[2. ID 25-0120 Council Member Piagentini and Council Member Lyninger will recognize Eastern High School and duPont Manual High School for their wins at the KHSAA Cheer and Dance State Championships.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COLLEAGUES WITH ME HERE. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL CHEER TEAM. YOU KNOW, IT'S INCREASINGLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE SPORTS THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FACE. AND EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL HAS AN OUTSTANDING OVERALL ATHLETICS PROGRAM HAS REALLY EXCEEDED IN MANY, MANY AREAS. BUT THEIR CHEER TEAM IS, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN A SECOND, HAS REALLY EXCELLED AND GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, INCLUDING MOST RECENTLY, A STATE TITLE, THEIR SECOND ONE, BY THE WAY. AND PLACING VERY HIGHLY AT NATIONALS. SO IT'S FITTING THAT TODAY WE RECOGNIZE REALLY A GEM OF DISTRICT 19, WHICH IS EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR CHEER TEAM. SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. I'M FIRST GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE TEAM, AND THEN I'VE GOT INDIVIDUAL PROCLAMATIONS THAT WILL HAND OUT TO THE TEAM. OKAY.

SO PROCLAMATION TO ALL WHO HEAR THESE LETTERS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY HONORS AND AWARDS THE EASTERN EAGLES CHEER TEAM IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. EASTERN CHEER TEAM AND COACHING STAFF ARE LEADERS AND A BEACON FOR GIRLS SPORTS. SOME OF THEM. SOME OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS INCLUDE. EASTERN CHEER WON THE HSR SMALL ALL GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DECEMBER OF 2024. THEY ALSO WON THE BLUEGRASS SECTIONAL AND PLACED SIXTH AT NATIONALS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. THE EAGLES CHEERLEADERS HAVE WON KSHSAA STATE TITLES IN 2021 AND 24, WHICH ARE THE ONLY TWO KSHSAA STATE TITLES FOR ANY JC SCHOOL IN THIS CATEGORY. THEY HAVE ALSO WON REGIONAL TITLE, THE REGIONAL TITLE SIX TIMES, AND EASTERN CHEER HAS MADE THE NSCA NATIONAL FINALS SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. THE EASTERN

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CHEERLEADERS ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLETOWN REGULARLY APPEARING AT HOME GAMES, AWAY GAMES, PARADES, STORE OPENINGS, MUSEUM GRAND OPENINGS, AND MORE.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE AND THE SEAL OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED. DONE IN LOUISVILLE THIS 13TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025.

DISTRICT 19 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY PIAGENTINI. PLEASE. WELL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THE EASTERN CHEER COACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. NO, NO PROBLEM AT ALL. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, JP LINIGER. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

I'M EXCITED THAT FOR MY FIRST PROCLAMATION AS COUNCILMAN, NOT ONLY AM I RECOGNIZING A HIGH SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT, I AM RECOGNIZING MY ALMA MATER. THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR. PLEASE COME UP. PLEASE COME UP. THE DAZZLERS. THE DANCE TEAM OF DUPONT MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH ARE. I DON'T HAVE TO CHECK DEFINITIONALLY THE MOST DECORATED DANCE TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF KHSAA. AND YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW WHY I'M SO CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT ONCE I READ THROUGH THIS. SO THIS PROCLAMATION READS TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME.

GREETINGS. KNOW YE THAT THE METRO LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY HONORS AND RECOGNIZES THE DAZZLERS THE DANCE TEAM OF DUPONT MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHEREAS THAT SINCE KHSAA HAS RECOGNIZED THE SPORT OF DANCE, THE DAZZLERS HAVE WON STATE TITLES IN SEVEN OF THE PAST EIGHT YEARS OF COMPETITION, INCLUDING A DOUBLE TITLE IN GAME DAY AND HIP HOP IN 2023. WHEREAS THE DAZZLERS HAVE NEVER LOST A KHSAA REGIONAL. WHEREAS THE DAZZLERS HAVE WON DOUBLE REGIONAL TITLES IN 2021, 2022, 2023 AND WON A TRIPLE REGIONAL TITLE IN 2024. WHEREAS THE DAZZLERS WERE SELECTED AS THE US NATIONAL HIP HOP TEAM IN 2022, WHERE THEY REPRESENTED TEAM USA AT THE CHEER AND DANCE OLYMPICS, BRINGING HOME A GOLD MEDAL FOR THE UNITED STATES. WHEREAS THE DAZZLERS WERE MOST RECENTLY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS IN 2022, WITH MULTIPLE TOP THREE FINISHES IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY HONORS THE DAZZLERS AND THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE HEREBY CONFER THIS RECOGNITION WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES THEREUNTO APPERTAINING. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE, AND THE SEAL OF THE METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED ON THIS DAY AGAIN, THE 13TH DAY OF MARCH 25TH, HERE IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THE COUNCILMAN, J.P. LEININGER, THAT'S ME. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. AND CONGRATULATIONS. SO THE COACH WANT TO SPEAK. TO. YOU. OH, I DID NOT PREPARE ANYTHING. BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO SUPPORT AND HONORING US.

THESE GIRLS WORK EXTREMELY HARD, AND IT IS AWESOME TO SEE THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. DANCE AND CHEER DON'T ALWAYS GET THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY SO DESERVE. WE SUPPORT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES IN OUR SCHOOL. WE ALSO DO A LOT WITH JCPS AS WELL, SO WE'RE JUST HONORED AND PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU ALL. SO YOU KNOW. OKAY. THIS IS OUR. FIRST.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET RUN DOWN. OKAY. SO. GET READY. 123.

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AND THEN YOU COME BACK. AND TALK ABOUT. THERE YOU GO AM I READY? YES THAT'S RIGHT SIR.

OH THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. DO YOU THINK IT'S HOT IN HERE? NO, NO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN

[4. ID 25-0155 Council Member Reno-Weber will recognize the following 2024 State Championship Teams from Assumption High School: Cross Country; Field Hockey; Dance; and Volleyball; and the Flag Football League Champions.]

ARENA WEBER, I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL GUESTS. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM ASSUMPTION HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU GUYS COULD COME STAND. IT IS A RARE INSTITUTION WHERE THE VALUES THAT THEY PROCLAIM ARE SO CLEARLY EXPRESSED. THOSE VALUES AS THEY STATE THEM ARE FAITH, COMPASSION, INTEGRITY AND EXCELLENCE. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE EXCELLENCE. BUT BEFORE WE DO, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COMPASSION AND THE INTEGRITY PIECES. HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN STUDENT VOLUNTEERISM ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS, THE FACT THAT THE STUDENTS AT THIS SCHOOL DO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK IN ALL SORTS OF ISSUES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE ALSO SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED. SO WHILE WE HAVE A MOMENT, CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR COMMUNITY? THIS RECOGNITION STARTED IN THE FALL, WHERE WE WERE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONS. CAN YOU GUYS WHO ARE THE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS HERE? OKAY, CAN YOU SEE THE HANDS UP? CAN WE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS? AND THEN WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEEDED TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO THE FIELD HOCKEY STATE CHAMPIONS. AND THEN WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALSO HAD THE INAUGURAL LOUISVILLE FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONS. AND THEN ALSO THE 2024 JAZZ DIVISION DANCE STATE CHAMPIONS. AND THE 2023 VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONS. SO IN RECOGNITION OF ALL OF THOSE OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE 2024 SEASON, SECURING AN EXCEPTIONAL NUMBER OF STATE AND LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHEREAS THESE ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT NOT ONLY THE EXTRAORDINARY TALENT AND DEDICATION OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES, BUT ALSO THE UNWAVERING GUIDANCE OF THEIR COACHES AND THE STEADFAST SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. AND I WILL JUST NOTE THAT ONE OF THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS IS HERE, WHOSE STEADFAST SUPPORT IS REFLECTED IN THE FACT THAT HALF OF THE CALLS THAT WE MAKE ABOUT POLITICS ARE ON THE SIDELINES OF THE FIELD HOCKEY. SO FOR ALL OF THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES THAT SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS, CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? WHEREAS ASSUMPTION TEAMS HAVE SET A SHINING EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENT SPORTSMANSHIP AND LEADERSHIP, SERVING AS AN INSPIRATION TO YOUNG GIRLS, INCLUDING MY DAUGHTERS, THROUGHOUT LOUISVILLE AND BEYOND. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DO HEREBY CONFER THIS HONOR UPON ASSUMPTION HIGH SCHOOL WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES THEREUNTO APPERTAINING. RECOGNIZING THEIR REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN FOSTERING A LEGACY OF DETERMINATION AND ACHIEVEMENT. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE ISSUED, AND THE SEAL OF LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT HEREUNTO AFFIXED THIS 13TH OF MARCH. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH HERE. AND THEN THEY GOT TO GET TO PRACTICE. AWESOME.

WELL TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN GET A LADY. ON. READY. ONE. TWO THREE.

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COUNCILMAN WINKLER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND SAY, AS COUNCILMAN WEBBER MENTIONED, MY DAUGHTER IS A MEMBER OF THE STATE CHAMPION FIELD HOCKEY TEAM, AND I AM SURE I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM WHEN I SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING BACK HERE NEXT YEAR, AS YOU RECOGNIZE THEM AS BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS. SO. MADAM

[Addresses to the Council]

CLERK, ARE THEY ADDRESSES TO COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THEY ARE. ALRIGHT. LET ME REMIND THOSE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO COUNCIL. YOU'RE TO REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANITY, MAKING ANY DEROGATORY STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL PEOPLE. ESSENTIALLY, WE WILL SHOW A LOT OF RESPECT TO YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. THAT RESPECT DESERVES RESPECT. AND WITH THAT, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.

TIMOTHY SMITH. TIMOTHY SMITH. KASSIA HERNON. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CASSIE HERRON. I AM A VOTER AND HOMEOWNER IN THE BEECHMONT NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT 21. IN JANUARY OF 2024, JOSH WOOD OF THE COURIER JOURNAL PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE SHARING THAT LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT PAID OUT OVER $29 MILLION IN SETTLEMENTS AGAINST CITY GOVERNMENT, 28 MILLION OF THAT CAME FROM CASES SETTLED WITH LMPD AND THE JAIL. OF THAT, 20.5 MILLION WENT TO SETTLE A FEDERAL CASE AGAINST TWO MEN WHO WERE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF A CRIME THEY DID NOT DO. THE REST, 1.25 MILLION, TO THE FAMILY OF A HOMELESS WOMAN WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN JAIL. MORE THAN FIVE $500,000 TO SEVEN WOMEN WHO HAD ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST LMPD OFFICERS, $375,000 FOR A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS PULLED OVER SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK AND IN A NICE CAR, $725,000 TO THE KILLING OF DAVID MCCARTY, $350,000 TO A BLACK MAN WHO WAS WRONGFULLY ACCUSED AND SAT FOR SEVEN YEARS AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL, 750,000 FOR AN LMPD CRASH, ANOTHER 775,000 FOR AN LMPD CRASH, 620,000 FOR DISCRIMINATION IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, 1.5 MILLION FOR OVERCHARGES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD CARS IN THE IMPOUND LOT. THESE ARE CASES SETTLED IN ONE YEAR.

IMAGINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OVER TIME ACROSS THE METRO ENTERPRISE. WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE NO ONE OTHER THAN JOSH WOOD IS TRACKING THAT. THE POINT HERE IS THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE TAKING PLACE. METRO DEPARTMENTS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THEM NEED MORE OVERSIGHT. AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT'S OF THE LEGISLATURE, AS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. THAT'S WHAT THIS BODY IS SUPPOSED TO DO. THE KENTUCKY STATUTE ENABLES YOU TO DO SO. CITIZENS OF THIS CITY HAVE BEEN PORING OVER RESOLUTIONS TO THIS, AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE MORE OVERSIGHT, INVESTIGATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR JUST ONE DEPARTMENT IN THE METRO ENTERPRISE. CERTAINLY, MORE OVERSIGHT IS NECESSARY. I URGE YOU TO WALK, TO WORK TOGETHER, TO WORK WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES, TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT'S COMING THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. AGAIN, FOR JUST ONE METRO DEPARTMENT, THAT'S THE LMPD, THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE WORK TOGETHER TO SEE THAT THROUGH.

PLEASE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION NOT ONLY RETAINS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, BUT WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH HIS OFFICE AND THE CIVILIAN THE CIVIL REVIEW BOARD TO FIND THE PROR MONITOR TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMTATI OF E RECODAS BRO FOR AGAI TENTUYTATUTE ENABLESHISODY TDOO. TERSLECTED YOU TO FOLLOW THROUGH. PLEASE DO YOUR JOBS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHANTE BYRD.

SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS COUNCIL AS FELLOW MEMBERS AND FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS OF THE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY, NOT AS POLITICIANS. I ADDRESSED THIS COUNCIL AS MOTHERS, FATHERS, SONS, DAUGHTERS, SIBLINGS, AND WHATEVER YOUR RESPECTIVE TITLES ARE OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS,

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MY LOUISVILLE NEVER FORGET BREONNA TAYLOR, JANIYA MCMILLAN, COREY BOYKIN, DARRYL WICKER, DAVID MCATEE, DAMON JORDAN DENG, MANON ECHO NEWBY, ATTORNEY ALBERTA JONES, AND SO MANY OTHER BLACK UNNAMED VICTIMS OF LMPD, VICTIMS OF A CITY MIRED WITH SYSTEMIC RACISM, BOTH ANALYZED AND SOME STILL ALIVE TODAY. WE LOVE TO PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING THE HOMETOWN OF MUHAMMAD ALI, THE GREATEST. THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP. BUT ALI WAS ALSO THE YOUNG BLACK MAN WHO WON AN OLYMPIC MEDAL OVERSEAS, PROUDLY RETURNED TO HIS HOMETOWN OF LOUISVILLE WITH HIS MEDAL AND WAS DENIED SERVICE AT A AT A HAMBURGER JOINT BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK AND AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS FAME, HE ATTENDED DEMONSTRATIONS IN LOUISVILLE THAT WERE FIGHTING REDLINING, SEGREGATED HOUSING AND, YES, POLICE BRUTALITY. ALL ISSUES THAT WE ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR IN LOUISVILLE DECADES LATER, FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR THOSE ISSUES. AND HERE WE STAND, AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN THIS ROOM STILL SEEKING THAT JUSTICE. THE MURDER OF BREONNA TAYLOR, HALF A DECADE TO GO TO, I'M SORRY, HALF A DECADE AGO TODAY IS WHAT LED TO MAYOR GREENBERG'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS NOW SIGNED A HISTORIC CONSENT DECREE WITH THE DOJ TO ACT AS A ROADMAP FOR REBUILDING TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE STILL HAVE YET TO START THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING THAT TRUST, RECEIVING JUSTICE, OR MOVING TOWARDS HEALING AS A COMMUNITY. I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL OF MUHAMMAD ALI'S CORE VALUES THAT ARE DISPLAYED IN THE ALI CENTER, JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY FROM US, FROM THIS ROOM. RESPECT. DEDICATION, GIVING CONFIDENCE, SPIRITUALITY AND CONVICTION. THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPS. HIS CORE VALUES ARE ABOUT HUMANITY AND PEOPLE. HIS CORE VALUES ALSO DEMAND YOU TO DO RIGHT BY THE PEOPLE OF LOUISVILLE. LOOK AT ALL THE FACES OF THESE BEAUTIFUL HUMANS IN THIS ROOM. YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN THIS ROOM FIGHTING FOR A BETTER, A BETTER WORLD. WHY NOT GET IN THE RING WITH US? YOUR WORK SHOULD BE FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT THE MAYOR, NOT FOR MONEY, NOT FOR CORPORATE INTERESTS. THE PEOPLE'S CONSENT DECREE IS ABOUT HUMANITY. AS A BLACK WOMAN WITH POWERFUL BLACK ANCESTORS, I KNOW LOUISVILLE IS ALSO EMPOWERED BY THE HISTORY AND THE HER STORY OF MANY BLACK ANCESTORS WHO WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. BUT WILL YOU PLEASE DO RIGHT BY THE PEOPLE OF COMMUNITY, OF THE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY? THANK YOU. PATRICK MOORE.

HI. PATRICK MOORE, DISTRICT EIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN 19 IN-CUSTODY DEATHS AT OUR JAIL SINCE 2021, THE MOST RECENT IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. I WANT TO HAVE FAITH IN YOU, METRO COUNCIL. I WANT TO HAVE FAITH IN OUR CITY. I WANT TO HAVE FAITH IN OUR MAYOR. BUT EVERY DAY I AM SHOWN REASONS NOT TO. RICHARD GRAHAM, SHANTA HUGHES, RODNEY ROBINSON, SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, ALL NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS BOOKED AT OUR JAIL. BUT ONLY ONE WALKED OUT ALIVE, THE OTHERS DEAD. WE HAVE A TWO TIERED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE, A SYSTEM OF FALSE JUSTICE IN LOUISVILLE. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER STILL MADE IT TO TEE TIME AT VALHALLA AFTER HIS ARREST FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER. IT ONLY TOOK A FEW CALLS. A FEW BUDDY BUDDY FAVORS AMONG LOUISVILLE POWER BROKERS AND KENTUCKY POLITICIANS FOR THIS MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AN OFFICER. WE COULD DO IT. WHY CAN'T WE OFFER THE SAME CARE TO OTHERS? WHY DO YOU WHY DO WE ONLY OFFER CARE LIKE THAT TO THE PRIVILEGED FEW? A COMPASSIONATE CITY, WE MOST CERTAINLY ARE NOT. THIS IS A CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP.

IT KILLS BOTH INMATES AND THE HUMANITY OF THE OFFICERS WORKING EXTRA HOURS. OFFICERS WITH NOT ENOUGH TIME OR EYES TO STAY ABREAST OF ALL OF THEIR CHARGES. IF THIS WAS A HOSPITAL, WE'D BE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET OUR LOVED ONES OUT OF THERE. IF THIS WAS A HOSPITAL, THEY'D BE TRIAGING PATIENTS, PATIENTS, AND DECLINING TO ADMIT THOSE WITH ISSUES NOT SUITED TO A HOSPITAL

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OR DECLINING TO ADMIT THOSE WITH ISSUES NOT SUITED TO HOSPITAL TREATMENT. IF THIS WAS A HOSPITAL, THEY'D BE PAYING OUTRAGEOUS WAGES TO TRAVEL NURSES TO KEEP THEM IN LINE WITH MANDATED STAFFING RATIOS. IF THIS WAS A HOSPITAL WITH 19 PREVENTABLE DEATHS ON THEIR HANDS, IT WOULD BE CLOSED. WHILE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR PUNITIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM COMPLETELY OVERTURNED, I KNOW THAT THIS THAT IS NOT POLITICALLY FEASIBLE THROUGH THIS ROUTE. AT THIS TIME, I HAVE PARED DOWN MY HOPES AND MY REQUEST TO YOU. METRO COUNCIL, PLEASE DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM YOUR CITY. PLEASE DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND PLEASE DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE WE SUPPOSE NEED HELP. LEARNING TO LIVE RIGHT IN OUR CITY. LEAD US. ASPIRE TO TRUE, NOT FALSE JUSTICE WITH YOUR WORK. I HOPE THAT ONE DAY SOON JAIL IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE.

AND WITH THAT, MAYBE, MAYBE OUR LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE LEADERSHIP WOULD FOR ONCE BE OPEN TO TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, KNOWING THEY WON'T DIE IN JAIL FOR THE THINGS THEY MAY HAVE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RHONDA MATHIAS. RHONDA MATHIS. CECIL CALHOUN.

METRO COUNCIL I CAME IN THIS PLACE A LOT OF TIMES AND NEVER BEEN REPRESENTATIVE. NOBODY IN THIS COUNCIL BUT BARBARA FRANKLIN AND PRESIDENT JAMES AND DONE A POOR JOB. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SHOW Y'ALL THIS I'VE CALLED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALL OVER GOVERNMENT AND GOT ALL OVER VESTIGATED. IT WAS A LOT OF THE FEDS FOUND A LOT OF PROBLEMS. BUT ONE THING ABOUT Y'ALL, I'M A REPUBLICAN. WHEN I GREW UP IN GREENSBURG, MY TEACHER, SAMUEL DID NOTHING ABOUT IT, AND I DIDN'T LIKE THESE PEOPLE SAY I'M A REPUBLICAN. MY COLOR, MY DISABILITY MEANS A LOT. BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW Y'ALL THIS, THIS IS A PAPER RIGHT HERE. THIS IS WHERE YOU GET YOUR TAXES AND CAR TAX. OKAY? THEY SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHICH WE KNOW IT. THEY DO. AND PRESIDENT JAMES I MEAN, MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS THROUGH 911 THEY STOLE THE DOCUMENT. BUT THE GAME IS THEY DON'T WANT ME TO HAVE A HOME. THEY DON'T WANT MY SON, MY, MY, MY FAMILY TO LEAVE ME IN THE STREET. THEN YOU AIN'T GOT NO ADDRESS DOWN HERE. THEN WHEN I. THIS IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY. THE FASTEST CASE IN COURT WITH NO ADDRESS, WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS. IN SOME PLACES.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR A CASE. THEN HE GOES BACK LATER AND SAID, I DIDN'T GIVE HIM MY ADDRESS AND GIVE AN ADDRESS WHERE I ALMOST GOT KILLED AT. I ALMOST GOT KILLED IN APARTMENT. OKAY. THIS APARTMENT IS THEY WON'T SEE THAT ADDRESS BECAUSE WE KNOW IF THEY SENT THAT STUFF HERE TO LOOK FOR, ADULTS DON'T LIVE, THEN I DIDN'T GET THE PAPERWORK, BUT THE JUDGE WENT ON AND PLAYED A GAME. BUT LET ME TELL Y'ALL SOMETHING. I DROVE ALL THE WAY TO GREENSBURG. I CALLED THEM PEOPLE. I GOT EVERY RIGHT PEOPLE EVER PRAYING WITH ME. CALL AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. I PULLED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN, BROKE UP A WRECK. I CARE ABOUT THE BLACKS. I CARE ABOUT EVERYBODY. AND THE POLICE SIDE. THE POLICE SENT HER IN HERE. TAKE THEM. DO THE DOCUMENT AND NOT THIS CASE. EXCUSE ME, BUT HERE'S THE PAPER RIGHT HERE. THEY DON'T HAVE.

THERE. HERE'S THE PAPER. RIGHT HERE. HERE'S THE CODE NUMBER. AND HERE'S WHY. SO MANY THEY INVESTIGATED. BUT SEE, BY ME BEING IN THE STREETS. OKAY? I BEEN IN JAIL AFTER A LIFETIME.

LET ME BE LOUD. I COME TO WORK. WITH LOUIS STEWART, REPRESENT EVERYBODY IN. AND WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM, THE EOC TO COME. ALL THESE PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE COMPANY. YEAH. THEY TELL ME THEY THINK, BUT THEY WOUND UP HANGING OUT. I DON'T HAVE A HOME NOW. THEY WANT TO SAY ABOUT MR. CALHOUN. WELL, NO, MR. CALHOUN, WE APPRECIATE YOU HAD YOUR THREE MINUTES, SIR. WELL, OKAY, I GOT

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A PROBLEM SAYING I GOT A DRIVING LICENSE. YOU GOT. YOU GOT 10S. OKAY. THANK YOU, I GOT YOUR LICENSE. YOU SAID I DIDN'T GET. I DO HAVE I FILED AGAINST ALL Y'ALL? SO Y'ALL PLEASE TELL ME WHO REPRESENT ME AND HOW I CAN FILE A COMPLAINT WHERE IT CAN BE HEARD. THANK YOU, MR. CALHOUN.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. JENNIFER TWYMAN. Y'ALL KNOW YOUR PROBLEM. I DON'T LIKE YOU TO COME TO. BUT Y'ALL KNOW THAT. THEY KNOW THAT. THEY GOT TO GET MR. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, Y'ALL Y'ALL COME HERE. FIRST TIME I RECALL, MY DAD WAS. NOT OKAY. THEY GOT HIM GOING BACK TO THE STREET AND NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE CARE. THEY DISAPPEARED. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE. SHOOT SOMEBODY. I'M THE PROBLEM NOW. I KNOW MY MAN. WHEN HE DO, SHE'S GOING TO GET YOUR INFORMATION SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM. YOU GOT MY BACK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER TWYMAN. I'M A PERSON WHO STRUGGLED WITH CHAOTIC OPIATE USE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. I'VE WORKED IN HARM REDUCTION FOR OVER NINE YEARS AFTER WORKING FOR LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES PROGRAM, I MOVED TO VOCAL KENTUCKY, WHERE I AM A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND I MANAGE THE DROP IN SPACE AND THE TEAM THAT WORKS IN THAT SPACE.

VOCAL KENTUCKY IS A MEMBER LED GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS POWER WITH POOR AND LOW INCOME FOLKS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE WAR ON DRUGS, MASS INCARCERATION, HIV, AIDS, AND HOMELESSNESS. TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO USE $2.6 MILLION OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY TO FUND SEVERAL PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 16 YEARS, JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL RECEIVE $57 MILLION OF THAT MONEY. WHILE THESE FUNDS WERE SECURED IN RESPONSE TO A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN DEATHS AND HARMS FROM OPIOID PILL DISPENSING, THIS GIVES US A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE TO DO GOOD TO MORE BROADLY ADDRESS THE DAMAGE OF OVER 50 YEARS OF FAILED POLICIES GROUNDED IN CRIMINALIZATION, INCARCERATION AND NON-EVIDENCE BASED APPROACHES TO DRUG USE. LIVES DEPEND ON US NOT GETTING THIS WRONG. SO I'M HERE AS A FORMER DRUG USER AND A LONG TIME HARM REDUCTIONIST, TO MAKE THREE SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF HOW LOUISVILLE SPENDS THIS FUNDING. FIRST, WE NEED TRANSPARENCY. WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MONEY IS BEING USED FOR AND HOW THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE. INSTEAD OF USING $700,000 TO FUND A DIVERSION COURT CAUSED BY THE PASSING OF HB FIVE, LET'S PUT THAT FUNDING TOWARDS ACTUALLY HOUSING PEOPLE. WE SHOULD FOCUS ON LONG TERM HEALTH SOLUTIONS THAT WORK, NOT SHORT TERM FIXES. WHY AM I ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY? IS BECAUSE THE NINE PERSON BOARD THAT THE MAYOR APPOINTED TO OVERSEE THOSE APPLICATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS OF ALL THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SIX OF THEM DRAW A CITY PAYCHECK. NOT ONE OF THEM HAS RECENT LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND NO ONE WORKS IN THE IN THE FIELD OF SUBSTANCE USE. THE CITY MUST INCLUDE DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN THOSE INVESTMENT DECISIONS, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVELY USING DRUGS. PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE CRISIS ARE THE EXPERTS IN THAT CRISIS AND KNOW THE ANSWERS. EXCLUDING THEM WOULD IGNORE THE VERY REASON THAT FUNDING WAS SECURED, LIVES LOST, FAMILIES TORN APART AND COMMUNITIES HURT. NEXT, LET'S PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS ACTUALLY HOUSING PEOPLE, FUNDING COURTS THAT PUNISH PEOPLE FOR BEING UNHOUSED IS NOT THE ANSWER. IN 2024, LOUISVILLE HAD OVER 1700 PEOPLE LIVING EITHER IN SHELTERS, IN CARS, ABANDONED BUILDINGS OR ON OUR SIDEWALKS. THE DIVERSION COURT PROPOSAL WOULD PROVIDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE THAT ARE CITED OR ARRESTED FOR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. PLEASE DON'T USE THAT MONEY TO DO THAT. LET'S HOUSE PEOPLE. I KNOW WE ALL AGREE THAT WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SAFE AND HEALTHY FOR EVERYBODY, SO USE THAT MONEY TO SAVE LIVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CATHERINE FOSSIL. CATHERINE. FOSSIL. I'M KATE FOSSIL. I HOLD A PHD IN US HISTORY. I TAUGHT IT AT UOFL FOR 23 YEARS, AND I WAS ONE OF THE COAUTHORS OF THE 2024 HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONAL HARMS RESULTING FROM LOCAL POLICING THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT.

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TONIGHT, I WANT TO SPEAK TO HOW POWERFULLY THOSE FINDINGS DOCUMENT THE PRESSING NEED FOR POLICE REFORMS AND FOR EXTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO BOLSTER THOSE REFORMS. OUR RESEARCH INTO PUBLIC RECORDS ACROSS TWO CENTURIES REVEALED A SYSTEMATIC, PERSISTENT PATTERN OF DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF BLACKS AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS, BOTH AS RESIDENTS AND EVEN AS OFFICERS SERVING ON THE POLICE FORCE. WE FOUND THAT WAS TRUE FROM LOUISVILLE'S EARLIEST POLICING IN 1806, STARTING WITH IMPOSING HARSHER PENALTIES FOR ENSLAVED PERSONS AS WELL AS FOR FREE BLACK RESIDENTS. AS FOR WHITES, EMANCIPATION DIDN'T END THAT DISPARITY IN IN 1865, NOR DID THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S, EVEN THOUGH THE POLICE FORCE HIRED ITS FIRST THREE BLACK OFFICERS MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, IN 1922, IT TOOK MORE THAN 40 YEARS, UNTIL 1965, FOR BLACK AND WHITE OFFICERS TO EVEN BE ALLOWED IN THE SAME PATROL CAR OR TO SERVE AS PARTNERS. THEN, IN THE FOUR YEARS SURROUNDING THE DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY, POLICE TOOK THE LIVES OF SIX BLACK MEN, NOT ALL OF WHOM HAD COMMITTED ANY CRIME AND NOT ONE OF WHOM HAD A GUN. OUR RESEARCH FOUND THREE THEMES THAT PERSISTED TO THESE HARMS. ONE WAS THE KINDS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION THESE FEW EXAMPLES REFER TO. AND OUR REPORT SHOWS LITERALLY SCORES MORE EXAMPLES. ANOTHER, A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THESE KINDS OF UNFAIRNESSES, EVEN WHEN THEY WERE UNCOVERED AND ACKNOWLEDGED. AND THE THIRD THEME, WHICH ACTUALLY GOT WORSE AS THE POLICE FORCE MODERNIZED OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS, WAS A CLOSING OF RANKS IN THE FACE OF INTERNAL WRONGDOING, A REAL RESISTANCE TO MEANINGFUL OUTSIDE OVERSIGHT. WHICH BRINGS US TO NOW EXCESSIVE FORCE, DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT. PHYSICS TELLS US THAT AN OBJECT IN MOTION TENDS TO REMAIN IN MOTION, AND THAT AWFUL KIND OF MOTION HAS BEEN ONGOING IN OUR POLICING. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY TOWARD ENACTING WHAT'S BEEN CALLED A CONSENT DECREE. LET'S DON'T STOP NOW. I URGE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO READ OUR REPORT, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

IT'S ON THE LOUISVILLE WEBSITE. THE SCOPE, THE SEVERITY, THE ENDURANCE OF THE PATTERNS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT WE DOCUMENTED SHOW THAT THE DENIAL OF ANY REAL PUNISHMENT OF THOSE WITHIN THE WEB OF WRONGDOING THAT LED TO BREONNA TAYLOR'S DEATH AT THE HANDS OF LMPD IN 2020, AND THE CONTINUATION OF EPISODES OF EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST BLACK LOUISVILLIANS SINCE 2020 HAVE BEEN SADLY PREDICTABLE. THIS CYCLE CAN'T BE BROKEN WITHOUT UNRELENTING DEDICATION AND FORCEFUL KINDS OF POLICY CHANGES, WITH EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT. MADAM, COULD YOU WRAP IT UP, PLEASE? THE CLEAR MESSAGE FROM OUR RESEARCH IS THAT WE HAVE A DEEP SEATED PROBLEM IN POLICING THAT HAS PERSISTED ACROSS CENTURIES, ACROSS PERSONNEL CHANGES, ACROSS MENTAL HEALTH AND DIVERSITY TRAINING. AND IN SPITE, AS YOU'VE HEARD OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER MONEY SPENT SETTLING LAWSUITS CONNECTED TO IRREFUTABLE MISCONDUCT BY THE POLICE. THANK YOU, MADAM, THANK YOU. REAPPOINT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND CREATE MEANINGFUL AND LASTING EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS. PLEASE, METRO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES THE ADDRESSES TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025. MOTION. SECOND, NO CORRECTIONS OR

[Council Minutes]

DELETIONS MADE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? ANY OPPOSITION. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE

[Committee Minutes]

[7. ID 25-0119 Special: Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education Committee – February 27, 2025]

FOLLOWING COMMITTEE. MINUTES, ALL IN 2025. THE SPECIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,

[8. ID 25-0139 Regular: Committee of the Whole – February 27, 2025]

HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 27TH. REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FEBRUARY

[9. ID 25-0130 Regular: Planning and Zoning Committee – March 4, 2025]

27TH. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. MARCH 4TH. REGULAR LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

[10. ID 25-0131 Regular: Labor and Economic Development Committee – March 4, 2025]

[11. ID 25-0132 Regular: Public Works Committee – March 4, 2025]

COMMITTEE. MARCH 4TH REGULAR PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MARCH 4TH REGULAR GOVERNMENT

[12. ID 25-0133 Regular: Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee – March 4, 2025]

OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. MARCH 4TH REGULAR EQUITY, COMMUNITY

[13. ID 25-0134 Regular: Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education Committee – March 5, 2025]

[14. ID 25-0135 Regular: Appropriations Committee – March 5, 2025]

AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. MARCH 5TH REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS

[15. ID 25-0143 Regular: Public Safety Committee – March 5, 2025]

COMMITTEE. MARCH 5TH REGULAR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MARCH 5TH REGULAR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON

[16. ID 25-0136 Regular: Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions – March 5, 2025]

[17. ID 25-0137 Regular: Parks and Sustainability Committee – March 6, 2025]

EFFICIENCIES OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MARCH 5TH REGULAR PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY

[18. ID 25-0138 Regular: Budget Committee – March 6, 2025]

[19. ID 25-0152 Special: Planning and Zoning Committee – March 11, 2025]

COMMITTEE. MARCH 6TH REGULAR BUDGET COMMITTEE. MARCH 6TH, THEN SPECIAL PLANNING ZONING COMMITTEE. MARCH 11TH. ARE THERE ANY DELETIONS OR CORRECTIONS MOTION? SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS WRITTEN. MADAM

[Communications to the Council]

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CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. WE DO. CAN YOU READ

[20. ID 25-0147 Board of Zoning Adjustment – Miguel Rodriguez (New Appointment).]

THOSE, PLEASE? DEAR PRESIDENT ACKERSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT ORDINANCE, I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ. A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE THE 30TH, 2028. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THIS APPOINTMENT IS MOST APPRECIATED. SINCERELY,

[21. ID 25-0148 Greater Louisville Lodging Management District Board – Lesli Schaffer (New Appointment).]

CRAIG GREENBERG. MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ACKERSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD LESLIE SCHAEFER 150 ROOMS OR LESS. A NEW APPOINTMENT TOURNAMENT EXPIRES MAY THE 1ST, 2026. YOUR

[22. ID 25-0149 Landbank Authority Board – Elaine Duncan (New Appointment).]

PROMPT ACTION ON THIS APPOINTMENT IS MUCH APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG, MAYOR DEAR PRESIDENT ANDERSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAND BANK AUTHORITY ORDINANCE, I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING ELAINE DUNCAN A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 28TH, 2028.

[23. ID 25-0150 Nulu Review Overlay District Committee – Amy Brooks (New Appointment).]

YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THIS APPOINTMENT IS MOST APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG, MAYOR TO PRESIDENT ACKERSON. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE NEW REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE. AMY BROOKS A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 26TH, 2026. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THIS APPOINTMENT IS MOST APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG. MAYOR. THOSE APPOINTMENTS NEEDING COUNCIL APPROVAL BE FORWARDED TO THE

[Consent Calendar]

GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WILL BE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR COMPROMISES ITEMS 24 THROUGH 37. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? MOTION A SECOND. ONE MOMENT SHE HAD TO READ THEM. GOTTA READ THEM FIRST. I THOUGHT YOU HAD AN ADDITION OR DELETION. I SAW YOU MOVING FAST THERE. WELL, NO, I SAW YOUR MOVEMENT, MADAM CLERK. SECOND READING OF THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE. THE FOLLOWING

[Legislation forwarded from APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE]

[24. O-058-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,123.40 FROM DISTRICT 3 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO TREESLOUISVILLE, INC. FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR SCHARDEIN CEMETERY. 3/5/25 Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025 Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ]

LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ITEM 24, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,123.40 FROM THE DISTRICT THREE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO THE LOUISVILLE, INC. FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR SHARDENE

[Legislation forwarded from BUDGET COMMITTEE]

CEMETERY. IN THE FALL, THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE BUDGET

[25. O-061-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 100, SERIES 2024, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 OPERATING BUDGET, BY TRANSFERRING $20,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND (DISTRICT 3) TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS (DISTRICT 3). 3/6/25 Budget Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025 Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ]

COMMITTEE. ITEM 25, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 100, SERIES 2024 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $20,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS DISTRICT THREE TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT THREE. THE

[Legislation forwarded from EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE]

FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ITEM SIX A RESOLUTION HONORING REVEREND DOCTOR JEFFREY ELLIS BY DEDICATING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 19TH STREET AND CEDAR STREET AS REVEREND DOCTOR JEFFRIES ELLIS WAY IN HIS HONOR. THE FINAL LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT,

[Legislation forwarded from GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT/AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE]

[27. AP030425NF APPOINTMENT OF NAYA OLIU FALOH TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 9, 2028) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. ITEM 27 APPOINTMENT OF NIA OLIA PHILO TO THE CODE

[28. AP030425YJ APPOINTMENT OF YVONNE JONES TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS ADVOCACY BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30, 2026) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

ENFORCEMENT BOARD. TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 9TH, 2028. ITEM 28 APPOINTMENT OF YVONNE JONES TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS ADVOCACY BOARD. TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. ITEM 29 AN

[29. AP030425BM APPOINTMENT OF BILL MILLER TO THE KENTUCKIANAWORKS – GREATER LOUISVILLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES MARCH 21, 2028) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

APPOINTMENT OF BILL MILLER TO THE KENTUCKIANA WORKS GREATER LOUISVILLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

[30. AP030425TW REAPPOINTMENT OF TODD WARREN TO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES MARCH 23, 2028) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

BOARD. TERM EXPIRES MARCH THE 21ST, 2028. ITEM 30 A REAPPOINTMENT OF TODD WARREN TO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES MARCH THE 23RD, 2028.

[31. AP030425GT APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE TIMMERING TO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES MARCH 23, 2028) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

I'M 31 APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE TIMBERING TO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

[32. AP030425JP APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PUSATERI TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 15, 2026) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

BOARD TERM EXPIRES MARCH 23RD, 2028. ITEM 32 APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PUSATERI TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD. TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 15TH, 2026. ITEM 33

[33. AP030425RK APPOINTMENT OF REBECCA KOSTRACH TO THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (TERM EXPIRES NOVEMBER 29, 2025) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

APPOINTMENT OF REBECCA HOTSTREAK TO THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. TERM EXPIRES NOVEMBER THE 29TH,

[34. AP030425KM APPOINTMENT OF KENNETH MARSHALL TO THE WATER WORKS BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES APRIL 30, 2029) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

2025. ITEM 34 APPOINTMENT OF KENNETH MARSHALL TO THE LOUISVILLE OR TO THE WATERWORKS

[35. RP030425WS REAPPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM SUMMERS IV TO THE WATER WORKS BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES APRIL 30, 2029) 3/4/25 Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025]

BOARD. TERM EXPIRES APRIL 30TH, 2029. I'M 35. REAPPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM SUMMERS, THE FOURTH TO THE WATERWORKS BOARD. TERM EXPIRES APRIL THE 30TH, 2029. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS

[Legislation forwarded from LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE]

[36. R-025-25 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GRANTING OF LOCAL INCENTIVES TO ATOMIC BRANDS INC. AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNEES OR APPROVED AFFILIATES THEREOF PURSUANT TO KRS CHAPTER 154, SUBCHAPTER 32. 3/4/25 Labor and Economic Development Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]

FORWARDED FROM THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. I'M 36 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GRANTING OF LOCAL INCENTIVES TO ATOMIC BRANDS, INC, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNEES OR APPROVED AFFILIATES THEREOF PURSUANT TO THE KRS 154, SUBCHAPTER 32. ITEM 37 RESOLUTION. PURSUANT TO THE

[37. R-026-25 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE OFFICE FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS CONCERNING POSITIVE FACILITATION OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PREVENTION, DIVERSION AND TREATMENT FOR THE LOUISVILLE YOUTH CONTINUUM OF CARE PROJECT – (THE WUNDERLIN COMPANY INC. - $43,560.00). 3/4/25 Labor and Economic Development Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: August 27, 2025 Sponsors: Tammy Hawkins (D-1), Ben Reno-Weber (D-8)]

CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FUNDING OF THE NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST FOR THE OFFICE OF SAFE AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS CONCERNING POSITIVE FACILITATION OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PREVENTION, DIVERSION AND TREATMENT AND THE LOUISVILLE YOUTH CONTINUUM OF CARE PROJECT. THE WONDERLAND COMPANY, INC. $43,560. AND FOR COUNCILMAN WINKLER, YOU'RE ON DECK. THAT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED, MADAM CLERK. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. JOSEPH. YES. MISTER PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 26 YES VOTES. THE CONSENT CALENDAR

[Old Business]

PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR BUSINESS WILL BE OLD BUSINESS. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM

[38. O-042-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 100, SERIES 2024 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 OPERATING BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING $2,915,000 OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. 3/6/25 Budget Committee Recommended for Approval 2/20/25 Budget Committee Held Action Required By: August 13, 2025 Sponsors: Kevin Kramer (R-11), Markus Winkler (D-17)]

38. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 100, SERIES 2024, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 OPERATING BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING $2,915,000 OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

BRENNAN POOLE SECOND ITEM IS PROPER FOR US. COUNCILMAN KRAMER. THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT CAME OUT WITH TWO PRESENT VOTES AND THE REST WERE

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YES VOTES. THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AROUND A PORTION OF THE SPENDING, BUT AGAIN, IT CAME OUT WITH YOU, NOT UNANIMOUS SUPPORT. IT CAME OUT WITH ALL YES VOTES AND TWO PRESENT VOTES.

THAT'S WHAT BRINGS IT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SO THE COMMITTEE IS ASKING FOR A YES VOTE. NEXT PERSON IN THE QUEUE IS COUNCILMAN LINENGER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR? YES. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. DELIVERED TO EVERYONE IS AN AMENDMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO THIS RESOLUTION. I RAISED SOME QUESTIONS DURING COMMITTEE ABOUT THE SPENDING OF THE 700,000 ON THE DIVERSION PROGRAM. WE'VE HEARD SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT ON THIS TOPIC. THANK YOU. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THAT I'VE OFFERED THIS AMENDMENT. IT'S OUT ON YOUR DESK. I'LL LET PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS WHAT WE'VE GOT. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MOTION IT YET. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE SEES IT HAS A CHANCE TO READ IT. AND THEN IF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE WANT TO DISCUSS OTHER ITEMS ON THIS, I'M HAPPY TO OFFER THE MOTION AFTERWARDS. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE SAW IT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT. SO COLLEAGUES, HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. THE MOTION HAS NOT BEEN MADE. YOU HAVE IT BEFORE YOU SO YOU CAN READ. SO WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS ITEM AS IF THIS MOTION HAS NOT BEEN MADE. SO I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE AT THE MOMENT. IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE? I'VE GOT NOBODY. AGAIN, I QUESTION THE SYSTEM. NO ONE'S IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK TO THIS COUNCILMAN LINENGER, DO YOU WISH TO MAKE THE MOTION AT THIS TIME? IF NO ONE ELSE. WHAT'S THAT? IT'S BRANDT. THAT'S FINE. I DIDN'T SEE YOU, BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY MAYBE FOR THOSE OF US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IT, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS IN THE DOCUMENT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. POINT OF ORDER, MR. PRESIDENT. WHAT'S THAT? SIR, YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT UNTIL IT'S MOTIONED. OKAY, WELL, HE'S GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION AND WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN FOR A SECOND, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE HIM THE FLOOR BACK. HOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I WAS JUST TRYING NOT TO JUMP THE QUEUE. IF EVERYONE'S READY TO GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT, THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS PER WHAT HAS BEEN PASSED OUT TO YOUR DESKS. SECTION THREE IS THE AND THAT'S ON THE BACK SIDE. IT'S PRINTED DOUBLE SIDE IS WHAT IS I'M ASKING CONSIDERATION ABOUT. AND THAT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION IS THAT WE HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE DIVERSION OF COURT PROGRAM THAT METRO COUNCIL SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE SUCH CONTRACT BY RESOLUTION, THAT IT BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE US, AND WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS SOME DETAILS. SO THAT'S MY MOTION AND I'LL SAVE ARGUMENT. ITEMS PROPERLY BEFORE US. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS, COUNCILWOMAN PARISH. RIGHT. YOU'RE NEXT IN THE QUEUE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY. THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT WITH THE 700,000, AS ADMITTED BY DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK IT OUT THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WORKED OUT BEFORE WE MAKE THAT DECISION. AND SO I SUPPORT THE MOTION BECAUSE OF THAT. I WANT TO BE A YES. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THIS THAT DIDN'T GET ANSWERED. AND THERE WAS NOT A SOLID ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SAY THE THINGS THAT THE 700,000 ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO ARE ALREADY HAPPENING THROUGH DISTRICT COURT, AND PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT COURT ATTORNEYS, EVERYBODY THAT IS PARTICIPATING IN IT HAVE SAID IT'S ALREADY WORKING. WHAT'S GOING ON? I DON'T THINK THAT THIS 700,000 IS BEST SPENT THIS WAY, BUT I'M OPEN TO HEARING MORE ABOUT IT THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, AND I JUST THINK THAT IT NEEDS MORE TIME FOR THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE OF THAT REASON. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN, YOUR NEXT TO YOU AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO SEE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING. I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. IT'S A PRINCIPLED ISSUE ON THIS, THOUGH. SIMPLY SAID, THERE WAS A PILE AND I MEAN A PILE OF COMPETITIVE RFPS THAT ARE PRIOR MAYOR DID THAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE APPROVED BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE CONTRACTS. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW OUR PROCESS WORKS. WE DO APPROVE NO BID CONTRACTS OVER $50,000, WHICH THAT'S BEEN CODIFIED IN ORDINANCE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT WE DO NOT APPROVE COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACTS LIKE THIS. WE APPROVE THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING WITH MANY TIMES EVEN LESS INFORMATION THAN WE HAVE HERE, DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE MAYOR INTENDS TO DO WITH IT. AND THEN WE EXECUTE OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE

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DOING IT. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR THIS, THEN I'M I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE COMPETITIVELY BIDS OUT THAT WE COULD SAY WE WANT TO BRING IT BEFORE US AND WE'D BE VOTING ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THINGS. WE'D BE DOING NOTHING BUT VOTING ON COMPETITIVELY BID ACTIVITY OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MEETING. THERE WOULD BE TONS OF THINGS THAT WE'D BE DOING THIS FOR. SO I DON'T BEGRUDGE ASKING THE MAYOR TO SEE IT BEFOREHAND AND GIVE IT SOME SCRUTINY. BUT MY ISSUE IS YOU'RE SAYING REVIEW AND APPROVE. WE START APPROVING APPROVING EVERY COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT IN THIS CITY, AND THIS COUNCIL WILL BE JAMMED UP AND ALSO BE MADE PARTY THEN. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL HAS DEBATED EXTENSIVELY IN THE PAST, THAT WE ARE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THE MAYOR IS THE EXECUTIVE BODY. HE ENGAGES IN CONTRACTS. WE DO NOT. AND WHEN WE PUT OURSELVES IN THE MIDST OF APPROVING EVERY COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT, WHY WOULDN'T WE THEN BE APPROVING THE DESIGN OF THE RFP, THE TERMS WITHIN THAT CONTRACT? AND NOW WE ARE AN ADDITIONAL PARTY TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS. AND AGAIN, I WOULD TELL YOU, IT WOULD BRING THE CITY TO A GRINDING HALT. I HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS MAYOR AS WELL AS THE PRIOR MAYOR, BUT THERE ARE SEPARATION OF POWERS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO. AND THEN WE EXECUTE OVERSIGHT. SO I THINK THIS IS A STEP TOO FAR, BUT I DON'T BEGRUDGE AND I THINK THE MAYOR SHOULD SHARE WITH COUNCILMAN LINENGER AND ANYBODY ELSE COUNCILWOMAN SHAMIKA PARISH. RIGHT. WHAT IT IS WHEN IT'S DONE. BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SAYING REVIEW AND APPROVE. I THINK IT SETS A BAD PRECEDENT. SO I'LL BE A NO. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

COUNCILMAN LINZER EXECUTING ON THE FLOOR. YES. SO THIS IS NOT REGULAR BUSINESS OF OUR CITY.

THIS IS A FINITE POOL OF MONEY, THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY. WE DON'T IT DOESN'T COME BACK.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A YOU KNOW, NEW TAX YEAR. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A NEW BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REAP NEW MONEY FROM THIS. THIS IS A FINITE POOL OF MONEY. AND SO I THINK IT DESERVES A LITTLE EXTRA SCRUTINY BECAUSE THIS IS AND I THE TERM WAS USED IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING. I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT TONIGHT. IT IS BLOOD MONEY. PEOPLE DIED. PEOPLE DIED.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS $50 MILLION AND IT'S NEVER COMING BACK. AND SO IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING I ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CAN I HAVE SOME DETAILS ON THIS PLAN, ANY DETAILS PLEASE? YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS WERE RAISED. WE ALL YOU KNOW, EVERYONE I THINK HAS SEEN THE ARTICLE IN THE COURIER TODAY, QUESTIONS RAISED OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS ABOUT THIS APPROPRIATION. AND SO TO ME, $700,000 TO THIS PROGRAM BLIND IN THE DARK THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA AT ALL WHAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I CAN SAY YES TO. I'M TRYING TO SAY YES TO US SPENDING MONEY TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS. AND SO I WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS IF I CAN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE FRONT END THAT I ASK REPEATEDLY IN COMMITTEE THAT WE ASK, CAN WE HAVE ANY DETAILS? WE WERE TOLD, NO, WE HAVE TO BID IT OUT FIRST BEFORE WE GET ANY LITERALLY ANY DETAILS. AND SO I SAID, OKAY, FINE. IF WE CAN'T HAVE IT, THEN LET'S HAVE IT NOW AND WE'LL HAVE IT AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE MONEY. THEN YOU CAN BID OUT THE CONTRACT. AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS YOU'RE PLANNING TO SPEND $700,000 OF THIS BLOOD MONEY ON. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S I'M ASKING FOR ANY IDEA OF WHAT I'M BEING ASKED TO APPROPRIATE $700,000 OF THIS FINITE POOL OF MONEY FOR.

AND SO THAT THAT'S WHY THE MOTION IS HERE. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ABOUT SETTING PRECEDENT FOR ANY OTHER KIND OF SPENDING. IT IS ON THIS POOL OF MONEY. IF WE CAN'T HAVE DETAILS, HOW CAN I SAY YES TO AN IDEA THAT, AGAIN, WE NEVER GET THIS BACK? WE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW THE PREVENTION MONEY WAS GOING TO BE SPENT IN JC. I WAS EXCITED TO FIND OUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE ON PREVENTION, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN SORT OF LACKING IN WHAT WE SPENT IN THE SO FAR. ON THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY. I'M EXCITED TO VOTE FOR THAT PART. I DON'T WANT TO VOTE NO ON THIS ON THE MAIN MOTION. THAT'S WHY I WANT THE MOTION AMENDED SO THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTING TO FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WINKLER.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN LINDNER'S AMENDMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS. ONE, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE ADMINISTRATION'S PERSPECTIVE, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE THERE MAY BE PEOPLE DOING THIS WORK, THIS IS NOT GOVERNMENT FUNDED, CONTRACTED WORK TODAY. AND SO IT CAN END TOMORROW IF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO STOP DOING IT. THIS PROVIDES A FUNDING MECHANISM AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICE OBLIGATION. SO I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT GETS FUNDED. AND I KNOW THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION'S FOCUS IS TO

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PROVIDE SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES. AND I TAKE THEM AT THEIR WORD.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE SHOULD WANT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HELP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED. HOWEVER, I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI. I THINK THAT AS COUNCILMAN LINENGER SAID, DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. TO ME, THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM A STANDARD NO BID CONTRACT OR A COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT BECAUSE THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS STILL BEING DEFINED. IT THIS WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION SAYING WE WANT TO BUY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAPITAL EQUIPMENT WE WANT TO BUY, BUT WE KNOW WE NEED SOME EQUIPMENT. AND SO WE WANT YOU TO APPROVE $5 MILLION FOR US TO BUY EQUIPMENT. WE DON'T DO THAT NOW. WE DON'T GET INVOLVED WHEN THEY SAY WE WANT TO SPEND $2 MILLION ON FIRE TRUCKS, WE DON'T SAY, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WANT TO SEE WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO ABOUT THE FIRE TRUCK, WHAT THE PRICE IS ON THE FIRE TRUCK. WHICH MODEL FIRE TRUCK YOU'RE LOOKING AT. THAT WOULD BE OVERREACH. BUT ASKING FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE A SLIGHTLY MORE SOLIDIFIED FRAMEWORK. I HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, IS NOT OVERREACH. IN FACT, I BELIEVE IT'S OUR OBLIGATION AND WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR PARRISH RIGHT. ALMOST REMOVED MYSELF. I DIDN'T EXPECT COUNCILMAN WINKLER TO SAY ALL OF THAT. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE REASON WHY WE'RE SET UP AS A BODY THAT HAS THE POWER OF THE PURSE, WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND THAT WE, THE MAYOR, DOES NOT HAVE MORE POWER THAN US. IF THE MAYOR DID, THE MAYOR WOULD NOT NEED TO BRING IT BEFORE THIS BODY. THERE'S CHECKS AND BALANCES FOR A REASON, AND WE'VE BEEN ELECTED TO BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING WE DO, AND IF WE DON'T AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, WE DON'T LIKE THE MAYOR. IT'S NOT ABOUT PERSONALITY. IT'S NOT ABOUT FEELINGS. IT'S ABOUT BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND AS I SAID IN COMMITTEE, THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVER 18 YEARS AND 18 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. I DON'T PLAN TO BE IN THIS SEAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE IT'S MY TURN AND I'M IN THIS SEAT, THAT WE'RE MAKING THE BEST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS WE CAN MAKE, WE CANNOT JUST KEEP PASSING THROUGH ALL, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE WELL, I DON'T HAVE TRUST IN SOME OF THE THINGS THE ADMINISTRATION DOES, BUT I WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE RIGHT NOW ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. THIS IS BLOOD MONEY. THIS IS NOT PHILANTHROPY. AND THAT IS THE THING THAT KEEPS GETTING CONFUSED. IT'S NOT REGULAR CITY MONEY. IT'S NOT PHILANTHROPY. THIS IS BLOOD MONEY THAT HAS BEEN THAT SHOULD GO CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS ISSUE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THAT. WE SEE IT ALSO HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE SEE OTHER OUR OTHER COUNTY PARTNERS DEALING WITH THIS AND MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

SO IT I WANT TO SAY YES, JUST AS COUNCILMAN LEONARD HAS EXPLAINED. BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING YES TO THIS 700,000. IF THIS 700,000 IS ADDED WITH THE 300,000, THAT IS FOR OTHER THINGS IN HERE. THAT'S $1 MILLION. IT'S NOT ANYTHING TO LOOK DOWN ON IT. THAT MILLION DOLLARS COULD ACTUALLY HOUSE, PUT PEOPLE IN HOTELS, TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET. IT CAN DO A LOT MORE MONEY. I THINK THE INTENTIONS ARE GOOD, BUT MY ONLY WORRY ABOUT OUR ADMINISTRATION IS THAT IT PUTS THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE TOO MANY TIMES, AND THEN WE ARE EXPECTED TO RUBBER STAMP IT. I WANT TO SAY YES, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IF WE'RE OPEN TO THE RFP PROCESS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WEBER. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK THERE ARE MOMENTS FOR A REAL SERIOUS AND IDEOLOGICAL CONVERSATION. THIS MOMENT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THAT THERE IS NOTHING ON FIRE ABOUT THIS. THERE IS NO PART OF THIS THAT REQUIRES US TO MOVE QUICKLY. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO, RIGHT? SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO RESPOND.

AND IN ORDER TO MEET SOME DEADLINES OR SOME OTHER POLITICAL REALITY. BUT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THIS BODY TO SAY, OKAY, WE WANT TO GET TO YES ON THIS. SO EITHER WE ACCEPT THIS AMENDMENT AND GO WITH THAT, OR WE FIND A WAY TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS WHEN THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ANSWERED ON THE FRONT END AS BEST THEY CAN BE. AND IF THEY CAN'T BE, WELL, THAT'S ITS OWN PROBLEM. BUT I JUST THERE'S THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO RUSH THIS PARTICULAR THING RIGHT NOW. COUNCILMAN KRAMER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MY FIRST READ THROUGH THE AMENDMENT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY OR INCREASED LOOKING. I THINK THAT ACTUALLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

BUT COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI MAKES A REALLY GOOD POINT. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. I'VE WATCHED FOLKS WHO HAVE HAD REASON TO NOT LIKE CONTRACTS THAT THE MAYOR WAS GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN, AND THE THOUGHT THAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO IT IS OPENING THE DOOR. I'M NOT SAYING NECESSARILY RUSHING HEADLONG IN. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SENSE OF URGENCY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. BUT THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD OPEN THE DOOR TO NOW, ANY TIME ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD ANY QUESTION OR CHALLENGE FOR ANY MAJOR CONTRACT, WE WOULD SCREAM AND SHOUT, OH, WE NEED

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TO, YOU KNOW, GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY. THE ACCOUNTABILITY COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, THE REQUEST FOR FUNDS. IT COMES WITH THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING IT IN ON.

IT COMES WITH THE RFP PROCESS. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE US HAVE EVERY SINGLE RFP THAT ANY PERSON IN THIS BODY DOESN'T AGREE WITH BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE US AND DEBATED LIKE IT'S BEING DEBATED RIGHT NOW. AND THEN IF IT IF IT GETS THE YES VOTE THAT NIGHT, THEN THAT MEANS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. AT SOME POINT IT'S GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN FOR YET ANOTHER DEBATE. AND I JUST I THINK WE CREATE JUST A NIGHTMARE FOR THIS BODY WHEN WE ALLOW EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT TO BECOME A POLITICAL BATTLE. SO I WAS LEANING TOWARDS. YES, BUT I HAVE TO SAY I'M A SOLID NO. AND I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL UNDERSTAND AND AGREE. SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. MADAM CLERK.

YOU. MISS HAWKINS? YEAH. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY. WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO KNOW? AND IF THERE IS SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MONEY, LET'S JUST DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN DOING THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT I THINK THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT AND THERE'S NO RUSH, AND I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUE. COUNCILMAN OWEN. I WAS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE SOME OF THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN REASONABLE AND, AND MAKE SOME SENSE ABOUT OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS. AND I THINK IN THIS CASE, I THINK PERHAPS SENDING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE AND HAVING SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. GIVEN THAT I DON'T THINK WE'RE UNDER THE GUN NECESSARILY, IT ISN'T A BAD IDEA. SO I WILL PROBABLY VOTE NO ON THE AMENDMENT, BUT WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF POTENTIALLY SENDING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE BRINGING IT BACK. THANKS, COUNCILMAN WINKLER. YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NINE. ONLY IN SO MUCH TO SAY. I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S PERSPECTIVE IS WE'VE ANSWERED ALL WE KNOW AT THIS POINT. AND UNTIL WE DO THE RFP, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE THAT I CAN. I'M SPEAKING FOR THEM, OBVIOUSLY. RIGHT. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU. AND SO SENDING IT BACK IS NOT GOING TO ANSWER ANY OF THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS, I THINK, IS, IS THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. COUNCILMAN WEBER. AND I THINK IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT OBJECT TO AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THAT AT LEAST UNTIL OUR COLLEAGUES ARE, THIS IS THIS IS ALL WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER. BUT I THINK THE SENTIMENT IS WE'VE NOT GOTTEN ENOUGH OF THOSE ANSWERS. AND I DO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION SPENT, BECAUSE I ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. THEY WERE GOOD WITH THEIR TIME. BUT I DO THINK THERE'S MORE THAT WE COULD LEARN, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, WE COULD SAY, OKAY, YOU'RE NOT QUITE COMFORTABLE. CAN WE GET YOU THERE SO THAT WE CAN BE AS CLOSE TO UNANIMOUS AS A BODY AS WE CAN BE? SO AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON FIRE. THIS IS NOT LIKE A DEVELOPMENT CASE WHERE THERE'S MONEY BEING LOST. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TWO WEEKS IS NOT GOING TO HURT ANYTHING HERE.

COUNCILMAN LINENGER. YEAH, I, I DON'T WANT TO PUT NICOLE GEORGE THROUGH THE WRINGER AGAIN, ONLY FOR HER TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND SAY, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR WANTED TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT SHE WANTED TO SELL ME ON THIS, BUT THAT HER ANSWER WAS, I LITERALLY CAN'T TELL YOU ANY DETAILS YET UNTIL YOU APPROPRIATE THE MONEY. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THAT'S WHY I'M UP HERE TONIGHT ABOUT THIS IS I WANT TO VOTE TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO DEAL WITH THIS. AND WE CAN'T IF WE SENT IT BACK TO COMMITTEE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DID NOT ORIGINALLY INTEND TO OFFER THIS AMENDMENT. YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO HAVE IT STILL ON THE FRONT END, BUT I WAS CONVINCED THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET THOSE ANSWERS ON THE FRONT END, AND THAT THERE WAS NO AMOUNT OF ASKING NICOLE GEORGE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK TO THE ISSUE THAT WE WERE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE $700,000 WAS GOING TO BE SPENT ON, AND ANY KIND OF DETAILS ABOUT THE DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CREATING. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M OFFERING THE AMENDMENT IN THIS FORM, IS IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET ANSWERS, THEN THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET ANSWERS. I MEAN, YOU CAN VOTE THE AMENDMENT DOWN. YOU CAN YOU CAN ASK TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. THAT MIGHT PASS. THAT MOTION MIGHT PASS AFTER WE CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ANY DIFFERENT ANSWERS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT THE SHAPE OF THE PROGRAM IS, AND THEN WE'LL JUST BE BACK IN THIS PICKLE TWO WEEKS LATER. I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY, WELL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER US ON THE FRONT END.

LET'S HAVE SOME ANSWERS ON THE BACK END AT LEAST. SO THANK YOU. HAVING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE

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THIS. NO. OKAY. HE TOLD ME HE DOES NOT WANT TO. SO WE'VE GOT NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE AT THIS POINT. SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR ROLL CALL. VOTE. A YES VOTE IS FOR COUNCILMAN LINDER'S AMENDMENT. A NO VOTE IS AGAINST THAT AMENDMENT. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL FOR ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER. JOSEPH. NO. OKAY. OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 12 YES VOTES AND 14 NO VOTES. THE AMENDMENT FAILS. WE NOW HAVE THE ITEM BEFORE US IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE. I SEE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR MIC FOR ME, MR. PRESIDENT? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION NOTION WAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. SECOND, THE MOTION TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. IS THAT DEBATABLE? NO, NOT THE YES. MOTION TO RECOMMIT. DO WE NEED TO DEBATE IT? DOES ANYONE HAVE A REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE? YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT WE'VE HEARD DEBATE ON THIS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO ADD ON THE MOTION TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE, SEEING NO ONE IN THE QUEUE? MADAM CLERK, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL ON THIS ONE ALSO. OKAY. PLEASE OPEN THE WORLD. CHANGE THAT FOR ME, PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOSEPH. NO. OKAY. CHANGE IT BACK, PLEASE. NO. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 11 YES VOTES AND 15. NO. THE MOTION. SEND IT BACK. FAILS. GIVE ME ANOTHER ONE. WE NOW HAVE THE PRESENT AS FILED MOTION BEFORE US. NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL FOR A VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER JOSEPH. YES. OH, I GUESS I SHOULD OPEN IT FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I AM, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 20 YES VOTES, FOUR NO VOTES AND ONE PRESENT VOTE. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM 39. AN ORDINANCE

[39. O-023-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11.4.7 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE (“LDC”) REGARDING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLANS (CASE NO. 24-LDC-0009). (ASA AMENDED) 03/4/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Amended; Recommended for Approval 2/18/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Tabled 2/4/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Tabled 1/21/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Tabled Action Required By June 9, 2025 Sponsors: Markus Winkler (D-17) ]

AMENDING SECTION 11 .4.7 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLANS. CASE NUMBER 24, LDC 0009, AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ANDERSON. SO THIS THIS WAS KIND OF ORIGINALLY TITLED KIND OF THE BAIT AND SWITCH. ORDINANCE. AND. THERE WAS A REQUEST MADE BY COUNCIL FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO LOOK INTO IF, IF A, IF A PROJECT WAS APPROVED, HAD A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVED WITHIN AND CHANGED THAT PLAN WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL, THEN HOW DIFFERENT THAT PLAN CHANGE WOULD HAVE TO BE BEFORE IT TRIGGERED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT A 25% CHANGE, AMONG SOME OTHER ISSUES, IN THAT THE DENSITY OF THAT PLAN, THE NUMBER OF UNITS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER TO 10% CHANGE, AND THAT'S WHAT WAS PASSED OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT A SPLIT VOTE, 6 TO 4. THAT'S WHAT CAME IN FRONT OF OUR COMMITTEE. AND THEN THROUGH AN AMENDMENT PROCESS, WE AMENDED THAT TO GO BACK TO THE 25% CHANGE TO TRIGGER A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.

SO EITHER WAY, A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IS TRIGGERED. WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE IS WHETHER IT'S A 10% CHANGE OR A LARGER 25% CHANGE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE WE'VE PROPOSED TO GO BACK TO THE 25% CHANGE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US HERE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A CHANGE THAT'S MADE. THIS IS IN ORDER TO CATCH PROJECTS OR SPONSORS THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER BAIT AND SWITCH TO GET SOMETHING APPROVED AS A CERTAIN THING AND THEN CHANGE IT WITHIN THAT THREE, THREE YEARS.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH GOING, GOING FORWARD. SO A, A VOTE FOR THIS WOULD BE THAT 2,025% CHANGE TO THAT DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN WOULD TRIGGER A NEIGHBORHOOD VOTE. SEEING NO ONE

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IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. JOSEPH. YES. I THINK YOU CAN CHANGE IT BACK. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 25 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM

[40. O-059-25 PENDING: AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8915 OLD BARDSTOWN ROAD CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2.2 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 24ZONE0113). 3/11/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Pending 3/4/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Held Action Required By May 7, 2025 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]

40, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8915 OLD BARDSTOWN ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2.2 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 24, ZONE 0113.

AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION. I'M SWAPPING FOR US, COUNCILMAN OWEN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ANDERSON, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ISSUE, TOO. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THIS CAME IN FRONT OF US AS A ZONING CHANGE, AND IT WAS TABLED IN COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO GIVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION TIME ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF. AND THEN WE LEARNED FROM THE PLANNING STAFF THAT PROPER NOTICE HAD NOT BEEN PROVIDED BY THE SPONSOR. AND THE JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECOMMENDED THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING IN ORDER TO RE SEND THIS BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND SO THEY COULD GIVE PROPER NOTICE, HAVE ANOTHER PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, AND THEN SEND IT BACK TO US ALL WITHIN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE NEED TO BE IN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS IS IN COUNCILMAN BRATCHERS DISTRICT, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT THE PARTICULAR PROJECT. BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK TO IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO. COUNCILMAN BRADSHAW. NO, THAT'S FINE, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. SO. SO AGAIN, THE VOTE HERE, A VOTE FOR THIS IS TO SEND IT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO THE SPONSOR CAN DO THE PROPER GET THE PROPER NOTICE COMPLETED, AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE A PROPER HEARING WITH THE PROPER NOTICE AND THEN SEND IT BACK TO US. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. JOSEPH. YES. OKAY. I'M READY. YES, SIR. I'M READY. CHERYL. MISTER PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 26 YES VOTES. THE ORDER IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS. AS YOU LEAVE THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY. SO THE CLERK MAY READ THE NEW

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BUSINESS. ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS? PLEASE STICK AROUND AND WE'LL HANDLE THOSE AT THE END OF THE NEW BUSINESS. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ITEM 41, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM DISTRICT 26 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THE TOMMY ELLIOTT FUND FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE 2025 STORYTELLER EVENT. ITEM 42 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $28,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $2,000 FROM DISTRICT 15. $1,500 EACH FROM DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, AND 26 $1,250 FROM DISTRICT 22, $750 FROM DISTRICT 20, AND $500 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 13, 21, 23, AND 24 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT. BUDGET TWO KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2025 SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS TOUR.

ITEM 43 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $9,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $3,000 FROM DISTRICT 21. $2,000 IN DISTRICT 15. $1,500 FROM DISTRICT THREE. $1,000 EACH FROM DISTRICT SIX AND NINE $500 FROM DISTRICT 24 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO SOUTH LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL FAMILIES AND FAMILIES DINNER, THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. ITEM 44, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 100, SERIES 2024 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $26,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT TWO FOR THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL. GENERAL OPERATIONS.

DISTRICT TWO. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO THE LABOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ITEM 45, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES. CHAPTER 90 TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR CIGARETTE CIGAR BARS. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS SIGNED TO THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. ITEM 46 A RESOLUTION RENAMING THE WINDSOR PARK TO NICK RODMAN LEGACY PARK. ITEM 47, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO, ON BEHALF OF METRO GOVERNMENT, TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON PROPERTY OWNED BY MARY ANN TYLER, LOCATED AT 5801 AND 5900 BILL TEN ROAD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. ITEM 48, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF A 25 FOOT WIDE, UNNAMED AND UNIMPROVED ROAD EAST OF RAIL ROAD AND SOUTH OF SOUTH POPE LICK ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 25,132.75FT■!S, AD THE LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 24. STREET CLOSURE 0032. ITEM 49 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1104 LOGAN STREET, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.1 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 24, ZONE 0116. ITEM 50, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2213 SOUTH PRESTON STREET, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.1036 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 24, ZONE 0136. ITEM 51 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 9390 308 OLD BARDSTOWN ROAD, 1033313 AND 103 11. ART DIXON LANE AND

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PARCEL ID NUMBER 066600250000, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 62.24 ACRES AND BEING LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 24, ZONE 0088 READ IN FULL.

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