Public Works, Parks, Sustainability and Transportation Committee

Agenda

1. Call to Order

   Chair Person Fowler called the meeting to order at 3:06 p.m.

2. Roll Call

   Chair Person Fowler introduced the committee members and non-committee members present. A quorum was established. Committee Member Engel arrived at 3:07 p.m. and Committee Member Stuckel left at 3:53 p.m.

3. Pending Legislation
4. 1. AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW SUBCHAPTER OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC TREES, TREE CANOPY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE (AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTION) (AS AMENDED).
   Ordinance
   Action: untabled

   Chair Person Fowler stated she would allow public comment on the proposed Ordinance. The speakers would be allowed three minutes each for comments with no more than four speakers in support and four speakers in opposition to the Ordinance. Council Member Hollander spoke to the item. A motion was made by Committee Member Benson, seconded by Committee Member Welch, that this amended Ordinance be untabled. The motion carried without objection.

5. Adjournment

   Without objection, Chair Person Fowler adjourned the meeting at 4:01 p.m. *NOTE: Items sent to the Consent Calendar or Old Business will be heard before the full Council at the Metro Council Meeting on November 30, 2017.

6. Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair Person. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.
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8. Clerk(s)

   David B. Wagner, Assistant Clerk

9. Support Staff

   Paul Whitty, Jefferson County Attorney's Office Sarah Martin, Jefferson County Attorney's Office

10. Non-Committee Member(s)

    Council Member Barbara Sexton Smith (D-4), Council Member Cheri Bryant Hamilton (D-5), Council Member Bill Hollander (D-9), and Council Member Julie Denton (R-19)

11. 1. AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW SUBCHAPTER OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC TREES, TREE CANOPY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE (AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTION) (AS AMENDED).
    Ordinance
    Action: recommended for approval Passed

    The motion to recommend for approval carried by the following vote and the amended Ordinance was sent to Old Business:

12. 1. AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW SUBCHAPTER OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC TREES, TREE CANOPY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE (AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTION) (AS AMENDED).
    Ordinance
    Action: amended

    A motion was made by Committee Member Welch, seconded by Committee Member Coan, that this amended Ordinance be amended by substitution (see attached document titled, "O-428-16 112817 PROPOSED TREE CANOPY CABS"). Deborah Bilitski, Develop Louisville, spoke to the item. A motion was made by Committee Member Stuckel, seconded by Committee Member Engel, that this Amendment by Substitution be amended by adding a provision that required administrative regulations created by Develop Louisville to enforce this Ordinance to be brought before the Metro Council for final approval. Erin Thompson, Division of Community Forestry, spoke to the item. The motion that this Amendment by Substitution be amended was withdrawn by Committee Member Stuckel. The following spoke in support of the Ordinance: - Joan Lindop, Louisville Sierra Club - Lynn Hamilton, Citizen - Judy Lyons, Tree Ordinance Committee Member - Elizabeth Calenberg, Citizen No one spoke in opposition to the Ordinance. The motion to amend by substitution carried by a voice vote.