Vice Chair Stuart Benson called the meeting to order at 1:36 p.m. Chair Barbara Shanklin joined virtually at 1:56 p.m. The committee discussed three pending resolutions and received a special presentation on food insecurity. Eight committee members were present, along with Council President Markus Winkler. The meeting adjourned at 2:38 p.m.
R-022-23 (Overdose Quick Response Team):
R-024-23 (Medical Director Contract):
ID 23-0368 – Update on Louisville’s Food Insecurity (Special Discussion):
Create a new pop of color, something whimsical and fun that when you're walking down the sidewalk, you get to see uh local art and enjoy being out in the downtown's street. I really think beautification takes many forms. Color, design, artistry. If that isn't by a mural, that's painted on a building. If it's street gallery, if it's the alley gallery doorways that you see, banners that hang on the light poles, all of these things make somebody know that they're in the right place. It's a place that's being taken care of. There is a reason to appreciate where you are. My name is Antonio Butler, and I'm a sanitation tipper. It's very physical job. You will have to be energized and bring your A game every day. Once I learned how to tip and got better at it, that's what I love to do. Help the residents out and getting rid of their trash, their yard waste and they recycle. You know, it's a good feeling. Very intense job. But you know, I love it. I've been here three years. You know, I don't see myself going nowhere. It's great. What are you looking for? It is external agency funds, and the amount is $600,000. It's decreasing homelessness, also financial stability, increase access to a targeted population. Those are the three primary focuses for RCS. There's not a specific project in mind. As long as they align with those three primary focuses, they're more than welcome to apply. They have to be compliant in multiple areas, and that's available on our website. There's also application guidelines available for applicants to review the questions kind of ahead of time and also get a little bit of guidance on information that is pertinent to them answering the questions. These are general appropriated fund dollars through Metro Council that's approved through the mayor and metro council. We serve all demographics, so different races, ages, all across Jefferson County. They have until February the 3rd to apply. And it's just great to see how the monies are directly impacting individuals and also families and just moving forward and being progressive and helping the community in the best way possible. My name is Ronita Nance, and I'm an artist based here out of Louisville, Kentucky. And I actually work for my home. I am an abstract artist. I do pour painting, and she commissioned me to do a tabletop to fit the space. She gave me the colors and actually it works very well. I'm so appreciative that she thought of me to help her to uh bring it to fruition and to add to the space. I almost cried when I bought it in here because it coordinated so well with her space. I'm excited as a small business owner to be able to have this space to bring clients. Sometimes people come to me and they want to do different projects, and I'm not real comfortable with bringing people into my home. I have children, so it's exciting to be able to have this space to bring them to. It felt really good to be around people like-minded, like-spirited. It felt really good. My name is Gary Parker. I served as a Calvary Scout and a military policeman in the United States Army for 20 years. When I was a cavalry scout, we had a young lieutenant that came in. Great guy, but he moved on, got promoted to lieutenant colonel, went on to Afghanistan, and I was able to keep in contact. Wake up one morning, go on social media, and there's that post you don't want to see. For whatever reason, he took his own life. Nobody knows why he did it. Is there something that we could have done to prevent it from happening?