[2. ID 25-0676 Council Member Winkler will share results of the Metro Council food drive, present donations to the Association of Community Ministries, and introduce representatives from Kroger and the UPS Foundation who will make a special announcement.]

SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE 2025 METRO COUNCIL HOLIDAY FOOD. FOOD DRIVE. FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS OR SO, WE HAVE HAD COLLECTION SITES THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON COUNTY AT COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, SUBURBAN CITY HALLS, FIRE STATIONS, RESTAURANTS, AND MORE. AND OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND I'M SURE THIS COMES AS NO SHOCK TO MY COLLEAGUES, ROSE TO THE OCCASION AND DONATED RIGHT AT 2500 ITEMS. SO YOU SEE A THREE CONTAINERS HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. THERE'S 25 MORE FULL DOWN IN MY OFFICE. THEY'RE FULL OF CEREAL, VEGETABLES, RICE, DRY MILK AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL BE DELIVERED THURSDAY TO THE JEFFERSONTOWN AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, WHERE THEY'LL THEN BE DISPERSED AMONGST THE 13 OTHER MINISTRIES. WILLIAM, I'M NOT SURE IF COUNCILWOMAN BASS TOLD YOU, BUT PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING THE PAGE IS YOU'VE GOT TO CARRY THE 26 TOTES LATER. SO IF YOU COULD SEE SOMEBODY BEFORE YOU LEAVE. JUST KIDDING. SO TO MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FINDING LOCATIONS, SHARING INFORMATION IN YOUR NEWSLETTERS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND GENERALLY HELPING GET THE WORD OUT TO THE BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO LET US BORROW A LITTLE SPACE IN FRONT OF A DOOR, NEAR A BOOKSHELF, OR IN THEIR LOBBY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AND FINALLY, THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED. YOU REALLY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS CITY AND THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THIS EFFORT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TROY. THERE YOU ARE. TROY BURTON, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AND A MEMBER OF THE ACM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. TROY, YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. WE SERVE EVERY RESIDENTS IN LOUISVILLE METRO AREA, AND WE ARE GLAD TO WORK WITH COUNCIL ON MANY, MANY THINGS, INCLUDING SUPPORTING US WITH OUR EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE EFFORTS. AND OF COURSE, FOOD INSECURITY IS REALLY ON OUR MINDS RIGHT NOW, AND THIS FOOD WILL HELP ALL 13 COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AND THE CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE. AND I'M GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO CARRY THOSE ALL OUT TONIGHT MYSELF. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND RENEE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE YOU. SO RENEE BRYANT, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FERN CREEK HIGH, HIGHVIEW UNITED MINISTRIES, ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR JUST WANT TO REITERATE OUR GREAT THANKS. FOOD HAS TRULY BEEN A NEED COMING THROUGH THIS SEASON, AND IF WE CAN JUST HELP PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE EAT 24 OVER SEVEN, 365 DAYS A YEAR. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK YOU DO ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I THINK YOU FILL SUCH A NEED FOR FOR PEOPLE IN IN ALL 26 DISTRICTS IN EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTY. AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TO SUPPORT YOU. SO I MENTIONED THAT THE ACM HAS BEEN A PARTNER OF THIS FROM THE

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BEGINNING, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE. WHEN WE STARTED THIS IN 2023, KROGER REALLY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO REACH OUT AND OFFER HELP, AND HAS DONE SO EVERY YEAR SINCE. AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOSH HARPOLE, THE LOUISVILLE DIVISION PRESIDENT, TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KROGER'S PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PARTNERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP ON BEHALF OF LOUISVILLE AS LOUISVILLE'S HOMETOWN GROCER.

FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS, KROGER HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GROWING ALONGSIDE THIS COMMUNITY, AND THAT HISTORY MAKES MOMENTS LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL. WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR MANY FAMILIES ACROSS OUR CITY. RISING COSTS AND INCREASED DEMAND FOR BASIC NEEDS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

FOR ALMOST A CENTURY, KROGER HAS BEEN HERE IN BOTH GOOD TIMES AND DIFFICULT ONES, AND WE BELIEVE SHOWING UP DURING MOMENTS LIKE THESE IS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A HOMETOWN PARTNER. THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS, ASSOCIATES AND PARTNERS. THE KROGER LOUISVILLE DIVISION IS PROUD TO PRESENT THIS $10,000 DONATION TO THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. IN ADDITION, OUR HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVES HOSTED AT KROGER LOCATIONS ACROSS JEFFERSON AND OLDHAM COUNTIES, HAS HELPED COLLECT ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH ACM'S NETWORK OF LOCAL SERVICES AND AGENCIES. EACH DONATION REPRESENTS NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS, AND WE ARE HONORED TO HELP SUPPORT FAMILIES DURING THE WINTER SEASON. THIS INITIATIVE BUILDS ON THE MOMENTUM OF LOUISVILLE'S METRO COUNCIL CITY WIDE FOOD DRIVE, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO WORK COLLECTIVELY WITH THE COUNCIL, UPS AND ACM TO EXPAND ITS IMPACT. PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS REFLECT THE STRENGTH OF LOUISVILLE WHEN BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COME TOGETHER AROUND SHARED PRIORITIES. OUR COMMITMENT TO LOUISVILLE EXTENDS WELL BEYOND TODAY'S PRESENTATION. WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN OUR HOMETOWN THROUGH THE OPENING OF OUR NEW BEULAH CROSSING STORE, ALONG WITH REMODELS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS, INCLUDING OUR 28TH AND BROADWAY STORE. WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO INCREASE OUR INVESTMENT IN WAGES FOR OUR ASSOCIATES AND EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, BECAUSE SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE STRENGTHENS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS, KROGER HAS BEEN PROUD TO CALL LOUISVILLE HOME. AND WHEN WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO SERVING THIS CITY WITH CARE, CONSISTENCY, AND PURPOSE, THANK YOU TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL, THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, UPS, AND TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND ASSOCIATES WHO MADE THIS IMPACT POSSIBLE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE AND INVEST IN LOUISVILLE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. SIR. WE'RE GOING TO IF YOU GIVE ME JUST A SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO GO UP THERE AND OKAY, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO SHARE FIRST AND THEN COLLEAGUES. I'LL ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN US DOWN HERE. WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES. SO JOSH WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE KROGER. AND WE'VE GOT ONE OF THESE FOR THE UPS FOUNDATION AS WELL. WHO WHO HELPED PARTNER WITH US. BUT I'LL JUST READ THE KROGER ONE TODAY. SO WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME. GREETINGS.

KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL, IN DEEP SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE, HONORS THE KROGER COMPANY LOUISVILLE DIVISION, WHEREAS THE KROGER COMPANY LOUISVILLE DIVISION HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE METRO COUNCIL HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2023.

AND WHEREAS THEY HAVE DONATED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DURING THAT TIME TO THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MISSION TO PROVIDE FOOD AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. AND WHEREAS, THEY HAVE SUPPLEMENTED SUPPLEMENT SUPPLANTED THIS MONEY THEIR DONATIONS THIS YEAR BY COLLECTIVE COLLECTING FOOD AT KROGER LOCATIONS ACROSS LOUISVILLE. AND WHEREAS, THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP MAKE THE MOST BASIC NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY CONFERS AND PAYS TRIBUTE BY WAY OF THIS PROCLAMATION WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES THEREUNTO APPERTAINING IN TESTIMONY WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE

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MADE IN THE SEAL OF METRO GOVERNMENT TO BE HERE ON TO AFFIXED DONE IN LOUISVILLE METRO CITY CITY HALL WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, THE 16TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025, AND IT'S SIGNED BY ALL 26 OF US. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN MAYBE IF YOU CAN JOIN US HERE IN THE WELL, WE'LL HAVE THE MINISTRY COME JOIN US.

AND WHILE YOU ALL ARE GATHERING UP THERE, EVERYBODY CAN GO AHEAD AND GET UP. BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS EFFORT REALLY TAKES A TON OF WORK TO GO OUT, GO ON ALL THESE SITES, DROP OFF THE BINS, COLLECT THEM, AND I REALLY OWE A DEEP DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO MY AIDE, KIP EVERLY, WHO IN ALL HONESTY, DID ALL THIS WORK BY HIMSELF. I DID NOT HELP HIM AT ALL. AND REALLY, IT MADE ME REALIZE. AND I OWN APOLOGY TO BRIAN POWELL, WHO DID THIS FOR THE TWO YEARS PRIOR. AND SO I DID NOT HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR HOW MUCH WORK IT WAS EITHER. THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH KIP COMPLAINED AND BRIAN DIDN'T. OR JUST THAT I'M MORE AWARE, BUT I WANT TO THANK BOTH BRIAN AND KIP PUBLICLY FOR THEIR WORK DOING THIS. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS A TESTAMENT TO BOTH OF YOU AND ALL THE GREAT GOOD THAT YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU, BRIAN. THANK YOU KIP. OKAY, READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. YOU GET IT? OKAY. OKAY. AND COLLEAGUES, ON BEHALF OF OF ALL OF US, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MARCUS FOR KEEPING THIS PROGRAM GOING AND TAKING THE LEAD ON ON MAKING IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU.

MARCUS. COUNCILOR HAWKINS, I BELIEVE YOU GOT A GUEST. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

[3. ID 25-0737 Council Member Hawkins will recognize the family of the late Raymond O. Parks in honor of his contributions to the community. ]

SORRY. BRING IT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. COLLEAGUES. TODAY I WANT TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY OF THE LATE RAYMOND O. PARKS. RAYMOND O PARKS WAS A DEVOTED COMMUNITY LEADER, CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE, VETERAN, AND A MENTOR WHOSE LIFE WAS ROOTED IN SERVICE, JUSTICE AND LOVE FOR HIS COMMUNITY. AND HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE PARKLAND ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION AND YMCA EXECUTIVE IN DAYTON, NASHVILLE AND LOUISVILLE, AND CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE YEARLINGS CLUB, DEDICATING HIS LIFE TO UPLIFTING AND OTHERS, AND MR. PARKS COURAGE MARCHED WITH THE DARK WITH THE DOCTOR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, MENTOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER REVEREND LOUIS COLEMAN. HE WAS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF 1122 SOUTH 26TH STREET, A HOME THAT STOOD AS A SYMBOL OF HIS DEEP ROOTS AND STEADFAST PRESENCE IN THE PARKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HE STOOD BOLDLY AGAINST THE 1986 CLOSURE OF THE PARKLAND LIBRARY, URGING THIS LIBRARY NOT TO CLOSE. AFTER DECADES OF NOW REOPENING, MR. PARKS HONORABLY SERVED AS A UNITED STATES VETERAN, A TRUSTED OF HUGE COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, WAS NOMINATED FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS HALL OF FAME AND HE WAS A BELOVED HUSBAND OF KERLIN PARKS, FATHER TO THE LATE RAYMOND PARKS JUNIOR AND CHERISHED UNCLE TO KATHLEEN PARKS AND NOLA BULLET. WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RAYMOND PARKS, WHOSE COURAGE, FORESIGHT AND SERVICE CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE PARKLAND COMMUNITY AND INSPIRES GENERATIONS TO COME. SO TODAY, I WANT TO HONOR MISS PARKS, HIS NIECE, AND HIS FAMILY ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT

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ONE PARK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND THANK YOU, MARK. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

COME UP. YES. COME ON, COME ON, COUSIN. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE PRESIDENT OF THE METRO COUNCIL. YOU'VE SEEN MY FACE BEFORE. YOU KNOW WE RAN AGAINST EACH OTHER. SHE'S DOING AN AWESOME JOB. SO WITH SHAMIKA PARISH, RIGHT? AND MANY OTHERS THAT SERVE ON THE COUNCIL, THIS IS A WONDERFUL MOMENT FOR US. FOR US TODAY. MY UNCLE, HE WAS A FIGHTER. HE WAS AN ACTIVIST AND HE WAS A COMMUNITY LEADER. WE NEED MORE INDIVIDUALS LIKE HIMSELF. I WANT TO SAY THAT I TRULY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR TO MY LATE UNCLE. I KNOW HE'S LOOKING OVER US TODAY VERY PROUDLY. I'VE NOT ONLY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, BUT MY COUSIN AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE SERVING LOUISVILLE. I WANT TO SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING IN DIALOG WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AS WE MOVE WEST. LOUISVILLE AHEAD FOR THE FUTURE IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. MY UNCLE GREATLY APPRECIATES THAT. AND YES. YES, THESE ARE FIVE COPIES OF THE PROCLAMATION AS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER PARKS, AND SHE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILY MEMBERS GET THESE. AND SO I WON'T READ THEM ALL, BECAUSE COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS DID A GREAT JOB READING THE MAIN PROCLAMATION. BUT THESE WE'RE WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE. I GOT TO WORK WITH THE LATE LEWIS COLEMAN. AND I GOT TO MEET YOUR UNCLE. AND ALSO MY HUSBAND AND I HAD OUR RECEPTION AT THE YEARLINGS CLUB. SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THEIR EXAMPLE. AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BROUGHT IN LAST MINUTE TO DO THIS. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO COME AND TAKE A PICTURE. THIS IS HARD. FOR MY FAMILY. LAUNDRY.

YES.

SO ARE YOU READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. RAISE.

THREE. TWO.

THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE OUR CHIEF DEPUTY FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE. COLONEL STEVE HEALY. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADDRESSES TO THE COUNCIL? YES,

[4. ID 25-0775 Addresses to Council – December 16, 2025]

SIR. THERE ARE. HOW CAN YOU. LET'S SEE HERE, LET ME REMIND THOSE WHO ARE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING PROFANITY OR ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE LIMITED PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULES TO THREE SPEAKERS ON ANY PARTICULAR ISSUE BEING A PRO OR CON. SO WE HAVE THREE CONS, THREE PROS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'RE LIMITED TO THREE PER TOPIC. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, GENE

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CHRISTIANSEN. GOOD EVENING. I'M GENE CHRISTENSEN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE. RETIRED. WE HAVE A HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER COMING TO LOUISVILLE SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2026. UNFORTUNATELY, NO SPECIAL RULES WERE IN PLACE RELEVANT TO DATA CENTERS WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT WAS ISSUED. NEW ORDINANCES WILL NOT APPLY RETROACTIVELY. HERE ARE SOME OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT. IT WILL BE LOCATED IN RUBBERTOWN, A HUB FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN CHEMICAL AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES THAT PRODUCE A VARIETY OF PROJECTS DETRIMENTAL TO THE RESIDENTS, WHO ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. THEY ALREADY EXPERIENCE AIR POLLUTION, ODORS, AND A POTENTIAL HEALTH IMPACTS LIKE HIGHER RISKS FOR CANCER. AT FULL CAPACITY, THE DATA CENTERS CAMPUS WILL NEED 400MW OF POWER TO OPERATE, EQUIVALENT TO THE ANNUAL POWER USAGE OF 46% OF METRO LOUISVILLE'S RESIDENCES.

IN ADDITION TO HIGH ENERGY USE, DATA CENTERS REQUIRE CONTINUOUS WATER AND AIR COOLING FOR THE EQUIPMENT. THEY CREATE NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, AND USE LOUD AND DIRTY DIESEL GENERATORS FOR BACKUP POWER. HOWEVER, WHEN DATA CENTERS ARE BUILT TO HIGH STANDARDS, THESE NEGATIVE EFFECTS CAN BE GREATLY REDUCED. CONSIDER THE FACT THAT ACROSS THE RIVER IN JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA, ANOTHER HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER IS BEING BUILT BY META, FACEBOOK'S PARENT COMPANY. IT WILL BE SITED IN THE RIVER RIDGE COMMERCIAL CENTER THAT IS IN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK, NOT NEAR A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. META'S BUILDINGS WILL BE CERTIFIED AS LEED GOLD. THESE BUILDINGS WILL HAVE EARNED POINTS BASED ON DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLANS. FURTHERMORE, SUCH BUILDINGS MUST DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE IN ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY, LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE JEFFERSON DATA CENTER WILL BE POWERED BY 100% RENEWABLE SOLAR ENERGY THROUGH A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT AT A SOLAR FACILITY IN PIKE COUNTY, INDIANA. FUTURE DATA CENTER PROJECTS IN KENTUCKY CAN BE BUILT USING LEED CERTIFICATION CRITERIA AND BE POWERED BY 100% CLEAN ENERGY OBTAINED THROUGH POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. WE NEED AND DESERVE TO HAVE THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS BE WRITTEN INTO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING REGULATIONS. AND BECAUSE OF THE NEWNESS AND COMPLEXITY OF THE ISSUES, ONCE THE ORDINANCES ARE DRAFTED, WE NEED TO HAVE AN EXTENDED COMMENT PERIOD TO ALLOW FOR THOROUGH REVIEW BY THE METRO COUNCIL AND BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, GARY WATROUS. HELLO.

MY NAME IS GARY WATROUS. I LIVE IN THE FIFTH COUNCIL DISTRICT. HELLO, DONNA. I'M AN ARCHITECT SPECIALIZING IN ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE. I'M HERE TO SAY ALSO SOME INFORMATION ABOUT DATA CENTERS, AND I HOPE I DON'T REPEAT TOO MUCH OF WHAT JEAN HAS ALREADY SAID. BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND WHAT A WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW.

WE KNOW THAT THE DATA CENTER IS A HUGE BUILDING FILLED WITH COMPUTERS. WE KNOW THESE COMPUTERS NEED HUGE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY TO OPERATE. WE KNOW THEY NEED TO BE COOLED USING HUGE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER. AND WE KNOW KENTUCKY HAS CHEAP FIRED, COAL FIRED ELECTRICITY AND ABUNDANT WATER. SO A DATA CENTER TIDAL WAVE IS COMING TO KENTUCKY. WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE DATA CENTER IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE THAT WILL NEED 400MW OF ELECTRICITY, ENOUGH TO EQUAL HALF THE POWER NEEDED BY ALL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY HOMES.

WE KNOW THAT THE MEDIA COMPANY AND IS BUILDING A DATA CENTER IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WILL PRODUCE ALL OF ITS OWN ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR, AND WE KNOW THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND POSSIBLY YOU HAVE LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPACT DATA CENTERS MAY HAVE ON THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS, BUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WILL BE SHOCKED, PUN INTENDED, WHEN WE THEY FIND

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OUT THAT THEY WILL WHEN THEY FIND OUT WHAT THE BILLS ARE AND THE BILLS ARE ALREADY GOING UP.

AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE NATIONAL ISSUES. BUT AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL WANT TO MAKE THIS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. THE PRESIDENT OF PITTSBURGH POWER AND LIGHT, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF LG AND SAID THAT IN QUOTES, DATA CENTERS WILL MORE THAN TRIPLE ITS PEAK ELECTRICAL DEMAND BY 2030, TRIPLE BY 2030. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL GIVE THIS ISSUE A FAIR HEARING. WHEN YOU GET THE REPORT FROM PLANNING AND ZONING. AND WHAT WE WANT IS FOR YOU TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON THE IMPACTS OF THE UPCOMING PLANNING AND ZONING REPORT FOR A CONSULTATION PERIOD OF AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE DOES NOT NEED TO BE GIVEN THE BUM'S RUSH. WE WANT YOU TO ASK THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS, IS THE BENEFIT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS FROM TAX REVENUES FROM DATA CENTERS CANCELED OUT BY THE INCREASED COST OF THEIR OF THE ELECTRICAL BILLS AND WATER BILLS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS? AND FINALLY, IF YOU APPROVE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR DATA CENTERS, WE WANT YOU TO REQUIRE THEM TO BE POWERED, LIKE META WITH RENEWABLE SOLAR ENERGY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. ERIC. SENATE. REGARDING CURRENT ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE POPULACE OF LOUISVILLE AND ME. HELLO. THANK YOU. AND FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TO VISIT ME IN MY PUBLIC INSTITUTION. MY NAME IS ERIC SENATE. JESUS CHRIST IS MY MASTER, MY LORD, WHO SERVES WHAT. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR LETTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW THE TRUTH THAT YOU PUBLICLY DEEM YOURSELF AS COMPLETELY INCAPABLE AND UNINTERESTED IN PROTECTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS FROM THE ATTACKS OF A MALICIOUS AND CRUEL ANIMAL, THE BEAR. THE TRUTH IS NOW KNOWN THAT A VICIOUS ANIMAL IS SMARTER AND MORE CAPABLE THAN YOU APPARENTLY ARE. PREVIOUSLY A COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER SAID. LET MORGAN MCGARVEY DEAL WITH IT. THE TRUTH IS. MORGAN MCGARVEY, THE DEMON CRATIC CORPORATE WARMONGER WHO ENRICHES HIS CHILDREN UPON THE SHED BLOOD OF HUMAN BEINGS. I AM CONFIDENT MANY LOUISVILLE COUNCIL MEMBERS STOCK PORTFOLIOS IN THE WEAPONS CONTRACTING INDUSTRY MIRROR HIS.

THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE ARE MEMF THE PARTY AFFILIATION AROUND, WAVING BIBLES IN MY FACE WHILE PROFESSING LAW AND ORDER, LAW AND ORDER. WE ARE THE ONES WITH THE SUPERIOR MORAL COMPASS.

QUESTION IS TRUTH UPON YOUR LIPS. PROVERBS. LYING LIPS ARE AN ABOMINATION TO THE LORD.

ALSO. PROVERBS THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED CONCEALS VIOLENCE. PREVIOUSLY A COUNCIL MEMBER SAID LOCAL, MY FOCUS IS LOCAL. WELL, THE TRUTH IS DECISIONS OF THE FEDERAL LEVEL AFFECT RESOURCES. TAX DOLLARS OF THE LOCAL LEVEL AND SPECIAL NEEDS. CHILDREN IN LOUISVILLE LACK CARE. MANY OF YOU SUPPORT US TAX DOLLARS, CONTRIBUTING TO A FOREIGN THEOCRACY GOVERNMENT THAT FORCES CONSCRIPTION UPON ITS OWN CITIZENS. IT DEMANDS THAT THEY KILL THAT SAME FOREIGN GOVERNMENT WHERE US TAX DOLLARS SUPPORT THEIR GOVERNMENT FUNDED ABORTION, WHERE IT IS LEGAL AND WIDELY ACCESSIBLE. AND AFTER THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS WADE, THE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE LOOSENED. SOCIALISTIC ABORTION. WHAT A RELIGION.

GOD'S CHOSEN ONES ABORTING CHILDREN WHICH US TAX DOLLARS CONTRIBUTE TO. MAYOR GREENBERG HAS SAID I'M GOING TO GET TOUGH ON CRIME. WELL, THE TRUTH IS, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO. ARREST MORE AND BLACK BROWN PEOPLE. WHAT ABOUT THEIR ISRAELI OFFICIAL PEDOPHILE WHO WAS ARRESTED IN LAS VEGAS AND LET FREE TO FLEE TO ISRAEL WITH COMPLETE IMPUNITY BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION? IS MAYOR GREENBERG GOING TO DO OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? LETTERS WERE PUTTING IN THE MAIL TODAY, ADDRESSED TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD APPRECIATE A PROMPT AND RESPONSE. THANK YOU. ALEX ROBERTS. HI THERE. WHEN I

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BOUGHT MY HOME IN 2016 ON MAIN STREET, I THOUGHT I'D MADE A GOOD DECISION TO STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUY INSTEAD OF RENT. AFTER I BOUGHT MY HOME, I WAS TOLD BY OTHERS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA THAT DD WILLIAMSON WERE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND THERE WERE LIMITED ISSUES WITH THEIR FACILITY. HECK, A TREE EVEN FELL FROM THEIR PROPERTY ONTO MINE WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF ME RESIDING IN MY HOME. I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT AS A SIGN. IT WASN'T UNTIL I ACTUALLY STARTED DIGGING INTO NEWS REPORTS, THE 2003 EXPLOSION AND RESEARCHING INCIDENTS, 2012 FLOODING THAT OCCURRED IN, ON AND OR AROUND THE PROPERTY THAT I STARTED TO CONNECT THE DOTS IN REGARDS TO THE FRONT THE COMPANY WAS PRESENTING OUTWARDLY VERSUS THEIR ACTIONS. I REGULARLY WOULD HAVE DUMPSTER NOISE COMPLAINTS, NOXIOUS SMELL COMPLAINTS. EVEN THE TRUCKS COMING TO AND FROM THE FACILITY WOULD DESTROY THE TRAFFIC ISLAND AT LEAST ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS, NOT TO MENTION LOUISVILLE PAVING LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WERE NOT GOOD NEIGHBORS. IN NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER OF 2021, THINGS ESCALATED BEYOND A NUISANCE WHEN A THREE INCH WATER LINE WAS BROKEN DURING THEIR NON-PERMITTED AND NON INSPECTED INSTALLATION OF TWO RECONDITIONED COOK TANKS. I CAME HOME FROM MY HOLIDAYS TO A BACKYARD THAT WAS TURNING INTO A SWAMP, AND BY APRIL, TREES IN MY BACKYARD WERE FALLING AND MY BASEMENT WAS STARTING TO TAKE ON WATER. THE COMPANY WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT THEY WERE EMITTING INTO THE GROUND AND AROUND THEIR PROPERTY. THEY CONTINUED PRODUCTION AND EVEN STATED THEY HAD TO FINISH BATCHES OF THEIR PRODUCT BEFORE FIXING THIS MASSIVE LEAK. THEY DID AS LITTLE AS THEY COULD TO REMEDY THE SITUATION ON MY END AND MAKE MY PROPERTY WHOLE AGAIN. NOT TO MENTION THERE WAS NO GETTING MY TIME BACK IN 2022. FOR ALMOST NINE MONTHS, I WAS DEALING WITH THE TURMOIL AND UPHEAVAL IN MY LIFE BECAUSE OF DD WILLIAMSON, ELAINE GRAVATT, THE CEO AT THE TIME, AND MATT MCEWAN, THE FACILITY MANAGER, WERE BOTH INTRICATELY AWARE OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE INSTALLATION OF THE COOK TANKS AND THE THREE INCH WATER LINE BREAKING. I HAVE EMAILS TO PROVE THAT. THIS SHOWS THAT THEIR KNEW. THEY KNEW THEIR INSTALLATION DIDN'T GO PROPERLY FROM DAY ONE, BUT THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE TO LET THOSE COOK TANKS BE INSPECTED RETROACTIVELY, LIKE A GOOD INDUSTRIAL CITIZEN WOULD. THEY JUST CONTINUED BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER THE INCIDENT IN 2022, I CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH SMELLS, LOUD NOISE AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE THAT EMANATED FROM THE DW PROPERTY, AND I CONTINUED TO REPORT THESE THINGS TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, CODE ENFORCEMENT, MSD, EMA, DEP THREE, ONE ONE, ETC. ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY THAT ALL OF MY REPORTING DID NOTHING TO GET THE PROPERTY PROPERTY PROPERLY INSPECTED, AND MY COMPLAINTS DID NOTHING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE EXPLOSION IN ON 11, 12, 20, 24 THAT KILLED TWO AND INJURED 11. REZONE THE PLACE. THANK YOU, MICHAEL O'LEARY. MICHAEL LEARY 1963 PAYNE STREET, CLIFTON NEIGHBORHOOD I HAD HEART SURGERY SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. THE ONLY TIME I'VE LEFT MY HOME WAS TO GO TO MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND CARDIAC REHAB. BUT I CAME HERE TONIGHT, TO THE CHAGRIN OF MY HUSBAND, TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN OWENS RESOLUTION IN REGARDS TO 1901 PAYNE STREET EXPLOSION. MARCH 2ND, 1996 RAILROAD TANK CAR PARKED AT D.T. WILLIAMSON BLEW ITS LID AT 2 A.M. THE CHEMICAL HAD BEEN SEALED IN THE 17,500 GALLON TANK CAR WHEN IT EXPLODED. EXPOSED TO THE AIR, THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CHANGED TO AMMONIA. I DON'T KNOW. THE CAR'S 80 POUND METAL LID WAS THROWN TWO BLOCKS AND LANDED ON THE ROOF OF 1812 ONE 1812 2018 STOLE AVENUE APRIL 11TH, 2003 EXPLOSION. THE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE EXPLOSION ON APRIL 11TH, 2003 AT 2:10 A.M.

THE EXPLOSION KILLED PLANT EMPLOYEE LEWIS PERRY, FORCED THE EVACUATION OF 26 NEARBY RESIDENTS. THE EXPLOSION DESTROYED THE WILLIAMSON PLANT. APRIL 5TH, 2019 NEAR EXPLOSION.

PER FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AT 17 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT, CARMEL PRODUCT WOULD, IN THE HARPER UNIT OVERHEATED COOLING SYSTEM NOT ABLE TO GET AHEAD OF THE OVERHEATING PROCESS. HARPER

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UNIT, CURRENTLY AT 300 DEGREES. RELIEF VALVE OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY. ENGINE COMPANY 21 PLACED AN UNMANNED BLITZ FIRE FROM A SAFE DISTANCE INTO THE OPERATION. PLANT PERSONNEL EVACUATED A BLOCK AWAY BECAUSE THEY FEARED THE PLANT WOULD EXPLODE. JUNE 3RD, 2024 THE EXPLOSION AT 4:40 A.M. PER FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT, FIRE UPSTAIRS HAS ALREADY FLARED BACK ONCE THE STRUCTURE PLANT HAS BEEN EVACUATED. NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024 AT 3 P.M. KEVIN DAWSON, JUNIOR, AND AUSTIN JAGGERS DIED. 11 PLANT MEMBERS OF THE 11 PLANT. OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE HURT. THE PLANT WAS DESTROYED DUE TO A TANK RUPTURE DUE TO OVERPRESSURIZATION FROM A FAILED AUTOMATIC VENT. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES IN CLIFTON. BUSINESSES. MY HOME IS 800FT FROM THE EXPLOSION. MY HOME WAS DAMAGED. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE HOME. WE FELT THE EXPLOSION IN OUR CHEST FROM THE WAVE.

ACCORDING TO THE ATF, AT 12:22 P.M. THE COOKER WAS LOADED AND PUT IN OPERATION AT 2:46 P.M.

PRESSURE EXCEEDED 12 PSI. OPERATION TURNED OFF STEAM TO COIL AND OPEN COOLER VALVE TO INDUCE COOLING WATER. AT 2:49 P.M. COLD WATER IS FLOWING THROUGH THE COIL PRODUCT AT 308 DEGREES. AT 2:57 P.M. 28 SECONDS, THE PLANT EXPLODED. WE CLIFTON NEIGHBORS ARE ASKING THIS BODY TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCILMAN OWEN TO HAVE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDER REVIEW TO DOWN ZONE THE PROPERTY FROM INDUSTRIAL TO A MORE REASONABLE THAT WOULD REFLECT OUR AND COMPLEMENT OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL. NEXT, WE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE

[5. ID 25-0763 Regular: Metro Council – December 4, 2025]

REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 4TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? THESE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT WE

[Committee Minutes]

HAVE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MEETING. COMMITTEE MINUTE. MINUTE MEETINGS ARE ALL IN 2025. THE REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE DECEMBER 4TH. THE REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING.

DECEMBER 9TH, THE REGULAR LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DECEMBER 9TH, THE REGULAR PUBLIC WORKS. DECEMBER 9TH THE REGULAR GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS.

DECEMBER 9TH THE REGULAR EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION. DECEMBER 10TH THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS. DECEMBER 10TH THE REGULAR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON EFFICIENCIES OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. DECEMBER 10TH. THE REGULAR PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. DECEMBER 11TH THE REGULAR BUDGET COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 11TH.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. IN OPPOSITION, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE CONSENT

[Consent Calendar]

CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR COMPRISES ITEM 16 THROUGH 46. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? MADAM CLERK, A SECOND READING OF THOSE ITEMS. THE FINAL LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ITEM 16, AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING $20,900 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $14,400 FROM DISTRICT 13, $5,000 FROM DISTRICT 25, $1,000 FROM DISTRICT 14, AND $500 FROM DISTRICT FOUR THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TO THE FAIR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A TRACTOR, BUCKET LOADER AND PALLET FORKS. ITEM 17. THE ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $6,404 FROM DISTRICT TEN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET TODAY SPRING FOUNDATION, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BATHROOM RENOVATIONS IN ITS COLLEGE OF LIVING PROGRAM. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. ITEM 18 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 091, SERIES 2025 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $25,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS DISTRICT 19 TO THE LOCAL METRO GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT 19, ITEM 19. THE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 091, SERIES 2025 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $25,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT 23 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT 23, ITEM 20, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 091, SERIES 2025, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $50,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT ONE TO LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT ONE, ITEM 21. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 181, SERIES 2022 RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR 2020 2021 BY YEAR END OPERATING BUDGET AND ORDINANCES NUMBER 92, SERIES 2025 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $150,000 FROM A PROJECT TITLED NORTON CAMP TAYLOR AND ESTABLISHING A NEW PROJECT TITLED D10 KLONDIKE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, ITEM 22, A

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RESOLUTION APPROVING THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK'S 2026 BUDGET FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE, ITEM 23 AND RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. ROGER ABEL BY NAMING THE CORNER OF BRISCOE LANE AND WOODROW WAY AS ROGER ABEL WAY IN HIS HONOR. ITEM 24 A RESOLUTION HONORING COLONEL JOHN AUBREY BY NAMING THE CORNER OF SIXTH STREET AND JEFFERSON STREET AS COLONEL JOHN AUBREY WAY IN HIS HONOR. ITEM 25 A RESOLUTION HONORING BARBARA A BOBBY HOLSCLAW, BY NAMING THE CORNER OF EAST LIBERTY STREET AND SOUTH WINDSOR STREET AS BOBBIE HOLSCLAW WAY IN HER HONOR. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS PORTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. ITEM 26 REAPPOINTMENT OF GINA HARRIS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD. TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 15TH, 2028. ITEM 27 REAPPOINTMENT OF PATRICIA BATISTA SERVERA TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH TERM EXPIRES JULY 31ST, 2028. I'M 28 REAPPOINTMENT OF YOLANDA REID TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS ADVOCACY BOARD TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028. I'M 29 REAPPOINTMENT OF MAURICE SWEENEY TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT BOARD TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028. ITEM 30 REAPPOINTMENT OF MARTIN MARK BENITEZ TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 1ST, 2028. I'M 31 APPOINTMENT OF BRIDGET JOHNSON TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST, 2027. ITEM 32 REAPPOINTMENT OF KIMBERLY SICKLES TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST, 2028. ITEM 33 APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT BLAIR TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2026. I'M 34 APPOINTMENT OF TERRENCE ELLIOTT TO THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMISSION.

TERM EXPIRES JUNE THE 26TH, 2026. I'M 35. APPOINTMENT OF JULIA WILLIAMS TO THE DIRECTOR AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRUST TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST OVERSIGHT BOARD. ITEM 36 APPOINTMENT OF JOSH ZEEK TO THE LOUISVILLE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 16TH, 2028. ITEM 37 REAPPOINTMENT OF REBECCA CASTRO TO THE LOUISVILLE TREES ADVISORY COMMITTEE TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 29TH, 2028. ITEM 38 REAPPOINTMENT OF ANITRA BEATTIE TO THE LOUISVILLE TREES ADVISORY COMMITTEE TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 29TH, 2028. ITEM 39 REAPPOINTMENT OF HELEN HACKER TO THE LOUISVILLE TREES ADVISORY COMMITTEE TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 29TH, 2028. ITEM 40 A REAPPOINTMENT OF BEN CECIL TO THE LOUISVILLE TREES ADVISORY COMMITTEE TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 29TH, 2028. ITEM 41 APPOINTMENT OF SPENCER HICKEY TO THE LOUISVILLE TREES ADVISORY COMMITTEE TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 29TH, 2028. ITEM 42 APPOINTMENT OF LADONNA BARNETT TO THE LOUISVILLE TREES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 29TH, 2027. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS REPORTED FROM THE LABOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ITEM 43 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO PAY FOR HEALTH ECONOMIST SERVICES. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE $59,571. ITEM 44 A RESOLUTION DETERMINING REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1495 SOUTH 11TH STREET IN 1800. SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, A SURPLUS AND NOT NEEDED FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES OF METRO GOVERNMENT AND AUTHORIZING THEIR TRANSFER. ITEM 45 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FROM THE DATE OF ITS APPROVAL THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2030, RELATING TO THE WAGES, BENEFITS, AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, CLC, IBEW LOCAL 369, CONCERNING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO EMERGENCY SERVICES METRO SITE SAFE. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. ITEM 46 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $750,000 FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET FOR THE PLANT SITE DRIVE EXTENSION PROJECT, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ASSETS. PRINCIPAL. MOTION. THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PERISH, RIGHT? YES. THANK YOU. THAT'S OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRATCHER. YES. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 25 YES VOTES. THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS OLD BUSINESS. MADAM

[47. O-290-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $15,000 $16,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $15,000 FROM DISTRICT 6; AND $1,500 FROM DISTRICT 10; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO LA CASITA CENTER, INC. FOR THEIR FOOD AND BASIC NEEDS DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM (AS AMENDED). 12/10/25 Appropriations Committee Amended; Recommended for Approval Action Required By: June 4, 2026 Sponsors: JP Lyninger (D-6), Josie Raymond (D-10)]

CLERK, ITEM 47. AND APPROPRIATING $16,500 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. $15,000 FROM DISTRICT SIX AND $1,500 FROM DISTRICT TEN THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO LA CASITA CENTER, INC. FOR THEIR FOOD AND BASIC NEEDS DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, AS AMENDED. ITEM IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN PARKER, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. YES.

THANK YOU. I WILL LET THE SPONSOR SPEAK TO THIS AND. I BELIEVE THAT'S COUNCILMAN SAM.

JP, YOU GOT THE FLOOR? YES. ITEM 16 IS ITEM 47. THIS IS THE LA CASITA. YES. OH, OKAY.

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COUNCILMAN MANAGER. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MISTER PRESIDENT. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATION FROM OUR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING HERE IN DISTRICT SIX TO SUPPORT THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT IS DONE BY LA CASITA CENTER. THEY'RE LOCATED IN DISTRICT SIX, BUT THEY TRULY SERVE EVERY CORNER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. MEETING NEEDS THAT CANNOT BE MET OTHERWISE. SERVING A POPULATION THAT REALLY NEEDS A ORGANIZATION LIKE LA CASITA THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN TRUST AND THAT THEY CAN GO TO WHEN THEY HAVE PRESSING ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES, LIKE FOOD INSECURITY. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAM, TO GIVE PEOPLE BASIC NEEDS ACCESS, SANITARY PRODUCTS, FOOD. AND TRULY, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, THIS IS A PRESSING ISSUE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE POPULATION THAT LA CASITA SERVES REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO TURN TO, AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO THERE IS FANTASTIC. I'VE LOVED BEING A SUPPORTER OF LA CASITA, AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO MAKE THIS APPROPRIATION, AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN HELPING SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. COUNCILMAN WINKLER, YOU'RE NEXT TO MY CUE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT I USED TO VOLUNTEER AT AND HELP PEOPLE TAKE THE CITIZENSHIP TEST. AND WOULD GIVE $500. COUNCILWOMAN PERISH. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION I DO WANT TO STATE THAT I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF. I DO NOT FINANCIALLY BENEFIT FROM IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE $3,300 FROM DISTRICT THREE. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. I'M SURE 750 FROM DISTRICT 15. COUNCILMAN OWEN, THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM DISTRICT NINE. COUNCILWOMAN RUBY. 1250 FROM 21. COUNCILMAN HERNDON THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM DISTRICT FOUR. MADAM CLERK RECORD 2500 FROM DISTRICT 26 OVER 2500. COUNCIL HOPKINS, DISTRICT ONE 1500. COUNCILMAN. SHANKLIN. DISTRICT TWO 500. MISTER FIVE 500.

DISTRICT EIGHT 1000. DISTRICT 13 500, PLEASE. DISTRICT 24 250. I'M JUST GETTING THE CUBE UP.

BUMPED UP AGAIN HERE. OKAY? I'VE GOT NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, MADAM CLERK, WHAT DOES THAT PUT THE TOTAL TO YOUR TOTALS AT $31,050, AND THE TOTAL COST WAS 57,500. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED FROM YOUR DISTRICT FUNDS. WE HAVE THE PROPOSED AMENDED VERSION BEFORE US. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION HERE IN OPPOSITION? WE NOW HAVE THE AMENDED VERSION BEFORE US. MADAM CLERK, THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER BRATCHER. YES. I'M NOT SURE HE'S LOGGED IN HERE HIMSELF. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 26 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING YOUR DECISION ON THAT NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM. MADAM CLERK,

[48. O-292-25 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $4,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $4,000 FROM DISTRICT 21; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS CHOOSING EXPERIENCES, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATION WITH ITS DARE TO DREAM SPORTS LEADERSHIP & MENTORING PROGRAM. 12/10/25 Appropriations Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: June 4, 2026 Sponsors: Betsy Ruhe (D-21) ]

NUMBER 48, PLEASE. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $4,000 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. $4,000 FROM DISTRICT 21 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO CHILDREN. HAVE OPTIONS. CHOOSING EXPERIENCES, INC. FOR COST ASSOCIATED WITH ITS DARE TO DREAM SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING PROGRAM, AND POOL ITEMS. PROPERTY. FOREST.

COUNCILMAN PARKER, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM? YES. THIS IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILWOMAN RUIZ, SO I WILL LET HER SPEAK TO IT. COUNCILMAN. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO CHOICE INC. IS OPERATING IN NUMEROUS SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING IN IROQUOIS HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE GOAL OF THEIR PROGRAM IS TO HAVE STUDENT ATHLETES MENTORING YOUNGER STUDENTS. SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENT, FOR THE MENTORS TO LEARN ADVOCACY AND PROPER COMMUNICATION AND ALL THOSE SOCIAL SKILLS THAT WE KNOW EVERYBODY NEEDS. AND IT'S ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS TO HAVE A GOOD QUALITY ROLE MODEL. AND THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING IN CHOICE INC. FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY HAVE NOT COME BEFORE US, I BELIEVE, ASKING FOR NDF MONEY PREVIOUSLY. SO I DO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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WELL, I'VE GOT NO ONE IN MY QUEUE. NO, THERE I AM. I'M IN THE QUEUE. RIGHT NOW IN MY QUEUE. I'M SHOWING FOR ITEM 48. MY FIRST IS COUNCILWOMAN PARISH, RIGHT? YOU'RE ON A ROLL. AND THAT'S NOT. OKAY. ONE MORE REASON TO CONSIDER THESE COMPUTERS, COUNCILMAN BRATCHER, YOU GOT THE FLOOR 22. COUNCILMAN JOSEPH 500 FROM 12. COUNCILMAN PARISH. RIGHT. THANK YOU. 1300 FROM DISTRICT THREE. COUNCILMAN MARINO WEBER, 500 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT. COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. FROM DISTRICT ONE FOR ONE. DISTRICT TWO. I'M SORRY, HOW MANY? HOW MUCH? 500. 510.

I'VE GOT COUNCILMAN CHAPEL, 250 FROM D 15. I'VE GOT NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. I'M LOOKING AROUND.

COUNCILMAN OWEN. 500 FROM NINE. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE THE PROPOSED AMENDED VERSION BEFORE US. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S BEFORE US NOW. AND THIS VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE THE AMENDED VERSION BEFORE US. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL CALL FOR THE AMENDED VERSION.

OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP SO THAT. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 26, 26 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM 49, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING

[49. O-295-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 115 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING HOMELESS SHELTER REGULATIONS. (AS AMENDED) 12/09/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Amended; Recommended for Approval Action Required By: June 4, 2025 Sponsors: Betsy Ruhe (D-21) ]

SECTION 115 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING HOMELESS SHELTER REGULATIONS, AS AMENDED, READ IN FULL ITEMS BROUGHT BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. TAUGHT ME A LITTLE BIT OFF GUARD. SO WE. ACCESSORY OVERNIGHT SHELTERS. WE PASSED SOME LEGISLATION RECENTLY AND NEEDED TO UPDATE THE GUIDANCE TO ACCOMPANY THAT. AND AS IT GOT COLDER, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCERN THAT WE WEREN'T DOING IT QUICKLY ENOUGH. AND SO WE DID DO SOME EMERGENCY LEGISLATION AT OUR LAST MEETING AND GOT THIS IN FRONT OF US AND DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK FROM BOTH SIDES TO TO AGREE ON THIS, ON THESE GUIDELINES. AND SO WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET THIS PASSED SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT, WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH SO THEY CAN OPEN ACCESSORY OVERNIGHT SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE DURING THE COLD WEATHER THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. SO WE'D LOVE FOR EVERYONE TO JOIN. JOIN THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU. DOCTOR. COUNCILWOMAN RUIZ, I BELIEVE YOU SPONSORED THIS. YES, I DID SPONSOR IT. AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR STAYING THE OTHER NIGHT AND SAYING YES, BECAUSE THAT WAS A VERY LONG NIGHT. THANK YOU. AND YES, WE DID NEED TO REALLY GET THIS ON THE AGENDA SINCE PLANNING AND DESIGN FINALLY DID GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER THE WAY THEY WANTED IT. AND SO WE ARE HERE NOW TO VOTE ON IT AND MAKE IT OFFICIAL. SO THE THE CHANGES IN THERE FROM WHAT'S A NORMAL OVER A NORMAL HOMELESS SHELTER IS WE'VE TAKEN OUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR TB TESTS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALISTIC FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS AND MAYBE VOLUNTEERING FOR ONE NIGHT. AND WE'VE ADDED A SECTION ABOUT REQUIRING THAT SOMEONE BE BEING ON STAFF AND DURING OPERATING HOURS. SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE BIG CHANGES IN THERE. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS JUST ADDING AN ACCESSORY OVERNIGHT SHELTER TO IT. SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SEE NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN MY QUEUE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCILMAN PURVIS.

YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CRAMER. COUNCILMAN. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 26 YES VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, ITEM NUMBER 50. A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE

[50. R-161-25 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDER REZONING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1901 R PAYNE STREET TO A LOWER, MORE APPROPRIATE ZONING CLASSIFICATION. 12/09/25 Planning and Zoning Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: June 4, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ]

PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDER REZONING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1901 PAYNE STREET, TO A LOWER, MORE APPROPRIATE ZONING CLASSIFICATION. READ IN FULL. THIS ITEMS PROPERLY BEFORE US.

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COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ANDERSON. SO YOU GUYS HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING, A COUPLE OF MY CONSTITUENTS TALK ABOUT THE LONG STANDING ISSUES AT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF MY EXPERIENCE HERE. WHEN I WHEN I HEARD THAT THAT PLANT HAD EXPLODED, I WAS SITTING HERE AND LEFT AFTER A COMMITTEE MEETING ENDED AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE PLANT. AND ONCE I KIND OF FIGURED OUT THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS THERE AND THINGS WERE KIND OF UNDER CONTROL, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. AND SO I STARTED KNOCKING ON DOORS ON MAIN STREET AND JUST ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY WERE OKAY. AND THE ONE FAMILY THAT I REMEMBER MORE THAN ANY OTHER. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CRAZY THINGS TO SEE. BUT ONE, ONE MAN CAME TO THE DOOR AND I SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? AND HE SAID, NO, I'M NOT. AND HE TOOK ME TO THE BACK OF HIS HOUSE AND TOOK ME TO HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM. AND THERE WAS A WHAT LOOKED LIKE A PIECE OF METAL, LIKE AN OLD TIME CANNONBALL LAYING ON HIS DAUGHTER'S FLOOR. AND THAT PIECE OF METAL HAD NOT COME THROUGH THE WINDOW. THAT PIECE OF METAL HAD BLOWN A HOLE THROUGH THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, AND THEN HIT THE INTERIOR WALL AND FELL ON THE. AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THE THE FATHER AND MOTHER WHO HAD BEEN IN THE HOUSE WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THE DAUGHTER THANKFULLY WAS NOT IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME, WERE RATTLED QUITE A BIT BY THAT EXPERIENCE. AND I'VE HEARD I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY STORIES I'VE HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE IN CLIFTON AROUND THIS FACILITY. WE'VE HAD NEIGHBORS THAT WERE DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD AS A RESULT OF THIS, THIS EPISODE. AND SO I'LL TELL YOU FROM A FROM A COUNCIL PERSON'S STANDPOINT, I'VE KIND OF MADE LIGHT OF IT THAT NOBODY EVER, YOU KNOW, TAUGHT ME WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE HOW TO DEAL WITH AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY EXPLOSION IN MY DISTRICT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY DO IN ORIENTATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE FELT THE ENTIRE TIME IN DEALING WITH CLIFTON AND TRYING TO HELP NEIGHBORS DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES. I FELT COMPLETELY HELPLESS. THIS IS IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN SOMETHING WHERE I'VE I'VE TRIED TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE'VE TALKED THROUGH ISSUES. WE'VE DONE THE BEST WE CAN AS A COMMUNITY. BUT I HAVE FELT COMPLETELY HELPLESS. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION FINALLY, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO THAT SAYS TO MY NEIGHBORS, I HEARD YOU. AND THE FIRST THING THAT THEY SAID TO ME AFTER THIS HAPPENED WAS, WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE ASKED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ZONING. IT HAS M2 ZONING, WHICH IS A VERY INTENSE INDUSTRIAL ZONING. AND IT'S HISTORICALLY IT'S GRANDFATHERED IN. IT'S NONCONFORMING RIGHTS. AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, THIS HAS CAN YOU LOOK AT IT AND DETERMINE A MORE. A MORE A ZONING THAT MAKES MORE SENSE GIVEN THAT IT IS SURROUNDED PRETTY MUCH ON EVERY SIDE BY RESIDENTIAL HOMES? AND I KNOW I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY OF YOU ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE PUSHBACK IS BECAUSE THIS IS GOVERNMENT PROACTIVELY ASKING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DOWN ZONE A PROPERTY. AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL. WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL AND I UNDERSTAND AND FRANKLY, I AGREE THEORETICALLY WITH THAT KIND OF PHILOSOPHY. LIKE I DON'T THINK WE AS A METRO GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROACTIVELY BE PULLING ZONING OUT FROM UNDER OPERATING COMPANIES AND CHANGING THE RULES ON THEM, FRANKLY, AND AFFECTING THEIR BUSINESSES IN THIS CASE, IN PART BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD MY CONSTITUENTS SAY EARLIER TONIGHT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY UNIQUE CASE. SO WHILE I AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IF YOU COME TO ME OR IF ANYONE CAME TO ME WITH A PROPERTY THAT EXHIBITED MANY OF THE CRITERIA THAT MY CONSTITUENTS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS, DOING SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES AROUND IT, AND FATALITIES EACH TIME, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE ONGOING ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD AT THIS FACILITY, THEN I WOULD SAY, SURE, THAT'S ONE THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE GIVEN THEM MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO FIX THE ISSUES, AND IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED IN THIS CASE. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY UNIQUE SITUATION. AND I THINK, FRANKLY, IT'S THE

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LEAST WE AS METRO GOVERNMENT WE CAN DO TO RESPOND TO TO WHAT THEY'VE TO WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED FOR IN THIS CASE. SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND I DON'T EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BECOME PRECEDENT UNLESS YOU AGAIN, YOU BRING TO ME AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY THAT HAS EXPLODED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH FATALITIES AND HAS SIMILAR ISSUES TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE AT THIS JUVENILE FACILITY. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN CAN SUPPORT ME ON THIS. AGAIN, WE AREN'T MAKING A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH. WE'RE JUST ASKING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO LOOK AT IT AND HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH A ZONING THAT'S THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR THE FOR THIS AREA. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BRATCHER, YOU'RE NEXT TO MY CUE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR VICE CHAIR. COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN OWEN AND COLLEAGUES, EXTREMELY EMPATHETIC TO THE SITUATION. I. COUNCILMAN, I HEAR EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING, AND VERY LITTLE IS GOING TO GET ME TO DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I'M A LITTLE BIT OPPOSED TO DOING A RESOLUTION TO DOWN ZONE A PROPERTY. AND AND I THINK IT'S A HARMFUL WAY THAT SETS A BAD PRECEDENT MOVING FORWARD.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION COMES BACK AND SAYS, WE CAN DO THIS, SUCH AND SUCH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOOPHOLE THAT EVERYBODY THAT IS NOT HAPPY WITH A AN INDUSTRIAL SOMETHING IN THEIR COMMUNITY WILL START TO MAKE NOISE ABOUT DOWN ZONING OR REZONING THEIR THAT PROPERTY IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S EXPLOSIONS THAT HAPPEN IN RUBBERTOWN ALL THE TIME AND LIVES ARE LOST. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, SETTING A STANDARD AND AND BEING UNCLEAR OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I THINK WE RISK THE THE KENTUCKY TAKE BACK LAW OPENING UP PANDORA'S BOX AND LAWSUITS AND AND DESTABILIZING THE ZONING. I THINK METRO GOVERNMENT CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF HOLDING ACCOUNTABILITY ON PROPERTIES WITH BINDING ELEMENTS AND THINGS TO ENSURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO THIS RESOLUTION CHANGE. COUNCILMAN READ YOUR NEXT TO MAKE YOU YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. JUST A VERY THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. A VERY QUICK QUESTION. SO THIS IS GOING BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

WILL THERE BE PUBLIC HEARINGS LIKE ANY OTHER NEW ZONING CASE? HONESTLY, TRAVIS, I THINK YOU'D BE BETTER TO ANSWER THAT THAN I WOULD BE TRAVIS ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. SO, YES, AFTER THIS PROCESS, THIS IS JUST THE INITIATION. CHRIS ALLOWS FOR A NUMBER OF WAYS FOR REZONINGS TO BE INITIATED. BUT AS SOON AS THIS PROCESS IS OVER, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION, IT WOULD PROCEED LIKE ANY OTHER ZONING CASE. IT WOULD BE AN AREA WIDE REZONING, WHICH MEANS THERE WOULDN'T BE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN ASSOCIATED, SO IT WOULD JUST BE REZONING THE PARCEL, BUT OTHERWISE IT WOULD BASICALLY THEY WOULD BE THEY WOULD BE COMING BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WOULD GO THROUGH THE REGULAR NORMAL PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS. CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WEBER.

THANK YOU. I ALSO NORMALLY WOULD BE OPPOSED TO THIS, EXCEPT THAT FOR AN OPERATING BUSINESS, I THINK THERE ARE SUFFICIENT PROTECTIONS WITHIN EXISTING KENTUCKY LAW SO THAT THIS WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN. SO I DO THINK THAT THE THE IDEA OF SETTING A PRECEDENT HERE IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO BE DOING. I ALSO THINK THAT THE IDEA THAT RECOGNIZING THAT SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED, THAT CERTAIN AREAS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE ANY LONGER OR ARE APPROPRIATE NOW IN DIFFERENT WAYS, IS SOMETHING THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. SO IF THIS WERE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE, I THINK THERE'S SUFFICIENT PROTECTIONS FOR THAT, THAT BUSINESS, SO THAT I DON'T FEEL THE SAME ANXIETIES THAT I NORMALLY WOULD AROUND THIS KIND OF THING. SO I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. COUNCILWOMAN RUBY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO IF I WAS HEARING THAT THE OFFICIALS THAT WERE CONCERNED AND WERE PREPARED TO FIGHT AND ETC. BUT I DON'T HEAR THAT. I HEAR THEM ACCEPTING THIS AND THEY'VE ALREADY STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT PLAN TO REBUILD AT THIS SITE. AND I CANNOT SEE ANY OTHER HEAVY INDUSTRY WANTING TO GO IN THERE. AND THE EVENTUALITY IS IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE REZONED. IT'S GRANDFATHERED IN RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S NO LONGER AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THAT SPACE. THEREFORE, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS. IT'S CERTAINLY A WAY FOR THEM IN THE IN THE LONGER TERM TO GET THAT SITE READY TO BE SOLD AND PUT TO A SAFER, BETTER USE, MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPACE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CRAMER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MY IF IN FACT EVERYONE IS IS INTERESTED IN THE DOWN IN THE DOWN ZONING OR IF THEY'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT. THAT CHANGES THE CONVERSATION CONSIDERABLY. BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT KIND OF

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CONJECTURE. IN MY TERM IN OFFICE, IN MY IN MY YEARS HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER BEING REMINDED CONSISTENTLY IS THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING ISSUES, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BUSINESSES, AND WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE IF WE LIKE THE BUSINESS OR DON'T LIKE THE BUSINESS. THE ZONING IS ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S NOT ON THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS. IT'S NOT ON THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT'S THERE. IT'S THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE. IT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHAT ZONING IS. SO IF WE DON'T LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE MY HEART GOES OUT. I HEAR COUNCILMAN OWENS ARGUMENTS. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS. AND AND I CAN UNDERSTAND EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO LIVES WITHIN, NOT JUST THE EARSHOT OF THE EXPLOSION, BUT ALL OF THE FALLOUT FROM IT, WHETHER THAT BE LITERAL PHYSICAL FALLOUT OR THE FALLOUT. I GET THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AROUND A COMPANY THAT HAS ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER. BUT WE'RE NOT ZONING A COMPANY. IT'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN WE GET INTO THIS PLACE WHERE WE DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE HOW TO REGULATE SPECIFIC COMPANIES, NOT NOT TYPES OF INDUSTRY, BUT SPECIFIC COMPANIES BY ZONING PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE ON IN A WAY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM DOING WHAT, WHAT THE ZONING HAD ALLOWED THEM TO DO. THAT, TO ME IS A SCARY PROSPECT. AND AGAIN, I MY HEART GOES OUT. I UNDERSTAND THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE IN, BUT I STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT DID THAT PROPERTY. IS THAT THE PROBLEM? AND THE PROBLEM IS THE COMPANY, NOT THE PROPERTY. MAYBE THE PROPERTY, MAYBE THE COMPANY. THAT TYPE OF COMPANY DOESN'T BELONG IN THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF LOCATION. BUT IF THAT'S THE ARGUMENT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE, I'D SAY, FOLKS, BE VERY CAREFUL THIS EVENING, BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE ARGUMENT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE, WE ARE GOING AFTER EVERY OTHER COMPANY THAT IS OPERATING IN ANY AREA THAT WE WOULD LOOK BACK ON LATER AND SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, THIS DOESN'T FIT HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ON THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE EITHER DOWN ZONING THE COMPANY, WHICH WE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO. I THINK THAT'S A HUGE MISTAKE. OR WE'RE DOWN ZONING THE PROPERTY. AND IF WE'RE ZONING THE PROPERTY, THEN EVERY OTHER PROPERTY THAT MEETS THE SAME STIPULATION SHOULD ALSO BE DOWN ZONED. THAT CREATES A HUGE NIGHTMARE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ONLY ASKING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT WE'RE STILL TAKING A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. SO IF DIVIDEND IS IN FACT, IF COUNCILMAN WRIGHT IS COUNCILWOMAN IS RIGHT, I HOPE SHE IS. AND DIVIDEND IS OKAY WITH THIS, THEN LET THEM COME BACK AND ASK FOR IT. AND THEN WE CAN ALL VOTE, YOU KNOW, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE. OTHERWISE, I THINK WE JUST CREATE FOR OURSELVES A PROBLEM IN THE LONG RUN. COUNCILMAN LEININGER, YOUR NEXT IN THE QUEUE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR TWO INTENSIVE A USE WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE RISK TO THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SURROUNDING IT. THIS IS A CLEAR, CLEAR PUBLIC INTEREST THAT WE CAN TAKE HERE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS IN A DENSELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT SURROUNDS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS TWO AND HIGH, INTENSIVE AND INDUSTRIAL USE THAT IS CREATING A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO TALK ABOUT SLIPPERY SLOPES, WHICH IS A LOGICAL FALLACY, AND INSTEAD WE SHOULD JUST LOOK AT THE FACTS BEFORE US THAT THIS PROPERTY IS TOO INTENSELY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AROUND IT. IT HAS CREATED A SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL HAZARD TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.

DESTRUCTION OF THEIR PROPERTY. AND WE HAVE A DUTY TO ACT TO PROTECT THOSE PEOPLE. I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS. AND FRANKLY, IF PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OTHER PROPERTIES IN RUBBERTOWN WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALSO HARMED, WHERE OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALSO HARMED, GUESS WHAT? I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TOO. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. COUNCILWOMAN PARRISH. RIGHT.

YOU'RE NEXT TIME I HIT THE FLOOR, MADAM. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW IT UP BECAUSE I TOTALLY AGREE. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT I CAN SAY DIFFERENT. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS, BUT HEARING FROM RESIDENTS WHO WERE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS, THINKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN OWEN AND BEING REALLY TRUTHFUL ABOUT HAVING TO BE REACTIONARY AND DO WHAT HE CAN AND KNOCK ON THOSE DOORS. AND NOW BEING PROACTIVE. AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION ASKING FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING. I MEAN, FOR THEM TO RECONSIDER THIS, I THINK THAT THAT IS THE RIGHT STEP. THAT IS OUR JOB. THIS IS NOT ILLEGAL. IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT AN ATTACK ON THE BUSINESS, BUT IT'S A RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THIS AND LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST.

AND MAYBE IF THAT SECOND EXPLOSION DIDN'T HAPPEN OR THIRD OR WHATEVER ONE IT WAS,

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THEN WE WOULD HAVE THOSE LIVES HERE AND WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. BUT IT IS OUR JOB WHILE IT'S OUR TURN WHILE WE'RE SERVING RIGHT NOW. THIS HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, AND HERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER OF 2025 SAYING, HEY, LET'S BE PROACTIVE. I SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS, AND AND WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THEM. AND I COMMEND COUNCILMAN OWEN FOR TAKING THIS FORWARD. AND I THINK IT'S A POLITE ASK.

I DON'T EVEN THINK THIS IS LIKE HARDCORE. AND IF IT SETS A PRECEDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO REACT TO OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HARMED AND DAMN WELL LET'S SET IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HERNDON, YOU'RE NEXT TO MY CUE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. IF THE COMPANY WHO DOES THE HARM ASKS THE DOWN ZONING, THAT'S OKAY. BUT IF THE CITIZENS WHO ARE HARMED AND OR HARMED, INJURED OR IN SOME CASES KILLED, ASK FOR IT. THAT'S NOT OKAY. I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT REASONING.

SO I'LL BE VOTING. YES. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. MADAM CLERK, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD NORMALLY REQUIRE A VOICE VOTE. HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A ROLL CALL AND OPEN THE ROLL PLEASE. ONE MORE TIME. I THINK I GOT EVERYONE. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 17 YES VOTES AND NINE NO VOTES. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, READING ITEM NUMBER 51,

[51. R-147-25 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE CABINET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES REGARDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (FUSE CORP. - $180,000.00). 12/9/25 Labor and Economic Development Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: June 4, 2026 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]

A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCE APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVE NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE CABINET OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. FOR CONSULTING SERVICES REGARDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING USE. COMPANY $180,000. READ IN FULL MOTION. THE ITEM IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN WEBER, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR? YES. SO THIS IS FOR A. A SOLE SOURCE WITH ONE OF THE WITH THE ONLY ORGANIZATION OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO HELP THE CITY TO CRAFT A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING STRATEGY. THE REASON THAT IT IS ON OLD BUSINESS IS THAT COUNCILWOMAN DOCTOR MCCRANEY HAD SOME VERY THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS THAT WERE NOT ANSWERED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.

I THINK WE HAVE SPOKEN SINCE THEN. AND AND YOU'RE GOOD. SO WHILE IT IS ON OLD BUSINESS, WE EXPECT IT TO PASS. I SEE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS FOR A VOICE VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION HERE? IN OPPOSITION? THE RESOLUTION

[52. R-160-25 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF METRO GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON PROPERTY OWNED BY LCF PRESERVATION, LLC, LOCATED AT 3011 W. N. BUCKEYE LANE IN GOSHEN, OLDHAM COUNTY, KENTUCKY. (AS AMENDED) 12/11/25 Parks and Sustainability Committee Amended; Recommended for Approval Action Required By: June 4, 2026 Sponsors: Josie Raymond (D-10) ]

IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, A READING OF ITEM NUMBER2. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THE METRO GOVERNMENT, TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON PROPERTY OWNED BY LCF PRESERVATION, LLC, LOCATED AT 3011 NORTH BUCKEYE LANE IN GOSHEN, OLDHAM COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AS AMENDED. WRITTEN. ITEM CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR. DELIBERATION ON THIS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE UNANSWERED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATION ON. IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE. ANY NO ONE IN MY QUEUE TO DISCUSS THAT. THIS REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? IT'S GOING BACK TO COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK, READING MY NUMBER

[53. R-158-25 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S 2026 BUDGET. 12/11/25 Budget Committee Recommended for Approval Action Required By: June 4, 2026 Sponsors: Markus Winkler (D-17), Kevin Kramer (R-11)]

53, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S 2026 BUDGET READ IN FULL. SECOND ITEM PROPERLY BEFORE IS COUNCILMAN WINKLER AND CRAMER. THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE.

DO EITHER ONE OF YOU CARE TO SPEAK TO THIS? COUNCILMAN CRAMER, YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS OR YOU WANT ME TO. OKAY, COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET. IT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY. HOWEVER, COUNCILWOMAN MULVEY WOOLRIDGE HAS AN ABSTENTION.

THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AS YOU KNOW, BOTH THE CLERK AND THE SHERIFF PRESENT THEIR BUDGET TO US. EVERY YEAR WE GET AN UP OR DOWN VOTE AGAIN. WE PASSED THE CLERK'S BUDGET ON CONSENT EARLIER. SHERIFF'S BUDGET HERE SIMPLY FOR THE ABSTENTION. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCILWOMAN MULVEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT. COUNCILWOMAN WOOLRIDGE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO EXPLAIN YOUR ABSTENTION. THANK YOU. YES. I'M ABSTAINING FROM PARTICIPATION. THIS VOTE ON THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS EMPLOYED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. MADAM CLERK, LET'S OPEN THE

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ROLL FOR ROLL CALL. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 24 YES VOTES, ONE PRESENT VOTE AND ONE

[New Business]

ABSTENTION. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS. AS YOU LEAVE THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY. SO THE CLERK MAY READ THE NEW BUSINESS. I WOULD ASK THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WISH TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS, TO PLEASE REMAIN IN CHAMBERS AND REQUEST TO SPEAK AT THE END OF THE NEW BUSINESS. NEWUSINESS COMPRISES OF ITEM 54 THROUGH 62.

THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ITEM 54, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $10,000 FROM DISTRICT 13 TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL FOREST FEST BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, TO BE HELD MAY 16TH, 2026. ITEM 55 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $50,000 FROM DISTRICT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS AND RECREATION TO FUND THE DISTRICT ONE PARKS ACTITIES ACCOUNT FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS IN 2026. ITEM 56, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM DISTRICT TEN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THE CITY OF AUDUBON PARK FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A PERMANENT OUTDOOR STAGE IN THE COMMON AREA LOCATED ON RED ROAD. ITEM 57 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $30,000 FROM DISTRICT TEN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO OFFICE OF ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TO FUND THREE PUBLIC MURAL GRANTS FOR MURAL PROJECTS WITHIN DISTRICT TEN I. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO EQUITY AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. HOUSING, HEAH AND EDUTION COITTE COMMITTEE ITEM 58 A RESOLUTI HONING MR. RL HANC STREEDRRUCE Y INIS HONOR. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE.

ITEM 59 ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 916 PALATKA ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.32 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25, ZONE 0021. ITEM 16 RELATING TO CLOSURE OF UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY ON MASON BOULEVARD, ADJACENT TO 6702 TRANSYLVANIA AVENUE, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 1.077 ACRES AND BEING LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25, STR CLOSE 0016. ITEM 61, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY ALONG LIME ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 13,000FT■!S AND BEING LOUISVILLE METRO. CASE NUMBER 25. STREET CLOSURE 0018. ITEM 62 RESOLUTION TO INITIATE AN APPLICATION WITH THE LOUISVILLE METRO PLANNING COMMISSION TO NAME A CERTAIN ALLEY AS CJ FLETCHER WAY, READ IN FULL.

[Announcements]

MISTER CHAIR, I HAVE A MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. GO AHEAD. ALRIGHT.

IT'S THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING 2025. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN THANK THE THE CLERKS OF METRO GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE HELPED US RAISE, WELL, NOT JUST RAISE FUNDS TO GET CLOTHES, BUT GET CLOTHING FOR PEOPLE BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL IN NEED. ESPECIALLY NOW, WHILE THE WEATHER IS VERY, VERY HARSH, WE'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. WE FILLED THAT BIN MANY, MANY TIMES. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL BE IN THE LOBBY. WELL, IT CAN BE IN THE LOBBY AT LEAST THROUGH THIS MONTH. SO IF YOU HAVE SOME GENTLY USED CLOTHING, SHIRTS, PANTS, SHOES, THINGS LIKE THAT, PLEASE DROP THEM OFF IN THE LOBBY. THERE IS A BIN THERE WITH A SIGN SO THAT PEOPLE IN NEED CAN GET THAT CLOTHING. OKAY, THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF GIVING. THIS IS THE SEASON AND A SPECIAL, SPECIAL WARM THANK YOU TO THE METRO CLERKS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? THIS CONCLUDES