Anne Moffett Gibbs died on 2 February 2017.

The South Frankfort Neighborhood Association pays its respects to Anne as a tenacious citizen-advocate for Frankfort and Franklin County.

This description is from:
A Guide to Fairs and Festivals in the United States (1984)
By Frances Shemanski
Greenwood Publishing Group

[excerpt from State press release, 10 Feb 2017]

The City of Frankfort was approved for six loans addressing sanitary sewer and storm water issues throughout the city.  The city is under an agreed order with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Kentucky Division of Enforcement in the Energy and Environment Cabinet.

Frankfort’s wastewater system has about 14,000 customers and treats wastewater for an area of Woodford County that includes 21 customers.

The Authority approved a loan of $2,041,000 to rehabilitate and replace about 41,500 linear feet of old sewer lines with 12 to 24 inch PVC gravity lines to relieve flooding in the Cloverdale and Cougar Lane areas.  The project will also eliminate the recurring sanitary sewer overflow and reduce the inflow/infiltration into sanitary sewers.  

The loan is repayable over 20 years at an interest rate of 1.75 percent.

Bids will be advertised on December 31, 2017 with construction expected to begin a year later and be completed in February 2018.

A loan of $1,853,750 was approved for the Franklin/Meagher Avenue sanitary sewer improvements and the Willow Street storm water management project.

The loan is repayable over 20 years at a 1.75 percent interest rate.

The rehabilitation and replacement of about 4,200 linear feet of old sewer lines with 12 to 24 inch PVC gravity lines will relieve flooding conditions in the Willow Street subdivision.  The project area is included in the Frankfort Sewer Department’s efforts to reduce the infiltration and inflow of storm water entering the sanitary sewer lines in the Thornhill subdivision.

Bid opening is scheduled for December 2017 and construction is to begin in January 2018.  Completion is scheduled for February 2019.

The Board approved Frankfort’s request for $1,954,500 for the Holly Hills and Meadowview storm water management project to relieve flooding conditions for Holly Hills and reduce the inflow/infiltration into the sanitary sewer system in both neighborhoods.

The project will replace or rehabilitate about 43,500 linear feet of old sewer lines with PVC gravity lines that run from six to twelve inches and replace 216 manholes.

At present the Meadowview sewers flow into the West Frankfort pump station which has a recurring sanitary sewer overflow.

The loan was approved at a 1.75 percent interest rate repayable over 20 years.

Bids should be opened in December 2017 and the project completed by January 2019.

Frankfort’s request for a loan for the amount of $1,202.660 repayable over 20 years, was approved by the Authority.  The 1.75 percent loan provides funds for the replacement of the Silverlake subdivision pump station with a new, more reliable submersible pump station, the replacement of three or more manholes and about 100 linear feet of gravity sewer to route existing sewer lines to the new pump station.

The station will include a new valve vault, control building and stand-by generator with a backup power.  It will accommodate maintenance without the need for confined space entry—a concern with the current station.  Though the new pump station will have a smaller capacity overall, a larger wet well will be added.

Bids are expected to be opened in June 2016 and construction completed by August 2017.

The Authority approved a $2,175,965 loan for a project in the upper section of the Two Creeks subdivision and Blanton Acres.  The 20-year loan is repayable at a 1.75 percent interest rate.

The project will replace existing pipe linings, replace service connections and repair broken or fractured pipe lines.  Lines in the Two Creeks area will be increased in size to reduce the risk of sanitary sewer overflow.  The Blanton Acres storm water project will manage localized drainage, flooding and storm water issues and assist with the implementation of a pollution program.  

Bid opening is scheduled for December 2017 and construction completed by August 2019.

The city’s request for a loan of $1.6 million was approved by the Authority. The loan for the East Main interceptor project is repayable over 20 years at a 1.75 percent interest rate.

The project includes the construction of 2,900 linear feet of interceptor lines, a new lateral extension to provide service to downstream properties, as well as tests and repairs on existing lines. The construction site runs from near east Broadway to East Main Street near Martin Luther King Blvd.

Construction is scheduled to begin in July and be completed by August 2017.

The New Leash On Life thrift store seeks volunteers that can “Lend a Paw” or contribute 2-hour shifts (more is wonderful) Tues – Sat.

Store hours are Fri. & Sat. 9 am – 5 pm & open throughout the week for donation drop off.

Volunteer opportunities include: display, sales, item research, donation pick-ups,  cleaning, media contact, graphic design and photography.

New ideas are encouraged and welcome!  We would like the store to be open for shoppers more than Fri. and Sat. — but need new volunteers to achieve that goal.

Jean Unglaub
Volunteer Coordinator
Franklin County Humane Society
shelter: 502/875-7297(PAWS)  cell: 859/340-0160
jeanunglaub.fchs@gmail.com

The following email came from Libby Marshall <libby.marshall211@gmail.com>

Subject: FIS Budgeting Process

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Whether you have children in the Frankfort Independent Schools or not, this school system influences so much about our community that you need to have a direct voice if you wish.  Here is how the budgeting process will go.

The Tentative Working Budget, which is the “almost final budget,” will be submitted to the Kentucky Department of Education by May 31.  The budget may be modified in September, after state and local revenues are more final, but it is the process going on now that will develop school and district staffing and programming.

The board has met with the Second Street School and Frankfort High School school based decision making councils and with the administrator for Rosenwald Empowerment Preparation Academy to discuss the staffing and resources requests for each school.  The board met in a day long retreat to hear the superintendent’s recommendations and  continue budget deliberations.

The board is meeting the second and fourth Mondays of each month. The next meeting will be Monday, February 13, 2017, at 6:00 pm at the central office.  It is best to check the board website for board meeting locations (link attached below).

The central office is on Wilkinson Boulevard in the former PUSH building next to the Wilkinson Street School.

There is a period for public comment at the beginning of each board meeting. You are also welcomed to contact Houston Barber or any of the board members.

Know that your participation in the school system is valued and vital to the progress that we must make together for the future of our historic downtown community.

Link to board meeting information:
http://www.frankfort.k12.ky.us/SchoolBoard.aspx

NPS issued a recently revised Preservation Brief on improving energy efficiency:

·   https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/3-improve-energy-efficiency.htm

the illustrated sustainability guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings,

·   https://www.nps.gov/tps/standards/rehabilitation/sustainability-guidelines.pdf (publication)

·   https://www.nps.gov/tps/standards/rehabilitation/guidelines/index.htm (interactive web feature)

as well as the following guidance:

·   Sustainability – https://www.nps.gov/tps/sustainability.htm

·   Solar panels – https://www.nps.gov/tps/sustainability/new-technology/solar-on-historic.htm

·   Green roofs – https://www.nps.gov/tps/sustainability/new-technology/green-roofs.htm