Councilwoman Tammy Hawkins
601 W. Jefferson Street
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In this Issue...

• IMPORTANT INCLEMENT WEATHER INFO
• Upcoming District Meeting Notices
• ABC Licensing and Permits Communications
• Louisville Metro Council and City Hall Updates!
• MSD Updates
• TARC Updates

IMPORTANT INCLEMENT WEATHER INFO

With inclement weather predicted for our area in the coming days, our team at Homeless Services Division have come up with a plan to care for our vulnerable houseless population.

That plan is pasted below in this email and can be found at this web page: https://louisvilleky.gov/news/homeless-services-division-plans-inclement-weather.

Please feel free to share this information with others. The web page will be updated as necessary.

Louisville Metro’s Homeless Services Division has been working on a plan to keep our homeless population safe during the winter storm that is predicted to affect Louisville next week. 

Operation White Flag

Our plan includes the use of local shelters participating in Operation White Flag, which goes into effect during extreme cold. Currently, Louisville has two participating White Flag locations:

Salvation Army

• White Flag is available for single men and women. 
• Located at 911 S. Brook St.
• White Flag check-in begins at 6pm and continues until 10pm depending on availability. 
• A person can make a reservation for White Flag at the Salvation Army by calling the Coordinated Shelter Access line at 637-2337 between 10am and 1pm, 7 days a week. A reservation is not required, but will guarantee a bed. 
• Capacity is 30 beds for men and 10 beds for women.
• Additionally, the Day Shelter is open Monday – Friday, 9am-3:30pm and meals are available prior to shelter check in at 5pm and after check out each morning. 

Wayside Christian Mission

• White Flag is available for single men, women, and families.
• Check-in for White Flag begins at the time White Flag is called for the day. 
• No reservations are needed for Wayside during White Flag conditions; it is first come, first serve.
• Wayside capacity is around 200, with mats available to the first 100. 

Warming Centers

Thanks to a generous donation from Delta Dental of Kentucky, there will be two day-warming centers available during this period of extreme weather:

Starting on Sunday, January 5, 2025

Hope International AOH Church of God

2330 Algonquin Pkwy.

Open Sunday 2pm-5pm

Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

(502) 830-4710

Starting on Monday, January 6, 2025

Exodus Family Ministries

4205 Cane Run Rd.

Open Monday and Tuesday 10am-3pm

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 9am-4pm

(502) 614-8544

(502) 823-8870

There will also be warming space at Neighborhood Places during normal business hours.

On Sunday, January 5, the following Louisville Free Public Library locations will be open from 1-5pm:

• Main, 301 York Street
• Northeast Regional, 15 Bellevoir Circle
• South Central Regional, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard
• Southwest Regional, 9725 Dixie Highway
• Bon Air, 2816 Del Rio Place
• Iroquois, 601 West Woodlawn Avenue
• St. Matthews, 3940 Grandview Avenue
• Shawnee, 3912 West Broadway

The Main Library and regional library locations will reopen Monday at 9am. All other library locations will open at 10am Monday.

Upcoming District Meeting Notices

ABC Licensing and Permits Communications

PUBLIC NOTICE

SHAAN FOOD MART, 4502 CANE RUN RD LOUISVILLE KY 40216, Hereby declares intention(s) to apply for a QUOTA RETAIL PACKAGE license(s) no later than December 16, 2024.

The business to be licensed will be located at 4502 CANE RUN RD LOUISVILLE KY, Kentucky 40216.

The Members are as follows: MEMBER SHAFAQAT LIAQAT 10713 BLACK WALNUT BLVD LOUISVILLE KY 40229.

Any person, association, corporation, or body politic, may protest the granting of the license(s) by writing the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 500 Mero St 2NE33, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601, within thirty (30) days of the date of legal publication. December 18, 2024 LSBN0209536.

This sign must be posted on the premises (in Louisville Metro only - it does not apply to Suburban cities with their own ABC administrator). 

Per Metro Code of Ordinances: The posting shall be in at least 14-point font size, on at least 8.5 inches by 11 inches yellow paper of durable material. Download the document here: 

document-5 (louisvilleky.gov)

Link to better understand the Kentucky ABC license types:

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=38399

Louisville Metro Council and City Hall Updates!

Call For Local Artists! - Applications Now Open for the 7th Annual Art in City Hall Exhibition!

To All Local Artists:

Louisville Metro Council and Louisville Visual Art (LVA) are now accepting applications for artwork to display in City Hall as part of the seventh annual Art in City Hall exhibition.

The annual program, which will be administered by LVA, invites artists to submit original, two-dimensional works of art through an online application process by Monday, January 13, 2025. The submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee comprised of Metro Council and LVA representatives.

“We’re excited to announce the seventh year for this program, which provides the opportunity for local artists to showcase their work throughout the halls of historic City Hall. I encourage all artists to apply,” said President Markus Winkler (D-17).

The Selection Committee will meet the week of January 13, and up to five artists will be selected for the exhibition. The chosen artwork will be on display from February 2025 through January 2026 in City Hall’s entrance lobby, hallways, and public spaces.

Each artist selected to participate in the exhibition will receive a $500 honorarium.

Specifications

• All artwork must be original and two-dimensional.
• Outside dimensions of artwork (including frames) must not be smaller than 24 x 24 in. and must not exceed 60 x 60 in.
• All artwork must be framed, stretched or mounted to durable material, and ready for hanging with D-ring hangers, wire, or equivalent.
• Artists are responsible for transportation and delivery of selected artworks to City Hall by designated date and for pick up by a designated date at the conclusion of the exhibition.
• Artworks submitted for consideration must be available throughout the duration of the exhibition, February 2025 through January 2026.

For more information on the process, please visit: https://louisvilleky.gov/government/metro-council/art-city-hall-2025-2026 or apply online here: https://form.jotform.com/233044869578167.

If you have any questions regarding the program, please contact Keith Waits at keith@louisvillevisualart.org or call (502) 584-8166.

We're back to Business, as if we ever stopped!

With an end to the holiday season, Metro Council is off of winter break. Tune into Louisville Metro Council's First Meeting of 2025!

You can find the agenda and where to view the meeting via the weblink below. 

https://louisvilleky.primegov.com/public/portal?fromiframe=true

MSD Updates

Due to recent rains in the Louisville Metro area, sewer overflows may be occurring. Water containing sewage may be discharged from sewers in the MSD service area and may be on the ground, in drainage ditches, or in nearby streams. You are advised to avoid contact with the Ohio River, creeks, streams and drainage ditches, as they may contain sewage and stormwater runoff contaminants that could make you sick. If you, your family or your pets do come in contact with possibly contaminated water, wash it off with warm, soapy water, especially before handling food. While its still raining and for 48 hours after it stops raining, DO NOT FISH, WADE or SWIM in outdoor waters!

 For any additional questions or concerns, Call MSD's Customer Relations Department at 502-587-0603 or visit their website at:

https://www.msd.com/

TARC Updates

TARC has formally approved a series of service reductions that will affect 11 different TARC routes and go into effect Sunday, January 26, 2025.

• These are the changes proposed in October with a few slight tweaks made after our public comment period.
• The changes will ensure a more reliable TARC, and are another step toward addressing our fiscal cliff—while we work through the next phase of our network-redesign project, TARC 2025. We anticipate releasing draft TARC 2025 plans later this winter.

I value your partnership, and our agency wants to make sure you have all the information you need to answer questions that come from your constituents and if at all possible, help spread this information through your communities.

Please read below for a summary of why TARC needs to make these service reductions followed by more details on the specifics of these approved changes.

TARC typically makes service changes every 6 months. Sometimes these service changes are relatively minor schedule adjustments – other times they include more significant changes.

The approved January 2025 service changes will help TARC accomplish two major current priorities: 

• Ensure a more reliable TARC: Currently, TARC has too many routes with very low ridership and not enough operators to consistently operate them. The service reductions aim to enhance TARC’s reliability and on-time performance, providing a more dependable transit experience for customers.

• Continue to address TARC’s fiscal cliff: At the beginning of 2024 TARC projected a $30 million deficit in FY 2027 if action is not taken before then. These reductions are anticipated to save $4 million annually, continuing to right size TARC to ensure future sustainability.

One of the reasons TARC is facing both reliability challenges and a fiscal cliff is that hard decisions were put off for too long. Current TARC leadership is focused on effective strategies to navigate through the current financial challenges and ensure a stronger, more reliable, and more sustainable TARC.  

The most wide-ranging of those strategies is the TARC 2025 network redesign process intended to determine the ultimate shape of the new TARC. The process will provide proposals for a fully updated TARC network – within the reality of expected funding – by Summer 2025. One proposal will envision a new TARC with a large reduction in fixed-route bus service in order to match currently projected revenue. Another proposal will show how TARC could be more reliable and useful for Louisville residents if additional funding for transit service is provided to TARC by local funding partners. Draft plans are expected to be available for community review this winter.       

What are the service changes for January 2025?

Overview of service changes

• Route Mergers
• #22 Twenty-Second Street will be merged into #18 Dixie Highway
• #63 Crums Lane will be merged into #29 Eastern Parkway
• Route discontinuation
• #52 Medical Center Circulator will be discontinued
• TARC passengers will have multiple other downtown options to travel through the LOUMED District and downtown
• Route changes
• #10 Dixie Rapid service to Watson Lane discontinued. Southern end of line will be Dixie Gardens Dr.
• #17 Bardstown Road will now end at Eastern Parkway and Bardstown Road
• #17 passengers traveling to downtown will need to transfer to the #23 Broadway or #40 Taylorsville Road
• #18 Dixie Highway will be rerouted to cover areas currently served by the #22 Street
• #18 Dixie Highway customers will need to make a transfer to get to downtown Louisville
• The #25 Oak-Westport Connection will see routing changes that slightly reduce coverage on the west and east ends of the route
• The #29 Eastern Parkway will be rerouted to cover most areas currently served by the #29 Eastern Parkway, including Pleasure Ridge High School.
• Frequency reductions
• The #4 Fourth Street will go from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes
• The #10 Dixie Rapid will go from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes
• Frequency increase
• The #25 Oak-Westport Connection will go from every 70 minutes to every 60 minutes
• The #29 Eastern Parkway will go from every 60 minutes to every 50 minutes
• The #40 Taylorsville Road will go from every 90 minutes to every 70 minutes
• Minor scheduling changes
• The #6 Sixth Street, #15 Market Street, and #21 Chestnut Street will see minor scheduling changes

A full listing of all details of the approved service reductions and changes can be found on TARC’s website at: https://www.ridetarc.org/service-adjustments-for-january-26-2025/

TARC has formally approved a series of service reductions that will affect 11 different TARC routes and go into effect Sunday, January 26, 2025.

• These are the changes proposed in October with a few slight tweaks made after our public comment period.
• The changes will ensure a more reliable TARC, and are another step toward addressing our fiscal cliff—while we work through the next phase of our network-redesign project, TARC 2025. We anticipate releasing draft TARC 2025 plans later this winter.

I value your partnership, and our agency wants to make sure you have all the information you need to answer questions that come from your constituents and if at all possible, help spread this information through your communities.

Please read below for a summary of why TARC needs to make these service reductions followed by more details on the specifics of these approved changes.

TARC typically makes service changes every 6 months. Sometimes these service changes are relatively minor schedule adjustments – other times they include more significant changes.

The approved January 2025 service changes will help TARC accomplish two major current priorities: 

• Ensure a more reliable TARC: Currently, TARC has too many routes with very low ridership and not enough operators to consistently operate them. The service reductions aim to enhance TARC’s reliability and on-time performance, providing a more dependable transit experience for customers.

• Continue to address TARC’s fiscal cliff: At the beginning of 2024 TARC projected a $30 million deficit in FY 2027 if action is not taken before then. These reductions are anticipated to save $4 million annually, continuing to right size TARC to ensure future sustainability.

One of the reasons TARC is facing both reliability challenges and a fiscal cliff is that hard decisions were put off for too long. Current TARC leadership is focused on effective strategies to navigate through the current financial challenges and ensure a stronger, more reliable, and more sustainable TARC.  

The most wide-ranging of those strategies is the TARC 2025 network redesign process intended to determine the ultimate shape of the new TARC. The process will provide proposals for a fully updated TARC network – within the reality of expected funding – by Summer 2025. One proposal will envision a new TARC with a large reduction in fixed-route bus service in order to match currently projected revenue. Another proposal will show how TARC could be more reliable and useful for Louisville residents if additional funding for transit service is provided to TARC by local funding partners. Draft plans are expected to be available for community review this winter.       

What are the service changes for January 2025?

Overview of service changes

• Route Mergers
• #22 Twenty-Second Street will be merged into #18 Dixie Highway
• #63 Crums Lane will be merged into #29 Eastern Parkway
• Route discontinuation
• #52 Medical Center Circulator will be discontinued
• TARC passengers will have multiple other downtown options to travel through the LOUMED District and downtown
• Route changes
• #10 Dixie Rapid service to Watson Lane discontinued. Southern end of line will be Dixie Gardens Dr.
• #17 Bardstown Road will now end at Eastern Parkway and Bardstown Road
• #17 passengers traveling to downtown will need to transfer to the #23 Broadway or #40 Taylorsville Road
• #18 Dixie Highway will be rerouted to cover areas currently served by the #22 Street
• #18 Dixie Highway customers will need to make a transfer to get to downtown Louisville
• The #25 Oak-Westport Connection will see routing changes that slightly reduce coverage on the west and east ends of the route
• The #29 Eastern Parkway will be rerouted to cover most areas currently served by the #29 Eastern Parkway, including Pleasure Ridge High School.
• Frequency reductions
• The #4 Fourth Street will go from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes
• The #10 Dixie Rapid will go from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes
• Frequency increase
• The #25 Oak-Westport Connection will go from every 70 minutes to every 60 minutes
• The #29 Eastern Parkway will go from every 60 minutes to every 50 minutes
• The #40 Taylorsville Road will go from every 90 minutes to every 70 minutes
• Minor scheduling changes
• The #6 Sixth Street, #15 Market Street, and #21 Chestnut Street will see minor scheduling changes

A full listing of all details of the approved service reductions and changes can be found on TARC’s website at: https://www.ridetarc.org/service-adjustments-for-january-26-2025/

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