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LE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE TALK ABOUT IT, HOW WE PROMOTE IT TO HELP ENHANCE THE VISIBILITY AND HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND, HEY, THIS IS A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, WHEN THEY COME IN, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH KEENLAND, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SUNNY AKERS FARM.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH PET'S PALACE, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
WHAT IMPRESSES ME IS THAT EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE'VE TALKED TO, WHETHER THAT BE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR, BUILDING PRINCIPAL, ACADEMY COACH, TEACHERS, THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE ALL SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD TO DO.
GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THESE THINGS MAKES IT BETTER FOR THE FUTURE, BUT IT ALSO MAKES IT BETTER FOR ME.
LIKE, I KNOW THAT HAVING THESE ACADEMIES, THIS IS WHERE I CAN BE WHEN I GROW UP, AND I'M LEARNING IT ALREADY.
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HELD ITS ANNUAL LEAMOS JUNTOS, THE HISPANIC HERITAGE READ IN, BY HOSTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO READ TO THEIR STUDENTS.
I WAS WANTED TO RAISE THE NAME OF PERU.
SO WE ARE AT HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY TODAY, AND WE ARE HAVING OUR THIRD ANNUAL LEAMOS JUNTOS, WHICH IS OUR LET'S READ TOGETHER.
READ IN FOR A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
HAS ANYBODY EVER HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO SAY THAT TO SOMEBODY? WE HAVE ABOUT 13 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES REPRESENTATIVES.
WE HAVE LOTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE HAVE HAWTHORNE PARENTS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THEY GET TO SEE POSSIBLY THEMSELVES IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT IS THIS? WHAT? UM, YEAH, IT'S LACROSSE.
IT'S A LACROSSE STICK, AND I GOT TO PLAY FOR PUERTO RICO.
SO, SUPER, SUPER COOL, SO I AM YOU KNOW, A PUERTO RICAN, AND WE LIKE TO HAVE FLAGS EVERYWHERE, SO, MY STICK HAS FLAGS, BUT LATER, I CAN SHOW YOU GUYS YOU CAN SEE IT AND EVERYTHING.
WE PICKED A LOT OF BOOKS THAT EITHER ARE WRITTEN BY HISPANIC OR LATIN X AUTHORS OR ILLUSTRATORS.
SOME OF THEM ARE ALL IN SPANISH, SOME OF THEM ARE BILINGUAL.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOPEFULLY SOME EXCITED VOLUNTEERS ENGAGING STUDENTS IN BOOKS ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND STORIES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY GREW UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE SON OF A POWERFUL CASQUE, CAS..
WE ALL KNOW READING IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE THAT HAPPENS IN.
WHAT'S NAME? SO, TO SEE SO MANY VOLUNTEERS COME AND SHOW THE KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, READING IS IMPORTANT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE IT HAPPENS IN, I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE MORE, YOU KNOW, YOU GROW AND WE LIKE TO GROW LEADERS AND GROW READERS HERE.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE BRANDEIS SCHOOL OF LAW HAS PARTNERED WITH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TO PROVIDE TEACHING AND MENTORING FOR CENTRAL'S LAW PROGRAM.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT TWO TEAMS. TEAM ONE, TEAM TWO.
SO TODAY WE'RE HERE AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE LAW & GOVERNMENT MAGNET, AND TODAY WE HAVE SOME OF OUR LAW STUDENTS COMING IN TO TEACH OUR SOPHOMORE'S STREET LAW.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. AND SO WE HAVE LAW STUDENTS COME, THEY GET TO NETWORK AND OUR STUDENTS GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LAW.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AT CENTRAL.
IT'S A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY IN A SENSE THAT REALLY GIVES ME A PURPOSE.
AND AS MUCH AS I'M LEARNING ALONGSIDE THE KIDS, BEING IN LAW SCHOOL MYSELF, IT'S VERY REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THEM AND ANSWER QUESTIONS BEYOND WHAT THEIR TEXTBOOK GIVES.
AND JUST TO GIVE THEM SOME INSIGHT INTO LAW SCHOOL AS WELL.
DEFINITELY THE WAY THEY TEACH, IT HELPS ME LEARN BETTER THAN MOST OF MY CLASSES.
STUDENTS GET TO INTERACT WITH LAW STUDENTS, ASK THEM QUESTIONS WHILE ALSO KIND OF PEAKING THEIR INTERESTS TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF LEGAL CAREER THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
PRETTY MUCH MY WHOLE LIFE, I WANT TO BE A LAWYER.
I'VE HAD TO THINK ABOUT CIVIL LAW AND CRIMINAL LAW AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE READY AND ACTIVE TO BE CITIZENS THAT ARE READY TO REALLY TAKE CHARGE.
OKAY, THIS SIDE, YOU ALREADY? AS A JCPS ALUM, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO THROUGH JCPS IN THESE PROGRAMS INSIDE THESE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE REALLY ESSENTIAL IN HELPING STUDENTS FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO BE BECAUSE COLLEGE COMES QUICK AND CAREERS COME FOLLOW RIGHT AFTER THAT.
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN SETTLE DISPUTES, OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO NETWORK EARLY, SO IF THEY DO DECIDE TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL OR EVEN IF THEY PURSUE ANOTHER LEGAL CAREER, THEY'RE OFTEN ALREADY ABLE TO KNOW LEGAL PROFESSIONALS BEFORE THEY EVEN GO TO LAW SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST HELPING US LEARN BETTER ON THE DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE LAW.
ARBITRATION. YES! BOOM! WHAT STARTED AS AN IDEA TO GO FISHING MORE OFTEN TURNED INTO A FULL BLOWN CLUB AT ECHO TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'M CHEVIN, THIS IS ECHO TRAIL FISHING CLUB.
WE REALLY WANTED TO FISH, BUT WECOULDN'T, LIKE FIND TIME BECAUSE
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OF OUR PARENTS, SO WE DECIDED TO THINK OF A FISHING CLUB SO WE COULD FISH, AND SO OUR PARENTS COULD STILL WORK, AND SO WE COULD ALSO HANG OUT WITH MORE FRIENDS AND MEET NEW FRIENDS BY MAKING A CLUB.WE JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO GIVE OTHER KIDS, LIKE A BREAK AFTER SCHOOL, LIKE RELIEVE SOME STRESS, JUST RELAX, AND JUST CHILL OUT FOR A WHILE, SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
ROB, DID HE LIKE NOT HOOKSET OR NOTHING? A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO HELP US WITH THE FISHING CLUB, SO, WE GOT AROUND I THINK 12 PEOPLE NOW OUT HERE AT FISHING CLUB HELPING US.
IT MAKES REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A GOOD WAY TO USE YOUR TIME.
I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE FRIENDS, YOU CAN MEET PEOPLE THAT YOU NEVER MET.
AND ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO HANG OUT WITH THE KIDS IN YOUR SCHOOL.
MY FAVORITE PART MAINLY IS GETTING TO SPEND MORE TIME ON MY FRIENDS THAN REGULAR.
I HAD TO GO TO THE VERY EDGE OF THAT TO CUT THE ACCESS LINE THAT WAS STUCK MY POLE. AND GETTING TO SEE THEIR HAPPY REACTIONS WHENEVER THEY DO GET A FISH.
I WOULD SAY I WISH SURE IF MY FRIENDS ARE ALSO TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO FISH, HELPING PEOPLE OUT.
ALSO, JUST HANGING OUT WITH MY COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT MORE OF OUR FAVORITE JCPS STORIES COMING UP.
I'M BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL CORRESPONDENT SPENCER NEUSS.
THIS MONTH, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF OUR MOST MEMORABLE STORIES FROM THE 2024 AND 2025 SCHOOL YEAR STUDENTS IN THE THINK LAW PROGRAM AT TULLY ELEMENTARY GOT A CLOSE TO THE REAL THING EXPERIENCE WITH STUDENTS IN THE PRE-LAW PROGRAM AT WAGGENER HIGH SCHOOL.
THE HIGH SCHOOLERS COMPLETED A MOCK TRIAL IN THEIR COURTROOM WITH TULLY STUDENTS AS JURORS.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE TEN, 11, 12.
WE ARE AT WAGGENER HIGH SCHOOL, AND TODAY WE ARE HAVING SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS COME IN AND WATCH US PRACTICE OUR MOCK TRIAL.
WHERE DID SHE STAND? BLURT IT OUT. IN THE WELL.
I THINK THIS IS A SUCH A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA HELP THEM GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO DO WHEN THEY'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WHEN THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY COULD SEE US DO THIS NOW AND BE LIKE, OH, THAT'S SO MUCH FUN.
I WANNA I WANNA DO THAT WHEN I GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BOTH SIDES HAVE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY FOUND WITH EACH OTHER.
I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF WITNESSES AND THEY CALL PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES TO ASK QUESTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.
WELL, IT'S TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT COURT THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN OTHERWISE.
SO I GOT FRIGHTENED AND CALLED THE POLICE.
IT'S PART OF BEING A GOOD CITIZEN, TO BE AWARE OF HOW OUR COUNTRY WORKS AND HOW LAWS ARE FOLLOWED AND AND IMPLEMENTED AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
AND SO SOME OF OUR BRIGHTEST STUDENTS HAVE A GREAT WAY OF USING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IF THEY JUST KNOW WHERE TO APPLY IT.
SO THROUGH THIS CURRICULUM AND THROUGH THIS HANDS ON EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPATING
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AND WATCHING, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE LEADERS OF THE NEXT GENERATION AND THEY'RE GONNA KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO THINK CRITICALLY, HOW TO DEBATE FAIRLY AND KINDLY.MR. WOLF HAS DECLINED A DEFENSE LAWYER AND WILL BE REPRESENTING HIMSELF FOR THE TRIAL.
I WISH WE DO MORE OF THESE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN WHENEVER THE SCHOOL BRINGS ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS AND JUDGES IN TO TALK WITH US ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOT OF FUN FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS TO TALK WITH US AND MEET US AND SEE WHAT WE DO.
I FELT LIKE I WAS ACTUALLY LIKE JUDGING THE CASE.
I HAD A BETTER VIEW AND I COULD LISTEN BETTER TO THE WITNESSES.
AND SO I'M SUPER PROUD OF THEIR PARTICIPATION AND CONVERSATION AND THEIR PASSION FOR THIS BECAUSE IT IS EVIDENT TO ME THAT THEY THEY CARE ABOUT CREATING A BETTER WORLD FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THE REST OF SOCIETY.
LOUISVILLE MALE HIGH SCHOOL'S BULLY ENTERPRISE TRANSITION PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE DISABILITIES BY LOWING THEM TO TRAIN IN JOBS.
THIS IS OUR KID WORKROOM OR STUDENT WORKROOM FOR KIDS IN A MODERATE TO SEVERE DISABILITIES HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND SO THEY COME IN HERE AND THEY LEARN DIFFERENT JOBS.
SO, WE DOING POPCORN AND THE COFFEE AND BULLY BITES.
TWO PLUS TWO PLUS ONE EQUALS FIVE. FIVE DOLLARS, PLEASE.
WE REALLY STARTED BULLY ENTERPRISES TO BE A WAY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET THOSE REAL WORLD WORK SKILLS IN A SCHOOL CONTEXT, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AS WELL.
WE WANTED TO GIVE OUR KIDS A LOT OF OPTIONS AS TO WHAT JOBS THEY CAN DO AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY REALLY ENJOY, WHAT THEY DON'T ENJOY.
MY SECURITY JOB AND THIS OVER HERE LIKE, LIKE CASHIERS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
DO YOU WANT COLD COFFEE OR HOT? WE RUN A COFFEE SHOP..
IT IS A FULLY FUNCTIONING COFFEE SHOP. MAKING THE CUSTOMERS HAPPY.
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ARE HUGE, BUT OUR IN SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS ARE REALLY WHAT KEEPS US RUNNING.
WITH THEIR SUPPORT, WE OPENED BULLY BREWS, WE OPENED THE SNACK SHOP, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A STUDENT WHO WORKS AS A MASCOT, BECAUSE THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT JOBS IN THE WORLD THAT AREN'T SPECIFIC TO FOOD SERVICE. BECAUSE IT'S HELPING LIKE IF YOU WANT A JOB THAT DO THE CASH REGISTER IS HELPING YOU LEARN HOW TO COUNT AND STUFF.
SELL SNACKS, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T WALK OUT.
SO WE STARTED OUR AMAZON DELIVERY, AND THAT GOT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TO LEARN A NEW SKILL OF RIDING A BIKE.
OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING HOW TO LOOK AT THE ROOM NUMBER, MATCH IT UP, KNOCK ON DOORS, TALK TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERRUPTING CLASSES SOMETIMES.
AND SO THOSE SOFT SKILLS THAT SOME KIDS ARE LACKING AS THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL, OUR KIDS ARE GETTING EVERY DAY.
IT'S REALLY HELPED TO BUILD THOSE AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS FOR OUR KIDS IN THE PEER TUTORS, IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
LIKE EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A PEER TUTOR, EVERYONE HAS COME INTO CONTACT WITH OUR KIDS AT THIS POINT, IT MAKES OUR KIDS FEEL MORE INCLUDED.
IT MAKES THEM FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AN IMPORTANT JOB TO DO, AND THEY ENJOY COMING TO SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THESE JOBS GIVE THEM SO MUCH PURPOSE AND JOY.
A FEW YEARS AGO, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NHL VISITED JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE THE SPORT OF HOCKEY.
THIS SPARKED AN IDEA FOR STOPHER ELEMENTARY'S PE TEACHER.
WHY NOT BRING THE EXCITEMENT OF HOCKEY TO THE GYM? THIS IS OUR JCPS FLOOR HOCKEY LEAGUE.
THE NHL STARTED A PROGRAM TO BRING THE NHL INTO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
SO THE NATIONAL PREDATORS CAME UP TO JCPS AND GAVE US STICKS, BALLS, AND MATS AND DAN JOHNSON, WHO WAS AT FIELD ELEMENTARY WHO HAD SINCE RETIRED AND I THOUGHT WE HAD ALL THIS EQUIPMENT AND ALL THE SCHOOLS HAVE ALL THIS EQUIPMENT.
SO WE STARTED UH JCPS FLOOR HOCKEY LEAGUE AND IT'S OPENED ANY TO SCHOOLS.
WE'VE ONLY GOT A HALF A DOZEN OR SO THAT PLAY, BUT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE 2018.
THE WAY THAT I SET IT UP HERE AT STOPHER WAS INTENTIONALLY FRIDAY NIGHTS OPPOSITE OF BASKETBALL DANCE AND CHEER TO GIVE OTHER KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY A SPORT.
THE KIDS REALLY, REALLY LOVE IT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT IN A HOCKEY HOTBED FOR KIDS OR FOR PARENTS, SO THIS IS A NEW SPORT FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT THESE KIDS, WHEN THEY PLAY THIS, MOST OF THEM COME AWAY SAYING, THIS IS THEIR FAVORITE SPORT THEY'VE EVER PLAYED.
MY BROTHER ACTUALLY PLAYED IT IN 3RD GRADE AND 4TH GRADE AND 5TH GRADE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY FUN, SO I TRIED IT HE JUST SAID THAT IT'S REALLY FUN AND IT'S LIKE JUST SUCH A COMMUNITY AND LIKE EVERY GAME IT'S LIKE YOU JUST GET GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE FUN.
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MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT PLAYING HOCKEY IS GETTING TO KNOW, LIKE NEW PEOPLE AND LIKE, JUST HAVING PLAYING THE SPORT AND LIKE LEARNING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IT.SO IF I GET THE BALL IN THE CORNER, IT'S OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
I THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE THE KIDS JUST GET TO BE KIDS AND THEY GET TO JUST PLAY SOMETHING WITH MINIMAL EXPECTATIONS OF OUTCOME.
THE OUTSIDE PRESSURE THAT SOMETIMES TAKES THE JOY OUT OF SPORT ISN'T THERE.
STUDENTS AT BRANDEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CELEBRATED AND LEARNED ABOUT LOCAL MEDICAL PIONEERS IN A LIVING WAX MUSEUM.
I WAS BORN SEPTEMBER THE 23RD, 1863.
WE'RE AT BRANDEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND OUR STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATED IN OUR WAX MUSEUM WHERE WE CELEBRATE BLACK COMMUNITIES AND UH, MEDICAL PIONEERS FROM THE NORTON HOSPITAL NEXTDOOR.
MY NAME IS MARY ETTA PORTER POTTER.
I WAS BORN IN 1875 AND A GRADUATE OF STATE COLORED BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS NOW SIMMONS COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
I'M THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN KENTUCKY TO RECEIVE A MEDICAL DEGREE.
STUDENTS HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN PUSH BUTTON AND THEY LITERALLY HAVE MEMORIZED THE SCRIPT OF THINGS TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE RESEARCHED AND MEMORIZED TO TELL YOU KEY DETAILS ABOUT THE CHARACTERS THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN.
THIS IS OUR OUR THIRD YEAR DOING THIS PROJECT.
WHAT'S SUPER COOL ABOUT THIS YEAR, THOUGH, IS WE WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE DOCTORS FROM NORTON'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY WERE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, YOU MEAN THEY'RE STILL ALIVE? OR IF OH, THIS DOCTOR WAS FROM LOUISVILLE EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE FROM, HAVING THAT CONNECTION WITH THE NORTON HOSPITAL.
THAT'S GONNA BE SO AMAZING FOR OUR SCHOOL.
I'M CONSIDERED AS A PIONEER IN BLOOD TRANSFUSION TECHNIQUES AND STARTING UP BLOOD BANKS.
I OVERCAME RACIAL BARRIERS IN IN THE EDUCATIONAL BLACK SURGEONS.
IT WOULD HELP ME BECAUSE NOW I KNOW GOOD WEBSITES, AND ALSO I KNOW LIKE, YOU KNOW HOW TO RESEARCH EXACTLY.
MY TEACHER UM SHE GAVE US LIKE DOCS AND THEN WE HAD TO READ OFF IT, AND THEN, LIKE, WE WE AFTER WE FIND GOOD FACTS, WE PUT IT ON HERE, AND THAT'S HOW I FOUND ALL THESE GOOD FACTS ABOUT DR. RUFUS HI, I'M DR. WILLIAM HENRY FITZBUTLER.
I'M FAMOUS FROM BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
WHEN I TELL YOU, WAIT UNTIL YOU GUYS WALK AROUND, YOU ARE GONNA BE SO IMPRESSED, THEY ARE IN CHARACTER, THEY CAME DRESSED TO THE PART, AND THEY WORKED HARD ON THEIR PROJECTS.
I THINK IT'S AN HONOR TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE TO THAT BREAK DOWN BARRIERS.
AND I THINK WITH THIS RESEARCH, I'M HOPING THAT STUDENTS ALSO KNOW THAT THEY TOO CAN ALSO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
MEYZEEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NASA TECH RISE CHALLENGE.
HI! [INTRODUCTIONS] SO TUESDAYS WE MEET WITH THE NASA ENGINEERS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT MEYZEEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A PROJECT WHERE THE FURTHER OUR HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON GOES INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, IT DETECTS HARMFUL POLLUTANTS AND GREENHOUSE GASES ALONG WITH UV RADIATION. SO WE CAN FIND THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ALTITUDE ALONG WITH THESE HARMFUL GASES. THIS IS OUR METHANE SENSOR.
THE NASA TECH RISE CHALLENGE IS A CHALLENGE THAT UH STUDENTS SIGN UP FOR WHERE THEY CREATE A PROPOSAL WHERE INSIDE A FLIGHT BOX, THEY HAVE AN EXPERIMENT THAT THEY SEND UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE USING A HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON. AND YOU SUBMIT IT IN ONLY THE TOP 60 SCHOOLS GET INTO THE TECH RISE CHALLENGE.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A CERTAIN COMPONENTS CODED AND CONNECTED TO OUR MICROCONTROLLER.
AND WE FINISHED ORDERING ALL OF OUR COMPONENTS, SO THEY'LL BE ARRIVING OR THEY ALREADY HAVE ARRIVED, AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL CODE ALL OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY FIT INTO THE BOX.
HI. [INTRODUCTIONS] WE'RE AT MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'RE WORKING ON A NASA TECH RISE PROJECT.
OUR PROJECT NAME IS CALLED CMAPE, AND SO BASICALLY WHAT IT IS IS THAT WE JUST ARE TRYING TO FIND LIKE COMMON AIRBORNE MICROPLASTICS AND OTHER PARTICLES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO WE HAVE MORE IDEAS ON HOW TO DO IT AND WHAT TO DO WITH OUR TIME INSTEAD OF, LIKE, HAVING THE ENGINEERS, LIKE, MAKE US GO THROUGH IT OVER AGAIN.
SO, LAST TIME WE SOLDERED, WE LEARNED CODING, THIS TIME WE'RE USING A DIFFERENT CODING PLATFORM, SO THAT GIVES US MORE EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT WAYS OF CODING.
SOLDERING WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT FASTER AND BETTER THIS TIME.
WE'RE ABLE WE'RE ABLE TO DO OTHER THINGS BETTER SUCH LIKE WE'VE PUT LAST TIME OUR EXPERIMENT WAS A LITTLE LIKE OFF BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH INSULATION, SO THIS TIME WE'RE PUTTING EXTRA INSULATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO WE'RE JUST TAKING LEARNINGS FROM LAST TIME APPLYING THEM AND IMPROVING ON THEM.
WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH BEING FOUR PEOPLE, THAT'S, I THINK A HUGE ADVANTAGE RATHER THAN ONE PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE.
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IT'S AN ADVANTAGE, WE CAN SPLIT UP THE WORK AND PLAY TO EACH PERSON'S STRENGTHS.LIKE, IF ONE PERSON'S GOOD AT CODING, ONE PERSON GOOD AT SOLDERING, OR SOMEONE'S GOOD AT BUILDING, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR SOMEONE'S GOOD AT LIKE DESIGNING CONCEPTS AND STUFF, WE CAN SET UP THE WORK AND PLAY TO EACH OF OUR STRENGTHS TO 30 JCPS STUDENTS WHO ARE IN ELECTRICAL CAREER PATHWAYS ARE GETTING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM PROFESSIONALS AS PART OF A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
WE'RE CELEBRATING A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH TEM, MSD, AND THE IEC, WHERE WE ARE TRAINING AND EDUCATING 22, JCPS STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE ELECTRICAL PATHWAY PROGRAM THROUGH THE ACADEMY'S MODEL.
STRANDED WIRE IS HARDER TO HOOK SOLID WIRES IS ALWAYS GONNA HOOK.
THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN, THE LAST TWO YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN TRAINING AND BEING EDUCATED BY THE SCHOOLS AND THE PATHWAY PROGRAM, SO THIS IS THEIR NEXT STEP INTO ENTERING THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY.
YEAH, THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR ELECTRICIANS, AND THEY GET PAID WELL.
WELL, PERSONALLY, ELECTRICITY IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY EXCITES ME.
LEARN MORE HANDS ON STUFF, YOU KNOW, IN THE BOOK, WORK MORE IN THE BOOK THAT I WANT TO LEARN MORE STUFF IN THE BOOK.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA HELP ME BECAUSE IT'S GONNA STICK TO ME.
SO OUR JOBS HERE IS TO HELP YOU GET PLACED IN A JOB.
WE WORKED ON A BUNCH OF HANDS ON PROJECTS, LEARNING ABOUT THEORY.
HOW MANY YOU GUYS HAVE WIRED UP RECEPTACLES BEFORE? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT HIGHLY QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS THAT ACTUALLY TEACHING OUR PROGRAM, OUR FOUR YEAR PROGRAM.
SO THE STUDENTS THAT COME HERE, THEY'RE GETTING TAUGHT BY THOSE SAME INSTRUCTORS, THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE IN THIS FACILITY.
THAT IS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR TRAINING ELECTRICIANS.
WELL, IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY AS A GIRL, CAUSE, LIKE, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY GIRLS IN THE FIELD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED.
AND, I'T KNOW, IT'S THE SUPER EXCITED TO KNOW THAT I CAN COLLABORATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND GET TO EXPAND MY KNOWLEDGE WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTRICAL, BECAUSE, I MEAN, AFTER ALL I DO WANT TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS FIELD, SO IT'S.
I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS JUST SUPER EXCITING TO KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THIS FOR A LIVING.
THAT THEY CAN GRADUATE FROM THIS PROGRAM IN FOUR YEARS AND BE DEBT FREE.
AND WHILE THEY'RE HERE IN THIS PROGRAM, THEY'RE WORKING FULL TIME.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING PAID, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, THEY'RE GETTING BENEFITS.
THESE GUYS, I THINK THEY FEEL GOOD, THEY FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM EXECUTE THEI PLAN.
NEVER FORGET IT. I WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU SAID. I FEEL FOR WHAT YOU. BOTH DAY. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TODAY. SO.
WE GOT A11 TODAY. I HOPE YOU WENT TO THE BATHROOM.
KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING INTO WHERE THERE'S NO SLEEPERS HERE. I MEAN, THERE'S A FEW. YEAH, YEAH. I LIKE TO. GO. ALL RIGHT. I. I DON'T KNOW. METRO TV. WE WILL START IN 60S. HELLO? HELLO?
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APPROPRIATING 3000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. 3000 FROM DISTRICT ONE TO METRO PARKS AND RECREATION FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALGONQUIN COMMUNITY DAY AND SUMMER CLOSEOUT TO BE HELD AUGUST 2ND. THE SPONSOR IS COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, AND THIS APPROPRIATION IS GOING TO PARKS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? PROBABLY MOVED.COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. HELLO, EVERYONE. I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE Y'ALL THE SPIEL ABOUT ALGONQUIN.
I HAVE TO HAVE PROGRAMING. I'M ALWAYS HAVING TO HAVE A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THAT PARK. IT HELPS DECREASE THE VIOLENCE. SO, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I CAN, I AM GOING TO SEND MONEY TO PARKS TO DO THINGS OVER THERE IN THAT PARK TO KEEP THE GANGS AND THE VIOLENCE OUT. SO I HOPE EVERYONE WILL CONTINUE, NOT ONLY JUST TO SUPPORT THIS ONE, BUT ANYTHING THAT I HAVE OVER THERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND YOU GOT YOUR DO YOU HAVE YOUR FULL ASK? ON THAT ONE I DO. LET ME SEE. WHAT IS IT? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. NO IT'S NOT. OKAY. NO, IT'S NOT ON THERE. OH 12,000 OKAY.
YEAH. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS? COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN? OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? WHAT DID YOU SAY? OKAY. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEND THIS TO OLD BUSINESS? YEAH. I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WANTED TO ADD ON BEFORE IT WENT THE 500 FROM DISTRICT 13, PLEASE. I'LL GIVE 500, 500 FROM DISTRICT 12. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? I HAD PUT 250 IN PREVIOUSLY. PREVIOUSLY. I'LL DO ANOTHER 250 TO MAKE IT 500 TOTAL. OKAY. I'LL DO THAT. OR. I DON'T THINK. SO THIS IS THIS IS. SHE'S THE ONLY. THIS IS SONYA, THE METRO COUNCIL CLERK. SHE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GIVEN SO FAR. SO DO YOU. THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO GET 500 FROM DISTRICT 14. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THIS WILL BE AMENDED, AND WE NEED A VOICE VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OH. EXCUSE ME. SECOND, PROPERLY MOVED. AND SO THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. AND SO WE
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CAN VOTE ON THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE. ROLL CALL. VOTING IS OPEN. COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN.YES. CHAIR. PARKER, YOU HAVE FIVE YES VOTES. OKAY. AND LEGISLATION WILL GO TO OLD
[2. O-176-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,117.40 FROM DISTRICT 3 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC WORKS AND ASSETS TO FUND FIVE STREETLIGHTS ON HAROLD AVENUE, INCLUDING A FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC. Action Required By January 31, 2026 Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ]
BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,117.40 FROM DISTRICT THREE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC WORKS AND ASSETS TO FUND FIVE STREET LIGHTS ON HERALD AVENUE, INCLUDING A FIVE YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC. AND THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN MIKA PARISH, RIGHT. SECOND, PROPERLY MOVED. SPEAKER.YES, YOUR HONOR, BEN HARLAN, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, COUNCILWOMAN SHAMIKA PARISH, RIGHT. WE ARE WANTING TO FUND THE INSTALLATION OF NEW STREET LIGHTS ON HERALD AVENUE FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON THAT BLOCK AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COUNCILMAN? SAM, ARE YOU IN THE QUEUE FOR THIS? OKAY, SO THIS ALLOWS A ROLL CALL. VOTE ALL THE. CAN YOU OPEN THE VOTING? COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN? YES. CHAIR. PARKER, YOU HAVE FIVE YES
[3. CONDF080625CS03 APPROPRIATING $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 3 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO THE CITY OF SHIVELY, FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THE FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY TO BE HELD AUGUST 8, 2025. Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ]
VOTES. OKAY. LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN NDA FOR APPROPRIATING $1,000 FROM DISTRICT THREE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THE CITY OF SHIVELY FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THE FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY, TO BE HELD AUGUST 8TH, 2025. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? MOTION. SORRY. I'M TRYING TO MOVE THE PAST. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SEEING NONE. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED. NO. EYES HAVE IT AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A TIFF APPROPRIATING $140 FROM DISTRICT THREE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF FIVE HONORARY STREET SIGNS TO BE PLACED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF DIXIE HIGHWAY AND NATHAN LANE. JOHN MCCOURT AND WALTON LANE. LANE AND LANE. NEW MILLENNIUM DRIVE, THE LANE[4. CIF080625PW03 APPROPRIATING $940 FROM DISTRICT 3 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF FIVE HONORARY STREET SIGNS TO BE PLACED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF DIXIE HIGHWAY AND WATHEN LANE, CHALMER COURT AND WATHEN LANE, LONEY LANE AND WATHEN LANE, NEW MILLENNIUM DRIVE AND WATHEN LANE, AND 7TH STREET ROAD AND WATHEN LANE IN HONOR OF DR. GREGORY FRANZ SMITH. Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ]
AND SEVENTH STREET ROAD AND WALTON LANE IN HONOR OF DOCTOR GREGORY FRANCE SMITH. THEY WON'T FORGET HIM ON THAT STREET. SPONSOR, SHAMIKA PARISH. RIGHT. THANK YOU. PROBABLY MOVED. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? AND THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO.AND THE EYES HAVE IT. LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE
[5. O-179-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $20,000 FROM DISTRICT 4 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS AND RECREATION TO FUND THE DISTRICT 4 PARK ACTIVITY ACCOUNT FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS IN DISTRICT 4. Action Required By January 31, 2026 Sponsors: Ken Herndon (D-4) ]
APPROPRIATING 20,000 FROM DISTRICT FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS AND RECREATION TO FUND THE DISTRICT FOUR PARK ACTIVITY, ACCOUNT FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND DISTRICT FOUR. AND THIS IS COUNCILMAN HERNDON'S PROBABLY MOVED, AND WE HAVE A SPEAKER. MADAM CHAIR JEFF NOBLE, STAFF ASSISTANT COUNCILMAN HERNDON, THIS IS TO CREATE A FUND FOR PARKS ACTIVITIES IN SEVERAL PARKS, MOSTLY CALIFORNIA. SMOKETOWN, RUSSELL AND BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTERS AND OTHER PARKS TO BE DRAWN FROM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? MAYBE I OUGHT TO DO THIS. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE FUNDS ARE NOT EXPENDED OR. AN INITIATIVE NEEDS MORE? I HAVE NO IDEA. YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK FINANCIAL LADY. THIS IS LATONYA BAILEY, COUNCIL FINANCIAL ANALYST FOR METRO COUNCIL. IF THE FUNDS IS NOT EXPENDED OR THINGS COME IN UNDER BUDGET, THEN THE FUNDS ARE RETURNED BACK TO THE DISTRICTS IN THE ACCOUNT AND IF THEY NEED MORE FUNDS, IT'S UP TO THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THAT SIDE OF THE TABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT TO SAY THEY NEED MORE FUNDS, AND THEY GO BACK THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THIS ALLOWS OR REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE.[00:35:08]
CHAIR PARKER, YOU HAVE FIVE YES VOTES. ALL RIGHT. AND LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER[6. NDF080625RPP04 APPROPRIATING $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 4 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO RUSSELL: A PLACE OF PROMISE, INC. FOR CATERING COSTS FOR THE OUR HOME: RUSSELL HOMECOMING WEEKEND EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 18 - 21, 2025. Sponsors: Ken Herndon (D-4) ]
SIX IS AN NDF APPROPRIATING $1,000 FROM DISTRICT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO RUSSELL, A PLACE OF PROMISE INC FOR CATERING COSTS FOR THE OUR HOME RUSSELL HOMECOMING WEEKEND EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 18TH THROUGH THE 21ST, 2025, AND THIS WAS $1,000 OF A $45,000 PROJECT, I BELIEVE. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I'M GLAD YOU ALL ARE KEEPING ME ON MY TOES. PROBABLY MOVED. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SEEING NONE. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO. AYES HAVE IT, AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. AND WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A[7. CIF080625PW04 APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT 4 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF AN HONORARY STREET SIGN ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 12TH STREET AND WEST JEFFERSON STREET FACING THE NORTH/SOUTH CORNER OF 12TH STREET IN HONOR OF REV. DR. JAMESETTA FERGUSON. Sponsors: Ken Herndon (D-4) ]
CIF APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT FOR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS, PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF AN HONORARY STREET SIGN ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 12TH STREET AND WEST JEFFERSON STREET, FACING THE NORTH SIDE CORNER OF THE 12TH STREET, IN HONOR OF REVEREND DOCTOR MR. FERGUSON. AND COUNCILMAN HERNDON IS THE SPONSOR. ANY QUESTIONS OR. PROPERLY MOVED? ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SEEING NONE. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. THANK YOU. AND THE AYES HAVE IT. AND LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS BEING HELD. ITEM NUMBER NINE. THE SPONSORSHIP WAS[10. O-183-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $5,000 FROM DISTRICT 8; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, INC. TO FUND ITS INDIVIDUAL FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Action Required By January 31, 2026 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]
WITHDRAWN. ITEM NUMBER TEN IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 5000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER 5000 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, INC. TO FUND ITS INDIVIDUAL FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND THIS IS COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER, PROBABLY MOVED, AND WE HAVE OUR SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS BETSY FOSTER, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT FOR COUNCILMAN BEN RENO WEBER. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO PASS THIS VERY IMPORTANT ORDINANCE REQUIRING APPROPRIATION OF $5,000 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT. I ALSO DO HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THAT AS WELL. DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY THOSE NOW, MADAM CLERK? OKAY, SO COUNCILMAN HERNDON IS ADDING $1,000, AS IS COUNCILWOMAN JOSIE RAYMOND. THANK YOU. THIS IS TO PREVENT EVICTION AND TO ASSIST WITH RENTAL IN THE DISTRICT WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY MINISTRY PROGRAM, WHICH IS IN THE HIGHLANDS. I NEED A MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CONCERNS? WE ARE LOOKING FOR 15,000. SO WE'VE GOT SEVEN OUT OF 15 FOR SECOND. OKAY. SO IT IS AMENDED. SO DO PARDON. YEAH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE OF THE AMENDMENT. AYE. OPPOSED. NO. AYES HAVE IT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SO IF THIS PREVENTS EVICTIONS FOR LIKE ONE MONTH IS THERE DATA ON LIKE ONGOING. WHAT THE. END RESULT IS. I DO NOT HAVE THAT DATA WITH ME. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I CAN GET FOR YOU. BUT I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION. BUT IT IS.THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THEY GOT INTO THE SITUATION, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT SITUATION. I DO KNOW THAT. AND THEN DO THEY PROVIDE FINANCIAL COUNSELING AS WELL? I'M SURE THAT THEY DO THAT AS WELL. OKAY. SO WE'LL VOTE ON THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE. OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCILWOMAN FRANKLIN. OH, OKAY. CHAIR PARKER, YOU HAVE SIX YES VOTES. ALL RIGHT. AND
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THE LEGISLATION PASSES. THANK YOU. OH, WAIT. IT WAS AMENDED SO IT'LL GO TO OLD BUSINESS. YEAH.[11. NDF080625PW08 APPROPRIATING $1,956 FROM DISTRICT 8 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS TO INSTALL TWO NEW LIGHT FIXTURES ON EXISTING POLES AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRINSTEAD DRIVE AND BARDSTOWN ROAD, INCLUDING A FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC. Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]
OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN APPROPRIATING $1,956 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, PUBLIC WORKS TO INSTALL TWO NEW LIGHT FIXTURES ON EXISTING POLES AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRINSTEAD DRIVE AND BARDSTOWN ROAD, INCLUDING A FIVE YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN RENA WEBERS MOTION.THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SEEING NONE. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 12 IS AN NDF
[12. NDF080625PW08a APPROPRIATING $1,457 FROM DISTRICT 8 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS TO INSTALL A NEW POLE AND LIGHT AT DENHAM ROAD AND PEE WEE REESE ROAD, INCLUDING A FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC. Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]
APPROPRIATING $1,457 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, PUBLIC WORKS TO INSTALL A NEW POLE AND LIGHT AT DENHAM ROAD AND PEE WEE REESE ROAD, INCLUDING A FIVE YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC. ALSO, COUNCILMAN RENA WEBBER'S MOTION PROMPTLY MOVED. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THIS ALSO ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO. AYES HAVE IT AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AN ENDF[13. NDF080625TPNA08 APPROPRIATING $1,000 IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 8; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO TYLER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR THEIR SUNDAYS IN SEPTEMBER JAZZ CONCERTS ON SEPTEMBER 7, 14, 21, AND 28, 2025. Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]
APPROPRIATING $1,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND FOLLOWING MANNER, $1,000 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO TYLER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR THEIR SUNDAYS IN SEPTEMBER JAZZ CONCERTS. ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 14TH, 21ST, 28TH, 2025. ALSO, COUNCILMAN RENO WEBBER'S MOTION PROPERLY MOVED. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? HEARING NONE. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AND OPPOSED NO. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $19,250[14. O-173-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $19,250 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $9,625 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 8 AND 9; TO CODES AND REGULATIONS FOR GRAFFITI REMOVAL AS REPORTED OR IDENTIFIED BY THE HIGHLAND COMMERCE GUILD. Action Required By January 31, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9), Ben Reno-Weber (D-8)]
FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $9,625 EACH FROM DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE TO CODES AND REGS FOR GRAFFITI REMOVAL AS REPORTED OR IDENTIFIED BY THE HIGHLAND COMMERCE GUILD. THIS IS COUNCILMAN OWEN AND COUNCILMAN REINA WEBER, AND OUR SPEAKER IS COMING. OH. PROBABLY MOVED. GREETINGS, CHAIR. I AM REGINA, GA. THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR COUNCILMAN OWEN. I WILL PULL THAT OFF. SO FOR THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT, THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO LET ME GO TO THE CORRECT ONE. FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO CODES AND REGULATIONS FOR GRAFFITI. GRAFFITI ABATEMENT IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE. FOR MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY ESTHETICS, PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES AND PREVENTION OF VANDALISM. GOOD DEAL AND QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. SEEING NONE. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE.AND WE'RE GOOD AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 15 IS BEING HELD. ITEM NUMBER 16
[16. NDF080625CHCC09 APPROPRIATING $2,100 FROM DISTRICT 9 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO CRESCENT HILL COMMUNITY COUNCIL, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR 2025 FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVAL ON JULY 4, 2025. Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]
IS AN MDF APPROPRIATING $2,100 FROM DISTRICT NINE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO CRESCENT HILL COMMUNITY COUNCIL, INC FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR 2025 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL. ON JULY 4TH, 2025. THIS COUNCILMAN OWEN. YES, THE CRESCENT HILL 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL IS AN ANNUAL EVENT HELD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IS THE MAIN COMMUNITY EVENT FOR A FUNDRAISER EACH YEAR, EXCUSE ME, AND WILL OCCUR ON JULY 4TH. SO IT HAS ALREADY PASSED. FUNDING IS 2100 AND WILL BE USED TO OFFSET EXPENSES FOR THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL. THE EVENT OCCURS A NUMBER OF SITE RELATED EXPENDITURES, AND THE GRANT WILL BE USED TO OFFSET THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES EXPENDITURES. PORTABLE RESTROOMS AND DUMPSTERS. TABLES AND CHAIRS. NOW USUALLY WE GET THIS IN TIMELY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DISTRICT NINE DOES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. BUT THIS YEAR THE HCC HAD A GREAT AMOUNT OF TURNOVER. AND SO THEIR NEW BOARD WAS UNABLE TO GET THINGS IN TIMELY. AND THEN WE WENT ON TO SUMMER BREAK AS WELL. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IN THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT AND TEAM KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT AND EVERYTHING WAS ALWAYS WELL VERSED. SO THE NEW TEAM JUST LEARNED THIS YEAR HOW TO DO IT CORRECTLY. SO WE DO APOLOGIZE, BUT WE ARE FUNDING THE FULL THING OKAY. AND YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HELP THEM GET UP TO SPEED ON THE PROCESS.ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT EASIER AS WELL. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. SEEING NONE. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE
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IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED NO. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN NDF[17. NDF080625PW09 APPROPRIATING $750 FROM DISTRICT 9 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR FENCE REPAIR OVER BEARGRASS CREEK ON FRANKFORT AVENUE. Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]
APPROPRIATING $750 FROM DISTRICT NINE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR FENCE REPAIR OVER BEARGRASS CREEK ON FRANKFORT AVENUE. THIS IS ALSO COUNCILMAN OWEN, AND THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE MOTION. PROBABLY MOVED AND THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO. AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU ALL. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER[18. CONDF080625SWCM14 APPROPRIATING $2,500 FROM DISTRICT 14 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR A BALL LEVEL SPONSORSHIP AT THEIR 1ST ANNUAL GIVING BACK GOLF SCRAMBLE ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2025. Sponsors: Crystal Bast (R-14) ]
18. IS NDF APPROPRIATING $2,500 FROM DISTRICT 14 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR A BALL LEVEL SPONSORSHIP AT THEIR FIRST ANNUAL GIVING BACK GOLF SCRAMBLE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN FAST.MOTION. PROBABLY MOVED. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? YOU CAN VERY BRIEFLY. THIS IS JUST THEIR FIRST ANNUAL GOLF SCRAMBLE. IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT VALLEY GOLF COURSE. FUNDRAISER SUPPORT IS FOR FOOD, UTILITIES, CHILDREN PROGRAMING, SENIOR NUTRITION. JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THERE'S LOTS OF VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED. NO. AND LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 19 IS AN APPROPRIATING $1,066 FROM DISTRICT 14 NEIGHBORHOOD
[19. NDF080625MP14 APPROPRIATING $1,066 FROM DISTRICT 14 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO METRO PARKS FOR TWO FAMILY NIGHT EVENTS AT THE SUN VALLEY POOL ON JUNE 27 AND JULY 18, 2025. Sponsors: Crystal Bast (R-14) ]
DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO METRO PARKS FOR TWO FAMILY NIGHT EVENTS AT THE SUN VALLEY POOL ON JUNE 27TH AND JULY 18TH, 2025. THIS IS ALSO COUNCILWOMAN BASED, PROPERLY MOVED, AND ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. WE UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT WITH NEW COUNCIL MEMBER AND NEW COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN. SO THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO DOES HAVE IT. AND THE[20. CIF080625PW20 APPROPRIATING $4,460 FROM DISTRICT 20 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR TWO SPEED HUMPS AND TWO SPEED HUMP SIGNS TO BE PLACED ON DOVE LAKE DRIVE FROM OLD HEADY ROAD TO DOVE PARK BOULEVARD; WITH THE OTHER HALF OF THE COST TO BE PAID BY THE DOVE POINT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR A PROJECT TOTAL OF $8,920. Sponsors: Stuart Benson (R-20) ]
LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A CIF APPROPRIATING $4,460 FROM DISTRICT 20 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR TWO SPEED HUMPS AND TWO SPEED HUMPS. SIGNS TO BE PLACED ON DOVE LAKE DRIVE FROM OLD HEADY ROAD TO DOVE PARK BOULEVARD, WITH THE OTHER HALF OF THE COST TO BE PAID BY THE DOVE POINT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR A PROJECT TOTAL OF $8,920. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN BENSON, SECOND, PROPERLY MOVED. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SEEING NONE. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE. I LOST MY PLACE. SORRY. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 21. IS AN ORDINANCE[21. O-167-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $12,460 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $3,560 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 1 AND 21; AND $2,670 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 3 AND 15; TO THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE OF PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONERS FOR RESIDENTS WITHOUT ADEQUATE COOLING. Action Required By January 31, 2026 Sponsors: Betsy Ruhe (D-21), Tammy Hawkins (D-1), Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3), Jennifer Chappell (D-15)]
APPROPRIATING $12,460 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $3,560 EACH FROM DISTRICT ONE AND 21, AND $2,670 EACH FROM DISTRICT THREE AND 15 TO THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE OF PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONERS FOR RESIDENTS WITHOUT ADEQUATE COOLING. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN RUBY MOTION. PROBABLY MOVED, AND WE HAVE SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. AS A LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR DISTRICT 21, AS IT STATED, THIS IS TO PURCHASE PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, SENIORS AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12. AND WE PARTNER WITH THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO PURCHASE THESE AIR CONDITIONERS AND THEN DISTRIBUTE IT AMONG THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 21 AND DISTRICT ONE, THREE AND 15. ALSO PARTNER WITH US. AND I KNOW THAT I SENT YOU AN EMAIL EARLIER IN JUNE 26TH, EXPLAINING WHY WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LATE TO APPLY THIS, BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING DIFFICULTIES TO FIND THE RIGHT PARTNER, AND THE ACS WERE ALREADY PURCHASED AND I BELIEVE[00:50:06]
DISTRIBUTED. SO WE APPRECIATE IF YOU HELP US TO FUND THIS. SO THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES CAN RECEIVE THE MONEY THEY SPENT. SO DID SOCIAL SERVICES PURCHASE THE AIR CONDITIONER? YES. THEY PURCHASED IT THROUGH LAW LOANS. AND YOU COULDN'T. THEY WEREN'T THE PRIMARY PURCHASER AT FIRST.YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A PURCHASER, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. SO LAST YEAR WE WORKED THE SAME PROGRAM WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO.
PROCESS THE INDF BEFORE WE PURCHASE THE ACS BECAUSE ASSOCIATION AGREED TO WORK WITH US THIS YEAR. WE HAD CHALLENGE TO FIND THE SAME PARTNER. BUT BY THE TIME THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES REALIZED THAT THEY CAN HELP US, WE WERE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, ALMOST A MONTH INTO SUMMER AND THEN WE WERE GETTING TO THE SUMMER BREAKS. SO WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO INITIATE THIS EARLIER BECAUSE OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THEIR FUND TO SPEND. BUT AT THE TIME THEY FOUND IT, IT WAS JUNE 26TH WHEN I EMAILED YOU. AND THAT'S A LIKE AN INTERAGENCY TRANSFER. YES, IT'S INTERAGENCY TRANSFER. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HEARD THAT EXPLANATION. AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE WON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE. NO, WE WILL NOT. THANK YOU. THIS REQUIRES A ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. CHAIR PARKER, YOU HAVE SIX YES VOTES OKAY. AND THE LEGISLATION
[22. O-178-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $9,212.79 FROM DISTRICT 23 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO HIGHVIEW BUSINESS OWNER’S ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHVIEW FALL FESTIVAL AND PARADE ON OCTOBER 11, 2025, THE HIGHVIEW HOLIDAY FEST ON DECEMBER 6, 2025, AND WEBSITE MAINTENANCE. Action Required By January 31, 2026 Sponsors: Jeff Hudson (R-23) ]
PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 22 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,212.79 FROM DISTRICT 23 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO HAVE VIEW BUSINESS OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH VIEW FALL FESTIVAL AND PARADE IN OCTOBER 11TH, 2025, THE HIGH VIEW HOLIDAY FEST ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2025 AND WEBSITE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE IN THIS COUNCILMAN HUDSON MOTION PROPERLY MOVED AND WE HAVE SPEAKER. YES, MA'AM. JOHN TAUSSKY AND COUNCILMAN JEFF HUDSON'S OFFICE. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION TO THE HIGH VIEW BUSINESS OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO HELP THEM PUT ON THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT, I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, VERY WELL ATTENDED, AND THEY'RE A GOOD GROUP, SO WE WANT TO HELP THEM OUT. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SEEING NONE. THIS REQUIRES A. NEXT ONE. THE NEXT ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT ON MY SPEAKER LIST IT HAS COUNCILMAN SAM JUST REPOPULATES ON EVERYONE. I MEAN, I KNOW HE'S NOT IN THE QUEUE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO FIX THAT. SORRY. OH, OKAY. WELL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT THEN. OKAY. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE VOTING IS OPEN. CHAIR PARKER, YOU HAVE SIX YES VOTES. ALL RIGHT. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 23 IS AN[23. O-182-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $12,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $5,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 22 AND 23; AND $2,500 FROM DISTRICT 13; TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT, 7TH DIVISION, FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR FY26. Action Required By January 31, 2026 Sponsors: Jeff Hudson (R-23), Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13), Kevin Bratcher (R-21)]
ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $12,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.5000 EACH FROM DISTRICT 22 AND 23, AND 2500 FROM DISTRICT 13 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. SEVEN DIVISION FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, ALSO COUNCILMAN HUDSON PROBABLY MOVED. YES, MA'AM. JOHN AGAIN, COUNCILMAN JEFF HUDSON'S OFFICE. WE DO HAVE TWO OFFICERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO THIS. SO I'D ASK SOMEONE FOR AN AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMAN BENSON, DISTRICT 20 WOULD LIKE TO ADD 2500 AND DISTRICT 24. COUNCILWOMAN WOOLRIDGE WOULD LIKE TO ADD 5000, WHICH SHOULD BRING THE TOTAL TO 20,000, WHICH WAS THE ASK. AND THIS IS THE SEVENTH DIVISION FUNDING TO HELP THEM PUT ON EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, THEIR EASTER EGG HUNT THEY DO AT HIGHVIEW PARK, HALLOWEEN SHOP WITH A COP, COOKIES WITH A COP, COCOA WITH A COP. MANY EVENTS WE CAN DO WITH COPS. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. ALL. AND YOU WITH THOSE TWO ADDITIONS, YOU'VE MET THE YES, IT WAS 20 GRAND, $20,000 THAT THEY ASKED FOR. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I FOR THE AMENDMENT I OPPOSED. NO. AYES HAVE IT, AND WE WILL. WE NEED A ROLL CALL ON THE ORDINANCE. WE
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GO. COUNCILWOMAN FRANKLIN. YES. CHAIR. PARKER, YOU HAVE SIX YES VOTES. ALL RIGHT. LEGISLATION PASSES AND IT WILL GO TO OLD BUSINESS FOR THE AMENDMENTS. DID YOU WANT TO KNOW? FROM. EITHER WAY, IT'S AN OLD BUSINESS. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. SO. IT'S ALREADY CLOSED. SO. AND I WAS THINKING I THOUGHT SHE DID. OKAY. SO WE'D HAVE TO RECONSIDER IT. HAVE YOU ANNOUNCED THE VOTE? I THINK I DID. I THINK IT LEGISLATION PASSES AND IT GOES TO ALL BUSINESS SO SHE CAN VOTE.I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO OLD BUSINESS. SHE CAN VOTE PRESENT AT COUNCIL. IS THAT OKAY? WE HAVE TO CONSIDER TAKE A VOTE. PUT IT BACK ON. AND WHAT WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? BUSINESS NOW THEN? IT'S AN OLD BUSINESS NO MATTER WHAT. NO. WHAT DO YOU. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO RECONSIDER? LET'S RECONSIDER. OKAY, A MOTION TO. WE NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. MOTION SECOND.
PROPERLY MOVED. AND SO WE WILL OPEN THE VOTING AGAIN. OH, OKAY. SO. OKAY, WE NEED A VOICE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE TO RECONSIDER. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. AYES HAVE IT. SO WE ARE RECONSIDERING ITEM NUMBER 24 AND APPROPRIATING 5000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER 3000. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I STAND CORRECTED. WE ARE RECONSIDERING ITEM NUMBER 23, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $12,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER 5000 EACH FROM DISTRICT 22 AND 23, AND 2500 FROM DISTRICT 13 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. SEVEN DIVISION FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. PROBABLY MOVED, AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE AMENDMENT. SO WE ARE GOING TO.
HAVE A ROLL CALL. ALL RIGHT. AND. CHAIR PARKER, YOU HAVE FIVE YES VOTES AND ONE PRESENT VOTE OKAY. AND IT STILL PASSES AND IT WILL GO TO OLD BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER 24 IS AN NDF
[24. CONDF080625SWCMm APPROPRIATING $5,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $3,000 FROM DISTRICT 25; AND $1000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 12 AND 14; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR COSTS RELATED TO TEACHING SUPPLY GIVEAWAY EVENT ON AUGUST 2, 2025. Sponsors: Khalil Batshon (R-25), Crystal Bast (R-14), Jonathan Joseph (R-12)]
APPROPRIATING 5000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $3,000 FROM DISTRICT 25 AND 1000 EACH FROM DISTRICT 12 AND 14 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR COST RELATING TO TEACHING, SUPPLY GIVEAWAY, SUPPLY GIVEAWAY EVENT ON AUGUST 2ND, 2025, WE HAVE A MOTION PROPERLY MOVED AND WE NEED A SPEAKER AND STEVE. OH THERE WE GO. YEAH. STEVE GOODMAN, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, DISTRICT 25, COUNCILMAN CLOOBECK SEAN'S OFFICE. SO WITH THIS, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE IT. SADLY, ABOUT 94% OF TEACHERS HAVE TO GO OUT OF POCKET. ACCORDING TO THE NEA ON TEACHING SUPPLIES. WE FELT THAT IT WAS AN AREA THAT WAS KIND OF GETTING IGNORED. SO WE PARTNERED WITH SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES TO HELP ALLEVIATE THOSE CONCERNS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COUNCILWOMAN. VICE CHAIR RAYMOND WANTS TO ASK A QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS FOR TEACHERS? YES. WHAT KIND OF ITEMS ARE PROVIDED? WHAT'S MOST IN DEMAND? PROBABLY TISSUES. MARKERS, HAND SANITIZER, THOSE TYPES OF PAPER.I MEAN, WE HAVE A TEACHER ON THE COUNCIL. WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU THINK, MR. JOSEPH? I'LL GO FROM COUNCILMAN JJ TO MR. JOSEPH. SO WITH THE MARKER SUPPLY WAS, WAS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD A TON OF ASK FOR. THE PAPER IS VERY EXPENSIVE IN REGARDS TO REAMS OF PAPER. AND THAT WAS KIND OF ONE
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OF OUR THINGS WAS TO HAVE A KICKOFF, WAS TO HAVE THINGS THAT WHILE THE TEACHERS MAY GET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, LATER ON, IT'S SOMETHING JUST TO SET THEM UP TO HAVE ENOUGH FROM THE GET GO. AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE BIGGER PIECE OF ASK PINS WHERE WE'RE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE THINK WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. BUT WHEN YOU'RE A TEACHER AND IF YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE 150 STUDENTS AND YOU CAN EASILY COUNT ON TEN NOT HAVING THEIR PENS OR PENCILS FOR THE DAY. AND OFTENTIMES YOU DON'T GET THEM BACK. AND SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A WAR CHEST FROM THE GET GO AS A CLASSROOM. SO THOSE WERE JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE SUPPLIES THAT WERE ON OUR LIST FOLDERS AND WHATNOT. AND SO WE TRY TO TAKE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE HAVE BACKPACK GIVEAWAYS FOR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WHATNOT, THERE'S NOT EVERY STUDENT IS ABLE TO GO TO THESE. SO NOT ONLY ARE THESE THINGS FOR TEACHERS, BUT ALSO TRYING TO SET THINGS UP FOR STUDENTS THAT MAY NEED SUPPLIES AND THEY GO THROUGH THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THIS AS WELL.REAMS OF PAPER FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE SHOULD HAVE CORNERED THE SUPERINTENDENT WHEN HE WAS HERE A LITTLE BIT AGO. LIKE I SAID, THIS ISN'T AN ISOLATED PROBLEM TO JC, NOT TO GIVE THEM ANY PLAUDITS, BUT 94% OF TEACHERS ACROSS THE NATION KIND OF HAVE THIS ISSUE. SO. YEAH. ANY I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, I'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE SOURCE TO SONIA LATER. YOU KNOW WE DO LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BACKPACKS EVERY YEAR BETWEEN GOBS OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES. WOULD IT BE BETTER TO DO THIS RATHER THAN THE BACKPACKS? I MEAN, YOU'RE ASKING A TEACHER THERE'S A DEBATE TO BE HAD THERE. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES I DON'T WANT TO GET ON MY SOAPBOX HERE, BUT I THINK TEACHERS ARE ONE OF THE FIRST PROFESSIONS THAT ARE FORGOTTEN. THEY'RE EXPECTED THE MOST OF AND FORGOTTEN THE MOST OF BY A LOT OF SOCIETY, I THINK. AND I UNDERSTAND THE BACKPACK GIVEAWAYS 100%, AND I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO, I THINK, HAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEACHERS. YES, TEACHERS NOW, LIKE WITH JC, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DO GET AN AMAZON STIPEND FROM THE GET GO, BUT IT ONLY GOES. IT WILL ONLY GO SO FAR. I KNOW IN THAT REGARD, BUT I THINK I WISH THAT WE HAD, IN ADDITION TO THE BACKPACK SUPPLY DROPS FOR FAMILIES, WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE TEACHER EVENTS FOR JUST LIKE SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I BELIEVE THAT I'VE SEEN. OKAY, SO LIKE DO THE PTA OF THE SCHOOLS NOT FUNDRAISE FOR STUFF LIKE THIS? IT IS A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, LIKE LEGIT. IT'S A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL KIND OF THING.
WHEN IT COMES TO PTA, WHEN IT COMES TO BOOSTERS AND WHATNOT, SOME SCHOOLS HAVE MUCH HEALTHIER PTA AND INVESTMENT THAN OTHERS, AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL. AND THE SCHOOL JC HAS A BUDGET THAT'S LIKE DOUBLE OURS, AND IT'S REALLY IRRITATING THAT TEACHERS HAVE TO. IT IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY IRRITATING TO ME. AND I AND I TEACHERS HAVE TO FUND THEIR OWN.
AND I DO THINK THAT'S A DEBATE TO BE HAD AT SOME POINT, BUT IT MAYBE NOT EVEN WITH US, BUT HOW JC SPENDS THEIR MONEY IS A WHOLE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD. BUT WHAT I FOUND IS THAT THE TEACHER MAKING 50 AND $60,000 A YEAR HAS VERY LITTLE SAY SO, OR SWAY IN HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT BY BY AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT. AND THIS WAS AN ISOLATED JUST TO JC TEACHERS. WE HAD PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS COME TO THIS DRIVE AS WELL, SO DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A COMPLETELY JC ISSUE. ALRIGHTY.
SO THIS APPROPRIATION ALLOWS FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I OPPOSED NO AYES HAVE IT AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 25 IS APPROPRIATING $4,920 FROM
[25. NDF080625MP02 APPROPRIATING $4,920 FROM DISTRICT 2 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH METRO PARKS, TO LUV-IT LANDSCAPING FOR THEIR ANNUAL LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE OF THREE RIGHT-OF-WAYS AT INTERSECTIONS OF SHEPHERDSVILLE ROAD AND NEWBURG ROAD. Sponsors: Barbara Shanklin (D-2) ]
DISTRICT TWO NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND TO METRO PARKS TO LOVE IT LANDSCAPING FOR THEIR ANNUAL LANDSCAPING, MAINTENANCE OF THREE RIGHT OF WAY AT INTERSECTIONS OF SHEPHERDSVILLE ROAD AND NEWBURG ROAD. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN'S. PROPERLY MOVED, THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO. AYES HAVE IT, AND LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM[26. CIF080625PW02 APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT 2 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF AN HONORARY STREET SIGN ON THE CORNER OF EXETER AVENUE AND SHASTA TRAIL IN HONOR OF VERNITA BROWN. Sponsors: Barbara Shanklin (D-2) ]
NUMBER 26 IS A APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT TWO CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF AN HONORARY STREET SIGN ON THE CORNER OF EXETER AVENUE AND SHASTA TRAIL IN HONOR OF VERNITA BROWN. THIS IS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE.PROBABLY MOVED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO. THAT IS, HAVE IT. AND LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM 27 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $9,750 FROM DISTRICT TEN
[27. O-174-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $9,750 FROM DISTRICT 10 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS & RECREATION: URBAN FORESTRY FOR BOB RAY COMPANY, INC. TO REMOVE TREES AND GRIND STUMPS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AT AND NEAR 1521 SYLVAN WAY. Action Required By January 31, 2026 Sponsors: Josie Raymond (D-10) ]
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NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS AND RECREATION. URBAN FORESTRY FOR BOB BRAY COMPANY, INC. TREES AND STUMPS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AT A NEAR 1521 SYLVAN WAY.SECOND. PROBABLY MOVED AND. LET'S SEE, WE NEED A SPEAKER FOR THIS ONE. OH, OKAY. THAT'S WHY.
YES, THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STREETS WHERE A MEDIAN DIVIDES THE SIDES OF THE STREET.
AND ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TREE ORDINANCE, RIGHT, TO SEE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TREES AND THE MEDIAN. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS APPROPRIATION, BECAUSE WHEN I WENT OUT TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS, I WAS WRANGLING THOSE LOOSE DOG, AND I SAT ON A HORNET'S NEST IN THE MEDIAN ON SYLVAN WAY AND HAD TO GO TO IMMEDIATE CARE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT CLEANED UP TO. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THAT. SO. OKAY, SO THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. CORRECT? OKAY. VOTING IS OPEN. COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN, I HAVE ALL KINDS OF VISIONS GOING ON IN MY HEAD, SO. OKAY. CHAIR PARKER, YOU HAVE SIX YES VOTES. OKAY. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 28 IS AN NDF APPROPRIATING $4,670 FROM DISTRICT 15
[28. NDF080625MP15 APPROPRIATING $4,670 FROM DISTRICT 15 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH METRO PARKS, TO LUV-IT LANDSCAPING FOR LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE FOR FY26 OF THE THREE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: CRITTENDEN DRIVE AND WARNOCK STREET, EASTERN PARKWAY AND CRITTENDEN DRIVE, AND MANSLICK ROAD AND GAGEL AVENUE. Sponsors: Jennifer Chappell (D-15) ]
NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH METRO PARKS TO LOVETT LANDSCAPING FOR LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 OF THE THREE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS CRITTENDON DRIVE AND WARNOCK STREET, EASTERN PARKWAY AND CRITTENDON DRIVE, AND MANSLICK ROAD AND CAGLE AVENUE. AND THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SEEING HEARING NONE. THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. NO. AYES HAVE IT AND THE LEGISLATION[29. NDF080625MP15a APPROPRIATING $1,020 FROM DISTRICT 15 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH METRO PARKS, TO LUV-IT LANDSCAPING FOR LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE FOR FY26 OF TAYLOR BOULEVARD AT SOUTHGATE AVENUE. Sponsors: Jennifer Chappell (D-15) ]
PASSES. ITEM 29 IS AN F APPROPRIATING $1,020 FROM DISTRICT 15 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH METRO PARKS TO LOVETT LANDSCAPING FOR LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 OF TAYLOR BOULEVARD AT SOUTHGATE AVENUE. ALSO, COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL'S, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING, SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, PLEASE? VERY GRATEFUL FOR LOVETT LANDSCAPING KEEPING OUR MEDIANS BEAUTIFUL. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS WHY THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DNFS AND THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO LOVETT LANDSCAPING. BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S BECAUSE PARKS CANNOT PAY OUT AN INVOICE OVER $5,000. SO WE HAD TO BREAK OUT THOSE TWO.BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. BUT THEN ALSO SAY THAT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS OUR GALLOP APPALOOSA HORSE THAT'S OVER BY CHURCHILL DOWNS. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO SEE COMMON DIGNITY, GO GIVE HER A LOOK. AND SHE LOOKS REALLY NICE. THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS THAT LOVE IT. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO.
[30. CIF080625PW15 APPROPRIATING $36,000 FROM DISTRICT 15 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $20,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIDEWALKS AND $16,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CURBS ON WEST EVELYN AVENUE AT SOUTH 3RD STREET. Sponsors: Jennifer Chappell (D-15) ]
AYES HAVE IT. LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 30 IS AN APPROPRIATION OF $36,000 FROM DISTRICT 15 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER 20,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIDEWALKS AND $16,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CURBS ON WEST EVELYN AVENUE AT SOUTH THIRD STREET. ALSO, COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL'S PROBABLY MOVED. I THINK THIS ONE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, BUT I WILL SAY I HOPE THAT THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ENTICING TO WHATEVER TENANT MAY BE CONSIDERING THE THIRD STREET KROGER'S LOCATION THAT JUST CLOSED, AND WE'RE VERY SAD TO HAVE THAT NOT ONLY GONE AS A GROCERY STORE, BUT ALSO AS A PHARMACY. SO ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE TO THIS AREA WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT A BIG VACANCY RIGHT THERE. SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GET ON IT.ALL RIGHT. AND. WE NEED A ROLL CALL FOR THIS VOICE FOR THIS ONE. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED. NO. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 31 IS A CIP APPROPRIATING
[31. CIF080625PW15a APPROPRIATING $12,100 FROM DISTRICT 15 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR AT 1343 HICKORY STREET. Sponsors: Jennifer Chappell (D-15) ]
$12,100 FROM DISTRICT 15 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR AT 1343 HICKORY STREET. ALSO COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. I THINK I'M FINALLY A LITTLE LESS GOBSMACKED[01:10:02]
BY THE HORNET NEST AND CHASING THE DOG STORY. I HOPE THE DOG FOUND ITS HOME OR A HOME. I HOPE, BUT. RIGHT AFTER THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY OF TREES AND RIGHT OF WAYS AND TREES THAT ABUT RIGHT OF WAYS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AS SOMEONE ON THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT IN OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.BUT THIS IS I'M BRINGING THAT UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT'S IN FRONT OF HERE, 502. AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKING SINCE MULVIHILL WAS THE COUNCIL PERSON FOR THIS AREA. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE BECAUSE THAT WAS REDISTRICTED IN 2020. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THAT BUSINESS HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. AND WHEN WE FIRST GOT THIS QUOTE, IT INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL $4,000 FOR TREE REMOVAL OF A BEAUTIFUL TREE. AND TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST, I CAN SEE THIS TREE FROM MY BEDROOM WINDOW AND I LOVE THE CANOPY THAT IT PROVIDES TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO WE WORKED WITH TREES LOUISVILLE IN ORDER TO SEE ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TO SAVE THIS TREE AND INCORPORATE IT INTO THE DESIGN OF THE SIDEWALKS. AND SO. WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR WORKING WITH US TO SAVE THAT TREE AND AMEND THEIR INITIAL QUOTE. THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO THE $12,000 FOR THE WORK FOR THE SIDEWALK. BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE GET A NEW SIDEWALK. WE GET TO MAKE A GOOD LOCAL BUSINESS HAPPY, AND WE'RE ALSO PRESERVING A BEAUTIFUL TREE. YOU KNOW, I'VE FOUND THAT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST AS INEXPENSIVE TO SAVE THE TREE AS IT IS TO CHOP IT DOWN AND REMOVE THE STUMP. SO. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. OKAY. SO THIS ALLOWS A VOICE VOTE, THIS ONE TO A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED NO. AND AYES HAVE IT. AND THE LEGISLATION PASSES.
AND ITEM NUMBER 32 IS BEING HELD. AND WITH NO FURTHER LEGISLATION WE ARE ADJOURNED. I
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