[00:00:38] YOU KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO. WE WILL BE STARTING IN ABOUT 30. BECAUSE YOU GUYS. HAVE. A GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE MEETING OF EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, [Call to Order] HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. AND I'M COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA SHANKLIN, THE CHAIR THIS COMMITTEE. ANTH ME, I HAVE THE VICE CHAIR, COUNCILMAN STUART JENSEN. COUNCILWOMAN TAMMY HAWKINS HAS EXCUSED ABSENCE. COUNCILMAN JECOREY ARTHUR. HE'S ON THE SCREEN. [Roll Call] [00:05:11] COUNCILMAN ANDREW OWENS UP ON THE SCREEN. COUNCILMAN DAN SIMONS ON THE SCREEN. COUNCILWOMAN MARILYN PARKER, NORMALLY SHE'S ON THE SCREEN. I DON'T SEE HER, COUNCILMAN, BETSY RUBY. YEP. SHE'S HERE. SO OKAY, TODAY WE HAVE TWO, TWO ITEMS AND. OH BEFORE WE START, WE HAVE TO SAY THE RULES. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE, A READ IN FULL. THANK YOU, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, AND WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER TODAY. SO, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU READ THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA? WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM IN FIRST, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GUEST SPEAKER, A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. CARMEN WILLIAM WEATHERS BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF 11TH STREET AND CHESTNUT STREET AS CARMEN [2. R-097-24     A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. CARMAN WILLIAM WEATHERS BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF 11TH STREET AND CHESTNUT STREET AS “CARMAN WILLIAM WEATHERS WAY” IN HIS HONOR. Action Required By: March 2025 Sponsors: Donna L. Purvis (D-5) ] WILLIAM WEATHERS WAY IN HIS HONOR. READ IN FULL. THANK YOU. MOTION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. I'M CARMEN WEATHERS. WAIT, WAIT JUST A MINUTE. CARMEN, WHAT DID YOU SAY? YEAH, I HAVE TO. OH, BEFORE I START, I WANT TO MENTION TODAY IS, SEPTEMBER THE 11TH. TODAY WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT. AND REMEMBER THE DAY THAT, THE TOWERS CAME DOWN. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, AND WE JUST ADDRESS THAT. THANK YOU. I DID NOT WANT TO FORGET THAT. SO, CARMEN. YES, MA'AM. YOU'RE NEXT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION IS SECOND. OKAY OKAY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MISS CARMEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. I'M CARMEN WEATHERS, WASHINGTON. I AM THE LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT FOR COUNCILWOMAN DONNA PURVIS AND DISTRICT FIVE, AND WE HAVE A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. CARMEN WILLIAM WEATHERS BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF 11TH STREET AND CHESTNUT STREET AS CARMEN WILLIAM WEATHERS WAY IN HIS HONOR, CARMEN WILLIAM WEATHERS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO EDUCATING THE YOUTH IN MISSISSIPPI, KENTUCKY AND IN JCPS AS A TEACHER AND A COACH. HE WAS ONE OF THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL SIX, THROUGH WHOSE EFFORTS THEIR ATTORNEY, TEDDY GORDON, WAS ABLE TO ARGUE A CASE IN FRONT OF THE US SUPREME COURT WHICH EXEMPTED CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE THEN ASSIGNMENT PLAN, WHICH HAD DOOMED IT TO CLOSURE ITS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IS OPEN TODAY BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFORTS, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN ZACKARY ARTHUR ARTHU FOUR, BECAUSE HE CO-SPONSORED THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. CHAIR, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS HEARING NONE. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. I DON'T HEAR ANY NAYS. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR RIGHT. OKAY, CARMEN, BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT ONE, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, COUNCILWOMAN MARILYN PARKER. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU READ NUMBER TWO, [3. R-098-24     A RESOLUTION HONORING THOSE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS: MS. DIANE PORTER, DR. ROBERT DOUGLAS, HONORABLE JUDGE JOAN ‘TONI’ STRINGER, MR. FRANK WIMBERLY, SR., HONORABLE SENATOR GERALD NEAL, HONORABLE E. PORTER HATCHER, HONORABLE CHERI B. HAMILTON, MR. ED KALLAY, HONORABLE PAUL BATHER, AND HONORABLE DARRYL OWENS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY BY ERECTING HONORARY STREET SIGNS ALONG SOUTHWESTERN PARKWAY AT CERTAIN INSECTING STREETS IN THEIR HONOR. Action Required By: March 2025 Sponsors: Donna L. Purvis (D-5) ] A RESOLUTION HONORING THOSE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. MISS DIANE PORTER, DOCTOR ROBERT DOUGLAS, HONORABLE JUDGE JOAN TONY STRINGER, MR. FRANK WIMBERLEY, SENIOR HONORABLE SENATOR GERALD NEAL, HONORABLE E PORTER HATCHER, HONORABLE SHERRY B HAMILTON. MISTER ED CLAY, HONORABLE PAUL BARKER. AND HONORABLE DARRELL OWENS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY BY ERECTING HONORARY STREET SIGNS ALONG SOUTHWESTERN PARKWAY AT CERTAIN INTERSECTING STREETS IN THEIR HONOR. READ IN FULL. THANK YOU. MOTION. MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. I'M CARMEN WEATHERS, WASHINGTON LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT FOR COUNCILWOMAN DONNA PURVIS. AND THESE HONOREES, ALL LIVE OR LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ON OR ADJACENT TO SOUTHWESTERN PARKWAY. THEY ALL MADE HISTORY IN THEIR OWN RIGHTS, MAKING OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS. AND SO EACH ONE OF THE HONOREES WILL HAVE THEIR THEIR STREET SIGN ERECTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE THEY LIVED OR LIVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO [00:10:05] NOW WE DON'T HAVE STREET SIGNS WHERE EACH ONE OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE SIGNS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE STREETS THAT THEY LIVE ON. RIGHT. BECAUSE MOST OF THEM LIVE ON THE PARKWAY. OKAY YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? HEARING NONE, I GUESS WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE AY. OKAY, I CAN SEE YOU UP THERE. NO NAYS. SO WE WILL SEND THIS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU, MISS CARMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUC. THE NEXT THING WE HAVE ARE WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER. MR. [1. ID 24-0572     CODES AND REGULATIONS: CODE ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND TIMELINES- Richard Price, Director of Louisville Metro Codes and Regulations] RICHARD PRICE, I REALLY WANT TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE. YES, MY NAME IS, DIRECTOR RICHARD PRICE. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF CODES AND REGULATIONS FOR LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS YOUR MIC ON? YES. I'LL PULL IT A LITTLE CLOSER. OKAY. YES OKAY. WELL, WE HAVE MR. PRICE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN WHEN IT CAME TO CODES AND REGS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SPOKE WITH HIM AND PERTAINING POLICIES. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WILL PRETTY MUCH I DO ANYONE ELSE HAVE OTHER CONCERNS WITH CONCERNING POLICIES. SO IF YOU WOULD LET US KNOW WHAT TYPE OF POLICIES WERE THE MAIN THING TO ME IS WHEN, YOU DON'T WHEN THEY COME OUT AND CITE SOMEONE, IT'S THE POLICIES THAT THEY GOT TEN DAYS OR 15 DAYS OR WHAT? WE DON'T KNOW THE POLICIES. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND RECHECK IN THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME LET ME THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL, FOR INVITING ME. AND I AM VERY MUCH, EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE, SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THOSE POLICIES. SO AND LET ME SAY FIRST, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT WITH CODES AND REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO SUCCESS AND GETTING US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, WE GOT TO BE MOVING OUR VISION BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT MOVING BY MISSION OR VISION, YOU'RE NOT MOVING AT ALL. AND I'M. AND WHAT I HAVE ONE POLICY. HUGE POLICY THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR US IS THAT WE, OUR VISION IS TO BECOME A FORWARD THINKING, EFFICIENT AND TRUSTED CODES AND REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT PROMOTES SAFETY, SUPPORTS GROWTH, AND FOSTER COMMUNITY TRUST. AND IN DOING THAT, WE AS WE CREATE POLICIES AND AS WE MAKE DECISIONS, EVERYTHING IS SURROUNDING THAT VISION. TRYING TO BECOME THAT IN REGARDS TO, ISSUE. AND WHEN OUR OFFICERS GO OUT, THE PROCEDURE IS, IS THAT WE GO, WE SEE THE, VIOLATION AND WE GOT TO MAKE TWO DETERMINATIONS. OKAY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE GOT TO DETERMINE IS THIS IS SHOULD WE ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE CITATION? OKAY. AND THAT IS THAT BURDEN COMES ON THE OFFICER. WE TRUST OUR, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS READ. THERE'S TIMES WHEN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A GUTTER, OR A SIDING OR, YOU KNO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MORE AND MORE TIMES THAN NOT, THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. AND IF THEY IF THEY SPEAK TO THE HOMEOWNER AT THAT TIME AND THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD WORK WITH THE HOMEOWNER TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TIME YOU NEED TO GET THAT FIXED. WE USUALLY START AT LEAST TEN DAYS, BUT IT DOES. BUT BUT WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO THAT, SOMETIMES IT WE IT COULD BE LESS TIME. LESS TIME THAN THAT. IF WE ISSUE A CITATION. YOU KNOW, FOR SOMETHING, THEN WE MAY MAKE IT JUST TEN DAYS. OR WE MAY MAKE IT IMMEDIATE. WE MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SMOKE DETECTOR, FOR INSTANCE, AND THAT CAN BE LIFE THREATENING, WE DON'T GIVE NO TIME OTHER THAN WE NEED THIS FIXED. WE NEED THIS FIXED TOMORROW, OR. AND WE FIND WAYS TO DO IT. SO IT'S KIND OF FLUID, [00:15:02] THE MAIN THING, AGAIN, IS, IS TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND HEALTH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IN IT. WE GET TO COMPLIANCE AND THAT'S THE KEY IS, IS COMPLIANCE. IN DOING THAT ALSO. AND I WANT TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. I DON'T THINK, AND I'M NOT I'M NOT HERE TO, YOU KNOW, THROW MY PREDECESSOR OR ANYONE ELSE UNDER THE BUS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT GETTING COMPLIANCE AND CONSIDERING, THE NOT JUST THAT PROPERTY OWNER, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CITIZENS AND, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS THEY MAKE THE DECISION TO, TO WHETHER TO ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION CITATION AND HOW MUCH TIME THEY GET. LET YOU KNOW. JUST LET ME KNOW. I DON'T SEE WHERE THE SPEAKER THING IS, JUST IN CASE ANYBODY IS IN THE QUEUE. BUT ANYWAY, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WOULD BE CHARGED TO COST, SO YEAH, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THAT IF, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, ONE PERSON GETS CHARGED ONE THING AND ANOTHER ONE GETS CHARGED FOR THE SAME, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM, A DIFFERENT THING. HOW DO THEY DETERMINE WHICH? DO YOU HAVE A STANDARD PAPER THAT YOU GO BY AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU CHARGE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAD A CONSTITUENT THAT OF COURSE, HER YARD WAS HORRIBLE, BUT I KNOW SHE GOT $1,000 VIOLATION. I MEAN, A THOUSAND DOLLARS. NOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO CLEAN THEIR PLACE UP BECAUSE SHE'S A HOARDER. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT BECAUSE I'VE GOT THREE OF THEM IN MY DISTRICT. BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY THAT YOU CHARGE FOR DIFFERENT ONES. YES. SO WITH THE WITH THE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, GENERALLY WHEN THEY ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, FINE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY USUALLY SAY HEY YOU NEED TO GET THIS FIXED AND GIVE YOU TIME TO DO IT. IF THEY DON'T FIX IT THEN THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM $25 UP TO $1,000, THAT WE CAN ISSUE THE FINE BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF IT. SO IT'S UP TO THE AND GENERALLY WHAT THEY DO THE NORMAL IN MOST IN MOST CASES, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL START PROBABLY AROUND YOU KNOW IN THINGS BASED ON WHAT WE SEE AROUND $100. OKAY IF THEY DON'T, IF WE, IF WE GIVE YOU A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND WE COME BACK, GENERALLY THAT FINE IS GOING TO START AROUND $100, OKAY. IT COULD BE IT COULD BE 250. IT COULD BE 500. IT COULD BE A THOUSAND BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF IT, AND WE WOULD COME BACK AGAIN. WE'LL DETERMINE MAYBE TO COME BACK IN SEVEN DAYS AGAIN BASED ON THE, THE, THE, THE SITUATION, AND WE COME BACK, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THAT. FINE. PROBABLY DOUBLE IT FOR WHAT WE GAVE YOU THE FIRST TIME SO IT CAN CONTINUE TO GO UP IN THAT REGARDS. ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, ISSUING A CITATION, IF WE GET THERE AND WE ISSUE A CITATION WHERE WE CAN START THE CITATION THERE AT $250 AND THEN GO UP AND IN MOST CASES, WE'LL START OUT WITH $250, ORDER YOU TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. IF YOU DON'T COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND INCREASE THE FINES. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT DETERMINED BY THE OFFICER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU OKAY. YES AND I WANT TO SAY TOO AND I'VE STRUGGLED WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO AS THE CODE OFFICIAL, BECAUSE ONE THING THAT THINGS ARE ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME IN EVERYTHING I DO, WHETHER IT'S IN THE OFFICE OR AS IT RELATES TO THE ORDINANCE, IS TRY TO BE CONSISTENT. CONSISTENCY IS SO IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S SO DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE DO SEE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THERE'S DIFFERENT SEVERITIES OF WHAT'S GOING ON, I THINK ONE THING THAT THAT I HAVE ORDERED, I WOULD SAY GIVEN A DIRECTIVE TO MY TEAM, IS THAT WE BE AGGRESSIVE, AGGRESSIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE WHAT I SEE WHEN I LOOK AT THE DATA IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY REPEAT OFFENDER. WE'RE DEALING WITH CASES THAT ARE YOU KNOW, WHEN I THE FIRST [00:20:02] THING I LOOK AT, WHEN I LOOK AT A CASE, IF I GET IF SOMEONE CALLS AND SAY, HEY, THIS, THIS IS GOING ON AT THIS ADDRESS, HOW OPEN THAT CASE UP. THE FIRST THING I LOOK AT IS HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN THERE. AND MORE TIMES THAN NOT, 15 TIMES, 20 TIMES, 50 TIMES. AND IT'S GETTING A LITTLE RIDICULOUS. OKAY SO, I'VE DIRECTED MY TEAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN THE, IN, IN USING EVERYTHING IN OUR ARSENAL AS THE ORDINANCE GIVE US TO GET COMPLIANCE AND SO, AND I MEAN, EVERY WORD OF IT, I MEAN, AND, WE ARE I'M USING ALSO DATA THAT SAME DATA TO AND I'M TALKING ABOUT CONSISTENCY. NOW I'M USING THAT SAME DATA TO LOOK AT THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS. AND THESE OBVIOUSLY THIS AREA HAS AN ISSUE OKAY. SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS NOT WORKING. SO WE GOTTA GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO YEAH WE YOU KNOW, IT I STRUGGLE WITH COMING UP WITH A STANDARD BASED ON WHAT I SEE. BUT I DO WANT TO BE FAIR TO THE CITIZENS OF LOUISVILLE, AND I DO WANT I DO NOT WANT TO CONFUSE OUR OFFICERS EITHER. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN RUBY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT REPEAT OFFENDERS. YES. AND I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES IS THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE, NEIGHBORS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, SAFETY, THE WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY? THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CODE. BUT THEN THEY GET BURIED. FOR INSTANCE, SOMEBODY'S PUTTING IN A SEWER LINE TO A TO A MOTOR HOME. AND BY THE TIME YOU ALL GET THERE, IT'S UNDER THE GROUND AND IT'S BURIED. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS? SO AND I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE FROM A, FROM A BUILDINGS PERSPECTIVE, SO IF OKAY, SO YES. SO, YOU KNOW, UNDER OUR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION REVIEW, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT WE FOLLOW AND PROCEDURES WE FOLLOW AS A PERSON COMES AND AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S THAT'S BUILDING A HOUSE OR DOING SOME TYPE OF RENOVATION TO COME IN AND LOOK AT THE PERMITS. AND WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BY PRACTICE, WE SHOULD BEFORE WE ISSUE THAT CONDITION OF OCCUPANCY OR THAT GIVE THEM THE PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD. OUR INSPECTOR SHOULD BE THERE AND LOOK AT THAT AND SEE THAT. NOW, IF IT HAPPENS THAT WE DON'T, THEN OUR SITUATION BECOMES VERY LIMITED BECAUSE THEY TRULY CAN'T CITE WHAT THEY DON'T SEE. OKAY ONE THING THAT WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE, THAT, THAT, THAT, I REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD HELP WITH SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ON OUR PHONES, WE HAVE FACETIME, AND YOU CAN LIE TO ME AND SHOW ME WHAT'S GOING ON, OKAY? OR TAKE A PICTURE OF AND SEND IT. THERE'S TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP WITH SITUATIONS LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, WHERE THIS WHOLE I LIKE TO CALL IT CAT AND MOUSE GAME OR THE, YOU KNOW, APOLOGETIC, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GO DO IT NOW AND, AND TAKE YOUR REPRIMAND FOR IT LATER. AND THESE GAMES THAT ARE PLAYED, WE JUST GOT TO FIND WAYS TO GET AROUND IT. BUT I AM VERY AWARE OF SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. AND, ANOTHER THING TOO, WE JUST GOT A WE JUST GOTTA DO BETTER. WE JUST GOT TO GET OUR INSPECTORS, OUT THERE WHEN THE WHEN THE REQUEST FOR PERMIT COMES IN AND WE. LOOK, WE'RE VIEWING THE PLANS BETWEEN OUR ZONING TEAM AND OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS. WE JUST NEED TO GET THEM OUT THERE IN A TIMELY MANNER SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW FREQUENTLY WHEN WE CALL, THINGS ARE HAPPENING BEHIND THE PRIVACY FENCE AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN SEE. AND THAT'S A LIMITATION RIGHT THERE. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS COUNCIL OFFICE, FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU IN THAT SITUATION? WOULD IT HELP IF THEY WERE ABLE TO SEND A PICTURE FROM WHAT THEY SEE, SO THAT IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE HOME, THAT YOU COULD SEE WHAT'S [00:25:05] GOING ON OR THINGS LIKE THAT, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL? YES. IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD A PICTURE OF THE VIOLATION OR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON, USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE AND YOU KNOW, I DID CODE ENFORCEMENT MYSELF FOR 13 YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE TIMES WHEN I CAN GO AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR BECAUSE THERE IS A PRIVACY FENCE AND PEOPLE HAVE THEIR RIGHTS TO PRIVACY. THEN I GOT TO USE MY SKILL SET OF ENGAGING AT HOME AND DOING THINGS TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THAT HOMEOWNER, ENGAGING THEM AND HAVING THEM ALLOW ME TO COME LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, AND DEVELOPING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND LET THEM KNOW I'M HERE TO HELP, NOT TO HARM. BUT WE JUST GOTTA GET COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. I THINK THAT WE, AS A DEPARTMENT DON'T DO THAT ENOUGH. ONE OF THE I THINK WE CAN DO OURSELVES A HUGE SERVICE, BY ENGAGING MORE, COMPLAINANTS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING, MAKING THAT FACE TO FACE CONTACT AND HAVING A RELATIONSHIP IN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE A SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO JUST THAT, TAKE PICTURES FOR US, TELL US WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT HOME, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT WILL BE HELPFUL. IT WOULD IT REALLY WILL. AND BUT WE JUST GOT TO BE VERY STRATEGIC AND INNOVATIVE OF HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING OUR JOB IN ORDER TO GET THAT COMPLIANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE LAST QUESTION AND I'LL DROP OUT. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE INSPECTORS WHO SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, ESPECIALLY SPANISH? I DO, I HAVE TWO, WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS, THAT CAN SPEAK. ONE CAN SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, ONE SPECIFICALLY SPANISH, AND THEY'RE AWESOME. AND MATTER OF FACT, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, REWARD THEM MONETARILY. MONETARILY, IN A WAY THAT BECAUSE THEY DO MORE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL OVER THE CITY, BECAUSE WE GOT A HUGE YOU KNOW, THIS CITY IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULATED BY PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. AND, AND OUR OFFICERS, THEY STRUGGLE. THEY STRUGGLE WITH THAT COMMUNICATION BARRIER. AND THESE TWO LADIES HAVE BEEN AWESOME IN RUNNING ACROSS TOWN TO HELP US DO THAT, TO DO THAT. BUT YES, WE DO JUST WE HAVE TWO AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH HR SOON TO DISCUSS WITH THE OFFICE ABOUT WAYS THAT JOB DESCRIPTIONS CAN BE MODIFIED IN SUCH A WAY, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS WITH MANY SKILLS WHO DON'T HAVE JOBS, AND WE HAVE MANY JOBS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE UNFULFILLED. SO WE HOPE TO BE WORKING WITH HR TO HELP MAKE SOME OF THOSE MATCHES. YES. AND I THINK WE I THINK WE'RE PART OF THAT MEETING. RIGHT, I JUST SENT THIS OUT, SO. OKAY. NOT YET. YEAH, I KNOW WE GOT A MEETING SET UP WITH HR AND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO JUST THAT. YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO HELP WITH THE COMMUNICATION GAP. YOU KNOW, WITH THE MULTIPLE, THE BILINGUAL. YEAH, WE WE'VE DONE BILINGUAL INFORMATION AND ALSO HOW TO, YOU KNOW, GET THESE PEOPLE INTO METRO GOVERNMENT AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. SO, YEAH. AND WE, WE ARE DOING WAYS TO DO THAT. BUT ALL RIGHT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HOPE YOU SENT THAT TO ME ALSO TO MY TEAM. SO WE CAN BE PART OF THAT. WE'LL DO. PLEASE INCLUDE ME. ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT GOING TO. YES, MA'AM I WILL. THANK YOU. AND I'LL PASS THE MIC. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ROY, COUNCILMAN JECOREY ARTHUR. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, FOR BEING HERE. FOLLOW UP QUESTION YOU MENTIONED USING TECHNOLOGY. DO ALL OF YOUR INSPECTORS CURRENTLY HAVE WORK CELL PHONES? YES, THEY DO. AND DO THOSE PHONES HAVE VIDEO CALLING CAPABILITIES ON THEM TO DO WHAT YOU JUST SAID THEY SHOULD DO? YES, THEY DO. OKAY. IF THERE'S ANY ISSUE WITH LIKE TECHNOLOGY OR NOT BEING ABLE TO USE IT, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PREPARE SOME SORT OF BUDGET REQUEST THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THAT MIGHT BE AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU ALL DO YOUR JOBS BETTER. YES. AND ON THAT NOTE, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, ADVERTISING. DO YOU KEEP TRACK OF WHAT ADVERTISING IS MOST EFFECTIVE? I ASK BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE TENANTS THAT I SPEAK WITH ARE TOTALLY UNAWARE OF WHO THEY REPORT ISSUES TO WHEN THEY HAVE A NEGLIGENT LANDLORD. SO ARE YOU KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT MARKETING WORKS BEST FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT? YES, SIR. AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, I, I SPENT $30,000, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE STRATEGICALLY AT THESE HUGE BILLBOARDS, ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE SMALLER ONES AROUND THE CITY. YES. TO EDUCATE TENANTS. SO, LIKE IN VALLEY STATION, WE HAVE A LOT OF TENANT ISSUES AND, AND, AND LANDLORD ISSUES. SO WE WILL WE WILL WE SPENDING THE [00:30:06] MONEY TO PUT IT OUT THERE. CALL US. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THIS WAY. AND ALL OF THAT WE'RE DOING JUST THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT FIVE BILLBOARDS AND, THAT WE ARE SETTING UP STRATEGICALLY, SETTING UP AROUND THE CITY TO HELP US GET THAT, THAT MESSAGE OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. AND YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS. IT'S GOING TO START IN OCTOBER. THEY SHOULD BE UP BY OCTOBER. AND IT'S GOING TO RUN TO JANUARY, AT LEAST JANUARY. IF SOMEONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, COMES IN AND WANTS TO BUY THE SPACE, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO COME OFF OF IT. BUT I'VE INVESTED $30,000 TO DO JUST THAT. A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE IN REGARDS TO THE CELL PHONE, TO, YES, THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY. WE DO STRUGGLE WITH, WITH, THE GETTING A WEB, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO LOG ON WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING BETTER. I THINK METRO HAS AT&T OR T-MOBILE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT THEY STRUGGLE WITH GETTING THE SIGNALS, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN PART OF THE TOWN. AND THAT HAS REALLY BEEN A BARRIER THAT I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH. AND THEN ONE MORE THING YOU SPOKE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. YOU JUST EXCITE ME WHEN YOU DO THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE IDENTIFIED, SEVERAL TECHNOLOGIES THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP US TO DO OUR JOB BETTER, AND I'M GOING TO NEED FUNDING, AND I WILL BE CREATING THAT BUDGET, WORKING WITH, WITH, WITH MY TEAM, MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND YOU ALL WITH THAT BUDGET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU ARE WITH. BUT I HAS IS JUST SO INCREDIBLE, I'M GOING TO USE IT UNDER THE RENTAL REGISTRY. AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW RIGHT NOW, WE STRUGGLE WITH GETTING ALL OF THE RENTAL PROPERTY REGISTERED UNDER THE REGISTRY. WE GOT 90,000 RENTAL PROPERTIES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND WE ARE BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SOFTWARE, WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IT. SO I'M I'M I'M GOING AROUND THAT I'M USING TECHNOLOGY, BRINGING IN ANOTHER SOFTWARE TO SO WE CAN JUST GET THIS DONE. BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THIS DONE, WE CAN DO THESE RANDOM INSPECTIONS. WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HOLD THESE LANDLORDS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BACK UP FOR LACK OF BETTER TERM, SLUMLORDS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE PROPERTIES AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN SAFE AND HEALTHY CONDITIONS. SO YES, I'M ALL ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY. I'M ALL ABOUT DOING THINGS BETTER AND EFFICIENT SO WE CAN KEEP THIS CITY SAFE. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. I KNOW IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS WILL START IN JUNE. HAVE YOU STARTED THEM AND HOW ARE THOSE GOING? IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY GIVE US AN UPDATE? YES, THOSE ARE GOING FINE. AS, AS AS I SAID, WE HAVE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCE CALLS FOR US TO, TO START THE INSPECTIONS OF 10% OF, OF THE, OF CERTAIN SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE MOST OF THE REGISTRANTS ARE. WE'VE STARTED THOSE THOSE ARE GOING WELL. WE HAVE WE HAVE SIGHTED SOME INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE YOU KNOW, AND MATTER OF FACT, I WANTED TO SAY, MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AND HOPEFULLY BY THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, I'M WORKING ON A MONTHLY AND I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN, A MONTHLY REPORT THAT WILL COME FROM CODES AND REGULATIONS ON UPDATES ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC DISTRICTS. OKAY. AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING, YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE I GET SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS ABOUT CERTAIN AREAS IN EACH DISTRICT ABOUT THIS STREET THAT STREET AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE FOLLOW UPS ON A MONTHLY BASIS ON THINGS LIKE THAT ABOUT THE RENTAL REGISTRY, WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE CAN DO, AND HERE'S THE GOAL OF THAT. SO MY GOAL IS TWOFOLD, FIRST OF ALL, KEEPING YOU INFORMED. OKAY, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE PARTNERS, SO KEEPING YOU ALL INFORMED AND THEN SO WHEN WE GO, WHEN I NEED TO HAVE THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FUNDING AND OTHER THINGS YOU ALREADY KNOW. OKAY SO YOU ALREADY HAVE IT. I'M. I'M FORMATTING IT IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN PUT IT ON YOUR, YOUR, WEBSITES AND YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. ALSO THAT INCLUDES ZONING, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WHERE YOU ALL HAVE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, GETTING ZONING TO, JUST GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. THEY ARE NOW AS OF JULY 1ST, UNDERNEATH CODES AND REGULATIONS. AGAIN, I AM BRINGING ALL OF THAT MERGING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER. AND HERE'S, HERE'S ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES. I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE. SO YOU KNOW WE YOU KNOW THE ZONING THEY ENFORCE, THE LAND [00:35:06] DEVELOPMENT CODE, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, CHAPTER 156 ON THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. WELL EVERYBODY'S GOING TO DO THEM ALL. SO WHEN A ZONING OFFICER COMES TO, YOU KNOW, 444 SOUTH FIFTH STREET FOR A ZONING VIOLATION, IF THERE'S A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATION, WE'LL INSIGHT THAT TOO. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK THIS THING TOGETHER, AND TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG PIECE OF THAT. SO I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT AND THE VISION THAT I'M BRINGING TO THIS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THIS CITY SAFE AND GET IT TO WHERE WE KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, ONE LAST GO ALONG LIKE THAT. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. OUR LOCAL NEWS HAS REPORTED DISCRIMINATION ISSUES WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT OVER THE YEARS. IN 2021, CODES AND REGULATIONS HAD THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF ETHICS TIP LINE COMPLAINTS. ONE OF THE HIGHEST RIGHT UNDER POLICE. THE NUMBER HAS DECREASED. YOU KNOW, WITH LAST YEAR'S REPORT SIGNIFICANTLY. NOW YOU HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECREASE IN COMPLAINTS OKAY. TWO THINGS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE DIVERSITY IN THIS DEPARTMENT. AND THIS LET ME BE LET ME BE TRANSPARENT OKAY. SO WHEN I GET THERE, WHEN I GET TO CODES AND REGULATIONS IN JANUARY, AT THE TOP, YOU KNOW, ALL WHITE MEN, ALL WHITE MEN, GREAT GUYS, GREAT GUYS. IT'S GOOD. THERE YOU GO. YOU KNOW, BUT THE REALITY IS WE GOTTA HAVE DIVERSITY. OKAY, SO I'VE INCORPORATED AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE. I BROUGHT IN WOMEN. YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THAT TO PUSH TOWARDS BEING INCLUSIVE WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT FEEL INCLUSIVE, THEY TEND TO TALK TO YOU MORE. OKAY. TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES. WE CAN BE, GIVE THEM TRANSPARENCY AND GET TO THE BOTTOM. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE GOING BEHIND DOING ETHIC COMPLAINTS AND DOING THOSE THINGS. SO FOR ME, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THINGS DONE, IT TAKES A DEDICATED, SKILLED, DIVERSE WORKFORCE. THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. OKAY. ANYTHING SHORT OF THAT? YES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE. YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE DIVERSITY, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL BLACK OR ALL WHITE OR ALL WOMEN OR ALL MEN, THEN YOU DEVELOP THIS GOOD OLD BOY NETWORK, OKAY? AND THEN PEOPLE ARE EXCLUSIVE. SO WE GOTTA HAVE THAT. THAT'S THE BIGGER PART OF IT, AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE, I SAID, MAKING PEOPLE FEEL INCLUSIVE. MAKING PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THAT, THEY IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF DIGNITY. THAT'S ANOTHER THING, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I CHARGE MY, LEADERSHIP TO DO IS LEAD WITH DIGNITY. TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY, WHICH WHICH GOES A LONG WAY. AND A LOT OF THAT. AND THAT'S INTERNAL. LET'S TALK ABOUT EXTERNAL. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AGAIN, IT GOES BACK AGAIN. PEOPLE NEED TO SEE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEM, YOU KNOW, AND, WE, WE GOT A LOT OF, OFFICERS AND WE GOT A DIVERSE TEAM, AND WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE, AND WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THAT. THEY MATTER. AND I THINK WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE COMMUNITY FEELS THAT THEY MATTER. SO THAT'S THE REASON WH, COUNCILMAN, I TAKE EVERY CALL, EVERY EMAIL. I'VE, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES I'VE NOT BEEN TIMELY AS I WANT TO. AND SOME OF THE FOLLOW UPS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, I TAKE EVERY CALL I WANT THE EMAILS, I WANT THOSE I, I THINK I TOLD YOU, CHAIRWOMAN, I THANK YOUR LEGISLATOR. SISTER ASKED ME, DO I NEED TO SEND THIS TO YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE? SEND THEM TO ME. I WANT TO BE IN IT BECAUSE I WANT, YOU KNOW, EVERY STAKEHOLDER NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THEIR MATTER. AND WHEN PEOPLE KNOW, THEY MATTER AND THEN PEOPLE CAN TRUST YOU, IT GOES BACK TO BEING THAT TRUSTED DEPARTMENT. THEN YOU CAN CUT BACK ON. I THINK ALL OF THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO, THE, THE CASES GOING DOWN AS FAR AS THE COMPLAINTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. I KNOW BETSY, YOU HAD AN ACCOUNT IN THERE AGAIN, RIGHT? OH, YOU GOT ONE. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I WILL FINISH UP HERE WITH ONE FINAL QUESTION. WHAT CAN WE AT METRO COUNCIL DO TO HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB BETTER? I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED TECHNOLOGY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED? THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW IS, IS HELP US GET THE WORD OUT, THIS THESE REPORTS ARE [00:40:03] COMING, AND I'M GOING TO ASK, ASK THE MAN IS COULD YOU POST IT ON YOUR WEBSITE SO YOUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD SEE NOT ONLY IT WOULD HELP YOU, BUT HELP US. I WANT I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE US AS A TRUSTED CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT. AND THE WAY, THE BEST WAY YOU BUILD TRUST IS, IS, IS CONSISTENT BEHAVIOR AND GETTING THINGS DONE. OKAY. AND I CAN'T GET OUT TO TALK TO ALL OF THEM, BUT I THINK WE CAN USE EVERY WAYS OF DOING THAT. AND I THINK YOU CAN HELP US WITH THAT. AND THEN MORE TO COME BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I GOT SOME, SOME ORDINANCES. I THINK THAT I THINK WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. CODE 156. I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME SOME MORE. ORDINANCES THAT I THINK WOULD HELP US DO OUR JOB A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT. SO MORE TO COME WITH. I CAN I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT LATER. OKAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE THAT I WAS I'M IN THE QUEUE. WHO'S HE'S NOT IN THE QUEUE. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. JUST HOLD UP. WAS HE IN THE QUEUE? YEAH. OKAY. YOU WEREN'T IN THE QUEUE, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. COUNCILMAN SAM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY. ARE YOU GUYS UTILIZING DRONES? NO, BUT DRONES IS A GOOD IDEA. I THOUGHT ABOUT DRONES, ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO. WHEN I LOOK AT THE SITUATION WITH OUR VACANT AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND TRYING TO KEEP THESE PROPERTIES MAINTAINED AND TAKING AWAY THE BLIGHT, AND I WANTED TO USE DRONES STRATEGICALLY FOR OUR CREWS, SO. AND WHEN THEY GO TO DO IF THEY'RE ON RIGHT BEFORE I GOT THERE, THEY COULD COME TO, LET'S SAY SOUTH FIFTH STREET TO, TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AND THEN, ON MUHAMMAD ALI, MAYBE A PROPERTY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACE AND OR MAYBE EVEN A BLOCK OVER THAT, THEY JUST DRIVE PAST AND SAY, IT'S NOT ON OUR SCHEDULE. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO USE DRONES FOR IS TO GO OUT TO, TO GET TO A PROPERTY, SEND UP A DRONE TO LOOK AT PROPERTY, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AREA, AND THEN THEY CAN GO AND TACKLE THOSE TO DO THAT. BUT DRONES IS A GREAT TECHNOLOGY THAT I WOULD LOVE TO IMPLEMENT. NOW, I WAS TOLD WHEN I BROUGHT THAT UP, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME BARRIERS TO THAT WITH THE, THE, THE TRANSPORTATION, THE AVIATION PEOPLE AND THAT THERE ARE SOME THERE ARE SOME BARRIERS WITH THAT, THAT, THAT KIND OF LIKE MAKE CALLS ME TO PUT THAT ON THE BACK BURNER. BUT I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT DRONES AND, AND FOR THAT REASON, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I BROUGHT THIS AND WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN OUR OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT YEAH, THERE WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN WE HAD POP UP JUNKYARDS THAT YOU THAT NEED TO BE TOWED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET ACCESS. AND I'M WONDERING, WE'VE HAD THIS TALK, LET'S DO SOMETHING. WHEN DO WE GET THE DRONES? YOU YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MONTHS AGO. YEAH. LET'S GET THIS IMPLEMENTED. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET THIS IMPLEMENTED WHERE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB? ANOTHER THING I WANT TO ASK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE POP UP JUNKYARDS, WE'VE GOT THEM GOING UP IN SOUTHWEST LOUISVILLE. WE'VE GOT ONE ON THIRD STREET. WE'VE MADE EVERYBODY AWARE IT'S A BLACKED OUT FENCE. THEY'VE GOT TREE, CARS BURIED IN THE TREES AND NOTHING IS DONE. NOTHING IS DONE AFTER MONTHS. AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO PUT PRIORITY AND GET TOUGH ON SOME. AND SOME OF THESE WE'VE LOOKED UP ARE THE SAME BAD ACTORS THAT HAVE, PROPERTIES ON OTHER STREETS DOING THE SAME THING. WHEN ARE WE FINALLY GOING TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH? WELL, I'M SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. NOW AND, I THINK IN THE PAST AND, WE ONLY FOCUS POP UP JUNKYARDS TO ZONING BECAUSE MOST TIMES IT'S A ZONING VIOLATION. AS I TOLD YOU MONTHS AGO, IN THAT MEETING, THAT I THINK WE CAN DO MORE WITH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. NOW THAT WE GOT THEM BOTH TOGETHER, WE WILL BE MORE AGGRESSIVE. AND I CAN DEFINITELY COMMIT TO YOU THAT WE WILL. YOU WILL BE SEEING A DIFFERENCE WITH THESE POP UP JUNKYARDS. ANOTHER THING THAT, THAT WE DON'T DO, THAT WE NEED TO START DOING, AT, CODES AND REGULATIONS. NOBODY WORKS AT NIGHT. YES. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE BAD ACTORS AND THINGS GOING ON IS AT NIGHTTIME. [00:45:04] AND SO I'M CONTEMPLATING WHETHER I SHOULD PUT A FULL SHIFT ON THERE OR SHOULD I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE I'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED OVERTIME AND I'VE, I'VE TOLD MY TEAM, IF YOU NEED TO WORK OVERTIME TO GO DO THIS AT NIGHT, GO DO IT. SO WE JUST GOT, COUNCILMAN SAYING WE JUST GOTTA DO IT. WE JUST GOTTA DO IT. WE JUST GOTTA. THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. YES. THIS THIS THIS ONE JUNKYARD I'M SPEAKING OF. IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT EVEN IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S CLOSE TO ME. WE WATCHED IT POP UP. WE ALERTED CODES. IT KEPT. THEY KEPT ADDING TO IT. PUT THE BLACK FENCE. IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S STILL THERE AND IT'S STILL THERE. NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. AND THIS IS DAY AFTER DAY AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE BAD ACTORS SEE THAT NOTHING GETS DONE. SO THEY POP ANOTHER ONE UP AND USUALLY WHAT WE'RE FINDING OUT IN MY OFFICE, BECAUSE I'M HAVING MY ASSISTANT HAVING TO DO THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK, FINDING OUT IT'S THE SAME BAD ACTOR AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. NOW, I'LL GET OFF THIS ONE. I WANT TO GET TO ONE MORE THING, THE LANDLORD REGISTRY IN THE CODE. YOU GUYS ARE CHECKING THESE RENTAL. WHAT IS YOUR PRIORITY, I KNOW FOR A PERSONAL CASE, A LANDLORD, HIS BROTHER RENTS THE HOUSE, YET HE GOT THE LETTER. HE HAD TO TAKE OFF WORK. HE HAD TO BE HOME TO LET PEOPLE COME IN AND INSPECT. HE'S NEVER HAD A VIOLATION. AND WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF KNOWN BAD ACTOR, LANDLORD, LANDLORD, SLUMLORDS. AND ARE WE PRIORITIZING THEM OR ARE WE USING THIS RANDOM AND USING OUR RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO'S NEVER HAD A VIOLATION OR AN INCIDENT? YET THESE BAD ACTORS ARE STILL MOVING, WHAT? WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? AND PRIORITIZING THESE LANDLORD REGISTRIES? WELL, COUNCILMAN, I THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I SEE THOSE AS TWO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS BECAUSE THE RANDOM INSPECTOR INSPECTIONS UNDER THE RENTAL REGISTRY ARE WHAT THEY ARE. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICERS, THEY GO THERE IF THEY SEE A VIOLATION, THEY GOTTA ACT ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, AND THERE'S NO THERE IS NO, YOU KNOW, INTENT TO NECESSARILY GO AFTER THEM. I AM GOING AFTER THESE BAD ACTORS. SO AND I AM PUTTING TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN. SO HERE'S, HERE'S HERE'S MY THING FOR THE BAD ACTORS. WHAT I NEED, WHAT. AND THIS IS WHAT I'M PUTTING TOGETHER. WE NEED A DEDICATED TEAM THAT WILL FOCUS ON BAD ACTORS. SO I'M CREATING IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THIS, THIS TEAM WITHIN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ZONING OFFICERS, CALLED CREST CODE AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND THEY, SPECIAL A SPECIAL TEAM, THEY ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DATA. WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHERE THE BAD ACTORS ARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SPECIFIC AND DIRECT ABOUT GOING AFTER THAT. SO IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH BAD ACTORS, WE CANNOT WE GOT TO BE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE. SO WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE DATA, KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT. ANOTHER BARRIER TO THA, HOWEVER, IS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT MAYBE THE ORDINANCE IS A LOT OF THESE BAD ACTORS HAVE THEMSELVES BEHIND THESE LLCS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH, A LOT OF, RENTERS THAT ARE FROM OUT OF STATE AND, AND THEY PLAY THIS CAT AND MOUSE GAME WITH US ON THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S A BIG JOB, AND IT'S NOT OUR INTENT TO GO OUT TO PEOPLE THAT THE EVERYDAY PERSON THAT JUST SO HAPPENED TO HAVE A, A VIOLATION THAT'S NOT OUR INTENT, BUT IT IS OUR INTENT TO GO AFTER PEOPLE WHEN I TELL MY OFFICERS TO BE AGGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME COLLATERAL DAMAGE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS LAISSEZ FAIRE TYPE ATTITUDE OF DOING CODE ENFORCEMENT ISN'T WORKING. SO I'M SAYING BE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT THE ORDINANCE AND GETTING COMPLIANCE AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE COLLATERAL DAMAGE, BUT IT'S NOT OUR INTENT. SO BUT WE ARE SIR GOING AFTER THOSE BAD ACTORS AND IT'S MORE TO COME. ONE LAST THING AND THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWERS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE AND MY ASSISTANT IS WE NEVER GET A REPORT ON A COMPLAINT. WE DON'T LIKE THIS THING ON THE ON THE JUNKYARD THAT I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT ON THIRD STREET. WE PUT THE REPORT IN, BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, WHERE YOU'RE AT, WHAT? WHAT'S THE STATUS, DO WE NEED TO REPORT IT AGAIN? ARE YOU ON THE JOB? ARE [00:50:01] YOU. ARE YOU. HAS THERE BEEN VIOLATIONS? CAN WE GET A REPORT ON THESE WHEN WE TURN THEM IN? CAN WE GET SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING? THAT'S THAT'S MY SUGGESTION, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING ME A MINUTE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH AND COUNCILMAN SIGN, THE REPORT THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT COMING OUT MONTHLY WILL DO JUST THAT, GIVE YOU A REPORT. BUT ANYTIME AND I THINK WE CAN WE CAN JUST DO BETTER OVERALL. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE TIME TO FOLLOW UP ON EVERYONE THAT COME IN. BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CALL BACK AND FOLLOW UP AND WE CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING. BUT THAT REPORT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SAM, I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT SEE YOUR MESSAGE ON MY PHONE. AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD SENT ME A MESSAGE AND PUT YOU IN THE QUEUE, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, WHAT ABOUT THESE HOUSES IN THE NEWBURY AREA BACK IN THE DAY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE FENCES BETWEEN THE HOUSES, SO ALL OF THEM HAD, SHRUBS OR BUSHES OR WHATEVER BETWEEN EACH HOUSE. NOW, WHAT, 50 YEARS LATER, SOME OF THOSE BUSHES ARE AS TALL AS YOU COULDN'T GET TO THE TOP OF THEM UNLESS YOU STAND ON A LADDER AND THEY'RE NOT TRIMMED OR ANYTHING. PLUS, THERE'S SOME HOUSES THAT HAVE GRASS AND WEEDS GROWING ALL UP OVER THE SIDES OF THEM, ALL IN FRONT OF THE WINDOWS. AND WE REPORTED THAT TO CODES AND THEY SAID, THERE'S NO VIOLATION WITH THE GRASS GROWING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THE ROOF. AND OVER THE WINDOWS, THAT'S NOT A VIOLATION. I DON'T KNOW WHO TOLD YOU THAT. ONE OF MY CODE, MADAM CHAIR, BUT NO, THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VIOLATION TO ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE UNLESS IT'S A CONTROLLED GARDEN. KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN GROWING. AND WITH THE WITH THE CORRECT SIGNAGE. NO, THAT'S A VIOLATION. IF IT'S IF IT GROWS OVER TEN INCHES AND. YEAH. SO I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT SPECIFICALLY AND SEE WHAT THE OFFICER IS COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ABOUT THAT. SO IF YOU WILL SEND ME THE HE DIDN'T TALK TO ME. HE TALKED TO ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT REPORTED IT. AND HE SAID, WELL, THAT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE BUSHES AND THINGS THAT ARE OVERGROWN AND THEY DON'T GET CITED AND THEY MAKE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK BAD. AND ONE OTHER THING, WHEN THEY IN THE COMMUNITY AND IF THEY SEE A VIOLATION AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AREN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING OR INFORM THAT PERSON, LIKE IF YOU SEE THEM PARKED IN THE FRONT YARD IN THE GRASS AND YOU JUST RIDE ON DOWN THE STREET? WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW IT'S A VIOLATION, BUT THEY DON'T STOP OR ANYTHING. AND THEY RIDE THROUGH MY DISTRICT ALL THE TIME. I SEE THEM AND THEY DO GIVE ME A REPORT ON EVERYTHING. WE TURN. EXCUSE ME. I GET A REPORT BACK. BUT THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE, I CAN SEE THEM. THIS ONE HOUSE HAD A GARBAGE SITTING OUT IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE FOR MONTHS. THEY MOVED IN. AND WHAT THEY DO, THEY BRING THE GARBAGE OUT TO THE CURB AND IT JUST SITS THERE AND DOGS GET IN IT AND KNOCK IT OVER. I CALLED, I PUT IN A COMPLAINT AND I WAS TOLD THE OTHER DAY, MATTER OF FACT, I STILL HAVE THE DATA WHERE HE EMAILED ME SAYING THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS DO, BUT ONE OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT TOLD ME IT'S A VIOLATION. IF IT'S BEFORE 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND AFTER 6:00 IN THE EVENING, IF THAT GARBAGE CAN IS STILL SITTING OUT ON THEIR CURB, IS THAT RIGHT? YES. I MEAN, HE'S CORRECT. HE'S QUOTING THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE ON THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. AND LISTEN, LET ME GO BACK FIRST TO WHAT YOU WHAT YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE SEE IT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY CAN WE SHOULD WE CAN WE AND SHOULD WE CITE IT. ABSOLUTELY. NOW HERE'S WHO WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. WE HAVE BEEN THAT WELL, WE WAIT FOR A311 CALL NOW, IN FACT, I'VE HAD AN OFFICER TO TELL PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, I GOTTA WAIT. I WAS AT A, COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL'S TOWN HALL, AND I HAD A, ONE OF HIS CONSTITUENTS COME UP TO ME AND SAY, HEY, OFFICER TOLD ME THAT, SHE POINTED OUT A HOUSE. HE WAS AT ONE HOUSE, AND SHE POINTED OUT ANOTHER ONE. AND HE SAYS, WELL, YOU GOT TO CALL IT IN. I CAN'T DO NOTHING. I CAN'T GO THERE AND THINK THAT THAT'S NOT BEING CALLED INTO 311, BUT THAT'S WHO THEY USED TO BE. BUT [00:55:03] THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE NOW. NO, WE CAN CITE EVERYTHING OUR RODEO DISTRICT. SURE. DID YOU KNOW SPECIFICALLY AND I. IT'S A MESS TOO. IT. YES IT IS. YES. IT IS. AND SO I'M INSTRUCTING MY TEAM THAT AS YOU WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE. OKAY. CITE IT. YOU KNOW, YOU MAY BE AT THIS ADDRESS IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OVER HERE, SEND IT THROUGH. DEAL WITH IT. OKAY GO BACK TO TECHNOLOGY. THERE'S TECH. THERE'S TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE THAT'S GOING TO THAT. THAT WILL CHANGE THE WHOLE PROCESS OF HOW WE DO. IT'S CALLED CITY TECH, CITY TECH. GO GOOGLE THAT. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS AI TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU PUT THESE CAMERAS ON GARBAGE TRUCKS. POLICE VEHICLES, CODE ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES. AND AS THEY GO, DO THEIR JOB, IT IDENTIFIES, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT THE ALGORITHMS IN WITH THE ORDINANCE, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE, THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, THE ZONING CODE, AND IT IDENTIFIES THAT FORCE. IT'LL SAY THERE'S LITTER ON THIS. THAT'S ABOUT THIS PROPERTY VIOLATION. IT IDENTIFIES A VACANT PROPERTY, A HIGH WEEDS, CROOKED GUTTERS. IT DOES ALL OF THAT. AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS, TO DO THAT THAT WOULD HELP THAT SITUATION NOW. BUT AND THEN GO BACK ABOUT YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE. EVERYTHING WE SEE WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I EXPECT MY OFFICERS TO GO OUT AND COME. NOW, ONCE YOU GO OUT WITH A GROUP OF INVESTIGATIONS THAT YOU GOT TO SEE, I WANT YOU TO BRING BACK MORE CASES WHEN YOU COME IN BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE. THAT'S THAT'S THE ROUTE THAT I PLAN TO GO. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TO SAY THAT THEY ONLY GOTTA WAIT TILL SOMEONE CALLS IT IN IS NOT CORRECT. WE ARE REQUIRED WHEN WE SEE IT. WE OUGHT TO DEAL WITH IT. MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW. SO YEAH. AND THEN I'M WORKING ON IT. ANOTHER THING A LOT OF THEM DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL LAWS. SO WE PUT OUT SOMETHING SAID DO YOU KNOW THE LAW? JUST RECENTLY I HAVE, I HAVE SEMI-TRACTOR TRUCKS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES THAT ARE DOING BUSINESS AND THEY BRING AND THEY RUN IN CAR LOTS AND ALL OF THAT IN THEIR BACKYARDS, AND THEY BRING THESE BIG OLD SEMIS HOME. THE POLICE SAYS THAT'S NOT OUR JOB. THE CODE SAID THAT'S NOT OUR JOB. SO I ACTUALLY CALLED MADONNA FLOOD AND ATTORNEY COUNTY ATTORNEY AND SAID, CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT LAW? THEY PRINTED IT OUT AND SENT IT TO ME. I GAVE IT TO THE POLICE AND SAID, HERE, MAYBE YOU NEED TO, YOU KNOW, UPDATE YOUR OFFICERS SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THESE TRUCKS AND THINGS CAN'T COME IN HERE. AND TEARING UP THE STREETS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING. AND I'M ALSO GOING TO PULL UP THAT ONE ON THE GARBAGE, MAKE SURE THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, I HAD TO GO ACROSS THE STREET MYSELF AND TELL THE LADY, CAN YOU PULL THAT GARBAGE CAN IN HERE? I'VE TOLD I'VE ASKED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 3 OR 4 TIMES. THEY SAID, THAT'S NOT THEIR JOB. YEAH SO I MEAN, AND I KNOW I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW THE LAWS. I THINK AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE PROBABLY KNOW IT MORE THAN THEY DO. BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PRINT THESE DIFFERENT LAWS OUT AND GIVE IT TO THEM. YEAH AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. SO I THINK, I THINK THE BIGGER I THINK AND OBVIOUSLY EDUCATING THEM ON THE LAW WILL, WILL BE HELPFUL. AND BUT I THINK THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS THE WE NEED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO EASY FOR ME TO SAY THAT'S NOT ME. YOU KNOW? SO HERE'S WHAT I'M DOING. YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S REALLY NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO ENFORCE THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND THE ZONING CODE. WELL, MORE TIMES THAN NOT, WE SEE VEHICLES PARKED ON THE STREET. NOW, THAT'S A LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE AND PARK. WHEN I'M GETTING READY TO DO, I'M GOING TO SWEAR MY OFFICER'S IN UNDER THE PARKING ORDINANCE SO WE CAN WE CAN SUCK IT UP, YOU KNOW, AND WORK TOGETHER WITH LMPD TO DO THAT. IT'S THE SAME THING. WHEN I CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT, TOWING VEHICLES, EVERYBODY SAID, WELL, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GET LMPD TO RESPOND. THEY, THEY THEY'RE TOO BUSY DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, MAJOR CRIME. I [01:00:03] RECEIVED THAT. SO WHAT I DO, I CONTRACTED WITH SUBURBAN TOW AND TOWING MYSELF. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO WE JUST GOT TO WE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER. WE GOT TO COLLABORATE AND COMMUNICATE TOGETHER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS ONE OF MY JOB AS AS THE CODE OFFICIAL AND THE DIRECTOR OF, OF LOUISVILLE METRO CODE AND REGULATION IS TO BRING DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL JOB FOR ME TO BRING HELP, HELP ME, ME AND CHIEF HUMPHREY AND PETE FLOOD AT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ALL THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WE WORK TOGETHER PUBLIC WORKS WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES. SO ALL THIS WHO'S ON FIRST? WHO'S ON SECOND STUFF? LOOK, WE'RE ON FIRST, YOU KNOW, AND I AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING I'VE DIRECTED MY TEAM BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE LEAD. YOU KNOW, THE, ABC, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH WITH THESE HOTELS, THIS HOTEL HERE ON DIXIE WITH PROSTITUTION, ALL THIS GOING ON. THEY NEED CODES. HELP. WE'LL TAKE THE LEAD ON IT. WE WOULD HELP GET THERE. SO WE NEED TO DO THAT MORE. RIGHT. AND I'M SAYING ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT MATTERS. AND I WANT TO I WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE. WE NEED TO WORK MORE TOGETHER, COLLABORATE IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY TO GET THINGS DONE FOR THE CITIZENS OF LOUISVILLE. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. AND I WON'T SAY WE WON'T BRING YOU BACK IN IF WE DON'T SEE NO IMPROVEMENT SOMEWHERE. I WON'T PROMISE THAT. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING. BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE GET NEW PEOPLE AND THEY'RE NOT TRAINED WELL ENOUGH. SAME WAY WITH THE POLICE. THEY DON'T. THESE YOUNG GUYS THAT COME IN, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SIGHT THE CARS ON THE STREET AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO WHEN I RECEIVE THAT AND I ASK THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, IF EVEN IF WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, IF WE'RE MAKING THOSE CHANGES, STILL BRING ME BACK SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, I WILL DO THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. SORRY WE TOOK YOU TOO LONG. OH, NO. I THINK I WAS WRONG. NO, YOU DID PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE [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.] ADJOURNED. OKAY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.