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GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. UM IT IS 303 AND, UM, I AM COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND[Roll Call]
JOINED IN CHAMBERS BY, UM, THE VICE CHAIR OF COUNCILWOMAN MARILYN PARKER. ALSO IN CHAMBERS IS, UH, COUNCILMAN UH, HUDSON COUNCIL WOMAN, RUI. AND I CAN'T SEE ANY OTHERS. BUT ON ONLINE I HAVE MYSELF. AND MARBLE HILL. UM AND CANCEL IN THE SEA. COUNCILWOMAN UM TAMMY HAWKINS, I BELIEVE IS ALSO ON ON THE CALL. OR ONLINE. UM WE JUST HAVE ONE ITEM TODAY. UM IT'S A RESOLUTION[1. R-011-24 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT (“APCD”) CONCERNING AIR MONITORING EQUIPMENT (TELEDYNE, INC - $91,960.00). Action Required By; August 2024 Sponsors: Tammy Hawkins (D-1) ]
. AND, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UM COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO IT. IT'S UM R DASH O. CHERYL CAN YOU READ THE, UH, DISCLAIMER, PLEASE ? HERE THIS MEANS BEING HELPERS TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL 05 A R FOUR THANK YOU. UM THE ATOM IS R DASH 011-24. CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE? I'M ASSUMING THERE WAS A SECOND IF SO, IT IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. THANK YOU. UM AND I THINK, COUNCILWOMAN, UM PO, I'M SORRY, HAWKINS. ARE YOU, UH, HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS? CASTOR HAWKINS. UH HUH. ARE YOU ARE YOU HEADED TO CHAMBERS? ARE YOU? ARE YOU GONNA SPEAK TO THIS RESOLUTION? UH, NO. UH, I A, UH UM THEY NOT THERE TO SPEAK TO IT . WELL THERE IS SOME. YES, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN CHAMBERS. BUT OK, I SAW THAT YOU HAD SPONSORED IT. SO I JUST MAKING SURE I DID SPONSOR IT. I'M OK WITH IT. UM, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO IT. OK ALL RIGHT. SO UM, CHERYL, IF YOU COULD, UM, INVITE THEM TO THE PODIUM. GET IT. THEY'RE AT THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. YOU MAY PROCEED, PLEASE. AND IF YOU WILL , UM PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF[00:05:08]
FOR THE RECORD. YES. I'M RACHEL HAMILTON. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF MENU. DISTRICT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. U CPA HAS RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IN THIS PART OF THEIR WORK IN IMPLEMENTING THAT GRANT. THEY HAVE PROVIDED DIRECT GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCIES FOR US TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, PARTICULARLY LOOKING TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREAS, UH, FOR OUR NETWORKS. THIS IS A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR TELEDYNE. WE WILL BE PURCHASING THROUGH THIS CONTRACT TO OZONE ANALYZERS AND TWO NECESSARY DILUTION CALIBRATORS. THIS EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED AT OUR ALGONQUIN PARKWAY AIR MONITORING SITE IN WEST LOUISVILLE. OUR NETWORK IS DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE TO CRITERIA POLLUTANTS. OZONE IS ONE OF THESE. IT'S NOT DIRECTLY EMITTED. HOWEVER IT IS THE COMBINATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OR VO CS. WITH NITROGEN OXIDES, WHICH ARE A PRODUCT OF COMBUSTION. IN THE SUMMER TIME WHEN IT'S HOT. AND UNFORTUNATELY WHEN IT'S ALL DRY FROM THAT, UM, IN OUR AREA. WHAT WE SEE IS HISTORICAL MEASUREMENTS OF OZONE SHOW THAT OUR HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS ARE ACTUALLY TO THE EAST. THE SOURCE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS HERE IN LOUISVILLE ARE PRIMARILY TO THE WEST, BUT DURING THE DAY WHEN THOSE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS LOCKED UP IN THE AIR, THEY COMBINE WITH NITROGEN OXIDES AND AS THEY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTY. PRIMARILY TO THE NORTH, THE EAST AND SOMEWHAT TO THE SOUTH. THEY FORM A NEW POLLUTANT CALLED OZONE. WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING. WE REQUESTED THESE FUNDS TO BE INSTALLED AT OUR ALGONQUIN PARKWAY AIR MONITORING SITE. SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL. IT'S ON THE FIREARMS TRAINING SITE ACROSS FROM MORRIS FORMAN. ALTHOUGH NOT EXPECTED TO BE THE HIGHEST SITE WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT AN OVERBURDENED COMMUNITY IS NOT BEING FURTHER TAXED BY OZONE. HISTORICALLY WE WELL UNDERSTAND THE OMISSION OF ALL TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND NITROGEN OXIDES FROM THE SOURCES THAT WE REGULATE HERE IN METRO LOUISVILLE. HOWEVER AS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF SUMMERS, WE HAVE A LARGE CONTRIBUTION OF NITROGEN OXIDE COMING IN FROM WILDFIRES. WE AN EPA ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE FIRES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE.UNFORTUNATELY, AND SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE FOR US TO INSTALL THESE MONITORS AT OUR ALGONQUIN PARKWAY SITE. WE APPLIED TO FUNDING FOR U SEPA AND WE'VE BEEN APPROVED BASED ON THE SUBMITTAL. FOR THIS SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION UNDER THIS CONTRACT. WHY TE AY WE OPERATE FIVE AIR MONITORING SITES THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE INSTRUMENTS ARE TEY, UH, ALL OF OUR REGULATORY INSTRUMENTATION IS FROM THAT MANUFACTURER. THIS ALLOWS US TO, UH EFFICIENTLY TRAIN OUR STAFF. IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE NEEDED BECAUSE WE'RE USING A SINGLE SOURCE VENDOR WHO PROVIDES COMPARABLE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT. IT REDUCES THE NEED FOR NEW IT PROTOCOL AND COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS. UH, WE GENERATE ABOUT 5 50 MILLION DATA POINTS A YEAR. SO THE COMMUNICATION OF ALL THAT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IS REALLY CRITICAL. HAVING A COMMON PLATFORM ON WHICH WE CAN WORK, UH, REALLY REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF COST AND TIME. IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE A SIMPLIFIED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WERE REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR, UH DEFEN OF OUR DATA TO SHOW THAT IT'S VALID. UNDER FEDERAL LAW TO HAVE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE OPERATE. AND THEN THAT IS COMBINED INTO A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN APPROVED BY U SEPA. REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE THAT'S NECESSARY. UH, AND OUR EXPERTISE IN HOUSE REQUIRES FEWER SPARE PARTS SINCE WE HAVE A COMMON PLATFORM. AND IT MAINTAINS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR NETWORK. AND OUR ACQUISITION PROTOCOLS SO THAT THEY'RE ACCURATELY AND UNIQUELY CONFIGURED TO INCORPORATE THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AND I AM JOINED TODAY BY MY COLLEAGUE BILLY DEWITT, WHO IS A P CBS AIR MONITORING PROGRAM MANAGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS HAMILTON FOR BEING HERE IN THAT EXPLANATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU CAN JUST, UM, RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK. I CAN'T SEE THOSE IN CHAMBERS. SO UM, PLEASE, JUST,
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UH, SPEAK OUT WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. SHARE. F YOU'VE BEEN JOINED BY. UH, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR AND COUNCILMAN BAKER AND ALSO HAVE COUNCILMAN ARTHUR AND COUNCILMAN HUDSON IN THE Q. OK PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. THANK YOU. THIS EQUIPMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I'D LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A COSPONSOR. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT OTHER GRANTS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. THIS ISN'T A GRANT TO A PCB THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.IT'S A GRANT TO U SEPA. THROUGH THE IRA TO THEM. SO IT'S PASSED ON TO US. HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY OTHER GRANTS FROM SECOND CLASS? DO YOU ANTICIPATE GETTING MORE GOING FORWARD? WE ANTICIPATE GETTING MORE FUNDING FROM U SEPA THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL IRA FUNDING THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED.
SO THEY'VE RECEIVED $14 MILLION ADDITIONAL THROUGH THE IRA. THEY'VE MADE, UH, THAT AVAILABLE TO STATES AND LOCALS AND WE'RE CURRENTLY PREPARING A PACKAGE. TO SUBMIT TO THEM FOR THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AND JUST FOR IRA, UH, REDUCTION ACT RIGHT? THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. YES BUT IT'S THROUGH US CPA, SO IT'S NOT AN IRA GRANT TO A P CD. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HUDSON. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM A AS AN ENGINEER, YOU'LL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANYBODY THAT LOVES DATA MORE THAN I DO. BUT, UM WHAT WHAT IS DONE WITH THE DATA THAT IS MONITORED? DOES IT TRIGGER ANY KIND OF ACTION OR IS IT JUST DATA COLLECTING FOR THE SAKE OF DATA COLLECTING? UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT DATA COLLECTING FOR THE SAKE OF DATA COLLECTION. WITH OUR CRITERIA POLLUTANT NETWORK, UH, THERE ARE SIX CRITERIA POLLUTANTS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO MONITOR UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT CARBON MONOXIDE. WE STEP BACK. THERE ARE SIX CRITERIA POLLUTANTS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT. L IS ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA POLLUTANTS WE NO LONGER MONITOR FOR LEAD HERE IN LOUISVILLE. WE DEMONSTRATED IN 2016 THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A LEAD SOURCE. SO WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THAT OUT OF OUR NETWORK. WE MONITOR FOR CARBON MONOXIDE. NITROGEN OXIDES, SULFUR DIOXIDE, OZONE AND PARTICULATE MATTER CRITERIA POLLUTANTS. NUMBER OF OUR SITES ALSO HAVE ADVANCED METEOROLOGY. ALL OF OUR SITES HAVE METEOROLOGY. OUR ENCORE SITE IS OUR MULTI POLLUTANT SITE. WE OPERATE THAT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH AND THERE WE ALSO MONITOR FOR RADIOLOGY. UH, SUNSHINE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UH AND REALLY ADVANCED METEOROLOGY THERE, INCLUDING A SOOMER LOOKING AT HOW HIGH UP THAT MIXING LAYER IS WE ALSO AT TWO OF OUR SITES OPERATE A AUTOMATIC GAS CHROMATIC GRAPHS. THOSE ARE LOOKING AT OUR CANNONS LANE IN CORE SITE AT VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS THAT ARE PHOTO CHEMICALLY REACTIVE. THEY FORM OZONE FASTER. WE'RE ALSO RUNNING THAT SAME EQUIPMENT AT OUR ALGONQUIN PARKWAY AIR MONITORING SITE LOOKING AT THOSE SAME VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AT THEIR SOURCE. NOT JUST FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL CHEMICAL REACTIVITY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY ARE AIR TOXICS, AND THEY ARE SUBJECT TO OUR STRATEGIC TOXIC AIR REDUCTION PROGRAM. OUR CRITERIA. POLLUTANT MONITORING IS USED TO VALIDATE OUR ATTAINMENT OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.
OUR AIR MONITORING DATA FOR AIR TOXICS IS USED TO EVALUATE. UH ALMOST HOURLY OPERATION AND EMISSIONS OF AIR TOXICS. WE LIVED THERE FOR SPIKES, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR UH, CORROBORATION WITH OUR STRATEGIC TOXIC AIR REDUCTION PROGRAM. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAD A FEW OTHERS CHAIR? YEAH, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. SO WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS IT MONITORS ALL THESE OTHER LISTS OF THINGS, BUT WHAT I DID NOT HEAR WAS WHAT ACTION A BREAK IN THE THRESHOLD WOULD TRIGGER IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THRESHOLD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO ON A DAILY BASIS. WE USE THAT DATA. TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS. SO THERE IS THE AIR QUALITY INDEX OR A Q. I THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE A TEXT ALERT. UH OR OTHER NOTIFICATION FROM THE DISTRICT. OK OK, SO THAT'S ON A DAILY BASIS. UM AND I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR IT. BUT IS THIS MONITORING GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SMELL? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? SOME OF IT WILL WE HAVE, UH, ACQUIRED A HYDROGEN SULFIDE MONITOR CONTINUOUS HYDROGEN SULFIDE MONITOR TO INSTALL AT THE ALGONQUIN PARKWAY MONITORING SITE, ACROSS FROM MORRIS
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FOREMAN. NOW THAT'S NOT A CRITERIA POLLUTANT. IT'S ONE THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN. IN PARTICULAR, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S TRIGGERING A PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT. OR JUST A ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD, SO THAT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN PURCHASED WITH OUR CIVIL PENALTY FUNDS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CRITERIA POLLUTANT. IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT DIRECTLY, UM AND THAT WILL BE INSTALLED. IS THAT PART OF THIS CONTRACT? NO OK, WELL, LET'S STICK TO THIS CONTRACT THEN BECAUSE MY LAST QUESTION IS SPECIFIC TO THIS CONTRACT. IT. IT SAYS THAT THE THAT THIS SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT IS FROM DECEMBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR TO MARCH 1ST OF THIS YEAR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? I MEAN, WE'RE ASKING TO APPROVE A CONTRACT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED. MOLECULAR FILL IN ON THAT. UH, WHEN? WHEN PREPARING THE DOCUMENTATION, UH, FOR THE NONCOMPETITIVE CONTRACT. UH I USUALLY JUST PUT A GAP OF TIME THAT I. I FEEL LIKE IT WILL TAKE THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH. AND SO IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT, UH, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETS HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THEIR STAFF. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GONE A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE MARCH 1ST. OK, SO THE SERVICES HAVEN'T ACTUALLY WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BOUGHT THESE MONITORS YET. WE DO NOT HAVE THESE MONITORS. NO, OK. DOES THAT NEED TO BE REFLECTED IN IN THE ORDINANCE HERE. SHOULDN'T THE DATE NEED TO BE CHANGED TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW? AND WE DON'T. WE DON'T HAVE A COUNTY ATTORNEY ONLINE. I DON'T THINK YES, WE DO. WE DO. PAUL ROD. YES MA'AM, UH, PAUL RUTHERFORD WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THE QUOTE SAYS THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL BE DELIVERED 60 DAYS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF THE ORDER. UM SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE IN MARCH. I WOULD SAY MAKE THE CONTRACT I WOULD CHAIN RECOMMEND CHANGING THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE THE CONTRACT EFFECTIVE THROUGH. LET'S SEE THE END OF MAY. SO MAY 31ST 2024. I THINK IN A P CD CAN CHIME IN ON THIS, I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE AMPLE TIME FOR THE PRODUCTS TO BE SHIPPED. CORRECT. YES, THANK YOU. SO I'LL MOVE THAT AMENDMENT. I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN THE YES, IT DOES. YES SO WHO WAS THAT? COUNCILMAN BAKER MOVED.THE AMENDMENT SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. THANK YOU PROPERLY MOVED THE SECOND OF THIS BEFORE US. THOSE ARE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SAY I UH, KNOWS BY LIKE SIGN. UH, THAT IT SO NOW , UM, I IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, AND WE'RE READY TO VOTE, BUT I DON'T WANNA CUT ANYBODY OFF. IF THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS, I JUST I HAD A QUICK QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, UH, ONE. THANK YOU. CUSTOMER AND THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH. UM 11. THANK YOU. ALL FOR ALL YOU ALL DO. UM II. I APPRECIATE ESPECIALLY THE LOCATION AS WE KNOW THE SMELL AND ALL THOSE THINGS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HOT TOPIC. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. UH, AND MAYBE I MISSED IT. WHAT IS THE BLANKET FOR PEOPLE? WATCHING AT HOME. WHAT IS THE BLANKET COVERAGE OF WHAT? THIS MONITOR? UM COVERS. THIS MONITOR IS AS DEFINED BY EPA S GUIDANCE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, REGIONAL SCALE MONITOR IN WHICH IT IT COVERS THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, SURROUNDING THE AREA OF THE MONITOR. OK, THANK YOU. AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL DO. OTHER ARE ANY OTHERS? UM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM CHAMBERS? UM COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL. DID I SEE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? YOU DID NOT OK, SORRY. UM JUST SPEAK OUT IF YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT, UM THE ATOM IS BEFORE US, AND, UM, WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I. I GUESS THIS IS A RESOLUTION SO WE CAN, UH, DO A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AH AH! UM KNOWS, BUT I LIKE SIGN. SO TH THIS IS APPROVED, AND, UH, WE'LL GO TO OLD BUSINESS. THANK YOU, MISS, UH, MISS HAMILTON AND, UM, BILL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. UM I WANTED TO LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW THAT, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, THAT JUST DISCUSSION ITEMS. ONE WOULD BE THE UM, LITERACY PROJECT. AND THE OTHER WILL BE HEARING FROM, UM, OUR UM, INTERIM DIRECTOR WITH PARKS ON OUR, UM PROJECTS
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ARE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS. UM I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE GOT WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, AGENDA ITEMS , BUT I KNOW THOSE TWO WILL BE SO WE'VE GOT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO ADDRESS THOSE UM, WITHOUT* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.