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Monday, March 15, 2021

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COUNCILMAN JECOREY ARTHUR

In case you missed it, Districts 1-7 had a virtual budget town hall last week. Since then the archived video on Facebook has been viewed over a thousand times, but at most during the meeting we had no more than about 30 people viewing. It looked like District 4 had more engaged viewers than other districts but considering our districts collectively represent over 180,000 Louisvillians, a thousand viewers is extremely low for engagement.

Louisville Metro Council is making decisions about our city all year round. I strongly encourage you to engage with us as you can, when you can, and how you can. We're still working on our television, radio, and print alerts but welcome any input about how to bring people closer to government. With that being, we hope to see as many of you as possible for our first District 4 Monthly Town Hall. If you want to share with your neighbors please use the flier here. You can also send them the call-in info below or they can get it from our website on the flier.

Announcements 

District 4 Monthly Town Hall

Every Third Saturday 10-11 AM we'll talk politics. Our first monthly is this Saturday, March 20th, 2021.

Video-In: https://louisvilleky.webex.com/louisvilleky/j.php?MTID=m1c97a4fe12285d0167edc61ca6c6e10c

Call-In: +1-415-655-0001

Access Code: 160 139 6581

If you miss our monthly no worries. It will stream live on Facebook and YouTube and be there afterwards. You do not need a YouTube account to view videos.


COVID

966 Louisville residents have been lost due to COVID. Please be sure to wear a mask in public and practice social distancing. 

For information about COVID facts, testing, vaccines and more click here.

For in depth updates on COVID in Louisville, including total deaths and confirmed cases click here.

Free Rides to COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

Free transportation to COVID-19 vaccine clinics are available. Please call 1-888-848-0989 in advance to schedule a ride.

Louisville Receives Federal COVID-19 Relief Package

Federal COVID-19 relief package will provide Louisville Metro Government with an estimated $434.5 million to support the city’s efforts to fight COVID-19. For more information click here

JCPS: COVID-19 Tests

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is partnering with Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness and Sphere to provide free, voluntary COVID-19 rapid testing at select school sites. For more information click here

COVID-19 Utility Relief Program

Mayor Greg Fischer joined Louisville Metro Council members and utility partners in announcing the start of the city’s $10 million COVID-19 utility assistance program, designed to help residents who have fallen behind on LG&E, Louisville Water and Louisville MSD bills as a result of COVID-19. For more information click here. 

LIHEAP

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps prevent low income residents of Jefferson County from being disconnected from utility services. To apply and for more information click here.


CIVICS

Upcoming Committee Meetings

Councilman Arthur has three committee meetings this week:

   - Planning and Zoning | Tuesday 1 PM

   - Equity and Inclusion | Thursday 4 PM

   - Budget | Thursday 5 PM

You can watch meetings on Facebook, Metro TV, Spectrum Cable Channel 184, or AT&T U-Verse Channel 9. The agendas can be found here.


CITY

Louisville Free Public Library

Louisville Free Public Library is resuming in-person services. For more information click here

ROADSHOW For the Week of March 14

Pothole patching, sweeping, drain & ditch cleaning, striping, pavement marking, and maintenance crews may work on major interstates in the Louisville Metro. For more information click here

TreesLouisville Rebate Program

Thanks to a generous grant from the Louisville Metro Department of Parks & Recreation, TreesLouisville is excited to announce the opening of another round of its Residential Shade Tree Rebate Program! For more information click here

Free Tax Services

The Louisville Asset Building Coalition’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, and AARP Tax Aide programs provide trained, IRS-certified volunteers to offer free tax services via online or at select drop-off sites. The service is available to individuals and families who earned less than $66,000 in 2020. For more information click here.

Garbage and Yard Waste

Yard waste collection will now only be available by request until April 2nd. For more information click here.

NTI 

Evolve502 is offering Community Learning Hubs throughout Louisville. There are several locations within District 4 such as The Kentucky Chess Ambassadors, 2NOT1 Fatherhood & Families, Inc, Kentucky Science Center, Promising Youth of America, Inc and Chestnut St. Family YMCA. For more locations and to sign up click here.


COMMUNITY

Architectural Review Committee

There are three Butchertown ARC meetings. For more information click here.

Land Development and Transportation

There will be a review of a n Revised Detailed District Development Plan. For more information click here

The Office Planning and Design

To view the notice of application for demolition permit of historic structure click here.

Potholes

To report a Pothole or other city services issue click here


CONSTITUENTS

Neighborhood Associations

To further engage in our community please join your neighborhood association. You can find your contact below.

Butchertown: butchertownpres@gmail.com
California: cnlci1600@gmail.com
Downtown: mmerkel@jrarchitects.com
Germantown: stevemagre.m39@gmail.com
Irish Hill: santoslf@hushmail.com
Meriwether Fort Hill: meriwetherforthill@gmail.com
Old Louisville: olnc@bellsouth.net
Original Highlands: jschorch@gmail.com
Paristown Pointe: sphiggins69@me.com
Phoenix Hill: phoenixhillna@gmail.com
Portland: president@portlandnow.org
Russell: jackie@russellpromise.com
Schnitzelburg: sacc@schnitzelburg.org  
Shelby Park: megurr01@gmail.com
Smoketown: smoketown.na@gmail.com

Business Associations

Butchertown Business Alliance: sylvanus@thehudson.com 
Main Street: laurieanne@mainstreetassociation.com
NULU: rick.murphy@jebadvertising.com
Sou4th District: riotcafeky@gmail.com


CALENDAR

Please submit any events for the newsletter to brianna.wright@louisvilleky.gov.


CONTACTS

Metro Call: 311 or (502) 574-5000
Air Pollution: (502) 574-6000
Animal Services: (502) 363-6609 or (502) 361-1318
Louisville Forward/Economic Development: (502) 574-4140
Planning & Design Services: (502) 574-6230
Community Services & Revitalization: (502) 574-4377
Public Works: (502) 574-5810
TARC: (502) 585-1234
PARC: (502) 569-6222
Legal Aid: (502) 584-1254
IPL (Code Enforcement): (502) 574-3321
Congressman John Yarmuth: (502) 582-5129
Solid Waste Management (SWMS): (502) 574-3571
Metro Parks: (502) 456-8100
Metro Police: (Non Emergency) (502) 574-7111 or (502) 574-2111
LMPD 1st Division: (502) 574-7167
LMPD 2nd Division: (502) 574-2478
LMPD 4th Division: (502) 574-7010
LMPD 5th Division: (502) 574-7636
Anonymous Tipline: (502) 574-LMPD (5673)
Metro Safe: (502) 572-3460 or (502) 574-7111
Vacant & Public Property Administration: (502) 574-4016
Brightside: (502) 574-2613
Master Commissioner Jefferson Circuit Court (Foreclosure Sales): (502) 753-4888
State Representative or State Senator: http://www.lrc.ky.gov