Urban Growth Management Master Plan Advisory Committee Summary: Meeting #3 August 22, 2023 10:00 A.M. Phoenix Building 101 E. Vine Street, Lexington KY
Urban Growth Management Advisory Committee Members in attendance: Larry Forester (Chair), James Brown, Todd Clark, Chuck Ellinger, Larry Forester, Andi Johnson, Todd Johnson, PG Peeples, John Phillips, Kathy Plomin, William Wilson, Zach Worsham, Judy Worth, and Dan Wu. Urban Growth Management Advisory Committee Members absent: Alison Davis. Staff in attendance: Commissioner Keith Horn, Division of Planning Director Jim Duncan, Division of Water Quality Director Charlie Martin, Attorney Senior Tracy Jones, Attorney Senior Brittany Smith, Water Quality Sanitary Sewer Section Manager Chris Dent, Geographic Information System Manager Chris Doerge, Purchase of Development Rights Director Beth Overman, Interim Manager Chris Taylor, Planner Senior Hal Baillie, Planner Senior Valerie Friedmann, Planner Senior Boyd Sewe, Digital Content Administrator SB Stroh.
Chair Larry Forester called the meeting to order at 10:00am. Chair Forester began the meeting by welcoming the committee and the visitors. He then called for the previous meeting’s (Meeting 2: August 15, 2023) summary to be approved. Vice Mayor Dan Wu made the motion to approve the previous meeting’s summary, and was seconded by Judy Worth. The motion passed with no dissent. Division of Planning Director Jim Duncan presented the Advisory Committee information on the developable areas. These areas were based on factors such as flood plains, parks, and PDR inputs. Other considerations that Director Duncan mentioned were areas of sewerability, roadway frontage, parcels that are contiguous to the Urban Service Area, PDR impact, specialized areas, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) participation, and parcel size. With each category Director Duncan outlined the scores for the area and explained process of how they were assessed. Division of Water Quality Director Charlie Martin spoke about three locations that were highlighted on the LFUCG participation slide of the presentation, he spoke about areas number two, number six, and number 14, and explained that they were highlighted in the presentation