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May 15, 2025 Metro Council

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THIS IS A REGULAR LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 15TH, 2025. PLEASE COME TO

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ORDER. THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 6:01 P.M. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE

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ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE. A MADAM CLERK OF CALLING OF THE ROLL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HAWKINS. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHANKLIN. PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. PIERCE. RIGHT. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. HERNDON HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PURVIS PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEININGER PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCRANEY. COUNCIL MEMBER RENO WEBBER. COUNCIL MEMBER OWEN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYMOND HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOSEPH HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HUME. COUNCIL MEMBER. BASS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

CHAPPELL. COUNCIL MEMBER. REID HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WINKLER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER COUNCIL MEMBER. PIAGENTINI. COUNCIL MEMBER. BENSON PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. RUDY HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BRATCHER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HUDSON. COUNCIL MEMBER. MULVEY. WOOLRIDGE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER OR PRESIDENT. AKERSON. PRESENT. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 20 AND A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. COUNCILWOMAN MCCRANEY AND COUNCILMAN KRAMER HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCES. COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT A PAGE THIS EVENING. YES, SIR, I DO. MY PAGE, JACE JONES, IF YOU WOULD STAND UP, PLEASE. WE HAVE JACE JONES. HE'S NINE YEARS OLD. HE ENJOYS READING, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, DRAWING. AND HE IS HOMESCHOOLED. THANK YOU, JAMES, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADDRESSES? THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THERE ARE. LET ME REMIND THOSE ADDRESSING COUNCIL TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING PROFANITY OR MAKING DEROGATORY STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL PEOPLE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO MORE THAN THREE PERSONS THAT MAY SPEAK TO ANY SAME POSITION ON ANY ONE TOPIC BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. SO IF THERE'S A FOURTH PERSON THAT DESIRES TO SPEAK, UNFORTUNATELY, THE RULES REQUIRE THAT THEY WOULD BE DENIED THAT ACCESS. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. BRITTANY. STATS. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BRITTANY STATS. AND IN THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT I'VE LIVED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED COUNTLESS ISSUES WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE PANHANDLED BY MY HOUSE. THE PANHANDLERS HAVE BEEN PASSED OUT DRUNK ON OUR PROPERTY MORE THAN THREE TIMES. THEY USE PANHANDLING AS A FRONT TO BUY AND SELL DRUGS, AS WELL AS SHOOT UP ON A CORNER ADJACENT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED ME, THROWN FOOD AT OUR WINDOWS, STOLEN AND VANDALIZED OUR PROPERTY, FIGHT OVER THE CORNER OUR HOUSE SITS ON. I ACTUALLY SAW A MAN TRY TO BEAT ANOTHER PANHANDLER WITH A FENCE POST, HARASSED ME AS I AND STALKED ME DOWN THE STREET AFTER I POLITELY ASKED THEM TO REMOVE THEIR OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS. THE YELLING HAS INCLUDED RACIAL SLURS BEFORE THEY LEAVE TRASH ALL AROUND OUR PROPERTY THAT I HAVE TO CLEAN UP ON A DAILY BASIS. I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE PHOTO AND VIDEO EVIDENCE AS WELL AS POLICE REPORTS TO ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED. THE PANHANDLERS ARE SO CLOSE TO OUR HOME THAT I CAN LITERALLY REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEM FROM MY PORCH. IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I'M HAVING TO BUILD A FORTRESS AROUND OUR HOME MIRROR, SO I CAN SEE WHO'S OUT THERE BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR A WALK. CAMERAS, A FENCE, BIRD SPIKES AROUND OUR WINDOWS. MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE

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STREET HAVE TO WALK AROUND THEM ON THEIR OWN FRONT STEPS TO GET INTO THEIR HOME. WHEN WE FIRST MOVED INTO THE HOME, THERE WERE MAYBE 2 TO 3 PANHANDLERS A DAY. THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED TO OVER HALF A DOZEN, AND I FEAR IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IF NOTHING IS DONE. I UNDERSTAND THAT PANHANDLING IS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, AND I'M NOT HERE TO TRY AND START SOME SORT OF MOVEMENT TO HAVE THAT OVERTURNED. I'M SURE A LOT OF PANHANDLERS DEPEND ON THE MONEY THEY RECEIVE. I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME SORT OF PROTECTION THAT CAN BE ENFORCED BY THE POLICE WHEN IT COMES TO THEM PANHANDLING BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. AS IT STANDS TODAY, ANYTIME I CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY TELL ME THEIR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE OUR HOME SITS ON A PUBLIC SIDEWALK, A SIDEWALK THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING CLEAN AND FREE OF SNOW LEAVES AND WEEDS. BUT I'M NOT PERMITTED TO ASK PEOPLE WHO LOITER FOR HOURS AT A TIME TO MOVE ON. I'M HERE TO ASK FOR HELP AND ORDINANCE, PERHAPS BARRING PEOPLE FROM PANHANDLING WITHIN SO MANY FEET OF A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, A LOITERING RULE, A PEDESTRIAN LAW, SOCIAL WORKERS TO COME OUT AND CONFIRM WHAT SORT OF ASSISTANCE CAN BE PROVIDED SO THEY WON'T NEED TO PANHANDLE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW THE POLICE TO ASK THEM TO MOVE ON. AS IT STANDS TODAY, LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN'T DO THAT. EVEN WHEN THE PANHANDLER HAS DESTROYED OUR PROPERTY, THEY HAVE A LICENSE TO REMAIN AND HARASS BECAUSE THEY'RE HOLDING A SIGN OUTSIDE OF REACHING OUT TO THE POLICE. WE HAVE TRIED TO HANDLE THESE ISSUES OURSELVES, BUT IT QUICKLY TURNS RETALIATORY AND DANGEROUS. WHEN YOU GUYS GO HOME THIS EVENING AND I UNDERSTAND WE ARE ALL BLESSED TO HAVE HOMES, THOSE OF US THAT DO.

I'D LIKE YOU TO IMAGINE HAVING PEOPLE THAT HAVE HARASSED YOU VANDALIZE YOUR PROPERTY AND STOLEN FROM YOU, STANDING RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR HOME EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND LIVING WITH THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOUR HOME SITS ON A PUBLIC SIDEWALK, I'M SURE YOU'LL BE LEFT ASKING YOURSELF, I HAVE JUST TWO MORE SENTENCES. WHAT RIGHTS DO I HAVE AS A PROPERTY OWNER TO PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF MY HOME? YOUR HOME SHOULD BE A SANCTUARY, NOT A PLACE FILLED WITH ANXIETY AND FEAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY SOLUTIONS MADE AVAILABLE. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU. SHAUN WHITE. I'M HERE BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED AN ORDINANCE THAT PANHANDLING SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AROUND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. I CAN ALMOST BET THAT NOBODY IN THIS ROOM EXPERIENCES ABUSE BY PANHANDLERS AT THEIR HOUSE. I'VE LIVED ON FIRST AND SAINT CATHERINE SINCE 1981. OLD LOUISVILLE IS THE LARGEST PRESERVATION DISTRICT IN THE NATION. IT SHOULD BE CHERISHED. OUR HOUSES ARE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE LIKE THIS. THEY PANHANDLE, THEY ATTACK. THEY SELL DRUGS. THEY FIGHT. THEY DESTROY HER PROPERTY. THEY THROW FOOD ON HER WINDOW. IN THE 90S, I WENT TO JOHN BOYLE. THERE WAS CRACK DEALING AND GANGS ACROSS THE STREET FROM ENGLEHART. IN 21, I EXPERIENCED 14 OVERDOSES IN 23. SIX DAYS OUT OF SEVEN, I SAW DRUG ABUSE IN OLD LOUISVILLE. SO WE DEAL WITH DRUG ABUSE, TRANSITIONAL HOUSES, WHICH IS A NEW CASH COW AND DRUG PROBLEMS ON THE STREET. BRITTANY IS INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW THAT CLEANS THE WHOLE BLOCK. MOST PEOPLE CLEAN IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, SO IF SHE MOVES AFTER YOU KNOW HER, TIME'S UP. ALL LOUISVILLE'S LOSING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THE PANHANDLERS ARE WINNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JORDAN SIMPSON.

JORDAN SIMPSON. ASHLEE EVANS. SO I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON THE PANHANDLING. I GREW UP IN OLD LOUISVILLE AND CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE SAINT JOSEPH'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST KIND OF WANT TO SHARE THE UNHOUSED CRISIS AND MY EXPERIENCES. SO I'VE GOT SEVERAL INVESTMENT PROPERTIES IN OLD LOUISVILLE, AND I WORK IN NULU GOING INTO NULU FOR IT DAILY. IF YOU GET STOPPED AT THE OFF RAMP AT BROOKE AND CHESTNUT, YOU'RE HAVING PEOPLE PASSED OUT IN THE STREET. YOU'RE WONDERING IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OVER SOMEONE. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE KNOCKING ON YOUR WINDOWS. AS I GO INTO WORK IN NULU, IF I DON'T GET TO PARK IN THE PARKING LOT, I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES I'M GOING TO GET HARASSED GOING INTO WORK. AND THAT'S JUST THE DAILY EXPERIENCES THERE. I DO QUITE A FEW MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT OFFICE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE. IF I'M GOING IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING, I WILL HAVE A CELL PHONE NUMBER OR

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A LINE SO THAT I KNOW SOMEBODY CAN LET ME IN. AT THAT POINT, I'M NOT STANDING OUT. SO I'VE GOT SEVERAL RENOVATIONS IN OLD LOUISVILLE AND I'M DOWN THERE PRETTY REGULARLY. I FEEL REALLY BLESSED THAT I GET TO MOVE ON FROM EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT I GET TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE PEOPLE OFF OF MY PROJECTS IN THAT PART AND THEN GO HOME IN PEACE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STOPPING THE RENOVATIONS IN OLD LOUISVILLE AND OTHER URBAN AREAS, OUT OF FEAR THAT THE UNHOUSED ARE GOING TO MOVE IN AND SET THE PROPERTY ON FIRE. THEY'RE OUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AS WELL AS THEIR TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, I KEEP DOING THOSE RENOVATIONS, BUT WE BOARD OUR WINDOWS, WE PUT IN SECURITY CAMERAS AND THEN A LOT OF PRAYERS. AND IT'S HARD.

AND ULTIMATELY, I REALLY FEEL AT PEACE EVEN AS I LEAVE HOME. A LOT OF TIMES AS I'M LEAVING A LOUISVILLE, I WILL GO THROUGH THE ARTHUR RAMP. I'VE ALMOST HIT PEOPLE ON COUNTLESS TIMES WHERE THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET DRESSED IN BLACK. I LIVE IN FEAR THAT I'M GOING TO KILL SOMEONE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. SO IT'S A CRISIS AT THE KROGER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO KNOCK ON MY WINDOW AND ASK FOR FOOD. AND ALL OF IT IS. AT LEAST I FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEN I GO HOME THAT I GET TO SIT ON MY FRONT PORCH IN PEACE, THAT IT'S NOT AT MY HOUSE AND WALKING AWAY FROM IT. SO EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THIS BOTHERS ME AND KIND OF MY DAY TO DAY EXPERIENCES, I REALIZE HOW FORTUNATE I AM COMPARED TO STEVE AND BRITTANY. STATS THAT IT'S NOT AT MY PERSONAL HOME. SO ABSOLUTELY KIND OF FOR CHANGING SOMETHING. ON THE UNHOUSED CRISIS IN LOUISVILLE. THANK YOU, DENISE, RUFA RUFA. HELLO, MY NAME IS DENISE RUFA AND I TEND SAINT LAWRENCE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SHIVELY, AND I AM A MEMBER OF CLOUT. CITIZENS OF LOUISVILLE ORGANIZED AND UNITED TOGETHER LAST FALL. WE, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, CLOUT HAD A CITYWIDE LISTENING PROCESS THAT ENGAGED MORE THAN 400 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS. WE HEARD STORY AFTER STORY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. SOME OF THE STORIES WERE SO DRAMATIC THAT THE LOVED ONES WHO HAVE BEEN IN CRISIS, WHO WERE NOT AT A LOSS OF WHERE TO TURN. SOME WERE STORIES ABOUT YOUTH WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AFTER THE PANDEMIC. EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED IN OUR LISTENING PROCESS, THE CRISIS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CLEAR TO ALL OF US. WE'VE ALL SEEN SOMEONE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN PUBLIC, A GROCERY STORE IN THE STREETS OUTSIDE OUR CONGREGATIONS, AND THOSE OF US WHO WANT TO HELP FEEL POWERLESS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ON OUR OWN TO GET THEM THE HELP THEY NEED IN CLOUDS. RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE, WE LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAPS IN LOUISVILLE'S MENTAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PLACES TO GO WHEN SOMEONE IS IN CRISIS WITHOUT A SAFE PLACE TO GO TO. MANY PEOPLE END UP IN JAIL OR HOSPITAL, WHICH ONLY MAKES THEIR CRISIS WORSE. THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IS A 24 OVER SEVEN CRISIS DROP IN CENTER, LIKE THE ONE SEVEN COUNTIES IS WORKING TO ESTABLISH BY JANUARY 2026. THIS CENTER ALLOWS PEOPLE TO WALK IN OR BE DROPPED OFF BY FIRST RESPONDERS. ONCE THERE, THEY WILL BE HAVE AN EVALUATION FROM A LICENSED PRACTITIONER PRACTITIONER WHO CAN CONNECT THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CARE AND OTHER RESOURCES THEY NEED. BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A REALITY, THE FUNDING NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE. WE ARE ASKING YOU AS A METRO COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT A REALITY. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO AMEND THE BUDGET AND CREATE THE FUNDING FOR THIS MUCH NEEDED SERVICE. AFTER THIS INITIAL INVESTMENT TO LAUNCH THE PROGRAM, WE BELIEVE THAT SEVEN COUNTIES CAN WORK TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FUNDING WITHOUT ANNUAL COSTS FOR METRO GOVERNMENT FUNDING, THE CENTER WILL NOT ONLY SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES, IT WILL BRING US CLOSER TO THE CITY. WE ALL WANT LOUISVILLE TO BE A COMPASSIONATE CITY WHERE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS INSTEAD OF CASTING THEM ASIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ANGELA JOHNSON.

HELLO, MY NAME IS REVEREND DOCTOR ANGELA JOHNSON. I AM THE PASTOR OF GRACE HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN SMOKETOWN, AND I TOO AM A MEMBER OF CLOUT. I AM SPEAKING ON THE CONSENT DECREE, THE KILLING OF BREONNA TAYLOR FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THE COMMUNITY OUTCRY THAT FOLLOWED WAS A WAKE UP CALL TO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT FOR OTHERS, IT WAS A REMINDER OF

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WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT THE ISSUE OF RACIAL INJUSTICE AND POLICING IS NOT NEW. AS WE SAW IN THE RECENT REPORT ON THE HISTORY OF POLICING IN LOUISVILLE THAT WAS FUNDED BY LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT, THERE IS A PATTERN OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN POLICING DATING BACK TO THE FOUNDING OF OUR CITY, AND THIS PATTERN HAS CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT DAY. AS THE 2023 DOJ REPORT CONFIRMED. THE CONSENT DECREE SIGNED IN DECEMBER, MARKS A REAL STEP FORWARD FOR IMPROVING POLICING AND BUILDING TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALTHOUGH THE DOJ INITIATED THIS PROCESS, WE KNOW THAT THEIR PRIORITIES MAY HAVE CHANGED AND THAT THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE CONSENT DECREE IS UNCERTAIN. BUT WHATEVER THE PRIORITIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY BE, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONSENT DECREE IS A STATEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHO LOUISVILLE IS. IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO DO THE HARD WORK OF REFORM NOT BECAUSE IT'S EASY, NOT BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS MAKING US DO IT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT'S THE KIND OF COMMITMENT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CALLING ON FOR CENTURIES, AND IT'S THE KIND OF COMMITMENT THAT WE DESERVE. FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE CONSENT DECREE REFORMS WILL MAKE US A SAFER AND MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY, AND ESTABLISHING QUALITY INDEPENDENT MONITORING WILL HELP BUILD THE TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE. THAT HAS BEEN SO SORELY MISSING. FAIR AND TRANSPARENT POLICING PRACTICES ARE GOOD FOR CITIZENS AND FOR THE POLICE, SO WE URGE YOU TO KEEP THE $750,000 SET ASIDE FOR CONSENT DECREE MONITORING IN THE BUDGET. WE'VE COME TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WAKANDA, MARTIN. WAKANDA. MARTIN. OH. SORRY, MA'AM, I DIDN'T HEAR. YOU'RE FINE. HI. MY NAME IS WAKANDA MARTIN. I'VE SPOKEN AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING AT LEAST THREE TIMES. THE TOPIC WILL BE WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE AND RETALIATION. I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THREE OF THE STATE PROGRAMS THE LEAD SAFE LOUISVILLE PROGRAM, THE HEALTHY HOMES, AND THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ICAP PROGRAM THAT INITIALLY BROUGHT ME IN CONTACT WITH THE OTHER THREE PROGRAMS. SINCE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE PROGRAMS, THE COMPANY ABN RESTORATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH FOR OVER 20 YEARS HAS LEFT MY HOUSE WITH MOLD HOLES IN THE ROOF AND TWO OF MY ROOFS, MOLD IN MY KITCHEN, AND AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE OF MY BACK PORCH, AND THEY HAVE LEFT ME WITH CODE VIOLATIONS. WHICH IS IRONIC THAT I WAS IN THE ICAP PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES CODE VIOLATIONS FOR YOUR PROPERTY. ONCE I'VE CONTACTED STAFF FROM THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHAT I'VE BEEN MET WITH WAS RESISTANCE TO TAKE ACTION. THEY HAVE BEEN RETALIATORY BY LEAVING ME WITH THESE CODE VIOLATIONS AND PUTTING ME UNDER DURESS TO SIGN ANOTHER PAPER TO FOR THIS GENTLEMAN TO RECEIVE MORE MONEY FOR MATERIALS THAT HE DID NOT PURCHASE IN THE FIRST PLACE. MY I HAVE A WOODEN HOME. THIS GENTLEMAN HAS. I HAD TO PROVIDE PICTURES TO HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT, SHOWING THAT WHERE HE LEFT HOLES IN MY HOME, TRYING TO COVER IT UP WITH SIDING, I NO MATTER. I WENT TO THE DIRECTOR OVER THE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT TO NO AVAIL. THEY'VE JUST BEEN IGNORING ME. JUST KEEP SENDING ME EMAILS TRYING TO GET ME TO SIGN THESE PAPERS SO THEY CAN BE DONE WITH ME AND LEAVE MY HOME IN THIS UNSAFE CONDITION. SO I'M REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT WHO YOU ALL ARE DEALING WITH AS CONTRACTORS AND FOR HELP TO GET MY HOME REPAIRED IN THE PROPER MANNER WHICH THE CITY IS PAYING FOR THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. SO IF ANY HELP THAT CAN BE DONE. I DO LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE, SO IF ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME, MISS PURVIS, I WILL GLADLY RECEIVE IT. SO THAT IS MY TIME. I APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL COULD DO. AND PLEASE INVESTIGATE AB AND RESTORATION BECAUSE THEY ARE ON ANOTHER HOUSE. HUD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO. AND HE'S RECEIVED OVER $250,000 FROM THE CITY, AND HE'S LEAVING RESIDENTS IN A BAD SITUATION IN THE WEST END. AND THIS IS FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES TO RESTORE THE HOMES THAT THEY OWN. SO IF YOU COULD

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PLEASE DO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN AND STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH AB AND RESTORATIONS. AND THE CITY IS AWARE OF THE FRAUD AND ABUSE THAT HE HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR, BECAUSE I REPORTED IT AND I SHOWED THEM THE EMAILS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WANT TO WORK WITH HIM. SO ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL CAN DO TO STEP IN, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TERRY CECIL. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE LOUISVILLE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA'S SOLIDARITY CITY 2025 CAMPAIGN. YOU HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF MY COMRADES AT THE MARCH 27TH MEETING. SPEAK ABOUT THE NEED FOR STRONG, UNCOMPROMISING POLICIES FOR SANCTUARY FOR YOUTH AND IMMIGRANTS. I'M HERE TO SAY THAT THOSE POLICIES ARE STILL NEEDED MORE THAN EVER. SPECIFICALLY, METRO COUNCIL MUST ENACT SANCTUARY POLICIES FOR IMMIGRANTS. I WORK WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ON A DAILY BASIS, AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THESE ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. FUNDING CUTS TO NONPROFITS HAVE SHAKEN ESTABLISHED SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND ARBITRARY CHANGES TO IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES HAVE LEFT ALL IMMIGRANTS, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY, TERRIFIED FOR THEIR FUTURES.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AND WANT TO FOLLOW THE LAW ARE BEING HAVING THEIR LIVES UPROOTED AND BY PASSING UNEQUIVOCAL SANCTUARY POLICIES, METRO COULD GRANT THEM A MEASURE OF STABILITY THAT THEY'RE BEING OTHERWISE DENIED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT, AND BY SURROUNDING COUNTIES WHO ARE OVEREXTENDING SUPPORT TO IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT. COUNCILMAN HERNDON, YOU REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR, WHERE JBS SWIFT IS LOCATED, THE PORK PROCESSING PLANT THAT GIVES BUTCHERTOWN ITS NAME. JBS IS SO WELL KNOWN IN THE CUBAN COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE ARRIVE IN THE CITY ASKING HOW TO GET A JOB AT EL MATADERO EL BUTCHER.

IMMIGRANTS ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS. COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN DISTRICT TWO HAS GE APPLIANCE PARK, WHICH PROUDLY BOASTS AN IN EVERY VOICE PROGRAM THAT HAS LANGUAGE AMBASSADORS FOR SPANISH, SWAHILI AND KINYARWANDA SPEAKING WORKERS. IMMIGRANTS ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL, TWO WEEKENDS AGO, THE WHOLE WORLD HAD ITS EYES ON YOUR DISTRICT 15 FOR AN EVENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT 80% OF ITS STAFF.

IMMIGRANTS ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS TIME PERMITTED? I COULD CONTINUE FOR EVERY DISTRICT REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, BECAUSE IMMIGRANTS ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS. SOLIDARITY CITY IS NOT ADVOCATING FOR PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS FOR THE SAKE OF POLITICAL DEBATE. WE ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE IMMIGRANTS THAT HAVE BUILT LOUISVILLE AS A CITY THROUGH THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDUSTRY AND CULTURE. WE ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE OUR FRIENDS, COWORKERS, NEIGHBORS, AND CHURCH MEMBERS. IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT A THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY ARE OUR COMMUNITIES. TO THAT END, IMMIGRANTS SHOULD NOT FEEL LESS SAFE TO WALK DOWN THE STREET, TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, TO BUY GROCERIES, OR TO WORSHIP BECAUSE THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER AN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENT WHO HAS BEEN BOLSTERED BY THEIR OWN TAX DOLLARS FROM THIS CITY.

SANCTUARY POLICIES WOULD BE PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS OF LOUISVILLE FROM FROM AN INFRINGEMENT ON THEIR RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS. IT IS EASY TO TARGET IMMIGRANTS AS OTHERS AND OUTSIDERS, BUT AN ATTACK ON THE RIGHTS OF ANY PERSON LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY OR THIS CITY IS AN ATTACK ON ALL OF OUR RIGHTS. AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO PROTECT LOUISVILLE BY PROTECTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS THROUGH ENACTING SANCTUARY POLICY. WE SHOULD NOT BE DIVERTING CITY RESOURCES TO TERRORIZING CITY RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. TYLER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TYLER LOVE ROONEY, AND I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF LOUISVILLE AND ALSO AS A MEMBER OF LOUISVILLE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA AND A CONCERN ADVOCATE FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. LOUISVILLE HAS MADE MEANINGFUL STRIDES TOWARD BEING A WELCOMING CITY. BOTH LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE TAKEN A COMMENDABLE STANCE OF NONINVOLVEMENT WITH ICE. THAT IS A VITAL STEP, AND I THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING POLICIES THAT PROTECT THE TRUST BETWEEN IMMIGRANTS AND OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. BUT LET ME BE CLEAR OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS NEED MORE THAN NEUTRALITY. THEY NEED AFFIRMATION. THEY NEED PROTECTION. AND TONIGHT, I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND DECLARE LOUISVILLE A SANCTUARY CITY. EVERY DAY, IMMIGRANTS IN OUR CITY LIVE UNDER THE SHADOW OF FEAR, FEAR OF DETENTION, DEPORTATION, AND SEPARATION FROM THEIR FAMILIES. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES, CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY, AND ENRICH THE CULTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY DESERVE MORE THAN SILENCE IN THE FACE OF INTIMIDATION. THEY DESERVE OUR FULL AND PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO THEIR SAFETY AND DIGNITY. BY DECLARING SANCTUARY STATUS, LOUISVILLE WILL NOT BE BREAKING FEDERAL LAW. WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS PRIORITIZING LOCAL SAFETY OVER POLITICS, ENSURING THAT OUR POLICE FOCUS ON PROTECTING RESIDENTS AND NOT POLICING IMMIGRANT STATUS. WE WILL BE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT LOUISVILLE STANDS WITH ITS IMMIGRANT POPULATION, AND THAT WE WILL NOT BE COMPLICIT IN TEARING FAMILIES APART. WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FEAR KEEPS PEOPLE FROM REPORTING CRIMES OR SEEKING MEDICAL HELP. OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY SUFFERS. BUT WHEN PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CITY STANDS BEHIND THEM, THEY PARTICIPATE, THEY CONTRIBUTE, AND THEY

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THRIVE. LOUISVILLE IS BECOMING KNOWN AS A CITY THAT LEADS WITH COMPASSION. LET'S LEAD WITH THAT COMPASSION. NOW. LET US MATCH THE COURAGE OF OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS WITH THE COURAGEOUS POLICY. LET US DECLARE LOUISVILLE A SANCTUARY CITY AND SHOW THIS THAT THIS COMMUNITY PROTECTS ALL WHO CALL IT HOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ISA LEON. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ISA LEON, AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LOUISVILLE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA. I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR 2025 SOLIDARITY CITY CAMPAIGN TO URGE YOU TO PASS A SANCTUARY ORDINANCE FOR TRANS PEOPLE. AS A LIFELONG LOUISVILLIAN, I NEED YOU TO PRIORITIZE OUR TRANS NEIGHBORS AND PASS A SANCTUARY ORDINANCE WITH LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR IDENTITIES, BODILY AUTONOMY, AND RIGHT TO EXIST. I WANT TO FIRST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AND MY STORY. MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY THEM? AND I'M 22 YEARS OLD. I GREW UP IN DISTRICT 18 AND NOW RESIDE IN DISTRICT SIX. I CAME OUT AS NON-BINARY IN 2021 WHEN I WAS STILL IN COLLEGE. I WAS ACCEPTED BY MY FAMILY AND RECEIVED A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM MY OWN COMMUNITY. I HAD OTHER TRANS YOUTH TO LEAN ON AND LEARN FROM, BUT MY JOURNEY HAS NOT BEEN EASY. I BATTLED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, FACING MOMENTS WHERE I WASN'T SURE I WOULD SURVIVE, ACCESS TO AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE AND THERAPY DIDN'T JUST IMPROVE MY LIFE, IT SAVED ME. AND THIS IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE EVERY TRANS PERSON DESERVES THE SAME CHANCE AT SURVIVAL, AT THRIVING, AND AT SIMPLY EXISTING. BEING TRANS IS NOT A MENTAL ILLNESS. IT'S NOT A TREND. IT'S NOT SINFUL OR EVIL OR BAD. BEING TRANS IS BEAUTIFUL AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US. I'VE WATCHED AS PEOPLE THAT WE ELECTED DEBATE OUR EXISTENCE, WATCHING PEOPLE WE ELECTED ATTACK US FOR SIMPLY EXISTING TRANS PEOPLE ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 1% OF OUR COUNTRY'S POPULATION. WHY ARE WE AT THE CENTER OF A MANUFACTURED CULTURE WAR, WHEN OUR COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH REAL CHALLENGES LIKE POVERTY, HEALTHCARE, ACCESS, AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY? WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO BACKWARDS ANYMORE. EDUCATE YOURSELF AND OTHERS ABOUT THESE DANGERS AND WHO ARE SUPPORTING THEM. IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A PARTIZAN ISSUE, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT. THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. EVERYONE DESERVES THE RIGHT TO BE THEMSELVES, TO BE HAPPY AND TO BE PROUD. AS AN EXAMPLE, WE CAN LOOK TO THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD'S ORDINANCE FROM 2023. THAT, QUOTE REITERATES THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD'S COMMITMENT TO TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AND EQUAL PROTECTIONS FOR TRANS COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LIGHT OF THE ANTI-TRANS PROPOSALS BEING PROPOSED AND ENACTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. END QUOTE. THIS ISN'T JUST A LEGAL DOCUMENT.

IT'S A SHIELD. IT'S A STATEMENT OF OUR VALUES, AND IT'S A DECLARATION THAT TRANS LIVES ARE WORTH PROTECTING. OUR STATE ASSEMBLY HAS ALREADY DONE ENORMOUS HARM TO TRANS KENTUCKIANS, ESPECIALLY TO OUR YOUTH. LOUISVILLE CAN SHOW THE REST OF KENTUCKY THAT TRANS PEOPLE ARE NOT A COMMUNITY TO FEAR. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT PROTECTING US. IT'S ABOUT AFFIRMING THE CORE VALUES OF OUR CITY COMPASSION, EQUALITY, AND THE RIGHT OF EVERY PERSON TO LIVE AUTHENTICALLY AND SAFELY. A SANCTUARY ORDINANCE ISN'T A POLITICAL STATEMENT, IT'S A DECLARATION OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY. LET US LIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE ADDRESSES TO COUNCIL. NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 24TH, 2025. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? CAN I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND. ALL RIGHT. PROPERLY MOVED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE ALL IN 2025. THE REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. APRIL 24TH. THE REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. MAY 6TH. THE REGULAR LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. MAY 6TH THE REGULAR PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MAY 6TH.

THE REGULAR GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. MAY 6TH THE REGULAR EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. MAY 7TH THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. MAY 7TH THE REGULAR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MAY 7TH THE REGULAR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON EFFICIENCIES OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MAY 7TH THE REGULAR PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. MAY 8TH THE REGULAR BUDGET COMMITTEE. MAY 8TH. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. AND I GOT TWO MOTIONS.

THAT WOULD BE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE ANY IN OPPOSITION. HEARING NO OPPOSITION. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. WE DO. PLEASE READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD. DEAR PRESIDENT ANDERSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CIVILIAN REVIEW AND ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE, I'M APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING DOCTOR TO THE METRO COUNCIL. APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES MARCH THE 25TH, 2028. DOCTOR KENNETH PAGANO. METRO COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES

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MARCH 25TH, 2027. BEN HAIM, MAYOR, MAYOR. APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES MARCH THE 25TH 25. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THESE APPOINTMENTS MOST APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG, MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ANDERSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, I'M REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE DEPUTY SHERIFF MERIT BOARD. COLONEL DIETRICH BRISCOE. REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE THE 13TH, 2027. ROLANDAS BIRD A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 13TH, 2027.

YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THESE APPOINTMENTS IS MUCH APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, MAYOR.

DEAR PRESIDENT ATKINSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT ORDINANCE, I'M REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE FERN CREEK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. TRACEY DELOACH REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE THE 30TH, 2028. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON REAPPOINTMENT IS MOST APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG MONROE MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ANDERSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT ORDINANCE, I'M REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE JEFFERSONTOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. LESLIE. GRAFF, VINCENT A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2028. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THIS REPORT IS MUCH APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, GREG GREENBERG MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ATKINSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ORDINANCE, I'M APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE OKOLONA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD.

SHARON JETER REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2028. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THIS REAPPOINTMENT IS MOST APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG RIEMER MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ATKINSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, I'M APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF RIVER CITY JORDAN HARRIS. A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2029. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THIS APPOINTMENT IS MOST APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG WINGER MAYOR.

DEAR PRESIDENT ANDERSON, I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE PLEASURE RIDGE PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. DINO WITTLER A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2028. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THIS APPOINTMENT IS MOST APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG MAYOR DEAR PRESIDENT ATKINSON, I AM REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE SAINT MATTHEWS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. KATHY WRIGLEY A REAPPOINTMENT A TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2028. PROMPT ACTION ON THIS REPORT IS MUCH APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG. MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ATKINSON, I'M REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE ZOO FOUNDATION BOARD. MARK BROWN A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES MAY THE 10TH, 2028 DAVID THOMAS A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES MAY 26TH, 2028. THIS WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD ONLY. NO APPROVAL NEEDED. SINCERELY, CRAIG WINGER, MAYOR READ IN FULL. THOSE APPOINTMENTS, THOSE APPOINTMENTS NEEDED. COUNCIL APPROVAL FORWARDED. THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR COMPRISES ITEMS 2424 THROUGH 51.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS, I'M SO SORRY. SOMETHING ELSE? YES. PRESIDENT. AND PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 7.05, AS PRESIDING OFFICER OF GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT ORDERS AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE, I ASK THAT ITEMS 59, 60 AND 61 ON ALL BUSINESS BE MOVED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AS AMENDED TO CORRECT THE TERM EXPIRATION DATE OF EACH DEPARTMENT. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? NO. OKAY. NO OBJECTIONS. SO DONE MADAM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS, MR. NOLAN? THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 7.05 E, AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, I ASK THAT ITEM 57 BE SENT BACK TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS COUNCILMAN WINKLER ORIGINALLY REQUESTED THE ITEM TO BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT TO OLD BUSINESS, BUT HAS ADDRESSED HIS CONCERNS AND IS NOW WILLING TO HAVE IT ADDED BACK TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? THAT IS SO GRANTED, SIR. ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS, COUNCILMAN HUDSON? I HAVE 50 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR TO OLD BUSINESS FOR AN AMENDMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, PLEASE. AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR OBJECTION TO THAT. THAT IS GRANTED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. SECOND READING OF THESE ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, ITEM 24 AND ORDINANCE RESCINDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 200, SERIES 2024. APPROPRIATING $6,025 FROM DISTRICT SIX NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO OFFICE OF ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MURAL AT THE THREE POINTS INTERSECTION. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. ITEM 25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 100, SERIES 2024 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $3,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT 14 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL. GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT 14, ITEM 26 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 120 24 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $5,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT 13 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT 13, ITEM 27, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 101, SERIES 2024, AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 100, SERIES 2024 RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025, CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING 106,000 $228,000.58 TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT 13 TO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, DISTRICT 13, ITEM 28. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 35TH SUPPLEMENTAL SEWER AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM REVENUE BOND RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE DISTRICT SEWER AND DRAINAGE

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SYSTEM. REVENUE AND REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2025. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. ITEM 29 A REAPPOINTMENT OF CANDACE SHOBE WHITE TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD. TERM EXPIRES APRIL THE 25TH, 2028. ITEM 30 APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW WISEMAN TO THE CEMETERY BOARD TERM EXPIRES APRIL 13TH, 2028. ITEM 31 APPOINTMENT OF KATELYN KIMREY TO THE CEMETERY BOARD TERM EXPIRES APRIL 13TH, 2028. ITEM 32 APPOINTMENT OF NATALIE OWEN TO THE CEMETERY BOARD TERM EXPIRES APRIL THE 13TH, 2026. ITEM 33 APPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR MEGAN PAXTON TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS ADVOCACY BOARD. TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028. ITEM 34 APPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR TERRI DAVENPORT TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE COMMISSION. TERM EXPIRES APRIL THE 29TH, 2026. I'M 35 APPOINTMENT OF THE BENJAMIN JOHNSON TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE COMMITTEE TERM EXPIRES APRIL 29TH, 2026. I'M 36 APPOINTMENT OF DESHAWN PRICE TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES APRIL THE 29TH, 2028. ITEM 37 APPOINTMENT OF VENETIA GARNER TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES APRIL 29TH, 2028. ITEM 38 REAPPOINTMENT OF DON WILSON TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES APRIL 29TH, 2028. ITEM 39 REAPPOINTMENT OF BARBARA LYNNE JAMISON TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES APRIL 29TH, 2028. ITEM 40 APPOINTMENT OF BRIDGETT HARMON TO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES MARCH 23RD, 2028. ITEM 41 APPOINTMENT OF KEITH SELLS TO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JULY 26TH, 2027. ITEM 42 APPOINTMENT OF BRIAN MUIR TO THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE THE 31ST, 2026. ITEM 59 APPOINTMENT OF JASON SMITH TO THE ANCHORAGE FIRE MIDDLETOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2025, AS AMENDED. ITEM 60 APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA OSSER TO THE ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE MIDDLETOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2025, AS AMENDED. ITEM 61 APPOINTMENT OF CLINTON HALL TO THE ANCHORAGE MIDDLETOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2025, AS AMENDED. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ITEM 43 AN ORDINANCE EXPANDING THE ESTABLISHMENT ESTABLISHING THE BORDERS OF LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. ITEM 44 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GRANTING OF LOCAL INCENTIVES TO KROGER FULFILLMENT NETWORK, LLC, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNEES OR AFFILIATES THEREOF PURSUANT TO THE KRS CHAPTER 154, SUBCHAPTER 32, THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. ITEM 45 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT, TO ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT OF ONE SCENIC CONSERVATION EASEMENT LOCATED AT 5811 STOW HILL ROAD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, FROM THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT. ITEM 46 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT, TO ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT OF FOUR SCENIC CONSERVATION EASEMENT FROM THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF BEARGRASS CREEK IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. ITEM 47, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE DETAILED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6803 BEULAH CHURCH ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 18.3 ACRES AND A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 22 0007. ITEM 48, A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO ALLOWING OFF PREMISES TIME TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS AND UPGRADED TO CHANGING IMAGE SIGNS. AND ITEM 57, A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE LDC RELATING TO NOTICES ITEM OR THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. ITEM 49 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NON-COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT, LMPD CONCERNING A COORDINATOR FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER PROGRAM AND REQUIRING REPORTING THEREON AS HEREIN SET. FORTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, INC, DOING BUSINESS AS UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL JAMES BROWN CANCER CENTER, $100,000. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. ITEM 51 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY TO BRING A CONDEMNATION ACTION AGAINST THE OWNERS OF CERTAIN PROPERTY. PARCEL NUMBER FOUR IN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE AIKEN ROAD AND ARNOLD PALMER BOULEVARD ROUNDABOUT PROJECT IN FULL. MOTION MOTIONS, PROBABLY BEFORE IT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. YES. YES. ARE

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YOU. OKAY? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 21 YES VOTES. THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS OLD BUSINESS. MADAM CLERK, A READING ITEM NUMBER 52. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $7,450 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $1,500 IN DISTRICT NINE. $1,000 IN DISTRICT FOUR. $850 FROM DISTRICT 8 TO $500 EACH FROM DISTRICT TEN, 17 AND $2,450 EACH FROM DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE, $400 FROM EACH FROM DISTRICTS 15 AND 21. $350 FROM DISTRICT 24, $300 FROM DISTRICT 13, AND $250 FROM DISTRICT 16 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO LOUISVILLE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2025 BUY LOCAL FAIR, AS AMENDED. READ IN FULL. IS THERE A MOTION A SECOND ITEMS BROUGHT BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN PARKER, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. YES. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE. IT WAS AN APPROPRIATION THAT IS ON OLD BUSINESS BECAUSE IT WAS AMENDED TO ADD MORE APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE, MORE DOLLARS. AND COUNCILMAN OWEN WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS WE'VE DONE THIS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THIS IS FOR LOUISVILLE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE. IT'S LOUISVILLE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE WILL HOST THE BUY LOCAL AFFAIR ON SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH FROM 12 TO 6 P.M. THE FAIR CONNECTS CUSTOMERS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, FOODIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND LOCAL ARTS PATRONS IN CELEBRATION OF LOUISVILLE'S VAST SELECTION OF UNIQUE OFFERINGS, NHF FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING, DESIGN AND TRACKING OF ADS, EVENT PLANNING, DAY OF CONTRACTORS, T-SHIRTS FOR VOLUNTEERS, RENTAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND PRINTING. WE HAVE REACHED ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THE $11,000 TOTAL, SO WE'RE HOPING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TOP IT OFF THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THIS IS THE CLERK, SONYA. COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR APPROPRIATION FROM 450 TO $500.

CORRECT? YES. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR PARRISH. I'LL ADD $500 IN ADDITIONAL 500. YES.

COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS, 250 FROM DISTRICT FIVE. 250 FROM DISTRICT 12. ANYONE ELSE I'VE GOT? YEAH.

COUNCILWOMAN BEST 250 FROM 14. OKAY, I'LL ADD ADDITIONAL 500 FROM NINE. I'M BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE QUEUE AND LOOKING FOR HAND SIGNALS. I SEE NEITHER AT THE MOMENT. ANYONE ELSE? HOW MUCH MORE DO WE WERE? WE NEED $1,750 MORE. 1750 BARBARA. I THINK WE'RE 1500 SHORT. WHO WAS THAT? THANK YOU. HOW MUCH? SHE SAID, HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH IS SHE SAID 1500. I DON'T KNOW, 250 FROM DISTRICT. 250 FROM DISTRICT TWO. THAT MAKES US 1500 SHORT AT THE MOMENT. OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN RUBY, AN ADDITIONAL 300. 1200. I FEEL LIKE AN AUCTIONEER. DO I HEAR 12? SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, MADAM CLERK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED ORDINANCE SAY AYE. OH, WE NEED A MOTION. IN A SECOND MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, WE'VE GOT IT. WE'VE GOT THE AMENDED ORDINANCE BEFORE US. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDED ORDINANCE? NONE. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL, PLEASE.

YES, CLARK. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMAN SEAN. ALL RIGHT. MR. YES, YES, I GOT YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 22 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM NUMBER 53. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,250 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $202,500 FROM DISTRICT ONE. $500 EACH FROM DISTRICT 16 AND $2,250 FROM

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DISTRICTS TWO, 12, 13, 17, 18, AND 19, AND 23 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND OFFICER SUPPORT WITHIN THE SECOND DIVISION, AS AMENDED. READ IN FULL MOTION. THE ORDINANCE PROPERTY FOR THIS ITEM CAME OUT OF COUNCILMAN PARKER'S COMMITTEE. AND COUNCILMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU.

THE SPONSOR WAS COUNCILWOMAN TAMMY HAWKINS, SO SHE MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT IT TOO IS ON OLD BUSINESS BECAUSE IT WAS AMENDED FOR FOLKS TO ADD MORE APPROPRIATION DOLLARS. COUNCILOR HOPKINS, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PARKER. IT'S GOING TO BE THE WEST END LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, MEET THE BEAT OFFICER, TEDDY BEARS FOR KIDS, FACE PAINTING, TRAUMA CAR CLUB TO REDUCE STOLEN CARS AND EMERGENCY FOOD FOR SENIORS. SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SIGNING ON TO THIS. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO START TONIA. OH, OKAY. SO COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN 250. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN PARISH RIGHT. 1750 COUNCILWOMAN I MEAN, COUNCILMAN KEN HERNDON 500. COUNCILMAN BEN WEBBER 250, COUNCILMAN ANDREW OWENS 250. COUNCIL MEMBER JJ 250. COUNCIL MEMBER SAM'S 250. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAS 250 COUNCIL MEMBER. READ 500. OKAY, SO YOU ALREADY GOT THOSE. WINKLER 250. PARKER 250. PANTINI 250. BENSON. STEWART 500 OKAY. BRATCHER 1000. THAT'S RIGHT. BRATCHER. WHERE HE AT? YES. COUNCILMAN HUDSON 250. COUNCILMAN CARLISLE 250.

COUNCILMAN ACKERSON 250. COUNCILMAN GENIE 250. OKAY, THAT LEAVES A BALANCE OF $250. YOU HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THE 18. OH, I GOTTA GET YOU MY CUE. HOLD ON. HERE. YEAH, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THREE. RIGHT. COUNCIL FIRST IN THE QUEUE. YOU CAN. WHATEVER. WHAT'S THE BALANCE YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN? I KNOW THAT, BUT WHAT'S THE BALANCE IS I DON'T THINK THEY WANT YOU TO DO THE BALANCE. YEAH, HE WANTS THE BALANCE. HE CAN DO. 459 OH, WHY IS SOMEBODY YEAH SOMEBODY NOT CONTRIBUTE WHO WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE. IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING. OH IF SOMEBODY IS NOT CONTRIBUTING AND WANTS TO MAKE IT UP THEN I WILL I WILL LEAVE IT TO WHOEVER WANTS TO DO THAT. WELL, THE NEXT EXCUSE, COUNCILWOMAN BEST. SHE'S IN. OKAY. SO DO YOU WANT TO GIVE SHE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE $259, $249? THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO.

YEAH. YES. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE. YES. WHAT'S LEFT? $1 I GOT YOU. THAT'S NOT EVEN WORTH THE TROUBLE I DON'T KNOW. ITEMS PROPERLY BEFORE US. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED VERSION OF THIS ORDINANCE SAY AYE IN OPPOSITION. YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION NOW. WE HAVE THE AMENDED ORDINANCE BEFORE US. ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? YES. GO SWING AWAY. I JUST WANT TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE RELATED TO THESE. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE OTHER POLICE DIVISIONS. THESE ARE SMALL BEANS. THESE ARE SMALL DOLLARS IN RELATION TO A $1.2 BILLION BUDGET. AND I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE THINGS, IF COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS PART OF WHAT LMPD SHOULD DO, THAT THEY SHOULD PUT IT IN THEIR BUDGET INSTEAD OF DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, PASS AROUND THE HAT THING WITH US. SO I, YOU KNOW, LOOK, I'M JUST SAYING, AS WE'RE IN THE BUDGET CYCLE, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT AS OPPOSED TO DOING THIS WAY, WHICH FEELS A LITTLE PIECEMEAL AS OPPOSED TO BEING PART OF A GREATER STRATEGY. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT I HAD A COMMENT. I MEAN THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU. I CAN SAY THAT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI. I DON'T GIVE THE POLICE A LOT OF MONEY OUT OF OUR FUNDS, BUT I WILL SAY I ATTENDED THE DIVISION TWO MEETING AS WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR DIVISION OFFICERS AND

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THEY DO A GREAT DEAL. SO IT GOES REALLY FAR. I THINK THE LAST TIME I GAVE, THERE WAS A CROSSING GUARD WHO WAS VERY HURT AND WE HELPED HER HOSPITAL BILLS. BUT I DO AGREE THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT THIS CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH LIMITED FUNDS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS WITH COUNCILWOMAN HOFFMAN. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE? THIS IS A ORDINANCE. REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER.

BACHON. YES. DOCTOR. CARTER. RIGHT. YES. NO IDEA. SOME SAID SHE'S NOT AT THE BEACH. YES, PLEASE. BUT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHANKLIN. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 20 YES VOTES AND TWO PRESENT VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM NUMBER 54. APPROPRIATING $71,750 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 15 AND $250 EACH FROM DISTRICTS TEN, 12, AND 18 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO GATHERING STRENGTH FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THEIR FIRST ANNUAL ADAPTIVE RECREATION SHOWCASE, AS AMENDED. READ IN FULL MOTION. I JUST PROPERLY BEFORE THIS ITEM CAME OUT OF COUNCILWOMAN PARKER'S COMMITTEE. AND COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST A FUNNY COMMENT. AND REGARDING THE LAST APPROPRIATION, DIALING FOR DOLLARS, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN APPROPRIATION FOR A DOLLAR.

BUT ANYWAY, SO THIS APPROPRIATION, IT TOO, IS ON OLD BUSINESS, ADDING MORE DOLLARS.

AND COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL IS THE SPONSOR. HOWEVER, THIS IS A SPONSORSHIP, SO I BELIEVE THAT THE AMOUNTS HAVE TO BE AT LEAST IN INCREMENTS OF 500. IS THAT CORRECT? WE JUST HAVE. I'M SORRY, THIS IS SONYA, THE CLERK. WE JUST HAVE TO REACH. THE GOAL IS $5,000. WE JUST HAVE TO REACH EITHER STATE INSIDE THE LIMITS. THERE'S A 500, 1000, 2500 AND A $5,000 LIMIT. WE JUST WE CAN ADD IT UP TO, TO EQUAL THOSE AMOUNTS. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ESSENTIALLY IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TO THIS, A $500 IS THE MINIMUM GIFT TO GIVE. CORRECT. IT WAS TWO. THOUSAND FIVE. OKAY. IF YOU SAY SO. IF IT FALLS SHORT, THOUGH, THE END RESULT IS THAT WON'T WORK.

CORRECT. 501 OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. I'LL LET YOU GUYS DO THE MATH. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL.

SPONSORING THIS. IT'S NOT ONLY A GREAT CAUSE, BUT IT'S HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE CENTER, THE STUDENT ACTIVITY CENTER. THIS IS THE FIRST ANNUAL ADAPTIVE RECREATION SHOWCASE. AND SO ANYONE WHO IS. PLAYS ADAPTIVE SPORTS, IF THEY HAVE ANY SORT OF RESTRICTION, THERE'S SPORTS AVAILABLE TO YOU. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND PLAY, YOU CAN YOU CAN SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. AND I BELIEVE YOU CAN SHOW UP DAY OF. BUT IT'S JUST A GREAT TIME FOR US TO UPLIFT THOSE IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE. DISABLED. SO PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT CAUSE AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON JULY 19TH FROM 10 TO 4 P.M, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN WHATEVER AMOUNT YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE. THE ASK US FOR $5,000, $3,250 REMAIN. THANK YOU. THIS EVENT BORDERS MY DISTRICT. I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE 1000. 250 DISTRICT ONE. COUNCILOR MURRAY 250 FROM 21. 500 FROM TEN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN, YOU HAVE GIVEN SO FAR YOU'VE GIVEN 250. SO YOU'LL ADD AN ADDITIONAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. 500 TOTAL. SO YOU'LL ADD AN ADDITIONAL 250. SO NOTED. IT'S THE HEART OF THAT. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. WE GOT COUNCILOR WINKLER. CAN YOU. SONYA, CAN YOU CONFIRM WHAT SORT OF LEVEL WE'RE AT AND

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WHAT YOU NEED? SO WE'RE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEVEL, SO WE NEED $1,500 TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL. IT WOULD BE 2500 OR 5000. OKAY. SO WE NEED 1500. DO YOU HAVE THAT? 250. BUT BUT COUNCILMAN OWENS AND BEHIND ME, HE WAS SIGNALING ME THAT HE WANTS TO DO 1250. SO I WILL LEAVE THAT FOR HIM ALSO. 250 THANK YOU, MISS READ. COUNCILMAN LINENGER 250. 700. THERE'S A NUN THAT IS WATCHING THIS ACTIVELY. IF THAT PUTS ANY PRESSURE ON ANYONE. HERE 750 SHORT OF THAT LEVEL. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN PARKER YES, I THINK THEY PARTNER WITH FRAZIER REHAB. AND JUST BEING A TRAUMA ICU NURSE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. THEY DO GREAT WORK, SO I'LL BUMP MINE UP TO TWO. I'LL ADD ANOTHER 250 TO MINE. COUNCILMAN WARD 250 FROM 24 250 SHORT TO MAKE THE MARK.

COUNCILMAN TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 250 FROM D13. NOW WE'RE AT THE MARK. ANYONE WANTS TO ADD SOME MORE? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NEW MARK HERE. NO ONE ELSE. PERFECT MOTION. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED ORDINANCE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION. THE AMENDED ORDINANCE IS BEFORE US. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN. MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL. VOTE. DO YOU NEED A MOTION JUST FOR THAT? WAS FOR THE AMENDMENT. YES, MADAM. CLERK. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? ANY OPPOSITION THAT IS APPROVED? THE NEXT ITEM, MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM 55, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4514 R AND 4516 R CRAWFORD AVENUE AND 7006 TEXTILE AVENUE, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 3.84 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 24 0128, AS AMENDED. READ IN FULL. SECOND ITEM BEFORE US COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. SO THIS IS AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING FROM R4 TO R5 AND R6. IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT 12, AND I'M SURE COUNCILMAN JOSEPH WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL TOO MUCH OF HIS THUNDER, BUT I SAID THIS DURING COMMITTEE AS WELL. I REALLY WAS PLEASED WITH HOW THE COMMITTEE DEALT WITH THIS. IT CAME TO US AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS VOTE WAS SPLIT 5 TO 2. THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER TEXTILE AVENUE WAS A VERY NARROW KIND OF ACCESS POINT FOR THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT THAT. AND SO WE TABLED THIS AS A COMMITTEE. IT WENT BACK AND COUNCILMAN JOSEPH WORKED ON IT, AND THEY CREATED SOME BINDING ELEMENTS. AND JUST A COUPLE OF THE BINDING ELEMENTS WERE TO WIDEN THAT, THAT ACCESS POINT, TO PUT IN A SPEED HUMP ON THAT ACCESS POINT AND TO DO EVERGREEN TREE SHIELDING TO SHIELD SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS. AND SO I THOUGHT THE RESULT OF US TABLING IT AND GOING BACK WAS EXACTLY THE RIGHT THING, AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL. SO IT ENDED UP THAT THOSE BINDING ELEMENTS WERE ADDED, AND IT WAS PASSED OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMAN JOSEPH, I HOPE I DIDN'T STEAL TOO MUCH OF YOUR THUNDER. OH, YOU'RE GOOD, THANK YOU. WHILE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WERE PLEASED THAT THE WILLINGNESS OF THE DEVELOPERS TO WORK WITH US, WITH THOSE BINDING ELEMENTS FOR THE NEIGHBORS. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING YES ON THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, BUT I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE AMENITIES AND RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH END TO SUPPORT THESE NEW RESIDENTS.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, A ROLL CALL VOTE. THAT'S ORDINANCE ROLL CALL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BATSON SAID. YES, YES.

MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 21 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, READING ITEM 56, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5004 CAMPGROUND ROAD AND 4100 BUBBLING OVER DRIVE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.38 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 24 0108, AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND, THE AVERAGE PROPERTY FOR US,

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COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. SO THIS WAS AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING FROM R4 TO C2, LOCATED IN DISTRICT ONE. IT'S A BLOCK SOUTH OF LAKE DREAMLAND ROAD AND ADJACENT TO CENTRAL. TRANSPORT. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO PARCELS, ONE WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND A PORTION OF A SECOND CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS TUNE UPS PLUS, PROPOSES TO CONTINUE TO USE THE RESIDENCE, CONVERT THE DETACHED GARAGE FOR AUTO REPAIRS, AND CONSTRUCT A 1200 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE FOR AUTO REPAIR USE. THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE, I'M SURE. COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT. SO IT DID. COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS DID COME TO THE COMMITTEE AND EXPRESSED HER SUPPORT, AND IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF COMMITTEE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NO. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCILMAN BATSHON, WE NEED TO SEE ON THE SCREEN. YES. THANK YOU. YES.

MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 21 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, READING ITEM 58. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 118, SERIES 2010, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 2011. CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE NUMBER 115 SERIES 2017 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 2018.

CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE NUMBER 109, SERIES 2018 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 2019. CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE NUMBER 72, SERIES 2020 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 2021. CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE NUMBER 008, SERIES 2021 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022. CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE NUMBER 084, SERIES 2022 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023. CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE NUMBER 080, SERIES 2023 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024. ORDINANCE NUMBER 101, SERIES 2024 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025. CAPITAL BUDGET AND ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO 95, SERIES 2017 BY TRANSFERRING FUNDS BETWEEN PROJECTS AND ESTABLISHING NEW PROJECTS, AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL MOTION. ITEM BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN WINKLER, I BELIEVE THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR BUDGET COMMITTEE. THAT IS CORRECT. THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE ON MAY 8TH. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS HAS FOR YEARS POOLED THEIR CIF ALLOCATIONS TO FUND VARIOUS PROJECTS IN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS. THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS FUNDS THAT WERE FOUND TO HAVE REMAINED AFTER SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED, TO BE APPLIED TO OTHER PROJECTS. ALL OF THOSE ARE LISTED IN THE BODY OF THE ORDINANCE. IT WAS AMENDED IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF BALANCE THAT JUST NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED. OTHERWISE I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCILMAN MARTINI OR COUNCILMAN REED OR COUNCILMAN PARK, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT, OR COUNCILMAN REED, IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN THERE, JUMP IN THERE. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY EVERYTHING COUNCILMAN WINKLER SAID IS 100% ACCURATE. IT'S REALLY JUST CLEANING UP, AND I. AND I WANT TO THANK THE BUDGET STAFF FOR DOING THAT. PARTICULARLY BETH STEINBERG WORKED ON THIS AND WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLOCATE THESE FUNDS. THESE ARE OLD FUNDS FROM PRIOR BUDGETS. SO JUST CLEANING THEM UP AND REALLOCATING THEM TO NEW, NEW PROJECTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, COUNSELOR REED. ANYTHING? NO. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO DISCUSSION. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER BACHON. YES, PLEASE. YES. OKAY. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 22 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM NUMBER 50, PLEASE. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $10,760 FROM THE MOBILE MEDICAL AND EDUCATION DISTRICT FOR THE LUMEN UNDERPASS LIGHTING PROJECT, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ASSETS, AS AMENDED. READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND, I WAS BROUGHT TO THE FOREST. I'M SORRY IT WAS NOT AMENDED. SORRY, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, I BELIEVE THIS IS OUT OF YOUR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS CAME OUT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AND I MOVED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE AS AS SHOWN IN THE DOCUMENTS ONLINE, THIS AMENDMENT. DO WE NEED TO VOTE TO AMEND IT FIRST? WHAT'S THAT? DO WE NEED A VOTE TO BRING THE AMENDMENT FORWARD? I PRESUME THAT WE'RE GOING TO READ THE AMENDMENTS IN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS. OKAY. DO WE NEED SOMEONE TO READ THOSE IN, OR ARE YOU GOING TO READ THOSE IN? CLERK. CAN YOU READ THE AMENDMENT IN OR MR. FEASTER? OH, SO THE OKAY, THE AMENDMENT IS

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CHANGED. IT IS THE TOTAL WAS 10,007 $760. NOW THE AMEND THE TOTAL IS $4,178.24. AND MONEY IS ALSO BEING GIVEN FROM THE UNITED PARCEL SERVICE AND THE KENTUCKY EXPO CENTER. AND THIS IS ON YOUR SYSTEM. SO SUFFICIENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO AMEND MOTION? ALRIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENTS, MA'AM? MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SIR. THIS AMENDMENT IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD PRIMARILY TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE FOR WHICH I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $10,716 FOR THE LUMIERE UNDERPASS LIGHTING PROJECT. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT RE ILLUMINATES THE UNDERPASSES AND THE LUMEN DISTRICT UNDER I-65 THAT HAVE BEEN RENDERED DARK BECAUSE OF THE THEFT OF THE COPPER. SO IT'S A GREAT PROJECT, BUT SUBSEQUENT TO THE ORDINANCE BEING VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE, ADDITIONAL FUNDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT FROM DONATIONS FROM UPS, CEC AND LUMEN TOTALING 41,178. THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLY CODIFIES THESE ADDED FUNDS TO THE PROJECT, AND AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT THESE FUNDS. FOR THIS PURPOSE. I APOLOGIZE TO THIS BODY AND TO THE CLERK FOR THE CONFUSION, AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ON THE AMENDMENTS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SAY AYE. AYE. ANY IN OPPOSITION? THE MINUTE ORDERS IS BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ORDINANCE OR THIS RESOLUTION? HEARING? NONE. THIS IS RESOLUTION REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? IN OPPOSITION. THAT RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS. AS YOU LEAVE THE CHAMBERS, DO SO QUIETLY. SO THE CLERK MAY READ THE NEW BUSINESS. I WOULD ASK THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE REMAIN IN THE CHAMBERS OR REQUEST TO SPEAK IN YOUR SYSTEMS UNDER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. NEW BUSINESS COMPRISES OF ITEM 63 THROUGH 86 WITH THE CLERK. READ THOSE ITEMS AND THE COMMITTEES THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ITEM 63. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $1,000 FROM DISTRICT NINE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC ORPHAN SOCIETY FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SAINT JOSEPH SAINT 176TH ANNUAL PICNIC ITEM 64. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $404,720 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $2,000 FROM DISTRICT ONE AND $907 EACH FROM DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE TO METRO. PARKS AND RECREATION. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALGONQUIN POOL GRAND REOPENING COMMUNITY DAY EVENT, THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO BUDGET COMMITTEE. ITEM 65, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 100, SERIES 2024 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $25,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT 26 TO DISTRICT TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL. GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT 26, ITEM 66 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 100, SERIES 2024 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $10,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT 23 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL.

GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT 23. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ITEM 67. THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $8,500 OF FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION THROUGH THE RETAIL FLEXIBLE FUNDING MODEL GRANT PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. ITEM 68 A RESOLUTION HONORING REVEREND DOCTOR FRANK M SMITH JUNIOR BY DEDICATING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARK DRIVE AND PRESTON HIGHWAY AS DOCTOR FRANK M SMITH JUNIOR DRIVE IN HIS HONOR. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE, ITEM 69 A RESOLUTION CREATING THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AMERICA 2250 KY COMMITTEE AS A DESIGNATED LOCAL OFFICIAL. KENTUCKY AMERICA 250 KY. PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO LABOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ITEM 70, A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES. APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE ZOO CONCERNING PARTS MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SERVICE FOR THE ZOO'S ANTIQUE CONSERVATION CAROUSEL. CAROUSELS AND CARVINGS, INC, $200,000.

ITEM 71 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GRANTING OF LOCAL INCENTIVES TO E BLUE SOLUTIONS, INC. AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNEES OR AFFILIATES THEREOF, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 154, SUBCHAPTER 32, FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. ITEM 72, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE DETAILED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 16907 AND 16907R AIKEN ROAD AND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 55.87 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 22240078. ITEM 73, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE LOUISVILLE LOOP MASTER PLAN AND

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READ IN FULL. THE. ALRIGHT THAT'S READ AND FULL. COUNCILMAN PARRISH RIGHT. I BELIEVE YOU HAD A MESSAGE OR SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. I DO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WE I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE, WITH PERMISSION OF COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, WE'RE EXCITED. THERE IS A GAUGUIN POOL. IT'S A GRAND REOPENING, AND IT'S A COMMUNITY DAY. IT IS HAPPENING ON MAY THE 24TH FROM 12 TO 5 P.M. THERE WILL BE PROGRAMING, LOTS OF FUN PEOPLE, FOOD AND THE FIRST 600 PEOPLE GET INTO THE POOL TO BE ABLE TO SWIM FOR FREE. SO WE WANT YOU TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD. MAY 24TH IS OUR POOL REOPENING AND COMMUNITY DAY. WE WANT AS MUCH PEOPLE THERE AS POSSIBLE. ALGONQUIN POOL USED TO BE IN DISTRICT THREE, AND AFTER REDISTRICTING IT BECAME A PART OF DISTRICT ONE. BUT WE ARE PARTNERS IN THIS ENDEAVOR, AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THAT IS HAPPENING. THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IS THERE'S AN ONGOING CLOTHING DRIVE RIGHT HERE AT LOUISVILLE CITY HALL, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING IN IT. YOU CAN DROP OFF CLOTHING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING RELEASED FROM OUR LOCAL JAIL. JUST BECAUSE SUMMER IS COMING DOES NOT MEAN PEOPLE DON'T NEED THINGS. FROM CHAPSTICK TO LOTION TO SHOES AND CLOTHING, MANY OF YOU HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. THERE IS A BIN RIGHT IN THE FRONT LOBBY, 601 WEST JEFFERSON.

I HOPE I'M GIVING THE RIGHT ADDRESS. IT WILL BE THERE AND YOU CAN COME IN AND DROP OFF YOUR GENTLY USED ITEMS. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVEN TO THE JAIL. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING RELEASED, THEY HAVE SHOES, THEY HAVE CLOTHING, THEY HAVE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, THEY HAVE ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED. AND WE ARE ACCEPTING THOSE THINGS EVERY DAY. FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR,

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WE'LL MAKE REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR IT. AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO OUR BIG BOB DAY. IT'S GOING TO BE OUR THIRD ONE. AND THAT IS IN DISTRICT 15. AND THIS TIME IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MERRIWEATHER FORT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE IT THAT DAY, NOT ONLY WITH THE NEIGHBORS, BUT ALL OF LOUISVILLE WHO'S INVITED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT GOING ON THAT DAY IN PRESTON PARK FOR 13 AUGUSTUS AVENUE. IT'S FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING FROM AN LMS VACCINE CLINIC TO A SCIENCE CENTER, KIDS ACTIVITIES TO BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS, GOATS THAT YOU CAN PET, ALL SORTS OF REALLY FUN THINGS, AS WELL AS A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU CAN INTERACT WITH AT OUR RESOURCE FAIR. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE COME OUT PRESTON PARK FOR OUR BIG BOB DAY. SATURDAY, MAY 17TH FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS I THINK. AND SO OUR THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2025 AT 6 P.M. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

May 15, 2025 Metro Council

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