Aug 02, 2023 Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education Committee

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OKAY. I SAID, Y'ALL HAVE TO EXCUSE THE MESS. I HAVE A COLD AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO

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[Call to Order]

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[Roll Call]

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[Pending Legislation]

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LOOK AT YOU THINKING ABOUT FAIR NAIL. WE WANT TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY. BUT HOW CAN WE DO THAT? AND HOW CAN WE GET SUSTAINABLE FUNDING TO DO IT? SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE $75,000 NON COMPETE BECAUSE IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN NATIONALLY WITH THOSE OTHER COHORT OF LEARNERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THINGS IN THEIR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. AND THEN WE'LL KEEP LIKE I SAID THE TRAINING WILL STAY IN LOUISVILLE METRO WITH THE PERSON WHO IS ASSIGNED. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE HAVING TO CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY TO COME INTO LOUISVILLE. WE'RE TRAINING OUR OWN. TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. HOPEFULLY ANOTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP FOR LOCAL METRO GOVERNMENT. COUNSELING, ARTHUR. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN SPONSORED THIS AND I JUST WANTED TO REALLY REITERATE. THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONEY IS ONE TIME MONEY. ONCE THAT RUNS OUT. WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE FUNDED? AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIFICALLY THIS AGENCY BECAUSE THEY'RE FIGURING THAT OUT FOR US BY GETTING THIS TRAINING SO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO SUPPORT IT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE GETTING SOME MORE FINANCING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS. BUT WE NEED HELP TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND THEY ARE SEEKING THAT HELP. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACT SUPPORTS. THANK YOU DO IT. UH MAN. WHAT THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, PREDICT. OKAY KINDERGARTEN. WHAT KIND OF CURRICULUM WOULD WHAT KIND OF CURRICULUM WITH THIS BE DIFFICULT IN THE GARDEN. IT'S ACTUALLY THERE'S A HOLE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NATIONALLY. CERTIFIED HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM. THEY'RE DIFFERENT ONES NATIONALLY THAT J. C P S OBVIOUSLY HAS HIGH QUALITY PRE K FOR UP TO 3000 STUDENTS OR SO

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TWO PLUS, THEY'RE COOPERATING WITH OTHER CHILDREN. THEY'RE ALL THESE THINGS THAT GET THEM READY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL. IT'S NUMBERS. IT'S MATH. IT'S SCIENCE . BUT IN ALL THESE FUNDS SORT OF PLAY WAYS. SO THAT THEY'RE DOING LEARNING HOW THEY LEARN BEST, BUT ALSO READY TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND TO THRIVE IN KINDERGARTEN. THANK YOU. LET ME SEE WHAT'S THERE ANYONE OUT? I JUST FIRST LET ME SAY WE HAVE WELCOMED COUNCILMAN BAKER AND COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE. I'M JOINED COUNSELOR MARUTI. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY OF THE MAYORS, AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH HIM. THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, HAVING THOUGHTS BUT EARLY ELEMENTARY SPECIAL ED, I'VE SEEN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO COME IN NOT READY FOR KINDERGARTEN, SO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO BRING THESE CHILDREN READY FOR KINDERGARTEN. IS GOING TO PAY OFF FOR US AS A COMMUNITY. 12 YEARS FROM NOW, 13 YEARS FROM NOW, THERE'S STILL THESE CHILDREN BECOMING YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE BETTER ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP MAKE THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY HERE IN LOUISVILLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE? YES, THERE'S CONCERNS.

COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. UM MY HEAD GOES OFF TO YOU, YOUNG LADIES FOR LEADING THIS TONIGHT. THE CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE. VERY VITAL. AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS. TODAY VERY MUCH. NO MORE QUESTIONS. WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

ONLY IN FAVOR. UH, ANYONE AGAINST IT. HERE. LUNCH. WE'LL SEND THIS TO THE CONSUMER. OKAY THANK YOU WILL BE SENT TO OKAY? UM THE NEXT WEEKS OF INFORMATION WE HAVE IS SPECIAL DISCUSSION.

AND WE HAVE TO VISITORS, ONE FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE FROM UH UM.

COLD TOO COLD AND REX. RIGHT OKAY, BEFORE WE CALL EITHER ONE OF YOU GUYS, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS HERE. AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EACH PERSON JUST SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES BECAUSE THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THEM IS GOING TO BE TOUCHING THE SAME THINGS AND WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME. UM I GUESS I'M GONNA PULL UP THE NAMES BECAUSE I FORGOT TO PULL HIM UP. BUT. YOU JUST DID YOU HAVE THE LENGTH SPEECHES? CAN YOU CALL HIM OFF, THEN? ALL YOU WANT ME TO DO OKAY? AND YOU ONLY GET TWO MINUTES AND IF YOU GO OVER THERE, SHE'S GONNA THANK YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCLUDE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE COLD AND RIGS HERE TO SPEAK AND ALSO HOUSING AUTHORITY TO ANSWER. THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD, OKAY. SHEILA DOUGLAS. SHEILA DOUGLAS. DARLING CON. THANK YOU, MR KHAN.

[Special Discussion]

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OKAY. THANK YOU. UH YEAH. SHE SAID. WHAT IS THE ONE WHO CAME AROUND? THIS IS A RIVER PORT LANDON SINGING CITIZEN BUILDING ON CAMERON. DO YOU KNOW WHO OWNS IT? THE MANAGER IS KEISHA. UM, IT'S TWO L C IS THE WINNER WOULD IT'S WINTER WORLD? YEAH PART OF THAT. DEVELOPERS LD, G YEAH, OKAY, ALRIGHT. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP, PLEASE SAY STATE YOUR NAME GROUP MANAGES AND WHO OWNS THE BUILDING, IF YOU WOULD THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHARLENE TALIBAN. MY APOLOGIES, MEL.

OKAY? AS MY CHURCH MEMBER. NO I'M FINE. I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD. I WANT TO STAY IN MY OWN CHAIR.

STAY IN MY CHAIR. HELLO HOW Y'ALL DOING? MY NAME IS CHARLENE QUATTLEBAUM. AH UM, THE WOMAN THAT THE WOMAN WOULDN'T GIVE A RECEIPT TO AT THE RIVER PORTS HOUSES AUTHORITY, AND I'M BEING NICE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WOW. TAMMY GETS BARRED AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY AND SHE'S THAT'S HER DISTRICT AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK TO HER WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND THEY BOUGHT OF THE PROPERTY. NOW THERE IS SOME OF US HERE, BUT SOME OF US DIDN'T COME BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID TO GET EVICTED SO YOU CAN GET EVICTED AND THEN WE'RE DEALING WITH SECTION EIGHT. AND SECTION EIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO HAVE ALL YOUR TEAS AND EYES DOT IT OR YOU WILL LOSE IT. WELL THEY

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THEY ONLY I'M IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO GET DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR BECAUSE OH, I'M SORRY. I'M OVER TWO MINUTES. HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED THERE? FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS. AND THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DO RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I WENT OVER MISS WOMAN THAT HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE ENTIRE FIVE YEARS. PRETTY MUCH, OKAY? AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT SHE NOT ONLY HAS PROBLEMS WITH HOUSING, BUT SHE HAS PROBLEMS WITH TRANSPORTATION. SHE'S BEEN ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS BEEN LEFT BEFORE TORQUE. SO SHE CAN'T CATCH A BREAK. BAKER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THEY ASKED MY QUESTIONS THAT I WAS THAT I WAS ASKING, BUT THANK YOU. SOMETHING I FORGOT BEFORE THIS STARTED. I HAD THAT SLIDESHOW WHEN ALL THE GARBAGE AND EVERYTHING AFTER WE GET FINISHED TALKING OUR SHOW THAT DOES THAT FORGOT TO SHOW IT IN THE BEGINNING TO SHOW THAT THERE IS GARBAGE AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW HALLWAY, OKAY? CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT PORTION, PLEASE? HICKMAN. AH! HICKMAN. ANITA FANS. I NEED A FENCE. GWENDOLYN SMITH.

HELLO MY NAME IS GWENDOLYN SMITH. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA BE CALLED, BUT I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE, TOO. AT REAL PUT LANDING SENIORS. MY PROBLEM IS MODE. NO RESPECT. YOU KNOW, I LIVE OVER THE OFFICE, SO I HAVE A DOG. AND I HAD TO GO LIKE FOUR TIMES TO GET MY PAPERS. CHEMA EMOTIONAL STRESS DOG, I'M STRESSED OUT. I'M READY TO GO AND THEY HAVE NO RESPECT. AND EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COME, THEY CHANGED THE RULES. AND YOU GAVE UP. ONE ROOM CHANGED THROUGH THEY COME WITH IF IT AIN'T ONE THING, IT'S ANOTHER AND THEY NEED TO HELP IMAGINARY HIS RESPECT. BUT ELLIS THEY HAVE NO RESPECT. THEY TALKED TO YOU THE WAY THEY WANT THE WORLD TALKING LIKE BECAUSE I YOU KNOW, I GUESS I GIVE ME A LOOK. BUT LIKE I SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS LIKE US OUT OF HERE AT MY APARTMENT PAINTED WANTS FOR THE MODE BACK AGAIN. IT! CLAIMS SHE TOOK PICTURES.

IT'S IN MY CLOSET. IT'S ON MY WALLS AND I HAVE ASTHMA. I COULD DIE FROM THERE. AND I THINK THEY DO IS COMING OVER. AND THEN THEY THIS THING Y'ALL, AND THEN IT TOOK HIM LIKE A MONTH, THE FIRST TIME WITH THE MODE. AND I'M LIKE , SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA LET US DOWN. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF APARTMENT THAT I WOULDN'T MODE. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE OLD AND WE ARE THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR LIKE IN PRISON. WHEN I THINK WE SHOULD BE LIVING UP BEST FLATS. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SIT HERE. YOU CAN'T DO THIS. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. WHAT THE HECK CAN'T WE DO? YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, ONCE YOU YOU KNOW Y'ALL Y'ALL TELL US DON'T DO THIS. WE CAN'T SIT HERE. WE CAN'T SIT THERE. THEN LIKE I SAID, I HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DOGS. WELL, I CALLED UP THE BIG PEOPLE. IT NEVER RESPONDED INSTEAD HAVE RESPONDED. BUT THE OTHER PERSON. I GUESS THEY RESPONDED TO HIM. WHO ARE THE BIG PEOPLE? YEAH THE BIG PEOPLE THAT YOU CALLED. WHO ARE THEY?

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HAVE YOU CONTACTED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? UH I DID. BUT I HAD THAT. CONTACT THEM BACK. IT WAS SOMEBODY CONTACT ABOUT THE DOGS. AND BUT I DIDN'T DO THAT ABOUT THE MODE HERE BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I'M READY TO GO. OKAY SO THAT WAS DID THEY LET YOU OUT OF YOUR LEASE? AND WHY DO THEY LET YOU OUT OF THE LEAST BECAUSE I GOT A LETTER FROM MY DOCTOR. THEY CALL ME I COULDN'T GET OUT OF MY LEASE AT FIRST, SO I HAD TO GET A LETTER FROM MY DOCTOR TO GET OUT O MY, BUT I'M STILL THERE, AND I'M WAITING ON SECTION EIGHT SO I CAN GET OUT OF THERE, OKAY? THANK YOU.

EXCUSE ME. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. WE HAVE 15 PEOPLE ON THE WAY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP ISSUE. THAT'S WHY WE, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ON BEHALF OF COLLEAGUES UP HERE . WE APOLOGIZE. THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU ALL. UM IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, CAN YOU? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE FOLLOW UP OF WHEN A COMPLAINT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE OF WINDY FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR MOLD? IN THIS CASE? WHAT IS THE FOLLOW UP PROCESS IS THERE DO THEY COMMUNICATE OR IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS DOWNSTAIRS AND WRITE IT UP. YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE COMPLAINT THAT WE NEEDED THE MODE TO BE DONE. AND THEN WHEN THEY DID COME TO FORGET THIS THING, WHAT THEY DID COME TO GET THE MODE THE FIRST TIME IT WAS THANKSGIVING TIME I HAD WENT TO THE FAMILIES BUILDING TO GET TO TURKEY. BUT WHEN I CAME BACK, I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY HAD BROKE MY COUCH. AND THEN THEY TOLD ME I COULDN'T PROVE IT. YES BUT I STILL GOT SO WHEN THEY COME INTO, UH ESSENTIALLY ADDRESSED THE MOLD. THEY'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH PAINTING, YES TYPE PAIN OVER AND JUST SAYING YOU'RE GOOD TO GO PICTURES MODE AND EVERYTHING. HMM. OKAY THANK YOU. ONE PURPOSE. TURN THAT OFF REAL QUICK. SO YOU FOLLOWED UP WITH SECTION EIGHT THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, RIGHT? YES AND YOU? DID YOU GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM? NO, THEY SAID I COULDN'T. I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM BECAUSE MY LEASE IS NOT UP TO MARCH. BUT REAL POINT LANDING IS WILLING TO LET ME BECAUSE I GOT A NOTE FROM MY DOCTOR. I'M WAITING ON SECTION EIGHT TO GIVE ME THE I CAN GO. MANY PEOPLE. ONE ONE MOMENT HE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. COME ON THE NEXT PERSON. I'M SORRY. WE'RE OUT A LITTLE ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE AND WE'RE ALL WE GET RIGHT, BOO BOO. IS THIS A SHORT QUESTION? YES YEAH. OKAY MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T FORGET. WE APOLOGIZE. THIS IS THIS IS OUT OF ORDER. UH WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE ARE VERY UPSET. I UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN. UM I'LL BE TRUTHFUL. I HAVE MET WITH, UH, SECTION EIGHT. DIRECTOR MS OSAKA . WHEN I FIRST CAME IN OFFICE ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH AND I'LL BE HONEST AND SAY THAT I NEVER GOT

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YEAH, OKAY. YEAH. CAN YOU ADDRESS THE COUNCIL WITH YOUR FOR YOU LIVE? MY NAME IS WILLIAM ELLERY. LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND SENIOR LIVING, WHICH IS THE RIVER PART THERE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALMOST 40 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS, BUT NOTHING LIKE US SCENES THAT THE SPORT HAS BEEN BUILT. THE PERFORMERS ARE NOTHING NEW. THEY ARE BUILT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU BUILD THOSE APARTMENTS THERE. SO THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE ARE NOTHING NEW. I COULD STAND HERE FOR DAYS AND TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND FINGER POINTING THAT DOESN'T GET ANYTHING DONE. TODAY FOR ME IS ABOUT SOLUTIONS. YOU BET THESE APPOINTMENTS HOPING YOU WOULD CHANGE THE ONLY THING YOU GOT THESE APPOINTMENTS, HOPING FOR CHANGE? THE ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN BOTH PARTY WANTS IT. JAMES LOCATION DOESN'T MEAN CHANGE FOR EVERYONE. HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES. I MEAN SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, NOT PROBLEMS, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO SOLUTIONS. MORE SECURITY NUMBER ONE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WITH THE PROBLEMS. HELP THOSE WHO WANT TO MAKE CHANGE. CHANGE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. THE REST. YOU NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. YOU BUILT THE APARTMENT AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHICH APPOINTMENTS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, SIR? NO LANDING OR WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT THERE. RIVER PARK? YEAH OK, AND WHO OWNS THOSE? I DON'T KNOW. BECAUSE I LIVE IN IT STARTED VISION. I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND SENIOR LIVING. OKAY TEAKWOOD, SO I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF WHEN HE WAS KILLED. SO I THINK THOSE APARTMENT WHEN THERE WAS BUILT, I WOULDN'T PLEASE THE WITH IT, BUT I DON'T CHANGE HAPPEN. BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU MAKE CHANGES DON'T MAKE EVERYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE. CHANGE IT ON CAGES. DON'T CHANGE PEOPLE. YEAH SO I CAN SAY IS, I MEAN, YOU WANT POINT THE FINGER. THERE'S A LOT OF PART OF FINGER POINTING TO GO AROUND FOR EVERYONE. SO LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WE SPEND OUR DATE POINT WHO DID THIS? WHO DID IT BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW. BUT SO WHAT? WE TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS? PEOPLE HAVE IT. I MEAN, I HAVE NOBODY COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. SO WHAT DO WE DO? BUSINESS AS USUAL. SO I DON'T KNOW. YOU TELL ME. CAN YOU SPEAK TO, UH, SORRY. CHERRY IS A PROPER OKAY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY YOU MENTIONED SECURITY AS SOMEONE WHO LIVED ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY YOU TALKED ABOUT JUST, UM ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE WITNESSED AS FAR AS I SAID, WHEN IT FIRST STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THERE? WE HAD A LOT OF THEFT PEOPLE. KIDS COME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STEALING BICYCLES. TURN A CHRISTMAS ON MYSELF. THE PORCH I MEAN ANYTHING DESTRUCTIVE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN HIS BAG BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO KIDS AND MOVED THE FAMILY TO MOVE. BUT IT IS THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW IS THE KEY OF THAT GOES TO THE SCHOOL NEARBY,

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WE'RE NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO COME THROUGH AND STUFF AND SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO COME AND LOOK AT IT. AND THEN, UH, AFTER SHE LOOKED AT IT. SHE WAS GOING TO CONTACT SOMEBODY, AND THEN THEY'D COME OUT AND FIX IT. IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE CAME TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED. HAS THAT BEEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. THANK YOU, DONALD.

COUNCILWOMAN SHAPE I MEAN, FERGUSON SORRY. IS ANYONE HERE FROM L D G. NO I DON'T THINK SO.

NO ONE. SO I'M GONNA SAY THIS PUBLICLY. L D G IS, UH, DOING A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT FILE. AND IF ANYONE FROM LG G IS LOOKING AT THIS, I WILL SEE THIS ON THE NEWS LATER. YOU'RE DOING

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THANK YOU. BUT HE DOES WANT TO HAVE A TOUR. LEGS. AUGUST OF 12. NO, THE 14TH. AND I, I'D RATHER NOT TOOL WITH HIM. THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT. AND IF YOU WANT TO TOUR HEAT, SO HE GOT YOU TO HAVE A TOUR WITH YOU. YEAH AND I SAID, THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT. MY DISTRICT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. EXACTLY COUNCILWOMAN , CAN I SAY ONE OTHER THING? GIGI IS IN OTHER MARKETS, NASHVILLE AND OTHER MORNING I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE OUR CAUCUS DIRECTOR TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER MARKETS TO SEE IF THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH L D. G AS WELL. PRETTY MUCH DO ALL OVER. HMM. OKAY THE NEXT PERSON, PLEASE. LULU HODGES. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM ARRESTED.

THEN MY NAME IS LULA. HUNDREDS WELCOMED OF BUSINESS PART OF ALL IN YOUR BUILDING. THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE SEEN YOU BLOWING WITH WHERE THE GIVES HIGH HAPPENED THERE LIKE 27 YEARS.

AND IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS WITH . WINTER WAS, I GUESS WHO IS THE MANTRA OF OUR PROPERTY? THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO HELP. I WAS ALWAYS KEPT DIRTY. AH! IT'S JUST SO MANY PROBLEMS. PAKISTANI ROUTINE MILL 20 MINUTES AND TELL YOU ALL THE PROBLEMS. MY DAY IS JUST START DOING. THEY GOT SO THAT'S ALL IT IS. OKAY? THANK YOU. AH! WE SAID THAT'S WINNER WOULD WOULD THAT A HOUSING AUTHORITY AT PROPERTY, THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE HAVE GOTTEN WHAT THEY CAME AND TOLD YOU COULDN'T HAVE FLOWERS IN OUR HALLWAY THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD WE HAVE HAD FLOWERS IN THE HARD WAY FOR 27 YEARS. SO WHAT CHANGED? THEY NEVER BOTHERED DAY , THEN TRAVESTY OF ALL ACTION AS WE SENIORS. THEN HELP US TO BREED AND EVERY DAY AND THE RULES ARE NOT KEPT CLEAN, FILTHY . THEY ONLY THE WATER BREAKING THE WILD ONE OF THE WORLD'S AND THAT'S WHAT THE WALLACE STAYS UNTIL THEY HAVE FLIPPED BACK TO COME OUT, AND THEY PUT THROUGH GRAB THE WATER, BUT WE DON'T COUNT, THE CONCRETE SO THAT DOESN'T HELP. THE WORLD WOULD THAT MEAN YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT WILL BE. WORLD DUTY. THEY'RE NOT KEPT CLEAN. ARE YOU? I'M SORRY. CAN YOU TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SAFETY? UM ABOUT SAFETY CAMP. DO YOU GUYS HAVE CAMERAS OUT? WELL THAT'S A LONG STORY.

YEAH CAMPBELL IS NOT WORKING. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE LAST, UM YOU ARE, TOO. I SEE THE

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YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY DON'T LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. ALL YOU GET IS CLOSE ON THE DOOR. FOUR NOTES THAT WE'VE GOT THE DOOR TELLING YOU THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, AND THAT'S IT. WE HAVE NO VOICE ON THE COUNCIL TO SO I DON'T HAVE NO VOICE SAYING ANYTHING ANYMORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. IS THAT WILLIAM WEATHER'S BLD? OKAY LET'S RUN BACK ULTIMATELY. RIGHT OKAY, AUTHORITIES, OKAY? SHEILA KING. SHE WOULD KING. MY NAME IS SHEILA KING AND I LIVE IN THE PARK HOUSING YOU'RE BUILDING MANAGED UNDER WINDOW WINDOW WOULD AND. WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT'S GOING ON WHEN IT WOULD MEAN THAT PART DUBAH, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY SINCE I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THERE.

I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THERE. IT'S GOING ON SEVEN YEARS. AND THE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN TERRIBLE THAT WE HAVE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CALL THEM SLUMLORDS. UM AHEAD. UM WELL. WITH THE HELP OF BLACK LAST MATTER. TWICE. MORE THAN DOUBLE FROM W L. KY NEWS HAD TO COME OVER THERE AND I TOOK HIM THROUGH THE BUILDING AND SOME OF THE UNBELIEVABLE STUFF THAT HE HAD SEEN IN THAT BUILDING GARBAGE CARPET WHEN IN PEOPLE'S APARTMENT HERE HOLDS IN THE WALL AND THE AND THEN THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WHERE THE BUILDING IS FLOODS AND UPSTAIRS OR WHATEVER, AND IT TOOK HIM FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS BECAUSE OF WATER WAS COMING DOWN SOMEBODY ELSE'S APARTMENT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS BEFORE THEY EVEN CAME AND FIXED THE CEILING, AND IT'S NASTY IN THERE VERY NASTY AND I AGREE WITH LULU AND IMPLANTS. THAT BUILDING WAS BEAUTIFUL WITH THE NASTY WROTE THIS DOWN OUR BECAUSE EVERYBODY HIT A COUPLE OF POINTS BY THE DOOR. BUT THEY SAID IT WAS A FEW PEOPLE AHEAD.

TOO MANY. WHY DIDN'T YOU GO TO THE TO MANY THAT THREE THAT HAD TOO MANY AND JUST HAVE THEM TO REMOVE THEM INSTEAD OF PUNISHING THE WHOLE BUILDING? YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST THAT THEY MADE SO MANY RULES AND WE DID HAVE A MEETING ONE DAY LAST WEEK, WE TOLD TAMMY WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN JAIL. PRISON AND A NURSING HOME BECAUSE COORDINATED DOWNSTAIRS SHE DON'T WANT TO DO NO OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES WITH US NO MORE AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS IN THE BUILDING FOR US TO DO. I KNOW WE SENIOR CITIZENS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE, BUT EVERY DAY WE DOING THERE'S GOT TO BE PASSPORT. GYN CARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS SOME KIND OF HEALTH PROGRAM. DID SHE PRESENT OVER? WE WANT MORE THAN THAT. WE WANT OTHER THINGS, TOO. SO I LIKE I SAID, IT'S OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING IS GOING TO SPEAK ON OTHER THINGS, THOUGH. MY NAME IS SHEILA AND I'M WITH PARTNER ABOUT HOW AND HOW OFTEN THEY INSPECT THE BUILDING. HELLO HOW OFTEN WORK VERY LATE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THINGS IS GOING ON WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WITH NEWS PEOPLE I CALL THE NEWS PEOPLE IN THE MINUTE. DON'T MAKE ME NO DIFFERENCE, BUT YEAH, BEEN HAVING, UH, INSPECTIONS. UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN MADE ONCE. ONCE A MONTH, MAYBE EVERY TWO OR THREE MONTHS. SOMETIMES WHEN NOW THEY TRYING TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY EXPECT FOR BEFORE. WHILE THAT WE WOULDN'T GET NOTHING DONE. AND I THINK THAT CAN I ASK YOU TO DO THEY INSPECT EVERY APARTMENT, AND THEY DO, AND THEY DON'T SEE THEM UP ALL THEY DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT. NO I GUESS THEY MIGHT DO ABOUT DON'T

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SO WHICH ONE OF YOU FIRST. TELL ME, UM SO WHEN YOU ENTERED THE BUILDING. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INTERCOM SYSTEM. YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU CONTACT IF I WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A FAMILY MEMBER. HOW WOULD I BE ABLE TO GET IN? HOW WOULD ANYBODY BE ABLE TO GET IT IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY? DOES THAT INTERCOM SYSTEM IS WHERE THE INTERCOM SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW. THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PUT SOME OTHER CAKE WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE, AND IT WAS YOU HAD A LANDLINE. NOW THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIX IT WORKED WITH THE CIA FARMS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING THEIR LAND LAST TAKE IT OUT. BUT NOW WE JUST HAVE TO ANYBODY FEDEX ANYBODY? WE HAVE TO HIP. THAT COMPANY DETAIL CARL GOES TO LET US SO WE CAN LET THEM IN THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY FEDEX AND PROBABLY DON'T DO THAT LIKE THAT . I KNOW AMAZON PRIME. DOES THAT CALL YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY GET INTO THE POINT PEOPLE PUTTING PACKAGES OUT ON THE PORCH. FOR PEOPLE TO STEAL. SO HAS HAS ANYBODY BEEN HARMED OR ROBBED, COMING IN THE BUILDING. SURE OF MY CAR HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO TWICE. I HAD MY WINDOW BROKE OUT ONCE MY WHOLE FRONT WINDOW BUT IS A YOUNG LADY THAT LIVES UP ON MY FLOOR? SHE WAS GETTING OUT OF HER CAR. WITH HER GROCERIES, AND THESE LITTLE YOUNG BOYS CAME OVER BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PRIVATE PROPERTY. BUT PEOPLE WHO WALK ON THROUGH WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, TO PUT AROUND AND ANYWAY WE THEY START FIGHTING WITH HER, AND THEY TOOK HER KEY.

AND THEN THEY TOOK A CAR. THEY STOLE HER CAR. BUT YOU GUYS DO HAVE SECURITY. AND WHAT HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED THAT SECURITY IS DOING WHEN THEY WHEN THEY ARE THERE IN THE DAYTIME. THEY'RE NOT THIRD NIGHT WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING, CORRECT. BUT CHARLIE'S WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE SECURITY SO BAKER NEXT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ARE YOU HAVING ISSUES STILL WITH YOU MENTIONED TRASH TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE TRASH. IT IS THE ELEVATOR STILL WORKING OVER THERE? THE ELEVATORS ARE WORKING OVER WITH THE FLU AND ELEVATORS . NASTY AS HECK. OKAY SO CAN YOU JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BREAK INS IN THE PARKING LOT. HOW OFTEN DOES IT OCCUR? AND THEN KIND OF TALK ABOUT? OH THE OTHER WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BETTY. OKAY COME BACK. QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE I UNDERSTAND YOU THE FLOORS FOR THE MOST PART IN YOUR APARTMENTS ARE CARPETED. CORRECT YES. OKAY WHICH GENERALLY IS NOT CONSIDERED SAFE FOR OLDER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S UM TRANSITIONS FROM CARPET TO TILE AND STUFF THAT PRESENTS A TRIPPING HAZARD. HOW OLD IS THE CARPET IN THERE? 22 YEARS. AS LONG AS THE BUILDING BEING BUILT . THAT'S DISGUSTING. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE SAME FOR THE, UH , THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THANKS KITCHEN STOVES RIVER REFRIGERATED ALL THAT'S 22 YEARS. DO YOU HAVE BEDBUGS? NO BUT SOMEBODY DID. OH YEAH, WE WROTE AND ROACHES I HAVE ONLY KNOWN ONE APARTMENT AHEAD. BIG BULLS CAN SPREAD VERY EASILY. YEAH. THANK YOU. OH THE AVERAGE OUT ABOUT SPEAK, SO I'LL LET THEM TALK ABOUT OTHER FACES GOING ON IN PART DUE ABOUT SENIOR BILL. THANK YOU. MA'AM I'LL LET YOU SPEAK AFTER WE GET FINISHED WITH THE LIST OF PEOPLE

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THEY'RE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT SECURITY AT ALL. AND IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN SEE THEIR

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YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT, BUT I WANT TO SEE PROFIT AND LOSS SHEETS. I WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY CAN'T DO WHAT THEY ARE NO SUPPOSED TO DO. THAT WE CAN REQUEST IT. WE HAVE. I THINK WE HAVE THREE MORE SPEAKERS. UH HUH. AND EN AFTER TH WE HAVE SLI SHOW OF THE ARTMTS THAT WE HADS ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. OKAY? SO THE NEXT PERSON, COLEMAN. HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS DENISE COLEMAN AND I LIVE AT 2900. AND THE SENIOR BUILDING. WHICH BUILDING IS STEP THAT'S A SENIOR BUILDING APARTMENT ABOUT 2900. DR WILLIAM G. WEATHER, OKAY? MY LOVELY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. HAS SPOKEN ELOQUENTLY ON EVERYTHING. PLUS, IT'S SO MUCH WE CAN'T GET INTO IT. MY THING IS EVERY TIME WE ASKED OH, HOUSING AUTHORITY. IT'S NOT WHEN IT WOULD THIS HOUSING AUTHORITY, OKAY? WHEN WE NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE OUR MANAGER. AS WE KNOW IT HAS REPLACED THE MANAGER AS WE KNOW IT. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE'RE TALKING AMONGST THEMSELVES. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US ASKING US. WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOU ALL CAN'T CLEAN UP YOUR PROPERTY. WHETHER IT'S WINTER WOULD HOUSING AUTHORITY OR WHAT MY THING IS THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE WERE TOLD THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO CHANGE THE LOCKS. WE HAVE A FACILITY AND THE BUILDING TO WHERE? THEY TAKE IT AND CHANGE THE LOCKS IN THE STYLE IN THE LADIES BATHROOM, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE CHANGED THE LOCKS ON THAT WE HAVE BINGO IN THE AFTERNOONS AND THE EVENING. THAT STARTED SEVEN WE HAVE KINO. WE HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE KEY NOW BECAUSE THEY'VE CHANGED THE LOCKS. WE ARE ADULTS, BUT WE HAVE TO GO. BEFORE THE PERSON LEAVES IN THE OFFICE AT FIVE O'CLOCK. PLUS THEY'VE TAKEN MISS LULU AND ANOTHER RESIDENT THAT WAS WORKING SO WE DON'T HAVE A RESIDENT. WE DON'T HAVE A RECEPTIONIST. SO WE HAVE TO CHECK OUT A KEY. TO GO AND DO WHATEVER WE DO IN THE EVENING.

ALL OF US ARE PAYING RENT, BUT WE HAVE TO CHECK OUT A KEY. I HAD IT LAST NIGHT FOR BURKINA FOR THREE HOURS. NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I HAVE TO GO BACK. AND TURNING THE KEYS. WE HAVEN'T RULES THAT ARE CHANGED THE PLANTS. OH, WE ASKED A QUESTION IS HOUSING AUTHORITY. SO EVERYTHING THEY'VE TOUCHED ON JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. IT'S LIKE WE ARE IN JAIL. LITTLE KINDERGARTENERS NOW. WHO DO WE GO TO? BECAUSE IT KEEPS SAYING HOUSING AUTHORITY. SO WHEN YOU GO TO HOUSING AUTHORITY ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THEM, OKAY IF WE HAVE MANAGEMENT AND IF WHEN IT WAS MANAGEMENT AND AS FAR AS OUR MANAGEMENT, WHO IS I THINK TO APPOINT FULFILLING SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT SHE HAS REPLACED. SO WE ASKED THE QUESTIONS, BUT EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO HOUSING AUTHORITY. BECAE HOUSING AUTHORITIES SAID, WE HAVE TO REMOVE THE PLANT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UM, CAN YOU TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF SOMEONE GETS LOCKED OUT? OH CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF SOMEONE GETS LOCKED DOWN? YEAH WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IS, HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMEONE TO HAVE TO SLEEP IN THE LOBBY? MAYBE BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCKED OUT OF THE ROOM AS A SENIOR. THINGS LIKE THAT WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOCKED BEEN LOCKED OUT. AND

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QUICK QUESTION. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE LOBBIES. I MEAN, IF IT'S SO MUCH YOU WANT BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE SAY THIS, BUT ARE YOU OR ANYBODY CONCERN ABOUT UM WHAT? FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK TO US. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING THIS IS BRAVE, BUT ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT OR HAVE YOU BEEN RETALIATED AGAINST AND ANY SORT OF WAY FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT OR YOU CONCERNED ABOUT BEING RETALIATED FOR BEING VOCAL? I MYSELF KNOW SOME OF THE LADIES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE AND OLDER. OF COURSE, THEY'RE SCARED TO DEATH. THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO COME TO THE MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU HEAR. I'M NOT MYSELF, YOU KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW, MOST OF US THE COUNCIL. WE'RE NOT. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S GOT TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. YOU KNOW IF THIS IS YOUR PROPERTY TAKE CARE OF IT.

WE'RE TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE CAN , BUT YOU KNOW. NO I'M NOT MYSELF. YOU KNOW, I JUST PRAY I PRAY AND TRY TO DO THE BEST I CAN WITH WHAT I HAVE. AND HE HELPED THOSE THAT I CAN HEAR, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS. IT'S A IT'S A BIT DISGUSTING. ITS DISRESPECTFUL. IT'S LIKE DO THIS. STAY RIGHT THERE. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT IT ATTRACTIVE. FIX IT. AT LEAST YOU KNOW, DON'T JUST PUT IT ON THE RUG AND SAY THIS IS GOING TO DO THIS. WE LOOK AT THE CARPET. WE WALK ON THE CARPET. OUR FAMILIES COME IN, AND THEY LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAY, WHERE ARE YOUR PLANS? WHY IS THIS CARPENTER? WHY IS THIS BUILDING GOING DOWN LIKE THIS? YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY BAD. IT'S BAD AND MY THING. AND I'VE SAID IT OUT AT SEVERAL MEETINGS.

IF IT WERE YOUR MOTHER, YOUR GRANDMOTHER, YOUR AUNT, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. WOULD YOU WANT THEM WALKING IN HERE LIKE THIS AND EVER LIKE THIS? AND IT'S JUST SAD, AND IF IT'S YOUR PROPERTY, YOU THINK YOU HAVE MORE PRIDE. AND YOU HAVE STANDARDS LIVING THERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S DISGUSTING. THEY CAN DO BETTER. I KNOW WHOEVER THE MANAGEMENT WE I DON'T KNOW.

PEOPLE ASKED ME. I SAID AT THIS POINT ALL I KNOW WHEN I MOVED IN AND WAS WYNWOOD. IF IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHO I DON'T CARE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW THIS IS WHERE I LIVE, AND I HAVE MORE PRIDE AND WHERE I LIVE. AGAIN THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO TO STEP UP HERE AND SHARE YOUR VOICE AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU.

TERRY MOORE. OKAY, THANKS. IT EXPLODED. I'M SORRY, BUT YOUR LAST STATEMENT IS WHAT HAS ME NOT WANTING TO COMFORT. MY NAME IS TERRY MOORE AND I LIVE IN RIVER PORTS SENIOR . AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO TELL WHO I AM. NO UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE I HAVE PERSONALLY. EXPERIENCED HARASSMENT. UM. COUNCILMAN BAKER WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE. COMING FROM BAPTIST TOWERS. I HAD A RED MOUSE INFESTATION THAT I PUT UP WITH FOR OVER A YEAR. THEY HAVE SEEN THE PICTURES OF HOW I LIVED. WHICH YOU CAN HAVE RATS AND MICE AND LIVE, YOU KNOW, DECENT. BUT THEY WERE FROM MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR WHO LIVED THERE 10 YEARS AND I LIVED THERE 2.5 YEARS. I WAS THE MONITOR OF THE BUILDING. THEY ALLOWED ME TO LIVE THERE. WITH RATS AND MICE IN THE CEILING. AND THEY BARELY MADE IT IN MY HOME. OUR FAMILY HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND I STAYED SIX DAYS. THEY TOLD ME NOT TO GO BACK TO THE HOME BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO CONTINUE

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I'M A TELL YOU WHAT A BLESSING. I AM. I HAVE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. ASTHMA HAD TWO STROKES . THE FIRST DRUG HAD MY MOUTH TO THE SACK COULD NOT USE MY RIGHT SIDE. I HAVE HAD TO BRING ANEURYSM SERVICE. YOU TWO STINTS IN A COIL. I HAVE HAD THYROID CANCER. SO IN IN IN A LIE IS EASY TO VERIFY WITH THE TRUE STANDS ON ITS OWN. SO WHAT I'M SAYING CAN BE VETTED, AND IT HAS BEEN VETTED BY DR BAKER'S OFFICE . I MEAN, COUNCILMAN BAKER'S OFFICE. MY STORY HAS BEEN VETTED . IT HAS BEEN VERY I'M SURE BY WAVE THREE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO ON AIR AND SAY THINGS. SO WITH WINTER WOODS. THEY DID NOT TAKE ACTION UNTIL THE AIR STORE THE AIR. UH, THE STORY AIRED YESTERDAY. AND THIS IS HOW IT WAS APPROACHED. EXCUSE ME. THEY THOUGHT THE FEDS WERE COMING TO SERVE A WARRANT ON ME. THAT'S HOW THAT SOUND. AND I HAVE A I HAVE A DOORBELL. AND IT

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THEY WERE WET, SO THE MODE SETTING ON IT. SO I ASKED HIM FOR AARP. YOUR FIRE. WHEN I ASKED HIM FOR THE AIR PURIFIER, THEY BOUGHT IT. I WAS I HAD END UP GOING TO THE HOSPITAL IN TODAY'S BECAUSE MY RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IS UNDER ATTACK WITH THE MODE. THEY CAME AND GET THAT THEY CALLED ME AT THE HOSPITAL. THEY DIDN'T KNOW I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THAT I NEEDED THE AIR PURIFIED TONY CALLED ME. HE SAID THAT DARREN WANTED TO AIR PRAYER FIVE LORD AND BEHOLD, I GO HOME. HE TOOK THE AIR PURIFIER. SO. FAST FORWARD. THEY BRING IT BACK TODAY. USED. YOUTH FROM ANOTHER APARTMENT. SO MY VOICE IS A LITTLE WEIRD, AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT I ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED WHEN YOU'RE CONTACTING SECTION EIGHT.

I'M SORRY WHEN YOU CONTACTED SECTION EIGHT. YOU'RE BELITTLE, BERATED. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN GET ROUGH PEOPLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT NOT ME. BUT THEN WHEN YOU'RE FRAGILE AND EEL YOUR FIGHT IS FOR LIFE, NOT FOR AN ARGUMENT. NOT TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON SOMETHING THAT'S RIGHTFULLY YOURS. I WORKED HARD SINCE I WAS 16. I COME FROM A WORKING CLASS FAMILY. AND I MM.

DISABLED. YOU DON'T SAY YOU EARNED DISABILITY, BUT I COULDN'T DO IT. SO WHEN I SAY THAT I WORK HARD. I'M A DECENT PERSON FALLIBLE. YES, BUT I'M A DECENT PERSON. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS FAIR. AND THEN TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY. THEY COME BACK TODAY AGAIN. I OPENED THE DOOR THIS TIME. NINE AM I SAID WHO WAS THAT? THAT JUST DID THAT? UH, TONY SAID DARREN. I SAID YOU ARE NOT TO BEAT ON MY DOOR LIKE THAT. I SAID, YOU SOUND LIKE THE POLICE. AND SO HE'S STANDING THERE AGAIN WITH THE STANCE BECAUSE, SEE THEY'RE ANGRY NOW THEY'RE ANGRY BECAUSE THEY REALIZE IT'S ME AND IT'S TAKEN A LOT. I JUST ASKED COUNCILMAN BAKER IF I COULD SPEAK. I WASN'T HERE TO SPEAK. BUT IT'S TAKEN A LOT TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE AGAIN I HAVE TO HOUSE UP SOMEWHERE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO TAKE ME. BUT YES WHAT IT'S WORTH IT. IT'S WORTH IT. AND I'M THIS IS JUST SO UNFAIR AND IT'S SO UNFAIR TO HAVE TO COME IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND SAY WHAT I'M SAYING. AND WITH SECTION EIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I CAN'T DEPART THAT I CAN'T GET BACK IS NOT ONE EMAIL WAS EVER ANSWERED IN OVER A YEAR. BUT AND THEN WHEN I E EMAILED NAIL WHEN I WAS EMAILING BEFORE THEY BLOCKED ME. I HAVE PICTURES OF MY CALL LOG. WHERE I HAVE TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM. THEN FAMILY. THAT'S WHEN I START TOUCHING SUPERVISORS. BUT IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HANDLE THINGS IN HOUSE WITH MANAGEMENT . YOU WANT TO TRY TO GIVE THEM TIME. TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS. BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THE OWNERS MHM. I WAS TALKED TO THE MANAGEMENT. UH, AT BAPTIST TOWERS. SHE HAS

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SPEAK TO ME WITH SOME EXPRESS, AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE CONSTRUCTIVE EVICTION. IT GIVES YOU THAT FEEL. SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANYMORE OF YOUR TIME. BUT THIS TOOK A LOT FOR ME TO COME FORTH BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT. I ASKED FOR MY IDENTITY TO BE HELD. SO I SAT HERE AND SAT HERE AND SAT HERE. I SAID THEY NEED TO HEAR MY VOICE. THEY NEED TO HEAR THE TRUTH. NOT MY TRUTH.

THE TRUTH. AND AGAIN, MY STORY CAN BE VETTED. BUT THIS IS THIS IS JUST THIS IS HARD AND AGAIN.

I'M NOT WELL ENOUGH TO EVEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS. YOU KNOW, AND MY FIGHT IS ON ME. I HAVE A POWER OF ATTORNEY AND I HAVE A PAY ET. BOTH OF THOSE ARE MY SON. WHO LOST HIS DAD. TO THE SAME THING I HAD. ANEURYSMS. HE'S OUR ONLY CHILD. SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT OFF OF MY CHILD. HE DESERVES TO LIVE. PETERS ARE SO I TAKE A LOT OF DEBATE. I SUFFER IN SILENCE. LASTLY I JUST WANT TO TELL THIS MY FIRST APARTMENT WHEN I MOVED HERE. FLOODED BUT SITTING UPSTAIRS WHO CONSTANTLY KICKED THE PIPES LOOSE. KEPT TELLING MANAGEMENT KEPT TELLING MANAGEMENT DID NOTHING AND THIS WAS DOING WITH COVID STARTED. I LOST EVERYTHING, GUYS. EVERYTHING. FROM THE WATER. AND THEY LET THE MOST BECAUSE I HAD TO MOVE BECAUSE SHE WAS THREATENED. SHE THREATENED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME SECTION EIGHT'S NOT DOING EVERYTHING THAT SECTION EIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. EVERYTHING'S NOT.

SECTION EIGHT, ITS MANAGEMENT MOVED TO BAPTIST TOWERS. RATS AND MICE. DOWN HERE. LIGHTNING RARELY STRIKES ONCE. HOW DOES THIS STRIKE THREE TIMES? AND I SAY THIS. LASTLY, CHECK MY GEORGIA THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT. BUT THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M NOT SAYING SECTION EIGHT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT I'M GONNA PREDICAMENT WHERE I NEED IT. SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE AND LIVE FREELY, LIKE RIGHT NOW I'M DEALING WITH MODE ISSUES ALWAYS UP TO SEE THEY PAINTED OVER IT. THEY PAINTED. THEY DIDN'T EVEN I ASKED HIM TO GET I GET APART BECAUSE THEY GET ME A MULTI L A HOTEL JUST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, SO THEY DID IT. NO. AND THEN LASTLY, MY MANAGER SAID, THEY FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T NEED TO MOVE US TO WHO WAS THEY? KEVIN AND DARREN. AND THEN KEVIN HAS THE AUDACITY TO KEEP BELITTLING HIM BY WRITING ME AND YOU KNOW SO FAMILY. I STOPPED TALKING PERIOD. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND THE LITTLE ROUTINE ASSOCIATION THIS IS HOW FEARFUL I WAS. I CONTACTED THEM IN NOVEMBER. THE LORD LIEUTENANT ASSOCIATION ASKED ME TO COME FORWARD AND I WAS STILL WANNA TALK. I SAID NO. I WAS SCARED. SO I JUST, UM THAT WAS IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST JUST SAY WHAT I HAD TO SAY. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I OFFENDED ANYONE.

I AM VERY, VERY SORRY. BUT IT'S JUST IT'S JUST IT'S OKAY. THIS. THREE WE HAVE WE HAVE THAT MUCH MORE TIME. WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AT 3 30. AND I WANTED TO GET SECTION EIGHT UP HERE AND LET THEM ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. HUH O'CLOCK? OKAY IT WILL HAVE TIME. WE HAVE ANOTHER HOUR. WE HAD SECTION EIGHT UP HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THEM. BECAUSE IF WE KEEP SITTING HERE TALKING PAST QUESTION. THANKS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ALL THIS STUFF THAT WE NEED TO GET FROM SEXUALLY. SO I BOLIVIA HAS A PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT HIS SHOW SAW THE APARTMENT AND SOME OF THE THANKS GOOD. ATTENDANCE OF GOING THROUGH AND WE NEED TO SHOW THAT SO THAT SECTION EIGHT LOGO. WHAT 11 WEEKS. THERE. IT'S MODE ON. I'M NOT SURE WHOSE APARTMENT IDIOTS PROBABLY TELL US WHICH WHICH PITCHER THOSE ARE FROM BRISTOL BLUFF IN J TOWN THAT WINTER WOULD MANAGE IT. OKAY? THE NEXT ONE. THE W. AND IT'S HAS MOMENT ALL OVER THE KIDS

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DID YOU HELP THE ONE WITH THE GARBAGE POUND UP ON THERE? PICTURE WITH A GARBAGE POWDER.

RUNNING OVER. AND I DO APOLOGIZE . THAT'S NOT IN DISTRICT THAT'S INDRA COREY, AUTHORS DISTRICT.

YEAH. LOST THE PICTURE. THAT WAS THE MAIN ONE THAT HAD THE GARBAGE PILED UP REAL HOT AND COUNCILWOMAN THAT THE GARBAGE UM , THAT WAS POWERED UP. THAT WAS THE GARBAGE FROM RIVER PORTS LANDING. THAT WAS THAT GARBAGE. THE PHOTO THAT WAS TAKEN ALSO, IT WAS A PICTURE THAT WAS NOT IN THERE. AND THAT WAS THE BARS THAT WERE CUT OPEN TRAVELING THROUGH HOMEOWNERS. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO WE HAVE THIS OLD CYCLE HERE WITH HOUSING AUTHORITY IN CAN YOU COME TO POLIO? ADDRESS

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BESIDES THE INITIAL INSPECTIONS , THEY ARE ALSO INSPECTED ANNUALLY AT LEAST ONCE. AND ALSO IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT INSPECTION, THE TENANT AT ANY TIME CAN CALL IN A PLANE COMPLAINT INSPECTION WILL SEND AN INSPECTOR BACK OUT THERE TO DO THAT INSPECTION. WE NOTIFY THE INSPECTOR, THE INSPECTOR RIGHT? THE CODES AND REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT NOTIFIES BOTH THE LANDLORD AND THE TENANT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ENTIRE LIST OF ALL DEFICIENCIES FOUND IN THE UNIT. SO AT THAT TIME, THE TENANTS SAYS, HEY, THE INSPECTOR , MR X, Y AND Z. WELL WE WANT TO KNOW AND SO BECAUSE IF INSPECTOR MISSED SOMETHING WE WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET ANOTHER INSPECTOR IN THERE TO CONFIRM WHAT THE TENANT IS SAYING. HOW MANY INSPECTORS TO GUESS THAT GOES TO ROBERT? THE ANSWER IS 13 12 12. 11,000 APARTMENT 12 INSPECTORS THAT ARE FULL TIME ASSIGNED TO OUR CONTRACT FOR THE 11,000 UNITS, A LOT OF MINUTES UNIT WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY HADN'T

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WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU PUT THIS COUNCIL THANK YOU VERY MUCH PUT SOURCE OF INCOME NONDISCRIMINATION INTO THE LAW. AND SO IF THE LANDLORD IS DISCRIMINATING, BASED ON SECTION EIGHT, THEN THEY CAN BE IN TROUBLE WITH WITH YOU ALL. SO I THINK THEY CAN RENT ANYWHERE IN LOUISVILLE METRO THAT THE RENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PAY. OKAY SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OFF RIGHT NOW WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK AND DO A LOT OF INVESTIGATE.

INVESTIGATING OR FOLLOW UP WITH CODES. IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT BY THE PHOTOS THAT WE SAW THAT THE APARTMENT IN BRISTOL BLUFF HAS MOLD. I BELIEVE WAVE THREE. I HAD A VIDEO LAST NIGHT IF YOU WATCHED IT ABOUT THE ABOUT BEING MOLD RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW WATER STILL THERE? UM I THINK THAT SECTION EIGHT AND I HAVE HER NAME WRITTEN DOWN IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THESE NOTES TO ROBINSON RATHER SORRY. THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING NUMBER DEVELOPMENT WOULD LIKE US NOT TO PUBLICIZE THE NAMES OF SECTION EIGHT TENANTS. I'D LOVE TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. I CAN GIVE YOU ALL THREE NAMES. THEY'VE ALREADY WENT ON WAVE THREE LAST NIGHT. SO I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. THEY ALSO WANTED TO BE NOT SHOWN ON CAMERA UNWAVERING, SO IT'S OKAY. IT'S CLEAR THE THREE THAT ARE SO I'M ASKING YOU TO BE PROACTIVE. I WILL. AS SOON AS YOU GIVE ME THOSE NAMES. THESE THREE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. THE THIRD PROPERTIES ARE LOOKED AT AND MOVED, UM BELIEVE TERRY MOORE, WHO STOOD IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM , UM SHE HAS CONTACTED HOUSING AUTHORITY AND NOT ABLE TO MOVE I DON'T THINK AT THIS POINT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT ON MANAGEMENT OR THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES TO MOVE. UM I WOULD HOPE THAT HAS AN AUTHORITY WOULD TAKE ACTION AND GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THESE TENANTS. OF ALL THESE CONCERNS. UM IT'S EVIDENT THAT IT'S HAPPENING. YEAH INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PIPELINE, HAVE CODES COME BACK OUT AND INSPECT JUST RELIEVED THEM OF THE HEARTACHE AND THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING. IT'S RIGHT THERE. ALL THREE OF THOSE, SO I WOULD ASK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW SOON AS YOU LEAVE, I CAN SEND YOU AN EMAIL WITH THOSE THREE NAMES. THOSE THREE AND I THINK THAT'S THE START. MY NEXT QUESTION. I HAVE , UM IS DO YOU PRIORITIZE, UM, HOMELESS PEOPLE OR OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAITING LIST SO WE HAVE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND FOR THE VOUCHER PROGRAM OR OKAY, THANKS.

SO WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED AN ADMISSIONS AND CONTINUING OCCUPANCY PLANETS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT GOVERNS THE PUBLIC HOUSING RULES. IT'S A PUBLIC DOCUMENT. AND IT HAS INFORMATION THERE ABOUT THE WAITING LIST MANAGEMENT. AND IT DOES GO THROUGH VERY DETAILED HOW AND WHEN APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED IN A SIMILAR WAY, BUT A DIFFERENT NAME, ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN THAT'S FOR THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND A PUBLIC DOCUMENT. IT ALSO GOES THROUGH THE ADMISSIONS AND OCCUPANCY RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE HUD REGULATIONS. OKAY UM, SO LAST YEAR, UM DID YOU TELL COUNCILWOMAN CASSIE CHAMBERS THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEND THE NIGHT FOR SEVERAL DAYS AT THE PROPERTY THAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED FOR POOR MAINTENANCE ISSUES? AND DID YOU SPEND THE NIGHT I DID SAY I WAS WILLING TO AND NO, I DID NOT. AND WHY NOT? DID, UH, OKAY, SO. THERE ARE NO I WOULD. BUT THERE ARE PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS THERE. AND UH, ONLY CALL INCOME QUALIFIED FAMILIES CAN LIVE THERE IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING ROOM MINT IN UNITS IN THE TAX CREDIT UNITS ONLY QUALIFIED PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS COULD LIVE THERE SO I COULD ONLY STAYED IN WHAT'S CONSIDERED OUR MARKET UNIT AND THERE WERE NOT ANY AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. OKAY UM, TELL ME

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SO JUST FOR PRIVACY REASONS, JUST A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, THEN I'LL BE DONE. COUNCILWOMAN, HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY? YOUR POSITION. I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER THE BACKGROUND CHECK QUESTION IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. SO I'M VERY PROUD THAT IN IN MY TENURE AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH HAS BEEN 21 YEARS UM, IN IN WHEN I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM. WE, ACTUALLY, UM UH BECAUSE OF FAIR HOUSING CONCERNS. THAT SO MANY, UM LOW INCOME PEOPLE, SO MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR HAD DISCRIMINATE THAT HAD BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. UH HUH. AND SO WE LOOKED AT OUR RULES ON THOSE PROGRAMS, AND HUD SAYS YOU HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND THEY SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THESE OTHER THINGS. BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IF YOU HAVE A GOOD REASON TO, AND SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AND FOR THE VOUCHER PROGRAM, WE ELIMINATED BACKGROUND CHECKS. EXCEPT FOR WHAT? HUD ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY MAKES US CHECK. WHICH IS LIFETIME SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION, WHICH IS ALL 50 STATE CHECK. UM AND BEING I ALWAYS GET THIS WRONG BEING CONVICTED OF COOKING METH OR OTHER IN PUBLIC OR OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING. UM AND THERE'S NO NATIONAL DATABASE TO TRACK THAT. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LET TENANTS SELF CERTIFIED. UM SO, SO THAT'S ON THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. FAST FORWARD AND WE LET THE LANDLORDS ON THAT PROGRAM. THOSE ARE THOSE 2700 LANDLORDS FOR 11,000 PROPERTIES. WE LET THEM DECIDE WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND CHECKS WERE GOING TO BE THE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE LANDLORD TENANT RELATIONSHIP THERE. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO STEP IN AND DO THAT. LET ME ASK THIS REAL QUICK. IF THEY SAVE CERTIFIED YOU WANT TO GET EVERYTHING IN THERE? JUST LIKE THAT APARTMENT ON BISHOP RAIN. THEY CALLED FIRE. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE APARTMENT NEXT TO IT. SIX APARTMENTS BURNED UP.

AND THEN AFTER THEY BURNED UP HIM WATER EVERYWHERE. AND THAT'S WHAT SEXUALLY. I MEAN HOUSING AUTHORITY. WHAT'S THE MIST? I'M SORRY WITH THE MASK. I DON'T MISS THE ADDRESS. BISHOP BLADE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE BURNT COOKING METH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NO BURN UP. THIS IS WHAT I HEARD. THIS IS THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY. YES THE ARSON INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL LOOKING INTO THAT FIRE. NO CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN DRAWN. BUT IF THAT IS THE INSTANCE THAN THEN WE'LL TAKE ACTION. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU SAYING I'M SAYING THAT IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY, AND

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BECAUSE THE OF COURSE THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WORKED. OUR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WORKED.

UM AND THREE SPRINKLERS WENT OFF AND IT DID DAMAGE BOTH ELEVATORS AND THERE WAS STANDING WATER IN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. BUT AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE ELEVATORS IS NOW UP AND WORKING. WITHIN THE WEEK.

ALRIGHT SO BACKGROUND CHECKS THERE. I'LL JUST BE QUICK ON HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS WHERE WE ARE THE LANDLORD. ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S 3700 UNITS THAT, UH, TOTAL PUBLIC HOUSING ABOUT 2700 OF THOSE. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MANAGES OURSELVES AND ABOUT 1000 ARE PRIVATELY MANAGED THE EXAMPLE THAT WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS THE WEATHER IS BUILDING THE SENIOR BUILDING AT PARK DEVOL, WHICH IS PRIVATELY MANAGED. UM AND SO WE ALSO ELIMINATED BACKGROUND CHECKS IN PUBLIC HOUSING, EXCEPT FOR WHAT? HUD ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY MAKES US CHECK. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO, UM , THAT IT WAS THE ONLY RIGHT AND FAIR THING TO DO BECAUSE OF FAIR HOUSING. TELL ME YOU CAN FINISH IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM. SO YOU SAID YOU. YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS SAME POSITION FOR 21 YEARS HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR 21 YEARS I'VE BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S, UH, AS AN INTERIM POSITION IN APRIL OF 2018 AND THEN FULL TIME IN NOVEMBER OF 2018. OKAY SO FROM OUR MEETING, DID YOU EVER FIND OUT IF IT WAS HAVING AUTHORITY RULES OF COLD RULE? OR A WINNER WOULD RULE ABOUT THAT SENIOR BUILDING BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE FLOWERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT FOR THEM TODAY? ABSOLUTELY I AM NOT ABLE TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU TODAY. SO UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE DON'T HAVE IT IN WRITING YET, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY SUPERVISOR IS THAT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PLANTS. UM, THESE. THESE ARE NOT JUST FLOWERS THE YOU HAVE THE YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES. THEY WERE FULL SIZE PLANTS OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR DOORS. OF NOT EVERY RESIDENT, BUT MANY RESIDENTS. UM AND I THOUGHT IT LOOKED GREAT, TOO. I LOOKED VERY ATTRACTIVE. THE CONCERN AGAIN.

NOT IN WRITING, BUT EXPRESSED VERBALLY. IS THAT IF WE DID HAVE A FIRE SITUATION AND THAT SENIORS WERE HAVING TO EVACUATE OUT OF THE BUILDING THAT THE NATURAL THING TO DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IF IT'S DARK, AND THE GENERATOR LIGHTS ARE THE ONES ON THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE THE WALLS. TO WALK DOWN THE HALLWAY. WAS IT A COLD VIOLATION AND SO WALKING, IT WAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE THAT SAID , THIS IS NOT AN OKAY THING.

THEY PUT THAT IN WRITING, SAYING THEY HAVE VERBALLY GIVEN TO US. WE WILL GET IT IN WRITING. SO FOR NOW, THEY CAN DO IT UNTIL YOU CAN HAVE IT IN WRITING. NO OKAY, SO IS IT. DID THEY GIVE YOU SOMETHING IN WRITING SAYING THAT THESE TENANTS COULD NOT HAVE THEM OR IS THAT COMING FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY OR WINTER WOULD YES. SO THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY REACHED OUT TO THE DIRECT NOT TO MYSELF, BUT TO ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES AND ASKED ABOUT IT AND SAID THERE WERE CONCERNS UM AND SO FOR THE SAFETY REASONS, BUT THEN ALSO FOR WITNESS REASONS, BECAUSE THESE ARE LIVE PLANTS. THEY ARE BEING WATERED. AND SO THERE ARE, UM UH, WATER COMING OUT OF THE OF THE BASIS AND THINGS RESPECTFULLY. UM MR SPEAKER. THANK YOU GOING AROUND. MY QUESTION IS EITHER WHEN OR WOOD OR HAVING AUTHORITY, WHICH ONE ARE SAYING THE TENANTS AND WILLIAM WEATHERS CAN OR CANNOT HAVE PLANT YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN WRITING. CAN THEY HAVE PLANS OR CAN'T THEY HAVE THEM UNTIL YOU GET IT IN WRITING? I JUST NEED TO OKAY, I'LL TRY IT. TRY AGAIN , PLEASE, TO BE MORE DESCRIPTIVE , PLEASE. SO WHEN THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY REACHED OUT TO THE HEAD, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM SAYING WE HAVE THIS CONCERN FIRE

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AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SAID YES. FOR THOSE REASONS YOU'VE GIVEN ITS UNDERSTOOD, AND SO THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY CHECKED WITH L M H A AND L M H A SAID YES, YOU GAVE BASED ON THOSE REASONS YOU YOU CAN GIVE NOTICE TO THE TENANTS TO GET THOSE PLANTS MOVED SO WINNER WOULD HAS A CONCERN. WHICH IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER. UM THAT YOU GUYS HIRED TO FACILITATE AND MANAGE THIS PROPERTY. AND YOU MEAN TO TELL ME OUT OF ALL THESE CONCERNS THAT THEY GET THE PLANTS AND THE BIGGEST ONE THAT THEY WANT TO STOP AND NOT GETTING COMBAT IN ORDER TO CLEAN THEIR CARPET AND KEEP THIS FACILITY SAFE. THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. THE PLANT IS THE LEAST OF THEIR WORRIES. WITH WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. I DON'T THINK OF FIRE SAFETY HAZARD IS SOMETHING TO JOKE ABOUT. I DON'T THINK IT IS EITHER, BUT IT'S BEEN THERE ALL THAT WE CAN AGREE. YEAH WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE DEFINITELY ON THAT. BUT MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM SO DO YOU HAVE DATA KURT TRUCKS AND WHAT ARE THEIR BEING USED FOR? DO I HAVE? WHAT? THERE TO CARE. DON'T YOU HAVE THOSE TRUCKS AND WHAT ARE THEY BEING USED FOR? SO DARE TO CARE. SO WE, UH WE HAVE A SORRY I'M NOT AS VERSED IN THIS AS I PROBABLY SHOULD BE. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR DAYCARE, WHERE THEY BRING COMMODITIES TO DIFFERENT SITES. OKAY, SO WHAT ARE THEY BEING USED FOR PRESENT? AND I GUESS I'M NOT FOLLOWING ARE THEY BEING USED TO DO WHAT YOU GET THEM FOR OUR THEY BEING USED TO TRANSPORT AND DELIVER FOOD OR WHAT ARE THEY BEING USED FOR RIGHT NOW? YEAH I'M GONNA HAVE TO. I'M NOT SURE THE INFORMATION YOU'RE SEEKING, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. OKAY I NEED YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR YOUR TRUCKS THAT YOU HAVE. MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW MANY PROPERTY MANAGERS DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? UM GOING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ? WE HAVE EIGHT. OKAY, YOU GET A PROPERTY MANAGERS OVER, UM ALL THE STUFF THAT HAS AN AUTHORITY. OWNED CORRECT. AGAIN I'D I'D LOVE TO GET YOU REAL NUMBERS INSTEAD OF GUESSING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM WORK FROM HOME? YEAH SO THEIR SUPERVISORS MAINTAIN THAT SCHEDULE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM A CONVERSATION I HAD TODAY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IS THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT WORKING REMOTELY. FOR THAT TEAM. OKAY SO YOU GET A PROPERTY MANAGERS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WORK FROM HOME OR IF THEY'RE IN PERSON AGAIN, I JUST SAID MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TODAY IS THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT WORKING REMOTELY.

THAT WAS IT HAPPENED TO BE A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HER TODAY, SO I'M THAT'S ITS CURRENT INFORMATION AS I HAVE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY ELSE RIGHT NOW. MY CONCERN IS WHY DON'T WE JUST GET RID OF WHEN A WOULD EVERYBODY HERE HAD HERE TO COMPLAIN A BIT ABOUT HIM WITHOUT PICTURES. THEY'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. SO MY SO AGAIN, THE 11,000 UNITS THAT AROUND THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM HAVE UP TO 2700 DIFFERENT OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES. AND SO THOSE OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES GET TO MAKE THEIR OWN BUSINESS DECISIONS ON WHO THEY HIRE AS A PROPERTY MANAGER THING IS THEY WORKING UNDER GOD. THEY'RE WORKING UNDER GOVERNMENT, SO IF THEY'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY HERE AGREED THAT EVERY FIRST WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH WINTER. THAT'S ONE THAT WE NEED TO GET RID OF. WE NEED TO GET RID OF THAT GOING ON AND GET SOMEBODY ELSE AND AGAIN. I CAN'T MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION FOR THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WHO MAKES THE DECISION. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, OKAY, AND I SHOULD BE QUICK TO SAY FOR THE WEATHER'S BUILDING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS 59 UNITS. UM AND THAT IS A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE. AND I ABSOLUTELY I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP. ON THE SPECIFICS. NOT EVERYONE THAT SPOKE HERE TODAY WAS WAS FROM THE WEATHER'S BUILDING. I BELIEVE THERE ARE THREE MAYBE FOUR SPEAKERS. UM AND I ABSOLUTELY HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO THE SITE. ONCE LAST WEEK , I WILL AGAIN FOLLOWING UP ON THESE MORE SPECIFICS THAT WERE BROUGHT HERE TONIGHT. UP HERE. I'M SORRY, FRANKLIN. CAN I ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE? HI, LISA. I'M REALLY SORRY. I'M NOT THERE BECAUSE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN AND HAVE A LOT OF BACKGROUND. AND SO I WISH I WAS IN ATTENDANCE. AND

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SO THE BASIC DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE 2700 AND THE THOUSANDS ARE UNITS THAT ARE IN OUR HOPE. SIX DEVELOPMENTS. UM UH, WHETHER THAT WAS IS AT PARK DEVOL WHETHER LIBERTY GREEN. UH, THOSE ARE MANAGED MY PRIVATE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, TYPICALLY ALSO ANY OF THE UNITS THAT WE HAVE IN TAX CREDIT PARTNERSHIPS OR MIXED INCOME SITES. UM THOSE HAVE VERY, UH, SPECIFIC REGULATORY, BOTH HUD U. S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE I R S REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED. UM AND SO TYPICALLY, THAT'S EXPERTISE THAT IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE THROUGH A PRIVATE MANAGEMENT COMPANY. THAT'S TRUE FOR HOPE. SIX PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE TAX CREDIT PROJECT. YES BUT IN IN JANUARY, WE HAD THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY. UH, AT SHEPHERD SQUARE. WE HAD A TRANSITION FROM A PRIVATE MARKET PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT IN HOUSE FOR SEVEN MONTHS. AND JUST BACK TO MY INITIAL QUESTION. FROM A COMPARISON STANDPOINT. DO YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE? OR DO YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF THE PROPERTY IS MANAGED IN HOUSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON SOME OF THESE ARE VERY COMPLEX, AND THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO DO YOU FEEL JUST AS COMFORTABLE WITH THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT GENERALLY, THEN YOU AS YOU DO WITH IN HOUSE MANAGEMENT. YEAH I THINK GENERALLY. YES I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE. YOU KNOW, IT'S 3700 UNITS, SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNS THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED FROM TIME TO TIME. UM IN FACT, ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. IT'S A IT'S A VERY, UM RESPONSE. UH, RESPONSE PROGRAM. I MEAN, LET ME MAKE A SUGGESTION HERE. UM I THINK THERE IS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING GENERALLY ABOUT HOW THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM WORKS. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE AS A COMMITTEE SAT DOWN HAD SOMEBODY WHETHER IT'S YOU LEASE OR SOMEONE ELSE COME IN, AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW THAT PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED AND WHAT THE METRO HAS WHAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CONTROLS AND WHAT WE DON'T CONTROL. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE SAT DOWN AS A GROUP AND HAD THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I GET THE FEELING FROM THIS CONVERSATION THAT THERE, UM THAT SOME CLARITY CAN BE PROVIDED THERE THAT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. SO CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. IF WE COULD DO THAT, UM, I THINK IT MAKES SOME SENSE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. DON'T I HAVE THREE MORE PEOPLE IN THE KIDS. UH, COREY ARTHUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH HAVE A QUICK COMMENT AND THEN THREE QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR. SO WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT, NOT EVERY PROPERTY THAT WE'RE HEARING CONCERNS ABOUT TODAY IS MANAGED OR OWNED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. I DO WANT TO ECHO THAT SO MANY OF THESE CONCERNS ARE SHARED BY RESIDENTS WHO DO LIVE IN HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES AND ARE MANAGED BY THE LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND I ALSO REALLY WANT TO AMPLIFY THE FACT. THAT THE U. S OFFICE OF DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION LABELS EVERYTHING WE JUST HEARD TODAY AS A PHRASE CALLED HOUSING INSTABILITY. WHICH LEADS TO POORER HEALTH FOR OUR KIDS. IT LEADS TO THE DOUBLING OF SUICIDE RATES AND 9 TO 10 TIMES WORSE MORTALITY RATES IN GENERAL WITH DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS FOR BLACK AMERICANS. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US. TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT QUALITY HOUSING IS ESSENTIAL TO QUALITY LIVING. NOW FOR THE QUESTIONS. THE DIRECTOR. DID YOU JUST APPROVE YOUR FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR? UM I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT THE RESOLUTIONS WHICH ARE ALL ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT WAS BEFORE JUNE. I THINK IT WAS MARCH OR APRIL, BUT BUT IT'S NOT

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THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER YES, WE DO HAVE BOTH AN OPERATING BUDGET AS WELL AS A CAPITAL BUDGET. UM THE OPERATING BUDGET IS ROUGHLY INTO THREE SILOS. IF YOU WILL. WE RUN THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER BUDGET THROUGH ONE SILO. WE RUN THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM THROUGH ANOTHER SILO. AND THEN, UM THE CENTRAL OFFICE COST CENTER, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE CENTRAL OFFICE. THERE'S A THIRD SILO AND ALL OF THOSE ARE DELINEATED WITHIN AND BROUGHT TOGETHER INTO ONE OPER OPERATIONS BUDGET. UM. THAT WAS THAT EXPLANATION CLEAR AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND I CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A LINK TO THAT. OKAY. I THINK I GOT THE THUMBS UP. SO THE OTHER IS A CAPITAL BUDGET. IT IS A FIVE YEAR BUDGET. UM AND AGAIN WE GET 100% ARE FUNDING FROM THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE AGING , UM, STRUCTURES THAT ARE IN OUR PORTFOLIO. IT'S NOT ENOUGH ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, THE U. S. CONGRESS AND ADMIT VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC HOUSING FOR DECADES. IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED, AND SO THEY OFTEN FUND US AT WHAT'S CALLED A PRO RATED AMOUNT. THEY KNOW WE NEED 100% OF SOMETHING, BUT THEY PRO RATED BASED ON CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS, AND THAT'S WHETHER THAT'S CAPITAL. WHETHER THAT'S OPERATIONS OR WELL WHETHER THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE UH AND SO ALL OF THOSE BUDGETS ARE BASED ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATION OR A, UM, EXPENDITURES AND THEY OFTEN PRORATE THOSE AMOUNTS. SO IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THAT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, IS CONSTANTLY GETTING TOGETHER AND DETERMINING WHAT PROGRAMS ARE ON THIS FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAM. BUDGET. UM AND WE TRY TO GET TWO THINGS. UM AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

BUT WE'RE OFTEN DEALING WITH EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT SOMEHOW MOVE UP ON THE LIST, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THEIR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS UH SOMETHING EVEN BECOMES MORE URGENT. AND SO IT NEEDS TO MOVE UP ON THAT LIST. UH AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT DRIVES DOWN ON THE LIST. OTHER OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE DOING BUT ARE UNABLE TWO BASED ON THE FUNDING. WHEN YOU SEND THAT BUDGET, I WOULD LOVE IF YOU CAN ALSO GIVE US INSIGHT INTO THE NEED. I KNOW YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PHYSICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR A WHILE NOW, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU GET. BUT ALSO WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED SO WE CAN FIGHT ALONG WITH YOU WITH CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS AND MY LAST QUESTION DURING YOUR BUDGET PROCESS. HOW ARE RESIDENTS ENGAGED TO SET PRIORITIES? SURE SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS . UM UH, FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN FOR THE ADMISSIONS AND CONTINUING OCCUPANCY PLAN. UM ARE CERTAINLY WITH THE PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO ATTEND OUR BOARD MEETINGS, INVITED TO GIVE COMMENT THERE THEY ARE ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS. UM, SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT WELL COUNCILMAN DANCING THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM SOUNDS LIKE ARE FINE. PEOPLE ARE VICTIMS OF SLUMLORDS. FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING, AND, UM HOW WE WORK ON THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF SUBSIDIES. AND THESE SUBSIDIES ARE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES UNDERSTAND? WHAT'S THE OVERSIGHT? WITH THESE WITH THESE GROUPS WITH THESE APARTMENTS AND WHO'S FALLING SHORT. IF THESE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO WALK ON CARPET THAT'S 20 YEARS OLD. YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE THESE SO

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UM UH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND SEE IF, UM THERE'S A 20 YEAR REQUIREMENT ON THAT OR EVEN A 15 YEAR OR 10 YEARS, SEVEN YEAR. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A TIME REQUIREMENT BUILT INTO THE CODE. UM I DO WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN OWEN SAID. I THINK WE DO NEED MORE INSIGHT ON SECTION EIGHT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THAT TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR OF APOLLO MCRANEY.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN. I WANT TO FIRST START OFF BY SAYING THAT ON THIS PAST SATURDAY SEVERAL. METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS TOURED. SOME FACILITIES , SOME PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND HAS INVESTED IN. BUT I WANT TO BE VERY, VERY, VERY CLEAR. THAT WE STOPPED AT AND TOURED ON THE OUTSIDE OR STOOD ON THE OUTSIDE AND LOOKED AT THE RIVER PORTS. DEVELOPMENT. BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING TODAY . I DIDN'T HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING ON SATURDAY, BUT I HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING TODAY THAT REPORT IS NOT ONE OF THE INVESTMENT PROPERTIES OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, SO I WANTED TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR BECAUSE EVIDENTLY I WAS NOT CLEAR ON SATURDAY. WHEN WE TOURED IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A PART OF THEIR INVESTMENT, AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE TOURING IT. BUT IT HAS SUCH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST IT. I WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE SEPARATE THOSE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS THAT EVIDENTLY ARE THERE WITH THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND HAS MADE THAT BEING SAID. I AM TOTAL IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH BOTH MY COLLEAGUE AND, UH, COUNCILMAN AND DREW ON, AND COUNCILMAN COREY ARTHUR. WE CAN NO LONGER SIT IDLY BOMBING. AND WATCH RESIDENTS, OUR CITIZENS, OUR CONSTITUENTS. BE SUBJECTED TO THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT. IF THERE'S JUST ONE COMPLAINT, WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF ONE COMPLAINT IMMEDIATELY, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING TODAY ARE GOING ON UNNOTICED. FOUR NOTICED BUT AREN'T TAKEN CARE OF THAT IS ON ACCEPTABLE. I WANT TO ASK MISS SOME SINKER. PLEASE GIVE ME AN UPDATE. BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE HAD YOU TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. WE ASKED ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES WITH LOUISVILLE, METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT. AND YOU EXPLAIN THE SEPARATION. BUT YOU ALSO STATED THAT YOU WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO SEE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN HELPING YOU GET SOME OF THESE. HOUSING PROJECTS. IN COLD OR LIVABLE CONDITIONS. COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO WHY THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED? BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO ARE STILL HAPPENING OR WORSENING. THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL

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IT'S A VERY IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE PUBLIC HOUSING PORTFOLIO AGAIN. NOT THE NOT THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER UNITS AT ALL BUT OUR PUBLIC HOUSING. LARGELY OUR PUBLIC HOUSING PORTFOLIO. UM THE CONSULTANT HAS DRAFTED UM, THAT INFORMATION SO IT IS IN DRAFT FORM. AND OUR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WHO WAS LEADING THAT EFFORT. UM WE HAD A RESIGNATION IN OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POSITION AND BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THAT GETTING THE BILLS PAID EVERY DAY WAS A MORE IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR US. HE HE WAS WILLING TO MOVE INTO THAT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POSITION AND SO HE'S BEEN BASICALLY DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOUSE FOR MANY MONTHS. WE HAVE. ACTIVELY SOUGHT TO GET A REPLACEMENT DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. IT'S A VERY TECHNICAL POSITION IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOT ONLY ABOUT LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY BUT ABOUT NOT ONLY HUD REGULATIONS, BOTH PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THE HOOD RULES AROUND DISPOSITION. YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOOD RULES AROUND, UM REPOSITIONING THE DIFFERENT FINANCING. UM UH, AVENUES THAT YOU HAVE, UH, TO DO THESE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING AND THAT WE WANT TO DO. WE WERE ALREADY DOING THE PHYSICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. BEFORE I CAME, IT WAS IN PROGRESS. SO IT DIDN'T. IT WASN'T AS AN OUTCOME OF COMING HERE TO SPEAK NUNS MONTHS AGO. UM, SO JUST THIS WEEK, WE HAVE NOW HIRED A DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. IT IS SOMEONE THAT IS KNOWN IT WAS AN INTERNAL TRANSFER AND INTERNAL PROMOTION. UH AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT INITIATIVE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD SHORTLY. HEY MADAM CHAIR WOMAN, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID, AND IT'S ALL POLITICALLY WELL SAID, BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.

IT. YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR 21 YEARS. IS THAT WHAT YOU STATED 21 YEARS BUT IN THE POSITION THAT I'M IN ONLY SINCE APRIL OF 2018 OKAY, SO OKAY, LET'S JUST TAKE SINCE 2018. YOU SAID THAT I NEED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS GOING ON BEFORE YOU EVEN STARTED. AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT SORRY. NINE MONTHS. NO I IF THAT'S WHAT YOU HEARD, THEN I MUST HAVE MISSPOKE. I WAS SAYING NINE MONTHS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE, WE HAD ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A PHYSICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT DONE. SO THAT WAS IN 2022. OKAY. WELL, LET'S TAKE 2022, OKAY? IT SHOULD NOT TAKE.

OVER A YEAR OR NINE MONTHS, EITHER. TO ASSESS THE FAMILY. THERE ARE THOSE MANY COMPLAINTS IF YOU SEE ONE MOLE IN AN APARTMENT. IF YOU SEE A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE, WHATEVER THE PROBLEMS WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON CASTLE. ABOUT THE LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE SHOULDN'T WAIT ON A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO TELL US THAT WE NEED TO GO IN AND FIX THOSE THINGS. BECAUSE AS YOU ARE AWARE, THOSE ARE HEALTH HAZARD AND LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE ARE WE HAVE NOT BEEN WAITING FOR THAT PHYSICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THE PHYSICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS ABOUT WHAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS WOULD WE NEED FROM METRO COUNCIL FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FROM HOOD FROM OTHER SOURCES? WHAT ARE THOSE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS WE WOULD NEED TO REPOSITION OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK? THE PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK FOR THE LONG TERM? WE DID NOT STOP DOING INSPECTIONS. WE DID NOT STOP DOING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. ON ON UNITS WHEN WE WHEN WE HEAR OF COMPLAINTS THOSE TWO THINGS ARE RELATED, BUT NOT THE SAME. YES OKAY. GREAT. HOWEVER. I THINK WE JUST WANT TO FIND OUT. WHY ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS BEING LODGED AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY? IF YOU ARE AS ADAMANT ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND DOING WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY, THEN WE SHOULD NOT ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THESE DASTARDLY HEALTH HAZARDS,

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I CAN SPEAK FOR PAULA MCRANEY. I'M NOT TRYING TO POINT A FINGER . I AM NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANYBODY LOOK BAD. I AM TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHY CERTAIN INCOME LEVEL RESIDENTS MUST BE TREATED WITH DISRESPECT AND LIVE IN SUCH POOR CONDITIONS. THAT'S ALL WE WANT TO GET TO TODAY.

THAT IS ALL I AM CONCERNED ABOUT . I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF WHO NEEDS TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO WHAT AND HOW MUCH WE NEED AND WHO'S GOING TO DO IT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT CITIZENS HUMAN BEINGS ARE BEING RESPECTED. AND THAT THEY CAN LIVE. WITH SOME TYPE OF INTEGRITY AND DECENCY. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT OUT OF LIFE , AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS IN THIS LIFE. AND SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT ASSESSMENTS, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING THERE FOR 21 YEARS, AND WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU DONE THIS OR THAT? ALL WE WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT ARE THE ISSUES BEING TAKEN CARE OF? NOBODY SHOULD LIVE LIKE WHAT I HAVE HEARD TODAY AND BEING OUT CONCLUDE WITH THIS AND ASK YOU WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO US ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND TRYING TO TRY OR SOMEONE AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH MORE MONEY YOU'LL NEED AND WHO'S GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. OFTEN HAVE YOU HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR GREENBERG. WE UNDERSTAND THE FISHER ADMINISTRATION. IS LONG GONE.

NOW WE'RE UNDER GREENBERG. HAVE YOU HAD THESE POINTED CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM? AND ARE THEY AWARE THAT ALL OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE HEARD TODAY ARE PENDING. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THE MAYOR'S PROXY FOR OUR BOARD AND ATTENDS OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS. SO THAT IS PLEASE THE DAVID KAPLAN WHO'S THE IS OUR MAYORS, PROXY FOR OUR BOARD AND SITS ON OUR BOARD. SO WE NEED TO HAVE HIM HERE. AND WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? SO I WAS TRYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS SO THAT SO THAT'S MY MAIN POINT OF CONTACT. UM I HAVE MET WITH THE MAYOR. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE PHYSICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT IT IS IN PROGRESS. UM BUT AGAIN WITH STAFFING ISSUES. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT DRAFT TO GET IT SO THAT IT COULD BE ACTIONABLE AND I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I'M ASKING YOU HAVE YOU SPOKEN DIRECTLY TO MAYOR GREENBERG ABOUT THE CITIZENS COMPLAINTS AND THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE IN LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT NEEDS TO IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. I HAVE TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT. WE ARE THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED FOR PHYSICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. UM, I YES. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES OF RACE TODAY, MILDEW AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WITHIN THE LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THOSE LIVING CONDITIONS HAVE SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THE CHALLENGES IN OPERATING PUBLIC HOUSING WITH NO FUNDING FROM THE CITY? NO MA'AM, I'M NOT TALKING ABO ORATI . M TAING ABOUT THEIVIN COIO. VE SN T ND MAYOR, I'VERY NCD ABOUTHE LOUISVILLE TRO HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND ERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS THAT HUMANS ARE LIVING IN THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE. HAVE YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR? I HAVE TALKED TO THIS ADMINISTRATION TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THE PHYSICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY STOCK YES, AND THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN MAINTAINING AND OPERATING AGING STOCK WITH ZERO FUNDING FROM THE CITY AND WITH LIMITED PRO RATED FUNDING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. YES, I HAVE. OKAY THAT'S WHAT ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT ANSWER, BUT LET ME ASK. LET ME ASK THIS AND I'M DOWN. WE ONLY HAVE 5 MILLION MINUTES TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK THIS ONE LAST QUESTION. OKAY ANYONE ON YOUR BOARD FROM THE LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT AND YOU'RE SAYING IT'S DEPUTY MAYOR DAVID KAPLAN. HAVE YOU? TAKEN. DEPUTY MAYOR KAPLAN OR MAYOR GREENBERG TO SEE ANY OF THESE AND UNLIVABLE CONDITIONS IN LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY. I HAVE NOT. OKAY.

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TAMBIEN PENT UP. BETSY HAD A COMMENT, BUT WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS AND WE DON'T BRING TOTALLY AGREE. AND UH SO WE WANT TO MAKE THE INSPECTIONS AND MAKE SURE I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THIS REALLY QUICK. UM THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH. UM I WAS ON THAT PROGRAM. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AS LONG AS IT'S OVERSEEN. UM SO I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT PROGRAM. I KNOW LISA. YOU SAID THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ENGAGEMENT. I'M JUST CURIOUS ON WHY DOING THOSE ENGAGEMENTS YOU YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVING ADDRESSED THOSE CONCERNS, AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAVE, UM YOU KNOW, I AM QUESTIONING OF COLDS ARE REALLY GOING IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE THINGS AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HERE TODAY, OUR CONSTITUENTS THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT LIVE IN MY DISTRICT AND I CAN SPEAK FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE THAT'S IN HERE. NOBODY IS TRYING TO MAKE ANYONE LOOK, BABE. AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE HEARD TODAY IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN VOICED LISTS. AND WE SPEAK FOR THE CONSTITUENTS, RIGHT? I'M MY ONLY POINT IS, IF THEY'RE COMPLAINING TO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, I WANT TO JUST GO OUT THERE. YES YOU CAN CALL IT INTO 311 THAT WOULD GO IN AND WOULD GO TO US AND LEAVE THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OUT. WE WOULD GO IN AND INSPECT THE PROPERTIES. EMAILS THEY'VE SPOKEN TO MANAGEMENT AND THEY HAVE BEEN VOICED LIVE. NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED THEIR CONCERNS. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE REACHING OUT . RIGHT? THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS ARE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY HERE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN. EVERYBODY HERE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN. SO IT'S LIKE YOU OVERLOOK AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND YOU MAY BE EXPECTING OTHER APARTMENTS A LOT BETTER. BUT WE'RE GONNA BETTER JOB THAN WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT CAME FORWARD. I HAVE, LIKE, NINE IN MY DISTRICT , SO I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM AND ASK THEM ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY LIVE IN AS WELL. THIS IS THE TIME THAT ALL OF THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, NOT JUST CERTAIN BUILDINGS. BUT ALL ALL OF THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU CALL YOU BACK, ROBERT

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[Adjournment Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.]