At Work Session on October 31st, Council will vote on a $125,000 contract with Bluegrass Community Foundation (BGCF) to support the development of a master plan for Kelley’s Landing.

On Tuesday, October 17th, the Urban County Council held a public hearing for a zoning map amendment for roughly 11 acres of land located on Old Richmond Road.

The Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee heard presentations on this year’s snow plan, the MS4 program, as well as the Waste Digester Feasibility Study.

The lawsuit against the Urban County Council over the USB expansion was dismissed, Council received an update on the expansion process, and Planning Commission delayed a vote on the expansion map.

Public input on the Imagine Lexington 2024: Comprehensive Plan will now be heard on Thursday, November 30th at 1:30pm as part of the Planning Commission Work Session.

GGP Committee heard a review of the goals and outcomes of LFUCG’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) trainings.

On October 17th, the General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee heard the results of a pay comparison study.

At this time, no changes have been made regarding the proposed Urban Service Boundary (USB) expansion map.

The Planning Commission adopted the new version of a Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment (ZOTA) loosening regulations on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).

At Tuesday’s Council Work Session, Councilmembers will also vote on whether to hire EHI Consultants to conduct a Housing Affordability Study.

In Tuesday, October 10th’s Social Services & Public Safety (SSPS) Committee Meeting, Councilmembers will hear a presentation on Source of Income (SOI) Discrimination and consider adding language to Lexington’s Fairness Ordinance, which would ban SOI Discrimination in rental housing.

On Thursday, October 5th, the Fayette County Circuit Court had its first hearing of the lawsuit against the Urban County Council over the Urban Service Boundary (USB) expansion.

The SSPS Committee heard an annual update from the Juvenile Treatment Court, which uses court supervision, mental health treatment, education and personal accountability, and other services to help and support juvenile offenders.

In the Social Services & Public Safety Committee, Councilmembers heard a presentation about the Division of Fire and Emergency Services’s new Community Risk Assessment Standards of Cover.

On Thursday, September 28th, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to gather additional feedback about the proposed Urban Service Boundary expansion map recommended by the Urban Growth Management Advisory Committee.

At the Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 26th, Councilmembers passed the revised ordinance changing funding for the Innovative and Sustainable Solution to Homelessness Fund.

At September 19th’s General Government & Planning Committee meeting, Councilmembers heard a presentation recapping the results of the 2022 Disparity Study, which evaluated racial disparities in LFUCG’s contracting process.

The Rural Land Management Board (RLMB) is moving forward on drafting its own recommended language for how ADUs and short-term rentals (STRs) will be regulated outside of the Urban Service Area.

At September 19th’s meeting, the Urban Growth Management (UGM) Advisory Committee finalized a draft Urban Service Boundary expansion map based on what they heard from the community at their public input session.

This week, the Committee will meet to discuss the information that they received from the public.