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          HERE IN JUST A FEW SECONDS. 
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ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE REGULARLY CALLED MEETING OF THE METRO 
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WORKS OR METRO COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 
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61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE A I'M JOINED IN CHAMBERS BY COUNCILMAN HERNDON. ANYBODY 
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ONLINE? KATHLEEN GIBSON. COUNCILMAN BENSON IS ONLINE. WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA 
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TODAY. AND IF IT HAD JUST BEEN A LITTLE COLD. MORE MORE COLD TODAY, WE MIGHT NEED TO TALK 
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ABOUT THIS TOPIC. SNOW PLAN OR SNOWPLOW PLAN READINESS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STAYING 
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TRUE TO YOUR WORD. YOU SAID WE WOULD HAVE IT READY IN OCTOBER AND IT IS READY. WE ARE CLOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT. YES. SO YEAH, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND POSITION FOR THE RECORD. AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS. OKAY. BILL BELL, DIRECTOR OF METRO DOT. THANKS, CHAIRMAN. WITH ME, I HAVE PART OF OUR TEAM. WE HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TOM SCOTT. HE IS PRETTY NEW TO DOT. WE HAVE OUR TECHNICAL GURU, SCOTT STEPRO BACK HERE, OUR ROADS MAINTENANCE MANAGER, BARRY CLYDE, WHO EVERYONE KNOWS. ROSA HOLCOMB. SHE'S ALSO ONE OF OUR TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY FOLKS. AND KRISTEN MILLER, SHE IS EVERYTHING TO ALL OF US. AND THEN SHANNON LOGAN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SWIMS. SO THIS IS JUST PART OF OUR TEAM. AND SO WE WANT TO GO INTO THE REPORT WE RECEIVED FROM DW CLONCH. THEY DID AN ASSESSMENT AND GAVE US SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS BACK IN MARCH. AND SO THIS WAS AFTER THE JANUARY STORM, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE IS PROBABLY THE WORST WINTER STORM WE'VE HAD SINCE 1978, WHICH I REMEMBER WELL BECAUSE WE WERE BUILDING IGLOOS BACK THEN FOR TWO WEEKS OUT OF OUT OF SCHOOL. AND, AND TOM TOM'S FROM MICHIGAN, SO HE'S PROBABLY ROLLING HIS EYES RIGHT NOW SAYING THAT'S THAT'S NOTHING. SO AND I WILL SAY, TOM, GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL THEM HOW MANY YEARS YOU HAVE IN, IN PUBLIC WORKS AND AND DEALING WITH SNOW. MY NAME IS TOM SCOTT. I CAME DOWN HERE. MY BROTHER LIVES IN LOUISVILLE, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ABLE TO GET DOWN HERE. BUT I STARTED OUT WE HAVE COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONS UP IN MICHIGAN AND I'M ON MY 23RD YEAR NOW. SO I STARTED AT THE BOTTOM, WORKED MY WAY UP INTO MANAGEMENT, AND I LOVE IT. I LOVE WHAT WE DO. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU. YEAH WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM. ALRIGHT. GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE. AND SO THIS GIVES A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY D.W. CLAUNCH. AND, AND SO THEY DID A PRETTY THOROUGH LOOK AT OUR OPERATIONS. OKAY. NEXT ONE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THE. I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE. SO THEY WANTED TO THEY SUGGESTED WE CREATE A WRITTEN SNOW PLAN. AND SO WE HAVE DATES SET FOR ROUTE TRAINING THIS MONTH ALONG WITH RIDE ALONGS FOR METRO COUNCIL MEDIA AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE WILL BE RIDING IN A TRUCK. MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. WE'LL ALSO HAVE A MEDIA LAUNCH IN NOVEMBER. LEVEL OF SERVICE STATEMENT. AND WE WERE ASKED BY A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THIS. WE WILL HAVE THIS COMPLETED BEFORE THE MEDIA EVENT AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL AS OTHER ITEMS ON OUR WEBSITE, SUCH AS THE MAPS. WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR SNOW SEASON PRESEASON REVIEW. 
          WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS SINCE JUNE. I STARTED IN LATE JUNE, AND WE'VE PROBABLY HAD 3 OR 4 MEETINGS SINCE THEN, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER AD HOC MEETINGS AS WELL. AND THEN END OF SEASON ROUNDTABLES. SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS WE HAVE AN ANNUAL MEETING EVERY MARCH TO GO THROUGH THE SNOW SEASON AND FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER. STAFFING AND TRAINING. MID MID OCTOBER TRAINING IS SET AS I STATED, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE TRAINING ON TREATMENT 
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TYPES, WHEN AND HOW TO MAKE THAT TREAT THOSE TREATMENTS. AND ALSO. WE HAVE THEY DID HAVE ONE THING HERE ABOUT AND MAYBE BARRY CAN JUMP IN ON THIS ABOUT EXTENDING THE TIME FRAMES. OUR POLICY IS 90 DAYS FOR THE CDL TRAINING. IS THAT YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO SWIMS DOES HAVE SWIMS AND PARKS HAS THEY DO HAVE PERSONNEL BUT THEY'RE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. 
          AND I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK AT SHANNON. IS THAT CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT OKAY. AND VACANT LOTS AND VACANT LOTS. SO WHAT WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE FOR EXTENDING THE TIMELINE FOR GETTING CDL? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT SAYS. JUST MAKE IT EASIER. I THINK THERE WAS BECAUSE OF OUR VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M READING HERE, IS THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FIGHTING ABOUT TESTING. SO THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. OKAY. RECOMMENDED TREATMENT STRATEGIES. THAT TESTING. IS IT DONE CDL TRAINING. IS THAT DONE THROUGH THE STATE. IT IS DONE THROUGH I THINK WE TRAIN HERE. 
          BUT THEN WE HAVE TO TEST IN TOWN. SO THE TESTING IS DONE IN TOWN. WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT BACK IN LOUISVILLE. BUT THE ACTUAL TRAINING IS HERE. THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE IN IN THE ENTIRE STATE ONE COULD TAKE THE TEST FOR CDL LICENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S JUST ONE PLACE, BUT THAT'S THE CLOSEST PLACE FOR US AND THAT I'M WORKING TO TRY TO GET THAT BACK HERE IN LOUISVILLE. AND BECAUSE IT'S IN TOWN, THAT'S WHY IT'S FIVE WEEKS BEHIND. NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE REASON. I'M JUST TRYING TO WONDER, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE GO TO THE PROBLEM AND FIX THAT, INSTEAD OF IF BARRY CAN HIRE A COUPLE MORE TEAMS, A COUPLE MORE CREWS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO THAT'S I KNOW HE'S TWO CREWS DOWN SINCE PRE-COVID. 
          THESE CREWS ARE WITH WHO IT WOULD BE THE ROAD MAINTENANCE THAT NEED THE CDL. YEAH, THEY ALL HAVE THE CDLS I BELIEVE SO, CORRECT. YEAH OKAY. SO I AM JOINED IN CHAMBERS BY COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL AND ONLINE BY COUNCILWOMAN PEARCE. RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ONE, ONE OF THE TREATMENT STRATEGIES TO RUN MORE OFTEN, WE'VE TOLD KYTC THAT WE PLAN ON BRINING MORE. I KNOW THERE ARE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN BRINING IS NOT. IS NOT THE BEST THING TO DO, SUCH AS THE TEMPERATURE OR OR IF THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN COMING OR FORECASTED. AND TOM, I DON'T. TOM'S PROBABLY A BIGGER EXPERT HERE, BUT IS THAT PRETTY MUCH. 
          YEAH. BUT IT'S I THINK THE PERCEPTION HAS BEEN THAT THE KYTC DIDN'T WANT US TO BRINE THAT MUCH. AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND, AND THEY'RE LIKE, AS LONG AS THOSE THERE'S A COUPLE CONDITIONS THAT IF THOSE DON'T EXIST, THEN YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT EQUIPMENT HERE IN A MINUTE. SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 16 OLDER BRINE TANKS WHICH THEY'RE AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE. THEY STILL WORK RIGHT NOW. WE'LL BE PUTTING THESE OUT TO BID TO RECEIVE NEW. OR WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE 16 NEW BRINE TANKS FOR TRUCKS. ALSO, EIGHT TRUCKS WERE PURCHASED WITH FISCAL YEAR 25 MONIES. THESE ARE NOW BEING OUTFITTED AT OR AT EDINGER, WHICH IS THE WHICH IS OUR CONTRACTED TRUCK OUTFITTER FOR THESE SNOWPLOWS. 
          THESE WILL BE DELIVERED AS THEY ARE READY. SO IT COULD BE ONE AT A TIME BUT OR TWO AT A TIME. 
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BUT WE SHOULD START TO RECEIVE THOSE IN IN THE WINTER MONTHS. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE SOONER THAN LATER. ALSO, WE'VE PURCHASED FOUR MORE WITH FY 26 MONIES, AND THOSE WILL BE COMING LIKELY IN THE SPRING OR LATE SPRING. WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT OUR TRUCK ROTATION PROGRAM BEGINNING WITH FY 27. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS WING PLOWS TO GIVE A WIDER CLEARING PATH AS YOU PLOW. TECHNOLOGY. THIS WAS ONE THING THAT ONE INPUT WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCILMAN CRAMER. AND WE RIGHT NOW WE USE OUR KYTC USES DTN RISK COMMANDER TO FURTHER THEIR ABILITIES TO MONITOR IMPENDING WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS PAVEMENT CONDITIONS. ALSO, SAMSARA CAN POPULATE MAPS TO BE SENT OUT TO TO SHOW WHICH ROADS HAVE BEEN PLOWED AND WHICH ONES STILL NEED ATTENTION. SNOW FIGHTERS CAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS ALL MAPS IN DISTRICT FOR TURN BY TURN DIRECTIONS, IMPROVING EFFICIENCIES. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH CREDITS WITH OUR PROVIDER. WE COULD DO A PILOT AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN, BUT THIS THIS WINTER WE COULD DO A PILOT THIS WINTER FOR 40 TO $50,000, WHICH IT WOULD INCREASE EFFICIENCIES. IT WOULD BRING US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A NOTEBOOK, YOU WOULD HAVE A TABLET WOULD TELL THEM WHERE TO TURN NEXT, BASICALLY GIVE THEM DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR ROUTING. SPEAKING OF ROUTING. THESE ARE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FROM CLAUNCH. AND SO ALSO WE'LL REACH OUT TO PARK FOR A PARTNERSHIP. I KNOW TOM'S REACHED OUT TO LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP THERE FOR PAVEMENT TEMPS, AS WELL AS KYTC TRY TO USE SOME OF THEIR UNUSED LICENSES FOR TO DETECT, I GUESS, LIVE PAVEMENT TEMPS. LET'S SEE. 
          THEY SUGGEST TANDEM PLOWING. SO THOSE THOSE TWO EXTRA CREWS WOULD DEFINITELY HELP FOR TANDEM PLOWING. AND AS FAR AS HAVING EXTRA CREWS. THEY WOULDN'T BE JUST FOR THE WINTER MONTHS. I MEAN, WE COULD DEFINITELY USE EXTRA CREWS FOR CUTBACKS, POTHOLE FILLING AND EVERYTHING RELATED TO ROAD MAINTENANCE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SKIP. TO COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION. SO SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT KRISTEN SHANAHAN IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AND SHE HAS SHE HAS A ROUGH DRAFT OF OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION. AND SO IT'S SHE'S GOT A TWO AND A HALF PAGE DOCUMENT HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH. AND AS A TEAM FINE TUNE THIS. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALSO USING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ON THE INTERNAL TEAM KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE THE EVENT, DURING THE EVENT AND AFTER ACTION REVIEWS, AND THEN ALSO FOR EXTERNAL MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC METRO COUNCIL, MAYOR'S OFFICE AND AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. PRE-EVENT DURING EVENT AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER OR AN AFTER ACTION. SO. 
          THAT IS THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD TODAY. AND BOTTOM LINE, WE WANT TO BE MORE PREPARED THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR. AND THEN WITH YOUR HELP, WE WANT TO BE MORE PREPARED NEXT YEAR COMPARED TO THIS, THIS COMING YEAR. JOINING CHAMBERS, COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS. AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MA'AM. 
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, BILL, FOR BEING HERE. JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I WANTED TO KNOW YOU SAID THAT THE EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN ORDERED WON'T GET HERE UNTIL LATE SPRING. WELL, THOSE ARE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ORDERS. WE ORDERED EIGHT TRUCKS. THOSE WILL TRICKLE IN, HOPEFULLY STARTING IN DECEMBER. OKAY. AND THERE'S ANOTHER ORDER OF FOUR TRUCKS. THAT'LL BE PROBABLY LATE SPRING SUMMER. OKAY. SO THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT WITH THE EIGHT TRUCKS COMING IN CASE WE HAVE A SNOW LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE TOMORROW, BUT WE'LL TAKE THEM AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THEM. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A PLAN B JUST IN CASE? WE DO HAVE SOME CONTRACT CONTRACTORS. THAT ARE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOW MANY CONTRACTORS DO WE HAVE? APPROXIMATELY. SO WE'LL GET ONE CONTRACT OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR OKAY. YEAH. SO YOU HAVE SOME CONTRACTORS THAT CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES OKAY. WE DO HAVE ONE. I WAS WONDERING WHY DID K K LIMIT THE NUMBER OF BRYANT APPLICATIONS? I THINK IT WAS MORE OF A PERCEPTION. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW THERE'S A REIMBURSEMENT THERE. SO IF WE'RE OVER BRINING I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A WORD. BUT IF WE'RE OVER BRINING THEN WE MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT. OH, OKAY. SO WE WANT TO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE IN CONTACT WITH THEM. AS FAR AS BRINING GOES, IF THERE'S A LOT OF RAIN FORECASTED PROBABLY WON'T BRINE. 
          IF THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT RIGHT, PROBABLY WON'T BRINE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE DEFINITELY WILL. OKAY. MAKES SENSE. WILL THE COMMUNICATIONS. I'M SORRY. YEAH. WILL THE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SNOW ROUTE PLANS BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC? YES WE WILL. WE'LL HAVE A WE'LL HAVE A MEDIA EVENT IN NOVEMBER TO BE DETERMINED. BUT THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING ON THE WEBSITE SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. OKAY. UNLESS DURING THE SNOW EVENT LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THIS STREET, THAT STREET, AND THEN CONFIRMED WITH THAT STREET'S NOT ON THE PLAN, WHAT HAVE YOU. SO WE'LL ADDITIONAL STREETS ARE ROUTES BE CONSIDERED? WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. I PUT THE EMAIL OUT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO ABOUT ADDING ROUTES. THE POLICY HAS BEEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD A ROUTE, YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO REMOVE HER ROUTE. WE MAY ADD MORE THAN WE REMOVE. JUST IT JUST DEPENDS. 
          IT DEPENDS ON THE ROUTE THAT IS SUGGESTED. SO IF IT'S A FLAT ROAD AND IT'S NOT A MAIN ARTERIAL OR SO FORTH, WE MAY NOT ADD THAT IF IT'S A STEEP INCLINE ROAD, THEN WE MAY ADD THAT ONE. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU. AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN SAID EARLIER, BUT MY EARS DID NOT CATCH IT. BUT THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE EXCLUSIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING ALL TESTING OF CDL PERMIT AND LICENSE APPLICANTS. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS I GAIN IT. THAT WAY IF WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM, WHICH I KNOW. COUNCIL. SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ALREADY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH KSP AND HOW THEY CAN EXPAND THEIR SERVICES TO LOUISVILLE METRO. MAYBE THAT CAN BE A TALKING POINT AS CDL LICENSURE. YEAH, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. I'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT AS WELL. I KNOW THEY DO SOME COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT INSIDE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, BUT I'M NOT SURE THE HISTORY OF OF CDL TESTING. BUT I KNOW THAT THE CLOSEST PLACE NOW IS IS E-TOWN. SO SURE, I'D LOVE TO HAVE IT BACK IN LOUISVILLE, THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, BUT WHO AM I? THERE'S A BIG PARKING LOT NEXT TO A STADIUM, SO. SO TRUE. 
          OTHER. OTHERWISE THERE ARE A FEW SLIDES THAT WERE SKIPPED OVER TWO THAT I WANTED TO GO BACK TO, AND COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS KIND OF STARTED TO TOUCH ON THEM. AND IF YOU COULD GO ONE SLIDE BACK AND IT'S THE MAYBE TWO, THE ONE WHERE IT SAYS RECOMMENDATION OF UPDATED ROUTING. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THE SLIDE ABOUT 311. THERE'S A PRETTY 
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SUBSTANTIAL RECOMMENDATION HERE THAT YOU'RE MAKING ABOUT 311. AND I DON'T WANT US TO GLOSS OVER THAT OKAY. SO WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT TO START ON AGAIN MAYBE IT WOULD BE NATURAL TO PIGGYBACK YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT UPDATED ROUTING AND KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THIS SLIDE PRETTY QUICKLY. OKAY. LET'S SEE NOW. RIGHT NOW I THINK SCOTT IS ONCE WE GET A NEW PROPOSED ROUTE, WHAT SCOTT HAS TO DO IS SYNC ALL THESE AND PUT THEM IN ORDER. I DON'T KNOW, SCOTT. DO YOU WANT TO? SURE, SURE. YEAH. BUT IT'S IT'S NOT A EASY PROCESS, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS THE NEW ROUTES GO. BUT WE CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. SURE. AND THIS SLIDE ALSO MENTIONS THINGS LIKE PARK AND SALT DOME LOCATIONS. AGAIN, I THE RAIN HAS HAD A BIT FUZZY, BUT I DON'T RECALL THOSE BEING BROUGHT UP IN YOUR PRESENTATION, SO IF YOU COULD ALSO TOUCH ON THOSE, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. WELL, RIGHT NOW OUR SALT DOMES ARE PRETTY FULL. I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS, BUT BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT MAYBE THIS IS TALKING ABOUT IS IS HAVING THE ROUTES SO IT'S CLOSER TO THE SALT DOMES. SO COULD YOU MAYBE IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE. AND YOU KNOW, ARE YOU ALL SCOUTING NEW LOCATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL SALT DOMES? MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION. I THINK WE'RE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR EXISTING SALT DOMES. OUR CURRENT CELL PHONES ARE VERY WHETHER YOU'LL HAVE TO APPROACH THE STAND AND SAY YOUR NAME. THANK YOU. SORRY, BARRY. HI. MY NAME IS BARRY, AND I'M ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          OUR CURRENT SALT DOME LOCATIONS ARE ONES THAT MERIWETHER. AT THE LOCATION. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT HUBBARDS LANE NEAR WESTPORT, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT NATIONAL TURNPIKE. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT THE ON NEWBURG ROAD. AND RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT EXPANDING OUR SALT DOMES, RIGHT? NO, WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT EXPANDING ITS MOMENT. MAYBE THEN YOU'RE ACTIVELY EXPLORING EFFICIENCIES IN RELATION TO SALT DOME LOCATIONS. WHAT DOES THAT STATEMENT MEAN? WHAT ARE THOSE EFFICIENCIES? IF WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT NEW LOCATIONS OR THOSE LOAD IN LOAD OUT? YOU MENTIONED I THINK IT'S IT'S MORE JUST ROUTING. IT'S MORE JUST MAKING SURE THE ROUTES ARE ARE ABLE TO HIT THE THE SALT DOMES FASTER OR MORE EFFICIENTLY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. I BELIEVE. SURE. AND WHAT ABOUT THE PARK PARTNERSHIP? AND I'M SO SORRY. SO THE PARK PARTNERSHIP I THINK THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT OFFERING NOT ONLY FREE PARKING DURING SNOW EVENTS, BUT I THINK ANOTHER PART OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY DUMPING SNOW. OR IS THAT AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, ACTUALLY DUMPING SNOW THERE. BILL, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GO OVER THE PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU GIVE IT. 
          COULD YOU TALK ABOUT METRO 311 IN THAT SLIDE. YES. YEAH. SO THIS. IT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GO TO 311 AND TALK TO THEM. BECAUSE LAST YEAR FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT THAT TALKS ABOUT SNOW. IT EVERYTHING WAS LISTED AS A ROAD OBSTRUCTION. AND SO WE HAD I DON'T KNOW, THOUSANDS OF 311 REPORTS FOR ROAD OBSTRUCTION INSTEAD OF SNOW. AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW TALKING WITH JENNIFER. THAT'S WHAT SHE SUGGESTED GOING TO 311 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC. AND SO USUALLY WHEN WE ENCOUNTER ANY SORT OF TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE A CHANGE TO A CELA, IT'S LIKE $30,000 TO ADD A CHECKBOX. RIGHT. AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE IS ADDING, I 
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HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WOULD CHANGE ABOUT 311 JUST TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT. BUT IT'S SUCH A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. AND SO I WANT TO SEE IT SUCCESSFUL. 
          BUT WHAT DOES THAT CHANGE LOOK LIKE? AND IS THAT A BUDGET REQUEST THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO COME WITH US, COME TO US WITH, AND WHEN WOULD THAT RECOMMENDATION BE AVAILABLE? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE A COST TO THAT OR NOT, BUT IF THERE IF THERE WOULD BE, THEN WE WOULD FIND THAT OUT AND THEN COME TO YOU ALL. AND YOU ALSO RECOMMEND A SEPARATE SYSTEM. SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S NOT US. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S CLAUNCH A SEPARATE SYSTEM OR ADDITIONAL TARGETED SNOW RELATED 311 CATEGORIES ARE ARE RECOMMENDED. JUST KEEP US POSTED ON THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE WANT 311 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. OH YEAH. SO DO WE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN PARISH RIGHT. IN A VIRTUAL WAITING ROOM I I'M VICE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. I TRY TO MAKE SURE I MAKE THESE MEETINGS WHEN I CAN, I MY QUESTIONS ARE. YOU MENTIONED IT BEING TWO CREWS DOWN. HOW MANY OPENINGS DO YOU HAVE CURRENTLY AND HOW MANY MAKE UP THAT THOSE CREWS? HOW MANY PEOPLE PER CREW? JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT WE MEAN BY THE TWO CREWS. THOSE TWO CREWS REPRESENT THE MEMBERS WE LOST DURING THE LAST BUDGET CUT. THOSE PEOPLE WERE VITAL PART OF OUR PROGRAM. CURRENTLY, WE'RE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 PEOPLE PER HOUR, THREE DISTRICTS. OKAY, OKAY. AND THEN I WANTED TO KNOW I KNOW YOU COVERED THE WHERE YOU HOLD THE SALT AND THE TRUCKS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND AND UPDATING US ON THAT. I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS AROUND LIKE BECAUSE I WANT US TO HAVE THE INFORMATION AS IT'S UPDATED SO THAT I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO CALL 311 AS USUAL. SO IF ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN GET OUT TO US THAT WE CAN GET HELP, GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD HELP A GREAT DEAL. AND WHERE WHERE THESE ROADS ARE AND WHATEVER KIND OF I KNOW THERE'S WON'T BE A PUBLIC FACING QUEUE FOR WHERE WHAT'S NEXT AND THAT ON A TIMELINE, BUT AS MUCH INFORMATION YOU CAN GIVE US THAT WE CAN DISTILL OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF CALLS AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T GET THE ANSWERS THEY NEED FROM THREE, ONE, ONE. WE'RE WORKING TO IMPROVE THAT BECAUSE 311 DOES SO MUCH. SO JUST I WANT TO BE A PART OF ANY PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET UP TO DATE INFORMATION OUT TO THEM. AND IF YOU HAVE, I KNOW YOU SENT OUT THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IF YOU HAVE A ONE PAGER THAT WE CAN UPDATE, WE'RE DOING THE END OF THE YEAR REPORT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND I WOULD LOVE TO FOR THEM TO LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE UPDATES IN A VERY LIKE OVERVIEW MANNER. SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE A ONE PAGER THAT KIND OF CAPTURES ALL THIS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR MY OFFICE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE PROACTIVE. I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY OUR OUR THEME PERIOD. SO YES, IF WE CAN BE PROACTIVE, MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT'S WHAT'S COMING AND WHAT'S GOING ON DURING THE STORM. I THINK THAT'S KEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE. AT THE END. YOU MENTIONED A AN EVENT WHERE THERE WILL BE SOME RIDE ALONGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IS THERE ALSO GOING TO BE A PILOT RUN OR DRESS REHEARSAL, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, WHERE YOU WOULD STRESS THE ENTIRE. ORGANIZATION. SEE HOW THE NEW SOFTWARE SYNCS WITH THE TRUCKS? OH, IF WE DO THE PILOT, YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT A PILOT. WHAT? JUST DO IT LIKE IT SNOWED ONLY. NO SNOW. YES. SO WE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING WITH THE WITH THE BINDERS OR THE BOOKLETS. IF WE DO THE PILOT. 
          YEAH. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME SERIOUS TESTING ON THAT. YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE. OH YEAH. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RECREATE THE JC BUS FIASCO. COUNCILMAN HERNDON, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. SNOW, SNOW SNOW. EVERYBODY LOVES SNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK 
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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.]
YOU.
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