Oct 08, 2025 Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions

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YOU GOING? BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A 20S.

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[2. O-085-25     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT CODE OF ORDINANCES (“LMCO”) SECTION 40.45 TO ADDRESS BOARD MEMBER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.  9/17/25 Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions Held 9/3/25 Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions Held 8/20/25 Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions Held Action Required By:  February 14, 2026 8/14/25 Metro Council  Reintroduced 8/6/25 Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions Tabled 7/23/25 Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions Held 6/4/25   Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions Held 5/7/25   Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions Held 4/16/25 Ad Hoc Committee on Efficiency of Boards and Commissions Held Sponsors: Donna L. Purvis (D-5) ]

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DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE INTERESTED PARTIES THAT WERE SEEKING TO BE ON THE BOARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OF OF THE BOARD IN SEEKING FUNDING FOR SOME OF THE NONPROFIT AND FOR PROFIT PROJECTS. AND SO I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT IF YOU ARE COMMITTING TO BE A PART OF THE BOARD. TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION OF THE BOARD, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE MOTIVATED BY SELF-INTEREST. SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS LEGISLATION, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND IN OUR QUEUE, WE'VE GOT COUNCILMAN LEININGER. ACTUALLY, I'LL WITHDRAW FOR NOW.

LET'S LET COUNCILMAN REED GO. COUNCILMAN REED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I THINK WE HELD THIS BACK LAST TIME IN ATTEMPTS TO TO IMPROVE IT, TO MAYBE MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD AND YET SPECIFIC. HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THIS AT FULL COUNCIL, SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM VOTING IT OUT OF COMMITTEE AT THE PROMISE OF MAYBE HAVING A GOOD LOOK AT IT BETWEEN NOW AND BEFORE ACTUALLY GETS TO TO A FULL VOTE AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. OKAY, COUNCILMAN, DO DO YOU WANT TO JUMP BACK IN? YEAH, I JUST WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THROUGH THE CHAIR A QUESTION OF THE SPONSOR OF WHY DID WE PRESERVE A CARVE OUT FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND RELATED PERSONS FOR FUNDING WHILE STRIKING DIRECT OWNERSHIP? TO ME, THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ODD CARVE OUT WITH THE INTENT. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL WOULD BE ABLE TO MISS.

COUNCILMAN LEININGER, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT SECTION YOU'RE LOOKING AT? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FALLING ORGANIZATION SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING OR GRANT MONIES. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, ANY NON ANY FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION OWNED BY A BOARD MEMBER, YOU KNOW, OR THAT IF THEY SERVE ON A AS A BOARD MEMBER, TRUSTEE, DIRECTOR OR OFFICER, CONSULTANT OR CONTRACTOR OR AN EMPLOYEE. BUT THEN. WE ARE PRESERVING THAT, YOU KNOW, GRANTS CAN BE MADE WHERE THE BOARD WE STILL HAVE BOARD MEMBERS, FAMILY MEMBERS.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY WHY WE HAVE WE WE WE HAVE NOT MATCHED THAT LANGUAGE. AND IF THAT'S A QUESTION BEST ANSWERED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, I'M OKAY WITH THAT TOO. YEAH I WOULD YEAH.

BECAUSE AND I'M STILL NOT I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW YOU. YOU DIDN'T TELL ME WHAT SECTION I'M COMPARING. YOU KNOW, SECTION ONE E. SUBSECTION ONE A AND B TO THE SUBSEQUENT SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION ONE. SO THESE THESE OUTLINES EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THESE THESE ARE EXPLAINING THE

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MISS GOODWIN, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS? WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. YOU'RE MUTED. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. LOUD AND CLEAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. PERFECT. CATHERINE GOODWIN, ASSISTANT JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE DRAFTING OF THIS ORDINANCE, SO I'M NOT REALLY QUITE SURE IF THERE WAS A REASON SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CARVE OUT THAT THE COUNCILMAN'S REFERRING TO. I WISH I COULD BE OF MORE HELP. I I'M I'M JUST NOT REALLY SURE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF THAT CARVE OUT MADE, YOU COULD DRAFT IT THAT WAY. BUT AGAIN, I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE DRAFTING PROCESS, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

MADAM CHAIR, LOOKING BACK OVER AGAIN AT A AND B IS IS EXPLANATORY AS TO THE LIMITATIONS. SO YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHY A AND B WAS. SO A AND B, YOU KNOW SECTION, SECTION 1E1A AND B, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SET THAT THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING OR GRANT MONIES. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT FOR EXAMPLE, FOR AS COMPARED TO SUBSECTION ONE, WHILE GRANTS MAY BE MADE TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT EMPLOY A BOARD MEMBER, ADVISOR, OR FAMILY MEMBER OF A BOARD MEMBER, ADVISOR OR STAFF MEMBER, OR THAT CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES. FOR MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, NO GRANT TO SUCH AN ORGANIZATION SHALL INCLUDE FUNDS DESIGNATED TO PAY THE COMPENSATION FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES OR SERVICES, AND IN SECTION THREE ABOVE, NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD MEMBER SHALL PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION OR A VOTE. ANY FUNDING GRANT ORGANIZATION WHICH SAID MEMBER OR FAMILY MEMBER IS NOT AN OWNER, BOARD MEMBER OR TRUSTEE, DIRECTOR OR OFFICER, CONSULTANT OR CONTRACTOR, ETC. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY. AND AGAIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S ANSWER IS, WELL, THAT'S HOW IT WAS BEFORE THESE AMENDMENTS WERE BROUGHT FORWARD. AND SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY ELUCIDATION THERE, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY WE HAVE SET DIFFERENT STANDARDS IN THE DIFFERENT SUBSECTIONS IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF BOARD MEMBERS INVOLVEMENT WITH THESE MONIES, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT IT SHOULD BE THE SAME STANDARD. BUT AGAIN, I'M WILLING TO BE LOBBIED ON THIS QUESTION BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE DO TAKE IT UP ON THE FULL COUNCIL. I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY LIKE, AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO POUND THE TABLE AND DEMAND A NO VOTE OR WHATEVER. I'M JUST I WAS JUST CURIOUS. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR THAT MAKES THAT LANGUAGE MATCH, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH COUNCILMAN PURVIS TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES? I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO COUNCILMAN PURVIS AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS. I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT I WOULD WANT TO OFFER THIS AMENDMENT. WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT I DON'T KNOW CAN FILL A BOOK, RIGHT? I'M I AM I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A VERY GOOD REASON WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT, THAT WE WANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS BETWEEN THESE SUBSECTIONS. THAT. THAT'S MY QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE HAVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUBSECTIONS? MAYBE THERE'S A GOOD REASON. MAYBE THERE ISN'T.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE WOULD WANT TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT. MAYBE COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SUCH AN AMENDMENT AFTER WE GOT MORE INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THIS. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO ASK QUESTIONS. OKAY, SURE.

WOULD IT BE FAVORABLE TO POSSIBLY MAKE A MOTION TABLE? AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO WORKED ON THIS COULD THEN BE PRESE AT THE NEXT ONE SO THEY COULD ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. I GUESS THIS IS IO, HAA QUESTION, THINK. YEAH MEAN, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM UP LAST TIME I HAD ASKED, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE BOARD TO BE HERE IS SOMEBODY FROM THE

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IT STANDS TO REASON THAT NO DEVELOPER WILL WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD. AND THEN YOU CAN'T.

YOU NOW NO LONGER CAN FILL THAT SEAT, RIGHT? SO I COMPLETELY AGREE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THE CONFLICT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE OTHER PARTS OF THE LAW THAT INCORPORATE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND DON'T MANDATE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE ON THE, ON THE BOARD. AND SO WE'RE CREATING A SITUATION WHERE WE THEN CAN'T FILL A SEAT. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THAT'S THAT'S WHY I NEED SOMEBODY THAT CAN ANSWER THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN BRATCHER, I, I AGREE WITH THAT 100%. BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF THIS IS CRAFTED AND THIS MAY BE THE WHOLE THING, ME COMING FROM THE LEGISLATURE, WE HAD THE LRC WHO WORKS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE THE LEGISLATURE, AND NOW WE'VE GOT TO GO TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, A DIFFERENT OFFICE TO GET HIS OR HER OPINIONS AND WHATNOT. BUT MY MY THINKING WOULD BE THAT THE SPONSOR, WORKING WITH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY, DRAFTING THIS BILL WOULD SURELY HAVE COME ACROSS THAT BY NOW. I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE TABLED THIS THING? IT'S A COMPLEX QUESTION. WEEKS, MONTHS. I MEAN, IT'S SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT. AND I'M I'M JUST LEARNING. SO THANK YOU, MADAM. MADAM CHAIR. YES. OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN REED. GO AHEAD.

COUNCILMAN REED. I THINK THE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE. ISN'T THAT SOMEONE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CANNOT BE ON THIS PARTICULAR ON THIS BOARD, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT. AT LEAST I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS LEGISLATION SAYS. I THINK WHAT IT'S SAYING IS THAT THIS PERSON OR PERSONS CANNOT APPLY FOR FUNDING WHILE SERVING ON THIS BOARD. SO. YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S HOW I'M LOOKING AT IT. AND AND I AGREE WITH THAT. I MEAN, WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE APPROVED SOMEONE ON THE BOARD WHO THEN CAME BACK, SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT OR LETTER STATING THAT SHE WOULD NOT APPLY FOR FUNDING, AND THEY CAME BACK AND DID IT, OR NOW WANTS TO RECANT THE LETTER AND AND APPLY FOR FUNDING. THAT'S WHAT THIS LEGISLATION IS TRYING TO PREVENT. I DO THINK THAT IT YOU KNOW, THAT IT CAN BE IMPROVED. I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN LINEGAR THAT THAT IT SHOULD BE CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, THE CLAUSES SHOULD MAKE SENSE ONE ONE SECTION TO THE NEXT.

AND AND I THINK THAT CAN BE FIXED WITH AN AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN LEININGEN.

RESPECTFULLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY SHOULD MATCH. THAT'S THAT'S MY QUESTION BECAUSE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE THAT THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION LIES IN A MANDATED SEAT FOR A NOT FOR PROFIT MEMBER IS MANDATED. AND IF THAT PERSON IS MANDATED, IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A NONPROFIT PERSON ON THE BOARD, THEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR THERE TO BE SOME KIND OF CARVE OUT THAT, YES, WE COULD HAVE A NONPROFIT THAT APPLIES, AND THEY JUST HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THE ROOM. THEY CAN'T BE ON THE THEY CANNOT READ INTO THE RECORD. THEY CAN'T VOTE. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, YOU KNOW. IS THAT WHY THERE'S A CARVE OUT? THESE ARE MY QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, PART, YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER, COUNCILMAN BRATCHER, WHEN WE HAVE THESE ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND IT'S OUR, OUR JOB AT COMMITTEE IS TO ASK QUESTIONS, BECAUSE ONCE IT GETS TO THE METRO COUNCIL FLOOR, WE CAN'T ASK, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM THE GALLERY TO COME AND SPEAK UNLESS WE HAVE A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND SUCH. THEN YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU KNOW, THE SPONSOR HAS WORKED IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO CRAFT THE LEGISLATION, THEN THAT PERSON MIGHT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, OFFER. OH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS FOR THIS REASON OR THIS, YOU KNOW, WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS? YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT ASKING QUESTIONS, IT MEANS THAT I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THE LEGISLATION. I AM NOT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE GOOD STEWARDS OF PUBLIC TRUST AND PUBLIC RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY FOR A BOARD THAT DEALS IN PRETTY LARGE SUMS OF MONEY.

IT'S A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, IS THIS LEGISLATION WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS, SIX MONTHS, WHATEVER, AND SAY, OH, WE GOT TO GO FIX WHAT WE JUST DID INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE WE HAVE WE DOTTED THE DOTTED THE I'S AND CROSS THE T'S. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS THAT THE REASON FOR THE CARVE OUT? FOR EXAMPLE, BEAR WITH US, FOLKS. COUNCILMAN WINKLER. YEAH.

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OTHERWISE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SECOND. BUT LET'S. LET'S HEAR WHAT THE. MARCUS, DO. YOU TAKE YOUR MOTION BACK. SO, COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS. YEAH. I'M SORRY. YES, I COULDN'T UNMUTE.

YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WINKLER. I REALLY THINK WE'RE MAKING MORE OUT OF THIS THAN WHAT IT IS. WE, AS COUNCILMAN REID SAID. AND COUNCILMAN BRATCHER SAID, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH BOARD MEMBERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF BEING ON THESE BOARDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A BOARD THAT HAS ACCESS TO CAPITAL. IT'S, YOU KNOW, A COUNCIL PERSON AND I HAVE A NONPROFIT AND I'M GOING TO APPLY FOR A GRANT THROUGH MY OFFICE. THAT'S A CONFLICT. SAME THING. SIMPLE AS THAT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK. IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD LOOK FOR ME TO APPLY FOR PUBLIC FUNDING. AND I'M A COUNCIL PERSON. IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK TO BE ON A BOARD AND TO ACCESS CAPITAL TO FURTHER YOUR PROFITABILITY. IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK. THIS IS WHY THIS LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY. AND NO MATTER IF LOUISVILLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND WAS HERE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THEY COULD SAY THAT WOULD CONVINCE ME OF ANYTHING DIFFERENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WINKLER. I WILL GET TO YOU IN JUST ONE MOMENT, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THERE IS NOT AN ARGUMENT OF, YES, PEOPLE SHOULD GET MONEY OR NO, THEY SHOULD GET MONEY. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M PRO CORRUPTION AND THERE ARE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE ANTI-CORRUPTION. I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS NEEDED, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S HOUSEKEEPING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AS CONCERN AND AS CHAIR OF THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, I CAN'T RECALL A TIME THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN LURKING ON MY AGENDA. AND IT'S IT WAS PULLED, IT WAS REINTRODUCED. IT WAS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE THE GAL THAT THIS IS TARGETING WROTE A LETTER, BUT THEN SHE DIDN'T WRITE A LETTER. AND WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. AND ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THIS ON FIRE. AND I THINK, RESPECTFULLY, PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE ARE ASKING THIS TO BE TABLED SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE IN HERE NEXT TIME TO ADDRESS IT AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. SO UNLESS THERE IS A REASON THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE PASSED BEFORE NOVEMBER, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CANNOT BE RESPECTFUL OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND TABLE THIS COUNCILMAN WINKLER. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. CAN I DO A VOICE VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. WOULD YOU LIKE A ROLL CALL? I THINK YOU LOSE. WELL, YOU LOSE. SO THE EYES HAVE IT. I'LL TAKE THAT. OKAY. THE EYES HAVE IT. AND WE WILL DISCUSS THIS AT THE OCTOBER 22ND MEETING. AND, COUNCILMAN WINKLER, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS INVITED AND IS ABLE TO SPEAK ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR

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[1. ID 25-0533     BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVERVIEW Redevelopment Authority Louisville Regional Airport Authority Board Riverport Authority Greater Louisville Lodging Management District  Louisville Film Advisory Commission]

AND IF WE GET OUT, THAT'S EARLY, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR TIME LIMIT. THAT'S GREAT. BUT THAT'S SELDOM THE KEY. SO SIT TIGHT FOLKS. FIRST WE'VE GOT THE LOUISVILLE FILM COMMISSION. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A FILM COMMISSION, BUT WE DO HAVE A FILM COMMISSION. AND IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, EVERYONE OR ALL OF YOUR ITEMS, THERE'S TWO PRESENTATIONS. ONE IS FROM JUST KINCAID, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE FROM SUSIE EASTMAN, WHO'S ALSO HERE WITH US TODAY, WHO REPRESENTS FILM LOUISVILLE. BUT I MIGHT HAVE THAT ALL WRONG, BUT YOU'LL CORRECT ME IN JUST A MOMENT. SO, JESSICA, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU COULD KICK THINGS OFF FOR US, AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOUR PRESENTATION, MISS EASTMAN. AND THEN WE'LL DO QUESTIONS. GREAT. HOW WAS THAT? GREAT. THANK YOU. JESSICA KINCAID, DIRECTOR OF METRO'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF LENGTHY TEXT ON SLIDES, WHICH MAY NOT BE EVERYONE'S FAVORITE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE. SO I WANTED TO START WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ESTABLISHED THE LOUISVILLE FILM ADVISORY COMMISSION IN 2015. HERE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE ENUMERATION OF DUTIES. YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR PACKET. I WON'T READ THEM ALL ALOUD FOR YOU.

THE COMMISSION WAS REQUIRED TO MEET A MINIMUM OF TWO TIMES PER YEAR, WITH ADDITIONAL MEETINGS CALLED AD HOC, AS NECESSARY BY EITHER THE CHAIR OR THE MAYOR. YOU CAN SEE THE FILM. THE MANDATED COMPOSITION OF THIS ADVISORY COMMISSION. I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE LAST ONE, WHICH WAS AT LEAST TEN MEMBERS CONSISTING OF PEOPLE INTERESTED AND OR INVOLVED IN FILM INDUSTRY RELATED CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. NOT TO SAY YOU KNOW A HOT BUTTON WORD RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS CREATED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS, AS LAID OUT BY THE ASSOCIATION OF FILM COMMISSIONERS INTERNATIONAL, IN THAT PEOPLE WORKING ON A FILM COMMISSION CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF STANDARD BUSINESS OF A FILM COMMISSION SHOULD NOT BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE FILM INDUSTRY IF THEY'RE ADVISING ON POLICY OR POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, DOING WORK THAT INTERSECTS WITH INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT PRODUCTIONS OR POTENTIALLY UTILIZING THOSE INCENTIVES THEMSELVES TO PRODUCE FILMS. SO THE COMMISSION WAS REIMAGINED THROUGH A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PUT OUT AN RFP FOR A NONPROFIT PARTNER WHO WAS ENGAGED IN ALL OF THE TYPES OF WORK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE UNDERTAKEN BY A FILM COMMISSION, WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, CONCIERGE SERVICES TO PRODUCTIONS, MARKETING, OUR INCENTIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL, MARKETING LOUISVILLE AS A ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION FOR FILM PRODUCTION, PROVIDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, KIND OF GETTING A REALLY GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT THE LOCAL CREW AND RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AS THEY EXIST AND PIPELINES FOR DEVELOPING THOSE FURTHER. SO WE PUT OUT THIS RFP. I'M LISTING SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE INCLUDED IN THAT RFP HERE ON THIS SLIDE. AND 502 FILM WAS SELECTED AS THE FILM AGENCY PARTNER FOR LOUISVILLE METRO. IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT, RENEWABLE UP TO FOUR TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS BEFORE PROCUREMENT STATES THAT WE NEED TO REBID IT. IT DOES COME WITH A $65,000 ANNUAL COMPENSATION CONTRACT AND IN IN THAT PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT, LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT WILL HOLD THE FILM COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP STATUS WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF FILM COMMISSION FILM COMMISSIONERS INTERNATIONAL. SO WE ARE REGISTERED ON THAT DATABASE. WHEN PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR MAYBE I'M CONSIDERING FILMING IN LOUISVILLE. WHAT'S THE POINT OF CONTACT 502? FILM IS LISTED AS A FILM LIAISON IN THE AREA. METRO GOVERNMENT IS STILL GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING

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WE HAVE CREW THAT IS WORKING FULL TIME. THEY DO NOT NEED TO GO TO NASHVILLE, TO CHICAGO, TO NEW YORK, TO ATLANTA TO WORK FULL TIME. THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT RIGHT HERE. THE REASON CELEBRITY ATTRACTION IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THEY UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIFFERENT AVENUES TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE ENJOYING THEIR PRODUCTIONS, AND OFTENTIMES THEY WILL FILM. THEY WILL DO SOME POSTS FOR MOM AND POP SHOPS ACROSS FROM LOUISVILLE THAT WILL ATTRACT THOUSANDS OF EYES TO THOSE AREAS. AND THEN WE HAVE TOURISM THAT THEN GOES TO THOSE STORES, TO THOSE RESTAURANTS. AND THAT'S A VERY BIG DEAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 502 FILM SERVES LOUISVILLE AND THE COLLAR COUNTIES BY GOING OUT AND MARKETING OUR FILM TAX INCENTIVE. AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE, A LOT OF PRODUCTIONS ARE LOOKING TO HOUSE THEIR FILMS IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF DIVERSITY WITHIN A 30 TO 60 MILE ZONE. LOUISVILLE HAS THAT. THINK ABOUT DYSTOPIAN WAREHOUSES, THINK ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN AREA. THINK ABOUT THE ROLLING HILLS. BARDSTOWN. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS HERE. WHEN PEOPLE CALL LOUISVILLE THEIR HOME BASE, WE GO TO SUNDANCE AND WE HOST A RECEPTION THERE ANNUALLY. FROM THAT RECEPTION, THE DEAL WAS DONE THAT ATTRACTED GUS VAN ZANDT'S $10 MILLION FILM DEAD MAN'S WIRE. THAT IS NOW GOING TO BE UNDERGOING AN OSCAR CAMPAIGN AND HAS A HUGE IT WAS JUST SOLD AT TORONTO, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN OUR CITY NOW. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE ABOUT 900 REGISTERED CREW IN THE AREA. SO WE HAVE AN UPTICK NOT ONLY IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND IN TAXPAYERS HERE CALLING FILMMAKING THEIR PROFESSION. WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE LOUISVILLE GARDENS TO OTHER STUDIO STUDIO OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAD THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL CONSIDERING US AS A FINALIST, AND WE HAVE NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. SO WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WE LOOK TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS SECTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, GREAT.

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SO IF YOU COULD KIND OF PIECE IT TOGETHER FOR ME, THE FILM 502 FILM IS WHAT THE FILM COMMISSION. BUT AN ARM OF THE FILM COMMISSION, OFFICIALLY THE FILM COMMISSION IS INACTIVE.

IT'S NOT REALLY A BODY OR A TERM THAT WE'RE USING WITHIN METRO GOVERNMENT AT THE MOMENT.

IT GETS A LITTLE BIT NEBULOUS BECAUSE METRO GOVERNMENT DOES HOLD THE FILM COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP LEVEL WITH AFCI, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A BODY KNOWN AS THE THE FILM COMMISSION AT THIS POINT. AND IF THERE WERE A LOUISVILLE FILM COMMISSION, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED. AND THEY'RE UNDER LOCAL ORDINANCE, RIGHT. EXECUTIVE ORDER. OKAY. SO THERE SHOULD BE, BY MY COUNT, 13 MEMBERS AND THREE OF THOSE MEMBERS ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO ACTORS THEATER, KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AND THE KENTUCKY STATE FILM OFFICE. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THIS COMMISSION WHATSOEVER.

BUT IF WE DID, THEY'D BE WORKING WITH MISS EASTMAN AND HER ORGANIZATION. IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I SPEAK TO THAT. SO COLLOQUIALLY, IN THE FILM INDUSTRY, A FILM COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS ON BEHALF OF A CITY OR REGION. AND THEREFORE IT BECAME VERY CONFUSING AND ALSO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHEN A PRODUCTION WOULD REACH OUT TO THE LOUISVILLE FILM COMMISSION EXPECTING WHAT IS OFFERED BY DESCRIPTION, BY THE AMERICAN, BY THE ASSOCIATION OF FILM COMMISSIONERS INTERNATIONAL, BY. BY ITS DEFINITION, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. I SHOULD NOT BE GETTING HIRED BY PRODUCTIONS THAT ARE COMING TO TOWN. MY JOB IS TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY AND NOT MY PERSONAL INTERESTS. WHEN THERE IS A LOUISVILLE FILM ADVISORY COMMISSION THAT IS COMPRISED OF ALL INDUSTRY MEMBERS, ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE PRIVY TO THE PRODUCTIONS THAT ARE COMING TO TOWN. THEY WOULD BE REPRESENTING OUR CITY AND THEIR INTERESTS. AND SO THEREFORE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BE THE INDUSTRY FACING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE IN CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF WHAT A FILM COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO DO IN THE FILM INDUSTRY. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE A FILM COMMISSION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A FILM COMMISSION, BUT WE CONTRACT OUT WITH 502 FILM, OR IS IT CALLED THE LOUISVILLE FILM OFFICE? SO BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO NATIONALLY FACING, WE HAVE DEBATE AS THE LOUISVILLE FILM OFFICE, AND THEREFORE PEOPLE REACH OUT TO US KNOWING THAT WE DO THE WORK OF A FILM OFFICE OR FILM COMMISSION. BOTH OF THOSE ARE USED KIND OF EQUALLY WITHIN THE FILM INDUSTRY. SO PEOPLE REACH OUT TO US KNOWING THAT WE DO THE WORK OF A FILM COMMISSION OR FILM OFFICE AT 502 FILM. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE WE ARE NOW REFERRED TO NATIONALLY AS THE LOUISVILLE FILM OFFICE 502 FILM IS OUR LOCAL ARM THAT DOES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THAT CARRIES OUR NONPROFIT 500 1C3, AND THEN WE HAVE A DBA FOR OUR NATIONAL WORK AND OUR PRODUCTION, ATTRACTION AND MARKETING, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS THE LOUISVILLE FILM OFFICE. WE DID NOT WANT ONE STEP STANDING IN THE WAY OF PEOPLE SAYING, WOW, WHERE IS THIS FILM INCENTIVE OFFERED AND WHERE IS 502? WE WANTED PEOPLE TO IMMEDIATELY KNOW THAT THE BEST INCENTIVE, THE BEST CREW RIGHT HERE IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

COUNCILMAN REED, DID YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A COUPLE THINGS. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

SO, 502 FILM OFFICE IS ESSENTIALLY AN ARM OF METRO GOVERNMENT. NOT EXACTLY. IT'S A WE'RE IN A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH 502 FILM. THERE'S THEY'RE ACTING AS OUR AGENT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AS A FILM COMMISSION FUNCTION. SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT THAT MAYBE FILLS IN SOME OF THE GAPS FOR YOUR LAST QUESTION, MUNICIPALITIES OPERATE FILM COMMISSIONS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. THEY MAY HAVE A STAFF PERSON, THAT IS THE FILM COMMISSIONER, THAT IS, THAT WOULD IN OUR CASE, BE A METRO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. SOMETIMES THE MUNICIPALITY WILL DESIGNATE A COMPLETELY EXTERNAL ENTITY, A STANDALONE NONPROFIT, AS THE FILM COMMISSION FOR THAT MUNICIPALITY. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE, PERMITTING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, 502 FILM IS NOT EQUIPPED TO ISSUE PERMITS ON BEHALF OF METRO GOVERNMENT. SO WE'RE RETAINING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARILY GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS, BUT WE'RE LEVERAGING

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THEY'RE LOOKING AT LATE 2027 FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL INTERESTED PARTIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING OTHER FRESH STUDIO BUILDS. AND ANOTHER FANTASTIC THING TO SPEAK, COUNCILMAN REED, TO THE POINT OF THESE EMPTY OR DORMANT BUILDINGS IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE FORMER COURIER-JOURNAL BUILDING AT SIXTH AND BROADWAY, THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PRESS HALL THAT HAS BEEN LAYING EMPTY, AND IT HAS NOW SHOT TEN FILMS THERE IN THIS PAST YEAR, INCLUDING DEAD MAN'S WIRE, WHICH WAS JUST A TORONTO, AND AT THE VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. SO WHAT I'M FINDING THAT'S FANTASTIC IS WE ARE UTILIZING THESE EMPTY BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. WE'RE PUTTING PRODUCTION OFFICES AND FILMS INTO THEM AND MAKING USE OF THIS FANTASTIC ARCHITECTURE WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BRATCHER. WELL, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS IN FRANKFORT WHEN I KEEP BRINGING THAT UP ALL THE TIME. FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE, I'LL JUST MAKE SURE YOU NEVER KNOW. IT'S JUST I WAS THERE WHEN WE CREATED THE I GUESS. GOSH, IT'S BEEN ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OR. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT KENTUCKY IS DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING, RIGHT? AND LOUISVILLE IS JUST TRYING TO BE PART OF THE THE CONDUIT BETWEEN THE MOVIE AND THE MONEY. RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. YES. SO WE HAVE THE INCENTIVE IS OPERATED OUT OF THE CABINET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THERE IS A KENTUCKY FILM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL IN WHICH I WAS VERY HONORED TO BE APPOINTED TO BY THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF IN OUR CITY OF LOUISVILLE. AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR INCENTIVE FOR THE INTEREST OF TAXPAYERS, AND YET GENEROUS ENOUGH THAT IT ATTRACTS PRODUCTIONS TO OUR STATE, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THAT FINE LINE THAT YOU WANT TO BALANCE IN WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STATE, AND ALSO STILL GENEROUS TO ATTRACT THOSE DOLLARS. THAT IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION THAT IS JUST A FEW HOURS PER MONTH, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. THE HEAVY LIFTING IS ABSOLUTELY DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM, BUT THE MARKETING IS REALLY AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT IS HANDLED BY THE DIFFERENT REGIONS. AND SO I'M VERY HONORED TO REPRESENT THE LOUISVILLE AREA. AND ONE LAST, SO THIS IS A BOARD AD HOC COMMITTEE. AND WHAT BOARDS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT. ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE BOARD TODAY. THAT'S THE LOUISVILLE COMMISSION BOARD. THIS ONE THE FILM ADVISORY COMMISSION. ONE REP FROM ACTOR'S THEATER, ONE REP FROM KENTUCKY. NOW THIS IS A LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE CREATED COMMISSION THAT METRO IS CREATED. CORRECT. SO THAT THAT COMPOSITION THAT WAS ON THAT SLIDE IS THE COMPOSITION THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING THE LOUISVILLE FILM ADVISORY COMMISSION, THAT COMMISSION, THE FILM ADVISORY COMMISSION, IS NOT ACTIVE CURRENTLY. WE HAVE BASICALLY REPLACED THE WORK THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THAT

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AND I WOULD JUST BE ONE CAUTION THING. THERE'S A LOT OF VOICES IN FRANKFORT THAT DON'T LIKE THIS, BELIEVE ME. AND BUT THERE'S MORE THAT DO. BUT REALLY, YOU WANT TO SHOW WHAT BENEFIT IS BRINGING TO THE TAXPAYER IN THE LONG RUN? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. REALLY? ABSOLUTELY. AND IF I CAN JUST SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT OUT OF 120 COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY, 80 HAVE HAD FILM PRODUCTION IN THEM SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS MOST RECENT INCENTIVE IN 2022. AND IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT NORTH SOUTH, EAST WEST BENEFIT FROM THIS. AGAIN, MY INTEREST LIES SPECIFICALLY IN LOUISVILLE AND IN OUR COLLAR COUNTIES. HOWEVER, A WIN FOR KENTUCKY IS A WIN FOR ALL OF US. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT CLAY COUNTY, WHERE SENATOR STIVERS, WHO'S A HUGE PROPONENT OF THIS FILM, INCENTIVE BILL, HE HE LIVES, AND THAT PEOPLE IN HIS COMMUNITY ARE BEING EMPLOYED BY FILM. SO, YES, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL TIDES RISING TOGETHER. HOWEVER, LOUISVILLE METRO IS MY MY FOCUS. GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE ARE UP ON TIME. BUT I DO WANT TO HONOR COUNCILMAN LEININGER.

YOU GOT INTO THE QUEUE BEFOREHAND, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE. SURE. WELL, MY. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING, AND. I'M DEFINITELY LEAVING HERE WITH MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING TODAY. BUT I'M STILL CONFUSED. AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT, TOO, IS WE HAVE THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT OUTLINES THAT THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND I THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT SAYING REPLACE 502 FILM, BUT DOES THE COMMISSION NEED TO BE IN PLACE BECAUSE THEY ARE OVERSEEING THINGS LIKE PERMITS POLICY AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN OVERSEEING THE LOUISVILLE GARDENS BUILD OUT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A NEED FOR THAT? ARE PEOPLE FROM ACTORS THEATER, KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AND THE KENTUCKY STATE FILM OFFICE, WHICH I GUESS THAT WOULD BE YOU. BUT ARE DO THEY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE? AND SO I'M JUST I GUESS MY WHOLE QUESTION IS. DOES WE NEED IT, BUT WE'RE NOT USING IT. AND WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF LYING BY SAYING THAT WE HAVE IT. AND SO WHAT IS THE GUIDANCE YOU WOULD GIVE TO THIS COMMITTEE IN WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE LOUISVILLE FILM COMMISSION? DO WE OVERTURN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER? AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT? WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE DO? BECAUSE, RIGHT. IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. YES. AND WE WERE AWARE OF THAT WHEN WE SET OUT ON THIS PATH. AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE CULTURAL STRATEGIC PLAN RIGHT NOW, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THAT. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, CONFERRED WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND WE TABLED ACTION ON THE EXECUTIVE ORDER UNTIL WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE CULTURAL PLAN. I GUESS WE'LL STAY TUNED. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OUTSIDE OF THIS OR JUST WANT TO SHOOT US AN EMAIL, WE'RE HAPPY. THIS IS FOR EVERYONE. WE'RE NOT DOING ANY ACTION AFTER THIS MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO COMPILE EVERYTHING AT THE END OF THIS AND HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS OF EACH OF THOSE. SO A LOT OF WORK IN COMPILING THIS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. AND WHILE YOU'RE SWITCHING OUT SEATS, WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. AND WE HAVE JEFF O'BRIEN AND KATIE LIPPMAN HERE TO TALK. THIS IS UNDER CRA STATUTE AUTHORITY, A LOCAL ORDINANCE. THEY MEET AS NEEDED. AND THEY HAVE NINE MEMBERS. AND I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILWOMAN RUBY, IN FULL TRANSPARENCY IS ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS. SO, MR. O'BRIEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE IT OVER. THANK YOU. JEFF O'BRIEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LOUISVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I'VE ALSO GOT OUR CHAIR OF THE LOUISVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD, DEBORAH BIELICKI, WITH ME HERE THIS AFTERNOON. SO AS YOU AS YOU STATED, THIS BOARD WAS FORMED IN THE 1990S FOR ONE PURPOSE AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY, REALLY. AND THAT'S TO MANAGE THE FORMER NAVAL ORDNANCE STATION AT 163 ROCHESTER DRIVE, THAT FACILITY. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THIS WAS A FORMER US NAVY INSTALLATION THAT HAS BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY SINCE THE 1940S AND HAD BEEN MANAGED AND OPERATED BY THE US NAVY UNTIL THE TIME THAT THE THE US MILITARY'S BASE REDUCTION AND CONSOLIDATION ACT, OR BRAC, CAME INTO BEING. THAT AGAIN HAPPENED IN THE LATE 1990S. AT THAT POINT, THE PROPERTY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE US NAVY TO LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE LOUISVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS, EXCUSE ME, THE ONE IS ONE DAY THE FOLKS CAME TO WORK AT THAT FACILITY AND THEY WERE US NAVY EMPLOYEES. THE NEXT DAY

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SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION. IT'S AN AUTHORITY OF LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED UNDER KRS 273, 160 AND RS 50 8.1 80. THERE ARE SIX VOTING MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE LOUISVILLE MAYOR AND APPROVED BY METRO COUNCIL. THEY'RE APPROVED FOR THREE YEAR TERMS. THERE ARE THREE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS. COUNCILWOMAN RUBY IS ONE OF THOSE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS. DAVID KAPLAN REPRESENTS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND THEN THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF CONGRESSMAN MCGARVEY'S OFFICE AS WELL. THE BOARD MEMBERS. THE VOTING BOARD MEMBERS ELECT OFFICERS FROM THEIR MEMBERSHIP. SO THERE'S A CHAIR. MISSUS BILICKI IS THE CHAIR. THERE'S ALSO A VICE CHAIR AND A TREASURER. AND THE THE LRA, THE THE PRIMARY FUNCTION THEY DO AGAIN, THEY MANAGE OUR CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS TITAN. TITAN MANAGES THE SITE. THEY MANAGE THE PRIMARY TENANTS, THE TWO PRIMARY TENANTS ON THE SITE ARE BAE SYSTEMS AND RAYTHEON. THEY ARE STILL MAJOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS FOR THE US NAVY. SO THAT THAT THAT THEIR PRIMARY ROLE AS LRA IS TO OVERSEE THAT LEASE. WE HAVE AN ANNUAL MEETING WHERE WE REVIEW THE ANNUAL REPORT THE TITAN PROVIDES US AND APPOINTS OFFICERS. WE CAN ALSO MEET AS NEEDED THE THE. THERE IS A BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOARD. WE COLLECT RENT ON A THE LRA COLLECTS RENT ON A LEASE THAT THEY HAVE WITH TITAN THAT RUNS UNTIL MARCH 23RD, 2103. SO THAT IS I DID NOT MISSPEAK ON THAT DATE. THAT WAS A LEASE THAT WAS ENTERED INTO IN 2006. IT WAS IT'S BEEN RENEWED WITH SOME PERFORMANCE MEASURES. THE RENT THAT TITAN PAID FOR TO THE LRA, FOR THE FOR THE SITE WAS JUST OVER $200,000, WHICH AGAIN, HISTORICALLY WE'VE USED THAT MONEY TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE GRANTS FOR PEOPLE WORKING DIRECTLY ON THE SITE AND GRANTS TO THE BEECHMONT YOUTH SPORTS, WHICH ARE ALSO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT SITE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE BEECHMONT SPORTS OR BEECHMONT YOUTH SPORTS LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS THERE ON ROCHESTER DRIVE. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON, ON, ON TITAN OR ON THE LOUISVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AT THE MOMENT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS BELETSKY, SHE IS ALSO HERE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. AND THAT RENT IS 2000 $200,000 A YEAR. YES. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I SHOULD ALSO SAY THERE'S ALSO A PILOT PAYMENT THAT COMES TO METRO GOVERNMENT SEPARATE FROM THE RENT AND TO JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE PILOT PAYMENT THAT WAS ISSUED THIS YEAR WAS $473,000. THAT'S A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW OFTEN I COME ACROSS A LEASE IN LOUISVILLE METRO THAT'S LIKE A HUNDRED YEAR BIT. IT'S RIDICULOUS. I THINK THAT'S THE SAME YEAR THAT JACKIE KENNEDY'S PINK DRESS AND PILLBOX HAT COMES OUT OF STORAGE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. THAT'S AWESOME. I JUST FOUND THAT OUT YESTERDAY. HOW RANDOM. RIGHT? IT'S ALSO IN THE NEW YORK METS CONTRACT WITH BOBBY BONILLA EXPIRING AS WELL. SO BIG YEAR, BUT WE WON'T BE AROUND TO SEE IT. WHO KNOWS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE WITH THIS BOARD, CAN WE CHANGE THE NAME OF IT, THE NAVAL ORDNANCE AUTHORITY? SURE. WE CAN CHANGE THE NAME TO WHATEVER YOU WANT. WE'D HAVE TO CHANGE OUR OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FILING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, SO IT'S MISLEADING. AND WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON? LIKE? SO RIGHT NOW THE RENT AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS. YEAH. SO PRIMARILY WHAT THIS BOARD DOES AGAIN IS THEY MONITOR. SO TITAN PROVIDES US OUR CONTRACT PROVIDES US WITH AN ANNUAL REPORT WHICH SAYS THEIR ACTIVITIES, THEY ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE BUILDINGS, MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY, THE ACTIVITIES OF TENANTS MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE SITE. SO THE BOARD'S JOB IS REALLY TO OVERSEE TITAN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE BOARD WILL ALSO ISSUE GRANTS. WE'VE HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD A GRANT WITH KENTUCKY AND WORKS TO DO SOME INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ON SITE. NOT NEEDED THAT WITH THE BENEFIT OF OUR STRONG INDUSTRIAL MARKET. RIGHT NOW, THEY ALL WE ALSO ADMINISTER GRANTS TO THE BEACHMONT YOUTH SPORTS SINCE THEY ARE ALSO ON THE SITE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE WORK ON RIGHT NOW. THE WORK, THE WORK THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING IS THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE CORPORATIONS ON THE SITE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME EXPANSIONS. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE WITH THE BOARD AND THOSE GROUPS TO EXPAND ON SITE. WHAT IS IT THAT TITAN DOES? TITAN IS OUR THEY ARE BASICALLY THEY ARE OUR

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ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONCERNS. JEFF. DO YOU DO YOU. THIS IS AN ACTIVE BOARD. IT DOESN'T NEED ANY OVERSIGHT AND WE DON'T NEED TO DISSOLVE IT. NO, NO WE SO THERE WOULD BE PROBLEMS AND THERE'D BE PROBLEMS IN DISSOLVING AGAIN. HAVING THE AUTHORITY HERE IS IS REALLY NECESSARY SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE THIS THIS CONTRACTOR HAVING THE TENANTS MOVING IN AND OUT. AND THE CITY CHOSE TO DO THAT WITH THE AUTHORITY VERSUS ONE OF ITS EXISTING BOARDS. I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED. SO WHY THAT? WHY THE REASONING BEHIND THAT I CAN'T SPEAK TO. BUT IT IS AN ACTIVE BOARD. WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE ACTIVE MEMBERS. I BELIEVE ALL OF OUR TERMS ARE ARE CURRENT. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE THAT ARE COMING UP FOR EXPIRATION BUT ARE RENEWABLE IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. SO THE YOU KNOW WE HAVE OUR WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL MEETING. WE REVIEW THE PACKET. IF WE HAVE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, WE WILL ADMINISTER THOSE THROUGH THE BOARD. AGAIN IF WE HAVE LARGE TENANT, LARGE PROJECTS WITH THE WITH TITAN THAT TO TO EXPAND ON THE SITE, THERE IS ROOM FOR EXPANSION ON THE SITE. THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THOSE AS WELL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND MARCUS IF YOU ARE AROUND, I CANNOT SEE YOU. YOU'RE JUST A TABLE WITH A GLASS OF WATER.

OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU, MR. O'BRIEN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. STILL HAD FOUR MINUTES LEFT.

LET'S SEE. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE LOUISVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE BRENDA PERRY HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. AND THIS IS UNDER CRA STATUTE, LOCAL ORDINANCE. THEY MEET ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. AND. THERE'S 11 MEMBERS WITH NO VACANCIES. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS PERRY. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE LOUISVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY. I'M SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD. WE ARE AN 11 MEMBER BOARD. SEVEN MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY LOUISVILLE METRO MAYOR. THE MAYOR ALSO SITS ON THE BOARD, AND THEN THREE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. WE DON'T ACTUALLY MEET EVERY MONTH. WE MEET APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TIMES A YEAR TO KIND OF HANDLE THE AFFAIRS OF THE BOARD. WE WERE INITIALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1928. UNDER THE 1928 LEGISLATURE AS THE AIR BOARD OF LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND THEN THROUGH NAME CHANGES IN THE 80S, BECAME LOUISVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY. WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AIRPORTS AND AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES IN THE REGION, AND THROUGH THAT WE DO LOUISVILLE, MUHAMMAD ALI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND BOWMAN FIELD. WE ARE CERTAINLY BIG IN CARGO THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO BE NUMBER THREE IN NUMBER ONE IN NORTH AMERICA AND ACTUALLY THIRD IN THE WORLD IN CARGO. WE ARE THE HOME OF UPS WORLDPORT. AND SO A GREAT DEAL OF OUR ACTIVITY DOES COME FROM THAT. AND BEING A CARGO LEADER ON THE GLOBAL SCENE, WE HAVE MORE THAN 35 NONSTOP DESTINATIONS. WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON OUR AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAVE MORE KENTUCKIANS THAT FLY OUT OF SDF THAN ANY AIRPORT IN THE COMMONWEALTH. MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT MIGHT BE OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, BUT THEY SERVE A LOT OF A LOT OF OHIOANS, AND WE CERTAINLY SERVE MORE KENTUCKIANS. WITH MORE THAN 180,000 OPERATIONS EVERY YEAR AND OVER 120,000 OUT OF BOWMAN, WE RECENTLY HAD AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT DONE, AND WE HAVE 13 BILLION IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT FOR THE REGION AND 550 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE GENERATED THROUGH UPS WORLDPORT, THROUGH OUR PASSENGER ACTIVITY, THROUGH ALL THE STORES AND THE RESTAURANTS AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS AT THE AIRPORT, WE ESTABLISH OUR OWN REGULATIONS. AS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AIR SERVICE, AIR TRAVEL AND AIR NAVIGATION IS HIGHLY REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO WE DO WE DO SET REGULATIONS TO KIND OF ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE SAFELY IN THE REGION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAA AND TSA REGULATIONS.

SO I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY FOR ME. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BRATCHER. OH,

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LOUISVILLE AND KENTUCKY GENERALLY, AND LOUISVILLE SPECIFICALLY ARE REALLY BEING KNOWN FOR BOURBON ISM. AND SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING FOR US. WE HAD A NONSTOP TO AUSTIN FOR A WHILE. AUSTIN ASKED FOR US. WE'VE GOT NASHVILLE NOW NONSTOP TO NASHVILLE. AND SO WE ARE REALLY MAKING OUR STATEMENT. NOT ONLY DOES THAT MEAN ASK FOR US, I DON'T. THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT A NONSTOP TO SEATTLE OR WE WANT A NONSTOP TO AUSTIN BECAUSE LOUISVILLE, YOU WANT TO GO THERE. WE HAVE AUSTIN SAYING, HEY, CAN WE GET A NONSTOP TO LOUISVILLE? AND SO REALLY THAT IS THAT'S HOW SOME OF THOSE ARE HAPPENING. WHEN WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, WHAT KEEPS IT FROM HAPPENING? JUST THE AIRPORTS? NO, IT REALLY I THINK THE AIRLINES ARE LOOKING AT THEIR SCHEDULES AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO SEE, OKAY, WHAT IS THE APPETITE FOR IT. DO WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM SEATTLE WANTING TO COME TO LOUISVILLE? AND DO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE? IT'S BEHIND AND SEATS AND SO CAN THEY FILL THOSE BEHINDS IN SEATS. AND THEN ALSO, I WAS REALLY ACTIVE IN YOU LEARN ALL ABOUT MY HISTORY IN THIS COMMITTEE, BUT I WAS REALLY ACTIVE WHEN WE TRANSFERRED THE MINOR LANE HEIGHTS OUT TO HERITAGE CREEK.

YES. AND I HAD THAT AREA IN THERE WHEN JOE CORDIANO AND ALL THOSE GUYS WERE THERE, AND PAUL PATTON, AND WE WOULD HAVE SOME REALLY INTIMATE MEETINGS WITH THE PEOPLE THERE, BECAUSE WE HAD TO REMOVE THEIR CITY AND REPLANT IT. BUT WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST IS THAT YOU GUYS LEFT QUITE A FEW FOLKS THAT ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE NOISE PROBLEM. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH IT? ALL I'M SAYING I AM FAMILIAR WITH THAT. YES, WE HAD THAT PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, AND I STARTED WORKING FOR THE BOARD IN ABOUT 2011 AND PROBABLY FOR AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS. WE HAD THE CORRADINO GROUP, ET CETERA, ACTIVELY KNOCKING ON DOORS SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOME FUNDS, YOU KNOW, FROM SOME FEDERAL FUNDING, WE CAN LET'S GET YOUR HOUSE APPRAISED. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MAKE A DEAL. SOME PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T DIDN'T WANT TO SELL. I THINK THEY MAYBE THAT THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THAT FEDERAL FUNDING ONLY LASTS SO LONG. AND WE DID MOVE OVER 1000, 1000 BUSINESSES, CHURCHES AND FAMILIES VOLUNTARILY. AND I THINK REALLY THE HERITAGE CREEK PROJECT WAS REALLY ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL ONES, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT IN THE 80S, THERE GOT TO BE A LACK OF CAPACITY FOR HOUSES OF THOSE SPECIFIC AMOUNT. SO SAY THEY HAD A $70,000 HOUSE. WELL, THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM. THERE GOT TO BE A DEFICIENCY OF $70,000 HOUSES. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WORKED TO CREATE THE THE AREA IN HERITAGE CREEK THAT'S NOW HERITAGE CREEK. SO IF JOE LIVED NEXT TO BOB, YOU KNOW, IN MINOR LANE HEIGHTS, WELL, JOE COULD GET A LOT NEXT TO BOB AND THEY CAN BUILD THEIR HOMES FROM SCRATCH. AND IF THEY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET A BIGGER HOUSE THAN THEY PAY THE DIFFERENCE. BUT THAT WAS REALLY A MEANS TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE, THOSE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVORS THERE. AND THAT ULTIMATELY BECAME THE CITY OF HERITAGE CREEK. WELL, ON HINDSIGHT, IT REALLY WAS SUCCESSFUL. AND THEY WOULD TELL ME BECAUSE I WAS REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE AND THEY WERE ALWAYS MAD. RIGHT. AND BUT THEY SAID THESE ENGINES, THIS WAS YOU GOT TO GO BACK 20 YEARS AGO AND YOU SAY THESE ENGINES THAT THESE PLANES HAVE ARE GOING TO GET SO MUCH MORE QUIETER. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY'VE GOTTEN A WHOLE LOT QUIETER THAN THEY WERE AT THE ZERO ZERO YEARS. AND IT'S REALLY BEEN GREAT. ONE LAST QUESTION. IS THERE EVER TALK ABOUT MAKING ANOTHER RUNWAY? NO. BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE CONNECTING SOME OF OUR RUNWAYS. WE'RE DOING SOME TAXIWAYS IN BETWEEN THEM SO THEY CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENCY. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO WAY DOWN AND THEN TURN AROUND THAT THEY CAN CAN KIND OF CUT ACROSS, BUT NOTHING ON THE HORIZON FOR ANOTHER RUNWAY. BUT JUST SOME ACTIVITIES IN OUR CURRENT FOOTPRINT TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFE. UPS IS HAPPY WITH THE AIRPORT. THEY'RE DELIGHTED. YES. IT'S A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP.

THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE DOING GREAT AND WE DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO DOES THE LOUISVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY OVERSEE THINGS SUCH AS THE RENOVATION OF THE AIRPORT? YES. WHAT ABOUT THE. WE'RE NOT A TRUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WE ONLY AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BECAUSE OF UPS CURRENTLY. YES, YES. AND

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CORRECT. CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT? YES. OUR BOARD RECENTLY APPROVED AN OFFICE AND THAT IS THAT IS THE FACILITY THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO ACCEPT. INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS BOARD RECENTLY APPROVED THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF OF HAVING OUR ARCHITECTS DEVELOP WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN TRYING TO SECURE FUNDING FOR IT. AND YOU ALL ALSO OVERSEE CONCESSIONS AND VENDORS? YES. HOW IS THAT? DO WE HAVE A SUITABLE DO WE HAVE VACANCY. IS THAT. NO, WE DON'T HAVE VACANCIES. WE WE ARE ALL FULL IN TERMS OF OUR CONCESSIONS, NEWS AND GIFT AND FOOD VENDORS. WE ACTUALLY ARE ONE OF WE'VE JUST BEEN NOMINATED FOR BOOK AND BOURBON SOUTHERN KITCHEN AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN RESTAURANTS AT ANY AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY.

AND SO WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN NOMINATED. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OF OUR OUR FOOD NEWS AND GIFT CONCEPTS. SOME WOULD ARGUE THAT'S CHILI'S, BUT. LET'S SEE, WHAT ABOUT THE GEOTHERMAL PROJECT? DID YOU ALL ALSO OVERSEE THAT? YES, YES, THE GEOTHERMAL PROJECT THAT THAT THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED? YES. AND THAT'S GOING WELL. IT'S GOING WELL. AND WE HOPE TO REALIZE ABOUT $400,000 A YEAR IN SAVINGS FROM THE GEOTHERMAL PROJECT. THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN QUIETER HOMES PROJECT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE GETS QUESTIONS ABOUT A LOT. AND THAT'S THE WINDOWS AND INSULATION, ROOFS AND WHATNOT TO MAKE A QUIETER HOME. BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT, WE HEARD THAT THERE IS NO MONEY, BUT THEN WE HEARD THAT THERE IS MONEY. BUT THERE IS ALSO A THREE YEAR WAITING LIST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CONTRACTORS. SO CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT PROGRAM? YES, THAT IS AN FAA PROGRAM. WE ROUTINELY RECEIVED SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING FOR THAT. ELIGIBILITY FOR THAT IS DETERMINED BY. BY LOOKING AT A MAP. AND THEN THERE'S TESTING AND SPECIFIC AREAS THAT THE FAA DESIGNATES. SO WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT WILL GO IN AND TEST THE NOISE LEVELS IN THOSE AREAS. AND SOME PEOPLE WILL QUALIFY AND SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT. AND THEN IF THEY DO WE TRY TO CONTACT THE OWNER, SEE IF THEY'RE AMENABLE TO DOING THAT. IN RETURN, WE GET A NAVIGATION EASEMENT ABOVE, BUT WE DO PUT EVERYTHING IN AT NO COST TO THEM. WHETHER IT'S STORM WINDOWS, STORM DOORS, THEY MIGHT NEED AN UPDATED HVAC SYSTEM, WHATEVER IT TAKE TO MAKE THAT A QUIETER HOME BECAUSE THEY'RE NOISE IMPACTED. AND SO WE CAN STILL REFER FOLKS TO THAT PROGRAM. IT'S VERY ACTIVE. AND AND WE'VE RECENTLY I THINK WE AWARDED TWO CONTRACTS TO CONTRACTORS THIS YEAR ALONE. SO FANTASTIC. AND MY LAST THING AND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING NO ONE'S IN MY QUEUE. COULD YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO DO YOU ALL OVERSEE OR MANAGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH UPS. AND YOU KNOW, THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THEIR WORLDPORT THERE. BUT I'VE HEARD RUMOR THAT THE TARIFFS HAVE SEVERELY BEEN IMPACTING IMPORTS. AND SO WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH LIKE WITH UPS. AND SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED AT ALL FOR LOSING OUR WORLDPORT? I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING LOSING WORLDPORT.

THEY'RE VERY HAPPY HERE AT THE AIRPORT. WE WE TALK TO UPS ON A DAILY BASIS. THEY'RE THEY'RE THE MOST BUSY AND ACTIVE PARTNERS WE HAVE ON THE RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS. SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE ANY CONCERN. WE DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOOD. AND OF COURSE THEY JUST BUILT A A VERY BIG, VERY EXPENSIVE HANGAR THAT WE OPENED UP LAST LAST YEAR. SO I TALKED TO SOMEONE THAT DOES HOUSEKEEPING AT UPS, AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WERE EXTRA PEOPLE WORKING LAST THURSDAY NIGHT BECAUSE OF TAYLOR SWIFT'S ALBUM, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST CRAZY. I BELIEVE IT, BUT WOW, CRAZY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, MISS PERRY. THANK YOU. I SEE YOU GOT UP. SEVENTH INNING STRETCH. RIGHT. WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF IT. NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE EAMONN O'BRIEN. SO I'LL JUST LET YOU TAKE IT HERE. THANK YOU. GREAT GREAT PRONUNCIATION. IT'S A TRICKY ONE. DID I GET IT RIGHT? PERFECT. FORMER COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL WAS ALSO AN AMEN OKAY.

VERY COOL IRISH I ASSUME. EXACTLY. O'BRIEN EAMON DE VALERA, FIRST PRESIDENT OF IRELAND. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING. I'LL GO AS QUICK AS I CAN. WE JUST PRESENTED WELL, I SAY JUST AUGUST 19TH TO THE BOARD APPROVAL COMMITTEE AS WELL AS JUNE 16TH TO THE BUDGET APPROVAL MEETING. SO THERE MAY BE SOME DUPLICATION. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE ARE THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. WE ARE DOING BUSINESS AS LOUISVILLE HOTEL PARTNERSHIP. SO ALPHABET SOUP LTCP LOUISVILLE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP, YOU HEAR THAT IT'S THE SAME ENTITY. WE JUST IT'S JUST EASIER. GL IS A MOUTHFUL.

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IT'S 1.5%. WE WERE THE 206TH UNITED STATES CITY TO DO THIS. LEXINGTON JUST INCORPORATED THEIRS APPROXIMATELY 12 MONTHS AGO. SO WE THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT. AND THIS BOARD HAS TO APPROVE. EXCUSE ME. FULL METRO COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE OUR BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND WILL GOING FORWARD ON A GO FORWARD BASIS. SO THERE'S THERE'S GOOD VISIBILITY TO THE BOARD. AND WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMAN JEFF HUDSON AS WELL AS DEPUTY MAYOR DANA MAYDEN, CURRENTLY SERVING ON OUR BOARD, AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN WINKLER, FORMERLY ON OUR BOARD AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A BUDGET OF ABOUT $7.7 MILLION. THESE DOLLARS CAN BE USED PER ORDINANCE FOR TWO THINGS AND TWO THINGS ONLY. NUMBER ONE IS TO DRIVE INCREMENTAL ROOM NIGHTS INTO THE PAYEES, WHICH ARE HOTELS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY OVER 51 ROOMS. THE SECOND IS FOR TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IT'S A GOOD SEGUE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT SDF AIRPORT. WE HAVE $1.7 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET TO TRY TO ATTACK AND TO STEAL DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM OTHER DESTINATIONS. SO WORKING ON THAT DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY WINS YET, BUT WE HAVE THOSE DOLLARS ALLOCATED. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE INBOUND CUSTOMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO GET INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS. SO ASPIRATIONALLY, WE ARE GOING AFTER TORONTO AND DUBLIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE US CUSTOMS ON THEIR SIDE OF THE BORDER, BUT WE'RE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL FOR ONE OF THE PIECES FOR TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SECOND IS REALLY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS GIVING THE COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOSPITALITY AS A POTENTIAL CAREER PATH. SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ON DEVELOPING A MINOR PROGRAM THAT'S A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT OF $550,000. THE GOAL BEING TO MOVE THAT TO A MAJOR UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HAS AND SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE REGION DO HAVE THOSE DO TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THIS SPACE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTACK ON THE TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET GOES TO TRYING TO RETAIN PROGRAMS LIKE EQUIP EXPO. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN AROUND TOWN THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR MULTIPLE DECADES. THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO STEAL THAT PIECE OF BUSINESS FROM LOUISVILLE AS WE SPEAK. SO TRYING TO PROTECT OUR ASSETS HERE AS WELL AS GO STEAL BUSINESS FROM OTHER CITIES.

THAT'S WHAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE REALLY GEARED TO DO TO DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE HOTELS OF 51 OR GREATER ROOM NIGHTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THAT'S REALLY THE MISSION OF OUR BOARD THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO BE FIDUCIARIES OF THAT, THE TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE AND ANCHOR ROOM NIGHTS. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE DRIVING TOWARDS, AND WE HAVE GREAT VISIBILITY WITH METRO COUNCIL, CURRENT AND FORMER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THOSE FIDUCIARIES. THANK YOU. ONE, MY ONLY QUESTION AND THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN BEFORE US, AND I FEEL LIKE WE TALK ABOUT THE LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT A LOT, BUT THAT 51 ROOMS OR MORE, ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE BOUTIQUE HOTELS POPPING UP, IS THAT NUMBER CONTROLLED BY LOCAL ORDINANCE OR STATE ORDINANCE, AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE LESSENED? IT IS FROM STATE ORDINANCE IS THE FIRST ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

THE SECOND ONE THAT WAS REALLY TO PROTECT THE HOTEL COMMUNITY. AIRBNBS. PART OF IT IS EVERY HOTEL SIZE NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE EAST END AIRPORT CORRIDOR DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE SMALL HOTELS, LARGE HOTELS. PART OF THE RATIONALE THIS IS MY SPECULATION. I DIDN'T WRITE THE ORDINANCE. PART OF MY SPECULATION IS THERE'S A LOT OF OPINIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANYONE IN AIRBNB OR SOMEONE UNDER 51 HOTELS, BOUTIQUE HOTELS ASIDE, THE GREATEST RIGHT AT 50 HOTELS DOWNTOWN. BUT I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OPINIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE, SO TO SPEAK, TO HAVE WHERE THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO GO AND ALLOCATE THEM. FOR AN AIRBNB CUSTOMER, FRANKLY, IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT A CONVENTION TRAVELER WOULD LIKE TO DO IN ANY OF THOSE CORRIDORS OR JEFFERSON COUNTY. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE MAYOR APPOINTEES, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE VISIBILITY. SO IT'S NOT JUST A DOWNTOWN FUND OR SOMETHING. THAT'S ONE PART OF CITY. OR IF WE HAVE EAST END REPRESENTATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE TO SEE HOW CAN WE ATTACK EVERY SEGMENT OF BUSINESS IN ALL JEFFERSON COUNTY? BECAUSE CITY WIDES ARE GREAT, THE LARGE CONVENTIONS ARE GREAT, BUT REALLY, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THOSE OVER THE COURSE OF 365 DAYS. SO WE NEED TO ATTACK DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN KIND OF OUR SHOULDER SOFT. SEASONS. SURE. COUNCILMAN BRADSHAW JUST NO INTERESTING DISCUSSION. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THE PROPER WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE PROPER NAME OF YOUR LOUISVILLE HOTEL PARTNERSHIP? LHP BUT THE ORDINANCE YOU'LL SEE THIS THE GL, MD SO WE CHANGED THAT ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN I THINK YOU ONE OF THE EARLIER PRESENTATIONS CAN WE CAN WE CHANGE OUR NAME. WE WANT TO CHANGE OUR NAME TO. IT'S A MOUTHFUL. SO HOW MANY ROOMS DOES IT GRADY HAVE YOU I BELIEVE THEY'RE RIGHT AT 50. THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO THAT. WAS THAT PURPOSEFUL? I DON'T KNOW, THEY WERE BUILT BEFORE WE HAD ORDINANCE. OH, OKAY. OKAY. 50 IS A GOOD NUMBER. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE DOES. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAITING FOR US. I, I FEEL LIKE I CAN GET INTO THE WEEDS WITH IT, BUT IT IS

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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE HAVE THE. RIVER PORT AUTHORITY. AND COME ON UP. THANK YOU. AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CHAIR AND MR. VICE CHAIR, I'M STEVE MILLER. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY, AND I'M ACCOMPANIED TODAY BY DAVID WATSKY, WHO'S OUR BOARD CHAIR. I'M GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF MY TIME TO HIM. IT'S METAPHORICALLY INTERESTING TO ME THAT WE'RE LAST HERE TODAY, BECAUSE IN MANY WAYS, THE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY IS AN UNHERALDED AND AND UNKNOWN ECONOMIC DRIVER.

IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. IT WOULD BE STARTLING TO MOST FOLKS TO THINK THAT THE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST GATHERINGS OF EMPLOYMENT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, THAT, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE WORK AT THE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY. AND SO WE HAVE NOT DONE A GREAT JOB THROUGH TIME TELLING OUR STORY. AND SO WE'RE PLEASED TO TO TALK TO, TO YOU TO AND PERHAPS THE VAPORS OF, OF COUNCILMAN WINKLER, WHO APPEARS ON THE SCREEN HERE. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF HE'S HERE OR NOT HERE, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO DO THIS. AND TO TELL YOU BRIEFLY THAT RIVER PORT AUTHORITY WAS CREATED IN THE MID 60S BY STATE STATUTE. WE WERE ONE OF SEVEN NOW, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT UNDERWAY IN ABOUT 1967. THE MISSION SET OUT BY STATE STATUTE IS TO ATTRACT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, RIVER ORIENTED INDUSTRY AND ATTRACT INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES INTO INDUSTRIAL PARKS. AND SO THAT IS OUR MISSION. AND IN THE BEGINNING, BEFORE MERGER, OF COURSE, LONG BEFORE MERGER, THE CITY AND COUNTY GAVE THE AUTHORITY ABOUT 2000 ACRES IN SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY TO BEGIN THIS EFFORT. AND THEY CHOSE THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE SOUTHWEST PART OF OUR COUNTY HAD BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERINVESTED IN IN REGARD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT THAT TIME. AND SO THE WORK BEGAN TO BUILD OUT THE RIVER PORT AREA AND THE JEFFERSON RIVER PORT INTERNATIONAL PARK, INCLUDING THE EXTENSION OF THE FLOOD WALL. AND IN 1977, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE THE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY THE THE ABILITY TO OVERSEE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE 29, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE AS A PUBLIC UTILITY AND TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN COMMERCE AND IN TURN, DOMESTIC ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AS WELL. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DONE, BY THE WAY THAT TARIFFS ARE TREATED. AND WHEN YOU BRING GOODS INTO THE COUNTRY, INTO A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE DUTY ON THAT TARIFF UNTIL IT ACTUALLY ENTERS THE THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY OF THE US. AND THAT HAS BECOME VERY INTERESTING TO BUSINESSES IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. AND SO WE'VE SEEN A BIG SPIKE IN OUR ACTIVITY AS A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE OPERATOR. IN 2013, THE AUTHORITY PURCHASED ABOUT 200 ACRES OFF DIXIE HIGHWAY, WHAT WE CALL THE DIXIE ANNEX. NOW, BECAUSE WE HAD SOLD MOST OF THE PROPERTY IN THE ORIGINAL 2000 ACRE FOOTPRINT FOR A SECOND INDUSTRIAL PARK. AND SO THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE 29 IS ALSO EXPANDED THROUGH THE YEARS SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND COVERS NOT ONLY JEFFERSON COUNTY BUT 29 OTHER KENTUCKY COUNTIES. SO THAT'S THE MISSION AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF OF THE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY. ORGANIZATIONALLY, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE A TWO PAGE SUMMARY HERE WHICH SUMMARIZES THE 17 PAGE ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO METRO COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR UNDER OUR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS. I JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, RIVER PORT AUTHORITY RECEIVES NO DIRECT FUNDING FROM LOCAL METRO GOVERNMENT. WE RECEIVE OUR REVENUE THROUGH THE SALE OR LEASE OF REAL ESTATE, OR SECONDLY, PAYMENTS FROM THE OPERATORS OF OUR PORT FACILITY UNDER LONG TERM LEASE. THIRD, THROUGH FEES PAID BY RAILROADS FOR THE USE OF OUR RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE 13 MILES OF RAILROAD THAT RUN THROUGH OUR PROPERTY FOR THROUGH FEES PAID BY THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE OPERATORS AND APPLICANTS, AND FIFTH BY FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS. MOST RECENTLY, WE RECEIVED $1 MILLION GRANT FOR DEVELOPING A NEW MASTER PLAN FOR THE BEST USE OF OUR PORT FACILITIES. SO WE'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE TRYING TO GET FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS. WE HAVE SIX BOARD MEMBERS IN ADDITION TO OUR BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR. WASKI, OUR VICE CHAIRS, RON CARMICHAEL, OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR, IS FORMER COUNCILMAN RICK BLACKWELL, WHO CAME ON BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND OUR OTHER THREE MEMBERS ARE SHERRY DUFF, BONNIE MICHAEL OF UPS, AND WILLIAM SUMMERS, THE FIFTH, THE STAFF. WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OR DICTIONARY UNDER LEAN AND MEAN, IT HAS OUR PICTURE. IT IS MYSELF AND OUR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, MIGUEL ZAMORA, AND

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MOST RECENTLY, WE HAVE, OF COURSE, A DETAILED ANNUAL BUDGET AND INDEPENDENT AUDIT AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE, BOTH OF WHICH WE REPORT TO THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

WE HAVE A WEBSITE AT LOUISVILLE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY. COM THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OUR BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS OUR BYLAWS AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT. AND OUR BOARD CHAIR WILL JUST IN A MINUTE COMMENT ON OTHER OVERSIGHT MEASURES. WHAT WE DO IS PRIMARILY SIX THINGS. NUMBER ONE, WE MARKET THE AUTHORITY'S REMAINING REAL PROPERTY TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO LEASE IT PRIMARILY, BUT WE'LL SELL PROPERTY AS WELL. WE MANAGE THESE TWO INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL PARKS. THIRD, WE COLLABORATE WITH THE OPERATOR OF OUR PORT FACILITY WHERE POSSIBLE, INCLUDING THE INTERACTION WITH THE RAILROADS USING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. FOURTH, WE SEEK FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS. AND FIFTH, WE ENHANCE THE WORK OF THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE. 29. AND SIXTH, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ENGAGED IN STRATEGIC AND MASTER PLANNING. WHEN I CAME ON BOARD IN AUGUST OF 24, THE AUTHORITY DID NOT HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TOWARD THAT, AND WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES. YOU HAVE A CHART THAT SHOWS THE FIVE PILLARS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE ARE WORKING AGGRESSIVELY TO IMPLEMENT THAT. SO THAT'S MY SUMMARY OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF MISSION ACTIONS THAT WE UNDERTAKE RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. AND I'D LIKE TO YIELD, IF I MIGHT, FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO OUR BOARD CHAIR TO ADDRESS HIS VIEW ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN CARRYING OUT OUR MISSION AND DOING SO EFFICIENTLY. THANK YOU. STEVE. HELLO. MY NAME IS DAVE, AND AS STEVE SAID, I'M THE CHAIRMAN. I'M GOING TO HIT ON A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOARD AND OVERSIGHT. WE HAVE A VERY WELL-ROUNDED AND ENGAGED BOARD. I CAN'T RECALL A MEETING WHERE THERE HASN'T BEEN 100% OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THERE, AND MORE IMPRESSIVE, THERE'S ONLY ONE BOARD MEMBER THAT, DUE TO HER TRAVELS, COMES IN ON ZOOM AND THE REST OF THEM ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND ATTEND. MYSELF. PERSONALLY, I'VE GONE WITH STEVE AND OUR EXECUTIVE VP AND TOURED THE HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO RIVER PORTS, AND THE ENTIRE BOARD TOOK A HALF A DAY FIELD TRIP AND WENT TO JEFFERSONVILLE AND LOOKED AT THEIR RIVER PORT AND SPOKE WITH THEIR KEY PERSONNEL. WE'VE ALSO GOT ANOTHER TRIP PLANNED FOR THIS MONTH, ACTUALLY, TO. AND THOSE TRIPS, I THINK ARE IMPERATIVE IN EDUCATING THE BOARD AND LEARNING EXACTLY THE FUNCTIONS OF RIVER PORT AND SEEING THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONS THAT THEY HAVE, AS OPPOSED THAT WE HAVE AND THE WAY THEY'RE ORGANIZED, WE'VE ALSO, AS STEVE SAID, WE'VE IN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE FORMED TWO COMMITTEES. WE'VE GOT AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH CONSISTS OF MYSELF, THE VICE CHAIR AND THE FINANCE CHAIR, AND THE FULL BOARD HAS DELEGATED CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES DOWN TO THAT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE COULD BE A MATTER THAT COMES UP THAT REQUIRE SOME EMERGENCY ACTION LITIGATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THAT WILL THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL HANDLE. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ALSO USUALLY MEETS A WEEK BEFORE THE FULL BOARD TO SET THE AGENDA, GIVE STEVE GUIDANCE. ANY REVIEWS, ANY STAFF PROPOSALS HAS BEEN PUT FORTH AND SO FORTH. THE OTHER COMMITTEE WHICH MEETS IS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ORGANIZED IN THE LAST YEAR, AND THEY MEET BIMONTHLY AND THEY REVIEW THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE INVESTMENT POLICY THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. AND WITH THE EMPHASIS ON BALANCING THAT AGAINST THE ANNUAL BUDGET, WHICH IS ALSO APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD. ON OUR STRATEGIC. OH, I THINK I MENTIONED, YEAH, WHO'S ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT ACTUALLY THE VICE CHAIR IS NOT ON THERE. IT'S MYSELF, THE VICE CHAIR AND THE AND ONE OTHER MEMBER, BUT THE VICE CHAIR USUALLY STAYS OVER FOR THE, FOR THE MEETING. AS FAR AS STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'RE REALLY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF, OF EVOLVING OUR FIVE POINT PLAN, WHICH PINPOINTS PINPOINTS ALL THE AREAS THAT WE FEEL ARE PRIMARILY NEEDED TO EXPAND THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE, AS WELL AS

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RIGHT. HICKMAN. PADUCAH. HENDERSON. EDDYVILLE. BUT THE ONE IN MAYSVILLE IS MOST LIKE NORTHERN KENTUCKY AS WELL. IT IS NOT REALLY FUNCTIONING NOW. IT IS AT ITS EARLY STAGES AND TRYING TO GET OFF THE GROUND. SO THERE ARE NINE TOTAL, SEVEN REALLY FUNCTIONING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY PARTNER'S FROM PADUCAH, SO I SPEND A LOT OF TIME JUST STARING OUT AT THE RIVER RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY ALL CONVERGE. IT'S PRETTY NEAT. ALSO, YOU HAVE 13 MILES OF RAILROAD THAT RUN THROUGH YOUR FACILITIES, AND SO YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH CSX, NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND PADUCAH LINE. WE DO GOOD TO KNOW FOR FUTURE. YES. AND WE'RE RENEGOTIATING CONTRACTS WHICH HAD NOT BEEN RENEGOTIATED FOR MANY YEARS IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE RAILROADS ARE PAYING IN FOR THE MAINTENANCE HERE. SO IT'S A USEFUL TIME TO DO THAT SINCE NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND THE UNION PACIFIC ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROPOSED MERGER. AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FRIENDS AND FOLKS WHO TO SUPPORT THAT MERGER. SO WE'RE ENGAGED IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY TAKE DO ATTENTION TO THIS AND TREAT US FAIRLY. YOUR ALARM WENT OFF HERE. IF I MIGHT JUST D THIS, OF COURSE. I THINK COUNCILMAN BRATCHER ALSO MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YEAH. WHAT? THAT WASN'T. INDUSTRIAL PARKS. ARE ARE THEY COMPETITIVE? THEY ARE COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES DECIDING I WILL LOCATE AT YOUR PARK VERSUS ANOTHER PARK. THE THE OS TH ARE MT ITEIN T RIVEORT AUORITD THE CONNECTION TO COME RIGHT IN THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOT WHAT

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APPRECIATE IT. IT'S INTERESTING. SO MY FINAL COMMENT WOULD BE THIS IN TERMS OF SO WHAT WOULD WE ASK METRO GOVERNMENT FOR IF WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY, WHICH WE'RE NOT? NUMBER ONE IS PLEASE KEEP US IN MIND IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE THESE HEAVY TRUCKS THAT COME IN AND OUT. SO THEY COME OUT OVER STATE ROADS, COUNTY ROADS. I KNOW THAT THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN METRO GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING AT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ALL OVER THE COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE NEEDS IN THE AREA. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH IN ROADS, STORM WATER ISSUES, THAT MSD AND OTHERS. SO FOR US TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE, THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE SIGNIFICANT, INCLUDING THE EXPENSES WE HAVE FOR THE RAILROAD. SECONDLY, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT LITA HAS BEEN WONDERFUL PARTNER FOR US, AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE INVESTED MONEY INTO THE LITA ENTITY THERE. THEY ARE AMAZINGLY ACTIVE WITH US IN TRYING TO PROMOTE THE RIVER PORT AND OUR REMAINING PROPERTIES. AND THE THIRD THING IS, WE DO RECEIVE INDIRECT SUPPORT FROM METRO GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF OUR AUDITOR IS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF METRO GOVERNMENT AUDIT. SO THE FORMER STROTHMAN AND COMPANY DO THIS. WE GET A PRICE BREAK BECAUSE OF THAT. WE GET HELP THROUGH THE HR FOLKS HERE IN SUPPORT. AND ALSO WE'RE DOING A NEW RECORDS RETENTION POLICY. WE HAVE A CALL NEXT WEEK WITH CHRIS SEITZ AND THE IT FOLKS HERE, AS WELL AS THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES. SO WE'RE GETTING INDIRECT SUPPORT THROUGH METRO GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS MUCH APPRECIATED. IN THE IN THE AUTHORITY. THERE ARE TWO AND WE'RE HIRING UNDER A NEW BUDGET, OUR THIRD FULL TIME PERSON, WHICH WE HOPE TO HAVE SELECTED NEXT WEEK. THERE WAS A TIME, MR. VICE CHAIR, BEFORE COVID, THAT THERE WERE 6 OR 7 PEOPLE HERE. THERE WAS AN ENGINEER THERE ON SITE. THERE WERE LOTS OF OTHER FOLKS. AND WHEN COVID HIT, THE ACTIVITIES SLOWED DOWN SO DRAMATICALLY THAT WE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON THERE IN THE OFFICE AND ONE PERSON WHO WAS HEADQUARTERED IN ARKANSAS BUT WAS AN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, AND THEN OZZY GIBSON IN ONE OF THE FOUR HATS THAT HE WAS WEARING AT THAT TIME, WAS ALSO INTERIM DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RIVERPORT. SO IT IS A VERY, VERY SMALL ENTERPRISE HERE. AND I THINK OUR BOARD CHAIR WOULD TELL YOU THAT, THAT WE ARE SCRAMBLING TO TRY TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS AND DO THEM WELL, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM WELL IN ORDER TO SHOW THE BOARD THAT THERE'S A VALUE AND BUILD OUT A STAFF FROM THERE. AND WAS THAT CORRECT? I GOT TWO PROMINENT ASKS, AND THAT WAS KEEP YOU IN MIND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. ALSO REALLY AN EMPHASIS ON STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DID I MISS ANY AND THE ROADS BUT THE LITA JUST TO COMMENT THAT THE

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SO YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING AROUND AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO COME BACK AT ANY TIME.

SO THANK YOU ALL. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. AND WITH

[Adjournment 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.]