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Bicycle-Pedestrian Safety
I recently filmed a Council Comments on bicycle and pedestrian safety with Scott Thompson, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for the LFUCG and the Metropolitan Planning Organization. You can see the Council Comments here.We met at the Legacy Trail trailhead at the North Lexington YMCA. The Le…Times Change: Council Approves Domestic Partner Benefits
On November 21, 2013, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council unanimously approved a resolution extending benefits to what are commonly referred to as “domestic partners” of our employees. (More on that terminology below.) After the vote, one council member, who might at one time might have found…Lean Urbanism and Gentrification
A recent article by Robert Steuteville raises significant questions about the ways we have come to think about revitalization of neighborhoods. The article has direct relevance to Lexington, particularly the North Side. While I do not agree with all the details in the article, and might quibble w…Design Excellence Task Force seeks public input
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s Design Excellence Task Force has completed a draft of Design Standards and Guidelines for Lexington’s downtown area. The Task Force has scheduled a public meeting to gather public input on the draft from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, November 14, in the third f…Qualified Adult Benefits
Yesterday the General Government Committee approved an ordinance allowing the extension of benefits to the qualified adult dependents of LFUCG employees. (For legal reasons, the phrase “qualified adult dependents” is used in place of the more common phrase “domestic partners”.) The action will be …Details of Fund Balance Allocations
To follow up on my previous post, here are the details of council’s recent decisions regarding allocation of the FY13 fund balance.FY 13 Fund Balance Allocations SummaryBeginning Fund Balance: $ 14,976,300Allocations:Additional Economic Contingency Fund Allocation $ 1 ,500,000Facilities HVAC Projec…Council's Decisions About the Fund Balance
There has been much discussion and some misunderstanding of the Council’s recent decisions about how to allocate the fund balance from the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2013 (FY 13). While some have thought of this money as “surplus,” in my mind we have those funds to allocate in part because of…Comprehensive Plan Public Meeting
My friends in the Planning Department have asked me to share with you that the LFUCG Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the draft 2013 Comprehensive Plan at 1:30 pm on October 31, 2013 in Council Chambers on the 2nd floor of the Government Center.If you wish to address the Planning C…