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MET TV. CAN WE GET THE VOTE CAST GREEN CHANGE, TOO. TO PUBLIC WORKS. AND ALSO, I'M JUST
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LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE VIRTUAL MEMBERS FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU.[00:16:28]
SECURITY. 30 SECONDS. 30 SECONDS, PLEASE. METRO TV.[00:17:09]
OKAY GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COUNCILMAN ROBIN ANGLE WILL BE CHAIRING THE[Call to Order]
COMMITTEE TODAY. COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS AS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. WE ARE JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.DAN SIMON JR. JENNIFER SHIP CHAPEL CONSUMMATE BENSON. COUNCILWOMAN, FLOOD COUNCILMAN
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ACKERSON. COUNCILMAN BAKERS IN THE HOUSE, UH, COUNCIL UNKNOWNS IN THE HOUSE. AH AND WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION. AH THAT WE WILL BE VOICE SPORTING ON LET ME READ ITEM NUMBER ONE. ARE 1 15 23 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT UP TO $120,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF[Pending Legislation]
WATERSON PARK TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEWBURG ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ASSETS. IS THERE A MOTION THERE IS A MOTION IN THE SECOND. IS THERE SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO THIS? PLEASE? YEP. HI JENNIFER KOMISAR KERN DIRECTOR. LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC WORKS. SO THIS SIDEWALK PROJECT LIKE YOU SAID. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOUISVILLE METRO CITY WATERSON PARK, SO ITS SIDEWALKS ALONG NEWBURG ROAD, WHICH WE MARKED MORE LANE AND THE METRO ANIMAL SERVICES AND THE RAILROAD OVERPASS. AND I HAD THE STATISTIC AT SOMETHING LIKE 2000. LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK. AND I HAVE A LAYOUT HERE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. IS THIS IS THEIR CONNECTIVITY GOING ON HERE OR IS THIS JUST NICHOLAS NEW NEW CONSTRUCTION.NO, THIS WOULD BE ENTIRELY NEW. AND I HAVE A WE HAVE A PDF AND I MEAN I HAVE A LAYOUT THAT I CAN PASS AROUND AS WELL. I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY UNLESS THE UNLESS OUR COLLEAGUES SEASICK. I BELIEVE I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL SPEND WORKING ON THIS. THIS PROJECT'S BEEN BEEN IN THE IN THE WORKS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. HE'S NOT HERE, BUT HIS OFFICE. HIS OFFICE IS REPRESEED HE MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, FEEL FREE TO COME UP. TELL US TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. OKAY CHAIR. I'M JEFF WALL AND LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM WITH COUNSELING OVER HILLS OFFICE. WASN'T SURE ANYONE WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS. BUT YES, SEVERAL YEARS IN THE MAKING OF BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. STEVE KUROWSKI DESIGN ENGINEER. AND FINALLY COMING TOGETHER. ALL THE PERMITS ARE IN PLACE. THE CITY OF WATERSON PARK WAS GENEROUS TO STEP FORWARD TO HELP
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MEET THE EXPENSE. AND THIS IS A NEW SECTION OF SIDEWALK WHICH WILL JOIN A SECTION THAT ALREADY EXIST. I THINK THAT MARK MORE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE THE LOCAL NATURAL ANIMAL SERVICES IS SO IT WILL PROVIDE SOME GREAT CONNECTIVITY FOR THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS OF CITY OF WATERSON PARK AND OTHER RESIDENTS, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO SEE IT COMING TOGETHER. OUTSTANDING ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? SEEING NONE. THIS REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. POLICE SAY I ALL THOSE OTHERS OPPOSED. YOU GUYS HAVE IT? THE ITEM CARRIES ITEM AND I'VE GOT TO CONSENT, RIGHT? ITEM NUMBER TWO ARE 1 12 23 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $186,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE KENTUCKY AND ORIGINAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO DEVELOP A BIKE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF PLANNING. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION IN A SECOND. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. MIKE KING.DIRECTOR LOUISVILLE METRO OFFICE OF PLANNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
UM THIS IS A GREAT FUND THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH KEPT A, WHICH IS THE LOCAL M P O OF FEDERAL DOLLARS. THEY HAVE A FEDERAL PROGRAM OF DOLLARS THAT COMES THROUGH EVERY YEAR. WE APPLIED FOR THIS AND WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT. UM THE AWARDS FOR $186,000 IS AWARDED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, METRO WILL BE MATCHING $114,000, WHICH ANY OF THESE GRANTS REQUIRE A LOCAL MATCH ON TOP OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS. THAT FUNDING WILL COME DIRECTLY FROM THE BILL FEDERAL MATCH THAT WAS ALLOCATED IN THIS PAST BUDGET BY METRO COUNCIL. THE FUNDS ARE VERY TIME SENSITIVE AND THAT IT MUST BE SPENT BY JUNE 30TH OF 2024. SPECIFICALLY THE FUNDING WILL GO TO DEVELOP. WE'RE CALLING A BIKE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS SORT OF GUIDE FUTURE INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL PROJECTS AROUND BICYCLE PLANNING AND INSTALLATION. FOR BIKES AND OTHER MICRO MOBILITY USERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL FOCUS A LOT ON SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL USERS. REASONS WE'RE DOING THIS LOUISVILLE METRO'S PREVIOUS BIKE MASTER PLAN WAS LAST REALLY UPDATED IN 2018. SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN. A LOT OF THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON VERY BIG LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS . WHAT THIS NEW PLANNING OPPORTUNITY WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE LASER FOCUSED AND REALLY GO DOWN AND GIVE US A VERY SPECIFIC STRATEGY ON HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOME IMPLEMENTATION TO BUILD OFF OF THESE EXISTING DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE, BUT TO FOCUS MORE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE OF THINGS. UM IT DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH OUR VISION. ZERO EFFORTS AS WELL. THEY'RE COMPLETE STREETS, EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY. AND AS WE LOOK AT OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT IS HAPPENING AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE KIND OF FACILITIES, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT METRO KEEPS PACE WITH THAT PROVIDED WE ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE FUNDING. WE WOULD THEN SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH KIP TO METRO WOULD THEN RELEASE AN RFP FOR A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT THE PLANNING STUDY. WE WOULD HOPE TO START THAT PROCESS BY DECEMBER. 2023 PROBABLY THIS YEAR IS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A CONSULTANT ON BOARD. SO JUST A COUPLE OF SO METRO TAX DOLLARS ARE IN PLAY HERE, AND WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO, UH PUT THIS OUT FOR BID AND IT HAS TO THEN ONCE WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IN ONE YEAR . THE PLAN ITSELF. JUST THE PLAN RIGHT AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE BIGGER THE LARGER PICTURE. WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? AND IS THERE A FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THIS PARTICULAR? YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THIS NEXT BIKE PLAN. WHERE IS IT GOING? AND WHAT DO YOU WHERE DO YOU SEE THE DOLLARS? UM SO UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A YEAR TO GET THE PLAN DONE, SO IT WILL BE A VERY SHORT TIMELINE FOR US. THAT'S JUST TO GET THE PLAN COMPLETED IN THOSE DOLLARS EXPENDED THEN FROM THERE, IT WILL GIVE US A VERY CLEAR BLUEPRINT OF WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE INVESTMENTS GOING FORWARD INTO OUR BITE, AND I WORK HERE IN THE CITY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT IT, OR THE SCOOTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND SORT OF HAPHAZARD WAY THAT THEY ARE OPERATED. THESE BIKE FACILITIES WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WOULD TAKE OUT THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL. SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING A LOT OF THE DATA THAT'S OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE WRITING THINGS WHERE WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MAY NOT BE WRITING THEM CORRECTLY, AND SIMMONS BIKES WHERE THE USAGES HAPPENING, AND THEN IT GIVES US THAT REALLY CLEAR PATH ON WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY FOCUS ON SOME CAPITAL DOLLARS. GOING FORWARD. THE PLAN ITSELF WOULDN'T COMMIT ANY DOLLARS IN ITSELF. THEY WOULD MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DO SO. THANK YOU FOLKS. I DON'T I'M NOT IN. I DON'T HAVE THE SYSTEM UP. SO IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, JUST KIND OF YEP. NOBODY SENT A CUBE. OKAY, SO LET ME REAL QUICK. YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, LIKE BIKE PATHS HAVE BECOME A ALMOST A JOKE, AND I'M NOT. I'M NOT FIGURED LITERALLY FROM CONVERSATION BECAUSE NOBODY USES THEM OR AT LEAST MANY OF THEM. SO MY HOPE IS THAT YOU KNOW I'M NOT AGAINST BIKES. I LOVE EXERCISE. I DO YOU
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KNOW, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE UTILIZED. YOU KNOW THESE THESE PREVIOUS BIKE PATHS THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST 10 20 YEARS ARE SIMPLY NOT BEING UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY. SO MY HOPE IS THAT THIS THING IS GOING TO BE IS GOING TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE PAST. THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT. ME TOO GOOD. UH IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, THIS REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. PLEASE. OF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL THOSE ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE EYES HAVE IT. THE ITEM CARRIES. THIS ALSO WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR COLLEAGUES. THAT'S A VERY SHORT AGENDA WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE ARE STANDING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU[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.]
VERY MUCH.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.