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Operation White Flag has been activated. You can find a list of Warming Centers, Shelters, and other resources available from Louisville Metro's Homeless Services Division.
Track the progress of road treatment on Louisville Metro's snow routes by using LOJIC's Snow Map.
Track road and street closures due to flooding on the Public Works website.
We are still taking applications for our District 6 Advisory Council. The deadline to apply will be February 28, after which we will begin working on scheduling our first meetings. We have gotten over 50 applications so far, but we are still accepting them because we will need a lot of volunteers to make this project a success. Please apply if you haven't already!
You can apply here and our office will contact you soon.
 Louisville Metro Government wants to hear from parents or guardians of children 0-8 years old about the types of childcare you currently use, barriers and challenges you have encountered obtaining childcare, and the type of childcare you prefer. The information gathered is completely anonymous and will help inform meaningful changes in childcare services. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete, and you can provide your input by following the link below.
https://surveys.iqsresearch.com/s3/rcki
 
Algonquin Neighborhood Anti-Violence Coalition
The Algonquin AVC will meet on Tuesday, February 25 at 5 PM. The group will meet at the Villages of Park Duvalle Senior Building, located at 2900 Dr William G Weathers Drive.
Germantown-Paristown Neighborhood Association
GPNA has public meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:00 PM at the Hope Mills Building, located at 1000 Swan Street.
Limerick Neighborhood Association
Meetings on the third Wednesday of the every month at 7:00 PM. The February meeting will be held at the Kling Center, 219 W. Ormsby Ave
Meriwether-Fort Hill Neighborhood Association
Monthly Meetings held at The Bard's Town - 511 E Burnett Ave at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday
Old Louisville Neighborhood Council
OLNC meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm. Location: the Historic Old Louisville Visitors Center (1340 S 4th Street)
Shelby Park Neighborhood Association
SPNA members meet most months on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Location: Shelby Park Community Center (600 E. Oak Street)
Taylor Berry Neighborhood Association
Meetings held on the 1st Tuesday of the month (except August) at 6 pm at the South Louisville Community Center (2911 Taylor Boulevard).
Toonerville Trolley Neighborhood Association
Meetings on the second Wednesday of the every month at 7:00 PM Location: Noble Funk Brewery - 922. S. 2nd St.
You are invited to attend an Old Louisville Architectural Review Committee meeting for the review of the proposed replacement of street-facing historic wood windows with aluminum-clad wood windows.
Subject Property: 1156 S. 1st Street
Case Number: 25-COA-0020
Case Manager: Iná Nakao (ina.nakao@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type: Old Louisville Architectural Review Committee (ARC)
Meeting Date: WEDNESDAY, February 26, 2025
Time: Meeting will begin at 4:30 PM and continue until all cases are heard
Location: 444 South Fifth Street, Room 101 (Metro Development Center)
For meeting agenda and staff report, please visit:
https://louisvilleky.primegov.com/public/portal?fromiframe=true
More information is available in-person or online at:
Louisville Metro Office of Planning (Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
444 S. 5th Street, 3rd Floor, Louisville, KY 40202, 502-574-6230 | https://louisvilleky.gov/government/office-planning
If you wish to submit comments in writing on this case, please submit to the case manager by NOON Tuesday,
February 25, 2025. If you would like to provide verbal testimony, please attend the meeting in-person. Persons who desire special accommodations should contact the Planning Commission office at 502-574-6230 at least one week prior to this meeting. TDD users please use the Relay Service, 1-800-648-6056.
You are invited to attend a review for a VARIANCE from LDC Section 5.4.1.E.5 to allow an accessory structure to encroach into the required accessory structure side setback.
Subject Property: 719 W ST CATHERINE STREET
Case Number: 24-VARIANCE-0177
Case Manager: ETHAN LETT (ethan.lett@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type: BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT
Meeting Date: MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2025
Time: Meeting will begin at 1:00 PM and continue until all cases are heard
Location: 514 W Liberty Street, 40202 (OLD JAIL BUILDING)
You may also participate online, and view case material by visiting:
https://louisvilleky.gov/government/office-planning/upcoming-public-meetings
For meeting agenda and staff report, please visit:
https://louisvilleky.primegov.com/public/portal
More information is available in person at: Louisville Metro Office of Planning (Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM) 444 S. 5th Street, 3rd Floor, Louisville, KY 40202, (502) 574-6230. If you wish to submit comments in writing on this case, please submit to the case manager by 9:00 A.M. Friday, February 28, 2025. If you would like to provide verbal testimony, please attend the meeting or participate online. Additional information or written comments submitted after applicable deadlines must be approved by the Board at the meeting; the Board may choose to not accept such information or comments.
Persons who desire special accommodations should contact the Planning Commission office at (502) 574-6230 at least one week prior to this meeting. TDD users please use the Relay Service, 1-800-648-6056.
You are invited to attend an Old Louisville Architectural Review Committee meeting for the review of the proposed removal and enclosure of a street-facing window and door on the west side of the structure facing S. 7th Street.
Subject Property: 641 Park Avenue
Case Number: 25-COA-0010
Case Manager: Priscilla Bowman (priscilla.bowman@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type: Old Louisville Architectural Review Committee (ARC)
Meeting Date: WEDNESDAY, February 26, 2025
Time: Meeting will begin at 4:30 PM and continue until all cases are heard
Location: 444 South Fifth Street, Room 101 (Metro Development Center)
For meeting agenda and staff report, please visit:
https://louisvilleky.primegov.com/public/portal?fromiframe=true
More information is available in-person or online at:
Louisville Metro Office of Planning (Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
444 S. 5th Street, 3rd Floor, Louisville, KY 40202
502-574-6230 | https://louisvilleky.gov/government/office-planning
If you wish to submit comments in writing on this case, please submit to the case manager by NOON Tuesday, February 25, 2025. If you would like to provide verbal testimony, please attend the meeting in-person. Persons who desire special accommodations should contact the Planning Commission office at 502-574-6230 at least one week prior to this meeting. TDD users please use the Relay Service, 1-800-648-6056.
Last night, I voted in the Government Oversight committee meeting against two ordinances. The first ordinance I voted ‘no’ on was an amendment to our rental registry that entirely eliminated the fees for landlords and the sworn affidavit from those landlords that their properties were in compliance with codes and regulations when they were entered into the registry. It also completely removed the random inspection of properties in areas where renter density is high—areas like District 6, where the majority of our residents rent their home. The second ordinance I voted against is a complete repeal of the lead hazard abatement ordinance passed unanimously two years ago. The ordinance would be partially restored under the purview of Codes & Regulations, but again without proactive random inspection and taking the burden off of the landlords who profit from the properties.
Both ordinances were filed because the Kentucky State Legislature is threatening once again to take local control away from the city of Louisville. I have been asked to vote for these ordinances by my colleagues because they’re afraid of that happening to the rental registry and the lead abatement ordinance. Respectfully, I think my colleagues are wrong to take the legislature at their word that if we comply with these demands we will be left alone. There is nothing to stop them from taking up this legislation in the future or even just continuing with it in the current session.
If passed, these ordinances will put the responsibility for the harm caused by weakening our lead abatement directly on our shoulders, not the state legislators demanding the change while holding our public health hostage. If a majority of politicians in Frankfort want to be the pro-lead poisoning coalition, I think it’s important that constituents in Louisville and throughout the state see that as clearly as possible. I do not think it is any kind of strategy to assume that this relationship to Frankfort is permanent or that we should be as meek as possible to hope for a gentle hand from our rulers.
Lead poisoning permanently damages children's brains. It steals the future away from children, and in practice it steals the future of Black children specifically. The West End has by far the highest rates of lead contamination and hazard, a crisis understood by every pediatrician practicing in Louisville. I represent a majority renter district, with the oldest homes in the city, and I will not vote against the future of children whether they live in Shelby Park, Germantown, Old Louisville, Taylor Berry, Algonquin, or Park Hill.
This issue will be voted on by the Metro Council on Thursday, February 27th. Please make sure the voices of the people impacted by this plan are heard.
Solidarity,
Councilman JP Lyninger
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