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          WE HAD ONE. 
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HELLO 30S. WE'D LIKE TO START. THANK YOU. BUT WHEN YOU SEE YOURSELF ON THE 
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SCREEN, IT'S REALLY SCARY. YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID? I DON'T I GET THAT UGLY THAT THIS SHORT OF TIME. YEAH YEAH. WELL, THERE'S. MARILYN. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS, COMMITTEE OF EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS STUART BENSON. I'M VICE CHAIR, COUNCILWOMAN. CHAIR BARBARA SHANKLIN WON'T BE HERE TODAY, SHE'S GOT AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. WE HAVE, DAN SIMES, BETSY ROONEY, ANDREW OWENS, AND, MARILYN PARKER. SO WE HAVE, I GUESS SIX. AND SO THAT'S A QUORUM. AND, SO THE FIRST, PENDING LEGISLATION, YOU DON'T READ IT, YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? I CAN READ IT. OKAY THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE, A READ IN FULL. OKAY, AND AN ORDINANCE, ITEM ONE, AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW SECTION OF CHAPTER 112 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES AE PROHIBITING LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT AND ITS VENDORS FROM ENGAGING IN CERTAIN HIRING POLICIES AND PRACTICES AGAINST HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION. READ IN FULL MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          COREY DO YOU WANT, THIS THIS IS YOUR, ORDINANCE, ISN'T IT, CORRECT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT 
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A BIT LAST COMMITTEE, SO I THOUGHT WE VOTED ON IT. WELL, WE VOTED ON AN AMENDMENT, AND TODAY WE WOULD NEED TO VOTE ON ANOTHER AMENDMENT. I TALKED ABOUT SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. 
          REALLY MINOR, BUT THERE'S A THRESHOLD OF WHAT WOULD BE DEFINED AS A VENDOR. WE HAD THAT THRESHOLD TOO LOW LAST TIME. SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT IN THE SYSTEM THAT RAISES THAT UP TO 5000, WHICH IS THE STANDARD THAT'S BEEN USED FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO I'D MOTION FOR THAT AMENDMENT TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE COMMITTEE. SOUNDS GOOD. WE GOT A SECOND. SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE AYE. SO, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE THIS ORDINANC? ARE WE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT? LET'S SEE. I'M SORRY. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IT? JUST WAIT A MINUTE. I'M SORRY. TAMMY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE, WE'RE WE'RE VOTING ON IT. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT YOU WANT TO MAKE? NO. NO, SO, COREY, ARE WE. SO WE'RE NOT. ARE WE DISCUSSING IT? WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY WE WERE DOING? WE WERE HOLDING IT. AND WHAT WERE THE REASON THAT WE'RE HOLDING IT FOR? WE'RE NOT HOLDING IT. WE'RE DISCUSSING IT. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M OPEN FOR THOSE. OKAY I THIN. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, IS THIS THING BEEN RENAMED? I GUESS EVERYTHING STRUCK OUT ON MINE. YES, THERE WAS A RENAMING. JUST BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION, WAS ABOUT BAN THE BOX, WHICH WAS PASSED YEARS AGO BEFORE MOST OF US WERE ON THE METRO COUNCIL. AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PEOPLE'S CRIMINAL RECORDS. SO THIS IS MORE BROADLY PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM HIRING DISCRIMINATION. SO BAN THE BOX WASN'T APPROPRIATE FOR THE SHORT TITLE AT THE VERY TOP. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A WANT TO MAKE COMMENT ON THIS OR MARILYN. SO GO AHEAD. I'M GO AHEAD. YOUR PHONE'S NOT ON. I MEAN, YOUR SPEAKERS ON. 
          YOU'RE ON MUTE. YEAH, YOU'RE ON MUTE, WHICH IS PROBABLY BEST MOST OF THE TIME, BECAUSE YOU'LL HEAR MY DOGS IN THE BACKGROUND. ANYWAY, SO, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, THE 5000 DEFINING THAT AS A VENDOR IS THAT THIS APPLIES TO, ANY VENDOR OVER 5000 OR UNDER 5000. WHAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN? THE 5000 AT OR MORE? AND JUST SO EVERYONE CAN SEE ON THE SAME PAGE, I'M LOOKING AT PAGE TWO OF THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION IS NOT, IT'S NOT POPPING UP IN THE QUEUE FOR A LIVE MEETING FOR SOME REASON ON MY SCREEN. UNDERSTOOD. BUT BUT YES, AT OR OVER 5000. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON PAGE TWO THAT'S DEFINED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. TAMMY, WAS YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. SO, COREY, DID YOU, TAKE SOME STUFF OUT OR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. WE DID. YES. OKAY OKAY. BECAUSE SO I'M BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS ISN'T SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SO YOU TOOK SOME STUFF OUT, RIGHT? THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON NOW AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK IS THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING VENDORS ARE ANYONE THAT WE, CONTRACT WITH FOR 2500, WE RAISED THE THRESHOLD TO 5000. OKAY OKAY. AND THEN THE FELON PART. NO, THAT WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED YEARS AGO. WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY PARTS OF THAT. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. OKAY ALL RIGHT. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY, AS IT READS RIGHT NOW, VENDOR SAYS A $2,500 OR MORE. SO THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CHANGED. YES. WE JUST VOTE ON THAT TO BE 5000. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SEEING HERE. YOU SAY SOMETHING, ANDREW. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, SEEING NONE THIS IS, ORDINANCE NEEDS, I GUESS WE HAD A VOTE, HAD TO CAST A VOTE. 
          HOLDINGS OPEN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. YES. 
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MARILYN. SHE VOTED. OKAY SO YOU HAVE SEVEN YES VOTES. ALL RIGHT. SEVEN. WE HAVE SEVEN YES VOTES. 
          IT PASSED. AND SO AS TO GO TO, CONSENT CALENDAR. I BELIEVE IT'S WE I KNOW NO, YOU HAD AN AMENDMENT. OH, OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU. SINCE. OKAY, GO TO THE OLD BUSINESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, WE GOT ONE MORE. NUMBER TWO. YOU WANT ME TO READ OR Y'ALL WANT TO READ IT? ITEM TWO A RESOLUTION HONORING FRANK FOSTER JR. BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF 18TH STREET AND MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD AS FRANK FOSTER JUNIOR WAY IN HIS HONOR. 
          READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND. TAMMY, YOU ARE, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT FRANK, YEAH. I COULD SPEAK TO IT, ANDREW CORRIGAN AS WELL, THIS, GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN VESTED A LOT IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST A LIVING LEGEND. GAVE AWAY A LOT OF FOOD. HE JUST WAS A VESSEL FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND, WELL DESERVED, STREET SIGN. SO I SPOKE WITH JAKARI AND, OF COURSE, HE AGREED, AND WE JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST. 
          SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? COREY I'LL JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO THE RUSSELL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIVED THERE AND WORKED THERE AND SERVED THERE, AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO THAT COMMUNITY. THAT'S GREAT, TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A I DID A SIGN ON OVER, ON, EAST, O'DOHERTY ROAD, LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL JONES, WHO SERVED IN IRAQ TWICE AND WAS A HERO, AND, DID A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND HAD, I GUESS IT WE DID THE SIGN. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 100 PEOPLE CAME OUT FOR THE DEDICATION, IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS. I MEAN, I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY ENJOYED, BUT THAT WAS A HUMBLING MOMENT. AND WHEN YOU LET OTHER PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO'VE DONE A LOT AND NEVER GET RECOGNITION. AND, I LIKE TO DO THAT, AND I'M GLAD YOU ALL HAVE DONE THIS. SO, THIS IS A RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. IT PASSES. SO THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR. YEAH. WELL, SEEING NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING. 
          WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.