[Call to Order]
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          FOR Y'ALL FOR ATTENDING TODAY. TODAY IS EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSE HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS STUART BENSON. I'M A VICE CHAIR, BUT I'M CHAIR TODAY BECAUSE BARBARA SHANKLIN HAD SHE'S OFF. SHE HAD SURGERY AND SO TODAY WITH US WE HAVE. WE GO. 
          [Roll Call]
WELL, BEN. BEN, YOU'RE NOT ON THIS COMMITTEE. OKAY. GOT. IS TAMMY HERE? SHE'S UP THERE. IS SHE UP THERE? OKAY. TAMMY HAWKINS. JECOREY. ARTHUR. ANDRE. OWENS, DAN. SYMES, MARILYN PARKER AND BETSY. RUDY. AND SO TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO FOOD COUNCIL IN A MINUTE. I'LL READ. THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE. A READ IN FULL. ITEM TWO A RESOLUTION URGING MAYOR GREENBERG TO DECLARE VETERANS DAY A METRO HOLIDAY. READ IN FULL MOTION. 
          SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. HERE FOR DISCUSSION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN. YOU ALL RAISE YOUR HAND IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ON THIS. I'M. I'M IN FAVOR OF PERSONALLY, BUT I'M NOT A VETERAN. BUT I'M APPRECIATIVE OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PROTECT US. AND SO TO HAVE A DAY THAT WE COUNT AS A HOLIDAY AT ONE TIME, I THINK WE DID. AND SOMETHING HAPPENED, I GUESS, IN MERGER OR WHATEVER. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? OH. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE. 
          THANKS TO COREY. IT'S UP TO YOU. I DON'T SEE THE SPONSOR, BUT I'M WONDERING IF SOMEBODY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT FISCAL IMPACT, IF ANY. COUNCILMAN PHILIP BAKER. THIS IS THE CLERK I'M CALLING COUNCILMAN BAKER TO SEE IF HE'S JOINING THE MEETING. WAS THAT SONYA? SONYA. 
          YES, SIR. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO WANT TO TABLE THIS OR DO WE WANT TO VOTE ON THIS? I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WOULD BE A IF WE DISAGREE, WE CAN. WE DO, WE DO IT OUT OF THE COMMITTEE. IT WILL DIE. OKAY. I'LL GO SOMETHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA AND COME BACK. WE CAN WITHDRAW THE MOTION, I THINK, AND I WILL WITHDRAW MY MOTION. YEAH. I THINK WE CAN WITHDRAW THE MOTION AND FROM THE CONSENSUS. YES LETS SONYA HART WITH THE CLERK, AND TONY HARDIN IS ON HIS WAY RIGHT THIS MOMENT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO SORRY. OKAY. WE TABLE THIS FOR A MINUTE, THEN GO TO NUMBER THREE. ABSOLUTELY, SIR. OKAY, LET'S TABLE THIS MOTION. MOTION TO TABLE. AND ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T WE JUST WAIT SINCE IT'S NOT REALLY BEEN DISCUSSED. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST WITHDRAW THE MOTION AND WE'LL BE FINE. OKAY. MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MISTER NUMBER THREE, THEN. THANKS. ITEM THREE A RESOLUTION HONORING OLD WALNUT STREET BY DEDICATING THE 
          [3.
 R-145-24     A RESOLUTION HONORING OLD WALNUT STREET BY DEDICATING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 13TH STREET AND MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD AS “OLD WALNUT WAY” IN ITS HONOR.
Action Required By: May 21, 2025
Sponsors: Jecorey Arthur (D-4) ]
NORTHWEST CORNER OF 13TH STREET AND MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD AS OLD WALNUT WAY IN ITS HONOR. 
          READ IN FULL. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE. WHO HAVE TO SPEAK ON THIS? ANYBODY? I SPONSORED THIS SO I CAN SPEAK TO IT. THANKS. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SECRET THAT I DESPISE HONORARY STREET SIGNS, BUT WE SPONSORED THIS ONE. I THINK THERE'S A DEEP, RICH CULTURAL ARTS HISTORY WITHIN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. WHEN I THINK OF THE HIGHLANDS, I OFTEN THINK OF THE VENUES ON BARDSTOWN ROAD. 
          IF YOU THINK OF DOWNTOWN, YOU MIGHT THINK OF FOURTH STREET LIVE. WELL, DECADES AGO, LOUISVILLE HAD ITS OWN HARLEM ON WALNUT STREET, WHICH IS NOW MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD. SO NINTH STREET IS BEING REDESIGNED. THERE'S A PARK COMING AT 13TH AND MUHAMMAD ALI TO HONOR WALNUT STREET. AND THIS SIGN IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO HONOR THAT HISTORY AND HOPEFULLY BRING IT BACK. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. SOUNDS GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? SO WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          THAT'S THE RESOLUTION. WE HAVE A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. THIS GOES TO CONSENT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. LET'S GO BACK TO NUMBER TWO. DO WE NEED TO READ IT AGAIN? YEAH. 
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 R-138-24     A RESOLUTION URGING MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG TO DECLARE VETERANS DAY A METRO HOLIDAY.
Action Required By: May 21, 2025
Sponsors: Phillip T. Baker (D-6) ]
OKAY. A RESOLUTION URGING MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG TO DECLARE VETERANS DAY A METRO HOLIDAY. 
          READ IN FULL. SECOND. THIRD. MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. TONY. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN TONY HARDEN, 
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LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT TO COUNCILMAN BAKER. SO WHEN WE REALIZED THIS YEAR AND WE DID JUST REALIZE THIS YEAR THAT VETERANS DAY IS NOT A METRO HOLIDAY. COUNCILMAN BAKER DECIDED THAT HE DID WANT TO GIVE THAT BENEFIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE SERVED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND OF COURSE, EQUATE THIS HOLIDAY WITH WHAT IS ALREADY A STATE AND FEDERAL HOLIDAY. WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THIS AS WELL. AND THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THEIR LOGISTICS TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO. APPARENTLY, AT ONE POINT THEY REALIZED THIS AS WELL, THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. BUT THEY HAD NOT YET FIGURED OUT EXACTLY WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. SO WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS. SOUNDS GOOD. ANYBODY HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS? OKAY, ZACHARY, EARLIER, BEFORE YOU CAME, I ASKED IF ANYONE KNOWS OF THE FISCAL IMPACT, IF ANY. HAVE THEY FIGURED THAT OUT YET? THEY HAVEN'T YET. SO WHAT HAPPENED AT ONE POINT? APPARENTLY. OH. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED AT ONE POINT, APPARENTLY. WAS THAT THE HR DEPARTMENT DECLARED THE TWO MOBILE HOLIDAYS THAT EVERY METRO EMPLOYEE GETS WHERE THEY CAN APPLY THEM WHEREVER THEY WANT T. AND THEY DECIDED THAT THAT WAS ENOUGH. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO EQUATE WHETHER THEY WOULD TAKE AWAY ONE OF THOSE, OR WHETHER THEY COULD JUST MAKE THIS AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY. YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT IT FROM A OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          COUNCILMAN BAKER, WE DISCUSSED THIS, OF COURSE, AND WE DIDN'T SEE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. THE IMPACT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY, WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT PAY OVERTIME IF THEY WERE TO SERVE THINGS LIKE POLICE, SOLID WASTE, THINGS OF THAT SORT. YES, SIR. SO IT'S SUPPORTED AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE HERE SUPPORT IT. I JUST DON'T WANT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF REMOVING A HOLIDAY THAT OUR EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY GET IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS. AND MAYBE THIS IS THE HOLIDAY THEY HAD ALREADY USED, BUT WE WOULDN'T KNOW WITHOUT THAT DATA FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION SOON, MAYBE EVEN BEFORE NEXT THURSDAY AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. IF I MAY FOLLOW UP. SO THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE HERE OR THE RESOLUTION. WE DID NOT WANT TO FORCE THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO THIS. WHEN WE SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, THEY WERE OF THE OPINION THAT DECLARING WHAT HOLIDAYS ARE FOR EMPLOYEES IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACT BY STATE LAW. 
          SO WE WANTED TO URGE THIS AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION AND ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT TONY SAID, THAT'S ACCURATE. IT FALLS WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH POWER BECAUSE IT FALLS WITHIN THE POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO SUPERVISE, ADMINISTER OR CONTROL. AGENCIES OF METRO GOVERNMENT UNDER 67 C SO AS PART OF THAT, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AND PROBABLY SHOULD TO DECIDE WHAT HOLIDAYS THEY'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE, WHAT ARE GOING TO BE PAID HOLIDAYS, NOT PAID HOLIDAYS, BECAUSE UNION CONTRACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ALSO HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY'RE FIGURING THOSE THINGS OUT. SO AFTER TALKING WITH TONY, THE LANGUAGE HERE AS WRITTEN THIS AS PASSED WOULD HAVE NO FISCAL IMPACT BECAUSE IT URGES THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER DOING THIS. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THOSE STEPS. IT'S JUST A WAY, I GUESS, TO JUST SHOW THE MAYOR THAT WE'RE FOR OR AGAINST IT. AND, YOU KNOW, ON OUR VOTE FOR FOLLOW UP CHAIR, I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE DO ADD THE HOLIDAY, THERE WILL BE A FISCAL IMPACT, CORRECT? I WOULD ASSUME SO, YES. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. AND WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD TAKE A HOLIDAY AWAY FROM OUR EMPLOYEES. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ADDING A THIRD HOLIDAY, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN GENERAL. AGAIN, REFERRING BACK TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AS TO WHAT HOLIDAYS ARE DECLARED FOR EMPLOYEES IN DOING THIS. 
          COUNCILMAN BAKER WANTED TO AGAIN RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE SOMETHING THAT IS CONSIDERED, AND ALSO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE SERVED RIGH. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE VOTE THIS RESOLUTION? EVERYBODY IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NO. 
          OPPOSED. THANK THANKS TONY. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE. WHAT DID YOU SAY? OH, YES. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. YEAH. A RESOLUTION BEING HELD A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE 
          [4.
 R-149-24     A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES, APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS CONCERNING HIV TESTING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED KITS – (ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION – $87,759.00).
Action Required By: May 21, 2025
Sponsors: Markus Winkler (D-17) ]
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CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NON-COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS CONCERNING HIV TESTING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED KITS. ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION, $87,759. READ IN FULL MOTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DOCTOR LESLIE WOLFE, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS LABORATORY, WHO IS USING THIS EQUIPMENT. AND WE HAD THIS SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT APPROVE OR NON-COMPETE CONTRACT APPROVED LAST YEAR. AND SO TO CONTINUE WITH OUR GOAL OF OFFERING HIV TESTING TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, OUR HIGH RISK POPULATIONS. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS MAKE SURE THIS TESTING IS AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A FASTER TURNAROUND TIME, SO THAT ANYONE WHO IS DETERMINED TO HAVE HIV CAN BE LINKED TO CARE MORE QUICKLY. SOUNDS GREAT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS? I THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY. THIS IS ANOTHER RESOLUTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? GOOD. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. WELL WE'LL GO. WE'RE GOING BACK TO NUMBER ONE. AND THEN RENO WEBER IS GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION BEFORE WE GET STARTED. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR GUESTS, BOTH FROM THE FOOD AND NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING GROUP THAT HAS BEEN PHENOMENALLY ACTIVE. AND ALSO WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TODAY FROM SENECA HIGH SCHOOL FROM THEIR ACADEMIES PROGRAMS. SO WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE PART OF THIS. AND ALSO PARTICULARLY FOR THE GROUP THAT IS GOING TO PRESENT OR ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE TIME THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO ARTICULATING A VISION FOR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY COULD BE IF WE WERE TO MAKE THE KINDS OF CHANGES AND INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO HAVE A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE FOOD ECOSYSTEM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I ALSO AM HAPPY TO READ INTO THE RECORD A PROCLAMATION FROM CRAIG GREENBURG, MAYOR. GREETINGS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. KNOW YE THAT DECEMBER 4TH, 2024 IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, TO BE FOOD VISION 2030 DAY, AND I URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU Y'ALL. SHOULD WE READ THIS? IT'S PRETTY MUCH WAS ALREADY STATED. I GUESS THE GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL AND FOOD VISION. 
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 ID 24-0617     THE GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL AND FOOD VISION 2030: Andrew Kang Bartlett – Greater Louisville Food Council and Food In Neighborhoods Community Coalition]
ANDREA ANDREW, KAREN BARLOW BARTLETT. WHO IS THAT? YEAH. THAT'S ME. OKAY, THANKS. SO YOU ALL HAVE THE FLOOR. THANKS. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS TAYLOR RYAN. I AM HERE IN THE MULTIFACETED PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE LOTS OF HATS ON TODAY, BUT TODAY I AM WEARING THE BIGGEST HAT. AS THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL. 
          IF I COULD, AM I WRONG OR DID SOMEBODY CLICK THIS FOR ME? I CAN'T. OKAY, SO AGAIN, I'M ALSO WITH CHANGE TODAY. CHANGE TOMORROW. I'M ALSO WITH FOOD AND NEIGHBORHOOD STEERING COMMITTEE, AND I AM A SINGLE PARENT IN THE WEST END. SO FOOD IN NEIGHBORHOODS IS ALSO KNOWN AS FINN. IT'S A COALITION OF FOLKS THAT ARE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT OUR LOCAL FOOD ESCAPE. THESE ARE CONSUMERS. THESE ARE GROWERS. THESE ARE EATERS. THESE ARE ALL FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING WITHIN SOME TYPE OF FOOD SYSTEM, WITHIN THE LOCAL. THE LOUISVILLE FOOD SCAPE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A NONPROFIT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AT THE TABLE. WE RECEIVED A LARGE GRANT RECENTLY IN 22 2022 THAT WOULD HELP US COLLABORATE AND PUSH OUR WORK FORWARD IN A MORE INTENTIONAL WAY. AND SO THE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM PARTNERSHIPS GRANT AGAIN, WAS IN 2022, AND WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF 2024. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THE WORK. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FOOD AND NEIGHBORHOODS. HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WAY BEYOND THE TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN AS A STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HONORING ALL THE WORK THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK BEYOND WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AS A STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER. BUT LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRANT, BECAUSE THIS WAS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY FLIP THE POWER STRUCTURE, TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER WHO WERE CONCERNED AND TO BE PAID AS EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS, EXPERTS IN THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND OVERALL BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE FELLOWSHIP AND HOW WE MOVE 
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WORK FORWARD. IT WAS A WAY FOR US TO BUILD TRUST WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL. AND SO THE GRANT ALLOWED US TO DO SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS, WHICH I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. IT WASN'T JUST LIKE, WE GOT SOME MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME VIRTUAL MEETINGS. NO, WE WERE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MEETING IN PERSON. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE COORDINATING WERE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHERE THEY PURCHASED FOOD FROM, AND HOW WE WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE SPACE AND REALLY BUILD TRUST INSTEAD OF JUST COMING TOGETHER TO GO THROUGH AN AGENDA. AND SO WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO CONVENE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE. WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER DIFFERENT DATA THAT HELPED US CREATE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER AS THE FOOD VISION 2030. WE DID THIS BY A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS. WE DID FOCUS GROUPS, AND WE WERE REALLY HEAVY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. FROM THIS, WE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. THAT CAME FROM A LOT OF GROUNDWORK THROUGH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND REALLY BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO PIECE THIS TOGETHER. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY, EXCITED TO BE AS A PART OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL, TO SHOW THAT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND THE INTENTIONALITY BEHIND WHO IS REALLY IN THE SPACE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT MAKES SENSE. AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO HOST TWO DIFFERENT SUMMITS. WE HOSTED THE PEOPLE'S SUMMIT LAST YEAR. WE ALSO HOSTED THE PEOPLE'S SUMMIT THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO IT WAS A GATHERING AGAIN OF PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND OUR FOOD SCAPE. IT'S A REGIONAL GATHERING OF FOLKS WHO COME IN TOGETHER WHO REALLY WANT TO SEE A CHANGE IN OUR LOCAL FOOD WORLD, AND THEN ALSO TO HEAR FROM EACH OTHER AS EXPERTS IN OUR OWN FIELD. JUST KIDDING. SO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL IS THE BACKBONE OF THE FOOD VISION 2030. OUR MISSION IS LED. OUR MISSION IS TO LEAD THIS WORK BY CREATING AN EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM IN OUR CITY, NOT JUST THE WEST END, BUT OUR ENTIRE CITY. EVERYONE EATS FOOD. 
          EVERYONE. SO WE ALSO CENTER EQUITY IN OUR EFFORTS, OUR EQUITY STATEMENT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO DISMANTLING WHITE SUPREMACY IN THE FOOD SYSTEM AND PRIORITIZING POLICIES AND PROJECTS THAT UPLIFT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. SO JUST TO SHOW YOU ALL LIKE THIS BROAD SCAPE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL, IF YOU ARE ON THE COUNCIL AND YOU ARE IN THE SPACE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU COULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I DO WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME HIGHLIGHTING SOME FOLKS JUST SO YOU ALL CAN SEE HOW THE FOOD SCAPE IS INTERWEAVED AND INTERLOCKED, AND HOW WE ARE ALREADY WORKING AND COLLABORATING WITH EACH OTHER AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AMIR AMIR IS IN THE SPACE. AMIR WORKS AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES. AMIR IS REALLY INVOLVED WITH LOCAL REFUGEES, BUT AMIR AND HIS FAMILY IS ALSO REALLY RESOURCEFUL AND I CAN'T THINK OF A TIME THAT I WAS IN A FOOD SPACE WHERE AMIR WASN'T IN. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT MISTER JUAN. MISTER JUAN IS ALSO BEHIND ME. HE IS ON THE CHANGE TODAY. 
          CHANGE TOMORROW BOARD. HE IS ON THE GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL. HE IS ON THE BOARD OF NEW ROOTS AND ALSO IS JUST A BIG ADVOCATE FOR BEING IN COMMUNITY SPACES. AND SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW EVERYBODY IS ALREADY CURRENTLY WORKING TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ALL REPRESENTING ONE DIFFERENT OR ONE ORGANIZATION. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ZURI, WHO MAY NOT BE HERE BUT IS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT SPACES. ZURI IS IN THE BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH SPACES, FOOD SPACES, BLACK POLITICAL POWER SPACES AND JUST WANT TO SHARE. LIKE THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE IS AT THE TABLE. WE ARE ALL COMING FROM DIFFERENT SPACE, BUT WE ARE ALL HERE TO REALLY MOVE OUR FOOD SCAPE FORWARD. AND SO OUR WORKING GROUPS, OUR WORKING GROUPS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AGAIN. IT WAS FUNDED BY THE GRANT, BUT NOW WE ARE MOVING OUR WORKING GROUPS DIRECTLY WITHIN THE GREATER LITTLE FOOD COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE ALREADY DONE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TWO YEARS. SO WE FOCUS ON FOOD ACCESS, FOOD SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THE WORKING GROUP THAT I'M IN OBVIOUSLY. WE ALSO HAVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, LAND POLICY, LAND AND FOOD POLICY, AND THIS PICTURE HERE IN PARTICULAR IS FROM THIS YEAR'S PEOPLE SUMMIT. THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF SO MANY HEAVY HITTERS AND DECISION MAKERS AND LOCAL GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST AT THE TABLE TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY EATS. SO THE FOOD VISION 2030, IF YOU COULD PULL OUT YOUR PHONE, SCAN THE QR CODE SO YOU CAN READ THE DOCUMENT IN FULL. I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO NOT ONLY VIEW IT IN THIS CAPACITY AS 
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YOUR ROLE IN LOUISVILLE METRO, BUT ALSO TAKE IT HOME, TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY, TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR PEERS. WE WE'RE GOING TO NEED EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY. AND THAT'S HOW EVERYBODY TRULY EATS. WE FOCUS ON I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF. BUT WE FOCUS ON HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD FOR ALL A JUST, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWITCH? SURE. OKAY. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ZOHA MIAN. I'M A FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE GREATER LOUISVILLE FOOD COUNCIL. I GREW UP IN LOUISVILLE. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD. FOOD IS MEDICINE. HEALTH IS WEALTH. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME. OH, SORRY. TALKING ABOUT OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND KIND OF SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE. SO JUST BRIEFLY, BY 2030 LOUISVILLE'S EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT FOOD ECONOMY SUPPORTS FARMERS AND FOOD WORKERS WHILE ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO HEALTHY AND DELICIOUS FOOD. EMPHASIS ON DELICIOUS OUR FOOD VISION 2030 MAPS. THE STRATEGIES AND ORGANIZING EFFORTS NECESSARY TO CREATE A TRULY GOOD FOOD CITY AND FOOD SYSTEM. SO I WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT OUR MAIN VISIONS AND GOALS FOR FOOD VISION 2030. THE FIRST ONE BEING HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD FOR ALL. ACCESS TO FRESH, NUTRITIOUS FOODS SUCH AS VEGETABLES, FRUITS, LEAN PROTEINS AND WHOLE GRAINS IS ESSENTIAL FOR THRIVING COMMUNITIES. LOCALLY PRODUCED FOOD ENSURES CONSISTENCY AND AVAILABILITY. OUR SECOND VISION IS A JUST, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD ECONOMY. COMMUNITIES THRIVE WHEN THEY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. BUILDING A LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM WITH ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE ENSURES FOOD IS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. AND THEN LASTLY, VISION THREE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. CLEAN SOIL, AIR AND WATER ARE VITAL FOR PRODUCING SAFE, HEALTHY FOOD, WHICH IN TURN SUPPORTS HEALTHY PEOPLE. CREATING TOXIN FREE ENVIRONMENTS IS CRUCIAL, PARTICULARLY FOR COMMUNITIES FACING FOOD APARTHEID. SO WE ALL HAVE A ROLE IN BRINGING THIS VISION TO LIFE. 
          SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDE COMMUNITY LED PARTNERS AND ACTIONS. YOU GUYS LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT. WHICH INCLUDES INITIATIVES AND POLICIES AND STATE LEVEL PARTNERSHIPS AND POLICIES. I WANT TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON MAJOR VISIONS AND ITS GOALS. GOAL ONE WOULD BE TO STRENGTHEN SYSTEMS TO GET HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD TO HUNGRY PEOPLE, AND GOAL TWO WOULD BE TO ENSURE ACCESS TO FRESH LOCAL FOOD IN WAYS THAT ESPECIALLY BENEFITS PRODUCERS AND EATERS OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS. SOME EXAMPLES FOR GOAL TWO WOULD BE TO INCENTIVIZE RESTAURANTS TO DONATE SURPLUS FOOD BY CREATING A SUBSTANTIAL LOCAL TAX CREDIT FOR DONATIONS. OR AN EXAMPLE FOR GOAL ONE WOULD INCLUDE INCLUDE PASSING ZONING RESTRICTIONS TO LIMIT DOLLAR STORES OR TOBACCO STORES IN PLACE OF GROCERY STORES. GOAL ONE FOR A JUST, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD ECONOMY WOULD BE SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT AND LOCALLY OWNED FOOD BUSINESSES IN A HISTORICALLY REDLINED NEIGHBORHOODS. GOAL TWO WOULD BE TO IMPROVE PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WORKING WITHIN THE FOOD SYSTEM. GOAL THREE WOULD BE TO STRENGTHEN URBAN AND REGIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND LASTLY, GOAL FOUR WOULD BE TO USE FOOD SYSTEMS PLANNING TO BUILD RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE AND OTHER EMERGENCIES. AN EXAMPLE OF GOAL THREE COULD BE PASSING A GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY LIKE CINCINNATI HAS FOR JC SCHOOLS AND LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. OUR GOALS INCLUDE REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGH FOOD REUSE AND RECYCLING, INCORPORATING FARMING INTO PLANS THAT MAKE THE CITY COOLER AND REDUCE FLOODING, AND REDUCING EXPOSURE TO TOXINS FROM AIR, SOIL AND WATER THROUGH FOOD SYSTEM CHANGE. AN EXAMPLE FOR GOAL ONE WOULD BE PASSING POLICY REQUIRING THAT ALL LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND EVENT SPACES HAVE A FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT INCLUDES COMPOSTING. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR QR CODE HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US. I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SCAN THIS QR CODE AND READ MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT FOOD, VISION 2030 AND OUR GOALS AND IDEAS. I JUST WANT TO END WITH THIS PICTURE FROM THE PEOPLE'S SUMMIT ON FOOD SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A TWO WEEKEND EVENT WITH TWO DAYS IN AUGUST BEING TOURS OF LOCAL FOOD JUSTICE INITIATIVES AND AGRICULTURAL WORK BRIGADES, AND THEN A DAY IN SEPTEMBER WHERE THERE WAS A FULL DAY OF WORKSHOPS AND SPACES FOR 
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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TOPICS RANGING FROM STRATEGIES TO SECURING LAND, YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND THE RIGHT TO FOOD. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE EACH OTHER'S BEST HELPERS. NO ONE CAN HELP OR SAVE US, BUT EACH OTHER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK HERE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO CORI? THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU ALL THE WHOLE CITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED HERE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHERE ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN YOUR COUNCIL WORK. 
          WE DO HAVE TWO METRO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON OUR CURRENT COUNCIL. THAT IS THE CURRENT LIMIT. I THOUGHT I SAW JAY LUCKETT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SAME JAY FROM PLANNING. OKAY. YES. I JUST WANTED TO SEE. I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE NECESSARY, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME STATE ACTION INVOLVED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ALREADY PRESENTED TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF THE POLICY THAT WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE FOOD WISE, THE STATE HAS TO REALLY BE INVOLVED WITH IT. SO IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WHAT WOULD YOU ALL SAY IS YOUR TOP LOCAL POLICY THAT YOU ALL WANT TO WANT TO IMPLEMENT HERE IN LOUISVILLE, THAT METRO GOVERNMENT CAN CONTROL? I WOULD SAY HIGHLIGHTING THE EXAMPLE THAT WE MADE IN REGARDS TO THE REUSE, ESPECIALLY COMPOSTING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. YOU CAN START THERE AND REALLY SCALE. YEAH, I THINK THE ZONING RESTRICTIONS ONE WOULD ALSO BE REALLY IMPACTFUL AS WELL. THE COUNCIL IS VERY NEW. WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED WHICH NUMBER ONE POLICY UNDERSTOOD. AND THEN THIS LAST QUESTION I SIGNED UP TO BE IN ONE OF THE WORKING GROUPS. I THINK IS THE POLICY WORKING GROUP. BUT THE FORM MENTIONED A MEETING IN OCTOBER. ARE THOSE WORKING GROUPS STILL MEETING? PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. BETSY. ME ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN ARTHUR SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. THIS IS A VERY DAUNTING TASK, BRINGING FOOD INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE UNDERSERVED BY IT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A PUBLIC ORCHARD, I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THAT AND HOW MUCH COMMUNITY BUILDING IS IN THERE. HAS THERE BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION ON HOW TO HAVE A LARGER ORGANIZATION TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO COMMUNITY GARDENS AND HELP KEEP THOSE THINGS MOVING? IN A SENSE, I WOULD SAY NOT NECESSARILY A LARGER ORGANIZATION. WHEN YOU SAY LARGER, CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? I'M JUST KIND OF PICTURING AN OVERARCHING GROUP THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE. I KNOW CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE RUN ACROSS ARE FIRST, THE ONES ABOUT OUR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AND GETTING INFORMATION I NEED FROM THEM AND GETTING THE FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S WATER IN THERE, WHICH IS REQUIRED, AND OBSTACLES LIKE THAT THAT COME OUT. I WOULD SAY WE'RE CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO FEED LOUISVILLE AS OUR FISCAL SPONSOR. SO HAVE YOU TALKED HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT ANY SORT OF ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE WITH THOSE ISSUES? SO CHANGE TODAY, CHANGE TOMORROW IS DOING A LOT AROUND HELPING PEOPLE WITH THOSE ISSUES. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ORGANIZING. WE'RE DOING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MEETINGS IN DIRECT WEST END NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE BUYING LAND AND I DON'T WANT TO TOOT THE HORN, TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT. GO FOR IT. LOTS OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING. WHO'S DOING THE WORK TOMORROW? WE'VE APPLIED FOR ABOUT $25 MILLION THIS YEAR, SO HOPING TO REALLY ADVANCE OUR MISSION OF OWNING LAND AND CULTIVATING SPACE WITH PEOPLE AND FLIPPING THE POWER STRUCTURE AND SCALING COMPOSTING. OKAY, WELL, I KNOW THAT I CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING LARGE SCALE COMPOSTING. SO YES, THERE WAS A WHOLE CONFERENCE ON THAT ON U OF L A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. YEAH. SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANDREW, FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE, IS THERE ONE TOP PRIORITY THAT WOULD HELP THAT WE COULD DO THAT WE COULD CHANGE AT THE LEVEL OF ZONING RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD HELP YOU GUYS, THAT YOU COULD POINT TO? YEAH, I THINK THE ISSUE WITH THE ZONING IS THAT WE DON'T ENTIRELY KNOW WHAT WHERE THE MAIN ISSUE LIES. 
          SO I WANT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE. LOUISVILLE IN OHIO ACTUALLY PASSED A ZONING RESTRICTION LAW WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ZONING, RESTRICTION OF NEW BUILDINGS THAT WERE UNDER LIKE A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT PERTAINED TO LIKE DOLLAR STORES, TOBACCO 
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STORES, LIQUOR STORES. AND THEY WERE GOING TO DO A STUDY OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS TO SEE HOW THAT IMPACTED THEIR COMMUNITY. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW ENTIRELY THAT'S IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY HERE. YOU KNOW, I COULD SIT HERE AND SAY, OH, I THINK THIS SPECIFIC STRUCTURE, THIS SPECIFIC BUSINESS IS WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM. BUT UNTIL WE HAVE A MORE FORMAL STUDY, I DON'T REALLY KNOW ENTIRELY LIKE WHAT THE TOP PRIORITY WOULD BE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE DATA ON THE TOPIC BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT. WE ALSO, TAMMY HAWKINS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY HI, TAYLOR. HOW ARE YOU? BEFORE I GOT ON METRO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, I DID A LOT OF WORK WITH CHANGE TODAY. CHANGE TOMORROW. THAT WAS BACK IN 2019. AND WHEN I SAY THAT THIS GROUP DOES AND REACHES A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S NOT JUST IN THE WEST END. WE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO COME FROM ALL OVER THE CITY DURING COVID. SO I WANT TO SAY THIS GROUP DOES EXCEPTIONALLY GREAT WORK. EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT IN HANDS REACH OF HER ANYMORE AND I DON'T DO THAT WORK ANYMORE. I DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH TAMMY. THANK YOU. TAMMY. DAN TIMES. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR. WHAT AREAS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ARE YOUR MAIN FOCUS? COULD YOU DO YOU HAVE A MAIN FOCUS AREA? SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR. SO IT WOULD BE THE WEST END, THE SOUTH END. BUT THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO GET EVERYBODY IN LOUISVILLE INVOLVED. WHAT WHAT WHERE DOES FAIRDALE FACTOR INTO THIS? HAS FAIRDALE SOUTH OF THE GENE SNYDER FACTOR INTO ANY OF THE PLANS YOU HAVE ALL OF LOUISVILLE FACTORS INTO THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE AT AT THE POINT THAT WE ARE GOING IN THIS WORLD, IF WE DON'T ALL GET ACTIVE, WE WILL NOT EAT. SO ALL THE ENTIRE CITY OF LOUISVILLE IS THE PRIORITY. THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE A PROBLEM HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I READ IN WHAT YOU ALL SAID, THAT THE FOOD SYSTEMS ARE ROOTED IN THE WHITE SUPREMACY AND MUST BE TRANSFORMED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I CAN GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE. OKAY. TWO YEARS AGO, I WENT TO THE HUNGER AND KENTUCKY SUMMIT, AND IT WAS IN LEXINGTON, AND THERE WERE OVER 100 PEOPLE THERE. AND THEY WERE ALL DECISION MAKERS FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE IN ALL THE CITIES IN KENTUCKY. YOU HAVE THE USDA THERE WITH THEIR SNAP, THEIR THE DEPARTMENT OF AG. YOU'VE GOT FEED LOUISVILLE. I MEAN FEED FEEDING AMERICA. THERE SO MANY PEOPLE THEY WERE ALL WHITE. 
          THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND OF THOSE EIGHT PEOPLE OF COLOR, THERE WERE ONLY TWO BLACK PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. WE WERE MAKING DECISIONS FOR PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED. AND THOSE MOST IMPACTED PEOPLE WERE NOT IN THE ROOM. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BE THE ONE PERSON IN THE ROOM SAYING, THESE ARE ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE, BUT NO ONE EXPERIENCES THOSE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING A JOB. ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE'VE HOSTED THE PEOPLE'S SUMMIT AND CHANGE TODAY. CHANGE TOMORROW IN PARTICULAR, HAS HOSTED THE STATE OF BLACK FOOD SUMMIT, WHERE WE FLIPPED THAT POWER STRUCTURE AND WE HAD 80 BLACK PEOPLE IN THE ROOM MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR LOCAL FOOD SCAPE. AND FROM THAT WE ESTABLISHED FOUR WORKING GROUPS. WE RETAINED 50% OF OUR ATTENDEES, SO 40 PEOPLE IN THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS, ALL ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND THEY'RE ALL COMMUNITY LED. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, THE LOUISVILLE HEALTH EQUITY REPORT ALSO HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF OPPRESSION AGAINST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, WHICH WERE MAJORITY PEOPLE OF COLOR IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. IT SHOWS HOW THE HISTORY OF REDLINING IN OUR CITY. LEADING ALL THE WAY BACK FROM THE 1920S, 1930S, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE TIME OF SLAVERY IN OUR CITY. HOW THAT'S IMPACTED THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN. AND YOU CAN DO FURTHER RESEARCH. IT ALSO SHOWS THE PREVALENCE OF FOOD IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW REDLINING HAS AFFECTED THAT AS WELL. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD DATA ON THAT. AND I BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ALSO HAS GOOD INTERACTIVE PLATFORMS TO LEARN ABOUT THAT AS WELL. WELL, THE GOAL MAYBE WITH THIS 
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TO GET RID OF THESE WHITE PEOPLE THEN, I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT WHO PICKS THESE PEOPLE THAT ON THE FOOD AND DRUG OR WHATEVER? WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE DOING EVIL AND THAT BOTHERS ME A LOT. YES, SIR. THERE ARE MORE THAN 25 GROCERY STORES ON THE EAST SIDE, AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO GROCERY STORES ON THE WEST SIDE. YOU SHOULD BE ENTHRALLED. YOU SHOULD BE UPSET. YOU SHOULD BE ENRAGED AT THE FACTS. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE REASON THEY'RE IN THE IN THE IN THE WHITE AREAS IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO BLACK PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS. I DID NOT SAY THAT. 
          NO, SIR. OKAY. I'M JUST ONE. I'. THOSE PEOPLE WERE IN THE WEST END, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S NOT A GROCERY STORE. THIS SYSTEM MAY BE MAYBE MIGHT WORK WITH A SOCIALIST SYSTEM. MAYBE THAT'S MAYBE OUR PROBLEM. WE'RE A FREE CAPITAL SOCIETY. BUT, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WHO INVEST MONEY, THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY WITH THEIR MONEY. ABSOLUTELY. CHANGE TODAY. CHANGE TOMORROW RUNS THE ONLY WEST END FARMER'S MARKET. AND WE FOUND THAT BLACK PEOPLE NOT ONLY SPEND MONEY, BUT WANT FRESH FOOD. YES, SIR. HAVING BEEN A LITTLE BIT A PART OF SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK I WANT TO JUST ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. ONE OF THEM IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR FAIRDALE? I THINK PART OF WHAT THEY ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS CREATE A SYSTEM IN WHICH ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL FOOD IN FAIRDALE, IN THE HIGHLANDS, IN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AND AS COUNCILMAN RUBY WAS REFERENCING, WHO IS HELPING TO DO THIS, THE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE IS A PART OF THIS PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND PART OF WHAT THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS SAY ANYONE IS WELCOME AT THIS TABLE. THEY'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORY THAT IS REAL. THERE IS A REAL AND DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK AND BROWN, BUT CERTAINLY NOT ALL. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN CREATING BOTH PRESERVATION SYSTEMS AND FOOD SYSTEMS THAT ARE WELCOMING TO EVERYBODY. SO I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO GET DOWN A PATH WHERE OUR MUTUAL GOALS AROUND CREATING A LOCAL FOOD ECOSYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY GET OFF ON AN IDEOLOGICAL PATH. THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO DISMANTLE. WELL, MAYBE THEY ARE, BUT THEY DO NOT NEED TO DISMANTLE THE SYSTEMS. RIGHT NOW IN ORDER FOR US TO FIND THINGS THAT ARE WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS OF EVERY STRIPE, LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED. SO I JUST I DON'T WANT US TO GO DOWN A PATH WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE PRODUCTIVE PIECES OF THIS. I THINK THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ARTICULATING A VISION THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING, THOUGH IT DOES USE SOME WORDS THAT I APPRECIATE AND RECOGNIZE THAT MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE. AND I THINK THAT'S OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS BEING EVIL, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT THINK I AM. I'M IN OFFICE. ANYBODY THAT RUNS FOR OFFICE HAS GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT NUTS. AND SO HERE I AM, THE GOAL ALWAYS IS TO TRY TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IF FOR EXAMPLE, I HEAR SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WHO HAVE WHO'VE TRIED TO DO FOOD STORES IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND PEOPLE WERE TAKING THINGS AND THEY HAD THEY WERE LOSING, WELL, YOU SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, YOU GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT PROBLEMS. THEY WANT TO MY, MY DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW, THEY GROW LETTUCE YEAR ROUND. AQUAPONICS AND THEY SELL IT TO RESTAURANTS ALL DOWNTOWN AND STUFF. HARD WORK. BUT I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT PLACES HAD HAD A HOOP HOUSE, AND SOMEBODY COME IN AND CUT IT AND TORE UP THINGS. ALL THAT WORK BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS JEALOUS OR WANTS TO VANDALIZE. WE GOT TO STOP PEOPLE FROM WANTING TO DO THAT. WE GOT TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THAT THEY CAN BE PART OF OUR, OUR, OUR SOLUTION TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. MOST PEOPLE DON'T GROW UP AND SAY, I CAN'T WAIT TO TEAR UP THINGS. THEY WANT TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. THEY WANT TO HELP. YOU KNOW, WHEN I TAUGHT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR 28 YEARS AND I PUT OVER 500 KIDS IN JOBS, AND EVERY TIME DOWN HERE I HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS? THEY SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I SAID, NO, WE GOT A POOR SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE WHEN A KID GETS OUT OF SCHOOL AND CAN'T GET A JOB, SCHOOL WASN'T HELPFUL. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO WORK. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE OUR SOCIETY BETTER. AND THE GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THEIR PASSION. SO THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL. 
          YES, SIR. MY ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS, AND I CAN ATTEST TO NEVER BEING VANDALIZED OR HAVING ANY NEGATIVE REACTION IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'M NOT INFILTRATING A COMMUNITY. I AM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT WHAT 
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MAKES THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HELP YOU ABSOLUTELY BE BETTER AND GROW, AND MORE PEOPLE GET INVOLVED BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY BEING SUCCESSFUL. I MEAN, THAT'S THE FUN PART OF LIFE, IS CONTRIBUTING AND MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR OTHER PEOPLE. I MEAN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN FOR OFFICE TO HELP PEOPLE SOLVE PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES IS NOT VERY HELPFUL. AND I'M EMBARRASSED. WE SHOULD BE ALWAYS HELPFUL. WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. AND YOU AND I LOOK AT YOUR ALL'S WORK ON ON THIS PRESENTATION. TREMENDOUS. S. 
          DAN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. AND IT KIND OF GOES IN LINE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, MR. RENO WEBER. SOME OF THE WORDS USED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THE WHITE SUPREMACY. AND THEN WHEN YOU WHEN YOU ANSWERED THE CHAIR'S QUESTION AS TO WHY, AND YOU SAID IT WAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO HAD A GROUP IN THE EAST END OR IN OHIO, AND DID THAT MEAN THEY WERE WHITE SUPREMACISTS? DID THEY HAVE MASKS ON? I MEAN, I HAVE A FOOD DESERT IN FAIRDALE AND IT IS POOR PEOPLE. IT'S NOT BROWN, BLACK, WHITE, WHITE SUPREMACIST KEEPING US FROM FOOD. IT'S POOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GETTING TO EAT. IT'S I'M JUST REALLY TAKEN TO YOUR YOUR WORDING AND IT'S DIVISIVE. YOU GO TO FAIRDALE AND YOU START HOLLERING WHITE SUPREMACY. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE WELCOMED. THAT'S IT'S JUST IT'S DIVISIVE AND I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT. AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL THINK ABOUT THAT. AND POOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT AREN'T, YOU KNOW, THE EQUITY GOES A LONG WAY. AND IT DOES GO TO THOSE WHO ARE POOR. SO AND WHEN I ASK ABOUT YOUR FOCUS, EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE FOCUSED EVERYWHERE. BUT IT POOR SOUTH ENDS, SOUTH OF THE GENE SNYDER. AND I HOPE THAT YOUR FOCUS, YOUR FOCUS WILL LEAD YOU THERE. AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL ALSO START THINKING ABOUT THE, THE TITLES THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACY WHEN THEY'RE SITTING ON THESE BOARDS. 
          SO PLEASE. WELL THEY DON'T. AND BRINGING THAT UP IS DIVISIVE AND IT IS NOT GOING TO GET YOU TOO FAR WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING MONEY OUT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED AND, AND, AND SUPPORT. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, LET'S NOT DIVIDE ANYMORE WITH THOSE WITH THOSE TERMS AND I'M WITH YOU IF WE WANT TO BE EQUITABLE ALL THE WAY. SO THANK YOU. DO I RESPOND IF YOU WANT. CAN I SPEAK, PLEASE? WAIT A MINUTE. OKAY. ARE WE USING THE Q OR NOT? YEAH, BECAUSE MY HAND BEEN UP FOR A WHILE NOW. ALL RIGHT. TAMMY OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S I, I WANT TO COME BEHIND MY COLLEAGUE. YOU KNOW DAN SANDS. YOU KNOW DAN, I FEEL YOU 110%, YOU KNOW, JUST AS FAR AS THE WORDING, BUT, YOU KNOW, TAYLOR, SHE IS VERY BLUNT. I THINK YOU ALL WILL WORK WELL TOGETHER. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO REALIZE IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT, EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT ALL 26 HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS. AND UNTIL YOU CANVASS THOSE DISTRICTS OR UNTIL YOU HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT TAYLOR HAS A VERY DIVERSE BOARD. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, MAYBE JUST NOT SOMEONE THAT GOES IN FERNDALE. SO LET'S JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TAYLOR, YOU CAN VISIT FERNDALE YOURSELF. I KNOW YOU WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM GOING IN ANYBODY'S NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU'VE BEEN IN THE BEST AND THE WORST. BUT AS WE SERVE ALL 26, THERE IS A FOOD DESERT IN ALL 26. IT'S JUST TAPPING IN TO THOSE AREAS AND THOSE CULTURES. AND WHAT I THINK IS I THINK THAT TAYLOR IS WILLING TO DO THAT. AND I DO THINK THAT FERNDALE IS OVERLOOKED. IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOW I SPEAK ON A LOT ABOUT BEING THE WEST END HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED AND UNDERSERVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I ALSO THINK THAT THE SOUTHEAST AND FERNDALE HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED AND UNDERSERVED. THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO VISIT THOSE SPACES AND, YOU KNOW, AND UNTIL YOU DO, YOU WON'T HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE. SO AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, OKAY? AND INFORMATION IS POWER. AND I THINK WITH DOING 
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THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL FOR, FOR TAYLOR TO MEET WITH ALL 26 COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, BECAUSE EVEN SOMETIMES EVEN IN MY DISTRICT, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I. BUT ALPHA RICK BLACKWELL. BUT AS I BUTT OUT OF HIS DISTRICT, THERE IS A FOOD DESERT. YOU KNOW, THEY CONTACT ME ALL THE TIME LIKE, HEY, COUNCILWOMAN, I JUST DID A FOOD DRIVE. I MISS THOSE, I MISS THOSE THAT AREA OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A SPACE THAT I CAN. I HAVE TO RENT A SPACE PROBABLY IN RICK BLACKWELL'S DISTRICT, TO SERVE A LOT OF THOSE CONSTITUENTS THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE WEST END IN PARKLAND, TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE PRIVY TO THE GIVEAWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT I HAVE. SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REMOVING THOSE BARRIERS BY COMING TOGETHER AND PARTNERING NOT SO MUCH ON EITHER SIDE, POINTING THE FINGER. AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE HER WORD BACK BECAUSE TAYLOR CAN SPEAK FOR THAT ON HER OWN. BUT DAN, I KNOW THAT FAIRDALE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE CONCERN OF YOURS. TALK DOESN'T GO OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          SO I THINK WITH THAT, TAYLOR CAN DEFINITELY BRIDGE THAT GAP AND HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT. I THINK THAT SHE'LL BE WILLING TO COME AFTER TO FIND THOSE SPACES AS WELL AS SO MANY OTHERS. BUT IF WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TAP INTO THOSE AREAS OR EVEN KNOW THAT THOSE AREAS EXIST, THEN IT'S JUST A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IF I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, ONCE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU ALL TALK AND ONCE YOU LET HER KNOW THOSE SPACES, I'M SURE THAT SHE'D BE WILLING TO GO AFTER HER OR ANYBODY ON HER BOARD. SO IT'S JUST KNOWING, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST KNOWING THAT THOSE SPACES EXIST. AND SHE DOES GO OUTSIDE THE WEST END. IT'S JUST KNOWING SOME OF THE SPACES OUTSIDE OF THE WEST END TO GO TO, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MAN SPACES THAT SO MANY PEOPLE OVERLOOK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. TAYLOR, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING FOR COREY WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT I, I WAS JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION. TAYLOR RYAN IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM IN THE ROOM OR IN THE CITY. I'M JUST ONE MEMBER OF 22. I HEAR THE PASSION IN YOU. ALL'S VOICE SOUNDS JUST LIKE MY PASSION IN IT. WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT THOSE THINGS TOGETHER TO SOLVE A LARGER PROBLEM. YEP, YOU'RE RIGHT, COREY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS ABOUT FUNDING THE CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY AND THEIR HEALTH EQUITY REPORT. 
          CLEARLY SHOWS SCIENTIFICALLY WHERE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY RATE HAS DISPARITIES IN OUR CITY, WHERE THE FOOD DESERTS ARE, WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, HIGH CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE WHO GET DISEASES ARE AND WHAT CAUSES THAT. ONE OF THE FACTORS BEING LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTHY AND QUALITY FOOD. SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE YOU READ THOSE REPORTS AND SEE HOW IT OVERLAPS WITH THE REPORT AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE CREATED. AND TAYLOR IS TOTALLY RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THESE LARGER ISSUES. WITH THAT BEING SAID, COULD YOU ALL JUST TELL THE PUBLIC WE'RE LIVE ON TV, HOW CAN THEY GET INVOLVED WITH THE WORK GROUPS OR THEIR WORK GROUPS THAT YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE IN? WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN THEY DO TO HELP IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN? BECAUSE MAKING THE PLAN IS ONE THING, BUT IF WE DON'T PICK THE PLAN UP AND DO ANYTHING WITH IT, IT'LL JUST BE WORDS ON PAPER. SO WHAT IS THE CALL TO ACTION? NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS 2030 PLAN, THE CALL TO ACTION IS TO GET INVOLVED. YOU CAN GO TO FOOD AND FOOD AND NEIGHBORHOODS.ORG. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.ORG IS ALSO A VERY RESOURCEFUL WEBSITE BECAUSE IT LISTS A LOT OF OTHER BENEFICIAL INFORMATION FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALSO DOING THE WORK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT CHANGE TODAY, CHANGE TOMORROW IS NOT THE ONLY SOLE ORGANIZATION OUT HERE DOING VERY GOOD WORK IN THE FOOD JUSTICE CAPACITY. AND SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE VERY COLLABORATIVE. THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE AT THE TABLE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT OF FLIPPING THIS POWER STRUCTURE AND MAKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCES BE THE EXPERTS AND BE THE DECISION MAKERS, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO MITIGATE A LOT OF MISFIRES IN SOLVING REAL PROBLEMS. SO AGAIN, YOU CAN GO TO FOOD AND NEIGHBORHOODS. ORG GET INVOLVED. WE ALSO ARE ON ALL SOCIAL PLATFORMS. SO FOLLOW US, KEEP US, KEEP UP WITH ALL OF OUR WOR. THERE IS WORK HAPPENING IN 
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FAIRDALE. THERE IS WORK HAPPENING IN THE EAST SIDE. THERE IS WORK HAPPENING ON THE ON THE WEST END AND WE ARE ALL MEETING TOGETHER. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF WORKING. I, I LIKE PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD BECAUSE WHEN YOU WORK HARD AND YOU GET PEOPLE INVOLVED, YOU SOLVE PROBLEMS AND YOU ALL COME IN AND EXPLAINING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. WE GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THINGS CAN HAPPEN. I MEAN, I USED TO ALWAYS TELL MY STUDENTS, I SAID, IT'S FUNNY, NOBODY'S GOT A MONOPOLY ON IDEAS. THE DARNDEST KID WILL SAY THE DARNDEST THING AND SAY, WOW, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? AND SO GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION, WE'LL FIND IT. AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING AND SPENDING SOME TIME AND EDUCATING US, BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SOMEWHAT INTELLIGENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW SMART WE ARE. WE NEED HELP. 
          AND SO THANKS A LOT. DOES ANYBODY. YEAH. APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING. SO YEAH. ANY C
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