[00:00:10] WE'RE GONNA START IN ABOUT ONE MINUTE. THEY. IS THERE. WHAT DID I DO? THAT. EXACTLY. OK? OK, LADIES, WE'RE READY TO START. OK? GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY [Call to Order] AFFAIRS HOUSING HEALTH EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH THE 20TH 2024 COME TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK. BEFORE I COVER THE WRONG WERE YOU READ THE N? THIS MEETING TO BE HERE SOON TO KR 61.826 COUNCIL ROOM FIVE, A. R FOUR. THANK YOU. I AM THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA SHANKLIN WITH ME IS MY VICE CHAIR COUNCILOR STEWART MANSON. MEETING NUMBER, [Roll Call] COUNCILWOMAN TAMMY HIN. UH TO COREY ARTHUR. HE'S UP ON SCREEN. UH, OUT IN THEM. UH, AND IF YOU WERE HE JUST CAME IN. FOUND SOME AND DANS COUNCIL MEMBER EARLY PARKER, SHE'S UP ON THE SCREEN. AND COUNCIL WERE BETSY RU. HAVE TO I'M SNIFFING TODAY. I APOLOGIZE. I WENT IN YESTERDAY. COUNSEL. I MEAN, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU READ THE MEETING? I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO DO UM THAT TWO THAT WE'RE GONNA HOLD. THE MAYOR SAID THAT WE COULD HOLD IT'S TWO THREE AND FIVE. 25 AND SIX YOU DO THAT? OK? OR 25, AND SIX WILL HOLD THOSE UNTIL I'M GONNA DO THOSE FIRST SO WE CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN WE'LL LEAVE YOU GUYS TO DO THE PRESENTATION. OK, THEY'RE PRETTY QUICK. OK? SO I DON'T HAVE THEM IN ORDER. OH, YOU GOT IT IN NORTH STREET. THREE AND SIX. YOU SAID WE'RE GONNA OH, FIVE OR SIX. PARA OK, MADAM CLERK, CAN [3. R-027-24     A RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARVIN HART BY DEDICATING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD AND FIRST STREET AS “MARVIN HART WAY” IN HIS HONOR. Action Required By:  September 2024 Sponsors: Phillip T. Baker (D-6) ] YOU READ NUMBER TWO? A RESOLUTION ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARTIN PARK MORGAN HT BY DEDICATING THE SOUTHWEST WEST MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD AND FIRST STREET AS M HART WAY IN HIS HONOR, READ IN FULL EMOTION. OK? DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO DISCUSS IT? AND SEND ANYBODY OVER. OK? THERE IS NO DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING, THEN ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? AND NOBODY HAS. NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I GUESS IT. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU WERE PART OF THE INTERRUPTION. CHAIRWOMAN JASON FOWLER, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. I UNDERSTAND NEEDS TO BE SPONSORED BY DISTRICT SIX FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE ORDINANCE. EXCUSE ME RESOLUTIONS THAT HONOR. MARVIN HART FOR HIS SERVICE TO LAWFUL. I BELIEVE HE WAS A CHAMPION [00:05:02] BOXER. UH, IF THE COMMITTEE WOULD RATHER BE SKIRT A BUSINESS THAT IS, UM SOMETHING THEY ARE. CERTAINLY WILLING TO DEBATE AND DO ANY OTHER INFORMATION. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I THINK WE ALL YOU DO? I THOUGHT WE CALLED THREE. I MEAN, TWO. WELL, NUMBER THREE. OK? THE C ONE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSION. OUR CONCERNS. OK? SO WE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. RIGHT? ALRIGHT. IT WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THIS ONE. SURE. I. I THINK WE I THINK MOVING INTO THE HOTEL BUSINESS MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA JUST TO BRING IT UP AT FULL COUNCIL, AND PROBABLY IT'LL PROBABLY MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY HERE SPEAKING TO IT, I THINK I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA. WELL SINCE WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE PHILIP B BAKER HERE. I GUESS IT WOULD GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT, OK? OK, NUMBER FOUR. NOW THE CLERK WHAT [4. R-028-24     A RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF GREGORY PAGE BY DEDICATING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD AND SECOND STREET AS “GREGORY PAGE WAY” IN HIS HONOR. Action Required By:  September 2024 Sponsors: Phillip T. Baker (D-6) ] YOU READ NUMBER FOUR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF GREGORY PAGE BY DEDICATING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD IN SECOND STREET AS GREGORY PAGE WHITE IN HIS HONOR, READ IN FULL THANK YOU. WELL, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST SENDING IT TO OLD BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME ONE. PHILIP IS NOT HERE. SO WE'RE JUST SEND IT TO OLD BUSINESS. ALSO. OK? YOU STILL NEED TO VOTE ON IT, OK? ALL IN FAVOR. AND IT WILL GO TO YOU GONNA SEND IT TO OLD BUSINESS TO GET PHILIP OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT. NOW WE HAVE NUMBER WHAT. AND YOU GUYS ARE CAN COME UP. CAN YOU DO YOURSELF BUT. GOOD AFTERNOON [1. ID 24-0130     NORTON WEST HOSPITAL IN WEST LOUISVILLE – Renee Murphy, Russ Cox, Corenza Townsend, Anthony Mattis, Abra Sickles, Norton Healthcare] AFTERNOON. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY AT THE BEGINNING THAT THOSE OF US WITH THE ORANGE AND PEACH POS . WE ONLY GOT THESE BECAUSE RENEE AND KENZI GOT THEM FOR US. WE'RE GETTING MORE FOR THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. BUT BE ASSURED. WE'RE ALL HERE AS A TEAM TODAY AND WE'LL GET YOU ON. WE'LL GET TO IT, BUT I WENT, BUT I WOULD ADVISE YOU TOO. THERE'S A VERY NICE HOT PINK ONE OF THESE THAT THAT EXISTS TO YOU. SO YOU MAY WANT TO PUT THE ORDER IN WITH KENZA AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AND COMMITTEE CHAIR SHANK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US TODAY. I'M RUSS COX PRESIDENT AND CEO OF NORTON HEALTHCARE. IT WAS OUR HONOR TWO YEARS AGO. YES. TWO YEARS AGO. TO COME TO YOU. UH AS A BODY AND TELL YOU OUR EXCITEMENT OF BUILDING THE FIRST HOSPITAL. BUILT WEST OF NINTH STREET AND OVER 150 YEARS. VERY CONCEPTUAL AT THAT POINT, SOMETHING THAT THAT WE WERE JUST ON THE CUSP OF BEGINNING TO TAKE ON AND WE TOLD YOU OUR PLAN. WE TOLD YOU HOW WE WERE GOING TO APPROACH THIS AND WE PROMISED YOU THAT WE WOULD BE BACK. WELL, HERE WE ARE. AND WE'RE EVEN MORE EXCITED THAN WE HAVE BEEN JUST A REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE. WE'RE A NOT FOR PROFIT, FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION. EVERYBODY IN OUR ORGANIZATION IS LOCALLY BASED. OUR TRUSTEES LIVE HERE. WORK HERE ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR CONSTITUENCY. UH UH, QUITE A JEWEL OF OUR ORGANIZATION. NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, THE STATE'S ONLY FREESTANDING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL . UH THIS STILL MAKES ME DRAW A BIT OF A BREATH, BUT WE ARE NOW APPROACHING 22,000 EMPLOYEES. THAT IS GROWTH FROM SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE AT ABOUT 14,000, SO NORTON HEALTHCARE HAS BECOME VERY VIBRANT, VERY MUCH A PREFERRED PLACE FOR PEOPLE, UH, TO CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION OF SERVING IN HEALTH CARE, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. AT RENEE'S MOVING SLIDES FASTER THAN SHE MUST WANT ME TO HURRY UP. UH, SHE DOES THIS A LOT. SHE KEEPS ME IN LINE. UH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR TRANSPARENCY. WE WERE THE FIRST ORGANIZATION 18 YEARS AGO TO POST OUR QUALITY INDICATORS ON OUR WEBSITE. GOOD BAD, INDIFFERENT. WE TELL THE STORY OF TRANSPARENCY AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO BE A BETTER ORGANIZATION. WE ALSO ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT BELIEVES THAT OUR MISSION STATEMENT CALLS US TO PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO ALL WE SERVE, AND WE TAKE THAT ALL AS BEING EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS THAT THAT THAT SEEKS HEALTH CARE. UH, RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK. FOR DISABILITY INCLUSION. WE LOOK AT IT AS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL PEOPLE. NOT [00:10:05] ONLY THAT WE SERVE BUT BE A GREAT EMPLOYER FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO COME WORK IN HEALTH CARE. OK, RENEE. NOW I'M READY. I'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO JUNE OF 2020. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING OUR COMMUNITIES. WAS IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME COMING OFF OF COVID AND COMING OFF OF A VERY DIFFICULT TIMES AROUND THE SOCIAL CLIMATE IN OUR COMMUNITY AT NORTON HEALTH CARE. WE STEPPED UP INTERNALLY. IN DEVELOPED FIVE IMPERATIVES, AND WE CALL THEM IMPERATIVES BECAUSE IMPERATIVES CALL UPON YOU TO ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS INITIATIVE SOMETIMES CAN MEAN JUST WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT IMPERATIVE MEANS EVERY DAY EVERY TIME. BUT OUR IMPERATIVES WERE THAT WE WERE GOING TO ESTABLISH THE INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH EQUITY. A PART OF NORTON HEALTH CARE WE SAW RIGHT UP FRONT, THE DIFFICULTY THE TILTED PLAYING FIELD THAT EXISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AROUND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE VIA COVID, AND VIA MANY OTHER STATISTICS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, SO WE WANTED TO ATTACK HEALTH EQUITY. AND ESTABLISH THIS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH EQUITY, WHICH NOW IS AT 12TH IN JEFFERSON, UH, IN THE VILLAGES OF MOO AND IS A VERY VIBRANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT HELP INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATE THE HEALTH CARE JOURNEY. IF YOU WILL, AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE COORDINATING WITH OTHER PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND HOW WE GO ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE WE BELIEVE THAT THAT ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE IS A RIGHT. IT'S NOT A PRIVILEGE. WE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO GETTING PRIMARY CARE TO AS MANY PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE UNDERSERVED AS IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. WE ALSO SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT SINCE WE SAY THAT WE ARE SERVING ALL THAT COME THROUGH OUR DOORS THAT WE LOOK LIKE OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN PEOPLE COME THROUGH THOSE DOORS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED DURING COVID AS WELL THAT A LACK OF TRUST DOES EXIST. AND THE WAY THAT WE MUST GET THROUGH THIS AND CHANGE. SOME OF THESE HEALTH STATISTICS IS TO REBUILD THAT TRUST, ESPECIALLY AROUND HEALTHCARE. AND WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN OUR ORGANIZATION LOOK LIKE THE COMMUNITY AND WE COMMITTED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND WE MADE GREAT PROGRESS THERE. FOR SO LONG. I'VE BEEN IN HEALTH CARE A LONG TIME. WE USED TO TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME IN HEALTH CARE DON'T GET INVOLVED. JUST DO YOUR JOB IN HEALTH CARE. TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS THAT DAY IS LONG GONE. AND WE REALIZED THAT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT TELLING EMPLOYEES WHAT TO THINK. WE'RE NOT TELLING THEM WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT WE'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION AND EDUCATION. ABOUT ADVOCACY AROUND HEALTH POLICY ISSUES AND AROUND SOCIAL ISSUES SO THAT THEY CAN THEN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND BECOME INVOLVED. AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE AS A PARTNER AROUND THE TRACK. IT IS NOW THE NORTON HEALTH CARE. SPORTS COMPLEX HAS DONE GREAT THINGS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS JUST A TOLL IN THE WATER AS TO HOW WE COULD BE INVOLVED IN THE UNDERSERVED PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHAT WE SAID THAT TIME WAS. WE WERE GONNA INVEST AN ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS. WELL WE BLEW PAST THAT QUITE QUICKLY. WE'RE NOW UPWARDS OF OVER 100 MILLION AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. SO HERE WE ARE. THE HEALTH NEEDS IN WEST LAW. WE TOLD YOU THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO TWO THINGS. WE PROMISED YOU TWO THINGS FOR CERTAIN. ONE IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE BEYOND INCLUSIVE AROUND, ALLOWING EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS HOSPITAL FROM A CONSTRUCTION FROM A CONTRACTING BASIS. ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WANTED TO DO. WE WERE GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE. BUT THE SECOND THING WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO IS WE WERE GOING TO GO OUT AND ASK QUESTIONS AND LISTEN. TO THE COMMUNITY AS THEY TOLD US WHAT THEY THOUGHT. HEALTH CARE. NEEDS LOOK LIKE AT 28TH AND BROADWAY AND OTHER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE DONE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT TODAY. SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WE HEARD ABOUT ACCESS TO CARE IT IT I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME SO MANY TIMES. YOU DO REALIZE THAT NORTON HOSPITAL IS JUST FOUR MILES FROM 28TH AND BROADWAY. AND MY ANSWER HAS BEEN IF THERE ARE IMPEDIMENTS IN YOU BEING ABLE TO GO TO THAT HOSPITAL IF YOU DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION IF YOU DON'T HAVE DAYCARE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE CHILD CARE IF YOU DON'T HAVE IF YOU'VE GOT THINGS THAT ARE BLOCKING YOU FROM GETTING THERE THAT FOUR MILES MIGHT AS WELL BE 400. SO WE HEARD ACCESS TO CARE. WE HEARD ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE. I NEED A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR THAT CAN HELP ME THROUGH THE JOURNEY. NOT ONLY WHEN I'M ILL, BUT WHEN I'M WELL TO STAY WELL. WE HEARD ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, AND WE HEARD ABOUT THE LACK OF SPECIALTY PROVIDERS. WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT. A LOT OF THE STATISTICS THAT WE'RE NOT SO PROUD OF, IF WE DON'T HAVE SPECIALISTS THERE TO HELP WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE, ONCOLOGICAL DISEASE. WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE TRAVELING. AND MISSING APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT KEEPING APPOINTMENTS. WE NEED TO BE PROXIMAL. WE NEED TO BE PERMANENT, AND WE NEED TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THIS CORNER OF HOPE THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF US OR MOST OF US TODAY WERE AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GOODWILL OPPORTUNITY OF THE [00:15:05] NORTON HEALTH CARE, GOODWILL OPPORTUNITY CENTER AT 28TH AND BROADWAY. OUR PARTNER GOODWILL, UH, BROKE GROUND AT THE 22 AND ACTUALLY CUT THE RIBBON TODAY IN A WONDERFUL CEREMONY, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE NEIGHBORS WITH THEM AT THIS VERY EXCITING CORNER OF HOPE. UH AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY WITH THIS HOSPITAL. UH, WE HAD THE TOPPING OFF CEREMONY WITH THE STEEL BEAM THE FALL OF 2023. I'LL TELL YOU THAT EVERY JUNCTURE ALONG THE WAY. UH, WE FELT SOME SKEPTICISM BY RESIDENTS WHO HAD BEEN PROMISED IN THE PAST THAT CERTAIN THINGS WOULD HAPPEN. THEY'VE SEEN STEEL COME OUT OF THE GROUND. THEY'VE SEEN IT, NOT FINISH. SO AT EVERY JUNCTURE WHERE WE COULD TALK ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE WERE MAKING, THERE HAS BEEN A GOOD THING. YOU KNOW NOT ONLY ARE WE PROUD THAT WE'RE BUILDING THIS HOSPITAL? WE'RE PROUD OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE BUILDING THIS HOSPITAL. WE'RE DOING IT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED WAY. THERE'S NOBODY ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHO IS INVESTING THIS LEVEL OF FINANCIAL RESOURCE INTO AN UNDERSERVED AREA. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE THINK THAT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL PUT LOUISVILLE ON THE MAP FOR YEARS TO COME. WE THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL CHANGE. BEGIN TO CHANGE THE HEALTH STATISTICS THAT PLAGUE OUR COMMUNITY. QUITE HONESTLY. WHEN 12 MILES OF ZIP CODE. CAN DICTATE A 15 YEAR DIFFERENCE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY. WE SHOULD BE ASHAMED. AND WE BELIEVE THAT BEGINNING TO PROVIDE THIS ACCESS AT 28TH AND BROADWAY, ALONG WITH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, 18TH OF BROADWAY, 22ND AND BROADWAY, SEVENTH IN HILL WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THE TRACK THAT WE ARE BEGINNING. TO PLANT THE SEEDS THAT WILL HELP US CHANGE THESE STATISTICS GOING FORWARD ON A BASIS THAT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT CORNER OF HOPE IS NOT JUST A 28TH AND BROADWAY. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER CROSS STREET DOWN. FROM OUR HOSPITAL THAT'S CALLED GARLAND. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY SPECIAL AND VERY SPECIFIC MONUMENT THAT CELEBRATES THE WALKWAY INTO THE HOSPITAL FROM GARLAND THAT CELEBRATES MANY OF THOSE BLACK PHYSICIANS, MANY OF THOSE BLACK NURSES AND PROVIDERS THAT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US AND PEOPLE THAT WALK UP THESE WALKS WILL UNDERSTAND THE RICH HISTORY. OF HEALTH CARE IN WEST LOUISVILLE. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF IS SEEING THIS. THIS BECOME REALITY AND THE WAY THAT YOU REALLY SEE IT BECOME REALITY IS THROUGH TIME LAPSE PHOTOS. I PROMISE YOU WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AS FAST AS IT IS ON THIS DAY. BUT IT IS REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GREAT PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, TIME LAPSE PHOTO OF WHERE WE STARTED THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO NOVEMBER. 11TH IS WHEN WE ARE POSITIONING TO SEE OUR FIRST PATIENT. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE TO YOU THE PERSON WHO'S PROBABLY GOT MORE HEART. IN IN THIS PROJECT THAN ANYONE WHEN I FIRST CONTEMPLATED. THIS BECOMING A REALITY. I. I HAD LUNCH WITH ANTHONY AND SAID, ANTHONY, I'M I'M CONSIDERING. NORTON HEALTH CARE, BUILDING A HOSPITAL IN WEST LOUISVILLE, AND BEFORE I COULD SAY ANYTHING ELSE, SHE SAID. I'M IN. WHAT DO YOU NEED? AND HE HAS HAD THAT SAME LEVEL OF COMMITMENT EVER SINCE THEN. SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO TALK ABOUT OUR OUR CONSTRUCTION AND OUR CONTRACTING AND THE GREAT PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE IN BOTH. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ANTHONY MATHIS TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THIS, ANTHONY. THANKS, RUSS. UM FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, CANCELING SHANKLIN. THANK YOU. AND THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ON OUR PROGRESS. AND UM, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 8TH COMPLETION. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S JUST SUCH A BIG DEAL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO OVERCOME IN ORDER TO STAY ON SCHEDULE AND BUDGET, IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL. AND WE'RE WE'RE SO EXCITED. WE HAVE THE FRAMING. ON THE PROJECT. 1ST 2ND FLOOR FRAMINGS COMPLETE OUR DRY WALLS ARE IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. THE MECHANICALS IN THE WALLS ARE ARE COMPLETE OUR EXTERIOR SKIN METAL PANELS. UM, THEY'RE GOING UP RIGHT NOW. UM OUR, UM OR OR DRIVE IT IF YOU WILL. SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO CALL IT STUCCO, BUT IT'S 30 TO 40% COMPLETE OUR EXTERIOR BRICK IS GOING UP. [00:20:02] WE'RE ABOUT 75% COMPLETE THERE. ROOFING 100% DONE. WE GOT MAJOR. MEDICAL UM, EQUIPMENT COMING ON SITE AND MID JUNE, SO I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SITE AND THAT TIME TIME LAPSE VIDEO, IT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE IT JUST IT. JUST HOW THAT SITE HAS TRANSFORMED AND HOW IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M JUST MOST EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE TWO YEARS AGO WE TOLD YOU GUYS WE TOLD THE COMMITTEE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AND, UM, THE THING THAT JUST REALLY JUST EXCITES ME THE MOST IS THAT WE HAVE MINORITY PARTICIPATION BUSINESS PARTICIPATION ON THE JOB SITE OF 38% THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED. THAT IS JUST JUST EXCELLENT. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND MORE IMPORTANT AS FAR AS OUR WORKFORCE. WE SAID THAT WE WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US BUILD THIS AND OUR WORKFORCE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. WE'RE AT RIGHT AT 40 TO 40 40. I MEAN, 40% WORKFORCE IS FOR A MINORITY WORKFORCE IS EXCELLENT. AND SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED. UH UH, ABOUT THAT. AND WE'VE HAD 13. ATTACHMENTS AND IS A UM URBAN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE . THAT'S WHERE WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION. WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE AND KENTUCKY AND IT WORKS AND IT'S JUST TO GIVE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND OP OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE. UM YOU KNOW, THEY GO THROUGH A SIX WEEK COURSE. AND WE'RE WE'RE TEACHING THEM SOME OF THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT GO ALONG IN CONSTRUCTION AND SHOW THEM WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE A CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION AND SO HELP THEM. WE ALSO ARE HELPING THEM REMOVE BARRIERS THAT ARE STOPPING THEM FROM GETTING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE AND SO I'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT. AND UM, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? HOW ARE YOU GETTING THOSE NUMBERS? I AND I? I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME IT FIRST STARTS WITH THAT GUY RIGHT THERE. RUSS COX LEADERSHIP. IT STARTS AT THE TOP. WHEN YOU HAVE A LEADER THAT IS MANDATING. THIS PARTICIPATION, IT MAKES IT EASIER. BUT IT STARTS RIGHT THERE AND THEN WE HAVE A TEAM OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL ON THIS PROJECT. THESE ARE OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND. THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING OUT, TOUCHING FEELING HOLDING THE HANDS OF THE CONTRACTORS, HELPING THEM GET THEIR CERTIFICATIONS NEEDED TO BE A PART OF THE PROJECT. SO UM, THAT TEAM IS HERE WITH US TODAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO STAY IN, PLEASE. UM 7 P.M. ONE WEST AND NTC. I TELL YOU, UM THEY'VE BEEN JUST JUST EXCELLENT AND HAVE REALLY PICKED THE TORCH UP AND HAVE CARRIED IT AND YOU REALLY SEE IT IN OUR JOB SITE YOU CAN WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR JOB SITE. IT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF THIS TEAM THAT'S BEHIND ME. UM, RIGHT HERE . UM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD WE'VE HAD OVER FOUR OUTREACHES AT LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY. UM CENTRAL COMMUNITY CENTER AND TYPICALLY ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. YOU MAY HAVE AN OUTREACH WE'VE HAD FOUR AND THE RESPONSE AND THE EXCITEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS JUST BEEN OVER O OVERWHELMING AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE 20 MINORITY FIRMS ON THE PROJECT 16 FEMALE FIRMS AND THREE VETERAN FIRMS WE SPENT , UM WE WE'VE SPENT TO DATE OVER $14 MILLION WITH MINORITY FIRMS AND WE'VE COMMITTED TO DATE OVER 22 MILLION FOR MINORITY FIRMS. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, WE WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE SO EXCITED AND YOU KNOW, AND JUST THANK YOU. AND FROM THERE, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER KENZA TOWNSEND. YOU GUYS LIKE HOW WE TAG EACH OTHER IN? WE'RE MATCHING. WE TAG EACH OTHER IN LIKE THIS IS A REAL TRUE TEAM EFFECT. I MEAN, LIKE WE BROUGHT OUR PARTNERS. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS, UM THAT THIS IS IT TRULY TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO THIS, RIGHT? UM ANOTHER SHOUT OUT, UM, JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF ANTHONY. UM WE'VE GOT, UM, OUR FOLKS FROM HARMON MESSER HERE TOO. UM, AND SO IF SOMEBODY THAT IS NOT IN THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD WHEN I TELL YOU, THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING MY HAND. I CAN TELL YOU ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION. DON'T ASK ME TO BUILD ANYTHING PERSONALLY, I MIGHT HAVE A BIRD BOX OR SOMETHING I CAN PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU. UM, BUT HARMAN, METZLER, COULD YOU KIND OF GIVE ME A STAND UP FOR ME, PLEASE? MR JUSTIN, RIGHT HERE HAS TAUGHT ME AN AWFUL LOT. UM SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN IT'S [00:25:03] DONE AND KIND OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO BUILD UP TO THAT. UM AND SO SOME OF YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN. I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. UM BUT ONE TO KINDA REALLY MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HOSPITAL FACILITY. SO NORTON HEALTH CARE HOSPITAL FACILITY LIKE THE REST OF OURS, RIGHT? WE ARE FULL BLOWN HOSPITAL. UM, IT'S NOT JUST A IMMEDIATE CARE CENTER. IT'S NOT JUST A CLINIC. THIS IS A FULL BLOWN HOSPITAL, SO WE WERE OPERATES ONE TO KIND OF PAY. UH, HOMAGE TO THAT TO THOSE OUT. UM WE WILL HAVE A 24 HOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INPATIENT SERVICES, UM, DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES THERE. WE WILL HAVE SURGERY SUITES THERE, SO WE WILL BE DOING SURGERY. UM OUTPATIENT LAB. WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO INPATIENT DIALYSIS. UM WHICH WE KNOW IN OUR POPULATION HERE IN WEST LOUISVILLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF RENAL FAILURE HERE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON DOING BETTER ON DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING. SO CT MRI PLAYING FILMS ULTRASOUND MAMMOGRAM WILL BE DOING ALL OF THAT. HERE UM, FROM A MEDICAL GROUPS, UH, MEDICAL GROUP SERVICE. STANDPOINT WHICH IS ONE OF OUR DOCTORS, OFFICES AND THIS FACILITY THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND SO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOSPITAL, AND SO KIND OF RUSS POINTED OUT THAT WE DID THAT SURVEY AS A PART OF THAT SURVEY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP AROUND ACCESS WAS WAYFINDING. WE WANNA MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR OUR PATIENTS AND OUR GUESTS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING. UM AND SO WHEN YOU COME INTO THE BUILDING, UM WHICH I HOPE YOU GUYS COME CHECK IT OUT WHEN IT'S DONE, RIGHT. UM, WHEN YOU COME INTO THE BUILDING, THERE'S A CENTRALIZED AREA THAT WILL HELP YOU NAVIGATE. WE NEED TO GO RIGHT BEHIND THAT IS THAT NORTON MEDICAL GROUP OFFICE AND SO IF YOU, UM, ARE SEEN IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, YOUR INPATIENT AND WE REFER YOU TO A SPECIALIST. IF WE REFER YOU TO, UM, A NEW PRIMARY CARE, DOCTOR. YOU NEED TO GET LABS AND IMAGES. ALL OF THAT IS WITHIN THE BUILDING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE TO GET THAT DONE. UM AND THAT IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO, UM BRING ACCESS TO SPECIALTY SERVICES AS WELL. SO IN THAT PRIMARY CARE SPACE, YOU HAVE WOMEN SERVICES. YOU HAVE ADULT AND CHILDREN'S, UM OR PEDIATRIC. CARE UM, WE'VE GOT THEM ALL LISTED HERE. GENERAL SURGERY. ENDOSCOPY INFECTIOUS DISEASE. CARDIOLOGY ORTHOPEDICS, G, A BUM KNEE. COME SEE ME, UM, BACK NECK AND NECK AND BACK PAIN, SO SPINE SURFACES, NEUROLOGY. SO HEADACHE , UM, BENIGN HEMATOLOGY. AND THEN OUR BIG FOCUS RIGHT NOW, UM, IS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. WE WILL BE PROVIDING SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT IN THAT OFFICE. UM, SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN THE SURVEY THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED AND HAPPY TO TELL YOU MOST, IF NOT EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID IN THAT SURVEY THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTED WE INCLUDED IN THIS HOSPITAL. ONE OF THOSE BEING GREEN SPACE, RIGHT? WE WANT MORE GREEN SPACE AS WE'RE WORKING ON OUR PARKS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WANNA HAVE THAT ON OUR CAMPUS AS WELL. SO ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF OUR FACILITY, THERE IS A GREEN SPACE PAVILION. WE'RE BOTH PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES CAN GO IF YOU WANNA HAVE LUNCH. YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, DO YOGA AND FALL OVER LIKE I WOULD. YOU CAN DO THAT IN THAT GREEN SPACE, BUT JUST AN ADDITIONAL PLACE OUTSIDE IN THE GOOD AIR TO, UM TO, UH, ENJOY. UM ADDITION TO THAT A RETAIL PHARMACY. WE KNOW THAT IS A LITTLE BIT LACKING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE ARE BRINGING THAT ALONG BOTH IN INTERNALLY. SO UM, WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL MEDS TO BEDS BEFORE YOU LEAVE OUR ED. OR BEFORE YOU LEAVE, UM, THE INPATIENT SERVICES. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE WITH THE PRESCRIPTION YOU NEED FROM OUR PHARMACY. INTERNALLY THE RETAIL PHARMACY. UM, WE ARE GUARANTEEING, UM, LONG HOURS, RIGHT EXTENDED HOURS IN THAT AND IN THE NORTHERN MEDICAL GROUP SPACE, AND SO IN ADDITION TO JUST BEING A 9 TO 5, WE'RE EXTENDING THOSE HOURS TO 7 P.M. AND SO THAT PHARMACY WILL BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WITH THE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING. UM AND SO BRINGING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE THAT ARE KEY. UM WE'LL HAVE A FOOD PANTRY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DARE TO CARE AGAIN. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, AND THEN, UH, COMMUNITY ROOM THAT CAN BE SPLIT INTO TWO SO THAT WE CAN DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. THIS ALSO LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM A MEDICAL SPACE BECAUSE WE ARE INVITING PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HOST CLASSES AND THINGS THAT WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY IN THAT SPACE. THE IDEA AROUND THAT IS SO THAT, UM, WE CAN OPERATE AS A HOSPITAL WITHOUT WALLS AS YOU SAW THE RENDERING. AND I HEARD YOU, UH, HEARD ANTHONY TALK. WE DO HAVE WALLS WALLS. BUT THE IDEOLOGY OF BEING ABLE TO OPERATE, UM IN A CAPACITY WHERE PEOPLE COME TO YOU WHEN THEY WHEN THEY'RE WELL, WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THIS FACILITY SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN CRISIS, OR YOU DO NEED HEALTH CARE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK TWICE ABOUT COMING TO SEE US BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THERE. IT'S A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. UM LOCAL ARTISTS. WE WILL HAVE LOCAL ART IN THE, UH, FACILITY. AND THEN AS YOU HEARD, RUSS, MENTION, UM, A HISTORIC STRUCTURE WHERE WE WILL SHOW REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, BOTH BUSINESS AND HEALTH CARE PARTNERS. UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, THAT WALK OF HOPE, UM WHERE OUR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY CAN BE A PART OF THAT, UM ONE THING WE DID NOT MENTION I'LL GET TO THAT ONE THING WE DID NOT MENTION. AND THIS IS A, UH, SUPER IMPORTANT PIECE TO ME IS THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN 100 AND 50 YEARS AND HOW THIS IS HISTORIC. WE WANTED THE COMMUNITY AND OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE A PART OF THAT HISTORY. AND SO ALL SUMMER, YOU'LL HEAR A WHEN I INTRODUCE HER. WE DID A BEAN SIGNING, UM, AND AT DIFFERENT POINTS. SO WHEN WE DID A COUPLE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OUTREACH THINGS WHEN WE DID, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS THIS SUMMER, WE BROUGHT A BEAM FOR THE COMMUNITY [00:30:05] TO SIGN THAT BEING IS CUT INTO THREE AND WILL BE HOUSED. HAD THE FACILITY SO NORMALLY YOU GO TO A TOPPING OFF CEREMONY. EVERYBODY SIGNS THE MEME AND THEN HE GOES INTO THE SKY, RIGHT. WHERE IS GREAT? I SIGNED IT, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE MY NAME IN THIS FACILITY. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WALK UP TO THE BEAMS AND THEY'LL BE UP LIT AND DOWN WHERE YOU CAN SEE YOUR ACTUAL NAME WRITTEN ON THAT PIECE OF HISTORY, WHICH IS WEST LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL. I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE WRITTEN MY NAME ON EVERY BEAM ON EVERY SIDE. DON'T JUDGE ME. I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU SEE MY NAME MORE THAN ONCE, JUST KEEP LOOKING. YOURS IS THERE TOO. UM, UH BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UM THEY'RE LAUGHING AT ME BEHIND ME. IT REALLY IS ON ALL THREE NAMES. LOVE THIS GROUP. UM WANNA ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME FOR NORTON HEALTHCARE. SO I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT NORTON IS ALWAYS OFFERED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. BUT WE'VE GROWN THIS RIGHT. WE HAVE MADE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER , UM, AND MORE ACCESSIBLE, UM, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT FOR PEOPLE, UM, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS, AND SO WE KNOW, WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE FINANCIAL PIECE. YOU CAN'T GET ACCESS TO CARE. SO WE WANNA MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. UM, ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS I'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION UP HERE. WHERE UM, YOU CAN CALL UM OR VISIT ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS AND GET FOLKS REGISTERED. SO AS WE'VE BEEN OUT IN ABOUT WE GIVE A FLYER OUT, UM TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN JUST CALL NORTHERN HEALTH CARE FACILITY. WE WILL HELP YOU GET QUALIFIED FOR THAT OR HELP YOU DO THAT APPLICATION PROCESS. UM AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF, UH, OF ACCESS. AND SO THE COVERAGE AND THE PROGRAM EXTENDS FOR A FULL YEAR. UM SO ONCE YOU DO IT AND YOU WALK INTO A FACILITY, NOBODY'S GONNA ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THERE'S A NOTE IN THE SYSTEM THAT SAYS WE'VE TALKED TO THIS PERSON ALREADY, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. UM I DO WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT, UM ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING PIECES. OH ANOTHER THING. OH, WELL, GO AHEAD. I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE HIRING PIECE. UM SO AND THE LAST THREE WEEKS MY ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS STARTED. AND SO WE ARE HIRING ALREADY FOR WEST LOUIS HOSPITAL. YES, THE HOSPITAL OPENS IN NOVEMBER, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE BEFORE THE FACILITY OPENS AND SO ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, UM MY LEADERSHIP TEAM STARTED AND, UH I JUST GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I WANT THEM TO SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ON THE SCREEN. AND SO BRITNEY MARTIN, SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF PATIENT EXPERIENCE. JONATHAN BE. HE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS ALE. SHE MAY OR MAY NOT BE SITTING IN THE ROOM. AM I RIGHT? AS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM HERE IN A SECOND? UH, SEAN NOLAN IS OUR DIRECTOR OF PATIENT CARE. SO HE'S ALL THINGS NURSING AND NURSE CARE. MARCUS WRIGHT IS OUR MANAGER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. AND THEN LARRY BOND KEEPS THE GLUE TO ALL THESE PEOPLE. UM AND SO, UM, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE ARE DOING THE THIS HIRING WELL OVER 200 JOBS COMING TO WEST LOUISVILLE, UM, WEST LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL. PHASE ONE IS DONE. WE ARE ACTUALLY HIRING AND INTERVIEWING . UM SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN OFFERS FOR THAT PHASE TWO LEADERSHIP. SO YOUR NURSE MANAGERS A COUPLE OF OUR SPECIAL THINGS, SPECIALTY LEADERS LIKE, UH, RADIOLOGY, UM, AND QUALITY SAFETY. THINGS LIKE THAT ARE COMING ON. UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, YOU GUYS WILL SEE A HUGE ABOUT THE LARGER WAVE. SO LICENSED, UH, LICENSED EMPLOYEES , FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE THAT'S NEEDED TO FUNCTION. THIS HOSPITAL. THOSE POSITIONS WILL GO LIVE IN APRIL, UM AND SO AS WE ADVERTISE THAT AND LET FOLKS KNOW, UM I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT. WE WANT FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM BUT, UH, A MIXED ARRAY OF FOLKS AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, INTERVIEWED SOMEBODY FROM DALLAS, TEXAS LAST WEEK. WHO HEARD ABOUT THIS, UM, IS WILLING TO SHIP HIS WHOLE FAMILY TO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY TO BE A PART OF THIS HISTORY, SO SHOWS YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS BECAUSE HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. THERE ARE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF FOLKS REACHING OUT TO ME, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW SOME OF THESE PEOPLE GOT MY CELL PHONE NUMBER. UM SO NEXT UP, I'D LOVE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A SICKLE. SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. A IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT HER JOB ENTAILS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU SHE HAS BEEN OUT AND ABOUT JUST AS MUCH AS WE'VE BEEN, UM, IN THE SHORT TIME THAT SHE'S BEEN IN THIS ROLE. I MEAN, SHE'S A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN AND EXTERNALLY. UM, FROM A PARTNERSHIP STANDPOINT, SO A SHE'S AWESOME. SHE'S THE BEE'S KNEES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM YES, I HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY WITH ROLLER SKATES ALL OVER. SO IF YOU SEE ME JUST ZIPPING AROUND, UM WITHIN MY POSITION, I DO AIM TO DRIVE AND FOSTER NEW AND EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS THAT HELP OVERALL, ENHANCE PUBLIC HEALTH CREATE, UH, SOCIAL COHESION AND THEN ULTIMATELY JUST INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO UM, YOU KNOW, THE FUN FACT IS BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, REALLY GETTING THE COMMUNITY EXCITED ABOUT TAKING ON HEALTHCARE AND WITH THIS NEW INITIATIVE WITH THIS HOSPITAL WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IN KEEPING THE COMMUNITY AT THE FOREFRONT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE. UM SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN [00:35:02] ABLE TO HOST AND PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF COMMUNITY FORUMS, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND THEN A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH FAITH LEADERS AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY WE , UH HAVE ATTENDED MORE THAN 700 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL. UM OUTREACH EVENTS, UM AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. AT SOME OF THESE EVENTS, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO COLLECT OVER 4500 SURVEYS, UH, WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WHAT THE WHAT? ADDITIONALLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE TO SEE WITH THIS NEW HOSPITAL. UM KIND OF, UH, KENZA HAD TALKED ABOUT THE BEAM SIGNING. UH, THIS PAST SUMMER. THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. UM, THOSE BEAMS WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE HOSPITAL, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. UM WHEN AT THE GRAND OPENING FOR THOSE TWO GO ON DISPLAY. AN UPCOMING EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE, UM AT THE FRASIER MUSEUM. APRIL THE NINTH WILL BE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH OUR, UH, CEO, RUSS AND KENZA AS WELL. UH, THE REST OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL ALSO BE THERE, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MEET THEM AS WELL, UM, TO LEARN ABOUT THE HOSPITAL SERVICES AND THEN OVERALL JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE COMING WITH THE HOSPITAL . SO THIS IS A FREE EVENT. WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM UH UH. REGISTER AT THE FRASIER MUSEUM.ORG. CALENDAR UM, AND I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE LIKE A QR CODE AND SOME EXTRA MATERIALS, TOO. AND THAT ULTIMATELY WE JUST WANT YOU TO STAY CONNECTED. WE WANT YOU TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST AND GREATEST, UM, INFORMATION, UM, AND EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. UH, WE DO HAVE A WEB ADDRESS WEST LEVEL HOSPITAL.ORG. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND SUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. UM AND THEN, UH, ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR PHONE, GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT OUT AND FOLLOW OUR WEST LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL FACEBOOK PAGE, SO GIVE US A LIKE AND A FOLLOW AND I HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE SOON IN THE COMMUNITY. I ONLY WISH WE HAD A LITTLE MORE ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THIS ON ON THIS TEAM. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR OR GET ANY INPUT THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME, BUT IT'S THERE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY THINGS THAT, UH WE CAN PROVIDE MORE CLARITY FOR YOU ON WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. WE THINK THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH I SEE THE, UH THE FOOD BANK DIDN'T CARE. I KNOW THEY CARE IS GONNA BE MOVING DOWNTOWN . BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S IN THE NEWBURG AREA. SO AND I DO RUN A DIRTY DISTRIBUTE. BUT AT THE HOSPITAL. I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT SHE KNOWS IT BETTER. THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO THERE'S A IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT VERY MUCH THE SAME. SO IN THIS FOOD PANTRY, IT'S A SMALLER ONE. BUT IT IS ALSO REFRIGERATED. UM AND SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PIECES TO THAT. UM WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FROM A RESOURCE STANDPOINT THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE WHOLE PATIENT, UM WE KNOW THAT FOOD IS A LARGE PART OF THAT, AND SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH DATA TO CARE, IT GOES BOTH WAYS. AND SO AS A PATIENT COMES THROUGH OR ANYBODY THAT COMES THROUGH THE HOSPITAL, AND WE IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR FOOD. NOT ONLY WILL WE HELP THEM IN THAT PANTRY, BUT WE WILL ALSO GET THEM SET UP FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO GET FOOD. NOW IN THAT WE'LL ALSO ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO SAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED SO THAT WE CAN WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THE PATIENT AND TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE PATIENT? SO THERE'S A PANTRY INSIDE THE HOSPITAL? WE CAN TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS, UM, THAT ARE PHYSICALLY THERE, AND IF SOMEBODY COMES IN OFF THE STREET AND JUST NEEDS HELP IN GENERAL, WE CAN HELP THEM AND I GET THEM ATTACHED TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. BUT IT IS A TRUE DEAR TO CARE PANTRY. SO JUST LIKE THE ONE TO OPERATE EVERY MONTH. WE'LL HAVE A STANDING ONE INSIDE THE BUILDING. DOES THAT? ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, BUT IT MAKES ME SAD. IT DOES. YEAH. WELL BECAUSE THE DARE TO CARE THIS IN NEWBURGH, IT'S GONNA BE MOVING DOWN THERE TO YOU GUYS AND I SO YEAH, YEAH. DE CARE IS ALL AROUND OUR CITY. I DOUBT THAT. THEY WILL LEAVEOU HANGING NOW THE WEHOUSE IS IN MY DISTRT, SOT'S PRETT BIG SOELL, WE'LL BE OK. OK?NYON , GOSH. YEAH. I'M NOT USED TO THIS. WE'RE GOING ON A COUNCILMAN. I SEE IT. UH, ANDREW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM SO I HAVE. I'M GONNA REPEAT WHAT I'VE SAID MANY TIMES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD ME SAY THIS, BUT OK, SAY IT AGAIN. II I AM 51 YEARS OLD, AND I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THAT THINK THIS INVESTMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IMPACTFUL INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE IN MY LIFETIME. AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS THANKFUL. I AM THAT NORTON HAS STEPPED UP AND TAKEN A LEAD ROLE [00:40:11] AND MADE THIS INVESTMENT. UH, WE WERE AT 28TH AND BROADWAY THIS MORNING AND BETWEEN GOODWILL AND NORTON, THAT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT AND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT BUT THOSE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS OF HUNDREDS OR DOZENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IS USUALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS AN ANCHOR INVESTMENT LIKE THAT. CREATES OTHER INVESTMENTS AROUND IT, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECT TO HAPPEN HERE. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S SO IMPACTFUL AND SO IMPORTANT. SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR STEPPING UP. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WEEK. WE FELT LIKE EARLY ON IN THIS PROJECT THAT OUR CITY NEEDED THIS FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE ALSO FELT LIKE THAT THE MOMENTUM THAT COULD BE CREATED FOR FURTHER INVESTMENT IN WEST LOUISVILLE WITH SIGNIFICANT IN THIS PROJECT, AND IF WE WERE WILLING TO STEP UP THAT OTHERS WILL AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT HAPPEN . HOUSING IS CHANGING AND OBVIOUSLY MORE AFFORDABLE. HOUSING IS CHANGING. WE'RE SEEING MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS COME FORWARD. SO UH, WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE THAT MOMENTUM. BUT WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR KIND WORDS. SHE TURNED IT OFF. UH, COUNCILMAN CORIA ON THIS MAN. OH, HE'S ON THIS SIDE THERE THEORY, ARTHUR. WOMAN. THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE NORTHERN TEAM FOR NOT JUST COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WORKING WITH AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY TO MEET OUR NEEDS. AND HOPEFULLY, METRO GOVERNMENT CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THE WORK YOU ALL PUT IN TO GET AS MANY MINORITY CONTRACTORS AS YOU DID. A FEW QUESTIONS. HOW CLOSE ARE YOU ALL TO FILLING THE NEW JOBS THAT THE HOSPITAL WILL BRING? SO UM, AS I SPOKE EARLIER. WE'RE DOING IT IN THREE PHASES. UM, AND SO PHASE ONE IS DONE. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE STARTS. UM AS OF THE TOP OF APRIL, AND SO WE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WAY. WHAT KIND OF ADVERTISING IS BEING DONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THOSE NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES? OH, GOODNESS. RENEE COULD PROBABLY TALK DAYS ABOUT THIS. SO UM SOME OF IT IS WORD OF MOUTH RIGHT? AS WE'RE OUT, CONNECTING WITH FOLKS , SOME OF IT IS, UM INTERNALLY ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN ON OUR NORMAL JOB POSTINGS EXTERNALLY AS WELL. AND SO TYPICALLY WHEN A JOB IS POSTED OF JOB COMPANIES OR ONLINE SPACES. PICK THAT UP AS WELL. UM BUT THAT INFORMATION GOES OUT TO FOLKS LIKE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE AND A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL. UNDERSTOOD. I'VE SEEN SOME PRIVATE COMPANIES HAVE UH, JOB FAIRS THAT WERE ADVERTISED TO PEOPLE IN THE NEARBY COMMUNITY, SO IT WASN'T PRIVATE OR JUST FOR THEM, BUT IT WAS ADVERTISED TO THEM. SO THEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO SHOW UP. SO I. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AT ALL, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION YOU ALL KNOW RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS LOUISVILLE'S ELEMENTARY MAGNATE FOR SCIENCE, TECH, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATH. DO YOU PLAN TO PARTNER WITH THEM MOPPING OR JOHNSON AROUND THE CORNER OR OTHER WESTERN SCHOOLS AT HAVE E PARTNERSHIPS WITH JCPS AS WELL. NOT ONLY JUST FROM A JOB SHADOWING, UM AND YOU KNOW JUST A PARTNERSHIP ASPECT, BUT FROM A JOB PLACEMENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES , SO I MYSELF AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS. WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS OFTEN TO SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. UM AND OTHER CAREERS , RIGHT? HEALTHCARE ISN'T JUST DOCTORS AND NURSES. UM, BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY OUT AND ABOUT IN JCPS AND OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE, UM LIKE BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. AND A LOT OF OUR OTHER, UM, HOMEGROWN COMPANIES AS WELL. AND ANOTHER POINT, UM, TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU ON THE JOB FAIRS, THE ONE THAT A ANNOUNCED AT FRASIER MUSEUM IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WILL HAVE, AND WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL ONES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET US KNOW SO WE CAN PROMOTE THOSE. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . UH, NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN RUBY. ALL RIGHT. UM, FIRST OF FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY I WISH I HAD A QUESTION TO ASK YOU, BUT I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON DOWN THERE, ECHOING ANDREW OWEN. WE WERE DOWN THERE FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF GOODWILL OPPORTUNITIES CENTER, AND I REMEMBER DOING A TOUR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND STANDING UP THERE IN THEIR CORNER EXECUTIVE SUITE LOOKING OUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 28TH AND BROADWAY GOING IN FOUR YEARS. FIVE YEARS, THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU GUYS ARE HELP. TO SPUR SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CITIZENS AND AS YOU COMMENTED, FOUR MILES DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A WHOLE LOT. BUT IT REALLY CAN BE. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT AND BRINGING HEALTH CARE TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. THANK YOU. THANK [00:45:04] YOU, COUNCILOR R. NEXT. WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. AND, UM FIRST OF ALL WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR, UH, COMING TO SHRED LIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE. UH TO THIS COMMITTEE. UM SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S VERY OFTEN THAT, UM SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME IN WEST LOUISVILLE REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU GUYS CAME IN. DIVING IN REACHING TO THE COMMUNITY. OH, PROBABLY MORE SO THAN ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF THE GOODWILL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT THE COMMUNITY IS POINT. INPUT IS VITAL WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT AND BRINGING ACCESS. THE ACCESS THAT, UH, THE WEST END NEEDS. WILL BE THERE. UM YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. UM A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND, UM PEOPLE. I JUST KNOW IN THE WEST END, YOU GUYS HAVE SENT OUT PAMPHLETS, FLYERS OR SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT SOME JOBS. THEY'VE CALLED ME AND WAS LIKE, HEY, THEY HARD TOTALLY ARE. SO WHEN I HEARD THINGS LIKE THAT IT DEFINITELY ALLOWS ME TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING WHEN YOU COME IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. UM I'D LIKE TO ASK. I KNOW YOU GUYS WANTED TO ASK, UM, WHAT IS IT? YOU KNOW QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, BUT I WANNA ASK WHAT ELSE? IS IT? THAT YOU NEED FROM US. HOW IS IT THAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT WE CAN ASSIST OR GIVE YOU ALL TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY, THE TOOLS ANY OTHER TOOLS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED? THIS IS WHAT MAKES RENEE NERVOUS WHEN I START ANSWERING QUESTIONS LIKE THIS, BUT THAT'S OK, SO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID AND I. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. WE NEED YOUR ADVOCACY. WE'RE WE RECOGNIZE THAT TRUST IS NOT AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE DON'T WANT TO SQUANDER THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY. WE WANT TO HAVE PERMANENCY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE SOLVED ACCESS FOR TOO LONG WITH MOBILE UNITS THAT DRIVE IN, BUT THEY DRIVE OUT. BUT WE'RE PLANTED IN CONCRETE. HERE BUT WE NEED YOUR ADVOCACY, SAYING THIS IS GOOD. THIS IS CAN BE TRUSTED. THIS IS WHAT HOW HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE DELIVERED. IT'S HAD THE INPUT. I THINK THAT'S ONE THING. THE SECOND THING I'LL TELL YOU. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. WE NEED TO GROW. THAT I. I AM CERTAIN OF THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE STARTED ON PLANNING THIS HOSPITAL THREE YEARS AGO. WAS IT THREE YEARS AGO THREE YEARS AGO. WE ANTICIPATED A NEED THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS, BUT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE WAS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE NEED TO LOOK LIKE THIS. SO RIGHT NOW. I'M PLANNING FOR SUCCESS. AND I'M RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GROW. SO THERE MAY BE SOME TIMES WHERE WE MAY BE COMING TO YOU AND ASKING FOR HELP ALONG THE WAY FOR HOW WE EXTEND ACCESS EVEN FURTHER. BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS. SO WE'RE WE WILL GET THIS RIGHT. WE ARE NOT A PERFECT ORGANIZATION. THE WORLD ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO WORK HARD TO BE PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU ASKED FOR SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT. NO IT TO HIS POINT IT IT'S A SPECIAL THANK YOU ALREADY FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN, UM WE HERE TOO. JUST LIKE YOU HERE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE HEAR THAT YOU GUYS SUPPORT US, SO IT'S REALLY MORE OF A THANK YOU. NOT REALLY AN ASK THANK YOU. THAT THE INSIDE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. HOW MANY BEDS 20 INPATIENT 14 ED, AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL THREE OR FOUR UPRIGHT IN THE ED. NEXT QUESTION. YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING A LOT OF HOMELESS AND, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH WITH ADDICTIONS. ARE YOU PARTNERED WITH, UM, GROUPS WHEN IT'S TIME TO RELEASE LIKE ISAIAH, HOW EXODUS THESE FAITH BASED ORGANIST ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING THESE PEOPLE AND RELEASE UM, WHO ARE SOME OF THE GROUPS YOU'RE PARTNERED WITH, AND ARE ARE. IS THAT IN YOUR PLANS? YES SO, UM, THAT IS I MEAN, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM AS AN ORGANIZATION AS WELL. WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO WEST LOUISVILLE. I CAN'T LIST THEM ALL BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE DATABASE THAT SHE'S COLLECTING, BUT TO YOUR POINT THAT IS [00:50:05] ESSENTIALLY HER JOB AND WHAT CARE MANAGEMENT LOOKS FOR THE HOSPITALS? PLANNING THAT WE ASSESS THAT WHEN THE PATIENT FIRST COMES IN, SO THAT WHEN WE'RE READY TO DISCHARGE THEM THAT THAT IS IN PLACE? YES. OK? THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO QUESTIONS CONCERNS. WAIT A MINUTE. ONE. I HAVE TO FOLLOW ON, UM HOW HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE WEST END O OCCUPATIONAL PART PARTNERSHIP. THE WILL WILL THE TAX BASE THAT THAT IS THERE THAT SERVES AS THE FLOOR? I WOULD I WOULD ANTICIPATE. THAT THIS WOULD HELP INCREASE THAT. AND SO WHAT ARE HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THAT MUCH TO KNOW WHAT THE EFFECT OF THIS THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE AS IT AS IT ON THAT WE ARE NOT TO THIS POINT. AT THIS POINT THERE. THERE MAY BE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. AS WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THIS, BUT TO THIS POINT, WE ARE USING THE ASSETS OF NORTON HEALTH CARE FULLY. UH, TO COMPLETE THIS I'LL JUST FOLLOW THAT UP WITH. UM I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF THE TRUST IS AN ISSUE. UM AS IT RELATES TO THE WE AS WELL, UM, I KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED AND I. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO HELP. TRY TO, UM. HELP HELP INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THE POTENTIAL THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE THAT THE WE CREATES, UH AND TRY TO LISTEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE DO BRING THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH US WITH THAT WE ARE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY, AND THIS WILL BE A KIND OF A AN INITIAL LIKE BURST OF ACTIVITY THAT THAT WILL KIND OF SHOW. WHAT'S WHAT'S POSSIBLE AS IT RELATES TO THAT. SO UH, I. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THAT, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE AS A TO TRY TO TRY TO, UM BRING THE COMMUNITY ALONG AS IT RELATES TO THAT. THANKS. COUNCILMAN. UH, WOULD Y'ALL BET HAVE A PACKAGE OR SOMETHING OF A SLIDE SO THAT YOU KNOW I'M NOT IN NEWBURGH. BUT WHEN YOU KNOW WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SHOW THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING DOWN HERE. SURE WE COULD GET ONE BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF US. DON'T KNOW. SO YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE QUESTIONS. RENEE, ARE YOU I WASN'T THING TO SAY. I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE IF IT'S OK. II I WANNA RECOGNIZE A FEW THINGS BEFORE WE GET AWAY FROM IT. LORD HEALTH CARE IS NOT RUNNING TO THIS COMMUNITY ACTING AS A SAVIOR. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE. WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ESTABLISH HEALTH CARE. IN WEST LOUISVILLE. THE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTERS THAT YOU SEE PARK DUVAL SHAWNEE WHO DO GREAT WORK EVERY DAY. IT HAS FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT ARE THE BACKBONE. OF PUBLIC HEALTH. AND WE HAVE GREAT APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY DO. WE DON'T SEE THIS AS COMPETITION. WE SEE THIS AS PARTNERSHIP. WE SEE THIS AS A WAY THAT EXPONENTIALLY WE CAN INCREASE ACCESS AND CHANGE THINGS. SO THEY VERY MUCH TIP OF THE HAT OF RESPECT THAT WE HAVE. FOR THE PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THAT YOU INTERFACE WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT THAT DO GREAT WORK. WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO AGAIN EXPONENTIALLY MAKE A CHANGE. SO THANK YOU. OK AS I SEE YOU GUYS TOGETHER AND HOW YOU WORK TOGETHER. I WISH IT WAS LIKE THAT FOR US. BUT IT JUST JUST REALLY LOOKS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY GIVING THEM HANDS. YOU KNOW, TAPPING HANDS THAT AND ALL OF THAT, SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU WORKING WELL TOGETHER AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO IF YOU'RE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, AND YOU CAN BE A JARGON. BUT I DO HAVE I HAVE ONE THING. ONE MORE AND THAT'S UH BARBARA SEXTON SMITH. YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR A SECOND? GREAT. OK, SHE DID. SHE TIPPED IN MADAM MADAM CHAIR SHANKLIN AND VICE CHAIR BENSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO SHARE JUST A FEW WORDS AND SUCH AN AUSPICIOUS CHAMBER SUCH AS THESE THAT WE STAND AND I RISE BEFORE YOU TODAY, MADAM CHAIR. I SIMPLY CAME OVER ACROSS THE STREET TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT THIS BODY WILL ADDRESSED EARLIER TODAY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WILL BE ON OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL AND THEN FOLLOWING IN THE CHAMPIONS OF NORTON HEALTH CARE THAT THEY ARE WITH CHAMPION BREAST COX LEADING THE WAY I WANTED TO BRING A MESSAGE BRIEFLY OF TWO OTHER CHAMPIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE TWO RESOLUTIONS ONE FOR HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION MARVIN HART, THE VERY FIRST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION FROM THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, AND THEN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION GREG PAGE, WHO WAS OUR FOURTH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, AND YOU MUST SAY, WELL [00:55:01] , WHO WAS THREE AND TWO OUR THIRD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION WAS JIMMY ELLIS AND HIS STREET SIGN IS HONORARY POSTED AT THIRD AND MUHAMMAD ALI BECAUSE ALL ROADS LEAD TO MUHAMMAD ALI WHEN YOU'RE FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, SO BECAUSE OF YOU, AND HOPEFULLY THE FULL COUNCIL WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO APPROVE THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS WHEN IT COMES BEFORE THE BODY AT THE CORNER OF SECOND AND MUHAMMAD ALI WILL BE PLACED THE HONORARY STREET SIGN RECOGNIZING MARVIN HART AND HE IS A CHAMPION NOT ONLY IN THE RING, BUT MADAM CHAIR. HE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ONE BLIND EYE. CAN YOU IMAGINE? SO MAYBE THAT IS WHERE THE EXPRESSION CAME FROM? KEEP YOUR EYE NOT EYES. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE . AND THEN GREG PAGE. WHY IS HE TO BE HONORED BECAUSE GREG PAGE HAS LEFT A LEGACY THROUGH ALL OF THE INJURIES THAT HE SUFFERED IN THE RING AND BECAUSE OF HIM, WE STILL HAVE TODAY. THE GREGORY PAGE SAFETY INITIATIVE THAT REQUIRES TENDING PHYSICIAN TO BE RINGSIDE TO LOOK AFTER THE BOXERS AND THEN YES, OF COURSE, THE GOAT THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY STING LIKE A BEE. HE'S THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. HE'S MUHAMMAD ALI. YES, HE IS. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. BARBARA. FOR WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OVER. I KNOW YOU ONLY HAVE WHAT ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO MADAM CHAIR. I WILL STEP OVER ON APRIL 15TH OUT OF MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DEPUTY MAYOR SERVING THE 51ST MAYOR OF THIS GREAT CITY THAT, MA'AM I WILL BE STEPPING INTO WHAT I LOVE BEST AND THAT IS FULL TIME WORK AND LIFE WITH MY LOVE MY FRIEND, MY SPOUSE, LACY SMITH. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE, MA'AM. I JUST LIVE TWO BLOCKS AWAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.