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METRO TV WILL BE STARTING ONE MINUTE.GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS KEVIN CRAMER. IT'S UM THERE'S WIND THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5TH. IT'S 4 35 . I'M GONNA BE SHARING THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TODAY I'M JOINED INCOME IN CHAMBERS COUNCILMAN, GALLERY COUNCILMAN, THE ARGENTINE E AND THE FIRST GIRAFFE. I'M COUNSELING. ARTHUR JOINED ALSO ONLINE BY AND UH, I BELIEVE MARILYN PARKER HAS JOINED US HE HER SCREEN BUT I DON'T SEE HER FACE. SO MARYLAND IF YOU'VE JOINED IF YOU DON'T
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MIND, TURN YOUR CAMERA ON SO THAT WE CAN COUNT YOU AS OFFICIALLY HERE. THAT'S THE CASE. I THINK THAT TAKES US UP TO SIX, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND SO, UM, MR CLARK, IF YOU WOULD READ INTO THE RECORD. THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE A GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THEM IN ORDER, SO THE FIRST ITEM IS C I F 1005 TO 3 P W 05. IT IS APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT FIVE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF A STREET SIGN IN HONOR OF REVEREND DOCTOR LINCOLN BINGHAM AND AT THE CORNER OF WEST JEFFERSON AND SOUTH 30TH STREET MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY, UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS? IT'S ONLY 100 $88, BUT AND OFF. AND COUNSELING PURPOSE AND SOMEONE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? ON THE RIGHT SIDE. OKAY SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. POSE AS CARRIED. IT WILL MOVE FORWARD AS THE SEA. I'VE UM REMEMBER, TOO IS ORDINANCE TO 27 23. IT IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM DISTRICT SIX NEIGHBOR DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE GLOBAL METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. TO FIND OVERTIME FOR OFFICERS TO ENGAGE IN ADDITIONAL PATROLLING IN DISTRICT SIX MOTION PROPER BEFORE US TONY HARDEN IS HERE. I BELIEVE I SPEAK TO MR HARDEN, IF YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR TONY HARDEN, COUNCILMAN PHILIP BIGGERS OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT SIX. THANK YOU.AND IF YOU'RE JUST SHARE WITH THIS KIND OF WHAT THE THOUGHT PATTERN IS, AND SO THIS IS FOR OVERTIME FOR OUR FOURTH DIVISION POLICE OFFICERS SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE PATROLS SPECIFICALLY IN THE OLD LOUISVILLE AREA, AND IN THE EVENING THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS. IN THE EVENING SPECIFICALLY AROUND THEFT. AND BREAK INS, AND WE WANT TO ENABLE OUR OFFICERS TO GET OUT THERE AS MUCH AS THEY'RE ABLE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. COME ON, ARTHUR. SO THIS IS ON TOP OF THE OVERTIME THAT WE ALREADY SET ASIDE IN THE CITY BUDGET. THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION, WE SPOKE WITH THE MAJOR IN THAT DIVISION , AND SHE SAID THAT HER OFFICERS WERE NOT ONLY ABLE, BUT VERY WILLING TO TAKE IT. BUT THEY DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE OVERTIME FUNDING. NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH EXTRA OVERTIME IN THE BUDGET. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PALLOR FOUND IT EXTRAORDINARY THAT THERE ARE OFFICERS THAT ARE ABLE TO TAKE THE OVERTIME IN THE THIRD DIVISION. WE, UM MOST EVERY OFFICER THAT HAS TIME HAS TO DO OVERTIME TO COVER THE BEATS. THE REGULAR BEATS NOT OVER TIME. SO THE MONEY THAT I ALLOCATED SOME COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. IT'S JUST SITTING THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO AVAILABLE OFFICERS BECAUSE WE'RE SO SHORT AND THE LARGEST. UM, SQUARE MILEAGE DIVISION IN THE CITY, AND WE ARE SHORT LIKE 40 HOURS, OFFICERS, SO IT'S GOOD LUCK. I CAN'T SAY THAT THEY DID ADD. I BELIEVE SIX ADDITIONAL OFFICERS FROM THE MOST RECENT CLASS TO THIS DIVISION. SO THAT MAY ALSO HELP WITH THAT IT IS TIME LIMITED SO IT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO USE IT. BUT ARTHUR. CAN I DO? WELL I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF YOU COULD GIVE SOME CONTEXT AND I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED. IF THERE IS, OVER TIME FUNDING WHAT THIS WOULD ACTUALLY DO, BUT MAYBE I'M JUST UNSURE ABOUT WHAT THAT FUNDING WAS FOR THAT WE APPROVED WELL, MY COMMENTS WERE KIND OF, I GUESS. IN PARALLEL WITH THAT, UM IT STRIKES ME THAT THE LARGEST PORTION OF METRO LOCALS BUDGET IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM THERE ARE. UNDOUBTEDLY CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS WHEN YOU HAVE A BUDGET THAT THAT THAT IS THAT LARGE, UM ALL OF US ARE IN DISTRICTS WHERE WE RECOGNIZED THE CHALLENGES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FACING. UM. YEAH AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION. I'VE BEEN ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW AND APPROPRIATIONS AS WELL. AND IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR ME WHEN SOMEONE BRINGS FORWARD UM AND NDF REQUEST TO PAY POLICE ON OVERTIME TO DO WHAT THE POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ON STRAIGHT TIME. I JUST I STRUGGLE WITH THAT PERIOD. UM, THE COUNCILMAN VALUES POINT THE REASON THAT WE'RE IN THE SHAPE WE'RE IN IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS INTO COUNSELING. ARTHURS POINT WE PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY TO COVER OVER TIME BECAUSE WE KNEW WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO DO WHAT THE POLICE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND SO IT. MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE. WHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS START USING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
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TO PAY THE POLICE TO DO WHAT THE POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING BECAUSE IT SETS ADD, BELIEVE HORRIBLE PRECEDENT FOR THE REST OF US. IT WILL GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE POLICE WILL BE IN THE DISTRICTS WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PAYING THEM TO BE INSTEAD OF BEING WHERE METRO GOVERNMENT. IS PAYING THEM TO BE, AND WE DIFFERENT IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ANYWAY. RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU HAD A WALK OR SOMETHING, AND YOU NEEDED EXTRA SECURITY FOR THAT. BUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? IS THE POLICE DOING WHAT THE POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ANYWAY. SO I REALLY? IT'S YOU KNOW. IT IS COUNCILMAN BAKERS IN DF FUND, SO I DON'T GET TO TELL COUNSELING BAKER HOW TO USE HIS FUNDS, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER VOTED AGAINST ONE OF THESE, UM HAVE I SPEAK AGAINST THEM REGULARLY AND I WILL SPEAK AGAINST THIS ONE MORE FORCEFULLY THAN I NORMALLY DO. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU KNOW? AND THAT THEIR COUNCILMAN BAKER'S FUNDS? NO, THEY'RE NOT HIS FUNDS. HE REPRESENTS HIS DISTRICT. COUNCILOR FOWLER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT DOESN'T SEND OF OURS OFFICERS TO TAKE THE OVERTIME. WE HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM ALONG THE DIXIE HALFWAY CORRIDOR WAS STREET RACING AND RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND THINGS AND THAT WAS WHY WE PUT THE FUNDS IN. UM BUT THEY THERE'S JUST PHYSICALLY, NOT ENOUGH OFFICERS TO TAKE THAT OVER TIME BECAUSE THERE ARE DOING OVERTIME EVERY SINGLE DAY TO FILL THOSE BEATS. SO THERE'S NOBODY LEFT. I THINK THAT'S MY POINT, THOUGH. I DON'T DON'T THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE NOT THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT'S MY POINT. I DON'T THINK WHERE THE OVERTIME DOLLARS COME FROM IS AN INCENTIVE FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS. I DON'T THINK THEY CARE IF THE MONEY CAME FROM INDIA FUNDS OR CAME TO COUNSELING. ARTHURS POINT OUT OF THE BUDGET. WE PUT IT IN THE SUMMER. UM, I'M NOT OFFICER ON THE STREET IS NOT THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT. UM BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IS US GET TO A POINT WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT THE MANAGEMENT. THE COMMAND STAFF. DECIDES THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO FILL HOLES IN THEIR BUDGETS ARE THE EASIEST WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS IS SIMPLY CHARGED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN OUR DISTRICTS ANYWAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE PUT EXTRA MONEY IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE REALIZE WE'RE SHORT OFFICERS. I WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN BAKER. IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT YOU KNOW HE MIGHT. GIVE THIS A SECOND THOUGHT. TO THAT POINT BY SHARE . WE ARE DOING THIS AT THE REQUEST OF NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL THERE, WHICH IS AN ASSOCIATION, A GROUP OF THE 13 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND OLD LOUISVILLE , BUT ALSO MANY, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE HAD BREAK INS. CERTAINLY DEATHS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE HAVE SAID HAPPENS SPECIFICALLY, AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT SAYS THAT HAPPENS AT THIS TIME.THEY JUST DON'T FRANKLY HAVE ENOUGH PATROL AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT? CERTAINLY AND I WOULD AGREE. YOU KNOW NOT TO SPEAK FOR COUNSELING. BAKER HIMSELF, HOWEVER, BUT I WOULD AGREE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO INCENTIVIZE OR MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE EXPECT. AS PROTOCOL, BUT WITH THAT, HAVING BEEN SAID WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO FIND A WAY TO FILL THIS GAP AT THE TIME. AND WITHOUT THIS, THERE REALLY AREN'T MANY OTHER OPTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY. COUNCIL ONE GUESS. AND LOOK, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S DOING. DON'T DON'T GET ME WRONG. MY ISSUE IS THAT THE FOURTH DIVISION HAS MANY MORE OFFICERS THAT CAN TAKE THAT OVER TIME, AND WE'RE SO SHORT IN THE DIVISION THREE THAT I MEAN, THOSE OFFICERS ARE HAVING TO WORK OVERTIME JUST TO FILL THE BEATS. NOT OVER TIME. YOU KNOW, JUST TO FILL THE DAILY BEATS SO YOU KNOW, THAT JUST SEEMS A BIT UNFAIR. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD YOU GOT SIX OFFICERS. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE GOT ANY. I KNOW. THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS DONE AT ONE POINT AND PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL SHOWING HOW THE OFFICERS WERE BROKEN DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE BEAT OFFICERS AND HOW MANY WERE DIVIDED BY EACH DIVISION. MY SUGGESTION, OF COURSE, WOULD BE TO CONTACT AND SPEAK WITH THE CHIEF AND THAT ALLOCATION. UM YES, IT'S NOT A IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR. YES I'M COMING YOUR WAY. BUT UM, COUNCILMAN MCRANEY, WHO HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE IS CLICKED IN. SO COUNCILMAN MCRANEY. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'RE ON MUTE. COUNCILMAN IT SEEMS YOUR SOUND DOES NOT WORKING. UM IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'M GONNA COUNCILMAN ARTHUR AND THEN I'LL COME BACK. IS THAT WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT? CAN I GET SOME KIND? THUMBS UP OR
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SOMETHING. COUNCILMAN I'M GONNA CALL ON COUNCILMAN ARTHUR AND I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, COUNSELOR, ARTHUR. ALL RIGHT, SO I JUST WANT TO TRY TO CLEAR UP MY OWN CONFUSION.YOU TALKED ABOUT THERE BEING A GAP? HAS L N B D RAN OUT OF THEIR OVERTIME MONEY. I'M NOT AWARE IF THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT. SO IF THEY STILL HAVE OVER TIME MONEY AND YOU HAVE OFFICERS WILLING TO WORK OVERTIME, WHY NOT JUST YOU THAT OVERTIME MONEY INSTEAD OF ASKING YOUR OFFICE FOR MORE FUNDING. WE WOULD BE HAPPY FOR THEM TO USE THAT AGAIN . THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE EXPIRATION DATE ON IT AS WELL SO THAT IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO USE THIS FUNDING, IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE OFFICE. UNDERSTOOD WHEN I SPEAK. MY APOLOGIES. GO AHEAD. WHEN I SPEAK TO THE GAP, THE GAP IS NOT NECESSARILY IN FUNDING AS MUCH AS THE GAP OF POLICING ITSELF AND PATROLLING. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AS IT IS ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR US TO GET SMALLER CRIMES, EITHER SEEING AND TAKEN CARE OF BY THE POLICE AND OPERATED ON BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PHYSICALLY THERE TO SEE IT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT, LIKE. BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THEM DOING SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. I KNOW AND DIVISION ONE DOWNTOWN GOING ACROSS THE WEST END WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES AND HOT SPOTS. THE ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD IN THE DIVISION OR THE MAJOR THEMSELVES HAVE WORKED WITH RESIDENTS TO INCREASE PATROLS. IT DIDN'T REQUIRE US TO PUT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND YOU KNOW TOWARDS THAT DIVISION, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS. HOW YOU CAME TO THIS POINT IF WE HAVE FUNDING TO DO OVERTIME IF WE HAVE OFFICERS WILLING TO DO OVERTIME. WHY THE EXTRA FUNDING? I'M STILL JUST UNSURE ABOUT THAT. AND I FEEL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I JUST KNOW WE'VE HANDLED IT WITHOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS SO I CAN SAY WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS OF EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY AND EDUCATE FOLKS THAT HAS WORKED WITH SOME THINGS SUCH AS CAR BREAK INS.
HOWEVER IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT THINGS SUCH AS THE PACKAGES THAT ARE STOLEN CONSTANTLY. WE HAVE WORKED WITH AMAZON, ACTUALLY, AND THEY WILL BE INSTALLING A LOCKER IN THE AREA AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE PERMISSION FROM METRO TO DO THAT, SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD THINGS THAT ARE COST FREE AS WELL. UH, AND IT'S JUST PART OF THE SOLUTION. CAN I ASK? WHERE IS THAT? UM SUNSET IN THE LANGUAGE IF YOU DON'T MIND. TOMMY, PULL IT UP HERE. BARELY ONE MOMENT WHILE I PULL IT UP.
I GUESS IT WOULD JUST BE A PRUDENT TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUNDING IS LEFT? AND WHETHER THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCE WE ALLOCATED IT. CORRECT YES, IF I CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MCRANEY IN THAT SOON, COUNCILWOMAN MCRANEY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STATED. IN BED. I'M HEARING THE ECHOES. ARE YOU ALL HEAR AN ECHO? THAT WE DID IT FIRST, BUT NOT NOW. OKAY? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE IN THAT WE DID PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET AND BEFORE WE CONSIDER ADDING FROM NDF. I WONDER, COULD WE HEAR FROM THE CHEESE OR ONE OF HER COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT THIS OVER TIME AND HOW THEY'RE USING IT. IT WOULD BE NICE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHY SOME DIVISIONS OR SOME? YES I'M DIVISIONS MAY NEED EXTRA OVERTIME FROM OUR BUDGET WHEN WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED IT.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN HOLD THIS UNTIL WE FIND THAT INFORMATION OUT FROM THE COMMAND STAFF OR THE CHIEF HERSELF? WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE. OKAY IS THERE ANY OTHER CONVERSATION? UM THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM YEAH. FOR MEMBER MOTION. WELL, IF IT MAY BE OKAY FOR COMFORT. BUT COUNSELOR AND THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF EMOTION? COME ON. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO TABLE THIS MOTION HAS BEEN MADE IN
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PROPERLY PROPERLY AND SECOND IN, UM DEBATE IS WITHOUT QUESTIONS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING SAYING THAT BY SAYING HI ALRIGHT. THE OPPOSED ANY OTHERS. YEAH, LET'S HAVE IT. THIS ITEM WILL BE TABLED. I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT UP NEXT. WELL, ACTUALLY. YEAH. NEXT NEXT TO ME BECAUSE THAT HAS HAPPENED. CALL ME BACK. YES AND I SO THE VOTES TAKEN AS BEING TABLED, SO I'M JUST GONNA COMMENT. I'M GOING TO SHARE THE COMMENT. SO COUNCILMAN VALERIE CANNOT STOP ME FROM SAYING WHAT I WANT TO SAY. UM YEAH. UH I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THAT, UM. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHY WE'RE IN THE PLACE WE'RE IN, UM ESPECIALLY WITHOUT HAVING COMMAND STAFF HERE TO REBUT WHAT I WHAT I BELIEVE IS PROBABLY TRUE. UM THAT SAID, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY IN A VERY PUBLIC FORUM, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE THE COMMAND STAFF A CHANCE TO COME BACK AND EXPLAIN HOW I MIGHT BE MISTAKEN. UM, AS WE CARRIED THIS CONVERSATION ON THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IT FEELS VERY MUCH TO ME LIKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT'S REALLY MORE A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES LIKE FOR COUNCILMAN BAKER. IT'S A PRIORITY THAT THIS GETS DONE. BUT FOR THE COMMAND STAFF, THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOT THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND SO IT IS NOT ENOUGH OF A PRIORITY FOR THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT ON THAT WITH THEIR OWN OVER TIME, SO IF YOU WANTED TO KILL SIMON BAKER WANTS IT DONE AS LONG AS HE PAID FOR THE OVERTIME. THEY'LL DO IT. BUT IF HE'S NOT PAYING FOR THE OVERTIME, THEY BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. UM THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'M PARAPHRASING. WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY TRUE. IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THAT IT WE'VE HAD THAT KIND OF A RESPONSE. SO I'M GRATEFUL THERE'S BEEN TABLED. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE COMMAND STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN AND EXPLAIN WHY WHAT IS CLEARLY A PRIORITY FOR COUNSELING. BAKER IS NOT ENOUGH OF A PRIORITY FOR THEM. TO TAKE CARE OF THE COST, SO WE WILL CERTAINLY REQUEST THEM TO COME WITH YOUR PERMISSION AS WELL AS WELL. SPEAK TO AND BE ABOUT THE BALANCE OF THE OVERTIME AS WELL. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. NO OFFENSE. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY? THANK YOU. YES. THE NEXT ONE NUMBER THREE. IS AN INDIA FOR APPROPRIATING $5000 FROM DISTRICT SIX NEIGHBOR DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO ST JAMES . COURT ART SHOW INK FOR THE ST JAMES COURT ARCO. THIS IS ALSO IN DISTRICT SIX AND AGAIN. OH, THANK YOU. MOTION. AND AGAIN TONY HARDEN IS HERE TO SPEAK TO IT. YES TONY HORTON. COUNCILMAN BAKER'S OFFICE FOR DISTRICT SIX. THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE ST JAMES COURT ART SHOW HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. AND THE ART SHOW HAS BEEN FUNDED FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS IN THE PAST, AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT FUNDING. IT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR SECURITY COST TOWARDS THE ART SHOW PORTION OF THEIR OVERALL SECURITY COST. THANK YOU QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM MEMBERS. SEEING THAT ONE. JUST COMMENT. UM IT'S THIS WEEKEND.PASS IT TONIGHT. THEY WILL HAVE IT PASSED BEFORE THE EVENT TAKES PLACE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO MAKE IT. I WANT TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD. THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF INDIA FOR REQUESTS OF LATE THAT HAVE COME TO US EITHER. AFTER THE EVENT OR WELL AFTER THE EVENT, IN SOME CASES LONG AFTER THE EVENT. IT MAKES IT VERY HARD ON US AS A COMMITTEE. TO HAVE ANY IMPACT OVER WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. IF WE DON'T VOTE ON IT UNTIL AFTER THE FACT. SO UM, A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT IT'S THURSDAY AND THIS IS OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT IT IS HERE BEFORE TONIGHT. SO IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE TO VOTE NO, THAT AT LEAST THE ST JAMES ART FOLKS AND THEY WILL.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THIS WOULD HAVE A HAVE TO, UH, DAY TO PANIC AND FEAR. WHAT TO DO HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING IT TIMELY FOR YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT BEING HERE SO QUICKLY, AND BY THE WAY, I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS. UM SO THAT FOLKS DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. I'M GRATEFUL THAT IT'S HERE AS EARLY AS IT IS, WOULD BE GREAT, IF A LITTLE EARLIER BUT, UM IT'S A THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PROJECT FOR METRO LOUISVILLE IN GENERAL, AND CLEARLY THE EXTRA SECURITY IS NECESSARY. SO UM, NO COUNSELING MAKERS LOOKING FOR A YES VOTE. HE HAS MAN AND ANY OTHERS. ENCOURAGED TO JOIN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM CLEAN NUMBERS. OKAY. THIS CALLS FOR A, UM VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE FIGURES IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE EYES HAVE IT PASSES. THANK YOU, TONY . MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
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REMEMBER FOUR CF 1005 TO 3 PW 13 . IT IS APPROPRIATING $16,040 FROM DISTRICT 13 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FIVE SPEED HUMPS AND FOUR SPEED HUMPS SANDS ON CLAY AVENUE MOTION. THAT'S PROBABLY BEFORE US IS EVERYONE HERE SPEAKS THIS DEMON IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE, I I'M LISA AMON COUNCILMAN DANCE. I'M GINA'S LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, AND THIS IS TO PAY FOR SPEED HUMPS ON CLAY AVENUE. THEY WILL BE INSTALLED BETWEEN MEN. YOU'RE DRIVIN PRESTON HIGHWAY. SO THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. QUESTION. SEA KNOWN AS THE CEO OF CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, ALRIGHT POST AS HAVING MOTION CARES. THANK YOU REMEMBER FIVE MINUTES OH, TO THIS ORDINANCE, 2 21 23. IT IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $14,667.80 FROM DISTRICT SEVEN NEIGHBOR DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS TO INSTALL AND OPERATE LOUISVILLE GAS ELECTRIC.LG AND A LEAST STREETLIGHTS ON ELMWOOD AVENUE FOR FIVE YEARS. MOTION WAS PROPERLY FOR US COUNSELOR CRAINEY. YES THANK YOU . THIS IS A ORDINARY EXPANSE. TO PUT SOME LIGHTING IN AN AREA THAT IS VERY DARK AND VERY MUCH NEEDED IS LONG OVERDUE. AND I ASKED, COMMITTING TO PLEASE APPROVE THIS EXPERIENCE. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS . COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER CAN I JUST ASK HOW MANY LIGHTS THAT IS? I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. IT WAS THE QUESTION WAS HOW MANY STREET LIGHTS WILL THIS BE? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT BEFORE ME . IS IT IN THE DOCUMENT, MADAM, IT IS ONE MOMENT. I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DO THAT ON DIXIE HIGHWAY WHERE SOMEBODY TURNED THEIRS OFF. IS IT? SEVEN THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
DO THEY DO GET CUT OFF, RIGHT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE CONCERNED SEEING NONE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE OPEN VOTING, MR CLARK. SOMEBODY OPEN THE DOOR. COUNCILWOMAN MCRANEY. HI. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. COLLEAGUES REALIZED I'M FIVE VOTES IN UM, BUT IT OCCURS TO ME AND I READ OFF WHO WAS HERE? WHAT I DID NOT DO WAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ALL OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCES. AND SO IF IT'S ALRIGHT WITH THE CLERK, I'LL GO BACK JUST REAL QUICK AND ADD INTO THE RECORD COUNSEL. I MEAN, CHAIRMAN BLACKWELL. COUNCILMAN OWEN COUNSELING MULVIHILL AND TALISMAN HUDSON ALL HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCES. I BELIEVE THEY ARE. I KNOW. SEVERAL OF THEM ARE ON THE GLAD TRIP. SO THERE AND RENO.
WEBER HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE AS WELL. UM. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE LAST. THE LAST ITEM WAS AN ORDINANCE ABOUT STREETLIGHTS. COUNCILMAN HILL WORKS FOR AL JENNY AND FREQUENTLY NEEDS TO ABSTAIN ON THOSE VOTES. UM IN THE EVENT THAT HE MIGHT BE HERE ON THE NIGHT. THAT COUNCIL MEETING, UM HE WOULDN'T BE ON OLD BUSINESS, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SEND ADULT BUSINESS AND IF WE FIND OUT HE'S NOT HERE. WE'LL MOVE INTO NEW BUSINESS, ARCTIC AND SENT, BUT FOR NOW IT'S ON HOME BUSINESS SO HE CAN ABSTAIN. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS IN INDY F. MY 105 23 H C G. 08 IT IS AN APPROACH. IT IS APPROPRIATE IN $2500 IN DISTRICT EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE OPPOSITE MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO HOLLAND COMMERCE GUILD INC FOR THE BARDSTOWN ROAD GLOW FESTIVAL. OKAY EVERYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS. THAT WOULD BE ME . I'M BETSY FOSTER. I'M LEGISLATIVE AIDE FORWARD COUNCILMAN BEN. RINGO WEBER. UM MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT BARDSTOWN GLOWS AN ANNUAL EVENT SHOPPING EVENT, ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES IN LOWELL, AND THIS MONEY IS BEING USED FOR PROMOTIONS. POSTER STREET BANNERS ARE ALSO RUNNING THE TROLLEY, UM, FOR VENUES FOR SOME OF THE MUSICIANS THAT THEY'RE HAVING IN HIRING PROFESSIONALS TO COORDINATE. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. SAYING NONE REQUIRING A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, SHANGHAI ANY OPPOSED? YOU GUYS HAVE IT? INDIA
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PASSAGE.THE SO WE ARE CARRYING ON CONVERSATION. UM, THIS IS AN NDF. HE ONLY REQUESTED 2500 AS AN INDIE F IT COULD GO UP TO 5000 AND STAY IN INDY F UM, HE COULD PUSH UP TO AN ORDINANCE IF HE WANTED TO. UM, AND THEN WE CAN SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL AND SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL WANTED TO ADD ON, OKAY? UM, I CAN PUT ON ALL BUSINESS. OR YEAH, THAT'S.
THAT'S THE CURRENT PLAN. AND IF HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
SEES IT ON OLD BUSINESS, THOUGH. LET THEM KNOW WE PUT IT THERE ON PURPOSE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO JOIN AND NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CAUSE THEM ANY GRIEF OR HEARTACHE. LET HIM KNOW. THANK THANK YOU. SO WE'LL SEND THAT DOG BUSINESS. NUMBER SEVEN IS C I FOR 105 TO 3. UM PW 18 IT'S APPROPRIATING $12,780 FROM DISTRICT 18 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THREE SPEED HUMPS IN TO SPEED HAM SANDS ON LAMB HOUSE LANE AND FIVE SPEED HUMPS AND FOUR SPEED HUMPS. SANDS ON REGENCY WOODS WAY WITH THE REGENCY WOULD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION COVERING THE OTHER HALF OF THE COST? FOR BOTH. PROJECTS MOTION. OKAY.
IT'S PROPERLY BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN PARKER IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS. YEAH THANK YOU.
UM THEY REQUESTED SPEED HUMPS, AND THEY GOT ALL THE APPROPRIATE SIGNATURES FOR TOO LONG ROADS WITH UH, PROBLEMATIC SPEEDERS. AND SO THEY'RE COVERING HALF THE COST. WE'RE COVERING THE OTHER HALF AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. SEEN AND THIS IS THE ACT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE POSE, HAVE IT MOTION CARRIES THAT BRINGS US TO THE LAST ITEM. ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT TRUE. SECOND TO LAST ITEM. UM.
NUMBER EIGHT C I F 1005 TO 3 LM P D 23 APPROPRIATING $5547.26 FROM DISTRICT 23 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS, LITTLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENTS SEVEN DIVISION FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN ICE DIGGER. EMOTION. PROBABLY BEFORE US, UH, THIS IS COUNSELING HUDSON'S OFFICE. I NOTE THAT JOHN TOURETSKI IS HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS. YES, SIR JOHN CHORSKE AND KASMAN, JEFF HUDSON'S OFFICE, THE SEVENTH DIVISION APPROACH, CASTLE HUDSON, THAT THIS WAS A NEED THAT THEY HAD THAT THAT WOULD HELP THE OFFICERS OUT AND HELP THEM WITH A COMMUNITY EVENT.
STATE FILLED COOLERS VICE, THEY'RE OUT FOR THE WHOLE DAY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. UH IS HAPPY TO PROVIDE THIS IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP THE OFFICERS OUT SPECIFICALLY, UM WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INDIGO N X T SERIES ICE MAKER. SO THERE YOU GO. BUT THE ESTIMATE INCLUDED QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. KASMAN, ARTHUR. THAT'S A REAL BIG ICE MACHINE.
IT IS. YEAH IT IS. YEAH IT'S A COMMERCIAL GRADE 1000 SO OKAY. ALRIGHT NEVER MIND WILL BE CHURNING AND KEEPING THINGS COLD FOR A LONG TIME. HOPEFULLY IT'S A BIG YEAH, IT'S YEAH, BIG LIKE YOU SEE IN A HOTEL OR MM HMM. COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL GRADE, NOT A LITTLE THING LIKE WE HAVE IN OUR BREAK ROOMS. HMM. ANY OTHERS QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. OKAY SEE YOU. NINE. THIS IS. CR FROM WESTERN, SO SORRY, INCLUDE THE WARRANTY. YOU ACTUALLY, YES. THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS INCLUDED. A STANDARD WARRANTY WAS INCLUDED WITH THIS. UM FIVE YEAR PARTS AND THREE YEAR LABOR WARRANTY, SO YES, SIR. SO HOPEFULLY IF IT BREAKS WE'LL, WE'LL CALL HIM UP AND SAY FIX IT. THANK YOU GOOD, ANY OTHERS? OKAY THIS IS A CF GONE FOR VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE PAPERS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED. LET'S HAVE IT CARRIES. THANK YOU. JOHN KEY. I WANT TO CALL MR JOHN. LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER NINE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO 28 23 AND ORDINANCE . AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 80 SERIES 2023 RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET BY AMENDING THE LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY CAPITAL PROJECT. I HAVE A MOTION SECOND PROPERLY BEFORE US. THIS COMES JUST FROM COUNCILMAN VALERIE. YES SO THIS WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT WAS LUMPED IN WITH THE ANNUAL ALLOTMENT FOR TREES AT 600,000. BUT THIS IS TO ADDRESS THE TREES MASTER PLAN AND CINDY SULLIVAN IS HERE TO
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SPEAK TO THAT IF SHE MAY COME UP . COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF. CINDY SULLIVAN. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TREES LOUISVILLE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HERE IN TOWN. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST EXPLAIN THAT WHAT WHAT HAPPENED? THE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. IT WILL INVOLVE EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND LOUISVILLE METRO, AND THE IDEA IS TO GET INPUT FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHERE THEY THINK THE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN SHOULD BE FOCUSED AND. THERESE LOUISVILLE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2015 IN MARCH OF 2015. WE WERE ORGANIZED AND IN MARCH OF 2015. WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO HAVE AN URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN AND HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT.UM ALL THIS TIME AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THIS ALLOCATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY LUMP THAT IN WITH THAT 600 FOR A 600,000 FOR THE TREES THAT WE ARE ANNUAL TREE ALLOTMENT. UM AND IT SHOULD HAVE GONE TO TREES LOUISVILLE SO THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND EXCEPT THE MONEY AND DO THE WORK AND PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT WITH URBAN FORESTRY BEING SO SHORT STAFFED AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, UM TREECE, LOUISVILLE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A SMALL STAFF, WE ARE A VERY MIGHTY STAFF AND HAVE VERY GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS. WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE WELL POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR WOULD LIKE TO CO SPONSOR THAT'S ALL THE OTHERS. I JUST HAVE A. QUESTION OF SORTS. UM IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE HAD PUT $200,000 FOR UH, $200,000 FOR REASONABLE. SORRY UM, TO COVER A GRANT AND THEN ANOTHER $800,000 TO PAY FOR TREES THAT COMES OUT TO A TOTAL OF A MILLION DOLLARS. WELL, SHORT OF THE 12 MILLION THAT WE JUST RECEIVED. SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW. UM WHAT WOULD. I'M TRYING TO FIND A NICE WAY TO SAY I WANT TO SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY I CAN'T DO THAT, NOW THAT WE HAVE 12 MILLION OH, I CAN ANSWER THAT $12 MILLION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM. THE UM U. S. FOREST SERVICE IS VERY SPECIFIC. UM IT WAS A THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO AN APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY LOUISVILLE METRO AND EVERY BIT OF THAT $12 MILLION IS, UM IN A BUDGET FORM. AND IT'S ALLOCATED TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT AND ITS ALLOCATED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT URBAN FORESTS TREES. APPLICATION REQUESTED 13 POINT. 13. MILLION 670,000 AND THEY WERE AWARDED $12 MILLION, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THAT ALREADY PUTS US, YOU KNOW, 12% BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. THE QUESTION AND THE WOULD BE WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE 1 MILLION UM , AT LEAST 800,000 BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE 200,000. IS NOT ELIGIBLE. RIGHT? UM IS THERE ANY OVERLAP? IN OTHER WORDS, BEFORE WE APPLIED AS WE WERE APPLYING FOR THEIR GRANT? WE KNEW WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. AND I'M SURE WE WANTED TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS SAME THINGS THIS GRANT WAS PAYING FOR AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, 800,000 IS ANY OF THAT 800,000 GOING TO BE COVERED BY THIS 12 MILLION OR YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU WERE ALREADY I KNOW THE WAY THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD. YOU WERE ALREADY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THIS. WITH WHAT LITTLE MONEY YOU HAD. SO I'M ONLY CURIOUS. DOES THIS 12 MILLION OVERLAP WITH SOME OF WHAT YOU ALREADY HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH? UM REALLY? NO SO THE $600,000 THAT METRO COUNCIL HAS BEEN ALLOTTING FOR METRO PARKS FOR TREES. FOR YEARS. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. SO THAT'S $600,000 FOR TREES, GETTING THEM IN THE GROUND, MAINTAINING THEM.
UM THERE IS PART OF THAT $12 MILLION BUDGET FOR ANOTHER $1000. 1000 TREES PER YEAR OVER THAT FIVE YEAR GRAND PERIOD. AND THE GRANT. THE FEDERAL GRANT ALSO COVERS AS THEY'RE BASICALLY THREE STUDIES THAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT URBAN FORESTRY. ONE IS THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS MORE COMMUNITY ORIENTED, WHICH IS MORE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC
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OUTREACH ORIENTED. A TREE INVENTORY, WHICH IS ALL THE SCIENCE ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE GOT WHERE IT IS AND WHAT CONDITION IT'S IN, AND THEN A MANAGEMENT PLAN. FOR HOW LOUISVILLE METRO IS GOING TO MANAGE THE URBAN FOREST. SO THIS MASTER PLAN IS SEPARATE. UM IT IS THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE IN THE U. S. FOREST SERVICE GRANT. THERE IS FUNDING FOR THE INVENTORY AND FOR THE MANAGEMENT PLAN, SO ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SIMILAR THINGS THEY ARE VERY THEY ARE VERY DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT. ACTIVITIES. THAT MAKES SENSE DOES IT DOES THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO CLARIFY THAT THE 800,000 THIS 200 IS PART OF THAT LEAVING 600 FOR THE PARK'S TREES. YEP THANK YOU. SO IT'S NOT EIGHT PLUS TWO. IT'S EIGHT, INCLUDING TWO. EXACTLY YEAH, EVEN IF IT WAS EIGHT PLUS TWO. IT SOUNDS LIKE TRYING TO MOVE THAT MONEY AROUND WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ? IT WAS DIFFICULT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE. WE WILL. WE WILL PROTECT THAT $200,000 AND USE IT VERY WELL. I PROMISE YOU I HAVE WATCHED YOU IN THE PAST, AND I KNOW THAT'S TRUE. UM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE BACK.I THINK IN MAY. IS THAT RIGHT? THE HOUSE. SO THE WHOLE MASTER PRINT MASTER PLAN PROCESS IS SLATED TO TAKE ABOUT 16 MONTHS BECAUSE AGAIN THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH KY TC AND PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT HOW WE PLAN FOR OUR URBAN FOREST. SO I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK IN MARCH TO GIVE YOU A MIDTERM REPORT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AT THE END OF THE OF THE, UH, PLAN PERIOD AND GIVE YOU A FULL REPORT AND ALL THAT PAPERWORK WELL, CAN NOT LOOK AT ALL THE PAPERWORK. BUT THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. BUT I WILL BE GRATEFUL TO HEAR FROM YOU IN MARCH TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR ONE MORE QUESTION, AND NOW WE HAVE TALKED DURING OUR MEETINGS WITH THE TREE ADVISORY COMMISSION. ABOUT THE INVENTORY TREE INVENTORY. CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THAT FITS? JUST WHILE WE'RE HERE, THE TREE INVENTORY THAT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE FOREST SERVICE IS GOING TO COVER UM, VERY COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF THE JUSTICE. SPORTY CENSUS TRACTS. SO THAT THAT GRANT UM THE WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED IT WRITTEN WAS THAT 40% OF THE ALLOCATIONS FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM THE FED'S GOES TO J. 40 AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN SCREENED WITH A SCREENING TOOL. ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING TOOLS. CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UM UH, SCREENING TOOL IS WHAT IT IS. AND UM, SO THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE THAT INVENTORY WILL TAKE PLACE. IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE COUNTY IT IS, UM, IT IS JUST THOSE CENSUS TRACTS THAT HAVE THAT MEET THIS CRITERIA. BUT WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT WILL IDENTIFY EVERY SINGLE RIGHT OF WAY TREE AND EVERY SINGLE TREE WITHIN THE PARKS IN THOSE AREAS. AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT ACTUALLY CREATES A DIGITAL TWIN OF EVERY TREE SO THAT YOU CAN TELL BY ITS SHAPE AND ITS FORM. HELL MUCH MAINTENANCE. IT REALLY NEEDS. YOU CAN TELL IF IT NEEDS TO COME DOWN IMMEDIATELY. AND SO WHAT THAT INVENTORY WILL DO IS INFORM THE MANAGEMENT OF THE OF THE TREE CANOPY AND THOSE AREAS. UNFORTUNATELY IN MANY OF THESE AREAS, WE HAVE BIG, OLD DEAD TREES AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL AND YOUR UH, FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE REQUESTS ALL THE TIME, TOO, FOR REMOVAL ZBIG DEAD TREES BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO TOWARD IS REMOVING AND PRUNING BIG BIG TREES, SO IT'S A IT'S GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WILL BE EXTREMELY EXCITING FOR WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO. RIGHT? YEAH FOR BEING HERE. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. COMING FOR A ROLL.
CALL VOTE, MAN. CLARK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. MCRANEY. CAN YOU GIVE US A THUMBS THAT ME AND YES, THANK YOU. THE ATOM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AND WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU, MISS OPEN, UM COLLEAGUES BEFORE I HAD
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SEEKING ADJOURNMENT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT UM WELL, THEN I'LL HAVE TO DO AFTER ADJOURNED , BUT I HAVE TO GET THIS INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO LATANYA BELL, THE COUNCIL ONE OF OUR COUNCIL, FINANCIAL DIRECTORS, UM, THE PAPERWORK FOR DISTRICT DATE FOR THE, UM FOR THE WHAT DOES HE CALL THAT THE GLOW UH, THE BARTON ROAD TO GLOW. THE REQUEST WAS ACTUALLY ONLY FOR 2500. SO WE SAW TWO DIFFERENT FORMS AND ONE TOMATO ACCIDENTALLY PUT IT NUMBER ONE IN FRONT OF THAT, SO THE MAXIMUM HE CAN DO IS 2500. THAT'S WHAT HE ASKED FOR. IT'S GONNA PASS. IT'S GONE. IT'S BEYOND US, BUT TO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WE WILL NOT BE HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WAS PAID FOR FULLY OUT OF COUNCILMAN OWEN RENO WEB RESPOND AND NOW COUNCILMAN P. ARGENTINE E A MOTION TO WITHOUT EMOTIONAL JOURNEY. WANTED TO SAY YOU MADE HIM YOU MADE A MOTION EARTH.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.