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 Social Services and Public Safety (SSPS) Committee, Roxanne Chaney of A Caring Place will present an overview of the organization’s mission and work, alongside a request for funding from LFUCG.

In Tuesday’s Social Services and Public Safety (SSPS) Committee, the Gun Violence Task Force will present revised recommendations on how they think LFUCG can address gun violence in Lexington.

The Division of Planning has published the first draft of the Urban Growth Management Plan! This plan sets out a vision for how the new expansion areas of the Urban Service Boundary should be developed.

Last Thursday, the Planning Commission unanimously voted to disapprove a zoning ordinance text amendment (ZOTA) that would allow industrial solar farms to be built on agricultural land in Fayette County.

Last week, the court file and documents related to Councilmember Denise Gray’s interpersonal protective order against Councilmember Brenda Monarrez were sealed, but have since been reopened.

In Tuesday’s Budget, Finance, and Economic Development (BFED) Committee Meeting, President & CEO of LexArts Ame Sweetall will present an overview of LexArts’s finances and their efforts toward investing in diverse artists and arts organizations.

In Tuesday’s Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee, Councilmembers will hear a presentation on an upcoming proposal from 3rd District Councilmember Hannah LeGris to fund a new Downtown Master Plan.

In Tuesday’s Social Services and Public Safety (SSPS) Committee Meeting, Homelessness Prevention Manager Jeff Heron will present the office’s annual update on their work.

In Tuesday’s Social Services and Public Safety (SSPS) Committee meeting, Councilmembers will hear an update on the Lexington chapter of the National Association of Mental Illness (NAMI) Mental Health Court Diversion program.

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 last Tuesday’s Council Work Session, Council voted to follow the Mayor’s recommendations and keep the ad valorem tax rates for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) the same as FY24.

In Tuesday’s Budget, Finance, and Economic Development (BFED) Committee, Eva Stahl — Vice President of Public Policy and Program Management for the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt — will present an overview of Undue Medical Debt’s work to forgive medical debt in communities across the US.

In last Thursday’s Special Committee meeting, the General Government and Planning (GGP) Committee voted to advance new regulations for short-term rentals (STRs) in Lexington.

In Tuesday’s Council Work Session, Councilmembers will be presented the design for the new Senior and Therapeutic Recreation Center coming to Shillito Park.

Judge Traci Brislin granted 6th Councilmember Denise Gray’s interpersonal protective restraining order against 4th District Councilmember Brenda Monarrez. The restraining order is in place temporarily through October 16th. On the 16th, a hearing will be held to determine if the order should be granted on a long-term basis.