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          GOTTA MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
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THIS IS A REGULAR, REGULAR, REGULARLY SCHEDULED PARKS AND 
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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING. IT IS SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025, 301. THIS MEETING IS 
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BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE A. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS OF 
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LEGISLATION ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND WE WILL START OUT WITH, OH, I NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL. WE 
          [Roll Call]
ARE IN CHAMBERS WITH VICE CHAIR, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN BETSY ROOY. WE'VE GOT JP LEININGER, COUNCILMAN JP LEININGER. SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN IN THE CHAMBERS, COUNCILWOMAN JOSIE RAYMOND. AND ON VIRTUAL, WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN MARILYN PARKER. THANK YOU, CHERYL, FOR KEEPING ME ON MY TOES HERE. SO WE HAVE LET'S SEE WHAT THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE 
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 R-100-25     A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT UP TO $45,500 FROM EDWARDS MOVING & RIGGING INCORPORATED FOR THE USE OF RIVERVIEW PARK’S LOWER PARKING LOT AND BOAT RAMP TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
Action Required By  February 28, 2025
Sponsors: Jonathan Joseph (R-12) ]
MAYOR TO ACCEPT UP TO $45,500 FROM EDWARDS MOVING AND RIGGING INCORPORATED FOR THE USE OF RIVERVIEW PARK'S LOWER PARKING LOT AND BOAT RAMP, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. IS ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT MOTION? ON A SECOND AND A SECOND MOTION. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HERE SPEAK ON THAT? HELLO, RUSTY. TODAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON CANUEL, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT MONEY FROM THE EDWARDS. EDWARDS MOVING AND RIGGING FOR THE USE OF THE LOWER PARKING LOT AT RIVERVIEW BOAT RAMP. THE THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY AN LGA PROJECT, AND THEY'VE GOT HUGE EQUIPMENT THAT COMES IN ON BARGES, AND THERE'S REALLY NOWHERE ELSE ON THE LOWER POOL OF THE OHIO RIVER TO UNLOAD THESE GIANT BARGES WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NECESSARY. SO WE HAVE WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH THE EDWARDS MOVING AND RIGGING FOR A LEASE PAYMENT. BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE $3,500 A DAY THAT WE'RE CHARGING THEM ANYTIME THAT BOAT RAMP IS SHUT DOWN. SO THIS THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO ACCEPT THE MONEY. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCILMAN JOSEPH ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY. I THINK WE HAVE YET TO HAVE ANY IDENTIFIED CAPITAL PROJECTS TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR PROJECT. THANKS. SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT WAY TO ADD MONEY TO THE KITTY FOR DISTRICT 12. SO GOOD FOR THEM AND CONGRATS. YOU NEED A BOAT RAMP, SIR. YEAH. SO LET'S BUILD A BOAT RAMP EVERYWHERE AND SEE IF THEY CAN JUST LOOSE IT OUT. COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. ARE THEY ALREADY DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW? THEY HAVE UNLOADED FOUR BARGES TO DATE, AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER THREE MORE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING. I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE BECAUSE THE BARGES. THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL YET. YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS DOWN THERE FOR A KID'S BIRTHDAY PARTY THIS PAST WEEKEND AND WASN'T ABLE TO WATCH THE UOFL GAME. AND I NOTICED THE EQUIPMENT DOWN THERE. SO I ASSUME THIS WOULD GO RETROACTIVE TO WHEN THEY STARTED USING THE FACILITIES. IT IS. IT'S JUST ANYTIME THEY'RE SHUTTING THE RAMP DOWN, WE WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO STAGE THEIR EQUIPMENT AND STUFF IN THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT, SO THEY'RE NOT EFFECTIVELY TAKING UP ANY OF THE PARKING SPACES. AND WILL THIS HAVE ANY SORT OF CONTINGENCY ON IF THERE'S DAMAGE TO FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COVER IT? CORRECT. YEAH, THAT'S WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM. AND WE DID PRE-CONSTRUCTION PICTURES OF THE ASPHALT AND THE BOAT RAMP. AND ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND THEY'RE DONE, WE'LL WE'LL WALK IT AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT THAT OCCURRED. SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT IT ALL COVERED. THANK YOU. YEP. COUNCILWOMAN RUBY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THE PROJECT IS DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN? I HAVE GOT A LINK TO A STORY THAT ELGINDI PUT OUT THE DETAILS THAT I. I 
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DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT THEY'RE UPGRADING THEIR MILL CREEK POWER GENERATION PLANT, AND THE GIANT EQUIPMENT THERE, LIKE 700,000 POUNDS EACH. THEY'RE HUGE, BUT I'LL SEND YOU THE LINK TODAY. I'LL SEND THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE. THE LINK TO THE. IT GOES INTO DETAIL EXACTLY WHAT THEIR PROJECT IS. YEAH. SO A VALID QUESTION THEN ABOUT DAMAGE. IF THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WEIGH THAT MUCH, THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE THE ROAD. DAMAGE THE RAMP. YEAH. 
          CORRECT. HEAVY STUFF. THANK YOU. YES. DO WE NEED A. ALL IN FAVOR? ROLL CALL. A VOICE VOTE. THIS CALLS FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. I NOT IN FAVOR SAY NAY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT LEGISLATION WE HAVE IS A RESOLUTION R-101-25. A 
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 R-101-25     A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $89,500 FROM TREES LOUISVILLE FOR THE LANDSCAPE RENOVATION OF THE CRESCENT HILL LIBRARY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Action Required By  February 28, 2025
Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $89,500 FROM TREES. LOUISVILLE FOR THE LANDSCAPE RENOVATION OF THE CRESCENT HILL LIBRARY, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT MOTION? THERE WE GO. AND WE ARE MOVED. ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, BARBARA SEXTON SMITH, THE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. THIS THIS RESOLUTION TO RECEIVE $89,500 IS AN IN-KIND DONATION FROM TREES LOUISVILLE, INC. WHICH IS A 501 C THREE ORGANIZATION. TREES LOUISVILLE INTENDS TO PROVIDE THIS FUNDING IN KIND FOR THE CRESCENT HILL LIBRARY, AND IT WILL BE FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED TREE REMOVAL, SOME INVASIVE MATERIAL REMOVAL AND BED PREPARATION IN ORDER TO PREPARE TO PUT NEW LANDSCAPING IN AND TREES, LOUISVILLE PLANS TO PAY THEIR VENDORS DIRECTLY, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS AN $89,500 IN-KIND DONATION TO THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. THE. NOW WILL THIS. WOULD THIS GO THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OR HOW DOES THAT GO? HOW DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY? ACTUALLY, THIS WILL GO AT THE RESOLUTION WILL BE PASSED BY THE CITY AND THEN THE THIS WILL NOT GO THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE EACH OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY LOCATIONS HAS THEIR OWN 501 C3, THAT THEY OPERATE WITH THEIR OWN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS THAT ARE SET UP. THIS WILL BE DONE WITH THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. AND THEN, AS I SAID, NO FUNDING WILL TRANSFER INTO THE FOUNDATION OR INTO LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS IN-KIND. THE PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE DIRECTLY BY TREES LOUISVILLE, INC. TO THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE PREPARATORY WORK AND THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW LANDSCAPING. WELL, THANK YOU AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK ON THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SEEING SOME MORE THINGS LIKE THAT IN OTHER OF OUR LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTY. COUNCILWOMAN MARY. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS LANDSCAPING. AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG PRICE TAG. I KNOW TAKING OUT TREES CAN BE EXPENSIVE. AND DOES THIS INCLUDE MAINTENANCE OF LIKE WATERING FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS OR SOMETHING? IS THAT PART OF THIS? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. AND IT DOES INCLUDE SOME MAINTENANCE. I DO NOT HAVE THE SPECIFICS ON THAT. I DO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN ALL THE DIRECT COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN WITH CINDY SULLIVAN REPRESENTING TREES LOUISVILLE, AND THEY HAVE ASSURED ME THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE DONE APPROPRIATELY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS A FORMER METRO COUNCIL MEMBER MYSELF, WHEN I WOULD HELP VOTE FOR AN APPROPRIATE FOR TREE PLANTINGS, I WAS ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF THE THREE YEAR MAINTENANCE AND WATERING PROGRAM. SO I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. I WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP AND ENSURE THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. SOME OTHER WORK THAT IS IN TANDEM WITH THIS, BUT NOT RELATED TO THIS FUNDING. IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THE CRESCENT HILL LIBRARY RECENTLY, YOU'VE NOTICED THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF WORK GOING ON, AND IF YOU SEE ANY OF THE WINDOWS BOARDED UP, THOSE WINDOWS ARE SIMPLY BOARDED BECAUSE WE ARE PUTTING IN HISTORIC REPLACEMENT HISTORIC WINDOWS. THAT IS WHY THOSE ARE THERE. AND THEN YOU ALSO MAY HAVE NOTICED EQUIPMENT THERE AND A LOT OF BUILDING SURFACE CLEANING WORK IS BEING DONE. IN ADDITION TO THANKS TO YOUR GENEROSITY TO HELP US WITH SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, WE DID REPAVE THE PARKING LOT NEXT 
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TO CRESCENT HILL HERE IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. SO ALL OF THIS IS PART OF THE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IMPROVING THAT LOCATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          ANYBODY NAY. AND THE RESOLUTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 
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 R-104-25     A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT FUNDS TOTALING $11,050.75 FOR THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS OKOLONA PARK LOCATED AT 1114 R CLAY AVENUE, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
Action Required By  February 28, 2025
Sponsors: Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13) ]
RESOLUTION R-104-25 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT FUNDS TOTALING $11,050.75 FOR THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OKOLONA PARK, LOCATED AT 1114 R CLAY AVENUE, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. THIS IS IN COUNCILMAN SAM'S DISTRICT. ANYBODY LOOKING FOR A MOTION, A MOTION AND SECOND MOVED LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO SPEAK ON THIS. OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. SO THIS RESOLUTION IS A RESULT OF JCPS NEED. THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL RIGHT BESIDE OKOLONA PARK. AND WHILE THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THE SCHOOL THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT OPEN. SO THE NEED FOR THIS THIS EASEMENT, IT'S ROUGHLY 60 FOOT WIDE ACROSS ABOUT 600FT OF OUR PROPERTY, OUR BORDER WITH JCPS. BUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO DO IS KEEP THE EXISTING SCHOOL OPEN WHILE THE NEW SCHOOL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SOUNDS GREAT. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS? ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? AND, COUNCILWOMAN RUBY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. HOW LONG DO THEY ANTICIPATE NEEDING THAT PIECE OF LAND? HOW ABOUT OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO DREW THE CONTRACT TO ANSWER THAT ONE? OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ANNE SCHULTZ WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT THE EASEMENT LASTS FOR THREE YEARS, BUT IT SHOULD NOT LAST MORE THAN THREE, AND IT WOULD BE BETWEEN 2 AND 3. I'VE GOT A COPY. IT'S JUST TAKING ME A FEW MINUTES TO READ IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. 
          THANK YOU. AND ALL IN FAVOR LESS THAN TWO. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER. HI, EVERYBODY. THIS IS JUST KIND OF TONGUE IN CHEEK. IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING MONEY FROM. J-C-P-S. WHO? WHO? WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT IS. IT IS IRONIC, FOR SURE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSED? LOOKS LIKE THE RESOLUTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THAT IS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TODAY. AND 313. AND I HOPE 
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Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.]
EVERYBODY HAS A WONDERFUL DAY. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.