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right, well let's go ahead and get started.

This is the regularly scheduled meeting of the Louvre Metro Public Works Committee.

This meeting is being held pursuant to KRS six one dot eight two six in Council Rule 5A.

Um in chambers, I am joined by Vice Chair Ken Herndon, Committee Member Ben Reno Weber, Committee Member Crystal Bast.

Committee Member Kevin Bratcher.

And online, I am joined by committee member Stuart Benson and Committee Member Josie Raymond.

Is

that everybody?

I

think so.

Yep.

Um we're going to take as as is my practice the agenda in backwards order.

Uh

we've got one piece of pending legislation, and then we'll hand it over for the sidewalk plan update.

Um so we'll start with number two.

I I did it.

Thank you.

Okay.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Um R-144-26, a resolution authorizing the mayor to accept up to 250,000 dollars from the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department for Local Government for the recreational trails program to be administered by the Department of Public Works and Assets.

Motion.

We have a second.

This motion is properly before us.

And I believe we have executive director Sidnore to speak to this.

You

have before, sir.

Hey.

West Sidnore, the Executive Director of Global Metro Public Works.

Uh so today I have the uh opportunity to present on a grant opportunity that we have.

Uh it is a recreational trails uh program grant.

It's federal funding, flows through Kentucky uh Department of Local Government.

Uh and so what we are seeking is uh funding to support maintenance on the Louisville Loop.

So the section that we are looking at is around it's close to two miles, one point uh eight four miles of Louisville Loop near Shawnee Park.

Uh so we're talking about things like repaving, um signage, graffiti abatement.

Uh there's a uh fountain and bench that's in uh need of repair that's also part of this, and so we're matching uh potentially this uh this funding with in in kind uh services.

So public works staff and team would uh go through the process of doing uh certain feat of pavement uh on the loop and uh other maintenance type activities that you know in

uh

in concept that we would be doing anyway.

And so uh this is part of an application, so this is not guaranteed uh by any means yet, but this is an important part of that that process to get the support of Metro Council for this application.

Uh just want to take a second and uh really thank the uh Louisville loop team that we have in the house here today, Max Levy and Lou Lebing.

They have spent uh countless hours on this application.

Uh so we're trying to get in the uh in the habit of going after this, especially since it's maintenance related, and uh, you know, a lot of times there aren't uh a lot of those opportunities to to seek that kind of kind of funding.

And so uh with that I will

uh you know answer any questions that you may have.

All right.

Uh

I don't see anyone in the queue.

Is there anyone in the queue?

Anyone online want to speak to this?

All right.

Having ridden that uh section of the global loop many times, I can attest it needs the repair.

Yes, so I agree.

Hope we can get this.

seek that kind of kind of funding and so uh with that I will um you know answer any questions that you may have all right uh I don't see anyone in the queue is there anyone in the queue anyone online want to speak to this all right having ridden that uh section of the global loop many times I can attest it needs to repair yes so I hope we can get this absolutely all right this is a resolution requiring a voice vote am I right about that okay thank you uh all those in favor say aye aye aye uh those opposed the ayes have it this will go to the consent calendar for the next council meeting thanks thank you all thank you which takes us to the next and final topic the updated sidewalk plan or the update on the sidewalk plan and executive director Sidney I'll return the floor to you hello Sidnore executive director of public works go bell uh director Ludot we have cheered yeah uh so to answer any technical questions so we're gonna give an update uh brief update on the sidewalk repair program um first of all big shout out to this uh infrastructure renewal team that we have at public works uh Clint Davis who's here uh supervises that group Tierry um who does all the in the weeds boots on the ground makes it happen uh as far as sidewalk repairs and reinvestment uh jennifer thornberry to make sure that people get paid and that we have money lined up which is very important and then uh on the paving side uh Brian Davis just quickly gonna give an overview of uh like some of the sidewalk assets that we have uh you know what the ratings mean and what they look like you know historically how this has been funded uh the process to go do a sidewalk uh repair uh you know the status of our current plan as well as the the fiscal year that we just uh completed and then uh open up for questions um so the purpose of the program is to develop a you know data driven approach to identify the sidewalks that have the most need uh for for repair or rehab uh why that's important is because you know we want to maintain ADA compliance on our our sidewalks and so there's a lot of work to do there we have you know I'll talk about this in a minute but we have a significant backlog of those uh locations that have been identified and uh are in that highest category of you know fours and fives that means they have the the biggest need and the most you know most impact as far as being a hazard you know uh one of the things that we want to do is we want to uh take this you know systematically and look at entire you know we're gonna get more bang for our buck if we're looking at an entire block and going in and doing uh those those repairs you know in the in that kind of way versus you know piece by piece in different locations and so we're trying to maximize when we're you know mobilizing contractors to go out and and doing this work so that we're getting the most out of the uh taxpayer dollar when we're doing that so talking a little bit about the ratings so you know if you can imagine a brand new sidewalk would be a zero a one would be um you know basically if there's a cosmetic issue with it too you're getting some scrolling or spawning where the you know the concrete is starting to come off the top um a little less than a half inch of displacement so in other words that that joint where the two sidewalk panels come together if it's less than a half an inch of gap or or height there then that's qualified as a two once you start to get bigger a displacement more cracking then it elevates and then you know when you have these bigger displacements of one to two inches that's when you're getting into four and then five categories the most severe so you know we're responsible for maintaining the sidewalks owned by Metro we do have agreements in place with KYTC for state roadways and so there's some interaction there when there's an issue or a project on on state roadways but for the most part for this program you know we're talking about metro roads uh metro maintained assets I mentioned earlier there's a significant backlog of fours and fives those are those you know two inches one inch and a half two inches of displacement so it's pretty significant gap creates a hazard and we have you know 11 million dollars estimated of of those types of repairs in the uh in the queue so it's significant it's a significant issue and that's just uh what we know and what um you know this this number obviously with the costs of materials and um you know other things that contribute that that number gets bigger every day there was a survey conduct conducted in 2017 2018

So it's significant.

It's

a

significant issue, and that's just uh what we know and what you know, this this number obviously with the costs of materials and um