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THE REGULAR LOUISVILLE COUNT. LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 10TH. 2023 WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER. THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 606 PM PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE. A MADAM CLERK A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL[Member Roll Call]
MEMBER, HAWKINS. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN. COUNCIL MEMBER RASHAD PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER ARTHUR PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PURVIS COUNCIL MEMBER, BAKER PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER MCRANEY COUNCIL[00:10:03]
MEMBER RENO WEBER PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER OWEN HERE. REMEMBER MULVIHILL. COUNCIL MEMBER, CRAMER COUNCIL MEMBER, BLACKWELL. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BLACKWELL MR PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER SOMETIME COUNCIL MEMBER, FOWLER. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPEL. COUNCIL MEMBER READ. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WINKLER COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER COUNCIL MEMBER PIACENTINI COUNCIL MEMBER BENSON PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER RUI HERE COUNCIL MEMBER ANKLE. COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON. COUNCIL MEMBER FLOOD COUNCIL MEMBER BAT, SEAN. COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 17 IN A QUORUM. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE WILL BE JOINING US MOMENTARILY OR HAVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. ARE THERE ANY ADDRESSES TO COUNSEL? YES OR THERE ARE OKAY, LET ME PLEASE REMIND THOSE WHO ARE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANITY OR MAKING DEROGATORY STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER BARBARA BECKETT. BARBARA BECKETT. SAM ADRI. GOOD EVENING.[Addresses to the Council]
SAM AVERY RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. THE CLIMATE IS NOW THE WEATHER. AND LOOK AT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING. RIGHT NOW. AND COMPARE IT TO WHAT IT WAS DOING 20 YEARS AGO AND WHAT IT WILL BE DOING 20 YEARS FROM NOW. NOW THE PEOPLE WHO PREDICTED WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW. HAVE BEEN TELLING US THAT WE HAVE TO BE 100. CARBON NEUTRAL.WORLDWIDE BY THE YEAR 2050. THAT MEANS NO GASOLINE. NO COAL. NO NATURAL GAS. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO HEAT OUR HOUSES? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DRIVE TO WORK? HOW ARE WE GOING TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO REFRIGERATE FOOD? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GROW FOOD? WITHOUT PRACTICE FUEL. SO SOMETIME AROUND NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. TO BEGIN THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. LG AND E. IS PLANNING TO SPEND OVER A BILLION DOLLARS ON TO NEW FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS. IS THAT A GOOD IDEA NOW? IS THAT A GOOD INVESTMENT? WE HERE IN LOUISVILLE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO GENERATE RENEWABLE ENERGY ON A UTILITY SCALE. THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOLAR. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH UTILITY SCALE SOLAR IS THAT IT TAKES UP THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO OBJECT TO THAT. I DON'T LIKE THAT. BUT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. WE HAVE TO FIND PLACES TO PUT LARGE NUMBERS OF SOLAR PANELS. WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
NOW. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS ALREADY WORKING ON THIS. THEY'RE HIRING A WHOLE NEW STAFF OF PEOPLE TO IMPLEMENT THE RESOLUTION FOR 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT THIS BODY PAST 3.5 YEARS AGO, SO I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. I'M ASKING YOU. TO OPPOSE LG NES.
NEW FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS AND ANY OTHER FORM OF NEW WITH, UH FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THE FOSSIL FUEL PIPELINE THROUGH BERGENHEIM FOREST. AND I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT UTILITY SCALE SOLAR. WITH LG AND E. IF POSSIBLE. AND WITHOUT L G AND E, IF NECESSARY. THIS. IS AN EMERGENCY. CLIMATE IS NOW THE WEATHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
TIM FINDLEY JR. ARE YOU ALL? TIM FINDLEY CEO THE ELDERS SERVE. I'M HERE WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE COME FROM ELDER SERVE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, ELDER SERVE IS LOUISVILLE'S LARGEST NONPROFIT SOLELY DEDICATED TO SENIOR SERVICES. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE WHEN I TOOK THIS ROLE BACK IN DECEMBER, I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE THE EASIEST KIND OF FUNDRAISING BECAUSE AFTER 2020 AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL STATEMENTS THAT CAME FROM
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POLITICIANS AND CORPORATE EXECUTIVES ABOUT EQUITY AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS I THOUGHT BLACK SENIORS LIVING IN MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORHOODS. IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO RAISE MONEY AND THAT CLIMATE THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE I'M HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE ME. I WANT YOU TO SEE THOSE WHO ARE BEHIND ME. SINCE WE REOPENED . WE'VE SEEN HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF SENIORS COME THROUGH OUR DOORS. EVERYDAY WE ARE FEEDING SENIORS. WE'RE PROVIDING A REMEDY TO SOCIAL ISOLATION. SO MANY OTHER THINGS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BROOM, CASH AND MONEY AND DIFFERENT THINGS TOWARD SO MANY OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT I'M HERE TO SAY TO YOU ALL WE NEED YOUR HELP. WE'VE GOTTEN WONDERFUL RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEGINNING TO BUILD OUR 7000 SQUARE FEET. WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE NEW LIFE WELLNESS CENTER, WHICH WILL BE AN ADULT DAY HEALTH CENTER, BUT IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER NONPROFIT LIKE ELDERS SERVED IN THE CITY. THERE'S NO OTHER NONPROFIT LIKE ELDER SERVED, DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING IF WE DON'T WANT TO END UP LIKE WE DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH THE SHUTDOWN, AND EVERYBODY WAS CRYING ON ON THE NEWS AND UPSET AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. SO WHEN WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER BUDGETS WERE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN ALLOCATE YOUR MONEY, PLEASE. NO IT'S NOT JUST SENIORS IN THE WEST END. WE'RE GETTING SENIORS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY FROM PROSPECT TO FIRM CREEK EVERYWHERE. MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE SENIOR CENTER. OUR OWN CITY COUNCIL PERSON. WE STILL WANT TO SEE HER COME THROUGH THE DOORS BECAUSE SHE HASN'T COME YET ANOTHER DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT WE NEED HELP. WE NEED YOU TO HELP US. AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THESE SENIORS BEHIND ME. I AM THEIR ADVOCATE. I'M THEIR CHAMPION. I'M GOING TO PUSH THIS CAUSE WHEN I WAS PROTESTING IN 2020. THERE WAS THIS WAS THE STATEMENT. WHAT DO WE WANT? JUSTICE WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU ALL IS WHAT DO WE WANT INVESTMENT? WHEN DO WE NEED IT? NOW I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT. UM HAVE A TALK WITH ME FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO, BUT THIS IS A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO ELDER SERVED, COME DOWN AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR TWO SENIORS. IT'S PACKED. EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. THERE IS NO PET PROJECT THAT ANYBODY'S FUNDING THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT THERE. NO PARK. NO ROAD FIXTURE, NO PART. NOTHING THIS IS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND, UH, GO INTO SERVICE. THANK YOU, COURTNEY WEAVER. HELLO MY NAME IS JORDAN. I GRAVES OBVIOUS SPEAKING FOR COURTNEY TODAY. INSTEAD OF GIVING UP TO THIS TIME, I AGREED TO SPEAK BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY AT THE SKATEPARK AGREES THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL HERE. HOW IMPORTANT DAVE ARMSTRONG EXTREME PARK IS TO US BEEN SKATING SINCE 2002. THE PETITION HAS BEEN STARTED TO GET INPUT. ON THE SKATE PARK, AND I'D LIKE TO SPEND MY TIME SHARING THOSE COMMUNITIES FEEDBACK. ARMSTRONG PARK PLAYS A MASSIVE ROLE IN BETTERING THE MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. IT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE NOT ONLY AND THEY'LL HAVE A VALLEY BUT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY. THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE FREE TOGETHER AT ALL HOURS WITHOUT BEING EXPECTED TO PAY A FEE. SIX AM TO 11. PM LIGHTS LEAVE PEOPLE WHO WORK 2ND AND 3RD SHIFT OF NOWHERE TO GO AND SKATE. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE NEED MORE PLACES TO BE IN NOT LESS. SKATING AT THE SKATE PARK IS MUCH HEALTHIER, PRODUCTIVE AND SAFER THAN MANY OTHER THINGS PEOPLE MIGHT GET INTO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE SKATE PARK. PARENT NAMED SHERRY. MY DAUGHTER USED THE ESCAPE PARK AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM. YOUNG PEOPLE NEED MORE PLACES TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THE SKATERS AREN'T THE BIG PROBLEM HERE. SO IT DOESN'T BUT IT DOESN'T SHUT DOWN NIGHTCLUBS WHEN THERE IS A SHOOTING OR NEARBY. WE NEED TO START TAKING AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO AREN'T THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS. IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND OTHER PEOPLE SIBLINGS LIVES. I WORK, SECOND SHIFT, AND THE ONLY TIME I AM ABLE TO ESCAPE IS AFTER MIDNIGHT . I'M USED TO SKATING AT THE SKATE PARK AT NIGHT ALL THE TIME , AND IT'S EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE AND UNFAIR THAT I CAN'T ANYMORE. THE PART BELONGS TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. AND THAT WAS COMMENT THAT IS OFTEN VOICED BY A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING 2ND AND 3RD SHIFT. ONLY BEING ABLE TO FIND A CHANCE TO SCALE AT NIGHT, AND NOW THAT'S GONE. IT'S BECOME A PROBLEM AND A GREAT FOR A LOT OF FOLKS THERE. ACCESSIBLE PARTS SENDS[00:20:06]
EQUAL MENTAL HEALTH. A LOT OF FOLKS GO THERE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF WINDING DOWN GETTING THE STRESS OUT, JUST DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO WIND BACK DOWN AND GO HOME AND BE HAPPY AGAIN. NOT HAVING THAT. AS ACCESSIBLE AS IT WAS TENS AND PAPER LOT OF FOLKS NEGATIVELY. TREAT THE SKATE PARK LIKE ANY OTHER PARK FUND AND SUPPORT THE AMENITIES, IMPLEMENT SENSIBLE SAFETY MEASURES AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. USING THAT PART, CRIME ISN'T BEING CAUSED BY THE PEOPLE USING THAT PARK. IF ANYTHING, ENSURING ITS ABANDONED, ENSURING ITS ABANDONED THAT PATROLLING ONLY MAKES IT MORE APPEALING AS A SITE FOR VIOLENCE. NPD PUTS HUNDREDS OF THOSE PORTABLE SECURITY CAMS ALL OVER THE PLACE . THERE'S NO REASON THEY CAN'T SLAP A FEW HOURS AT THE SKATE PARK IF THEY REALLY WANT TO AFFECT PUBLIC SAFETY. INSTEAD OF JUST SCAPEGOATING THE PARK AND TAKING ANY IS USED TO THE COST OF FOCUS TO TRAVEL VIOLATIONS. SENTIMENTS SHARED BY WILLIAM W.WANT A GRANDPARENT AND THE COMMUNITY. MY EIGHT GRANDSONS ENJOYS SKATING AND SHOULD HAVE ACCESS 24 7. IS A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED ACCESS TO IT. 24 7. THERE IS NO REASON TO STOP US WHO, ACTUALLY BY FIRST SKATE FROM BEING ABLE TO RIDE AT NIGHT IS COOLER AT NIGHT. SOME OF US WORK DURING THE DAY AND WE LIKE TO READ AND CHILL OUT WITH OUR FRIENDS. THE PUBLIC PLACE SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED AT NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MEGAN SLAUGHTER. HEY ALL YOU CAN CALL ME MADGE. THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE CALL ME. I WANTED TO START OUT BY THANKING THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAME DOWN LAST TIME. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD A REALLY BIG SHOW UP. UM THANKS FOR HEARING US. I MEAN, IT MEANS A LOT. UM A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE. I MEAN, WE ARE 2ND 3RD SHIFT WORKERS. I MEAN, WE ARE SUPPORTING THE BOURBON TOURIST INDUSTRY. I MYSELF WORK IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, AND I'M A THIRD SHIFT WORKERS. SO UM, THE 24 7 ACCESS TO THAT PARK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU'RE REALLY SUPPORTING THOSE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. UM AND I KNOW LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE WERE HAVING TO EITHER CALL INTO WORK TO MAKE IT GOING LATE OR UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PRESENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BIGGER IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK. UM SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THINGS THAT MY FRIEND DRAKE HAD SAID, UM I WANTED TO TOUCH THOUGH BACK ON THE 24 7, THE LIGHTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING OFF AT 10 40 NOT 11 O'CLOCK. UM MANY INSTANCES I'VE SEEN PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF SKATING OVER THEIR BIKES COMING OUT OF THE BOWL AND THE LIGHTS JUST SHUT OFF THAT YOU JUST SEE THE CIVIL IT FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING THROUGH THEIR MINDS. UM SO THERE'S THAT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY 11. IT'S 6 A.M. TO 10 40 ISH. UM BATHROOMS. THERE'S NO BATHROOM ACCESS DOWN THERE.
AND UM I MEAN THE GAS STATIONS. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RELY ON THE GAS STATIONS. BUT MOST GAS STATIONS DON'T LET PEOPLE IN. UM AND PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE USING. I MEAN, IF THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE JUST NOT IN THE WAYS AND I CAN'T EXPRESS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN IN A MALE DOMINATED SPACE. HAVING TO USE A COFFEE CAN ANYWAY. UM IT'S REALLY EMBARRASSING AND JUST HAVING ACCESS TO BATHROOMS WOULD BE LOVELY AND WATER. I MEAN, MOST THESE PARKS, DOGS HAVE WATER. ACCESS ON THEIR FOUNTAINS, AND MOST OF US JUST BRING GOWNS OF WATER AND SHARE THEM. I MEAN, WE REALLY TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER DOWN THERE AND SO MANY WAYS, UM HAVING A BATHROOM BUDDY AS A WOMAN IS NECESSARY. UM. THE TRASH CANS. I MEAN, WE BRING OUR OWN RESOURCES . WE HAVE BROOMS. WE BRING TRASH BAGS. WE DO CLEAN UP. I MEAN, QUITE A BIT. UM, THERE'S ONE TRASH CAN DOWN THERE. IT'S MOVABLE. I MEAN, IN ANY PUBLIC SPACE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY COMING AROUND. REMOVING IT SO THAT IT'S NOT USABLE. SO MAYBE SOME TRASH CANS THAT WE'LL STAY THERE. I MEAN, WE BRING THERE'S A BURN BARREL THAT SOMEONE OCCASIONALLY BRINGS. SO THAT'S TWO OR THERE'S NEIGHBORING DUMPSTERS. UM GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.
THERE'S MUD IN THE GUTTERS, AND THERE'S MOSS GROWING OUT OF THEM . I HAVE FRIENDS THAT A SNAKE TO THE DRAINS DOWN THERE SO THAT WE CAN SKATE. WHICH KIND OF SEEMS GROSS. UM LIKE REALLY GROSS. UM, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT. UM PICKING UP JUST ANY AND ALL THINGS THAT BLOW IN FROM PEOPLE WALKING BY GENERAL. UM MAINTENANCE IN THAT WAY, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO IMPROVE? THE IMAGE OF THE SKATE PARK TO THE PUBLIC, AND IT'S WE ARE. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR LIMITED RESOURCES. YOU CAN WRAP UP. OKAY, WELL, I HAVE A LOT MORE.
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JUST COME BACK NEXT TIME. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THAT INCLUDES THE ADDRESSES TO[Council Minutes]
COUNSEL. THANK YOU. NEXT. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 27TH 2023. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS MAY HAVE EMOTION. MOTION BY COUNSEL BE ARGENTINA'S SECOND A COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED ALL DOESN'T FLAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES. HAVE IT NEXT. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE[Committee Minutes]
FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MINUTES, ALL IN 2023 REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE JULY 27TH REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, AUGUST 1ST REGULAR PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, AUGUST 1ST REGULAR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AUGUST 1ST REGULAR EQUITY COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. AUGUST 2ND REGULAR GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. AUGUST 2ND. REGULAR BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. AUGUST 3RD. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? HEARING NONE MOTION BY COUNCILOR ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN REED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES, HAVE IT. MADAM CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY[Communications to the Council]
COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL? YES SIR. WE DO. PLEASE READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD, TOO.MARCUS WINKLER, PRESIDENT FROM EMILY LU, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF PLANNING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION ORDINANCE, THE COMMISSION HAS APPOINTED THE FOLLOWING MEMBER TO THE BUTCHER TOWN ARCHITECTURAL. REVIEW COMMITTEE ARC. MR OLIVER CASEY, OWNER OF INCOME PRODUCING PROPERTY, NEW APPOINTMENT TERM ENDS, UM, NOVEMBER 2026 BY ORDINANCE. THESE ARE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, NOT MY AURIOL APPOINTMENTS AND REQUIRE METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL. BY US ALSO BY ORDINANCE, COMMITTEE MEMBERS SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THE SUPPORT MEANT IS MOST APPRECIATED. DEAR PRESIDENT WINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, I'M APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE LOCAL FILM ADVISORY COMMISSION JUSTIN BROWN. A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2025 . THIS IS TO BE RIGHT INTO THE RECORD ONLY METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS APPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR PRESIDENT WIGLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF RIVER CITY RIVER CITY INC. PARK ORDINATES. I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING KIM KHOBAR APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2027 YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THIS APPOINTMENT MOST APPRECIATED SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR. PRESIDENT WINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. I'M POINTING THAT IN APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE BARDSTOWN ROAD OVERLAY DISTRICT , EMILY PAPARAZZI. KIA REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES APRIL THE 30TH 2026 KELLY E STOP A NEW APPOINTMENT. TERM EXPIRES APRIL THE 30TH 2026 YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THESE APPOINTMENTS AS MOST APPRECIATE SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR THEIR PRESENT WINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. I AM REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE DEPUTY SHERIFF MERIT BOARD. COLONEL DIETRICH BRISCOE. REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE THE 13TH 2025 POINT ACTION ON THIS APPOINTMENTS MUCH APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR HERE PRESENT.
WINKLER I'M REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE ZOO FOUNDATION BOARD. REBECCA PHILLIPS, A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES DURING THE 20TH 2026 CHRIS QUAIL. REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 3RD 2026 IS TO BE WRITING THE RECORD ONLY METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL. THESE ARE BRILLIANT APPOINTMENTS IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR READ IN FULL THANK YOU. THOSE APPOINTMENTS NEEDING COUNSELING GROUP WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE CONSENT
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CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR COMPRISES ITEMS 16 THROUGH 36. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? HEARING NONE. MADAM CLERK A SECOND READING OF THESE ITEMS, PLEASE. BEFORE MY NORDIC LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, ADAM 16 AND ORDINANCE[Legislation forwarded from BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE]
APPROPRIATING $12,497.50 FROM DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO METRO PARKS FOR KENTUCKY KINGDOM PASSES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN DISTRICT THREE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE CLOSING OF THE ALGONQUIN POOL DURING THE 2023 SUMMER SESSION. I DON'T 17 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 7/9 SERIES 2023, LEADING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024. OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE JUST LITTLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT BY ADDING NEW GENERAL PROVISIONS LANGUAGE AUTHORIZING THE ADMISSION ADMINISTRATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LEGISLATION TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OR OFFICES AND IN 18 AND ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $9815.35 FROM DISTRICT 23 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO HAVE YOUR BUSINESS OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH BEAUTIFUL FESTIVAL AND PARADE IN THE HIGHVIEW HOLIDAY FEST, ADAM 19 IN ORDER TO PROVING THE DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY AWARDED TO LIBERAL METRO GOVERNMENT FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT PAYOUTS. 20 IS A RESOLUTION OF OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE LOCAL JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECTS. JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS FROM THE PROCEEDS OF ONE OR MORE PROPOSED ISSUES OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTES. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS[Legislation forwarded from EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE]
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ADAM 21. A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING, NOT COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED, SO SOURCE CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS CONCERNING AND OVERDOSE QUICK RESPONSE TEAM GLOBAL RECOVERY COMMUNITY CONNECTION INC. $85,000 ITEM 22 IS A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL, NOT BURNING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION UPON THE FOLLOWING NON COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LAMP. REPEAT CONCERNING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP STRATEGIC FINANCING PLANS FOR SUSTAINING INVESTMENTS IN EARLIER LEARNING CHILDREN'S FUNDED PROJECTS AND $5000 AND FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS BOARDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT AND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND[Legislation forwarded from GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT/AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE]
APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE 23 THE APPOINTMENT OF DALE WOODS TO THE LOCAL DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPERIENCED A LOT OF 26 2024. 24 AN APPOINTMENT OF JEFF SPIELBERG TO THE LOCAL DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. TERM X PARTIAL 26 2024. 25 IS THE APPOINTMENT OF JUST ZEKE TO THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 2ND 2024 26 THE APPOINTMENT OF LESLIE CLAIMANTS TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. OVERLAY BOARD TERM EXPIRES APRIL THE 13 2026 27TH THE APPOINTMENT OF OKAY, KATHY EXTRA TO THE WATERWORKS FOR TERM EXPIRES ON APRIL. THE 30TH 2027 28. THEY WERE APPOINTMENT OF MELINDA SUNDERLAND TODAY. UM AND ANCHORAGE, MIDDLETOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TERM EXPIRES. JUNE 30TH 2026. EXCUSE ME, MADAM 29 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 44 OF THE LOCAL JEFFERSON COUNTY PETRA CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE A CHANGE IN THE NAME OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIC INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY[Legislation forwarded from PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE]
AND A REFERENCE TO THE DATA GOVERNMENT'S POLICY. PARLIAMENT LEGISLATION WAS SUPPORTED FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE ADAM 30 IN ORDER IT'S RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF THE PORTION OF ROOSEVELT AVENUE BETWEEN DIRT LANE AND THE WATERSON EXPRESSWAY CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 7004 SQUARE FEET AND BEATING LOCAL METRO CASE NUMBER. 23 STREET CLOSURES, 007 . 31 IS AN RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $13,250 OF FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS. AARP. TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH A FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE'S AGES. 50 PLUS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF PLANNING, AND 32, IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $15,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE KENTUCKY HERITAGE COUNCIL TO COMPLAIN. THE NATIONAL REGISTRY HISTORIC DISTRICT NOMINATION FOR THE EXPANDED SOUTHERN HEIGHTS BEACH , MONT. HISTORIC DISTRICT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND I'M 33 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $10,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE KENTUCKY HERITAGE COUNCIL TO COMPLETE A NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC DISTRICT NOMINATION FOR THE LAND VIEW HISTORIC DISTRICT BUT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF PLANNING. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS BORDERED FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND IN 34 RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE[Legislation forwarded from PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE]
APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVE NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR LOCAL METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT MPD CONSIDERING A COORDINATOR FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT, FORENSIC EXAM PROGRAM AND REQUIRING REPORTING THERE ON ASSET FOURTH. UM AS HEARINGS THAT FOURTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UNIVERSITY OF LITTLE GLOBAL HOSPITAL JAMES BROWN CANCER CENTER $92,000. THE FOLLOWING WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, ADAM 35[Legislation forwarded from PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE]
THE APPOINTMENT OF ANITA HALL TO THE LOCAL METRO COMPLETE STREETS . COALITION TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 31ST 2024 36. IS THE APPOINTMENT OF EMILY COLEMAN TO THE LOCAL METRO COMPLETE STREETS.COALITION TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 31ST 2025 RIGHT IN FORM. THANK YOU, UM MADAM CLERK. WE HAVE A MEMBER WHO IS ON THE I THINK THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT OR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT BOARD. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONE SO I NEED TO ABSTAIN ON THOSE APPOINTMENTS. CAN WE VOTE? ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR LESS THOSE . THREE OR FOUR AND THEN VOTE ON THOSE OTHER FOUR OUT ON BLOCK.
IS IT POSSIBLE ADMINISTRATIVELY OLD BUSINESS AND PUT ON THEM IN WICKED, BUT I'M IN A BLACK AND OLD BUSINESS OR THAT PERSON COULD ABSTAIN FROM THE WHOLE ITS CONSENT CALENDAR FROM THE HOME, OKAY? THANK YOU. YOU CAN OPEN THE VOTER. YOU WANT US TO OPEN THEM AGAIN? YES, HE WILL ABSTAIN ON THE WHOLE. CAN I GET A MOTION? EMOTIONAL, CONSTANT SIGN. THE SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CRAMER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. AND. COUNCILOR BAKER. ARE YOU ABLE TO VOTE, SIR? COUNCIL MEMBER, BLACKWELL. HE SAID YES. OKAY SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT YOU SAID YES, BUT WE AREN'T HEARING YOU. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER. ARE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? COUNSELING FELLER. OKAY? COUNCILMAN REED AS YOURS MESSED UP. COUNCILMAN ACKERSON.
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ARE YOU HAVING AN ISSUE TOO, SON? THREE. GO. THANK YOU. SO. AND COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, CAN YOU STATE? THE REASON FOR YOUR ABSTENTION, PLEASE ABSTAINING BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER OF THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE 20 YESTERDAY AND ONE ABSTENTION. THANK YOU. THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS OLD BUSINESS. UM NO. OKAY THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. SORRY, SIR. THANK YOU, OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM OF[Old Business]
BUSINESS IS OLD BUSINESS, MADAM CLERK READING BYTOM 37. THE APPOINTMENT OF MARK BLYDE INTO THE NORMAL REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY TERM EXPIRES. A LOT OF 15TH 2026 READ IN FULL MOTION APPROVED. THE, UH, ITEM HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN FOWLER? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS, UM AN APPOINTMENT. THAT WAS, UM DISCUSSED DURING OUR COMMITTEE. UM, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE NOISE AND, UM . PROBLEMS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE THAT LIVING IN AROUND THE, UM THE AIRPORT AND SO IT CAME TO BUSINESS BECAUSE WE HAD ONE. NO VOTE, AND I THINK IT WAS ONE PRESENT VOTE. YOU MIGHT HAVE WEBSITE UM, BUT, UM. I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A CONSIDERATION TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE. UM AND I'LL JUST SAY AT THIS POINT , BECAUSE I KNOW MR BLEEDING AND FEEL LIKE THAT HE WILL MAKE A GOOD ADDITION TO THIS BOARD. I WILL BE VOTING NO IF THAT COMES UP, BUT THERE THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT LIKE TO SPEAK. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN Q COUNCILMAN CHAPEL. YOUR. NEVER CUTE COUNSELOR CHAPEL. UM YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS. I WAS THE PRESENT VOTE IN THAT COMMITTEE MEETING. AND HONESTLY, I WISH I WOULD HAVE KEPT IT IN COMMUNITY COMMITTEE. UM I DO NOT KNOW, MR BLYDEN. I COULDN'T IDENTIFY HIM IN THE LINEUP. THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST HIM. UM AS WE LOOK AT OUR APPOINTMENT PROCESS, UM THERE ARE SOME DEFICIENCIES IN THAT PARTICULARLY IN WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING OF OUR CANDIDATES. IN THIS CASE, UM THERE WAS NOT A RESUME PROVIDED AND IT WAS JUST TWO SENTENCES AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME TO JUSTIFY THIS PERSON BEING PUT ON THIS BOARD. FURTHERMORE, UM I THINK THAT. I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ON THE BOARD AND SO IN DOING THAT RESEARCH, UM I'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT ABOUT WHAT THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY DOES. AND UM, MUCH BEYOND THE NOISE ABATEMENT , BUT I THINK THAT IN LOOKING AT THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD, THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND PERSON FROM DISTRICT 16 TO JOIN THE BOARD.BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL MAKEUP OF THE SEVEN MEMBER, UM BOARD THAT'S APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. IT'S 11 PEOPLE. A FEW OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE UH, MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO LOOK AT US TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL MAKEUP OF THAT BOARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A LIST OF 10 PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED TO BE ON THIS BOARD. UM, AND OF THOSE 10 PEOPLE. THEY HAVE BETTER REPRESENTATION OF OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY, SUCH AS, UM SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST CENTRAL, ESPECIALLY THE AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE AIRPORT ITSELF. AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GIVE A VOICE AND ADVOCACY AND A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE APPOINTING ONE PERSON OVER THE OTHER. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT MR BIDEN DOES NOT HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ON THIS BOARD OR THAT HE WOULDN'T GET APPROVED ONCE WE SEND IT. BACK TO COMMITTEE. UM BUT I THINK THAT IN LOOKING AT SOMEBODY FROM , FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCILWOMAN RUIZ DISTRICT, WHICH HAS THE AIRPORT IN IT, OR MY DISTRICT, UM WITH, UM IS VERY NEAR THE AIRPORT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS AND AGAIN HELP WITH, UM DIVERSIFYING THE MAKEUP OF THAT BOARD. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS TO GO BACK TO COMMITTEE SO WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AS COUNSEL PEOPLE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN DECIDING IF THIS IS SOMEONE WE WANT TO HAVE ON THIS COMMISSION. SECOND OKAY. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED HIM BACK TO COMMITTEE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY COUNSELING . WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DISCUSSION
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ON SENDING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. I DO KNOW MR BLEEDING. I THINK HE'S FANTASTIC. I THINK FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS BODY TO SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE QUALIFICATIONS AND INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE BOARDS, PARTICULARLY THE ESSENTIAL BOARDS TO THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR CITY. SO I JUST FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE.I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE UNTIL WE CAN GET RESUME AND UNDERSTAND WHY, THOUGH I THINK HE HAS FANTASTIC. HE IS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARGENTINA. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UH I WANT TO COMPLIMENT. AH COUNCILMAN CHAPEL FOR TAKING THIS ACTION. LOOK I WHEN I FIRST JOINED COUNCIL AND IT WASN'T IT WAS JUST BECAME COMMONPLACE THAT WE ARE APPROVING THESE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. I HAD AN INTERN AT THE TIME. DO SOME ANALYSIS ON THE FOUR DIVERSITY STANDARDS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ON ALL THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND TO SAY THE LEAST, THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE TIME FELL GROSSLY SHORT IN MANY OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND FULFILLING THE FOUR GOALS, RACIAL DIVERSITY, POLITICAL DIVERSITY, GENDER DIVERSITY AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY. I WANT TO COMPLIMENT. UH AT THE TIME CHAIRMAN ACKERSON HE STARTED REQUESTING NOT REQUIRING, BUT REQUESTING PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEAK. AND WITH NOW WE HAVE ZOOM AND CAPABILITIES. IF THEY'RE BUSY PEOPLE TO ZOOM IN AND SPEAK AND ALLOW US TO SEE THEM FACE TO FACE SAYING HELLO, ASK A QUESTION AND PARTICULARLY FOR BOARDS LIKE THIS. THIS IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL BOARDS IN THIS CITY, EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL, PARTICULARLY TO THE OVERALL AND LOOK TO BE CLEAR. I THINK THE AIRPORT'S BEEN DOING GREAT JOB RECENTLY ON ATTRACTING NEW FLIGHTS. NEW ONE WEIGHS JUST GREAT WORK. BUT BUT DILIGENCE IN THESE APPOINTEES AND I HAVE NO IDEA OF THIS GENTLEMAN THAT HE IS NOT QUALIFIED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS A RIDICULOUS THING TO SEND IT BACK. DOUBLE CHECK.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT HIMSELF AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPOINTMENT. SO I FULLY SUPPORT SENDING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR, ARGENTINA COUNCILMAN RASHAD. YEAH JUST REAL BRIEFLY WITHIN THE PAST 10 YEARS BEFORE, OF COURSE, BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS I APPLIED FOR SO MANY, UH, SO MANY OF THESE COMMITTEES OF METRO COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND GOT REJECTED, LIKE EVERY SINGLE TIME EVERY SINGLE TIME AND I FILLED OUT APPLICATIONS VERY WELL. AND SO, JUST LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THIS APPLICATION JUST HAS TWO SENTENCES IS A SLAP IN MY FACE AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION. SO UM, ABSOLUTELY WE GOTTA WE GOTTA DO A BETTER JOB OF VETTING OUR PEOPLE AND THEN WHO WE PUT IN CHARGE OF IMPORTANT POSITIONS AROUND THIS CITY. AND NO ONE SHOULD SLIDE BY WITH JUST AS SIMPLE AND YOU KNOW. ALMOST DISRESPECTFUL TYPE OF APPLICATION. COUNCILOR AND HAWKINS. I WILL ALSO BE IN SUPPORT OF SENDING THIS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. UM I FEEL THAT THE PROCESS OF THE PROCESS FOR EVERYTHING BROTHERS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. YEAH AND IT JUST SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER. WHEN YOU COMPLETE AN APPLICATION IT'S NOT COMPLETED. I DON'T KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN PERSONALLY, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE EQUAL ACROSS THE BOARD. EVERYONE ELSE FEELS THE APPLICATION OUT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO KNOWS HIM. HOW GOOD OF A PERSON HE IS. IT'S A PROCESS THAT IS REQUIRED, UM I WOULD LIKE. TO I DON'T KNOW HIM , SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE BOARD VERSUS WHY SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WILL WANT HIM TO SIT ON THE BOARD. SO I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS GOING BACK TO COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REED. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR JUST TO BE CLEAR. THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDING HIS TEAM IS RECOMMENDING THIS PERSON, SO I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE HE THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE DILIGENT AND FILLING OUT HIS APPLICATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS CHARACTER. I THINK IT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR.
QUITE FRANKLY. UM SO AND I UNDERSTAND. ALSO WERE COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL IS COMING FROM AND WE DO NEED TO TAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS EXTREMELY SERIOUS. I'VE BEEN ON THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. FOR MANY YEARS. AND, UM. COUNCILMAN AKERSON DID REQUIRE A ASK THAT PEOPLE COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION AND IT IS VERY EASY TO DO THAT. AND THE LAST THING I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A AS A BODY IS TO GET GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE RUBBERSTAMP SOMETHING, AND I DON'T WANT THAT . SO I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING COUNCILMAN CHAPEL AND WELL, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS GENTLEMAN.
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UM, I HAVE NO DOUBT BUT THAT HE'S QUALIFIED. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS, AND IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENT IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN. Q THE MOTION LOWS F A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. SAY I OPPOSED. THE EYES, HAVE IT. MADAM CLERK, OUR READING OF ITEM 38. THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TED SMITH TO THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF RIVER CITY TART BOARD TERM EXPIRES JULY 31ST 2026 RIGHT AND PULL MAY HAVE EMOTION IN THE SECOND FOR APPROVAL. MOTION BY COUNSELING BE ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILOR NARINO WEBER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER? YES THIS REAPPOINTMENT WAS SENT TO OLD BUSINESS SO THAT COUNCILMAN MODEL HILL COULD ABSTAIN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL. YES DO TO MY EMPLOYMENT BEFORE I WILL BE ABSTAINING. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE OF THIS FORGETTING. COUNCIL IN ARGENTINA. THANK YOU , MR PRESIDENT. UM. I WOULD ALSO SAY THIS IS REAPPOINTMENT, SO OBSERVED NUMBER TO VOTE FOR IT. I DON'T HAVE I MUST SAY TO SEPARATE STANDARDS, BUT I CONSIDER REAPPOINTMENTS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. THE NEW APPOINTMENTS, I PUT A LITTLE MORE SCRUTINY TO DO APPOINTMENTS . IF THEY'VE SERVED HONORABLY.I'M FINE FOR VOTE FOR THIS PERSON. I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING, AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER IT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT THIS MOVING FORWARD THAT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE SHOULD DO WITH NEW APPOINTMENTS IS TAKE A LOOK AT DONOR HISTORY. AND ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT AND I MEAN POLITICAL DONATIONS WHICH ARE ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE CARE. YOU HAVE A WEBSITE.
AND ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT WHEN THEY APPLIED TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COMPARED TO WHEN OTHERS APPLIED TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BECAUSE TO WHAT COUNCILMAN RASHAD SAID. THE ADMINISTRATOR LAST ADMINISTRATION CAME TO ME WHEN WE WERE DEBATING SOME OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND SAID, WELL, WELL, OKAY, LOOK, WE NEED UH, WE NEED GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY. WE NEED POLITICAL DIVERSITY FROM THESE AREAS WE NEED. REPUBLICANS FROM SOME OF THESE AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE GREAT. I PUT OUT NEWSLETTERS I PUT CALL TO THE PUBLIC TOWN HALLS. PEOPLE APPLIED TO THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LIKE NOBODY THAT OF MY CONSTITUENTS TO YOUR POINT COUNSELOR. RASHAD EVER ENDED UP GETTING APPOINTED, BUT THEN I SEE THESE FOLKS THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE HIT THE LIST FIVE MINUTES LATER, THEY'RE BEING APPOINTED. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT, AS PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE IS THE TIMING OF ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY , UNLESS THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY APPLIED ARE SOMEHOW DEFICIENT IN THE ABILITY TO FULFILL THAT POST, I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULD BE OVERLOOKED SO BUT AGAIN, DON'T NOT APPLYING THAT TO THIS REAPPOINTMENT. JUST MORE GENERAL COMMENT AS I'M LOOKING UP SOME OF THESE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOUNDER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT . UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY A JACKSON IS OUT. I THINK SOME OF THIS STUFF IS SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE SHE IS OUT AND THIS IS HER FULL TIME JOB AND WHAT SHE NORMALLY DOES, UM, AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT TWO OR THREE PEOPLE OVER IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THIS. UM AND MAYBE THE LEFT HAND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND'S DOING. SO UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. JUST OUT OF CAUTION BECAUSE I WORKED WITH TED. I'M UPSTANDING FROM THIS VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN Q. AH SO IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A VOICE VOTE, BUT WE'RE ABSTAINING. SO, MADAM CLERK PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BLACKWELL. YES, CORRECT. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, ARE YOU STILL HAVING ISSUES VOTING? MR PRESIDENT. UM HOLD ON TWO ABSTENTIONS. NO, I SEE THAT. LET ME SEE. COUNCILOR CHANGE YOUR TWO EXTENSION. THAT'S OKAY. NO WORRIES. YES. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 22 YES. VOTES IN TWO ABSTENTIONS. THANK YOU. THE APPOINTMENT PASSES MEDICAL. WE HAVE A POINT OF ORDER AND MISSED . COUNCILMAN HAWKINS HAD A QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. COUSIN CALLED ON. COUNCIL NP ARGENTINE E. COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR HOPKINS HAD A QUESTION OR
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SOMETHING. JUST A LITTLE CLERGY ON WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ON. DID YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT DONATING TO FAR TOO MANY FOR TOO OFTEN THAT IT HAPPENS THAT PEOPLE THAT SIT ON THIS BOARD DONATE TO PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN. GOOD QUESTION. LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING AND YOU SAID THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD. CORRECT IF YOU GO TO K R E F I DON'T CARE IF DOT GOV. BUT IF YOU GOOGLE K R E F TO KENTUCKY REVEREND. WHAT IS IT CALLED? REGISTRY OF ELECTION FINANCE. THERE'S YOU CAN LOOK UP INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGNS AND DONOR HISTORY. YOU CAN ALSO LOOK UP INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND THEIR DONOR HISTORY ACROSS MULTIPLE CAMPAIGNS. AND MY POINT IS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT PARTICULARLY IF WE SEE PEOPLE SKIPPING THE LINE , RIGHT, LOOK, PEOPLE DON'T I DONATE TO CAMPAIGNS. YOU SEARCH MY NAME. MY NAME IS GOING TO COME UP ON PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGNS PERIOD, RIGHT? SO AND I'M SURE MANY OTHERS, RIGHT, SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. MY QUESTION IS SIMPLY OUR PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO COUNSELORS. RASHAD'S EXPERIENCE TO SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS EXPERIENCE WHO HAVE SAT ON THESE LISTS VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE, BUT THEY ARE JOE Q PUBLIC THAT DONATE TO NOBODY, MANY OF THEM AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT THEN PULLS THOSE NAMES IS THE ADMINISTRATION IS THE MAYOR. SO WE DON'T GET TO PULL THOSE NAMES OUT OF THOSE LISTS AND PUT THEM ON THE FLOOR HERE. THE MAYOR HAS TO DO IT. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW FRANKLY, IF THERE IS, UH IF CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE SOMEBODY JUMPS THE LINE IF THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT BE CONNECTED RIGHT AND HAS MAYBE HAVE ACCESS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DONATING POLITICALLY AGAIN. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE CAN'T DONATE. GO AHEAD AND DONATE TO PEOPLE YOU BELIEVE IN THAT ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. GOD BLESS YOU. THAT'S THAT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL AND NORMAL. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS, I QUESTION IT WHEN IT'S IN THE CONTEXT OF PEOPLE JUMPING THE LINE. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. MADAM CLERK OR READING ABOUT, UM 39. ORDINANCE OF THE LAW. JEFFERSON COUNTY NATURAL COUNSEL TO THE TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON TOWN. HAVE A TRACT OF LAND AND AS THE BROOK HER SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS. WITH THE EXISTING BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON TOWN, BUT NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE FORMER CITY OF LOUISVILLE AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED AREA OF THE FORMER COUNTY JEFFERSON AS AMENDED RED AND FOR MOST OF MY COUSIN ARTHUR, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN P. ARGENTINA THE ITEM IS BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN FOWLER? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM, THIS, OF COURSE, IS, UM ONE OF THE ANNEXATIONS WE HAVE BEFORE US TONIGHT. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS FROM MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT 26. I THINK THIS IS IN HIS DISTRICT, SO HE MADE WHAT MADE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS. DO YOU HAVE THE Q, PLEASE? THERE WE GO, COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL KIND OF MOTHERHOOD FIRST. YOU'RE NOT IN THE GAME. COUNCILMAN ACKERSON. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. ALRIGHT FOLKS ALREADY EXPLAINED THIS TO ALL OF YOU BE A CAUCUSES AND COMMIT THE WHOLE BUT NOW IS MY CHANCE TO PUT ON THE RECORD FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. WE'VE HAD 17. ANNEXATION VOTES. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. AND I'VE BEEN A NO VOTE ON ALL 17 ANNEXATION VOTES. AND THE REASON BEING AS SIMPLE AS THIS. ANNEXATIONS DEFIES THE PURPOSE OF METRO FIRST AND FOREMOST. I MEAN, THE IDEA IS WE SHOULD BE ONE CITY WE RISE TOGETHER, FALL TOGETHER IF GARBAGE PICKUP SUCKS IN THE WEST END. IT SHOULD BE JUST AS BAD IN THE EAST END. PLAIN AND SIMPLE AND THUS WE FOCUS ON REPAIRS, OKAY? I REALLY BELIEVE THAT. THE MORE WE ANNEX, THE MORE WE GET AWAY FROM THE INTENT OF BEING A METRO GOVERNMENT. SECONDLY YOU ALL KNOW I'M UP A PICTURE AND A BELIEVER IN DOLLARS. BLESS 17 VOTES. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ARGUMENT OF IT'S ONLY $15,000. IT'S GOING TO COST US THE COST BEING MAP MONEY THAT WE GET. AND THEN THE INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX THAT WE THAT WE GENERATE. AND SO THE ARGUMENT HAS BEEN WELL. IT'S 15,000 OR 8000, OR 28,000. IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET WHEN WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.BUT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF IS YES, THOSE ARE PENNIES. THE PENNIES ADD UP TO BEING DOLLARS.
THE MORE PENNIES WE GIVE AWAY. THE REALITY IS THAT EVERY 100 PENNIES WE GIVE AWAY, PENNY HERE, PENNY HERE, 100. THOSE IS A DOLLAR. AND WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THE 17 PREVIOUS VOTES THAT WE'VE TAKEN. THERE IS NONE OF THOSE THAT WE'VE REQUIRED A FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT. THE FINANCIAL STATE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS TELL US WHAT ARE THE VESTMENT IS
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GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THAT AREA. AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE MAP MONEY THAT WE GET. AND WE LOOK AT THE INSURANCE PREMIUM DOLLARS. ERIN HORNER SENT ME A TEXT EARLIER TODAY INFORMING ME OF THE FACT THAT 40% OF PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET OPERATING BUDGET COMES FROM THAT MONEY. 40% MAP DOLLARS MATTER. SO OF THE LAST 17. ANNEXATION VOTES. WE ONLY HAVE FINANCIAL RECORDS FOR NINE OF THEM. EIGHT OF THEM WE DON'T SO HALF OF THEM. JUST UNDER HALF. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ESTIMATION. THE NINE THAT WE DO HAVE, THOUGH, HAVE ADDED UP. THOSE PENNIES HAVE ADDED UP. 2, 136,000 AND CHANGE AND ANNUAL TAX MONEY AND MATT MONEY THAT WE HAVE. TAKING OFF OUR BOOKS AND GIVE IT TO OTHER AREAS. 136,000 IS ROUGHLY HALF DOUBLE THAT. LET'S CALL IT A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF A LITTLE LESS THAN DOUBLE QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. THAT WE COULD HAVE IT. AT OUR DISPOSAL TO USE FOR THINGS. EVERY YEAR. AFTER THE BUDGET DONE, WE SIT IN THIS CHAMBER AND VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. YOU KNOW, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THE Y M C. A BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK. ONLINE COME TO US AND SAY WE NEED. AN EXTRA 5 10 $15,000 TO KEEP CERTAIN IMPORTANT PROGRAMS GOING AND THIS BODY THEN SORT OF FIGURES OUT LOCALLY WILL DO LITTLE HERE. WE'LL DO A LITTLE HERE AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO SAY I'M SORRY. WE'RE OUT OF ONE WHO CAN'T DO THINGS FOR YOU. THAT'D BE A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS EXTRA YEAR THAT WE CAN BE PUTTING TOWARDS THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY. SO TONIGHT. THIS IS IN MY AREA, AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA MAKE MY CONSTITUENTS MAD. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING WE'RE UNHAPPY WITH THE GOAT. SO THE REASON FOR MY EXPLANATIONS TO EXPLAIN TO HIM I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO BE CONSISTENT. I'M GOING TO STAY TRUE TO EVERY VOTE THAT I'VE DONE. ON THE LAST 17 THESE AND SAY, I BELIEVE IN METRO GOVERNMENT AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE GOING WITH METAL REVEREND VERSUS MOVING AWAY FROM IT. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE BRINGING THESE TAX DOLLARS IN AND PUTTING THEM TO THE GREATER GOOD. WHAT'S GOING ON. SO. TONIGHT'S VOTE WE'VE GOT TO AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS ONE, AND THE SAME COMMENTS FLOAT ANOTHER NOT TO SPEAK TO THE OTHER ONE. BUT TONIGHT'S VOTE BETWEEN THESE TWO ANNEXATIONS LED UP TO 18,980 MORE DOLLARS OFF OF OUR TAX ROLLS. THAT WILL GO TO J TOWN AND ANOTHER SMALL CITY. I BELIEVE THAT THE OTHER SMALL CITY ACTUALLY MIGHT HAVE A GREATER IMPACT THAN WHAT IT IS BECAUSE IT'S A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE BUILDING ON. AND SO WE COULD SEE EVEN GREATER DOLLARS THERE. I KNOW THIS. MY LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT DROVE THE AREA. IT'S RELATED TO THIS ANNEXATION ORDINANCE. AND THE ROADS OUT THERE ON THE PRISTINE CONDITION. PRISTINE CONDITION. SO THE MAP MONEY THAT COMES IN FROM THOSE WITHIN GO TO OTHER POOR AREAS. BECAUSE AGAIN UNDER METRO WE SHOULD ALL RISE TOGETHER. AND SINK TOGETHER. NO VOTE AND I HOPE I'VE LOST 17 OF THESE. IT'S LIKE A BANG MY HEAD ON THE WALL. IS IT DARKER CHANCE I MIGHT LOSE NUMBER 18 AND NUMBER 19 TONIGHT, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO BANG MY HEAD ON THE WALL FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THOSE REASONS WHEN YOU CAST YOUR VOTE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ACKERSON COUNCIL MP ARGENTINA. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UH FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT MY COLLEAGUE FOR HIS CONSISTENCY. HE HAS VOTED AGAINST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE. THAT'S 100% TRUE. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS, THOUGH. UM FIRST OF ALL , I THINK HE ACTUALLY STATED IT PERFECTLY. THE PROBLEM WITH THE CONVERSATION IS THAT HIS POINT IS AT LEAST HE STARTED OFF BY SAYING IF METRO WAS ALL SCREWED UP, THEN YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE PARTICIPATE IN METRO WHO SCREWED UP AS OPPOSED TO FIXED METRO, RIGHT.UH IF THESE FOLKS BELIEVED WE WERE DOING A GOOD JOB UH, THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ANNEXED PERIOD. UM THE. SECONDLY UH, THE WAY HE DESCRIBES MERGER IF YOU GO BACK TO HOW MERGER WAS SOLD, AND I'VE BEEN PART OF THIS COMMISSION NOW TALKING AND DEBATING AND DISCUSSING THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MERGER, IT WAS NOT A WE ALL RISE TOGETHER, AND WE ALL THINK TOGETHER. THE REASON THE SUBURBAN CITY STILL EXISTS REFLECTS THE FACT THAT THAT WAS NEVER THE CASE HAD THAT BEEN THE CASE. 100% GUARANTEE THAT VOTE WOULD HAVE FAILED. AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THE MONEY MOVING AROUND THAT MAP. MONEY IS 100% STILL PROPORTIONATELY GOING TO THE ROADS THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO FIX . IT IS SIMPLY A DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, NOT US THAT IS GOING TO USE THAT MONEY AND EXECUTED. I DO NOT ASSUME THAT I'M SMARTER OR MORE
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INTELLIGENT THAN ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN ST MATTHEWS AND J TOWN IN MIDDLETOWN AND DOUGLASS HILLS OR ANY OF THESE OTHER SUBURBAN CITIES, JUST LIKE THE STATE ISN'T NECESSARILY SMARTER THAN US. AND NOR IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FOR THAT MATTER, RIGHT? IF THE PEOPLE OF THIS DISTRICT WANT TO PUT THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO THIS MORE LOCAL ORGANIZATION FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. IT IS NOT A MATTER THIS IDEA THAT SOMEHOW WE LOSE MONEY . QUOTE UNQUOTE, WHEN ALL THAT HAPPENS IS THIS GROUP OF TAXPAYERS IS PUTTING THEIR MONEY FROM THIS GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO THAT GOVERNMENT AND SAY, WHO IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING OVER THOSE THOSE THINGS? IT IS NOT A LOSS FOR ANYBODY, OKAY? NOT TO MENTION THE SCALE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'M FINE WITH DISCUSSING SCALE AND BUDGET AND ALL THESE DOLLARS. I'M ABOUT AS MUCH FROM FISCAL HAWK AS THERE ARE. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THESE CONSTITUENTS ARE MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION. IT IS UP TO THEM TO MAKE THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MATH AND THE CALCULUS AND DUE DILIGENCE IN THE WEB BEHIND THIS, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE CONSISTENTLY MAKING COUNCIL INACCURACY IN A LOSER ON THESE VOTES AND VOTE FOR THIS ANNEXATION. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MARINO WEBBER. WHILE I AM ALSO GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL ANACHRONISM, CONTINUING TO BE A LOSER. UH IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL HERE IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT ONE. RIGHT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DELEGATE TO THE LOCAL LEVEL AS CLOSE AS WE CAN, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY DECIDE THAT WE INVEST IN COLLECTIVELY AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH , EVEN FROM THE SUPER CONSERVATIVE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PEOPLE, ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS ROADS AND PUBLIC SERVICES. RIGHT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE THINGS WHERE IT DOES NOT AS A COMMUNITY BEHOOVE US TO HAVE SEPARATE SYSTEMS WHERE THOSE WHO HAVE MORE TAX REVENUE GET TO BENEFIT MORE FROM THAT INVESTMENT. THIS IS LITERALLY THE POINT OF GOVERNMENT. AND WHEN YOU GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF EVEN SUPER CONSERVATIVE ECONOMISTS, THEY SAY, DO NOT SEPARATE OUT THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO OR AREAS THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY MORE FROM THOSE THAT CANNOT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT WORK THAT YOU GET TO HAVE SEPARATE SERVICES COLLECTIVELY BENEFIT ALL OF US IN THE WAY THAT THIS IS WHAT GOVERNMENTS FOR, AND MAYBE THIS IS A PHILOSOPHICAL DISAGREEMENT, BUT I'M GONNA PUT MYSELF ON THE SIDE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ECONOMISTS WHO SAY DO NOT SEGREGATE OUT YOUR ROAD PIECES. YES, WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST. I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA TO DO IT. I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA TO DO IT WITH SCHOOLS. BAD IDEA TO DO IT WITH ROADS. I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA TO DO IT ANYWHERE. WHERE THE ECONOMICS OF DOING THIS MAKE IT SO THAT OUR COLLECTIVE INVESTMENTS GET PARCELED OUT INTO THESE LITTLE PLACES THAT HAVE DISPARATE OUTCOMES. SO JUST GONNA SAY IT, THOUGH. I GENERALLY AM IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMANIC MERSON BEING A LOSER. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER COUNCILMAN ARTHUR THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS IT? OKAY PRESIDENT IF I JUST DIRECT THE QUESTION IN GENERAL, AND MAYBE SOMEONE WHO'S WAY MORE INFORMED ABOUT THIS COULD RESPOND. YOU MADE DIRECT THE QUESTION AT THE CHAIR, ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE O.G S ON COUNCIL. INFORM US ABOUT WHAT'S STOPPING SOME OF THE CURRENT SUBURBAN CITIES. FROM SWALLOWING UP ALL OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS DIRECT THAT QUESTION AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY . LEGALLY SPEAKING, NOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN ORDER TO ANNEX TERRITORY. YOU NEED TO BE ADJACENT TO IT. IN THEORY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY J TOWN COULD THINK, HEY, WE CAN ALMOST CONNECT ANY IN ALL THE UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY INTO ONE BIG BLOB. THE TRICK IS THERE IS A THE REFERENDUM REQUIRED. THE FOLKS IN THESE PLACES WOULD HAVE TO VOTE AND THERE'S DIFFERENT CUTOFFS ABOUT WHAT REQUIRES SO IT'S PRACTICALLY INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. I SUPPOSE , IF EVERYONE AND EVERYONE INCORPORATED AREA ALL DECIDED WE ALL WANT TO BE IN J TOWN, 90.
SOME ODD PERCENT VOTED YES. THEN IT COULD HAPPEN TO THEORETICALLY. WILDLY IMPRACTICAL AND FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT J TOWN OR ANY OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES WOULD HAVE THE METRICS TO JUST UNDERTAKE THAT SUDDEN SWELL OF POPULATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN Q. YEAH. COUNCILMAN CRAMER. I BELIEVE I AM IN THE QUEUE, JUST ALTHOUGH I DID, JUDGE JOIN LATE, SO THANK YOU. UM YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK POINT. I THINK. AND I UNDERSTAND THE PASSION AROUND THIS, BUT I THINK WE ARE I THINK THERE IS SOME CONFUSION OUT THERE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT JOHN Q PUBLIC WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION DOESN'T DOESN'T MISUNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING OR READ THE REMAIN CORRECTLY. UM THERE IS A THE DEBATE SEEMS TO HAVE FOCUSED ALL OF A SUDDEN ON ROADS. THAT'S NOT WHAT THESE ANNEXATIONS ARE REALLY ABOUT. THE FOLKS WHO LIVE
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IN THAT DISTRICT. DID NOT GO TO J TOWN AND SAY WE WANT TO BE ANNEXED, SO YOU'LL GET MAP MONEY FROM THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. UM AND FURTHER MORE THAN THAT MONEY THAT COMES FOR ROADS DOESN'T ACTUALLY COVER THE EXPENSE OF BUILDING THE ROAD. SO UM, WHATEVER WORK METRO LITTLE DOES WITH ROADS. WE SPEND A LOT MORE ON THOSE ROADS THAN THE MAP. MONEY PROVIDES. SO IF A SUBURBAN CITY IF HOME RULE CITY TAKES OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT ROAD, AND THEY GET THE PROPORTIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE STATE, MATT MONEY FROM MISTAKE THAT MEANT MONEY DOESN'T COVER THE COST OF THAT ROAD SO THAT SUBURBAN CITY IS ACTUALLY TAKING ON. AN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST THING TO SAY, BUT BUT I WANNA HAZARD SAID THAT BECAUSE NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT ROADS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT REALLY ISN'T WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, RIGHT? THIS ANNEXATION IS ABOUT BEING INCLUDED IN UH, SUBURBAN CITY.THAT OFFERS A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S DIFFERENT. THEN WHAT THE REST OF METRO LOVE OFFERS AND THEY'RE VOTING TO PAY FOR IT. THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT ASKING THAT METRO LOUISVILLE COME OUT TO THEM AND PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS PROVIDED IN OTHER PORTIONS OF THE URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, WE REALIZED THAT FOLKS IN URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT PAY EXTRA AND THEY GET FIRE PROTECTION. THEY GET GARBAGE COLLECTION. WE WANT TO PAY EXTRA TO AND WE WANT TO GET GARBAGE COLLECTION, NORTH STREETS OR ASSAD, BOXER STREETLIGHTS OR WHATEVER, RIGHT, SO WHATEVER THEY WHATEVER IT IS, THIS CITY IS PROVIDING THEY WANT THEY'RE JUST SAYING, LET US PAY EXTRA TAXES AND LET US HAVE THAT. UM YOU KNOW, I HAD A DISCUSSION THAT YOU KNOW SOME NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THE POINT THAT HE WAS MAKING WAS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FOLKS ALL OVER THIS COMMUNITY WHO SEE THOSE AMENITIES AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE AMENITIES AND THEY CAN'T HAVE THEM IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. IF THEY WANT THOSE AMENITIES, THEY HAVE TO MOVE INTO ONE OF THESE SUBURBAN CITIES. WELL, THE REALITY IS THAT SEVERAL THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. SO THAT'S NO LONGER TRUE. UM IF A PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY WANTS THAT KIND OF SERVICE THE CANS OF SERVICES THAT ARE QUITE HONESTLY LESS EXPENSIVE, MORE EFFICIENT. IF YOU DO IT COLLECTIVELY, THEN IF YOU DO IT INDIVIDUALLY. UM YOU CAN FORM RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN FORM A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. AND YOU CAN SAY THIS SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT IS TO PAY FOR WHATEVER I WANTED TO PAY FOR. YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW. SO THE ARGUMENT THAT IT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL NEED TO MOVE. THEY DON'T IF WHERE YOU LIVE? THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT. YOU CAN DO IT NOW. STATE LAWS ALSO CHANGED EVEN MORE RECENTLY TO SAY THAT IF YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE IT HOME RULE CITY WITHIN METRO LOUISVILLE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, THAT TOO WILL BECOME POSSIBLE. SO TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT SOMEHOW THIS ISN'T FAIR BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE CAN HAVE IT AND SOME PEOPLE CAN'T. IT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY ANYBODY WANTS TO DO THIS CAN DO THOSE UM AS FAR AS ANNEXING VERSUS CREATING A NEW ONE, YOU KNOW IF YOU LIVE CLOSE TO AND HOME RULE CITY IT'S PROBABLY EASIER TO BE AN EX THAN IT IS TO SET UP ON ENTIRELY NEW, YOU KNOW , TAXING DISTRICT. UM THAT MEANS YOU'RE GONNA BE LIMITED TO WHAT THAT CITY PROVIDES, AND ALL OF THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE, BUT AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST THING THAT IS COLLEAGUES, PLEASE, NO. I MADE THIS PLEA LAST TIME WE HAD A DISCUSSION LIKE THIS, SO I TUNE THEM BEING CONSISTENT. UM PLEASE. NO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND MORE TAX ABOUT TO SPEND MORE IN TAXES. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT IN THE PART OF THE WORLD WHERE THEY LIVE. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD THINK SITTING AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL THAT WE SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO TELL PEOPLE NO, YOU CAN'T PAY FOR SOMETHING THROUGH TAXES.
THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR VIEW OF THE WAY THE CITY SHOULD BE. SO PLEASE, FOLKS, AS YOU VOTE TONIGHT, RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE VOTE YOU'RE TAKING IS INTO A YES VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THESE AREAS AND WANT TO TAKE ON GREATER RESPONSIBILITY. I'M BEGGING YOU. IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ON GREATER RESPONSIBILITY, LET THEM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COSMO KRAMER, COUNCILMAN ACKERSON. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT INTO MY ILLUSTRIOUS COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT 11. YOU ARE CORRECT. YOU AND I HAVE BOTH VOTED CONSISTENTLY THESE THE OPPOSITE EVERY TIME. I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT, THOUGH. IT SOUNDS REAL SIMPLE TO SAY. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PAY A LITTLE MORE, LET'S LET'S LET HIM PAY A LITTLE MORE. LET'S LET'S LET'S LET'S GO FROM GROUND LEVEL UP TO 10,000 FT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS. AND THE LONG TERM VERSUS THE SHORT TERM. IF YOU'RE A HALF . YOU CAN SAY I WANT BETTER POLICE FIRE. I WISH METRO GOVERNMENT WAS DOING A BETTER
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JOB, AND THEY'RE NOT. BUT HERE'S ANOTHER OPTION. I'M GONNA JUMP SHIP. AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER HERE BECAUSE I CAN AFFORD TO AND I'LL GET BETTER SERVICES THAN MY FRIENDS. 5 10, MILES DOWN THE ROAD OF MY FRIENDS IN THE WEST END OR THE SOUTH END. I'LL GET BETTER BECAUSE I CAN AFFORD IT.BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND FROM THAT AGAIN IS YOU KNOW IF METRO IS NOT DOING A GOOD JOB THAT OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, HAVE DO A BETTER JOB VERSUS TO SAY, GET OFF THE TRAIN AND GET OFF AT THIS GREAT SPOT. DON'T STAY ON THE TRAIN. THE LONG TERM RAMIFICATIONS HERE IS THIS. AS. FOLKS YOU KNOW, J TOWN IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. IT'S GROWING, GROWING GROWING. YOU LOOK AT ALL THE UNINCORPORATED AREA AROUND THEM. JAY TELL COULD BECOME AS BIG AS THIS EVIL, POTENTIALLY IF THEY KEEP GOBBLING UP TERRITORY. AND THE CONCERN THERE IS THIS.
WHAT'S GONNA BE LEFT IS THE URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT. POTENTIALLY THE SOUTH END. YOUR FOUR AREAS. AND SO THE END RESULT IS YOUR POORER AREAS NOW LOSE. THE CHANCE TO STAND AS A WHOLE. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE LONG TERM TOMORROW. IT'S GREAT. YES YOU'VE GOT BETTER POLICE. YOU'VE GOT BETTER FIRE. YOU GOT BETTER GARBAGE PICKUP. THAT'S THE SHORT TERM.
IN A LONG TERM THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING TO SUFFER. POOR AREAS. BECAUSE THEIR TAX BASE IS GOING TO BE PULLED AWAY. THINGS WILL GET EVEN WORSE FOR THEM. AND SO FAR GOAL IS TO BE A UNITED METRO. IT SHOULD NOT BE TO FIND OUT TODAY'S SIMPLE FIX. FOR SOME FOLKS WHO CAN AFFORD IT . IT SHOULD BE TO STRIVE THAT THE CITY AS A WHOLE RISES TOGETHER, AND THUS WE CAN'T GIVE UP ON THE DREAM OF METRO THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WELL, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT CHAIRWOMAN. MCRANEY WILL TAKE THE CHAIR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WINKLER THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN, UM, AND COMMENT ON ONE THING THAT COUNSELING, AKERSON SAID. THAT'S INACCURATE . UH WHICH IS SO LET ME FIRST SAY THAT I AM A GENERAL SUPPORTER. I'M A VEHEMENT SUPPORTER OF MERGER AND DO YOU THINK WE ARE MUCH BETTER OFF TOGETHER THAN WE ARE ARE APART AND SO, UM, AND I DO THINK ISSUES LIKE THIS, AND SUBURBAN CITY FORMATION COULD BE POTENTIALLY THE IDEA OF ANNEXATION. THE IDEA OF UH, SUBURBAN CITY CREATION IN AND OF ITSELF TO ME IS NOT PROBLEMATIC. IT'S SORT OF THE UNDERLYING RHETORIC THAT UNDERLIES A LOT OF THESE ANNEXATIONS AND THE WHAT WENT INTO HOUSEHOLD 3 14 FOR ME IS PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S ANTI MERGER, WHICH I THINK IS BAD FOR ALL OF US. AND IT'S BAD FOR THE METRO. I'M NOT ONLY A FAN OF MERGER, I'M ALSO A FAN OF SORT OF A REGIONAL APPROACH TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY. UH, BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN WE SPEAK WITH THE SINGULAR VOICE, HOWEVER, WHERE I DISAGREE WITH COUNCILMAN AKERSON IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT SERVICES PROVIDED, I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING ANNEXED HERE THEY'RE NOT BEING ANNEXED FROM THE U. S D THERE BEING AN EX FROM UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY SO METRO LOUISVILLE DOES NOT PROVIDE FIRE SERVICE IN THESE AREAS. METRO LOUISVILLE DOES NOT PROVIDE TRASH SERVICE. THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE TRASH HAULERS. IN THIS CASE, THEY WANT TO PAY A I DON'T KNOW WHAT J TOWNS TACK TRASH SERVICES. I'M GOING TO SPECULATE THAT CITIZENS PAY ATTACKS JEFFERSON J. TOWN HAS CONTRACTED WITH REPUBLIC OR WASTE MANAGEMENT OR SOME OTHER TRASH HAULER, AND SO THEY WILL PAY A TAX AND RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALLY CONTRACTING WITH REPUBLIC, THEY WILL GET THEIR TRASH SERVICE THROUGH REPUBLIC BY WAY OF THEIR TAXES TO J TOWN. UM SIMILARLY, UH, YOU KNOW THE J TOWN POLICE WILL PATROL THIS AREA. UM YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, THEY'LL GET SNOW CLEARANCE AGAIN UNLIKELY THAT METRO IS PROVIDING THAT SERVICE TODAY IF WE ARE PROVIDING IT ON THOSE ARTERIAL ROADS, PRESUMABLY J TOWN WILL BE PROVIDING IT GOING FORWARD. SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE VERSUS HAVE NOT. I DO THINK THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY ARE WANT TO JOIN AN AREA WHERE THEIR PURCHASING THESE SERVICES INDIVIDUALLY, THEY'D LIKE TO PURCHASE THEM COLLECTIVELY THROUGH THEIR TAX DOLLARS. YOUR ARGUMENT IS VALID ABOUT THE ROADS. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL THERE. I THINK THAT IS A VALID ARGUMENT. IT IS A CONCERN. I DO THINK OVER THE PERIOD OF THE LONG TERM THAT IS OFFSET BY THE COST THAT WE OFFLOAD. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK LEFT THE REFLECT LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. I'M REALLY PUSHING THE CHAIR BACK TO THE CHAIRMAN. SO UNITED. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MCRANEY. COUNCILMAN OWN. QUICK COMMENT FOR ME, AND I'M
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DEFINITELY THINK WE'RE STRONGER TOGETHER AND WOULD PREFER TO, UH , EVERYTHING TO BE UNDER METRO GOVERNMENT. SO START THERE. BUT A COUPLE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE HAVE BEEN HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEIR CONSISTENCY IN THIS REGARD, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO BE VERY INCONSISTENT ON THE VOTES TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND UH, THE ONE WITH GRAEME OR DEVON DALE. I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS THAT THAT MAKES SENSE TO BE ANNEXED INTO GRAY MORE DEVON DALE, AND SO I WILL PROBABLY VOTE NO ON ONE AND YES, ON THE OTHER END BE ENTIRELY INCONSISTENT IN A WAY, BUT IT IS FOR REASONS THAT I THINK DO MAKE SENSE. THANKS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT I FEEL VERY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS IF WE WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT TAXES RIGHT. SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO BUY PRIVATE SERVICES FOR THE PLACES THAT THEY WANT. IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL, YOU WANT TO CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT TO COME TWICE A WEEK TO PICK UP YOUR TIME EVERY DAY. I DON'T CARE. RIGHT. DO CARE ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY THINK ABOUT OUR TAX BASE. SO THAT'S IT , MAN IT JUST SAY IT AND LET IT GO THERE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CRAMER. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXES , AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SERVICES THAT GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE. YOU KNOW, I THINK AND AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH CONFUSION ABOUT ABOUT ROADS. I THINK YOU BRING ROADS IN AND IT IT. IT MUDDIES THE WATERS. THIS ISN'T ABOUT ROADS. IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT I LIVE IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA. JEFFERSON COUNTY I PAID FOR MY OWN GARBAGE COLLECTION. THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN. WE ORGANIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE WENT OUT AND TRIED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE WASTE HAULERS TO GET A MORE REASONABLE RATE FOR OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THERE . WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH LEVERAGE. WE'RE REALLY LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO IF INSTEAD AS A MEMBER OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. I COULD BELONG TO A GOVERNMENT. THAT WAS ABLE TO MORE EFFICIENTLY NEGOTIATE THAT CONTRACT. I WOULD HAVE MUCH BETTER SERVICE AND WE FAR, FAR MORE EFFICIENT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT SERVICES, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HASN'T HAD NOT. WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT IF I GET THIS GOVERNMENT SERVICE, THAT MEANS YOU WON'T GET IT. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE THESE GOVERNMENT SERVICES. I WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE THEM. THE GOVERNMENTS THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW WANT TO DO IT FOR ME? I DON'T HAVE LOTS OF OTHER ALTERNATIVES. IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS HERE. RIGHT SO ALL THEY'RE SAYING IS I LIVE IN THIS UNINCORPORATED AREA. I WANT GOVERNMENT SERVICES. NO GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE THEM. NONE OF THE GOVERNMENTS THAT REPRESENT ME PROVIDE THEM. I WANT TO JOIN THE GOVERNMENT THAT DOES AND WHAT? WHAT? THOSE OF US WHO WILL VOTE NO ARE SAYING IS NO, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET SERVICES FROM A DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT THAN OUR GOVERNMENT. AND BY THE WAY, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT YOU WANT. SO KEEP PAYING FOR IT AT YOUR OWN POCKET. IF YOU TALK ABOUT HAVES AND HAVE NOT THE FOLKS WHO HAVE LESSER MONEY HEART PAYING MORE FOR THE SERVICES. THEN THEY WOULD BE PAYING IF THE GOVERNMENT PAID FOR IT FOR THEM. GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ACKERSON. QUICK RESPONSE TO TWO THINGS ONE. MR PRESIDENT, I WOULD SAY THIS. I WOULD CONCUR THAT YOU WERE RIGHT ON THE GARBAGE HAULING. URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT. AS COUNCILMAN CRAMER JUST POINTED OUT, THEY DO HAVE TO CONTRACT THEIR OWN. ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S NOT THE CASE THEY PARTICIPATE IN AND AREAS THAT THEY PAY TAXES INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE M S THE POLICE THAT'S ALL COVERED. UH AND ON THE HAZARDS HAS NOT SIMPLE TO LOOK AT THIS AND THINKING OF INSURANCE. EACH ONE OF US PAYS. AN INSURANCE PREMIUM ON OUR AUTOMOBILE. OKAY AND THAT MONEY IS THEN PULLED IT'S PULLED TOGETHER. SO WHEN SOMEONE HAS AN ACCIDENT POOL PAYS FOR IT. OKAY? AND BY POOLING TOGETHER YOUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS. YOU'RE PAYING MUCH LESS. MUCH LESS VERSUS IF YOU JUST HAD TO SAY I GOT IT FULLY ENSURE AMOUNT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW WHEN, WHEN A HURRICANE HITS FLORIDA THE REST OF US POOLING NATIONALLY. INSURANCE PREMIUMS TO HELP COVER BIGGER COSTS DOWN THERE. WE PROBABLY PAY MORE THAN WE SHOULD. HERE IN KENTUCKY FOR FLORIDA HURRICANES. BUT THE BUT THE COOLING SYSTEM IS WHAT HELPS EVERYONE. AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS DOES BOIL DOWN TO TAX DOLLARS, BECAUSE EVERY TIME IT'S WHETHER IT'S THE MAP MONEY FOR THE ROADS. WHICH I DO BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN IF STREETS DON'T NEED TO BE PAVED IN THE AREA THAT WE'RE ANNEXING THEIR MAP DOLLARS GO TO THE WESTERN OR SOUTH END TOOK PAVED ROADS THAT ARE IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. NOW. THE INSURANCE PREMIUM DOLLARS THOSE GET PULLED. AND THEY GET SPREAD AROUND TWO AREAS THAT NEED IT.[01:20:05]
AREAS THAT DON'T NEED IT. THEY DON'T GET AS MUCH. AND SO THE MORE WE TAKE AWAY FROM THE POOL AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WILL BE THE POOR AREAS THAT WON'T HAVE THE POOL AVAILABLE FOR THEM, AND THUS THEIR SERVICES WILL DROP. THEIR ROADS WILL GET WORSE. THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE WILL GET WORSE AND WE DO END UP MAKING THIS OVER A DECADE, MAYBE TWO DECADES, AN AREA OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS AND LOUISVILLE. AND THAT IS MY GREATEST PROBLEM WITH THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LEAST DISCUSS THE TWO POINTS THAT YOU AND COUNCILMAN CRAMER JUST DISCUSSED. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. ARGENTINE E. AND YET, MR PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES , THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE HAVE HAD ALL THESE VOTES AND WE HAVE RECORD SURPLUSES. RECORD BUDGETS . THERE IS 000 THAT ANY OF THOSE ANNEXATIONS HAVE CAUSED ANY FISCAL HARM TO ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN THIS CITY. AND I WILL STAND WITH EVERYBODY. I MEAN, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BIG BUDGET MOVES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STATE THIS UPCOMING JULY 1ST TAKING OVER PAYING FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER TO THE TUNE OF A SAVINGS OF $6 MILLION A YEAR IN PERPETUITY ON BEHALF OF THESE CITIZENS, OKAY, NOT 100 AND 82,000. 6 MILLION A YEAR, THE STATE'S GOING TO TAKE OVER THE STATE TAKING OVER PAYING FOR WHICH I SUPPORTED THE STATE TAKING OVER PAYING FOR LOCAL YOUTH CORRECTIONS TO THE TUNE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ITSELF, PLUS THE OPERATING COST 10, PLUS MILLION A YEAR IN SAVINGS TO THE TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY BY THE STATE TAKING IT OVER. I WILL JOIN ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN BRING RESOURCES AND BRING SERVICES TO THIS COMMUNITY. BUT THIS IS NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT THIS IS A DOLLAR ISSUE, OR THIS IS THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE ZERO THAT ANYBODY HAS LOST. WHEN WE HAVE DONE THESE ANNEXATIONS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN KRAMER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. IN ONE LAST I JUST FOLLOW UP QUESTION. FIRE HAS BEEN MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES. UM AND THERE. THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MARRY THOSE WORDS EVEN FURTHER EXCEPT TO SAY THAT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT A SEPARATE TAX. THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT. THEY'RE NOT PART OF SUBURBAN CITIES. THEY'RE COMPLETELY SEPARATE, TAXING ENTITIES. SO ANY CONVERTION WE HAVE AROUND ANNEXATION FOR SUBURBAN CITIES ARE HOME. REAL CITIES SHOULD NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING ABOUT FIRE. THEY'RE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THAT. AND AGAIN. THERE'S A LOT TO SAY THERE. UM BUT BUT TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNSELING P ARGENTINA'S POINT. NOT ONLY IS IT NOT ONLY IS IT NOT TRUE THAT SERVICES WILL BE WORSE. THE OPPOSITE IS ACTUALLY TRUE. IF YOU IF YOU CONSIDER THAT, UM WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY MONEY. NONE OF THESE ANNEXATIONS TAKES ONE DIME AWAY FROM LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. NONE. BUT WHEN A SUBURBAN CITY LIKE THIS ANNEXES THESE AREAS. THE POLICE PROTECTION IN THESE AREAS IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF BAD THESE SUBURBAN CITIES, WHICH MEANS THE POLICE THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE AREN'T LOSING POLICE OFFICERS. IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE POLICE ARE BEING RE READ, UM, REDISTRIBUTED OR REAPPORTION. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS AREAS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT BEING SERVED BY POLICE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS. WE WILL HAVE MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL HAVE THEM THANKS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RAISE THEIR OWN TAXES. SO IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THIS WHOLE ARGUMENT THAT SOMEHOW WE'RE TAKING AWAY. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GET GOVERNMENT SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OTHERWISE AND BY ALLOWING THEM TO GET GOVERNMENT SERVICES. WHATEVER MINIMAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES WAS BEING PROVIDED TO THEM WILL NOW BE PROVIDED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY.I IN SOME WAYS, IT'S A WIN WIN. THAT WAS THE ONE THAT HAD TO RAISE MY TAXES HAD WON THE ARGUMENT. IT'S A WIN. BUT, UM, TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT FOLKS WHO YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS OR LOSING IT JUST IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT THAT MAKES MUCH SENSE TO ME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. CAN WE CALL THE QUESTION QUESTION, PLEASE? QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I POSED NO THE EYES, HAVE IT. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING.
SO. SHALL WE JUST CLARIFY A YES VOTE APPROVES THE ANNEXATION. OKAY NO, I'M SORRY. YOU IGNORE WHAT IT SAYS YOU'RE VOTING ON. ALWAYS VOTED ON THE CALL. THE QUESTION THIS VOTE IS TO APPROVE
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THE ORDINANCE OR NOT, DOES NOT MATTER WHAT FOOD ORGAN CORRECT. IT SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT JUST IGNORE THAT. THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED. THE BOAT IN FRONT OF YOU IS APPROVE OR DENY THE ORDINANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER, BLACKWELL. ARE YOU? A YES. YES. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY? MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 15. YES VOTES, SIX. NO VOTES AND TO, UM PRESENT VOTES. THANK YOU. THE ITEM PASSES. AND FOR THE RECORD, SIR, THAT MAKES 18 JUST EIGHT COUNSELING. ACKERSON COUNSELING ACKERSON. HOLD ONTO THAT THOUGHT , MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM 40. HERE WE GO AGAIN. ORDINANCE OF THE LOCAL JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK. I'M SOR. YES. COULD YOU RECORD HMM. COUNCILMAN PARKER.WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE RECORDED? YES VOTE PLEASE WILL BE 16 TO 6. THANK YOU. YES, SIX.
NO AND TWO ABSTENTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK OR READING OF ITEM 40. IN ORDERS OF LOUISVILLE , JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO COUNCILS WITH THE TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION OF THE CITY OF GRAEME OR DEVON, DEL OF A TRACT OF LAND WITHIN THE BULL RUNNER, TOWN HOME DELOPMENT, WHICH CONTINUOUS. WITH THE EXISTING BORDER OF THE CITY OF GREAT MORE DEVON DALE,UT N CONTINUS WI THE BOUNDARY OF T FORMER CI OF GLOL BEING I THE UNINRPORATED AREA OF THE FO JCOFFN MOTI BUNANNGLE COND BY COUNCILMANOWLER. IS WLERHANK YOU. UM, MRUNCILMAN PRESIDENT, UM. I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS IS ANOTHER ANNEXATION. SO UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE MAYBE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID THAT WE TAKE THIS ONE AS WELL. SO THIS IS IN COUNCILWOMAN MCRANEY DISTRICT, AND SHE MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT PRESIDENT. HMM. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MCRANEY. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. YES THIS IS THE BULL RUN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE GREAT WAR DEVON DALE AREA OF THE DISTRICT SEVEN AND THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT OF GRAEME OR DEVIN DALE VOTED FOR THIS ANNEXATION TO TAKE PLACE. THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION IN THAT THIS IS AN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS OF LAND ABOUT EIGHT ACRES OF LAND AND OF THOSE 80 ACRES. THERE ARE TWO ACRES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA. SO IT ONLY MAKES GOOD SENSE TO ANNEX THIS PROPERTY SO THAT THE DEVELOPERS CAN DEVELOP ALL 72 OF THE TOWN HOUSES WITHIN ONE CITY IF IT WERE REVERSED, AND LOCAL METRO OWNED THE EIGHT OR NINE PIECES OF THE ACREAGE AND TWO OF THAT ACREAGE. WAS INGRAHAM OR DEVON. DALE I WOULD BE FIGHTING AGAINST THAT. BUT BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO ACRES OF THIS EIGHT ACRE PLOT THIS UNDEVELOPED. IT'S NOT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN AN AREA THAT ARE FIGHTING AGAINST MOBILE , METRO OR GOVERNMENT OR TRASH PICK UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT OWNS EIGHT ACRES OF LAND, BUT ONLY TWO ACRES OF IT IS IN THE OPPROBRIUM LOUISVILLE METRO. SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS HAND EXCITATION BECAUSE IT ONLY MAKES GOOD COMMENTS SENSE TOO. APPROVE THIS ANNEXATION, AND I AM ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES VOTE YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH SEEING NONE OF THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE.
MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, BLACKWELL. OH, DISREGARD, SIR.
HE'S NOT UP THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. YES. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 22 YES VOTES AND ONE NO VOTE. THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCE PASSES. THAT MAKES 19 . MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM 41. APPROPRIATING $3500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $1000 FROM DISTRICT, 15 14 AND $500 , EACH FROM DISTRICT EIGHT AND 10 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF
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MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO LOCAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE AIMED FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTH, POINTS BY LOCAL FAIR AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION MY COUNSEL MP ARGENTINA'S SECOND COUNCILMAN, SAM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION I KNOW COUNCILOR BLACK RHINO. COUNCILMAN CRAMER CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE. SO I WILL CALL ON HIM IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. YES. THIS CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE. UM THE REQUEST FROM FROM THE AGENCY WAS FOR 5250, THE ORIGINAL SPONSORS WERE AT 17 50 COMMITTEE THEY RAISED, THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 17 53 COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINED AND THIS IS BROADCAST BACK COUNCILMAN CHAPEL. I'M SURE SHE MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS SO SHE CAN SEE IF OTHERS MIGHT BE INTERESTED. COUNCILMAN CHAPEL. SURE THIS EVENT IS PUT IN PUT ON BY THE LOUISVILLE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE, AND IT WAS HELD IN AIR QUICK PARK IN JULY. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO LEAVE A HAS GOTTEN, UM LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR IT LOOKS LIKE LAST YEAR THEY GOT $21,000 AND THEN THIS YEAR THIS IS THEIR FIRST BUDGET REQUEST. UM THEY DO HAVE ANOTHER BY LOCAL FAIR. UM THAT HAPPENS DOWNTOWN AND THAT USUALLY IS ABOUT, I THINK MAY SO THIS IS THEIR FIRST REQUEST THIS YEAR, BUT I WOULD LOVE IF OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO THROW IN. UM OBVIOUSLY THE EVENTS ALREADY HAPPENED, BUT, UM , HOPEFULLY SHOWING THAT WE HAVE INVESTMENT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS NDERFUL SOUTH EVENT YEAR AFTER YEAR. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK DISTRICT 17 FOR 2 50. MHM. SEE NO ONE ELSE IN Q UH, WHO IS THAT? COUNCILOR MACHON. 200, PLEASE. ANYBODY ELSE? COULD I GET AN AMEND THE NEW TOTAL MENTAL CLARK IS 4,203,950. 50 OKAY, COULD I GET A MOTION MOTION BECAUSE ONE TIME SECOND COUNSELOR IN WEBER, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED MOTION, SAY AYE. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT ALLOWS FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE OR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES? HAVE IT? THE MOTION PASSES. MADAM CLERK READING OF ITEM 42. AND ORDERS RELATING TO THE ZONING INFORMED DISTRICT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 75 04 PRESTON HIGHWAY CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 1.65 ACRES. AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 22 ZONE 0115 GRAND FOR MOTION IN A SECOND PROBLEM MOTION BY COUNCILOR ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CRAMER. THE ITEM IS BEFORE US CHAIRWOMAN FLOOD THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM OUR 52 C ONE AND C 120 T F, WHICH IS OFFICE TOURIST FACILITY WITH THE CHANGE INFORMED DISTRICT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO SUBURBAN MARKETPLACE. THIS IS LOCATED AT 75 04 PRESTON HIGHWAY, AND THAT PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO OH, KELOWNA ELEMENTARY. PROPEL.PROPOSAL WAS FOR 49 ROOM HOTEL WITH ENTRANCE ON CLAY AVENUE, WHICH IS A RESIDENTIAL SIDE STREET WITH ITS ABOUT 25 FT WIDE . THE PLAN CALLED FOR 13 STORY BUILDING AND 22 STORY BUILDINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WOULD BE A 24 OPERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE STREET THAT CAME OFF UH, AS A RESIDENTIAL STREET THAT WOULD WIND ITS WAY AROUND TO THE SITE . THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE FORM DISTRICT CHANGE AND DENIAL OF THE CHANGE IN ZONING. THE COMMITTEE AGREED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO YOU'RE TONIGHT'S YES VOTE WILL BE THE UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS. DENIAL OF THE CHANGE IN ZONING AND THIS IS IN COUNCILMAN DANCE SOMETIMES DISTRICT HE MAY WISH TO ADDRESS US. COUNCILOR TIME. UM. WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS DENIAL. THANK YOU. SEEING NO MORE DISCUSSION. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE AGAIN. COLLEAGUES JUST A REMINDER THAT A YES VOTE SUPPORTS THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS DENIAL OF THIS PROJECT. MR PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 23? YES VOTES. THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCE PASSES, MADAM CLERK. OUR READING OF ITEM 43. IN ORDER TO RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 40, 27 AND 40 29 CHURCHMAN AVENUE, CONTINUING APPROXIMATELY 0.2047 ACRES BEING IN GLOBAL METRO CASE NUMBER, 23 ZONES, 0017 BREAD AND FULL MOTION BY COUNCILOR ARTHUR SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER. THE ITEM IS BEFORE US COUNCILMAN FLOOD THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM OUR FIVE TO YOU IN WITH DETAILED DISTRICT
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 40, 27 AND 42. EXCUSE ME, 40 27 AND 40 29 CHURCHMAN AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO SUBDIVIDE THE EXISTING LOT INTO TWO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE LOTS WERE PREVIOUSLY SEPARATED AND THE VACANT LOT IS ALREADY ADDRESSED. THE NEW LOT WILL BE THE SIZE OF THIS AS THE SURROUNDING LOTS. PROPOSAL ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSTRUCT AN INFILL HOUSING UNIT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING EXISTING PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE CURRENT LOT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE UNDER OUR FIVE AND U. N IS A RESIDENTIAL USE AND WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO REPLICATE THE CURRENT HOUSING . UM THIS ISN'T COUNCILWOMAN JENNIFER CHAPELS DISTRICT SHE MAY WISH TO ADDRESS US.COUNCILMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU. THIS IS IN THE HAZELWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS I SPOKE TO IT IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS PARCEL BEING SEPARATED OUT AGAIN AND ALSO A VACANT LOT GETTING SOME INFILL. SO THAT MEANS WE CAN GET SOME DENSITY AND ALSO SOME ACTIVATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT REALLY NEEDS THE INVESTMENT. SO UM, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN. Q THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE QUOTE. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. BECAUSE WE SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR VOTE RECORDED FOR THIS ORDINANCE? PRESENT. MADAM CLERK. DID YOU CATCH THAT? MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 23? YES, VOTES AND ONE PRESENT VOTE. THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCE PASSES MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM 44. I'M SORRY. AND OR NICHE RELATIONSHIP ZONING, INFORMED DISTRICT OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 11, 11900 AND 1 TO 200 DIXIE HIGHWAY IN CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 103.7 ACRES AND BEING IN LIMBO. METRO CASE NUMBER 23 ZONE 00 TO ZERO AS AMENDED RED AND FULL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN P. ARGENTINA'S SECOND COUNCIL, IT'S TIME IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN FLOOD? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS REQUEST FOR CHANGING ZONING FROM R R FOUR C ONE AND C 22 CM COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING IT 923,000. DIXIE HIGHWAY. THIS ALSO IS FOR A CHANGE IN THE FORM DISTRICT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD FORM . DISTRICT OF SUBURBAN MARKET CORRIDOR FORM DISTRICT CONSISTS OF SICK EXCUSE ME THREE CONTINUOUS PARCELS PARTIALLY DEVELOPED WITH A MOBILE HOME PARK. THE APPLICANT PROPOSAL TO REZONE THE REAR NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE SITE FOR FUTURE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PARTIAL TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE MOBILE HOME PARK TO BE PARTIALLY REZONED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THAT PARCEL. THOSE PARCELS, THE SITE IS GENERALLY SURROUNDED BY MIXED USED AND MIXED ZONING. DEVELOPMENTS WITH ASSORTED COMMERCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SLASH INDUSTRIAL ZONING AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY AND LARGE, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. MOBILE HOME PARK IT PARK IS LOCATED ON THE PORTION OF THE SITE THAT IS NOT PROPOSED FOR REZONING MSD FACILITY IS LOCATED TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTHWEST ON THE SITE ACROSS MILLCREEK BINDING ELEMENT NUMBER 11 STATES THAT IF THE APPLICANT OR OWN THE OWNER DEVELOPER. DECIDES TO CLOSE THE MOBILE HOME PARK, THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL GIVE AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE PROPOSED CLOSURE. WE ALSO ADDED DURING COMMITTEE BINDING ELEMENT NUMBER 13, WHICH IS OUR STANDARD BITING ELEMENT THAT CONCERNS CHANGING USE, CHANGING DEVELOPMENT PLAN CHANGE AND BITING ELEMENTS, AND THIS WILL ENSURE THAT ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN GOES TO THE PROCESS THAT THE METRO COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY. FOR APPROVAL ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND THIS IS IN COUNCILWOMAN CINDY FOWLER'S DISTRICT. SHE MAY WISH TO ADDRESS US. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOWLER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AND SO THIS IS A TALK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND HE IS PROPOSING SOME WAREHOUSES THAT WOULD SET OFF BACK, UM, FROM DIXIE HIGHWAY, LEAVING, UM, SOME PORTION IN THE FRONT. UM, FOR MAYBE SOME RETAIL BUT I AM FULLY IN FAVOR OF THIS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU KNOW ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, MADAM, THIS IS AN ITEM REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. COUNCILMAN, THE FLOODS ARE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ABOUT MAN? THAT'S A YES VOTE. MR PRESIDENT.
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YOU HAVE 24? YES. VOTES. THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCE PASSES. COLLEAGUES THE NEXT ITEM OF[New Business]
BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS AS YOU LEAVE THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY SO THAT THE CLERK MAY READ NEW BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WISH TO MAKE ANNOUNCES. PLEASE REMAIN IN CHAMBERS AND REQUEST TO SPEAK ON YOUR SYSTEM AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AGAIN BEFORE WE GET TO NEW BUSINESS. I WILL JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT THAT I MADE IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, BUT BECAUSE I'M SURE HE'S WATCHING EARLY BIRTHDAY TO EDWIN ERNST, OUR BUSINESS MANAGER. UM MAKE SURE YOU CONGRATULATE HIM ON THE 22ND. NEW BUSINESS COMPRISES ITEMS 47 TO 59 CLERK. PLEASE READ THOSE ITEMS IN THEIR ASSIGNMENT TO A COMMITTEE. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS SANCTIONED BUDGET IN THE CORPORATION'S COMMITTEE ITEM. 47 IN ORDER TO MAKE AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 707 S SERIES 2023 IN AUGUST NUMBER 080 SERIES 2023 RELATING TO THE VISITOR YEAR 2023 2020 FOR OPERATING A COUPLE OF BUCKETS RESPECTFULLY BUT TRANSFER IN SENDAI CRAP $1000 FROM DISTRICT 18 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND TO DISTRICT 18 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 48 AND ORDERS APPROVING THE 33RD. SUPPLEMENTARY SEWER AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM REVENUE BOND RESOLUTION OF DOCTOR ABOUT A BOARD OF A LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT AUTHORIZING THE ASSURANCE OF THE DISTRICT STORE AND JOINING SYSTEMS REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2023 C ITEM 49 ORDERS APPROPRIATED $4000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE PARLIAMENT OF $3000 FROM DISTRICT 14 $1000 FROM DISTRICT 15 TO THE OFFICER MENTIONED BUT VERDICT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOCAL HEALTH. FOR PRESENTED SPONSORSHIP FOR THE MARY ELIZABETH CLASSIC EVENT, WHICH RECEIVES BENEFIT AND WOMEN'S SERVICES IN THE NETWORK ROAD AND SENATOR MARY AND ELIZABETH HOSPITAL 15 AUDIENCE APPROPRIATE $7000 FROM THE DISTRICT 24 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR PROGRAM MATERIALS, AN INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING SERVICE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH SERVICES. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS SAID TO LIFE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONNECT THE ITEM 51 THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE BUDGET, ECONOMIC IMPROVED PLAN FOR THE GREATER GLOBAL LOCKING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD JULY 1 2023 TO JULY 30 TO JUNE 30TH 2024 THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS SENT TO PARKS AND SUBSTANCE STAIN ABILITY COMMITTEE AND 52 IN ORDER TO MINUTE CHAPTER 42 OF THE LOUVER METROCARD OF ORDERS TO PERMIT EXTENSION UNTIL DECEMBER. 2 28 OF GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.THE LEGISLATION WAS SAID TO THE PLAN AND ZONING COMMITTEE 53. WHY DON'T YOU RELATE TO THE ZONE IN THE PROPER LOCATED 53 23 NEW CULTURAL CONTAINER PROCESS, 0.48 ACRES AND BEING IN LOCAL METRO CASE NUMBER 23 ZONES 0041, 1954 AND ALL THIS RELATED TO THE ZONE AND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2021 REDFORD DRIVE CONTAINING QUESTION FACT 1000. 546 ACRES AND BEING IN LOW NATURAL CASE NUMBER 22 ZONE 0169 IN ORDER TO RELATE TO THE ZONE AND THE PROPERTY LOCATED SEVEN NO. ONE EAST KENTUCKY STREAK CONTINUED PERHAPS 0.06 EGGS AND BEING IN LOWER METRO CASE NUMBER 23 ZONES 0006 56 IN ORDER TO RELATED TO THE ZONING PROPERTY LOCATED 16 18 LINCOLN AVENUE CONTINUE REPLACEMENT 0.1041 ACRES AND BEING IN LOVE WITH METRO CASE NUMBER 23 ZONES 0033. 57 THE AUDIENCE RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF THE FOOD PORTION OF DOLPHIN AVENUE AGENDA TO 7 34 AND 800 C SEVEN OOH CONTAINER PROCESSING 4640 NET, 12 FT AND VINA LUMEN METRO CASE NUMBER 23 STREET CLOSURES ARE 13 58 AUDITS RELATING TO THE CLOSURE PROPORTION OF THE WRITER WAY OF REAGAN. BUSH. IT AGAIN TO 5. 59 05, BREAKING BUSH CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 3.87 ACRES AND BEING A LITTLE METRO CASE NUMBER 23 STREET STREET CLOSURES. THERE'S 014. THE FOLLOWING EXTRADITION WAS SANTA PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 1959 AND ORDERS A MINUTE LONGER METRO CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER NINE AND ONE FOR HIM TO SET HIM 1000 KIDS BY RETAIL PET STORES READY FOR
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THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 24TH AT SIX PM[Adjournment]
, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.