[2. ID 25-0507 Council Member Bratcher will present a proclamation recognizing September as National Service Dog Month to Tammy Harrod of Canine Companions.]

HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. SIR, THIS IS ONE OF THE FUN THINGS WE GET TO DO AS POLICY MAKERS. IS THIS WORKING? YEAH. WE ARE GOING TO. NOT TONIGHT AS A BODY TO CLAIM SEPTEMBER 2025, NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH. AND I'VE GOT SOME GREAT GUESTS HERE, TAMMY GARRETT AND HER DOG IS VIOLET.

AND IF YOU COME OVER AND SEE VIOLET, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO FALL IN LOVE IMMEDIATELY WITH HER. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL AND SHE'S WELL BEHAVED AND SHE WON'T TAKE HER EYES OFF OF TAMMY. THAT'S AWESOME. AND YOU AND TONY IS HER HUSBAND, BONITA WILSON, ONE OF MY BEST CONSTITUENTS EVER.

SHE LETS ME KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT SHE DOESN'T YELL AT ME. AND THEN LISA YOUNG. SO I'LL READ THIS REAL QUICK. AND THEN TAMMY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, SIR.

LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL PROCLAMATION. THE UNITED STATES HAS 70 MILLION DISABLED ADULTS WITH A DISABILITY, AND ONLY 6000 SERVICE DOGS FROM ACCREDITED TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE NEED IS GROWING AND CANINE COMPANIONS CREATED THE CONCEPT OF SERVICE DOGS FOR PEOPLE WITH

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PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. 50 YEARS AGO IN 1975, CREATING A NEW KIND OF SUPPORT FOR DISABILITIES. AND WHEREAS, CANINE COMPANIONS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ENHANCES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING EXPERTLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS AND ONGOING SUPPORT FREE OF CHARGE AND CANINE COMPANIONS, COMPANIONS AND THEIR SERVICE DOGS EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LEAD LIFE WITH GREATER INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING A DEEPLY COMMITTED, CONTINUING COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH AIMS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF SERVICE DOGS AND THE LAWS PROTECTING THEIR HANDLERS, NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE METRO COUNCIL PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2025 AS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE DOGS AND THE ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SUCH. I GUESS EVERYBODY HERE HAS SEEN A SERVICE DOG AND JUST HOW WELL-BEHAVED THEY ARE, AND WHAT A GREAT SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO OUR DISABLED COMMUNITY. SO TAMMY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WE'LL GO RIGHT OVER HERE. VIOLET MIGHT SAY A FEW WORDS IF. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BRATCHER AND LOUISVILLE METRO FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND AND FOR ACCEPTING A NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER FOR SO THRILLED TO HAVE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MISSION OF CANINE COMPANIONS IS TO GIVE EXPERTLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FREE OF CHARGE. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE ANY MORE INFORMATION BEYOND WHAT COUNCILMAN BRADSHAW TOLD YOU, PLEASE SEE ME AFTER THE MEETING OR MR. BRATCHER. AND HE'S GOT MY CONTACT INFORMATION. OUR MISSION IS TO GIVE OUTREACH. AND SO THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS IF WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SPREADING THE WORD. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND YOU CAN ALSO VISIT K9 ORG. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE A FEW PICTURES AND THEN BRING BRING THE CANINE UP ALSO.

123. PERFECT PERFECT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAWKINS, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT. THANK YOU. DO. CLAIRVOYANT LIKE THAT.

[3. ID 25-0509 Council Member Hawkins will provide a proclamation. ]

OKAY. Y'ALL GONNA MAKE ME CRY TONIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I AM GOING TO CALL LATONYA BELL. I'M GOING TO READ THIS. THIS IS FROM THE COUNCIL. YOU HAVE BEEN THE ROUTE TO METRO COUNCIL WAY BEFORE I GOT HERE. AND WORDS REALLY CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED. I DON'T DO TOO WELL WITH READING FROM STUFF. I JUST

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REALLY LIKE TO TALK FROM MY HEART. YOU HAVE WORKED EFFORTLESSLY IN THIS ROLE OF YOUR WORK IS UNMATCHED. I'VE NOT SEEN ANYONE WORK THE WAY YOU HAVE WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. NO MATTER WHAT, IT NEVER CHANGED WHO YOU WAS. AND I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THAT AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES DO AS WELL. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. AND THIS IS ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US ON METRO COUNCIL. TO WHOM ALL THE THESE LETTERS SHALL COME GREETING. KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL, IN SPIRIT AND DEEP GRATITUDE, HONORS LATONYA J. BELL, WHEREAS SHE WAS, SHE HAS HONORABLY SERVED AS THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL FINANCIAL ANALYSTS SINCE OCTOBER, THE SECOND. MY BIRTHDAY 2017 AND WHEREAS HAS SERVED TO LOUISVILLE, STARTED IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ACCOUNTING FROM APRIL OF 1997 UNTIL AUGUST 2001, THEN SERVING THE JEFFERSON COUNTY FISCAL COURT UNTIL MERGER IN 2003, WHERE SHE WAS PROMOTED AS AN ACCOUNTANT TO PROPERTY TAX AND PARKING CITATION DIVISION AND THEN ACCOUNTING PAYABLE DIVISION BEFORE SERVING AS A FINANCIAL SUPERVISOR IN THE GRANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, MANAGING 67 MILLION FEDERAL AND 43 MILLION STATE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET UNTIL 2006.

AND WHEREAS, SHE SERVED THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH MANAGER, OVERSEEING FINANCIAL DATA OF 173 KENTUCKY SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO LOUISVILLE IN 2017. AND WHEREAS SHE HAS SERVED METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS BY PROTECTING THEM FROM THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY, SEEING THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT LENS AND A BROADER SCOPE WITH THE FINEST ATTITUDE TO DETAIL, AND THAT IS SOMETIMES THAT WILL BE SINCERELY MISSED. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY CONFER AND PAY TRIBUTE BY WAY OF PROCLAMATION, WITH ALL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITY IN TESTIMONY. WE HAVE CAUSED THIS LETTER TO BE MADE, AND THE SEAL OF THE METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HERE UNTIL AFFIXED DONE IN LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL, LATONYA BELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNOW I SAID IT EARLIER, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN SO IT CAN BE HEARD LIVE. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR ALL THE CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ALSO YOUR COUNCIL, YOUR LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE AND AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY AND JUST CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE LOUISVILLE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES WITHIN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THANK YOU.

THANK. THANK YOU. THANKS. IF WE COULD GET LATONYA'S FAMILY TO COME FORWARD FOR THIS PHOTO PLEASE.

IF YOU HAVE. A SECOND. TO GET SETTLED IN THE BACK AND THEN WE'LL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE LOOK UP HERE. ONE. TWO THREE. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

SORRY. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADDRESSES TO THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THERE ARE. LET ME REMIND THOSE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING PROFANITY, MAKING DEROGATORY STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE CAN BE NO MORE THAN THREE SPEAKERS ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, ANN WALTER. GOOD

[Addresses to the Council]

EVENING, EVERYONE, AND GOOD EVENING. METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CLERKS AND GUESTS. IT'S VERY WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANN WALTER. I AM A LOUISVILLE NATIVE. I GREW UP IN THE HIGHLANDS, WORKED FOR DECADES IN THE CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOOD, LIVED, RAISED MY FAMILY IN LIMERICK, AND I'M COMMITTED TO OUR LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY. I COME TONIGHT AS A MINISTER AND ALSO AS AN EDUCATOR IN THE AREAS OF COMPASSION AND NONVIOLENCE. I WANT TO SHARE A NEW MOVEMENT WITH YOU, MY CENTER, WHICH IS A CENTER FOR ENGAGING COMPASSION, WHO HOSTED AND BROUGHT HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA TO LOUISVILLE 12 YEARS AGO, IS CATALYZING THE NONVIOLENT LOUISVILLE MOVEMENT. OUR GOAL IS TO EMPOWER ALL KINDS OF GROUPS, AGENCIES, FAITH COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE, TO TAKE AN INTENTIONAL COMMITMENT TO LEARNING AND PRACTICING NONVIOLENCE IN ORDER TO GROW A DOCTOR, KING CALLS OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY NONVIOLENCE, AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, IS A WAY OF RESPONDING TO CONFLICTS. IT STANDS BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND JUST DOING NOTHING.

IT'S A PRACTICE OF THE COURAGEOUS, AND IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE IN RESOLVING CONFLICTS THAN USING FORCE. AND THAT IS WHY NONVIOLENCE IS REALLY A SUPERPOWER IN THESE TIMES. NONVIOLENT LOUISVILLE ASKS TWO THINGS. FIRST, TO SIGN A PLEDGE OF NONVIOLENCE, AND SECOND, TO WORK ON UNDERSTANDING MORE DEEPLY NONVIOLENT SKILLS AND REALLY PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE. NONVIOLENT LOUISVILLE IS PROUD TO CLAIM THE LINEAGE OF MAHATMA GANDHI AND DOCTOR KING AND THE DALAI LAMA AND CONGRESSMAN LEWIS, AND ALL KINDS OF AMAZING PEOPLE FROM ALL TIMES AND THE PRESENT. I AM ENCOURAGED BY THE ROBUST EFFORTS OF METRO LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE METRO, AND THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION WITH ITS PROGRAMS LIKE VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORKSHOPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ANTI-VIOLENCE COALITIONS. I ALSO APPRECIATE PROJECTS LIKE NO MORE RED DOTS PEACE EDUCATION, PIVOT TO PEACE, AND OTHER EFFORTS. SOME THAT ARE VERY SMALL, SOME THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER, NONVIOLENT. LOUISVILLE CAN BE A GREAT PARTNER TO NONVIOLENCE MITIGATION PROGRAMS, AS WE COME FROM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ANGLE. SO ANYONE CAN BE PART OF NONVIOLENT LOUISVILLE. IT ISN'T OWNED BY ANY GROUP. IT'S LEADER FILLED. OUR LOGO IS A DANDELION BECAUSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, DANDELIONS ARE RESILIENT WHETHER WE WANT THEM TO BE OR NOT. THEY GROW ANYWHERE AND THEY SPREAD NONVIOLENT SEEDS FAR AND WIDE. SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK IF YOU, AS LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL, MIGHT BE WILLING TO SIGN UP A NONVIOLENT LOUISVILLE PLEDGE OR PERHAPS A VERSION OF THE NONVIOLENT RESOLUTION OR PROCLAMATION THAT I SHARED WITH YOU, AND YOU WOULD BE JOINING OTHER GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, PARTNERS IN LOUISVILLE LIKE THE MUHAMMAD ALI INDEX AND OTHER FAITH COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES AND INTERFAITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO GET ON BOARD TO. NONVIOLENT LOUISVILLE WOULD BE VERY HONORED IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER SIGNING A RESOLUTION THAT WE COULD SHARE LAST SENTENCE AT OUR NONVIOLENT LOUISVILLE LAUNCH, WHICH IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1ST, OCTOBER 1ST AT 10 A.M. AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER. YOU ALL WILL GET INVITATIONS. I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER IT COMING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MICHAEL GEOGHEGAN. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIKE GEOGHEGAN. I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, NOT AS A POLITICIAN, NOT AS A LOBBYIST, BUT AS A RESIDENT OF LOUISVILLE,

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A VOTER AND A CITIZEN, LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, HAS ENTRUSTED THIS BODY WITH A SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, TO ACT WITH TRANSPARENCY, AND TO PUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS BEFORE BACK DOOR POLITICS. PUBLIC SERVICE IS A POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY. WE DID NOT ELECT YOU TO SERVE DEVELOPERS. YOU WERE NOT ELECTED TO APPEASE DONORS OR BOW TO SPECIAL INTEREST. YOU WERE ELECTED TO SERVE US. ALL. THE PEOPLE OF LOUISVILLE. THAT MEANS LISTENING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BEING A VOICE FOR THEIR CONCERNS, AND STANDING FIRM IN YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY. TO THEM, INTEGRITY MEANS DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING AND WE ARE WATCHING. AS WE. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN TOO OFTEN ARE DECISIONS MADE WITH A PERSONAL AGENDA, OR IN FAVOR OF THOSE WITH MONEY AND ACCESS AT THE EXPENSE OF NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITY HISTORY, AND PUBLIC TRUST. THE COUNCIL MUST OPERATE IN A WAY THAT EARNS, NOT MOCKS, THE PUBLIC'S TRUST. THAT MEANS CLEAR COMMUNICATION, TRANSPARENT DECISION MAKING, AND A FIRM REJECTION OF BACKROOM DEALS AND HIDDEN AGENDAS. EVERY DEAL THAT BYPASSES OR SIDELINES THE COMMUNITY UNDERMINES THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND WEAKENS YOUR CREDIBILITY AS PUBLIC SERVANTS. DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT INTEGRITY IS NOT GROWTH OR PROGRESS, IT'S BETRAYAL AND EXPLOITATION. IT'S NOT JUST BAD OPTICS. IT'S A COMPLETE BREACH OF PUBLIC TRUST. YOU WERE NOT ELECTED TO PLAY THE POLITICAL GAME. YOU WERE ELECTED TO CHANGE IT. WE KNOW THIS JOB ISN'T EASY. THE PRESSURES ARE REAL AND THE DECISIONS ARE COMPLEX. BUT YOU ARE CALLED TO SERVE WITH AN UNWAVERING DUTY TO PUBLIC INTEGRITY. WHEN YOU VOTE ON ZONING, ON LAND USE, ON THE DIRECTION OF OUR CITY, LET THAT VOTE REFLECT THE INTEREST OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, NOT THE AGENDA OF THOSE WHO SEE OUR CITY'S FUTURE AS A PROFIT MARGIN. YOUR VOTE SHOULD NEVER BE COMPELLED BY ANYONE. NOT A DEVELOPER, NOT A DONOR, NOT ANOTHER BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. LAND IS NOT A POLITICAL TOOL. IT IS A PUBLIC TRUST. AND YOU ARE THE STEWARDS OF THAT TRUST. STEWARD LAND USE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FAIRLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. THAT MEANS REFUSING TO CAVE TO UNSCRUPULOUS TACTICS THAT MEAN STANDING UP TO THOSE WHO WOULD TRY AND RAILROAD OR BULLY OUR COMMUNITIES INTO SILENCE. YOUR VOTE SHOULD REFLECT THE VOICES AND INTERESTS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THE PUBLIC IS NOT YOUR OBSTACLE. WE ARE YOUR PURPOSE AND YOU MUST REFUSE TO BOW DOWN, COWER, OR CAVE TO ANYONE WHO ATTEMPTS TO USURP YOUR LEGAL DUTY. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. THANK YOU, ROBIN HALL. MY NAME IS ROBIN HALL. I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT OF LOUISVILLE WITH OVER 30 YEARS AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER SPECIALIZING IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE WORKED FOR SOME VERY WELL-KNOWN DEVELOPERS, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT HOW OUR CITY IS GOVERNED, HOW OUR CITY MAKES DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF LOUISVILLE TAXPAYERS. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE CORE VALUES THAT SHOULD GIVE THAT GUIDE. EVERY ACTION TAKEN IN THIS CHAMBER TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND OPEN GOVERNMENT. THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT IDEALS. THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. TRANSPARENCY IS NOT JUST ABOUT OPENING OPEN MEETINGS OR PUBLIC PUBLISHED AGENDAS. IT'S ABOUT CLARITY. IT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND NOT JUST WHAT DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE, BUT WHY THEY ARE BEING MADE WHEN RESIDENTS FEEL THEY'RE THE LAST TO KNOW, OR THE DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE BEHIND THE SCENE. IT CREATES DISTRUST AND THAT DISTRUST ERODES THE LEGACY OF THIS ENTIRE BODY.

ACCOUNTABILITY BEGINS BY ENGAGING WITH CONSTITUENTS AND HONEST DIALOG, LISTENING WITHOUT DEFENSIVENESS, AND AND ANSWERING THE HARD QUESTIONS WITH CANDOR. THE PEOPLE OF LOUISVILLE EXPECT AND DESERVE TO KNOW WHO IS MAKING DECISIONS, WHAT INFLUENCES THOSE DECISIONS, AND HOW THEIR VOICES ARE BEING CONSIDERED IN THE PROCESS. IN THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE, I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO RECOMMIT TO A CULTURE OF TRANSPARENCY, NOT BECAUSE THE LAW REQUIRES IT, BUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF LOUISVILLE WHO VOTED YOU IN THESE SEATS DESERVE NOTHING

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LESS. IN THAT SAME SPIRIT, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECT, RESPECTING THE SITUATION, SEPARATION OF POWER WITHIN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. EACH BRANCH LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL HAS A DISTINCT ROLE TO PLAY. AND WHEN THESE BOUNDARIES ARE BLURRED OR IGNORED, ACCOUNTABILITY SUFFERS. THIS COUNCIL IS A LEGISLATIVE BODY CHARGED WITH INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT, AND YOU ARE NOT HERE TO RUBBER STAMP DECISIONS MADE ELSEWHERE, NOR TO DEFER TO POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OR EXTERNAL INTEREST. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LEGISLATION IS TO LEGISLATE WITH INTEGRITY, TO SCRUTINIZE PROPOSALS IN THEIR MERITS, AND TO PROTECT THE BALANCE OF POWER THAT ENSURES TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS. WHEN EACH BRANCH HONORS ITS ROLE, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS AS IT SHOULD IN SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE. GOVERNMENT WAS INTENDED TO BE OF, BY, AND FOR THE PEOPLE, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TRUE MEASURE OF GOVERNMENT IS HOW FAITHFULLY IT SERVES THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MATTHEW MATTHEW BRADLEY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MATTHEW BRADLEY. I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LOUISVILLE, THOUGH WITH AS SOME LOUISVILLIANS HAVE A LITTLE GAP IN THAT TENURE. AS I WENT OFF TO SCHOOL AND CAME BACK TO LOUISVILLE, WHEN I ARRIVED BACK, IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2020, AND WE SOUGHT TO WHERE I CAME DOWNTOWN AND SERVE AT CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL. IN THAT CONTEXT, WE BEGAN LOOKING TO EXPLORE WAYS IN WHICH THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR, COULD BEGIN TO CONTRIBUTE IN A MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND NEW WAY TO THE CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS, WHICH WE'RE FACING. AND SO I WAS EXCITED WHEN LAST YEAR, METRO COUNCIL CALLED ON PLANNING AND ZONING TO DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD HELP LOWER BARRIERS FOR FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO OUR HOUSING CRISIS IN CITY. BUT TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 013925 IN ITS PRESENT FORM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT AS IT EXISTS, IT CREATES GREATER AMBIGUITY AND PRODUCES MORE BARRIERS THAN IT PROVIDES CLARITY OR BARRIERS THAT IT REMOVES. I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE REGARDING ACCESSORY OVERNIGHT SHELTERS, WHICH ARE DEFINED AS FACILITIES THAT ARE SUBORDINATE TO AN ACTIVE RELIGIOUS BUILDING WHICH COULD PARTICIPATE IN SHELTERING UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. IN THE DEFINITION SECTION OF THAT PIECE OF THE ORDINANCE, IT DEFINES AN ACCESSORY OVERNIGHT SHELTER AS NOT A HOMELESS SHELTER. DAY SHELTER OR EXTREME WEATHER SHELTER. BUT AS YOU READ DOWN IN TO THE ORDINANCE, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE 41ST PAGE OF THE PDF SECTION 4.3.33, SUBSECTION H, IT ALSO SAYS THAT THE SHELTER SHALL NOT OPERATE WITHOUT A LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO MCO CHAPTER 115. I'VE SEARCHED THROUGHOUT THAT SECTION OF MCO. THE ONLY APPLICABLE LICENSE IN THERE IS THE LICENSE FOR A HOMELESS SHELTER, WHICH BY DEFINITION AN ACCESSORY SHELTER IS NOT. IF THE LEGISLATION IS PASSED IN ITS CURRENT FORM, WE ARE BACK TO SQUARE ONE, EXCEPT WE NOW HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR A LICENSE WHICH DOES NOT EXIST. AND SO I WOULD URGE COUNCIL TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER WORK, TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE AMBIGUITY AND CREATE THE RESOLUTION WHICH YOU ALL DELEGATED THIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE WHICH REMOVES BARRIERS TO CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING ISSUES, WHICH ALLOWS THOSE OF US IN THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER NONPROFIT SECTORS TO DO OUR PART IN HELPING TO ADDRESS A REALLY CRUCIAL PUBLIC ISSUE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR WORK ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU MARTINA. HELLO, EVERYBODY.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO METRO COUNCIL WAS IN DECEMBER OF 2023, AND AT THAT TIME I WITNESSED A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS, SOME OF WHICH ARE HERE TONIGHT, REQUESTS THAT METRO COUNCIL REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN TOWN TO MAKE IT MORE FAVORABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY MADE THAT DIRECT REQUEST IN THIS ROOM IN DECEMBER. RIGHT BEFORE YOU GUYS WENT ON BREAK. TWO YEARS LATER, WE'RE NOT THERE. WE DON'T HAVE

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IT. AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TO ADDRESS TONIGHT, AND I DID NOT PLAN TO, BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS. WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM WHAT THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOWED UP IN 2023. WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM THAT. IN FACT, WE'VE GONE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ABOUT HOME SWEET HOME TONIGHT. THAT WAS THE TITLE THAT I GAVE SO MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY. AS I LOOK AT THE NEWSPAPER AND LOOK AT THE NEWS, MY SUBJECT CHANGE, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS OF CONCERN TO MARTINA CARNEGIE, A RESIDENT OF WHO WAS BORN IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, TO MARTINA CARNEGIE, PRESIDENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND PRESERVATION, WHICH HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ALL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA SINCE 2003. I'VE BEEN AT THIS AT FOR TWO FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU TONIGHT, I HAVE A VERY, VERY SAD FEELING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR CITY IS IN TROUBLE. I KNOW WE NEED TO START HAVING FRANK CONVERSATIONS WHERE AND SOME OF MY YOUNGER COMPATRIOTS GAVE ME SOME SIGNS TO HOLD UP, AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY ARE RELEVANT. WE SEE YOU. THE COMMUNITY DOES SEE YOU. THE COMMUNITY NO LONGER FEELS THAT METRO COUNCIL IS STANDING FOR THE COMMUNITY, THAT THEY PRIORITIZE BIG DEVELOPERS OVER THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S PROBLEMATIC. PUBLIC INTEGRITY, THAT'S ALWAYS A DUTY. AND I NOTICE THAT WE START EVERY MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FOR THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. SO MUCH THAT GOES ON IN HERE IS NOT DEMOCRATIC. AND THE FOLKS IN THE REPUBLIC THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT OUR INTERESTS ARE NOT OPERATING IN OUR INTERESTS. IN FACT, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THEY'RE BULLYING US. THEY'RE PUTTING US DOWN. THEY'RE NOT TAKING THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY SERIOUSLY. SO TONIGHT, I KNOW I'M RAMBLING, BUT TONIGHT, IN THE INTEREST OF HOME SWEET HOME, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU NPP IS WATCHING YOU AND THERE'S SOME SERIOUS THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO, HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR COOPERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THAT

[Council Minutes]

CONCLUDES THE ADDRESSES TO COUNCIL. NEXT, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 14TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT

[Committee Minutes]

WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MINUTES, ALL IN 2025. THE RECORD COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AUGUST 14TH. THE REGULAR PLANNING ZONING. AUGUST 19TH REGULAR LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AUGUST 19TH THE REGULAR PUBLIC WORKS. AUGUST 19TH THE REGULAR GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS. AUGUST 19TH THE REGULAR EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION. AUGUST 20TH THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS. AUGUST 20TH THE REGULAR PUBLIC SAFETY. AUGUST 20TH THE REGULAR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON EFFICIENCIES OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AUGUST 20TH THE REGULAR PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY. AUGUST 21ST.

THE REGULAR COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES. AUGUST 26TH. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? MOTION. OH NO. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY

[Communications to the Council]

COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. WE DO. PLEASE READ THOSE IN THE RECORD. DEAR PRESIDENT ATKINSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ORDINANCE, APPEALS AND OVERSEERS BOARD, I AM APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING KENNETH REYNOLDS. A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 1ST, 2029. BOBBIE COOPER A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 1ST, 2029. JASON MYMAN A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 1ST, 2029. THIS WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD. ONLY METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG, MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ANDERSON, I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE MEDICAL CENTER COMMISSION FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY KURT GESSNER A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JANUARY THE 12TH, 2027. THIS WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD ONLY METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL. THIS APPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG. MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ATKINSON, I'M APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT BOARD. ROBERT HENDERSON A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 13TH, 2027. JO JOAN STRINGER A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 13TH, 2027. SEAN RILEY A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 13TH, 2027. DEPUTY MAYOR DAVID JAMES A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 13TH, 2027. THIS WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD.

METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG, MAYOR. DEAR PRESIDENT ATKINSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ORDINANCE, I'M APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING. JOANNE. KATSIKIS A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER THE 12TH, 2028. TRICIA WREN A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER THE 12TH, 2029. YOUR PROMPT ACTION ON THESE APPOINTMENTS IS MOST

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[Consent Calendar]

NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS BE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR COMPRISES OF ITEMS 25 THROUGH 44. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? MADAM CLERK, A SECOND READING OF THOSE ITEMS. THE FINAL LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.

ITEM 25, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THETA OMEGA, INC FOR FOOD AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC DURING THEIR COMMUNITY BACK TO SCHOOL PICNIC ON JULY THE 19TH, 2025. ITEM 26 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $9,030 FROM DISTRICT NINE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH BRIGHTSIDE, INC. TO LOVETT LANDSCAPING FOR LANDSCAPING, MAINTENANCE AND BEAUTIFICATION AT GRINSTEAD DRIVE, LEXINGTON ROAD, PAYNE STREET AND FRANKFORT AVENUE. BUS STOPS. PAIGE LET HIM DO THE SIGNING.

THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ITEM 27. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 118. TEN OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING LOCAL FOOD PERMITS. ITEM 28 A RESOLUTION HONORING ELMER LUCILLE ALLEN BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF FAIRLAND PLACE AND WINDROSE WAY BY AS ELMER LUCILLE ALLEN WAY IN HER HONOR. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. ITEM 29 A REAPPOINTMENT OF JEFF PARRISH TO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. BOARD RM EXPIRES MAY 1ST, 2028. ITEM 30 A REAPPOINTMENT OF EAMON O'BRIEN TO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES MAY 1ST, 2028. REAPPOINTMENT OF ITEM 31.

REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID GREENE TO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES MAY 1ST, 2028. ITEM 32 REAPPOINTMENT OF SAMIR SHAH TO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES MAY 1ST, 2028. I'M 33 APPOINTMENT OF MARSHA DULL TO THE LOUISVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY. TERM EXPIRES JULY THE 15TH, 2028. ITEM 34 APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL WARD TO THE LOUISVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY. TERM EXPIRES JULY THE 15TH, 2028. ITEM 35 REAPPOINTMENT OF CHARLES CASSIS TO THE POLICE MERIT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 1ST, 2029. ITEM 36 REAPPOINTING OF RONALD CARMICHAEL TO THE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY BOARD. TERM EXPIRES JULY 31ST, 2028. ITEM 37 REAPPOINTING WILLIAM SUMMERS, THE FIFTH, TO THE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY BOARD. TERM EXPIRES JULY THE 31ST, 2028. ITEM 38 APPOINTING MEYER ROCK TO THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF RIVER CITY.

TARC BOARD TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 31ST, 2028. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. ITEM 39 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $250,000 FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES I, THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT FUND TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. ITEM 40 A. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE DETAILED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PLAN BINDING ELEMENTS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3714 LEES LANE, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 58.15 ACRES AND BEING LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25 0046. ITEM 41, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED WITHIN THE PARCEL AT 1000 EAST MAIN STREET, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2000FT■!S AND BEIG A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25. STREET CLOSURE 0006. ITEM 42 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1.2.22.4.1, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 4.3.22 AND APPENDIX A2A OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE LDC REGARDING

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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. CASE NUMBER 25 LDC 0001. ITEM 43. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1.2.2 AND 4.1.2 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE LDC REGARDING FACTORY BUILT HOUSING. CASE NUMBER 25 LDC 0005. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. ITEM 44 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $5,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THROUGH THE FUGITIVE TASK FORCE FOR A GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION BY MR. BEFORE US, THE CONSENT COUNTER BEING PROPERLY MOVED IN SECOND. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL.

I'VE GOT NO ROLL OF MINE. MME. ITEM FOR ME. COUNCIL MEMBER WINKLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERS OR PRESIDENT ACKERSON. YES. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24 YES VOTES. NEXT ITEM OF

[45. O-198-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $5,000 FROM DISTRICT 9; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO THE LOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, INC. FOR STAFFING, GUEST ARTISTS, TRAVEL, PROGRAM EXPENSES, MARKETING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LIABILITY INSURANCE, AND FEES FOR MUSIC ARRANGEMENT. 8/20/25 Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: February 14, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]

BUSINESS IS OLD BUSINESS. MADAM CLERK, READING ITEM NUMBER 45. SORRY. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,000 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. $5,000 FROM DISTRICT NINE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THE LOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, INC. FOR STAFFING GUEST ARTIST TRAVEL PROGRAM EXPENSES, MARKETING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LIABILITY INSURANCE, AND FEES FROM MUSIC ARRANGEMENT. TO FOREST COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. YES. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATION SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN OWEN, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ON OLD BUSINESS TO ADD MORE FUNDING. I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO IT. THANK YOU. CHAIR, THIS IS. I KNOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I'M HOPING WE CAN GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS.

THE LOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC IS THE REGION'S OLDEST AND LARGEST NONPROFIT COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL, PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, HIGH QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION. SINCE 1954, LOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC SERVES OVER 600 LONG TERM STUDENTS ANNUALLY FROM MORE THAN 50 ZIP CODES. LOUISVILLE HAS 68 ZIP CODES, SO THEY SERVE 50 OF THOSE 68 ZIP CODES.

FUNDING WOULD BE USED FOR FACULTY AND STAFF COMPENSATION, GUEST ARTISTS, TRAVEL PROGRAM EXPENSES, ADDITIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE, AND OFFSITE MARKETING. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR MUSIC ARRANGEMENT. SO JUST I KNOW YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THIS VERY WELL, BUT THEY HAVE A MAP OF HOW THEY'VE EXPANDED TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE ONE HERE IS THEM IN 2018. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE WAS 2022, AND THE ONE OVER HERE IS 2025.

ALL OF THOSE BLUE DOTS REPRESENT FREE CLINICS THAT THEY PUT ON THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO IT'S AN EXCELLENT ORGANIZATION. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. THEY DO REALLY GOOD WORK. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THE LOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I SEE JENNIFER CHAPPELL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. THANK YOU. EVERYONE JUST NEEDS TO WAKE UP. I WILL DO 250 FROM DISTRICT 15. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 250 FROM D8. COUNCILWOMAN PARISH, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. CAN I SEE THAT MAP AGAIN? 1300. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE.

YOU'RE NOT IN MY QUEUE. BUT I'LL TAKE THE UP, UP, UP. D 13 250, PLEASE. COUNCILMAN RUBY. D 21 750. COUNCILMAN HUDSON 250 FROM 23, PLEASE. COUNCILWOMAN BASS 250 FROM 14. COUNCILMAN REED 250 FROM DISTRICT 16. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. COUNCILMAN HERNDON. WE GOT ANOTHER UP, UP, UP 500 FROM D4 500. THANK YOU SIR, YOU DID I HEAR YOU, PRESIDENT? YES. 250 FROM 22. OKAY. MUSIC. AS AN ALUM OF THE LOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 250 FROM DISTRICT SIX MUSIC. MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SPONSORING COUNCILMAN ON YOUR LIST. DO YOU INDICATE ANY DISTRICT SEVEN SPONSORSHIPS OR ANY DISTRICT SEVEN MEETINGS THAT THEY'VE HAD

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OR TRAININGS? NOT SPECIFICALLY. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING. YOU MEAN ON THE ON THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME? YES. I DON'T IT'S MORE GENERAL THAN THAT. OKAY.

YEAH. SO. OKAY. WELL, IN THAT LIGHT, I HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN HOW I SPEND THE DISTRICT'S MONEY, BUT I DO WANT TO SUPPORT. SO $250, COUNCILMAN HOPKINS, 250 FROM DISTRICT ONE.

COUNCILMAN SHANKLIN, 250 FROM DISTRICT TWO. ANYONE ELSE SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE? COUNCILMAN VACHON, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE LEFT HERE? SO WE'VE ADDED 10,000. WE'RE AT 10,300.

THE ASK IS FOR 50,000. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COVER THE OTHER 37? HE'S GOING TO COVER THE DIFFERENCE, FOLKS. I CAN'T NECESSARILY GO THE FULL AMOUNT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT FLOWING HERE WITH $250. ANYONE ELSE SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE AND NO MORE. WE HAVE AN AMENDED VERSION BEFORE US. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR THE AMENDED VERSION? MOTION AND SECOND MOTION TO AMEND SECOND. SECOND, WE HAVE THE MINI VERSION BEFORE US. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDING SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? WE NOW HAVE THE AMENDED VERSION BEFORE US. AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN. IT'S ALREADY BEFORE US. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL.

VOTE, MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. WINKLER. YES. THERE YOU GO. YES, I'M GOING TO RECORD COUNCIL MEMBER RAYMOND AS A YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCRANEY. YES. THANK YOU MA'AM. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE 25 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING

[46. O-204-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $8,500 $10,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $2,700 FROM DISTRICT 21; $1,300 FROM DISTRICT 3; $1,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 4, 9, 13, 14, AND 15; AND $500 EACH FROM DISTRICT 12, 14, AND 24; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO SOUTH LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TASTE OF SOUTH LOUISVILLE FUNDRAISER EVENT (AS AMENDED). 8/20/25 Appropriations Committee Amended; Recommended for Approval Action Required By: February 14, 2026 Sponsors: Betsy Ruhe (D-21), Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3), Ken Herndon (D-4), Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13), Jennifer Chappell (D-15), Jonathan Joseph (R-12), Crystal Bast (R-14), Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge (R-24), Andrew Owen (D-9)]

OF NUMBER 46. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. $2,700 FROM DISTRICT 21. $1,300 FROM DISTRICT THREE. $1,000 EACH FROM DISTRICT 413, 14, AND 15, AND $500 EACH FROM DISTRICT 12 AND 24 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO SOUTH LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TASTE OF SOUTH LOUISVILLE FUNDRAISER EVENT, AS AMENDED. POSTED BY MR. FORREST COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. YES. THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILWOMAN RUBY, AND I WILL LET HER SPEAK TO IT. I THINK IT'S ON OLD BUSINESS TO LOOK FOR SOME MORE FUNDING. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. SO THE TASTE OF SOUTH LOUISVILLE'S LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, IT IS THE SOCIAL EVENT OF THE YEAR IN THE SOUTH END FOR EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED. I HOPE YOU GOT PLENTY TO EAT, BUT YOU ARE SUPPORTING SOUTH LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, WHICH MANY OF YOU MAY RECALL DURING COVID. THE DIRECTOR THERE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN EVICTION PREVENTION AND SHE CONTINUES TO WORK ON THAT. AND THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD WITH A FOOD PANTRY AND SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORS TO ESPECIALLY PROACTIVELY KEEP THEM FROM BEING EVICTED. SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEPENDING ON THEIR COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, SO HELP THEM OUT. THANK YOU. YES.

TWO TITLE SPONSORSHIPS FOR THIS. AND. 10,000. CAN YOU ASK THEM FOR MORE? OH, I GUESS I'M NOT THEN. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT WAS THAT WAS A WEIRD ONE. WE'VE ONLY DONE THAT LIKE WE DID THAT WITH SOMETHING LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS KIND OF AN INTERESTING SHUFFLE. SO YES WE HAD TITLE SPONSORSHIP. SO ANYWAY I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD GOOD FOOD. WELL THERE THERE. SO MADAM CLERK, AT THIS POINT THERE IS WE HAVE MAXED OUT. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE'VE GOT THIS PROPERLY BEFORE US. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE, MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WINKLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCRANEY. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. OWEN.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RAYMOND. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYMOND IS A YES. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 25 YES

[47. CONDF082025FLS15 APPROPRIATING $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 15 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO FOR LADY’S SAKE FOR A MODERATE FLOW SPONSORSHIP AT THEIR DINING FOR DIGNITY BREAKFAST EVENT ON OCTOBER 19, 2025. 8/20/25 Appropriations Committee Approved Sponsors: Jennifer Chappell (D-15) ]

VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, READING ITEM NUMBER 47, APPROPRIATING $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 15 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET.

FOR LADIES SAKE. FOR A MODERATE FLOW SPONSORSHIP AT THEIR DINING FOR DIGNITY BREAKFAST

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EVENT ON OCTOBER THE 19TH, 2025. WRITING FOR ITEMS BROUGHT BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN PARKER, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM? YES. THANK YOU. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN CHAPELS AND DEAF. IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND. NOT ONLY THE SUBJECT MATTER, BUT THE SECOND THING IS, IN THE DEAF, THERE WAS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SPONSORSHIP. IF YOU DO SPONSOR IT, YOU WOULD NEED TO SPONSOR IT AT A $500 LEVEL. IF YOU GO ABOVE THAT, THERE ARE TICKETS FOR BOTTOMLESS MIMOSAS AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EXPEND TAX DOLLARS ON ALCOHOL. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AND I WILL LET HER TELL YOU ABOUT IT. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SO THIS IS DINING FOR DIGNITY, AND IT'S BENEFITING FOR LADIES SAKE. FOR LADIES SAKE IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TO END PERIOD POVERTY. AND SO A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO WE UNVEILED OUR VERY FIRST PERIOD POD IN MY DISTRICT. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. IT'S LIKE A LITTLE LIBRARY, BUT INSTEAD OF BOOKS, YOU'RE GETTING PADS, TAMPONS, AND PANTY LINERS. SO BRINGING DIGNITY AND ACCESS TO TO LADIES IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE. AND SO THAT'S OVER ON HAYWOOD AVENUE. AND THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE PARTNER WITH TO PUT THAT POD IN. IT'S THEIR SECOND ONE IN LOUISVILLE. I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS IN DISTRICT FIVE. BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE. IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION. TRUST ME WHEN I SAY OUR PERIOD PACKING PRODUCT PARTIES ARE REALLY FUN. AND THERE'S ALSO PIZZA. SO GREAT ORGANIZATION. AND I REALLY, REALLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. I MEAN, I EVERY TIME I'M AROUND THEM, I MEET MORE INCREDIBLE WOMEN AND ALSO MEN, BUT REALLY INCREDIBLE WOMEN. AND THE EVENT THERE ARE DIFFERENT SPONSORSHIP LEVELS.

AND SO IF YOU GIVE TO THIS, YOU WILL HAVE TO DO IT AT THE LEVELS. I DID NOT CHOOSE MINE BECAUSE OF THE BOTTOMLESS MIMOSAS. I AM GOING IN AT 1000, BUT I'VE WRITTEN A NOTE SAYING THAT I WILL NOT ACCEPT A WRISTBAND TO DRINK BOTTOMLESS MIMOSAS, WHICH THAT'S FINE, I'LL DO IT AT HOME. BUT IF YOU SIGN ON, YOU'LL HAVE TO DO IT AT A LEVEL. AND SO YOU'VE GOT THE LIGHT FLOW, MODERATE FLOW, HEAVY FLOW AND SUPER FLOW. SO YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR DONATION LEVEL. AND PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. OH SORRY. LIGHT FLOW IS 500.

MODERATE FLOW IS 1000. HEAVY FLOW $2,500 AND SUPER FLOW IS 5000. SO THE LOWEST YOU'VE GOT IS 500. COUNCILWOMAN PERRY RIGHT. CHOOSE YOUR METAPHOR. I DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE MY FLOW, BUT FOR MY DAUGHTERS AND MYSELF, I UNDERSTAND, IS THE VERBAL COMMITMENT TO NO MIMOSAS AT $1,000. IS THAT LEGAL? WILL WE BE OKAY? OR WILL SOMEBODY TRY TO COME BACK? AND THIS IS SONJA WITH THE METRO COUNCIL BECAUSE I WON'T DRINK IT. I CAN SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND HAVE YOU SIGN.

JUST YOU AGREE THAT YOU WON'T TAKE THEM AND I'LL PUT THEM IN THE PACKET. OKAY, SO I'LL BE IN FOR A THOUSAND. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN RUBY, PUT ME IN FOR A LIGHT FLOW, PLEASE. I AM PAST THAT, BY THE WAY. OH, COUNCILMAN RENA WEBBER, THAT'S FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS AND A LOVING HUSBAND. I'LL GO IN FOR LIGHT FLOW ALSO. COUNCILMAN OWEN, COUNT ME IN FOR LIGHT FLOW, PLEASE. COUNCILOR RAYMOND, $500 FROM DISTRICT TEN. COUNCILMAN LINIGER. IT'S LIGHT FLOW OVER HERE FOR 500 FOR A DISTRICT SIX. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. YES. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT AN AMENDED ORDINANCE BEFORE US. I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND. SECOND.

THE AMENDED ORDINANCE IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY IN OPPOSITION HERE IN OPPOSITION, WE NOW HAVE THE AMENDED ORDINANCE BEFORE US. IT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 15 YES VOTES AND NINE PRESENT VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM NUMBER

[48. O-139-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1.2, 2.2, 4.2 AND 4.3 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE (“LDC”) REGARDING HOMELESS AND CRISIS SHELTERS (CASE NO. 24-LDC-0001). (AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION)(AS AMENDED) 8/19/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Amended; Recommended for Approval 8/5/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Amended; Tabled 7/31/25 Metro Council Recommitted [to Planning and Zoning Committee] 7/22/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Amended; Recommended for Approval 6/17/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Held Action Required By: December 12, 2025 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9), Betsy Ruhe (D-21)]

48. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1.2, 2.2, 4.2 AND 4.3 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND

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DEVELOPMENT CODE LDC REGARDING HOMELESS AND CRISIS SHELTERS. CASE NUMBER 24, LDC 0001 AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION, AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL. I'M JUST PROPERTY FOR US, COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ACKERSON. THIS IS A PRETTY COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX ORDINANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON FOR SOME TIME NOW, AND EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS THINKS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER NOW TO MY CO-SPONSOR.

COUNCILWOMAN RUBY, WHO WILL CAN SPEAK TO WHERE WE ARE ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES TO THIS, AND WE NOW HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR THAT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION TO GO BACK TO COMMITTEE, MADAM CLERK. IS THAT DEBATABLE? YES, YES. OKAY. NEXT TO MY QUEUE HAVE COUNCILMAN BATSHON.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. IT'S OKAY SIR, I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION. I'D RATHER NOT HAVE A SUPER FLOW OF DEBATE ON THIS. SO METAPHORS KEEP COMING. ALRIGHT, FOLKS, I'VE GOT NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO GO WITH A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY AN OPPOSITION? THE AYES HAVE IT.

[49. O-189-25 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1325 TEXAS AVENUE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.1387 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 24ZONE0133). 8/19/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By October 15, 2025 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]

AND THIS SHALL GO BACK TO COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK, READING ITEM NUMBER 49 IN ORANGE, RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1325 TEXAS AVENUE, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.1387 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 24, ZONE 0133 READ IN FULL MOTION. AS COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT JACKSON. THIS IS A PROPERTY AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TEXAS AVENUE AND ASH STREET IN GERMANTOWN. AND IT WAS TEXAS. SO IT CAME TO US THE FIRST TIME, AND IT HAD BEEN DENIED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND WE DECIDED TO SEND IT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH IT CAME BACK AND ASKED FOR A CHANGE FROM A C1 RECOMMENDATION TO A CR ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH ARE THERE'S A SLIGHT DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO. AND SO IT ONCE THE THE APPLICANT REQUESTED CR INSTEAD OF C1, THEN IT WENT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND IT CAME BACK TO US WITH A SIX TO 2 TO 1 VOTE. I'LL LET COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL TALK TO TALK ABOUT THIS. IT'S IN HER DISTRICT. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? SURE. IN MY DISTRICT, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. AND I DID GO OUTSIDE THE OTHER DAY TO VERIFY THAT I CAN SEE THIS PROPERTY FROM OUTSIDE. I WAS LIKE, I SAID, THAT ON THE FLOOR. LET ME MAKE SURE. SO I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A RESTAURANT, AND IT CURRENTLY HAS A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT THE TOP. THAT'S GOING TO REMAIN A SHORT TERM RENTAL. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE VOTES YES FOR THIS. IT HAS MY FULL SUPPORT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. THE VOTING IS OPEN HERE. COUNCILMAN.

COUNCILMAN. HERNDON. OKAY. COUNCILMAN LININGER, I HAVE A YES VOTE FROM HIM. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED, MADAM CLERK. AND ITEM A READING

[50. O-192-25 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 513 AND 513R ATWOOD STREET CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.1376 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 25ZONE0018). 8/19/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By October 15, 2025 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]

OF ITEM NUMBER 50, PLEASE. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 513 AND 513R AT WOOD STREET, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.1376 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25, ZONE 0018 READING FOR ITEM BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AKERSON. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED HALFWAY BETWEEN CRETIN AND DRIVE AND BRADLEY AVENUE IN THE SAINT JOSEPH NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R6 TO C1. THERE'S CURRENTLY A ONE AND A HALF STORY RESIDENCY WHICH WOULD BE CONVERTED INTO A HEALTH SPA. PLANNING COMMISSION SENT THIS OVER WITH THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF 9 TO 0, AND OUR COMMITTEE APPROVED IT AS WELL, UNANIMOUSLY 7 TO 0. IT IS ALSO IN COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL'S DISTRICT, AND I'M SURE SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, THIS ONE I CANNOT SEE FROM MY HOUSE, BUT THAT LAST ONE WAS IN STENCIL AND THIS ONE IS NEARBY OVER IN SAINT JOSEPH NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AS COUNCILMAN OWENS SAID, THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A SPA. AND IT

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HAS MY SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT. SO WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR YES. VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE, MADAM CLERK. ROLL. COUNCILMAN. SAM. THAT'S OKAY. MR. PRESIDENT,

[51. O-193-25 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING AND FORM DISTRICT OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2125 AND 2127 BASHFORD MANOR LANE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.5 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 25ZONE0050). 8/19/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By October 15, 2025 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]

YOU HAVE 24 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK. READING BY NUMBER 51, IN ORDER RELATING TO ZONING AND FORM DISTRICT OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 21, 25 AND 2127 BASHFORD MANOR LANE, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.5 ACRES AND BEING A METRO CASE NUMBER 25, ZONE 0050 READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND ITEM IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN OWEN. AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT JACKSON. THIS PROPERTY. I BET EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM IS FAMILIAR WITH. I'VE DRIVEN PAST IT A MILLION TIMES AND WONDERED WHAT IN THE WORLD IS EVER GOING TO HAPPEN THERE. AS YOU DRIVE DOWN BARDSTOWN ROAD PAST THE COSTCO AND YOU GET TO BASHFORD MANOR LANE, IT IS THE VACANT PARCEL. ON THE RIGHT. IT IS NORTHWEST CORNER OF BARDSTOWN ROAD AND BASHFORD MANOR LANE. IT'S CURRENTLY A VACANT PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE CONVERTED INTO A TWO BAY DRIVE THROUGH FOR AN OIL CHANGE FACILITY. CAME OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE 6 TO 0 UNANIMOUSLY. IT IS IN. COUNCILWOMAN. MY NEIGHBOR RIGHT HERE. RAYMOND, YOU WOULD LIKE TO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT? FOR FOR ME. FOR ME? THOSE MILLIONS OF TIMES YOU DROVE BY, I BET YOU DIDN'T THINK. I HOPE IT BECOMES A DRIVE THROUGH OIL CHANGE PLACE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. AND THAT'S GOING TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT TEN FROM DRIVING AN EXTRA BLOCK TO GET THEIR OIL CHANGED. SO WE'RE ALL FOR IT.

SEEING NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT OLD CHANGE ZONING RESOLUTION. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM

[52. O-201-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1.1.9 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE (“LDC”) TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO FIVE YEARS (CASE NO. 24-LDC-0008). 8/19/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By February 14, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]

NUMBER 52, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1.1.9 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE LTC, TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO FIVE YEARS. CASE NUMBER 24 LDC 0008. READ IN A SECOND. I HAVEN'T PROPERLY BEFORE COUNCILMAN OWEN AGAIN, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. THIS ORDINANCE, THE SIMPLICITY OF IT AS IT EXTENDS DEVELOPMENT APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA IN THE ORDINANCE, HAVE FIVE YEARS TO EXECUTE THEIR PLAN TO GET BASICALLY TO GET GROUND BROKEN ON A PLAN, RATHER THAN THE TWO YEARS FOR A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR THREE YEARS FOR A GENERAL PLAN. AND WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? WELL, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WORKED AS A FOR A NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER AS ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS AND THEN SPENT TIME AS A CONSULTANT HELPING FINANCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS TO GET THE KIND OF AFFORDABILITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT LAYERS IN YOUR CAPITAL STACK TO GET TO THE KIND OF AFFORDABILITY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. SO A MARKET RATE PROJECT MIGHT HAVE IN THEIR CAPITAL STACK MIGHT HAVE 1 OR 2 SOURCES ON THEIR ON THEIR SOURCES AND INCOME SOURCES AND USES PAGE. AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT MIGHT HAVE SIX, EIGHT, TEN SOURCES BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OR CDBG FUNDS OR ALL SORTS OF PLACES TO ALLOW THEM TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE RENT MORE AFFORDABLE SO THAT PUTTING THAT CAPITAL STACK TOGETHER TAKES TIME. AND SO THIS IS A RECOGNITION OF THAT. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ANYTHING WE CAN DO THAT MAKES BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY EASIER, WE SHOULD DO. AND THIS IS ONE STEP TOWARD MAKING IT MORE EASIER TO DO HERE IN LOUISVILLE. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. THANK YOU. I SEE NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE. YEP. NOPE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCILMAN. SAM.

THANK YOU SIR. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 17 YES VOTES AND SEVEN NO VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS

[53. O-202-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11.4.6 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE (“LDC”) TO ADOPT THE ALTERNATIVE REGULATIONS FOR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT PROCEDURES AS OUTLINED IN KRS 100.2111 (CASE NO. 24-LDC-0009). 8/19/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Forwarded without a Recommendation Action Required By February 14, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]

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ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM NUMBER 53, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 .4.6 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE LDC TO ADOPT THE ALTERNATIVE REGULATIONS FOR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT PROCEDURES AS OUTLINED IN KRS 100 .2111, CASE NUMBER 24, LDC 00094 ITEMS PROPER BEFORE US COUNCILMAN OWEN AGAIN, SIR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ATKINSON. THIS IN PART STEMS OUT OF OUR AD HOC LAND USE COMMITTEE LAST YEAR. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REFORM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, TO TRY TO TAKE OUT SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE BOTTLENECKS IN THE PROCESS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL IS TO TRY TO REDUCE THE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE HERE IN LOUISVILLE. IT IS DOESN'T SERVE ANYBODY WELL THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT A BAR CHART OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DEVELOP SOME THINGS IN LOUISVILLE, AND THE BAR CHART LOOKS LIKE THIS, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN A PLACE LIKE MEMPHIS AND IT'S ABOUT LIKE THIS. AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE LONGER THE TIME IT TAKES TO DEVELOP SOMETHING, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT IS. AND SO OUR SMALLER DEVELOPERS, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN'T AFFORD TO HOLD A PROPERTY THAT LONG TO GET IT THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THAT'S ONE. TWO. WE ABOUT SOME NUMBER ABOUT 80 TO 90% OF THE PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION COME OUT UNANIMOUSLY. AND WHAT THIS PROPOSAL DOES, IT SAYS IF IT COMES OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY, AND IF WE DON'T OR A CONSTITUENT DOESN'T TAKE IT AND BRING IT OVER IN FRONT OF US, THAT IT DOESN'T COME IN FRONT OF US, IT GOES FORWARD. AND SO THAT DOES TWO THINGS. AGAIN, IT REDUCES THE BURDEN ON OUR PLANNING STAFF. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW THAT EVERY PROJECT THAT COMES IN FRONT OF US, THE PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF, SPENDS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME PUTTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL FOR US SO WE CAN SEE WHAT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND WHAT WE END UP DOING MOST OF THE TIME WITH PROJECTS THAT COME OVER UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IS THAT WE APPROVE THEM UNANIMOUSLY, AND THAT TAKES ABOUT FOUR WEEKS OF TIME TO DO THAT PROCESS AND PUTS A SIGNIFICANT BURDEN ON OUR PLANNING STAFF. SO BY DOING THIS, WHERE IF IT'S NON-CONTENTIOUS NOT AN ISSUE THAT ANYBODY HAS ISSUES WITH, THEN IT GOES FORWARD WITHOUT COMING IN FRONT OF US. IT ALLOWS OUR PLANNING STAFF TO FOCUS ON OTHER ISSUES WHERE WE CAN BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THINGS THAT WILL MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, IT SHORTENS THAT TO DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT. IT'S ONE STEP TOWARDS DOING THAT. SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS GOOD, GOOD POLICY AND I HOPE YOU GUYS AGREE. AND I CAN COUNT ON YOUR APPROVAL YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I SUPPORTED THE LAST ITEM OUT OF PRINCIPLE. MY TIME HERE ON THE METRO COUNCIL.

I'VE PULLED SOME ITEMS FROM CONSENT FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCE DISTRICTS WHERE WE WERE NOT MEETING THE NEED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN MY OPINION, ON THOSE ITEMS. THE ONE THAT WAS BEFORE US JUST A MOMENT AGO HAD GREAT GUARDRAILS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 50% OF UNITS AT 80% OR 20% OF UNITS AT 30%. AMI THAT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I VOTED FOR THAT OUT OF PRINCIPLE. I'M RISING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AGAIN, OUT OF PRINCIPLE. I'VE SPOKEN BEFORE, BEFORE THE BODY THAT I AM AGAINST ANTI-MAJORITARIAN REQUIREMENTS AND ARE VOTING I. I'LL BE HONEST, I'D ABOLISH THE SENATE IF YOU GAVE ME THE POWER.

I THINK THAT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE EXPRESSED. THE ITEM HERE INCLUDES A PROVISION WHICH IS NOT IN THE CRS THAT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE BY THE BODY TO RECALL IT. THAT'S A HIGH BAR. IT'S ABOVE 50%. I DON'T LIKE IT. I DO LIKE THAT. IT MAKES IT SO THAT ONE AGGRIEVED PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY CAN SEND IT TO METRO COUNCIL. SO ON THE BALANCE, I DO HAVE TO VOTE IN PRINCIPLE AGAINST ANTI-MAJORITARIAN VOTING REQUIREMENTS. BUT OTHERWISE I DO BELIEVE THAT MAKING IT SO THAT UNANIMOUS ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE OUR BODY FROM THE PLANNING THAT DON'T NEED TO COME BEFORE OUR BODY, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT DON'T HAVE OBJECTION FROM THE COMMUNITY IS A POSITIVE. AND I AND I AGREE WITH THAT. I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT'S ANTI-MAJORITARIAN. THANK YOU. SEE NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. ALRIGHT, WELL I SEE NOW COUNCILWOMAN PARISH WRITES IN MY QUEUE, BUT I DON'T SEE THE REST OF YOU. COUNCILMAN HERNDON WAS FIRST. WELL, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE GOING TO GO. PARDON? OH. YOU WERE. WE'RE GOING TO MCCRANEY. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO PASS. RIGHT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO HAWKINS AND WE'LL ABOLISH THE QUEUE. YOU'RE UP BROTHER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. VERY SIMPLY, I'M FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, FULL ACCESS TO THE PROCESS. BUT I ALSO WANT NICE THINGS FASTER. AND I THINK

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THIS DOES THAT. SO I'M GOING TO VOTE. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MAKING IT EASIER TO DEVELOP HOUSING IS A MATTER OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE, IMPACTING NOT ONLY ECONOMIC STABILITY AND GROWTH, BUT ALSO SOCIAL EQUITY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. HOUSING SUPPLY SHORTAGES, OFTEN DRIVEN BY OVERLY RESTRICTIVE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, LEAD TO WIDESPREAD AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT AFFECT THE ENTIRE ECONOMY, EASING REGULATORY BARRIERS IS SEEN BY MANY EXPERTS AS ESSENTIAL. IT'S AN ESSENTIAL STEP THAT INCREASES HOUSING SUPPLY, AND IT ADDRESSES THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACED WITH IN THIS COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I PARTICULARLY WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE NOTION THAT IF IT IS A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE PUT ON THESE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARDS WHO LOOK AT THE SAME CRITERIA, WHO ARE KIND OF GOVERNED BY THE THE MASTER PLAN OF THE 2030, 2040 PLAN, THEN I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD IN FACT BE APPROVED. SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS, AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THIS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR BEING VERY INSTRUMENTAL AND STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL IN WANTING THE HOUSING STOCK TO INCREASE. IT IS VERY VITAL THAT WE SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF INITIATIVES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS TO FOR DEVELOPERS TO BUILD.

HERE IN LOUISVILLE, WE ARE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. WE ARE LOSING GROUND, AND IF IT IS AN ECONOMIC ISSUE, IT WILL AFFECT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. COMPANIES WILL BEGIN TO LEAVE, SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL SUFFER AND OUR ECONOMY WILL SUFFER. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE AND WILL BE A YES VOTE. COUNCILMAN PARRISH RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I, AS A HOUSING ADVOCATE, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT I KNOW THAT THIS DOESN'T FIX ALL THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED. THIS IS MY YEAR TWO, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF ISSUES, BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR THE COMMUNITY VOICE TO BE HEARD THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE BINDING ELEMENTS, THE COMMUNITY, THE MEETINGS, THE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THIS JUST ADDS ANOTHER PROCESS FOR. FOR ONES THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT WERE UNANIMOUS COME THROUGH AND BE ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, MY COLLEAGUE, HAS OUTLINED THAT SOMEONE THAT HAS AN ISSUE WITH THIS CAN BRING THIS FORTH TO US. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AS A HOUSING ADVOCATE, THAT IT SUPPORTS HOUSING OF ALL KINDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I CAN SUPPORT THIS GOING THROUGH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HOPKINS. WRONG, COUNCILMAN RUIZ, THANK YOU. I ALSO WILL BE A YES VOTE ON THIS. AND AS NOTED, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS, OUR CONSTITUENTS OFTEN HAVE CONCERNS WHO ARE WATCHING THE PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS.

MOST DEVELOPMENTS GO THROUGH WITHOUT OPPOSITION. AND OUR TIME AND THE TIME OF PLANNING AND DESIGN COULD BE BETTER SPENT MAKING SURE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE MORE CHALLENGING ONES. AND THERE IS ALWAYS THE AGGRIEVED PERSON CAN BRING A CHALLENGE AND ASK THAT WE HEAR A CASE. SO THAT AVENUE DOES EXIST. FOR ANYONE WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING THROUGH THAT, YOU DO STILL HAVE A VOICE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE ON THESE ONES IF YOU NEED TO. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HOPKINS IS RE-INSPIRED. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS AND THAT IS THAT I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES CAN BE YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS CAN BE KIND OF LONG, BUT I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THAT'S WHY WE WAS PUT HERE. HAVING A COMMITTEE TAKES TO GO THROUGH. IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH US, GET VETTED. I WOULD NOT BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS JUST LIKE IT ALWAYS HAS. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL.

VOTE, PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU RECORD ME AS A YES, PLEASE? OH, THANK

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YOU SIR, I FORGOT YOU WERE BACK. MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU HAVE 18? YES VOTES, SIX NO VOTES AND ONE

[64. O-221-25 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE PROPOSAL OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY EXTENSION DISTRICT TO LEVY A TAX OF 0.1500 ON REAL PROPERTY, PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE AND WATERCRAFT. Sponsors: Brent Ackerson (D-26) ]

PRESENT VOTE. THE ITEM IS ADOPTED. COLLEAGUES, BEFORE THE READING OF NEW BUSINESS. ITEM 64 HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE ADDED LATE. PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 5.12, THE COUNCIL MAY DISPENSE WITH THE COUNCIL RULE 6.06 TO ALLOW THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LATE, LATE LEGISLATION WITH A TWO THIRDS VOTE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO SUSPEND RULE 6.06. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY IN OPPOSITION? YOUR OPPOSITION.

THE AYES HAVE IT. ITEM 64 HAS BEEN ADDED TO NEW BUSINESS. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS. AS YOU'RE LEAVING THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY. SO THE CLERK MAY READ NEW BUSINESS. I ASK THAT THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMAIN IN THE CHAMBERS AND REQUEST TO SPEAK ON YOUR ISSUES. ONCE THE NEW BUSINESS HAS BEEN READ. NEW

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