
01:01:53,149 --> 01:01:54,784
things I've found, and another

1381
01:01:54,784 --> 01:01:56,252
gentleman before me put it

1382
01:01:56,252 --> 01:01:58,788
before me, this man right here

1383
01:01:58,788 --> 01:02:00,788
even said it.

1384
01:02:04,695 --> 01:02:06,796
In our neighboring state, ohio

1385
01:02:06,796 --> 01:02:10,996
J.P. Morgan chase, one of its

1386
01:02:12,235 --> 01:02:15,835
largest offices in the state of

1387
01:02:17,207 --> 01:02:18,708
ohio has 40,000 solar panels

1388
01:02:18,708 --> 01:02:19,209
they put over the top of their

1389
01:02:19,209 --> 01:02:21,110
parking lot.

1390
01:02:21,110 --> 01:02:22,546
This is a multistory building.

1391
01:02:22,546 --> 01:02:24,546
Beautiful.

1392
01:02:25,249 --> 01:02:27,500
Those four,000 solar panels over

1393
01:02:27,500 --> 01:02:29,152
their parking lot, 40,000 solar

1394
01:02:29,152 --> 01:02:31,588
panels are covered cars during

1395
01:02:31,588 --> 01:02:33,790
the heat of the day, during

1396
01:02:33,790 --> 01:02:35,790
rains, during snows.

1397
01:02:39,463 --> 01:02:42,366
And it's providing 75% of the

1398
01:02:42,366 --> 01:02:44,366
building's electric.

1399
01:02:44,935 --> 01:02:49,735
What I would like us to see us

1400
01:02:53,110 --> 01:02:55,110
do as a

1401
01:02:55,345 --> 01:02:58,882
let's not be cheap and let's not

1402
01:02:58,882 --> 01:02:59,149
be quick and a lack of

1403
01:02:59,149 --> 01:03:00,518
foresight.

1404
01:03:00,518 --> 01:03:02,918
We have beautiful countryside

1405
01:03:03,253 --> 01:03:04,455
that is why people come to this

1406
01:03:04,455 --> 01:03:05,956
town.

1407
01:03:05,956 --> 01:03:08,356
Not louisville, not cincinnati,

1408
01:03:08,726 --> 01:03:10,695
but lexington.

1409
01:03:10,695 --> 01:03:12,430
It's not as big as cincinnati

1410
01:03:12,430 --> 01:03:14,198
not as big as louisville but it

1411
01:03:14,198 --> 01:03:16,598
is a great place.

1412
01:03:17,735 --> 01:03:19,704
And I'm not saying no to solar.

1413
01:03:19,704 --> 01:03:23,741
I'm saying put it where if can

1414
01:03:23,741 --> 01:03:24,509
be used by lexitonians for

1415
01:03:24,509 --> 01:03:26,509
lexitonians.

1416
01:03:27,678 --> 01:03:30,548
If we put it out in the middle

1417
01:03:30,548 --> 01:03:32,450
of nowhere, ag zone 12th

1418
01:03:32,450 --> 01:03:34,485
district we're selling it.

1419
01:03:34,485 --> 01:03:37,555
You might as well be selling

1420
01:03:37,555 --> 01:03:40,555
something to the worldwide web.

1421
01:03:41,590 --> 01:03:43,427
Why not do something that's

1422
01:03:43,427 --> 01:03:46,427
innovative, for this town, meets

1423
01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:52,237
the quotas and is a north star

1424
01:03:52,237 --> 01:03:54,506
for other towns of our size

1425
01:03:54,506 --> 01:03:57,506
around the united states they

1426
01:03:58,420 --> 01:03:59,477
can say wow, look what they did.

1427
01:03:59,477 --> 01:04:01,477
That's pretty cool.

1428
01:04:05,950 --> 01:04:08,720
We need to implement that.

1429
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:10,788
So, I've got a minute left this

1430
01:04:10,788 --> 01:04:10,989
is incredible I went over last

1431
01:04:10,989 --> 01:04:12,989
time.

1432
01:04:13,959 --> 01:04:17,329
What I would like to ask mayor

1433
01:04:17,329 --> 01:04:18,830
gorton is you please, please,

1434
01:04:18,830 --> 01:04:20,899
support the 12th district.

1435
01:04:20,899 --> 01:04:22,899
Stand with us.

1436
01:04:23,601 --> 01:04:24,736
Stand with MR. Boone here.

1437
01:04:24,736 --> 01:04:26,805
Let's not do this.

1438
01:04:26,805 --> 01:04:30,609
There is a different way it can

1439
01:04:30,609 --> 01:04:32,845
be done and meet the quotas and

1440
01:04:32,845 --> 01:04:35,247
we could be a shining star in

1441
01:04:35,247 --> 01:04:37,647
this southeastern united states

1442
01:04:41,586 --> 01:04:45,900
by doing it not the easy way

1443
01:04:45,900 --> 01:04:46,525
kind of like ohio did with the

1444
01:04:46,525 --> 01:04:47,926
J.P. Morgan chase building.

1445
01:04:47,926 --> 01:04:49,926
Thank you.

1446
01:04:50,162 --> 01:04:52,562
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

1447
01:04:54,433 --> 01:04:57,570
Next, is bob corny, bob will be

1448
01:04:57,570 --> 01:05:00,570
followed by andy Mcdonald who

1449
01:05:01,674 --> 01:05:01,907
will be followed by matt party

1450
01:05:01,907 --> 01:05:03,907
miller.

1451
01:05:05,745 --> 01:05:05,944
>> I'm here on behalf of silicon

1452
01:05:05,944 --> 01:05:07,713
ranch.

1453
01:05:07,713 --> 01:05:08,947
I will be short, mayor

1454
01:05:08,947 --> 01:05:11,250
councilmembers, staff, I want to

1455
01:05:11,250 --> 01:05:14,530
thank you for the thorough and

1456
01:05:14,530 --> 01:05:17,530
thoughtful job you've done to

1457
01:05:17,560 --> 01:05:18,992
develop a well thought out solar

1458
01:05:18,992 --> 01:05:20,259
zota that balances the needs of

1459
01:05:20,259 --> 01:05:21,594
the community.

1460
01:05:21,594 --> 01:05:23,994
You've heard good conversation

1461
01:05:24,330 --> 01:05:24,697
over the last months on this

1462
01:05:24,697 --> 01:05:26,697
topic.

1463
01:05:30,200 --> 01:05:33,200
What you've done is you've

1464
01:05:33,907 --> 01:05:35,308
provided clear guidelines on

1465
01:05:35,308 --> 01:05:36,843
decommissions I've seen many

1466
01:05:36,843 --> 01:05:38,678
ordinances and this is a good

1467
01:05:38,678 --> 01:05:40,513
one that balances the needs of

1468
01:05:40,513 --> 01:05:42,381
the community and you've done a

1469
01:05:42,381 --> 01:05:45,381
good job at doing it.

1470
01:05:45,384 --> 01:05:47,253
Solar power renewable power is

1471
01:05:47,253 --> 01:05:50,253
important in this community and

1472
01:05:51,124 --> 01:05:54,124
many communities as it provides

1473
01:05:54,393 --> 01:05:54,995
resilience and it does have

1474
01:05:54,995 --> 01:05:55,895
environmental benefits.

1475
01:05:55,895 --> 01:05:57,895
We need both.

1476
01:05:58,164 --> 01:06:01,164
You need to have large-scale

1477
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:03,403
solar and in this case in a

1478
01:06:03,403 --> 01:06:06,206
limited way but you also do need

1479
01:06:06,206 --> 01:06:06,573
to look at distributed solar

1480
01:06:06,573 --> 01:06:08,573
options.

1481
01:06:09,375 --> 01:06:11,411
Just the reat is it requires a

1482
01:06:11,411 --> 01:06:13,213
lot of private capital and a lot

1483
01:06:13,213 --> 01:06:13,813
of incentives and a lot of

1484
01:06:13,813 --> 01:06:15,582
support.

1485
01:06:15,582 --> 01:06:17,584
This is a very good step that

1486
01:06:17,584 --> 01:06:21,221
you are taking and we urge you

1487
01:06:21,221 --> 01:06:23,523
to pass the solar zota passed on

1488
01:06:23,523 --> 01:06:24,900
first reading two weeks ago.

1489
01:06:24,900 --> 01:06:25,580
Thank you.

1490
01:06:25,580 --> 01:06:27,458
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

1491
01:06:29,996 --> 01:06:32,599
Next is andy Mcdonald followed

1492
01:06:32,599 --> 01:06:32,833
by matt party miller then susan

1493
01:06:32,833 --> 01:06:34,833
pollack.

1494
01:06:37,770 --> 01:06:39,390
>> hello I'm andy Mcdonald the

1495
01:06:39,390 --> 01:06:40,974
chair of the kentucky solar

1496
01:06:40,974 --> 01:06:41,842
society I work and live in

1497
01:06:41,842 --> 01:06:43,410
franklin county we have

1498
01:06:43,410 --> 01:06:44,478
supporters who are fayette

1499
01:06:44,478 --> 01:06:46,478
county reimbursements.

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01:06:46,714 --> 01:06:48,415
We appreciate the city of

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01:06:48,415 --> 01:06:49,750
lexington's support for energy

1502
01:06:49,750 --> 01:06:51,750
and sustainability through

1503
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:55,880
programs such as solarize

1504
01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:56,824
lexington and other initiatives.

1505
01:06:56,824 --> 01:07:00,127
I encourage you to support the

1506
01:07:00,127 --> 01:07:01,895
text amendment to allow

1507
01:07:01,895 --> 01:07:05,660
large-scale solar to be built in

1508
01:07:05,660 --> 01:07:07,201
the agricultural zones in

1509
01:07:07,201 --> 01:07:08,803
fayette county t serves your

1510
01:07:08,803 --> 01:07:10,360
clean energy goals and the

1511
01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:10,837
preservation of agricultural

1512
01:07:10,837 --> 01:07:12,837
land.

1513
01:07:13,307 --> 01:07:14,341
The proposed text amendment

1514
01:07:14,341 --> 01:07:15,709
would require agriculture to

1515
01:07:15,709 --> 01:07:17,277
continue throughout the life of

1516
01:07:17,277 --> 01:07:19,277
the project.

1517
01:07:19,813 --> 01:07:22,583
The company seeking to build the

1518
01:07:22,583 --> 01:07:24,583
70 megawatt project silicon

1519
01:07:25,253 --> 01:07:26,353
ranch has pioneered the

1520
01:07:26,353 --> 01:07:28,353
integration with agriculture

1521
01:07:28,756 --> 01:07:30,424
with solar energy production.

1522
01:07:30,424 --> 01:07:33,600
Grazing sheep is central to

1523
01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:34,729
their business model as is the

1524
01:07:34,729 --> 01:07:36,631
ownership of the land where they

1525
01:07:36,631 --> 01:07:38,133
operate which illustrates their

1526
01:07:38,133 --> 01:07:38,966
long-term commitment to

1527
01:07:38,966 --> 01:07:40,966
stewardship.

1528
01:07:41,168 --> 01:07:42,637
Lexington is being offered not

1529
01:07:42,637 --> 01:07:44,705
only a local source of clean

1530
01:07:44,705 --> 01:07:46,107
energy but a new community

1531
01:07:46,107 --> 01:07:47,241
member who will be invested in

1532
01:07:47,241 --> 01:07:47,809
the life of the agricultural

1533
01:07:47,809 --> 01:07:49,809
community.

1534
01:07:50,712 --> 01:07:52,947
In garret county where silicon

1535
01:07:52,947 --> 01:07:54,883
ranch developed a solar project

1536
01:07:54,883 --> 01:07:56,717
in kentucky they have provided a

1537
01:07:56,717 --> 01:07:58,687
local farmer with the

1538
01:07:58,687 --> 01:08:00,455
opportunity to expand their

1539
01:08:00,455 --> 01:08:02,855
sheep operation through access

1540
01:08:04,458 --> 01:08:05,127
to hundreds of acres with new

1541
01:08:05,127 --> 01:08:07,127
land.

1542
01:08:07,528 --> 01:08:09,898
A well managed solar project can

1543
01:08:09,898 --> 01:08:11,867
be an asset to the agricultural

1544
01:08:11,867 --> 01:08:14,867
community and beneficial to the

1545
01:08:16,171 --> 01:08:17,506
soils and local environment.

1546
01:08:17,506 --> 01:08:19,506
Additionally, the developing

1547
01:08:19,641 --> 01:08:21,710
solar in the agricultural area

1548
01:08:21,710 --> 01:08:23,478
is not in opposition to

1549
01:08:23,478 --> 01:08:25,878
developing distributed solar as

1550
01:08:26,214 --> 01:08:28,614
others have said distributed

1551
01:08:29,840 --> 01:08:30,351
solar within the urban core is

1552
01:08:30,351 --> 01:08:30,852
extremely valuable and extremely

1553
01:08:30,852 --> 01:08:32,721
important.

1554
01:08:32,721 --> 01:08:35,721
There are however very serious

1555
01:08:36,258 --> 01:08:37,760
and real policy barriers to the

1556
01:08:37,760 --> 01:08:38,626
development of distributed

1557
01:08:38,626 --> 01:08:40,610
solar.

1558
01:08:40,610 --> 01:08:41,864
Things that are beyond the

1559
01:08:41,864 --> 01:08:42,631
control of fayette county

1560
01:08:42,631 --> 01:08:44,631
government.

1561
01:08:46,350 --> 01:08:49,350
Things like limits and net

1562
01:08:49,405 --> 01:08:52,700
metering, the fact that ku can

1563
01:08:52,700 --> 01:08:54,510
impose a limit on anyone

1564
01:08:54,510 --> 01:08:56,244
installing solar through net

1565
01:08:56,244 --> 01:08:58,244
metering.

1566
01:08:59,247 --> 01:09:00,480
And so the zota gives you

1567
01:09:00,480 --> 01:09:02,448
something you can do.

1568
01:09:02,852 --> 01:09:06,555
You can approve the use of solar

1569
01:09:06,555 --> 01:09:08,357
on at a large-scale, in the

1570
01:09:08,357 --> 01:09:10,125
agricultural zone but which will

1571
01:09:10,125 --> 01:09:10,793
also continue to protect

1572
01:09:10,793 --> 01:09:12,793
agricultural land.

1573
01:09:14,263 --> 01:09:15,598
And that's within your power.

1574
01:09:15,598 --> 01:09:17,199
Ku can't stop you from doing

1575
01:09:17,199 --> 01:09:19,199
that.

1576
01:09:19,268 --> 01:09:20,703
And then more solar will

1577
01:09:20,703 --> 01:09:22,380
develop, more clean energy will

1578
01:09:22,380 --> 01:09:25,380
development I encourage you to

1579
01:09:25,941 --> 01:09:27,810
use the powers that are within

1580
01:09:27,810 --> 01:09:30,120
your reach to support clean

1581
01:09:30,120 --> 01:09:30,513
energy in fayette county.

1582
01:09:30,513 --> 01:09:32,140
Thank you.

1583
01:09:32,140 --> 01:09:34,414
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

1584
01:09:34,450 --> 01:09:37,920
Next is matt party miller and

1585
01:09:37,920 --> 01:09:38,154
then susan pollack.

1586
01:09:38,154 --> 01:09:39,321
Welcome.

1587
01:09:39,321 --> 01:09:41,321
>> thank you.

1588
01:09:41,624 --> 01:09:43,592
I'm matt party miller I am a

1589
01:09:43,592 --> 01:09:45,595
resident in the 7th district I

1590
01:09:45,595 --> 01:09:46,896
speak in favor of the solar

1591
01:09:46,896 --> 01:09:48,896
zota.

1592
01:09:50,567 --> 01:09:52,368
About 20 years ago, I moved home

1593
01:09:52,368 --> 01:09:54,768
to kentucky after finishing

1594
01:09:54,904 --> 01:09:57,173
college out of state.

1595
01:09:57,173 --> 01:09:58,574
And was immediately drawn into

1596
01:09:58,574 --> 01:10:00,843
the solar industry by goal was

1597
01:10:00,843 --> 01:10:01,344
to save the world or help save

1598
01:10:01,344 --> 01:10:02,812
the world.

1599
01:10:02,812 --> 01:10:04,714
Still is.

1600
01:10:04,714 --> 01:10:05,815
And I believe about the

1601
01:10:05,815 --> 01:10:08,215
environmental impact we can

1602
01:10:08,718 --> 01:10:09,786
headache with solar in the

1603
01:10:09,786 --> 01:10:12,121
midwest we're transitioning from

1604
01:10:12,121 --> 01:10:14,124
states that are coal powered to

1605
01:10:14,124 --> 01:10:15,725
renewable powered I'm grateful

1606
01:10:15,725 --> 01:10:19,325
this council and the city has

1607
01:10:19,596 --> 01:10:21,197
seen fit to pursue renewables,

1608
01:10:21,197 --> 01:10:23,197
pursue carbon neutrality.

1609
01:10:25,235 --> 01:10:28,238
And the way it's done, at scale,

1610
01:10:28,238 --> 01:10:29,540
and quickly, is with large-scale

1611
01:10:29,540 --> 01:10:31,474
utilities solar.

1612
01:10:31,474 --> 01:10:33,776
And the 20 plus years I have

1613
01:10:33,776 --> 01:10:36,613
been installing solar my company

1614
01:10:36,613 --> 01:10:38,748
is solar energy solutions we

1615
01:10:38,748 --> 01:10:40,917
employ 80 people based in

1616
01:10:40,917 --> 01:10:43,253
fayette and surrounding states

1617
01:10:43,253 --> 01:10:45,653
and subcontractors we build

1618
01:10:46,623 --> 01:10:48,358
everything from ren sal to

1619
01:10:48,358 --> 01:10:51,358
industrial solar but we build

1620
01:10:52,296 --> 01:10:55,650
some of the largest rooftops in

1621
01:10:55,650 --> 01:10:57,650
the U.S.

1622
01:10:57,668 --> 01:10:59,170
Very much benefit from continued

1623
01:10:59,170 --> 01:11:00,804
investment in distributed

1624
01:11:00,804 --> 01:11:01,271
generation here and encourage

1625
01:11:01,271 --> 01:11:03,271
that.

1626
01:11:04,875 --> 01:11:06,243
But the way we're going to make

1627
01:11:06,243 --> 01:11:08,243
tremendous environmental impact

1628
01:11:08,879 --> 01:11:11,879
quickly, is with utility scale

1629
01:11:12,820 --> 01:11:15,682
solar and this zota allows a

1630
01:11:16,387 --> 01:11:18,689
quick path to depoiing a couple

1631
01:11:18,689 --> 01:11:20,910
hundred megawatts they will be

1632
01:11:20,910 --> 01:11:22,910
built inexpensively.

1633
01:11:22,859 --> 01:11:25,730
Built for a lot less than the

1634
01:11:25,730 --> 01:11:26,296
typical rooftop or carport solar

1635
01:11:26,296 --> 01:11:28,198
array.

1636
01:11:28,198 --> 01:11:31,200
Before I came here I was

1637
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:33,437
reviewing a proposal for one

1638
01:11:33,437 --> 01:11:35,173
acre carport solar array in

1639
01:11:35,173 --> 01:11:37,375
kentucky and I think it will

1640
01:11:37,375 --> 01:11:40,375
build three times what the

1641
01:11:40,544 --> 01:11:42,347
utility scale rate MAY build at

1642
01:11:42,347 --> 01:11:44,115
'increased cost for energy and a

1643
01:11:44,115 --> 01:11:45,149
timeline that is more

1644
01:11:45,149 --> 01:11:47,149
significant to construct.

1645
01:11:47,251 --> 01:11:49,220
From an environmental standpoint

1646
01:11:49,220 --> 01:11:52,189
and a cost standpoint what you

1647
01:11:52,189 --> 01:11:54,758
are doing is work I've spented

1648
01:11:54,758 --> 01:11:57,161
last 20 years of my life trying

1649
01:11:57,161 --> 01:11:58,896
to get underway which is

1650
01:11:58,896 --> 01:12:00,965
accelerate solar deployment in

1651
01:12:00,965 --> 01:12:03,702
kentucky and I really encourage

1652
01:12:03,702 --> 01:12:05,303
you to pass this zota and

1653
01:12:05,303 --> 01:12:05,604
appreciate all your attention to

1654
01:12:05,604 --> 01:12:06,271
solar.

1655
01:12:06,271 --> 01:12:07,639
Thank you.

1656
01:12:07,639 --> 01:12:09,941
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

1657
01:12:09,941 --> 01:12:13,541
Next is susan pollack and she

1658
01:12:14,746 --> 01:12:16,981
will be our last speaker.

1659
01:12:16,981 --> 01:12:18,981
Welcome.

1660
01:12:19,351 --> 01:12:22,253
>> I just wanted to say thank

1661
01:12:22,253 --> 01:12:25,590
you to the mayor and to all of

1662
01:12:25,590 --> 01:12:27,910
you and thank you for

1663
01:12:27,910 --> 01:12:29,194
considering this and thank you

1664
01:12:29,194 --> 01:12:32,164
also for what you have already

1665
01:12:32,164 --> 01:12:33,765
done to promote solar by putting

1666
01:12:33,765 --> 01:12:35,733
it on the landfill and other

1667
01:12:35,733 --> 01:12:38,133
places where we could.

1668
01:12:38,737 --> 01:12:41,139
I feel like I'm in a funny

1669
01:12:41,139 --> 01:12:43,800
position here as a longtime

1670
01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:44,442
sierra club person but I'm also

1671
01:12:44,442 --> 01:12:46,878
a person who came to this

1672
01:12:46,878 --> 01:12:47,879
beautiful place and have loved

1673
01:12:47,879 --> 01:12:50,480
the farmland around here and

1674
01:12:50,480 --> 01:12:51,917
have seen it chipped away and

1675
01:12:51,917 --> 01:12:53,752
chipped away at.

1676
01:12:53,752 --> 01:12:56,121
And I am here as you all have

1677
01:12:56,121 --> 01:12:57,556
said to try to support the

1678
01:12:57,556 --> 01:13:00,556
development of more solar in

1679
01:13:00,825 --> 01:13:01,930
other places than putting it on

1680
01:13:01,930 --> 01:13:03,930
farmland.

1681
01:13:04,396 --> 01:13:06,965
And in a week that wendell berry

1682
01:13:06,965 --> 01:13:08,167
died I think it's worth

1683
01:13:08,167 --> 01:13:11,167
considering what our land means

1684
01:13:11,937 --> 01:13:14,240
to us as a city.

1685
01:13:14,240 --> 01:13:16,275
I certainly support solar

1686
01:13:16,275 --> 01:13:17,709
energy, but and clean energy,

1687
01:13:17,709 --> 01:13:19,578
but the zota is supposed to

1688
01:13:19,578 --> 01:13:20,679
address the needs of the whole

1689
01:13:20,679 --> 01:13:22,679
community.

1690
01:13:23,150 --> 01:13:24,883
And our own division of planning

1691
01:13:24,883 --> 01:13:27,419
recommended that we amend that

1692
01:13:27,419 --> 01:13:29,421
language to small and medium

1693
01:13:29,421 --> 01:13:31,124
scale companies and that's not

1694
01:13:31,124 --> 01:13:33,693
really what has happened and

1695
01:13:33,693 --> 01:13:35,728
while this company maybe ethical

1696
01:13:35,728 --> 01:13:37,363
and wonderful it's that we set a

1697
01:13:37,363 --> 01:13:39,365
precedent for other companies to

1698
01:13:39,365 --> 01:13:41,765
come in as well.

1699
01:13:42,168 --> 01:13:44,300
There were pore than 400 horse

1700
01:13:44,300 --> 01:13:46,806
farms in the county that

1701
01:13:46,806 --> 01:13:48,675
contribute also to our economy

1702
01:13:48,675 --> 01:13:52,779
and to the beauty of things and

1703
01:13:52,779 --> 01:13:55,147
the construction alone on rural

1704
01:13:55,147 --> 01:13:58,747
farmland of solar does have an

1705
01:13:58,751 --> 01:14:01,751
impact on that that's worth

1706
01:14:03,522 --> 01:14:04,690
considering.

1707
01:14:04,690 --> 01:14:06,726
Mostly, I understand what people

1708
01:14:06,726 --> 01:14:09,629
have said about the limitations,

1709
01:14:09,629 --> 01:14:11,631
but I think that they are like

1710
01:14:11,631 --> 01:14:14,300
ohio there are so many places we

1711
01:14:14,300 --> 01:14:16,200
have so many flat roofs without

1712
01:14:16,200 --> 01:14:18,838
building covers which requires a

1713
01:14:18,838 --> 01:14:21,308
lot of building and money over

1714
01:14:21,308 --> 01:14:23,910
the parking lots we have so many

1715
01:14:23,910 --> 01:14:25,311
large and small and medium sized

1716
01:14:25,311 --> 01:14:27,711
industrial buildings that we

1717
01:14:28,181 --> 01:14:31,985
could put solar panels on that I

1718
01:14:31,985 --> 01:14:34,454
just hope that we can actually

1719
01:14:34,454 --> 01:14:36,656
develop solar but not on fertile

1720
01:14:36,656 --> 01:14:37,257
farmland which we MAY need to

1721
01:14:37,257 --> 01:14:39,693
feed people in the future.

1722
01:14:39,693 --> 01:14:41,928
We have a farmers market that

1723
01:14:41,928 --> 01:14:43,229
relies on agriculture and in a

1724
01:14:43,229 --> 01:14:45,599
world where transportation of

1725
01:14:45,599 --> 01:14:47,234
things is more and more

1726
01:14:47,234 --> 01:14:49,360
questionable, growing our own

1727
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:51,400
food here is something looking

1728
01:14:51,400 --> 01:14:51,938
towards the food should also be

1729
01:14:51,938 --> 01:14:53,938
a consideration.

1730
01:14:54,174 --> 01:14:56,143
I would urge you to try to

1731
01:14:56,143 --> 01:14:57,978
continue to develop solar but

1732
01:14:57,978 --> 01:15:00,714
not to allow it to happen on

1733
01:15:00,714 --> 01:15:02,249
some of the best and most

1734
01:15:02,249 --> 01:15:02,549
fertile farmland that is still

1735
01:15:02,549 --> 01:15:03,216
here.

1736
01:15:03,216 --> 01:15:04,951
Thank you.

1737
01:15:04,951 --> 01:15:06,860
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

1738
01:15:06,860 --> 01:15:07,688
That concludes our public

1739
01:15:07,688 --> 01:15:07,954
comment for issues on the

1740
01:15:07,954 --> 01:15:09,954
agenda.

1741
01:15:11,725 --> 01:15:14,228
Thank you all for speaking.

1742
01:15:14,228 --> 01:15:17,828
And that brings us to second

1743
01:15:27,775 --> 01:15:28,375
reading of ordinances.

1744
01:15:28,375 --> 01:15:29,900
An ordinance changing the zone

1745
01:15:29,900 --> 01:15:29,543
from a single family residential

1746
01:15:29,543 --> 01:15:30,144
(R-1c) Zone to a corridor

1747
01:15:30,144 --> 01:15:30,711
business (B-3) Zone, for 4.912

1748
01:15:30,711 --> 01:15:31,379
net (6.047 gross) Acres, for

1749
01:15:31,379 --> 01:15:32,446
property located at 1770 and

1750
01:15:32,446 --> 01:15:33,814
1800 harrodsburg rd. (Plumbers

1751
01:15:33,814 --> 01:15:36,214
and steamfitters local no. 452

1752
01:15:36,684 --> 01:15:38,684
building corporation; council

1753
01:15:40,587 --> 01:15:41,722
district 10). Approval 10-0 (To

1754
01:15:41,722 --> 01:15:42,623
an ordinance of the

1755
01:15:42,623 --> 01:15:43,190
lexington-fayette urban county

1756
01:15:43,190 --> 01:15:43,891
government authorizing the

1757
01:15:43,891 --> 01:15:44,925
issuance of its various purpose

1758
01:15:44,925 --> 01:15:45,693
general obligation bonds, series

1759
01:15:45,693 --> 01:15:46,560
2026b, in one or more subseries

1760
01:15:46,560 --> 01:15:47,694
in an aggregate principal amount

1761
01:15:47,694 --> 01:15:49,898
of $9,740,000 (Which amount MAY

1762
01:15:49,898 --> 01:15:51,766
be increased by an amount of up

1763
01:15:51,766 --> 01:15:52,834
to ten percent (10%) Or

1764
01:15:52,834 --> 01:15:53,501
decreased by an unlimited

1765
01:15:53,501 --> 01:15:54,868
amount); approving a form of

1766
01:15:54,868 --> 01:15:55,503
series 2026b bonds; authorizing

1767
01:15:55,503 --> 01:15:56,700
designated officers to execute

1768
01:15:56,700 --> 01:15:57,705
and deliver the series 2026b

1769
01:15:57,705 --> 01:16:00,105
bonds; authorizing and directing

1770
01:16:00,875 --> 01:16:03,477
the filing of notice with the

1771
01:16:03,477 --> 01:16:05,280
state local debt officer;

1772
01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:06,514
providing for the payment and

1773
01:16:06,514 --> 01:16:07,815
security of the series 2026b

1774
01:16:07,815 --> 01:16:09,751
bonds; maintaining a sinking

1775
01:16:09,751 --> 01:16:11,819
fund; creating a bond payment

1776
01:16:11,819 --> 01:16:13,621
fund for the series 2026b bonds;

1777
01:16:13,621 --> 01:16:14,755
authorizing acceptance of the

1778
01:16:14,755 --> 01:16:15,823
bid(S) Of the bond purchaser of

1779
01:16:15,823 --> 01:16:16,290
the series 2026b bonds; and

1780
01:16:16,290 --> 01:16:18,290
repealing inconsistent

1781
01:16:20,828 --> 01:16:22,229
ordinances.

1782
01:16:22,229 --> 01:16:23,640
An ordinance amending section

1783
01:16:23,640 --> 01:16:25,640
16-1(C)(19), section

1784
01:16:25,501 --> 01:16:27,702
16-1(F)(70), and section 17-1(1)

1785
01:16:27,702 --> 01:16:29,700
Of the code of ordinances of the

1786
01:16:29,700 --> 01:16:29,638
lexington-fayette urban county

1787
01:16:29,638 --> 01:16:30,505
government, adopting and

1788
01:16:30,505 --> 01:16:32,800
incorporating the complete

1789
01:16:32,800 --> 01:16:32,850
streets design manual as an

1790
01:16:32,850 --> 01:16:32,507
engineering manual for

1791
01:16:32,507 --> 01:16:34,507
infrastructure development in

1792
01:16:35,710 --> 01:16:36,844
lexington-fayette county.

1793
01:16:36,844 --> 01:16:38,346
An ordinance amending article 31

1794
01:16:38,346 --> 01:16:39,281
of the lexington-fayette county

1795
01:16:39,281 --> 01:16:40,749
zoning ordinance, relating to

1796
01:16:40,749 --> 01:16:42,584
solar energy systems, as

1797
01:16:42,584 --> 01:16:43,685
follows: amending section 31-2

1798
01:16:43,685 --> 01:16:45,422
to redefine the footprint of

1799
01:16:45,422 --> 01:16:47,623
solar energy systems (Ses) And

1800
01:16:47,623 --> 01:16:50,230
provide new definitions relating

1801
01:16:50,391 --> 01:16:52,627
to farmland of statewide

1802
01:16:52,627 --> 01:16:54,863
importance, prime farmland, and

1803
01:16:54,863 --> 01:16:56,198
brownfield property; amending

1804
01:16:56,198 --> 01:16:58,834
section 31-4 to expand the zones

1805
01:16:58,834 --> 01:16:59,968
where ses is an allowable use;

1806
01:16:59,968 --> 01:17:01,837
amending section 31-6 to provide

1807
01:17:01,837 --> 01:17:03,400
additional guidance regarding

1808
01:17:03,400 --> 01:17:05,440
the siting, screening, usage

1809
01:17:05,908 --> 01:17:07,900
and decommissioning of ground

1810
01:17:07,900 --> 01:17:08,343
mounted ses, to encourage

1811
01:17:08,343 --> 01:17:09,511
community benefits plans

1812
01:17:09,511 --> 01:17:10,779
relating thereto, and to further

1813
01:17:10,779 --> 01:17:12,480
provide specific requirements

1814
01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:14,216
for any large scale ses located

1815
01:17:14,216 --> 01:17:15,718
in certain agricultural zones

1816
01:17:15,718 --> 01:17:17,553
including requirements for a

1817
01:17:17,553 --> 01:17:19,522
land management plan, vegetative

1818
01:17:19,522 --> 01:17:20,789
cover, stormwater management

1819
01:17:20,789 --> 01:17:22,391
and agricultural production

1820
01:17:22,391 --> 01:17:24,259
requirements; amending section

1821
01:17:24,259 --> 01:17:26,610
31-7 to clarify conditional use

1822
01:17:26,610 --> 01:17:27,363
permit application requirements

1823
01:17:27,363 --> 01:17:28,397
and to provide considerations

1824
01:17:28,397 --> 01:17:29,698
for the board of adjustment when

1825
01:17:29,698 --> 01:17:31,698
reviewing conditional use

1826
01:17:32,734 --> 01:17:33,936
permits for ses; and creating

1827
01:17:33,936 --> 01:17:34,937
section 31-8 to provide an

1828
01:17:34,937 --> 01:17:37,937
exception for ground mounted ses

1829
01:17:39,942 --> 01:17:41,310
on brownfield properties. (Urban

1830
01:17:41,310 --> 01:17:42,745
an ordinance amending certain of

1831
01:17:42,745 --> 01:17:44,460
the budgets of the

1832
01:17:44,460 --> 01:17:45,938
lexington-fayette urban county

1833
01:17:45,938 --> 01:17:46,170
government to reflect current

1834
01:17:46,170 --> 01:17:46,348
requirements for municipal

1835
01:17:46,348 --> 01:17:47,149
expenditures, and appropriating

1836
01:17:47,149 --> 01:17:49,549
and re-appropriating funds, fy

1837
01:17:50,320 --> 01:17:50,987
2027 schedule no. 6.

1838
01:17:50,987 --> 01:17:51,387
An ordinance amending certain of

1839
01:17:51,387 --> 01:17:51,987
the budgets of the

1840
01:17:51,987 --> 01:17:52,755
lexington-fayette urban county

1841
01:17:52,755 --> 01:17:53,656
government to correct funds for

1842
01:17:53,656 --> 01:17:54,424
purchase orders rolling from fy

1843
01:17:54,424 --> 01:17:55,324
2026 into fy 2027, and

1844
01:17:55,324 --> 01:17:57,324
appropriating and

1845
01:18:00,630 --> 01:18:01,197
re-appropriating funds, schedule

1846
01:18:01,197 --> 01:18:02,164
an ordinance creating chapter 28

1847
01:18:02,164 --> 01:18:02,765
of the code of ordinances of the

1848
01:18:02,765 --> 01:18:03,733
lexington-fayette urban county

1849
01:18:03,733 --> 01:18:04,867
government (Privilege fees for

1850
01:18:04,867 --> 01:18:05,568
public infrastructure

1851
01:18:05,568 --> 01:18:07,236
improvements), as follows:

1852
01:18:07,236 --> 01:18:07,803
adopting definitions for

1853
01:18:07,803 --> 01:18:08,404
privilege fee, participating

1854
01:18:08,404 --> 01:18:09,238
owner, non-participating owner

1855
01:18:09,238 --> 01:18:10,139
public infrastructure, shared

1856
01:18:10,139 --> 01:18:11,107
public infrastructure, acreage

1857
01:18:11,107 --> 01:18:12,141
and interest; authorizing the

1858
01:18:12,141 --> 01:18:13,760
allocation of costs of

1859
01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:14,177
construction of shared public

1860
01:18:14,177 --> 01:18:15,844
improvements to

1861
01:18:15,844 --> 01:18:17,446
non-participating owners in the

1862
01:18:17,446 --> 01:18:18,114
form of privilege fees;

1863
01:18:18,114 --> 01:18:19,215
authorizing the execution of

1864
01:18:19,215 --> 01:18:20,283
privilege fee agreements by the

1865
01:18:20,283 --> 01:18:22,683
mayor or the chief

1866
01:18:22,752 --> 01:18:22,953
administrative officer as

1867
01:18:22,953 --> 01:18:23,219
mayor'

1868
01:18:23,219 --> 01:18:23,819
s designee for

1869
01:18:23,819 --> 01:18:24,921
construction of shared public

1870
01:18:24,921 --> 01:18:26,550
infrastructure and for

1871
01:18:26,550 --> 01:18:27,290
reimbursement of costs

1872
01:18:27,290 --> 01:18:28,491
associated therewith from

1873
01:18:28,491 --> 01:18:30,693
privilege fees remitted by

1874
01:18:30,693 --> 01:18:31,861
non-participating owners;

1875
01:18:31,861 --> 01:18:33,861
requiring competitive bidding

1876
01:18:33,896 --> 01:18:35,198
procedures for construction of

1877
01:18:35,198 --> 01:18:37,198
shared public infrastructure

1878
01:18:37,501 --> 01:18:38,734
unless waived for good cause

1879
01:18:38,734 --> 01:18:40,203
shown; providing for notice to

1880
01:18:40,203 --> 01:18:42,603
all non-participating owners and

1881
01:18:47,311 --> 01:18:48,812
a public hearing regarding

1882
01:18:48,812 --> 01:18:50,747
proposed construction of shared

1883
01:18:50,747 --> 01:18:52,215
public improvements and the

1884
01:18:52,215 --> 01:18:53,383
allocation of costs to

1885
01:18:53,383 --> 01:18:54,584
non-participating owners by way

1886
01:18:54,584 --> 01:18:55,985
of privilege fees; establishing

1887
01:18:55,985 --> 01:18:57,954
minimum requirements for

1888
01:18:57,954 --> 01:18:58,755
privilege fee agreements;

1889
01:18:58,755 --> 01:18:59,623
authorizing administrative fees;

1890
01:18:59,623 --> 01:19:02,230
and authorizing the collection

1891
01:19:10,767 --> 01:19:11,401
of interest on privilege fees.

1892
01:19:11,401 --> 01:19:12,269
>> Mayor Gorton: councilmember

1893
01:19:12,269 --> 01:19:14,571
ellinger we have had a lotted of

1894
01:19:14,571 --> 01:19:15,739
cullings on number 4 and for

1895
01:19:15,739 --> 01:19:17,774
record keeping it would be

1896
01:19:17,774 --> 01:19:19,242
helpful if we separated that

1897
01:19:19,242 --> 01:19:21,812
from the rest of them.

1898
01:19:21,812 --> 01:19:24,715
I make a motion that we separate

1899
01:19:24,715 --> 01:19:26,750
4 from the rest of the vote.

1900
01:19:26,750 --> 01:19:27,284
>> Mayor Gorton: I heard a few

1901
01:19:27,284 --> 01:19:28,786
seconds.

1902
01:19:28,786 --> 01:19:30,754
Is that councilmember eastbound

1903
01:19:30,754 --> 01:19:32,754
help.

1904
01:19:33,230 --> 01:19:35,423
Is there any discussion?

1905
01:19:35,960 --> 01:19:38,728
All those in favor say aye.

1906
01:19:38,728 --> 01:19:40,728
Is anyone opposed?

1907
01:19:40,831 --> 01:19:43,231
All right that passes.

1908
01:19:44,735 --> 01:19:47,371
So I will ask for a motion to

1909
01:19:47,371 --> 01:19:48,539
approve on all of the items

1910
01:19:48,539 --> 01:19:50,539
except number 4.

1911
01:19:52,643 --> 01:19:53,844
>> so moved.

1912
01:19:53,844 --> 01:19:54,612
>> Mayor Gorton: seconded by

1913
01:19:54,612 --> 01:19:57,120
councilmember ellinger and if

1914
01:19:57,481 --> 01:20:01,452
you will take a roll call vote,

1915
01:20:01,452 --> 01:20:03,452
please.

1916
01:20:03,921 --> 01:20:04,589
>> councilmember brown?

1917
01:20:04,589 --> 01:20:05,389
>> yes.

1918
01:20:05,389 --> 01:20:06,357
>> councilmember curtis.

1919
01:20:06,357 --> 01:20:07,892
>> yes, ma'am.

1920
01:20:07,892 --> 01:20:08,492
>> councilmember eblen.

1921
01:20:08,492 --> 01:20:09,694
>> yes, ma'am.

1922
01:20:09,694 --> 01:20:11,128
>> councilmember ellinger.

1923
01:20:11,128 --> 01:20:13,128
>> yes, ma'am.

1924
01:20:14,398 --> 01:20:14,666
>> councilmember baxter.

1925
01:20:14,666 --> 01:20:16,666
>> yes.

1926
01:20:17,501 --> 01:20:17,768
>> councilmember hale.

1927
01:20:17,768 --> 01:20:19,768
>> yes.

1928
01:20:20,771 --> 01:20:21,239
>> councilmember lynch too.

1929
01:20:21,239 --> 01:20:23,239
>> yes.

1930
01:20:23,975 --> 01:20:25,975
>> councilmember reynolds.

1931
01:20:26,777 --> 01:20:28,777
Councilmember sevigny?

1932
01:20:31,349 --> 01:20:33,349
>> [Inaudible] Thank you.

1933
01:20:34,520 --> 01:20:34,318
>> councilmember sheehan.

1934
01:20:34,318 --> 01:20:36,318
>> yes.

1935
01:20:36,354 --> 01:20:36,621
>> vice mayor wu.

1936
01:20:36,621 --> 01:20:38,621
>> yes.

1937
01:20:39,223 --> 01:20:41,223
>> councilmember boone and

1938
01:20:41,826 --> 01:20:43,826
councilmember beasley.

1939
01:20:44,729 --> 01:20:45,730
No on two and yes on the rest.

1940
01:20:45,730 --> 01:20:48,199
>> Mayor Gorton: those will all

1941
01:20:48,199 --> 01:20:50,100
pass I will entertain a motion

1942
01:20:50,100 --> 01:20:51,470
to approve on number 4.

1943
01:20:51,470 --> 01:20:53,400
Councilmember sheehan and

1944
01:20:53,400 --> 01:20:54,906
seconded by vice mayor wu and

1945
01:20:54,906 --> 01:20:59,106
when you are ready if you will

1946
01:21:00,612 --> 01:21:01,913
take a roll call vote.

1947
01:21:01,913 --> 01:21:03,810
>> councilmember brown?

1948
01:21:03,810 --> 01:21:04,950
>> no.

1949
01:21:04,950 --> 01:21:06,452
>> councilmember curtis.

1950
01:21:06,452 --> 01:21:07,953
>> yes, ma'am.

1951
01:21:07,953 --> 01:21:09,321
>> councilmember eblen.

1952
01:21:09,321 --> 01:21:10,889
>> no.

1953
01:21:10,889 --> 01:21:12,491
>> councilmember ellinger.

1954
01:21:12,491 --> 01:21:14,491
>> no, ma'am.

1955
01:21:15,627 --> 01:21:16,795
>> councilmember elliott baxter.

1956
01:21:16,795 --> 01:21:18,496
>> no.

1957
01:21:18,496 --> 01:21:18,764
>> councilmember hale.

1958
01:21:18,764 --> 01:21:20,132
>> yes.

1959
01:21:20,132 --> 01:21:22,132
>> councilmember higgins-hord.

1960
01:21:22,835 --> 01:21:24,835
>> no, man ma'am.

1961
01:21:25,604 --> 01:21:25,871
>> councilmember lynch.

1962
01:21:25,871 --> 01:21:26,805
>> yes.

1963
01:21:26,805 --> 01:21:28,600
>> councilmember morton.

1964
01:21:28,600 --> 01:21:29,608
>> yes, ma'am.

1965
01:21:29,608 --> 01:21:31,110
>> councilmember reynolds.

1966
01:21:31,110 --> 01:21:33,110
>> no.

1967
01:21:33,545 --> 01:21:33,846
>> councilmember sevigny.

1968
01:21:33,846 --> 01:21:35,846
>> yes.

1969
01:21:37,216 --> 01:21:37,483
>> councilmember sheehan.

1970
01:21:37,483 --> 01:21:38,450
>> yes.

1971
01:21:38,450 --> 01:21:38,984
>> vice mayor wu.

1972
01:21:38,984 --> 01:21:40,984
>> yes.

1973
01:21:41,153 --> 01:21:41,820
>> councilmember boone.

1974
01:21:41,820 --> 01:21:43,820
>> [Inaudible].

1975
01:21:44,724 --> 01:21:45,657
>> and councilmember beasley.

1976
01:21:45,657 --> 01:21:47,392
Yes, ma'am.

1977
01:21:47,392 --> 01:21:47,693
>> Mayor Gorton: that passes

1978
01:21:47,693 --> 01:21:49,693
8-7.

1979
01:21:51,964 --> 01:21:53,899
Thank you.

1980
01:21:53,899 --> 01:21:56,101
Now, it is time for our first

1981
01:21:56,101 --> 01:21:59,101
reading of ordinances and vice

1982
01:21:59,171 --> 01:21:59,805
mayor wu has an amendment for

1983
01:21:59,805 --> 01:22:01,805
number 8.

1984
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:04,210
>> thank you, mayor I move to

1985
01:22:04,210 --> 01:22:05,978
amend item number 8 under

1986
01:22:05,978 --> 01:22:07,547
ordinances this is our council's

1987
01:22:07,547 --> 01:22:09,547
schedule of meetings.

1988
01:22:10,416 --> 01:22:12,318
First read to change the meeting

1989
01:22:12,318 --> 01:22:13,520
times for council meetings

1990
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:15,455
specifically from 5:00 P.M. To

1991
01:22:15,455 --> 01:22:18,958
6:00 P.M. On the dates of JULY

1992
01:22:18,958 --> 01:22:20,958
1, JULY 6, DECEMBER 1, and

1993
01:22:21,761 --> 01:22:22,595
DECEMBER 2, 2027 so moved.

1994
01:22:22,595 --> 01:22:25,164
>> Mayor Gorton: all right is

1995
01:22:25,164 --> 01:22:27,164
there any discussion?

1996
01:22:27,967 --> 01:22:29,736
All those in favor say aye.

1997
01:22:29,736 --> 01:22:31,736
Is anyone opposed?

1998
01:22:32,739 --> 01:22:35,208
All right that motion passes.

1999
01:22:35,208 --> 01:22:39,408
So if you will please give that

2000
01:22:44,984 --> 01:22:47,384
the new first reading.

2001
01:22:48,688 --> 01:22:49,322
1.

2002
01:22:49,322 --> 01:22:49,990
An ordinance pursuant to section

2003
01:22:49,990 --> 01:22:50,590
2-1(A) Of the code of ordinances

2004
01:22:50,590 --> 01:22:51,190
of the lexington-fayette urban

2005
01:22:51,190 --> 01:22:51,758
county government, adopting a

2006
01:22:51,758 --> 01:22:52,926
schedule of meetings for the

2007
01:22:52,926 --> 01:22:53,560
council for calendar year 2027.

2008
01:22:53,560 --> 01:22:54,270
An ordinance amending certain of

2009
01:22:54,270 --> 01:22:54,828
the budgets of the

2010
01:22:54,828 --> 01:22:55,428
lexington-fayette urban county

2011
01:22:55,428 --> 01:22:55,962
government to reflect current

2012
01:22:55,962 --> 01:22:56,596
requirements for municipal

2013
01:22:56,596 --> 01:22:57,230
expenditures, and appropriating

2014
01:22:57,230 --> 01:22:59,566
and re-appropriating funds, fy

2015
01:22:59,566 --> 01:23:00,933
2027 schedule no. 7.

2016
01:23:00,933 --> 01:23:01,334
An ordinance amending certain of

2017
01:23:01,334 --> 01:23:01,935
the budgets of the

2018
01:23:01,935 --> 01:23:02,569
lexington-fayette urban county

2019
01:23:02,569 --> 01:23:03,202
government to correct funds for

2020
01:23:03,202 --> 01:23:03,670
purchase orders rolling from fy

2021
01:23:03,670 --> 01:23:04,700
2026 into fy 2027, and

2022
01:23:04,700 --> 01:23:04,737
appropriating and

2023
01:23:04,737 --> 01:23:06,737
re-appropriating funds, schedule

2024
01:23:07,373 --> 01:23:07,975
no. 8.

2025
01:23:07,975 --> 01:23:08,841
An ordinance amending section

2026
01:23:08,841 --> 01:23:09,443
16-1(F)(17) Of the

2027
01:23:09,443 --> 01:23:10,760
lexington-fayette urban county

2028
01:23:10,760 --> 01:23:10,911
government code of ordinances to

2029
01:23:10,911 --> 01:23:11,440
revise the definition of

2030
01:23:11,440 --> 01:23:11,511
"

2031
01:23:11,511 --> 01:23:11,611
stormwater control device"

2032
01:23:11,611 --> 01:23:12,450
by

2033
01:23:12,450 --> 01:23:12,211
removing the term "

2034
01:23:12,211 --> 01:23:14,211
drainage

2035
01:23:14,814 --> 01:23:16,649
way."

2036
01:23:16,649 --> 01:23:17,117
an ordinance amending the

2037
01:23:17,117 --> 01:23:17,651
authorized strength by

2038
01:23:17,651 --> 01:23:19,386
abolishing three (3)

2039
01:23:19,386 --> 01:23:20,187
Unclassified positions of refuse

2040
01:23:20,187 --> 01:23:20,987
& recycling worker sr., grade

2041
01:23:20,987 --> 01:23:21,889
510n, and creating three (3)

2042
01:23:21,889 --> 01:23:24,289
Classified positions of refuse &

2043
01:23:24,758 --> 01:23:25,559
recycling worker sr., grade

2044
01:23:25,559 --> 01:23:26,920
510n, all in the div. Of waste

2045
01:23:26,920 --> 01:23:28,920
management, effective upon

2046
01:23:30,330 --> 01:23:30,898
passage of council.

2047
01:23:30,898 --> 01:23:32,898
Thank you.

2048
01:23:33,467 --> 01:23:35,200
>> are there any walk ons,

2049
01:23:35,200 --> 01:23:36,703
councilmembers?

2050
01:23:36,703 --> 01:23:38,739
All right are there any motions

2051
01:23:38,739 --> 01:23:42,242
to suspend the rules and give

2052
01:23:42,242 --> 01:23:43,244
second reading?

2053
01:23:43,244 --> 01:23:45,244
All right.

2054
01:23:46,280 --> 01:23:49,880
That brings us to second reading

2055
01:23:56,390 --> 01:23:57,391
of resolutions, please.

2056
01:23:57,391 --> 01:23:58,492
A resolution ratifying the

2057
01:23:58,492 --> 01:23:59,159
permanent classified civil

2058
01:23:59,159 --> 01:23:59,793
stamper, safety and loss control

2059
01:23:59,793 --> 01:24:00,961
specialist, grade 520e

2060
01:24:00,961 --> 01:24:02,730
$2,564.80 biweekly in the div.

2061
01:24:02,730 --> 01:24:03,898
Of human resources, effective

2062
01:24:03,898 --> 01:24:05,165
AUGUST 23, 2026, and ratifying

2063
01:24:05,165 --> 01:24:06,266
the permanent sworn appointments

2064
01:24:06,266 --> 01:24:08,202
of lukas catron, police officer

2065
01:24:08,202 --> 01:24:09,437
grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

2066
01:24:09,437 --> 01:24:11,305
the div. Of police, effective

2067
01:24:11,305 --> 01:24:12,807
JULY 27, 2026, cezanne coca

2068
01:24:12,807 --> 01:24:14,740
police officer, grade 311n

2069
01:24:14,740 --> 01:24:17,740
$29.226 hourly in the div. Of

2070
01:24:19,800 --> 01:24:19,680
police, effective JULY 27, 2026

2071
01:24:19,680 --> 01:24:20,281
truman galusha, police officer

2072
01:24:20,281 --> 01:24:21,615
grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

2073
01:24:21,615 --> 01:24:22,917
the div. Of police, effective

2074
01:24:22,917 --> 01:24:24,585
JULY 27, 2026, caleb goldey

2075
01:24:24,585 --> 01:24:26,687
police officer, grade 311n

2076
01:24:26,687 --> 01:24:27,321
$29.226 hourly in the div. Of

2077
01:24:27,321 --> 01:24:29,123
police, effective JULY 27, 2026

2078
01:24:29,123 --> 01:24:31,123
geraldyn navarro, police

2079
01:24:31,259 --> 01:24:32,920
officer, grade 311n, $29.226

2080
01:24:32,920 --> 01:24:33,661
hourly in the div. Of police

2081
01:24:33,661 --> 01:24:35,661
effective JULY 27, 2026, jacob

2082
01:24:37,565 --> 01:24:39,100
reitz, police officer, grade

2083
01:24:39,100 --> 01:24:42,700
311n, $29.226 hourly in the div.

2084
01:24:42,700 --> 01:24:42,603
Of police, effective JULY 27

2085
01:24:42,603 --> 01:24:43,671
2026, zachary schoolmaster

2086
01:24:43,671 --> 01:24:45,540
police officer, grade 311n

2087
01:24:45,540 --> 01:24:47,608
$29.226 hourly in the div. Of

2088
01:24:47,608 --> 01:24:49,377
police, effective JULY 27, 2026

2089
01:24:49,377 --> 01:24:50,545
justin shelton, police officer

2090
01:24:50,545 --> 01:24:51,646
grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

2091
01:24:51,646 --> 01:24:53,470
the div. Of police, effective

2092
01:24:53,470 --> 01:24:54,349
JULY 27, 2026, landon smith

2093
01:24:54,349 --> 01:24:55,550
police officer, grade 311n

2094
01:24:55,550 --> 01:24:58,550
$29.226 hourly in the div. Of

2095
01:24:58,786 --> 01:25:00,254
police, effective JULY 27, 2026

2096
01:25:00,254 --> 01:25:01,722
padhraic sweet, police officer

2097
01:25:01,722 --> 01:25:02,991
grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

2098
01:25:02,991 --> 01:25:04,859
the div. Of police, effective

2099
01:25:04,859 --> 01:25:06,260
JULY 27, 2026, brodie thompson

2100
01:25:06,260 --> 01:25:07,663
police officer, grade 311n

2101
01:25:07,663 --> 01:25:09,831
$29.226 hourly in the div. Of

2102
01:25:09,831 --> 01:25:11,767
police, effective JULY 27, 2026

2103
01:25:11,767 --> 01:25:13,100
jacob wright, police officer

2104
01:25:13,100 --> 01:25:14,269
grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

2105
01:25:14,269 --> 01:25:17,269
the div. Of police, effective

2106
01:25:19,908 --> 01:25:21,476
JULY 27, 2026.

2107
01:25:21,476 --> 01:25:22,544
A resolution authorizing the

2108
01:25:22,544 --> 01:25:23,612
div. Of water quality, on behalf

2109
01:25:23,612 --> 01:25:25,113
of the urban county government

2110
01:25:25,113 --> 01:25:26,382
to purchase service and parts

2111
01:25:26,382 --> 01:25:27,181
for the online process analyzer

2112
01:25:27,181 --> 01:25:28,116
at west hickman wwtp, from

2113
01:25:28,116 --> 01:25:31,116
in-situ, a sole source provider

2114
01:25:32,187 --> 01:25:32,755
at a cost not to exceed $54,870.

2115
01:25:32,755 --> 01:25:33,355
A resolution authorizing and

2116
01:25:33,355 --> 01:25:34,723
directing the mayor, on behalf

2117
01:25:34,723 --> 01:25:35,357
of the lexington-fayette urban

2118
01:25:35,357 --> 01:25:36,391
county government, to execute a

2119
01:25:36,391 --> 01:25:37,893
professional services agreement

2120
01:25:37,893 --> 01:25:39,194
with kenya ballard to serve as a

2121
01:25:39,194 --> 01:25:40,395
survivor liaison, to act as the

2122
01:25:40,395 --> 01:25:42,131
point of contact for those

2123
01:25:42,131 --> 01:25:43,498
seeking gun violence survivor

2124
01:25:43,498 --> 01:25:44,866
support from one lexington, and

2125
01:25:44,866 --> 01:25:47,236
from referral sources, and to

2126
01:25:47,236 --> 01:25:49,636
liaise with appropriate one

2127
01:25:50,239 --> 01:25:51,600
lexington staff in determining

2128
01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:51,640
the status of application

2129
01:25:51,640 --> 01:25:52,107
process and payments, at a cost

2130
01:25:52,107 --> 01:25:53,175
not to exceed $20,000.

2131
01:25:53,175 --> 01:25:54,143
4.

2132
01:25:54,143 --> 01:25:55,244
A resolution authorizing the

2133
01:25:55,244 --> 01:25:56,144
div. Of police to purchase

2134
01:25:56,144 --> 01:25:57,279
magnet axiom from magnet

2135
01:25:57,279 --> 01:25:58,281
forensics, llc., a sole source

2136
01:25:58,281 --> 01:25:59,416
provider, and authorizing the

2137
01:25:59,416 --> 01:26:00,682
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2138
01:26:00,682 --> 01:26:01,550
county government, to execute

2139
01:26:01,550 --> 01:26:02,184
any necessary agreement with

2140
01:26:02,184 --> 01:26:02,818
magnet forensics, llc., related

2141
01:26:02,818 --> 01:26:03,251
to the procurement at a cost not

2142
01:26:03,251 --> 01:26:04,587
to exceed $26,320.

2143
01:26:04,587 --> 01:26:05,554
5.

2144
01:26:05,554 --> 01:26:06,388
A resolution authorizing the

2145
01:26:06,388 --> 01:26:07,356
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2146
01:26:07,356 --> 01:26:08,157
county government, to execute

2147
01:26:08,157 --> 01:26:09,125
and submit an application to the

2148
01:26:09,125 --> 01:26:09,958
ky. Dept. Of education, for

2149
01:26:09,958 --> 01:26:10,960
provision of preschool education

2150
01:26:10,960 --> 01:26:11,627
services at the family care

2151
01:26:11,627 --> 01:26:13,195
center for the 2026-2027 school

2152
01:26:13,195 --> 01:26:14,463
year.

2153
01:26:14,463 --> 01:26:15,731
6.

2154
01:26:15,731 --> 01:26:17,330
A resolution authorizing and

2155
01:26:17,330 --> 01:26:18,000
directing the mayor, on behalf

2156
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:20,135
of the urban county government

2157
01:26:20,135 --> 01:26:21,370
as the collaborative applicant

2158
01:26:21,370 --> 01:26:21,871
to execute and submit the 2026

2159
01:26:21,871 --> 01:26:23,710
continuum of care grant

2160
01:26:23,710 --> 01:26:23,839
application to the united states

2161
01:26:23,839 --> 01:26:24,941
dept. Of housing and urban

2162
01:26:24,941 --> 01:26:26,420
development (Hud), to provide

2163
01:26:26,420 --> 01:26:26,609
any additional information

2164
01:26:26,609 --> 01:26:28,100
requested in connection with

2165
01:26:28,100 --> 01:26:30,410
this grant application, which

2166
01:26:30,679 --> 01:26:31,581
seeks up to $3,866,080 in

2167
01:26:31,581 --> 01:26:32,915
federal funds for the operation

2168
01:26:32,915 --> 01:26:33,816
of programs by community

2169
01:26:33,816 --> 01:26:35,217
nonprofit organizations to

2170
01:26:35,217 --> 01:26:36,318
reduce homelessness in

2171
01:26:36,318 --> 01:26:37,853
lexington-fayette county, and to

2172
01:26:37,853 --> 01:26:40,523
accept an amount, up to

2173
01:26:40,523 --> 01:26:42,910
$153,932, of the grant funds, if

2174
01:26:42,910 --> 01:26:43,192
the application is approved, for

2175
01:26:43,192 --> 01:26:44,293
project planning expenses

2176
01:26:44,293 --> 01:26:45,961
related to monitoring programs

2177
01:26:45,961 --> 01:26:47,129
funded by the grant, the

2178
01:26:47,129 --> 01:26:47,997
acceptance of which obligates

2179
01:26:47,997 --> 01:26:49,199
the urban county government for

2180
01:26:49,199 --> 01:26:50,433
the expenditure of an amount, up

2181
01:26:50,433 --> 01:26:51,902
to $38,483, as a local match

2182
01:26:51,902 --> 01:26:52,902
ratifying the prior execution of

2183
01:26:52,902 --> 01:26:54,303
an application or any other

2184
01:26:54,303 --> 01:26:55,272
necessary documents related

2185
01:26:55,272 --> 01:26:56,706
thereto, and authorizing the

2186
01:26:56,706 --> 01:26:58,474
mayor to transfer unencumbered

2187
01:26:58,474 --> 01:27:00,376
funds within the grant budget.

2188
01:27:00,376 --> 01:27:01,444
7.

2189
01:27:01,444 --> 01:27:02,278
A resolution approving the

2190
01:27:02,278 --> 01:27:02,362
fayette county sheriff'

2191
01:27:02,362 --> 01:27:03,279
s

2192
01:27:03,279 --> 01:27:04,948
settlement-2025 property

2193
01:27:04,948 --> 01:27:06,516
taxes, for taxes collected as of

2194
01:27:06,516 --> 01:27:07,951
APRIL 15, 2026, and granting the

2195
01:27:07,951 --> 01:27:09,786
sheriff a quietus.

2196
01:27:09,786 --> 01:27:10,887
8.

2197
01:27:10,887 --> 01:27:11,487
A resolution authorizing the

2198
01:27:11,487 --> 01:27:12,355
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2199
01:27:12,355 --> 01:27:13,323
county government, to execute a

2200
01:27:13,323 --> 01:27:14,490
memorandum of agreement with

2201
01:27:14,490 --> 01:27:16,890
nami lexington (Ky), inc.

2202
01:27:17,227 --> 01:27:18,829
Related to the operation of the

2203
01:27:18,829 --> 01:27:20,163
fayette mental health court, at

2204
01:27:20,163 --> 01:27:20,897
a cost not to exceed $270,000

2205
01:27:20,897 --> 01:27:21,899
using funds allocated from the

2206
01:27:21,899 --> 01:27:23,400
fy 2027 general fund.

2207
01:27:23,400 --> 01:27:25,340
9.

2208
01:27:25,340 --> 01:27:26,603
A resolution authorizing and

2209
01:27:26,603 --> 01:27:27,270
directing the mayor, or her

2210
01:27:27,270 --> 01:27:28,605
designee, on behalf of the urban

2211
01:27:28,605 --> 01:27:29,506
county government, to execute

2212
01:27:29,506 --> 01:27:30,607
the clinical education agreement

2213
01:27:30,607 --> 01:27:31,675
with the university of ky., and

2214
01:27:31,675 --> 01:27:32,609
any necessary documents, for the

2215
01:27:32,609 --> 01:27:33,911
implementation of educational

2216
01:27:33,911 --> 01:27:35,245
experience opportunities for

2217
01:27:35,245 --> 01:27:36,413
university students in various

2218
01:27:36,413 --> 01:27:37,281
fields of healthcare related

2219
01:27:37,281 --> 01:27:37,781
studies, with global lex, at no

2220
01:27:37,781 --> 01:27:38,348
cost to the urban county

2221
01:27:38,348 --> 01:27:39,249
government.

2222
01:27:39,249 --> 01:27:39,883
10.

2223
01:27:39,883 --> 01:27:40,750
A resolution of the

2224
01:27:40,750 --> 01:27:42,190
lexington-fayette urban county

2225
01:27:42,190 --> 01:27:43,120
government authorizing the

2226
01:27:43,120 --> 01:27:44,521
advertisement for bids and the

2227
01:27:44,521 --> 01:27:45,355
distribution of a preliminary

2228
01:27:45,355 --> 01:27:46,690
official statement for the

2229
01:27:46,690 --> 01:27:47,825
purchase of the principal amount

2230
01:27:47,825 --> 01:27:49,392
of its various purpose general

2231
01:27:49,392 --> 01:27:51,328
obligation bonds, series 2026b

2232
01:27:51,328 --> 01:27:52,829
in an aggregate principal amount

2233
01:27:52,829 --> 01:27:54,331
of $9,740,000 (Which amount MAY

2234
01:27:54,331 --> 01:27:55,332
be increased by an amount of up

2235
01:27:55,332 --> 01:27:56,734
to ten percent (10%) Or

2236
01:27:56,734 --> 01:27:57,134
decreased by an unlimited

2237
01:27:57,134 --> 01:27:58,669
amount).

2238
01:27:58,669 --> 01:27:59,870
11.

2239
01:27:59,870 --> 01:28:00,504
A resolution authorizing and

2240
01:28:00,504 --> 01:28:01,639
directing the mayor, on behalf

2241
01:28:01,639 --> 01:28:02,472
of the urban county government

2242
01:28:02,472 --> 01:28:03,541
to execute an agreement related

2243
01:28:03,541 --> 01:28:04,741
to council capital project

2244
01:28:04,741 --> 01:28:05,976
expenditure funds with lfucg

2245
01:28:05,976 --> 01:28:07,211
div. Of parks and recreation

2246
01:28:07,211 --> 01:28:07,578
($500), at a cost not to exceed

2247
01:28:07,578 --> 01:28:08,746
the sum stated.

2248
01:28:08,746 --> 01:28:09,780
12.

2249
01:28:09,780 --> 01:28:10,848
A resolution authorizing the

2250
01:28:10,848 --> 01:28:11,848
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2251
01:28:11,848 --> 01:28:12,816
county government, to execute an

2252
01:28:12,816 --> 01:28:13,717
agreement with the U.S.

2253
01:28:13,717 --> 01:28:14,618
Geological survey, for the

2254
01:28:14,618 --> 01:28:15,519
continuing and ongoing

2255
01:28:15,519 --> 01:28:16,787
maintenance and operation of

2256
01:28:16,787 --> 01:28:18,689
existing stream flow and

2257
01:28:18,689 --> 01:28:19,523
precipitation gauges, for the

2258
01:28:19,523 --> 01:28:20,725
period of JULY 1, 2026, through

2259
01:28:20,725 --> 01:28:22,920
JUNE 30, 2027, at a cost not to

2260
01:28:22,920 --> 01:28:23,894
exceed $127,000.

2261
01:28:23,894 --> 01:28:25,296
13.

2262
01:28:25,296 --> 01:28:26,640
A resolution authorizing the

2263
01:28:26,640 --> 01:28:27,331
div. Of traffic engineering to

2264
01:28:27,331 --> 01:28:29,000
renew maintenance and support

2265
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:31,400
with q-free america through

2266
01:28:31,669 --> 01:28:33,337
traffic control products, the

2267
01:28:33,337 --> 01:28:35,600
sole-source vendor, for software

2268
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:36,273
to manage the centralized

2269
01:28:36,273 --> 01:28:37,542
traffic control system, at a

2270
01:28:37,542 --> 01:28:38,876
cost not to exceed $62,000.

2271
01:28:38,876 --> 01:28:39,844
14.

2272
01:28:39,844 --> 01:28:40,444
A resolution authorizing and

2273
01:28:40,444 --> 01:28:41,212
directing the mayor, on behalf

2274
01:28:41,212 --> 01:28:42,800
of the urban county government

2275
01:28:42,800 --> 01:28:43,247
to execute a purchase of service

2276
01:28:43,247 --> 01:28:43,814
agreement and vehicle lease

2277
01:28:43,814 --> 01:28:44,782
agreement, with

2278
01:28:44,782 --> 01:28:45,450
lexington-fayette animal care

2279
01:28:45,450 --> 01:28:47,151
and control, llc, for animal

2280
01:28:47,151 --> 01:28:49,688
control services, at a cost not

2281
01:28:49,688 --> 01:28:51,222
to exceed $2,512,545.

2282
01:28:51,222 --> 01:28:52,560
15.

2283
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:52,657
A resolution authorizing the

2284
01:28:52,657 --> 01:28:53,425
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2285
01:28:53,425 --> 01:28:54,425
county government, to accept a

2286
01:28:54,425 --> 01:28:55,660
grant from the ky. Energy and

2287
01:28:55,660 --> 01:28:57,950
environment cabinet, dept. Of

2288
01:28:57,950 --> 01:28:58,296
environmental protection, div.

2289
01:28:58,296 --> 01:28:58,997
Of waste management, which grant

2290
01:28:58,997 --> 01:28:59,930
funds are in the amount of

2291
01:28:59,930 --> 01:29:01,365
$4,000 in commonwealth of ky.

2292
01:29:01,365 --> 01:29:02,767
Funds for fiscal year 2027, for

2293
01:29:02,767 --> 01:29:03,535
the disposal and recycling of

2294
01:29:03,535 --> 01:29:04,769
waste tires, the acceptance of

2295
01:29:04,769 --> 01:29:05,903
which does not obligate the

2296
01:29:05,903 --> 01:29:06,704
urban county government to the

2297
01:29:06,704 --> 01:29:08,105
expenditure of funds, and

2298
01:29:08,105 --> 01:29:09,208
authorizing the mayor to

2299
01:29:09,208 --> 01:29:09,941
transfer unencumbered funds

2300
01:29:09,941 --> 01:29:11,209
within the grant budget.

2301
01:29:11,209 --> 01:29:12,276
16.

2302
01:29:12,276 --> 01:29:12,878
A resolution authorizing and

2303
01:29:12,878 --> 01:29:13,979
directing the mayor, on behalf

2304
01:29:13,979 --> 01:29:14,813
of the urban county government

2305
01:29:14,813 --> 01:29:15,547
to execute change order no. 3 to

2306
01:29:15,547 --> 01:29:16,948
the services agreement with grw

2307
01:29:16,948 --> 01:29:18,450
inc., for professional design

2308
01:29:18,450 --> 01:29:19,450
services, for the dept. Of

2309
01:29:19,450 --> 01:29:21,850
environmental quality and public

2310
01:29:22,530 --> 01:29:22,988
works, increasing the contract

2311
01:29:22,988 --> 01:29:24,255
by the sum of $22,205, from

2312
01:29:24,255 --> 01:29:26,255
$508,318 to $530,523.

2313
01:29:32,163 --> 01:29:32,731
17.

2314
01:29:32,731 --> 01:29:33,331
A resolution authorizing and

2315
01:29:33,331 --> 01:29:34,365
directing the mayor, on behalf

2316
01:29:34,365 --> 01:29:34,933
of the urban county government

2317
01:29:34,933 --> 01:29:35,567
to execute the memorandum of

2318
01:29:35,567 --> 01:29:36,201
understanding with university of

2319
01:29:36,201 --> 01:29:37,100
louisville research foundation

2320
01:29:37,100 --> 01:29:38,360
for participation in the ky

2321
01:29:38,360 --> 01:29:38,536
coast pilot project (Centers of

2322
01:29:38,536 --> 01:29:39,171
activity sequencing and

2323
01:29:39,171 --> 01:29:39,805
testing), for the div. Of water

2324
01:29:39,805 --> 01:29:40,472
quality, at no cost to the urban

2325
01:29:40,472 --> 01:29:42,207
county government.

2326
01:29:42,207 --> 01:29:43,308
18.

2327
01:29:43,308 --> 01:29:44,175
A resolution authorizing and

2328
01:29:44,175 --> 01:29:45,310
directing the mayor, on behalf

2329
01:29:45,310 --> 01:29:46,478
of the urban county government

2330
01:29:46,478 --> 01:29:47,145
to execute and submit a grant

2331
01:29:47,145 --> 01:29:47,879
application to the ky. Justice

2332
01:29:47,879 --> 01:29:48,680
cabinet under the violence

2333
01:29:48,680 --> 01:29:49,948
against women act program for

2334
01:29:49,948 --> 01:29:51,116
the continuation of a sexual

2335
01:29:51,116 --> 01:29:52,318
assault nurse examiner program

2336
01:29:52,318 --> 01:29:53,786
to provide any additional

2337
01:29:53,786 --> 01:29:54,853
information requested in

2338
01:29:54,853 --> 01:29:55,520
connection with this grant

2339
01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:56,121
application, and to accept this

2340
01:29:56,121 --> 01:29:56,655
grant if awarded, which grant

2341
01:29:56,655 --> 01:29:57,389
funds are in the amount of

2342
01:29:57,389 --> 01:29:58,390
$65,000 in federal funds and

2343
01:29:58,390 --> 01:29:59,792
$12,000 in state funds, the

2344
01:29:59,792 --> 01:30:01,493
acceptance of which obligates

2345
01:30:01,493 --> 01:30:02,995
the urban county government to

2346
01:30:02,995 --> 01:30:05,264
the expenditure of $24,667 in

2347
01:30:05,264 --> 01:30:06,198
fy27, as a local match, and

2348
01:30:06,198 --> 01:30:06,932
authorizing the mayor to

2349
01:30:06,932 --> 01:30:07,766
transfer unencumbered funds

2350
01:30:07,766 --> 01:30:09,401
within the grant budget.

2351
01:30:09,401 --> 01:30:10,369
19.

2352
01:30:10,369 --> 01:30:11,236
A resolution authorizing and

2353
01:30:11,236 --> 01:30:11,837
directing the mayor, on behalf

2354
01:30:11,837 --> 01:30:12,571
of the urban county government

2355
01:30:12,571 --> 01:30:14,573
to execute an agreement with

2356
01:30:14,573 --> 01:30:15,241
photoshelter, inc., to upgrade

2357
01:30:15,241 --> 01:30:16,676
the current photoshelter

2358
01:30:16,676 --> 01:30:18,477
subscription to add new alt text

2359
01:30:18,477 --> 01:30:19,411
capabilities, ai functionality

2360
01:30:19,411 --> 01:30:20,946
and significant accessibility

2361
01:30:20,946 --> 01:30:23,346
compliance benefits, for the

2362
01:30:23,382 --> 01:30:24,884
office of public information

2363
01:30:24,884 --> 01:30:26,752
increasing the cost by $4,500

2364
01:30:26,752 --> 01:30:27,587
for an annual cost not to exceed

2365
01:30:27,587 --> 01:30:28,721
$9,815, subject to sufficient

2366
01:30:28,721 --> 01:30:30,756
funds being appropriated in

2367
01:30:30,756 --> 01:30:30,923
future fiscal years.

2368
01:30:30,923 --> 01:30:31,724
20.

2369
01:30:31,724 --> 01:30:32,891
A resolution authorizing and

2370
01:30:32,891 --> 01:30:33,492
directing the mayor, on behalf

2371
01:30:33,492 --> 01:30:34,426
of the urban county government

2372
01:30:34,426 --> 01:30:36,395
to execute an agreement with

2373
01:30:36,395 --> 01:30:37,363
linkedin corporation, for

2374
01:30:37,363 --> 01:30:38,398
advertising services to promote

2375
01:30:38,398 --> 01:30:39,298
open positions with the

2376
01:30:39,298 --> 01:30:40,233
lexington-fayette urban county

2377
01:30:40,233 --> 01:30:41,670
government on its platform, for

2378
01:30:41,670 --> 01:30:42,701
the office of public

2379
01:30:42,701 --> 01:30:44,603
information, at an annual cost

2380
01:30:44,603 --> 01:30:45,471
not to exceed $20,925, subject

2381
01:30:45,471 --> 01:30:46,939
to sufficient funds being

2382
01:30:46,939 --> 01:30:47,239
appropriated in future fiscal

2383
01:30:47,239 --> 01:30:48,208
years.

2384
01:30:48,208 --> 01:30:49,800
21.

2385
01:30:49,800 --> 01:30:51,343
A resolution authorizing and

2386
01:30:51,343 --> 01:30:52,245
directing the mayor, on behalf

2387
01:30:52,245 --> 01:30:53,113
of the urban county government

2388
01:30:53,113 --> 01:30:54,147
to execute an agreement related

2389
01:30:54,147 --> 01:30:54,747
to council capital project

2390
01:30:54,747 --> 01:30:55,448
expenditure funds with garden

2391
01:30:55,448 --> 01:30:56,148
meadows homeowners association

2392
01:30:56,148 --> 01:30:59,748
inc. ($2,000), at a cost not to

2393
01:30:59,919 --> 01:31:00,753
exceed the sum stated.

2394
01:31:00,753 --> 01:31:00,825
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you is

2395
01:31:00,825 --> 01:31:02,825
-

2396
01:31:04,524 --> 01:31:05,725
there a motion to approve.

2397
01:31:05,725 --> 01:31:06,226
Councilmember ellinger and

2398
01:31:06,226 --> 01:31:08,226
councilmember kurtdties.

2399
01:31:08,461 --> 01:31:12,661
When you are ready if you will

2400
01:31:13,466 --> 01:31:15,635
take the roll call vote.

2401
01:31:15,635 --> 01:31:15,902
>> councilmember brown.

2402
01:31:15,902 --> 01:31:17,169
>> yes.

2403
01:31:17,169 --> 01:31:18,710
>> councilmember curtis.

2404
01:31:18,710 --> 01:31:19,505
>> yes, ma'am.

2405
01:31:19,505 --> 01:31:20,107
>> councilmember eblen.

2406
01:31:20,107 --> 01:31:21,741
>> yes, ma'am.

2407
01:31:21,741 --> 01:31:22,542
>> councilmember ellinger.

2408
01:31:22,542 --> 01:31:24,542
>> yes, ma'am.

2409
01:31:24,844 --> 01:31:25,879
>> councilmember baxter.

2410
01:31:25,879 --> 01:31:27,879
>> yes, ma'am.

2411
01:31:27,881 --> 01:31:28,248
>> councilmember hale.

2412
01:31:28,248 --> 01:31:30,248
>> yes.

2413
01:31:30,617 --> 01:31:30,884
>> how many hilling hilling.

2414
01:31:30,884 --> 01:31:32,385
>> yes.

2415
01:31:32,385 --> 01:31:33,319
>> councilmember lynch.

2416
01:31:33,319 --> 01:31:35,319
Yes.

2417
01:31:35,622 --> 01:31:35,889
>> councilmember morton.

2418
01:31:35,889 --> 01:31:37,691
>> yes.

2419
01:31:37,691 --> 01:31:37,958
>> councilmember reynolds.

2420
01:31:37,958 --> 01:31:39,958
>> yes.

2421
01:31:39,993 --> 01:31:40,260
>> councilmember sheehan.

2422
01:31:40,260 --> 01:31:41,894
>> yes.

2423
01:31:41,894 --> 01:31:43,894
>> vice mayor wu.

2424
01:31:44,264 --> 01:31:44,998
Councilmember boone and

2425
01:31:44,998 --> 01:31:46,199
councilmember beasley.

2426
01:31:46,199 --> 01:31:47,300
Yes, ma'am.

2427
01:31:47,300 --> 01:31:50,300
>> Mayor Gorton: now it's time

2428
01:31:50,737 --> 01:31:53,137
for first reading of

2429
01:31:53,273 --> 01:31:53,440
resolutions.

2430
01:31:53,440 --> 01:31:55,440
22.

2431
01:31:55,542 --> 01:31:56,143
A resolution specifying the

2432
01:31:56,143 --> 01:31:57,100
intention of the urban county

2433
01:31:57,100 --> 01:31:57,644
council to expand and extend the

2434
01:31:57,644 --> 01:31:58,545
full urban services district #1

2435
01:31:58,545 --> 01:31:59,246
to provide street lighting

2436
01:31:59,246 --> 01:32:00,113
street cleaning, and garbage and

2437
01:32:00,113 --> 01:32:01,248
refuse collection; finding a

2438
01:32:01,248 --> 01:32:01,848
need for this service in the

2439
01:32:01,848 --> 01:32:02,416
area included; and finding the

2440
01:32:02,416 --> 01:32:03,217
ability of the urban county

2441
01:32:03,217 --> 01:32:04,117
government to provide this

2442
01:32:04,117 --> 01:32:05,520
service in this area, which area

2443
01:32:05,520 --> 01:32:06,319
is defined as certain properties

2444
01:32:06,319 --> 01:32:07,688
on the following streets:

2445
01:32:07,688 --> 01:32:09,289
advantage way; cavalier way;

2446
01:32:09,289 --> 01:32:11,580
dockside park; feathersound way;

2447
01:32:11,580 --> 01:32:12,920
leanndra park; letcher DR.;

2448
01:32:12,920 --> 01:32:13,160
lupine lane; and shady curve;

2449
01:32:13,160 --> 01:32:13,927
and scheduling a public hearing

2450
01:32:13,927 --> 01:32:14,961
for NOVEMBER 10, 2026, at 3:00

2451
01:32:14,961 --> 01:32:16,364
p.M.

2452
01:32:16,364 --> 01:32:18,364
23.

2453
01:32:19,866 --> 01:32:20,634
A resolution specifying the

2454
01:32:20,634 --> 01:32:21,401
intention of the urban county

2455
01:32:21,401 --> 01:32:22,469
council to expand and extend

2456
01:32:22,469 --> 01:32:23,670
partial urban services district

2457
01:32:23,670 --> 01:32:24,605
#3 to provide garbage and refuse

2458
01:32:24,605 --> 01:32:25,806
collection; finding a need for

2459
01:32:25,806 --> 01:32:26,507
this service in the area

2460
01:32:26,507 --> 01:32:27,740
included; and finding the

2461
01:32:27,740 --> 01:32:27,608
ability of the urban county

2462
01:32:27,608 --> 01:32:28,609
government to provide this

2463
01:32:28,609 --> 01:32:29,343
service in this area, which area

2464
01:32:29,343 --> 01:32:30,244
is defined as certain properties

2465
01:32:30,244 --> 01:32:31,612
on the following streets: landry

2466
01:32:31,612 --> 01:32:32,212
way; liberty circle; waldorf

2467
01:32:32,212 --> 01:32:34,181
lane; weston park; and malabu

2468
01:32:34,181 --> 01:32:35,249
court; and scheduling a public

2469
01:32:35,249 --> 01:32:36,150
hearing for NOVEMBER 10, 2026

2470
01:32:36,150 --> 01:32:37,851
at 3:00 P.M.

2471
01:32:37,851 --> 01:32:38,986
24.

2472
01:32:38,986 --> 01:32:40,621
A resolution specifying the

2473
01:32:40,621 --> 01:32:41,955
intention of the urban county

2474
01:32:41,955 --> 01:32:43,123
council to expand and extend

2475
01:32:43,123 --> 01:32:43,790
partial urban services district

2476
01:32:43,790 --> 01:32:44,893
#5 to provide street lighting

2477
01:32:44,893 --> 01:32:45,860
and garbage and refuse

2478
01:32:45,860 --> 01:32:46,761
collection; finding a need for

2479
01:32:46,761 --> 01:32:47,294
this service in the area

2480
01:32:47,294 --> 01:32:47,862
included; and finding the

2481
01:32:47,862 --> 01:32:48,395
ability of the urban county

2482
01:32:48,395 --> 01:32:49,364
government to provide this

2483
01:32:49,364 --> 01:32:50,297
service in this area, which area

2484
01:32:50,297 --> 01:32:50,965
is defined as certain properties

2485
01:32:50,965 --> 01:32:52,132
on the following streets:

2486
01:32:52,132 --> 01:32:53,340
brunswick rd.; cardiff lane;

2487
01:32:53,340 --> 01:32:53,868
crestwood DR.; greenbriar rd.;

2488
01:32:53,868 --> 01:32:55,303
lamont court; shirlee court;

2489
01:32:55,303 --> 01:32:56,937
traveller rd.; weber way;

2490
01:32:56,937 --> 01:32:57,772
wedgewood rd.; and wilson

2491
01:32:57,772 --> 01:32:59,307
downing rd; and scheduling a

2492
01:32:59,307 --> 01:33:00,374
public hearing for NOVEMBER 10

2493
01:33:00,374 --> 01:33:02,374
2026, at 3:00 P.M.

2494
01:33:02,844 --> 01:33:04,579
25.

2495
01:33:04,579 --> 01:33:05,480
A resolution authorizing the

2496
01:33:05,480 --> 01:33:06,380
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2497
01:33:06,380 --> 01:33:06,981
county government, to execute a

2498
01:33:06,981 --> 01:33:07,782
purchase of service agreement

2499
01:33:07,782 --> 01:33:08,983
with roots & heritage festival

2500
01:33:08,983 --> 01:33:11,218
inc., for the roots & heritage

2501
01:33:11,218 --> 01:33:13,154
festival, planned for SEPTEMBER

2502
01:33:13,154 --> 01:33:14,722
11-13, 2026 at a cost not to

2503
01:33:14,722 --> 01:33:15,256
exceed $35,500, plus additional

2504
01:33:15,256 --> 01:33:16,691
in-kind services.

2505
01:33:16,691 --> 01:33:17,725
26.

2506
01:33:17,725 --> 01:33:19,270
A resolution authorizing the

2507
01:33:19,270 --> 01:33:20,610
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2508
01:33:20,610 --> 01:33:21,529
county government, to execute a

2509
01:33:21,529 --> 01:33:23,197
lease renewal agreement with ky.

2510
01:33:23,197 --> 01:33:23,931
Community and technical college

2511
01:33:23,931 --> 01:33:24,699
system, extending the lease for

2512
01:33:24,699 --> 01:33:25,466
classroom space at the detention

2513
01:33:25,466 --> 01:33:26,300
center, at no cost to the urban

2514
01:33:26,300 --> 01:33:28,690
county government.

2515
01:33:28,690 --> 01:33:28,803
27.

2516
01:33:28,803 --> 01:33:29,538
Mayor, on behalf of the urban

2517
01:33:29,538 --> 01:33:30,304
county government, to execute a

2518
01:33:30,304 --> 01:33:31,439
purchase of service agreement

2519
01:33:31,439 --> 01:33:32,206
(Psa) With casa of lexington

2520
01:33:32,206 --> 01:33:33,741
inc., for child advocacy

2521
01:33:33,741 --> 01:33:35,243
services in fayette county at a

2522
01:33:35,243 --> 01:33:36,677
cost not to exceed the sum of

2523
01:33:36,677 --> 01:33:36,845
$278,000.

2524
01:33:36,845 --> 01:33:38,130
28.

2525
01:33:38,130 --> 01:33:38,680
A resolution authorizing the

2526
01:33:38,680 --> 01:33:39,747
div. Of waste management to

2527
01:33:39,747 --> 01:33:40,982
purchase electronic vehicle

2528
01:33:40,982 --> 01:33:42,982
inspection reporting services

2529
01:33:42,985 --> 01:33:44,285
from zonar systems, llc., a sole

2530
01:33:44,285 --> 01:33:45,453
source provider, and authorizing

2531
01:33:45,453 --> 01:33:46,655
the mayor, on behalf of the

2532
01:33:46,655 --> 01:33:47,655
urban county government, to

2533
01:33:47,655 --> 01:33:48,423
execute any necessary agreement

2534
01:33:48,423 --> 01:33:49,191
with zonar systems, llc.

2535
01:33:49,191 --> 01:33:50,159
Related to the procurement at a

2536
01:33:50,159 --> 01:33:51,927
cost not to exceed $85,000.

2537
01:33:51,927 --> 01:33:53,662
29.

2538
01:33:53,662 --> 01:33:54,429
A resolution authorizing the

2539
01:33:54,429 --> 01:33:55,597
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2540
01:33:55,597 --> 01:33:56,532
county government, to execute a

2541
01:33:56,532 --> 01:33:57,766
site-specific agreement with the

2542
01:33:57,766 --> 01:33:59,340
jessamine south elkhorn water

2543
01:33:59,340 --> 01:33:59,902
district and ball homes llc, to

2544
01:33:59,902 --> 01:34:00,569
provide sanitary sewer

2545
01:34:00,569 --> 01:34:01,303
conveyance and treatment

2546
01:34:01,303 --> 01:34:02,738
capacity to ash tree property in

2547
01:34:02,738 --> 01:34:04,738
jessamine county.

2548
01:34:05,140 --> 01:34:06,975
30.

2549
01:34:06,975 --> 01:34:08,943
A resolution authorizing the

2550
01:34:08,943 --> 01:34:10,111
div. Of water quality to

2551
01:34:10,111 --> 01:34:12,511
purchase service and field

2552
01:34:12,747 --> 01:34:14,215
support at west hickman wwtp

2553
01:34:14,215 --> 01:34:14,983
from siemens industry, inc., a

2554
01:34:14,983 --> 01:34:15,985
sole source provider, and

2555
01:34:15,985 --> 01:34:16,918
authorizing the mayor, on behalf

2556
01:34:16,918 --> 01:34:17,619
of the urban county government

2557
01:34:17,619 --> 01:34:18,487
to execute any necessary

2558
01:34:18,487 --> 01:34:19,121
agreement with siemens industry

2559
01:34:19,121 --> 01:34:19,621
inc., related to the procurement

2560
01:34:19,621 --> 01:34:20,823
at a cost not to exceed

2561
01:34:20,823 --> 01:34:22,900
$444,705.

2562
01:34:22,900 --> 01:34:23,459
31.

2563
01:34:23,459 --> 01:34:24,930
A resolution authorizing and

2564
01:34:24,930 --> 01:34:24,994
directing the mayor, on behalf

2565
01:34:24,994 --> 01:34:25,594
of the urban county government

2566
01:34:25,594 --> 01:34:26,628
to execute the memorandum of

2567
01:34:26,628 --> 01:34:27,896
agreement with the united states

2568
01:34:27,896 --> 01:34:28,798
dept. Of justice, drug

2569
01:34:28,798 --> 01:34:30,499
enforcement administration

2570
01:34:30,499 --> 01:34:31,990
(Dea), allowing one (1) Officer

2571
01:34:31,990 --> 01:34:32,200
to be assigned to a task force

2572
01:34:32,200 --> 01:34:34,600
related to illicit drug

2573
01:34:35,710 --> 01:34:35,872
trafficking from OCTOBER 1

2574
01:34:35,872 --> 01:34:36,438
2026, to SEPTEMBER 30, 2031, at

2575
01:34:36,438 --> 01:34:37,600
no cost to the urban county

2576
01:34:37,600 --> 01:34:38,841
government.

2577
01:34:38,841 --> 01:34:40,576
32.

2578
01:34:40,576 --> 01:34:41,677
A resolution authorizing the

2579
01:34:41,677 --> 01:34:42,311
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2580
01:34:42,311 --> 01:34:42,845
county government, to execute a

2581
01:34:42,845 --> 01:34:44,800
deed of easement with ky.

2582
01:34:44,800 --> 01:34:45,470
Utilities co., granting

2583
01:34:45,470 --> 01:34:46,181
permanent easements across a

2584
01:34:46,181 --> 01:34:47,416
portion of the property located

2585
01:34:47,416 --> 01:34:48,484
at 1900 leestown rd. And 301

2586
01:34:48,484 --> 01:34:50,884
lisle industrial avenue, and

2587
01:34:50,887 --> 01:34:52,210
further authorizing the mayor to

2588
01:34:52,210 --> 01:34:52,855
execute any other documents

2589
01:34:52,855 --> 01:34:54,690
easements, at no cost to the

2590
01:34:54,690 --> 01:34:54,857
urban county government.

2591
01:34:54,857 --> 01:34:55,491
33.

2592
01:34:55,491 --> 01:34:56,392
A resolution authorizing the

2593
01:34:56,392 --> 01:34:57,126
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2594
01:34:57,126 --> 01:34:58,494
county government, to execute an

2595
01:34:58,494 --> 01:34:59,561
agreement with eds holdco, llc

2596
01:34:59,561 --> 01:35:00,463
the final form of which shall be

2597
01:35:00,463 --> 01:35:01,764
subject to the approval of the

2598
01:35:01,764 --> 01:35:02,998
dept. Of housing advocacy and

2599
01:35:02,998 --> 01:35:04,200
community development and the

2600
01:35:04,200 --> 01:35:05,334
dept. Of law, to provide winter

2601
01:35:05,334 --> 01:35:06,702
emergency shelter services

2602
01:35:06,702 --> 01:35:07,870
inclusive of rental

2603
01:35:07,870 --> 01:35:08,838
installation, and removal of

2604
01:35:08,838 --> 01:35:11,240
structures as well as daily

2605
01:35:11,240 --> 01:35:11,940
operations, for persons

2606
01:35:11,940 --> 01:35:13,810
experiencing homelessness

2607
01:35:13,810 --> 01:35:14,477
located at 1306 versailles rd.

2608
01:35:14,477 --> 01:35:16,646
And to operate from OCTOBER 29

2609
01:35:16,646 --> 01:35:19,460
2026 to APRIL 1, 2027, at a

2610
01:35:20,383 --> 01:35:20,717
total cost not to exceed

2611
01:35:20,717 --> 01:35:22,717
$3,081,732.03.

2612
01:35:23,520 --> 01:35:24,254
34.

2613
01:35:24,254 --> 01:35:25,550
A resolution authorizing the

2614
01:35:25,550 --> 01:35:25,888
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2615
01:35:25,888 --> 01:35:26,523
county government, to execute an

2616
01:35:26,523 --> 01:35:27,190
agreement with community action

2617
01:35:27,190 --> 01:35:27,957
council for lexington-fayette

2618
01:35:27,957 --> 01:35:28,925
bourbon, harrison, and nicholas

2619
01:35:28,925 --> 01:35:29,959
counties, inc., for the

2620
01:35:29,959 --> 01:35:30,961
operation of winter motel

2621
01:35:30,961 --> 01:35:32,228
shelter services for families

2622
01:35:32,228 --> 01:35:33,964
with children experiencing

2623
01:35:33,964 --> 01:35:35,980
homelessness, at a cost not to

2624
01:35:35,980 --> 01:35:37,980
exceed $300,000.

2625
01:35:37,367 --> 01:35:39,102
35.

2626
01:35:39,102 --> 01:35:40,370
A resolution authorizing the

2627
01:35:40,370 --> 01:35:40,837
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2628
01:35:40,837 --> 01:35:41,805
county government, to execute an

2629
01:35:41,805 --> 01:35:42,673
agreement with hospice of the

2630
01:35:42,673 --> 01:35:43,306
bluegrass, inc. D/b/a bluegrass

2631
01:35:43,306 --> 01:35:43,940
care navigators, for the

2632
01:35:43,940 --> 01:35:44,374
operation of motel-based winter

2633
01:35:44,374 --> 01:35:45,208
shelter services for

2634
01:35:45,208 --> 01:35:46,309
elderly/disabled persons

2635
01:35:46,309 --> 01:35:48,411
experiencing homelessness, at a

2636
01:35:48,411 --> 01:35:50,113
cost not to exceed $234,977.

2637
01:35:50,113 --> 01:35:50,881
36.

2638
01:35:50,881 --> 01:35:52,616
A resolution authorizing the

2639
01:35:52,616 --> 01:35:54,484
div. Of fire and emergency

2640
01:35:54,484 --> 01:35:55,919
services to purchase iapro and

2641
01:35:55,919 --> 01:35:57,187
blue team software from

2642
01:35:57,187 --> 01:35:58,521
versaterm public safety us

2643
01:35:58,521 --> 01:35:59,856
inc., a sole source provider

2644
01:35:59,856 --> 01:36:01,992
and authorizing the mayor, on

2645
01:36:01,992 --> 01:36:02,526
behalf of the urban county

2646
01:36:02,526 --> 01:36:03,260
government, to execute any

2647
01:36:03,260 --> 01:36:04,610
necessary agreement with

2648
01:36:04,610 --> 01:36:04,961
versaterm public safety us

2649
01:36:04,961 --> 01:36:06,630
inc., related to the procurement

2650
01:36:06,630 --> 01:36:07,497
at a cost not to exceed

2651
01:36:07,497 --> 01:36:09,650
$42,749.30.

2652
01:36:09,650 --> 01:36:10,100
37.

2653
01:36:10,100 --> 01:36:11,368
A resolution authorizing the

2654
01:36:11,368 --> 01:36:12,200
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2655
01:36:12,200 --> 01:36:12,769
county government, to execute a

2656
01:36:12,769 --> 01:36:14,337
site-specific agreement with the

2657
01:36:14,337 --> 01:36:15,405
jessamine south elkhorn water

2658
01:36:15,405 --> 01:36:16,340
district and ball homes llc, to

2659
01:36:16,340 --> 01:36:17,541
provide sanitary sewer

2660
01:36:17,541 --> 01:36:18,309
conveyance and treatment

2661
01:36:18,309 --> 01:36:19,142
capacity to ash tree unit 3

2662
01:36:19,142 --> 01:36:19,777
phase 1 property in jessamine

2663
01:36:19,777 --> 01:36:21,344
county.

2664
01:36:21,344 --> 01:36:22,279
38.

2665
01:36:22,279 --> 01:36:23,414
A resolution authorizing the

2666
01:36:23,414 --> 01:36:24,548
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2667
01:36:24,548 --> 01:36:25,983
county government, to execute

2668
01:36:25,983 --> 01:36:26,583
certificates of consideration

2669
01:36:26,583 --> 01:36:27,685
and other necessary documents

2670
01:36:27,685 --> 01:36:29,153
and to accept deeds of easement

2671
01:36:29,153 --> 01:36:30,487
from owners of record, for

2672
01:36:30,487 --> 01:36:31,855
property interests needed for

2673
01:36:31,855 --> 01:36:32,957
the greenbrier 2 pump station

2674
01:36:32,957 --> 01:36:34,250
replacement project, a remedial

2675
01:36:34,250 --> 01:36:34,725
measures project required by the

2676
01:36:34,725 --> 01:36:36,894
consent decree, at a cost not to

2677
01:36:36,894 --> 01:36:37,610
exceed $17,000.

2678
01:36:37,610 --> 01:36:37,695
39.

2679
01:36:37,695 --> 01:36:38,563
A resolution authorizing the

2680
01:36:38,563 --> 01:36:39,664
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2681
01:36:39,664 --> 01:36:40,931
county government, to execute an

2682
01:36:40,931 --> 01:36:42,266
agreement awarding a class b

2683
01:36:42,266 --> 01:36:42,933
(Education) Incentive grant to

2684
01:36:42,933 --> 01:36:43,534
avol ky., inc., for a stormwater

2685
01:36:43,534 --> 01:36:47,710
quality project, at a cost not

2686
01:36:47,710 --> 01:36:47,237
to exceed $18,126.72.

2687
01:36:47,237 --> 01:36:48,105
40.

2688
01:36:48,105 --> 01:36:49,240
A resolution authorizing the

2689
01:36:49,240 --> 01:36:50,508
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2690
01:36:50,508 --> 01:36:51,408
county government, to execute an

2691
01:36:51,408 --> 01:36:52,509
agreement awarding a class a

2692
01:36:52,509 --> 01:36:53,110
(Neighborhood) Incentive grant

2693
01:36:53,110 --> 01:36:54,780
to friends of the parks in

2694
01:36:54,780 --> 01:36:54,946
fayette county, inc., for a

2695
01:36:54,946 --> 01:36:57,946
stormwater quality project, at a

2696
01:36:58,249 --> 01:36:58,416
cost not to exceed $41,590.

2697
01:36:58,416 --> 01:36:59,283
41.

2698
01:36:59,283 --> 01:37:00,717
A resolution authorizing the

2699
01:37:00,717 --> 01:37:02,530
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2700
01:37:02,530 --> 01:37:02,887
county government, to execute an

2701
01:37:02,887 --> 01:37:04,550
agreement awarding a class a

2702
01:37:04,550 --> 01:37:05,890
(Neighborhood) Incentive grant

2703
01:37:05,890 --> 01:37:05,790
to waterwayslex, inc., for a

2704
01:37:05,790 --> 01:37:07,910
stormwater quality project, at a

2705
01:37:07,910 --> 01:37:09,126
cost not to exceed $26,810.

2706
01:37:09,126 --> 01:37:10,895
42.

2707
01:37:10,895 --> 01:37:12,960
A resolution authorizing the

2708
01:37:12,960 --> 01:37:13,164
mayor, on behalf of the

2709
01:37:13,164 --> 01:37:13,898
lexington-fayette urban county

2710
01:37:13,898 --> 01:37:14,499
government, to execute change

2711
01:37:14,499 --> 01:37:15,399
order no. 1 to the stormwater

2712
01:37:15,399 --> 01:37:16,234
quality projects incentive grant

2713
01:37:16,234 --> 01:37:17,268
with the ky. American water co.

2714
01:37:17,268 --> 01:37:18,469
For stormwater quality projects

2715
01:37:18,469 --> 01:37:19,670
increasing the grant award by

2716
01:37:19,670 --> 01:37:20,638
the sum of $60,000, from

2717
01:37:20,638 --> 01:37:22,638
$300,000 to $360,000.

2718
01:37:23,441 --> 01:37:24,800
43.

2719
01:37:24,800 --> 01:37:24,609
A resolution authorizing and

2720
01:37:24,609 --> 01:37:25,209
directing the mayor, on behalf

2721
01:37:25,209 --> 01:37:26,377
of the urban county government

2722
01:37:26,377 --> 01:37:27,712
to accept additional award of

2723
01:37:27,712 --> 01:37:28,780
$28,180 from kentucky state

2724
01:37:28,780 --> 01:37:30,780
police commercial vehicle

2725
01:37:31,783 --> 01:37:33,652
enforcement div., the

2726
01:37:33,652 --> 01:37:35,530
application was for $71,820 with

2727
01:37:35,530 --> 01:37:36,354
a match of $3,780 for the

2728
01:37:36,354 --> 01:37:37,822
continued operation of the motor

2729
01:37:37,822 --> 01:37:38,557
carrier safety assistance

2730
01:37:38,557 --> 01:37:40,191
program for fy 2027, the

2731
01:37:40,191 --> 01:37:42,260
additional award obligates lfucg

2732
01:37:42,260 --> 01:37:44,329
to provide an additional match

2733
01:37:44,329 --> 01:37:45,930
of $1,220 for a total match of

2734
01:37:45,930 --> 01:37:46,798
$5,000 and authorizing the mayor

2735
01:37:46,798 --> 01:37:49,133
to transfer unencumbered funds

2736
01:37:49,133 --> 01:37:49,300
within the grant budget.

2737
01:37:49,300 --> 01:37:50,202
44.

2738
01:37:50,202 --> 01:37:50,869
A resolution authorizing and

2739
01:37:50,869 --> 01:37:51,836
directing the mayor, on behalf

2740
01:37:51,836 --> 01:37:53,304
of the urban county government

2741
01:37:53,304 --> 01:37:55,240
to execute amendment no. 2 to

2742
01:37:55,240 --> 01:37:55,873
the program administration

2743
01:37:55,873 --> 01:37:57,750
contract with the bluegrass area

2744
01:37:57,750 --> 01:37:58,710
development district, to accept

2745
01:37:58,710 --> 01:38:00,345
an additional award of $9,444.00

2746
01:38:00,345 --> 01:38:01,780
to include in the title iii b

2747
01:38:01,780 --> 01:38:03,315
budget for eligible reimbursable

2748
01:38:03,315 --> 01:38:04,450
expenditures for fy27 senior

2749
01:38:04,450 --> 01:38:05,650
center operations, which

2750
01:38:05,650 --> 01:38:08,500
obligates the urban county

2751
01:38:08,286 --> 01:38:10,689
government to increase the total

2752
01:38:10,689 --> 01:38:13,689
local match by $1,666.59 for a

2753
01:38:13,925 --> 01:38:14,920
total match of $9,890.12.

2754
01:38:14,920 --> 01:38:14,659
45.

2755
01:38:14,659 --> 01:38:15,360
A resolution authorizing the

2756
01:38:15,360 --> 01:38:16,294
div. Of police to purchase dna

2757
01:38:16,294 --> 01:38:17,863
testing from dna labs

2758
01:38:17,863 --> 01:38:18,463
international, a sole source

2759
01:38:18,463 --> 01:38:19,640
provider, and authorizing the

2760
01:38:19,640 --> 01:38:19,998
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2761
01:38:19,998 --> 01:38:20,966
county government, to execute

2762
01:38:20,966 --> 01:38:22,133
any necessary agreement with dna

2763
01:38:22,133 --> 01:38:22,768
labs international, related to

2764
01:38:22,768 --> 01:38:24,937
the procurement at a cost not to

2765
01:38:24,937 --> 01:38:25,104
exceed $45,000.

2766
01:38:25,104 --> 01:38:25,738
46.

2767
01:38:25,738 --> 01:38:27,500
A resolution authorizing and

2768
01:38:27,500 --> 01:38:27,606
directing the mayor, on behalf

2769
01:38:27,606 --> 01:38:28,841
of the urban county government

2770
01:38:28,841 --> 01:38:29,875
to execute change order no. 1 to

2771
01:38:29,875 --> 01:38:31,276
the agreement with lagco, inc.

2772
01:38:31,276 --> 01:38:32,611
For the final adjustment in

2773
01:38:32,611 --> 01:38:33,512
quantities, for the div. Of

2774
01:38:33,512 --> 01:38:35,214
water quality, decreasing the

2775
01:38:35,214 --> 01:38:38,214
contract by the sum of

2776
01:38:38,750 --> 01:38:40,750
$167,839.07, from $1,634,958.00

2777
01:38:42,588 --> 01:38:44,190
to $1,467,118.93.

2778
01:38:44,190 --> 01:38:44,990
47.

2779
01:38:44,990 --> 01:38:45,624
A resolution authorizing and

2780
01:38:45,624 --> 01:38:46,892
directing the mayor, on behalf

2781
01:38:46,892 --> 01:38:47,860
of the urban county government

2782
01:38:47,860 --> 01:38:49,295
to execute agreements related to

2783
01:38:49,295 --> 01:38:50,763
council capital project

2784
01:38:50,763 --> 01:38:51,297
expenditure funds with northside

2785
01:38:51,297 --> 01:38:52,931
common market corporation

2786
01:38:52,931 --> 01:38:54,567
($5,196.05); and high point at

2787
01:38:54,567 --> 01:38:55,735
woodland park condominium owners

2788
01:38:55,735 --> 01:38:56,769
association, inc. ($8,000.00)

2789
01:38:56,769 --> 01:39:01,569
At a cost not to exceed the sums

2790
01:39:06,111 --> 01:39:06,946
stated.

2791
01:39:06,946 --> 01:39:09,346
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

2792
01:39:10,116 --> 01:39:12,151
Are there think walk ons,

2793
01:39:12,151 --> 01:39:14,151
council?

2794
01:39:14,187 --> 01:39:16,187
No walk ons.

2795
01:39:18,624 --> 01:39:18,858
New suspensions to give second

2796
01:39:18,858 --> 01:39:19,425
riding?

2797
01:39:19,425 --> 01:39:20,260
Reading.

2798
01:39:20,260 --> 01:39:21,460
Councilmember brown?

2799
01:39:21,460 --> 01:39:22,561
>> thank you, mayor.

2800
01:39:22,561 --> 01:39:24,497
On behalf of the administration

2801
01:39:24,497 --> 01:39:26,665
i make a motion to suspend the

2802
01:39:26,665 --> 01:39:28,802
rules and give second reading to

2803
01:39:28,802 --> 01:39:29,680
number 25.

2804
01:39:29,680 --> 01:39:29,869
So moved.

2805
01:39:29,869 --> 01:39:32,269
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

2806
01:39:32,973 --> 01:39:34,973
Councilmember morton seconds.

2807
01:39:35,341 --> 01:39:36,142
Are there any questions about

2808
01:39:36,142 --> 01:39:38,142
that one?

2809
01:39:40,146 --> 01:39:42,982
It is this weekend for roots and

2810
01:39:42,982 --> 01:39:45,818
heritage we are just in time.

2811
01:39:45,818 --> 01:39:45,985
All right all those if favor say

2812
01:39:45,985 --> 01:39:47,253
aye.

2813
01:39:47,253 --> 01:39:48,754
Is anyone opposed?

2814
01:39:48,754 --> 01:39:51,154
All right that passes.

2815
01:39:51,891 --> 01:39:54,794
Are there any other motions to

2816
01:39:54,794 --> 01:39:56,662
suspend the rules?

2817
01:39:56,662 --> 01:39:58,465
All right.

2818
01:39:58,465 --> 01:40:02,650
When you're ready if you will

2819
01:40:02,301 --> 01:40:05,901
give it second reading that is

2820
01:40:11,912 --> 01:40:13,146
number 25.

2821
01:40:13,146 --> 01:40:13,881
25.

2822
01:40:13,881 --> 01:40:14,514
A resolution authorizing the

2823
01:40:14,514 --> 01:40:15,148
mayor, on behalf of the urban

2824
01:40:15,148 --> 01:40:15,749
county government, to execute a

2825
01:40:15,749 --> 01:40:16,483
purchase of service agreement

2826
01:40:16,483 --> 01:40:17,840
with roots & heritage festival

2827
01:40:17,840 --> 01:40:17,717
inc., for the roots & heritage

2828
01:40:17,717 --> 01:40:18,318
festival, planned for SEPTEMBER

2829
01:40:18,318 --> 01:40:18,952
11-13, 2026 at a cost not to

2830
01:40:18,952 --> 01:40:20,952
exceed $35,500, plus additional

2831
01:40:21,321 --> 01:40:21,955
in-kind services.

2832
01:40:21,955 --> 01:40:22,889
Thank you.

2833
01:40:22,889 --> 01:40:24,558
>> Mayor Gorton: is there a

2834
01:40:24,558 --> 01:40:26,558
motion to approve.

2835
01:40:26,760 --> 01:40:27,561
Councilmember reynolds and

2836
01:40:27,561 --> 01:40:27,861
seconded by councilmember

2837
01:40:27,861 --> 01:40:29,861
curtis.

2838
01:40:30,497 --> 01:40:31,732
If you are ready will you take a

2839
01:40:31,732 --> 01:40:33,330
roll call vote.

2840
01:40:33,330 --> 01:40:33,300
>> councilmember brown.

2841
01:40:33,300 --> 01:40:34,435
>> yes.

2842
01:40:34,435 --> 01:40:35,135
>> councilmember curtis.

2843
01:40:35,135 --> 01:40:36,637
>> yes, ma'am.

2844
01:40:36,637 --> 01:40:37,537
>> councilmember eblen.

2845
01:40:37,537 --> 01:40:38,973
>> yes, ma'am.

2846
01:40:38,973 --> 01:40:40,107
>> councilmember ellinger.

2847
01:40:40,107 --> 01:40:42,107
>> yes, ma'am.

2848
01:40:43,377 --> 01:40:44,411
>> councilmember bactster.

2849
01:40:44,411 --> 01:40:44,678
Councilmember hale.

2850
01:40:44,678 --> 01:40:46,514
>> yes.

2851
01:40:46,514 --> 01:40:48,810
>> councilmember higgins-hord.

2852
01:40:48,810 --> 01:40:49,516
>> [Inaudible].

2853
01:40:49,516 --> 01:40:50,417
>> councilmember lynch.

2854
01:40:50,417 --> 01:40:52,185
>> yes.

2855
01:40:52,185 --> 01:40:53,487
>> councilmember morton.

2856
01:40:53,487 --> 01:40:54,756
>> yes, ma'am.

2857
01:40:54,756 --> 01:40:55,220
>> councilmember reynolds.

2858
01:40:55,220 --> 01:40:57,220
>> yes.

2859
01:40:57,358 --> 01:40:57,625
>> councilmember sheehan.

2860
01:40:57,625 --> 01:40:59,260
>> yes.

2861
01:40:59,260 --> 01:40:59,693
>> councilmember boone.

2862
01:40:59,693 --> 01:41:01,693
>> yes, ma'am.

2863
01:41:01,995 --> 01:41:03,970
>> and councilmember beasley.

2864
01:41:03,970 --> 01:41:04,666
>> yes, ma'am.

2865
01:41:04,666 --> 01:41:04,898
>> Mayor Gorton: that item

2866
01:41:04,898 --> 01:41:05,432
patses.

2867
01:41:05,432 --> 01:41:07,432
Councilmembers we have

2868
01:41:08,236 --> 01:41:08,569
communications from the mayor

2869
01:41:08,569 --> 01:41:10,138
appointments.

2870
01:41:10,138 --> 01:41:13,138
Could I have a motion.

2871
01:41:14,141 --> 01:41:14,375
Councilmember curtis do I have a

2872
01:41:14,375 --> 01:41:15,376
second?

2873
01:41:15,376 --> 01:41:17,376
Councilmember eblen.

2874
01:41:19,246 --> 01:41:21,646
Are there any questions?

2875
01:41:21,649 --> 01:41:22,216
All those if favor please say

2876
01:41:22,216 --> 01:41:24,118
aye.

2877
01:41:24,118 --> 01:41:25,586
Is anyone opposed?

2878
01:41:25,586 --> 01:41:27,288
All right that passes.

2879
01:41:27,288 --> 01:41:29,790
And the nens communications from

2880
01:41:29,790 --> 01:41:30,992
the mayor is donations.

2881
01:41:30,992 --> 01:41:32,994
Could I have a moths?

2882
01:41:32,994 --> 01:41:35,394
Thank you vice mayor.

2883
01:41:35,663 --> 01:41:35,863
>> second I heard councilmember

2884
01:41:35,863 --> 01:41:37,863
hale.

2885
01:41:38,766 --> 01:41:40,766
All right.

2886
01:41:45,106 --> 01:41:48,106
Any questions of the donations?

2887
01:41:48,509 --> 01:41:50,780
All those in favor say aye?

2888
01:41:50,780 --> 01:41:52,780
Is anyone opposed.

2889
01:41:52,447 --> 01:41:54,382
And the last communications is

2890
01:41:54,382 --> 01:41:54,949
procurements can I have a

2891
01:41:54,949 --> 01:41:56,117
motion?

2892
01:41:56,117 --> 01:41:57,518
Councilmember sheehan seconded

2893
01:41:57,518 --> 01:41:59,518
by councilmember curtis.

2894
01:41:59,721 --> 01:42:02,121
Are there any questions?

2895
01:42:02,524 --> 01:42:03,158
All right all those in favor say

2896
01:42:03,158 --> 01:42:05,158
aye.

2897
01:42:05,193 --> 01:42:06,494
Is anyone opposed?

2898
01:42:06,494 --> 01:42:07,595
All right that passes.

2899
01:42:07,595 --> 01:42:09,595
Thank you.

2900
01:42:10,650 --> 01:42:11,800
There are no police disciplines

2901
01:42:11,800 --> 01:42:13,800
or fire disciplines.

2902
01:42:15,804 --> 01:42:17,172
And that brings us to council

2903
01:42:17,172 --> 01:42:17,606
announcements.

2904
01:42:17,606 --> 01:42:19,141
Councilmember hale.

2905
01:42:19,141 --> 01:42:21,141
>> thank you, mayor.

2906
01:42:21,276 --> 01:42:22,845
So I want to remind everyone

2907
01:42:22,845 --> 01:42:24,879
about our community celebration

2908
01:42:24,879 --> 01:42:28,479
happening at wood hill park on

2909
01:42:29,317 --> 01:42:30,252
tuesday SEPTEMBER 22 at

2910
01:42:30,252 --> 01:42:32,252
4:15-5:45.

2911
01:42:32,288 --> 01:42:33,155
We can't wait to celebrate the

2912
01:42:33,155 --> 01:42:35,224
renovation of the basketball

2913
01:42:35,224 --> 01:42:37,225
court and ada parking lot with

2914
01:42:37,225 --> 01:42:38,827
the community and this event is

2915
01:42:38,827 --> 01:42:41,960
open to everyone in lexington.

2916
01:42:41,960 --> 01:42:42,898
We will have ice cream, games,

2917
01:42:42,898 --> 01:42:44,967
special activities by on the

2918
01:42:44,967 --> 01:42:46,668
move art studio.

2919
01:42:46,668 --> 01:42:47,736
We're grateful to lexington

2920
01:42:47,736 --> 01:42:49,705
leadership foundation for

2921
01:42:49,705 --> 01:42:51,707
partnering with the council

2922
01:42:51,707 --> 01:42:52,207
office to make this free event

2923
01:42:52,207 --> 01:42:54,207
happen.

2924
01:42:54,943 --> 01:42:56,110
I want to invite my council

2925
01:42:56,110 --> 01:42:58,647
colleagues we would love to have

2926
01:42:58,647 --> 01:43:01,851
you to sell prime rate with us

2927
01:43:01,851 --> 01:43:04,851
see you on tuesday SEPTEMBER 22

2928
01:43:06,155 --> 01:43:06,389
and the 30th will be our ribbon

2929
01:43:06,389 --> 01:43:07,556
cutting.

2930
01:43:07,556 --> 01:43:08,757
Thank you.

2931
01:43:08,757 --> 01:43:09,258
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

2932
01:43:09,258 --> 01:43:10,726
Councilmember reynolds.

2933
01:43:10,726 --> 01:43:12,726
>> thank you, mayor.

2934
01:43:13,696 --> 01:43:14,897
First I want to congratulate

2935
01:43:14,897 --> 01:43:17,800
everyone at the senior center

2936
01:43:17,800 --> 01:43:20,690
and aging services that they had

2937
01:43:20,690 --> 01:43:22,380
a lovely celebration yesterday

2938
01:43:22,380 --> 01:43:23,606
on 10 years.

2939
01:43:23,606 --> 01:43:25,408
And it was really exciting and

2940
01:43:25,408 --> 01:43:27,343
it had a great turnout.

2941
01:43:27,343 --> 01:43:29,311
I want to congratulate all of

2942
01:43:29,311 --> 01:43:30,813
our city staff and everyone that

2943
01:43:30,813 --> 01:43:31,381
worked so hard to put that

2944
01:43:31,381 --> 01:43:33,381
together.

2945
01:43:33,549 --> 01:43:35,585
So I want to echo my

2946
01:43:35,585 --> 01:43:37,286
congratulations for the police

2947
01:43:37,286 --> 01:43:39,756
activities league and the girl

2948
01:43:39,756 --> 01:43:41,524
the basketball team.

2949
01:43:41,524 --> 01:43:44,524
They accomplished a huge feat.

2950
01:43:44,661 --> 01:43:45,795
So I wanted to echo my

2951
01:43:45,795 --> 01:43:47,795
congratulations for that.

2952
01:43:49,166 --> 01:43:51,234
I want to invite everyone to

2953
01:43:51,234 --> 01:43:53,634
celebrate with our mexican

2954
01:43:53,670 --> 01:43:55,238
community here in lexington for

2955
01:43:55,238 --> 01:43:56,773
mexico's independence day on

2956
01:43:56,773 --> 01:43:59,173
SEPTEMBER 15th beginning at 5:00

2957
01:43:59,242 --> 01:44:01,411
P.M. At the lexington legend

2958
01:44:01,411 --> 01:44:03,411
stadium.

2959
01:44:04,881 --> 01:44:06,616
This is a night of celebration

2960
01:44:06,616 --> 01:44:09,252
that actually started in the

2961
01:44:09,252 --> 01:44:11,354
11th district and grew and is

2962
01:44:11,354 --> 01:44:12,522
now at the stadium for the first

2963
01:44:12,522 --> 01:44:14,191
time this year.

2964
01:44:14,191 --> 01:44:16,894
Check that out if you want to

2965
01:44:16,894 --> 01:44:19,294
experience mexican culture and

2966
01:44:20,297 --> 01:44:23,297
food and music and dancing.

2967
01:44:23,800 --> 01:44:26,469
And then in addition, for coming

2968
01:44:26,469 --> 01:44:28,405
up next weekend, is festival

2969
01:44:28,405 --> 01:44:31,207
latino and that will be friday

2970
01:44:31,207 --> 01:44:33,977
SEPTEMBER 18th from 5-11:00 P.M.

2971
01:44:33,977 --> 01:44:37,347
And saturday the 19th from 4-11

2972
01:44:37,347 --> 01:44:37,848
and that will be at our

2973
01:44:37,848 --> 01:44:39,249
courthouse plaza.

2974
01:44:39,249 --> 01:44:41,585
Come on out for that.

2975
01:44:41,585 --> 01:44:45,185
If you need some extra mulch

2976
01:44:46,560 --> 01:44:50,256
there is going to be giveaway at

2977
01:44:50,760 --> 01:44:54,360
the old landfill pad at 1631 old

2978
01:44:54,498 --> 01:44:55,799
frankfort pike on SEPTEMBER 19th

2979
01:44:55,799 --> 01:44:57,735
starting at 8:00 A.M. Get there

2980
01:44:57,735 --> 01:44:58,735
early because when the mulch is

2981
01:44:58,735 --> 01:45:00,438
gone it's gone.

2982
01:45:00,438 --> 01:45:01,505
Thank you very much.

2983
01:45:01,505 --> 01:45:01,939
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

2984
01:45:01,939 --> 01:45:02,973
Councilmember lynch.

2985
01:45:02,973 --> 01:45:04,341
>> thank you.

2986
01:45:04,341 --> 01:45:06,677
A reminder to the community that

2987
01:45:06,677 --> 01:45:09,677
the boards and commissions fair

2988
01:45:10,470 --> 01:45:13,470
is monday SEPTEMBER 14th from

2989
01:45:13,885 --> 01:45:15,118
4-6 people at the steam academy.

2990
01:45:15,118 --> 01:45:16,754
Check outboards and commissions

2991
01:45:16,754 --> 01:45:19,390
because we want you to apply to

2992
01:45:19,390 --> 01:45:21,558
be on them we want to create

2993
01:45:21,558 --> 01:45:23,928
pathways to all the boards and

2994
01:45:23,928 --> 01:45:26,928
commissions come out monday from

2995
01:45:26,964 --> 01:45:28,466
4-6:00 P.M. At steam academy on

2996
01:45:28,466 --> 01:45:29,500
georgetown road.

2997
01:45:29,500 --> 01:45:30,501
We hope to see you there.

2998
01:45:30,501 --> 01:45:32,901
We have a video.

2999
01:45:33,204 --> 01:45:35,974
>> it's your vice mayor dan wu

3000
01:45:35,974 --> 01:45:39,770
and I'm here with shayla lynch

3001
01:45:39,770 --> 01:45:40,745
and we with the entires boards

3002
01:45:40,745 --> 01:45:41,279
and subcommittee we invite you

3003
01:45:41,279 --> 01:45:41,646
to the fair.

3004
01:45:41,646 --> 01:45:43,548
>>.

3005
01:45:43,548 --> 01:45:44,748
>> many of our boards and

3006
01:45:44,748 --> 01:45:46,317
commissions will be there to

3007
01:45:46,317 --> 01:45:47,151
share their work what they are

3008
01:45:47,151 --> 01:45:49,551
doing in the community.

3009
01:45:49,687 --> 01:45:51,122
>> and we want you to join a

3010
01:45:51,122 --> 01:45:53,291
board of commission join us.

3011
01:45:53,291 --> 01:45:54,692
>> we will have food, games and

3012
01:45:54,692 --> 01:45:55,260
fun for the entire family.

3013
01:45:55,260 --> 01:45:57,260
>>.

3014
01:45:57,261 --> 01:45:58,629
>> help us say good-bye to the

3015
01:45:58,629 --> 01:46:00,131
summer and how you can get

3016
01:46:00,131 --> 01:46:00,432
involved with boards and

3017
01:46:00,432 --> 01:46:02,432
commissions.

3018
01:46:04,102 --> 01:46:06,604
>> join us at steam academy on

3019
01:46:06,604 --> 01:46:08,707
georgetown road from 4-6:00 P.M.

3020
01:46:08,707 --> 01:46:08,907
For the boards and commissions

3021
01:46:08,907 --> 01:46:10,907
fair.

3022
01:46:14,745 --> 01:46:14,879
See you there.

3023
01:46:14,879 --> 01:46:16,879
[

3024
01:46:19,151 --> 01:46:21,151
]

3025
01:46:29,561 --> 01:46:31,561
>> Mayor Gorton: councilmember

3026
01:46:32,164 --> 01:46:32,397
higgins-hord I know you've

3027
01:46:32,397 --> 01:46:34,397
waited.

3028
01:46:34,967 --> 01:46:36,401
>> thank you I wasn't sure what

3029
01:46:36,401 --> 01:46:36,935
was getting ready to happen

3030
01:46:36,935 --> 01:46:38,935
there.

3031
01:46:39,405 --> 01:46:42,507
We're going to show you pictures

3032
01:46:42,507 --> 01:46:45,577
before and after photos of a

3033
01:46:45,577 --> 01:46:46,545
detention basin at 1610 bryant

3034
01:46:46,545 --> 01:46:48,146
station road.

3035
01:46:48,146 --> 01:46:50,316
I learned about this area within

3036
01:46:50,316 --> 01:46:52,117
the first few months of being

3037
01:46:52,117 --> 01:46:53,485
appointed and it has been an

3038
01:46:53,485 --> 01:46:55,354
issue for years.

3039
01:46:55,354 --> 01:46:58,958
And I want to thank the director

3040
01:46:58,958 --> 01:47:00,259
of code enforcement lee steal,

3041
01:47:00,259 --> 01:47:02,161
resource officers donna shepherd

3042
01:47:02,161 --> 01:47:03,228
and robert jackson.

3043
01:47:03,228 --> 01:47:05,628
The office of homelessness

3044
01:47:05,797 --> 01:47:07,797
prevention and intervention

3045
01:47:08,200 --> 01:47:10,635
outreach team steve and jeff.

3046
01:47:10,635 --> 01:47:12,104
Acting director of water

3047
01:47:12,104 --> 01:47:13,772
quality, mark sanders and

3048
01:47:13,772 --> 01:47:14,372
members of the bryant station

3049
01:47:14,372 --> 01:47:16,372
neighborhood association who

3050
01:47:16,742 --> 01:47:18,910
worked with me and my

3051
01:47:18,910 --> 01:47:20,910
legislative aide rene.

3052
01:47:21,180 --> 01:47:22,915
This was not an easy clean up.

3053
01:47:22,915 --> 01:47:24,984
But by working together, we were

3054
01:47:24,984 --> 01:47:26,452
able to address it and we've

3055
01:47:26,452 --> 01:47:28,787
also already heard from our

3056
01:47:28,787 --> 01:47:30,189
neighbors that they love the

3057
01:47:30,189 --> 01:47:30,589
space that is cleaner, it's

3058
01:47:30,589 --> 01:47:32,589
clear.

3059
01:47:32,725 --> 01:47:34,727
I do want to thank everyone for

3060
01:47:34,727 --> 01:47:36,763
being a partner with this and

3061
01:47:36,763 --> 01:47:37,996
making this request a reality.

3062
01:47:37,996 --> 01:47:40,396
So thank you all.

3063
01:47:40,632 --> 01:47:40,867
Sometimes people don't get

3064
01:47:40,867 --> 01:47:42,268
thanked.

3065
01:47:42,268 --> 01:47:42,868
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

3066
01:47:42,868 --> 01:47:44,436
Vice mayor wu.

3067
01:47:44,436 --> 01:47:46,436
>> thank you, mayor.

3068
01:47:47,273 --> 01:47:48,907
First off I echo councilmember

3069
01:47:48,907 --> 01:47:50,576
lynch do come out to the boards

3070
01:47:50,576 --> 01:47:53,379
and commissions fair and I

3071
01:47:53,379 --> 01:47:54,414
challenge my colleagues to

3072
01:47:54,414 --> 01:47:56,414
challenge councilmember lynch

3073
01:47:56,916 --> 01:48:00,186
and I to a game of cornhole.

3074
01:48:00,186 --> 01:48:01,454
One of the perks of my job is

3075
01:48:01,454 --> 01:48:04,891
getting invited to do cool stuff

3076
01:48:04,891 --> 01:48:08,595
and last week, I got invited to

3077
01:48:08,595 --> 01:48:11,130
radio I to be a celebrity reader

3078
01:48:11,130 --> 01:48:12,699
and what radio I does they get

3079
01:48:12,699 --> 01:48:14,534
folks to record news articles

3080
01:48:14,534 --> 01:48:16,803
and other items of interest from

3081
01:48:16,803 --> 01:48:18,504
newspapers and magazines to

3082
01:48:18,504 --> 01:48:19,239
folks who are blind or print

3083
01:48:19,239 --> 01:48:21,239
disabled.

3084
01:48:23,243 --> 01:48:25,779
So I spent 30 minutes last week

3085
01:48:25,779 --> 01:48:27,779
reading articles specifically

3086
01:48:27,914 --> 01:48:30,830
from kentucky living magazine.

3087
01:48:30,830 --> 01:48:31,718
I think we have a couple more

3088
01:48:31,718 --> 01:48:33,653
photos and it's super simple and

3089
01:48:33,653 --> 01:48:35,222
they are always looking for

3090
01:48:35,222 --> 01:48:37,124
volunteers there are lots of

3091
01:48:37,124 --> 01:48:41,194
ways for folks to listen and you

3092
01:48:41,194 --> 01:48:42,529
can learn more at radio I.Org.

3093
01:48:42,529 --> 01:48:43,163
Thank you.

3094
01:48:43,163 --> 01:48:45,163
>> Mayor Gorton: councilmember

3095
01:48:45,165 --> 01:48:47,165
curtis?

3096
01:48:49,469 --> 01:48:51,469
>> thank you, mayor.

3097
01:48:52,873 --> 01:48:55,642
I am going to echo what vice

3098
01:48:55,642 --> 01:48:58,278
mayor wu and councilmember lynch

3099
01:48:58,278 --> 01:48:59,680
said and invite you all on

3100
01:48:59,680 --> 01:49:01,515
behalf of the boards and

3101
01:49:01,515 --> 01:49:03,915
committees to our fair.

3102
01:49:04,218 --> 01:49:06,870
I think that is a wonderful

3103
01:49:06,870 --> 01:49:08,487
opportunity to make government

3104
01:49:10,891 --> 01:49:13,160
more accessible to folks without

3105
01:49:13,160 --> 01:49:14,662
having to create a particular

3106
01:49:14,662 --> 01:49:17,620
high barrier to entry.

3107
01:49:18,231 --> 01:49:21,135
I would like to take a moment of

3108
01:49:21,135 --> 01:49:22,870
personal privilege to

3109
01:49:22,870 --> 01:49:24,605
acknowledge something in this

3110
01:49:24,605 --> 01:49:26,106
chamber that we don't have

3111
01:49:26,106 --> 01:49:26,941
control over but it affects all

3112
01:49:26,941 --> 01:49:28,941
of us.

3113
01:49:31,712 --> 01:49:33,781
Which is that today the

3114
01:49:33,781 --> 01:49:35,383
lexington herald-leader was

3115
01:49:35,383 --> 01:49:37,383
gutted.

3116
01:49:38,185 --> 01:49:40,185
Absolutely gutted.

3117
01:49:40,488 --> 01:49:43,230
And we are all worse for it.

3118
01:49:43,230 --> 01:49:45,393
This is part of a larger shift

3119
01:49:45,393 --> 01:49:47,261
towards the corporatization of

3120
01:49:47,261 --> 01:49:49,296
our news media from the national

3121
01:49:49,296 --> 01:49:52,296
level to the local level.

3122
01:49:53,935 --> 01:49:55,236
You know this was not a decision

3123
01:49:55,236 --> 01:49:57,505
necessarily that would have been

3124
01:49:57,505 --> 01:49:59,874
made were it not for the

3125
01:49:59,874 --> 01:50:02,274
acquisition of the herald-leader

3126
01:50:06,681 --> 01:50:08,383
by Mcclochy and the

3127
01:50:08,383 --> 01:50:11,983
acquisition by a hedge fund and

3128
01:50:12,530 --> 01:50:13,488
they decided hey, you know what?

3129
01:50:13,488 --> 01:50:16,488
It's actually better if we

3130
01:50:16,724 --> 01:50:18,926
invest in a shift towards A.I.

3131
01:50:18,926 --> 01:50:21,629
Content towards news that flairs

3132
01:50:21,629 --> 01:50:23,932
people up gets people angry.

3133
01:50:23,932 --> 01:50:27,302
It provokes the worst in us

3134
01:50:27,302 --> 01:50:29,702
rather than focusing on

3135
01:50:30,710 --> 01:50:30,571
fact-based local focused

3136
01:50:30,571 --> 01:50:32,571
journalism.

3137
01:50:33,750 --> 01:50:35,210
It's making us all dumber.

3138
01:50:35,210 --> 01:50:37,913
We are all worse for it.

3139
01:50:37,913 --> 01:50:39,180
It is a devastating loss for

3140
01:50:39,180 --> 01:50:41,683
lexington for kentucky and for

3141
01:50:41,683 --> 01:50:43,485
anybody who cares about

3142
01:50:43,485 --> 01:50:44,786
transparency.

3143
01:50:44,786 --> 01:50:45,954
And that should be everyone in

3144
01:50:45,954 --> 01:50:47,954
this room.

3145
01:50:49,891 --> 01:50:51,393
All of us who sit up here have

3146
01:50:51,393 --> 01:50:53,795
been held accountable at one

3147
01:50:53,795 --> 01:50:54,830
point or another by the

3148
01:50:54,830 --> 01:50:56,732
herald-leader.

3149
01:50:56,732 --> 01:50:58,534
Not everything that they have

3150
01:50:58,534 --> 01:51:00,168
ever written about me is stuff

3151
01:51:00,168 --> 01:51:01,403
that I've liked but our

3152
01:51:01,403 --> 01:51:03,506
community is better for it we

3153
01:51:03,506 --> 01:51:05,906
are smarter more informed

3154
01:51:05,974 --> 01:51:08,374
citizens because of it.

3155
01:51:10,246 --> 01:51:13,846
One of the journalists let go,

3156
01:51:14,750 --> 01:51:17,319
alex, said earlier, I'm quoting

3157
01:51:17,319 --> 01:51:18,620
her here that journalism at its

3158
01:51:18,620 --> 01:51:20,589
best holds power to account

3159
01:51:20,589 --> 01:51:22,910
sheds light on corruption and

3160
01:51:22,910 --> 01:51:23,859
equips us with information to

3161
01:51:23,859 --> 01:51:25,600
make the most informed decision

3162
01:51:25,600 --> 01:51:27,600
in our communities.

3163
01:51:28,764 --> 01:51:30,320
Gutting one of kentucky's oldest

3164
01:51:30,320 --> 01:51:32,320
newsrooms threatening our

3165
01:51:32,368 --> 01:51:34,904
ability to do that and it should

3166
01:51:34,904 --> 01:51:37,720
be concerning to everyone.

3167
01:51:37,720 --> 01:51:38,775
I echo her sentiments and on a

3168
01:51:38,775 --> 01:51:42,975
personal level I know for a fact

3169
01:51:43,746 --> 01:51:45,214
that reporters like alex,

3170
01:51:45,214 --> 01:51:47,383
reporters like the herald-leader

3171
01:51:47,383 --> 01:51:49,783
has employed throughout the

3172
01:51:54,490 --> 01:51:55,224
years can do something that is

3173
01:51:55,224 --> 01:51:57,224
irreplaceable.

3174
01:51:58,940 --> 01:52:00,195
No A.I. Agent, assistant

3175
01:52:00,195 --> 01:52:02,665
whatever, is going to be able to

3176
01:52:02,665 --> 01:52:03,565
sit with somebody in their most

3177
01:52:03,565 --> 01:52:05,340
vulnerable moments and protect

3178
01:52:05,340 --> 01:52:07,570
them and use the power of the

3179
01:52:07,570 --> 01:52:08,380
press to hold powerful people

3180
01:52:08,380 --> 01:52:09,739
accountable.

3181
01:52:09,739 --> 01:52:11,374
Some of the most vulnerable

3182
01:52:11,374 --> 01:52:14,778
moments of my life have been

3183
01:52:14,778 --> 01:52:17,178
spent in the herald-leader

3184
01:52:18,815 --> 01:52:20,816
building speaking about a state

3185
01:52:20,816 --> 01:52:22,452
representative who did some very

3186
01:52:22,452 --> 01:52:24,654
vial things to me and a lot of

3187
01:52:24,654 --> 01:52:26,654
other women.

3188
01:52:27,990 --> 01:52:30,990
And our only avenue towards

3189
01:52:31,261 --> 01:52:34,261
justice was reporters like alex

3190
01:52:34,998 --> 01:52:37,200
and austin horn who took us

3191
01:52:37,200 --> 01:52:37,668
under their wing and protected

3192
01:52:37,668 --> 01:52:39,668
us.

3193
01:52:41,470 --> 01:52:42,772
And did a thorough new answered

3194
01:52:42,772 --> 01:52:45,772
investigation over a period of

3195
01:52:46,977 --> 01:52:48,812
years that brought some

3196
01:52:48,812 --> 01:52:51,212
semblance of justice and

3197
01:52:52,583 --> 01:52:52,849
accountability to a horrible

3198
01:52:52,849 --> 01:52:54,849
situation.

3199
01:52:55,385 --> 01:52:57,620
And we are losing that here.

3200
01:52:57,620 --> 01:52:59,390
We are all less accountable and

3201
01:52:59,390 --> 01:52:59,956
we should all be worried about

3202
01:52:59,956 --> 01:53:01,956
that.

3203
01:53:03,561 --> 01:53:06,730
And I would like to extend my

3204
01:53:06,730 --> 01:53:09,130
personal apologies and gratitude

3205
01:53:10,433 --> 01:53:12,503
to adrian bryant who all of us

3206
01:53:12,503 --> 01:53:14,903
know and know well.

3207
01:53:16,573 --> 01:53:17,941
Who all of us have probably had

3208
01:53:17,941 --> 01:53:19,743
some gripe with a line in an

3209
01:53:19,743 --> 01:53:21,440
article at some point.

3210
01:53:21,440 --> 01:53:23,440
That he wrote.

3211
01:53:23,470 --> 01:53:25,449
But he is a good man.

3212
01:53:25,449 --> 01:53:27,584
He is a good journalist.

3213
01:53:27,584 --> 01:53:31,488
And we are all better here in

3214
01:53:31,488 --> 01:53:33,623
lexington for his service.

3215
01:53:33,623 --> 01:53:35,592
And so though the herald-leader

3216
01:53:35,592 --> 01:53:37,194
MAY exist in name, know that

3217
01:53:37,194 --> 01:53:37,895
after this decision it exists in

3218
01:53:37,895 --> 01:53:39,895
name only.

3219
01:53:42,567 --> 01:53:43,267
We are all worse off as a result

3220
01:53:43,267 --> 01:53:44,969
of this.

3221
01:53:44,969 --> 01:53:47,369
I have no words.

3222
01:53:48,506 --> 01:53:49,140
Thank you, mayor.

3223
01:53:49,140 --> 01:53:49,373
>> Mayor Gorton: councilmember

3224
01:53:49,373 --> 01:53:51,373
sevigny.

3225
01:53:52,900 --> 01:53:54,900
>> thank you, mayor.

3226
01:53:55,813 --> 01:53:58,813
One of those journalists and

3227
01:53:58,883 --> 01:53:59,183
editors was the honorable tom

3228
01:53:59,183 --> 01:54:01,510
eblen.

3229
01:54:01,510 --> 01:54:02,886
And I just wanted to say that

3230
01:54:02,886 --> 01:54:03,855
today we got to celebrate him a

3231
01:54:03,855 --> 01:54:05,855
little bit.

3232
01:54:07,225 --> 01:54:09,260
He is the newest lexington

3233
01:54:09,260 --> 01:54:09,694
isabella gates community

3234
01:54:09,694 --> 01:54:11,694
champion.

3235
01:54:15,567 --> 01:54:19,938
It is an award that is a great

3236
01:54:19,938 --> 01:54:21,840
honor to receive and I'm so

3237
01:54:21,840 --> 01:54:24,275
excited for someone that I work

3238
01:54:24,275 --> 01:54:26,477
with to get it and I've known

3239
01:54:26,477 --> 01:54:30,770
tom for a longtime I'm very,

3240
01:54:30,810 --> 01:54:31,449
very happy for you and

3241
01:54:31,449 --> 01:54:33,449
congratulations.

3242
01:54:39,570 --> 01:54:41,570
[Applause]

3243
01:54:41,859 --> 01:54:43,662
Vice mayor wu I'm doing radio I

3244
01:54:43,662 --> 01:54:46,620
as well next week.

3245
01:54:46,631 --> 01:54:48,900
I've been told I have a face for

3246
01:54:48,900 --> 01:54:50,369
radio.

3247
01:54:50,369 --> 01:54:52,369
[Laughter]

3248
01:54:54,639 --> 01:54:56,775
And I wanted to reinvite it will

3249
01:54:56,775 --> 01:55:00,375
be a little bit rainy tomorrow.

3250
01:55:00,412 --> 01:55:02,547
But 25 years ago tomorrow wasn't

3251
01:55:02,547 --> 01:55:05,216
it was really a beautiful day.

3252
01:55:05,216 --> 01:55:07,616
I remember it distinctly.

3253
01:55:08,119 --> 01:55:09,755
It was just a clean and crisp

3254
01:55:09,755 --> 01:55:11,423
and clear blue sky.

3255
01:55:11,423 --> 01:55:13,823
Tomorrow won't be that.

3256
01:55:16,295 --> 01:55:18,730
But at 2:00 P.M. We are

3257
01:55:18,730 --> 01:55:21,534
celebrating the folks that lost

3258
01:55:21,534 --> 01:55:22,501
their lives in the global war on

3259
01:55:22,501 --> 01:55:24,501
terror.

3260
01:55:24,636 --> 01:55:26,605
At 2:00 P.M. At veterans park.

3261
01:55:26,605 --> 01:55:29,375
I know the mayor will be there

3262
01:55:29,375 --> 01:55:31,109
and councilmember curtis and her

3263
01:55:31,109 --> 01:55:35,309
and several of us will be there.

3264
01:55:36,215 --> 01:55:39,180
I encourage you if you can, come

3265
01:55:39,180 --> 01:55:40,619
honor the folks that lost their

3266
01:55:40,619 --> 01:55:42,354
lives that are local people.

3267
01:55:42,354 --> 01:55:43,755
Thank you very much.

3268
01:55:43,755 --> 01:55:46,155
>> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

3269
01:55:46,926 --> 01:55:49,995
That brings us to public comment

3270
01:55:49,995 --> 01:55:53,498
for issues not on the agenda.

3271
01:55:53,498 --> 01:55:56,402
And I will invite michael searcy

3272
01:55:56,402 --> 01:55:56,902
to the podium.

3273
01:55:56,902 --> 01:55:58,837
Welcome.

3274
01:55:58,837 --> 01:56:00,837
>> thank you.

3275
01:56:00,840 --> 01:56:02,840
I'm michael searcy.

3276
01:56:03,843 --> 01:56:06,212
And I'm in district 1.

3277
01:56:06,212 --> 01:56:09,480
And I hold the same values as

3278
01:56:09,480 --> 01:56:11,448
everyone in lexington, faith,

3279
01:56:12,251 --> 01:56:13,219
family, hard work and horses and

3280
01:56:13,219 --> 01:56:14,687
wildcats.

3281
01:56:14,687 --> 01:56:16,555
My father dedicated over 33

3282
01:56:16,555 --> 01:56:19,292
years to the urban county

3283
01:56:19,292 --> 01:56:20,793
government and my grandmother is

3284
01:56:20,793 --> 01:56:22,295
sitting receptionist for the

3285
01:56:22,295 --> 01:56:24,296
governor of kentucky on two

3286
01:56:24,296 --> 01:56:26,296
terms burton jones.

3287
01:56:27,400 --> 01:56:28,330
So I have a great respect for

3288
01:56:28,330 --> 01:56:30,330
government.

3289
01:56:32,720 --> 01:56:34,874
I had this I was going to read

3290
01:56:34,874 --> 01:56:36,442
but I my issue is that first of

3291
01:56:36,442 --> 01:56:36,876
all I commend our police

3292
01:56:36,876 --> 01:56:38,876
department.

3293
01:56:40,379 --> 01:56:42,150
The have a hard job to do.

3294
01:56:42,150 --> 01:56:45,351
Some of the scenes they have to

3295
01:56:45,351 --> 01:56:47,387
go to I can not fathom nor would

3296
01:56:47,387 --> 01:56:47,954
I be the same if I had to go to

3297
01:56:47,954 --> 01:56:49,954
them.

3298
01:56:49,956 --> 01:56:51,558
But the thing is we want to

3299
01:56:51,558 --> 01:56:52,292
ensure our police is doing the

3300
01:56:52,292 --> 01:56:54,292
right thing.

3301
01:56:54,528 --> 01:56:55,929
we want to make sure their stops

3302
01:56:55,929 --> 01:56:57,397
are legitimate.

3303
01:56:57,397 --> 01:56:59,966
And we're not talking about

3304
01:56:59,966 --> 01:57:02,366
racial profiling I've seen

3305
01:57:03,937 --> 01:57:06,240
plenty of my white brothers and

3306
01:57:06,240 --> 01:57:09,209
sisters [Inaudible] I have just

3307
01:57:09,209 --> 01:57:11,211
heard how it's spending 20,

3308
01:57:11,211 --> 01:57:12,112
maybe 30 million here doing

3309
01:57:12,112 --> 01:57:14,112
this.

3310
01:57:14,348 --> 01:57:17,348
Well I've been speaking to

3311
01:57:18,651 --> 01:57:21,510
sergeant north cut, lieutenant

3312
01:57:21,855 --> 01:57:23,570
anderson with public integrity.

3313
01:57:23,570 --> 01:57:24,958
About dash-cams.

3314
01:57:24,958 --> 01:57:26,593
Some of these individuals feel

3315
01:57:26,593 --> 01:57:29,296
like they are being stopped by

3316
01:57:29,296 --> 01:57:31,498
race or they have some exotic

3317
01:57:31,498 --> 01:57:33,700
sports car and that is both

3318
01:57:33,700 --> 01:57:35,102
racist or political.

3319
01:57:35,102 --> 01:57:36,170
Whether these things are true or

3320
01:57:36,170 --> 01:57:39,170
not I have no idea.

3321
01:57:39,240 --> 01:57:40,908
I cannot ascertain why that

3322
01:57:40,908 --> 01:57:43,244
would occur but then again I'm

3323
01:57:43,244 --> 01:57:45,244
not an officer.

3324
01:57:45,278 --> 01:57:48,816
But dash-cams play a vital role

3325
01:57:48,816 --> 01:57:49,150
in ensuring that the good guy is

3326
01:57:49,150 --> 01:57:51,150
good.

3327
01:57:52,419 --> 01:57:54,589
And the bad guy is caught being

3328
01:57:54,589 --> 01:57:56,491
bad.

3329
01:57:56,491 --> 01:57:58,292
Georgetown police department now

3330
01:57:58,292 --> 01:57:59,600
has a dash-cams, louisville

3331
01:57:59,600 --> 01:58:01,460
police department and other

3332
01:58:02,396 --> 01:58:03,864
police departments now have

3333
01:58:03,864 --> 01:58:05,864
these dash-cams.

3334
01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:08,200
You have D.U.I. Cases that are

3335
01:58:08,200 --> 01:58:09,570
being fought in courts wasting

3336
01:58:09,570 --> 01:58:12,600
taxpayer money when they can be

3337
01:58:12,600 --> 01:58:14,600
caught on dash-cam.

3338
01:58:14,375 --> 01:58:17,375
I have discussed these issues

3339
01:58:18,746 --> 01:58:20,715
with the sergeants including

3340
01:58:20,715 --> 01:58:22,715
sergeant glessner.

3341
01:58:23,317 --> 01:58:24,685
And I'm hearing budget, budget,

3342
01:58:24,685 --> 01:58:26,685
budget, budget.

3343
01:58:27,522 --> 01:58:29,858
If we can build parks that I see

3344
01:58:29,858 --> 01:58:32,861
only a handful of people go to a

3345
01:58:32,861 --> 01:58:34,562
year I'm sorry and statues that

3346
01:58:34,562 --> 01:58:37,431
people drive by after they get

3347
01:58:37,431 --> 01:58:38,767
used to seeing them we can

3348
01:58:38,767 --> 01:58:40,602
invest in dash-cams.

3349
01:58:40,602 --> 01:58:41,770
Making sure that these stops are

3350
01:58:41,770 --> 01:58:43,238
legitimate they are not

3351
01:58:43,238 --> 01:58:46,238
political, they are not racist,

3352
01:58:46,742 --> 01:58:49,143
they are not because someone has

3353
01:58:49,143 --> 01:58:52,143
some type of exotic whatever.

3354
01:58:53,948 --> 01:58:55,183
We want legitimacy in all

3355
01:58:55,183 --> 01:58:55,984
equilibrium around the board and

3356
01:58:55,984 --> 01:58:57,953
I think that is fair.

3357
01:58:57,953 --> 01:58:58,620
Thank you.

3358
01:58:58,620 --> 01:59:00,255
>> Mayor Gorton: councilmembers

3359
01:59:00,255 --> 01:59:02,190
that brings us to adjournment.

3360
01:59:02,190 --> 01:59:05,190
Could I have a motion?

3361
01:59:05,193 --> 01:59:06,495
>> all those in favor say aye.

3362
01:59:06,495 --> 01:59:08,495
We are adjourned.

3363
01:59:11,330 --> 01:59:14,330
Thank you all for coming.