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Excuse me.

Councilwoman Purvis here. Yes, ma'am. Has the meeting started? I can hear conversation in the background.

No, there's just someone speaking that's over there. We've not started yet.

Councilwoman Purvis, if it's okay with you, I'll sit in the chair. Is that okay with you?

That is fine, sir. Thank you.

Thank you. Are we holding item two, Councilwoman Purvis?

Yes, sir.

Thank you. Metro TV will get started in about 30 seconds. Okay, welcome back, everyone. We've had a little bit of a hiatus here at Metro Council on a summer break, and so we are here for the regularly scheduled meeting of the Government Oversight, Audit, and Appointments Committee. I'm Councilman Owen. I'm sitting in the chair's seat for the committee chair, Councilwoman Purvis, and I'm joined in by I'm joined in chambers by Councilman Piacentini, Councilman Bratcher, Councilman Kramer, Councilwoman Raymond, Councilman Herndon, and Councilman Reid. And online I'm joined by Councilwoman McCraney, Councilwoman Mulvey-Woolridge, and I think And Councilwoman Purves, yes. So it's my understanding that we will be holding the special discussion for another time, holding two and three and discussing item four. Because we have people online, this meeting is being held pursuant to KRS 61.826 and Council Rule 5A. Okay, so item number four, O-193-26, an ordinance of the Louisville Jefferson County Metro Council to approve the annexation by the city of Prospect of a tract of land situated approximately east of Harrods Creek, west of Timber Ridge Drive, north of US Highway 42, south of the Ohio River, continuous to the present boundary of said city, but not continuous to the boundary of the former city of Louisville, and being in the unincorporated area of the former county of Jefferson. Can I get a motion? Properly moved and seconded. That was as clear as mud, that description. Everybody know exactly where this is. Okay, so do we have, Travis, are you here to speak to this today?

Yes, I'm happy to. Travis Feaster, Simpson County Attorney. Also, John Carter, who is the city clerk for Prospect, is on. The mayor was not able to attend this meeting, but John's here for any questions you want to have as well. So I'll give you sort of the basic summary, and if you have any questions for him, he's happy to assist. So this is an annexation request from Prospect. You've got the packet on the system. It's a number of parcels. They did reach that statutory threshold. So under Kentucky state law, council approval is required for this matter. We got it, I think you all recall, it was put on the agenda read into new business by special action at the end of our last meeting to make sure we hit that 60-day clock. We would, in theory, have one additional meeting, I think, for the time if you're not ready to move today for whatever reason. I will note two things here. One, in some discussions with Prospect, it seems like they may be seeking a rezoning for much of or all of this land, and there's a statutory provision in KRS-100 that allows a city to conduct an area-wide rezoning in the midst of an annexation. So that may occur. So you all may see some process at the Planning Commission on these properties in the near future. Part two is there was a lot consolidation that occurred after Prospect requested the various consent forms and had their first reading. And so there is a portion of a lot that's not included on this annexation that is now part of one of these parcels. That's a little hazy. The short version is you're likely to see a second annexation in the near future that will pick up this lot that got consolidated. So that was just sort of a strange thing that happened again after the initial notices, so it couldn't be captured here. But you're likely to see a much smaller annexation in the future to deal with that lot that has since been changed. So that's about all I've got. Again, Clerk Carter has kindly joined us virtually, so if you have any questions for him. And otherwise, I'm available for questions as well.

For the record, we've been joined virtually by Councilwoman Hawkins. Councilman Reed, you're the primary sponsor of this. Would you like to speak to it?

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Travis. For those that don't know, this area is going to be used for a mixed-use development that is going to basically be their downtown. And it's going to follow in the mold of Norton Commons, a much smaller scale than that. But it's going to be mixed use. It's going to have apartments. It's going to have retail, restaurants. One of the architects is the same person that designed Norton Commons. And I give them a lot of credit for this because this was very forward-thinking on their part and different. And the areas around it, you know, the areas that are being annexed, they're all for it as well. So I applaud the city of Prospect, and I actually spoke to their city council last night, and I told them in person. So I think this is good for everybody, that land was going to be used for something, and I think this is very productive. So thank you.

Councilman Kramer. Thank you. So Travis, you said that there's one lot that will probably come back at some point in the future. Is that one plot of land or is that one lot that has one owner? Because if it's one owner, then obviously you have to petition the owners, right? But if it's only one piece of property, they could potentially be petitioned pretty quickly.

Correct. So it is one owner. I could try and show you, but unfortunately, I don't have access to the screens. I'm fine. But it's a single parcel. Right now on the map that you all have is the older map under Exhibit A, and there's a lot line separating some parcels. And an owner acquired a number of them and resubdivided for development recently. And that wasn't done until the subdivision wasn't recorded until after prospect that started this process. So it is a part of that property is going to be annexed under this and they'll just need to get the remainder of it in the future if they'd like. Um, but because that portion of land has already undergone a recent development, I don't think it is a central part of the sort of town center that they're picturing. So they're really not a, an urgent need to do it quickly other than you'll have an owner that has some tax complications with half their lot. Travis, do you have it on your screen now?

We can share it if you have it on.

Oh, I do. Yes. No, sure.

So the reason for my question is I understand that Prospect has already, Prospect already has an ordinance seeking annexation. So our ordinance follows theirs. My question is if we know this is the reality, can we amend it here and then they amend theirs later and that way they don't have to come back to us? Or is there some statutory requirement that says that we vote on what they sent us?

Right, so it's basically the latter. There's a process that says to follow and unfortunately because they aren't otherwise connected to this additional parcel currently, they can't file a one-off annexation because they have to have a border that touches it. So this has to pass before they can then add this additional parcel.

Okay, so the only other alternative would be for them to withdraw this and do it all together and start the process all over again. Correct, which would require public hearings and notices to folks and a lot more. Which hopefully no one should advocate for.

And I don't have the newer map here, but the consolidation was right in this area. Okay, thanks, I appreciate the answer. You're welcome.

Good question, by the way. I'm just gonna weigh in and say I'm with Councilman Reed. This is right exactly what they should be doing. I'm so excited that PROSPECT is being proactive with this and creating a downtown and with mixed-use development and all of those things. So I mean, you guys probably all know that, that those are the kinds of things that I'm very much supportive of, but wanted to say it for the record. Okay, I don't have anybody else in the queue here. Anybody else have any questions or concerns before we open up a roll call vote? Okay, you can open up the roll call vote, please.

Councilman Purvis.

Yes.

Councilman Mulvey-Woolbridge? Yes. Councilman McCraney?

Yes.

You have 10 yeses.

So is that unanimous, 10 yes votes, yes? Yes. Okay. So I'm used to doing this for rezonings where they have to go to old business. Is there any reason... you're happy for it to go to consent okay all right well then this will be put on the consent calendar for the next metro council agenda okay anybody else have any anything else for the good of the body uh if we have no other motion to adjourn business then we are adjourned thank you