<p>9th Metro Council District No. 9 eNews June 13, 2013</p><p>You are receiving this email because you have contacted my office in the past for assistance. If you would like to be removed from this communication please email Kyle Ethridge with “REMOVE” in the subject or body. Please feel free to copy any of this information for use at your meetings or in your newsletters!</p><p>Upcoming Junk Pick Up Dates for District 9 Residents & River Metals Recycling Incentives The 9th District will have junk collection set-out on a select weekend in June, depending on your address and if you live in the Urban Services District (USD). For your specific junk set-out weekend please visit http://mapit.louisvilleky.gov/ and enter your address OR call the office at 574-1109. You may begin setting out your junk Friday afternoon of your junk set-out weekend and must have it all set out by Monday at 6:00 a.m. For collection guidelines please visit www.louisvilleky.gov/solidwaste. </p><p>From June 14-23, to correspond with Junk Pick Up dates, River Metals Recycling (RMR) is inviting 9th District Residents to receive higher rates for recycling scrap metal: an extra $10 per net ton f or sheet metal/appliances and 5 cents per pound extra for aluminum cans and copper. To partici pate, print the coupon attached to this email and bring your scrap metal to River Metals at 2045 R iver Road between June 14-23. Thanks to River Metals for offering this incentive and for its supp ort of the Green Triangle. Go green with RMR and get your green! Keep metal out of the landfill by taking it to River Metals to be recycled instead of setting it out for Junk Pick Up. Find your Junk Pick Up dates on the Louisville website. 2013 Ohio River Sweep on Saturday, June 15th Message from MSD The 24th annual Ohio River Sweep is set for Saturday, June 15, from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Since 1989, this award-winning cleanup for the Ohio River and its tributaries brings thousands of volunteers to the riverbanks to collect tons of trash and debris. River Sweep encompasses the entire length of the river, from its origin in Pittsburgh, PA to its end in Cairo, IL, including nearly 3,000 miles of shoreline and many tributaries. More than 15,000 volunteers will pick up trash and debris along 1,800 miles of riverbank. Six states and 72 counties are represented. </p><p>ORSANCO (The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission) is the regional coordinator for the event and the Metropolitan Sewer District is the local coordinator. Volunteers may contact Rhonda Boyle-Crotzer at 540-6552.</p><p>Below is a listing of the site locations in Louisville Metro:  Carrie Gaulbert Coxes Park Area, 3730 River Road  Eva Bandman Par, 1701 River Road  Hays Kennedy Park (Bass Avenue), 7003 Beachland Beach Road - Pick up supplies at Juniper Beach location  Juniper Beach, 5516 Juniper Beach Road - Harrod’s Creek Road Fire House Area (Lime Kiln & River Road)  Riverview Park, 8202 Greenwood Road (Greenwood Road and Cane Run Road)  Shawnee Park Area, 4501 W Broadway (W Market St between Northwestern Pkwy & Fontaine Landing Court) - Riverwalk entrance at Ball Field Parking Lot 1 | P a g e Notice of Planning & Design Public Meetings Information provided by Louisville Metro Planning and Design Services, 444 S. 5th Street – Suite 300, Louisville, KY 40202-4313, (502)574-6230</p><p>Case # 19284 You are invited to attend a Board of Zoning Adjustment review of a proposal for a variance from the Land Development Code to allow a proposed attached garage to encroach into the required front yard. Subject Property: 101 North Hite Avenue Case Number: 19284 Case Manager: Latondra Yates ([email protected]) Meeting Type: Board of Zoning Adjustment Date: Monday, June 17, 2013 Time: Meeting will begin at 8:30 A.M. and continue until all cases are heard Location: 514 W. Liberty Street 40202</p><p>Case # 19265 You are invited to attend a Board of Zoning Adjustment review of a proposal for a variance from the Land Development Code to allow a proposed fence to exceed the maximum height. Subject Property: 363 Hillcrest Avenue Case Number: 19265 Case Manager: Jon Crumbie ([email protected]) Meeting Type: Board of Zoning Adjustment Date: Monday, June 17, 2013 Time: Meeting will begin at 8:30 A.M. and continue until all cases are heard Location: 514 W. Liberty Street 40202</p><p>For detailed case information please visit http://www.louisvilleky.gov/PlanningDesign/. Click on “Case Information – eCustomer Services” link. Then under the “Planning and Design” tab click on “By Project No”. Enter the project no and click “search”. If you have any questions please contact Planning & Design at 574-6230.</p><p>Honoring Jack Trawick of Center For Neighborhoods Jack Trawick, executive director of the Center For Neighborhoods, recently announced that he will be retiring after almost 33 years with the organization. On Thursday, June 6th, my colleagues on the Metro Council and I honored Jack Trawick for the tremendous contributions he has made to our community. Jack will retire on June 30, 2013 to focus on researching and writing his dissertation for the Ph.D. in Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Louisville. To celebrate Jack’s many contributions to our community we proclaimed June 6 “Jack Trawick Day.” Read the full proclamation here to learn more about Jack’s tenure with the Center For Neighborhoods. </p><p>21st Annual Taste of Frankfort Avenue The Clifton Center, located at 2117 Payne Street, will host the 21st Annual Taste of Frankfort Avenue, the organization's biggest fundraiser, on Sunday, June 23rd from 5:00pm-8:00pm. The event will feature food tastings from more than twenty of Frankfort Avenue's finest restaurants set up inside the historic building, as well as an outdoor tent housing a cash bar, a stage with live music, and a silent auction. Advanced tickets are on sale now for $50, and tickets will increase to $60 on the day of the event. Friends of the Clifton Center members receive an additional $5 discount on all tickets. Tickets can be purchased at www.cliftoncenter.org or at Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, (502) 896-6950.</p><p>2 | P a g e</p><p>For the first time, the event will include an "After Taste" beginning at 7:30pm in the tent where guests can enjoy a cash bar and live music. The After Taste will be open to the public for a suggested $5 donation to the Clifton Center's Setting the Stage campaign. </p><p>Volunteers Needed for the Taste! Dozens of volunteers are needed to make the Taste of Frankfort Avenue hum! To learn more about the volunteer opportunities, visit www.cliftoncenter.org and click on "Get Involved" or email Sharon Boyles at [email protected]. Correction: Fees Associated with Some USTA Tennis Clinics My office received a call from USTA’s 10 and Under Tennis League to correct information received from another agency and published in the June 6th eNews: there is a fee associated with some of the tennis clinics; not all clinics are free. Below is the corrected information.</p><p>The United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) 10 and Under Tennis League is hosting clinics to introduce children to tennis throughout the summer at locations all over the city. This summer children 10 and under can have fun being active and learning a new skill: tennis! The Louisville 10 and Under Tennis Association is hosting clinics at convenient locations across the city. They also provide all the equipment. Click here to see a detailed listing of locations and dates. Fees are associated with some of the programs.</p><p>Call for Participants for the Neighborhood-Wide Yard Sale The Frankfort Avenue Business Association (FABA) invites all residents and businesses in Clifton, Crescent Hill, and the surrounding neighborhoods to participate in a neighborhood-wide yard sale and sidewalk sale on Sunday, June 30th as part of Food Truck Sunday on The Avenue. Food trucks and a mini Farmer's Market will be set up on the lawn of St. Joseph's Children's Home, 2823 Frankfort Avenue, from 11:00am-4:00pm. For more information, visit www.frankfortave.com or email [email protected]. The event is free and open to the public. </p><p>Masonic Home Residents Collect Shoes for WaterStep Residents of the Masonic Home Village and Miralea Active Lifestyle Community have been inspired by Councilwoman Ward-Pugh’s involvement with WaterStep. Dozens of residents collected hundreds of shoes to help support the organization’s effort to save lives through safe water. Engaging Compassion with the Dalai Lama Click here to watch MetroTV’s video of the Dalai Lama’s talk in Louisville on May 19, 2013, on “Engaging Compassion”. </p><p>Iroquois Amphitheater Movie night Enjoy FREE Monday night movies at the Iroquois Amphitheater. For more information call 368- 5865 or visit www.iroquoisamphitheater.com.  Monday, June 24th at 8:30 p.m. watch “O Brother Where Art Thou?” – rated PG-13  Monday, July 1st at 8:30 p.m. watch “The Muppets Take Manhattan” – rated G Community Night BATS Tickets Available</p><p>3 | P a g e For 2013, the BATS FREE ticket program has been split into 2 parts, with each part described in detail below: (Part 1- Metro Council Community Nights) The Bats will host 2 large community nights and provide tickets, hot dogs and drinks to non-profit groups who would not be able to afford a Bats game under regular circumstances. These 2 nights will include 4,000 guests for each game – Tuesday, June 25 and Tuesday, July 30. (Part 2 – Metro Council Mondays) The Bats will host groups and small numbers of people doing the good of the community that might not fit into the category above. This includes 12,000 total ticket vouchers (without hot dogs and drinks) distributed for use on ANY of these 5 designated nights: May 27, June 10, June 24, July 29, and August 26 (all Mondays). The benefit is an increase in the number of people involved and greater flexibility to obtain complimentary tickets – the groups are able to choose their own date within these 5 nights. </p><p>To request tickets for either program, please send an email to: Dustin Mercurio, Louisville Bats at [email protected]. Please include the following: Organization name, contact name, mailing address, email address, daytime phone number, number of tickets, and date requested – June 25, July 30, or Part 2/Mondays If email is not available to you, please call Dustin Mercurio at 502-614-4525 Ninth District Events! Below are some Ninth District calendar events! To view a full listing of events please visit the Ninth District Blog at http://district9news.wordpress.com/. If you would like to submit events to be considered for the blog calendar please email Kyle Ethridge or call 574-1109.</p><p>Thursday, June 13: Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, welcomes Richard Horan for a discussion and signing of his new book Harvest: An Adventure Into the Heart of America's Family Farms at 7:00 p.m. www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/event/richard-horan-will-discuss-his- new-book-harvest</p><p>Saturday, June 15: The inaugural Powered with Pride 5K presented by Humana Vitality run/walk will be held in Louisville's Cherokee Park at 8:00 a.m. Louisville's GLBT and supporting communities have been long enough without such a healthy, unifying and visible endeavor. Participation for this year will be capped at 500 registrants. Visit them online at www.PoweredWithPride.com, and at www.Facebook.com/PoweredWithPride to register and learn more. (*A portion of proceeds from the inaugural event will benefit Kentucky Pride Festival.) Entry fee is $25.00 through June 11, 2013. </p><p>Saturday, June 15: The Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (APH), located at 1839 Frankfort Avenue, will offer three braille workshops for young people who are ages 8-14 on June 15, July 13, and August 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each Saturday. Young people will be inspired by the story of Louis Braille, who was only twelve years old when he began work on the writing system that changed the lives of blind people all over the world. They'll learn the basics of Louis's alphabet and practice writing on a braille slate and a braillewriter. Advanced students will learn more about braille contractions and whole word signs, as well as how to write music and do math with braille. Participants may attend one session, two sessions, or all three. Admission is free, but space is limited, so registration is required. Call (502) 899-2213 or send email to [email protected] by the Thursday prior to the Saturday workshop.</p><p>Tuesday, June 18: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, presents Empowerment over Anger at 7:00 p.m. Experience a tool useful in harnessing the power of love to banish anger and confront antagonists. For more information call 574-1793.</p><p>4 | P a g e 9 th District LINKS  www.district9news.wordpress.com  http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroCouncil/Members/09/  www.mygreentriangle.com/  www.facebook.com/MyGreenTriangle 9 th Office Staff Tina Ward-Pugh, 9th District Councilwoman 601 W Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: 502.574.1109 Fax: 502.574.7844 [email protected]</p><p>Kyle Ethridge, Legislative Assistant Phone: 502.574.3908 Fax: 502.574.7844 [email protected]</p><p>Katie Holmes, Special Projects Coordinator Phone: 502.574-1109 [email protected] </p><p>5 | P a g e</p>