[00:09:19] YEAH. [00:10:45] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN START AND THROW YOUR THESE SECONDS. [00:11:07] ALRIGHT I AM COUNCILWOMAN PARKER AND I INVITE CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY. COMMITTEE CHAIR. JACOR E AUTHOR HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY. CINDI FALOR COUNCILWOMAN. VALOR HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. AND WE HAVE COUNCILMAN HUDSON AND CHAMBERS. AND WE HAVE COUNSEL AND VALIUM. UM, UM ASSUMING COUNCILWOMAN RUI WILL JOIN US IN A MINUTE SINCE WE WILL BE HEARING HER RESOLUTION. AND COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL IS JOINING US REMOTELY. OH, HELLO, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. AND COUNCIL MET. BAKER HAS JOINED US. TODAY IS NOVEMBER 3RD, THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. UH, MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR R DASH 1 36-23. WAIT. JOIN ME TO READ THE. COUNCILWOMAN, AND, UH, ARTHUR. DID YOU HEAR FROM COUNCILWOMAN RUI? SO I ASSUMED SHE WOULD BE HERE TODAY. I JUST TALKED WITH HER ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION. CONTEXT, A REAL EQUIPMENT. OH, I DON'T HAVE HERSELF. [00:15:03] I HOPE SHE'S OKAY. I WAS. OKAY? COUNCILWOMAN RUI IS IN THE BUILDING. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HEAR OUR DISH 136 DASH. 23. PARDON? OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. COMEDIANS BEING HERE FOR SURE TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL ROOF AT A READING FULL. MOTION. HMM. OKAY NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR OUR DISH 136 DISH 23. DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOTION. COUNCIL ONE GROUP. OKAY. I'M READY TO DISCUSS THIS. OKAY OKAY . SO FIRST OF ALL, MY APOLOGIES. I WAS DOWN IN A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION ON MSD AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT. SO THAT WAS GOOD, BUT THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY, SO THIS RESOLUTION IS ADDRESSING SINGLE USE PLASTICS AND SINGLE USE. UM PAPER SERVING WHERE AND EVERYTHING. AND IT'S AIMED AT CITY EVENTS AND CITY SPONSORED EVENTS. AND IT IS ASKING. US AS A METRO COUNCIL GOVERNMENT ENTITY. TO REDUCE OUR USE OF SINGLE USE, PLASTICS AND SINGLE USE PAPER AND SUCH. AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IN REFERENCE TO TAKING IT BEYOND DIRECT CITY EVENTS SUCH AS A LUNCHEON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND ALSO EVENTUALLY HAVING IT APPLY TO LIKE LARGE FESTIVALS. SO THAT WILL INCLUDE IN THERE WORKING ON THE PLAN NOW AND THE PRICING WHERE SUCH AS THE CULTURAL FESTIVALS ON THE BELVEDERE THEY WOULD PURCHASE AHEAD OF TIME APPROPRIATE. CUTLERY AND SERVING DISHES AND SUCH THAT THE VENDORS THAT ARE BROUGHT IN WILL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE AND WE KNOW THOSE WILL BE RECYCLABLE OR COMPOSTABLE, AND THAT THEY WILL HAVE DESIGNED SYSTEMS ALREADY SET UP WHERE PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHERE TO PUT THOSE THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN EITHER BE RECYCLED OR COMPOSTED. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING CONSIDERABLY ON THAT. AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS AND PASS THIS ON SO WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AS A FULL NATURAL COUNCIL. WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A CITY ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE. WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF OIL. PLASTICS PLASTICS ARE POLLUTING OUR OCEANS, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO EAT A CREDIT CARDS WORTH OF PLASTIC A WEEK. SO WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOWARDS REDUCING OUR USE OF PLASTICS. AND THIS IS THE WAY FOR US AS A CITY TO BE A ROLE MODEL ON THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? UH YEAH, I HAVE ONE. THE. REUSABLE IS IT REUSABLE? OR IS IT JUST RECYCLABLE? IT'S BOTH. SO IF YOU'RE DOING AN EVENT WHERE IT'S LIKE CATERED THEN YOU COULD ASK THE CATER TO BE USING REASONABLE SO YOU'RE USING ACTUAL DISHES AND METAL CUTLERY. AND THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THOSE IN THE WASH THEM. IF YOU'RE DOING A LARGE PUBLIC EVENT YOU WOULD BE WANTING TO USE UM DISPOSABLE THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE COMPOSTABLE RECYCLABLE. SO MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE CARDBOARD OR PAPER. YES ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT THEY WERE USING IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. IS JEFFERSON, OKAY? PARTNERSHIP FOR A GREEN CITY. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? HEARD OF THAT. OKAY, WELL, PARTNERSHIP FOR GREEN CITY IS A PURCHASING ALLIANCE BETWEEN LOUISVILLE METRO J. C. P S YOUR WILL AND UH HUH. UM KY TC. COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND GETTING A BRAIN FART ON EXACTLY WHAT THOSE INITIALS ARE, BUT SO IT'S A PURCHASING AGREEMENT FROM THEN THAT'S BEEN IN FORCE FOR, I THINK, 20 YEARS NOW IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. AND THAT'S THE WAY OF GETTING LIKE. INITIALLY IT WAS TO PURCHASE PAPER WITH RECYCLED CONTENT. AND THAT PAPER. WAS A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IF YOU COULD BUY IT IN BULK, YOU GOT A BETTER PRICE. SO THAT'S A WAY FOR THESE ENTITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUY THINGS THAT ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE. AT A BOOK PRICE. THEY USE THAT FOR BUYING CLEANING SUPPLIES. THEY USE IT FOR PAPER. UM THEY'RE USING THAT J. C P S IS USING LITTLE PAPER BOATS. FOR SERVING. AND THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY USEFUL BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S TASTES KIND OF SELF CONTAINED IN THERE, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND WORKING WITH J. C. P S AND U OF L WOULD BE INTERESTED [00:20:04] IN USING THIS AS WELL. AND SO ONCE AGAIN, YOU GET A BOOK BY OF MILLION OF THEM. AND THEY SIT SOMEWHERE AND AS EACH ENTITY NEEDS THEM, THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S THE WAY OF TAKING THAT DOWN SOMETHING THAT INITIALLY IF YOU GO TO THE STORE AND YOU WANT TO BUY COMPOSTABLE CUTLERY BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING YOUR YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FAMILY GET TOGETHER. AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AND GOING HOLY COW THAT'S EXPENSIVE. BECAUSE IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE INITIALLY. BUT IF YOU CAN BUY IT AND BLOCK THE PRICE COMES UP. THE PRICE DIFFERENCE IS A LOT SMALLER. AND IT BECOMES MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE. SO THE COMPOSTABLE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD THROW IN YOUR FIRE PIT. IF YOU NEEDED JAIL IF YOU WERE TO PICNIC ASSUMING, YEAH, WELL, 11 OF THE THINGS WITH A LOT OF PAPER PRODUCTS IS THEY'RE CODED WITH B P A OR B. P S OR ONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE COATED WITH PLASTIC. AND THOSE THINGS ARE NOT RECYCLABLE. THEY'RE NOT COMPOSED. THEY'RE NOT REALLY COMPOSTABLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T BREAK DOWN BECAUSE IT'S GOT THAT LITTLE TINY PLASTIC COATING ON IT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONTAINERS THAT ARE TRULY COMPOSTABLE AND THEY ARE. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH AH! SMITH CREEK. CUTTER WOODWORKING. HUBER'S BORDEN, INDIANA. THAT'S WHERE ALL OUR YARD RACE SKILLS. AND THEY ARE SHIPPING UP THEIR SOME OF THEIR COMPANIES. SOME DIFFERENT COMPOSTABLE CONTAINERS TO SEE WHICH ONES ACTUALLY DO BREAK DOWN. THEY GENERALLY MOST OF THE ONES THAT YOU GET. IF YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT, AND THEY GIVE YOU A CARDBOARD CONTAINER THEY DON'T COME. THEY DON'T BREAK DOWN AS QUICKLY AS WE THINK THEY WOULD. SO THAT THEY BREAK DOWN IN A LARGE SCALE COMPOSTING FACILITY. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY WILL BREAK DOWN IN YOUR COMPOST EVENTUALLY IT'LL TAKE A WHILE. BUT YOU GET MUCH HIGHER HEAT IN A LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING FACILITIES SO THEY DO BREAK DOWN MORE QUICKLY. OKAY BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S ISSUES WITH THE RECYCLING PROCESS TO AS FAR AS POLLUTION QUALITY, SO IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S A CATCH 22. SO MAYBE THE BEST SOLUTION IS JUST THE REUSABLE STUFF. SO ULTIMATELY, YEAH, THAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS PRACTICAL WHEN YOU'RE DOING LARGE SCALE COMMUNITY EVENTS, SO YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE COMPROMISES. HURT ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OH, OKAY? OKAY? COUNSELING THE SHOT. THANK YOU. UM, I'M CHAIR. UH THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN RUIZ FOR PUTTING IN THE WORK ON THIS, BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SINGLE PLASTIC USE UM OUR AGENDA. HAVE A SLEW OF QUESTIONS. UM WELL, I UNDERSTAND AND I SEE THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCILWOMAN IS GOING IN THIS. I CONTINUE TO WRITE QUESTIONS NOW. SO YOU SAY ALL METRO EVENTS? WELL THERE'S A TON OF METRO EVENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC METRO EVENTS THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING BECAUSE THE COST OF METRO EVENTS CAN BE YOU KNOW UPWARDS IN THE HUNDREDS OF EVENTS PER YEAR WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT'S. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF COMPOSTABLE. UM IF WE REMEMBER BACK DURING THE FIRST TIME, SOMETHING SIMILAR WAS INTRODUCED THAT WE BROUGHT OUT SOME FACTS OF COST AND THE COST OF FOUND A GREAT DOUBLES AND ECO FRIENDLY. UM CUTLERY, UM, DOUBLES AND SOMETIMES TRIPLES IN COST. AH, WHICH LEADS ME TO THE NEXT THING. WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THIS? UM I'LL STOP AT THAT QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD. BUT WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE COMPOSTABLE OR THE EQUAL FRIENDLY CUTLERY AND OR REUSABLE CUTLERY? AND WHO'S GONNA WASH THAT? UM WITH THAT WE'RE ALREADY AT A LIMITED BUDGET. AND YOU'RE COMPARING CERTAIN THINGS WITH OUR BUDGET AND PURCHASING POWER. COMPARING TO J. C P. S WHO HAS A $1.2 BILLION BUDGET. WHERE. FOR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS AND WE'RE RUNNING A CITY ON A $1.1 BILLION BUDGET. TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME. FIRST COUNCIL ONE, MARIE . OKAY, THANK YOU. THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE. AH BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH REBECCA HOLLAND BACK AND SHE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND BASED ON WHAT SHE SAW THAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANT. ONCE YOU WERE ABLE TO BUY IT IN BULK. AND OF J. C P S IS ABLE TO DO THIS. AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR [00:25:03] SEVERAL YEARS AND CONTINUES TO WORK ON THIS AND YES, THEY FEED AH, PROBABLY ABOUT 180,000 MEALS A DAY. I DON'T SEE WHERE WE COULDN'T MAKE THIS AVAILABLE AS A GOAL TO STRIVE TOWARDS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE TOMORROW. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS. IT WON'T BE INSTANTANEOUS. IT WON'T BE FREE. BUT IF WE WORK THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP FOR GREEN CITY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THESE THINGS. AT A CONSIDERABLE DISCOUNT COMPARED TO WHAT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANT OWNER. WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE FOR. I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE IDEA OF WORKING IN A CO OP. WITH OTHER RESTAURANTS AND GOING TOGETHER TO MAKE BOTH PURCHASES. IT SAVES YOU MONEY. SAME THING APPLIES HERE. WE BUY IN BULK. WE HAVE THESE THINGS AVAILABLE AS THEY'RE NEEDED. WHAT WAS YOUR NEXT QUESTION? OKAY MY SOUL. MY NEXT QUESTION GOES ESSENTIALLY THEN, TOO. YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM CITY EVENTS THAT USE CATERERS, UM, WOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE THESE PRODUCTS. AND IF THE CITY IS HIRING CATERERS, TOO. TO DO AN EVENT. THE CITY IS ALREADY AT A BUDGET ALREADY HAS LIMITED COSTS ON WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO SPEND ON THE CATERING. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO ADD THIS ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF HMM. HIGHER COST ITEMS TO USE FOR CUTLERY AND OR UH, PLATE WHERE, UM, THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE COST OF THE CATERING JOBS. SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE MADE UP AND OR DIFFERENCE IN THE BUDGET THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO SPEND ON THESE EVENTS? ALSO TIE THIS INTO YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT CULTURE FEST EVENTS LIKE CULTURE FEST AND WHATNOT, OR VENDOR EVENTS WHERE A CATERER OR VENDOR WOULD COME IN AND DO SAMPLES AND OR SELL UM, ITEMS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ALSO PAY A FEE TO BE IN THE EVENT. SO NOW YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO PAY THE FEE B IN THE EVENT. AND THEN ALSO POSSIBLY PURCHASE AND A SPECIFIC ITEM TO SERVE THEIR PRODUCT IN. OKAY, FIRST ONE FIRST WITH CATERERS. THIS IS NOT AN ORDINANCE. THIS IS A RESOLUTION. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A GOAL WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS AND YES, A CATERER MAY HAVE TO HAVE AN INITIAL EXPENSE TO BUY THIS OVER BUYING A BUNCH OF PLASTIC THAT THEY THROW OUT AFTER THEY USED IT ONCE. ULTIMATELY IF YOU BUY THIS STUFF , AND YOU USE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU WILL RECOUP YOUR COSTS OVER THE LONG TERM. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR A CATERER. IT SHOULD COME OUT TO BE A WASH OR TO BE CHEAPER. IT IS AN INITIAL EXPENSE. AS FOR THE WORLD FEST AND LARGE EVENTS LIKE THAT THE VENDORS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE DISHES TO PUT THEIR THINGS IN. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE FORKS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SPOONS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THESE THINGS ANYWAY. WE'RE JUST SAYING , IF YOU'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT HERE. WE HAVE THESE THINGS FOR YOU ALREADY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUY THEM ANYWAY. WELL, WE'VE BOUGHT THEM IN BOOK. WE GOT A REALLY GOOD PRICE FOR THEM. IT'S LIKELY GOING TO COST COMPARABLE BECAUSE WE BOUGHT IT IN BULK, OR MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE LESS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGER VOLUME THAT WE PURCHASED THROUGH. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A COST BURDEN BECAUSE WE'RE BUYING ALL THIS STUFF IN BULK, AND WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU USE WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED. OKAY, I HEAR YOU AND I RESPECT THAT. WHO IS BUYING IT. IS THAT THE OFFICERS SUSTAINABILITY OR IS IT PUBLIC HEALTH? MY RESOLUTION. YOU'VE GOT. OFFICERS SUSTAINABILITY UP IN HERE. TO OVERSEE IT, ESSENTIALLY, BUT YOU MENTIONED PUBLIC HEALTH NUMEROUS OF TIMES IN REGARDS TO THAT. YES I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. I DO NOT HAVE A FIRM ANSWER ON THAT. BUT I DO HAVE THE COOPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON THIS. OKAY, UM. WHAT IS THIS GOING TO COST THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO DO THIS AND OVERSEE THIS PROJECT OR OVERSEE THIS RESOLUTION OVER TIME? UM AND THEN THE PURCHASE OF A MILLION. CUTLERY PACKETS. DO WE? IS THAT GOING TO COME OUT OF THEIR BUDGET? OR IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ASKED FOR EVERY YEAR IN OUR YEARLY BUDGET? UM, COME MARCH IN MAY BEYOND THE INITIAL PURCHASES SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF FOR MOST THINGS, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY BUYING THESE. YOU'RE ALREADY BUYING ITEMS TO USE FOR EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY. YOU'RE ALREADY BUYING THESE ITEMS OR SOMEBODY'S BUYING THESE ITEMS FOR USE IT LIKE THE WORLD'S BEST. THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY BEING BOUGHT SOMEWHERE. WE'RE JUST OUR INITIAL INVESTMENT. WE WILL HAVE TO BUY SOME BUT AFTER THAT IT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE SELF SUSTAINING. THEY HAD TO BE BOUGHT. ANYWAY. IT'S JUST WE'RE ASKING. THAT'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC BE USED AND IS A RESOLUTION THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN [00:30:01] IMMEDIATELY. BUT IT IS A GOAL FOR US TO STRIVE FOR BECAUSE WE ARE REMOTE OR ROLE MODEL. FOR HOW WE WOULD WANT OUR CITY TO OPERATE. OKAY WITH THAT BEING ACCOUNT MANAGER CHAIRMAN SPEAK AGAIN. SORRY. AH, YES. AND THEN WHAT? COUNCILMAN BANKER? OKAY SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. MY FAULT. UM WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS AND HELP WITH THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DETAILS AND MORE FACTS AND HOW MANY PROJECTED PIECES OF CUTLERY OR PLATE AND WHATNOT DO WE NEED TO PURCHASE AS THE INITIAL BAR IN THE BEGINNING, SO WE KNOW WHERE THAT COST IS AND HOW TO HOLD THAT PRICE, UM, AT A LEVEL NUMBER AND GET A LITTLE MORE DETAILED IN IN SOME OF THE FACTS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF GET LOST. SOMETIMES IN SOME OF THIS. UM I UNDERSTAND IT'S A RESOLUTION AND IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW RESOLUTIONS ARE, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, LIKE COUNTERMAN? YES USED TO SAY YOUR SENATOR GATES. NOW RESOLUTIONS. YOU JUST FILE THEM AWAY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM LATER. BUT, UM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SOME LEGS WITH THIS, BUT WITHOUT THE FACTS. IT'S HARD TO GET THE LEGS BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUSH SOMETHING THROUGH TO JUST ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF WHAT COULD BE MORE BUREAUCRACY. UM WHEN I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I AND I RESPECT THAT, AND I AND I ENCOURAGE YOU AND I THINK IT'S SOMETIMES WE CAN HEAD TOWARDS BUT WITHOUT FACTS, AND HOW MANY EVENTS DO WE DO IS A CITY IN A YEAR. HOW MANY PEOPLE PER EVENT DO WE HAVE? HOW MANY ESTIMATED CUTLERY, ZOR PAPER BOATS OR PLATES. DO WE NEED PREACH PER EVENT? SO ON AND SO FORTH, THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT WE ARE MISSING. BEFORE WE START MOVING THINGS ON THIS. OKAY, THAT SEEMS A REASONABLE ASK. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I WAS GONNA LET I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL ON THAT ONE, OKAY? COUNCILMAN ARTHUR THANK YOU. SURE I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY SO THEY MIGHT NEED TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES FOR THE RECORD IN THE DEPARTMENT. HELLO. THIS SYSTEM MADE HER OUT, UM, THINGS THAT COULD HAVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, DIRECTOR. EARLIER THIS YEAR. YOU PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE ABOUT YOUR OFFICE AND YOU SHOWED US SOME SURVEY RESULTS. OVERWHELMINGLY SAID LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO ADOPT SUSTAINABLE EFFORTS AND BEHAVIORS. THE SURVEY ACTUALLY SHOWED THAT ONLY 3% OF THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY WERE UNWILLING. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES TOOK THAT SURVEY? WE HAD OVER 1000 RESPONSES TO THAT SURVEY OUT OF AROUND 5000 EMPLOYEES, SO THAT WAS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESPONSES. AND THESE RESULTS ALSO SHOWED THAT 62% OF RESPONDENTS THOUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP WOULD MAKE LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT MORE DESIRABLE PLACE TO WORK. COULD YOU CLARIFY WHO TOOK THAT SURVEY IS THE SAME EMPLOYEES OR DIFFERENT GROUPS OR WHAT? IT WAS THE SAME GROUP OF EMPLOYEES. SO NOT ONLY ARE EMPLOYEES WILLING TO ADOPT SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIORS, BUT THEY WOULD BENEFIT. AND MAYBE GOVERNMENTAL GOVERNMENT MORE THAN DESIRABLE PLACE TO WORK, RIGHT? YES THAT'S CORRECT. IN YOUR OPINION. DO YOU THINK THAT THIS RESOLUTION ALIGNS WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT'S OVERALL GOALS? YES, IT DOES. YEAH UM, WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS TOPIC WITH THE METRO GREEN TEAM, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES EMPLOYEES FROM VARIOUS OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AN INITIAL CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD INCLUDED PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS, SPECIAL EVENTS, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS PURCHASING AND OTHERS THAT WOULD DIRECTLY TOUCH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND IN THAT INITIAL DISCUSSION THERE WAS THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR IT, AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ACHIEVABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH BETWEEN THE BENEFIT TO THE ENVIRONMENT. ADVANCING THE GOALS OF THE OFFICES, SUSTAINABILITY AND HELPING ADDRESS THE LABOR SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC WORKERS. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WIN WIN WIN TO ME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ROY FOR INTRODUCING ECONOMIC CITED TO VOTE YES. OKAY I'VE GOT UM ONE LIST QUESTION. SO FOR INSTANCE, AT WORLD VEST. UH HUH. AND THERE'S DIFFERENT VENDORS, LOTS OF VENDORS AT WORLD FEST. IF THEY DON'T PURCHASE THEIR OWN, COULD THEY PURCHASE UH, PRODUCTS FROM LOUISVILLE METRO? YES, THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT. OKAY. AND THEN WHERE IS IT STORED? WHERE DID THEY STORE? DO YOU HAVE ANY [00:35:04] IDEA LIKE WHERE THAT PART WORKED OUT YET? LIKE I SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL BUILDING, BUT WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SET THE ROLE MODEL THERE, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT SOMEHOW WITH WORLD FESTER. THESE EVENTS PUT THAT OUT THERE WHERE THEY CAN OBTAIN THESE OR WHERE THEY EASY ACCESS TO. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY TAKE IT WHEN THEY REGISTER. LET US KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ANTICIPATE NEEDING AND IT CAN BE PROVIDED. OKAY AND THEN ALSO TO THEN, ASSUMING WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF RECYCLING BINS AND AT THESE EVENTS, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC NOT TO THROW THE STUFF AWAY. YES THAT'S A LEARNING PROCESS, BUT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SORTING THE RECYCLING OUT AND MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING. WHY AREN'T WE DOING THIS AT PUBLIC EVENTS ALREADY? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNS. OKAY? THEN THIS IS A RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. I. OPPOSED. OKAY THE EYES HAVE IT SO IT WILL GO TO CONSENT. THANK YOU. AND THERE'S NO MORE LEGISLATION. SO UM, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.