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GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL ONE CINDY FOWLER. UM I'VE JOINED IN CHAMBERS BY COUNCIL ONE. I'VE GOT A REAL ECHO HERE. YOU HEAR IT? UM AS JOINS IN CHAMBERS, UM BY COUNCIL WOMAN, RUY, UM,[Roll Call]
ONLINE. I'M JOINED BY COUNCILWOMAN AND VICE CHAIR. UH, MARILYN PARKER, UM, COUNCILMAN BAN AND COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. SO WE OK? YEAH, PLEASE. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD FOR SOON TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL ROOM FIVE. A R IN FOUR. THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEGISLATION ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE TO, UM, UH, PRESENTATIONS OF ONE IS FROM, UM, GATHER FOR THE GARDEN,[1. ID 24-0050 GATHER FOR THE GARDEN – Alix Davidson and Carol Gundersen, Food Literacy Project]
WHICH, UM, THEY ARE HERE TO, UM, EXPLAIN THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECT TO US, AND THEN WE HAVE UPDATES ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. FIRST A IS ID 24-0050 GATHER FOR THE GARDEN, ALEX DAVIDSON AND KAREN GUNDERSON. UH WITH THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECT, SO IF YOU ARE, UM, WANNA COME UP, AND, UM YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE. UH, CAN GET A GOOD EMOTION. WE'RE JOINED BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON. OH, PROPERLY MOVED IN SECOND. IT IS BEFORE US WELCOME THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. TOO BAD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND INTEREST. MY NAME IS CAROL GUNDERSON. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECT, AND I'M ALEX DAVIDSON, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECT. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO,[00:05:02]
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£4000 OF VEGETABLES TO NEIGHBORS DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE BEGAN TO RECOGNIZE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AS THE MAIN DRIVER OF OUR WORK. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GROWING AND EATING VEGETABLES. IT'S ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE LEVERAGING THEIR POWER TO CULTIVATE HEALTH, JUSTICE AND FOOD, SOVEREIGNTY IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS BRINGS US TO WINTER OF 2021 AND 2022. WE HAD SURVIVED A PANDEMIC. WORKING AT OXMOOR AND IROQUOIS FARM SHOWED US WHAT THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECT WANTS TO BE WHEN IT GROWS UP. AND THEN WE WERE DISPLACED FROM IROQUOIS URBAN FARM DUE TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PLANNED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY. AND THIS IS A RECENT PHOTO OF THAT SITE. UM, STILL VACANT TWO YEARS AFTER WE HAD TO LEAVE, SO NO PEOPLE, NO VEGETABLES. AND I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE OUR DISAPPOINTMENT, UM AT BEING DISPLACED ONLY FOR THE SITE TO RETURN TO VACANT LAND.SO IN EARLY 2022. WE LEFT IROQUOIS AND ARRIVED AT THE SHAWNEE PEOPLE'S GARDEN. A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS TO FEED HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES AND ENGAGE MANY MORE IN LIFE CHANGING WORK IN THE LIFE CHANGING WORK OF FARMING. AND SHAPING A MORE JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM. SO THEY HAVE A POP UP. FARM STAND WHERE THEY GIVE OUT VEGETABLES.
THEY HOSTED A HEALING WEEK LAST YEAR FOR NEIGHBORS. THEY HOSTED CONGRESSMAN MORGAN MCGARVEY ON THE FARM. THEY STAFFED A FARMERS' MARKET. UM, BOOTH AT THE SHIVELY COMMUNITY. FARMERS MARKET. AND LAST AUGUST, WE WERE INFORMED BY METRO PARKS THAT THEY WOULD NOT RENEW OUR LEASE AND WE WOULD NEED TO VACATE THE PROPERTY BY THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR. AS THEY HAD DEVELOPED OTHER PLANS FOR THE SHAWNEE PEOPLE'S GARDEN LAND. SO AGAIN, TENANT STATUS HAMPERS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS BECAUSE WE CANNOT FULLY INVEST IN PLACE. INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SOIL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMITMENT TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. MEANWHILE MANY OF THE INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR IMPACT IN LONG TERM
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SUSTAINABILITY ALREADY EXIST WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE A VISIONARY BOARD, THE SKILLED AND PASSIONATE STAFF AND YOUNG PEOPLE LEADING WITH CONVICTION AND PURPOSE. THE PARTNERSHIPS.THE EVIDENCE BASED CURRICULUM. THE TRACK RECORD ALL THE LESSONS FROM OUR 17 YEAR HISTORY. THE VISION FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORTHY CAUSE WE NEED ONLY TO SECURE AN APPROPRIATE PIECE OF LAND TO STEP INTO THE FULLEST EXPRESSION OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR OUR WORK. OUR BOARD. HAS VETTED DOZENS OF PROPERTIES AND IDENTIFIED A FAMILY FARM IN DISTRICT 14 THAT MEETS OUR CRITERIA OF HEALTHY SOIL FOR FARMING ACCESS ON THE BUS LINE AND LOCATION EMBEDDED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS THE HISTORIC FAMILY FARM THAT FOR MANY YEARS GREW ALL THE MINT FOR CHURCHILL DOWNS. ITS LOCATION AND PR P. IS IDEAL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. OUR TEAM IS WORKING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON A SALE PRICE AND TERMS. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY HAVE WELCOMED US THERE. SO WE DON'T LOSE A GROWING SEASON. AND THIS IS OUR, UM OH, I FORGOT. I HAD THIS MAP IN HERE, TOO. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSE UP SHOWING THAT'S THE FARM THERE. AND THEN THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES THAT ARE CLOSE BY INCLUDING SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. AND SO FORTH. UM THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR BOARD CHAIR KURT MASON, RECEIVING THE KEY TO THE FARM FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND LAST WEEK, OUR YOUTH COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE CREW, UH, KICKED OFF THE GROWING SEASON BY TURNING UP SOME GROUND AND PLANTING. I BELIEVE IT WAS 1080 ONION SETS ON THE PROPERTY, SO THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN. AND THE CREW IS ALSO BEGINNING TO KIND OF ROUGH OUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLANT WHERE AND THEIR ASPIRATIONS FOR ACTIVATING THE PROPERTY TO FEED NEIGHBORS AND, UH, BUILD COMMUNITY BOTH IN THE SHORT, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM. THIS ONE'S HARD TO SEE. BUT IT'S KIND OF THEIR MAP OF THE PROPERTY AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY PLANTED THE ONIONS AND THEY'VE GOT SOME DREAMS FOR THE REST OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL. UM SO MAYOR GREENBERG HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO HELP US SECURE THE FUNDING NEEDED TO DEVELOP AND ACTIVATE THIS BEAUTIFUL FARM INTO THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECTS FOREVER HOME.
UM WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SALE TERMS AND ESTIMATES FOR THE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL NEED ON THE SITE AND OUR CURRENT BUDGET TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY. AND ADD THE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IS ABOUT $3 MILLION. SO FAR WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 400,000 IN GIFTS AND PLEDGES FOR THE PROJECT. UM SO WITH YOUR HELP AND ENGAGEMENT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ACTIVATING OUR FOREVER HOME IN WAYS THAT NOURISH OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AND ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE. WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM SO I'VE I'VE I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS, BUT, UM KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT TYPE DEAL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER? SURE UM, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE MET, SO WE HAD BEEN NEGOTIATING ON PRICE AND KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SALE TERMS WITH THE FAMILY AND A CONSERVATION EASEMENT WAS A STRATEGY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED.
UM THAT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS IT HELPS TO MANAGE THEIR CAPITAL GAINS LIABILITY. I MEAN IT PRIMARILY FIRST AND FOREMOST, I SHOULD SAY IT PRESERVES THE LAND AS OPEN GREEN SPACE AND PERPETUITY, SO IT'S IT FOREVER CANNOT BE DEVELOPED. UM IT CAN BE DONE. UM HOW SHOULD I SAY IT'S LIKE NOT EVERY CONSERVATION EASEMENT IS THE SAME MEANING YOU CAN LEAVE ROOM TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE WOULD NEED, UM, BUT THAT THE REST WOULD REMAIN OPEN GREEN SPACE FOREVER. UM SO THAT REDUCES THEIR TAX LIABILITY AND REDUCES REALLY THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. SO THAT IMPACTS PROBABLY THE SALE PRICE, UM AND CERTAINLY ADDS VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. IT JUST ENSURES THAT WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR MINDS. OR DECIDE TO SELL IT A YEAR FROM NOW AND TURN IT INTO APARTMENTS. UM OR OR WHATEVER.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT. I'M I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM AND I THINK THAT, UM THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF, UM AND EXCITEMENT AROUND THE WHOLE PROJECT. AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, EVERYTHING COME TO FRUITION. UM I WONDER. ARE THERE EXISTING
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GREENHOUSES OR HOOP HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY? THERE IS ONE THAT IT CURRENTLY HAS SHADE CLOTH OVER IT. UM BUT I THINK IT COULD . IT PROBABLY WOULD. WE WOULD PROBABLY RATHER HAVE PLASTIC THAN J CLOTHS SO IT CAN IT CAN EASILY BECOME A GREENHOUSE, RIGHT? YEAH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OH, OK. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO DID THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND REC EVER EXPLAINED WHY THE LEASE WASN'T GETTING RENEWED. WE'VE HEARD SOME MIXED THINGS. WE DO KNOW THAT THEY WERE TALKING WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, UM, ABOUT PLANS TO DEVELOP AND USE THAT PROPERTY. THOSE PLANS HAVE SINCE FALLEN THROUGH, ACTUALLY, UM, BUT THAT'S THE REASON AS I UNDERSTAND IT. AND I KNOW A WHILE AGO, WE WERE IN AN EMAIL THREAD WITH DEPUTY MARY NICOLE GEORGE PLAY COUSINS WAS INVOLVED AT ONE POINT WHEN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO PARKS AND REC. WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE? UH, WHEN? WHAT CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHEN WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN A PLAY COUSINS HAD A PROPOSAL WHETHER IT WAS JOINT OR SEPARATE FROM THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THEY RESPONDED TO THAT PROPOSAL. YEAH IT WAS A POSITIVE. I WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THAT MEETING AND IT WAS RECEIVED VERY POSITIVELY. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WAS SHARED. UM AND A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL. UM I THINK AT THAT POINT, THE MAYOR HAD ALREADY SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATION AND LIKE THEY WERE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION. THERE WASN'T A VERY CLEAR NEXT STEP AT THAT POINT, UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT EVEN SINCE THAT PLAN HAS FALLEN THROUGH PLAY COUSINS IS STILL VERY INTERESTED AND IS WORKING TO REVIVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL. THE PICTURE WENT BY SO FAST IS YOUR BOARD CHAIR, THE SAME MEMBER OF THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST BOARD? YES, KURT MASON. OK AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH HIM. HIS EXPERTISE IS SO ABUNDANT SO HOPEFULLY AS YOU TALK ABOUT CONSERVATION EASEMENT , HE'S ABLE TO HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT PROCESS. I. I KNOW. YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO SOMEONE ON THIS COMMITTEE, I WOULD GLADLY VOTE FOR THAT AND SUPPORT IT. IF WE WERE INVOLVED AS A LIFELONG WEST INDIAN, I'M SAD TO SEE YOU ALL MOVE OUT, BUT I KNOW THAT THE PR P AREA WILL GREATLY BENEFIT FROM YOUR WORK AS METRO PARKS OFFERED ANY PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO CONTINUE WORKING CITYWIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. UH, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT.FIRST OF ALL, AND, UM, NO PARKS HASN'T SPECIFICALLY, HOWEVER, UM, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PARTNERSHIPS. WE WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER NONPROFITS.
UH, WE RECENTLY DID A WINTER PROGRAM SERIES WITH CHANGE TODAY . CHANGE TOMORROW. UM HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH PORTLAND ELEMENTARY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO WE'RE WORKING TO MAINTAIN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE IN THE WEST END, EVEN AS OUR URBAN FARM HUB MOVES TO SOUTHWEST LOUISVILLE. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST END BY SAYING I'VE I'VE MET A NUMBER OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE YOU ALL WORK WITH, AND I'M SO PROUD OF THEM, AND THEY ARE A BRIGHT SPOT IN OUR CITY OF LOUISVILLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND I'LL BE GLAD TO SUPPORT YOU ALL IN WHATEVER YOU NEED GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I NEED TO ADD THAT. UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, MULVIHILL HAS JOINED US, UM, COUNCIL WOMAN, RUI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, I REMEMBER TAKING STUDENTS ON A FIELD TRIP OUT TO OXMOOR FARM AND WE BAKED BREAD. OH, MY GOSH.
YES, IT MAKES A BIG DEAL. IT MADE IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. IT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON ME AND I KNOW IT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON THEM. SO I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU ALONG FOR YEARS NOW, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO FIND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR FOREVER HOME BECAUSE I KNOW BEING BUMPED FROM HERE TO HERE AND FROM HERE TO HERE. IS REALLY HARD. HOW MANY ACRES IS THIS PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE GETTING? IT HAD ALMOST 10 . YEAH 10 ACRES AND HOW MUCH WILL BE IN CULTIVATION THIS YEAR? YOU EXPECT I DO. WE'RE STARTING SMALL. UNDERSTOOD YEAH, OUR OUR OUR YOUTH DRIVEN URBAN FARM REALLY ONLY REQUIRES A COUPLE OF ACRES. EVEN AT IROQUOIS, WHERE WE HAD A LOT MORE SPACE. I THINK IT WASN'T TOO MUCH MORE THAN TWO. IT WAS ABOUT TWO THERE AND THERE'S SOME LITTLE CULTIVATED LAND. UM SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVATE THE SITE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU KNOW, WE ENVISION CERTAINLY WHAT WE PRIMARILY NEED IS THAT YOUTH DRIVEN URBAN FARM, WHICH EVEN IF WE START WITH TWO ACRES, THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM TO GROW THAT OVER THE YEARS, UM BUT ALSO A LOT MORE SPACE OUT THERE THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE DREAMING. CURRENTLY YOU SAW THE MAPS ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE OUT THERE AND HOW WE COULD DIFFERENTLY. PARTNER OUR WAY TO ACTIVATING.
YOU KNOW THE WHOLE 10 ACRES EVENTUALLY. DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS OR ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT
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PUTTING IN LIKE AN ORCHARD? ANY PERENNIAL? FOOD SOURCES. YES TO BOTH. ACTUALLY WE WERE JUST CURT MASON. UM, OUR BOARD CHAIR. HE FACILITATED. WELL, I THINK WE HAD A PICTURE OF HIM WITH THE CREW THE OTHER DAY KIND OF MAPPING THE SITE AND DREAMING AND BOTH AN ORCHARD AND UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH PERENNIAL FLOWERS THAT ATTRACT POLLINATORS. OUR PRIORITY.ASPARAGUS ASPARAGUS. WE KNOW YOU WEAK SPOT, DON'T WE? WE ARE ABOUT TO START COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TOO. JUST WE'RE GONNA START GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND TALKING TO NEIGHBORS OF THE PROPERTY TO ASK LIKE, WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE VEGETABLES? UM AND ALSO JUST START TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE AT THE SITE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THE SITE PLAN IS DEVELOPED IN A WAY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE EXTRA SPACE BEYOND WHAT WE NEED FOR THE YOUTH FARM, UM, IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING CERTAIN TYPES OF EVENTS OR FAMILY PROGRAMMING. OR UM, COMMUNITY GARDEN PLOTS LIKE WE WANNA MAKE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HAPPEN BASED ON WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. SO DO YOU INTEND TO HAVE, UM I GUESS, UH, SATURDAY OR EVENING, UM, MARKET TYPE DEAL FOR THE KIDS. PROBABLY THAT'S ANOTHER THING. WE'LL BE GAUGING.
HOW DO PEOPLE WANT TO RECEIVE THE FOOD FROM THE FARM, RIGHT? YEAH, WELL, AND THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANNA TRY TO DO WITH, UM UH, THE FARMER'S MARKET AT FARNSLEY MORMON, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY GOT SOMETHING, BUT IT'S ON SUNDAYS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK. BUT SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT IF YOU WEREN'T FINISHED. NO, I'M GOOD. I'M JUST YOU GUYS HAVE A FOREVER HOME AND TO ECHO, UH, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR OR WHATEVER YOU NEED. YOU KNOW, I YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE, UM DEPUTY MAYOR NICOLE GEORGE HERE WITH US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND MAYBE , UM, ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH OH, I'M SORRY. YES SEVERAL TIMES. SORRY WELL, OK. YEAH I'VE NOT SEEN THAT. SO YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF YOU TAKE OK NOW. SEE IT. GET A HOLD OF IT. SO COULD I ASK ONE QUESTION? YES. PLEASE DO. OK THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE IT, SO I STEPPED IN A LITTLE LATE JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU ALL HAVE. DO YOU HAVE THIS PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT, AND IS THERE GOING TO BE AN ASK IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET TO, UH, MAKE UP ANY DIFFERENCES OR NOT. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. YEAH WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THOSE THINGS SPECIFICALLY. I DON'T GUESS. UM, WE DO NOT HAVE THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT YET. WE HAVE THOUGHT FOR SOME TIME THAT WE ALMOST DID. AND IT HASN'T QUITE HAPPENED YET. UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE DRAWN OUT THE TIMELINE. UM WE ARE MEETING WITH NICOLE NEXT WEEK, ACTUALLY TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. WHAT WE WHEN WE METT WITH NICOLE AND MAYOR GREENBERG, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN OCTOBER. UM THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN HELPING IN SOME KIND OF WAY. AND YOU KNOW HE WAS INTERESTED IN SEEING A PROPERTY BE UNDER CONTRACT.
AND BECAUSE THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT IS A IS NOT A FAST PROCESS TO PUT TOGETHER THAT'S DRAWN OUT THE TIMELINE. UM AND ALSO THE PERSON WHOSE FARM THIS IS AND WAS ACTUALLY PASSED AWAY.
JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. UM SO, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THAT IMPACTS OUR OUR TIMELINE AS WELL . UM, I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER PART OF YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN THAT I DON'T REMEMBER LITERALLY WHAT IT WAS. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON TRACK IN THE SECOND WAS, IS THERE GONNA BE AN ASK OF THIS COUNCIL? OR WOULD IT BE IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET THAT'S GONNA BE INTRODUCED BY THE MAYOR, OR ARE YOU HOPING TO HAVE THE COUNCIL ADD SOMETHING, IF TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. IF YOU KNOW THE RESOURCES YOU DON'T QUITE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THAT WAS, YEAH.
COUNCILMAN MULVA HILL AND, UM, THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR AN NDF GRANT THROUGH MY OFFICE AND THAT WILL BE ON NEW BUSINESS ON THE EIGHTH OF APRIL. AND MADAM MADAM CHAIR. IF I MAY. THEN IT'S IS THAT ALL THEY'RE GONNA NEED IS JUST WHAT'S GONNA BE THROUGH THE NDF. OR IS THERE GONNA BE? I THINK THEY'RE GONNA NEED MORE THAN AS LONG AS THE NDF. BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC ASKS FOR THAT . BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, GET A LINE OUT OF AND IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SORT OF TRYING TO ASK IS DO WE EXPECT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO US? AND MAYBE THEY'RE THE MAYORS NOT QUITE FORMING HIS BUDGET. AND IF NOT IN THAT BUDGET, WILL THERE BE AN AS IF THIS COUNCIL TO TRY TO FIND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES? AND WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT. I BELIEVE YOU TOLD ME OR IT'S CLOSE TO THAT. YOU HAVE KIDS FROM ALL 26
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DISTRICTS THAT K AND UTILIZE AND LEARN HOW TO, UH, FARM IS THAT CORRECT? YES, PROBABLY. I'M NOT SURE I CAN. SAY IT'S EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT, BUT YEAH, LET'S STAY. MOST OF THEM EXIST IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SAFE TO SAY YES. YEAH AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING. LIKE I SAID, WE STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR AND HIS TEAM IN THE FALL AND HAVE YET TO REALLY MEANINGFULLY REVISIT THAT, BUT WE'LL BE DOING THAT NEXT WEEK. UM AND HOPE THAT WE CAN GET GET THIS AS A PRIORITY IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL , IT'S THERE. AND I WANNA ADD TO THAT THIS THE GENEROSITY AND THE SPIRIT OF CONSERVATION WITH THIS , UH, THE FARM, THE FAMILY, I. I JUST VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR GENEROSITY AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH YOU AND MAKE MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. SO THAT THE LAND YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO BE USED, UM, AS IT HAS BEEN USED FOR GENERATIONS AND THEIR FAMILY. SO YEAH, SHOUT OUT TO THEM VERY QUICKLY BECOME SUCH WONDERFUL TRUE PARTNER AND THEIR COMMITMENT. YEAH. IT'S CLEAR. I JUST WANNA ALSO BE ON RECORD. I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IF THERE'S A BUDGET, ASK, UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN ARTHUR AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN RUI, I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL. SO I THINK, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IF IT MAKES THE MAYOR'S BUDGET AND IF IT DOESN'T MAKE THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, UH, I WOULD HIGHLY UH, SUGGEST YOU ASK MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE CHAIRWOMAN, WHO'S ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, UM ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IF NEEDED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND, UH, WISH YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. AND. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. CHAIR UH NICOLE GEORGE, DEPUTY MAYOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICES. UH, SO GLAD TO SEE, UH, OUR FOOD LITERACY FRIENDS HERE TODAY AND NEIGHBORS. I JUST WANNA SAY ON THE FRONT END, UH, HAVING BEEN A NEIGHBOR OF IROQUOIS FARM. UM, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO SEE THE WORK. UH, WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF FOOD, LITERACY AND SEE THE POTENTIAL, UM AND OBVIOUSLY WANNA SUPPORT THEM IN FINDING THEIR FOREVER HOME. I THINK THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE STATUS OF SHAWNEE PEOPLE'S GARDEN. UM AND WE JUST CONFIRM SOME OF WHAT WAS SAID TODAY, WHICH WAS THERE HAD BEEN A PARTNER. UH, THAT, UH, METRO HAD ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AS PART OF A LETTER OF INTENT MATTER. UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HAD BEEN RE WAS RESCINDED APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AGO. UM AND AS PART OF THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROCESS THAT WOULD, UH, MAKE OPTIMAL USE OF THE SPACE. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, AS IT RELATES TO METRO PARKS AND SECOND, UH, TO PUT OUT SOME SORT OF SOLICITATION OF INTEREST, SO THAT PARTNER. UH, THAT HAS AN IDEA WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT. UM I THINK THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT IS AS PART OF THE PROCESS, UH, WITH FOOD, LITERACY , AND, UH, PLAGUE COUSINS, COLLABORATIVE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE PARK SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE. WE ARE PUTTING THAT OUT SO THAT, UH, PARTNERS KNOW ABOUT IT AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. UH, TO HAVE THEIR IDEA CONSIDERED THANK YOU. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? COMMENTS. OK UM SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND COMING IN AND VISITING THE FARM. OH, WE SHOULD HAVE A FIELD TRIP. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAY MAYBE WE'LL TAKE OUR OUR COMMITTEE. UM ON THE ROAD. WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. OH, I LOVE THAT IDEA. HAVE A FEEL OF WORK EXPERIENCE WITH US. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT ITEM IS, UM ID 24-0115 UPDATES ON CAPITAL
[2. ID 24-0115 UPDATES ON CAPITAL PROJECTS – Jason Canuel, Metro Parks Department]
PROJECTS WITH UM JASON, KENYA, WEEL AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. I HAVE A MOTION. PROPERLY MOVEMENTS BEFORE US. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANKS FOR HAVING ME MY NAME IS JASON, DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL PARKS AND RECREATION. UM SPRING HAS SPRUNG , AND IT'S EXCITING TIME TO BE IN PARKS. UM WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE IN THE PARKS OUT NOW TN THAN WE HAVE. UM I ALL WINTER LONG AND WITH THAT COMES THE CONSTRUCTION SEASON. UM SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THE LARGE LARGE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS. FIRST UP THE ALGONQUIN POOL REPLACEMENT. UM THE DEMOLITION OF THAT PROJECT IS DONE. UM CONSTRUCTION[00:30:02]
DRAWINGS ARE COMPLETE. THAT'S OUT FOR BID AND THOSE BIDS OPEN APRIL THE SE THE APRIL THE 17TH.UM SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET THAT BID REVIEWED AND UN CONTRACT UNDERWAY AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE A RP FUNDED THERE.
THERE ARE A RP FUNDS WITH THAT PROJECT. SO UH, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE WITH WITH THAT PROJECT AND WE KNOW IT. OK? GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. UM, UH, NEXT UP THE OTHER POOL CAMP TAYLOR POOL. UM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF, UH FINALIZING AND GETTING ALL THE SIGN OFFS NECESSARY FOR THE DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THAT PROJECT. UM HOPEFULLY, UM WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THAT THE WEEK OF APRIL, THE EIGHTH UM, AND DEMOLITION WILL START SOON THEREAFTER. UH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR. UM AWARE OF THE PROJECT. THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AND READY TO GO AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN ON THAT AS WELL. AND WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY? APRIL 8TH WAS WHAT? WHAT WAS THAT OF THE APRIL THE EIGHTH. WE EXPECT TO HAVE A DEMOLITION PERMIT, AND THE ACTUAL DEMOLITION OF THE CANT TAYLOR POOL SHOULD HAPPEN AND SOON THEREAFTER. AND WITH THE CAMP TAYLOR. YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL SCHEDULE A PRESS EVENT. UM, ANNOUNCEMENT JUST LIKE WE DID WITH ALGONQUIN. UM AND AGAIN , EVERYTHING IS DEPENDENT ON WHEN WE GET THE DEMOLITION PERMIT SIGNED OFF ON SO IT'S GONNA WE'RE GONNA ACT VERY QUICKLY ON THAT. AND WE EXPECT THE BIDS FOR CAMP TAYLOR TO BE OUT IN, UH, LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY. AND AGAIN WITH CAMP TAYLOR IS THE SAME AS ALGONQUIN, AND WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. THEY ARE THEY BOTH HAVE A RP FUNDS WITH THEM, AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. UM NEXT UP IS WINDSOR PARK, UM, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESTROOM AND PLAYGROUND IN A BRAND NEW PARK IN THE SOUTH END? UM AND COUNCILMAN UH, BASHO'S DISTRICT. UH WE HAD A PHONE CALL WITH THE CONTRACTOR JUST YESTERDAY, AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO MOBILIZE THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESTROOM AND PLAYGROUND FOR THE NEW WINDSOR PARK. AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE'LL BE A GROUNDBREAKING OR WHAT? BUT I I'VE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM COUNCILMAN, BUT I'M I WOULD BET THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SCHEDULE A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY. OK? AND UM, I GUESS 11 OTHER VERY LARGE PROJECT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE HB AC REPLACEMENT. UM IN, UH, CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS ALSO, UM THEY ONE OF OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. UM THE THAT PROJECT KICKED OFF ON MONDAY, UH, WHICH WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PROBABLY 6 TO 8 WEEKS. UM BUT THAT HB AC SYSTEM IS PAST THE POINT OF REPAIR. AND UH, WAY PAST THE POINT OF BEING NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, AND WE'RE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND UM, IT REALLY HAPPY ABOUT GETTINGHE FUNDING FOR THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE SO COOL. ALRIGHT SO CAN WE GO BACK AND, UM, KIND OF GET A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON, UM, THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS? UM THAT WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE . AND THE REASON I GAVE YOU A WEIRD LOOK IS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD TAKEN THOSE ART DOLLARS AND MADE UM, THAT SWITCH IN BUDGET THERE THERE IS SO THERE THERE'S MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR ALCOHOL WHEN IT CAMP TAYLOR. THERE'S SOME OF THE I THINK ISIT WAS UNDER 22 BUDGET. THERE WAS GENERAL FUND. THERE'S A RP YE FY 24 A RS THA GRE'S THEID CHANH,ER FDS.
COULD GIVE US THE, UM THEU DEDICATED AMOUNT. FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS. UH I'LL I'LL I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME. UM, I THINK IN TOTAL, I THINK IT'S LIKE 11.5 MILLION FOR THE TWO POOLS. AND AGAIN LET ME LET ME DOUBLE CHECK AND I'LL EMAIL YOU THAT LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW, OK , AND IF I REMBE CORRECTLY, WINDSOR PARK WAS AROUND 9.5 OR SOMETHING. IT WAS $500,000 TO A RP FUNDS, AND THE REST WAS WAS, UH, GENERAL FUNDS. YEAH, BUT IT WAS A TOTAL OF LIKE 900. IT WAS JUST JUST SHE I HAVE A MILLION. YES. OK AND THEN THE A. THE H VAC FOR CAL. SO TELL TELL US ABOUT THE, UM DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FOR THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS SO IN IN MY DISTRICT. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THE RESTROOM. I MEAN, ARE THERE OTHERS LIKE THAT? ARE YOU PREPARED TO GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT? WELL, WE THE FY 24 DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BUDGET. THE
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$4.9 MILLION THAT I THINK COUNCIL, UH, WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET THAT IN OUR BUDGET THAT WAS PROBABLY 2530 DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL THAT SOME FORM OR FASHION UNDERWAY. AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE GOT IN DECEMBER WITH THE MIDYEAR F. I 24 BUDGET THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 60 PROJECTS. UM, SPREAD ALL THROUGHOUT ALL PRETTY MUCH ALL DISTRICTS ON THE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW TRYING TO PICK OFF THE EASY ONES THAT WE CAN LET GO. NOW UM, WE'RE ALSO STARTING ON THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA TAKE THE LONGEST TO TRY TO GET THOSE AT LEAST STARTED RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT E EVEN THOUGH THE FUNDING SOURCE SWITCHED FROM FROM A RP TO GENERAL FUND, WE'RE STILL ACTING WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY ON TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, UM, AND HOPEFULLY ENCUMBERED LIKE THE A RP RULES BEFORE DECEMBER OF 24. UM BECAUSE WE'RE YOU KNOW, JULY IS COMING SOON, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PROJECTS, RIGHT? OK? AND DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. LET'S SEE, UM, COUNCIL WOMAN, ROY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I'VE GOT A LIST. YOU KNEW I WOULD SO FIRST ONE.DO YOU HAVE A TIME FRAME FOR THE FOR THE TENNIS SLASH PICKLE BALL? WHATEVER. OVER THERE, I QUITE PARK WE HAVE UH MONTH. WHAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE DONE, I. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO IS PROBABLY LATE SPRING. UM, WE'RE WAITING ON THE WEATHER TO BE RIGHT IN ORDER FOR US TO PAVE THE COURTS. WE'VE GOT THE SUB GRADE PREPARED. UM THERE WAS PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN FEBRUARY THAT WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE PAID IT, BUT IT WAS TOO WET. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURE GOES, UM THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THE WITH THE TEMPERATURES IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES AT NIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO PAVE. UH, WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES, SO IT'S ALL TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT TEMPERATURE DO YOU NEED? UH, 45 DEGREES AND RISING ON A CONSTANT BASIS. OK THAT'LL BE GOOD SOME INFORMATION TO TELL PEOPLE THEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY'RE ASKING ME. YEAH AND TRUST ME. WE UNDERSTAND IT. IT'S JUST THERE VERY VISIBLE IN IROQUOIS PARK, AND WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED IT SINCE. I DON'T KNOW. DECEMBER IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO. UM WE WANT TO GET THAT THING WRAPPED UP AND GET THAT OPEN BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING AMENITY IN IROQUOIS PARK. UH, YES. WE'VE ALREADY GOT A DEVELOPER FOR COLONIAL GARDENS. JEFF UNDERHILL WANTS TO PUT A PICKLE BALL LAKE IN SO HE'S PRESSURING ME TO FIND OUT WHEN IT'S GONNA BE READY.
UNDERSTOOD OK, UH, THE STABLE AND JACOBS LODGE. SO UH, ROOFS ON BOTH OF THOSE, AND NO GETTING ANYTHING ELSE DONE IS A DIFFERENT THING, BUT TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GOOD ROOF.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT OFF THE TOP. THERE'S A HOLE THIS BIG IN JACOB'S LODGE THAT IS THERE ANYG IN THERE TO RIGHT NOW? I'LL ALL WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS PUT BANDAIDS ON THOSE, UH, BAND AID WOULD BE A GOOD START. BUT I MEAN, AS AS THEY THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. UH UH, ESPECIALLY THE STABLE ROOF. IN ADDITION TO JACOBS LODGE, UM, WE'RE WE'RE AWARE, AND IT'S ON A VERY LONG LIST.
YES. SO IT'S JUST IN THE LIST SOMEWHERE? YES. OK ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE TENNIS COURTS AT AUBURNDALE PARK AND THEY WATER FOUNTAIN. I KNOW THE TENNIS COURTS OVER THERE ON YOUR LIST, TOO. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THAT ONE MIGHT BE DONE? UM, I DO NOT THAT THAT AUBURN DALE WAS ADDED IN OUR FY 24 MIDYEAR BUDGET. UM, I THINK THERE'S PLENTY. THERE'S SUFFICIENT FUNDS. TO GET THAT DONE. AND II. I DON'T HAVE THE PROJECT ASSIGNMENT ON THAT WITH ME. BUT II I CAN I CAN GET SOME INFORMATION BACK FOR YOU ON THAT. OK, TWO MORE AND I PROMISE I'LL STOP. CAMP TAYLOR POOLE. DO YOU HAVE THE DRAWINGS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC YET? ARE YOU GONNA WAIT UNTIL YOU ANNOUNCE THE DEMOLITION PERMIT? WE'VE ALREADY RELEASED I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM. SO YEAH. LIKE TO SEE THE DRAWINGS OK? AND THE FAL COURT AT BEACHMONT COMMUNITY CENTER. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GET THAT UPGRADED. WE ARE CONTINUING TALKS WITH LOUISVILLE CITY. FC, UM, ON MAKING THAT MUCH BETTER AND IMPROVING. WHAT IS THERE? UM II. I THINK WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. I THINK WE EMAILED YOU, UM, AFTER WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, SO THEY THEY'VE GOT SOME THINGS GOING ON THEIR END. UM AND WE'RE WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. OK SO JUST PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT THERE. YES, MA'AM. OK, THANK YOU NEXT. WE? WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMAN BAKER AND, UM, I HAD HUDSON IN HERE, BUT IT'S NOT. BUT GO AHEAD BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE IN FOR YOU IN THE QUEUE. I WAS OK. IF YOU DON'T MIND. SOMEONE ELSE NEED TO GO BEFORE ME. NO GO AHEAD, I. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE. BUT I SAW YOU FIRST. SO THANK YOU. THANK
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YOU FOR COMING, JASON. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POOL WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN ALGONQUIN AND SOME OF THE OTHERS. YOU. YOU MENTIONED MORE THAN ONCE ABOUT. UM SOME DELAYS BECAUSE YOU'RE WAITING ON SOME PERMITTING. IS THAT JUST THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AND THE PERMITTING OR IS THAT PACE GOING SLOWER THAN YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED? DOES IT NEED TO BE ASSISTED SOMEHOW IT'S THE NORMAL COURSE FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT. GETTING A RANKING PERMIT. UM THE PROJECTS ARE A GO GOT DEMOLISHED BEFORE KENT TAYLOR. UM THEY'RE BOTH PROJECTS ARE GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. ALGONQUIN GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD THE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY FOR A PARK BASED ON ALL THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE, WHICH IS WHICH ALLOWED FOR THE DESIGN TO OCCUR MUCH SOONER. SO YOUR INTENT WAS NOT TO TELEGRAPH THAT YOU'RE BEING BLOCKED IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS. IT IS JUST NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS. YES, SIR.OK, THANK YOU. IT'S ALL AHEAD. UM COUNCILMAN ARTHUR THANK YOU. FOR THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY CENTER. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RESTROOMS ARE BEING WORKED ON AS WELL DURING THE 6 TO 8 WEEKS BECAUSE THAT WAS COMMUNICATED WITH THE PRESS RELEASE THAT WENT OUT ABOUT IT.
YES, SIR. IT IS. THANK YOU. AND AFTER THESE UPGRADES DO YOU KNOW IF WE'LL STILL HAVE ENOUGH CAPITAL FUNDS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED TO THAT PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER TO WORK ON THE AD A ACCESSIBILITY? YES I. I HOPE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE A MORE DETAILED DRAWING FOR YOU AND I TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT AS FAR AS UM WHAT THE FRONT ENTRANCE LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE THAT AD A ACCESSIBLE I'VE GOT. I'VE GOT ONE OF OUR REALLY TALENTED ARCHITECTS RIGHT NOW WORKING ON THAT. OK AND I KNOW DURING THE SHUTDOWN, WE GOT SPRING BREAK COMING UP FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DO YOU KNOW IF BEN AND FOLKS HAVE WORKED WITH THE CALIFORNIA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TO MAKE SURE THAT PATRONS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER MIGHT HAVE SOME SPECIAL ACCESS DURING THE BREAK? UH, YES, SIR. HE HE, UH, BEN JOHNSON WITH, UH, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER RECREATION HE'S WORKED WITH OR SPOKEN WITH MULTIPLE OF UH, PARTNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE TWO PARTNERS THAT WE HAD IN THE BUILDING. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO THEY ARE, UM UH, SLIPS ON SLIPS MY MIND, BUT WE FOUND THEM IN ALTERNATE LOCATIONS. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE SERVICE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IS NOT GOING TO BE AFFECTED. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE RELOCATED. OK JUMP INTO ANOTHER PART, SMOKETOWN, UH, BALLARD PARK. WE PUT SOME FUNDING IN THERE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS. WE GOT SOME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS, AND NOW ANOTHER PARK ALLIANCE IS TRYING TO DO SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH ABOUT THAT PART BECAUSE IT'S A PRIORITY PARK. CAN WE GUARANTEE THAT EVEN IF THOSE PROJECTS SLIGHTLY CHANGE THOSE FUNDS WILL STILL GO TO THAT PARK , AND I'LL ALSO ADD. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PARKS. THE PARKS WERE ALL IDENTIFIED AS ONE THAT HASN'T HAD ANY CITY INVESTMENT IN OVER 20 YEARS. YOU ARE CORRECT. THAT IS. BALLARD PARK IS ONE OF THE TOP 10 PRIORITY PARKS IN THE PARKS FOR ALL PLAN. UM THE MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED WITH THE I THINK IT WAS A RP FUNDS. THERE'S SOME GENERAL FUNDS, BUT ALL THOSE ARE EARMARKED FOR BALLARD PARK, AND THE INTENT WILL BE ALL THAT MONEY WILL STAY IN BALLARD PARK.
UM SO YOU KNOW, WITH WITH BROOKS , UM, WITH BROOKE PU HER COMMUNITY OUTREACH ONCE WE DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THE PARK WANTS TO BE WHEN IT GROWS UP, THEN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TRY TO TARGET USING THOSE FUNDS TO TRANSFORM THAT PARK. THAT MAKES SENSE. COULD WE GET A COPY OF YOUR TIMELINE THAT YOU JUST READ TO US? OR BALLOT PARK. OR YOU JUST GAVE A LIST AND I KNOW THE CHAIRWOMAN WAS WRITING SOME OF IT DOWN. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH US VIA EMAIL? YES. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE I GO, I JUST WANNA SHOUT OUT THE URBAN FORESTRY STAFF. WE VOLUNTEER WITHIN THE PLANT TREES IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THEY WERE JUST A JOY TO SPEND THE DAY WITH SO SHOUT OUT TO BARRY, TREVOR AND THE REST OF THE TEAM TO GIVE MAMA LOVE.
THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCIL WOMAN, PARKER. YES THANK YOU. HI JASON. UH, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. UM THE SMALL PART. CROSBY PARK, UM, IN EAST LOUISVILLE. IT'S GOT A COUPLE OF TENNIS COURTS. UM WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO NOT NECESSARILY CONVERT THOSE TENNIS COURTS TO PICK A BALL COURTS? BUT MAYBE JUST, UM SPEND A FEW DOLLARS TO HAVE THEM. STRIPED AND THEN THEY CAN BRING THEIR OWN NET. UH, YEAH, WE CAN.
UM I THINK THE LAST PRICE THAT I GOT FROM A CONTRACTOR TO STRIKE PICKLEBALL COURTS ON TENNIS WAS LIKE MAYBE $600 A QUART. UM SO IF YOU'RE PUTTING TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS ON ONE TENNIS COURT WOULD BE $1200. SO YEAH, YES, THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY AN OPTION I CAN GET. I CAN GET, UH, PRICES OR A PROPOSAL FROM A CONTRACTOR AND GET THAT TO YOU. OH PERFECT. OK IT'S ACTUALLY NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT BUT MY CONSTITUENTS USE IT. SO UM AND THEN ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION.
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WHERE WERE THE FIRST PUBLIC PICKLEBALL COURTS PUT IN? DO YOU DO YOU HAVE SUN VALLEY PARK? SUN VALLEY CAR. YES, MA'AM WITH WHEN THE PICKLE BALL CRAZE FIRST STARTED, UM, I THINK WE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON AND PUT THREE IN INITIALLY. INDIVIDUAL COURTS. ONE IS AT SUN VALLEY WAS THE FIRST RIVERSIDE GARDENS WAS TWO AND THEN PEE WEE PARK. UM, WAS THE THIRD UM, SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT WE'VE KIND OF LEARNED THAT WE CAN'T PUT JUST ONE PICKLEBALL COURT ANYWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. SO I THINK LESSONS LEARNED, UM, WISH WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT BACK THEN.BUT WE DID NOT. OK? THANKS SO MUCH SURE WEEK. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, COUNCILMAN BAKER. BUT THANK YOU CHAIR. UM QUICK QUESTION. HOW UM WHERE? WHERE ARE WE AT AT THE COLONNADE. AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK IS THAT UNDER YOUR PURVIEW, THE PERGOLA COLUMNS OR PERGOLA? YEAH, I'M I'M LEARNING THE OFFICIAL TURN, SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE HE'S THE RIGHT LANGUAGE. WE'VE WE'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE CONTRACTORS THAT SPECIALIZE IN THE WOODEN BEAMS THE WOODEN EMBERS THAT MAKE UP THE PERGOLA ONCE ONCE THE LISTERIA WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN OFF, THERE WAS A MORE ROTTED WOOD THAN WE KNEW ABOUT BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED UP. UM BUT I THINK THERE'S A BUDGET REQUEST FOR ABOUT 300 GRAND. UM UH, I THINK IT WAS IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST, UH, TO GET THAT TO GET THAT REPLACED BECAUSE THERE THERE'S SOME BEAMS THAT ARE THEY'RE BAD, SO I GUESS THAT LEADS ME TO THE NEXT WHERE ARE WE? ON THE STATUS OF THE PROJECTS THAT OLMSTEAD IS GONNA MATCH WITH YOU GUYS. IN THAT YES. UM LIKE THE SPRAY GROUND AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS. YEAH SO THE SPRAY GROUNDS ARE A CONSTRUCTION AS WE SPEAK. I KNOW IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION LIKE THAT KIND OF A TIMELINE, I GUESS, UM UH, I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT TO YOU, I. I REALLY I REALLY DON'T KNOW. I KNOW. I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. IT WAS JUST WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAID THAT, IT IT IT. YEAH SORRY. UM AND, UM, QUESTION FOR SOME. SOME OF THE IN PARTICULAR I'M THINKING ABOUT, UM UH, LIKE IN PARK HILL. I KNOW THAT THE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY. ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON ABOUT? LIKE WHAT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
TOGETHER TO DO SOME YES, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE. OK THANK YOU. UM AND WE'LL OFFLINE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, COUNCILMAN BASAN. YES, THANK YOU. CHAIR UM, YOU ASKED ABOUT A UM, GROUNDBREAKING WERE PLANNING ON DOING THAT, UM, THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL. WE ARE EIGHT. WE ARE GETTING THAT WORKED OUT OUT. I'M SORRY. CANCEL MY NEW OR BREAKING UP.
UM, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE YEAH. NOW YOU'RE FROZEN. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH. I. I THINK MAYBE IF YOU WEREN'T MORE WALKING AROUND, I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, HE HEAR YOU BETTER. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. SO UH, THE QUESTION EARLIER WAS ON WINDSOR PARK THAT UM WHEN THEY POSSIBLY WOULD BE A GROUNDBREAKING OR ANTICIPATING THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL. AS JASON SAID, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO POSSIBLY A, UH PRESS RELEASE ON THAT, SO WE'LL JUST KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP AND JUST GONNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW. OK, SO YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT DURING SPRING BREAK. YES. OK? OK AND, UM, IS THAT THE ONLY QUESTION YOU HAD OR COMMENT? ARE YOU ANYTHING ELSE? UM IT SO, JASON. UH, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE, UM ALLO DOT AND ROSENBERGER, UM, HOUSE WITH THE, UM THE FIRST FLOOR. WE EXPECT TO GET THE REPORT BACK FROM THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS. I THINK THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OK? AND THEY SAID, UM I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS FUNDING ALREADY IN PLACE FOR SOME KIND OF HISTORICAL WHATEVER . YEAH SO WE PAID FOR WE PAID FOR THE STUDY, AND WE'RE BASICALLY THE STUDY IS GONNA TELL US EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO STABILIZE THE ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND AS SOON AS WE GET IT, I'LL I'LL PASS IT ALONG. OK I APPRECIATE IT. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, THAT ONE? NO.
HERE WITH THE ONLY ONE WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM. NOT TO PUT YOU OUT OF THE SPOT. I USUALLY HAVE TO WAVE MY HAND SO THAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S I WANNA MAKE SURE I WASN'T MISSING THE WAVING OF THE HAND. SO I, THANKFULLY, I ACTUALLY TALKED TO JASON QUITE FREQUENTLY. HE'S VERY RESPONSIVE . I APPRECIATE WHAT HE DOES. SO UH, HE'S GIVEN ME UPDATES ON THINGS THAT I'VE ASKED ABOUT HERE RECENTLY, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR HIM TODAY. I LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
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UH, I WISH HIM THE BEST BECAUSE WE ALL GOT A MILLION PROJECTS WE WANT DONE. AND UH, IN A SHORT TIME, AND I'M SURE HE ONLY HAS SO MUCH STAFF, AND THERE'S ONLY ONLY SO MANY CONTRACTORS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO DO THE WORK, BUT THAT ALL BEING SAID I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO. AND HOPEFULLY, UH WE'LL START SEEING SOME OF THESE NEW PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE TAKEN CARE TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU, OK? ALL RIGHT. UM I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. UM BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND COME GIVE US REPORTS AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE FORGOTTEN AND YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL. JUST SEND. SEND ME AN EMAIL. UM I MEAN, THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENGINEERS. YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BODIES. SO, UM YEAH. BUT WE APPRECIATE JEFF. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT . UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER, UM, BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, YOUR ADJOURNED THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.