In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, CivicLex’s Deputy Director Kit Anderson will present an overview of our work evaluating  Lexington’s Boards and Commissions and recommending ways to improve them.

On Tuesday, the General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee will hear an update on short-term rental regulation enforcement from Director of Revenue Wes Holbrook.

On Tuesday, the General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee will hear an update on Lexington’s Downtown Area Master Plan from Senior Planner Boyd Sewe.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, Long Range Planner Eve Miller will present an overview of the upcoming Blue Sky Small Area Plan.

This Tuesday, the General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee will hear an update from Tiffany Michelle Brown on A Sense of Place, a nonprofit working to preserve and honor Lexington’s rural Black hamlets.

Also in Tuesday’s GGP Committee meeting, Hal Baillie of the Division of Planning will give a presentation on the City’s upcoming work in developing a new process for how to expand the USB in the future.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, Traci Wade of the Division of Planning will present an overview of how 2024’s House Bill 443 will affect Lexington’s process for approving development plans.

On Tuesday, January 13th, three Council Committees will vote on who their Chairs and Vice Chairs will be for the next Council term. The Chair of a Committee facilitates Committee meetings and sets meeting agendas. The Vice Chair serves in place of the Chair if the Chair is absent from a meeting.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee meeting, Sam Castro of TSW Consulting will present an update on the recently adopted Urban Growth Master Plan (UGMP), which sets a vision and regulatory policy for how the expansion areas of the Urban Service Boundary (USB) should be developed.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, Councilmembers will hear an update on the Landlord Advisory Group and Tenant Advisory Group.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee meeting, Long Range Planning Manager Chris Taylor will present an update on the Urban Growth Master Plan (UGMP), which sets a vision for how the expansion areas of the Urban Service Boundary (USB) should be developed.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, Councilmembers will likely decide whether or not to advance recommendations for how to regulate short-term rentals (e.g. Airbnbs, VRBOs) in rural Fayette County.

In Tuesday’s Council Work Sessions, Councilmembers will hear a presentation from EHI Consultants on the results of their Affordable Housing Needs Analysis.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, Council will hear about  the Rural Land Management Board’s recommendations for how to regulate short-term rentals in rural Fayette County.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, Councilmembers will hear an overview of the A Sense of Place nonprofit, which is working to preserve and honor Lexington’s rural Black hamlets.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, Councilmembers will hear an update on the use of Paid Parental Leave for LFUCG employees.

In last Thursday’s special General Government and Planning Committee meeting, Councilmembers voted to advance new regulations for digital billboards in Lexington. Currently, there are no regulations around digital billboards in Lexington.

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, the Division of Planning will present an update on the Urban Growth Master Plan, which will outline a vision for the recommended expansion areas of the Urban Service Boundary (USB).

In this Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee Meeting, Councilmembers will discuss the Urban Growth Management Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment (UGM ZOTA).

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee, Purchase of Development Rights Director Beth Overman will present recommendations on regulating short-term rentals (STR) in the Rural Service Area (RSA) — this is the area of Fayette County located outside the Urban Service Boundary (USB).