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ONE MINUTE, METRO TV ONE MINUTE.THE REGULAR LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER. 14TH 2023 WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER. THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 629 PM PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE LEGION.
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THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE. A MADAM CLERK A ROLL CALL PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER, HAWKINS. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PARISH RIGHT, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, ARTHUR PRESIDENT , COUNCIL MEMBER PURVIS PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER COUNCIL MEMBER MCRANEY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RENO WEBER HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER OWEN HERE OVER HIM. COUNCIL MEMBER CRAMER COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKWELL COUNCIL MEMBER SIGN HERE. REMEMBER FOWLER. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPEL. COUNCIL MEMBER READ HERE. PRESIDENT WINKLER COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER COUNCIL MEMBER P ARGENTINE E COUNCIL MEMBER BENSON PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER RUI COUNCIL MEMBER ENGEL PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON HERE COUNCIL[Member Roll Call]
MEMBER FLORIDA COUNCIL MEMBER BAT, SEAN. COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON COUNCIL MEMBER, HAWKINS. COUNCIL MEMBER. REALLY, MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE 23 AND A QUORUM. THANK YOU. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN, FLOOD AND RUI HAVE EXCUD ABSENCE AND I THINK WE'RE WHO ELSE IS, ARE WE ANYONE . NOT HERE HAS AN EXCUSE TO HAVE SINCE YOU'LL BE JOINING US MOMENTARILY. COLLEAGUES AS YOU MAY KNOW, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES IS CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY TONIGHT. LET'S RECOGNIZE AND EMBARRASSED. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL WISH HER A VERY HAPPY. SERENADE HER WITH A LITTLE HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SO SOMEBODY LEAD US OFF BIRTHDAY TO YOU. FOR THEY DO[00:35:07]
YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR CHANCE CHAPEL. EARTH DAY, DO YOU? YES HAPPY BIRTHDAY. COLLEAGUES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN PAULA MCRANEY ON COMPLETING HER DOCTOR. DOCTOROW DISSERTATION DEFENSE YESTERDAY.CONGRATULATIONS. SOON TO BE DR MCDREAMY. NEXT. COUNCILMAN FOWLER. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST. DO I HAVE, UM ALAIA. THIS IS A LAYER IF YOU'L STAND UP, PLEASE. SHE'S GOING TO
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BE OUR PAGE TONIGHT. A. WILLIAMS IS 1/5 GRADE STUDENT AT JOHNSON TOWN ROAD ELEMENTARY, WHERE SHE IS AN HONORABLE STUDENT HAS PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND AS A CHEERLEADER. SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. SHE HAS A WONDERFUL ATTITUDE WORKS INCREDIBLY HD AT EVERYTHING SHE DOES. SHE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL STUDENTS TO SPENDS HER SPARE TIME TAKING GYMNASTICS AT RIVER CITY, TURNER'S, BUT MOST OF ALL, SHE LOVES PLAYING WITH HER DOG, PRINCETON. HER BEST FRIEND. JOHNSON TOWN IS VERY YOU. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WELCOME. COUNCILOR SIMON I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THIS EVENING. I DO. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I HAVE ALEX REDDICK ER WITH ME TONIGHT, AND HE'S GONNA BE OUR PAGE. ALEX HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AS AN INTERN. HE DID SOME RESEARCH ON A ON SOME ORDINANC THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. SO WE'RE THINKING FOR THAT. UM ALEX, AS I SAID, IS A FRESHMAN AT BALLARD. UM SEVENTH GRADE. HE WAS AWARDED STUDENT OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR APRIL, RECEIVED FIVE OUT OF A MAXIMUM SIX AWARDS AT THE SEVENTH GRADE GRADUATION. IN EIGHTH GRADE. IN SEPTEMBER, HE WAS NOMINATED AND WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. HE WAS VOTED MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED IN THE MONTESSORI PROGRAM AND RECEIVE THE LITERATURE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD AT GRADUATION. ALEX CAME AND ASKED US IF HE COULD INTERN FOR US, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY BOLD TO DO. AND WE THANK HIM. AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE WELCOME ALEX AS OUR INTERN TONIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOWLER AND COUNCILMAN SIMON OBVIOUSLY EXPECTING A VERY BUSY MEETING BY BRINGING TWO PAGES. SO WE GOT DOUBLE DUTY TONIGHT. PLEASE KEEP THEM BUSY. UH, COLLEAGUES, THE METRO COUNCIL HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE. UM[Special Recognitions and Proclamations]
WELL, ACTUALLY, I GUESS. I NEED, UM. MADAM CHAIR. CAN YOU LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN? PRESIDENT PRO TEM MCRANEY IS TAKING THE FLOOR, SO NOTED. CARE.PRESIDENT WINKLER. THANK YOU. SO COLLEAGUES IF YOU REMEMBER AS YOU RECALL AND ALL PARTICIPATED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WE PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORTING THE TREND. MEN'S WORK THAT THE AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES DOES BY RAISING DONATIONS THROUGH A CITYWIDE FOOD DRIVE. THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR HELP. AND THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO REALLY HELPED MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL DRIVE FOR US, UM. TONIGHT. I'M JOINED BY CLAIRE WALLACE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. CLAIRE I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE ALMOST 2500 FOOD DONATIONS FOR THE MINISTRIES THAT COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO COLLECT FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY FOR OUR CITIZENS. UM, I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ.
TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME. GREETINGS KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL IN THE SPIRIT OF DEEP GRATITUDE HONOR THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, WHEREAS THEY ARE AN HONORABLE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION UNITING 13 AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHILE PRESERVING INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY, ADVOCATING FOR THOSE IN NEED AND TREATING THEM WITH RESPECT. AND WHEREAS FOR 35 YEARS THEIR MINISTRIES HAVE CONNECTED NEIGHBORS IN NEED WITH RESOURCES DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. CULTIVATING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE THEY SERVE PARTNERS, SUPPORTERS, ADVOCATES, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF AND WHEREAS
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LOUISVILLE METRO COUNSELING COUNCIL PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES WITH THE DONATION OF 2426 FOOD ITEMS COLLECTED FROM GENEROUS LOUISVILLE CITIZENS THROUGH THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE. AND WHEREAS THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL CELEBRATES AND COMMENDS THE COMPASSION AND WORK OF THE GOOD PEOPLE SERVING THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL WE HEREBY CONFERRING PAY TRIBUTE BY WAY OF THIS PROCLAMATION. WITH ALL THE RIGHTS PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THERE ONTO APPERTAINING AND TESTIMONY. WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE IN THE SEAL. THE METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HERE ONTO A FIXED DONE IN LOUISVILLE, METRO CITY HALL WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. THIS 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER. 2023 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU. IF ANYONE OFFERS ME A MICROPHONE, I HAVE A HARD TIME SAYING NO, UM YES, I WOULD LOVE TO. JUST, UM ECHO ARE THE I'M ONE OF 13 COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. UM, AND AMONG THOSE 13. IT'S THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS WORK POSSIBLE. AND EVERY SINGLE CAN THAT WE'VE COLLECTED. IT FEELS SMALL. IT LITERALLY IS SMALL, BUT IT CAN MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST FOOD. IT'S ALSO A REMINDER THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU. AND THAT GOES A LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOLIDAYS, WHEN THINGS CAN FEEL HEAVY AND OVERWHELMING JUST THIS WEEK. THERE WAS ONE WOMAN WHO APPLIED FOR 42 JOBS THAT DIDN'T HEAR BACK YET, AND SHE'S FEELING OVERWHELMED. THERE'S ANOTHER WOMAN WHO IS LIVING IN HER CAR OUTSIDE OF PLANET FITNESS BECAUSE SHE CAN TAKE SHOWERS.THERE THERE'S A MOTHER WHO HAD A BABY THREE DAYS AGO AND IS CURRENTLY IN A HOTEL AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND HOUSING FOR HER. UM UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE ALL REAL PEOPLE ALL THIS WEEK WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THESE VERY REAL ISSUES. AND IT IS, UM SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ALL COUNT ON YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT THESE CHALLENGES THAT FEEL NEVER ENDING. UM THE SOLUTIONS THAT FEEL COMPLEX THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT ALL THREE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND EVERYONE AFTER THEM AND TO SURROUNDED BY GENEROSITY THAT SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS. UM AND TWO I MEAN, IT IS. THE HOLIDAYS ARE JUST SO MAGICAL BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO THAT THAT GENEROUS SPIRIT BRINGS IN MORE FOOD COVERS THAT HOTEL EXPENSE FOR THAT NEW MOM. UM AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THE LAST THING I WILL SAY AS WE LOOK INTO JANUARY, AND THIS NEW YEAR IS A QUOTE FROM SCROOGE BECAUSE WHY NOT? UM. AND HOPEFULLY LIKE SCROOGE. WE CAN SAY I WILL HONOR CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART AND TRIED TO KEEP IT ALL YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THAT GENEROSITY GOING. THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU, CLAIRE. AND UH, DON'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU REFERENCE THE SMALL CANS OF FOOD BUT ALSO HAPPY TO SAY WE'VE GOT A GREAT COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO THE GREAT WORK AND GREAT PARTNERSHIP WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. THE KROGER CORPORATION AND SO TO GO ALONG WITH THE SMALL CANS OF FOOD. WE HAVE A BIG CHECK, WHICH IS ALSO ALWAYS FUN AND WELCOME. AND SO UM, WE'RE JOINED HERE BY JESSICA SHARP WITH THE KROGER CORPORATION WHO IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR EVEN MORE FAMILIES. UM JESSICA TURNED THE MIC OVER TO YOU AND YOU CAN MAKE THE. GOOD EVENING, SO I WANTED TO SHARE. UM UH AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME IN TODAY AND REALLY HELPED TO FEED THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS WHAT WE SAY IS OUR PURPOSE AND WOULD YOU THEN NOT ONLY BY KEEPING OUR GROCERY STORES BUT ALSO, UM DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS SUCH AS THIS, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO OFFER $5000 TO THE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL. HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE, SO VERY EXCITED TO DONATE THEIR AND, UH I SAID, YOU KNOW, KROGER IS OUR PURPOSE IS TO FEED THE HUMAN SPIRIT. AND WE DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. NOT JUST TODAY, SO WE ARE, WE'RE ABLE TO DONATE $4.5 MILLION MORE MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD. SORRY UH, LAST YEAR ALONE AND $5 MILLION TO THIS COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR ROOTS AND LOUISVILLE WITH OUR 23 STORES AND 6000 ASSOCIATES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
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OKAY. IT'S ALWAYS ON. WELL AND BECAUSE OF THIS. WE'RE GIVING OUT PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT FOR PRESENT. WE WANT TO THANK YOU. YOUR COMPANY WHEN I DID CALL YOU AND I SAID, HEY, WHAT CAN YOU DO? YOU ROIDED STEP TO THE PLATE AND I SAID, BRING A BIG CHECK AND YOU BROUGHT A NICE BIG CHECK BOTH IN SIZE AND AMOUNT, AND WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KROGER. AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE IN TOWN, KROGER HAS BEEN A WILLING PARTNER. THAT'S 53 YEARS AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG PROGRAMS BEEN IN TOWN. BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME. SO YOU'RE COMING UP ON 100 YEARS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS TO YOU. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL QUICKLY READ IT. AH! TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME. GREETINGS NO, YOU THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL AND SPIRIT OF DEEP GRATITUDE HONORS THE KROGER COMPANY LOUISVILLE DIVISION, WHEREAS THERE AN HONORABLE BUSINESS OPERATING 24 LOUISVILLE GROCERY STORES OFFERING CITIZENS THOUSANDS OF QUALITY PRODUCTS RANGING FROM FRESH PRODUCE MEATS, SEAFOOD, DRY GOODS, HOME SUPPLIES, HEALTH PRODUCTS AND MORE. AND WHEREAS THEY GENEROUSLY DONATED $5000 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE SUPPORTING THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES IN SERVICE OF THEIR MISSION TO PROVIDE SUSTENANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. AND WHEREAS THEIR INVESTMENT WILL ENRICH THE EFFORTS OF THE 13 AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AND MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT UPON LOUISVILLE FAMILIES DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. AND WHEREAS THEIR PHILANTHROPIC SPIRIT TO FOSTER A HUNGER HUNGER FREE COMMUNITY WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THIS DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL WE HEREBY CONFIRM AND PAY TRIBUTE BY WAY OF THIS PROCLAMATION WITH ALL THE RIGHTS PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THERE INTO APPERTAINING. IN TESTIMONY WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE IN THE SEAL OF THE METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE INTO TO BE HERE AND TO A FIXED DONE THIS 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2023 AND THANK YOU AGAIN. PRODUCTS. 123. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK.PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I AM RELINQUISHING THE CHAIR BACK TO PRESIDENT WINKLER.
SOME OF IT. HMM. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. PURPOSE. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THIS EVENING. BALANCE.
APOLOGIZE YOU'LL HAVE TO HEAR COMMON JINGLE ALL THE WAY. UM. TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE MAN IN BROWN. WE ALWAYS REFER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS THE MEETING BLUE, BUT THERE IS ANOTHER, UM THERE'S ANOTHER. UM SET OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND THERE ARE THE MANY BROWN WHO ARE KNOWN AS THE SHERIFFS AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. SO. UM MY STEPHANIE REQUIREMENT IN THEO IN AFRICA WHO'S NOT HERE? WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO ENHANCE THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING. AND WE HAVE AN ANGLE JUICE BOWL. UM THEY GAME AND SHAWNEE PARK AND IS REALLY FUN, BUT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD ADD SOMETHING TO IT THIS YEAR, SO WE WANTED TO PLAN A PARADE AND WE WORKED ON IT ALL YEAR, INVITING PARTICIPANTS AND, UM TRYING TO GET THINGS TOGETHER. UM WHAT ELSE DO WE DO? EVERYTHING FEELS SAID EVERYTHING . OKAY, SO, UM YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT WE HAD EVERYTHING. OUR SCHEDULED BUT SECURITY FELL THROUGH. WHAT DO WE DO? WE CANNOT HAVE A PARADE WITHOUT SECURITY WITH ALREADY SPREAD THE WORD AND MY IDEA HAD, YOU KNOW WE BOASTED ABOUT IT. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ANNUAL JUICE BOWL PARADE. IT'S GONNA
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REALLY BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN. BUT WITHOUT SECURITY. WE COULDN'T HAVE IT. SO I CALLED THIS GUY THAT I KNOW NAMED DAVID. JAMES. I THANK YOU USED TO BE A COP. AND, UH ACID. DAVID WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? HE GOES. WHAT HAVE YOU TRIED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND I SAID THOSE THEY DON'T KNOW ME. I'M AFRAID OF CALL THEM AND I GO.CAN YOU JUST CALL THEM FOR ME, PLEASE? SO HE CALLS SHERIFF OR BRAIN? AND YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. THIS IS NOT GONNA WORK. WELL A FEW DAYS LATER, WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM MAJOR HILTON. AND HE WAS VERY, VERY POSITIVE FROM THE MOMENT I SAID HELLO. WE CAN DO THIS. WE CAN HELP YOU AND I'M LIKE THIS CAN'T BE TRUE. THIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. SO UM HE SAID, WELL, LISTEN, I NEED TO MEET WHOEVER SO WE CAN GO OVER THE ROUTE, THEY SAID IN THE OTHER WORLD UM UNFORTUNATELY, BUT FORTUNATELY WE HAD TO CHANGE THE ROUTE.
WHICH IN MY OPINION, WORKED OUT FINE. WORKED OUT WORKED OUT REALLY GOOD, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT. WE NEVER GIVE PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS WHEN THEY'RE ALIVE. AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE WE HEAR TOO MANY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE. GOOD HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHOSE PRIORITY IS TO PROTECT AND SECURE AND TO SERVE SO UH, I'M GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION. I'M GOING TO READ THE ONE PROCLAMATION, BUT I WILL ALSO READ OUT EACH OFFICER, EACH DEPUTY THAT WAS THERE THAT THANKSGIVING MORNING AT 730. WHEN THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ASLEEP . SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP AND STAND BEHIND ME, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
THIS FEELS GOOD. DON'T Y'ALL MESS WITH ME SAFE? OKAY? SO TO WHOM THESE LETTERS SHOULD COME.
GREETINGS KNOW YE, WHICH THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY HONORS AND RECOGNIZES. AND I WILL NOT CALL THE NAME UNTIL THE END. WHEREAS THE OFFICERS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CHARGE FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH ASSURING PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROTECTING THE LIVES, PEACE AND PROPERTY OF THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND WE'RE AS THESE OFFICERS OFTEN RISK THEIR LIVES IN THE COMMISSION OF THE DAILY PROFESSIONAL DUTIES. AND WORRY AS THE OFFICERS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE GAVE UP SLEEPING LATE ON A THANKSGIVING MORNING 2023.
FURTHER THEY WAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOUNGE IN THEIR PAJAMAS WHILE ENJOYING A HOT BREAKFAST AND WATCHING THE MACY'S DAY PARADE ON THEIR TELEVISIONS. INSTEAD THESE OFFICERS BRAVER, CHILLY MORNING AND PROVIDED SECURITY FOR A PARADE, WHICH ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND WHERE IS THE SUPPORT OF THESE OFFICERS? THAT DAY WAS IMMEASURABLE. BECAUSE IT ENSURED THAT THE 2023 JUICE BO DAY THANKS JUICE. BOTH THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE WILL GO OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. AND WHEREAS THESE OFFICERS MADE THE ATTENDEES AND THE PARADE PARTICIPANTS FEEL SAFE AND SECURE ON A NOVEMBER MORNING ON SOUTHWESTERN PARKWAY FROM WIND ROSE TO SHINY PARK.
WORRIES THESE OFFICERS MANAGED TO SMILE WHILE PERFORMING THE CRITICAL DUTY OF SECURITY SO THAT ALL COULD GO HOME. AND ENJOY THE THANKSGIVING, WHEREAS MANY GASSED. RAVED ABOUT HOW NICE AND PROFESSIONAL THE OFFICERS WERE. WORRY AS THE PARTICIPATION OF THESE OFFICERS IN THE JUICE BOIL PARADE CONTRIBUTED TO A MORE POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE PEACE OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. EXCUSE ME. WORRY AS. THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL OFFICE DISTRICT FIVE TO STATE AN EQUIVALENTLY THAT THE FIRST ANNUAL JUICE BOTH THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE WAS A SMASH SUCCESS. WE HEAR BACK AND FOR THIS HONOR, WITH ALL THE RIGHTS PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THERE INTO APPERTAINING. IN TESTIMONY WORLD WE HAVE CALLS THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE AND THE SALE OF LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HERE. ON TWO A FIXED DONE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER. 2023
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COUNCILWOMAN DONALD PURVIS DISTRICT FIVE. I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD GIVE THESE GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HOURS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE OFFICERS INVOLVED. MAJOR STEVE HILTON. MAJOR MIKE LITTLEFIELD KEPT IN BILL GOODWIN . LIEUTENANT VERNON BROWN.LIEUTENANT MARK BLACKBURN. SERGEANT JACOB ALLEN, SERGEANT ROBBIE SCARS. DEPUTY TOBY SADDENS DEPUTY AUSTIN HONORED DEPUTY IN CUNNINGHAM DEPUTY LISA FOWLER, DEPUTY TEREK WHY. DEPUTY CESAR ETCETERA, DEPUTY SHE WANNA STANSBURY, DEPUTY, STEPHEN NEWBIE AND DEPUTY SCOTT PAUL BUSH. I'M SORRY. DEREK AND DEREK. ARE YOU GUYS TWINS? OKAY AGAIN. GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU GUYS. CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE TOGETHER? ONE. LOOK UP HERE, 123. WE CAN TAKE A COUPLE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND PURPOSE . UH, COUNCILMAN FOWLER. I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY YEAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WINKLER. UM . THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I'VE HAD TO DO. THIS SENDING TENEMENT SHE HAS SERVED IN MY OFFICE FOR NINE YEARS. AND SHE'S GOING TO RETIRE. UM. CINDY AND I GO WAY BACK, PROBABLY BEEN 1012 YEARS AGO. MAYBE LONGER THAN THAT. IT MIGHT BE 15 YEARS AGO. WE WERE BOTH VOLUNTEERING, UM, WITH WIDER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND UM, THAT'S WHERE I MET HER. AND SHE WAS SO CONSCIENTIOUS AND JUST DID SUCH A GOOD JOB. IT REALLY MADE AN IMPRESSION ON ME. UM SO I INVITED HER TO COME WORK FOR ME BACK, UM, DURING MY FIRST TERM.
AND, UM LET ME JUST SAY THERE'S NOTHING FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS WITH THIS LADY. EVERYTHING GETS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES, AND SHE HAS JUST BEEN A WONDERFUL EMPLOYEE AND DEDICATED TO DISTRICT 14 AND THE CITY AS WELL. I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU. UM. TO WHOM ALL THESE LEADERSHIP COME GREETINGS KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HERE BACK ON US AND RECOGNIZES CINDY FINERMAN? FOR HER STEADFAST. AND HER STEP FIST SERVICE AND WORK ETHIC TO DISTRICT 14. WHEREAS CINDY FINERMAN HAS SERVED COUNCILWOMAN CINDY FOWLER AND THE
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CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 14 FOR NINE YEARS, AND WHEREAS CINDY FINERMAN HAS DEVOTED ENDLESS HOURS, ANSWERING CONSISTENT CONSTITUENT CONCERNS, DIRECTING THOSE CONCERNS TO RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOLLOWING UP. AND WHEREAS I INVITE YOU TO JOIN AND CELEBRATING, SENDING THENIA CINNAMON FOR HER DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE LOCAL METRO GOVERNMENT AND HER RETIREMENT, SO NOTED LEA SIRK. EARNED I HEREBY CONFER. CONFIRM THIS RISK RECOGNITION WITH ALL RIGHTS PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THERE AND TO PERTAINING AND TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE IN THE SALE OF METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HERE ONTO A FIXED SAND THIS 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2023. HMM. THANK YOU, KENT. COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH SMART AND WEST PEOPLE. I ALSO WAS ABLE TO MEET SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW CALL MY FRIENDS. COUNCILWOMAN FELLER ASKED ME TO BE PART OF HER TEAM. I WAS VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I WAS VERY NAIVE WHEN IT CAME TO POLITICS. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A COUNCIL PERSON WAS. AND THAT COULD DO AND WHAT THEY COULD DO FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS.HOWEVER, I DO KNOW NOW. COUNCIL FAT WOMAN, FOWLER HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL BOSS AND AWESOME COUNCILWOMAN, AND I KNOW BECAUSE I LIVE IN HER DISTRICT. BUT MOSTLY A GREAT FRIEND. I ALSO WANT TO THANK AMY STEWART. FOR TAKING THE REINS AND MAKING THIS TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT EASIER, KNOWING COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER AND THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 14 ARE IN GOOD HANDS. LOOKING BACK.
THE HARDEST PART OF MY JOB FOR ME WAS WHEN COUNSELING BLACKWELL APPROPRIATIONS WOULD SAY, INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. MY STOMACH WAS ALWAYS IN KNOTS AND THEN WAITING FOR FORMER COUNCILMAN PEDEN. TO ASK ME A QUESTION ABOUT THE NDS. THE BEST PART OF MY JOB I HAVE HELPED IS THAT I'VE HELPED MANY CONSTITUENTS. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SAY THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO IN CONCLUSION. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. I AM SYDNEY THENA MINT LEGISLATIVE AIDE. COUNCILWOMAN CINDY FOWLER DISTRICT 14. FOR THE LAST TIME.
I'VE GOT TO SAY CINDY'S GOT IT. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY IT, BUT I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAY. UM SHE HAS A SAYING THAT, UM SHE WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB IF THE AGENCIES WITHIN METRO WOULD DO THEIRS. AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT KIND OF TRUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOWLER. THANK YOU, CINDY.
COUNCILMAN REED. I BELIEVE YOU BROUGHT A GUEST TONIGHT, TOO. I'M ALSO PRETTY SURE I CAN SPOT THEM SO THEY BROUGHT SOME HARDWARE. GENTLEMEN. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
COME IN. YOU SURE? GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. COLLEAGUES AND THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE SECOND MOST POPULAR SPORT IN THE WORLD IS. WELL WHAT ONE WOULD THINK THE
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NFL BUT THAT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE. IT'S THE SPORT OF IT IS A SPORT OF CRICKET AND WE IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. KNOWN ONLY HAVE A CRICKET TEAM. WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP CRICKET TEAM THAT PLAYS IN DISTRICT 16. AND I'M HERE TO HONOR NIKKI. OKAY, SURE. AND SERVE, ANA. FROM THE LOUISVILLE CRICKET CLUB, AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS IN 2013. THE LOUISVILLE CRICKET CLUB WAS FORMED BY 13 MEMBERS. AND OVER 10 YEARS HAS GROWN TO 90 MEMBERS AND STRENGTH. THE LOUISVILLE CRICKET CLUB MEMBERS ENCOMPASSED NINE DIFFERENT NATIONS, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, INDIA, PAKISTAN. SOUTH AFRICA, KOREA, CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, BANGLADESH AND MANY MORE IN 2017 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS, THE LOUISVILLE CRICKET CLUB MOVED TO A DEDICATED CRICKET FIELD AT HAYS KENNEDY PARK, AND THAT ISN'T DISTRICT 16. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST WE THINK CRICKETS CRICKET PITCH, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. I'M SORRY. SO WE HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. UM AND WE DRAW TOURNAMENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FROM REGIONAL CLUBS. SO THAT HE'S KENNEDY PARK TO LIVE. A CRICKET CLUB STARTED A JUNIOR PROGRAM TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION PLAYERS. EL SISI HOPES CRICKET WILL WILL GROW INTO LOCAL SCHOOLS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND MAYBE ONE DAY LOUISVILLE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL CRICKET TEAM, SO I'M VERY HONORED TO PRESENT THESE GUYS AND A PROCLAMATION. AND UH OH, JUST ANOTHER THING. HERE ARE SOME OF THE TITLES IN 2016. THEY WON THE MAYOR'S CUP. 2021 CINCINNATI, THE T 20 TOURNAMENT, 2022, THE MIDWEST CRICKET TOURNAMENT, SOUTHWEST DIVISION ONE T 20 CHAMPIONSHIP. AND JUST THIS YEAR. YOU LOOK, THIS LOOKS ALMOST LIKE THE WATER MAKER TRUCK TROPHY. I THINK THEY WON THE PGA OR SOMETHING. SO THIS IS THE 2023 MIDWEST CRICKET 35 AND OVER DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONS, SO WE'VE GOT A CHAMPION CHANGING CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM HERE, SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ. AND, UH, GOODNIGHT. CONCESSION TO AGE HERE. GOES LIKE THIS LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL PROCLAMATION TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME. GREETINGS KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY HONORS AND RECOGNIZES THE LOUISVILLE CRICKET CLUBS. 10TH ANNIVERSARY. WHEREAS IN 2013 TO LIVE, A CRICKET CLUB WAS FORMED WITH JUST 15 MEMBERS AND WITHIN 10 YEARS GREW TO OVER 90 MEMBERS IN STRENGTH. AND WHEREAS LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE CRICKET CLUB MEMBERS ENCOMPASSED NINE DIFFERENT NATIONS, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, INDIA, PAKISTAN, SOUTH AFRICA, CARIBBEAN ISLANDS BACK IN ADDITION, MANY MORE AND RAISE CRICKETS LEGACY AND LOUISVILLE BEGAN IN 1960 AT SENECA PARK SINCE 1960 CRICKET IS CALLED MANY LOCAL PARKS HOME, INCLUDING THE WATER TOWER AND CACTUS PARK AND WHEREAS IN 2017 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS, WE WILL CRICKET CLUB MOVED TO A DEDICATED CRICKET FUEL THAT HE'S KENNEDY PARK AND WHEREAS LEGAL LOUISVILLE CRICKET CLUB IS A CHAMPION HISTORY WINNING THE 2016 MAJOR CUP. 2021 CINCINNATI TIGHTENED TOURNAMENT 2022 M C T.M C T CHAMPION SOUTHWEST DIVISION ONE T 20 CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE 2023 MIDWEST CRICKET 35 AND OVER DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONS AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND APPRECIATION OF THE LOUVER CRICKET CLUBS COMMITMENT TO GROWING THE SPORT OF CRICKET IN THE GREATER LEGAL COMMUNITY. WE HEREBY CONFER THIS HONOR WITH ALL RIGHTS PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THERE. AND THROUGH APPERTAINING. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE AND THE SEAL OF LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HEARING TO A FIXED DONE IN LOUISVILLE. THIS 14TH DAY DECEMBER 20 23RD SCOTT REED, METRO COUNCILMAN 16TH DISTRICT. CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK, NIKKI, YOU'RE GONNA COME UP AND MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. PRESIDENT WINKLER AND ALL MEMBERS OF LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ORDER. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. SPECIAL THANKS TO MR 16. COUNCILMAN, MR REID FOR SUPPORTING US. CHECKING ON THIS. HE ENTERED HIS SHE LIKES ON FACEBOOK POST MEANS A LOT TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE BEAUTIFUL HOME FIELD THAT CONSEQUENTLY MENTIONED THAT'S THAT FIELD HAS REALLY OPENED GATES FOR A SALMON. IT HAS BEEN APPRECIATED BY MANY INTERNATIONAL STARS. ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE PLAYED ON THAT FIELD AND HAVE APPRECIATED IT. BE THE ONE OF THE BEST FEARS THAT DEFINITELY WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK OFF YOURSELF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. AND OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP GROWING. REACH GREATER HEIGHTS GET MORE CHANCES IN THE INTRODUCED SOMETHING SPORT AND PUT OUR CITY FORMERLY ON THE MAP OF CRICKET. CRICKET IS GROWING IN THE UNITED STATES A LOT LAST YEAR MAJOR LEAGUE
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CRICKET STARTED SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, GET OUR TEAM OUT THERE PRETTY SOON.AH! WITH THIS BIG VICTORY. WE HOPE THAT WE ARE MADE DIVERSITY PROUD, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS WIN TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF LOUISVILLE. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE, PLEASE VISIT US ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM AND WE CONNECTED WITH US. WE WOULD LOVE IT. AND IT WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE. MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. JUST ONE THING. SO COUNCILMAN REED MENTIONED ABOUT CRICKET IN 19 SIXTIES, SO I ACTUALLY GOT LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE FROM AUGUST OCTOBER 16TH 1960. IT HAS THE CRICKET.
THE FOURTH CRICKET MATCH THAT WAS PLAYED IN LOUISVILLE. THE PICTURE, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK LATER OR NOT TO SHARE SO IT HAS A HISTORY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REED COUNCIL AND CHAPEL. I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT, UH, SPECIAL, UH, RIGHT UP POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT. I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL PROBABLY REALLY EAGER TO GET TO BUSINESS. BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE PILE OF BARBIES IN FRONT OF ME. IT IS MY BIRTHDAY, BUT THEY ARE NOT FOR ME, UNFORTUNATELY, WILL BE GET WE'VE COLLECTED THESE TODAY AS A PART OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS, SO MY BIRTHDAY COINCIDENTALLY FALLS ON THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS. AND SO TODAY WE HAD A REALLY WONDERFUL BARBIE PARTY, AND WE INVITED EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR MAN OR WOMAN TO COME AND CELEBRATE TODAY AND TO BRING A GIFT FOR LOCAL CHILDREN. AND SO ALL OF THE BARBIES WILL BE GOING TO THE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES, AND THEN ALL OF THE TOYS THAT WE COLLECTED WHICH ARE NOT OUT HERE. RIGHT NOW, THOSE WILL BE GOING TO LOCAL STUDENTS IN DISTRICT 15. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TODAY TO THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS. EVERYONE WHO BROUGHT TOY GAME OR BARBIE AND JUST THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS AND WORKS EVERY DAY TO UPLIFT WOMEN. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AGAIN, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE PILE OF BARBIES IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S REALLY COOL TO LOOK AT THEM AND SEE THE DIVERSITY IN THEM. UH NOT JUST IN HOW THEY LOOK BUT ALSO IN ALL OF THEIR CAREERS, SO WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING FROM FIREFIGHTERS, CHEFS, VETERINARIANS, DENTISTS, BALLERINAS, UM, SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL THE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT BARBIE CAN DO BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CHAPEL. MADAM CLERK. ARE THERE ANY ADDRESSES TO COUNSEL? LET ME
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REMIND THOSE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING PROFANITY OR MAKING DEROGATORY STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. LET ME ALSO REMIND THOSE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING OF ANY SPECIFIC PLANNING OR ZONING ITEM IN THE AS THE PUBLIC RECORD OF THE ITEM IS CLOSED. THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL MAY ONLY CONSIDER EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. ANY REMARKS ABOUT THE RECORD OF ANY SPECIFIC PLANNING AND ZONING CASE WILL BE DISREGARDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. EDDIE DAVIS. EDDIE DAVIS. BILL SMITH. COUNCIL MANAGER BILL SMITH. I MOVED HERE IN APRIL FROM ATLANTA. TO BE NEAR FAMILY AND TAKE CARE OF HEALTH ISSUES. I STAY AT THE OSMOND EVEN. VISIT BALL AND HAVE A AH HOUSING VOUCHER. YESTERDAY. AND ALSO I HAVE TWO YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS OF SOBRIETY TODAY.ALSO. I AM AM SURPRISED AT THIS AFTER IT MUST HAVE BEEN IN GLOBAL WAS AWARDED TODAY. THE.
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THE RELIEF AWARD FOR FROM THE NEW LEAF. GROUP. AND I AM I AM HUMBLED BY THAT. BUT WHAT I CAME HERE TODAY IS TO SAY IS THAT THERE ARE 1600 HOMELESS PEOPLE ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT HERE IN MOBILE. 750 BEDS AVAILABLE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THAT MEANS 850 PEOPLE WHO WERE STAYING HOTELS ON THE STREET BUT SOMEWHERE ELSE IT IS A PROBLEM. 31,000 AVAILABLE. HOW HOW THE UNITS ARE NEEDED. WE KNOW THAT. MY ENCOURAGEMENT IS THAT WE DO WE WILL FIND A WAY TO DO THAT.AND, UM I WAS HOMELESS HAVE BEEN. I'VE BEEN AROUND HOMELESSNESS FOR 40 YEARS. I'VE SEEN SOME KIND OF EVERY PROBLEM COME DOWN THE PIKE. AND THEY SAY IN IN IN BUSINESS, IT'S ALL ABOUT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. WELL, I'M AFRAID AND HOMELESS WORK IS RELATIONSHIP RELATIONSHIP RELATIONSHIP. AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR SMITH. THANK YOU, TINA BURNELL. TINA BURNELL. MARTINA CONNECT KEY.
GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO CHANGE WHAT? I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT BEFORE I START. I WANT TO THANK METRO COUNCIL FOR VERY INTERESTING YEAR. FOR THE FIRST TIME, MANY IN THE COMMUNITY FEEL THAT WE ARE BEING HEARD BY A COUNCIL IN A DIFFERENT WAY, SO WE'VE SEEN CHANGES IN SHORT TERM RENTAL REFORMS WE'VE SEEN, UH, PLANS THAT ARE COMING FORTH THAT LOOK MORE CONSISTENT TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. SO ABSOLUTE YOU I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TIME. I WANT TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT MAGICAL THINKING. AND HOW WE ARE HOPING THAT THE NEW YEAR BRINGS A NEW ERA OF STEPPING AWAY FROM MAGICAL THINKING. WE FEEL THAT DEVELOPERS, LARGE DEVELOPERS, IN PARTICULAR HAVE HAD TOO MUCH INFLUENCE AND OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS TOO MUCH BULLYING OF OUR COUNCIL. WE WANT THAT TO COME TO AN END. TODAY AND THIS IS THE REASON I'M CHANGING WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. I WAS SENT THIS EDITORIAL BLAMING METRO COUNCIL FOR OUR HOUSING CRISIS. NOTHING CAN BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. AND AS WITNESSED BY THE COMMUNITY THIS YEAR, METRO COUNCIL HAS TAKEN MOVES TO START ADDRESSING. SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. THE HOUSING CRISIS IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN JUST BUILDING NEW STRUCTURES. IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN JUST HANDING OUT A PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO MOVE TO TEMPORARILY. THERE'S BEEN RECORD NUMBER OF BUILDING IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST DOZEN YEARS. BUT WHY IS IT WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE LIVING OUT ON THE STREET? MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR CARS AS SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER, MORE PEOPLE FORCED TO BUNK UP WITH RELATIVES. OR FAMILY MEMBERS INDEFINITELY. THE PROBABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE IS OUT OF THE REACH OF MOST YOUNG PEOPLE. TODAY WE HAVE COMPLEX ISSUES, AND A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES ARE CAUSED BY BIG DEVELOPERS WANTING TO WAREHOUSE FOLKS. THEY THINK THAT'S THE SOLUTION TO OUR HOUSING ISSUES.
THOSE ARE NOT OUR SOLUTIONS. WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE. DECIDING WHAT WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY LOOK TO LOOK LIKE DO WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY BECOME A COMMUNITY OF RENTERS? ONLY THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THESE BIG DEVELOPMENTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONDEMNING PEOPLE TO THIS ISSUE IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN WHAT A DEVELOPER CAN DESCRIBE TO US, A DEVELOPER TELLING US WHAT DISPLACEMENT LOOKS LIKE WHAT GENTRIFICATION LOOKS LIKE AND WHO TO BLAME? THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU, MR CONNECTED. THANK YOU IN RAMSAR. DO YOU WANT TO MADAM CLERK. WE SKIP PRETTY GONNA PUT HER AT THE END. BEFORE
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I START. COULD I SAY THAT TINA BURNELL IS NOW IN THE WOMB. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY? THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AT THE SEPTEMBER 7TH 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, COMMISSIONER MIMS INDICATED THAT WE HAVE NO DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO PLANNING COMMISSIONERS DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ALTHOUGH I LITERALLY BEGGED THE COMMISSION TO NOT ELIMINATE OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS COMMISSIONER MINIMUMS IN THE MAJORITY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT ZONING PLAN TO ELIMINATE TWO OCCUPIED AFFORDABLE UNITS IN DISTRICT 21. COMMISSION CARLSON ASKED THE CHAIR MARILYN LEWIS, HOW THE COMMISSION COULD JUSTIFY ELIMINATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. HOW RESPONSE WAS ONLY ONE UNIT. IN THAT CASE, IT WAS TOO OCCUPIED, AFFORDABLE UNITS WERE ELIMINATED. OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DISCOURAGES THE ELIMINATION OF HOUSING UNITS. BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO KEEPS SAYING WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS HAD NO PROBLEM APPROVING THE ELIMINATION OF THOSE OCCUPIED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. THUS KICKING PEOPLE TO THE CURB. THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND METRO COUNCIL HAVE APPROVED THE ELIMINATION OF OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS IN OTHER ZONING CASES. CURRENTLY NONPROFITS INCORRECTLY CLAIM PEOPLE ARE SAYING NOT IN MY BACKYARD FOR ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT PROPER PROPOSALS. AS INDICATED BY CLIFF ASHBURN.ER ON THE RECORD IN THE ORIGINAL CAME TO TOWN HOME CASE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND METRO COUNCIL. NO ONE OBJECTED TO THE AFFORDABLE TOWN HUNTS. AGAIN I WANT TO REITERATE CLIFF ASHBURN. ER, L D G S ATTORNEY INDICATED ON THE RECORD IN THE ORIGINAL CANE RUN TOWN HOME THEIR AFFORDABLE TOWN HOMES. THE TOWN HOMES WOULD BRING ANOTHER TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE AREA. INSTEAD OF WHERE HOUSING TYPE APARTMENTS THEN WE COME TO THE DECEMBER 7TH CARRIER JOURNAL ARTICLE IN WHICH MR COGAN CLAIMS IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON A SITE LIKE THE ONE PARK PROPERTY. INSTEAD OF POTENTIAL $1 MILLION PAYMENT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND COULD BE USED TO BUILD A LOT MORE UNITS AND I DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN. MR COGGINS STATEMENT IS CALLED FOR NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR MY PROJECT. WHAT THE AFFORDABLE GOD . OKAY SORRY. THANK YOU, MR RAMSAR. TINA BURNELL. I WAS APPALLED AT THE CONDITIONS AT AVENUE PLAZA AND OSCAR BANNER, WHICH DAVID CAPLAN DESCRIBED SO CANDIDLY TO THE EQUITY AND HOUSING COMMITTEE. NOVEMBER 1ST LEAKS, MOLD BUG AND RODENT INFESTATIONS, THE STENCH OF HUMAN WASTE AS WELL AS SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS. IT DID NOT GET THAT WAY OVERNIGHT.
THOSE CONDITIONS ARE THE RESULT OF SUSTAINED AND PERVASIVE NEGLECT, AND IT WARRANTS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. I WAS STRUCK BY THE ASTONISHING LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOW IT PARALLELS WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY, AND THAT IS THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LANDLORDS, MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES WHO PROFIT FROM HOUSING THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS BUT ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SAFE, SANITARY, DECENT HOUSING. WE HAVE AN EGREGIOUS AND SYSTEMIC FAILURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOUSING THAT IS NEGLECTED, POORLY MANAGED, ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE AND STRUCTURE, LIVABILITY AND SAFETY NOT ONLY HURTS ENTERPRISE TENANTS WHO OFTEN BECOME TRAPPED IN THOSE SITUATIONS, BUT ALSO NEGATIVELY AFFECTS SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND HINDERS INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE AREA. THIS CREATES ANOTHER FORM OF DISPLACEMENT THAT NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT. NOT ONLY ARE WE FAILING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, WE ARE CREATING ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE CONVERSATION. THOSE WHO DARE TO SPEAK UP OR EXPRESS CONCERNS ARE SLAMMED BY A DECEITFUL NARRATIVE OF NIMBYISM THAT ATTEMPTS TO BELITTLE AND SILENCE THOSE WHO WANT TO PRESERVE THE SAFETY, INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY DISPARAGE AN ATTACK RATHER THAN SHOW ANY CONSIDERATION OR RESPECT FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED IN OUR POLICIES ARE BEING MISUSED AND TWISTED TO EXPLOIT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. IT IS BEING USED TO PROFIT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE AND
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ORGANIZATIONS WHO NETWORK CREATE REPORTS AND CHAMPION AND NEED BUT HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENTS. THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS NOR THE SUBSEQUENT QUALITY OF LIVING ISSUES FOR THE TENANTS. IT'S DISINGENUOUS AND SELF SERVING. IT LEAVES VULNERABLE PEOPLE HOPELESS AND REACHING OUT TO METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS PLEADING FOR HELP. THEY DON'T HAVE A PAID SPOKESPERSON. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A VERY PROFITABLE INDUSTRY. IT IS NOT BENEVOLENCE. WE ARE ADVANCING IN EQUITY IN THE MOST OFFENSIVE WAYS, AND THE PROFITEERS WILL WALK AWAY WITH FATTER BANK ACCOUNTS WHILE WE ARE LEFT PICKING UP THE PIECES. I AM NOT ANTI AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I AM ANTI EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. I AM ANTI PREDATORY NARRATIVE AND PREDATORY DEVELOPMENT. I AM ANTI MISUSE OF FEDERAL, STATE AND CITY FUNDS.IN CLOSING. I CALL UP ON METRO COUNCIL TO REQUIRE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO INVESTIGATE PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES, ITS LEADERSHIP BIASED POLICIES.
THE MAKEUP OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE MANIPULATION TO INFLUENCE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT MATTERS, BEING CARRIED OUT BY THOSE WITH A DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL INTEREST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR BRUNEL. DAVID HEAT. GOOD EVENING. IN THE METRO GOVERNMENT PLAN 2040 CHASE PRINCIPAL T STANDS FOR EQUITABLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATES.
LITTLE METRO IS A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES DIVERSITY RECOGNIZES. THAT RESOURCES OPPORTUNITIES OUTCOMES MUST BE SERVED BY ALL. NORMAL SIX TO ENGAGE. ALL CITIZENS IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND ADDRESS THE HISTORY OF INEQUITIES. AND THEIR ONGOING IMPACTS, PARTICULARLY AMONG COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. IF YOU BELIEVE THE MAYOR'S PUSH FOR 15,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IS TRULY ABOUT THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS BEING SERVED. I IMPLORE YOU TO SCRUTINIZE THE NARRATIVE. AND ASK QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW THE MONEY. THE UNRESTRAINED PUSH FOR APARTMENTS EVERYWHERE IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE PART OF A LARGER PLAN. TO ADVANCE GENTRIFICATION AND REESTABLISH PUBLIC HOUSING. METRO COUNCIL JUST PASSED AN ANTI DISPLACEMENT ORDINANCE.
AIMED AT PROTECTING RESIDENTS. FROM THIS HARMFUL AND DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE. BUT I MAY HAVE REFUSED TO SIGN. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THESE INTENTIONS. YOU ARE THE LINE WHERE THE PUBLIC TRUST IS EITHER NURTURED OR DESTROYED. MANY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS AS WELL AS TAX CREDITS, BONDS, GRANTS AND LOW INTEREST RATE LOANS. FEELING THOSE THEY CLAIM TO SERVE. THIS IS THE GREATEST DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT IS BEING TALENT AS QUALITY HOUSING AND IN THE REALITY UNDER STANDARD CONDITIONS. MANY VULNERABLE PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES STUCK IN WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. THIS ISN'T ABOUT BEING ANTI AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY IS BEING EXPLOITED.
REJECT THE LIES ANY ACCUSATIONS OF NIMBYISM. ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE PEOPLE WHO ASK QUESTIONS AND PUSHED BACK AGAINST POOR DEVELOPMENT PLANS. WE'RE BEING SOLD A DECEPTIVE BILL OF GOODS.
SUBSTANTIAL LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. ANY ADVERSE IMPACT, POORLY BUILT POORLY MANAGED DENSE DEVELOPMENTS MUST BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. WE HAVE A BROKEN PLAN. THE DESIGN PROCESS AND PLANNING COMMISSION THAT RUBBER STAMPS ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS. AND SATISFIES COMMUNITY VOICES. SOMETIMES THEY EVEN LOSE PUBLIC RECORDS, TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY AND PUBLIC TRUST CAN SIMPLY BE BUZZWORDS. THEY ARE USED WHEN THEY SUIT THE ENERGY NOW. THEY MUST BE FUNDAMENTAL OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND ALL THINGS. IN CLOSING A COUPLE MENTAL MENTAL COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE PLAYING AND DESIGN SERVICES ITS LEADERSHIP BY HIS POLICIES AND MAKE UP THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AS WELL AS BEHIND THE SCENES MANIPULATIONS, INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITY AND INFLUENCE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT MATTERS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THOSE WITH THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL. INTERESTING. THANK THANK YOU, MR . RAMIL TO PRINCE RAMA. LITA PRINCE. MAYBE I'M SORRY, MS PARK. YEAH. MY NAME IS RAY MILTON, YOUR PRINT. I BELIEVE THAT CAME ONE AREA FOR 40 COLLECTION YEARS . I'M NOT HERE JUST FOR MYSELF,
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BUT I'M HERE FOR MY NEIGHBORS WHO CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE BIAS PLANET AND DESIGN PASSIVE. POLICY THAT WE ENCOUNTER ENCOUNTER SHOCKING THEORIES OF THE EVENT. PEOPLE I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT SCENE IN THAT AREA OF TOWN. AL CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK ATTEMPT TO SILENCE US OVERPOWER VOICES, THE BOSSES OF THOSE WHO LIVE AND MAKE THE COMMUNITY AT HOME IS VERY CONFUSING. CONFUSING WEST TRADING AND THEN OPENING THE CANE. ONE AREA IS LOW INCOME, PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITY BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WE ARE BEING TARGETED FOR QUALITY, POOR , MANAGE AND POORLY MANAGED APARTMENT DEVELOPED WITH OUR NO CONFIRMED ABOUT INPUT. OR FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. FOR OTHER CITIES TALK WHICH ONE ARE AFFORDABLE, LIVING HAVING A LIVING DEVELOPMENT AND OUR AREAS SEEM TO BE FORCED AND LIMIT TO BUILDING APARTMENT MORE AND MORE APARTMENTS. I'M CALLING FOR JUSTICE. I'M CALLING FOR HELP AND DIVERSITY. I'M CALLING FOR EQUITY EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BETTERMENT THE ELOPEMENT EDMUND RESOURCES. MY COMMUNITY IS BEING EXPLOITED AND MUFFINS FOR PROFIT. MA CONCENTRATING POVERTY AND TARGETING OUR COMMUNITY GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THIS CITY CLAIMS TO STAND FOR. THE PLANET AND ADVANCE DO FINE DEPLOYMENT ALREADY MADE OUR TESTIMONY DISAPPEAR BY CLAIMING THEY LOVELY HAIR VIDEO. BUT WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY. THERE ARE LOTS OF PUBLIC RECORD THAT WE WORKED HARD TO EXTEND BLISS. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. I CALL UPON THE METRO COUNCIL TO INVEST AGAIN PLANNING THEIR DESIGN FERGUS, ITS LEADERSHIP, THE BIAS POLICY, THE MAKEUP OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE BEHIND THE SCENE, MY LIPID MANIPULATION. INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES TO INFLUENCE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT MATTER. BEING CARRIED OUT BY THOSE WITH A DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL INTEREST. PUBLIC INTEGRITY AND PUBLIC TRUTH SHOULD BE THE STANDARD AT ALL TIMES. IN ALL THINGS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MICHAEL GOGUEN, OKAY? MICHAEL. GO, HAGEN. WE OFTEN GET IT WRONG. IN OCTOBER PRESS CONFERENCE, MAYOR GREENBERG SAID, FOR ALL OF US AS PUBLIC SERVANTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE AND UPHOLD COMMUNITIES TRUST IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND OURSELVES. I AGREE WITH THIS PRINCIPLE. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONSISTENT APPLICATION. WE ELECT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS THEY REPRESENT. WITHIN THIS MANDATE, BOTH METRO COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR OBLIGATED TO UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PROCESS AND THE NURTURE PUBLIC TRUST. WHEN THINGS HAPPEN THAT JEOPARDIZE THAT TRUST. SWIFT ACTION MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OR ESTABLISHED AS FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONAL CORNERSTONES. I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT NOT A SINGLE PLANNING COMMISSIONER LIVES INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF TO 64 AND I 65 AND THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, THE RECENTLY TOOK A SEAT ON THE BOARD ACTUALLY LIVES IN INDIANA.IS THAT APPROPRIATE? FURTHER CONCERNING IS THE DIS APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTEREST AND DEVELOPMENT OR REAL ESTATE. WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THIS MAKEUP AND A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS BYPASSING MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED. THE PLAYING FIELD CANNOT POSSIBLY BE EQUITABLE.
IT'S CONFOUNDING TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE BROKEN PLANNING PROCESS UP CLOSE WHEN OUR MAYOR GOES ON TV AND TALKS ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS. WE HAVE COME TO
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BELIEVE THESE PROCESSES ARE PARTISAN AND FULLY DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE DEVELOPERS. TO SHOW FAVORITISM TO CERTAIN DEVELOPERS OR PROJECTS IS DISCRIMINATORY. TO WORK AGAINST NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THEIR ATTEMPT TO SILENCE THEIR VOICE IS JUST WRONG. IN CLOSING. I CALL UPON THE METRO COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES, THE LEADERSHIP MAKEUP OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BIAS POLICIES USING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A FAST TRACK PASS, AS WELL AS THE BEHIND THE SCENES MANIPULATION AND INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITY TO INFLUENCE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT MATTERS CARRIED OUT BY THOSE WITH A DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL INTEREST. AS MAYOR, GREENBERG SAID THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE AND UPHOLD THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST IN OUR GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GRUBER. BACK, BAIN.HOW Y'ALL DOING THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT. UM I'M PROJECT MANAGER HAVE COMPLETED OVER $100 MILLION CONSTRUCTION AND REMEDIATION PROJECTS LIVIN SCHNITZEL BIRD WITH MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN THOROUGHLY ENJOY LIVING HERE. QUESTION TODAY IS SHOULD LOUISVILLE SUBSIDIZED THE ONE PART DEVELOPMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF LEXINGTON AND GRINSTEAD FOR 114 MILLION? NO.
PERSON MIGHT BE THE BEST REAL ESTATE IN KENTUCKY. IT OVERLOOKS CHEROKEE PARK, ONE OF THE BEST URBAN PARKS IN THE COUNTRY. WHOLE NATIONAL CABLE CEMETERY AND NATIONAL HISTORIC PLACES BEHIND IT. AND THERE IS DIRECT ACCESS TO A PAID NATURE PATH ALONG BEAR GRASS CREEK. IT DOESN'T NEED ANY INCENTIVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND IT'S NOT A BLIGHTED URBAN AREA. THE PARCEL CURRENTLY HAS A HIGH END STEAK RESTAURANT. A NICE COFFEE SHOP RESTAURANT SERVING ELK AND KANGAROO BURGERS. CHINESE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN INSTITUTION IN THIS CITY FOR 20, PLUS YEARS OF DRY CLEANER, A PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM IN A LUXURY FITNESS STUDIO. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE URBAN BLIGHT TO ANYBODY? TRAVEL IN EITHER DIRECTION ON GRINSTEAD AND LEXINGTON AND EASTERN LEXINGTON. YOU SEE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THAT'S NOT AN AREA THAT NEEDS OUR TAX DOLLARS TO CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE ECONOMIC. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IN THIS PLAN MAKES MANY ASSUMPTIONS. IT ASSUMES THAT OFFICE PLACE OFFICE SPACE WILL HAVE A 5% VACANCY RATE. CURRENT VACANCY RATE IN LOUISVILLE IS 25. THE BUILDING.
THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN CALLS FOR 165 MILLION IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. 154 MILLION OF THAT SOME DEDICATED PARKING GARAGES. PARDON GARAGES COST ABOUT $30,000 TO SPACE. SO YOU WOULD EXPECT 5100 PARKING SPACES PLAN INDICATES 2300 PARKING PLACES. WHY THE HUGE DISCREPANCY? ROSY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND INFLATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE RED FLAGS IN MY BUSINESS. WHAT ELSE DOES THIS PLAN PROVIDE FOR OUR TAX DOLLARS? 50 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS? WELL, 49, MAYBE LESS. THE MAYOR HAS A GOAL OF CREATING 15,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, LIKE EVERYBODY SAID KEVIN COGAN RECEIVED $80 MILLION FROM LOUISVILLE IN 2022 INCLUDE 34 AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOU JUST UNIT IN HIS EAST MAIN PROJECT. THIS IS APPROVED. ONE DEVELOPER WILL BE A SUBSIDIZED FOR NEARLY $200 MILLION IN JUST THREE YEARS FOR 83 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
THAT'S 2.5 MILLION AND AFFORDABLE UNIT AND THAT AIN'T AFFORDABLE. UM, CENTER, THE OMNI HOTEL, THE WESTIN TRACK COMPLEX AND THE SHELBY STREET DEVELOPMENT AREA TIP PROJECTS THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THAT PROVIDED MEANINGFUL AND NEEDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE, UM THE OMNI HAVE BEEN CATALYST, REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN. TRACK COMPLEX IN THE WEST END PROVIDE THE CHRONICALLY UNDERVALUED COMMUNITY WITH GREATLY NEEDED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. SHELBY STREET DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A REQUIREMENT RESIDENTS WITHIN THE AREA WHICH SHOULD BE A MODEL FOR ALL FUTURE TIFFS. THE METRO COUNCIL MUST UTILIZE OUR PRECIOUS FUTURE TAX DOLLARS DEVELOPED AREAS AND CITIZENS IN THE CITY WITH THE GREATEST NEED INCENTIVIZING SUCCESS.
INCENTIVE. I INSTEAD OF. INSTEAD OF FOR SUCCESS ARE NOT NEEDED AT ONE PART, THIS PLAN IS NOT IN BED. LOUISVILLE'S BEST INTEREST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ATTICA. SCOTT OKAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM ATTICA. SCOTT A PROUD PARKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT AND MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE PARKLAND LIBRARY. AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR FRIENDS TO THANK THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADD $10 MILLION TO THE ENTIRE LIBRARY SYSTEMS. EXISTING AARP FUNDS. HOPEFULLY THE FULL COUNCIL WILL APPROVE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE TRULY DONE THE WORK OF RECLAIMING THE PARKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD. AS YOU
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KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN HOPKINS WHERE I'VE LIVED FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS AND WHERE I RAISED MY TWO KIDS.AND WHILE THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXPERIENCED DECADES OF NEGLECT AFTER THE 1968 UPRISINGS MANY OF US HAVE COMMITTED TO AND INVESTED IN TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE, INCLUDING ADVOCATING FOR THE REOPENING OF THE HISTORIC CARNEGIE LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD THE PARKLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN ABOUT A DECADE AGO WITH MORE THAN 125 VOLUNTEERS THAT WE RECRUITED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH THE GARDEN AND THE LIBRARY REFLECT REFLECT THE DREAMS OF LONG TIME RESIDENTS. MY NEIGHBORS DESERVE FRESH FRUITS, HERBS AND VEGETABLES AND THEY DESERVE IT. EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIONAL AND RESOURCE HUB. WE SUPPORTED THIS ENTREPRENEUR HOODS TO HELP BRING VIBRANT MURALS TO THE PARKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD, STARTING AT 32ND IN GREENWOOD. WE REFUSE TO ALLOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE DEFINED BY PAIN WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH JOY TO CELEBRATE. WHICH IS WHY WE WORKED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD THE WHEN I GRADUATE WALL. OUR KIDS DESERVE TO HAVE REMINDERS AS THEY WALK TO SCHOOL OR STAND AT THE BUS STOP THAT HOPES AND DREAMS CAN AND DO COME TRUE. WE HAVE SO MUCH GOOD NEWS TO CELEBRATE IN OUR HOOD. IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR. 2022 WE BROKE GROUND ON THE PARKLAND LIBRARY LAST MONTH, OUR FRIENDS OF THE PARKLAND LIBRARY HOSTED A PUBLIC MEETING AT MOFFETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. AS WELL AS THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE MORE RECENT UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE PARKLAND LIBRARY. CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN BUSY AT PARKLAND POURING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ADDITION TO THE HISTORIC BUILDING AND DOING INTERIOR WATERPROOFING WORK. THE LIBRARIES CONTENT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY ORDERED MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR PARKLANDS COLLECTION. THAT'S MORE THAN 11,000 ITEMS. WHEN THE LIBRARY OPENS, MY PARKLAND, NEIGHBORS AND OTHER FOLKS WILL VISIT AND IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. IT WILL BE A FOCAL POINT FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WHEN PEOPLE WHO USED TO GO TO THE HISTORIC PARKLAND LIBRARY SPEAK TO ME AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. THEY TALK ABOUT GROWING UP AND WALKING TO THE BUILDING AFTER SCHOOL. IT'S TIME FOR OUR KIDS IN THE PARKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING. AGAIN. THANK YOU TO THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FOR VOTING TO INVEST IN KIDS GETTING HELP WITH THE T AND S A T. YOU KNOW WHAT THREE MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH. MY POINT IS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT. THANK YOU, SARAH. BET MR PRESIDENT THAT INCLUDES THE ADDRESSES
[6. ID 23-0426 Regular: Metro Council – November 30, 2023]
ACCOUNT. NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER.30TH 2023. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS HEARING ? NONE MAY HAVE EMOTION. SECOND MOTION, SECOND BY COUNCIL IN TIME, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES, HAVE IT? HIS MINISTER, APPROVED AS WRITTEN
[Committee Minutes]
NEXT. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MINUTES, ALL IN 2023 REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NOVEMBER 30TH REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 5TH REGULAR LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 5TH. REGULAR EQUITY COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. DECEMBER 6TH REGULAR GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 6TH REGULAR PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 7TH REGULAR BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 7TH REGULAR COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES, DECEMBER 12TH. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS HEARING? NONE MAY HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND APPROVAL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAT CHANCE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES HAVE IT THESE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS[Communications to the Council]
WRITTEN. MADAM CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL? YES SIR. WE DO. PLEASE READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD. YOUR PRESIDENT WINKLER. I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE BRIGHT SIDE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ADAM CAPERTON. NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 15TH 2026 CHERYL DAY A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 15TH 2026. THIS IS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD ONLY METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL. DISAPPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR. THE PRESIDENT WINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION BOARD ORDINANCE, I AM REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING JUDGE TANISHA HICKERSON, A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JANUARY 1ST 2026, PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM REAPPOINTING JUDGE TANISHA HICKERSON AS CHAIR AND THIS REAPPOINTMENT IS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD ONLY METRO COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE JUDGES. REAPPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, CRAIG RENBERG MAYOR READ IN FULL THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS COMPRISES THE CONSENT CALENDAR.[Consent Calendar]
THAT CONSENT CALENDAR IS ITEMS 19 THROUGH 46. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? HEARING NONE. MADAM CLERK. A SECOND READING OF THESE ITEMS, PLEASE. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORCED FROM THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE. ADAM 19 , AN ORDINATE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM DISTRICT SIX NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THE GARDEN GATE ASSOCIATION INC FOR LIGHT SOUNDING AND STAGE COSTS FOR THE 2023 GARVIN GATE BLUES FESTIVAL 20 IN ORDER TO AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 79 SERIES 2023[01:45:01]
AND ORDINANCE 80 SERIES 2023 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS. RESPECTIVELY BY TRANSFERRING $50,000 FROM DISTRICT 20 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND TO THE DISTRICT , 20 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND , 21, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERKS 2024 BUDGET ITEM 22, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S 2024 BUDGET. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS AFFORDED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES ITEM 23 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH HR ALLIANCE FOR WORKPLACE INVESTIGATION SERVICES. NOT TO EXCEED $20,000. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS AWARDED FROM EQUITY COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND 24. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT A $144,500 AWARD FROM THE HUMANE FOUNDATION AS PART OF ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS. PROGRAM TO BE USED FOR A FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE FOR UNDERSERVED. NEIGHBORHOOD ADMINISTERED BY THE GLOBAL METRO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS DEPORTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE ADAM 25 AND REAPPOINTMENT OF CARL BLAZE LEE TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. 109 BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 22ND 2025 26 THE APPOINTMENT OF DR JOHN MILLER TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 1220 2727, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID ALL GOOD TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TURN EXPIRES DECEMBER THE 12TH 2027 28 THE REAPPOINTMENT OF LOWER AMOUNTS TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 1220 27 REAPPOINTMENT OF DEA. URBAN BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 1220 27 OUT OF 30 REAPPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR DESTINY RIDGE TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 1220 2731 APPOINTMENT OF GARTH WILLIAMS TO THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES MARCH 23RD 2025. ITEM 32 REAPPOINTMENT OF MARYLAND, HARRIS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026 33 THE APPOINTMENT OF LEBRON VIA JENKINS TO THE METRO OF THE POLICE MAYOR, BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE THE 1ST 2027 AND 34 APPOINTMENT OF LATONYA MCNEIL TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2025. ADAM 35 THE REAPPOINTMENT OF HURT MASON TO THE EXTENSION BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026 36 THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CATHERINE CHIC TO THE EXTENSION BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026 AND 37 APPOINTMENT OF NEW SHELL BECK TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUST AUGUST 1520 25. I AM 38 REAPPOINTMENT OF KEITH RUNYON TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER THE 30TH 2025 ITEM 39 THE APPOINTMENT OF CHARITY GARNETT TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026 ITEM 40 APPOINTMENT OF TO ME, SHE SORT OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026 AND 41 APPOINTMENT OF ANITA HALL TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION. TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026 ITEM 42 APPOINTMENT OF SIBANDA DAVIS STONER TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND ADVOCACY BOARD TERM EXPIRES. SEPTEMBER. THE 30TH 2025 43 APPOINTMENT OF WAYMAN EDDINGS TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD TERM EXPIRES. SEPT 30 2025 44 APPOINTMENT OF MAURICE SWEENEY TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT BOARD TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH 2025 . THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORMED FROM THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ITEM 445 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE METRO GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. ON PROPERTY OWNED BY WASTE MANAGEMENT OF KENTUCKY LLC , LOCATED AT 9005 BROWN AUSTIN ROAD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY. ITEM 46 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $400,000 FROM THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUILDING. TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE BTO THROUGH THE BUILDINGS. BUILDING UP GRANTS PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, RED AND FULL.THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. I BELIEVE YOU READ HOPELESS MADAM CLERK. I BELIEVE YOU READ ITEM 31, WHICH WE'RE PULLING OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. NO, SIR. THAT'S UM THAT ITEM IS ALREADY OFF THE CONSENT. CALENDAR IS NOW ITEM 57, BUT I BELIEVE YOU READ IT. UM. ITEM 31. I THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY READ. OKAY, ONE MOMENT. IS IT? GARTH WILLIAMS, THOSE NO SO THAT. YOU'RE ABSTAINING FROM THAT ONE? NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM I CAN I CAN I CAN REMOVE IT. I THINK IT'S BREATHE IT ONTO ALL BUSINESS IF YOU WANT TO CORRECT ME. RECORD THANK YOU. OKAY SO COLLEAGUES ITEM 31 IS BEING MOVED TO OLD BUSINESS NOW FOR AN ABSTENTION. OKAY. GOT YOU. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS TWO OTHER ITEMS REAL QUICK BECAUSE SOME OF US HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 32. AND JUST POINT OUT THE CHAPTER 40 SECTION 40.45 OF OUR KOTA ORDINANCES TALKS ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD. DIRECTOR HARRIS FULFILLS
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REQUIREMENT NUMBER SEVEN. SHE'S ONE MEMBER. SHE HAS ONE VOTE. SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN OVERRIDDEN BEFORE BY THE BOARD, SO JUST KEEP IN MIND. THE PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS NOT REAL. SHE'S ALSO NOT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT APPROVE ZONING AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. MONEY GOES TO THE ORGANIZATION, NOT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT FOR FOLKS. THEY ALSO HAVE A PROCEDURE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM VOTES. IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONFLICT ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT ITEM NUMBER 45 FROM PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY WERE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THIS TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE TIME FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC TAKE SOME TIME TO CHECK OUT THAT COMMITTEE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST. THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARTHUR. COLLEAGUES. THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS NOW BEFORE US MAY HAVE EMOTION IN A SECOND MOST MY HUSBAND, P. ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOWLER, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING.COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. SHE'S BEHIND YOU, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER, ARTHUR. YES MEMBER BAKER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLER. COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24? YES VOTES. THANK YOU. THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES. UM SO, MADAM CLERK READING OF ITEM 31, WHICH WE JUST MOVED. IT'S NOT GONNA BE IN YOUR SYSTEM. OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO IT WILL. IT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. ON THE BOARD.
MAKE UP. READING APPOINTMENT OF GARTH WILLIAMS TO THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM
[31. RP120623MH REAPPOINTMENT OF MARILYN HARRIS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31, 2026) 12/6/23 Government Oversight/Audit & Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By May 2024]
EXPIRES MARCH 23RD 2025. COULD I GET A MOTION IN A 2ND 2ND? IT'S PROBABLY MOVED IN SECOND AND MOVED BY COUNCILMAN SYMES SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BAKER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN FOWLER? YES. THIS IS ON THE BUSINESS. SO THAT COUNCILMAN, UM ARTHUR CAN ABSTAIN. COUNCILOR ARTHUR THANK YOU. I'M ON THE BOARD FOR THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. SO I NEED EPSTEIN. THANK YOU. MIDDLE CLICK, ARE YOU I'M ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS EXCEPT OFFICIAL MEMBERS. WELL, I NEED TO ABSTAIN AS WELL. THANK YOU. UM ARE YOU ABLE TO OPEN THE VOTING ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. OKAY. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. MR PRESIDENT. ONE MOMENT. COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 22 YES VOTES AND TWO ABSTENTIONS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS OLD BUSINESS, MADAM CLERK. A READING[46. ID 23-0406 PENDING: LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL REMOVAL HEARING RULES AND PROCEDURES (AS AMENDED). 12/12/23 Committee on Committees Pending Sponsors: ]
OF ITEM 47. METRO COUNCIL REMOVAL, HEARING RULES AND PROCEDURES AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL GIVE ME AN EMOTION A 2ND 2ND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TIME SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN FOWLER? YES THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM THIS IS A RULE CHANGE. THAT JUST WILL, UM, A LINE. THE STATE'S RULES ARE RULES WITH THE STATE RULES, SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST THAT SIMPLE. YOU IT'S ON OLD BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE'S AN ABSTENTION COUNCIL MP ARGENTINA. YES, THANK YOU, AS I DID AT, UM RIGHT? COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES. YES I'M ABSTAINING BECAUSE THERE'S CURRENTLY THERE'S CHARGING COMMITTEE AGAINST ME. THESE RULES PERTAIN TO THAT CHARGING COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN, BUT JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ABSTAINING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A VOICE VOTE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ABSTENTION WILL CALL FOR A ROLL COVER AND QUITE PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE 23?[01:55:13]
YES, VOTES AND ONE ABSTENTION. THANK YOU. THE ITEM PASSES, MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM 48. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 182 SERIES 2022 RELATING TO THE SIXTH ROUND OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. AARP LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDING TO VARIOUS LOCAL METRO GOVERNMENT[47. O-250-23 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 182, SERIES 2022, RELATING TO THE SIXTH ROUND OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (“ARP”) LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDING TO VARIOUS LOUISVILLE 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 THE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE INNOVATION COALITION PROJECT (LAT-0096) TO VARIOUS LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENTS. 11/02/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval 11/09/23 Metro Council Recommitted 11/16/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Tabled 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Amended 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: April 2024 Sponsors: Jecorey Arthur (I-4), Robin Engel (R-22), Paula McCraney (D-7), Markus Winkler (D-17)]
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 THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE INNOVATION COALITION PROJECT. T DASH 0096 TO VARIOUS GLOBAL METRO DEPARTMENTS RIGHT IN FULL MOTION, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER. UM MADAM COUNSELING.BLACKWELL IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AND WHILE COUNSELING BLACKWELL BEGINS, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT RELINQUISHING THE CHAIR TO COUNCILOR MCRANEY. UM. YES SO THIS IS THE WHAT? YOU WOULD BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. THIS IS THE REALLOCATION OF THE ART FUNDS.
UM, IN OUR LAST YOU KNOW, LET'S COMMITTEE WE DID AS WE HAD THE LAST COMMITTEE THAT WE MET. WE KIND OF PULLED TOGETHER SEVERAL WEEKS WORTH OF WORK. UM WERE ORIGINALLY WERE HAD. SUGGESTIONS FOR HOW TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. WE LOOKED AT THOSE LISTENING TO THOSE, UH, LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED. LISTEN TO THOSE WHO WERE THE SUB AWARDEES FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS TO BE DONE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. UM AND AS A AS A AS A COUNSELOR, AT LEAST AS A COMMITTEE SUGGESTED THAT THOSE PHONES THAT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS NEEDED TO BE INCREASED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE HAD HOPED THAT THERE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. UM ALONG WITH THAT THAT THEN MEANT THAT WE HAD TO CHANGE WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD SUGGESTED FOR PARKS BOTH IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER AND THEN WE ASK, UH COUNCILOR CRAMER AND MYSELF HAD ASKED THAT EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE A LOOK AT THE FULL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE . WE STUCK WITH THE THIRD MAINTENANCE, PAUL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, BUT LOOK AT THE FULL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PRIORITIES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD SENT TO YOU WOULD ALSO BE THE THOSE THAT YOU WOULD AGREE WITH. WITH YOU BEING THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO YOUR TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO THAT THE NUMBER IS ACTUALLY SMALLER. AS COUNCILMAN, HUDSON SAID. AS SHE YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH PIE AND IF YOU MOVE ONE SECTION OF PIE GETS A LITTLE LARGER THAN THE OTHER ONE GETS SMALLER, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PARKS. SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US ARE THOSE CHANGES THAT WE MADE. WHICH ESSENTIALLY LEAVES THE $1 MILLION FOR CEO. SEE THAT ALLOWS THE FINISH UP THOSE THINGS THAT THEY HAD ALREADY DONE FOR THEM TO GET PAID FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAD ALREADY DONE. UM THE CIVIL WARRANTIES, THE FOUR CIVIL WAR DISEASE. 12345 CIVIL WAR. THESE HAD INCREASED FROM WHAT THE ORIGINAL SUGGESTION WAS TO ATTUNE WENT FROM $15.7 MILLION TO ABOUT 19.9 BROUGHT THE PARKS. UM. TO 9.8 MILLION, AND IN YOUR FEW LOOK UNDER THE IF YOU LOOK INTO THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, THERE ARE A LOT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THERE. NOUS, MY FRIEND , COUNSELOR. NO ONE POINTED OUT THAT OUR COMMITTEE MEETING YOU KNOW WE'RE THROUGH A LOT AT YOU IN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT IF YOU DO LOOK AT THE DECEMBER 2023 FINAL THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS. THE ONE IS THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENT FOR THE ACTUAL CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO THE PARKS. AND THEN LAST WE HAVE AS SOME MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND FOR LIBRARIES AS WELL. AND WE DID NOT CHANGE THAT FROM THE, UM THE MONIES THAT WERE PUT IN FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TONIGHT. I HOPE SEEKING A YES VOTE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT RETURN. SO MANY COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. THANK YOU PROUDLY SPONSORING THIS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE URBAN LEAGUE METRO UNITED WAY ELDER SERVING ALL THE PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS FUNDING. I KNOW THIS WILL BE MONEY WELL SPENT, AND ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE PARTNERS JUST FOR HELPING PEOPLE WORK FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO HELP PEOPLE WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. ALSO HUGE SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO HAS FOUGHT OVER THE YEARS FOR THE PARKLAND LIBRARY. I SEE JUDY LIPMAN OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, OF COURSE, DR ATTICA SCOTT JESSICA GREEN COUNCILMAN TAMMY HAWKINS AND MY MAMA LASHONDA. ARTHUR I
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GREW UP IN PARKLAND. I GREW UP IN PARKLAND AND I HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE LIBRARY THAT USED TO BE AND I'M PROUD OF SOME OF THIS FUNDING WILL MAKE IT BE AGAIN. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MP ARGENTINA. THANK YOU, UH, FOR SOME REASON, THIS IS LIKE, ABSTENTION NIGHT FOR COUNSELING PIACENTINI, BUT I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS. MY EXTENSION IS WRITTEN ON THE RECORD. I THINK I SHARED IT WITH COUNCIL ALREADY. BUT JUST TO REITERATE I HAVE A BUSINESS RETIONSHIP WH ONE OF THE SUB AWARDEES. OF THE, UH I THINKHE OFFICIAL TITLE IS THE HEALTHCARE TH IS E LOUVIOVATIONOALITION HE C WIEMOM NO WEBER WILL BE ABSTAINING DUE TO MY EMPLOYMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF GLOBAL THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND CHAPEL. THANK YOU, UM. THIS WILL BE RECEIVING A NO VOTE FOR ME TONIGHT. I WASN'T ON METRO COUNCIL IN THE RP FINDING FUNDS WERE INITIALLY DECIDED IN DISPERSED, AND THIS GOES FOR AT LEAST 10, OTHER FOLKS THAT WE'RE SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL RIGHT NOW WELL. WHILE HE CAN'T BE HELD ACCNT FE T HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DECISIONS OF A BODY THAT WE ARE NOT A PART OF, NOR DO WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PROMISES THAT YOU ALL MADE.OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE CRUMBLING. OUR PARKS ARE OUTDATED AND DILAPIDATED. KIDS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO. PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING IN THE STREETS. THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS OVERCROWDED. I RECOGNIZE THAT ALL AS A CONSTITUENT AND I RECOGNIZE THAT ALL NOW AS A COUNCILWOMAN, WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS OF HOW THIS MONEY WAS BEING DISPERSED THE FIRST TIME IT WAS GIVEN OUT. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS GIVEN AWAY WHEN LOUISVILLE METRO NEEDS IT SO BADLY. I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ON A PLANE AND DURING THE SAFETY PRESENTATION, THEY ADVISE YOU TO PUT ON YOUR OXYGEN MASK BEFORE YOU CAN HELP ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE YOU'RE NO GOOD IF YOU CAN'T HELP ANYONE ELSE IF YOU'RE COMPROMISED, SO LOUISVILLE METRO, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RECOGNIZE THAT? YOU HAVE TO HELP YOURSELF BEFORE YOU CAN HELP ANYONE ELSE. HONESTLY I'M A LITTLE A GUEST AT HOW BRIEF CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN AROUND THIS SUBJECT. IN THE LAST BUDGET MEETING. I THINK THAT WE'VE SPENT ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT GALLIPOLI LOSE A HORSES AS WE DID ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY MISAPPROPRIATED. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT BE THINKING. WELL JENNIFER, WHY DIDN'T YOU VOICE YOUR CONCERNS SOONER? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR WEEKS. WELL, I HAVE IT'S A SHAME THAT IT'S FALLEN ON DEAF YEARS OR AT LEAST YEARS, UNWILLING TO LISTEN BUT ALSO I RECOGNIZE THAT PIVOTING IN COMING UP WITH A COMPLETELY NEW PLAN WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
IT'S HARDER THAN WRANGLING. THE FOUR KITTENS THAT I HAVE AT HOME. IT'S A MONUMENTAL TASK AND ESPECIALLY ONE ON SUCH A TIGHT BUTT TIGHT TIMELINE. BUT I REALLY HAVE TO SIT HERE AND EXPLAIN WHY I'M VOTING NOTE, EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT BE STANDING ON THIS ISLAND ALONE. I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS, UM UNPRECEDENTED BUDGET AMENDMENT AND GETTING IT TO WHERE IT IS NOW. ESPECIALLY TO BUDGET CHAIR BLACKBURN TO VICE CHAIR CRAMER, UH LATONYA HAWKINS AND BEST STERNBERG. AND THE SENTIMENTS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REFLECTION OF MY OPINION ON THE NONPROFITS WHO ARE INCLUDED AND HAVE APPLIED. I WISH THEM ALL WELL AND I HOPE THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT MY PREFERENCE STANDS WITH THE CONCRETE PUBLIC CAPITAL PROJECTS RATHER THAN LOOSE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ANGLE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. WELL, I WANT TO SAY THAT UM MANY OF US AROUND THIS BODY HAVE BEEN LISTENING AND DISCUSSING FOR YEARS. WHEN IT COMES BUDGET TIME. ABOUT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN OUR PARKS. AND IT. WE GET A LOT OF HAD A LOT OF TALK. WE GET A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE STANDING UP AND SPEAKING AND DOING THIS AND THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, MR PRESIDENT WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT. STANDING UP AND REALLY SUPPORTING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS JUST NOT A SEXY ISSUE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ARE DOING IT. WE ARE FINALLY FINALLY DOING IT AND CLOSING THE DEAL ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR 20 YEARS. GUYS OVER THERE. PROBABLY MAYBE NOT 15 BECAUSE WE JUST NEVER GOT AROUND TO FINALIZE EVENT. SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, STARTING WITH THE MAYOR OF BRINGING IT BRINGING STARTING WITH THE MAYOR. I WAS AT HIS PRESS PRESS CONFERENCE. UH, IT WAS A TOUGH PRINCE PRESS CONFERENCE. I MIGHT ADD, BUT I WAS THERE WHERE HE STOOD UP FOR THESE PROJECTS THAT WE JUST ARE DISCUSSING COURSE, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WAS ONE OF THE PARTS AND THEN THE LIBRARIES. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU I HAVE TO THANK THE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE FERN CREEK LIBRARY AND THOSE OF US AROUND THE LIBRARY SYSTEM ALL OVER METRO LOUISVILLE. OF COURSE, WE HEARD A GREAT SPEAKER TONIGHT ABOUT I'VE BEEN STANDING UP FOR
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THE FIRST CREEK LIBRARY SINCE I WAS ACCUSED FOR CLOSING THE DOORS OF THE FIRM CLICK LIBRARY, AND I'M NOT KIDDING YOU. I WAS ACCUSED FROM MY MOTHER IN LAW'S FRIEND. I CLOSED THE LIBRARY.OKAY SO I HAD I HAD IT IN FOR WINNING THIS ONE. OKAY SO I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AGAIN FOR THAT. YOU KNOW WE CAME. WE'RE COMING TOGETHER ON THIS THING I HOPE AND I FEEL FOR MY COLLEAGUE HERE. I UNDERSTAND. WE'RE NOT TOUCHING AND TAKING CARE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE CITY WE NEVER WE NEVER CAN IN ONE FALSE SWOOP. BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET COUNCILMAN ACTRESS IN STANDING UP LOUD AND BOLDLY BECAUSE OUR STREETS WERE FALLING APART. AND THAT A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS EVERY YEAR IN THE BUDGET CYCLE IS SIMPLY NOT GOING TO PAVE OUR ROADS. SO GUESS WHAT WE RELUCTANTLY LISTEN TO COUNCILMAN ACCURACY IN BUT IT WAS A VERY GOOD CAUSE, AND NOW WE'RE SPENDING SERIOUS MONEY ON PAVING , NOT RE COUNCILMAN, WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING DONE. SO, FOLKS, I LOOK FORWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WHEN I'M NOT HERE TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING DONE IN OUR PARKS CALLED DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD LIBRARIES AND I'M EXCITED. SO I ASKED I HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. GO, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. I AM GOING TO SAY THAT I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS. FIRST I STRUGGLE WITH JUST BECAUSE IT WAS BUNCHED OUT TOGETHER, AND I WILL ECHO OFF OF MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. UM IT WAS A STRUGGLE BECAUSE WE WAS COMING IN. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS VITAL. IT'S VIRAL IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT LOOK LIKE ME. LIBRARIES. ARE VITAL TO EDUCATION AND MORE THAN ANYTHING THE PARK'S NINTH. OF WHAT WEST OF NINTH STREET HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED FOR YEARS. SO I WOULD ASK THAT. EVERYONE THAT CAN SUPPORT THIS. BECAUSE THESE THREE THEMES. RESOLVES SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ALL DEAL WITH IN EVERY DISTRICT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT I WILL BE A YES VOTE FOR THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS COUNSELING READ. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM. I WANTED TO THANK SOMEONE THAT'S OUT IN THE AUDIENCE DUTY. LITTMAN FOR EDUCATING ME ON JENNY. UH LIBRARY. SHE HAS COME TO JUST ABOUT ALL OF MY TOWN HALL MEETINGS, MY COFFEES AND SHE LIVES IN MY DISTRICT. AND SHE'S TAUGHT ME WHAT ABOUT THE PARKLAND LIBRARY? UM, YEAH. AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN BRING THIS THING TO FRUITION. I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT HAD BEEN CLOSED AS LONG AS IT'S BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE MID EIGHTIES. I THINK THAT IT'S VITAL THAT WE GET THAT OPEN. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE TO THAT AREA. SO UM. I'M VERY HAPPY FOR THAT HAPPY THAT FOR A GREEK IS GETTING FUNDING AND, UM AS FAR AS THE FERMENTED SON PARKS GO. DELIGHTED THAT SOME OF THE PARKS ARE GOING TO GET A FACELIFT. MOST NOTABLY, HE IS KENNEDY, WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT. WHICH HAS A PAVILION THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BUILT BACK IN 1910. I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S HORRIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE. I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT AND OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REED COUNCILMAN OWEN. THANKS PRESIDENT. JUST A QUICK NOTE. UM MY MOTHER WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHO LEFT SCHOOL AT SHONEY'S SHINY HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT TO THE PARKING AND LIBRARY EVERY DAY, AND SHE PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND SO THAT WILL BE A PARTICULAR THING THAT I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO ON HER BEHALF THAT THAT LIBRARY BE REOPENED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARTHUR. I WAS GOING TO DEBATE MY FRIEND FROM DISTRICT 15, BUT I REMEMBER HER BIRTHDAY, SO I'M GONNA LEAVE HER ALONE.
AND REALLY JUST POINT OUT THAT IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEOS THE ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE OF US DEBATING THIS FUNDING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING LAST FALL. I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF THE HEALTHCARE CEO COUNSELING AND I THINK SAID ON RECORD, WE DON'T KNOW Y'ALL. YOU KNOW THERE'S A LACK OF TRUST FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. BUT I MADE IT VERY CLEAR WE TRUST AND WE TRUST THE URBAN LEAGUE THERE. RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE
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REDUCTION OF FUNDING FROM THEM. GOING TO THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE GOING TO PARKS AND STILL SUPPORTING THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU AND ANYONE ELSE IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE CEO COUNCIL, DON'T BECAUSE WE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE FUNDING THAT WAS GOING TO THEM AND WE SENT IT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND WITH THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ARTHUR COUNCILMAN BAKER. CUT THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR FOR WHAT? SHE SAID. I AGREE TOTALLY WITH IT. AND COUNCILMAN ENGEL. UM YOU KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS NOT A SEXY TOPIC, HOWEVER, FIXING THE BROKEN WINDOWS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TONIGHT. WITH THIS VOTE, IT STARTS TO BEGIN TO FIX THE BROKEN WINDOWS AND IN PARTICULAR IN MY DISTRICT AND IN DISTRICTS WEST OF NINTH STREET, THE WORK OF THE URBAN LEAGUE DOES AND AMP. IN THIS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT WE CAN WE GOT TO BEGIN TO FIX THE BROKEN WINDOWS AND BEGIN TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK THAT ARE IMPERATIVE IN PARTICULAR TO FAMILIES THAT JUST DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, UM YOU DON'T GET A COUNCILMAN BAKER. IF IT'S NOT FOR AGENCIES LIKE THAT. YOU DON'T GET A COUNCILMAN BAKER IF IT'S NOT FOR PEOPLE TAKING TIME.THAT ARE IN ROOMS JUST LIKE THIS THAT ARE FIXING THE BROKEN WINDOWS. PEOPLE BE WITH THEY SEE ? AND SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT THIS. THIS IS NOT A KNOCK TO ANYBODY. BUT WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE, AND I THINK THIS IS THE TYPE OF PARTISAN EFFORTS THAT WE CAN AGREE ON AND THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO AND SO THIS SHOULD BE A MODEL IN THIS MOMENT OF HOW WE WORK TOGETHER, GOING FORWARD, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HAVE A YES VOTE FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. YES I WOULD SAY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN LEAGUE'S THERE. DEFINITELY PILLARD IN OUR COMMUNITIES. JUDY LIPPMAN I WANT TO SAY SHOUT OUT TO YOU BEFORE WAY BEFORE I GOT ON METRO COUNCIL. JUDY LIPPMAN LIVES IN DISTRICT 16. BUT SHE HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR PARKLAND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS WALKING DOOR TO DOOR ADVOCATING FOR THIS PARKING LIBRARY THAT I DO WANT TO BRING TO EVERYONE WHO SITS ON METRO'S COUNCIL. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS LIBRARY EVEN AFTER THIS IS APPROVED BECAUSE I'M GONNA ALREADY CLEAN. IT WILL STILL BE SHORT FUNDING. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU GUYS PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE SHORT FUNDING. EVEN AFTER THIS. SO PLEASE ASK THAT EVERYONE SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BLACKWELL. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I WAS REMISS AND THANKING OUR STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO GETTING THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND MAKING ALL THE NUMBERS WORK AND GOING BACK AND FORTH. WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION, WHICH ALSO WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND HELPING US TO HAMMER OUT THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE BEFORE US, AND THEN ONE LAST THING IS, I GOTTA MESSAGE FROM COUNSELING YOUR MOTHER IN LAW'S FRIEND WHO WOULD LIKE US TO STRIKE THEM? THE MONEY FOR THE FOREIGN CREEK LIBRARY BECAUSE SHE LIKES BLAMING YOU FOR CLOSING THE LIBRARY. I TOLD HER I TOLD HER I DIDN'T THINK WE COULD DO THAT. WELL. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'M SORRY. SORRY, COUNSELOR. YES. CANCEL IN PAIRS. RIGHT, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT, I PROMISE. I PRESSED IT AND IT SAID I WAS IN LINE. I WAS LIKE, HAS SHE COME BACK? ALL RIGHT. UM I JUST I WANTED TO SAY AS THE NEWEST COUNCIL PERSON WHO'S ACTUALLY HAD TO NAVIGATE WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE THESE ARE SUPPORTED AS SOMEBODY WHO ON HER WAY HOME DRIVERS BY DEPARTMENT LIBRARY. WHO LIVED BLOCKS FROM THE PARKING LOT PARKING LIBRARY.
I KNOW AS SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T GET TO MEET ANY OF HER GRANDPARENTS. WHEN YOU LOSE THE ELDER YOU LOSE A LIBRARY. WHEN YOU LOSE A LIBRARY, YOU LOSE A CONNECTION AND EDUCATION IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER. I WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES. UM AND BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL WAS COMING FROM, BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS WHEN I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING PARKS IS WHERE A LOT OF MONEY GOT LOST OVER THE YEARS, AND WE HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH THAT, AND IT'S BEEN SERIOUSLY UNDERFUNDED. SO BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS, THIS PAGE THAT WE'RE TURNING IS THAT WE GET TO WATCH THE DEVELOPMENTS. WE GET TO CHECK IN ON THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, AND WE GET TO SEE WHERE THAT MONEY GOES NEXT AS SOMEONE WHO GOT HER FIRST JOB WHEN SHE MOVED HERE THROUGH THE URBAN LEAGUE. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE PROGRAMMING WORKS. I'VE SEEN IT WORK I PARTICIPATED IN AND HELPED CONNECT OTHER PEOPLE TO IT. SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCILWOMAN TO STAY VIGILANT ON WATCHING TO MAKE SURE WE SEE HOW THIS PLAY OUT AND I WANT TO SUPPORT COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND SAYING THAT THAT COMMUNITY WHEN
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WE DIDN'T HAVE A LIBRARY, AND I HAVE A CONNECTION TO JUDY LIPPMAN TO, UM, I THOUGHT TO GET A LITTLE LIBRARY IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE ON HIM, LOCK AND SOUTHERN WHERE THEY WERE JUST DISPOSED NEEDLES AND WE CLEANED UP. PUT A LITTLE LIBRARY THERE, AND IT WAS TREATED AS A TRADING POST. IT WAS RESPECTED PEOPLE PUT BOOKS AND ITEMS TO GIVE AWAY, SO I KNOW THAT IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL USE IT AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS AND WE SUPPORT THESE OPTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES NEED TO SEE THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THEM, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE PARKS BROUGHT UP TO PAR AS ANY OTHER PARK. IN THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR IN PARIS RIGHT NOW. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 21? YES VOTES, ONE ABSTENTION. NO ONE NO VOTE AND TWO ABSTENTIONS. THANK YOU. THE ITEM PASSES. MADAM CLERK OR READING ABOUT, UM[48. O-274-23 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 143, SERIES 2022, PERTAINING TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (“ARP”) RECONCILIATION ACCOUNT AND AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING YEAR-END OPERATING BUDGET TRANSFERS BETWEEN VARIOUS AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 AND TO PROVIDE VARIOUS TRANSFERS AS DETAILED HEREIN. 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Amended 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Rick Blackwell (D-12) ]
49. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 143 SERIES 2022 PERTAINING TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. AARP RECONCILE FACILITATION ACCOUNT AND AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING YEAR IN OPERATING BUDGET TRANSFERS BETWEEN VARIOUS AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 TO BE PROVIDED TO PROVIDE VARIOUS TRANSFER AS DETAILED HERE IN. ARGENTINA'S SECOND BACK, COUNCILMAN ANGLE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNSELING BLACKWELL? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND THAT WE DID THE WORK ON THIS ONE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO IF YOU RECALL IN THE SUMMER WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE BUDGET, AND WE ARE, WE'RE PUTTING OUR PIECES TOGETHER AND WE GOT DOWN TO LAST PIECES, AND WE HAD LOTS OF PROJECTS THAT WE STILL HAD. AND NO MORE MONEY. SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO AT THAT POINT WAS REALIZING THAT WE WOULD HAVE AND ADJUSTMENT COMING AND PERHAPS SOME OTHER WAYS THAT MONEY WOULD BE COMING IN. WE SET ASIDE SOME PROJECTS AND PUT THOSE IN KIND OF THE QUEUE FOR FIRST IN LINE FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS, SO WHEN THIS MONEY CAME UP THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT WAS NOT ON THAT LIST. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON THE LIST. THAT WAS WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN JUNE OR IN JULY. IN JUNE. EXCUSE ME, UM, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT AS SOME MONEY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD ASKED FOR HAD REQUESTED TO KEEP US IN PLACE SO THAT WE COULD BECAUSE THEY'RE NEGOTIATING SOME CONTRACTS. AND SO THERE'S A, UH, A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS AND 2.5. I THINK IT IS $2.5 MILLION. THAT IS.RESERVED FOR THOSE CONTRACTS, AND ORIGINALLY WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT. EXCEPT THAT WE REALIZED THAT THOSE CONTRACTS ARE GO BACK AND THEY WOULD START FROM THE BEGINNING SO THEY WOULD BE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. NOT THE NEXT YEAR. BUDGET PROBLEMS PROBLEMS, SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE FROM ANYTHING THAT WE DID BACK ENGINE ENGINE. MARIE, UM COMPLETED THE BUDGET. SO SEEKING YES VOTES. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. THIS IS AN ITEM REQUIRING A ROLL CALL.
VOTE QUICK, PLEASE OPEN THE VERDICT. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. PERFECT.
COUNSELING. BENSON, ARE YOU ABLE TO GO? ARE YOU ABLE TO? MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24? YES, VOTES. THANK YOU. THE ITEM PASSES AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO THANK COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL AND COUNCILMAN CRAMER, BETH DENBERG AND LATONYA BELL FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK AND ALL THE FOLKS OVER IN THE ADMINISTRATION ON BOTH OF THESE ORDINANCES. THANK
[49. NDF111623LIBA04 FOR RECONSIDERATION: APPROPRIATING $750 $1,750 FROM DISTRICT 4 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 3; AND $750 FROM DISTRICT 4, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO THE LOUISVILLE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE, INC FOR THE WEST LOUISVILLE BUY LOCAL BLOCK PARTY (AS AMENDED). 11/16/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval 11/30/23 Metro Council Amended; Approved Sponsors: Jecorey Arthur (I-4), Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3)]
YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM ITEM 50 N D F 11623 LIBRA 04 IS REQUESTED TO BE RECONSIDERED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.1 TO HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO RECONSIDER MOTION BY COUNCILOR ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE OURS HAVE IT? MADAM CLERK READING ABOUT HIM, 50. APPROPRIATING $1750 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. $1000 FROM DISTRICT THREE AND $750 FROM DISTRICT FOUR THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO THE LOBO INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC FOR THE WEST LEVEL BY LOCAL BLOCK PARTY AS AMENDED RED AND FULL MOTION IN A SECOND. MOTIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'M SECOND BY COUNCIL MP ARGENTINA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNSELING BLACKWELL? SO. LET'S SEE. SO THIS IS COMING BACK. UH, THREE. SO OH, RIGHT, RIGHT. IT WAS A MOTION. I'M SORRY. THANK[02:20:04]
YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, SO THIS WAS AN OLD BUSINESS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BE AMENDED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THE TOTAL MATTERS 4500 CURRENT AMOUNT FOR THE TOTAL REQUEST WAS 4500, AND THE CURRENT AMOUNT IS 1750. BUT IT WAS ADDED. IN ORDER FOR, UM THE OUR OUR NEWEST MEMBER TO ADD FROM DISTRICT THREE. OKAY COUNSELOR. MARINA WEBBER. I'D LIKE TO ADD $1000. ANYONE ELSE? UM I BELIEVE THAT MAKES THE NEW TOTAL 2750 MAKING A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT. MOTION COUNCILOR ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED ORDINANCE OF THE AMENDMENTS AI GUYS, HAVE IT THE AMENDED ORDINANCES BEFORE US NOW. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THIS IS A NDF ALLOWING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES HAVE IT? THE NDF HAS ADOPTED MADAM CLERK OUR READING OF ITEM 51. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $60,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. $12,000 EACH FROM DISTRICT 9, 1315 AND 17 AND $6000, EACH FROM DISTRICT EIGHT AND 16 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TOO BRIGHT SIDE FENDER SHE'D EAT FOR THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF GALLIPOLI. USE A HORSE STATUES IN DISTRICT 89, 1315, 16 AND 17 AS ADMITTED[50. O-263-23 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $42,000 $60,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $12,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 9, 13, 15, AND 17; AND $6,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 8 AND 16; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO BRIGHTSIDE FOUNDATION, INC. FOR THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF GALLOPALOOZA HORSE STATUES IN DISTRICTS 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, AND 17 (AS AMENDED). 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Amended 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13), Ben Reno-Weber (D-8), Jennifer Chappell (D-15), Markus Winkler (D-17), Andrew Owen (D-9), Scott Reed (R-16)]
RIGHT IN FULL. MAKING A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WEBER SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN PERISH, RIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNSELOR? BLACKROCK MR. PRESIDENT YES, THIS IS JUST IN OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT WAS AMENDED TO AND OTHER SPONSORS. THANK YOU. THE REQUESTED AMOUNT 60,000, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT. COLLEAGUES ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY? YOU GET SOME. THANK YOU. NO. ONE IN Q OKAY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLE COVERED THEM.VOTING COUNCIL MEMBER SHANKLIN. YES.
MR PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 24? YES. VOTES THANK YOU. THE ITEM IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK. A READING OF ITEM 52, PLEASE. IN ORDER TO APPROPRIATING $60,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $35,000 FROM DISTRICT 23 $20,000 FROM DISTRICT 24 $5000 FROM DISTRICT 13 TO METRO PARKS FOR COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2024 FRIDAY FAST AT HIGH VIEW PARK CONCERT
[51. O-266-23 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $30,000 $60,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $30,000 $35,000 FROM DISTRICT 23; $20,000 FROM DISTRICT 24; AND $5,000 FROM DISTRICT 13; TO METRO PARKS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2024 FRIDAYFEST AT HIGHVIEW PARK CONCERT SERIES (AS AMENDED). 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Amended 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Jeff Hudson (R-23), Madonna Flood (D-24), Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13)]
SERIES AS AMENDED RED IN FALL. EXACTLY COUNSELOR. ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PARISH, RIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS WAS AMENDED IN COMMITTEE TO ADD SPONSORS. SO REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $60,000 AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 60 $30,000, SO THERE'S NO ROOM FOR AMENDMENT HERE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE? NO. ONE IN Q. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE 24? YES. VOTES THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCES ADOPTED MADAM CLERK OR READING ABOUT, UM 53. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $7500 FROM[52. O-267-23 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,000 $7,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $5,000 FROM DISTRICT 13; $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 12; AND $500 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 1, 9, AND 14; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO CELEBRATE RECOVERY FAIRDALE CORP. FOR THE COST OF MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, AND PROGRAM EXPENSES FOR CELEBRATE RECOVERY (AS AMENDED). 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Amended 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13), Rick Blackwell (D-12), Tammy Hawkins (D-1), Andrew Owen (D-9), Cindi Fowler (D-14)]
NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $5000 FROM DISTRICT 13 $1000 FROM DISTRICT 12 AND $500, EACH FROM DISTRICTS 19 AND 14 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO CELEBRATE RECOVERY FAILED OUT FAIR DARYL OH, MY GOODNESS CORPORATION FOR THE COST OF MEALS, TRANSPORTATION AND PROGRAM. EXPENSES FOR CELEBRATE RECOVERY AS AMENDED RED AND FULL REMEMBER MOTION THE SECOND, PLEASE MOTION, RIGHT SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ARTHUR'S ANY DISCUSSION, COUNSELOR. BLACKWELL THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS WAS YEAH. AND IT'S ON A BUSINESS BECAUSE IT WAS AMENDED AND COMMITTED AS ADDITIONAL SPONSORS . THE REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $10,000 AT CURRENT AMOUNT OF $7500. COUNCILMAN SAM IS PRIMARY SPONSOR. COUNSELING TIME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. CELEBRATE RECOVERY FAIRDALE 12 STEPS SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM THAT HELPS PEOPLE FIND HOPE, SOBRIETY AND FREEDOM FROM ADDICTION. EVERY FRIDAY. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY HOLD MEETINGS AT FAIRDALE CHRISTIAN CHURCH THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND. WHILE THEY ARE A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION.ANYONE MAY ATTEND OR VOLUNTEER FOR THE PROGRAM WITHOUT THE EXPECTATION OF BELONGING TO A
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CERTAIN CHURCH OR PRACTICING A CERTAIN RELIGION. EACH WEEK, THEY RENT A BUS TO PICK UP ATTENDEES FROM THE HEALING PLACE AND SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS. THEY AVERAGED 170 PEOPLE EACH 65% ARE MALE AND 35% OF FEMALE AND THE RAGE, RAGE AND AGE FROM 20 YEARS TO 60 YEARS OLD. MOST OF THEIR ATTENDEES ABOUT 85% ARE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME. THEY BEGIN WITH THE MEAL, FOLLOWED BY A MEETING IN A SMALL GROUP WORK. THEY'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THE WEEKLY MEAL PAID FOR THE BUS. THEY READ FOR TRANSPORTATION AND OFFSET THE COST OF PROGRAM MATERIALS SUCH AS SOBRIETY COINS , URGED THE COUNCIL TO PASS THIS PLACE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR TIME. COUNCILOR MULVIHILL DISTRICT 10 WILL CONTRIBUTE $500. 500 FROM, UH DISTRICT 10.COUNCILOR BENSON JUST $20,000. THANK YOU. 1000 FROM DISTRICT 20 COUNCILMAN MACHON. 500, PLEASE.
OKAY. COUNCILMAN. SORRY. COUNCILMAN ARENA. WEBER 500 FROM THIS GREAT COUNCILMAN ANGLE.
THAT'S IT. MR PRESIDENT, PLEASE. THAT HITS ARE. 251 CAN DO IT. WE DON'T LOOK AT THEM. THEY'RE 2500 MADAM CLERK. WE HAD 7500. ASK IS 10 GRAND? NO IT'S 10,000. WE STARTED WITH 757,500. WE'RE AT 10,000 RIGHT NOW. TOTALLY SUPPORT. OKAY, COUNSELOR. ANGLE WE ARE COVERED.
SO. MAKE IT A SO THE AMENDMENT IS FOR $10,000 WITH THOSE SPONSORS. MAKING EMOTION IN A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OWEN SECOND COUNSELOR BACK CHANNEL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES HAVE IT THE AMENDED ORDINANCES BEFORE US NOW IT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN . COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES, THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MR PRESIDENT . YOU HAVE 24. YES, VOTES AND PASSES MADAM CLERK READING ABOUT HIM, 54. GET BACK. IN ORDER TO APPROPRIATING $7500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $5000 FROM DISTRICT 1 $1000 FROM
[53. O-272-23 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,000 $7,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $5,000 FROM DISTRICT 1; $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 8; AND $500 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 9, 12, AND 14; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO SOUTHWEST FAMILY MINISTRIES, INC. FOR A PART-TIME MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, AND ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE EXODUS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER (AS AMENDED). 12/07/2023 Budget and Appropriations Committee Amended 12/07/2023 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Tammy Hawkins (D-1), Ben Reno-Weber (D-8), Andrew Owen (D-9), Rick Blackwell (D-12), Cindi Fowler (D-14)]
DISTRICT 8 $500 EACH FROM DISTRICT 1214. 912 AND 14 THROUGH THE OFFICE AMENDMENT BUDGET TO SOUTHWEST FAMILY MINISTRIES INC FOR PART TIME MANAGER TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE EXODUS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL THANK YOU.MADAM MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILOR FOWLER, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SAN THE ITEM IS PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED, COUNSELOR BLACKBALL. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. SO THIS IS AN OLD BUSINESS AS ALL THE OTHERS WERE BECAUSE IT WAS AMENDED THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OF 15,000 THE CURRENT AMOUNT OF $7500, SO THERE'S ROOM FOR ADDITIONS. COUNCILWOMAN HARKINS PRIMARY SPONSOR. HAWKINS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? OKAY. COUNSELOR ABOUT JOHN. UM I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS. I DO BUSINESS WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. OH, COSMIC TIME. ARE WE ADDING. YOU CAN 13 LIKE LIKE THAT. $1000 POINTS FROM 13 COUNCILOR WALTER HILL. DISTRICT 10 WILL CONTRIBUTE $500. ANYONE ELSE? WHAT DOES THAT BRING US TO UM, THAT IS $9000. WE STILL HAVE 6000 AVAILABLE. 500 FROM 17, PLEASE. SOMEBODY. COUNCILOR MCRANEY SEVEN WOULD LIKE TO DONATE 1000 OKAY. COUNSELOR IN PARIS, RIGHT? 500. ANYONE ELSE?
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COUNCIL OF THE ARGENTINE E 500 DISTRICT, 19. WONDERFUL DISTRICT TWO. WHAT WAS THAT COUNSELOR CHECKING HOW MUCH 500 FIND IT, OKAY. WE'RE AT $12,000 4000 OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? COULD I GET A MOTION OR AN AMENDMENT MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOWLER, 2ND 2ND COUNSELOR BAKER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENTS II. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES, HAVE IT. THE AMENDED ORDINANCES BEFORE US NOW REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE QUICK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING.COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 22 YES VOTES AND ONE ABSTENTION. THANK
[54. O-275-23 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $3,000 FROM DISTRICT 14; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FOUNDATION FOR THE DOCTOR BILLS AND INCIDENTAL COSTS OF OFFICER GERTRUDE SCHAFTLEIN, WHO WAS CRITICALLY INJURED WHILE WORKING AS A TRAFFIC GUARD. 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required by: May 2024 Sponsors: Cindi Fowler (D-14) ]
YOU. THE ITEM PASSES MADAM CLERK READING VITAL 55. AND ORDERED APPROPRIATING $3000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $3000 FROM DISTRICT 14 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO THE GLOBAL METRO, PLEASE. FOUNDATION FOR THE DOCTOR'S BILLS AND INCIDENTAL COSTS OF OFFICER GERTRUDE AS WHO HAS CRITICAL WAS CRITICALLY INJURED WHILE WORKING AS A TRAFFIC GUARD RED AND FULL. MOTION MY COUNSELOR BE ARGENTINE E SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER. THE ITEM IS PROPERLY BEFORE US COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. SO UM, THE THIS WAS AMENDED IN COMMITTEE AS WELL. THE CURRENT AMOUNT IS $3000 THAT REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $30,000 SO PLENTY OF ROOM FOR ADDITIONS COUNCIL AND FELLER AS A PRIMARY SPONSOR. COUNCILOR FELLER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. BACK IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 84 YEAR OLD CROSSING GUARD GERTRUDE CHEF LAN WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN. UM ACCIDENT WELL DUTY AS A CROSSING GUARD. SHE WAS HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK. AND LATER ENDED UP HAPPENING TO HAVE HER LEG AMPUTATED. THE L NPD FOUNDATION SET UP A FUND TO HELP GERTRUDE BECAUSE OF THE AMPUTATION. SHE HAS FACED MANY ALTERATIONS TO HER HOME. UM JUST TO TAKE A BATH . USE THE RESTROOM. COOK A SIMPLE MILL OR NAVIGATE STAIRS. UM THIS HAS CHANGED HER LIFE AND SHE FACES LIFE NOW AND A WHEELCHAIR. THE MODIFICATIONS TO OUR HOME, UM, ARE NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE HER MOBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. I ASK YOU PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EFFORT TO HELP MISS CHEF LION LIVE HER NEW, NORMAL WITHOUT THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS THAT SHE SURELY FACES DAILY, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE'S NO LONGER LONGER ABLE TO WORK THE JOB THAT SHE HAS DONE FOR OVER 48 YEARS. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MARBLE HILL. FATHER OF DOLLARS FROM DISTRICT. HAWKINS.500 FROM DISTRICT ONE. COUNCILOR BENSON $500 IN DISTRICT 20. COUNCILMAN PARIS, RIGHT $500 FROM DISTRICT THREE. COUNCIL IN SAN $500 DISTRICT. 13, PLEASE NOLAN 500, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
THE SHANKLIN WANTS TO GET BACK ON IT. COUNCILOR, P. ARGENTINE E . 2000 FROM DISTRICT 19 PLACES.
500 FROM 17, PLEASE. ANYONE ELSE COUNCILMAN ANGLE? $1000 FROM DISTRICT 22. COUNCILMAN REED.
$500 FROM DISTRICT 16. ANYONE ELSE? I BELIEVE THAT AD $7500 MAN. I'M SORRY. WHAT DID WHO WAS ADDING 75. NO, IT'S TOTAL THAT WE'RE ADDING 7500 WERE TOTALS $10,500. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, CAN I GET A MOTION? MOST OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE IS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOWLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SAY AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES? HAVE IT THE AMENDED ORDINANCES BEFORE US IT REQUIRES A ROLL COVER VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES.
MR PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 24? YES. VOTES THANK YOU. THE ITEM IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING
[55. R-147-23 A RESOLUTION HONORING BISHOP WALTER A. JONES BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF 16TH STREET AND CHESTNUT STREET AS “BISHOP WALTER A. JONES WAY” IN HIS HONOR 12/06/23 Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Phillip T. Baker (D-6) ]
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OF 56. A RESOLUTION HONORING BISHOP WALTER A. JONES BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF 16TH STREET AND CHESTNUT STREET AS BISHOP WALTER A JONES WAY IN HIS HONOR, RED AND FULL OF EMOTION.SECOND MOTION A COUNCILMAN ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILOR AND PARISH, RIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN SHANKLIN. NO, THAT WOULD BE COUNCILMAN BENSON. I WASN'T THERE. SORRY THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BENSON. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. PHILIP. I THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVEN DETAILS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APOLOGIES COUNSELOR COUNSELING BAKER. THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION FOR A STREET SIGN FOR PIONEERING THE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WANTED TO HONOR HIM. THANK YOU. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU. YES. SPOKE FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THIS IS A RESOLUTION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. THIS IS ROSE. EVOLUTION ALLOWED FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE EYES, HAVE IT? THE ITEM IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK A READING OF ITEM 57. RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVES THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NON COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR GLOBAL METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS, CONSIDERING THE RETENTION OF AN ACADEMIC HEALTH COORDINATOR, UNIVERSITY OF GLOBAL $110,955 RIGHT IN FOAM, CAN I GET A MOTION SECOND? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOWLER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNSELOR BENSON THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LITTLE BOY AND BEEN RENO WEBER. HE WORKED FOR YOU. I THINK YOU'D LIKE TO MAYBE ADDRESS IS STAYING. COUNCIL ARENA, WEBER, AND HE DID STAIN TO DO EMPLOYMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THIS IS RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR A VOICE VOTE, BUT TO NOTE THE ABSTENTION, WE NEED TO ROLL COVER. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES.
YES. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24. YES, FOLKS. THANK YOU. THE ITEM IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A
[56. AP120623SD APPOINTMENT OF SIMON DEVINE TO THE EXTENSION BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31, 2026) 12/6/23 Government Oversight/Audit & Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By May 2024 Sponsors: ]
READING OF ITEM 58 APPOINTMENT OF SIMON DIVINE TO THE EXTENSION BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026 RED AND PHONE. MOTION. UM PROBABLY MOVED BY COUNCILOR ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SIME. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN FOWLER? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT, AND THIS IS ON OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE OF A PRESENT VOTE DURING THE COMMITTEE MEETING. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER JUST ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT, ALLOWING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED GUYS HAVE IT. THE APPOINTMENT IS APPROVED.MADAM CLERK READING OF ITEM 59. IN ORDER TO ESTABLISHING THE A DEVELOPMENT AREA PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF KRS 65.7041 THROUGH 65.7083 TO BE KNOWN AS THE ONE PART DEVELOPMENT AREA, JUST DESIGNATING THE METRO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY INC AS AN AGENCY ADOPTING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVING INTERN INTO A LOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT RELEASED
[57. O-276-23 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A DEVELOPMENT AREA PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF KRS 65.7041- 65.7083 TO BE KNOWN AS THE ONE PARK DEVELOPMENT AREA, DESIGNATING THE METRO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, INC. AS AN "AGENCY", ADOPTING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, APPROVING ENTERING INTO A LOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF THE "RELEASED AMOUNT" PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, REQUIRING THE SUBMISSION OF REGULAR REPORTS TO LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS AND THE TAKING OF ANY OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THIS ORDINANCE. 12/05/23 Labor & Economic Development Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Markus Winkler (D-17) ]
AMOUNT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.REQUIRING THE SUBMISSION OF REGULAR REPORTS THE LOCAL METRO LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS AND TAKING UP ANY OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH. THE PURPOSE IS AUTHORIZED BY THIS ORDINANCE READING FILM. VERY MUCH THANK MOTION BY A COUNCIL OF ARGENTINA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOWLER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL AND COUNSELOR MCRANEY. COULD YOU COME TAKE THE CHAIR, PLEASE? MADAME CLARK, WOULD YOU LIKE THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO TURN YES. POLITICS SPEAK. NOT RIGHT NOW.
SURE ITS SUPER LOW. IT'S STEPHANIE. PROTECT MADAM. PRETEND I'M GOING AND JUST DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COMMITTEE. AND I KNOW THEN COUNCILMAN WINKLER AND WE DO
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HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE OFFERED. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE A SUMMARY WILL DO THE AMENDMENT AND THEN PASS IT, COUNCILMAN, IF THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.THIS WAS HEARD IN COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. AND I THINK UM, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE SOMEWHAT NEW TO THE COUNCIL, BUT NOT TOO NEW. MISS CHAPEL AND YOUR BIRTHDAY. UM THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS COUNCIL SEVERAL TIMES FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS. UM THINK THIS MAY EITHER BE THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME. IT'S HERE. THE OTHER TWO TIMES THAT REALLY DEALT WITH THE ZONING ISSUE, WHICH THOSE WERE APPROVED. BUT AS PART OF THAT ZONING AS THIS PROJECT HAS DEVELOPED, THE DEVELOPER TO MOVE FORWARD HAS COME FORWARD AND ASKED FOR A TIFF. AND UM, THIS TURF IS NOT JUST ONE THAT WE'RE OUR GOVERNMENT WOULD BE INVOLVED. IT'S ONE WHERE IT'S THE STATE AS WELL. IT'S CALLED SOMETHING CALLED A SIGNATURE TIFF. AND SO IN THE COMMITTEE WHERE WE ARE IN THE STAGES OF THESE STEPS IS IN ORDER TO EVEN APPLY FOR A SIGNATURE TIPPER HAVE CONSIDERATION. YOU HAVE TO HAVE LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN A LOCAL TIP, SO AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND METRO GOVERNMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A LOCAL TIFF IN HOPES OF GETTING THE STATE SIGNATURE TIFF PROJECT CALLS FOR ABOUT 700 LIVABLE UNITS. I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT BUT A POTENTIAL GROCERY STORE PARKING GARAGES AND OTHER AMENITIES. UM IT'S THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS ABOUT $700 MILLION I BELIEVE THE TIFF THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET , INCLUDING WITH THE STATUS IS ROUGHLY $114 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE PAID OUT OVER 30 YEARS. AND AS I SAID, THE FIRST STEP IS THEY HAVE TO GET A LOCAL LOCAL PARTICIPATION AS PART OF THIS, AND I THINK THAT WAS AGREED TO AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE. ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HOW MANY UNITS WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE? AND WHAT ARE THOSE UNITS LOOK LIKE? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME WITH THESE B AND THE DEVELOPER SAID IT WOULD BE 80% AND WOULD BE UP TO 7% OF THE UNITS WOULD BE AFFORDABLE. THERE IS ALSO A BAR DOWN PROVISIONS WHERE THEY COULD GIVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT THEY COULD MAKE THAT 5. UM AT 7. IT'S 49 UNITS. BUT SINCE THAT COMMITTEE MEETING. AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN UM METRO GOVERNMENT, THE FOLKS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEVELOPER TO CHANGE THAT FORMULA. AND WITH THAT, UM MADAM CHAIR. IF THAT'S THE SUMMARY, IF I CAN, COULD WE MOVE FOR THIS AMENDMENT, AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY READ IT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE TECHNICAL, AND IT'S IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EXHIBITS THAT WERE ATTACHED. OKAY PROPERLY MOVED IN SECOND. WE HAVE LAURENT FERGUSON. SHE CAN INTRODUCE HERSELF AND SHE CAN TELL US WHERE THESE CHANGES ARE FIRST AND ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY SO THE CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IS JUST ADD THE WORDS AS AMENDED BECAUSE THE AMENDMENTS ARE REALLY IN THE EXHIBITS. SO IN EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON PAGE EIGHT. UM THE PARAGRAPH THAT IS AT THE TOP OF PAGE EIGHT, WOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. UM IT READ IT WOULD READ. THE PROJECT WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING INCOME RESTRICTIONS ON THE RENTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS ESTIMATED TO BE 6 TO 700 TOTAL UNITS. POST CONSTRUCTION, THE 7% WOULD BE STRICKEN, AND INSTEAD IT WOULD SAY 10% OF THE RENTAL REGISTERED RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
LOCATED ON THE PORTION OF THE PROJECT, LOCATED SOUTH OF LEXINGTON ROAD KNOWN AS ONE PARK SOUTH. AND 5% OF THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED ON THE PORTION OF THE PROJECT, LOCATED NORTH OF LEXINGTON ROAD KNOWN AS ONE PARK NORTH. THEN THE REST OF THAT SENTENCE WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED. BUT THE LAST SENTENCE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE BY DOWN WOULD BE STRUCK THROUGH SO THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING THE DEVELOPER AT ITS OPTION, THEY HAVE THE REQUIRED PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS REDUCED TO 5% ONCE THE HOUSING FUND PAYMENT AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE LOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT IS PAID IN FULL, ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE SET FORTH IN THE LOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT THAT SENTENCE WITH THE STRUCK THEN IN EXHIBIT C, WHICH IS THE LOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT ON PAGE SIX. IN SECTION 34 PARAGRAPH B.
THE LANGUAGE WOULD READ A CERTIFICATION SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPER EVIDENCING THAT 10% OF THE TOTAL RENTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED ON THE PORTION OF THE PROJECT, LOCATED SOUTH OF LEXINGTON ROAD, KNOWN AS ONE, PARK SOUTH AND 5% OF THE TOTAL RESIDENT RENTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED ON THE PORTION OF THE PROJECT, LOCATED NORTH OF LEXINGTON ROAD KNOWN AS ONE PARK NOTE NORTH. PARENTHESES TOTAL RENTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE 6 TO 700 UNITS WERE RENTED OUT AT RATES THAT LITTLE EYE FOR LEASES THAT BEGAN IN THE PRECEDING
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CALENDAR YEAR DID NOT EXCEED THE APPLICABLE RENT RATE THAT YEAR FOR THAT TYPE OF UNIT AND TWO LITTLE DOUBLE. I LEAST AS THAT BEGAN IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR DID NOT EXCEED THE APPLICABLE RENT RATE FOR THAT YEAR, DEFINED AS THE AFFORDABLE RENT AFFORDABLE RENT.AND THEN THE REMAINDER. OF THAT PAGE, REFERRING TO THE BY DOWN AND THE HOUSING FUND WOULD BE STRICKEN. THEN ON EXHIBIT D. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AT THE END OF SECTION ONE, PARAGRAPH B. THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE OF THE ADDED THE RESULT OF THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL AS THE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO COMPLY WITH THE GOAL SET FORTH IN THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES. 37.75 B. WITH RESPECT TO MINORITY PARTICIPATION, WOMEN PARTICIPATION AND RESIDENTS WITHIN THE LOUISVILLE MESSA DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT WILL ALSO BE REPORTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1 AND JULY 1 OF EACH YEAR DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, ONE FINAL REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CHANGES. THANK YOU AND COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. I WANT TO FIRST, UH, THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON FINDING. HOPEFULLY SOME COMPROMISE HERE WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAD RELATED TO THE MAKEUP OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE COMMITMENT OF THE DEVELOPER DURING THE ORIGINAL REZONING OF ONE PARK SOUTH TO MEET THE 10% REQUIREMENT. AS WELL AS THE ELIMINATION OF THE OF THE DRAWDOWN. THERE'S A COUPLE OF KEY PIECES THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN CAUCUS WE TOUCHED ON BRIEFLY AND COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SO I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER NUMBER ONE. THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO GET STATE TAX DOLLARS BACK INTO THE CITY, AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS BY OUR PARTICIPATION WITHOUT OUR PARTICIPATION. THE STATE PORTION DOES NOT COME TO FRUITION, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IF THE STATE PORTION DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION ARE PORTION WON'T GO OUT EITHER, SO IT'S BOTH NEED TO HAPPEN. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WHILE YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF 114 MILLION GETS THROWN AROUND, THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT METRO GOVERNMENT IS NOT WRITING ANY CHECK HERE.
THERE'S NOT MONEY FLOWING OUT, UM IN TERMS OF A DIRECT ALLOCATION, THE RISK IS ON THE DEVELOPER. THE DEVELOPER HAS TO FIRST MAKE AT LEAST $200 MILLION OF INVESTMENT AND THEN BASED ON THE INCREMENT OF VALUE THAT'S GENERATED, THERE WOULD BE A REBATE OF THE INCREMENTAL TAXES THAT ARE GENERATED AND ONLY THE METRO PORTION SO ALL OF THE TAXES TAXES THAT ARE GENERATED FOR THE SCHOOL. RULES REMAIN 100% INTACT. ALL OF THE TAXES THAT ARE GENERATED FOR TARGET REMAIN 100% INTACT. AND NET NET. IT ENDS UP GENERATING, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE NORTH OF A COUPLE OF $100 MILLION OF INCREMENTAL TAXES, INCLUDING THE 20% INCREMENTAL THAT METRO GOVERNMENT WILL ENJOY. SO I THINK THERE'S SORT OF TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD CLOSE ON TO JUST ASK EVERYBODY REMEMBER NUMBER ONE. I THINK THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT WITHOUT THE TIFF, THIS PROJECT WON'T GET BUILT. OKAY AND SO THE QUESTION ISN'T YOU KNOW, DO WE NOT RECOGNIZE THESE TAX DOLLARS OR, YOU KNOW, DO WE FOREGO THIS 80% AND RECOGNIZE THE TAX DOLLARS? IT IS A CHOICE BETWEEN 100% OF NOTHING OR 20% OF SOMETHING. AND I'D LIKE THE 20% OF SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE HISTORIC INVESTMENT. IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT BUILDS 700 UNITS OF HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, 5560 OF THEM WILL BE AFFORDABLE, DEPENDING ON HOW THE SPLIT IS BETWEEN THE TWO PARCELS. UH AND ALL IN ALL, GETTING 700 UNITS OF SUPPLY INTO THE MARKET IS GOOD FOR THE CITY. IT ISN'T EXCITING DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S ONE THAT I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN ME IN YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILWOMAN PARKER. YES. THANK YOU, UM I'M EXCITED TO BE A YES VOTE ON THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. GRACE LOUISVILLE UM, YOU KNOW, NASHVILLE HAS BEEN EATING OUR LUNCH FOR ALMOST A DECADE NOW, AND THERE'S A SKYSCRAPER JUST ABOUT ON EVERY STREET, AND THIS DEVELOPMENT PUTS LOUISVILLE ON THE MAT. UM I'M EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GROW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS AND THE CITY'S COFFERS AND I WON'T REPEAT A LOT OF WHAT OUR PRESIDENT JUST STATED SOME OF THE DETAILS. BUT YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THIS WE COULD HAVE A SECTION OR THAT SECTION OF LOUISVILLE. WE COULD HAVE. WE DON'T REALLY NEED ANOTHER GAS
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STATION OR LIQUOR STORE OR DOLLARS TREE STORE. I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY COOL. AND, UM RIGHT NOW. THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS GENERATING 44,000. AND THEN AFTER IT'S BUILT, IT'S GOING TO GENERATE 3,318,000. ARE OVER THAT AND THAT'S THE PROJECTION, SO I'M EXCITED TO BE A YES VOTE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR NO ON. THANK YOU. CHAIR FOR TIM. UM I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS RELATIVELY SHORT BECAUSE I TEND TO BE LONG WINDED AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS WHERE I STAND. AND PROBABLY OVER THE LAST MONTH. I FEEL LIKE I'VE SPOKEN TO EVERY RESIDENT IN THE IN THE NINTH DISTRICT. SO UM, I'VE PRETTY MUCH MOST PEOPLE HERE KNOW WHERE I STAND. UM, SO MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I'M GENERALLY VERY SUPPORT OF THE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ONE PART PROJECT AND WAS SPOKEN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE ZONING EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROJECT BUILT. WITH THAT SAID, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CREATE A TIFF TIFF FINANCING DISTRICT TO ASSIST IN FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.IN MY MIND, TIFF FINANCING SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR PROJECTS THAT MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. ONE INCENTIVIZE INVESTMENT. IN AN AREA OF THE CITY THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE RECEIVE INVESTMENT. TWO. PROVIDE AN OUTSIZED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOOST ON AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF TWO OR THREE TIMES FOR THE METRO AREA. OR THREE PROVIDE A PRODUCT TYPE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE, OR IN DESPERATE NEED OF I E SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PREFERABLY AT THE LOW END OF THE AFFORDABILITY SPECTRUM. IN MY MIND THIS PROJECT, WHICH PRIMARILY ADDS TO THE SUPPLY OF HIGH END HOUSING, HOTEL ROOMS, OFFICE SPACE AND RETAIL SPACE MEETS NONE OF THOSE CRITERIA. I DO APPRECIATE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THE PROJECT. THE MIX OF YOU MIXED USES THE HEIGHT, THE DENSITY AND I UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN VIEW THE PROJECT AS A TRANSFORMATIVE OR UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN METRO LOUISVILLE. HOWEVER IN THIS CASE , NONE OF THAT IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO SUPPORT THE TIFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN FOWLER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE . UM I FEEL LIKE THAT WE EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY 52 AFFORDABLE UNITS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD TOWARDS, UM, THE MINI THAT WE NEED IN THE CITY. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXCITING PROGRAM PROGRESS PROJECT THAT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE TO THE AREA, SO I WILL BE A YES VOTE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ACKERSON. COLLEAGUES.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE NOTE TONIGHT. THAT'S THIS. IN MY 15 YEARS ON COUNCIL VOTED ONLY VOTED FOR ONE TIP. OFTEN IT'S BEEN 25 TO 1 AGAINST ME. OFTEN MANY OF THE REASONS THAT KATZMAN OWEN JUST RAISED HOWEVER. I WASN'T HERE FOR THE VOTE ON THE YUM CENTER. AND THAT WAS A MASSIVE PROJECT PEOPLE DREAMED ABOUT. IN THE NINETIES, MOST OF US SAID IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. BECAUSE OF THE PERSISTENCE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVED IT COULD IT ULTIMATELY DID. NOW. TONIGHT'S PROJECT.
UNLIKE ANY OTHER TIFF. WE'VE HAD REALIZED THIS THE YUM CENTER. THE COST TO BUILD A JUMP CENTER WAS $238 MILLION. TONIGHT'S PROJECT THAT WE'RE VOTING ON WILL BE OVER $500 MILLION APPROXIMATELY $550 MILLION. PROJECT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IT'S DREAM, AND THERE'S ONE MAN SEEING THIS ROOM THAT STARTED THAT DREAM OVER TWO DECADES AGO. IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO COBBLE LAND TOGETHER. KABUL, THE FINANCING TOGETHER AND OTHER THINGS TO MAKE A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAPPENED. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR LOCAL AND GROWTH. AT THE END OF DAYS. THIS THIS IS ONE OF THIS IS GONNA BE MY 2ND AND 15 YEARS. YES. VOTE ON A TIFF. AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF $500 MILLION INVESTMENT. IT WON'T HAPPEN, BUT FOR US COUNCIL, WINKLER EXPLAINED THE NUMBERS. THEY'VE GOT TO PUT 200 MILLION INTO THE PROJECT BEFORE THE TIP EVEN STARTS. THIS PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL NOT HAPPEN.
WITHOUT THIS SUPPORT THE YUM CENTER. WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER TIP THAT I WENT TO THE CENTER HAD BEEN THERE FOR THAT. THIS IS MY THIRD TEETH 15 YEARS. BUT I WASN'T THERE FOR THAT. BUT I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE TIMES THAT I SIT HERE AND I WAILED. ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH
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THE OTHER TIPS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED. AND YOU IGNORED ME. TONIGHT MY HOPE IS THAT YOU WILL NOT IGNORE ME. YOU WILL LISTEN TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS GONNA BE MY SECOND. YES VOTE ON A TIP AT 15 YEARS. FOR ALL THE REASONS I JUST EXPLAINED. OVER $500 MILLION. WE'RE GOING INTO INVESTMENT. IT'S MONSTER. IT WILL HELP THE CITY GROW. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR HOUSING. WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. SO IF WE COULD JUST CLEAR THE AMENDMENT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENTS AI ANY OPPOSED THE EYES? HAVE IT THE AMENDED ORDINANCES NOW BEFORE US ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. COUNT. COUNCILOR MCRANEY NO. OKAY? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN I WANT TO EXPLAIN MY BOAT. I WILL BE VOTING NO, I WOULD WANT IN MY DISTRICT. I WOULD LIKE NOT TO HELP. ANYMORE SERVICE STATIONS, LIQUOR STORES, DOLLAR STORES AND ALL OF THAT, AND YOU KNOW THE LAYERS SAID THAT HE WANTED TO PUT 15,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSES IN THAT AREA. THEY ONLY GET ME 155.I JUST CAN'T. I CAN'T SEE THE NUMBERS SO I WON'T BE VOTING. NO, THANK YOU. IN THE VOTING. IT IS OPEN SERVICE. IT'S NOT OPEN ANYWHERE ON OURS. BUT NOT OVER THE MINE EITHER. OKAY SO IF YOU WILL, UM, HELP THEM REFRESH THEIR SCREEN. IT'S OPEN ON ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE'S AT LEAST. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH BEING BROKE. I THINK SO. THERE WE GO. NOW IT CAME UP. JUST HIT MAN.
AT THE TOP LEFT YOU ALSO POINT OF CLARIFICATION. WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THE, UM THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. CORRECT CORRECT. CORRECT. I WAS IN THE. I WAS IN THE CUTEST SPEAK, OKAY? I APOLOGIZE TO COUNCILOR MCRANEY. I GOT YOU OKAY? COUNCILOR MCRANEY. YES, I JUST WANT. TO REITERATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID I DON'T WANT TO REITERATE THEM. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE NOTE OF THEM. BUT I AM REALLY CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND TIPS. THEY'RE COMPLICATED. I GET IT. I AM NOT GENERALLY A TIFF PROMOTER. I DON'T LIKE THEM UNLESS THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY. FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, UNDERSTOOD AREAS. BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS TIP AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT REALLY DOES FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS FAR AS THE THINGS THAT WE FIGHT FOR ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS MIXED USE HOUSING, WHICH IS OH, OKAY. PUTTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR HOUSING PERIOD OF THIS TYPE AND OTHER AREAS OTHER THAN SOME OF THE ONES THAT DON'T NEED IT. THIS. CHECKS THE BOX FOR ME ON EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AS FAR AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCOME FOR THIS PARTICULAR CITY. IT WILL GROW OUR CITY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS PARTICULAR TIP. PLEASE TRY NOT TO COMPARE IT TO THE OTHER TIPS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT. YOU MUST READ ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TIP.
IT TAKES NOTHING OUT OF OUR POCKET, BUT IT DEFINITELY PUTS MORE INTO OUR COFFERS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DEVELOPMENT. ALWAYS HUGE. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD WANT IT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS IS A TIP. THAT I CAN SUPPORT AGAIN.
I'M GENERALLY NOT A TIP SUPPORTER. BUT THIS TIFF MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THIS CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MCRANEY COUNCIL IN PARIS, RIGHT? THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I AM VOTING FOR THIS. AND I WAS A KNOWN, UM BUT I ALSO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A RENTER. I JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE IN 2018 AND SHARPLY THAT I HAD
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TO PUT IN MY HUSBAND'S NAME BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD A HOUSE WITH MY CREDIT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LARGE RENTING POPULATION IN LOUISVILLE. THAT IS OUR REALITY, AND IT'S NOTHING AGAINST HOMEMAKERS. PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR HOMES. I ALSO HAVE 231 YEAR OLDS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE SLEEPING ON MY COUCH. SO I'M DEFINITELY NOT A NOT IN MY BACKYARD PERSON. AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE HOUSING ALL OVER AND EVERY ZIP CODE AND WHEN I DROVE LIFTING UBER AND I WOULD DRIVE OUT TO NORTON COMMONS AND ALL THOSE PLACES THEY HAD EVERYTHING THEY NEED LESS DOLLAR STORE AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE DOLLAR STORES DIDN'T HAVE LIQUOR STORES AND THE AREA OF TOWN THAT THIS IS PROPOSING WAS AN AREA THAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO MOVE IN. MOVE IN. BUT I HAD A SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS AND THERE WAS NEVER ANY SIZABLE UNIT FOR MY BIG FAMILY. SO I WAS FORCED TO MOVE DOWN IN THE WEST END, WHICH I LOVE AND RAISED MY BABIES, BUT PEOPLE DO WANT TO ASPIRE TO MOVE TO YOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND THEY WANT THAT. EVERYBODY DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE IN AND COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE STACKED UP ON EACH OTHER, OR THAT THEY CAN'T GET ACCESS TO SERVICES. PEOPLE MOVE AROUND TO PUT THEIR KIDS AND BETTER SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSER TO BETTER JOBS, AND THAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THAT IS ALL HAPPENING THAT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE SEA, EXPLAINING MYSELF BECAUSE I SEE THE SIGNS IN THERE. AND WHEN YOU SAY DIVERSE HOUSING, DIVERSITY, THAT'S WHAT THIS REPRESENTS TO ME IS ACTUALLY A POSITIVE FOR ME. I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S FOR. BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME. I WANT HOUSING DIVERTED DIVERSITY, MIXED INCOME HOUSING, AND I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T IT'S PROMISING, BUT I'M LEARNING WE HAD WE HAVE 30 DIFFERENT TIPS. AND SO WHAT? I SEE THE UPFRONT INVESTMENT AND NOT COSTING US IF THEY'RE PUTTING 200 MILLION UP FRONT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, THAT IS A GOOD STEP FORWARD, SO I WANTED TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE CAUSE I RECEIVED WAS NOT FROM MY CONSTITUENTS. IT WAS A FEW PEOPLE OF FEW PEOPLE, A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT NO ONE FROM MY DISTRICT SAID THAT THEY WERE AGAINST THIS AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE OPTIONS TO MOVE OUT AND ABOUT IN OUR COUNTY. AND THIS GIVES THEM ANOTHER OPTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PARISH, RIGHT? IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY VOTING SHOULD BE OPEN IN YOUR SYSTEMS. COLLEAGUES. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 17 YES VOTES AND SEVEN. NO VOTES. THE ITEM PASSES. MADAM CLERK. A READING OF ITEMS 65. REMEMBER 65[63. O-273-23 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE REVISED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED IN CASE NO. 23DDP0034 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4516 CANE RUN ROAD. (AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION) 12/5/2023 Planning and Zoning Committee Amended, Recommended for Approval Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Tammy Hawkins (D-1) ]
COLLEAGUES. SORRY LET ME JUST CLARIFY HERE AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. WE'VE GOT SORT OF A TIME COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET. SO SHE ASKED IF WE CAN REARRANGE THE ORDER SO WE MUST COUNT THE ITEMS 65 AHEAD, SO SORRY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OUT OF ORDER IN YOUR JUST AS A HEADS UP. THE READING OF ITEMS 65 PLEASE RELATING TO THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE REVISED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED IN CASE NUMBER 23 D D. P 0034 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4516 CAME ONE ROAD AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION, RED AND FULL EMOTIONAL PROOF MOTION BY COUNCILOR ENGELS SECONDARY ARGENTINE E. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN REED THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UH THIS THE PLANNING ZONING COMMITTEE HELD A REVIEW OF THE REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 4516 CANE RUN ROAD. THIS WAS A REVIEW OF THE PLANNING CONDITIONS. SECOND APPROVAL OF THE REVISED GDP. THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED WAS FOR 106 TOWN TOWNHOUSE TYPE OF MULTI FAMILY UNITS TO REVISED PLAN CALL FOR WONDERING, AND 28 MULTI FAMILY UNIT APARTMENTS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S VOTE TO APPROVE THE DDP WAS 431 ON THE CHANGE FROM TOWN HOMES, TWO APARTMENTS, THE GDP WAS SENT BACK TO THE DEVELOPER TO HOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THAT REVIEW YIELDED A AND APPROVAL OF THE REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLAN BY VOTING FIVE BEFORE COMMITTEE COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS INTRODUCED AN AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION, OVERTURNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TRAVIS FEASTER COUNTY ATTORNEY TO READ THAT AMENDMENT. I'M SORRY FOR A PROCEDURAL INFORMATION MY BAD. ALRIGHT TRANSFERS. ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REED. AND I THINK THAT MORE OR LESS COVERS THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE VERY BRIEFLY.RECAP. MS. CASE ORIGINALLY WENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAN COUNCIL TOOK IT UP. EVENTUALLY COUNCIL SENT IT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN A SECOND PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, THOSE BOTH CONDUCTED THAN COUNCIL TOOK IT A SECOND TIME, AND HERE WE ARE HEARING IT A SECOND TIME, SO THAT'S SORT OF
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THE PROCEDURAL HISTORY HERE. THERE'S ALSO REZONING BACK IN 2021, AND EVEN SOME MORE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFICS ON THAT FRONT OR ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE. WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. TRAVIS DID YOU WANT TO READ THE AMENDMENT OR THAT ALREADY IN THERE? IT SHOULD BE ALREADY IN THERE WAS INTRODUCED AND COMMITTEE. WELL, I'M GONNA SAY THIS WHEN I FIRST UM THIS CASE HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR MYSELF, MY CONSTITUENTS. AND MY COLLEAGUE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE MY COLLEAGUES BACK TO WHEN I FIRST CAME ON METRO COUNCIL.WHEN I FIRST CAME ON METRO COUNCIL, WE SIT IN A ROOM AND DEPUTY MAYOR NICOLE GEORGIA QUESTION. I SAID, IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT. IF YOU FELT LIKE YOU'VE MADE ANY MISTAKE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON METRO COUNCIL. WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENT AND SHE SAID, I WOULD LOOK AT EVERY ZONING CASE EVERY DEVELOPMENT CASE. DIFFERENT. SHE SAID. I OVERLOOKED AND DEVELOPMENT AND I RIDE PAST THAT DEVELOPMENT ALL THE TIME AND WISH I COULDN'T DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT IT'S STUCK WITH ME. BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE WAS ANY EXPERIENCES OR ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE WHO HAD SAID ON METRO COUNCIL HAD WENT THROUGH. IF I COULD. NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING THAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND IF I COULD TAKE SOME EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAD AND USED THEM, AND I TOOK THAT. SO THAT IS THE MAIN REASON WHY I LOOK AT EVERY PLANNING AND ZONING. THAT COMES IN MY DISTRICT. I WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE COMPROMISED. FOR A LONG TIME. THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS SET IN MY LAP AND IT WAS HER WELL BEFORE I GOT IN THE SEAT. TODAY IT'S NOT ABOUT ANTI HEALTHY. TODAY IS ABOUT BAIT AND SWITCH.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON WELL BEFORE I GOT ON METRO COUNCIL. IT JUST TOOK 14 PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN THAT IT REALLY WAS A BAIT AND SWITCH. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. A CLEAR BAIT AND SWITCH. THIS IS NOT ANTI HEALTHY. CONSTITUENTS VOICES WAS TAKEN. THEY WANTED TOWN HOMES. THEY WERE PROMISED TOWN HOMES. A YEAR AGO. THE BAIT AND SWITCH CAME IN. AND NOW THEY WERE OFFERED APARTMENT.
DIVERSITY IS SO IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CONSTITUENTS THAT I REPRESENT. AND I'M GOING TO ASK TODAY. I WILL NOT COMPROMISE MY INTEGRITY. I CAN'T BE BOUGHT. I CAN'T BE, UM, MANIPULATED. I CAN'T PLAY THE GAME. AND I AM ASKING. ALL THE GAMES THAT HAS BEEN PLAYED ALL THE MANIPULATING NOW THE YOU KNOW, I NEED EVERYBODY TO VOTE. I WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT. NOT JUST TO THIS DEVELOPER. ANY DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN ANY OF OUR DISTRICTS TO UNDERSTAND. THE COMMUNITY IMPORT IS VITAL. SO I ASKED TODAY THAT EVERYONE SUPPORT YOU KNOW? MY AMENDMENT. YOU WILL SEE, I JUST ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS COUNSELING READ. THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT IT DID PASS THE, UM THE DECISION TO OVERTURN IT. DID THAT DENY THE DEVELOPMENT PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE. FIVE VOTES. YES AND THERE WAS ONE PRESIDENT VOTE. AND I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT TO VOTE YES IS TO OVERTURN AND DENY THE DEVELOPMENT. CATHERINE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY THAT AGAIN? I THINK SOME PEOPLE MR SORRY. YES VOTE IS TO OVER A YES VOTE TWO FOR COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS IS TO DENY THAT OVERTURNED, DENY THE DEVELOPMENT. SO YES VOTE WOULD
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BE IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL COUNCILOR HAWKINS. YES. NO VOTE WOULD BE WOULD DENY COUNCILMAN REQUEST TO DENY THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THEREFORE ALLOW IT TO GO FORWARD. SO IT'S COUNTER INTUITIVE TO WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT. YES, RIGHT. FOR PLANNING CASES. WE HAVE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN PARASITE? THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. I WOULD LIKE THE AMENDMENT TO BE READ OUT BECAUSE IT WAS UNCLEAR. UM BUT I M AND I'VE TALKED TO COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS ABOUT THIS AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE NOT SAID THAT THEY'RE AGAINST. UM AND I ARE DISTRICT GEORGIA'S COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, AND BEFORE I BECAME BEFORE I GOT ON METRO COUNCIL. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IT WAS ABOUT THE TOWN HOUSES. BUT IT WASN'T ABOUT NOT PROVIDING RENTAL OFTEN PATHWAYS TO HOME OWNERSHIP OR WHATEVER, UM TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S IN NEED AGAIN. I HAS SAID COMMENT IN TODAY THAT I WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT THE HOUSING DEVELOPED BOTH OF THE HOUSING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN CONVINCED THAT THEY WON'T PROVIDE WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED. AND SO I WANTED TO JUST EXPLAIN MY VOTE, NOT DEBATE AND GO BACK AND FORTH. BUT JUST SAY THAT I AM GOOD CONSCIENCE CANNOT TURN THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY DOWN, BUT I DO RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR ISSUES AS A NEIGHBOR. UM, BUT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT AND IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL AGAINST MISS HAWKINS. IT'S NOT ABOUT EGO OR NONE OF THAT IS I WANT TO SEE THAT DIVERSITY ACROSS OUR COUNTY AND THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO. THAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.JUST COUNSELING PRESSURE JUST TO MAKE SURE DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING. DID YOU ASK THE MEMBER BE REREAD? YEAH I WOULD LIKE HER AMENDMENT TO BE READ. SO WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT NIGHT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA SAY YEAH YEAH, IT CAN BE REGRET. KEN AND CAROLYN FEASTER.
I'M HAPPY TO MORE THAN HAPPY TO READ IT, AND IT IS ABOUT FOUR PAGES. IT TOOK AWHILE AT COMMITTEE. OKAY? YES SO WOULD YOU JUST LIKE I CAN SUMMARIZE, SUMMARIZE OR TALK? ABOUT WHAT? WE'RE OKAY WITH A SUMMARIZATION OF IT. THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR SAYING THAT. OKAY SO THE FIRST PORTION OF THE OF THE AMENDMENT CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURAL HISTORY LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN I DID. EARLIER TONIGHT. UM THE NEXT PORTION GOES THROUGH THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS SAYING THIS PROPERTY DOESN'T LET OUR THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T LIVE UP TO FOCUS ON THE CHASE ELEMENTS SPECIFICALLY ELEMENT E, WHICH IS EQUITY. UM AND THE NUMBER OF THE SITES THERE THAT DEAL WITH DIVERSITY OF HOUSING AND HOUSING STYLE AND HOUSING CHOICE. THOSE SORTS OF FACTORS UM THAT'S REALLY THE. THE MAJORITY OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AGAIN. THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL CITATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS IN THERE, BUT THAT'S REALLY IT'S BASED IN THE CHASE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY AND THAT DIVERSITY OF HOUSING IN THE DISTRICT IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAS PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTI FAMILY APARTMENT STYLE HOUSING, AND NOT A LOT OF TOWN HOMES, PARTICULARLY IN THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA. AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT LOST ON US THAT THERE WAS SOME IMPORTANT FOOTAGE THAT COUNCILWOMAN HAWKERS WANTED US TO SEE. THAT WAS LOST, UM, ALSO, BUT THIS WAS PASSED OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE TWICE. THAT MY UNDERSTANDING. YES, IT'S BEEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION TWICE, AND BOTH TIMES THERE WERE SPLIT VOTES TO APPROVE AND THEN IT CAME UP IN FRONT OF US. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COUNSELOR MCRANEY. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS FOR THE RECORD. THEN I WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE. THE BAIT AND SWITCH. CONVERSATION IN THAT IF IT HAPPENS. AGAIN. YOU BETTER BELIEVE. THAT WE HAVE TO BRING THEM FORTH AND FIND OUT WHY. THEY SAY ONE THING AND DO ANOTHER. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS. THAT I WANT US TO PUT FORTH AN INVESTIGATION. ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TAPE. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE? BECAUSE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. IT'S BEEN CONTROVERSIAL ENOUGH. WE DIDN'T NEED THAT EXTRA. THAT HAPPENED. IT LOOKS BAD. IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR GOVERNMENT. AND I AM ASKING FOR OUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OR SOME COMMITTEE ON THE COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THOROUGHLY. WE DID RECEIVE SOME EMAILS THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH WELL BACKS. WHAT HAVE YOU I'M NOT BUYING IT. WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT OURSELVES.
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AND THAT THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DO. UH I JUST DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THERE'S A CONTROVERSY. THAT THERE'S SOME BACKDOOR DEALS GOING ON. AND THEN THERE'S SOME SOME BAD. SITUATIONS HAPPENING THAT WOULD. MAKE THE PUBLIC BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ERASING RECORDS. SO I DO CALL FORTH FOR THAT INVESTIGATION, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I AM GOING TO SAY AH, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT WORD AFFORDABLE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT REALLY MEANS. WE SAY AFFORDABLE FOR THIS BIG TIP THING THAT WE JUST APPROVED. BUT THAT'S ONE AFFORDABLE. LET'S LIKE AFFORDABLE FOR THESE COLLEGE KIDS THAT WANT TO LIVE IN PARTICULAR AREAS THAT CAN AFFORD THAT 80% AM I THIS IS ANOTHER TYPE OF AFFORDABLE AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO EVER VOTE AGAINST AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS FROM THIS DAY FORWARD WHILE STARTING TOMORROW. I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY DEVELOPER WHAT THEY PROMISE. HOW THEY PROMISE IT AND HOW THEY DEFINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S TIME FOR US TO ALL. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND DEMAND BETTER FROM EVERYBODY THAT COMES BEFORE US EXPECTING US TO SUPPORT THEIR DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. COUNSELING FOWLER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. SO THIS GOES BACK. I REMEMBER WHEN COUNCILWOMAN JESSICA GREEN WENT OUT OF OFFICE, UM AND THEN WE APPOINTED COUNCILWOMAN BOWENS AND SHE WAS IN OFFICE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS WHEN THIS CAME ACROSS HER DESK FOR A VOTE. UM, THE DEVELOPER GOT THE ZONING CHANGE. SHE DIDN'T PUT ANY BANDING ELEMENTS ON IT BECAUSE SHE WAS NEW AND DIDN'T KNOW. BUT HE GOT THE ZONE. THEY GOT THE ZONING CHANGE. AND UM AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS LIKED IT. OF COURSE, THEY WANTED TOWN HOMES INSTEAD OF APARTMENTS. WHO WOULDN'T I MEAN, THINK ABOUT WHERE WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IF YOU HAD TO LIVE IN AN APARTMENT OR A TOWN HOME? LET ME THINK I'LL TAKE A TOWN HOME EVERY DAY.SO TO ME, THIS IS JUST A NO BRAINER. UM DEVELOPER GOT HIS ZONING CHANGE. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A YEAR LATER LISTENING YEAR LATER, IT HAS TO BE APARTMENTS OR HE CAN'T AFFORD TO BUILD IT. AND I JUST DON'T BUY THAT. UM SO I HOPE THAT. THAT WE AS A BODY, GO FORWARD AND WORK TOGETHER. TO ENCOURAGE AND DEMAND. THAT APARTMENT COMPLEXES. ARE MIXED USE. THERE NEEDS TO BE OTHER. OTHER. WHETHER IT'S TOWN HOMES, WHETHER IT'S A PATIO HOMES, BUT NOT JUST A HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEX WE NEED AND PEOPLE DESERVE A CHOICE. AND THIS THIS IS NO CHOICE, YOU KNOW. SO ANYWAY, I WILL BE A YES VOTE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. THIS IS AN ITEM REQUIRING A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 20 YES, VOTES AND FOR NO VOTES PASSES.
MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM. 60 COUNCIL MP ARGENTINA. READING ABOUT 60. AND ORDINANCE IMPOSING
[58. O-126-23 AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT LOCATED WITHIN THE FLOYDS FORK SPECIAL DISTRICT. 7/18/23 Planning and Zoning Committee Tabled 8/1/23 Planning and Zoning Committee Recommended for Approval 8/10/23 Metro Council Held 8/24/23 Metro Council Held 9/14/23 Metro Council Held 9/28/23 Metro Council Held 10/12/23 Metro Council Held 10/26/23 Metro Council Held 11/9/23 Metro Council Held 11/30/23 Metro Council Held Action Required By: December 2023 Sponsors: Anthony Piagentini (R-19), Stuart Benson (R-20)]
A MORE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT LOCATED WITHIN THE FLOYD SPORT, SPECIAL DISTRICT RED AND FOR A SECOND MOTION COUNCILOR. ARGENTINA'S SECOND ACCOUNTS MAN ENGEL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN REED. THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT HEADS UP ON THIS OVER TO ARGENTINA ON THIS ONE. YES. SORRY COUNSELING COUNSELING P ARGENTINA. SORRY. I DID NOT GIVE HIM A HEADS UP.THIS WAS A TOTAL AUDIBLE AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UH, MAYBE ONE MINUTE INDULGENCE ON THIS, UH THIS IS GOING TO EXPIRE OR HAVE TO REINTRODUCE IT. AND FRANKLY, I'M JUST GOING TO LET IT EXPIRE AFTER I MAKE THIS QUICK STATEMENT. I'M GOING TO REQUEST THE TABLE, IT WILL EXPIRE AND GO AWAY. UH UM, PART OF THE REASON THIS WAS EVEN DONE AND I WAS VERY PUBLIC ABOUT MY DISLIKE GENERALLY FOR DOING MORATORIUMS. UH WAS BECAUSE OF REALLY THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS
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DRAGGING THEIR FEET. WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION TO DO THE FLOYDS FORK, D R O CHANGES A YEAR AND A HALF AGO NOW. AND IT DID NOT START UNTIL THE GREENBERG ADMINISTRATION. SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GOT THEIR FEET UNDER THEM, D THEY STARTED THAT PROCESS EARLIER THIS YEAR. I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY PUBLIC APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE THAT IS GOING IN FRONT OF THE FALL PLANNING COMMISSION VERY EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL COME TO US FOR A VOTE VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET THIS DIE. BUT I DIDN'T. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND PUSHED TO CONTINUE AND FINISH THAT. SO WITH THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE MOTION. SECOND MOTION ACCOUNTS WILL BE ARGENTINA'S SECOND COUNCIL IN TE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE, PROBLEM. THE ITEMS TABLE, MADAM[59. O-247-23 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REVISED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6001 OUTER LOOP CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 15.16 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 23DDP0078). (AS AMENDED) 10/31/23 Planning and Zoning Committee Tabled 12/05/23 Planning and Zoning Committee Amended, Recommended for Approval Action Required By April 2024 Sponsors: Madonna Flood (D-24) ]
CLERK A READING OF ITEMS 61.ND ORDERS RELATING TO THE REVISED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6001 OUTER LOOP CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 15.16 ACRES AND BEING GLOBAL METRO CASE NUMBER 23 D D. P. 0078 AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL MOTION COUNSEL IN THE ARGENTINE E SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TIME THE ITEM IS PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN REED? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. REVISED GDP OCTOBER 1920 21. IT CHANGED.ZONING WAS APPROVED FROM OUR 42 OR 66001 OUTER LOOP FOR 252 MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THE PROPERTY OF IN VACANT FOR SOME TIME. IT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHT. SWIMMING POOL CLUBS.
THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN CALLS FOR 24 STORY BUILDING WITH A CHILDCARE FACILITY. THE ORIGINAL BE NUMBER 13 WAS OUR STANDARD BINDING ELEMENT FOR BUILDING HEIGHT DENSITY, CHANGING USE AMENDMENTS DEFINING ELEMENTS. THIS WAS RENUMBERED TO BINDING ELEMENT 14 NUMBER 14, REFLECTING THE NEW STANDARD LANGUAGE DO BINDING ELEMENT. 30 WAS ADDING ADDED, RESTRICTING RESTRICTING THE PROPERTY TO 262 TOTAL UNITS. THE PREVIOUS APPROVED BINDING ELEMENTS ARE STILL PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH NO NEGATIVE VOTES, SO TRAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT? HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GOT IT? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. THIS IS AN ITEM REQUIRING A ROLL CALL VOTE, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. OH, I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. IT COULD HAPPEN. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. COUNCILWOMAN. MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 22? YES, VOTES. HMM. THANK YOU. THE ITEM PASSES. MADAM CLERK ARE READING ABOUT HIM. 62 RELATED TO THE CLINTON AND CHRIS CHRISTIE.
[60. O-265-23 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CLIFTON AND CRESCENT HILL AREA PLAN AND APPROVING ITS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (CASE NO. 23-AREA-0003). 12/05/23 Planning and Zoning Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: February 16, 2024 Sponsors: Madonna Flood (D-24) ]
THREE MORE HANGING THERE. AREA PLAN AND APPROVING ITS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN. 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE NUMBER 23 AREA 0003 RED AND FULL. CAN I GET A MOTION AS MOTION COUNSEL? BE ARGENTINA? SECONDMENT COUNCILMAN FOWLER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN REED. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE CLINTON IN CRESCENT HILL AREA PLAN. BOTH ORIGINAL PLANS WERE LAST AMENDED. IN 2002 , THE AREA PLAN BEGAN. WOULD COUNCILMAN HOLLANDER ACTUALLY IN EARLY 2022, FOLLOWED BY TWO PUB PUBLIC MEETINGS IN AUGUST 2022 AND AN OPEN HOUSE IN JANUARY 2023. THE ISSUES DISCUSSED INCLUDED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ROAD SAFETY, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GREEN SPACE ALSO INCLUDED ALSO ALSO ISSUES THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN LOOKED AT OR AESTHETICS, HOUSING, DIVERSITY, AFFORDABILITY. LOCAL BUSINESSES PARKING ETCETERA. THERE'S ALSO PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AND I KNOW THAT COUNLMAN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS COUNSELOR OWEN THANK YOU. PRESIDENT JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM UH, SHOUT OUT TO THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE ARE VERY DISTINCT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY AGREED TO KIND OF PARTNER TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER ON CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. SO I WHILE THEY DO SHARE A LOT OF SIMILAR TRAS, AND IT'S VERY GOOD IN MY OPION, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. UM AND I WANTED TO THANK RACHELASEY FOR ALL HER WORK,HE ADVICE, NEIGHBHOOD AISOR PEOPLE FOR ALL OF THEIR WKN A AGN THAOU T RONGERLAN BECAUSEF THE NEW[03:25:04]
WORK TOGETHER. DESPITE THEIR VERY DISTINCT DIFFERENCES, SELF JUST WANTED SAY THAT? THANK YOU.THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. NO ONE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE 20 YEARS' VOTES. THANK YOU. THE ITEM PASSES MADAM CLERK. A READING OF ITEMS 63. AND OR NICHE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 66 04 BARDSTOWN ROAD CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.63 ACRES. INGREDIENT LIBERAL METRO
[61. O-268-23 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6604 BARDSTOWN ROAD CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.63 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 23ZONE0113). (AS AMENDED) 12/05/23 Planning and Zoning Committee Amended, Recommended for Approval Action Required By: February 2, 2024 Sponsors: Madonna Flood (D-24) ]
CASE NUMBER 23 ZONES, 0113 AS A MINUTE RED AND FULL MOTION BECAUSE ONE WOULD FOWLER, SECOND COUNCILMAN, THE ARGENTINIANS ONLY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN REED THANK YOU, MR. GIVE MR PRESIDENT . THIS IS CHANGING ZONING FROM OUR OR WANT TO SEE TO THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING. THE BUILDING WILL BE CONVERTED TO AN AUTO SALES BUSINESS WITH NO NEW CONSTRUCTION. THE SEALS IS PRIMARILY ONLINE. THERE WILL BE 1445. OUTDOOR SALES DISPLAYS.STANDARD BINDING ELEMENT WAS ADDED IN REFERENCE TO CHANGING AND USE AMENDMENTS OF BINDING ELEMENTS CHANGING DEVELOPMENT PLANS. AND THIS IS IN THE COUNCILMAN ENGELS DISTRICT. I KNOW HE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SPEAK TO IT. COUSIN INGO. YES, LOOK DELIGHTED. YES THAT THAT I SPOKE TO THIS COMMITTEE THIS THIS IS UNANIMOUS AND HAD RECEIVED. NO UH, CONCERNING CALLS WITH TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING.
COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES. COMFORT. MR PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 21? YES. VOTES THANK YOU. THE ITEM PASSES MADAM CLERK READING ABOUT, UM 64. AND ON ITS RELATING TO THE ZONING AND
[62. O-269-23 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3560 BASHFORD AVENUE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2.02 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 23ZON0107). 12/05/2023 Planning and Zoning Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: February 2, 2024 Sponsors: Madonna Flood (D-24) ]
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3560 BEST FURRED AVENUE, CONTINUE APPROXIMATELY 2.02 ACRES AND BEING GLOBAL METRO CASE NUMBER 23 ZONE 0107 RED INFORMED MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ENGEL SECONDARY COUNCILMAN, P. ARGENTINA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN REED THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THIS ONE HAS A VERY UNIQUE CHANGING ZONING. THIS IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM ZERO PLANNED RESEARCH TO PEACE PLAN EMPLOYMENT CENTER. THIS IS IN THE CENTER OF WEST MUTUAL IN THIS CITY DOES NOT HAVE ZONING AUTHORITY. THE CITY IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO EXPAND AN EXISTING CONTRACTORS SHOP AND THIS IS IN COUNCILMAN PET MELVILLE'S DISTRICT, AND MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT. COUNCILOR MULVIHILL. YES UH, THANK YOU. MR COUNCILMAN REED. YES. THIS IS A CONTRACTING BUSINESS THAT IS CHANGING ITS ZONING. IT'S THE ZONING THAT IS CHANGING, TOO, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO EVERYBODY WILL BE P. E. C THIS WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT ARE PLANNING COMMITTEE. SO WE'VE HEARD NO OPPOSITION, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. THIS IS AN ITEM OR CRYING. A ROLL CALL VOTE CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN YES.
MR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 22 YEARS VOTES. THANK YOU. THE ITEM IS ADOPTED COLLEAGUES AS WE WRAP UP
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THE YEAR IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME FOR JUST A MOMENT FIRST WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE. I KNOW TONIGHT WAS A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC COMPARED TO NORMAL, UM, WITH A LOT OF MOVING PARTS ON THE AGENDA. THE WHOLE WITH OUR SPECIAL DISCUSSIONS. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REVIEW THINGS AND I APOLOGIZE. FOR NOT PLANNING BETTER BUT APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HANGING IN THERE HAPPY TO GET US OUT OF HERE BEFORE 930. SO WE'LL CALL THAT A WIN. UM BUT BEFORE WE MOVED TO NEW BUSINESS, I DO JUST WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR MAKING THIS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU. UM I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS FOR LEADING THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND HOSTING LIVELY DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS AND MOVING US THROUGH THE WORK OF COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK MADAM CLERK, THE CLERK STAFF THE, RESPECTIVE CAUCUS STAFFS AND ALL THOSE IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE THAT KEEP THIS BODY MOVING. IT'S REALLY REALLY THEIR WORK THAT KEEPS US GOING. I KNOW YOU ALL SHARE. THIS SENTIMENT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US WILL THANK THE REAL WORKERS OF COUNCIL ARE ALL LEGISLATIVE AIDES THAT REALLY DO THE REAL REAL WORK OF COUNCIL. UM LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY[03:30:05]
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO ARE HERE, THE ONES THAT LEFT EARLIER. I ALSO ESPECIALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE 11 NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. I KNOW THIS IS SO MUCH TO TAKE IN ALL RIGHT. IT'S ESPECIALLY EVEN MORE OF YOUR APPOINTED TO THE POSITION AND YOU LITERALLY START A SECOND. AFTER YOU ARE VOTED IN, UM, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DAUNTING WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR FIRST PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THE LETTERS MEAN. AND IF I'M BEING QUITE HONEST, IF YOU'RE FIVE YEARS IN AND YOU GO TO A PLANNING ZONING MEETING, AND YOU STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THE LETTERS MEAN. UH BUT APPRECIATE YOUR HANGING IN THERE, DOING THE HARD WORK LETTING YOUR VOICES BE HEARD, AND YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE, UM, COLLEAGUES, I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY SAFE VERY MERRY HOLIDAY BREAK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AT THE START OF NEXT YEAR, AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS TIME OFF WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND REFLECT UPON ALL THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. GREAT JOB, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESSES, NEW BUSINESSES. YOU LEAVE 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 AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. NEW BUSINESS COMPRISES ITEMS 66 THROUGH 79 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THOSE EYES ASSIGNMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE? THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED A BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ITEM NUMBER 66 AND ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $15,000 FROM DISTRIBUTE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO LOCAL AND STATE PARKS CONSERVANCY INC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE PATIO TV USES A PUBLIC MEETING SPACE ON EASTERN PARKWAY 67. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER, $5000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS ONE AND THEY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO SOWING SEEDS WITH FACING FOUR SPONSORSHIP OF TWO TABLES AT THE BLOOMING GALA. THE FOLLOWING WAS ASSIGNED TO THE VOLUME LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO EQUITY COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE ITEM 68 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $12,000 OF FUNDING. FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC TH THROUGH THE PUBLIC, UH, ALEX, UM, STORAGE BOXES GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS 69 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $170,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE KENTUCKY OVERDOSE. DATA OF ACTION GREAT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS ITEM. 70 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $18,940. FUNDING FROM THE US EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONVENTION THROUGH THE EQUAL, UM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, AGENCIES, ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH GRANTING PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS RELATIONS COMMISSION. THE FOLLOWING WAS ASSIGNED TO GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT , AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. I AM 71 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF JACQUELINE LEWIS AS THE CHIEF AUDIO EXECUTIVE FOR LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ITEM 72 RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, SO MY FIRST OF 2023 THROUGH JULY JUNE 30TH 2000 28 RELATING TO WAGES, BENEFITS AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN LOCAL JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND LOWER METRO TRAFFIC GUARDS ASSOCIATION CONCERNING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT.THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO PLATING AND ZONING COMMITTEE ITEM 73 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 68, 03 AND 68 05 BULLET CHURCH ROAD. HMM.
CONTINUING APPROXIMATELY 86.3 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 23 ZONE 0030 ITEMS 74 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF AN UNIMPROVED PORTION OF THE BINGHAM WAY THAT CAN EXTEND INTO BELL NET PART CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 5037 SQUARE FEET AND BEING IN LEVEL METRO CASE NUMBER 2823 STR CLOSURE 0034 ITEMS 75 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT OPTION FOR PROPERTY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2119 GRIFFITHS AVENUE, CONTINUING APPROXIMATELY 0.45 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 23 C 83 00 TO ZERO THE FOLLOWING WAS LEGISLATION INSIDE TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ITEM 76 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT. TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NON COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE. CONTRACT FOR FIRE CONCERNING SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED, AROMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION, SCHEDULING AND CAD INTEGRATION AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT. TABLET COMMAND INK FOR 100 AND $75,000. I DIDN'T 77 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $1,834,829 OF FUNDING FROM THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
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BASED VIOLENCE, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVE GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS. ITEMS. 78 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $250,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THROUGH THE YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE RECEIVED AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS AND ITEM 79 AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $63,776 FROM THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS PART OF THEIR STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO BEING MINISTERED BY THE LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. READ IN FULL. THANK YOU. NEXT.[Announcements]
WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS. SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS THE ORGANIZATION MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 4TH 2024 6 PM WITH NO[Adjournment]
FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED.