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Dear Neighbors,
Please have a happy and safe Halloween. As many of you will be travelling with your friends, neighbors or family to trick-or-treat and enjoy the holiday, please look out for one another to keep your neighbors safe. Halloween can be a spooky holiday but when done right, it can bring neighbors together to forge bonds throughout our community.
 Thank you to all of the residents of South Louisville that joined Councilman Yates to clean up our community!
 Picking up trash from all over South Louisville, there were plenty of wonderful groups that helped clean up St. Anthonys Church Road, Arnoldtown Road, Valley Station and more!
 District 25's Auburndale Neighborhood Association shared some of their community clean up pictures with us!
Please join Councilman Yates on Veterans Day, November 11th for the Veterans Day Parade.
WHEN: Tuesday, November 11th, at 11am
WHERE: Starts at 4th & Chestnut to the Kentucky Center for the Arts at 5th and Main Street.
Councilman Yates would be honored if any Veterans or service men and women would join him for this wonderful celebration of our military.
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 Councilwoman Fowler has partnered with Metro Solid Waste
Management to provide a FREE local Junk Drop-off opportunity to the residents
of Southwest Louisville.
The Drop off will allow residents to haul their unwanted
furniture and appliances to a location at Sun Valley Park.
WHEN: Saturday, November 1, 2014; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Sun Valley Park, 6505 Bethany Lane
The drop off will accept regular household items. Appliances
will be collected. Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers. All
metal will be recycled.
The drop-off will not accept:
- No auto
parts such as transmissions or engine blocks, batteries or body panels.
- No Tires
- No Propane Cylinders
- No Fire Extinguishers
- No Liquids
- No Computer Monitors, CPU’s or printers (these should be dropped
off at the Waste Reduction Center e-cycle.)
- No Yard Waste
- No dirt, gravel or construction or demolition debris such as
wood, drywall, concrete, shingles, gutters, siding.
- No hazardous materials such as motor oil, batteries, paint,
gasoline, antifreeze, pool chemicals or lawn chemicals.
- You must be a Jefferson County resident to be able to
participate. No commercial use is permitted.
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 Louisville Metro residents not mulching autumn leaves into their lawns or using curbside collection will have the option to dispose of them at drop-off sites Tuesday through Saturday each week November 11 through December 6. The service will not be available on Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving.
Leaf drop-off is a joint service of Metro Public Works and Metro Parks. Only loose leaves will be accepted. Containers used for transport must be disposed of off-site by residents. The leaves will be used as compost material.
Drop-off will be available Tuesday – Saturday at the following locations and hours:
- Public Works Yard: 10500 Lower River Road (at Bethany Lane) 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Public Works East District Yard: 595 Hubbards Lane, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Public Works Waste Reduction Center: 636 Meriwether Avenue, Tuesday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
 Starting
January 1, 2015, enforcement of a regulation that bans the use of plastic bags
for yard waste will begin in Jefferson County. Though enforcement is a few
months away, with autumn in full swing, now is the perfect time to bring
yourself in compliance and learn some easy tips and tricks for going green in
the yard.
The new regulation prohibits collection of yard waste in plastic
bags that are not compostable. When enforcement begins on January 1, yard
waste collectors will be permitted to pickup only yard waste that it is in
approved containers. Methods approved for handling yard waste are as follows,
in order of preference:
- Mulch and/or compost yard clippings to eliminate cost
and need for yard waste collection;
- Place yard waste in reusable containers, such as an old
garbage can, to reduce the need for continual purchase of single-use bags;
- Place yard waste in paper bags designed for yard waste
collection;
- Place yard waste in compostable plastic bags that meet
ASTM D6400 standards;
- Use seasonal drop-off centers for yard waste
- As waste haulers encounter plastic bags during the
education period they will collect the bags but leave educational material
behind. When enforcement begins, yard waste in plastic bags will not be
collected and residents could be subject to fines and cleanup fees.
- The regulation addresses contamination of yard waste
caused by an abundance of plastic bags that prevent yard waste from being
processed into desirable compost and mulch.
- Contamination caused by plastic bags leads to 32,000
tons of yard waste being added to area landfills each year despite a 1994
ordinance requiring that the waste not be landfilled. The new regulation
removes the barrier that has prevented compliance with the ordinance.
- Composting yard waste instead of dumping it will extend
the useful life of area landfills, reduce fees charged to Metro Government
and increase the quantity of locally generated compost.
Similar rules are already in place in surrounding cities such as
Cincinnati, Lexington, Columbus and Nashville. The yard waste container
regulation is an initiative of the Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team, funded by
a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
More information about the
yard waste container regulation is available online at www.louisvilleky.gov/SolidWaste.
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 Country Living has recognized South Louisville's Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Iroquois Park as one of the best Halloween Festivals in the United States!
Visit before November 2nd!
Some 5,000 carved pumpkins line a 1/4-mile walking trail in Iroquois Park. Take a stroll starting at dusk—the park's open until 11 p.m. or midnight, depending on the day.
 Keep up with all of the great things our Democratic Caucus is doing by Liking them on Facebook. The 17 members of the Democratic Caucus of the Louisville Metro Council represent many diverse areas of Metro Louisville. Stay up to date on them all!
The Democratic Caucus Of The Louisville Metro Council
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