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PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC. ONE NATION.[Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance]
INDIVISIBLE AND JUSTICE, STRONG. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND[Member Roll Call]
COUNCIL RULE FIVE. A MADAM CLERK A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS COUNCIL MEMBER SHANKLIN COUNCIL MEMBER RASHAD COUNCIL MEMBER ARTHUR COUNCIL MEMBER PURVIS COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER COUNCIL MEMBER MCRANEY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RENO WEBER COUNCIL MEMBER OWEN COUNCIL MEMBER OVER HIM. COUNCIL MEMBER, CRAMER COUNCIL MEMBER, BLACKWELL. COUNCIL MEMBER SIGN COUNCIL MEMBER FOWLER COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPEL. COUNCIL MEMBER READ HERE. PRESIDENT WINKLER COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER COUNCIL MEMBER PIACENTINI COUNCIL MEMBER BENSON PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RUI HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ENGEL. PRESIDENT SORRY, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON. COUNCIL MEMBER FLOOD HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VASH ON COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON MR. PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 15 AND LUKEWARM. 16 AND A FORM. THANK YOU. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. COUNCILMAN SHANKLIN HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE THAT WILL BE JOINED MOMENTARILY BY THOSE NOT IN CHAMBERS.COLLEAGUES AS WE START TONHT'S MEETING. I KNOW THAT MANY OF US ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND PLANS WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, FOOTBALL OR DECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
HOWEVER THIS WEEKEND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED TO PROTECT ALL OF US THIS SATURDAY IS VETERANS DAY, A DAY TO REFLECT ON THE WEEKENDS, MONTHS AND YEARS OF SACRIFICE BY OUR BRAVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND FREEDOM OF OUR NATION. VETERANS DAY IS A CELEBRATION TO HONOR AND THANK AMERICA'S VETERANS FOR THEIR PATRIOTISM AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR SECURITY. THIS WEEKEND'S VETERANS DAY PARADE RETURNS DOWNWN AND WILL BEGIN AT 12 PM JEFFERN STREET FROM SEVENTH ON AND ENDING AT THIRD STREET. ENCOURAGE T COMNITY TCOME OU ENJ THE PARADE AO SUPP ARADE THE DESEE FAFEGRDG THE THEIR COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING OUR FREEDOM. IN REVERENCE OF ALL OUR VETERANS, AND I'D LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE R ONE VETERAN ON COUNCIL COUNCIL MP ARGENTINE E, UH PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ARGENTINA, I BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE GOT SPECIAL REQUEST OF PERSONA PRIVILEGE.
YES THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. ALTHOUGH VETERANS DAY IS ON THE 11TH IN COMMEMORATION WITH THE CEASEFIRE, WHICH COINCIDED WITH THE ORIGINAL CEASEFIRE, WORLD WAR ONE ON THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH OF 11TH HOUR. TOMORROW IS A PARTICULARLY SPECIAL DAY FOR UNITED STATES MARINES. IT IS THE 248TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. AND I WANTED TO, AS I TRY TO DO EVERY YEAR. I WISH ANY AND ALL WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE
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CORPS BOTH ALIVE AND NO LONGER WITH US. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR TOMORROW. UH THESE ARE MARINES THAT ARE FOUGHT. IN BATTLES IN LITERALLY EVERY CLIMATE PLACE ACROSS THIS GLOBE. CITIES LIKE KOJIMA, BELLEAU WOOD. GUADALCANAL THE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE CHOSEN RESERVOIR. AND MOST RECENTLY IN BATTLEFIELDS IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND OTHER PLACES SO AS MUCH AS I WANT TO CELEBRATE EVERYBODY AND ALL THE ARMED FORCES ON SATURDAY I WANT TO, UH, BLESS AND WISH YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FINEST FIGHTING FORCE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN TOMORROW. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE UNITED STATES. MARINES SACRIFICE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARGENTINA. COUNCILWOMAN FLOOD. I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE THIS EVENING. I DO.THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CASEY LESLIE AND THE SCOUT TROOP 157 G OUT OF SAINT RITA. TONIGHT. WE ARE ALWAYS PROUD TO HOUSE THE SCOUTS WORKING ON THEIR CITIZENSHIP, CITIZENSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY BADGE AND ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HERE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PARENTS AND THE SCOUT LEADERS FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT THEY PUT IN THAT ALLOWS THE SCOUTS TO EXPECT EXPERIENCE THE WONDERFUL ASPECTS OF SCOUTING. AND I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO BE ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR AND DECORUM TONIGHT BECAUSE THESE ARE TOMORROW'S LEADERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND FLOOD. MADAM CLERK. ARE THERE ANY ADDRESSES TO COUNSEL? WE'RE GOING TO FLIP THE ORDER. OKAY YES, SIR. THERE ARE PLEASE REMIND THOSE
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ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING PROFANITY OR MAKING DEROGATORY STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. MADAM CLERK. MAY WE PLEASE HAVE THE FIRST SPEAKER TONY ARNOLD.OKAY? MY NAME IS TONY ARNOLD, AND MY ADDRESS IS 31 05 DONE. LEATH COURT LOUISVILLE 40241.
I'M THE PROFESSOR WHOSE RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESILIENCE JUSTICE HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION. I'VE BEEN A PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, CITY ATTORNEY MEMBER OF SEVERAL NONPROFIT BOARDS AND GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS, AS WELL AS COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS. I SPEAK PERSONALLY ON MY OWN BEHALF, NOT THE UNI STRONGLI DISPLACEMENT ORDINANCE FOR THREE REASONS. FIRST LOUISVILLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS INHABITED BY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, PEOPLE OF COLOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND RENTERS HAVE MANY STRENGTHS AND CAPACITIES. BUT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALSO HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO SHOCKS AND CHANGES . THIS IS DUE TO THE SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF LOUISVILLE'S RACIST PLANNING AND ZONING. REDLINING EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES, WEALTH , INEQUALITIES AND MARKET EXPLOITATION OF POVERTY AND RACE. ONLINE STORY. MATH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AREN'T ENOUGH. WE NEED POLICIES THAT STRENGTHEN AND EMPOWER THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AGAINST DISPLACEMENT AND DESTRUCTIVE CHANGE. SECOND.
STUDY AFTER STUDY SHOWS THAT GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN US CITIES, TOP DOWN GOVERNMENT PLANS AND PROJECTS AS WELL AS REACTIVE INTERVENTIONS DO AS MUCH OR MORE TO STIMULATE DISPLACEMENT AS THEY DO TO STOP IT. IN CONTRAST, PROACTIVE, PREVENTATIVE AND COMMUNITY BASED OR COMMUNITY EMPOWERING POLICIES SUCH AS THE PROPOSED ANTI DISPLACEMENT ORDINANCE ARE ESSENTIAL. THERE THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO PREVENT THE ERASING OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS. THIRD IF LOUISVILLE METRO IS SERIOUS ABOUT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND SERIOUS ABOUT SOCIAL AND RACIAL JUSTICE, THEN WE NEED ORDINANCES THAT ADVANCED THE KEY PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT ORDINANCE FIRST, PLACING HUMAN BEINGS AHEAD OF PROFITS, SECOND EMPOWERING NEIGHBORHOODS AND GRASSROOTS COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF IMPOSING TOP DOWN PLANS AND POWERFUL DEVELOPMENT INTEREST. AND THIRD, ENABLING ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO THRIVE AND TO HAVE EQUITABLE FUTURES IN A WORLD OF DISRUPTIONS AND CHANGES. FOR THESE REASONS, I HUMBLY ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE METRO COUNCIL TO VOTE IN FAVOR
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OF THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT ORDINANCE. THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE. ARE YOU FOR DISPLACEMENT OR AGAINST IT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, MR ARNOLD. THANK YOU, JACKIE FLOYD. JACKIE FLOYD. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JACKIE. FLAWED I AM A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND A PROUD RUSSELL RESTED. I HAVE LIVED IN RUSSELL FOR OVER 35 YEARS. RUSSELL I WANT TIME WAS A THRIVING COMMUNITY WITH OVER 100 BLACK BUSINESSES, BUT ELECTED OFFICIALS PRIVATE INVESTORS DUE TO URBAN RENEWAL. JIM CROW LAWS. AND RED LINE, OVERLOOKED AND NEGLECTED OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE WORKED WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS TO BRING INVESTMENTS INTO MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS STRONGLY I BELIEVE THAT MY HEART WORKING NEIGHBORS DESERVE THE SAME TYPE OF AMENITIES THAT OTHER RESIDENTS ENJOY AND THEIR COMMUNITY. OUT OF THE VISION OF RUSSELL TRANSFER TRANSFORMATION PLAN. THE MESSAGE THAT THE REF PRESIDENTS RECEIVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND MEETINGS. PRESS CONFERENCE INVESTMENTS WITHOUT DISPLACEMENTS. UNDERSTANDING OF THAT WE WOULD NOT BE DISPLACED DUE TO HARD PROPERTY TAXES ARE HIGHER RENT FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO MAKE THAT WANTED TO REMAIN IN RUSSELL. THEN WE HAVE THE TAX IMPLEMENT PANICS WITH THE PROMISE OF FREEZING OUR PROPERTY TAX FOR 20 YEARS, BUT TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT INVESTMENT WITHOUT THIS DISPLACED THE STATEMENT AND THE PROMISE OF THE TIP EMPTY PROMISES FOR THE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT SOME OF US WOULD BIG PLACE. DISPLACED DUE TO THE EMPTY PROMISES. THIS YEAR, TAX OWNERS HAVE SEEN THEIR PROPERTY TAX RISE AND THAT THAT HAS CREATED A HARD FOR LOUD WELFARE WAS ESPECIALLY THE SINGERS THAT ARE FIXED INCOMES. LANDLORDS HAVE PASSED THEIR PROPERTY TAX INCREASE ON TWO TENANTS. MY NEIGHBOR, A 92, YEAR OLD RESIDENT. HAD HER RENT INCREASED OVER NAND $100 A MONTH AND SHE'S ON SOCIAL SECURITY, AND SHE DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR FULL SNAILS. PAYING HER RENT INCREASE WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO MEET HER OTHER BASIC NEEDS FOOD, HEAT OUR BAG HER MEDS WITH THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. CHUA PROBABLY END UP IN A SUB STANDARD HOUSING. JUST TO HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. THERE ARE OTHER SENIORS AND LOW WEALTH FILMS HAVING TO MAKE THOSE THOSE HARD DECISIONS, INCLUDING MYSELF. 71 YEARS OLD. I AM FORCED TO GO BACK TO WORK FOR MY RENT HAS INCREASED FROM 896 TO 4202. A MONTH STARTING JANUARY, THE FIRST TONIGHT. METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT, HONEST BECAUSE NO ONE ESPECIALLY SEE IT SHOULD BE DISPLACED BECAUSE OF INVESTMENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN A CITY THAN LABEL ITSELF AS A COMPASSIONATE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR OOH. KEVIN TO ME.OKAY, KEVIN TO ME. DO I HAVE A KEVIN TO ME? JESSICA BELLONI. GOOD EVENING METRO COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JESSICA BELLAMY AND I WAS RAISED IN SMOKETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. MY FATHER AND MOTHER'S FAMILIES HAVE BEEN IN SMOKETOWN FOR OVER 60 YEARS. I WAS ALSO BORN AT THE BEGINNING OF MY GRANDMA'S DREAM TO START A RESTAURANT IN SMOKETOWN. SHE CALLED THAT RESTAURANT SHIRLEY MAE'S CAFE. ANYONE WHO HAS EVER EATEN AT MY FAMILY'S RESTAURANT HAS MET MY ENTIRE FAMILY OR HAVE BEEN SERVED CHICKEN BY ME. SMOKETOWN IS THE FIRST AND ONLY COMMUNITY THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO CREATE OR SEEK MEMBERSHIP OF MY FATHER'S MURDER. IN MY CHILDHOOD. RIPPED MY FAMILY APART AND FORCED US OUT OF SMOKETOWN. BUT I STILL WENT TO SMOKETOWN EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I DROPPED FOR THE DAY WHEN I COULD RETURN TO SMOKETOWN. BUT PUBLICLY FUNDED DEVELOPMENT CAUSED RENTS AND PRICE PRICES OF HOUSES TO SKYROCKET IN
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SMOKETOWN. AS A RESULT. HUNDREDS OF DEEPLY ROOTED FAMILIES WERE HEMORRHAGED FROM MY COMMUNITY.RIGHT NOW. I CAN SHOW YOU A SHOTGUN HOUSE IN SMOKETOWN THAT IS OVER $300,000. AND WE KNOW THAT HOUSE IS NOT FOR US. SO MANY SO MANY ARE PRICED THAT WAY. I FEEL DEVASTATED AND ASHAMED THAT I CANNOT AFFORD TO RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY OF MY CHILDHOOD. I FEEL POWERLESS AS I STAND BY AND WATCH DEVELOPERS PICK THE BONES OF MY COMMUNITY FOR PROFIT. I FEEL ANGRY. THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS GO TOWARDS FUNDING OUR OWN DISPLACEMENT. THAT AIN'T RIGHT. THAT'S WHY I SMOKED HIM. LIKE MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT NEED TO BE POLICY PROTECTED. IN 2020. I STARTED ORGANIZING WITH RESIDENTS FROM ACROSS HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS AND RECRUITED COUNCILMAN ARTHUR'S OFFICE TO SUPPORT US AND DRAFTING LEGISLATION. LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROTECT US AND RESTORE OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT TOOK US TWO YEARS TO WRITE THIS CRUCIAL LEGISLATION TWO YEARS AND TODAY IT IS KNOWN AS THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT ORDINANCE. CURRENTLY I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. AND AS YOUR CONSTITUENT COUNCILMAN OWENS I HUMBLY ASK YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF METRO COUNCIL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT ORDINANCE BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN SAYING THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE. ARE YOU FOR DISPLACEMENT? OR AGAINST IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS BELLAMY. THANK YOU, JEFF CAVALCANTI. HELLO I'M SPEAKING ON THE ARPA REALLOCATIONS. UH ORDINANCES BEFORE YOU TODAY. UM I URGE YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. AH! THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF, I'M GONNA BREAK IT DOWN TO A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS. WHEN WAS KEN GONNA TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS AN AUDIT INITIATED? THEY COULD HAVE TOLD YOU. EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WAS, UH, INCOME IT TO BE GIVEN TO THE C E. O. C. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS EVER GOING TO DO THAT. THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST. HMM.
IF YOU DON'T GIVE ALL THE MONEY UH, TO THE. AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST. THE LADY QUESTIONS WERE SO GOOD THAT SHE HAD TO JUMP UP AND SAY IF YOU DON'T GIVE US ALL THE MONEY WE CAN'T OPERATE, AND WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO METRO COUNCIL TO CHANGE THE LIST AND GET APPROVAL. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. IT WAS ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. THIS YOU DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF IT WITHIN YOUR BUDGET. AND, YES, YOU NEED TO COME BACK, AND WE'RE GIVING YOU X MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. FOR THIS LIST. YOU NEED TO COME BACK IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT LIST. OKAY AH, AND THEN KEN SAYS UH, WE NEED TO GET ALL THE MONEY. WE NEED TO VET THE PEOPLE WORK THE DEALS SO THAT WE DON'T PUT ANYBODY IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN'T MANAGE IT. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THE FIRST DEAL HE PUT TOGETHER DIDN'T FALL THROUGH. THE $40 MILLION DEAL DID NOT COME THROUGH. AND SO WE'RE IN THIS POSITION HERE WE ARE NOW ABOUT REALLOCATING THE MONEY. UH QUESTIONS VERSUS ACTIONS. THE METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE ASKED VERY GOOD QUESTIONS, PROBING QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS THAT PUT THEM BACK ON THE HEELS. THE ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVES BACK ON THEIR HEELS, AND THEY COULD NOT. HEY, WE HEARD THE SANDRA HAS ALL HAVE TO LOOK AT MY NOTES. I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, OKAY? WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY. FOR THE RUSSELL STATION THING. WE'RE GONNA ANSWER FOR THAT. ARE THE ARE THE THREE ENTITIES. TERMINATED CONTRACT OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH SCOPE OF A NEW SCOPE OF WORK? IF THAT'S SO WHY DID WE HAVE THE CEO IN THERE WAS THAT JUST MIDDLE MONEY MANAGEMENT MONEY THAT WAS PUT IN THERE? BUT YOUR ACTIONS SPOKE LOUDER THAN YOUR WORDS. EVERYBODY ROLLED OVER EXCEPT FOR ONE. AND VOTED YES. SEND IT THROUGH IN A WEEK. IN A WAY. NO NO, NO ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. ROLLED OVER AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUPPIES AND KIDNEYS FOR FIVE WEEKS. YOU HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2024. TO APPROVE THESE FUNDS. YOU SHOULD SAY I WANT TO SEE A SCOPE OF
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WORK. I WANT TO SEE A BUDGET AND I WANT TO SEE A TIMELINE TO GET THAT JOB DONE. AND SO WHAT'S THE NEW DIRECTION? SHADOW OF CORRUPTION HAS NOW MOVED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. TO INCLUDE THE METRO COUNCIL. THERE'S ALREADY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION. WHERE ARE YOU? I'M ASKING YOU. TWO. SEND THAT BACK TO COMMITTEE THAT ORDINANCE BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.GET ALL THE ANSWERS. AND MAKE A DECISION. THANK YOU, MR KELLER. ABIGAIL SPICER. ABIGAIL. THERE WE GO, MA'AM. I'M JUST VERY SHORT. BUT HERE, LET LET ME LET ME HELP YOU OKAY? TESTING. OKAY? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BELLA'S WISER AND I AM A LEADER WITH VOCAL KENTUCKY. I AM HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE CAMP CLEARINGS AND LACK OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE UN HOUSED PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. JUDI HUMAN, FAMOUSLY SAID THAT SHE CALLS ABLE BODIED PEOPLE NON DISABLED BECAUSE THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOUR REQUIRING A DISABILITY TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY IS HIGH. IN THAT VEIN. I AM NON HOMELESS. IT IS ONLY THE HELP OF FAMILY AND SMALL TWISTS OF FATE THAT HAVE KEPT ME HOUSED AT DIFFICULT POINTS IN MY LIFE. I WANT ALL OF YOU IN THIS ROOM TO CONSIDER. ARE YOU SECURE? IN YOUR HOUSE. OR ARE YOU SIMPLY NOT ON HOUSED RIGHT NOW? HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE HAVE A CRISIS ON OUR HANDS IN THIS CITY, AND WE HAVE BEEN MOVING SLOW AND COMING UP WITH HALF MEASURES FOR FAR TOO LONG.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY FOR 29 YEARS. I PERSONALLY AM ON THE SECTION EIGHT WAIT LIST AND MY NUMBER IN LINE AS OF THIS MORNING IS 5300. THERE ARE OVER 5000 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME IN LINE TO GET ABOUT ER AND IT COULD TAKE YEARS FOR ME TO GET ONE. BUT I MUST REMIND YOU EVEN ONCE I HAVE A VOUCHER ON HAND, THERE IS NOWHERE. FOR ME TO GO WITH IT. WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESERT IN THIS CITY. WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 1600 PEOPLE ON THE STREETS EACH DAY AND NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. MEANWHILE OUR CITY IS DIVESTING DEARLY NEEDED RESOURCES INTO ENCAMPMENT SWEEPS LIKE AN ELABORATE GAME OF KICK THE CAN. WITHOUT WRAP AROUND SERVICES AND SUPPORTS WE ARE CLEARING CAMPS ONLY TO COME BACK AND CLEAR THE SAME CAMPS WEEKS LATER. THESE CLEARINGS COST MONEY ABOUT $10,000 EACH TIME. THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT ON SUPPORT FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION, MORE SHELTERS, MORE TRANSITIONAL SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ARE HERE TO DEMAND AN END TO THESE CLEARINGS. WE ARE HERE TO DEMAND A DIFFERENT APPROACH. WE NEED TO EXPAND NON CONGREGATE. SHELTER OPTIONS TO SERVE LOUISVILLE, IANS. AS WINTER APPROACHES. IT IS IMPERATIVE WE ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE CITY LED EXTREME WEATHER PLAN TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE HOMELESS RATHER THAN KICKING THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
WILL WE BE ABLE TO RELY ON YOU HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HELP SUPPORT US AND SUPPORTING THE UNHAPPY HOUSED AND NOT YET HOUSED RESIDENTS OF OUR BELOVED CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MARTIN. JARED RANDALL.
AH! PLEASE LISTEN TO HER. I KNOW HER. SHE'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD STUFF TO SAY. UM UH, I'VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING KIND OF LIKE THE SONG. UM 11 THING. I KNOW. I WISH WE COULD BRING A AH! WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS MORE IMPORTANT, UNDERSTAND, TOO, BUT I WISH WE
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COULD BRING A, UM NBA TEAM TO LOUISVILLE. UH MAYBE WE COULD CALL IT A LITTLE AT LEASE OR SOMETHING. WE HAD ONE IN THE PAST CALLED LITTLE KERNELS. UM I WISH WE WOULD LEAVE THE BARS ALONE. WE'RE BLAMING, LIKE, UH, BAXTER'S AND LOUD MUSIC FOR THE GUN VIOLENCE MOVING. WE ALL KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE'RE TRYING TO, AND WE NEED THAT FOR OUR TERRORISM. UH I FEEL LIKE WE NEED LIGHT RAIL IN LOUISVILLE. IT'S MORE RELIABLE FASTER. DOESN'T WILLIAM STOP LIGHTS FUNDED THE SAME WAY WE DID THE VERGES. UH WHICH WE HAD. CITY PARK RANGERS ARE KIDS ABOUT PLACE FOR WORK SAFELY IN THE PARKS. SO WE DON'T HAVE STUFF GOING ON LIKE A BALLOT PARKING CHICKEN SELF PARK. I WISH THEY COULD GET THE J. C. P S, UH, PEOPLE OFF THE UM, THING WHERE THEY ONLY CAN PUT PAGE A LITTLE AT A TIME. UH, I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE LOSING A LOT OF POTENTIAL IRELAND EMPLOYEES BECAUSE YOU PUT THEM IN POVERTY, PUTTING THEM ON THAT MANDATORY ESCROW.UH I KNOW THIS IS A LONG SHOT. BUT I WANT A FRIEND OF MINE IS HELPING ME WITH THIS IS ME AND MARK PENCE DOING IT. AND UH, I LIVE IN THE TAYLOR BERRY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS. UH LIKE I LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD. UM I LIVE IN A STREET WHERE I PRAYED THE GIRL WAS SHOT. I LIVE ON A LIVING, A BLOCK AND A HALF FROM A DRUG HOUSE BEING KIDS ARE BEING USED FOR AND I THINK IT'S BACK OPEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POLICE SUBSTATION. LIKE SOME NEW JACK CITY, NINO BROWN STUFF GOING ON OVER THERE. UM AND, UM LIKE I SAID. I'M GONNA RUN AGAINST WIN, LOSE OR DRAW. I'M GONNA RUN AGAINST MORGEN, MCGARVEY MCGARVEY. IN THE PRIMARY. AS A DEMOCRAT. I AM A DEMOCRAT. I'M A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT. UM AND I KNOW Y'ALL GOT HIM PICKED. BUT THE MAN IS IN TROUBLE. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. I MEAN, ALL I AM IS A SPORTS COACH. AH PAST SPORTS COACHES AT TRINITY. PRP AND BALLARD. ALL I AM, IS A FORMER MEMBER OF A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. SPORTS TEAM. AND ALL I AM IS A POOR GUY LIVING IN TELLER BERRY AND I'M NOT A MULTIMILLIONAIRE LIKE MORGEN, MCGARVEY AND Y'ALL CAN LAUGH AT ME. BUT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR RANDALL. THANK YOU, BRITTANY MORRIS. OKAY HI. MY NAME IS BRITTANY MORRIS AND I AM AGRO ORGANIZER WITH LOCAL KENTUCKY. I STRUGGLE WITH CHAOTIC DRUG USE FOR FIVE YEARS. I CAN PROUDLY SAY I HAVE BEEN SOBER FOR 19 MONTHS. THANK YOU. OKAY? WITH THE BEAUTIFUL 11 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER, A HOUSE, A CAR AND A JOB. TODAY I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT CAMP CLEARINGS, OR, AS THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION CALLS THEM RELOCATIONS. I PERSONALLY WAS HOUSE, LISS. ON THE STREETS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. I NEVER THOUGHT IN MY LIFE THAT I WOULD EVER END UP THERE, BUT IT HAPPENED. PURSE SORRY, ALREADY READ THAT. I KNOW I MADE MISTAKES IN MY LIFE THAT LED ME TO BEING IN THAT SITUATION, AND SOME MAJOR FACTORS PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT, LIKE SUBSTANCE, SUBSTANCE USE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND A SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN TRAUMA, WHICH LED THE LED TO THEM BEING AN HOUSE. BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE ON HOUSE. SO NOW WE NEED A SOLUTION. ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE SLEEPING ON THE STREETS, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SURVIVE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. NEED A SOLUTION? AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU ARE A PART OF THAT SOLUTION. CAMP CLEARINGS ARE NOT THE SOLUTION.
OUR STRUGGLING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE BEING MOVED FROM BLOCK TO BLOCK PARK TO PARK BY DOCTOR BARDACK STILL HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. THE SHELTERS ARE FULL HOPE VILLAGES FULL. THE WAITING LIST FOR VOUCHERS TAKES MONTHS, IF NOT LONGER. PEOPLE ARE BECOMING DESPERATE BECAUSE THEY LOSE EVERYTHING THEY OWN ONCE A WEEK IN CAMP CLEARINGS. THE VIOLENCE IN THE IN HOUSE COMMUNITY HAS GONE UP. YOU MAY NOT HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT I WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THEM EVERY DAY, AND I SEE THE PAIN AND FEAR IN THEIR EYES. THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY DO THE CLEARINGS BECAUSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT IN REALITY, IT'S DOING THE OPPOSITE. I'M ASKING YOU TO HEAR US OUT. AND WORK WITH US TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO GIVE PEOPLE ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU IF THEY HAD WON, THEY WOULDN'T BE ON THE STREETS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR BORIS. SARAH. PLEASURE. THANK YOU. I'M SO SORRY. YOUR FUN. HELLO I AM SARA BOSIE. I AM
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A LEADER WITH FOCAL KENTUCKY. UM AND I CAME TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE CAMP CLEARINGS AND ARE HOMELESS COMMUNITY. I'VE SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE. HMM. WITHOUT SECURE HOUSING. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LOW INCOME. I'VE HAD TIMES WHERE THE ONLY THING KEEPING ME FROM SLEEPING ON THE STREETS IS THE GENEROSITY OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. NOT ALL OF BEEN THAT LUCKY. PEOPLE I'VE LOVED HAVEN'T BEEN THAT LUCKY. EXCUSE ME. 1600 LOUISVILLE, IAN'S EVERY DAY OR THAT LUCKY.AND THE SHELTERS ARE AT FULL CAPACITY. AND THEY ALWAYS ARE. THAT LEAVES NEARLY 60% OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION WITH NOWHERE TO GO. THE CAMP CLEARINGS AREN'T HELPING ANYONE. IT'S A WASTE OF OUR CITY'S RESOURCES. IT'S DISPLACING SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS WITHOUT GIVING THEM SOMEWHERE TO GO. WE HEAR THEY'RE BEING RELOCATED, BUT NOT ACTUALLY GIVING THEM SOMEWHERE TO GO. AS WINTER AND EXTREME WEATHER APPROACHES. WE NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS THERE ARE LIVES AT STAKE. RATHER THAN SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY AND TIME ON CAMP CLEARINGS. WE SHOULD FOCUS ON SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES LIKE HOPE VILLAGE. PROVIDING RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE GETTING VOUCHERS TO THOSE WHO NEED IT. CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ARE ASKING CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND IMPROVING OUR CITY AND PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS POSEY. THE WADE ENGLISH. HELLO MY NAME IS BOYD ENGLISH. I AM A LEADER AT VOCAL KENTUCKY. I WANT TO THANK YOU. METRO COUNCIL, MEN AND WOMEN. FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I AM STANDING BEFORE YOU TO SPEAK SOLELY ON THE BEHALF OF THE HOUSE LIST, BUT PRESENT TO YOU SOLUTIONS BEFORE I BEGIN. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS HOMELESS, LIVING IN A TENT VILLAGE TO BE EXACT. WHICH I AM NO LONGER THERE. I MADE IT THROUGH THOSE TOUGH TIMES. BETTER GRACE OF GOD . WELL I WAS THERE. I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THOSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WAS FACING HOUSES AND THIS AS WELL. A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T LIVING IN THE VILLAGE COULD NOT READ OR COULD NOT RIGHT. OR DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMPREHEND THE APPLICATION TO DROP LONG, DRAWN OUT HOUSING APPLICATION TO EVEN FEEL IT OUT TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING AFTER THEY GET OUT OF THE VILLAGE. MY MOTHER WERE OFTEN CALM AND DROPPED ME OFF FOOD AND NECESSITIES. AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. DO THAT STRUGGLE. HOWEVER IT DIED ON ME THAT THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WAS LIVING THERE. THERE WAS SPACE TO HAVE HOUSES. NOUS DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAMILIES OR PEOPLE CHECKING ON THEM. IT APPEARED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN A BENT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABANDONED DUE TO THE DISABILITIES. NOBODY IT'S LIKE NOBODY WANTS TO DEAL WITH THEM. DUE TO HIGHER NEGLECT. THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. ONE DAY DOING OUTREACH WITH LOCAL KENTUCKY I STUMBLED ACROSS THIS HOMELESS COUPLE LIVING IN A TENT. UNDER NEVADA. WHAT I OBSERVED WAS VERY DISTURBING. IT WAS A GUY IN A WHEELCHAIR AND HIS WIFE, BUT HE WAS LAYING NEXT TO HIS WHEELCHAIR ON THE CONCRETE. I NOTICED THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY HANDS OR ANY FEET JUST NUBS AND THEY WAS BLEEDING TO CAPACITY, SO I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE AMBULANCE. IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR LIMBS ARE YOU CAN'T WALK OR READ AND WRITE . YOU CAN FIND A JOB AND WORK YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS SITUATION.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T CANNOT REWRITE ART. OR DISABLED SHOULD BE TAKEN CURL BY THE CITY NOT SCOOTED AROUND LIKE TRASH. THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON SENSE. SAID HE SHOULD BUILD THEM A MASSIVE FACILITY OR RENOVATE A MASSIVE FACILITY ARE CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENT STRICTLY FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT WE FACE TODAY IN OUR CITY ARE ENDORSING FACILITY. THERE IS ALREADY DOING THIS, ADDING A MASSIVE EXPANSION TO THE FACILITIES FOR INTAKE AND STYLES SUCH AS THE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES TO BE TO NAME A FEW. THIS IS A SERIOUS MEDICAL ISSUE, AND IF THEY DO NOT GET STABILITY SOON, THEY WILL ALL DIE ONE BY ONE. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST HOUSES AND THIS. THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND HOUSE THIS IS HEALTH CARE. THANK YOU, MR ENGLISH, MR PRESIDENT, THAT IT
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SECOND CLOSED THE ADDRESSES TO COUNSEL. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT[Special Recognitions and Proclamations]
THAT I'M RELINQUISHING THE CHAIR TO PRESIDENT PRO TEM MCRANEY. COUNCILMAN RASHAD, WILL YOU JOIN ME? MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES WERE HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN RASHAD, WHO HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY THIS YEAR AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT THREE SERVES OUR COMMUNITY IN A MUCH GREATER CAPACITY AND HIS WORK AT J. C. P S. AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE HIM WITH THIS PROCLAMATION. TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME. GREETINGS KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL IN THE SPIRIT OF DEEP GRATITUDE FOR A SERVICE TO LOUISVILLE HONORS COUNCILMAN KUMAR RASHAD. WHEREAS WE COMMEND HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO LOUISVILLE AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE METRO COUNCILS THIRD DISTRICT AND WHEREAS HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 2ND 2023 TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE, AND IT'S FULFILLED HIS SERVICE WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION. AND WHEREAS HE HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CITIZENS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF DISTRICT THREE AND WHEREAS HE SERVED THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AND THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. AND WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 13TH 2023. HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR 2024 BY THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR HIS WORK MOLDING YOUNG MINDS AT BRECKENRIDGE METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL. AND WHEREAS HE HAS SPONSORED THE FOLLOWING IMPACTFUL LEGISLATION AND APPROPRIATIONS, STRENGTHENING LOUISVILLE METRO, THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT LAW, THE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING PRACTICES RESOLUTION FOR J. C P. S S SMART START START TIMES, UH, SAY THAT ONE MULTIPLE TIMES. FY 24 BUDGET ALLOCATION OF $6 MILLION TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY FOOD DESERT. AND WHEREAS HE HAS SPONSORED THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY INITIATIVES BUILDING A STRONGER DISTRICT THREE THE J. C. P S SAFE PATH SIDEWALK PROJECT. KENTUCKY KINGDOM PASSES FOR DISTRICT THREE RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE ALGONQUIN POOL CLOSURE SUMMER CAMP SPONSORSHIPS THAT WILL ANY, UM, YOUTH IMPACT PROGRAM. DERBY CITY IOTA FOUNDATIONS SWINGING WITH PURPOSE. SOUTHLAND TERRORIST CLEANUP. EDUCATIONAL BLOCK PARTY . BACK TO SCHOOL, DR CHRISTOPHER TWO X GAME CHANGERS COLLABORATION WORKING WITH AT RISK YOUTH CRUMBS, LANE ELEMENTARY KIDS BOOK READING AND JUSTICE LEAGUE PROJECT. TEENS AGAINST VIOLENCE 14TH ANNUAL SHIVELY AREA MINISTRIES BANQUET PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL CHURCHES IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER, TREE PLANTING PROJECTS AND THE FARMING TONIGHT REVIVAL PROJECT. AND WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE COUNCILMAN KUMAR RASHAD, AND WE BELIEVE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE LOUISVILLE WITH THE SAME LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL WE HEREBY CONFER AND PAY TRIBUTE BY WAY OF THIS PROCLAMATION. WITH ALL THE RIGHTS PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THERE UNTO APPERTAINING TESTIMONY. WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE AND THE SEAL OF THE METRO GOVERNMENT BE HERE ONTO A FIXED DONE IN LOUISVILLE, METRO CITY HALL WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY THIS NIGHT DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023 SIGNED BY ALL METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL IRSHAD. OPERATIONS.FOR YOU TO REMEMBER US BY. OKAY YOU PROBABLY COULD HAVE USED THIS WHILE YOU WERE HERE, BUT WE HAD AFTERWARDS. EXACTLY NOW. COUNCILMAN HAWKINS ALSO HAS SOMETHING SHE'D LIKE TO SAY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER THE FOR SOME COMMENTS. ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT ONE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE METRO COUNCIL. YOU HAVE BROUGHT A GREAT PEACE. SO THIS COUNCIL, YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED. CONTINUE. WITH THE GREAT HEART THAT YOU HAVE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE. WHO HAS STOOD BY YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY. YOU'LL BE MISSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. FOR NOT JUST HERE WITH US, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. THANK YOU. YOU FIND THIS? MAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, NINE
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MONTHS. UH I MUST NEVER FELT THIS LONG MAN EVER. THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH MAN TO THIS SO MUCH. I MEAN, I'VE GOT SO MUCH LOVE. BUT ALSO GOT SO MUCH OTHER. YEAH BUT YOU KNOW WHEN WE DEAL WITH THESE ATTACKS, SO WHAT WE DO WITH THESE ATTACKS, BUT FIRST OF ALL, LET ME START BY SAYING THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY. THANK YOU TO MY WIFE, UH, CELEBRATE TREV IN A MINUTE. MY MAN, MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE. BLACK CAUCUS MAN. I LOVE Y'ALL, MAN. Y'ALL JUST GOT ME ALL THE WAY TOGETHER, MAN. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, BUT LIKE I SAID, IN DEALING WITH EVERYTHING I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN GOOD AND BAD. IT MADE ME COME UP WITH THIS LITTLE POEM AND DOING HIS SHARE WITH YOU REAL QUICK BEFORE I HEAD OUT. ALL RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW ATTACKS AGAINST YOU. YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FLIP THAT BECAUSE I'VE HAD ATTACKS AGAINST ME. BUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRY TO FLIP THAT AND USE THAT TO MOTIVATE ME BY NOT ATTACKING BACK, BUT BY MORE THAN OTHERS WHO GONNA RAISE THE FIGHT IN THE FUTURE, SO THIS ONE IS DEDICATED TO YOU ALL BECAUSE I WROTE IT WILL HAVE MY BY MY SECOND MONTH IN HIS OFFICE, AND IT'S CALLED FLOWER PETALS AND OLD TO DEMOCRACY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. NET. TURNER STARTED A REVOLUTION. FREEDOM WAS THE ENDS TOWARDS MEANS. BUT ATTACKS ON PEOPLE DIDN'T WORK. SO NOW WE FOCUSED ATTACKS ON POLICIES.HAVING ME TELL YOU THIS WORLD IS CROOKED. SOME OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY BELIEVED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN STILL ACHIEVE BY EXTENDING THE ARMS WITH NO TRICKS UP OUR SLEEVES WITHOUT PROSTRATING BEFORE OTHERS WITHOUT BENDING ON OUR KNEES WITHOUT TAKING A KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS WITHOUT BEGGING, PRETTY PLEASED WITHOUT STANDING AROUND WATCHING AND DOING NOTHING WHILE MY BROTHER CRIES. AH, OKAY. BREATHE. YEAH ALL WORK STARTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE TAKING A SHOVEL AND HITTING OVER THE HEAD WITH THE DEVIL. BUT INSTEAD I USE THAT SHOVEL TO PLANT A SEED IN THE MUD WITH LOVE, CULTIVATING. WAIT CULTIVATING! WAIT AND WATCH THE FLOWERS PEDDLED. YEAH I BELIEVE IN LAWS THAT SUPPORT HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALTHOUGH INCOME FAMILIES DESERVE A LAWYER AND ADDICTION COURT OUR HOUSE WAS PEOPLE DESERVE DIGNITY. AND THE REPORT NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES A HIGH QUALITY GROCERY STORE. EVERY CHILD DESERVES A MENTOR, AND EVERY HOME DESERVES BEDS INSTEAD OF SLEEPING ALL HARDWOOD CARDBOARD FLOORS. YOU SEE, WE DESERVE WHAT WE VALUE, BUT WE GOT TO MAKE OUR VALUES LAWS BEFORE WE GET LOST AND START GOING BACKWARDS, LIKE GOING FROM THE SOLUTION BACKWARDS TO THE CAUSE. HOW ABOUT HELL? NO. WE MOVE FORWARD PAST THE HATE MOVE FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT WE USE POLICY TO GAIN FREEDOM. BECAUSE I AIM IS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO MOVE PAST THE PAIN AND BE BOLD AND BRAVE, LIKE FOLKS IN THE CALIFORNIA BAY WHO DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO STAND UP AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT REPARATIONS TODAY. YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO JOIN THAT BATTLE CRY. STOP HESITATING NO SUCH THING AS THE RIGHT TIME. LET'S THAT TIME IS NOW AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU HOW WE ALL COME TOGETHER WE ALL TAKE THIS BAD. WE VOW TO TEACH OUR REAL VERS HISTORIES WITH NO APOGIE WE VOWED TO SHOW OUR KIDS REAL LOVE TO MAKE REAL CHEESE WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR DIGNITY WALK STEP BY STEP BESIDE THEM SO THEY CAN FULFILL THEIR DESTINY BECAUSE I DON'T MIND IS THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND. THAT'S WHY THESE KIDS KEEP DYING IN THE STREETS. THAT'S WHY POLITICIANS KEEP LYING TO OUR PEEPS JANUARY 6TH, MAYBE EVEN WONDER. CAN WE TRULY WIN BY POLICY? BECAUSE ALL I SEE IS PEOPLE KEEP CHANGING THE RULES EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO SUPPORT WHITE SUPREMACY LIKE THE ELECTORAL ECOLOGIST LIKE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS HOW CAN THAT EVEN PRETEND TO BE DEMOCRACY? WHEN WE THE PEOPLE OF THE RIGHTEOUS WHO DETERMINE OUR OWN LAWS, OUR OWN ORDER FEEL CUPS WITH MERCY AND COMPASSION? WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? I BET HE WOULD OPEN UP THESE BORDERS. I BET HE WOULD RESIST THE N R A. I BET HE WOULD TELL US THAT WHITE NATIONALIST CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IS NOT THE GODLY WAY. I BET HE WOULD SHOW SO MUCH LOVE, AND HE WOULD FEED OUR LOVED ONES. TELL US THE LOVE AND PRAY EVERY DAY AND THAT EXTREMISM AND ANY RELIGION IS NOT THE GODLY WAY COLLEAGUES. I HOPE YOU ALL WILL JOIN ME IN THIS PLEA TO BE FREE BECAUSE I'M AGAINST REPUBLIC BECAUSE WE NEED A TRUE DEMOCRACY BECAUSE WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY REDEFINED THIS NATION BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS DEMOCRACY WITHOUT FREEDOM, JUSTICE EQUITY AND REPRESENTATION REPRESENT TO THE FULLEST REPRESENT TO THE FULLEST BECAUSE ALL WORK STARTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THE NEXT TIME WE FEEL LIKE HITTING THAT DEVIL OVER THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL, INSTEAD, USE THAT SHOVEL TO PLANT A SEED IN THE MUD WITH LOVE, CULTIVATING. WAIT, CULTIVATING! WAIT, CULTIVATING WAIT. AND WATCH THE FLOWERS PEDAL. I CAN GET SOME ANSWERS. RIGHT?
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QUALITY.CAN'T COUNCILMAN OR SHOT. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST. ABSOLUTELY. I WANNA PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO MY LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT. ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. MY ACE, FORMER FORMER STUDENT MENTOR. HOWEVER, YOU WANT TO CALL THAT TREVON BASS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING ADDITION TO THIS DISTRICT. WE BOTH CAME IN NOT KNOWING YOU KNOW, AS ROOKIES KNOWING VERY LITTLE BUT. YOU KNOW, TREV IN FROM THE BEGINNING WORKED REALLY HARD ONE TO ALL THE L. A MEETINGS WORK EXTRA HOURS, JUST REALLY JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO HELP US AND IT'S BEEN REALLY DYNAMIC. NOW THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING TO YOU EARLIER SOMEWHERE IN MY POEM I MENTIONED THAT EVERY CHILD NEEDS A MENTOR BECAUSE WHEN WE INVEST IN OUR FUTURE COME BACK. HOWEVER WE INVESTED IT. WE INVESTED THEM. WELL, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK. EVEN BETTER INVESTED IN POORLY. UH YEAH. SO TRIP TREVON. IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO HOW MENTORING MATTERS. AND ALL STUDENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS AT ALL. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TREVOR GOING THROUGH HIS OWN LITTLE PATH WE CONNECTED AND HE'S JUST AN AMAZING GUY. SO I JUST WANNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION. TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHOULD HAVE COME. GREETINGS NO, YOU THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZES TREVOR BASS, WHEREAS HE HONORABLY SERVED THE CONSTITUENTS OF LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, IS LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT TO COUNCILMAN KUMAR RASHAD. AND WHEREAS WE COMMEND HIS WORK FOR COORDINATING THE SOUTH CENTRAL PARK EDUCATIONAL, BLACK PARTY, SO, UH, SOUTH AND TERRACE CLEANUP, KENTUCKY CAME TO PASS THE DISTRICT THREE TREE PLANTING. AND 12 MILLION MILLION OTHER THINGS, WHEREAS WE BELIEVE YOU SHOULD HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE AND BE A LEADER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND ALL OF LOUISVILLE . THESE PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THERE UNTO APPERTAINING AND TESTIMONY WHERE WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE AND HEAR ABOUT CONFIRMED THIS WITH ALL RIGHTS AND THE OFFICIAL STILL WITH LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HERE INTO A FIXED, BUT I DO GOT TO TELL YOU ONE MORE THING BEFORE I FINISH. I'M SORRY, BUT IT IT THIS IS I CAN'T JUST TELL THEM ABOUT HOW AMAZING THIS GUY IN HIGH SCHOOL WE MET. BECAUSE HE WAS HE WAS IN THE HALLWAY WE MET. WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND YOU KNOW HE WAS HE'LL TELL YOU. HE'LL TELL YOU HIMSELF THAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS WHERE YOU KNOW, BEING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW WAS A FOUR SHOT FROM WHERE WE WERE, BUT WE TALKED AND I SAW THE LEADERSHIP AND THEN HE BECAME A LEADER OF MY MEN EQUALITY PROGRAM HE HAD AND COORDINATED EVENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, A 10,000 CANS AND 10 DAYS PROGRAM 10 DAYS WE COULD DO ALL THAT 10,000 CANS TO THE HOMELESS. HE CREATED A STUDENTS.
AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING RAP VIDEO THAT WE COORDINATED. THIS VIDEO IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS SHOWN ON ESPN , MTV B E T COMEDY CENTRAL YEAH. SO THIS IS THE AMAZING GUY. PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR MY MAN. MY
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ACE GRABBING BAD.WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? LISTEN EVERYBODY, UH FIRST. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US, UM YOU WANT ONE? THEY USED TO ASK ME HOW YOU DOING? I SAY I'M LIVING MY DREAM. UH I'M WITH LIVING A DREAM. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHATEVER BE TRUE. UM AND IT ALSO STARTS WITH THIS MAN HERE BELIEVING IN ME OVER 15 YEARS AGO. HE IS MY BEST MAN. HE'S MY CHILDREN'S GODFATHER. UM AND, UM, REALLY WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS ONE. WE'RE GONNA BE BACK. WE MIGHT NOT BE IN THIS SEATS.
UM, BUT THE WORK THAT HE HAS TAUGHT ME AND HIM NOT GIVING UP ON ME HAS TAUGHT ME TO NOT GIVE UP ON SITUATIONS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ME. UM I MAYBE, LIKE SISTER TAMMY. YOU KNOW THE MEN AND THINGS OR I MAY BE QUIET LIKE A MOUSE. YOU NEVER KNOW. UH BUT TO EVERYBODY IN THE SEAT. YOU ALL DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY TO YOUR DISTRICT BUT TO EVERYBODY ELSE'S DISTRICT. EVERYBODY IN THIS SEAT. YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT YOU ONCE WASN'T IN THAT SEAT. SO JUST STAY IN THEIR SEATS. DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET IN THAT SEAT.
AND REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO PUT YOU IN THERE WHO MAY BE IN THE WORST SITUATION, SO ALWAYS BE OPEN MINDED. AND, UH, I SAY AGAIN. THANK YOU AND, UH, BE LOOKING OUT FOR MY NDF REQUEST. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TREVOR. NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 26TH 2023. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR
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DELETIONS HEARING? NONE MAY HAVE EMOTION AND SECOND FOR COUNCILMAN, P. ARGENTINA'S SECOND MY COUNCILMAN REED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES HAVE IT IS MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS WRITTEN NEXT. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MINUTES, ALL IN 2023 REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OCTOBER 26TH. REGULAR PLANNING AND[Committee Minutes]
ZONING COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 31ST REGULAR LABOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 31ST REGULAR PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 31ST REGULAR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 31ST REGULAR EQUITY COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 1ST REGULAR PARKS OF SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 2ND REGULAR BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 2ND. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS HEARING ? NONE MAY HAVE EMOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL MOTION BY COINCIDENCE. I'M SECOND BACK ANNOUNCEMENT ANGLE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES. HAVE IT THESE MINUTES ARE[Communications to the Council]
APPROVED AS WRITTEN. MADAM CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS TO COUNSEL? YES WE DO. PLEASE READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD PRESIDENT WINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REPORT AUTHORITY BOARD ORDINANCE, I'M APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING RONALD CARMICHAEL AND NO APPOINTMENT TERM X CHARGE A LOT. 31ST 2025 WILLIAM SUMMERS. THE FIFTH NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JULY 31ST 2025 YEAR PROMPT ACTION ON THESE APPOINTMENTS MUST APPRECIATE SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT WINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT ORDINANCE, I'M APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING MARISA NEIL REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH. 2026 JOD CAMILLE, A NEW ATTORNEY. APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026, CHARLIE BELL, A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2026 YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THESE APPOINTMENTS OF LAST APPRECIATE HIM. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR. PRESIDENT WINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. I'M APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE GREATER MOBILE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. JEFF PARIS A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES MAY 1ST 2025 YEAR PROTECTION. THIS APPOINTMENT MUST BRITISH APPRECIATE IT. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR. PRESIDENT WINKLER AND I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY LAND LIBRARY. HOMINID AKANE. A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 31ST 2026. THIS IS TO BE WRITING THE RECORD ONLY METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THIS APPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, GREENBERG MAYOR PRESIDENT WINKLER. I'M APPOINTING A REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP , DESIREE WROTE A NEW APPOINTMENT TO MIX VIRTUE OF ORGANIZATION AND COOPER NEW APPOINTMENT BY VIRTUE OF ORGANIZATION AND, UH, ANGELA DE ITZLER. REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 31ST 2026 JEFFERSON CULTURE, A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 31ST 2026 DISAPPOINTMENT AND THESE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS ARE TO BE READING THE RECORD. ONLY METRO COUNCIL PROGRAMS NOT REQUIRED.SINCERELY, QUICK. GREENBERG MAYOR PRESIDENT WINKLER I'M APPOINTING IT AND REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE RIVERSIDE. THE FOREIGNERS LAY MORMON LANDING VICKY WHEATLEY AND NO APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES. SEPT 30 2026 JULIE EVANS, A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES MAY 30 2026 THIS WE WRITE AND RECORD ONLY THE METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL. THESE APPOINTMENTS IS NOT REQUIRED SINCERELY QUICKER AND MORE MAYOR RAINBOW THANK YOU. THOSE APPOINTMENTS NEEDING COUNCIL APPROVAL WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR COMPRISES ITEMS 18 THROUGH 25. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? HEARING NONE. MAY I
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HAVE A SECOND READING OF THESE ITEMS, PLEASE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS REPORTED FROM THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ITEM 18 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 084 SERIES 2022 IN ORDINANCE O SERIES 2023 RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL YEARS 2022 2023 AND 2023 2024 CAPITAL BUDGETS PERSPECTIVELY BY TRANSFERRING FORMING AND $20,600 FROM THE ALLOCATED BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW GRANTS PROJECT TO VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS IN LEGISLATION WAS DEPORTED FROM EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. THE ITEM 19 RESOLUTION FOR UNDER THE CAPITAL OPERATING BUDGET. PROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FINAL LINE NON COMPETITIVE, NEGOTIATED SELF SOURCE CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CONCERNING CPR FIRST AND EIGHT AND CARDIOVASCULAR CARE MATERIALS. AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION $300,000 ITEM 20 RESOLUTION HONORING MR RANKING BY DEDICATING THE CORNER WHEREVER HOLD COURT MEETS VIRGINIA AVENUE AS RON QINGWEI AND HIS FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS SUPPORTED FROM THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.21 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 113 OF THE LOCAL METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES LMC ARE RELATING TO RETAIL PACKAGE ALCOHOL SALES HOURS ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEAR'S EVE. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. ADAM 22 RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT REUSABLE, CUDDLY AND ALL METRO GOVERNMENT EVENTS THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PLANNING. IT'S ONLY COMMITTEE IN 23 AND ORNISH RELATED TO THE CHANGE ON THE STREET NAME OF THE PORTION OF STEWART AVENUE NORTH OF FURY, WAY TO VIRGINIA AVENUE IN BEING IN GLOBAL METRO CASE NUMBER 23 STREET NAME 0001. THE FINAL LEGISLATION WAS REPORTED FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND 24 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 94, 1, 15 AND 156. ANOTHER LOCAL METRO COLOR ORDINANCES, LMC OR RELATING TO THE UPDATE OF THE FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS ITEM 25 RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL OPERATING BUDGET. APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NOT COMPETITIVELY SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR LOCAL METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING THE PURPOSES OF THE FORENSIC DIGITAL CAMERA FASTER, AND FREEMAN USA, $45,115.08. READ IN FULL MOTION IN SECOND FOR APPROVAL, MOTION ACCOUNTS AND ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY ACCOUNTANTS. I'M THE CONSENT CALENDAR HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE FROM THE VOTING. CAN YOU GO? WANT TO BE LIKE ISSUES. POLICE TRACKER. DO YOU WANT TO BE A GUESS? COUNCIL ONE CANNOT BOTH YOU NEED TO MAKE THE. I WASN'T HERE WHEN ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN.
SO DO YOU ALL HAVE, IT MIGHT BE THAT SHE'S FIXING THAT. IT'S STILL NOT UPDATING. SO DO YOU WANT TO BE A YES VOTE? MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 23? YES VOTES. THANK YOU. THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS OLD BUSINESS, MADAM CLERK READING VITAMIN 26
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RELATING TO THE ZONING. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 5024 AND 5026 SOUTH THIRD STREET AND 37 WEST KINGSTON AVENUE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.429 ACRES AND BEING LIBERAL METRO CASE NUMBER 23 ZONES 0065 AS AMENDED READING FOR EMOTION IN MOTION BY ACCOUNTANTS. I'M SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOCIAN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN FLOOD? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THERE'S A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R ONE AND R SEVEN TO C ONE AND C ARE THE SITE CURRENTLY CONTAINS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND A NAIL SALON. THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN CALLS FOR TWO GROUND FLOOR RESIDENTIAL TENANTS TO BE REAL, RELOCATED TO TWO OTHER VACANT UNITS ON THE PROPERTY, A NEW 1845 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE A BAKERY WILL BE ADDED. THERE IS AN EXISTING CURB CUT ALONG THIRD STREET THAT WILL BE REMOVED. THERE ARE NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS DUE TO THE AGE OF THE STRUCTURE, HOWEVER, BINDING ELEMENT WAS ADDED STIPULATING THAT THE DEVELOPER TO PURSUE AN AGREEMENT WITH A MINIMUM OF FIVE SPACES WITH SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THERE. ALSO, WE ADDED THE STANDARD BINDING ELEMENT CONCERNING THE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS, CHANGES AND BIDEN ELEMENTS CHANGES IN MUSIC. ETCETERA WAS ADDED AS WELL. AND THIS IS IN COUNCILWOMAN RUIZ DISTRICT IF YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE HER, PLEASE CANCEL RUI. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING FOR THIS. THIS TAKES OUT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.BUT UM, OTHERWISE I CAN FIND NO REASON TO OBJECT TO THIS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24? YES. VOTES ORDINANCES ADOPTED MADAM CLERK READING A VITAMIN 27. IN ORDER TO RELATED TO THE ZONING AND PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 94 AND 9500 BARDSTOWN ROAD CONTAINING PROPERLY 9.28 ACRES AND BEING A GLOBAL METRO CASE NUMBER 22 ZONES 0105 AS A MINUTE READING FOR MY COUSIN ARTHUR SECOND BY CONSTANT SIMON'S OR
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ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN, FLOOD. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM OUR FOUR AND C 12 R SIX. THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR DEMOLISHING ONE HOME IN A BARN AND REPLACING IT WITH 152 MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS CONSISTING OF 63 STORY BUILDINGS. WITH FOUR OF THOSE CONTAINING 24 UNITS AND TWO CONTAINING 28 UNITS. THERE ALSO BE A 3195 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE, POOL AND PLAYGROUND THAT ARE ALSO PLANNED. THE STANDARD BINDING ELEMENT AGAIN WAS ADDED IN RESPECT TO CHANGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, CHANGES IN BINDING ELEMENTS AND CHANGING IN DENSITY, ETCETERA, AND THIS ISN'T COUNCILMAN INGLES DISTRICT IF HE WOULD RECOGNIZE HIM, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THAT'S YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH UNANIMOUS SUPPORT DOWN AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, JUST ONE VOICE OF OPPOSITION. I THINK CONCERN ABOUT THE THREE STORY BUT IT I BELIEVE IT IS COMPATIBLE AND SHOULD BE A GOOD A GOOD FIT OUT THERE ON MY OLD BART STARR ROAD. THEN I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, SAYING NONE? THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL VOTE CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 25 YEARS VOTES. THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCES ADOPTED MADAM CLERK.OUR READING OF ITEM 28 IN ORDER TO RELATED TO THE ZONING PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 7009, SOUTH WATERSON TRAIL AND 79, 09 AND 7913 ARE GLACIER LENGTH CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 8.37 ACRES AND BEING A LIBERAL METRO 23 ZONE 0063 AS AMENDED READING, PAUL. THANK YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION BY COUNSELING. ARGENTINA'S SECOND COUNSELING. ARTHUR, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN FLAWED. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THE CHANGING ZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE. A PROPOSAL CALLS FOR 86 TOWN HOMES AND CLUSTERS OF 4 TO 8 SIDE BY SIDE BUILDINGS EIGHT YEARS AGO, THE SITE WAS OWNED FROM OUR FOUR TO OUR FIVE FOR 37 LOT SUBDIVISION. THEREFORE WE ADDED STANDARD BINDING ELEMENT AS IT RETAINS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS, BINDING ELEMENTS AND DENSITY ETCETERA WAS ADDED, AND THIS IS IN COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER HUDSON'S DISTRICT IF YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE HIM, PLEASE COUNCIL IN HUDSON. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT, WITH THE BUTTON WITH THE BONDING ELEMENTS THAT READ TO THIS. I SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE AND WOULD ASK FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER AND THEN WE GO. MR PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 25? YES VOTES. THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCES ADOPTED MADAM CLERK READING ABOUT HIM 29 IN ORDER TO CREATING A NEW CHAPTER OF THE LEVEL JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO CODE OF ORDINANCE, GOVERNMENT CODE OF ORDINANCES PROTECTING COMMUNITIES AND LIBERAL METRO FROM DISPLACEMENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT LAW AND AMENDING LMC 0 92.15 AS A MINUTE READ IN FULL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ARGENTINA SECONDMENT COUNCILMAN SIMON ALREADY DISCUSSION COUNCIL AND FLOOD.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THE ORDINANCE WAS REINTRODUCED WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THE COMMITTEE SINCE AUGUST. WHEN THE COMMITTEE BEGAN DISCUSSING THE ORDINANCE AT THE COMMITTEE, THERE WERE THERE WERE THREE OTHER BINDING ELEMENTS THAT WERE OFFERED IN APPROVED AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN COREY ARTHUR, WHO HAS WORKED HIS HEART OUT ON THIS ORDINANCE. SO ANOTHER'S OTHER SPONSORS THAT MAY WISH TO COSPONSORS THAT MAY WISH TO ADDRESS US. BUT IF IT IT IS TIME IF YOU COULD RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN ARTHUR WILL COUNSELING ARTHUR THANK YOU SO MUCH. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE STRUGGLING TO GET HOUSING. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S IN HOUSING, STRUGGLING TO KEEP HOUSING.
RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT AFFORDABLE, COMFORTABLE, SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IS IMPORTANT TO LIVE YOUR VERY BEST LIFE. IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AT ANY POINT, THIS LEGISLATION SHOULD BE REAL IMPORTANT TO YOU. DARK, COUNTLESS STUDIES. THAT SHOW WHAT HOUSING INSTABILITY CAUSES.
YOU CAN END UP ON HOUSED IN A JUNKYARD. YOU CAN END UP LOCKED UP IN THE PRISON YARD. OR WORST CASE SCENARIO, YOU END UP DEAD IN A GRAVEYARD. OUR HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT SHOWS US THAT ALMOST A THIRD OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS CITY CANNOT AFFORD THE HOUSING. SOME OF THEM ARE PAYING MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR INCOME. ON RENT AND MORTGAGES. THEN WE WONDER WHY OUR ADDICTION RATE IS OVER TWICE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THEN WE WONDER WHY HUNDREDS OF LOUISVILLE LIENS ARE SLEEPING IN OUR STREETS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. THEN WE WONDER WHY WE HAVE ALL THIS VIOLENCE. OUR PEOPLE ARE UNSTABLE BECAUSE THE PLACE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL HOME IS UNSTABLE. SO WHAT DO WE DO? THAT SAME HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT SAID. WE NEED ANTI DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVES PLAN 2040 ARE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAID WE SHOULD BE EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENTS AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PEOPLE SAID. WE NEED PROTECTIONS. AND ONE OF THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC
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IS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S RESOURCES. SO THIS LEGISLATION DOES THREE THINGS. WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO INVESTIGATE DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES , URBAN RENEWAL, REDLINING AND OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION THAT HAVE GOTTEN US INTO THIS HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY. WE GET THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO HIRE AND ACCREDITED RESEARCH ACADEMIC INSTITUTION TO CREATE A DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT. SO WHEN WE SUPPORT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, WE MEASURE HOW THEY IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD IN AND SAID EXPECTATIONS FOR AFFORDABILITY. THIS ASSESSMENT AND HOW IT GETS USED WILL BE PRESENTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE METRO COUNCIL PRIOR TO USAGE. AND LASTLY, WE CREATE THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT COMMISSION TO HELP REFER PEOPLE TO THESE PROGRAMS AFTER DISCRIMINATION INVESTIGATIONS AND ADVISE ON THE DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. MR PRESIDENT . IF HE OKAY WITH IT, I'D LIKE TO PASS THE MIC TO MY FELLOW CO SPONSOR COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOT. CUSTOMER SHOT. THANK YOU. AS I SAID IN COMMITTEE. I JUST WANT TO JUST REITERATE THINGS THAT I SAID IN COMMITTEE. UH FOR THE FOR THE MOST PART, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE LOUISVILLE TENANTS UNION PEOPLE FOR COMING EVERY SINGLE WEEK. EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING DAISY AND DAYS OUT MONTHS AND MONTHS OUT YEARS AND YEARS ON END, NEVER FIGHT. NEVER STOP. NEVER QUIT AND JUST KEEP GOING. SO NUMBER ONE RESPECT TO Y'ALL APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR DOING THIS IN THIS FIGHT. UH HOPE WE, UH YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I HOPE WE WERE. WE WERE, UH YOU KNOW, WE, UH SATISFY WHAT YOU NEED, UH TO MY COLLEAGUE CORY ARTHUR AND HIS ENDLESS FIGHT FOR THIS AND JUST HONESTLY, I AS I SAID THE COMMITTEE I THINK COREY ARTHUR IS A LOCAL HERO AND SHOULD REALLY BE TREATED AS SUCH. YEAH VOTING FOR HIM FOR WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR. I DON'T EVEN MATTER. THANK YOU FOR MY BROTHER BEING RENO WEBER FOR CO SIGNING ON WITH US AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION , BY THE WAY, AND JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, THE COST OF HOMELESSNESS IS WAY MORE THAN THE COST. OF FIXING IT, IT'S ACTUALLY CHEAPER TO FIX THE COST OF HOMELESSNESS THAN IT IS TO, UH TO LET HOMELESSNESS GO. I MEAN, THERE'S A STATISTIC FROM GLOBAL LIVING. YOU'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT YOU KNOW, URBAN, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT NATIONWIDE WOULD COST $20 BILLION TO END HOMELESSNESS AND IN US $20 BILLION TO END HOMELESSNESS IN THE US THINK ABOUT THIS.AMERICANS SPEND $19 BILLION ON APPLIANCES THAT ARE UNPLUGGED. THINK ABOUT THIS. AMERICANS SPEND MORE THAN $35 BILLION A YEAR ON GYM MEMBERSHIPS. THINK ABOUT THIS. THE U. S GOVERNMENT SPENDS AROUND 718 BILLION ON HIS MILITARY IN 2019 ALONE, SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME STEPS HERE IN LOUISVILLE THAT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY COULD LOOK AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE GET SOME POLICIES THAT WILL STOP THIS PLACEMENT WHERE YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND 100% CURE TO STOP THIS PLACEMENT. AT LEAST WE CAN TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN WHILE WE LOOK FOR MORE SOLUTIONS THAT AFFECT THEM REALLY WORK FOR OUR CITY, SO COLLEAGUES, PLEASE JOIN US IN, UH, APPROVING THIS, UH, THIS THIS ORDINANCE AND JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR SHOT COUNSELING BE ARGENTINA. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UH, GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION TONIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK PHILOSOPHICALLY. PARTICULARLY WAY THIS FINAL VERSION IS DRAFTED. WHEN YOU HAVE GOVERNMENT MONEY. ALRIGHT, SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTING TO ANY PROJECT. IT'S A REASONABLE THING TO ASK. AS HOW IS THAT IMPACTING THE PEOPLE AROUND THAT DEVELOPMENT? AND KNOWING THAT BEFORE EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED. UM I ALSO WANT TO SAY PHILOSOPHICALLY. I LIKE WHERE THIS GOT TO AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT. HERO. UH, IT'S BIG LANGUAGE, OKAY, BUT I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. BECAUSE HE WENT THROUGH A VERY DETAILED PROCESS AND WAS EXTREMELY SERIOUS ABOUT OFFERING . TO TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT IT.
HE MADE THAT OFFER IN A COMMITTEE MEETING. I HAD SOME CONCERNS WE MET. UH AND HE BROUGHT UP CHANGES. THAT'S PRECISELY HOW ALL LEGISLATION SHOULD BE DONE. NOW WE MIGHT END UP AT THE END OF THE DAY AGREEMENTS, DISAGREEMENTS, BUT HIS PROCESS THAT HE WENT THROUGH. WAS STELLAR. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY AND THIS IS PEOPLE CAN. THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS WILL UNDERSTAND WHO I'M SPEAKING ABOUT, BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO UH
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, CONSTITUENTS AND JUST PEOPLE GENERALLY. UM YOU KNOW WHEN LEGISLATION IS SITTING OUT THERE THIS LONG? ENGAGE EARLY IN THE PROCESS, RIGHT TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE CO SPONSORS EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS YOU, OF COURSE, DID UM, BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO'S CALLING US AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON THE NIGHT OF A COUNCIL MEETING. TO TALK ABOUT CONCERNS WHEN THIS HAS BEEN SITTING OUT THERE FOR AS LONG GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT COUNCILMAN ARTHUR WENT THROUGH IS NOT BEING SERIOUS. SO AGAIN PHILOSOPHICAL. TOTAL AGREEMENT APPRECIATE THE PROCESS YOU WENT THROUGH AND APPRECIATE WHERE THIS GOT TO, SO I'M GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. ARGENTINA COUNSELING ARTHUR. OKAY UH, COUNCIL MANNARINO EVER.AGAIN I WILL. I WILL ECHO COMPLIMENTS TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ENGAGE IN THIS VERY THOUGHTFULLY TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE CALLED AND EMAILED AND OFFERED VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT EARLY ITERATIONS THAT REALLY I HOPE YOU SAW THAT YOUR VOICES AROUND THIS WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DISCOURAGING THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING, MAKING US A UH, LESS FRIENDLY CITY FOR THE BUILDING OF THE HOUSING THAT WE ALL ARE AGREED THAT WE NEED. WE NEED HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE IN EVERY PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO BE CREATING A SET OF A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING AND CREATING THAT HOUSING THAT WORKS FOR BOTH THE COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE WHOSE RESOURCES WE NEED IN ORDER TO GET THAT HOUSING BUILT. AND I REALLY THINK THAT THIS HELPS US TAKE A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO STOP FIGHTING THE FOG. WHERE WE SAY I NEED HOUSING. YES WE AGREE. I CAN'T BUILD HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE. OKAY GREAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT MAKES THIS A COMMUNITY THAT IS FRIENDLY TO THE CREATION OF THE KINDS OF HOUSING THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT. AND I THINK THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT THIS IS MOVING US. THIS LEGISLATION IS ABOUT CREATING THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT DATA THAT WE WILL NEED A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING. OKAY IF THIS HOUSING IS GOING TO DISPLACE PEOPLE, HOW MANY AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MINIMIZE THAT? BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T KNOW THAT. IS IT 18 PEOPLE WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOME IN THIS AREA AND WE COULD MAKE SOME WE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO PROTECT THOSE PEOPLE TO PROTECT THOSE COMMUNITIES. RIGHT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. WE'RE JUST THROWING RHETORICAL IDEOLOGICAL BOMBS THAT ONE ANOTHER WHEN WE REALLY NEED TO BE SITTING DOWN AND HAVING SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS, SO I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. I WANT US TO BE CREEK , CREATING THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT INVESTS IN THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO BE.
AND I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR IN A WEBER COUNCILMAN RUI! THANK YOU. WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE, I HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO SAY THAT I WAS I WAS GOING TO LEARN WHAT I COULD ABOUT FIGHTING GENTRIFICATION, AND I LOOKED AT ALL THE LAWS AND STUFF THAT I COULD FIND THAT WERE OUT THERE AND I WANT TO COMMEND COUNCILMAN ARTHUR FOR FINDING A SOLUTION THAT I DID NOT FIND OUT THERE AND FOR WORKING THROUGH THE SYSTEM TIRELESSLY OVER MONTHS TO GET SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY. AS FOR ONE OF THE SPEAKERS OUT THERE WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT AT HOME AND SMOKETOWN FOR $300,000. I LOOKED IT UP ON REALTOR .COM AND IT'S THERE. THAT'S GENTRIFICATION RIGHT THERE. THEY DIDN'T EVEN REMODEL THE KITCHEN IN THAT PLACE, FOLKS. AND THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO STOP. TO LET PEOPLE BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE HOMES IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'VE LIVED IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, THE PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL AT HOME. AND SO I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMAN ARTHUR'S ORDINANCE, AND I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE WITH ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. I'M SORRY COUNCILOR TALKS I APOLOGIZE. COUNCILMAN OWEN APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. I THINK I'VE MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR DURING COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT, UH, THE ORIGINAL KIND OF EARLY VERSIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE. I WAS EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT, AND I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN ARTHUR FOR BEING PATIENT AND LISTENING TO US LISTENING TO CONSTITUENTS. AND INCORPORATING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS INTO THE ORDINANCE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS IS NOT A SILVER BULLET. THIS IS NOT GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. SO I'LL BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT COMES BACK TO US. VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH EVERYONE TO TRY TO MAKE THAT AS GOOD A PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS IT CAN BE, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN OWEN. NOW COUNCILMAN
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HAWKINS. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA SAY MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU TO QUARRY. YOU'VE WORKED EFFORTLESSLY. ON THIS. YOU ARE DEFINITELY A PRODUCT. UH, OF WHAT CONSTITUENTS. THE COUNCIL PERSON THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS CAN BELIEVE IN PUTTING PARAMETERS. AROUND THE CITY. NO ONE DID. GENTRIFICATION IS TRYING TO COME. YOU KNOW YOU CARLOS SPADE A SPADE A LOT OF TIME. AND WE SAID TO SOMEBODY'S TABLES AND IT'S ROUGH. BECAUSE WE ONLY GOT ONE VOTE. SO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO STRATEGIZE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES. YOU HAVE TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE. AND SOMETIMES IT AIN'T EVEN EASY. AND I AIN'T JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH REPUBLICANS TALKING ABOUT WHAT DEMOCRATS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY. I APPRECIATE YOU, COREY. FOR LEADING THIS. IT AIN'T GONNA BE NO FAN TO CALM AND IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO GO AGAINST THE GRAIN. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO DO IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO THE WEEDS AND GET SOME COURAGE. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DIDN'T PUT US IN HIS SEAT JUST TO SIT THEY PUT US IN HIS SEAT TO SERVE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. FOR LEADING THE WAY. HOW WHOLEHEARTEDLY FIGHTING AND YOU KNOW, COMPROMISE AND YOU DID A LOT OF COMPROMISING TOOK A LOT OF PERSISTENCY. AND IT JUST SHOWS WHEN YOU'RE PERSISTENT, AND WHEN YOU DON'T STOP WHAT CAN HAPPEN. BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHAT? NOBODY FOR IT. WITHOUT OBJECTION , BUT YOU SEE WHAT WORKING TOGETHER AND COMPROMISE. YOU KNOW HOW PREVAILS SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I WANT TO SAY I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS, AND I HOPE THAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN REED. JUST VERY QUICKLY. I'M ON THE COMMITTEE WHERE THIS WAS TABLED. PROBABLY HOW MANY TIMES WAS THE TABLE? WE MAY HAVE HAD THE RECORD FOR THE MOST TIMES TABLES. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT HE, LIKE COUNCILOR ARGENTINA SAID HE DID GO ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY AND HE DID REACH OUT TO US INDIVIDUALLY. NOT THROUGH ELLA'S OR SURROGATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. HE ACTUALLY PICKED THE PHONE UP AND CALL ME. AND I THINK HE WAS OPEN MINDED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE EARNED THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. I JUST REMIND FOLKS THIS LEGISLATION IS AN ANTI DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ANTI DISPLACEMENT. WE ALL WANT A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME. BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD THAT HOME, SO JUST SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN ALL 26 COUNCIL DISTRICTS WHO SUPPORTED THIS, SOME OF WHICH ARE HERE TONIGHT SHOUT OUT TO THE DOZENS OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORTED THIS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS VOCAL KENTUCKY TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT LED THEM ALL THE LOUISVILLE TENNIS UNION LED BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE HEROES. JESSICA BELLAMY AND A VERY. AND A VERY SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY LAURA FERGUSON. BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST DRAFTED THIS AND 2020. AND THEN GOT INTO OFFICE IN 2021. SHE HAD TO PICK THIS THING UP AND TEAR IT UP AND STRIKE A BUNCH OF STUFF OUT AND MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. SO JUST SHOUT OUT TO HER FOR BEING WITH US. FOR YEARS GOING THROUGH THIS JOURNEY AND A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE FOR WORKING SO HARD WITH US TO REFINE THIS, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE DEBATE LEGISLATION, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE TONIGHT. WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER CITY HAS DONE.LOUISVILLE IS LEADING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN. Q THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 25? YES, VOTES HAVE. A READING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. A READING OF ITEM 30 RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW
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THE BOND PROCESS OF CHAPTER SEVEN PART TWO OF THE LAND OF ELEMENT CODE AS AMENDED RED AND FULL OF EMOTION. A SECOND, PLEASE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOWLER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MP ARGENTINA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN FLOOD? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AND THIS WAS AN AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION THAT WHICH PASSION ANTHONY OUT OF COMMITTEE, BUT THE RESOLUTION IS ASKING FOR A REVIEW OF WHETHER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TYPES OF BOND INSTRUMENTS AND WHETHER THE AMOUNT SHOULD BE INCREASED. IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS SINCE THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED AT IT RECOMMENDS ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR DEVELOPERS OR THOSE WHO SUCCEED IN GETTING BOND INSTRUMENTS RELEASED WITHOUT PUBLIC WORKS. RMS DS CONSENT THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCILMAN THE ARGENTINE E AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECOGNIZE HIM BECAUSE HE WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS, AND I COMMEND HIM FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARGENTINA. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M NOT GONNA REHASH WHAT THIS IS. IT'S ON A BUSINESS BECAUSE WE DID AMEND IT AMENDED IT BECAUSE AFTER FILING IT, WE DID WANT TO MEET WITH OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES THAT AGAIN WANTED TO VOICE SOME CONCERN AND WANTED TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDED CHANGES. WE MADE THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES AGAIN SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNSELING ARTHUR DID MADE. SOME RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF US. UH I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT ONLY REVIEWS THE PROCESS REVIEWS, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS REVIEWS THESE THINGS. IT ASKED FOR A REVIEW FOR EFFICIENCY AS WELL. SO IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THAT UH, HOMEOWNERS ARE PROTECTED DURING THIS PROCESS. IT ALSO ASKED TO TAKE A LOOK AT ANY BUREAUCRACIES IN INEFFICIENCIES TO MAKE THIS PROCESS MORE EICIE FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T LUE ADDED INCREASED COSTS OF BUILDING HOME, WHIC DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHENHOSETS A PD O SURSOER LL ASK FOR YOUR VOTE THISAT. EVENING. GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SEEING NO ONE IN. Q. THIS IS A RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES, HAVE IT THE RESOLUTION AS ADOPTED. UH WITHOUT OBJECTION ITEM 32 WILL BE REMANDED BACK TO THE BUDGET.OKAY MADAM CLERK READING ABOUT, UM 32 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 182 SERIES 2022 RELATING TO THE SIXTH ROUND OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. AARP LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDING TO VARIOUS LOCAL METRO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS THE CONTINUED IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON THE ECONOMY, PUBLIC HEALTH, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES BY REALLOCATING FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTHCARE WORLD FOR ITS INNOVATION COALITION PROJECT.
LET 096 TO VARIOUS GLOBAL METRO DEPARTMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION, WITHOUT OBJECTION. I'M SENDING THIS ITEM BACK TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK ARE READING ABOUT, UM 34. AND ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $7000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $7000 IN DISTRICT FIVE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET, 21 WEST CORPORATION FOR LIGHT AND GENERATION PRODUCTION COSTS FOR THE WINTER WONDERLAND EVENT. MOTION BY COUNCILOR ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOWLERI. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL THANK YOU. SO LISTEN, I DON'T WAS CENTRAL BUSINESS FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THE REQUEST AMOUNTS. $40,000 CURRENT AMOUNT IS 7000 IN COUNSELING SERVICES, THE PRIMARY SPONSOR. WOMEN PURPOSE. AH! THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MR PRESIDENT. YES THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL WINTER WONDERLAND THAT TAKES PLACE. UM DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND SHAWNEE PARK LAST YEAR WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. IT IS FREE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE CITY AS WELL AS INDIANA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FREE, BEAUTIFUL EVENT. SOME ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT THIS YEAR AND HELP SPONSOR IT. UM SO THIS IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEDAL CLERK. CAN YOU ADD DISTRICT 17 FOR 500, PLEASE? YES. AND I MIGHT MENTION, UM, THE GOAL WAS TO REACH 40,000 DISTRICT FIVE. GIVEN 7000. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND RASHAD. UH, DISTRICT 3 2000. COUNCIL. MARINE MORE WEBER. DISTRICT 8 500. COUNCILOR AND RUI DISTRICT 21 1000. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. DISTRICT 1 1000. OKAY? ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILOR NO. ONE BY 500. OKAY? ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILOR MCRANEY DISTRICT 7 1000. COUNCIL IN ARTHUR. WE BROKE. I'M SORRY TO
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50. YEAH. AH! AH COLLEAGUES COUNSELING CHAPEL. LIKEWISE FOR DISTRICT 15 TO 50, RIGHT.ALRIGHT, UH, ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN FOWLER. I'M NOT BROKE, BUT 250. OKAY? LAST CALL.
ANYBODY ELSE? MADAM CLERK. I HAVE A NEW TOTAL OF 14 TO 50. YES SIR. I HAVE A MOTION MOTION ACCOUNTS OF THE ARGENTINE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE, THE AMENDED MOTION IS BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE 24? YES.
VOTES THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCES ADOPTED MADAM CLERK READING ABOUT, UM 35. IN ORDER. IT'S APPROPRIATING $10,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER 2500 FROM DISTRICT 15 4000 FROM DISTRICT 21 $1500 EACH FROM DISTRICT 12 AND 17 $1000 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT THROUGH THE OFFICE AMENDMENT BUDGET TO STAGE ONE THE LOCAL CHILDREN'S THEATER INC FOR PERFORMANCES THAT GLOBAL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES AS ADMITTED BED AND FULL. THANK YOU. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOWLER , SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CHAPEL. THE ORDINANCE IS BEFORE US COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. SO THIS WAS AMENDED, UM, TO ADD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THE REQUEST AMOUNT WAS STUDYING 9000 CURRENT AMOUNT OF 10,500 COUNCILMAN CHAPEL IS THE PRIMARY SPONSOR. COUNCILOR CHAPEL. SORRY THIS IS STAGE ONE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHOOSING . I BELIEVE BOOKS AND PERFORMING THOSE IN LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THOSE ARE FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM AND I WOULD LOVE TO PASS IT OVER, UM TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK ON THIS. I KNOW BETSY HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM. UM AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILWOMAN REALLY? COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. YES AS AS A TEACHER OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, I CAN TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN LIVE THEATER AND TO GET TO SEE BOOKS THAT THEY MAY HAVE READ THE BROUGHT TO LIFE. AND I KNOW WHEN THE LIST OF BOOKS CAME OUT THERE THERE WAS ONE PAIR ON THERE. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT IT'S LIKE THIS IS THE PAIR THAT I REALLY WANT TO SEE ON THERE, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THE BOOKS ON THAT LIST AND TO HELP OUR KIDS EXPERIENCE WHAT LIVE THEATER IS LIKE THESE KIDS DON'T USUALLY GET TO SEE THIS UNLESS IT COMES WITH OUR SCHOOL OR TO THE LIBRARY NEAR THEM. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. ANYBODY. AND IF WE DIDN'T MAKE IT CLEAR YOU'RE ABLE TO THROW INTO THIS POT AS WELL. WE ARE ABOUT $20,000. I BELIEVE DEFICIT OF THEIR ASK COUNCILMAN FOWLER, THOUSANDS FROM 14. THANK YOU DISAPPOINTED, OWEN. 1000 FROM DISTRICT NINE, OKAY? ALRIGHT SEEING 1003. OKAY, THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES ANYBODY ELSE? GOING ONCE. TWICE. OKAY. I BELIEVE OUR NEW TOTAL IS 13,500. CORRECT. MADAM CLERK. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE AMENDMENT? CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM? THAT'S THE CASE? I GOT YOU 13,567 AMENDMENT MOTION IN THE SECOND MOST OF ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHY OKAY, HOLD ON. I NEED YOU TO GET THAT THAT WE'RE GOING. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24? YES, VOTES, THE ORDINANCES ADOPTED MADAM CLERK OR READING OF ITEM 36 APPROPRIATING $6250 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT. FRIENDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
$5000 FROM DISTRICT 8 500 EACH FROM DISTRICT NINE AND 10 250 FROM DISTRICT 14 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO HIGHLAND COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE HIRING OF REPORT TIMES THAT PERSON TO ASSIST WITH THE INDEPENDENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE, FOOD PANTRY AND A SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM ADMITTED RED AND FULL OF EMOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL MOTION BY COUNCILOR PIACENTINI.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN OWEN. THE ITEM IS PROBABLY MOVED IN SECONDARY COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. SIMILAR STORY. THERE WAS AMENDMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, AND THERE'S ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TONIGHT. REQUEST AMOUNT LIST $10,000 CURRENT AMOUNT OF 6250, THE COUNSELOR, MARINA WEBER'S PRIMARY SPONSOR COUNCIL ARENA, WEBER. HAVE A COMMUNITY
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MINISTRIES SERVES ACTUALLY JUST IS NOT ACTUALLY HEADQUARTERED IN OUR DISTRICT BUT SERVES A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND OLDER POPULATIONS. THEY'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT, AND I WOULD WELCOME ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS, PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE GOING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY. THANK YOU , COUNCILMAN CHAPEL. ARE YOU ON THIS ITEM? LIKE YOU NOT UPDATE THERE WE GO. COUNCILMAN RUI! DISTRICT 21 AND PUT IN $1000. YOU DO TO 50 FROM 17, PLEASE.COUNCILMAN HUDSON. 523 OKAY? ANYBODY ELSE? I BELIEVE THAT MAKES THE NEUTRAL 8000 EMOTION FOR AMENDING MOTION COUNSEL MP ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COINCIDENCE, I'M ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SAY AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES? HAVE IT THE AMENDED ORDINANCES BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING.
CONSTANT. BAKER. DID YOU WANT TO VOTE, SIR? MR PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 24 YEARS VOTES. THE ORDINANCES ADOPTED MADAM CLERK READING OF ITEM 37. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $165,197 OF FUNDING FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY FOR STRENGTHENING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES, RESULTING IN OPTIMAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THE REDUCTION OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. BARRIERS READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAKER SECOND BY COUNCIL MP ARGENTINE E. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNSELOR BENSON THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO MAYBE NEED TO STAIN ON THIS VOTE. SO WE NEED TO ROLL CALL. OKAY THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. I'LL BE ABSTAINING. I'M A DAYCARE OWNER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAY CLEAR. OKAY? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE OF THIS IS A RESOLUTION ALLOWS FOR ALL COVERED, BUT IN ORDER TO RECORD THE LAST FOR VOICE, BUT BUT IN ORDER TO RECORD ABSTENTION, TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, ARTHUR. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 23 YES VOTES AND ONE ABSTENTION. THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS NEW
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BUSINESS. UH 732 AS YOU LEAVE THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY, SO THE CLERK MAY READ NEW BUSINESS. I WOULD ASK THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WISH TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMAIN IN THE CHAMBERS AND REQUEST TO SPEAK ON YOUR SYSTEM UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS. NEW BUSINESS COMPRISES ITEMS 38 THROUGH 15 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THOSE ITEMS AND THEIR ASSIGNMENT TO A COMMITTEE? FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS SANTA THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. I DON'T 38 AND I WANT TO CEMENT AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 115 SERIES 2020 17 HONEST NUMBER 084 SERIES 2022 AND ORDERS NUMBERS THEIR IDEAS SERIES 2023 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEARS 2017 2018 2022, 2023 2022 AND 2024 KEPT THE BUDGET RESPECTFUL, BARRY. TRANSFERRING EVERYBODY IS 743,008. FROM THE TAX COLLECTOR SYSTEM PROJECT. TO VARIOUS KEPT THE PROJECT ITEM 39 ORDERS APPROPRIATE SUCCESS. 455 $45 FROM DISTRICT 11 NEVER HEARD DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION AND JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT LEVEL PROVIDED BUT ABOUT THE FUNDS OF ARTS AND AFFORDING THE ORDERS OF THE LOUVER DFC KIND OF METRO GOVERNMENT. PROVIDING FOR THE AUTHORIZATION INSURANCE FOR CERTAIN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES AND METRO GOVERNMENT IN ONE OF THE MORE SERIOUS AND BANNERS IN THE COST OF VARIOUS PUBLIC PROGRESS, IS DESCRIBED IN METRO GOVERNMENT AND KEPT THE PROJECT BUDGET BE, IT SAID IN AND FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE BOXING EFFORT PROVIDED FOR COMPETITIVE, ADVERTISED SOUTH THROUGHOUT, FINDING TO PROVIDING FOR THE BRIGHT AND HOLDERS OF THE BONDS AND NOTES. AND PROVIDED APPLICATION THAT PROCEEDS THEREOF AND TAKE ANOTHER RELATED ACTIONS RELATED TO INSURANCE AND SELLER DEMANDS, NOTES AND 41 TO ORDERS A MINUTE ORDERS NUMBER 07 ANSWERS 23 3 RELATED TO FISCAL YEAR 2023 2404 OPERATING BUDGET BY THE MINUTE THE LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE LEGISLATION WAS SENT TO COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITIES AND 42 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SCHEDULE OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THEIR LEGISLATIVE COUNCILOR, LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON KIND OF METRO GOVERNMENT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2024. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION STARTED AGGREGATING UNIVERSE HOUSING THAT HAPPENED TO EDUCATION TO COMMITTED AND IMPORTANT TO BE[01:50:03]
RESTLESS. AUTHORIZED IN AMERICA, EXCEPT $100,000 IN FUNDING FROM THE SENATE. FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THROUGH THE JOHNS HOPKINS POX GRANT PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AWARENESS AND 44 ARRESTED. START WRITING THE MATRIX 70 $75,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THROUGH THE JOHNS HOPKINS YESTERDAY HIV CURRENTS PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AWARENESS AND 45 ROSE. THESE ARE AUTHORIZING THE MATRIX SEPARATE. THAT'S ALSO THE FUNNY FROM KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.PUBLIC HEALTH. OFFICE OF HEALTH THROUGH THE HARM REDUCTION, OUTREACH SUPPORT SUPPLIES GRANT PROGRAM TO BE, UM, EXTRADITED FROM THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THE FINAL LEGISLATION, THIS SOCIETY LIBRARY AND ECONOMICALLY L. A COMMITTEE ITEM. 46 ARRESTED PERCENTAGE HAVE OPERATING BODY ORDERS FOR IMPROVING THE PROBLEM APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOLLOWING THE OCCUPATION FROM NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING BENEFIT ADVICE IN THE COUNSELING , COMPLEX FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURES. TEXT EMPEROR, FINANCING COMMONWEALTH ECONOMIC DEPARTMENTS AND AFFORD IT. ONEROUS DESERVE RIGHTS NUMBER TWO DEPARTMENT OF THAT CANNOT BE QUESTIONED ATOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THE KENTUCKY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF STELLA SNACKS. LET'S SEE IN THE EVENT OF $2,250,000 TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARDED THE FOREIGN LEGISLATION WOULD STAND TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN 48, A RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT INTERLOCK. INTO LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT AMONG THE LOUISVILLE JUSTIN CANNON, METRO ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE CONTROL AND THE CITY OF MILITARY RELATING TO ALCOHOL BRANDS. CONTROL ENFORCEMENT. 49 ARRESTED FOR STEWART TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET, THE ORGANS ARE PROVEN AND APPROPRIATION TO THE FURTHER FOLLOWING A COMPETITIVE NO GO THROUGH THE SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR THE METRO ANIMAL SERVICE CONCERNING THE TRUMP NOODLE. AND RETURN THE PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATES. THE FINAL SELECTION WAS SENT TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. I DON'T 50 AT ALL. IT'S A MINUTE LONGER. METRO CODE ORDINANCE L M C O CHAPTER 119 REGISTRATION OF RENTAL HAZARD UNITS, REALLY, FOR READY FOR NEXT. WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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AH SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30TH AT SIX PM, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE[Adjournment]
STAND A JOURNEY.