[00:01:58] CAN WE HAVE THE STARTING ANYONE? 60 SECONDS. UM, MA'AM. WE DON'T QUITE HAVE A FORUM YET. UM SO ARE YOU GOING TO START WITH, UM, THE PRESENTATION RHER THAN THE LEGISLATION OR YOU WHEN YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE TO A WARM NOW, HOLD ON 123. OKAY DISREGARD YOU NOW. HAVE A QUORUM, OKAY? NO, I HAVE TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE. YES AND IN CHAMBERS YOU HAVE COUNCILMAN OWEN COUNCIL THAN THEN O YOFOU.NCILWOMAN RUI A MA WYOO U. THANK YOU, MA'AMWEILL STARTING IN ABOUT 60 SECONDS. AND COUNCILMAN VINCENT SHOULD BE HERE ANY TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD STARTED. THE REGULAR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS HOUSING HEALTH EDUCATION EQUITY COMMITTEE. [Call to Order] MEETING OF OCTOBER 18TH 2023 WILL COME TO ORDER THEM. CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE MEETING? NOTICE? THIS MEANS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CARE OF 61.826 AND COUNCIL WAR FIVE, A RED AND FULL THANK YOU. I AM THE CHAIR COUNCILMAN BARBIE SHANKLIN. COME ON BASTER IS COUNSELORS WOULD VINCENT UM SEE. COUNCILOR LI JIA, COREY. AUTHOR HAS EXCUSE ABSENCE COUNCILOR MY ANGELO ON [Roll Call] THIS HAIR COUNCIL MEMBER DAN SIMON'S HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER EARLY IN PARKER COUNCILWOMAN BETSY RUI, COUNCILWOMAN, UM. TELL ME, HAWKINS HAS AN EXCUSE TO ABSENT. VERY WHAT I NAMED EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE CHAMBERS. OKAY WE HAVE A LITTLE START IT FROM THE LEGISLATION FIRST. SO MADAM CLERK. WILL YOU BE HANDLING THE LEGISLATION FOR OUR DISCUSSION TODAY? ARE REALLY WE WANT TO READ ITEM NUMBER THREE. UM ARE WE HEARING THE FAMILY? UM THE PAID FAMILY LEAVE ITEM. NO, WE'RE GONNA HEAR THEM LAST. OKAY SO LET ME START WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR. I'M SORRY. UM [Pending Legislation] RESOLUTION THREE. HAVE NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE NUMBER THREE. BEEN BEING WINO. UM IN RENO WEBER IS NOT. IS HE THERE? HE IS NOT IN CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME, MA'AM. OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT ROOM. OKAY NUMBER FOUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HERE. WELCOME. A RESOLUTION HONORING THE REVEREND DR LINCOLN BINGUM BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF WEST JEFFERSON STREET IN SOUTH 30TH STREET AS REVEREND DOCTOR LINCOLN BINGUM WAY IN HIS RED AND FULL ALSO, COUNCILMAN [00:05:01] VINCENT HAS JOINED US. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO DISCUSS RESOLUTION. WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT TO THE LAST . OKAY, THEN WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A MOTION ON IT, SO WE'RE GOING TO ACT AS IF IT'S NOT EVEN ON THE FLOOR YET. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE WILL GO TO SIMPLE FIVE. HMM A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NON COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE LOCAL METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS CONCERNING ITS EMPLOYMENT OF A LABORATORY DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF GLOBAL $64,180.67 READ IN FULL MOTION CAST MY DANCE SAM'S SPONSOR, OR YOU WANT TO BE SPEAKING ON THIS SIDE, YOU HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO SPEAK ON. WE HAVE SOMEONE IN CHAMBERS, MAN. OKAY? CAN WE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND IT WAS THE HISTORY OR WHAT WE CAN CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. YES I CAN HEAR YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. TAYLOR, INGRAM AND I SERVICE THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AND THIS POSITION IS OUR LABORATORY DIRECTOR. OUR LAB PROVIDES TIMELY AND ACCURATE TEST RESULTS FOR NUMEROUS CLIENTS AND DISEASES WITH THE GOALS OF DISEASE, SURVEILLANCE, DIAGNOSIS AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT CONTROL AND PREVENTION. OUR LAB AVERAGES JUST OVER 31,000 TESTS PER YEAIS A CENTRAL HUB FOR CHILDHOOD LEAD TESTING FOR THE STATE. WE PROVIDE CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES TO REGIONAL CLINICS IN PEDIATRIC OFFICES. UM WE SERVE OUR OWN CLINICS, LIKE THE SPECIALTY CLINIC AND OTHER LOUISVILLE METRO SITES, ALL WHILE PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING TO SUPPORT OUR OWN ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION. THE LAB ALSO SERVES AS A CENTRAL COLLECTION SITE FOR THE KENTUCKY STATE LABORATORY, TAKING IN RABY STEP SAMPLES, UM, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE'S INFECTIOUS DISEASES SAMPLES, UH, POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED FOOD SAMPLES AND EMERGENT DISEASE SAMPLES FROM OUR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TEAM, DR LESLIE WOLFE HAS SERVED AS THE LABORATORY DIRECTOR SINCE 2013. SHE OPERATES OUR LAB OVERSEEING ALL LABORATORY TESTING, ENSURING WE MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE LABS ACCREDITATION. FEDERAL CLINICAL LABORATORY REGULATIONS REQUIRE A BOARD CERTIFIED LABORATORY DIRECTOR FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON HUMAN SPECIMENS, AND DR WOLF MEETS THIS THROUGH HER CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE AMERICAN BOARD OF BIO ANALYSIS AS A HIGHLY COMPLEX, LABORATORY DIRECTOR, DR WOLF IS EMPLOYED FULL TIME WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND THROUGH OUR ACADEMIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WERE ABLE TO SPLIT DR WOLF'S TIME AND HER SALARY WITH YOU ABOUT EQUALLY THEY'RE THE ARRANGEMENT BRINGS IN RAIN STAINS, CUTTING EDGE SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND EXPERTISE TO LMP H W THAT WE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE ON THE OPEN MARKET. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. DID WE DID NOT DO A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS. INFORMATION WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. NO, I DID NOT SIGN. YES. OKAY WE'LL CATCH MY SANDY. YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? OR ANYONE ELSE AND GUEST. SAID ENOUGH. I JUST HEARD A JOKE. MY COLLEAGUES TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. OKAY? DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? REALLY THIS IS A RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR A BOSS VOTE ALL THOSE WHO SAVOR SITTING SIDE BY SIDE AND I ANY OPPOSED. SO. RESULTS OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MA'AM. UM YES, WE NOW HAVE CARMEN WASHINGTON IN CHAMBERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO ITEM FOUR. OKAY? YOU SEE, I'M JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF I HAD. IT WAS THE LAST TIME I HAD ONE MORE BEFORE THEN, RIGHT? EXACTLY LAST ONE, THE ONLY ONE THAT OKAY? UM. WE'LL GO BACK TO NUMBER FOUR. A RESOLUTION HONORING THE REVEREND DR LINCOLN BINGUM BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF WEST JEFFERSON STREET AND SOUTH 30TH STREET AS REVEREND DOCTOR LINCOLN BINGHAM WAY IN HIS HONOR, RED AND FULL. MOVED SECOND. OKAY? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY? THIS IS A THIS IS AN HONOR. FOUR DOCTOR BINGHAM, WHO WAS ONE OF THE PARTIES WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING TWO VERY DIFFERENT CHURCHES TOGETHER A WHITE CHURCH AND A BLACK CHURCH IN SHIVELY, AND HE LIVES AT THE CORNER OF 30TH IN JEFFERSON, WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE NORTON NORTON SPORTS COMPLEX AND [00:10:03] EDUCATION CENTER. SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A AH, WITHOUT IT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO HONOR HIM BY HAVING THE STREET AT 30TH AND JEFFERSON NAMED IN HIS HONOR. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS CONCERNS. HMM HMM. NONE THIS IS A REVOLUTION RESOLUTION. ALLY ON FOR A BOSS, FOLKS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. PROPOSED. THIS WILL BE CONSENT CONSENT GALLERY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE LEGISLATION. SO THE FIRST SPEAKER. IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE IS, UH OFFICER. OFFICE OF WOMEN. GRETCHEN HURT, RIGHT? IS SHE IN THE CHAMBERS? YES, MA'AM. SHE IS. OKAY? YES INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GALA SHOW. UM, YOU KNOW, UM I'M CONFUSED TODAY. I GOT A FINE NO, MY COMPUTER WASN'T WORKING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS COMPUTERS. I CAN SEE EVERYBODY NOW. ALRIGHT GO AHEAD. THANK YOU , MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO CO CHAIR BENSON AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS GRETCHEN HUNT AND I HAVE THE HONOR AND JOY OF SERVING AS DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL METRO'S OFFICE FOR WOMEN. AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOUR COMMITTEE TODAY. UM ON SOME GREAT EQUITY MEASURES THAT WE ARE PUSHING FORWARD THAT REALLY ARE SUPPORTED VERY DIRECTLY BY COUNCIL. UM SO I JUST WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW WE DO HAVE A OFFICE FOR WOMEN THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 1991, OUR CURRENT MAYOR, CRAIG GREENBERG, WITH THE VERY FIRST INTERN OF THE OFFICE, WHICH IS A FACT THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW AND IN 2022 THIS OFFICE WITH ELEVATED INTO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE UNDER THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS THAT UNDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOY MAKATI, THE OFFICE FOR WOMEN WORKS IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS AND THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, SO THAT WE ARE WORKING IN TANDEM TO ADDRESS THE EQUITY CHALLENGES FACING OUR CITY INTO INNOVATE AND USE OUR RESOURCES VERY EFFECTIVELY. AND SO HERE AT THE OFFICE FOR WOMEN, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT WE ENVISION A LOUISVILLE IN WHICH WOMEN AND GENDER DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS CAN THRIVE AND GENDER EQUITY IS THE NORM. AND I LIKE TO JUST EXPLAIN REAL QUICKLY FOR THE MEN IN THE ROOM, THE GENDER EQUITY IN THE OFFICE OF WHERE WOMEN ARE HERE FOR YOU AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH THAT MAY NOT BE READILY APPARENT IN THE TITLE, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK OF THINGS LIKE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE THAT HAVE BENEFITED DADS AND THAT RAISED THE STATUS OF THE WHOLE FAMILY. UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALSO CHAMPIONING. AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THIS WORK, WE WILL RAISE THE STATUS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SO THAT YOU SEE WHAT INFORMS AND GUIDES THE WORK AS WE TRY TO RAISE THE STATUS AND WE TRIED TO REALLY SHAPE, UM, SPREAD OUT THAT COLLECTIVE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR GENDER EQUITY AND WORKING ACROSS ALL OF GOVERNMENT. SO WE ARE FOCUSED HEAVILY ON ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE A SMALL GRANT. WE'RE DOING TO WORK ON CHILDCARE. IT INCLUDES THINGS THAT ADDRESS WORKPLACE ISSUES, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT. TODAY WE ARE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I WILL MENTION TODAY IS OUR OFFICE FOR WOMEN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS SIX MONTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. IT HAS BEEN REALLY THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM OF THIS OFFICE, AND IT WAS FUNDED REALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME THROUGH THE BUDGET PASSED BY METRO COUNCIL, SO IT'S DO, UM TO YOUR INVESTMENT. WE ARE WORKING ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING, WHICH IS KIND OF CLUNKY LANGUAGE, BUT IT REALLY JUST MEANS THAT EVERYBODY ACROSS GOVERNMENT WHETHER YOU'RE IN PARKS, WHETHER YOU ARE IN FLEETS AND FACILITIES, WHETHER YOU ARE IN PUBLIC HEALTH OR EQUITY YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOUR DOLLARS AND YOUR PROGRAM'S IMPACT WOMEN AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY WORK FOR WOMEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE ARE ALSO FOCUSED HEAVILY ON UNDER MAYOR GREEN BIRDS LEADERSHIP BUILDING A SAFER, STRONGER, HEALTHIER LOUISVILLE AND THAT INCLUDES ADDRESSING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, THINGS LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND SO TODAY, I WANT TO JUST REALLY ZERO IN ON TWO OF THOSE PRIORITIES AND TWO PROGRAMS. AND THE REASON I COME TO YOU WITH THIS UPDATE IS BECAUSE AMONG ALL THE PROGRAMS WERE DOING THESE TWO WERE MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF YOUR ACTION. SO IN THE SUMMER OF 2022 METRO COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE GRANTING PAID LEAVE TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER CRIMES. NOW, OCTOBER, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. THAT'S WHY I HAVE MY PURPLE RIBBON ON. I'M ALSO WEARING A PURPLE DRESS TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR [00:15:01] COMMUNITY, AND LET'S SURVIVORS KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE. BUT YOUR BODY TOOK THIS ACTION, WHICH REALLY, I JUST WANT TO PRAISE THE ACTION AND GIVE YOU A SENSE OF AFTER YOU PASS THAT ORDINANCE WHAT HAS HAPPENED? SO SINCE THAT HAS HAPPENED, WE LAUNCHED A AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING POSTERS THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AROUND METRO HALL AROUND OTHER PLACES THAT INFORMED LOUISVILLE METRO EMPLOYEES, ALL 5000 OR SO OF US THAT PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO TAKE PAID LEAVE IF THEY ARE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR A VICTIM OF OTHER CRIMES. THERE AND IT CAN ALSO BE THAT THEIR FAMILY MEMBER IS THE SURVIVOR OF THE CRIME. THE REASON WHY THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COSTS EVERY WORKPLACE DOMESTIC GROUNDS ALONE RESULTS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING LOST EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF ABSENTEEISM, PHYSICAL HARM. AND SO WORKPLACE POLICIES LIKE THIS, KEEP PEOPLE SAFER AND THEY KEEP THEM IN JOBS, POURING THAT MONEY BACK INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES, POURING THAT MONEY BACK INTO THEIR FAMILIES. SO THE CRIME LEAVE WHAT I WANTED TO JUST UPDATE YOU ALL ON AND JUST TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY WHAT IT COVERS. IT REALLY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO TAKE, UM WHAT SEEMED TO BE COMMON SENSE STEPS TO PREVENT THE VIOLENCE SO THEY CAN GO MEET WITH POLICE. THEY CAN SEE A THERAPIST. THEY CAN GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR LOCKS. THEY CAN MOVE THEIR KIDS TO ANOTHER SCHOOL IF THEY'VE HAD TO FLEE. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REALLY JUST ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE THE ACTIONS THAT WILL KEEP THEM SAFER. SINCE JANUARY, WHEN WE LAUNCH MORE OF A WIDESPREAD CAMPAIGN, NINE INDIVIDUALS HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS LEAVE. ALL HAVE BEEN GRANTED IT AND THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT OTHERS INCLUDE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY GUN, VIOLENCE AND OTHER VIOLENCE. AND SO WHILE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE ANY APPLICATIONS, IT'S ACTUALLY PROOF THAT THIS PROJECT IS WORKING THAT THIS POLICY IS WORKING. AND WHILE WE CAN'T YET MEASURE IT, WE DO HOPE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT METROHEALTH AT SOME POINT TO BE MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THIS ON INDIVIDUALS, AND I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE REACHED OUT, INCLUDING BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS TO MODEL THIS POLICY. UM SECOND QUICK UPDATE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THE OFFICE FOR WOMEN, AMBASSADORS AND MANY OF THEM ARE TUNING IN TODAY, SO I WANTED TO JUST AGAIN. I THANK THEM FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN METRO GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIX MONTH LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE FUNDING THAT CAME THROUGH YOU ALL AND IT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO BETTER CONNECT INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY WITH GOVERNMENT SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT CITY SERVICES IMPACT WOMEN THAT THEY CAN LEARN AND CONNECT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. IN FACT, EACH ONE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S CREATED A POLICY PROPOSAL OR PROJECT THAT THEY PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR. UM AND THAT THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY BEING CLOSEST TO THE NEED, AND ALSO BEING CLOSEST TO THE SOLUTION, I WOULD URGE YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR IDEAS FOR HOW TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC ISSUES AND VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY. BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS. IT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT THAT THEIR MOST POPULAR SESSION WAS THE DAY THAT THEY CAME TO MEET WITH YOU ALL AND THE DAY THAT THEY MET WITH METRO GOVERNMENT, AND I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT, UM THE ADVOCACY OF THE PROGRAM THAT INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE COUNCIL. FOLKS HAVE THIS INCREASED TRUST IN GOVERNMENT. UM ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE MORE INFORMED AT THE END OF THE SIX MONTH PROGRAM OF CITY SERVICES THAT IMPACT WOMEN AND GENDER, DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS. WE KNOW SOMETIMES THERE ARE GREAT SERVICES, BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. AND UM ALL BUT ONE INDICATED THAT THEIR OPINION OF GOVERNMENT WAS IMPROVED AND THEY WANTED TO COLLABORATE MORE WITH GOVERNMENT, SO THERE'S STILL WORK THAT WE CAN DO, BUT I THINK THIS SHOWS A LOT ABOUT THE PUBLIC TRUST. AND LASTLY, UM ALMOST ALL OF THEM INDICATED AN INTEREST IN IN, UM, SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT SOME OF THESE FOLKS WERE NOT ENGAGED IN GOVERNMENT BEFORE. SO THESE ARE PEOPLE REALLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITY WHO NOW KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT GOVERNMENT ABOUT GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND CAN SPREAD THAT OUT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. UM SO I'M GONNA END THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR INVESTING IN WOMEN FOR INVESTING IN THE OFFICE FOR WOMEN. AND THESE ARE JUST TWO SNAPSHOTS OF HOW YOU'RE YOUR INVESTMENT IS MAKING AN IMPACT IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS? YEAH. THERE YOU HAVE. UM, COUNCILMAN WENT IN. IN THE QUEUE. OKAY, COUNSELOR. ONE, PLEASE. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM SO DID I. THE AMBASSADORS WERE THERE. I DIDN'T WANT I WENT TOO FAST. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. OH, AND THERE WERE 24. SO THIS YEAR THE APPLICATION IS OPEN AGAIN AND THERE WILL BE AROUND 25 FOLKS. THE GOAL IS REALLY TO HAVE ONE FROM EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT REPRESENTATION OF FOLLOW UP QUESTION. HOW DO WE HOW ARE WE? WHAT'S THE OUTREACH? AND THEN DO WE KNOW WHO WE'RE [00:20:04] REACHING? DO WE KNOW OF THOSE AMBASSADORS? WHO ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY FROM? I MEAN, IT WOULD JUST BE INTERESTING INFORMATION MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. YES SO I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE IN DEPTH. A DETAIL TO YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST COHORT THAT JUST GRADUATED. UM THEY WERE NOT FROM ALL OF THE 26 DISTRICTS. UM MAJORITY WOMEN OF COLOR. WE HAVE A SMALL PORTION, UM OF FOLKS FROM THE SOUTH AND THE EAST. WE NEED MORE REPRESENTATION FROM THOSE AREAS. UM BUT IT'S BY APPLICATION OR NOMINATION, SO I WOULD URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FEEL FREE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR DISTRICT AND THEN ALSO, WE CAN PARTNER TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW ANYONE ELSE? AND WE WILL EXCUSE YOU ON TO THE NEXT PERSON. DO I HEAR SOMEBODY SET ME, COUNCILMAN VINCENT? SORRY. UM I APPRECIATE TO IT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE GOT FIVE DAUGHTERS AND I'VE ALWAYS TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO JUST HAVE TO WORK HARD. UM ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES MEN ARE EVIL. A THAT YOU KNOW THAT WHEN A WOMAN WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT MAY BE A MAN HAS HAD BEFORE, UH, THEY FEEL THREATENED. I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT THAT YOU ALWAYS WANT THE BEST PERSON TO DO THE JOB. AND THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO EXPOSE IT TO TWO OPPORTUNITIES. UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT EVERYBODY TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY ACHIEVE AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MR INCIDENT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? MADAME UM, MADAM, OF COURSE, HIS NAME ANYONE ELSE? NO, MA'AM. OKAY JUST SO HAPPENED THERE WORKING ON THE SPECTRUM OUT FRONT. AND I'M USING MY PHONE AND LOOKING AT IT ON TV. SO YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU CAN BE DISTRACTED LOOKING AT TV PLUS USING YOUR PHONE, SO JUST ONE NEXT YEAR, YOU GUYS KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ME. BUT I AM SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD ITEM NUMBER TWO. WHICH IS, UH, CAN YOU READ AND EXCITING THE NEXT SPEAKER, COMMONWEALTH ALLIANCES WITH MORIAH PAIN FROM THE KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. WE HAVE SOMEONE I KNOW OUT HERE TOLD ME THAT ALREADY SPOKEN TO MOST OF THE COUNCIL. THE PERSON SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE WHICH WOULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT. AND SO YEAH. YOU UPDATED. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TODAY. AND MY NAME IS MAURICE SCOTT PAIN AND THE PRESIDENT OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. AND I'M AWARE THAT I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING US AGAIN. I'M HOPING TO CATCH ONE OR TWO PEOPLE, POSSIBLY WHO HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO YET TODAY. BUT ALSO TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR JOURNEY. THINGS MOVE QUICKLY, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FAST. WE JUST HAD OUR ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE AND THAT IS NINE ACADEMICS FROM UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FROM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES HAVE COME INTO KENTUCKY AND PUT US THROUGH OUR PACES A WEEK AGO. AND I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT WE DID VERY WELL THAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE SHOULD BE PUT FORWARD FOR CANDIDACY FOR ACCREDITATION, AND THAT IS AN ENORMOUS STEP. HOWEVER WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. IT HAS TO BE VOTED IN IN DECEMBER IN FLORIDA BY THE SACK COC BOARD THEMSELVES . WE HAVE TO DO SOME FURTHER PAPERWORK. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT STEP WILL BE AT LAST. WE WILL BE IN THE CORRIDOR ON OUR WAY. AND SO MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THIS SMALL COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN HAS BEEN 14 YEARS ON THE GROUND, A SMALL COLLEGE BUILDING SLOWLY AND QUIETLY. AND BUT WE REALIZE NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE BEGINNING TO GET RECOGNITION , WE HAVE GRADUATED TWO YEARS GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND IT IS TIME FOR US TO COME OUT AND LOOK FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED TO GROW BEYOND WHERE WE ARE TO BE BECOME LARGE COLLEGE IN YOUR MIDST A NEW PART OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL PORTFOLIO. UM SO I WANTED TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE POWER POINT AGAIN JUST FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT POSSIBLY. I'M SO SORRY IF I'M TALKING AGAIN TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM ME. HERE'S OUR TEAM. THIS IS OUR CURRENT STUDENTS STUDY ABROAD IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF EDUCATION. WE FEEL KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TO OUR STUDENTS AND INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST A SMALL LOCAL COLLEGE THAT WERE BECOME NATIONAL [00:25:02] INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS ARE AMBITION IS BIG. OUR KEY MILESTONES. UM WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL PHASES AS A COLLEGE STARTED OFF IN THE BASEMENT OF 21 C HOTEL IS A SMALL COMMUNITY PROJECT JOINT SPAULDING, WHERE THEY PUT THEIR WINGS AROUND US AND HELPED US DEVELOP THE PROGRAM. WE LEFT SPALDING IN ORDER TO BECOME WE HAD TO IN ORDER TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, AND THAT WAS ALWAYS THE MISSION OF THE COLLEGE AND THE STATED INTENT. SO WE ACHIEVED PPE STATE LICENSURE WITHIN FIVE MONTHS OF BECOMING INDEPENDENT, WHICH WAS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. BARBARA STICKS IN SMITH'S LET US KNOW THAT SHE HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH SPEED. SO WE DID WELL AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT PAPERWORK. WE HAVE STUDENTS ALREADY WORKING WITHIN A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT. THEY'RE IN TOUCH WITH ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WERE RECOGNIZED NOW BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS KENTUCKY'S ONLY INDEPENDENT COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN AS INDISPENSABLE TO THE STATE AND THAT THAT BILL THAT RECOGNITION GAVE US AN ENORMOUS BOOST SOME MONTHS AGO, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS A COLLEGE. SO AND I PUT YOU KNOW THIS WAS BEFORE WE'D BEEN SEEN BY OUR PANEL, BUT MOVING TOWARDS ACCREDITATION CANDIDACY EXAMINATION PANEL AUTHORIZED FOR SEPTEMBER VISIT THAT HAS NOW HAPPENED AND NOW WE HOPE TO BE ON THE JOURNEY TO FULL CANDIDACY FULL MEMBERSHIP OVER THE NEXT YEAR YEAR AND A HALF. ALREADY OUR ADMISSIONS TEAMS ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STATE. HERE ARE AREAS THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN. THEY'VE BEEN VISITING HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE FAIRS ACROSS THE STATE. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS, AND THAT'S QUITE IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT AN ART COLLEGE PROVIDES. THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO HIGHER EDUCATION. IN WAYS THAT SOME STUDENTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SO READILY SO EASILY. UM WE ARE. WE'RE WIDENING THE EDUCATIONAL PORTFOLIO OF KENTUCKY 35% OF OUR STUDENTS AT KAKADU OR BLACK OR HISPANIC. WE REPRESENT EVERY TYPE OF DIVERSITY THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE NOT JUST RACE, ROAD DIVERSITY, AND AS I SAID, I THINK ART SCHOOLS OFFER AWAY INTO HIGHER EDUCATION THAT SEEMS LESS STRESSFUL. CERTAINLY EASIER TO STEP INTO FOR SOME STUDENTS, AND ONCE THEY GET THERE WERE VERY RIGOROUS SCHOOL. THEY WILL LEAVE WITH THE CREDENTIALS THAT WILL GIVE THEM THEIR PORTFOLIO TO SUCCEED ONCE THEY LEAVE. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN OLD LOUISVILLE AND WE HAVE ENGAGED IN A CAMPUS CAMPUS MASTER PLANNING PROCESS WITH JERRY ARCHITECTS AND ARE LOOKING AT HOW OUR NUMBERS WILL BUILD THE BUILDINGS THAT WILL NEED. WE HOPE TO ACTIVATE THIS PART OF LOUISVILLE AND CONNECT THAT EDUCATIONAL CORRIDOR TO DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE. WE'RE SETTING UP. YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO US WELL, WHY WOULD YOU BUILD A SMALL COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN WHEN MANY ARE CLOSING? MANY ARE CLOSING BECAUSE THEY BECAME REDUNDANT. THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW HIGHER EDUCATION IS CHANGING HOW IT NEEDS NEW MODELS OF PRESENTATION. INNOVATION IS NEEDED IN THE SYSTEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, NOT SIMPLY THE CURRICULUM. WE HAVE. WE ARE PROVIDING A CROSS DISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM STUDY ABROAD, LEARNING ACROSS MATERIAL , CONCEPTUAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, WHICH ARE ARE SKILLS THAT ARE VERY VARIED WORKFORCE NEED, UM WE WORK WITH INTERNSHIPS AND OUR HUMANITIES AND ARE TAUGHT ALONGSIDE PARALLEL AND ACROSS OUR STUDIO OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE BUILDING CITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND OUR STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN IMPORTANT FIELD STUDIES. WE WERE BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE STATE TO BRING ORGANIZATION, LOCAL INDUSTRIES, BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS AROUND THIS COLLEGE. WE'RE LOOKING TO SERVE THE CITY AND THE STATE SO THAT WE'RE PRODUCING A WORKFORCE PIPELINE FOR MANY OF THE NEW INDUSTRIES THAT ARE MOVING IN. MANY OF THESE INDUSTRIES NEED THE DIGITAL SKILLS THAT WE TEACH IN OUR COLLEGES. AND IF YOU COMBINE DIGITAL SKILLS WITH GOOD CONCEPTUAL LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING, UM OUR STUDENTS WILL BECOME SOUGHT AFTER IN THE WORKPLACE. CAN I HAVE YOU PASS FOR JUST A MOMENT AND WE'VE LOST THE CHAIR AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN GET A THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [00:30:04] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT TO US AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH. IT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE THEIR CAREERS FURTHER, AND IN FACT, ONE OF OUR STUDENTS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR THE COLLEGE ARTS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO IN FEBRUARY TO TALK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AS A STUDENT ENGAGED IN ARTS RESEARCH AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL, INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THAT ACHIEVEMENT. WE PRODUCE CONFIDENT GRADUATES. AND OF COURSE, I THINK THE ARTS HAVE BECOME PRETTY GOOD NOW MEASURING THEIR SUCCESS IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY. 4.4. BILLION IS BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTRY'S GDP VIA THE ARTS, CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES. AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE ACTUALLY WE BRING IN MORE MONEY TO THE U. S ECONOMY THAN SPORTS AND CONSTRUCTION, AND PEOPLE DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT STATISTIC. BUT IT IS TRUE. SO THE ARTS ARE BIG BUSINESS, AND PEOPLE FORGET THAT WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING THAT TO THE ECONOMY OF THIS CITY AND STATE. HERE'S YOU KNOW, THE LATER THE LOCAL DATA IS AVAILABLE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 6.1 BILLION IS VALUE ADDED TO THE ECONOMY OF THE STATE BY THE ARTS AND THIS STATE FOR KENTUCKY. WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT AND COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. THERE IS NO POINT IN GOING THROUGH THE AGONIES AND STRESS AND BUILDING A BRAND NEW COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN UNLESS YOU'RE AIMING TO BE EXCELLENT TO BE UP THERE WITH THE TOP COLLEGES. WE'VE ALREADY HAD GRADUATES WHO HAVE GONE ON TO WIN A PLACE AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE IN LONDON, GOLDSMITHS LONDON, COLOMBIA AND CAL ARTS AND THIS IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. FOR A VERY SMALL COLLEGE AND THE BIGGER COLLEGES ARE ENVIOUS OF THIS TRACK RECORD. ALREADY OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING AT THE TOP LEVEL, VERY HIGH LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT. AND YOU KNOW THEY ARTS LEAD CITIES. THERE IS SORT OF SYMPTOMS AND A SIGNIFIER OF A CITY THAT IS THRIVING. THERE ARE MANY ICONIC BUILDINGS THAT EVIDENCE THE SUCCESS OF THE ARTS. LOUISVILLE IS AN AMAZING ART CITY, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE A COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. IN FACT, THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE NOT A COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN BEFORE KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN BECAME INDEPENDENT. WE ARE THE ONLY ONE AND WE INTEND TO GROW AND MAKE YOU PROUD. HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF LEADING BUILDINGS THAT BECOMES SORT OF SIGNIFIERS OF SUCCESS SCARRED HAS HAD A BIG IMPACT ON SAVANNAH, MICHAEL AND BALTIMORE PRATT IN NEW YORK AND SAY, I SEE IN CHICAGO OR OTHER EXAMPLES. THE MINUTE WE ARE ACCREDITED, AND WE HOPE FOR THAT WITHIN A YEAR A YEAR AND A HALF. WE WILL BECOME PART OF THE A CAD GROUP WITH THESE OTHER 40 INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF ART AND DESIGN. WE ATTRACT TALENT AND KEEP TALENT, UH, ON OUR COLLEGES AND IMMERSIVE AND FOCUSED CREATIVE HUB, AND ALREADY WE'RE ATTRACTING FACULTY FROM THE WEST COAST, THE EAST COAST DESIGNERS FROM SEATTLE, CHICAGO, FLORIDA AND WE'RE ATTRACTING FACULTY OR COMING TO LOUISVILLE AND STAYING NEW TOOLS. FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES WERE INTERESTED IN FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE GROWING IN KENTUCKY. WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN DEVELOPING PIPELINES TOWARDS THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN VIRTUAL REALITY DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT AI AND OBVIOUSLY THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES ARE THERE TOO. FILM IS TAKING OFF IN KENTUCKY, AND WE HOPE TO BUILD A PIPELINE TO THE FILM INDUSTRY. WE'RE WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO GO ABROAD AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, AND HERE THEY ARE IN SCOTLAND WITH AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP PICKUP PRINTMAKERS THAT SHOWS IN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK. AND WE FEEL THAT THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WE ARE, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL OUR ARTS IN LOUISVILLE WILL BE ALL BOATS RISE AND AS WE BUILD AUDIENCES AND PARTICIPANTS FOR THE ARTS, WE WILL GROW THE SECTOR FOR YOU IN THE CITY AND WE'RE HERE LOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WE MOVE FROM A PHILANTHROPIC MODEL TO A TUITION LED MODEL. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SUPPORT THAT CARRIERS CARRIES US FROM ONE OPPORTUNITY TO THE OTHER AND WOULD BE DELIGHTED. SO THERE'S MY PRESENTATION TODAY, AND I'D BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS. ABSOLUTELY BENSON. HELLO YOU WERE THERE WAITING, BUT EVERYTHING WENT OUT HERE AND I'M SORRY, BUT YOU WANT TO FINISH UP. YOU CAN. IF NOT, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? YES, MA'AM. I DO. UH, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, USING MY OFFICE AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM. TO ME. ONE OF THE WE [00:35:03] WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TALENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SOMEHOW I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT REACHING IT WHEN YOU HELP A PERSON FIND WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO. WE DO PROGRAM. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH PEOPLE CAN ACCOMPLISH. AND MAYBE I WAS EVEN EDUCATED A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU CAME IN ABOUT ARTS AND DESIGN, BECAUSE EVERYTHING OUT OF EVER DONE IS KIND OF DESIGN BEING A TOOLMAKER AND, UH TO WATCH WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHAT HOW THIS IS GOING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S REALLY A PLUS AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT. OUR CURRICULUM IS NOT IS SET UP IN A WAY THAT WE COME BEHIND THE STUDENT AND THEIR INTERESTS AND TALENTS. WE'VE ALREADY PRODUCED A FASHION DESIGNER WHO HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS AND IS DOING WELL. WE DO NOT HAVE A FASHION AND DESIGN PROGRAM, BUT WE BROUGHT IN FASHION DESIGNERS FROM NEW YORK TO WORK WITH HIM. WE HAVE A MODULAR PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO COME BEHIND THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. I THINK IT'S TREMENDOUS. THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH. CHEERS SHANKLIN. YOU, UM HAVE COUNCILWOMAN RUI IN THE QUEUE FOR YOU? OKAY? THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON ALL THE PROGRESS YOU'VE MADE KIDS. YOU TELL THE COMMITTEE WHAT SOME OF THE JOBS ASIDE FROM FASHION DESIGNER GLAD TO HEAR THAT ONE. WHAT OTHER JOBS THESE FOLKS ARE TAKING BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THEM AND NOT ACTUALLY WORKING ARTISTS PER SAY THAT THEIR INDUSTRY YOU KNOW, IT'S THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND HELPING ME WITH THAT PROBABLY IS TRUE. BUT 1% OF OUR STUDENTS LEAVE OUR COLLEGE AND BECOME UM ARTISTS, PAINTERS, SCULPTORS. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO IS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE THAT WE TEACH THEM TO RUN SMALL BUSINESSES. WE GET THEM OUT DOING INTERNSHIPS, SO THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO FUNCTION IN REALLY ADAPTIVE WAY AND WORK WITH A SORT OF CHANGING WORK LANDSCAPE. SO OUR STUDENTS ARE OUT THERE ALREADY ARE TWO COHORT OF GRADUATES HAVE SET UP THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, AND IT'S THE ULTIMATE FLEXIBLE WORK GROUP. THEY WORK WITH MATERIALS. THEY WORK WITH IDEAS, BUDGETS. WE TEACH THEM HOW TO WORK WITH THEIR BUDGETS. AND SO, YES, IT'S A IT'S A ROUNDED EDUCATION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO APPLY AND ADAPT THEIR LEARNING TOO MANY SITUATIONS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PRODUCED A PAMPHLET, WHICH IS OR A LEAFLET, WHICH ON BOTH HAS LISTS AND LISTS OF JOBS THAT ARTISTS ARE PART OF THE FILM INDUSTRY ALONE PROVIDES POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW 30 40 DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK IN THE FILM INDUSTRY. IF YOU LOOK AT PRODUCT DESIGN AND THE INDUSTRY'S AGAIN THAT IS HUGE ARTISTS ARE APPLYING THEIR SKILLS. DESIGN THINKING SYSTEMS THINKING AND THEN WORKING WITH MATERIALS AND YOU KNOW THEY START LEARNING TO CAST METAL AND WORK WITH CLAY. BUT IN THE END, THESE ARE THE CAR DESIGNERS OF THE FUTURE. UM SO WE DO. I WISH I HAD MY LIST WITH ME BECAUSE WE HAVE YOU KNOW HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES OF JOBS THAT ARTISTS DO WE KNOW THAT BETWEEN 92 AND 99% OF ARTS GRADUATES FROM GOOD COLLEGES OF ART AND DESIGN HAVE JOBS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEIR TEACHING AND LEARNING WITHIN ONE YEAR OF LEAVING THE COLLEGE AND YOU KNOW THE BIG SCHOOLS RISK THE GATHERING THAT DATA WE'RE FINDING THAT OURSELVES ALREADY AS A SMALL SCHOOL, SO OUR GRADUATES ARE INCREDIBLY EMPLOYABLE IN TODAY'S FAST MOVING DIGITAL MARKET. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GOING THANK YOU. CHAIR. UH, I'M. SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. I TOLD YOU THAT WHEN I MET WITH YOU, AND I'M EVEN MORE EXCITED NOW I LOVE THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS NEXT STEP AND YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER TO ACCREDITATION. WE WERE IN BOSTON. RECENTLY WITH OUR GLIDE TRIP AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOSTON KEPT SAYING OVER AND OVER THAT CAN'T BE REPLICATED BY OTHER CITIES IS THEY HAVE 64 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND THERE MET IN THEIR REGIONAL AREA. AND THEY HAVE BECAUSE OF THAT THEY HAVE TALENT PRODUCTION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS SO STRONG THAT EVERY FORTUNE 500 COMPANY WANTS TO BE THERE BECAUSE OF THE TALENT THAT EXISTS THERE. AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT WHILE THAT'S TRUE OF ALL HIGHER EDUCATION THAT AN ARTS COLLEGE TAKES THAT TO ANOTHER LEVEL BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS THAT DO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. TALENT DEVELOPMENT. CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. I MEAN, ACROSS THE BOARD AND ARTS COLLEGE WILL RAISE THIS CITY TO A NEW LEVEL AND I FOR ONE. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU GUYS GROW INTO THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE ALL HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE WONDERFUL [00:40:04] COMMENTS. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M FEELING THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING WHAT WE DO BETTER THAN I AM. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S TRUE . THERE REALLY IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN HERE IN LOUISVILLE AND FOR KENTUCKY, AND WE'RE READY, AND IT'S NOT A SORT OF QUICK FLY BY NIGHT PROJECT EITHER. WE BUILT IT CAREFULLY OVER QUITE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 14 YEARS IS QUITE LONG. BUT WE'RE REALLY READY NOW. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION FROM PHILANTHROPY, CHURCH TUITION, SO WE'RE COMING FORWARD AND WILL BE COMING FORWARD. SO PLEASE WATCH FOR US COMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? IF YOU MEN, CLAIRE? NO, MA'AM, WE DO NOT WHAT? WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. AND I ENJOYED SPEAKING WITH YOU, UH FEW WEEKS BACK, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. AND I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THEM BACK TO EXPLAIN A LOT MORE BECAUSE I WAS ALSO SO I COULDN'T SEE OUR PICTURES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD. BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY REWARDING TO KNOW THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE A UPON OR COLLEGE. RIGHT, MAN. GLOBAL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY CHAIR, SHANKLIN. THANK YOU. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. HAVE BEEN SAYING THERE'S NO ONE ELSE KILLED. THIS CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITMENT WITH THAT OBJECTION, MEETING MESSAGE EARNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.