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GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY
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COMMITTEE. I'M COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER. I AM JOINED ONLINE TODAY BY COUNCILMAN PAT MULVIHILL, BY COUNCILMAN KAHLIL LASHAWN IN CHAMBERS. AND JOINED BY COUNCILWOMAN BETSY ROONEY AND COUNCILMAN HUDSON. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE CALENDAR TODAY. TWO RESOLUTIONS. COULD YOU READ THE.YEAH. THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CARE AS 62 OR 61.826, IN COUNCIL RULE FIVE, A READ IN FULL. THANK YOU SIR. SO WE HAVE R-117-24 RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE
[1. R-117-24 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE ZOO CONCERNING AN ANIMATRONIC DINOSAUR DISPLAY – DINO DON, INC. - $265,000.00. Action Required By: April 24, 2025 Sponsors: Pat Mulvihill (D-10) ]
CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCE IS APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS. CONTRACT FOR THE ZOO CONCERNING AN ANIMATRONIC DINOSAUR DISPLAY. DINO DON INCORPORATED $265,000. I HEAR A MOTION PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IT IS BEFORE US AND I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS HERE. YES. HI. STEPHANIE MOORE WITH THE LOUISVILLE ZOO. JUST SOME INFORMATION ON THIS CONTRACT. IT'S WHAT I KNOW. DON. HE IS A PALEONTOLOGIST WHO HAS WORKED ON SUCH FILMS AS JURASSIC PARK. HE IS A WORLD RENOWNED EXPERT ON DINOSAURS AND HAS AN ANIMATRONIC EXHIBIT THAT WILL BE AT THE ZOO. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 20 LIFE SIZE DINOSAURS THAT WE WILL HAVE ON EXHIBIT AT THE ZOO, INCLUDING T-REX, ALLOSAURUS, AND BREAK BREAK. EXCUSE ME. BRACHIOSAURUS. I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON SAYING ALL OF THOSE. SO THAT WILL BE OUR SEASONAL EXHIBIT NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING THAT. THERE MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER. FOR OUR GUESTS, WE DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER EXHIBIT OPENING THIS PAST YEAR. WE HAD KOALA AND THE YEAR BEFORE WE HAD RED PANDA. SO IN LIEU OF A NEW EXHIBIT OPENING, THIS IS OUR SEASONAL ATTRACTION FOR THE ZOO. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE.THIS IS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I. NO'S BY LIKE SIGN.
THIS PASSES AND WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, MISS MOORE.
[2. R-131-24 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF CASH, VEHICLES, AND OTHER TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $73,235 FROM THE ESTATE OF CAROL CORNWELL PRICE TO BE ADMNISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. Action Required By: May 7, 2024 Sponsors: Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13) ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH. RESOLUTION TWO IS R-131-24. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF CASH, VEHICLES AND OTHER TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $73,235 FROM THE ESTATE OF CAROL CORNWELL PRICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION. SECOND, PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IS BEFORE US. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO THIS. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON CANTWELL. THE DIRECTOR AT LOUISVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION. THIS RESOLUTION, IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO DONATE THEIR ESTATE TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.WE'RE EXTREMELY HUMBLED THAT SOMEONE WOULD THINK THAT MUCH OF THE NATURAL AREAS TO DO SO. SO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS LOCATED AT 11007 JEFFERSON HILL ROAD. AND THAT IS IT BACKS UP TO JEFFERSON JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOREST. BUT YEAH, I'LL ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS. YOU'VE GOT ABOUT IT. BUT THIS THIS IS VERY UNIQUE AND INTERESTING FOR US. DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE REAL ESTATE? IT'S ABOUT FIVE ACRES OF PROPERTY. THERE'S A SMALL HOUSE ON IT, A GARAGE. IN THE ESTATE THEY HAD A COUPLE VEHICLES, A COUPLE TRUCKS, A TRAILER, TWO MOTORCYCLES. IF WE CAN GET THE TRUCKS RUNNING, WE'LL KEEP THEM AND PUT THEM INTO SERVICE IN THE FOREST. MOTORCYCLES AND ANY OTHER TANGIBLE PROPERTY. WE'LL PUT ON GOV DEALS. YEAH. OKAY, COOL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN PARKER. YES, COUNCILWOMAN. RUI. YEAH. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YES, THIS IS A FASCINATING. IT'S WONDERFUL. I CAN SEE YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH USE FOR THE MOTORCYCLES, THOUGH. CORRECT? SO THIS IS ON JEFFERSON HILL ROAD. YOU SAID THE PROPERTY IS. YES. SO ANY HAVE YOU HAD ANY DAYDREAMS ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO WITH THAT PROPERTY? OTHER THAN ADD THE ACREAGE TO JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOREST? IT'S
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SURROUNDED. IT'S ONE. MIGHT BE 200 FOOT WIDE, AND IT GOES STRAIGHT UP TO THE TOP OF THE HILL. BUT THERE'S A HOME ON THE LEFT AND A HOME ON THE RIGHT OF IT. SO REALLY, NOT REALLY GOOD ACCESS INTO THE FOREST. IT'S REALLY IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE, THE ACREAGE OF THE FOREST. OKAY. AND THERE'S NO STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY THEN EITHER. THERE'S A SMALL HOUSE AND A GARAGE. OKAY. ANY PLANS FOR WHAT TO DO WITH THAT THEN? PROBABLY DEMOLISH THEIR OF LITTLE USE TO US WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. AND THEY'RE FAIRLY DILAPIDATED. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SITTING FOR. WELL OVER A YEAR. OKAY, WELL, YES, I AGREE. IT'S WONDERFUL THAT SOMEONE WOULD CHOOSE TO DONATE ALL THIS TO METRO PARKS, AND I'M SURE THAT SHE WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOREST AND ENJOYED LIVING THERE. AND BE WONDERFUL TO ADD IT TO THE PROPERTY. WE THINK SO. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HUDSON. THANK YOU. CHAIR. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID RIGHT THERE AT THE END ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE MOTORCYCLES. THEY'RE THE. IT'S THE METRO GOVERNMENT'S SURPLUS WEBSITE FOR AUCTIONING OFF PROPERTY AND THINGS. AND SOMETHING LIKE A MOTORCYCLE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, HAS ANYONE LOOKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DRUMS OR ANYTHING BURIED ON THE PROPERTY? WE DID WALK THE PROPERTY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. CHAIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE ONLINE? WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMAN SAM. SEEING NONE.THIS IS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I. A NOSE BY LIKE SIGN.
THIS WILL ALSO GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE,
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