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Open your document. There.
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All right. So.
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I don't know if
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we all have to walk down. Here.
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To turn off your house.
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Yeah,
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it's it's a county. So we had
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to restart the whole computer.
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But. But look, you don't need
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it. No.
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We've been waiting for
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you. I'm just. I'm joking.
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Okay?
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Yeah, well, let's not look at
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that right now. Let's start
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with what we need.
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Metro tv 30s.
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Good afternoon and welcome to
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the regularly scheduled
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planning and Zoning committee
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meeting. I am Scott Reed, the
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vice chair of the committee.
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Today is Tuesday, JUNE the 2nd.
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And joining me in the chambers,
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we have COUNCILWOMAN Parish
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rights. We have COUNCILWOMAN
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Raymond, we have COUNCILMAN
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Hudson. We have COUNCILWOMAN
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Rudy. We have COUNCILWOMAN
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Jennifer Chappell. And online
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we have Chair Owen. Just a
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little bit of housekeeping. We
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have item number five, which is
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being held at the request of
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the sponsor. And with that in
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mind, we have starting off
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ordinance pending legislation,
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ordinance 0-127-26, an
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ordinance relating to the
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zoning of property located at
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3827 proper level road
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containing approximately 0.22
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acres and being in Louisville
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Metro. Case number 26. Zone
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0025 do have a motion motion.
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Motion seconded. Julia. Oh I'm
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sorry. Disclaimer. This meeting
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is being held pursuant to carry
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61.826 and Council of five a
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reading for. Thank you Cheryl.
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Now to you, Julia. Julia
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Williams Office of Planning. So
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this is 26 zone 0025. This is
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located at 3827 Poplar Level
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Road in Council District ten.
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The existing use is single
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family. The proposed use is
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multifamily. The existing
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zoning is r five in the
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neighborhood Forum district.
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The proposed zoning is r six in
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the neighborhood Forum district.
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The request is for a change in
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zoning from r five residential
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to r six residential. There was
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a waiver and a detailed
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district development plan with
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binding elements associated
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with the site. The site is
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approximately 0.22 acres. It's
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an existing single family
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structure to be converted to a
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duplex with a detached third
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dwelling unit in the rear.
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There's no new construction or
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expansion of the existing
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structures. This is the
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applicant's development plan,
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showing the existing home in
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the front and then the existing
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accessory dwelling unit in the
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rear. This is what the subject
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property looks like along
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Poplar Level Road. The rear of
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the property along Jackson
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Avenue. These are the existing
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dwellings across the front of.
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Along a level road. This is
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facing northwest toward Poplar
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Level Road and Trevilian Way
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and then facing southeast
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towards Pablo Level Road and
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Grenade Avenue. The neighbor.
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The applicant held their
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neighborhood meeting on
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FEBRUARY 25th, 2026. The
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Planning Commission held their
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public hearing on APRIL 23rd,
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2026, where there was a motion
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to recommend approval of the
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change in zoning, passing by a
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vote of 7 to 1. Are there any
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questions? Whose council
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district is this? Oh, I'm sorry,
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would you like to speak to it,
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COUNCILMAN Raymond, please.
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Well, first I wanted to ask if
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if you understood why there was
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a no vote. That commissioner
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did not speak as to why they
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voted no. Yes, I'll speak to it,
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if I MAY. So this is a this is
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a property. It's a five bedroom
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house that was previously
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rented out and that there's not
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the market that there used to
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be for renting five bedroom
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houses. And so the owner of
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this property is converting it
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with only internal renovations.
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And so that each floor is
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rented. So it's essentially a
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duplex. I went to the
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neighborhood meeting. There was
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no objection actually at the
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neighborhood meeting was the
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couple who were the current
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tenants who were supportive of
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this change. So I was actually
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really disappointed by this one
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no vote because it's delayed
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the progress. And it's, it's we
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talk about how things move
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really slowly. This is a very
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simple change that enhances the
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neighborhood and is desired by
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the residents. And it has still
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taken months and months. So I
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ask for your support. Thank you,
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COUNCILMAN Owen. Thank you,
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Vice Chair. Quick, quick
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question. So is my
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understanding. My understanding
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is that this will go from a
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single family with a cup for an
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for an Adu, or was it a and
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then and now it will just be a
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multi-family. And so will this,
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the the Adu will go away and
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there will be three units of
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multifamily rental. Is that my
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is that a correct understanding?
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I don't believe the site had a
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cup for an accessory dwelling
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unit. So it was being rented,
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not as a as a short term rental,
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but as a long term rental.
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Previously the back of the, the
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back unit. It's the I know the
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young man who lives in the back.
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It's the owner's son. And so do
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we know again, I'm I'm I'm, I'm
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a I'm for this. I was just
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trying to get some
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clarification. So so the
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current tenants who now occupy
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the entire house will now
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occupy one floor. The young man
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who lives in the Adu in the
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back will stay there. And then
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a new tenant will move on to
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the second floor. Great. And I
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just wanted to mention that,
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you know, when we do break up a,
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a five bedroom house, for
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example, we do into two units,
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we have created smaller units
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that will be more affordable to,
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to people. And I think that is
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a net positive here. So just
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wanted to highlight that. Thank
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you very much. Thank you. Chair.
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Any other comments? We have
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been joined by COUNCILMAN
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Vachon. Stewart. COUNCILMAN
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Benson, you. Oh, I thought I
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acknowledged you. COUNCILMAN
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Benson is in the chambers as
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well. With that, I think we're
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ready to vote. On. Yes. Thank
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you. Voting's closing. Vice
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Chair Reed, you have eight yes
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votes. Thank you very much.
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This passes and we'll go to new
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business at the next council
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meeting. Next is item number
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0-137-26. An ordinance relating
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to the area wide zoning of
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property located at 1901 r
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Payne Street, containing
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approximately 3.09 acres and
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being in Louisville Metro. Case
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number 26, zone 0030. Do I have
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a motion? Motion and seconded
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chair Owen would like to speak
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to this, I'm sure. Thank you,
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Vice Chair Reed, this is a long
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time coming. I'm excited about
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this. So a couple of things I,
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I want to highlight again here.
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We've talked about this
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previously, but I wanted to say
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that, you know, this I don't
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expect to be precedent. I do
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not think that we as Metro
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government should proactively
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go after properties that are
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historically that are
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grandfathered in as industrial
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zoning and pull the industrial
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zoning designation out from
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under companies who are
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operating in in those locations.
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I think that is bad practice,
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bad business. And I do not
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think that this should set that
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precedent precedent. So I
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wanted to say that, first and
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foremost, in the case of this
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property, the property has had
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multiple explosions over the
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years. At least two of those
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explosions were deadly. And
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frankly, the most recent
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explosion. Is it's a small
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miracle that it wasn't more
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that it didn't take more lives
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than it actually did. When you
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you saw the the huge chunks of
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metal that went flying
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throughout the Clifton
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neighborhood. And so once that
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happened, the mayor came
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forward and, and I was in full
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agreement that this should
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never operate as heavy
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industrial again. And we
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requested that the Planning
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Commission take a look at what
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this might look like to down
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zone it. The recommendation was
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to, to change from m-2, which
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is a heavy industrial zoning
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zoning designation to cm, which
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does allow for some light
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industrial zone, but also
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allows for some housing,
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multifamily housing and some
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other things. So it, it adds
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more flexibility to what the
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property can be used for going
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forward, which I think is a
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good thing and does will make
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it easier for the for the
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company to sell going forward,
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because they'll be more users
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that that could potentially use
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the property as opposed to a, a,
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only a heavy industrial user
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using the property. I wanted to
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acknowledge that Commissioner
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Lannert voted against this at
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the Planning Commission. He was
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the sole no vote at the
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Planning Commission. And I do
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respect Commissioner Lambert's
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expertise as it relates to
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industrial properties. He's. He
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has brokered industrial
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properties in Louisville for
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the past four decades, and he
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suggested that we were reducing
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the value of the property by by,
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by lowering the zoning, lower
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the intensity of zoning from m2
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industrial to cm. Again
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acknowledging his expertise. I
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do have to disagree. In this
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particular case, I think that
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we have at. I think we've, like
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I said previously, we've added
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some value to the property in
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the sense that we have added
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the number of different uses
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that can be used, that can be
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taken advantage of at this site
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going forward, which I think
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adds some value. We have
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allowed some light industrial
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to continue here, which, you
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know, could could obviously
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turn into to future cash flow
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at this site going forward. So
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at the very most, I think we
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have I don't think we have
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reduced the value of this
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property in making this zoning
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change. One other thing and
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then I'll, I'll I'll step back
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here with the Planning
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Commission, sorry, the planning
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staff at Metro Government,
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under the leadership of Brian
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Davis, has reached out to
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Geveden on a handful of
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occasions since this process
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has been in place. What what I
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had requested from the company
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is that they come out and
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explicitly say that they they
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were not against the change in
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the zoning. They did not agree
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to say that explicitly, but at
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the same time, we have given
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them multiple opportunities 4
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or 5 on 4 or 5 different
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occasions to come out and say,
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please don't do this. You are
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really, you know, taking away
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the value of the property by
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doing this. And they have not
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done that either. And I think
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that their silence on that
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should be there's something to
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be said for the fact that they
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did not take the 4 or 5
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opportunities to, to state
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their opposition to this. And
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so I think that's that's
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important. So with all of that
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said, I would really ask for
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your support and hopefully we
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can. The this change in zoning
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will bring closure to the
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neighborhood in a way that I
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think will be incredibly
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healing. So I ask for your
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support and hope to move it
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forward. Thank you. Thank you.
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Chairman. Does anybody have any
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questions? COUNCILMAN Bacon?
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Thank you, Vice Chair Reed. And
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thank you, Chair Owen, for your
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explanation. And and just you
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know, for the record, I want to
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I've I've stated these issues
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before, but I want to state
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them again. And I think I think
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we're opening up a can of worms.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I think I
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think we should allow the
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market to play its role and do
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what it needs to do, and not
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rezone a property outside of
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the scope of allowing the owner
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to go through that zoning
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process like they should. This
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is going to increase the value
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of the property. I can agree
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with you on that. COUNCILMAN
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Owen, and create a new market
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value for this property to be
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sold or redeveloped. I strongly
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believe that we should not be
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doing this for the purpose of
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that. Owner needs to go through
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this process like everybody
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else does. Thank you.
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COUNCILMAN. Any other questions?
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Would you like to respond to
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COUNCILMAN Owen? Okay. Any
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questions? That said, I think
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we're ready to vote. Chair Owen.
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Yes. Thank you. Ordinance
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closing. Vice chair Reed, you
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have five yes votes and three
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no's. Thank you. With that,
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we'll go to new business. I'm
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sorry, old business. In the
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next council meeting. Next is
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item number three, an ordinance
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imposing a temporary moratorium
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on rezoning conditional. And
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this is item number 0-135-26.
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An ordinance imposing a
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temporary moratorium on
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rezoning conditional use
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permits and plan certain
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category two b and three
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development plan applications
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relating to telecommunication
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hotels and data centers pending
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a review and recommended
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changes by the Planning
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Commission. Do I have a motion,
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motion, motion and seconded? I
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think we have COUNCILWOMAN
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Chapel that would like to speak
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to this. Sure. Thank. I used to
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be on planning and zoning, and
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our meetings were much longer.
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Preface. No ai has been used to
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write this plea and all the
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words are my own, as is all of
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my words I've said in this
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chamber thus far. Colleagues,
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we have kicked. This can far
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enough down the road. On
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JANUARY 23rd, the Planning
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Commission was supposed to
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release the recommendations for
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the changes to the Land
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Development Code regarding data
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centers. 130 days have passed
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since that deadline and we are
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without recommendations. Still,
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what's even more puzzling to me
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is that recommendations were
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published online on JANUARY 2nd,
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and they were taken down just
[28:25]
hours later. It seemed like the
[28:27]
work was completed. So where
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did it go? And to be clear,
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these are recommendations that
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we're waiting on. It's not
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legislation and its final form.
[28:37]
They aren't automatic updates
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to our land development code.
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They're recommendations that
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have the opportunity to be
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molded, which will be subject
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to public comment and will be
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under review by this
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legislative body. There's a lot
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of work ahead of us, but we
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can't move forward without the
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foundation of these documents.
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Data centers are a hot button
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issue worldwide, and they're
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certainly one that folks care
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about here since they're in
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their infancy. We don't
[29:05]
understand a lot of the
[29:07]
implications of a data center.
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How big of a population does
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one data center serve? How many
[29:13]
data centers does Louisville
[29:17]
need to power its population?
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What communities outside of
[29:20]
Louisville benefit from data
[29:23]
centers located here? Do those
[29:26]
communities have buy in?
[29:28]
Louisville has more water than
[29:29]
anyone could than we could ever
[29:31]
need or use is something I've
[29:34]
heard before. But how much has
[29:36]
to be used in order for that
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precious finite source to be
[29:42]
tapped and threatened? Solar
[29:44]
panel energy advances as
[29:45]
quickly as televisions do, and
[29:46]
computers are no longer the
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size, as buildings. Look how
[29:55]
tiny this one is here. Does
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technology in a data center
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advance as quickly? And are the
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monstrosities that we're
[30:04]
building now appropriate in 510
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years? I don't know the answers
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to these questions, and I have
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a slew of others that are going
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around in my head, and I doubt
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that anybody else in this room
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has answers to these questions,
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but I'm sure that you have a
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whole lot more. I know that I
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am not willing to let
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Louisville be a guinea pig for
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these data centers. It's
[30:27]
convenient to rally against a
[30:28]
moratorium when it's not your
[30:30]
backyard being threatened. And
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let's be clear I live in a very
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dense urban area, and I doubt
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that a data center would ever
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be coming to my backyard.
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However, that doesn't mean that
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I can't prevent myself from
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fighting for someone that might
[30:45]
have one in their backyard.
[30:46]
Beyond that, we all pay a
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monthly L.G.A bill and a bill
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to Louisville Water. We're all
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subjected to the same price
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hikes, including the one that
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msd is proposing right now. So
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if you don't care about the
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deforestation of data centers,
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their light pollution, their
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noise pollution, the creation
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of a brown field, etc. Then
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maybe you will care when your
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water turns brown and your
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electricity bills rival your
[31:14]
mortgage payment. Maybe these
[31:17]
are all fears, but they're not
[31:19]
ones that I want to test. Now
[31:21]
let me bring address some
[31:23]
concerns about the moratorium
[31:24]
that my colleagues have brought
[31:27]
up. First, there are no data
[31:28]
centers in the pipeline, so
[31:31]
this legislation would be moot.
[31:32]
GOD forbid that Louisville
[31:34]
metro government takes a
[31:36]
proactive approach to something.
[31:37]
Instead of laying in the weeds
[31:40]
and being reactive to something,
[31:42]
why are we too afraid to put
[31:45]
our residents over private
[31:48]
predatory development? Besides,
[31:49]
if plans for a new data center
[31:51]
were to be submitted tomorrow,
[31:53]
any action by Metro Council
[31:55]
would take little too late. Let
[31:56]
me remind you, we're about to
[31:58]
go on break for about three
[32:03]
weeks. It might be too late. A
[32:03]
moratorium will signal that
[32:05]
Louisville is closed for
[32:07]
business. How could we
[32:08]
insinuate that Louisville is
[32:09]
closed for business? When one
[32:10]
Louisville distributed these
[32:12]
talking points before Derby,
[32:13]
over 2 million packages moved
[32:16]
through ups every day, and we
[32:18]
just passed Memphis as the
[32:20]
largest air cargo hub in North
[32:23]
America. Louisville saw over $3
[32:24]
billion in new capital
[32:26]
investment last year, an amount
[32:28]
that's on par with Austin,
[32:31]
Nashville and Raleigh. Ford is
[32:33]
reinventing the assembly line
[32:34]
in Louisville and how cars are
[32:36]
put together. Ge is building a
[32:39]
new 800 job, half a billion
[32:40]
factory, half $1 billion
[32:42]
factory that will manufacture a
[32:44]
washer and dryer units across
[32:46]
this, an area the size of 33
[32:48]
football fields, slate auto and
[32:50]
new Jeff Bezos backed startup
[32:53]
is building an affordable ev in
[32:55]
their global customization hub
[32:57]
is right here in Louisville.
[32:58]
Taiwan based Foxconn is
[33:01]
investing $173 million into a
[33:02]
new facility that, for the
[33:04]
first time since the 1980s,
[33:06]
manufactured consumer
[33:08]
electronics at scale in America
[33:12]
in downtown, has over two $2.5
[33:13]
billion in development underway.
[33:15]
That includes a 1000 room
[33:16]
convention hotel in Humana's
[33:20]
old hq and a new J.W. Marriott
[33:22]
hotel. And our airport is in
[33:25]
the middle of $1 billion
[33:28]
modernization, improving the
[33:30]
experience and the number of
[33:33]
flights. I've also heard the
[33:34]
administration has promised
[33:36]
these recommendations in JUNE,
[33:38]
and they're actively working on
[33:39]
tightening them up for
[33:42]
distribution. These
[33:42]
recommendations are coming to
[33:44]
us from the planning department
[33:45]
via the Planning Commission.
[33:47]
The administration will have
[33:48]
the same opportunity to offer
[33:51]
their feedback, as does Metro
[33:52]
Council and the public. When we
[33:56]
get these distributed. Besides,
[33:57]
why should we trust that we're
[33:58]
getting these recommendations
[33:59]
when we were told we were
[34:01]
getting them in JANUARY and
[34:05]
then in MAY, and now in JUNE.
[34:07]
And I also hear from my
[34:10]
colleagues, I never support
[34:14]
moratoriums, a moratorium on
[34:15]
moratoriums is a weird flex,
[34:19]
but okay, I'm sure that there's
[34:20]
other, more nefarious reasons
[34:21]
that would prevent a council
[34:24]
person from voting in support
[34:26]
of this moratorium, since there
[34:27]
are only assumptions, I'm not
[34:29]
going to address them, although
[34:30]
I can assure you that your
[34:32]
voters want this moratorium,
[34:34]
and I promise you that there is
[34:36]
no price worth the sale of your
[34:43]
dignity. I'm wrapping up. So.
[34:46]
You know you're coming, but I'd
[34:49]
love to read an email from my
[34:53]
friend David Kaplan. Who or
[34:55]
sorry, David Kaplan, who had
[34:56]
emailed all of the members of
[34:57]
the Planning and Zoning
[34:59]
committee this morning. And I
[35:00]
just want to read this email.
[35:04]
It's fairly short. My friend
[35:06]
Jennifer Chappell asked me to
[35:07]
reach out to seek your yes vote
[35:09]
on a moratorium for data
[35:10]
centers today. These centers
[35:12]
really intrigued me as I own a
[35:14]
parcel where one could be built.
[35:16]
If I were to build one, I would
[35:18]
wait until best management
[35:19]
practices are adopted regarding
[35:21]
them. As my friend Stuart
[35:23]
Benson will tell you, a
[35:25]
machinist or a builder, one
[35:27]
needs a blueprint or a diagram
[35:28]
to get the project done
[35:30]
correctly. This is what a
[35:31]
moratorium would provide, and
[35:32]
I'm puzzled at how the Office
[35:34]
of Planning started on this.
[35:36]
Then it suddenly disappeared.
[35:38]
But the Office of Planning has
[35:41]
made this common practice. They
[35:42]
have studied the Floyds Fork
[35:44]
watershed for decades without a
[35:46]
plan being adopted, not only a
[35:48]
major issue of our tax dollars,
[35:49]
but it's worth showing the rest
[35:51]
of the nation that we're not a
[35:53]
smart growth city building
[35:55]
without future generations in
[35:57]
mind. So let's pass this. These
[35:59]
are my own words. Now it's the
[36:01]
end of his email, but I just
[36:03]
want to encourage my colleagues
[36:05]
to vote yes on this so we can
[36:07]
pass this moratorium, get the
[36:09]
recommendations, have the tough
[36:10]
conversations that we need to
[36:14]
have, and update the ldc
[36:15]
responsibly so we don't sell
[36:18]
out any more of our communities.
[36:22]
Thank you. Thank you,
[36:26]
COUNCILMAN Chappell, what is
[36:28]
the length of the moratorium?
[36:30]
How long are we or is there a
[36:33]
length 180 days, which would be
[36:36]
six months? Okay. COUNCILMAN
[36:38]
Parrish. Right. Thank you, MR.
[36:42]
Chair. I don't I think
[36:44]
COUNCILWOMAN Chappell gave a
[36:46]
great explanation of all of
[36:49]
this. I've. And I've thought
[36:50]
about what I would say because
[36:53]
I have pre-typed message that I
[36:54]
wanted to use. But I just want
[36:56]
to say this makes sense. It
[36:58]
gives us an opportunity to be
[37:01]
proactive. This is what our
[37:03]
constituents are asking for. It
[37:05]
is in the backyard of my
[37:06]
district, even though the one
[37:08]
being built is in district one,
[37:09]
I can you can throw a rock over
[37:12]
into district three. I went to
[37:13]
some neighborhood meetings, and
[37:16]
I heard the concerns from
[37:17]
people who are living in those
[37:18]
communities who, who just found
[37:20]
out about it, who are still
[37:22]
trying to understand it. I then
[37:25]
drove and walked the property
[37:28]
with a constituent and it was
[37:30]
huge. And we and I know that
[37:32]
life thrives around water. I
[37:34]
know that we have a good source
[37:35]
of water, but we need to be
[37:37]
able to make decisions that
[37:39]
mean something to our community.
[37:41]
Louisville has never been
[37:42]
closed for business. There's
[37:44]
not a time I've seen Louisville
[37:46]
close for business. So I think
[37:49]
that if that is a concern, that
[37:51]
doesn't make sense to me. I
[37:53]
think the email from that
[37:55]
Jennifer read is so important.
[37:57]
This person is saying they have
[37:59]
a parcel that could be
[38:01]
considered for that, but they
[38:03]
would not build without having
[38:05]
these regulations in place. And
[38:07]
I think that with us going on
[38:09]
vacation with all the things
[38:10]
that are going on and how this
[38:12]
first one got in because of it
[38:13]
was already zoned, and it's
[38:15]
already ahead of the the laws
[38:17]
we have. The moratorium makes
[38:19]
sense. That's all we're asking.
[38:21]
Let's do something to show the
[38:23]
community we're listening.
[38:25]
Let's do something proactive.
[38:26]
Let's work together. This is
[38:28]
not negative. This is not
[38:29]
against business. This is not
[38:31]
us trying to shut down every
[38:33]
developer. This is saying to
[38:34]
the community that we hear you,
[38:37]
we heard you, and we're taking
[38:42]
action. Thank you. COUNCILWOMAN
[38:45]
Freeman. Yes. Is it appropriate
[38:47]
to ask the planning team
[38:48]
questions about the rollout of
[38:53]
the recommendations? I'm sorry.
[38:55]
MAY I ask the planning team
[38:56]
questions about that? Yes, yes,
[38:57]
yes. Could you all explain
[38:59]
better to us and to people
[38:59]
who've been watching but
[39:00]
haven't quite been able to
[39:03]
grasp it like me? Right. What
[39:04]
has been the timeline for the
[39:06]
recommendations? Why the delay
[39:08]
and when can we expect them and
[39:09]
what will they look like? Sure.
[39:11]
Now, so Brian Davis, the Office
[39:14]
of Planning in terms of when
[39:15]
you can expect something, we
[39:16]
are in the process of
[39:18]
finalizing a draft. We hope to
[39:19]
release it next week. So this
[39:22]
has been an this has been an
[39:24]
interesting and challenging
[39:26]
task for us to complete for a
[39:27]
number of reasons and. And
[39:30]
COUNCILWOMAN Chappell, you know,
[39:31]
addressed several of them just
[39:32]
because there isn't a whole lot
[39:34]
of information out there, a lot
[39:35]
of communities are all kind of
[39:37]
in the same spot and that, you
[39:39]
know, you have this use that is
[39:40]
a somewhat fairly new use,
[39:41]
especially when you think about
[39:44]
the hyperscale data centers and
[39:45]
people are treating it all
[39:46]
kinds of different ways
[39:47]
depending on how the
[39:49]
regulations are. We reached out
[39:50]
to some of the peer cities that
[39:53]
we speak with. And, you know,
[39:55]
they were treating data centers
[39:56]
anywhere from like an office,
[39:58]
like any other office use to,
[39:59]
you know, some sort of heavy
[40:01]
industrial use. And so, you
[40:02]
know, people are all over the
[40:04]
place in terms of how they're
[40:06]
dealing with those. And it's
[40:08]
been a topic where really,
[40:09]
every week there's new
[40:11]
information out there about,
[40:13]
you know, what goes on at the
[40:14]
data centers, how they're
[40:15]
operating, why they're
[40:16]
operating the way they do, and
[40:17]
how communities are dealing
[40:18]
with them. So it's something
[40:19]
that we, we've been watching
[40:22]
and kind of following, you know,
[40:24]
another challenge that that we
[40:25]
were kind of dealing with while
[40:27]
we were in the process of, of,
[40:28]
of, you know, doing all this
[40:30]
research was the state
[40:31]
legislation. And in the session
[40:34]
that we just concluded in APRIL,
[40:35]
there were five different bills
[40:36]
that were proposed that were
[40:38]
called an act relating to data
[40:39]
centers. And so, you know, kind
[40:41]
of the thought was like, you
[40:42]
know, before we put anything
[40:44]
out there, before we we do
[40:45]
anything with this draft, let's
[40:46]
watch and see what the state's
[40:47]
going to mandate, because we
[40:49]
didn't want to produce a
[40:50]
product that was going to be,
[40:52]
you know, essentially null and
[40:53]
void because of an action that
[40:54]
the state was going to be
[40:56]
taking. Now, none of those
[40:57]
wound up passing. But, you know,
[40:59]
they they were out there. And
[41:00]
if you've watched the
[41:01]
legislature in the last couple
[41:03]
of years, you know, you have to
[41:04]
wait until the last two days of
[41:05]
the session for anything,
[41:07]
because that's when everything
[41:08]
gets done. So we were watching
[41:09]
that. So as I stated, though,
[41:11]
we are in the process of
[41:12]
finalizing the draft, it'll be
[41:14]
in a form that is, well, it'll,
[41:15]
it'll look like a, like a
[41:17]
strike through of the current
[41:18]
ldc, because that's how we
[41:19]
write the the proposed
[41:20]
amendments when we do it, you
[41:22]
know, basically it's saying,
[41:23]
okay, this is going to be added,
[41:25]
this is going to be subtracted.
[41:27]
And so, you know, we we will be
[41:28]
releasing that document again,
[41:30]
hopefully next week. And, and
[41:32]
then once, once we do release
[41:34]
that, there will be a 30 day
[41:35]
public comment period in which
[41:36]
we take feedback on that. And
[41:38]
then we take that, take the
[41:39]
public feedback into
[41:40]
consideration before we
[41:41]
consider moving it for a public
[41:42]
hearing before the Planning
[41:47]
Commission. Thank you. A quick
[41:49]
follow up. It
[41:51]
coincidence that we're hearing
[41:52]
this moratorium ordinance, and
[41:53]
those are coming next week,
[41:56]
right. Did this force your hand
[41:57]
again? We've we've been working
[41:58]
on this, you know, as you all
[42:00]
know, for a while. And so, I
[42:01]
mean, you know, we just for
[42:03]
various reasons and obviously,
[42:04]
I, I would not, you know, the
[42:06]
moratorium probably did help to
[42:08]
accelerate things. But, you
[42:10]
know, I think in terms of
[42:11]
having a product where, you
[42:13]
know, we're addressing some of
[42:14]
the concerns that were that
[42:15]
were brought to us by the
[42:16]
community whenever we were
[42:18]
doing our round of public
[42:19]
engagement and, and getting the
[42:21]
feedback and getting all the
[42:22]
information that we've been
[42:23]
gathering. Now, it's taken a
[42:25]
while to put this together.
[42:27]
It's not been an easy thing.
[42:30]
Okay. Thank you. Just one
[42:31]
question for Brian before we
[42:33]
get to COUNCILMAN Chappell.
[42:35]
Many of our constituents, many
[42:36]
of my constituents, are asking
[42:38]
the question, how did they get
[42:40]
this last one in under the wire?
[42:42]
What happened? So there's a
[42:43]
classification in the land
[42:45]
Development code that talks
[42:47]
about data hotels. Would you
[42:48]
explain that a little bit,
[42:50]
please? Sure. So under the the
[42:52]
current regulations there's a
[42:53]
use in there called
[42:55]
telecommunication hotels, which
[42:57]
it's kind of an antiquated term
[42:59]
now given, you know, where
[43:01]
we're at, but it is a type of
[43:02]
data center. And so based on
[43:04]
the information that that, that
[43:05]
we have that's available out
[43:07]
there, then the interpretation
[43:09]
was made that data centers fall
[43:11]
under that particular type of
[43:12]
use under that category, you
[43:14]
know, similar to that. And so
[43:17]
that that is why the project
[43:19]
that was previously, you know,
[43:21]
proposed on Campground Road, it
[43:23]
was allowed to progress through
[43:24]
the system underneath that,
[43:26]
that interpretation, how many
[43:27]
if you had to guess how many
[43:29]
small data centers do we have
[43:30]
in the city? Depending on what
[43:32]
you read, they say there's as
[43:34]
many as three dozen or so of
[43:36]
the smaller data centers. And I
[43:37]
ink, you know, that they they
[43:38]
operate in all different type
[43:40]
of parts of the community. They
[43:41]
look like normal office
[43:43]
buildings or normal warehouse
[43:44]
buildings. You don't really
[43:45]
know what they are out there
[43:48]
right now. The big change in,
[43:49]
in, in the use has been just
[43:52]
the, the expansion of this into
[43:53]
these hyper hyperscale data
[43:54]
centers that you're seeing
[43:55]
developed in other communities
[43:57]
right now. And so that's,
[43:58]
that's what is really got the
[43:59]
attention of people is that,
[44:01]
you know, these larger
[44:02]
facilities that are taking up
[44:03]
massive pieces of land that you,
[44:06]
that, you know, MAY use a lot
[44:07]
of power and water and things
[44:08]
like that for their operations.
[44:10]
So that that's what got people
[44:13]
has gotten people's attention.
[44:14]
And so, you know, that that is
[44:16]
kind of like the, you know, why
[44:18]
you all created a request for
[44:19]
us to research this and kind of
[44:21]
re-explore that so that we can
[44:23]
kind of move away from that
[44:24]
interpretation that we had
[44:26]
before and, and better classify
[44:28]
this new use that's out there.
[44:29]
Okay. Thank you, COUNCILMAN
[44:35]
Chappell. I want to make clear
[44:37]
that I don't have any ill will
[44:38]
towards our planning department.
[44:40]
And I think that you all have
[44:42]
done a lot of work thus far.
[44:43]
And I just feel like your hands
[44:47]
have been tied behind your back.
[44:48]
You didn't tie your own hands,
[44:51]
right. But, you know, there
[44:53]
were public meetings that were
[44:56]
held and you all got
[44:57]
information. And I'm looking
[44:59]
forward to what you all put out.
[45:02]
I think it will be thoughtful,
[45:04]
but it leads me to my question.
[45:07]
This five page document that
[45:10]
was published and then taken
[45:14]
down. Who wrote it? Where did
[45:16]
the mistake happen? Was this,
[45:19]
you know, another cities and we
[45:22]
drafted our own, but it went to
[45:23]
an intern and they accidentally
[45:25]
published it on our website. Or
[45:26]
like, how did this happen? No,
[45:28]
we created that's kind of like
[45:30]
a first draft, a first run at
[45:31]
what, you know, we some of the
[45:33]
things that we were working on
[45:34]
based on the comments that we
[45:36]
had received and we were
[45:37]
planning on having a working
[45:38]
meeting with our, with the
[45:39]
planning committee to kind of
[45:41]
go through that and get some of
[45:43]
their feedback so that we could
[45:44]
then go back, you know, the the
[45:46]
agenda was published. Then we
[45:47]
got word that we weren't going
[45:49]
to be having the meeting
[45:50]
anymore. So we took the agenda
[45:52]
down. So because we lost, we,
[45:53]
we, we weren't going to have a
[45:55]
quorum at the meeting whenever
[45:56]
we were conducting that. When
[45:57]
was your next meeting? I don't
[45:59]
know when their next meeting
[46:00]
was. I mean, we, you know,
[46:02]
after after it was taken down,
[46:03]
then, you know, then, you know,
[46:05]
we had spoke with COUNCILMAN
[46:06]
Winkler and he's like, you know,
[46:07]
if you all need additional time
[46:09]
to research this, feel free to
[46:11]
do that. And so we just, we,
[46:12]
you know, we never got to a
[46:14]
point where we wanted to have
[46:15]
another working meeting with
[46:16]
the planning committee to talk
[46:18]
about this. Is Marcus your boss?
[46:19]
No, but he was the sponsor.
[46:21]
Anytime, anytime. There's a
[46:23]
sponsor for some legislation
[46:25]
that is proposed to us. And we
[46:26]
we will reach out to them and
[46:28]
give them updates on what's
[46:29]
going on with that. And so we,
[46:31]
you know, he, he knew that that
[46:33]
we had been doing a lot of
[46:34]
research and that, you know,
[46:36]
there was still a lot of things
[46:38]
coming in. And so we, we had
[46:39]
reached out to him just to see
[46:41]
what he, you know, what his
[46:42]
opinion was on the matter. Sure,
[46:47]
sure. Yeah. And I just want to
[46:48]
say, I understand that there
[46:50]
were things that were hpening
[46:51]
at the state level regarding
[46:53]
data centers, and that would
[47:00]
naturally. Naturally give you
[47:02]
pause. But I also want to say
[47:04]
to my colleagues that wouldn't
[47:07]
have had an impact on whether
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or not we passed a moratorium.
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So if anything, I'd like to
[47:12]
apologize to the public that we
[47:18]
have not addressed this sooner.
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COUNCILMAN Hudson, thank you.
[47:23]
Chair, gen t testimony from
[47:26]
staff, I'd like to me to
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table, please. Tre is
[47:33]
motion o the floor. I sry
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Oh, son'm sry Tre
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mionn e floor table.
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This is aoice vote. Correct.
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All those in favor say I can, I
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can we can. I would like a roll
[47:50]
call. Vote please. Skirt. Vice
[47:55]
chair chair chair. Yeah.
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COUNCILMAN Hudson, could could
[47:58]
I before before you make that
[48:00]
proposal, can we can I ask a
[48:01]
question, a follow up question
[48:04]
of Brian Davis. I think it's an
[48:07]
important clarification before
[48:09]
we make any motion going
[48:10]
forward. Is that something
[48:11]
you're willing to allow me to
[48:12]
do? I think the motion has
[48:14]
already been made and seconded.
[48:19]
I'll have to defer to the clerk.
[48:23]
How will withdraw my motion.
[48:24]
Thank you, chair, Vice Chair
[48:25]
Reed, can I ask Brian a
[48:27]
question here? Absolutely.
[48:31]
Thank you. Brian. So I think
[48:34]
one of the I think it's
[48:38]
important to to understand. So
[48:41]
what would the process be if
[48:42]
somebody wanted to, to reach
[48:44]
out to the to metro government
[48:48]
right now and say, we want to
[48:50]
create a hyperscale data center
[48:54]
or a data center of significant
[48:56]
size, what are. And we're still
[48:58]
kind of, you know, in this kind
[49:00]
of cat and mouse game of, of,
[49:05]
do we need to pass a moratorium
[49:07]
proactively or can we
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effectively do an
[49:10]
administrative moratorium to
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make sure that we do not have
[49:15]
any more of these, you know,
[49:17]
come down the pipeline before
[49:19]
we're ready for it? Can we talk
[49:20]
about that a little bit?
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Because, I mean, my, my, my
[49:25]
preference right now, we have
[49:26]
effectively done an
[49:28]
administrative moratorium. We
[49:30]
do not have any more of these
[49:31]
proposed in front of us. And so
[49:34]
since JANUARY, we have
[49:36]
effectively enacted an
[49:38]
effective administrative
[49:41]
moratorium. So can you talk to
[49:42]
us a little bit about what that
[49:44]
process looks like and whether
[49:45]
we run the risk of allowing
[49:47]
another one of these to go
[49:51]
through the pipeline without
[49:55]
being more proactive about it?
[49:57]
Yes. I I'm reading the language
[49:58]
of the moratorium right now to
[50:01]
see how it's worded. Yeah. So,
[50:05]
so as well as wording the
[50:06]
moratorium, you know, if that
[50:07]
were passed, any applications
[50:09]
would be would be frozen as is
[50:10]
unless they have a public
[50:12]
hearing scheduled, you know,
[50:13]
administratively. I mean, I
[50:15]
think you're correct. I mean, I
[50:16]
think there's a lot of
[50:17]
hesitation for anyone to come
[50:19]
and submit an application for
[50:20]
any kind of changes related to
[50:22]
that. Middletown did pass a
[50:23]
moratorium. So if someone were
[50:24]
to come in and ask something
[50:26]
about a property there, I mean,
[50:27]
we we would obviously say, well,
[50:28]
Middletown's past moratorium,
[50:29]
we're not accepting the
[50:39]
application. I mean. This
[50:41]
moratorium sitting in committee,
[50:43]
we table it and it's sitting in
[50:45]
committee. Could we then pass
[50:47]
the moratorium like we had
[50:49]
talked about previously, when
[50:50]
COUNCILMAN Winkler had had
[50:52]
brought this to our committee
[50:53]
previously. And that's what our
[50:55]
plan was to let it sit in
[50:57]
committee. And if somebody
[50:59]
actually filed an application,
[51:01]
we thought that we could then
[51:02]
at the next committee meeting,
[51:03]
planning and zoning committee
[51:05]
meeting, we could then pass the
[51:07]
moratorium to to halt any
[51:08]
future development going
[51:10]
forward. Would that be an
[51:12]
effective approach here, or are
[51:13]
we running the risk that that
[51:15]
somebody would get in under the
[51:17]
wire? I mean, I think someone
[51:18]
could they could if they were
[51:19]
to submit an application, there
[51:22]
is no way that that we would
[51:25]
schedule a public hearing
[51:26]
planning and zoning committee
[51:28]
here. So I think if you know,
[51:30]
if if you know, if we this item
[51:32]
were tabled today and then
[51:33]
someone submitted a pre app
[51:34]
tomorrow, they're, they're not
[51:36]
going to have an opportunity to
[51:37]
get to a public hearing prior
[51:39]
to you all being able to take
[51:40]
action in two weeks on this
[51:42]
item. So I, I don't think we
[51:44]
run the risk of, of, you know,
[51:46]
something coming in and getting
[51:47]
in under the wire in terms of,
[51:49]
of scheduling a public hearing,
[51:52]
as is worded in the proposed
[51:53]
moratorium. Okay. I think
[51:55]
that's important because, I
[51:57]
mean, I do not want another
[51:59]
data center to move quicker
[52:02]
than we're able to respond. And
[52:04]
I I'm not stupid. I understand
[52:06]
that politically, the right
[52:08]
thing to do here is to be
[52:10]
proactive and pass a moratorium.
[52:11]
But just because it's
[52:12]
politically the right thing to
[52:15]
do doesn't mean to me that
[52:16]
we've been effective at
[52:17]
administratively stopping these.
[52:19]
And I think we can be
[52:20]
continuously continue to be
[52:22]
effectively effective at
[52:23]
administrating, iteratively
[52:25]
stopping this. And while it MAY
[52:28]
not mean anything to some
[52:30]
people, to me, a moratorium
[52:33]
should be the absolute last
[52:34]
resort. And we have another
[52:36]
option here, and that is to
[52:38]
basically sit, have this sit in
[52:40]
in committee and use it if we
[52:42]
need it. And to me, that's
[52:44]
another option that we can use
[52:46]
and a better option than
[52:48]
actually the last resort, which
[52:50]
is what is proposed here. So i
[52:53]
will not because I want another
[52:55]
data center to move quicker
[52:58]
than we're able to. I am 100%
[52:59]
confident that using this
[53:02]
strategy, we will able to keep
[53:04]
any data centers from moving
[53:06]
forward. I will be supporting
[53:08]
tabling this so we can leave it
[53:10]
in our back pockets and use it
[53:12]
when we need it, because I
[53:15]
again, I believe a moratorium.
[53:16]
Governments passing moratoriums
[53:19]
should be used as a absolute
[53:22]
last resort. Thank you, thank
[53:24]
you, thank you. CHAIRMAN. I
[53:26]
think I'd like to get a legal
[53:30]
interpretation here. Legally.
[53:33]
Can we stop something if
[53:35]
somewhere someone were to, you
[53:37]
know, apply make an application
[53:39]
for data center and we've got
[53:43]
this moratorium tabled. Can we
[53:46]
as a as a body then take a vote
[53:47]
at the next or an upcoming
[53:48]
planning and zoning committee
[53:51]
meeting and effectively impose
[53:53]
the moratorium in time to stop
[53:55]
it? Travis Feaster, assistant
[53:57]
county attorney here. So very
[53:59]
broadly, this is sort of a
[54:00]
vested rights conversation.
[54:01]
It's part of the reason why we
[54:03]
draft the moratorium to deal
[54:05]
with items that have been
[54:06]
scheduled for a public hearing
[54:08]
ady. Can can move forward
[54:09]
somewhere along the process.
[54:10]
You do have a sort of right,
[54:11]
your application being heard
[54:12]
and going through the process.
[54:14]
And the question is sort of
[54:15]
where that occurs. There's not
[54:18]
a hard and fast case or statute
[54:19]
in Kentucky to determine where
[54:21]
that is. But based on the case
[54:22]
law, we think it's
[54:23]
approximately at that sort of
[54:24]
public hearing phase where all
[54:26]
the agencies have commented,
[54:27]
they've gotten all the proper
[54:28]
stamps and approvals. The only
[54:29]
thing left is for Metro
[54:31]
government to hear it. And if
[54:32]
at that point, Metro government
[54:33]
says, actually, no, we're not
[54:35]
going to, that's potentially an
[54:36]
issue. So if it is earlier in
[54:37]
that process, you know,
[54:38]
pre-application or an
[54:39]
application, but still an
[54:41]
agency reviews those sorts of
[54:42]
things, that's where we felt
[54:43]
comfortable. Again, we don't
[54:45]
have a hard and fast case to
[54:46]
point to, but it sounds like if
[54:48]
we could catch a case in that
[54:49]
process, that'd be acceptable.
[54:51]
On the other hand, if case got
[54:52]
scheduled before council took
[54:53]
action, then we would start
[54:55]
having some tough conversations.
[54:56]
Okay. Thank you, COUNCILMAN
[54:57]
Parrish. Right. Thank you. MR.
[54:59]
MR. Chair, point of order,
[55:00]
COUNCILMAN Hudson. COUNCILMAN
[55:06]
Hudson, sorry about that. So I
[55:08]
guess I need to ask the clerk
[55:09]
for clarification here. I
[55:30]
withdrew my motion for. O q.
[55:32]
I'm going to allow COUNCILMAN
[55:33]
Hudson to make his motion to
[55:36]
table. Move to table, please.
[55:39]
Second, I have a motion and to
[55:41]
in a second, I think the
[55:42]
request was for voice, voice,
[55:44]
vote. I'm sorry. Roll call.
[55:59]
Vote. Chair. Owen. Yes.
[56:01]
Voting's closing. Vice-Chair
[56:03]
read. You have five yes votes
[56:06]
and three no. Thank you. It has
[56:10]
been tabled and. So we'll move
[56:12]
on to the next item, which is
[56:17]
item number 40-138-26. An
[56:18]
ordinance relating to the
[56:19]
detailed district development
[56:21]
plan for properties located at
[56:25]
9718 Dixie highway and 5308
[56:26]
Citation Road containing
[56:27]
approximately 2.7 acres and
[56:29]
being in Louisville Metro. Case
[56:32]
number 25ddp0085. Do I have a
[56:37]
motion? Motion. Motion seconded.
[56:39]
Julia. Julia Williams, Office
[56:44]
of Planning. This is 25ddp0085
[56:47]
for chick fil a. This is
[56:49]
located at 9718 Dixie highway
[56:56]
in Council District 14. The
[56:58]
existing use is institutional
[56:59]
with a proposed use of
[57:03]
commercial. The property is
[57:08]
zoned c two. The request for
[57:09]
revised detailed district
[57:11]
development plan with binding
[57:14]
elements. The property is zoned
[57:16]
c two and the neighborhood
[57:17]
forum district. They're
[57:18]
proposing a restaurant, and
[57:20]
they're also proposing Fiesta
[57:22]
Way to be extended to connect
[57:26]
to Citation Road. This is the
[57:27]
applicant's development plan
[57:29]
where you can see Fiesta Way
[57:31]
connecting to citation, and
[57:32]
then the location of the
[57:36]
restaurant. So this is the
[57:37]
subject property view from
[57:40]
Dixie highway. Adjacent
[57:41]
property. The residential
[57:46]
located along Citation Road.
[57:47]
Residential. View from Fiesta
[57:51]
Way. Residential. View from
[57:55]
Bella Vista. Commercial view
[57:59]
across Dixie highway. So the
[58:01]
Planning Commission held their
[58:03]
public hearing on APRIL 2nd,
[58:04]
2026, where there was a motion
[58:05]
to recommend approval of the
[58:07]
development plan, passing by a
[58:09]
vote of 8 to 0. Are there any
[58:14]
questions? Councilmember Sean?
[58:18]
Thank you, COUNCILMAN Read. I
[58:19]
don't really have any questions.
[58:21]
I would like to just make a few
[58:22]
comments, I guess, on behalf of
[58:24]
district 14 in support of this
[58:28]
development, the the developer
[58:29]
or the the restaurant that is
[58:33]
coming in is a well, well
[58:36]
established brand that the
[58:38]
community is has written
[58:41]
letters of support rather than
[58:43]
letters of opposition with. I
[58:45]
think 31 was the number to be
[58:47]
exact. I look forward to our
[58:48]
colleagues supporting this
[58:51]
development on Dixie highway as
[58:52]
it continues to grow and the
[58:53]
momentum is moving forward in
[58:57]
the right direction. Thank you.
[58:59]
What was the commission vote on
[59:04]
this 8 to 0. Travis, is this
[59:05]
another one of those situations
[59:06]
where this actually come to us
[59:08]
for a vote since it passed
[59:09]
unanimously? This is Laura
[59:10]
Ferguson, assistant county
[59:11]
attorney. This is a development
[59:13]
plan that had the council
[59:15]
review binding element, if I
[59:16]
remember correctly. Understand?
[59:23]
Cool. COUNCILWOMAN Marie. Thank
[59:25]
you. I read comments that came
[59:27]
in people very much in support
[59:28]
of the chick fil a, but they
[59:32]
were concerned about the exit
[59:34]
removing the dead end on Fiesta
[59:37]
Way. Is that still part of the
[59:43]
plan? Yes. There there's a
[59:44]
connection through Fiesta Way
[59:46]
to citation, so it won't be a
[59:48]
dead end anymore. It will go
[59:50]
through to citation. Do we have
[59:52]
any idea how much traffic
[59:53]
that's going to generate on
[59:56]
that road? I don't believe a
[59:57]
traffic study was required for
[1:00:04]
this development. Oh it was yes.
[1:00:05]
Yeah. There was a traffic study,
[1:00:07]
but I could see nothing in it
[1:00:08]
within the estimates of what's
[1:00:22]
going to happen to Fiesta. I
[1:00:23]
I'm not able to answer that
[1:00:29]
question. Okay. Thank you. Any
[1:00:32]
other questions from the
[1:00:36]
committee? Seeing none. This
[1:00:43]
requires a roll call vote.
[1:00:49]
Chair. Owen. Yes. Votes closing.
[1:00:51]
Vice chair rehab eight yes.
[1:00:53]
Votes. Thank you. And this will
[1:00:54]
go to old business at the next
[1:00:56]
council meeting. I am not
[1:00:58]
seeing anything else on our
[1:00:59]
agenda. Does anyone on the
[1:01:00]
committee have any questions or
[1:01:04]
anything they'd like to discuss?
[1:01:06]
Seeing none, we are adjourned.
[1:01:23]
Thank you.