District 8 eNews: The Q&A Edition

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Brandon Coan

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Jasmine Masterson

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Welcome: New Year’s Eve
District 8 Streets Report: Planning for the Roads Ahead
District 8 Development Report: All Four Love
District 8 Neighborhood-by-Neighborhood Crime Reports: Be Like Always Dreaming and Take Your Purse!
District 8 Events Calendar: The Fortnight Ahead
8 Shout-Outs: The Grateful 8th
In Two Weeks: The Legislation Issue

Welcome: New Year’s Eve

The 2017-2018 budget season is upon us, and it is like Christmas in July for government watchdogs and policy wonks across the city (of which I consider myself to be a proud member of both). Ho! Ho! Ho! Happy New Fiscal Year!

In all seriousness, this is a special time we set aside to reflect on priorities set and spending decisions past, to measure the results of our actions, to learn from our mistakes and to resolve to change those things that aren’t working to improve our community.

It is a time to ask hard questions, yes. More importantly, it is a time to listen carefully to tough answers because the way we think things ought to be and the way they really are sometimes are further apart than we realize, and it is critical to understand that.

Perhaps the sentiment I’m trying to express here is best illustrated by this unforgettable exchange involving Lt. Daniel Kaffee and Colonel Nathan R. Jessup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnO3igOkOk

Budget season is an exercise in both justice and truth. It is the democratic, American way – and I invite you to be a part of it. Today marked the beginning of more than six weeks of Metro Council Budget Committee hearings, which you are welcome to attend at City Hall or watch live on MetroTV from the comfort of your own home. We have posted the full schedule online (in red) and I am eager to consider any questions you might have for the heads of our city departments or related agencies. Please email them to me at: brandon.coan@louisvilleky.gov and copy jasmine.masterson@louisvilleky.gov or call: (502) 574-1108.

Finally, please note two public hearings on the schedule – Wednesday, May 10 at 6:30pm and Tuesday, May 16 at 6:00pm, both in Council Chambers at 601 West Jefferson Street, 3rd Floor. Signups for those wishing to speak begin one hour prior to the start of the hearings, and speakers will have up to three minutes to make comments.

You can speak with Jasmine and me for as long as our schedules allow.

Best Regards,

Councilman Brandon Coan

District 8 Streets Report: Planning for the Roads Ahead

In this space, we provide updates on major projects and report on upcoming (scheduled and funded) streets and other infrastructure improvements.

I had an excellent meeting with Department of Public Works staff last Thurby to discuss FY18 paving and sidewalk plans for District 8 (and, also, D-8 paving plans for FY19 and FY20). The FY18 plans are still being revised but, once final, will be shared here and on our District 8 Data & Documents Streets Information webpage, including all new schedules, project descriptions, start dates and cost estimates, as well as updated Pavement Condition Index (PCI) figures, a narrative discussion of the plan process and a look ahead to the future.

In the meantime, it is worth sharing that the Mayor’s new budget recommends spending $1,240,662 on paving and $64,515 on sidewalk repairs in District 8 (and $25,434,500 on paving and $1,000,000 on sidewalk repairs citywide) in FY18. I expect to add $150,000+ to these D-8 totals.

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For the first time in my tenure as Metro Council Member, there are no new major District 8 construction updates at this time! Please share the road, drive slow and yield to pedestrians!!

District 8 Development Report: All Four Love

In this space, we report on District 8 planning and zoning activity from the past two weeks and, also, preview activity scheduled for the next two weeks. All information is as of today’s date. Please Subscribe & Stay Informed to receive Notification of Development Proposals via email or text and never miss the opportunity to participate in the development process.

The public hearing on the question of whether to landmark 1240 E. Broadway, originally scheduled for May 18, has been postponed until the June 15 regular meeting of the Landmarks Commission (on which I serve).

In the March 28 Outside the Lines Edition of District 8 eNews, I wrote about the special situation – and opportunity – that exists where multiple neighborhoods come together at a single junction. Such is the case here, at the intersection of Baxter Avenue and East Broadway, where the Original Highlands, Cherokee Triangle, Irish Hill and Phoenix Hill neighborhoods all converge (not to mention District 8 and District 4). Regardless of how you feel about the proposed landmark designation and – let’s be honest – the related, proposed Thorntons location, I strongly encourage stakeholders from all four neighborhoods to use this opportunity to strengthen your working relationships, practice collaboration and lay the groundwork for the next decade of positive change that appears to heading your way from Paristown Point, the East Market District and beyond.

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Over the Last Two Weeks:

On May 1, 2017 the Board of Zoning Adjustment “BOZA” recommended approval of a variance from the required 25’ street side yard setback for a sun porch at 2001 Winston Ave.17VARIANCE1018

On May 1, 2017 BOZA recommended approval of a variance from the required 20% private yard area for a garage at 1915 Ivanhoe Court. 17VARIANCE1019

On May 1, 2017 BOZA recommended approval of a conditional use permit to allow a proposed short term rental that is not the primary residence of the host in R-5 zoning district at 1938 Bonnycastle Ave. 16CUP1038

In the Next Two Weeks:

On May 11, at 7:00 pm, there will be a Neighborhood Informational Meeting for Proposed Development to apply for a Short Term Rental Conditional Use Permit for short term/vacation rentals at 1701 Tyler Pkwy. The meeting will be at the Highlands-Shelby Park Library. 17CUP1022

Click here to view meeting agendas, download supporting documents and live-stream all planning and zoning public meetings.

District 8 Neighborhood-by-Neighborhood Crime Reports: Be Like Always Dreaming and Take Your Purse!

Please accept our apologies, as for the second time in a row, this edition of Neighborhood-by-Neighborhood Crime Reports should be read together with the 5th Division Weekly Crime Update to get a full and complete picture of the criminal activity that occurred specific to your neighborhood over the last two weeks.

We intended to return to our normal reporting after last edition’s deviation but, unfortunately, our team of reporters (the wonderful Officer Amy Matthis!) was predisposed Derby weekend helping to keep hundreds of thousands of people and cars moving along in a safe and orderly manner so that the rest of us could enjoy ourselves and the town could flourish.

On behalf of all District 8 Derby patrons, thank you Officer Matthis and all Louisville public safety officers for sacrificing your holiday and working long hours to make the Kentucky Derby Festival possible! Juleps on us at the appropriate time;)

If you have any questions or want to discuss anything in these crime reports, please email LMPD 5th Division District Resource Officers Amy Matthis and Brian Gillock at: 5thdivlmpd@louisvilleky.gov. Our DROs also appear at all monthly neighborhood association meetings, which you can find information for below and on the District 8 Events Calendar.

Neighborhood-by-Neighborhood Crime Reports, 4/23/17 – 5/3/17

Currently covering Belknap, Bonnycastle, Cherokee Gardens, Cherokee Seneca, Cherokee Triangle, Deer Park, Highlands-Douglass, Original Highlands, Tyler Park and Upper Highlands (Gardiner Lane and Hayfield-Dundee).

5th Division Weekly Crime Update, 4/30/17 – 5/6/17

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To receive daily crime updates specific to your home or business via email, follow this link, click “Receive Alerts,” and follow the instructions.

District 8 Crime Information

District 8 Events Calendar: The Fortnight Ahead

This listing is primarily a District 8 business calendar. We’ll also highlight annual and special events affecting traffic and street closures, and choice events that are free and open to the public. We’ll use social media to promote many others. For event location and other information, click here to visit District 8 Events online.

MAY 10, 2017 7:00pm Belknap Neighborhood Association Meeting

MAY 11, 2017 6:00pm Metro Council Meeting

MAY 11, 2017 7:00pm Deer Park Neighborhood Association Meeting

MAY 15, 2017 6:00pm Original Highlands Neighborhood Association Meeting

MAY 15, 2017 6:00pm German Paristown Neighborhood Association Meeting

MAY 15, 2017 6:30pm City of Seneca Gardens Meeting

MAY 15, 2017 7:00pm Cherokee Triangle Neighborhood Association Meeting

MAY 17, 2017 6:30pm Upper Highlands Neighborhood Association Meeting

MAY 21, 2017 12:30pm District 8 Speed Hump Study

MAY 22, 2017 7:00pm Highlands Connection Meeting

8 Shout-Outs: The Grateful 8th

This is a flexible space for giving thanks, saying hi to friends and having a little fun.

1. Shout out to all the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and Mini-Marathoners who braved the rain and cold to achieve their goals!

2. Shout out to Lookin at Lee and Battle of Midway for helping Churchill Downs improve its quarterly earnings!

3. Shout out to Metro employees Keith Hackett, Pete Flood, Antonio Baldon, Phil Gardner and Justin O’Brien, who are hard at work creating an app that will allow citizens to collect data on missing and damaged litter bins throughout the city!

4. Shout out to MSD’s Erin Wagoner on being named the National Society of Professional Engineers National Young Engineer of the Year!

5. Shout out to the Friends of Beechwood Park as phase one work begins on District 8's newest pocket park!

6. Shout out to all the organizers, vendors and visitors that made this year's Cherokee Triangle Art Fair unforgettable as usual!

7. Shout out to ROC Restaurant, a delicious and beautiful new addition to Louisville's original Restaurant Row!

8. Finally, shout out to Patti Coan, Dinah Weatherby, Pumpkin Auerbach and all the mothers out there as we approach Mother’s Day – none of us would be here without you!

In Two Weeks: The Legislation Issue

Thanks for reading, and tune back in two weeks!

Councilman Brandon Coan | Louisville Metro Council | District 8

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