Urban Growth Management Master Plan Advisory Committee Summary: Meeting #5 September 5, 2023 10:00 A.M. Phoenix Building 101 E. Vine Street, Lexington KY
Urban Growth Management Advisory Committee Members in attendance: Chair Larry Forester, James Brown, Alison Davis, 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: Todd Clark and Chuck Ellinger. Staff in attendance: Commissioner Keith Horn, Administrative Officer Shaun Denney, 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 , Planner Senior Hal Baillie, Planner Senior Valerie Friedmann, Planner Senior Boyd Sewe, Digital Content Administrator SB Stroh, and Administrative Specialist Rachael Lay.
Chair Larry Forester called the meeting to order at 10:03am. Chair Forester began the meeting by welcoming the committee and the visitors. He then called for the previous meeting’s (Meeting 3: August 22, 2023, and Meeting 4: August 29, 2023) summaries to be approved. Councilmember Kathy Plomin made the motion to approve the previous meeting summaries, the motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Dan Wu and passed with no dissent. Division of Planning Director Jim Duncan made clarifying statements based on some of the inquiries of previous Urban Growth Management Advisory Committee meetings. Director Duncan first explained why the committee is using the sewerability maps as a basis to build the potential expansion area maps. Director Duncan then explained gross acreage vs net acreage, he explained gross as boundary to boundary. Director Duncan then explained how net acreage represents the removal of the flood plain, and expressed the committees request that publically owned land not be considered, this includes Lexington Urban Fayette County government,