Dec 03, 2024 Public Works Committee (trimmed)

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AND WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE 3RD. I AM

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[2. O-284-24     AN ORDINANCE AWARDING A COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FRANCHISE TO LUMOS FIBER OF KENTUCKY, LLC PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN CHAPTER 116 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES. Action Required By:  May 21, 2025 Sponsors: Markus Winkler (D-17) ]

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VOTING IS OPEN. CAN I. COME OVER THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON. GO AHEAD. YES. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE FIVE YES VOTES. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA. A RESOLUTION RECTIFYING AND APPROVING A COLLECTIVE

[4. R-155-24     A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL BY THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO COUNCIL TO JUNE 30, 2027) RELATING TO WAGES, BENEFITS AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL CIO-CLC, IBEW LOCAL 369, CONCERNING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ASSETS. Action Required By:  May 21, 2025 Sponsors: Phillip T. Baker (D-6) ]

OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOUISVILLE

[3. O-289-24     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT CODE OF ORDINANCES (“LMCO”) SECTION 76.03 REGARDING TRUCKS RESTRICTED ON CERTAIN STREETS. Action Required By:  May 21, 2025 Sponsors: Phillip T. Baker (D-6) ]

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AND SO THIS IS A FIGHT THAT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DATED ALL THE WAY BACK TO COUNCILMAN ANSELL'S TENURE. THE FOLKS IN BEFORE THAT 1978 IS WHAT I'M TOLD. AND SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YES. BUT IT'S BEEN HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY. MY BIGGEST IMPLORE TO EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO IS HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REVIEW THE AMENDED ORDINANCE, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN ONLY VOTE ON THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, AS ADVISED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW AND AGAIN, THE AMENDMENT ISGIVE MORE TYPE OF SERVICE VEHICLES AND UTILITY VEHICLES AND TELECOMMUNICATION VEHICLES THAT CAN BE ADDED. SO THAT WAY INFRASTRUCTURE THINGS CAN STILL BE DONE WITH THE TONNAGE. AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST FEEL FREE TO POINT THE OFFICE AND BUT I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU A YES VOTE TO MY COLLEAGUES. SO THAT WAY WE CAN START THIS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND GO FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BAKER, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS? YES, COUNCILMAN ECKERSON, MY QUESTION IS, I MEAN, I'VE NOT EXAMINED ALL THE ROADS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT I KNOW OLD LOUISVILLE. I KNOW THERE ARE RESTAURANTS. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SMALLER GROCERY STORES. I KNOW THAT RESTAURANTS WILL USE RESTAURANTS AND BARS. THE BULK OF THINGS I WORK DOWN ON WEST WASHINGTON STREET, WHISKEY ROW. THERE DAILY. THE PRODUCE DELIVERIES TO THOSE RESTAURANTS, THE DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER GOODS THAT ARE SOLD AT THOSE RESTAURANTS AND THE HOTELS ARE DELIVERED UPON SEMIS. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION HERE ABOUT THE RESTAURANTS? THE GROCERY STORES AND THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE IN THESE AREAS, THE DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCE AND THE PRODUCTS THAT THEY NEED THAT ARE DELIVERED VIA SEMIS? ABSOLUTELY. ONE.

UNFORTUNATELY, OLIVER DOES NOT HAVE A GROCERY STORE RIGHT NOW. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE, BUT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, IF WE WHEN WE DO GET ONE, THESE ARE ONLY ROUTING TO THE MAIN STATE ROAD. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NINTH STREET CORRIDOR. WE'RE NOT TALKING DEEP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO THE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IS PEOPLE USE THAT SAINT CATHERINE I-65 EXIT AND CUT RIGHT THROUGH EVEN SAINT JAMES COURT TO GET TO HILL STREET TO NINTH STREET. AND SO THIS IS JUST ONLY REROUTING TRUCKS. AND IT ALSO IN THE ORDINANCE MAKES AN EXCEPTION FOR DELIVERIES AND PICKUPS TO FOR A LIMITED TIME. SO JUST WANT YOU TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE AND GO

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THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR FOR COUNCILMAN BAKER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MADAM CHAIR. AND THAT IS. LOOK, I I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THIS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE'RE SIMPLY ADDING A FEW STREETS HERE. EAST KENTUCKY, WEST KENTUCKY, EAST SAINT CATHERINE, WEST SAINT CATHERINE, SAINT JAMES COURT, A SECTION OF THIRD STREET. IT LOOKS LIKE TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE THAT PREVENTS HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC HERE. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS FOR OLD LOUISVILLE VERSUS I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. I MEAN, WE JUST IN PLANNING AND ZONING TALKED ABOUT A ZONING CASE THAT LUCKILY GOT DENIED. BUT WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL RIGHT NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY DISTRICT. THERE ARE PLENTY OF NEIGHBORS OF MINE AND CITIZENS THAT WOULD LOVE TO BAN CERTAIN TYPES OF TRUCKS FROM COMING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. IN DISTRICT 19. BUT OF COURSE, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT EVERYBODY WHO PAYS FOR THESE ROADS TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THEM. RIGHT? AND EVERYBODY PAYS FOR THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, PAYS TAXES RELATED TO GAS TAX. ET CETERA. SO, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE CONTINUE? AND AGAIN, THIS IS NO HIT ON OLD LOUISVILLE. BUT WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS FOR OLD LOUISVILLE? WHY AREN'T WE DOING THIS FOR LITERALLY EVERY DISTRICT AND TAKING EVERY RESIDENTIAL ROAD IN THE CITY AND BLOCKING HEAVY TRUCKS FROM DOING THAT, DRIVING THROUGH THOSE AREAS, BECAUSE I'M SURE MY CONSTITUENTS WOULD LOVE THAT. WELL, MY ANSWER WOULD BE THE CAPACITY ON THE ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO THE OLD LOUISVILLE ONE IS THEY'RE WEDGED RIGHT BETWEEN RIGHT THERE, PROXIMITY TO I-65, TO THAT NINTH STREET CORRIDOR. AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN JUST, FRANKLY, A LOT OF BAD ACTORS.

YOU KNOW, I'M MORE MY OFFICE IS MORE THAN OKAY WITH ADDING STREETS. IF, YOU KNOW, BEING OPEN TO EVERY COUNCIL PERSON, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR STREETS ONTO THIS AMENDMENT. BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW. THIS FIGHT HAS JUST GONE TOO LONG. AND SO MY MOXIE ABOUT IT OR MY PUSH FOR IT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, MY FOCUS IS DISTRICT SIX.

BUT I COMPLETELY AGREE. IT'S AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN DISTRICT 21. DISTRICT THREE, YOUR DISTRICT DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE CITY. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS THE BIG SWING AT THE BAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR SAFETY. AND THE RESIDENTS OF OLD LOUISVILLE.

YEAH. I'M AGAIN, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT YOU HERE. BUT IF I THINK THAT DEPUTY MAYOR NICOLE GEORGE AND DIRECTOR KERN ARE THERE, IF THEY ARE, MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE BALANCE THE OBVIOUS NEEDS FOR SAFETY. RIGHT. AND THIS COLLISION OF, YOU KNOW, HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC AND INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC WITH RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC. SO I'M SYMPATHETIC TO COUNCILMAN BAKER'S CONCERNS HERE, BUT, I MEAN, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS IF WE OPENED UP THE FLOODGATES HERE TO ALL 26 DISTRICTS AND SAID, HEY, START, START LISTING THE ROADS YOU WANT TRUCKS TO BE BANNED FROM. YOU KNOW, GIVEN CERTAIN CRITERIA AND EVERYTHING, WE'D HAVE, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND ROADS ON THIS ON AN ORDINANCE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE NECESSARILY THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BECAUSE THEN WE'D HAVE, AGAIN, BALANCING INTERESTS OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ANY BUSINESS PERSON BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN A, IN A REASONABLE WAY DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T BE SAFER, BUT COULD. MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU MIND IF WE ASK EITHER THE DEPUTY MAYOR OR DIRECTOR KERN TO WEIGH IN HERE ON THEIR THOUGHTS? JUST THAT IS FINE.

AND, MADAM CHAIR, CAN I JUST SAY A QUICK TIDBIT? JUST BEFORE I ASK, DEPUTY MAYOR COMES UP.

ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF MEASURABLE DATA, YOU KNOW, JUST WE'RE NOT SPITBALLING HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS RECORDED 150 TO 200 TRUCKS PER DAY. AND SO THAT ARE FLOWING THROUGH. SO, YOU KNOW, I WELCOME ANY ANYONE ELSE. IF YOU HAVE THE DATA AND PART OF THE WHY IT TOOK SO LONG IS BECAUSE WE FRANKLY WERE JUST TOLD THERE'S NO DATA.

WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF STEPPING UP AND PROVIDING US WITH THE DATA AND GETTING US REAL TIME NUMBERS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON AVERAGE AND WHAT'S

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AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TIME AND PLAN AND THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE I AND IT'S NOT DIRECTLY TO YOU, DIRECTOR KERN, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE EVER MISCONSTRUED THAT MY ENERGY IS TOWARDS ANYONE IN HERE. BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOODS JUST ALWAYS HEARD THIS. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE TAKE A HARD LOOK AND START MAKING REAL DECISIONS LIKE THIS TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, BUT GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR NICOLE GEORGE, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICES I WANT TO ECHO DIRECTOR KERN WHEN I SAY, FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS TO YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR COMING TOGETHER, BEING ORGANIZED, DOING THEIR HOMEWORK.

AND AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE 100% HEAVY NON DELIVERING HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON LOCAL ROADS IS AN ISSUE. IT IS CERTAINLY FELT IN IN LOUISVILLE. IT'S FELT ACROSS METRO IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. JUST WANT TO SAY TO ECHO DIRECTOR KERN, I THINK HAVING A LITTLE MORE TIME WOULD ONLY BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON BEING ABLE TO DELIVER SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN STAND BEHIND, AND THAT WE CAN SET HEALTHY EXPECTATIONS. I KNOW LMPD IS HERE TODAY. I THINK THERE'S A REAL QUESTION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AND A QUESTION AROUND, AGAIN, WHICH STREETS ARE IN AND WHICH STREETS ARE OUT, BECAUSE WHILE YES, CERTAINLY FELT IN OLD LOUISVILLE ALSO FELT IN MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS METRO, WELL, MY QUESTION IS SOME OF THIS IS IN EXISTING PORTIONS OF THIS IS FROM AN EXISTING ORDINANCE WHERE WHERE ARE WE ARE WITH THE EXISTING ORDINANCE. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION, BECAUSE YES, THERE ARE EXISTING STREETS IN THE ORDINANCE. I BELIEVE APPROXIMATELY 14 TO 20 MAYBE.

AND SO ONE QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THAT CURRENTLY BEING ENFORCED? IS THAT WORKING THERE? WHAT IS LMPD'S CAPACITY AND ABILITY BEFORE EXPANDING OUT TO ADDITIONAL STREETS? SO THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND ONE WE'VE NOT HAD TIME TO PREPARE. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO BE MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU AS THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED. YOU ARE OKAY WITH PASSING THOSE STREETS.

IT'S THE ADDITIONAL ONES THAT ARE ARE CAUSING, YOU KNOW, ADDING EAST OAK, WEST OAK AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES. IS THAT WHERE THE I JUST SO THERE'S AN EXISTING ORDINANCE AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT I WOULD DEFER TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON WHEN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS PASSED OR THE. WELL, MY QUESTION IS FROM THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE THAT I PUT INTO PRIME, FROM WHAT YOU SUBMITTED, FROM WHAT I SUBMITTED, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, AND I FULLY RECOGNIZE THERE'S A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED. I GUESS THE QUESTIONS I WOULD POSE TO YOU IS, AGAIN, AND REALLY A QUESTION FOR US TO WORK THROUGH, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT. I THINK HAVING A LITTLE MORE TIME COULD ONLY BE HELPFUL IN DETERMINING WHICH STREETS ARE IN VERSUS WHICH STREETS ARE OUT, AND AGAIN, WHAT REALISTIC ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WOULD WANT TO DO IS SET A STANDARD AND SUPPORT SOMETHING AND NOT FULLY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS AND WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER TO THE COMMUNITY. WE

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OBVIOUSLY. HOW CAN YOU ARGUE SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS? BUT I'M JUST MORE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND CLARIFICATION. TRUCKERS ARE NOTIFIED I'M GUESSING BY SPECIAL GPS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO AVOID THESE ROUTES. HOW DO TRUCK DRIVERS KNOW TO INTUITIVELY AVOID THESE ROUTES? ARE THEY SUBMITTED TO A GPS THAT TRUCKERS USE? AND THEN THOSE ARE REMOVED FROM THE ROUTE? I'M JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE MY OTHER QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH SIGNAGE, IS THERE EXISTING SIGNAGE ON THE ROADS THAT IDENTIFY THEM AS NOT BEING OPEN TO STAR VEHICLES CURRENTLY, AND IS THERE A PLAN TO PUT THOSE ON THERE? YOU KNOW, I THINK NO HEAVY TRUCKS WOULD PROBABLY SUFFICE BETTER THAN STAR, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING HOW DO PEOPLE WE CAN WRITE AS MUCH LEGISLATION AS WE WANT, BUT IF NOBODY KNOWS. IT. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. MY GENERAL UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE GPS UNITS AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY FOR TRUCKS THAT WOULD USE THAT.

SOME OF THE CONCERN IS THAT PEOPLE JUST WOULD, YOU KNOW, PULL UP THEIR PHONE OR OTHER DEVICE AND JUST BE USING A GOOGLE MAP THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A SINGLE PASSENGER CAR. SO THEY MAY NOT BE GETTING THAT INFORMATION. WE DO SIGN FOR NO TRUCK ROUTES. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THAT CURRENT INVENTORY, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I CAN GET TO YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE WORTH WORTH LOOKING INTO. AND THIS IS LAURA FERGUSON, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY, JUST TO DISTINGUISH. SO THERE'S A WEIGHT OF ABOVE 21,000 POUNDS, WHICH COULD INCLUDE TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT STAR VEHICLES. SO THAT'S WHY THE ORDINANCE AS ORIGINALLY FILED, MAKES A DISTINCTION BETWEEN SORT OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE REQUIREMENTS. SO THERE'S MORE FLEXIBILITY ON VEHICLES THAT ARE ABOVE A CERTAIN WEIGHT BUT NOT NECESSARILY CLASSIFIED AS STAR VEHICLES. THE ONES THAT ARE STAR VEHICLES. THE ORDINANCE WOULD THEN BE FORWARDED TO THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO SEE IF THEY AGREE THAT THEIR SPECIFIC SAFETY REASONS, IF THEY UNDER IF THEY AGREE AND INCORPORATE THAT AND ADOPT THAT, THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE STAR VEHICLES, THEY KEEP A KIND OF MASTER LIST AT THE STATE LEVEL. THAT'S PROMULGATED. SO THERE'S SORT OF TWO SEPARATE THINGS. THERE'S HOW DO YOU REGULATE THE TRUCKS AND SIGN FOR THE TRUCKS THAT ARE ABOVE THE 21,000 POUNDS THAT ARE NOT STAR? THAT'S ONE PROCESS. BUT FOR THE STAR, ASSUMING THE STATE SIGNED OFF ON THE SPECIFIC SAFETY, SPECIFIC REASONS TO EXCLUDE THOSE TRUCKS WHEN THEY'RE WITHIN ONE MILE OF A NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK LIKE I-65 OR I-64, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LIST THAT THEY KEEP IN THEIR OWN REQUIREMENTS, THAT THEY PUSH THROUGH TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. AND WHAT IS CITATION LOOK LIKE? SO IF SOMEONE A LARGE TRUCK WAS GOING DOWN THE STREET, DO THEY GET A TICKET FOR HOW MUCH? I BELIEVE THAT WE LOOKED AT IT AND RIGHT NOW IT WOULD THIS THE THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC PENALTY PROVISION FOR CHAPTER 76. SO THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE DEFAULT PROVISION IN MCO 1099 WHICH IS THE FINES NOT TO EXCEED $250. AND WOULD THAT GO TO THE DRIVER OR THE COMPANY. THAT FINED FOR DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. SAY I'M DRIVING A TRUCK FOR CISCO. DOES CISCO GET FINED OR DO I AS A DRIVER GET FINED? I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THE ENFORCEMENT, SO I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WE CAN FIND OUT BETWEEN NOW AND FULL COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPPELL, I HAVE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE. I NEED TO MOVE ON, PLEASE. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN EAGLE, ONE SECOND. I HAD COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI NEXT, IF YOU WOULD. HOLD ON, PLEASE. AND

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BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING NECESSARILY. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M FINE WITH THIS TODAY. I'M SUPPORTING IT. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT, COUNCILMAN BAKER. AND AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HELP THE COUNCIL BE MORE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE DO THIS MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE HESITANT TO SUPPORT CHANGES IN THE FUTURE UNTIL WE HAVE THAT KIND OF STRATEGY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ENGEL. YEAH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I RESPECT MY COLLEAGUE TO THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE. HE'S NOT JUST COMING UP AT THIS. STARTED YESTERDAY. AND SO I RESPECT THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE THE BAD ACTOR THOUGH I'M. AND MAYBE TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A CALL AND TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE BAD ACTOR. BUT FOLKS WE JUST WE JUST HEARD FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR. THEY'RE NOT READY. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE QUITE YET WITH THIS LEGISLATION. I DON'T THINK I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT LOOKING TO MOVE THIS THING OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY, WITH HOPES THAT WE'RE GOING TO START ADDING STREETS AND DOING THAT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, THE CISCOS OF THE WORLD, THE UPS'S OF THE WORLD, TRUCKS THAT ACCIDENTALLY NEED TO GET OFF ON I 65 AT SAINT CATHERINE'S BY BY BY HAPPEN CHANCE. WEATHER'S TERRIBLE, ETC. THERE'S A LOT GOING WRONG. THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES FLOATING AROUND IN THIS LEGISLATION THAT I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME COULD HELP. AND SO I IN AT WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD MOTION TO TABLE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS THING IN THE FUTURE AND GET THIS THING RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING THIS, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE THAT OPPOSE. WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. VOTING IS OPEN. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINSON. VOTING IS CLOSING. THE EYES HAVE IT. IT WILL BE TABLED. WESTERN. OUR TASK ONE. YOU DON'T LIVE THERE. FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN SEVEN YEARS. NICE WORK. PRESERVATION DISTRICT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE BECAUSE VOTING FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF CONTRACTING TOURISM. YOU HEAR ABOUT HOTELS YOU CARE ABOUT HOUSING, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE PAY TAXES. YOU WANT THE CANCER RATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE SCARS OF LIVING ON IT? OUR LAST PIECE OF BUSINESS TODAY IS A DISCUSSION WITH THE OFFICE OF SAFE AND HEALTHY

[1. ID 24-0730     LOVE YOUR BLOCK GRANT – Paul Callanan, OSHN]

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AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE FUNDING TO FUND THAT IDEA, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, AND WE CAME ACROSS AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES TO GO AFTER GRANT TO FUND THAT IDEA. WE APPLIED FOR THAT AND WE WERE SUCCESSFULLY AWARDED THAT GRANT.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE PROGRAM MANAGER JOE NEWLAND, WHO IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER OVER OUR REIMAGINE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION. I WANT TO COMMEND HIM FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBER ACCEPTING THAT THAT SOLUTION IS SOUND, AND ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND FINDING FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT. AND I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT ITSELF AND WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU PAUL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, FOR LETTING ME SHARE ABOUT THE LOVE YOUR BLOCK ALLEY ACTIVATIONS PROJECT TODAY. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JEREMY EVANS, ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, COUNCILMAN PURVIS, WHO DID REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE. ALTHOUGH WE HADN'T MET HIM PREVIOUSLY, HE FELT COMFORTABLE SHARING HIS NOVEL IDEA AND HIS IDEA WAS ALL ABOUT TAKING SOME OF THE MOST OVERLOOKED SPOTS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MAYBE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS BIGGER WEAKNESSES, AND TURNING IT INTO AN ASSET. AND HIS IDEA, HE CALLED IT ALLEY ACTIVATIONS WAS TO FOCUS CITY SERVICES IN ALLEYS AT THE BLOCK LEVEL. WORK WITH RESIDENTS ON THAT BLOCK TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE CITY SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND WORK WITH THEM TO ACTIVATE, OVERLOOKED AND OFTEN AVOIDED AREAS IN THE SHAWNEE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO HE GAVE US PERMISSION, OF COURSE, LIKE MY DIRECTOR PAUL MENTIONED THAT TO GO AFTER SOME PRIVATE FUNDING AND WE DID RECEIVE THE LOVE YOUR BLOCK GRANT, WHICH WAS AWARDED TO 16 CITIES. IT'S AWARDED EVERY TWO YEARS. AND SO WE DID RECEIVE THAT, THAT $100,000 GRANT, $50,000 A YEAR TO DO THAT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH SOME WONDERFUL METRO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEIR WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP AND DIRECTOR KERN'S LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS PETE FLOOD, ROB BLUSH AND SHANNON LOGAN ARE IN THE ROOM AS WELL.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING WITH RESIDENTS. THEY KNOW THE AMAZING SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING ON A RECURRING BASIS, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THEY CAN SCHEDULE.

WE'RE PARTNERING WITH BLOCK CAPTAINS FROM EACH BLOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING TRAINED ON HOW TO SUSTAIN THOSE EFFORTS BECAUSE THEY LIVE THERE, THEY'VE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

THEIR COMMUNITY ANCHORS, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK IN 18 PRIORITY SERVICE BLOCKS OVER 18 MONTHS. I MENTIONED SOME OF THE PRIORITY SERVICE OR SOME OF THE SERVICES WILL OFFER INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, CUTTING BACK OVERGROWTH, REMOVING BULK TRASH, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, PLANTING TREES, GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. WE'LL BE DOING SOME VIOLENCE PREVENTION TRAININGS. WE'RE PASSING OUT GUN LOCKS. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH RESIDENTS TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT ON THEIR BLOCK. IN THE COLDER MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVATING VACANT LOTS, AND IN THE WARMER MONTHS, ONE OF THE MOST NOVEL IDEAS IS WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE CALLING ALLEY MARKETS. WE'RE GOING TO ASK RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO SET UP TABLES AT THE EDGE OF THEIR OWN BACKYARDS, AS WELL AS LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, TO SET UP TABLES AND DO BY LOCAL VENDOR FAIRS, WHERE RESIDENTS CAN WALK DOWN THEIR OWN ALLEYS AS IF IT WAS A MARKET AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CONSTITUENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS IDEAS, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS REALLY FUN. AND IT WAS THE THING THAT STOOD OUT THAT HELPED US GET THAT GRANT FROM FROM YOUR BLOCK. BUT THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS INCREASING SOCIAL COHESION AND CREATING SPACES THAT ARE UNDERUSED, THAT ARE CLEAN AND SAFE, AND SPACES FOR CONNECTION. SO THIS PROGRAM IS ALREADY IN PROCESS. WE HOW MANY HOW MANY ALLEYS HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED THAT WILL BE SERVICED AND CLEANED? WE ARE GOING TO WORK IN 18 ALLEYS OVER 18 MONTHS. AND SO WE'VE LOOKED AT SHOTSPOTTER, HOMICIDES, SHOOTINGS AND 311 COMPLAINTS

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