Mint Lane Pump Station

A fifth-generation equine veterinarian urged the council to consider how the pump station decision affects land use policy and the urban service boundary, defending the Heatley family's stewardship of Millridge-area farmland.

A young Bowman Mill Road resident urged the council to reject the pump station relocation, saying it would mar the Bluegrass and set a precedent for large-scale development.

Supported moving the pump station downstream to Bowman Mill, saying the current site is too small and gravity makes the downstream location optimal.

Read a Rural Land Management Board letter requesting repair of the existing pump station, warning Bowman Mill construction could open 500+ acres to development near protected Helm Place.

Argued the Stantec report shows Dunbar's $19M estimate hides unquantified risks — karst, floodplain, retaining walls — and that Bowman Mill is the fiscally responsible choice that could also lower housing costs.

Made the case that relocating the pump station enables a $2 million state-funded restoration of 25 acres of E. coli-contaminated wetland around Cave Creek.

Argued the whole relocation debate exists only to benefit the Millridge development, calling it private benefit at public expense, and noted the tank would sit across from Darley's headquarters.

A Firebrook resident of 25 years urged a vote against relocating the pump station, citing the threat to the preservation and growth management program and infrastructure costs.

Urged repair of the existing station, saying every infrastructure step outside the boundary is 'death by a thousand cuts' for Lexington's uniqueness.

A 30-year-old District 12 resident urged keeping the pump station where it is, warning of a domino effect of development on farmland.

A Hagyard Equine Medical Institute family member said the limestone land underpins a multi-billion-dollar horse industry and relocation would trigger sprawl down Military Pike.

Speaking for Fayette Alliance, laid out three points — need, fiscal responsibility ($7-9 million savings), and consistent policy — and said relocation would fulfill the sewer criterion for future USB expansion at taxpayer expense.

A former four-term council member called the proposal a de facto zone change and urged maintaining the current location, also speaking for the owners of Cave Hill.