Aug 15, 2024 Budget Committee

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COUNCILWOMAN KRAMER WILL BE WITH ME ALSO JOINING US. WE HAVE COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER,

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OKAY THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE. A READ IN FULL. NOW IT'S OFFICIAL. COUNCILMAN WEBER, YOU CAN HIT. YOU'RE UP. I JUST WANT TO WELCOME SOME COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE ON A INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXCHANGE FROM KYRGYZSTAN, SO WE CAN GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, IT IS ACTUALLY PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE THAT THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO LEARN ABOUT OUR NONPROFIT SECTOR, WHICH IS NASCENT. BUT GROWING, I THINK, IN KYRGYZSTAN. AND SO WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE. AND THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. SO, THE DISCUSSION ITEM HERE, WE AS BUDGET COMMITTEE, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BUDGET, WAS PART OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WE PUT IN THE BUDGET WAS TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE EXTERNAL AGENCY FUNDS AND HOW WE DO THAT, WITH THE EYE ON EITHER, HAVING A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, MAYBE, OR A BETTER SYSTEM MAYBE, OR DOING AWAY WITH IT ALTOGETHER, AND SO WE HAVE INVITED THE KENTUCKY NONPROFIT NETWORK TODAY TO COME SPEAK WITH

[1. ID 24-0496     THE KENTUCKY NON-PROFIT NETWORK – Laela Kashan]

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BUT YOU HAVE IT AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ADDITIONAL IF YOU NEED THAT. AND THEN JUMP INTO SOME EXAMPLES OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR NONPROFIT SECTOR HAS SHARED HERE IN LOUISVILLE, AND THEN ENDING THAT WITH SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS IN THE NEXT STEPS. SO HERE'S A LIST OF OUR CURRENT NONPROFIT LOUISVILLE NONPROFIT COALITION MEMBERS. WE ARE A LOCAL ALLIANCE OF THE KENTUCKY NONPROFIT MEMBERS. THESE ARE ALL ORGANIZATIONS SERVING YOUR LOUISVILLE RESIDENTS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE'RE A VITAL PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE ABOUT THE NONPROFIT SECTOR WITH YOU ALL. AND THERE HAVE BEEN ITERATIONS OF NONPROFIT COALITIONS HERE IN LOUISVILLE OVER THE YEARS, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DEDICATED STAFF TO SUSTAIN THE EFFORT. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES AND WHY WE EXIST TODAY AND HOW WE EXIST TODAY. I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING. IF YOU SEE NONPROFITS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE THAT YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH, THAT YOU CONNECT WITH THEM OR YOU LET ME KNOW, HEY, I'VE NEVER MET WITH SOMEBODY FROM X. WHAT DO THEY DO? I WANT TO LEARN MORE. BECAUSE WHAT I'VE LEARNED AS A LOUISVILLIAN IS THAT THE BEST WAY I'VE COME TO KNOW OUR CITY IS BY GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK OF NONPROFITS. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO FULFILL, AND THERE STILL REMAINS A GAP AND A DEMAND FOR THOSE NEEDS, EVEN WITH ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY 33 MEMBERS STRONG, AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING TOGETHER AND FIGURING OUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE. SINCE APRIL 2023. SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR OLD. SO NOW I WANT TO TRANSITION AND I SAID THAT THE LU N C IS A SUBSET BASICALLY OF K AND N MEMBERS. AND SO WHO IS THE KENTUCKY NONPROFIT NETWORK? WE ARE A NONPROFIT, A 500 AND 1C3.

WE'VE EXISTED FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND WE PROVIDE EDUCATION SUPPORT AND A PUBLIC POLICY VOICE ON BEHALF OF THE NONPROFIT SECTOR AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. SO WE WORK ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, NOW IN THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE KNOW THAT THESE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT INTERSECT. AND WHAT HAPPENS AT ONE LEVEL IS IMPACTING THE OTHERS. AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING IN THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS GOING TO BENEFIT US ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOUISVILLE. AND WE HAVE I WAS GOING TO SAY, OVER 200 MEMBERS IN FROM LOUISVILLE NONPROFITS WITH K AND N. SO HERE'S WHERE I JUST WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS AN OVERVIEW OF. THERE ARE SO MANY KINDS OF NONPROFITS. AND OFTEN WHEN WE HEAR THAT TER, I THINK WE THINK OF ONE TYPE OFTEN, I THINK THAT'S THE PUBLIC CHARITY, THE ONE WHO ARE OUR MEMBERS AND OUR MISSION FOCUS AND PUBLIC CHARITIES ARE BUSINESSES AS WELL. WE ARE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OVERHEAD.

SO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NONPROFIT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROFIT. IT MEANS THAT THE MONEY THAT COMES IN IS PUT INTO THAT PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. AND PART OF ONE OF THOSE WAYS, THE PUBLIC GOOD IS, IS WORKING TOGETHER IN LESSENING THE BURDEN OF GOVERNMENT. AND I SEE THAT'S REALLY WHERE HISTORICALLY AND I THINK IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, OUR PARTNERSHIPS

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AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT HER. AND JUST BROAD BRUSH SCOPE. WE'RE THE FOURTH, FOURTH LARGEST INDUSTRY OF AN EMPLOYER. SO NONPROFIT INDUSTRY IS THE FOURTH LARGEST IN KENTUCKY. AND THAT IS ABOUT THE SAME FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY AS WELL. AND WE EMPLOY NONPROFITS EMPLOY MORE THAN OR EXCUSE ME, 1 IN 10 FOLKS ARE EMPLOYED AT A NONPROFIT. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE REALLY FUN NUMBERS WE HAVE OVER 800 501 C3. SO THAT'S CHARITABLE NONPROFITS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WITH PAID EMPLOYEES. THAT DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN 800 NONPROFITS THAT HAVE THAT OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE THAT NONPROFIT STATUS, BUT THESE ARE ONES WITH PAID EMPLOYEES.

THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PROVIDING INCOME FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND THEY'RE SERVING SPECIFIC NEEDS AND CHALLENGES, ACHIEVING THE EXCUSE ME, THE CHALLENGE, THOUGH, THAT WE HAVE IS ACHIEVING THE SCALE OF RESOURCES TO MEET THAT DEMAND.

AND WE'RE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE DON'T HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE TIME SENSITIVE. SO HERE WE WANT TO BREAK DOWN THAT OUT OF THOSE 800 ON THE RIGHT COLUMN, THE BLUE IS OUT OF EIGHT OVER 800 NONPROFITS WITH PAID EMPLOYEES. IT'S ALMOST 50,000 JOBS. THAT'S 50,000 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE JOBS THROUGH THESE NONPROFITS. AND THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IN THE SECTOR AND IN THE GREEN COLUMN, WE'RE COMPARING FOR OUR WORKFORCE COMPARED TO THE BLUE COLUMN IS WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 990 NONPROFITS WITH PAID EMPLOYEES IN OUR WORKFORCE AREA, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. I'M SURE EVERYBODY WOULD, YOU KNOW, ASSUME THAT. AND THAT IS THE CASE. AND THEN HERE, JUST LOOKING AT THE PURPLE PURPLISH COLOR IN THAT COLUMN FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY, THESE OVER 800 NONPROFITS BRING IN $13 BILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE, BENEFITING OUR ECONOMY AND HAVE OVER $12 BILLION IN ANNUAL EXPENDITURES. AND SO HERE, THIS IS ALSO IN THE HANDOUT THAT YOU HAVE. THIS REPRESENTS THE BREAKDOWN OF JUST OUR LOUISVILLE, OUR CURRENT LOUISVILLE NONPROFIT COALITION MEMBERS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALONE THEY BRING IN OVER $460 MILLION IN ANNUAL PAYROLL AND OTHER EXPENDITURES. THERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF A DOLLAR. AND THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS ON AVERAGE, THIS IS NOT FOR EVERY IT'S NOT THE EXACT SAME THING FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION, BUT FOR OUR CURRENT MEMBERS. ABOUT 82% OF THEIR FUNDING IS PROGRAM REVENUE. THAT INCLUDES FEE FOR SERVICE, WHICH COULD BE IF I PAY TO GO TO A TRAINING THAT THEY

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SO WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS, BUT IN ORDER TO DO ALL THE HARD WORK WE DO, WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT WE CAN COUNT ON THE CITY TO BE THERE. AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ON A NEGATIVE SAYING, THERE ARE ALL THESE PROBLEMS. I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER, THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE SOLVED.

THEY HAVE TO DO WITH ADMINISTRATION AND DOING THINGS A DIFFERENT WAY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY HAVE TO DO WITH TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND SOLVING THOSE PROBLEMS. AND AN EXAMPLE I WOULD GIVE IS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED ALLOCATING A QUARTER OF MONEY AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH ALLOWS US TO GO AHEAD AND SPEND MONEY, BUT THEN WE CAN'T GET ANY OF THE SECOND QUARTER UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALL OUR DOCUMENTATION AND PROVEN THAT THOSE EXPENSES ARE ELIGIBLE. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WAYS WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK THROUGH CAYENNE TO MAKE THE LIVES OF NONPROFITS BETTER, OUR CITIZENS BETTER, AND THE CITY ITSELF. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. GREAT. THANK YOU NATALIE. SO IN THE LIFT UP, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT NATALIE MENTIONED IS THAT GOVERNMENT HELPS ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED BY PARTNERING WITH NONPROFITS. RIGHT. AND SO I'M USING PARTNERING AND CONTRACTING INTERCHANGEABLY BECAUSE WE DO SEE THOSE CONTRACTS AS PARTNERSHIPS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, IS KEEPING THAT IN MIND THAT WE ARE PARTNERS IN MAKING THIS CITY VIBRANT. AND I ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS THAT WE CAN PARTNER. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT FUNDING, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT ORDINANCES THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED.

CHANGES IN ZONING FOR CHILD CARE. IT COULD BE, LAND OR BUILDING LEASES OR SELLS. RIGHT.

SO I KNOW WE COME AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT NONPROFITS ARE PARTNERING. AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND SO WITHIN OR EXCUSE ME, I WAS GOING TO ALSO ADD THAT WE CAN SET AN EXAMPLE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW, LIKE YES, WE'RE DEALING WITH THESE CHALLENGES HERE IN LOUISVILLE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH THESE CHALLENGES ON THE STATE LEVEL. THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. AND WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SOME WAYS WHERE IT'S BEEN IMPROVED AND WE'VE SEEN SOME OTHER SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. SO KNOW THAT IF WE CAN GET THIS RIGHT, AT LEAST IN SOME WAY, BY DOING IT TOGETHER, WE CAN SET AN EXAMPLE AND WE CAN SHOW THAT TO OTHER CITIES. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF OUR OTHER STATE ASSOCIATION NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS LOOKING TO US AND LEARNING FROM US, BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE PAVING THE WAY BY WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE OUR NONPROFITS ACTUALLY HAVE A NEED AS WELL HERE, THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, AND YOU ALL DO TOO. AND SO HOW DO WE GET THERE TOGETHER? AND NATALIE TOUCHED ON, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE MIDDLE COLUMN ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT. ISSUE. THIS THIS SLIDE IS REALLY JUST SHOWING YOU A FEW OF THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY LIFTED TO THE

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AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE FAR RIGHT YOU SEE THE INCONSISTENT POLICY. SO IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT OFFICES IN LOUISVILLE METRO, YOU MAY HAVE DIFFERENT POLICIES ON WHAT YOUR INVOICES NEED TO BE OR WHAT YOUR REPORTING LOOKS LIKE. AND SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS TO LIFT UP. WE HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, AND WE'RE HOPING TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THOSE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THE WAY I WANTED TO EXEMPLIFY THIS IN ANOTHER WAY. AND I'M JUST GOING TO PULL A FEW THINGS FROM THIS SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT WHEN THOSE CHALLENGES HAPPEN WITH THE GRANTS OR THE CONTRACTS AND PARTNERSHIPS, HOW THAT IMPACTS THE NONPROFIT, AND ULTIMATELY HOW THAT IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TOP BLOCK, WHEN GRANTS OR CONTRACTS WITH NONPROFITS DON'T COVER THE FULL COST OF SERVICES AND YOU GO DOWN TO THE MIDDLE, THEN NONPROFITS CANNOT HIRE AND RETAIN VITAL PROGRAM PERSONNEL, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T DO THE WORK WITHOUT PERSONNEL. AND THEN HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE COMMUNITY? THEY MIGHT FACE A WAIT LIST FOR FOOD, FOR HOUSING, FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND THERE'S ALSO A CONNECTION BETWEEN JUST MOVING FROM THOSE EXAMPLES TO THE EXISTING WORKFORCE SHORTAGE, WHICH I THINK, AGAIN, EVERYONE'S AWARE OF SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT CONNECTION AND HOW THE CONTRACTING INEFFICIENCIES WILL THEY COMPOUND ON ONE ANOTHER. SO YOU HAVE WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND YOU HAVE CONTRACT CHALLENGES, AND IT MAKES IT WORSE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S TRYING TO RECEIVE SERVICES. AND WHAT THIS SLIDE SHOWS US IS THAT THE KENTUCKY THERE WAS A WORKFORCE SURVEY THAT WENT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND WHAT WE FOUND FROM KENTUCKY NONPROFITS IN THAT SURVEY WAS THAT 78% REPORTED STAFFING VACANCIES AND 65% REPORTED WAITING LISTS FOR SERVICES. SO IF THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU PAUSE TO THINK, HOW CAN WE DO THIS BETTER? AND WHAT WHAT ROLE CAN WE PLAY AS LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT AND WORKING TOGETHER IN IN IMPROVING THIS. AND THAT'S WHERE IT LAYERS ON WITH THOSE CHALLENGES WITH THE CONTRACTING AND PARTNERING. SO COUNCIL, CHAIRMAN BLACKWELL MENTIONED THIS METRO BUDGET LANGUAGE. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT BROUGHT US TO THE TABLE BEFORE THIS LANGUAGE WAS PUT INTO THE BUDGET. WE WERE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. LOU AND C MEMBERS WERE SAYING THESE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WE HAVE. HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT? HOW DO WE WORK WITH COUNCIL? HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. AND SO WE WERE GATHERING THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE ALSO CAME AND TESTIFIED, AT THE COMMUNITY BUDGET HEARING AND SAID, WE'RE HEARING THESE THINGS. WE REALLY WANT YOU TO WORK WITH NONPROFITS. AND THEN THIS LANGUAGE WAS IN THERE. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD US AND YOU SAID, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. AND WE'RE WE AGREE. AND SO WE JUST HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE TO REMIND FOLKS WHAT SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE WAS. AND THAT AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS BECAUSE WE NEED YOU AND YOU NEED US TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. SO NEXT STEPS WE ARE CURRENTLY HOSTING TWO LISTENING SESSIONS. THE LOUISVILLE NONPROFIT COALITION IS HOSTING, AND FOLKS FROM ALL NONPROFITS AROUND LOUISVILLE, OR THOSE SERVING LOUISVILLE, CAN REGISTER FOR THAT. AND THEN WE LAUNCHED A SURVEY LAST WEEK TO HEAR FROM NONPROFITS ABOUT THEIR CHALLENGES AND THEIR SUCCESSES, I'VE BEEN READING SOME OF THOSE SURVEY RESPONSES AS THEY COME IN AND THEY'RE IN THERE HIGHLIGHTING SOME REALLY GREAT SUCCESSES AS WELL. SO AGAIN, WHAT NATALIE SAID, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CHALLENGES. WE WANT TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESSES, BUT ALSO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES. SO ONCE WE HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, WE WANT TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND SAY, HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING TO THE TOP, AND HERE ARE WAYS THAT WE THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE THAT OUT AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY HEARING STUFF THAT WE AREN'T HEARING, LIKE MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME FEEDBACK FOR US AND WE WANT TO TAKE THAT IN AS WELL. AND THEN THE SECOND THING ON THIS, ON THIS SLIDE IS WE WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL AND

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AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S MEETINGS WITH US AND THE ABILITY TO BE HERE TODAY. THE INVITATION AS WELL AS THEY'RE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEM TO HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH US AS WELL. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO JUST CLOSE OUT WITH SOME MORE EXCITING STUFF BECAUSE IT WAS SOME HEAVY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S THE DATA, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IS THAT THE LOUISVILLE NONPROFIT COALITION WANTS TO CONNECT IN OTHER WAYS, IN DEEPER WAYS, AS WELL. SO IF THAT'S ONE ON ONE MEETINGS OR EVENTS THAT WE'RE INVITING YOU TO, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. THESE ARE A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH COUNCIL AND WITH CONGRESSMAN MCGARVEY'S OFFICE. AND THEN SO WHAT ARE OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR TODAY? I'VE MENTIONED THESE, BUT I WANTED TO SUM THEM UP. THE VOICE AND INCLUSION OF NONPROFIT EXPERTS AND PARTNERS IS INDISPENSABLE TO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AS CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN, NUMBER TWO, NONPROFITS ARE INTEGRAL TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN LOUISVILLE. AND NUMBER THREE, WE, THE LU AND C ARE A RESOURCE FOR YOU. SO IF YOU'RE LIKE YOU SAID THIS THING AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT, OR I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME OR ANYONE ON OUR LIST AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. IF WE DON'T KNOW THEM, WE'RE GOING TO FIND THEM OUT FOR YOU. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT THIS TO BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. WE ARE ALREADY COLLABORATING TOGETHER. YOU CAN SEE IN OUR JUST IN BACK HERE HOW MANY MEMBERS SHOWED UP TODAY AND HOW MANY MEMBERS WE HAVE. IT'S THAT COLLABORATION THAT MOVES US ALL FORWARD. AND THAT'S IT. THAT WRAPS UP OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE. SO FIRST I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI AND COUNCILMAN OWEN HAVE JOINED US IN CHAMBERS. AND COUNCILWOMAN MCCRANEY HAS JOINED US ONLINE FIRST, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, THANK YOU. COULD YOU REMIND US OUT OF THOSE 800 PAID EMPLOYEE NONPROFITS, HOW MANY ARE MEMBERS OF THE COALITION? SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 33 MEMBERS.

AND IS THE SURVEY LIMITED TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP? ABSOLUTELY NOT, THAT SURVEY IS OPEN TO EVERYONE, AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT A MEMBER. WE WANT TO HEAR THOSE VOICES BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING. IT'S AN EXPERIENCE TO SHARE THAT'S VALID AND IMPORTANT TO HEAR. RIGHT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, COULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS GET THAT SO WE CAN SHARE IT WITH OUR NETWORKS? METRO GOVERNMENTS GRANT PROCESS IS HARD FOR SMALLER NONPROFITS THAT DON'T HAVE DEDICATED DEVELOPMENT OR GRANT STAFF. HOW REPRESENTATIVE CURRENTLY IS YOUR COALITION OF THOSE SMALLER NONPROFITS? SO I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS BROKEN DOWN IN THAT WAY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I CAN JUST NAME OFF A FEW THAT ARE SMALLER, THE SOMALI COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE OPTION TO SUCCESS, ECHOES A SMALLER ORGANIZATION TRYING TO LOOK OR SCANNING THROUGH. SOME OF THESE ARE OUR LARGER AND SOME ARE SMALLER.

THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST ONE SMALL THING, I'M SURE YOUR SURVEY IS KIND OF ALREADY READY TO GO, BUT I'M CURIOUS IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU COULD INQUIRE ABOUT UNIONIZATION OF NONPROFITS WHEN YOU WORK WITH YOUR COALITION AND THEN I'M CURIOUS ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AS WELL OF EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ALL SERVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT YOU TO HEAR THAT THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUE, WE COULD ALWAYS BE MORE TRANSPARENT. SO AND, YOU KNOW, IN SOME AREAS WE DO OKAY, SOME AREAS WE DON'T. SO I THINK WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB. THEIR MESSAGE HEARD, AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY SET UP SOME WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IN A BETTER WAY WITH BOTH. YOU KNOW, NOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S DIFFERENT WITH COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO COMMUNICATE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, PAYMENT. YOU MENTIONED THAT THING. I KNOW THAT DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE TWO ADMINISTRATIONS, THERE WAS A MASSIVE PROBLEM WITH PAYMENTS THAT TRICKLED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. SO IT WASN'T JUST YOU ALL. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE AFFECTED. BASICALLY ANYBODY GETTING A CHECK FROM THE CITY WAS AFFECTED AT THE TIME. SHOULD BE GETTING BETTER, SHOULD BE ALMOST REMEDIATED AT THIS POINT. SO IF YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS, LET US LET US KNOW AS SORT OF OVERSEE. YOU KNOW, OVERSEE IS PROBABLY THE WRONG TERM, BUT THE CHECK ON THE ADMINISTRATION, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IF THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A BETTER JOB WITH THAT. AND I KNOW DEPUTY MAYOR MATAN IS IN THE BACK, AND I'M SURE SHE'S HEARING ALL OF THIS. AND I KNOW SHE DOES A GREAT JOB IN REPRESENTING THE ADMINISTRATION. I DO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR, AS WE LOOK AT

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JUST TELL US WHAT IT IS AND WE SHOULD LOOK AT ADOPTING IT. IF IT COMES OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATION, GREAT. IF THEIR WORK GROUP COMES UP WITH IT. MY ONLY ASK IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. IT IS VERY HARD FOR THE SMALL. I JUST MET WITH ONE RECENTLY IN MY DISTRICT. THERE WAS A VERY SMALL BUT VERY. WELL ORGANIZED AND SUCCESSFUL, NOT FOR PROFIT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE GRANT WRITERS, DEVELOPERS THAT SOME OF THE MORE SOPHISTICATED ORGANIZATIONS HAVE. AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE NAMES UP THERE, AND I KNOW WHICH ONES ARE WHICH. SO NUMBER ONE, GIVING THEM A WAY TO EASILY APPLY AND THAT THEY DON'T NEED PAID PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO DO IT. SIMULTANEOUS TO THAT, I'VE BEEN PART OF THE AEF PROCESS FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE JUST LIKE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO. AND I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION STARTED THIS PROCESS THIS YEAR. WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE DOING THIS. YOU NEED TO RELOOK AT, WHAT'S GOING ON.

LIKE, I KNOW SOME ORGANIZATIONS MAY BE SORT OF A YEAR OVER YEAR THING, BUT WE SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZING THAT IS THAT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION OR IS THERE EVEN EFFORT WITHIN THAT ORGANIZATION? WHAT IS STRATEGICALLY NEEDED NOW ARE STILL EFFECTIVE VERSUS ANOTHER PROCESS. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER PROCESS WE DO COME UP WITH DOES HAVE SOME MECHANISM TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS, BECAUSE, AS WE'VE PROBABLY SAID, A MILLION TIMES, THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL THE DEMAND OUT THERE. SO WE'RE ALWAYS DEALING WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT TO THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT, WHETHER BIG OR SMALL, RIGHT? WHOEVER IS GOING TO HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT WITH EACH DOLLAR SPENT, SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS SOME MECHANISM IN THERE THAT GIVES US THE SURETY THAT THE GROUPS THAT WE ARE FUNDING, TRULY DO HAVE GREAT PROGRAMS SHOWING GREAT RESULTS AND, AND ARE SUSTAINABLE. SO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT'S BAKED INTO THE PROCESS, I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER PROCESS WE COME UP WITH. THAT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE DO HAVE ON OUR SURVEY A QUESTION ASKING FOR IF SOMEONE KNOWS OF A GREAT PROGRAM AND THEY THINK THAT THIS IS THE WAY WE SHOULD DO IT OR TRY, WE ARE ASKING THAT. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE RESEARCHING, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT VEIN. SO AND APPRECIATE YOUR OTHER COMMENTS AS WELL. AND IF I COULD JUST CHIME IN ON THAT, I THINK NO ONE IS IN THIS WORK BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE A CHALLENGE. AND I THINK THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL KIND OF THREW THE GANTLET DOWN WITH THE LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET TO, I THINK THE QSTN AT DEEPLYAL, , DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT STRUCTURE OF FUNDING IN PLACE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR NONPROFITS ARE WORKING ON THE MOST COMPLEX CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY? THEY ARE WORKING ON HOMELESSNESS. THEY ARE WORKING ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THEY ARE WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. THEY'RE WORKING ON ACCESS TO MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, YOU NAME IT. IF IT IS HARD TO PROVIDE AND VITAL THAT WE DO, OUR NONPROFITS ARE WORKING ON IT. SO WHEN GOVERNMENT INVEST IN NONPROFITS, I URGE US TO CONSIDER THAT THAT IS NOT AN ACT OF CHARITY. THAT IS A FULFILLMENT OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. AND DOES THE EAF PROCESS REMAIN ROOTED IN THAT REALITY? DOES IT WORK WITH FRONTLINE EXPERTS TO CONSULT ON WHAT THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE? DO WE BUILD A BUDGET FOR THAT BASED ON WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST TO MAKE PROGRESS? DO WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT REALLY INSPIRES AND ENABLES COLLABORATION ACROSS THE SECTOR? AND THEN ULTIMATELY, DO WE SET GOALS THAT ARE TRANSFORMATIVE AND CREATE A PATHWAY THAT ALLOWS US TO ACHIEVE THOSE RESULTS? I KNOW WHAT MY PERSONAL ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, BUT I, I THINK WE'RE THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY, THIS IS WHAT COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH THEIR PROACTIVE WORK AND THE WORK THEY'RE DOING NOW, HAVE TEED US UP TO SAY, LIKE, LET'S CANDIDLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE. MR. CHAIR, CAN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP THERE? CERTAINLY.

THANK YOU. I TOTALLY AGREE. AND THE OBJECTIVES, I THINK THAT'S A KEY TERM HERE BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED AGAIN, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE PROCESS IN A COUPLE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. AND A LOT OF TIMES I'M READING THESE APPLICATIONS. THEY'RE VERY INTERESTING, NICE IN SOME CASES, VERY INTERESTING IDEAS THAT IN MANY CASES ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE. OUR CURRENT GOALS ARE. RIGHT. SO I THINK, AGAIN, PART OF THE TRANSPARENCY WE SHOULD BE OUTLINING, THESE ARE OUR TOP GOALS FOR THE NEXT. AND WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT MORE THAN A YEAR. BY THE WAY, OUR

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COUNCILMAN RENA WEBBER, THANK YOU, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS A FORMER NONPROFIT CEO, THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY HARD THAT IS. THERE'S NO PROFESSION OUTSIDE OF THE MILITARY THAT GIVES TO THE PEOPLE THAT UNDERTAKE OUR GREAT CHALLENGES. THE LEVEL OF STRESS THAT YOU ALL TAKE ON EVERY DAY. SO KNOW THAT YOU ARE SEEN AND VALUED AND HEARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, IN YOUR KEY TAKEAWAYS, YOU WERE VERY FRIENDLY ABOUT THIS, BUT I ALSO HEARD IN THE TWO SLIDES BEFORE THAT, TWO VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THAT I THINK I'M HEARING. SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT I AM SAYING BACK TO YOU, WE HEAR YOU ABOUT REFORMING THE EAF PROCESS. WE HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, ALIGNING THAT WITH THE LONGER TERM PRIORITIES, BEING CLEAR AT LEAST POTENTIALLY ACROSS A MULTI YEAR AND MAKING THAT PROCESS EASIER.

HEARD, SECOND PIECE AROUND THE REIMBURSEMENT STRUCTURE. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DEPUTY MAYOR MARTIN, WHO I KNOW HAS BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF MENTAL ENERGY INTO MAKING THAT PROCESS BETTER. THERE'S BEEN SOME REALLY GREAT CREATIVE, THINGS BEING TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND OTHERS TO PARTNER TO MAKE THAT EASIER FOR YOU. SO ALSO HEARD, AND THEN I WOULD HAVE SAID MORE, BUT MANDY SAID IT ALL SO MUCH BETTER THAN I WOULD HAVE. SO REALLY WELL DONE. AND I'M GOING TO SHUT UP NOW. GREAT. THANK YOU GUYS. SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MANDY, WE APPRECIATE WHEN YOU HELP US KEEP WEBBER UNDER CONTROL. LISTEN, DON'T COUNT ON ME FOR THAT. ALL THE TIME. BUT TODAY. OH, AND BY THE WAY, ABOUT MEDICAID, I'VE BEEN MEANING TO.

I WAS. I'M SO READY. NO ONE QUESTION THAT NO ONE PUSHED THAT BUTTON. SO NO. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR YOUR PRESENTATION, YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR ANSWERS. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AS WE DEVELOP THE PROCESS AND WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND THE SURVEY LINK. AND WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE SAID AS WELL. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[2. O-151-24     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 080, SERIES 2023, RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 CAPITAL BUDGET REALLOCATING $50,000 FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE ALI ART WALL. 8/1/24 Budget Committee  Held Action Required By: January 2025 Sponsors: Markus Winkler (D-17) ]

PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. WE SO THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY WHAT'S REFERENCED AS THE ALLEY ART WALL, REALLY HAD ITS LIFE BEFORE WATERFRONT EVER GOT INVOLVED. IT WAS A PROJECT THAT KEN HERNDON HAD BEEN WORKING ON AND HAD BEEN WORKING WITH METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE THE FUNDING DESIGNATED FOR AN ART WALL, A MURAL AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PROJECT DID NOT, IT WILL NOT COME TO FRUITION. SO BECAUSE THAT PROJECT KIND OF WENT AWAY, WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH MR. HERNDON ON, SEPARATELY,

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THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN 50,000, BUT THIS THESE FUNDS WOULD BE DESIGNATED FOR MAYBE DOING A PARTIAL, INSTALLATION. OR WE MAY HOLD OFF AND SEE WHAT OTHER FUNDS MAY BECOME AVAILABLE FOR IT. VERY GOOD. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND OF COURSE, INVITE COUNCILMAN OWEN, THE SPONSOR, TO ADDRESS ANYTHING OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS HE MAY HAVE. I HAVE, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN WINKLER. OH, MY APOLOGIES, I MISREAD THE ORDINANCE, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO LATONYA ABOUT THE TITLE, WE'VE STRUCK A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE HERE THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE ALLEY ART WALL, BUT DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE TITLE OR I? MY NAME IS LATONYA BELL. I'M THE COUNCIL FINANCIAL ANALYST FOR METRO COUNCIL, AND I GUESS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT BETH PREPARED THE COMMENTS, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD RECEIVED, I GUESS SHE WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FUNDS WOULD POSSIBLY TRANSFER TO WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT, THAT IT WOULD STILL BE FOR THE ALLEY ART WALL. BUT BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE USED FOR THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT. THE IDEA WAS THAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE DESIGNATED FOR THE MURAL PROJECT THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING IN FESTIVAL PLAZA. OKAY. SO IN SAYING THAT BASED ON THE COMMENTS, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMENTS WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS STILL GOING TO BE THE SAME PROJECT, JUST AT A DIFFERENT, TO THE WATERFRONT IS ORIGINALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A SIMILAR PROJECT.

IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE A SPECIFIC. AND THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A SPECIFIC ALLEY COMPONENT. SO CORRECT, WE WELL, WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S ALSO PUBLIC ART. THAT WAS ALSO THE NAME THAT WAS REFERENCED, AND THAT'S THE NAME THAT SHE WAS REFERENCING TO CHANGE IT, TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WOULD BE ALLEY ART WALL, BUT KNOW THAT IT'S NOT YOU. YOU HAVE SOME LEEWAY THERE IF YOU WANT TO USE IT. JUST PUBLIC ART. OR DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER REFERENCE BECAUSE I THINK WE DESCRIBED THIS. I'M SORRY, THIS IS I'M SORRY. THIS IS SONYA HOWARD, THE METRO COUNCIL CLERK. AND, CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE WORK WITH THEM? OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO GET THAT CHANGE, CONSIDERING HOW THEY'VE MOVED THE FUNDS IN THAT ORDINANCE. AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.

SO YOU RECOMMEND TO TABLE THIS NOW AND THEN? I DON'T RECOMMEND TO TABLE IT. OKAY. RECOMMEND TO PASS IT ON AND THEN JUST WORK ON THE AMENDMENT WITH THE OMB. AND EVERYONE INVOLVED. MAKE SURE WE GET THE MONEY MOVED FROM THE RIGHT BUDGET, CONSIDERING IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE MOVED IT FROM A SPECIFIC BUDGET AND JUST AND IF WE COULD JUST MAKE THE AMENDMENT ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR NEXT WEEK. YEAH, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE THEY'RE MOVING IT TO IS THE CORRECT LOCATION.

BUT THE NAME OF THE PROJECT IS WHAT'S THE ISSUE? I THINK IT'S JUST THE NAME. I THINK WE CHANGE. I THINK WE CAN JUST, SCRATCH ALLEY ART WALL AND REPLACE IT WITH PUBLIC ART. AND WE'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. PUBLIC ART AT CENTRAL PLAZA. AT WATERFRONT. THERE WE GO. THAT'S.

YES VERY GOOD. AND I THINK, DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION READY TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT? I MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN? TO WHAT COMMITTEE CHAIR BLACKWELL JUST SAID. HOW DO WE THROW IT BACK ON ME? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? I SECOND? ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE

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I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BECAUSE WHAT IF THEY'RE, STATUES OR OR FIGURES WHO HAVE BEEN LESS, ACCEPTING OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES? OR WHAT IF IT'S SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL IS WHAT I'M SAYING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WOULD BE CAREFUL IN YOUR SELECTION OF THE PROCESS WHEN YOU PUT IT OUT THERE AS AN RFP OR HOW YOU DO THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT GOING INTO THIS, WE DID THINK THAT IT WAS SOMETHING IN HONOR OF MUHAMMAD ALI. AND IF IT'S NOT THAT, THEN US NOT KNOWING WHAT IT IS, COULD WE NOT WAIT UNTIL WE COULD FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS THAN TO JUST VOTE ON IT? AND, YOU KNOW, SIGHT UNSEEN? JESSICA KINCAID, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES WITH LOUISVILLE METRO, THE PIECE ABOUT THE ALI, SUBJECT MATTER, THE COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ART, HAS A POLICY THAT IT ADOPTED, THAT ANY TIME A PROPOSAL COMES BEFORE COPA REFERENCING THE LIKENESS OR LEGACY OF MUHAMMAD ALI, THAT WE WILL CONSULT WITH THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALI ART WALL THAT WAS DONE. THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO COME TO FRUITION. AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. THERE WAS, SORT OF EDUCATIONAL OR PROGRAMMATIC CONTENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT THE ALI CENTER FELT MAY STAND CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT IS PRESENTED INSIDE THE ALI CENTER. THE PROJECT ORGANIZER JUST COULD NOT COME TO A RESOLUTION WITH THE ALI CENTER ON THAT ISSUE. SO THAT IS WHY IT IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THE LIKENESS AND LEGACY OF MUHAMMAD ALI. AS FAR AS THE ONGOING PROPOSAL OR WHAT MAY COME FROM THAT, AS DEBORAH MENTIONED, WHATEVER PROJECT BECOMES STRUCTURED WILL EVENTUALLY GO TO THE COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ART FOR IT TO PERFORM ITS PRESCRIBED PROCESS OF REVIEW OF CONTENT. THIS TYPE OF PROJECT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF STRICTEST SCRUTINY FOR COPA, BECAUSE IT IS PUBLIC DOLLARS AND IT IS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, SO IT WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH DEBORAH AND PROJECT ORGANIZERS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ADHERES TO COPA'S EXISTING STANDARDS. IS IT GOOD? RIGHT. SO WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED A AYES HAVE IT. AMENDMENT IS NOW BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, WOULD THE WATERFRONT BE INTERESTED IN DISPLAYING KING LOUIS? I'M JUST PLAYING. I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE USING A SIMILAR PROCESS THAT THEY USE FOR THE CALL OUT FOR ARTISTS WITH THE QR CODE ON THE MURAL WALL NEARBY. AND ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, SINCE THIS IS IN OUR DISTRICT, I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. SO HOPEFULLY THE CLERK GOT THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, I MEAN, OUR IDEA WOULD BE TO DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEING DONE FOR THE FOR THE FLOOD WALL MURAL. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT MODEL TO FOLLOW. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME GREAT PROPOSALS THAT WE'LL BE SEEING, SOMETIME SOON. SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE IDEA. AND IDEALLY IF, IF THE, IF, YOU KNOW, IF FUNDING, IF FUNDING IS

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DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS WITH THE PUBLIC ART? CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE PROCESS YOU JUST TOLD US? THE PROCESS. BUT WHAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT IS DOES IT EVER COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL OR OR TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IS NOT TYPICALLY BEEN THE CASE. MY SENSE IS THAT IT'S BEFORE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW, JUST BECAUSE IT IS MOVING FUNDS FROM ONE. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT TO ANOTHER. YEAH. SO THIS SO PUTTING THIS PUTTING THE MONEY IN AN AREA AND THEN DEVELOPING A PROJECT IS NOT AN UNUSUAL THING. IT IS ONLY UNUSUAL IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING IT FROM SOMETHING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ALREADY IDENTIFIED TO MAKING IT JUST A SOMETHING SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO ALL OUR OTHER PUBLIC ART. IS THAT ACCURATE? CORRECT OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING NONE IS AN ORDINANCE CALL FOR ROLL CALL. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. YEAH. WE DID. YEAH. COUNCILWOMAN PARIS RIGHT? YES, PLEASE. COUNCILWOMAN MCCRANIE, NO. SIERRA BLACKWELL, YOU HAVE SEVEN? YES. AND ONE.

NO. THANK YOU. ITEM PASSES AND WE'LL GO TO OLD BUSINESS, I THINK. YES YES. OH WE DON'T HAVE TO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT. YOU HAVE TO GET. YES, YES, WE WILL ADD IT. YES. OKAY WE GOT YOU. DID YOU RECORD ME AS A YES TO COUNCILWOMAN PARKER? DID WE SAY SHE'S NOT LISTED? HASN'T BEEN SHOWN TO BE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THERE. OKAY WELL, YOU YOU ARE NOW. YES. YES YES, WE HAVE YOU NOW. THANK YOU. YES. RIGHT ITEM THREE IS A RESOLUTION OF LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON, LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, METRO GOVERNMENT, KENTUCKY METRO REQUESTING THAT THE KENTUCKY

[3. R-080-24     A RESOLUTION OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT, KENTUCKY (“METRO”), REQUESTING THAT THE KENTUCKY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ADOPT A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDING REVENUE BONDS, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR THE FINANCING OF AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING PROJECT LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF METRO TO BE OWNED BY GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KENTUCKY, INC. Action Required By: February 2025 Sponsors: Rick Blackwell (D-12), Cindi Fowler (D-14)]

GOODWILL EXPECTS TO REQUEST THE KENTUCKY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY, OR CDF, TO ISSUE ITS INDUSTRIAL BUILDING REVENUE BONDS FOR LOCATIONS AT 405 DIXIE HIGHWAY IN DISTRICT 12, WHICH WILL BE APPROXIMATELY A $4.9 MILLION PROJECT TO REPLACE A BUILDING THAT WAS DAMAGED IN A FIRE ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND AT 6202, WILLIS MOORE DRIVE IN DISTRICT 14, WHICH WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $5.4 MILLION, GOODWILL IS ACTIVELY WORKING THROUGH ALL LOCAL REGULATIONS WITH METRO GOVERNMENT. AT EACH PARCEL IS APPROPRIATELY ZONED FOR THE USE.

THE KENTUCKY REVISED STATUTES AUTHORIZES CDFA TO ISSUE INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ENTITIES EXEMPT PURPOSES. THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS ON A TAX EXEMPT BASIS WILL ALLOW GOODWILL TO MULTIPLY TO MULTIPLE THE MULTIPLY THE IMPACT OF ITS SERVICES, AND INVEST IN MORE DONATED GOODS. RETAIL CENTERS ACROSS KENTUCKY,

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[Adjournment Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.]