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TODAY, IT IS AUGUST 29TH, 434. I'M RICK BLACKWELL, THE CHAIR. MY VICE CHAIR. COUNCILMAN KRAMER HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER,[Roll Call]
COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI. I THINK COUNCILMAN ARTHUR IS ON HIS WAY, AND ON ONLINE WITH COUNCILWOMAN RENA WEBER. COUNCILWOMAN. MCCRANEY, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER AND COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. OH, CAN YOU READ THE. THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO 61.826, AND COUNCIL WILL BE READ IN FULL. THANK YOU. SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE WITH US LEE BURCHFIELD FROM LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN. SO IF[1. ID 24-0461 LIBRARY MASTER PLAN - Lee Birchfield, Louisville Free Public Library]
YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO THAT. OKAY. THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH.I'M LEE BURCHFIELD, DIRECTOR OF THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FACILITIES.
PLAN 2025 2035. I WOULD. WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU. ALL IN PART BECAUSE I THINK IT'S. I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S YOU. I'M SO SORRY. I'VE BEEN. TALKING. FOR. 45.
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METRO TV, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE USING THE LAPTOP HOOKUP FOR THE PRESENTATION. I
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THINK WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. OKAY. I'M. I'M LEE BURCHFIELD. I'M DIRECTOR OF THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. I WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR FACILITIES PLAN 2025 2035. I PROBABLY SHOULD START JUST PREFACE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT FOLLOWS BY SAYING THIS IS A PREAPPROVAL DOCUMENT AND THE PRESENTATION THAT I AM SHOWING YOU IS A SUMMARY OF THE DOCUMENT, NOT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF. I DID BRING COPIES OF THE DOCUMENT TO LEAVE WITH THE CLERK FOR DISTRIBUTION TO YOU ALL, BUT IT IS STILL A DOCUMENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE REVISIONS TO. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL SEE THIS AS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PLAN. THAT SAID, THET WHERE AND GROUP FOR ARCHITECTURE, WHO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH ON THIS PLAN. IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS WHERE WE BELIEVE OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM NEEDS TO GO OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO START. I'M GOING TO START BY SETTING THE CONTEXT BY A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR 2008 MASTER PLAN. THE 2008 PLAN HAD A 12 YEAR TIMELINE ON IT. IT CALLED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT ALL LOCATIONS. ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES WAS THAT WE BUILT THREE AWARD WINNING REGIONAL LIBRARIES. WE ADDED A NEW BRANCH IN NEWBURGH, WHERE THERE HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN ONE. THE BRANCH PROJECTS IN THE 2008 PLAN TOTALED $78 MILLION. ALMOST ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED. A COUPLE OF NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS WERE THE PORTLAND LIBRARY, WHICH OF COURSE, WE ARE WORKING ON A MAJOR RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF RIGHT NOW, AND THE HIGHLANDS SHELBY PARK LIBRARY. THE PARKLAND LIBRARY, WHICH ALSO IS UNDERWAY TO BE REOPENED, WAS NOT CONSIDERED IN THE 2008 PLAN. SO THAT IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE BRANCH PROJECTS OUTLINED IN THE 2008 PLAN. THE 2008 PLAN ALSO CALLED FOR $4.35 MILLION IN IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MAIN LIBRARY. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE, AND IF YOU RECALL, PART OF WHAT ALLOWED US TO REALLY EXCEED WHAT WE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO GET DONE WAS THAT WE HAD A FLOOD AT THE MAIN LIBRARY THAT CAUSED A FAIR AMOUNT OF DAMAGE, PARTICULARLY ON THE BASEMENT LEVELS OF BOTH BUILDINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE INSURANCE MONEY FROM THAT, ALONG WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC MONEY, TO OPEN THE NEW AUDITORIUM. YOU SEE THAT PICTURED ON THE FAR RIGHT TO OPEN THE NEW RENOVATED CHILDREN'S ROOM ON THE EAST WING OF THE FIRST FLOOR, AND TO DO SOME SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY, PARTICULARLY IN THE LOBBY AND ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THE 2008 PLAN, THOUGH, ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT THE MAIN LIBRARY. BEYOND THAT INITIAL SET OF RENOVATIONS, IT ESTIMATED THE COST OF THOSE AT 25 MILLION TO $40 MILLION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.WHAT I'VE GOT ON THIS SLIDE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH, PARTICULARLY THE 1969 BUILDING AT MAIN, AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE, BUT ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF CONCRETE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION. AND IN THAT FIRST PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THE BLUE SLATE TILE FLOORING OR PAVING THAT IS ON THE PATIOS ALL AROUND THAT BUILDING IS ALSO STARTING TO DETERIORATE BADLY IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS. THE 2008 MASTER PLAN SPECULATED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO OPERATE THE LIBRARY SYSTEM ONCE THOSE NEW PROJECTS HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
IT BASED THAT PROJECTION ON AN ESTIMATION OF THE POPULATION IN 2020, REACHING 738,732. IN REALITY, BY 2020, THE POPULATION OF OUR SERVICE AREA, WHICH ALL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, HAD GROWN TO 766,000. THE 2008 PLAN CALCULATED THAT THE BUDGET THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO OPERATE THE EXPANDED SYSTEM WOULD BE $28.9 MILLION, AND ON A PER CAPITA BASIS, THAT WORKS OUT TO $39.19.
I'VE BEEN AMAZED AT WHAT A GOOD JOB THEY DID OF ESTIMATING WHAT IT WOULD COST TO OPERATE A LIBRARY SYSTEM TO SERVE A POPULATION LIKE THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT ACTUAL DATA, THE AVERAGE OPERATING BUDGET FOR LARGE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, THAT'S A LIBRARY SYSTEM THAT SERVES 400,000 PEOPLE OR MORE IN 2020, THE AVERAGE WAS $42.54. THE MEDIAN WAS $37.90. SO THE 3919
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ESTIMATE FITS RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE MEDIAN AND THE AVERAGE. IN REALITY, THE BUDGET THAT YEAR WAS $29.11 PER CAPITA. THIS YEAR, WE'RE DOING BETTER. WE'RE AT A $25.9 MILLION BUDGET FOR FY 2025, WITH A POPULATION OF 772,000, SO THAT WORKS OUT TO $33.64. WE ARE STILL LAGGING BEHIND THE ESTIMATE. WE'RE ALSO BEHIND WHAT THE DATA SHOWS, THE MEDIAN AND THE AVERAGE WERE FOR 2020. AND SO PART OF WHAT I WOULD PREFACE, THE 2025 PLAN WITH IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD FUNDS TO THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE LIBRARY, BOTH FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON NOW AND ANY PROJECTS THAT ADD AN ADDITIONAL FACILITY OR THAT ADD SUFFICIENT ADDITIONAL SPACE, THAT ADDITIONAL STAFFING IS NEEDED. THE SNIPPET THAT'S INCLUDED HERE IS ACTUALLY JUST A SCREEN CAPTURE FROM THE 2008 PLAN OF THE PAGE, WHERE THEY SPECULATED THE BUDGET THERE, AND WHERE YOU WILL SEE THAT BEGIN TO COME INTO PLAY IS IN THE NATURE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING IN THE 2025 PLAN, WHERE WE ARE BASICALLY BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF OUR REGIONAL LIBRARY MODEL. IT CERTAINLY IS LESS EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE ONE 40,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARY THAN TO OPERATE TWO 20,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARIES, AND SO THAT FEEDS INTO OUR THINKING ABOUT PLANNING IN TERMS OF IMPACT. THE 2008 PLAN WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH SEVERAL OBJECTIVES, BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE TRYING TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM SO THAT WE WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE RECOMMENDED IN THE STANDARDS PRODUCED FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES BY THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES. THEY PUBLISHED STANDARDS THAT COVER ALL ASPECTS OF LIBRARY OPERATION, SERVICES, FACILITIES, STAFFING, MATERIALS. AND THEY HAVE THREE LEVELS OF STANDARD THAT THEY DEFINE. THE LEVELS ARE MINIMUM, ENHANCED AND EXEMPLARY IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE PER CAPITA. THEIR MINIMUM STANDARD IS 0.6FT■!S. TE ENHANCED IS 0.8FT■!S PER CAPITA, AND THE EXEMPLARY IS ONE SQUARE FOOT. AS OF TODAY, LCPL STANDS AT 0.53FT■!S PER CAPITA. SO WE WERE HOPING THAT THE 2008 PLAN PROJECTS WOULD GET US TO THAT 0.6FT■!S. THE COMBINATION OF THE POPULATION GROWING FASTER THAN WE EXPECTED, AND A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS NOT GETTING COMPLETED HAVE MEANT THAT WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF THAT. AFTER WE COMPLETE PARKLAND, PORTLAND AND FERN CREEK WILL BE AT 0.57FT■!S, SO WE'LL BE CLOSER, T WE'RE STILL A LITTLE SHY OF THAT 0.6FT■!S MINIMUM. SO ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED IN THE 2025 PLAN IS TO TRY TO REMEDY THAT. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, WE GOT A $1.2 MILLION GRANT FOR THE PORTLAND LIBRARY IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE STATE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS FROM CDLA. WE DO HAVE TO HAVE ON FILE A PLAN THAT DEMONSTRATES HOW OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, WE WILL CLEAN UP ANY GAP BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE MINIMUM STANDARD THAT THE STATE HAS ADOPTED. SO BY 2030, OUR POPULATION IS PROJECTED TO GROW TO 837,477. ALL OF THE POPULATIONS I'M USING IN THIS PRESENTATION AND THAT ARE USED IN THE PLAN COME FROM THE STATE DATA CENTER, AND THEY DELIVER THAT INFORMATION TO US THROUGH CDLA ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO IF THAT POPULATION PROJECTION COMES TO PASS BY 2030, WE WILL NEED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 86,614FT■!S OF LIBRARY FACILITIS BY 2030 TO MEET THE MINIMUM STATE STANDARD AND THE SCREEN CAPTURE THERE ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A SNIP FROM THE STANDARDS DOCUMENT PRODUCED BY KTLA. SO FACILITIES PLAN 2025 IS HERE. AND IT IS WHAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH AS OUR PROPOSAL FOR HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE INEQUITIES THAT EXIST IN OUR SYSTEM AND CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM AND THE STATE STANDARD. AS I SAID, IT'S CURRENTLY A PRE-APPROVAL DOCUMENT. I HAVE PRESENTED THE DOCUMENT IN THIS PRESENTATION TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'M SCHEDULED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH TO PRESENT IT TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. THE PLAN INCORPORATES FEEDBACK FROM[00:15:01]
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LIBRARY STAFF, FOUNDATION STAFF, AND BOARD, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT IT IT INCORPORATES FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS OF METRO COUNCIL. I HEAR FREQUENTLY FROM METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT LIBRARIES IN THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR, THE SHIVELY LIBRARY RIGHT NOW, AND THE HIGHLAND SHELBY PARK LIBRARY. I'M I'M IN CONVERSATION A LOT WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THOSE DISTRICTS. THE PLAN WAS FUNDED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. SO THAT NO ONE HAS TO ASK LATER. WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO END UP COSTING RIGHT AT $270,000 FOR PRODUCTION OF THE PLAN, 150,000 OF THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE REMAINING 120,000 BY THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. WE ADOPTED SEVEN PRINCIPLES THAT WE DEVELOPED A PLAN TO ACHIEVE. ONE IS HIGH QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS. WE TAKE SERIOUSLY THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE FROM LOUISVILLE METRO ABOUT WORKING TOWARDS NET ZERO IN OUR FACILITIES. WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE SERVICES AND SPACES, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE LIBRARY THAT IS NEEDED IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NEEDED IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR LIBRARIES TO MEET THAT MINIMUM STANDARD FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE. WE'RE LOOKING TO CULTIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY ENCOURAGING AND EXCITING CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES. ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS THE YMCA, WE ARE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING TO INVEST IN FACILITIES SO THAT WHAT WE END UP WITH, IN SOME CASES, ARE SHARED FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE A RANGE OF SERVICES FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL POPULATION DENSITY. ACCESSIBILITY OF PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION, ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ALL OF THAT, SO WE ARE EMBRACING THE IDEA OF NOT TRYING TO BUILD IDENTICAL LIBRARIES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WITH THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR 27 YEARS. I'VE BEEN ON THE MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR ABOUT 24 OF THOSE YEARS. AND THIS IS A DEPARTURE FROM LONG STANDING TRADITION AT OUR LIBRARY, WHERE THE EMPHASIS WAS ON EVERYTHING THAT IS AVAILABLE AT ONE LIBRARY. BEING AVAILABLE AT EVERY LIBRARY. WE ARE MAKING A MARKED DEPARTURE FROM THAT. AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIT THE LIBRARY SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT LIBRARY EXISTS IN. AND WE ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS GAPS IN LIBRARY SERVICES WHERE SOMETHING IS NOT AVAILABLE TO A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS IT. WE WANT TO REMEDY THAT, AND WE AIM TO BE ON A PAR WITH COMPARABLE CITY LIBRARIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL LEARN, THAT YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT ME OVER TIME, IS THAT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT DATA CAN TEACH US. SO THIS PLAN IS VERY DATA DRIVEN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL FIND IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING RECOMMENDED FOR OUR LIBRARY IN THIS PLAN. THAT WOULD MAKE US AN OUTLIER AMONG PUBLIC LIBRARIES.ON THE CONTRARY, WE TEND TO BE AN OUTLIER NOW. AND ON THE WRONG END OF THE BELL CURVE. THIS PLAN IS TRYING TO GET US INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE BELL CURVE IN TERMS OF THE FACILITY SERVICES, STAFFING AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO NOW WE GET TO THE HEART OF WHAT THE PLAN IS RECOMMENDING FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. WE'VE GOT 12 PROJECTS THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BETWEEN NOW AND 2035. WE'VE DIVIDED THESE INTO TWO PRIORITY GROUPS. WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS JUST A SCREEN CAPTURE OF A PAGE IN THE PLAN, SO YOU WILL HAVE THE FULL PLAN, AT YOUR ACT, YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO IT, HERE, AS SOON AS I'M DONE AND PASS THAT DRIVE OFF. OKAY. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK ON. THERE WE GO, SO PRIORITY GROUP ONE, IS THE MAIN LIBRARY RENOVATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. AND THAT IS ABOUT $12 MILLION WORTH OF WORK THAT IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON GETTING THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE MAIN LIBRARY REOPENED AND IS FOCUSED ON OPENING UP THE STACKS AREA OF THE MAIN LIBRARY, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR
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PUBLIC USE SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1908. WE NEED TO RELOCATE AND EXPAND THE HIGHLAND SHELBY PARK LIBRARY. WE ARE PROPOSING BUILDING A NEW REGIONAL PLUS LIBRARY TO SERVE THE SHIVELY COMMUNITY AND AREAS SOUTH OF THERE, THAT IS A NEW CONCEPT OF A 65,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARY. OUR REGIONAL LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE BUILT NORTHEAST, THOUGH, IN ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED IS IT'S NOT QUITE BIG ENOUGH. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING A NEW WESTERN REGIONAL, BUT THAT IS SPECIFIED AT ONLY 15,000FT■!S. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ABOUT THAT. THE IDEA THERE IS THAT IN THE PAST, WHEN WE HAVE OPENED A REGIONAL LIBRARY, WE HAVE OPENED IT BY FIRST CLOSING ANOTHER LIBRARY THAT WAS ALREADY SERVING THAT COMMUNITY. THERE IS NO LIBRARY SERVING THE WEST END OF LOUISVILLE THAT I HAVE ANY INTEREST WHATSOEVER. IN CLOSING. SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING INSTEAD IS BUILDING A NEW FACILITY THAT WOULD NOT TRY TO DUPLICATE THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE AT SHAWNEE PARKLAND, PORTLAND, OR WESTERN, BUT THAT WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THOSE LIBRARIES BY ADDING THEM IN A NEW FACILITY. AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO EXPAND OR REPLACE THE MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY. WHEN WE BUILT IT, WE SPECULATED THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE TOO SMALL. THAT HAS PROVEN TO BE TRUE. IT IS WILDLY POPULAR AND WILL NEED TO BE EITHER EXPANDED ON THE SITE WHERE IT IS, OR RELOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT'S CURRENTLY ABOUT 6000FT■!S, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARY. THERE THEN WE HAVE A SECOND GROUP OF PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT AS URGENT AS THAT. I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW AWARE I AM THAT THE FUTURE OF THE HIGHLANDS SHELBY PARK LIBRARY AT MIDCITY MALL IS CONSTANTLY IN QUESTION, AND THAT THE SHIVELY LIBRARY IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE FOR THE POPULATION IT SERVES. THIS SECOND GROUP IS LESS URGENT THAN THAT, BUT SOMETHING WILL NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE 2035. THAT IS A NEW REGIONAL PLUS LIBRARY IN THE BONNER NEIGHBORHOOD, A NEW REGIONAL PLUS LIBRARY IN THE JEFFERSON TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN RENOVATIONS AT CRESCENT HILL, SHAWNEE AND WESTERN. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE NEWBURGH LIBRARY BECAUSE IT IS BUSY ENOUGH, PARTICULARLY IN THE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS, THAT MORE SPACE THERE WOULD BE REALLY NEEDED. FINALLY, THE LAST ITEM ON THE LIST IS THE ORMSBY HOUSE AT THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY. MANY OF YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT WHEN WE TOOK THE PROPERTY OVER FROM LOUISVILLE METRO, WHERE THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY IS, WE ALSO TOOK OVER A HISTORIC HOME. OUR PLAN WAS TO HAVE THAT HOME RENOVATED AND AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL AS AN EVENT SPACE TO GENERATE REVENUE. THAT PROJECT WAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID. OUR AMBITION IS TO TOTALLY FUND THAT WITH PRIVATE DOLLARS RATHER THAN PUBLIC DOLLARS. THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION IS SUPPORTIVE, AND WE THINK THAT WE CAN BUILD WHAT WOULD BE A LUCRATIVE EVENT SPACE THAT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMING, THAT CENTERS AROUND THE ORMSBY HOUSE ON THAT NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY PROPERTY. SO THE TOTAL BUDGET OF ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE 2025 PLAN IS $230 MILLION, AND THAT IS A REALLY BIG NUMBER. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE OF IS THAT THE 2008 MASTER PLAN WAS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION OF AN EARLIER PLAN. WE CREATED A LIBRARY FACILITIES PLAN IN 2002 THAT WAS MORE ON THE SCALE OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. FOR PLAN 2025, WHEN THE LIBRARY REFERENDUM FAILED, THAT WOULD HAVE FUNDED THAT. THAT PLAN WAS SCALED DOWN AND THE RESULT WAS THE UPDATED 2008 MASTER PLAN. IN ADDITION, OPERATION OF THE EXPANDED LIBRARIES WILL REQUIRE INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN OPERATING REVENUE. I'M REALLY IT'S SOME UNFORTUNATE LANGUAGE THAT'S USED ON THIS SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE I'M SAYING WE'LL NEED $5 MILLION PER YEAR IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS MEANT TO SAY. THIS IS MEANT TO SAY THAT WE ESTIMATE BY THE TIME ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE BUILT OUT, IT WILL HAVE ADDED A TOTAL OF ABOUT $5 MILLION IN NEED FOR OPERATING COSTS. THE PLAN GROWS, THE LIBRARY SYSTEM IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PREDICTED POPULATION CHANGES FROM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040. IT PROPOSES THREE NEW SUPER REGIONAL LIBRARIES. ONE WILL REPLACE SHIVELY, ONE BONNER AND ONE GEORGETOWN WITH A 65,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARY. IT PROPOSES TWO NEW 30,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARIES, ONE TO REPLACE THE[00:25:08]
EXISTING HYLAND SHELBY PARK AND ONE TO REPLACE THE EXISTING MIDDLETOWN. IT WILL RENOVATE THE ORMSBY HOUSE AND CREATE A REVENUE GENERATING EVENT SPACE. WE WOULD ALSO DO COMPLETE RENOVATIONS AT WESTERN SHAWNEE AND CRESCENT HILL, THOUGH THEY WOULDN'T BE EXPANDED. WE WOULD EXPAND NEWBURGH AND WE WOULD BUILD THE NEW CONCEPT REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER IN WEST LOUISVILLE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PROPOSE COMPLETING THE ADDITIONAL PHASES OF RENOVATION AT THE MAIN LIBRARY, WHICH INCLUDE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE 1908 CARNEGIE BUILDING. RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN A STROLLER AND YOU WANT TO GO IN THAT BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE, YOU HAVE TO PICK THE CHILD UP IN ONE ARM AND PICK THE STROLLER UP WITH THE OTHER HAND AND WALK UP THE STAIRS. IT WOULD DO EXTERIOR RESTORATION OF THE 1969 BUILDING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THERE. IT WOULD DO LANDSCAPING AND GROUNDS IMPROVEMENT. IT WOULD RENOVATE AND REDESIGN THE LIBRARY OWNED PARKING LOT ON YORK STREET, INCLUDING ADDING TREES THERE.THE 1969 BUILDING WAS BUILT WITH THE POSSIBILITY DESIGNED IN OF BUILDING A FOURTH FLOOR ON TOP OF THE EXISTING THIRD FLOOR. THIS PLAN WOULD PROPOSE DOING THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL WAY OF ADDING ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AND RELIEVING SOME OF THE SPACE ISSUES WE HAVE AT THE MAIN LIBRARY AND RENOVATION OF OUR EXISTING FACILITIES. DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE AUTOMATED MATERIALS HANDLING. IF ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WERE DONE, THEN BY 2035 WE WOULD HAVE ACHIEVED A GROWTH LEVEL OF PER CAPITA SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BETWEEN 0.7 AND 0.8. SO WE WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARD, BUT WOULD NOT MEET THE ENHANCED STATE STANDARD FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE PER CAPITA. SO WHAT'S NEXT? I HAVE MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH SUBURBAN CITY MAYORS, THE FOUNDATION IS PLANNING TO FUND A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO SEE WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS FOR PRIVATE FUNDRAISING AROUND AN AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE MAIN LIBRARY. AND QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ARE WELCOME. STARTING NOW AGAIN, I WOULD SAY I HOPE THIS IS VIEWED AS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, THIS IS A PREAPPROVAL DOCUMENT. AND SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL IS WHAT DOES APPROVAL LOOK LIKE? IN 2008? METRO COUNCIL EVENTUALLY CREATED AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED THAT ADOPTED THAT 2008 PLAN AS THE PLAN FOR THE LIBRARY. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY REQUIREMENT THAT THAT BE DONE, SO I WOULD JUST LEAVE THAT AS AN OPEN QUESTION TO YOU ALL OF HOW YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF REFINING AND FINALIZING WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN OWEN HAS JOINED US. I ALLEGE THAT AND MY FIRST QUESTIONS YOU MENTIONED FOLKS PUSHING FOR A PARTICULAR, LIBRARIES AND COUNCILWOMAN SHAMIKA PARISH, RIGHT, IS FIRST TO ASK QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE MUTED. YOU'RE NOT MUTED. BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU WHICH IS REALLY SIMILA. TO COUNCILWOMAN WOULD YOU CHECK YOUR SOUND THERE. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. COME BACK BECAUSE SHE PROBABLY JUST WENT OH, MAYBE IT'S EARBUDS. MAYBE NOT.
COUNCILWOMAN RENA WEBBER HAS JOINED US AS WELL. OKAY, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PARISH. RIGHT COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WESTERN REGIONAL LIBRARY PLAN. YOU ALL DID A LOT OF WORK ON WESTERN ENGAGEMENT. YOUR 2023, 2024 STRATEGIC PLAN HAS SPECIFIC OUTCOMES BASED ON ACTIVE CARDHOLDERS INCREASING REGISTRATIONS, CIRCULATION, PROGRAM ATTENDANCE, DOOR COUNT. WHERE CAN PEOPLE GET AN UPDATE ON THOSE GOALS? THANK YOU.
THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE ARE TRACKING PROGRESS ON THOSE GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVELY POSTING UPDATES OF OUR PLAN. WE PUT THE PLAN UP ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ACTIVELY POSTING UPDATES ON THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT PUTTING
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TOGETHER A REPORT ON THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM TO DATE. I CAN ALSO GET YOU DATA ON THAT, BUT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A REPORT AND PUT UP. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THAT PROGRAM IS STILL ONGOING, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER BIG COMPONENT OF THAT TO LAUNCH THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING. BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK WE ARE SEEING INCREASES IN ALL OF THOSE STATISTICS IN THE WEST REGION. WHAT IS DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW TO ASCERTAIN IS TO WHAT EXTENT THOSE ARE A RESULT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BECAUSE HONESTLY, WHAT WE ARE SEEING ALL ACROSS THE SYSTEM, RIGHT NOW IS INCREASES IN STATISTICS ON LIBRARY USAGE. AND SOME OF THAT IS JUST RECOVERY FROM COVID. SO HAPPY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE AND GET TOGETHER. AND WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING. BUT WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT DOING A PUBLIC REPORT LIKE A I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF WITH THAT. SO MAYBE A MIDTERM REPORT ON THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I WAS GOING TO ASK, AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES, I'M WONDERING HOW THAT ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN IS REFLECTED IN THE FACILITIES PLAN. BUT COULD YOU JUST MAYBE BRIEFLY TALK MORE GENERALLY HOW THE STRATEGIC PLAN COMPLEMENTS THE FACILITIES PLAN AND HOW THEY WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER? SURE. SO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THE ONE THAT WE POST ON OUR WEBSITE, TENDS TO VEER TOWARDS OPERATIONAL BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE SECOND DOCUMENT OF THIS 2008 MASTER FACILITIES PLAN. SO THAT DOCUMENT TENDS TO BE ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE OPERATIONS OR WHAT WE'RE DOING BASED ON CHANGES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S REALLY HOW THE TWO WILL REALLY COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A KIND OF INTERIM PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED AFTER 2020, BECAUSE THAT WAS AS FAR AS THE 2008 PLAN HAD LOOKED FORWARD. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS THERE'S THIS SORT OF TEMPORARY FIX OF THIS PLAN THAT HAS RESULTED IN THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT PORTLAND PARKLAND, FERN CREEK AND MAINE. AND WHEN THE PLAN 2025 IS FINALIZED AND ADOPTED, THAT WILL THEN BE THE COMPLEMENTARY PIECE FOR THAT STRATEGIC PLAN. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YET. DID THAT IF THAT DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TELL ME WHAT ELSE YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO HEAR ABOUT, PLEASE. WELL I'LL JUST ADD AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TODAY, BUT MAYBE JUST THINK ABOUT IT FOR THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, I'M SURE YOU HEAR LOTS OF CONCERNS FROM THE BRANCHES, SPECIFICALLY IN THE WEST END. I'M CURIOUS, AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS WESTERN REGIONAL LIBRARY, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST WITHIN THOSE WESTERN AND WESTERN SERVING BRANCHES VERSUS PUTTING ALL YOUR EGGS IN THIS BASKET TO BUILD THIS NEW. OH, SURE. SURE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THAT WILL BE WORKED OUT IN THE FUTURE. AND, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE CLEARER WHEN WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE FULL PLAN AND NOT MY SUMMARY OF IT. SO BUILDING THE REGIONAL FACILITY IN WEST LOUISVILLE WOULD NOT MEAN THAT WE DIDN'T STILL TRY TO LOOK FOR A SOLUTION TO PARKING. FOR EXAMPLE, AT WESTERN, AND THAT WE WEREN'T MAKING OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE BRANCHES. BUT I JUST I HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN CLOSING, ANY LIBRARY IN WEST LOUISVILLE AND BUILDING A NEW REGIONAL. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THIS NEW MODEL.WHAT'S INFORMING THAT IS WE LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY, BECAUSE WE DID BUILD THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL, AND THEY HAVE AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM AND A MAKERSPACE AND AN AUDIOVISUAL RECORDING STUDIO.
AND THOSE THOSE AMENITIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THAT REGIONAL FACILITY COMES IN. IT'S NOT AT ALL ABOUT ABANDONING OR DOWNSIZING ANY OF THE SERVICES. WE'RE ALREADY OFFERING AT THOSE OTHER LIBRARIES. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO, SPEAKING OF REPORTING, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASK, I ALWAYS DO. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BY BRANCH CIRCULATION NUMBERS OR ATTENDANCE NUMBERS.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE BOTH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT OVER TIME ALSO. SO IF YOU COULD SEE CIRCULATION NUMBERS YEAR BY YEA, RIGHT. PROBABLY WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE COOL TO HAVE A DASHBOARD. YOU KNOW, THAT SHOWS THAT TO THE PUBLIC, NOT JUST US. WHEN WE AS. RIGHT, AS FAR AS SOME OF YOUR PER CAPITA, PER CAPITA
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CALCULATIONS, IT IS TRUE THAT WE GREW BY JUST SHORT OF 5% OVER THE LAST CENSUS, THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THIS DECADE HAVE NOT THAT GROWTH HAS NOT CONTINUED. AND, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE WAS ONE REPORT THAT SAID WE'VE LOST A FEW PEOPLE NET. SO I'M WONDERING, IN 2025 IF WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME GROWTH TRAJECTORY, AT LEAST ON HOW THE FIRST HALF OF THE DECADE IS GOING, SO AND IT MIGHT. AND MY POINT IS, AS WE LOOK AT ALL THESE PER SQUARE FOOT PER CAPITA MEASURES, DOLLARS SPENT, ETC.THE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME TRENDS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, AND WE AND WE SHOULD UPDATE ACCORDINGLY, WHAT I THINK GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, WE REALLY NEED TO DO AND LOOK, I, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS AND GETTING TO WHAT YOU'RE PROJECTING OUT HERE, I THINK THIS IS I LIKE A LOT OF ASPECTS OF THIS. I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S LOOKING AT WHERE THE POPULATION GROWTH AREAS ARE AND REACTING TO THAT, BUT IT'S RENOVATING PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTY. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I DO THINK, WE HAVE WE ARE THE DATA IS THERE THAT WE'RE STILL NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND IT'S ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT IS THE MOST, THAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE TO OUR OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY SORT OF BASIC STUFF THAT WE MUST DO TO HAVE A CIVIL SOCIETY. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SORT OF EVERYBODY IN MY KNOW, IN MY COMMUNITY LOVES TO SEE IN MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY, YOU MENTIONED THERE. AND I KNOW AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK ON LAND.
BY THE WAY, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LAND LEFT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME IDEAS ON WHERE WE COULD DO THAT, BUT GOING INTO THIS NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AND EVERYONE AFTER THAT, I KNOW I'LL BE PRIORITIZING THIS.
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
COUNCILWOMAN PARKER. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR. BURCHFIELD, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO, ONE THING YOU BROUGHT UP THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT INTRIGUING WAS YOU SAID ONE OF YOUR GOALS WAS TO HAVE REVENUE PRODUCING EVENT SPACE. COULD YOU TELL ME, LIKE, WOULD THAT BE FOR CORPORATE MEETINGS AND OR. WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR VISUALIZATION OF THAT. AND, AND HOW MUCH WOULD YOU CHARGE. BECAUSE NOW I THINK ONE OF THE PERKS THAT WE SEE IN THE LIBRARY IS THAT WE IT'S FREE. SO BUT I AM INTRIGUED WITH THE REVENUE SPACE, GENERATING SPACE. HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SURE. SO THERE THERE ARE TWO SPACES IN PARTICULAR IN OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM THAT I THINK COULD HAVE HIGH APPEAL AS EVENT SPACES AND I THINK THAT IS AS OPEN ENDED AS
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WE AS A CITY GOVERNMENT WOULD WANT IT TO BE, THERE ARE MODELS FOR THIS ALREADY THAT EXIST.DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE ABILITY PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THEIR WEDDING AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, BUT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE WEDDINGS. IT WOULD BE BIRTHDAY PARTIES. ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE WANTED TO RENT THE SPACE FOR. AND THE TWO PLACES THAT I THINK HAVE THE GREATEST APPEAL FOR THAT ARE THE 1908 CARNEGIE LIBRARYUILDING ON YORK STREET AND THE ORMSBY HOUSE OUT AT NORTHEAST. ORMSBY HOUSE SEEMS ALMOST READYADE FOR A WEDDING. IF YOU SET A TENT UP IN THE LAWN BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE LIBRARY, THERE IS PLENTY OF SPACE THERE. IF THE GROUNDS WERE WELL LANDSCAPED AND THE BUILDING WERE RESTORED NICELY, IT HAS ALL OF THESE ROOMS THAT THE PARTIES COULD USE. DURING THE WEDDING TIME. AND WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO BUILD A PAVILIONN TH PROPERTY THAT WOULD HAVE A CATERING KITCHEN AND WOULD ALSO SUPPORT SOME OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE IN TERMS OF COST, I THI IT WOULD MARKE R YOU KW, TO THEENAT WHAT YOU WOULD GET AT A PRIVATE FACILITY, I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD REALLY BE ANY NEED FOR IT TO BE A CUT RATE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WERE OFFERING TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO LIKE NONPROFITS AT THE LIBRARY. SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT IN GENERAL IS A THUMBNAIL OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD SO FAR. OKAY. AND THEN, YOU WERE SAYING THAT A LOT OF THE LIBRARIES, EVEN THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL, YOU'VE ALREADY FOUND YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE. SO WHAT DO YOU NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR? IS IT PEOPLE? IS IT PROGRAMS? IS IT BOOKS? WHAT EXACTLY IS IT AT NORTHEAST? IT IS SOME OF ALL OF THAT NORTHEAST. AND I MEANT TO SAY THIS DURING MY PRESENTATION, AND THE, THE DIRECTOR OF A OF THE KENTON COUNTY LIBRARY WILL DISAGREE WITH ME, BUT UNTIL HE BRINGS DATA, THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY IS THE BUSIEST PUBLIC LIBRARY OUTLET IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. CHECKS OUT MORE BOOKS, HAS MORE VISITORS, PROBABLY HAS MORE PROGRAM ATTENDANCE, THE STAFF SPACE IS OVERWHELMED BY THE VOLUME OF BOOKS THAT COME THROUGH THERE, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM EYEING IS SOME SPACE ON THE I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE EAST END OF THAT BUILDING WHERE THE STAFF SPACE IS. I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH LAND TO DO A LITTLE TWO STORY ADDITION TO THE NORTHEAST LIBRARY, BUT IN GENERAL, IF WE HAD BIGGER, IF WE HAD MORE MATERIALS THERE, IF WE HAD MORE MEETING SPACE, IF WE HAD MORE INDIVIDUAL STUDY ROOMS, I, I THINK WE HAVE NOT BUILT A LIBRARY BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO DO. THERE VERY GOOD. OKAY. I'VE JUST GOT ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION, YOU KNOW, DECADES AGO, LIBRARIES, THE, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION OF LIBRARIES WAS READING, RESEARCH AND BOOKS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF LIBRARIES NOW HAS KIND OF EVOLVED AND CHANGED. IF YOU COULD SAY IN LIKE 1 OR 2 SENTENCES WHAT YOU THINK THE 2024 FIVE MISSION STATEMENT OF LOUISVILLE LIBRARIES IS HOW WOULD YOU SAY THAT? HOW WOULD YOU STATE IT? SO I WOULD SAY WE HAVE THREE KEY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. THIS YEAR THAT I REALLY DON'T SEE CHANGING MUCH OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE READING. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS EVERYBODY ON BOARD, MAKING SURE KIDS ARE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN, READY FOR FIRST GRADE AND READING ON GRADE LEVEL. BY THIRD GRADE. WE DEVOTE A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO THAT. OKAY, SO THAT WAS ONE SENTENCE, WE WANT TO SUPPORT LIFELONG LEARNING AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP. IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE BOTH ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE SKILLS TO USE IT IN ORDER TO REPORT A POTHOLE, COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVE. REGISTER THEIR PET. TECHNOLOGY IS ESSENTIAL THESE DAYS TO BEING FULLY ENGAGED AS A CITIZEN AND FOR DECADES NOW, OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN BRIDGING THE GAP THAT IS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR 20 YEARS ABOUT HOW WE COULD SOLVE THAT BY HAVING BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS IN EVERYBODY'S HOME, BY EVERYONE HAVING ACCESS TO A COMPUTER AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY. FOR THE 20 YEARS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AT THE
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LIBRARY AND LIBRARIES. WE YOU KNOW, WE CHECKED OUT 3.8 MILLION ITEMS LAST YEAR. SOME OF THOSE M WERE EBOOKS. THE OTHER 60% WERE PRINT ITEMS OR PHYSICAL CDS OR PHYSICAL DVDS. AND THEN THE FINAL THING IS WE WANT TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF THE LIBRARY. PEOPLE DO COME TO THE LIBRARY FOR BOOKS. THEY ARE AVID READERS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT RELY ON US AND WE LOVE THEM.THEY'RE OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS AND THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE DO. BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE GOING ON, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LEARNING IS HOW CRITICAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE IN A SOCIETY THAT IS INCREASINGLY ISOLATED, INCREASINGLY, ALONE, HOW IMPORTANT LIBRARIES ARE FOR CREATING SPACE FOR COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER AND INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND FIGURE OUT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS AND BELIEFS THAN THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HANG OUT WITH ONLINE. SO I THINK LIBRARIES ARE AS ESSENTIAL AND IMPORTANT AS EVER. AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IN ADDITION TO BOOKS. VERY GOOD. THIS IS THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WRAP UP I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET SHAMIKA PARISH RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN PARISH RIGHT. CAN YOU CAN WE HEAR YOU THIS TIME. AND WE'LL, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. ASSUMING WE CAN HEAR HER. OH, NOW, IT DOES SAY THAT YOU'RE MUTED. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEND YOUR QUESTION BY EMAIL. IN THE MEANTIME WE WILL WE WILL SURELY LET HIM KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORT THE CHARLOTTE REGIONAL LIBRARY AS TO AS DO I AND MANY OTHERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, I APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE ON OUR LEGISLATION NOW MOVING TO LEGISLATION WE HAVE ITEM TWO IS BEING HELD. ITEM THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
[3. O-190-24 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 101, SERIES 2024, AND ORDINANCE NO. 100, SERIES 2024, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGETS, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING $5,000 FROM THE DISTRICT 4 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO THE DISTRICT 4 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND. Action Required By: February 2025 Sponsors: Jecorey Arthur (I-4) ]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 101, SERIES 2024, AN ORDINANCE 100 SERIES 2024 RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR 24 AND 25 CAPITAL OPERATING BUDGET, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING $5,000 FROM DISTRICT FOUR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO DISTRICT FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND, SECOND MOTION SECONDED. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, WE'RE MOVING THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT AN UPCOMING GRANT FOR ONE OF OUR FAVORITE NONPROFITS, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. OR CONCERNS. SEEING NONE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. GETS ME HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARRISH. WELL I HOLLY SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING TO ME. AND I KNOW HOW YOU SAID THAT SHE CAN'T DO IT. SHE CAN. OKAY, WE'LL DO A THUMBS UP IF YOU WANT TO. YES. COUNCILWOMAN PARRISH. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO.COUNCILWOMAN MCCRANEY. YES COUNCILMAN MERINO WEBBER. CAN I DO BOTH A THUMBS UP AND A YES.
OKAY, BUT ONLY COUNTS AS ONE. THAT'S RIGHT. COUNCILMAN, OWEN. YES MISTER CHAIR, YOU HAVE NINE YES VOTES, SIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ITEM PASSES WILL GO TO CONSENT. ITEM FOUR IS AN
[4. O-193-24 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 080, SERIES 2023, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 CAPITAL BUDGET, BY AMENDING THE CAPITAL DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO THE CARDIAC MONITOR AND DEFIBRILLATOR PROJECT ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. Action Required By: February 2025 Sponsors: Tammy Hawkins (D-1) ]
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 80, SERIES 2023 RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR 2324 CAPITAL BUDGET. BY AMENDING THE CAPITAL DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO THE CARDIAC MONITOR AND DEFIBRILLATOR PROJECT ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. MOTION.SECOND MOTION SECOND BEFORE US COUNCILWOMAN. DID I NOT SAY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS WAS SPEAKING TO THIS? SHE'S NOT ON HERE. SO ALL RIGHT. MOTION OR IS THERE? I THINK I'LL DO IT AGAIN.
OH, OKAY. SHE'S SHE'S NOT. ALL RIGHT. COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. WE'LL THROW A FEW QUESTIONS AT YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JESSE URBAN, THE CHIEF OF LOUISVILLE METRO EMS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING FIRST OR JUST GO INTO QUESTIONS? WE CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT INTO QUESTIONS, ALL RIGHT? I KNOW THE ONE QUESTION I THINK IS THE BIG QUESTION IS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED ORIGINALLY, IT WAS GOING TO BE BONDED IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS. AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MOVING TO LEASE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE'RE,
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WHY WE'RE GOING TO LEASE AND WHAT DIFFERENCE IT MAKES IN TERMS OF THE COST, THE PURCHASE PRICE WAS GOING TO GREATLY EXCEED THE, ALLOTTED FUNDS. AND WITH THE COST OF MAINTENANCE, INCREASING AN AVERAGE OF 10% YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR, THE ESTIMATE FOR THE LEASE PROGRAM IS THAT IT SAVES METRO GOVERNMENT APPROXIMATELY 6 OR $7 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THE LEASE. OKAY. OH, I'M SORRY. REINTRODUCE, REINTRODUCE. CAN YOU REINTRODUCE YOURSELF AGAIN, PLEASE? YES. I'M JESSE YARBOROUGH. I'M THE CHIEF OF LOUISVILLE METRO. AMOS SORRY. SO IT'S SO ESSENTIALLY THE ONE POINT, THE 1.5, THE BONDING OF THE 1.5 WAS. WELL, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GOOD ESTIMATE AT THE TIME. BY THE TIME THAT WE DECIDED TO, BY THE TIME YOU HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE PURCHASE, THAT WASN'T GOING TO COVER IT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES.THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE IF WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE HERE. I DON'T SEE ANYONE. OKAY THIS IS AN ORDINANCE CALL FOR ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHAMIKA PARISH RIGHT. YES, MA'AM, COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILWOMAN MCCRANEY. YES COUNCILMAN. RENA WEBBER. OH. HE'S FROZEN. I'LL COME BACK IN JUST A SECOND. COUNCILMAN OWEN.
YES COUNCILMAN RENA WEBBER. YES MISTER CHAIR, YOU HAVE NINE. YES VOTES. VERY GOOD ITEM. PASSES ON THE CONSENT. THANK YOU. ITEM FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE LEVY OF TAXES WITHIN
[5. O-192-24 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE LEVY OF TAXES WITHIN THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND THE LOUISVILLE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025. Action Required By: February 2025 Sponsors: Rick Blackwell (D-12), Markus Winkler (D-17)]
LOUISVILLE. JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT WITH LOUISVILLE URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025. A MOTION MOTION, PROPER MOTION. AND SECOND. MY NOTES SAY THAT AARON JACKSON IS GOING TO SPEAK BUT YOURS. SINCE YOU STEPPED UP, I GUESS THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'LL GIVE AARON THE NIGHT OFF. ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN PRESENT WHATEVER YOU MIGHT NEED TO, AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS. SURE. I'M ANGELA DUNN, I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO THE PROPERTY TAX ORDINANCE, I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW, THIS ORDINANCE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ESTABLISHES THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE PROPOSED RATES FOR METRO AND THE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT REPRESENTS A DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR. WHILE THE RATES FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY REMAIN, THE SAME. THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE FY 25 BUDGET THAT WAS INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED. THIS APRIL. IN JUNE, THE METRO REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE IS PROPOSED TO BE 12.1 CENTS PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE NEWLY DEFINED COMPENSATING RATE OF 11.6 $0.00 AND LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED RATE OF 12.4 $0.00 PER 100 OF ASSESSED VALUE. THE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE IS PROPOSED TO BE 31.9 $0.00 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE NEWLY DEFINED COMPENSATING RATE OF 30.70 CENTS AND A DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED RATE OF 34.4 $0.00. THE REAL THE PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR FY 24 REPRESENT THE ALLOWABLE 4% REVENUE GROWTH ON THE EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BASE UNDER HOUSE BILL 44 AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO VOTER RECALL. A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FY 25 PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATES WILL BE POSTED ON METRO LOUISVILLE'S WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CRS 424 .1457 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH KRS 132 .027. THE NOTICE WILL ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATES AT 12 NOON ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH IN ROOM 106 AT METRO HALL. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS A CHANCE FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED RATES AND SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF PARTNER OF PERTINENT PROPERTY TAX RATE. FACTS INCLUDE. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN PROVIDE. IF NOT, WE CAN GO STRAIGHT TO QUESTIONS. I WILL. ALL RIGHT. LET'S JUST GO WITH QUESTIONS OKAY. MY QUESTION IS LIKE COUNCILMAN, FUTURE QUESTION. OH MY BAD CHAIR. SO I'LL BE LONG GONE WHENEVER THIS NEEDS TO REALLY BE FOCUSED ON. BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THE ADMINISTRATION HAS STARTED TO PREPARE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS IN HOUSE BILL 314. YET WE HAVE STARTED TO PREPARE. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS. IT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL FY 26, BUT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY WORKING OUT SOME FORECASTS AND EVALUATIONS AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO START TO PREPARE FOR THAT. AND I JUST STRONGLY SUGGEST, AS THOSE FORECASTS HAPPEN, YOU'RE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE WHO[00:55:04]
LIVE IN THE URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT AND MIGHT HAVE INCREASED TAXES AND ANY INFLUENCE YOU HAVE AROUND THOSE MEETINGS, MAKING THEM WAY MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ON A THURSDAY. SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO IN THIS CASE, THOUGH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO YOU HAVE 4% THAT YOU CAN WITH THE CAPPED AT 4% HAVE TO CAP IT 4%. SO THIS JUST CHANGES THE RATES BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KEEP US FROM GOING ABOVE THAT 4%. RIGHT. YEAH. SO PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS GO UP. WE REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE IN ORDER FOR IT TO STAY AT THAT 4%. CORRECT CORRECT. OKAY. SO GOOD. YES. COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THE EVERY YEAR WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE HOUSE, BILL 314 PROCESS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT WAS THAT WE'VE HAD, AT LEAST FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, INCREASING GENERAL FUND TRANSFER FROM, INTO THE USD. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IS ASSUMED THIS YEAR RELATED TO THAT TRANSFER, WE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE HAD PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILLION. WAS THE GAP, THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE TO BE WILL REEVALUATE THAT AS WE START COMING UP ON FY 26. BUT THAT WAS AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE ASKED DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO COMPLETELY CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN ARTHUR, NUMBER ONE, YEAH. ANY ANY MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, DURING THE DAY IS FINE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME NIGHT SHIFT PEOPLE, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT POST BUSINESS HOURS. I KNOW THAT'S A BURDEN ON ON YOU ALL AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN DOING, EVEN DOING IT THIS YEAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS, I MEAN, WE NEED TO BE TALKING NOW ABOUT THIS IS WHAT'S COMING, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT'S JUST. HEY, FOLKS, LOOK, THIS HAPPENED. THIS WILL BE COMING UP. WE'RE GOING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE ABOUT IT BECAUSE I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO NOT SURPRISE PEOPLE BY WHAT WE SEE COMING. EVEN WITH LIMITED INFORMATION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.ANYONE ELSE? ORDINANCE CALLING FOR ROLL CALL. VOTE. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER. PARRISH. RIGHT THUMBS UP. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCRANEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RENA WEBBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. OWEN. YES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. MR. CHAIR, YOU HAVE NINE YES VOTES. THANK YOU. ITEM PASS. THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. WITHOUT OBJECTION,
[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.]
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