The group tasked with identifying land to be potentially added to Lexington’s Urban Service Boundary met for the first time last week. The 14-member panel – made up of local government staff, community stakeholders, and councilmembers – is part of an advisory committee that will piece together proposals for the Planning Commission.
And CivicLex’s Jillian Riseman said this piece of the process is set to move relatively quickly.
"So that group is hoping to complete this work in two months, which is a very quick turnaround, and they'll be meeting every Tuesday morning for the next two months," she says.
But the committee’s work is just a first step, one that could be adopted or rejected by the Planning Commission. If it’s accepted, the commission will move forward with creating a new Expansion Area Master Plan that would guide new development of up to 5,000 additional acres.
The work proceeds as others in the community, including the Fayette Alliance, are seeking to block the expansion in court, arguing the decision oversteps state law, breaks with precedent, and runs counter to the opinion of city planners.
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