Remarks by Anthony Piagentini
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“Good evening, everybody. Thanks for indulging me for a minute. I want to introduce, for those that don't know, I work in an industry where we provide services to people, rehabilitation services to people who have suffered from brain and spinal injuries. And I was at a recent conference, and if this isn't a government acronym for you, it was the NASHEA Conference, the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators. And these are essentially all of the administrators from each state who run their brain injury programs, helping people who have suffered from a brain injury, traumatic or…”
“That's right. I'm gonna just say that Jamie gave an incredible presentation about her foundation, and what was crazy was she said, and we've got this amazing partnership coming up with Danny Wimmer Presents, and I'm gonna be in Louisville, Kentucky at Louder Than Life and Bourbon and Beyond, and I'm like, time out, we need to meet, we need to talk, we need to get you here at Council and talk about what you're doing. It's an incredible story. I want Jamie to come up here and tell about her story and tell about her foundation, her partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents. to support people who…”
“So we have this proclamation for Jamie. It's incredibly important. And I mean, I go back to when Brandon Cohen was on council, he was the first one that brought it up and we unanimously sponsored the Committee for People with Disabilities. I know Councilman Reid has served on it for a long time. I know others have served on it in order to incorporate and to make accessible the whole gamut of life experiences. And when Jamie told me what she was doing with Danny Weber Presents, I'm like, the community needs to hear more about this. And I hope, Jamie, that not only are you successful in getting…”
“You have the floor. Thank you, Vice Chair Reed, and thank you, Madam President Pro Tem. All I want to say about this, first of all, I want to thank Councilman Benson for bringing this, getting this started and getting us to where we are. I know Councilman Cramer worked with him on an amendment, which ultimately is what we're seeing here. What I want to bring up is that this change to the Land Development Code really only impacts the street width on new developments. So what happens to the roads inside the actual development that's being built new? that this will make the roads minimum 20 foot…”