Design Excellence Advances from Committee
On June 9th, 2015, the Planning & Public Safety Committee voted to move the proposed Downtown Design Excellence Standards & Guidelines on to consideration by the full Council. You can review the meeting materials by clicking here. The video from the meeting will be posted here.
While final approval by Council remains to be secured, at this important juncture I thank all those who served on the Task Force for their hard work over a number of years. Special thanks to former Council Member Tom Blues, who preceded me as Chair of the Task Force, and architect Graham Pohl, landscape architect Tony Barrett, and Fayette Alliance Executive Director Knox Van Nagell, all of whom shared their expertise on the issue at this meeting and helped make the case for adopting the Task Force recommendations.
Final and most important thanks to Brandi Berryman and Jeff Fugate of the Lexington Downtown Development Authority for their staffing assistance and support throughout the life of the project. They did the heavy lifting, and the final set of recommendations is a testament to their professionalism and expertise.
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