Good morning, everyone. I would now like to call to order our public health and safety standing committee for today, Monday, October 21 2024 May the clerk, please call the roll
Good morning council member, Gabriella Santiago Romero,
morning here.
Council member Scott Benson,
I've been tonight. Council member Mary waters, Madam Chair, there's a court.
Thank you, Mr. Clerk, given a quorum, we will go right into the agenda for today, we have received our minutes from our last session. Is there a motion to approve? Motion Hearing no objections or minutes from our last session will be approved. Just want to let everyone know that we do have a 10:30am continued public hearing today, but we will not have a separate public comments for the rental ordinance. We have satisfied that parts of public comments on Monday, October 7, before going into our continued public hearing, we will go into general public comments. So everyone that I call out will have two minutes for general public comments. I apologize. I will give a minute and a half. We have dangerous buildings today, so we have a tighter agenda I just realized. So a minute and a half, please let us know what you're here for and what we should be supporting or concerns, and then we'll keep it going. But with that, give us a second to put the timer on the screen and make sure that everyone please keep track of the time or public comments. I will be cutting off public comment in two minutes. So if you're here for public comments and we have not read we have not received a card from you or from my staff, please let us know, but we will go now into the folks that we have here in person before we turn it over to the folks that we have online for public comments. And again, if you hear public comments, please raise your hands now. I first for public comments. We are going to begin with, Mr. Foster, would you be here for public comment, sir, you are, if you wouldn't mind going first. I didn't get your card, but I know you're here for public comments. So want to make sure that I don't miss you, sir, whenever you're ready, you can make sure that you can turn on your microphone, and whenever you're ready, give us one second to start your time. Thank you.
Pretty important.
Oh, good morning. Through your chair. First thing I just like to say, this is election time. I think it's important that we all get out and vote. I think that our last voter numbers showed a low turnout of black men. One thing we've been advocating for a long time. I think City Council has been doing a pretty good engaging community, but I think moving forward, we need to have more concrete community engagements, town halls and those sorts of things to include every aspect of community in government and voting and then moving forward poverty does not exclude you from being inclusive And and voting for who you want to vote for, and knowing who is out there. I think it's important that poverty be taken into account and some accommodations be made. People simply cannot afford to keep up with who's on the ballot and who's going to be best there to serve them. I appreciate City Council like I said, I had no intentions of doing anything in government, but I find it necessary, and so I did, like I said, ask for support with the Wayne County Commission, district, Commissioner, Second District. And so that's one of the things I think need support. I've always offered support as precinct delegate. My recommendations and suggestions was not always taken. So I ask you all to support and appreciate you all.
Thank you, Mr. Foster. Public comment is now cut off. General public comment is now cut off. I will be calling off a few names for I have your name, sir, I will now call off a few names, if you wouldn't mind taking the seats in the chairs that you have there in front of you. We're going to hear next from Ronald Barnes, followed by Jeff true stuff, and please restate your name, because I might be mispronouncing it, followed by Steve Hicks, Ronald, whenever you're ready, make sure that your microphone is on. You can the microphone once it's green, it's on. Good morning.
Council members, good morning. My name is Ronald Barnes. I've been at the marathon petroleum pen for 21 years, and I can tell you now there's nobody but local teams. 283, three we can go in and run that plant efficiently. I've noticed on the picket line there's been a few problems where all of them looked at each other said, Hey, what's going on in there? The problem is, Marathon doesn't value the teamsters at all. So they recruited these scabs from down south to come fill our positions, positions that take us nine months to a year to go and be able to get trained and operate efficiently. It's kind of like when you have a used car and just you know how to drive it, right? That's the issue going on going on right now. We've also implemented safety features such as no oil to the sewer, which we take seriously. I'm a Detroit resident, and I know what the guys they have coming in now. They're not paying any attention to that right now, just getting the work done, getting their checks, not caring about Detroit and leaving. We want marathon to be successful. They need us to do it, and it is a public safety concern for them to have out of towners go and doing these jobs instead of us. Thank you.
Thank you, sir. Thank you for coming down. We're going to hear next from Jeff, followed by Steve, followed by like Thompson, Jeff, whenever you're ready. Jeff. Trey, cough,
thanks for having us today. We appreciate it. As Ron was saying, it is important for us to be in the plan operating the plant the two most dangerous times for refineries, when it is shutting down and when it is starting up. And right now they're starting the process of starting the plant back up with essentially scab workers that aren't from the plant. So it's a major concern for the community, not just us as Teamsters and our contract situation. We want the community to be aware that this is a very dangerous time for everyone around here.
Thank you. Thank you, sir. Steve, followed by like followed by Jesse Dansby, Hi, Steve. Thank
you very much. Council people. I'm the president of Teamsters local 283 we've been on strike for five weeks and marathon. Could care less about workers or citizens of Detroit. I don't you have to think about this. Refineries very dangerous. You need 270 teams or members in there that have been trained to keep that place safe. Starting this plant back up is very dangerous. They don't care. You guys have given marathon tax abatements. You've tried to work with them. They don't care about the citizens of Detroit. To get tax payments, you ask them to hire citizens of Detroit. Now they're have the citizens of Detroit out striking while bringing people in from down south, are they paying taxes to the city of Detroit? Are they licensed properly? We don't think so. You need to seriously get people out there to be seeing who the working in this refinery. It's a 25 mile Blast Zone, very the most dangerous thing. There's hardly any refinery built in a city. They're usually out into the country. We need some help here for the citizens Detroit, make sure they're safe. Thank you.
Thank you, sir. And just for the record, we have sent out a memo asking those very questions, whether the folks that they have there now are trained, properly trained, paying taxes. So thank you for letting us know about the issues we are also highly concerned. There's a resolution today at the table asking that the city and that marathon do more. So thank you for letting us know.
Thank you so much. We'll
continue to hear from other folks. We member waters, did you? Oh,
thank you. Thank you. Madam Chair, I just want to say I am, I am deeply concerned about it myself, just in terms of safety in our community, you do have to have skilled people doing those those jobs. And have you received a response yet from marathon at all.
We just sent out the memo. It's in East scribing process now. I believe, okay, it's on the, it's on the it's it's an E scribe on the agenda today. Well,
I hope they're listening today. We need to hear from them, because we care about the entire community. And you just heard them say, 25 miles and it is, it's a major, major, major operation down there, so I am concerned. Thank
you absolutely, same, especially being in a residential area in 4217, that is incredibly concerning. We will hear next from, we heard just from we heard from Steve. We're going to hear from Mike, followed by Jesse, followed by William Peck.
Good morning. I'm like Thompson with Wayne State University. I'm here about the property maintenance code proposal. The first thing I'd like to say is that the visual assessment that is proposed here is considered unreliable by HUD, by EPA, by the ASTM and by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They say that the visual assessment has very limited capacity to detect microscopic lead dust, which is the major way that kids get lead poisoned in Detroit. Secondly, a lead assessment following the state and EPA guidelines that are embodied in the current proposal. I mean, the current ordinance, not the current proposal, is reliable and valid, it detects lead dust effectively. If lead dust is there, the 125 shots with an XRF will find it. The ordinance violates state law and state regulations regarding completing a risk assessment. Risk assessors and other lead qualified personnel could lose their certifications if they follow procedures outlined in this ordinance. The state has not agreed to negotiate or compromise its lead regulations so this ordinance can be implemented. They oppose that Michigan saves is a program that this that is available from the state that will pay for a lira, and it will pay for 50% of the cost, so it obviates the need to change the standards.
Thank you, sir. Appreciate you coming down, sir. Thank you. We're going to hear next from Jesse, followed by William, followed by Mark Bellini.
Good morning. Jesse Dansby, local 283 Thank you for having us. I would just like to reiterate the concerns, the immediate concerns for the safety of the community, as well as the folks that are still working in the plant. My sources tell me that there's been a significant up uptick in H 2s hits. That's h 2s exposure, which can be immediately dangerous to life and health. That's just for the folks that are still in there, so our concerns are for them, as well as the community. Of course, this is a crucial time, and we could definitely use the support at this point.
Thank you, sir. Thank you. And please anyone that may have any other insights to what's going on do let us know, because then we get to ask them directly and and see what's going on. Thank you. We should hear now from William, followed by Mark, followed by Russ. Russ Belan,
good morning. My name is William Peake. I've been a board operator at Marathon for 14 and a half years, in line with the obvious concerns that you've already heard. One aspect that hasn't been talked about a lot is that the majority of us that are on the picket line right now are members of the emergency response team and the air monitoring team, who normally when there's a leak or anything abnormal, we're the ones that are going in to stop the leak mitigate the problems. Many of us are on air monitoring. We're out in the neighborhoods monitoring the air to make sure that it's safe for the community. We go through monthly training to do that. I've been a member of air monitoring for 10 years. As far as I know, the people coming from out of state have, they've not been trained to do any type of air monitoring. They don't know the neighborhoods. They don't know the areas that they're supposed to go to that should be a concern for everyone, not just for the people striking, but everyone that's in the neighborhoods that want to be protected. That's really all I wanted to point out. Thanks.
Thank you. Appreciate that, sir. Mark.
Good morning, council members, good morning. My name is Mark Delaney, I've been with marathon Detroit refinery for 29 and a half years. I've board operated for over 14 years. I've been in maintenance department, and both brings there are certain dangers as a board operator. I know that we run high pressure boilers, and we require licensing for those boilers, and it's a city of Detroit license. I know that some of the foremen that are running the shifts right now that are inside the plant may be qualified, but I not sure that they have enough operating boiler license members that can safely run those units, and it is definitely highly volatile place to work. We also and the Marine Division part of it, they do have people that are normally there when they're not on strike to do boom deployment and things of that nature. In case there's spills. We've had several reports unconfirmed of contamination already in the tanks, and those are simple lineups for everyday operators. These guys have already contaminated tanks, from what we've been told. But I just know that we can do it better, and we have done it better. I've been there long enough to see the ins and outs of how the operation works, and you cannot just bring people in and fly by night. You can fake it for a while, but you can't fake it all the way when the real serious problems hit. I just like to see that addressed all together for the safety of all the communities. Thank you, Mark. Thank you.
I appreciate it. Really helpful information. Thank you, Mark. We're going to hear next from Russ belongs, followed by redne Palmer, followed by Michael. Minutes and again, please restate your name. I do not believe I am saying them all correctly. Press whenever you're ready. Thank
you, Madam Chair. I'm here to speak today about the the ordinance that's under consideration at 1030 and I'm specifically concerned about sections eight, dash 15, dash 48 and 49 since I traveled down here, I've been advised that this applies to rental properties, but in these sections, where it says that the city has a right of entry to abate public nuisances and so forth, it doesn't specify rental properties. And I I'll tell you, from my experience, when people have problems with the city, a lot of people across the East Side somehow get my number and call me, and I see a lot of stories played out, and I know like for people rehabbing houses, it's not rental, it's not owned and occupied. The city has tried to obtain permission Co Op, you know, entry into the house to look at it when it's in the process of being rehabbed, when it's obviously out of compliance a code and done so insistently. So I think this language is not where it allows them to enter by any means determined by the city that doesn't say in cooperation with any occupant, rental occupant, it's a blank check against a lot of folks. Maybe there's some context, but I see rental referred to in later sections of the staff ordinance. But I think this is very dangerous and you know, and even having a city employee ordered to go into somebody's house on volunt, you know, where it's not voluntary, is dangerous for the employee as well. So that's my time. Thank
you, Russ. We can definitely get into those concerns. Thank you for bringing those up. We can talk about that during the hearing. Thank you, Rodney. Rodney, Rodney, Rodney Palmer, Rodney, followed by Michael, followed by Joyce Jennings, how
you doing? Rodney Palmer, 14 years at Marathon. I just want to reiterate my safety concerns is that it is true. We train quite a bit out there nine months just to basically do what we do, and we get re qualified every year. We also do have to have boiler license. I came down to this very building and took my test, you know, six hours to take that test. And these people aren't they're not qualified to run that they may be qualified in their state, but at their refinery. But this refinery is totally different. Every refinery is totally different. I mean, everything that goes through those pipes is meant to burn, corrode, explode, Ignite, and we are the ones that keep that going safely in the event of an emergency, we're the ones that have to run to the emergency. We don't get to evacuate. We know exactly what needs to be done, what needs to be open, what needs to be closed, and it's a great concern for the community around them that if something was to happen, you do not have the effective people in there to take care of it. So any support that we can get in getting these, getting the company to do what's right, we would greatly appreciate it for us, my kids and everybody else.
Absolutely thank you for coming down, sir. Thank you, Michael, followed by Joyce,
thank you. Michael minis, 25 year process operator, member of Local 283 I utter some of the same concerns as we've heard this morning, safety concerns. Being a 25 year vet, I've seen startups and shutdowns, and I've worked with individuals from other states, and they have a way of doing things in their own refineries that don't always measure up to our procedures that we have in place at our refinery. So that's a concern for me, knowing how these things go when you start up units and things are skipped. Stages are skipped, skipped in the procedures, and so all this boils right down to the safety concerns that you know we've all mentioned this morning. So also, just want to thank the city councils for your support thus far, and any support that you can give us from this point forward will be greatly appreciated.
We will continue
to do what we can, sir, thank you for coming down. Joyce,
good morning, everyone. Joyce Jennings spells, district three resident. I am here to support our union. Brothers from Teamsters. I began my union career with Blue Cross and Blue Shirt of Michigan, local 600 before I went into management with Blue Cross and Blue Shield, when in the 90s, I was the youngest manager hired in the history of the company, the health and safety of our community is very important as we also look at the fact that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, there are Many public health and safety issues that affect us as residents of Detroit, as businesses of Detroit and and as the community at whole, as a whole, I would like to ask that we take into consideration that when we have different testing trials that come some may be personal, some may be called by work related changes that are occurring. We are in a time that we know election is coming up. I'm not going to support any specific party, but I'm praying that we vote for righteous leaders when it comes to a lot of the union busting that's going on in Detroit that our brothers are talking about. It was Bill Clinton who signed the NAFTA agreement that began sending our jobs overseas and bringing in people from other states. So let's do what's righteous in support of the people. Peace and love.
Thank you. That is everyone that we have here in person for public comments. I will now turn it over to the folks that we have online. I believe Miss ebronki, whenever you're ready. How many hands do we have raised, and who do we have first
Good morning, Madam Chair, we
have 17 hands raised online. The first caller is phone number ending in Sep, one, one,
yes, good morning. Shelton.
Good morning.
Yes, for the for the record, the marathon Ashton petroleum facility had a storage tank explosion in 2013 where they had to evacuate the residents in that area and line items 716, and 7.3 is very troubling. It's calling for an increase of over a million dollars for abatement of asbestos at a commercial building, which will add on or increased the contract for total of over $4.2 million yet, according to the federal government, Health Resources and Service Administration. ARPA funds can only be used for testing for asbestos and other hazardous materials, and not for the removal or not and not for the abatement of those materials. You can look into it for yourself. I could go on why that is a use for our performance that is not sanctioned by the federal government, but I don't have the time. Also Councilwoman Gabriella Santiago Romero,
our next caller is Betty a Varner.
Good morning to all within the sound of my voice, I want to say I'm Betty a Varner. I'm a resident of the city of Detroit, and I support the people who are on strike against marathon. It is important for us to support our unions, our union 100% and it sounds like there is a dire need, an emergency, for to have some type of investigation to find out what's going on at Marathon, to see if the people who are working there have the ability and the know how to run that business safely. It is important that the people who live in that area have be safe. And so I my recommendation, my opinion, is that the council, as the entire council, do whatever they can to support the people who are on strike. Is there some type of emergency procedure that can be taken to do investigation. Also for our seniors, if you need help with and you have health challenges being in your home, call D triple A, 446, 4444 thank you for this time. Call and get the help that is needed.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Our next caller is Diane McCloskey.
Good morning. I'm Diane McCloskey, a 35 year resident of District Four, Executive Director clear Detroit and chair of the get the let out Detroit coalition this week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week nationally. And I just wanted to restate today that I do support the ordinance changes for the rental ordinance. I do believe they increase the effectiveness of the city to have oversight over the quality of rental housing, and they will improve the ability of tenants to take action on that there's been a number of things mentioned by other folks that I do believe are addressed, and I think to keep doing the same thing is not going to move us anywhere to protect kids, and that these changes will help us protect more children.
Thank you. You
the next caller is to hear Ahmed
Good morning Council. I hope you all are well. I'm wanting to make a statement to let you know that. And then, as you know, Detroit has the highest asthma rate in Michigan due to the marathon, due to marathon and illegal demolitions and demolition that are said to be legal, our hardest hit grants were taken and used for demolition when they were sent for repairs to our homes. This has caused the affordable housing crisis that we now are experiencing now, and when they're demolished like this, like it is being done now, it causes the highest asthma rate in Michigan. Detroit is the highest asthma rate. Detroit Action Coalition has a report card and it has Mr. James Tate has a d minus. Fred durha has a F failing. Scott Benson, who's been under FBI investigation for three years, he has a F. We need you to work for the citizens of Detroit and citizens we need you not to return these people and also to Office. Gabriella, we thank you for the work that you have done, the good work you've done. You got an A minus. And member waters, you got a C plus. Whitfield Callaway gotta be minus.
The next caller is. Caller number ending, 169, caller number ending, 169,
um, hello. Can everybody hear me? Good
morning? Yes, we can.
Okay, great. I just want to say thank you everybody for listening, for praying for brother Cunningham. I get all the info about the city council meetings off brother Cunningham's Facebook page. It's the same ID for every council meeting. I'm just confused Cunningham over the last election, the over the last election cycle, doesn't speak about politics, and he used to be so into giving out free rides to the polls, letting people know who he's voting for and why. This year, he doesn't seem motivated. I know he'll vote. He's just not saying anything on social media or even here at the public comments. I just want to say thank you again, council president, Council Member waters and council member durha for donating to the cause.
Thank you.
The next caller is caller number ending 842 call number ending 842 you
caller ending in 842, you're up next.
Good morning. Can everybody hear me?
Yes, we can. Good morning.
Good morning. My name is Alexis Williams. Mr. Cunningham had brought me to this meeting. I'm currently I'm currently eight months pregnant, and I just want to say that the bus is not reliable. They do not come on time. And there were several occasions that I had lost my job because other busses now running on time. And Mr. Cunningham had gave me some hair warmers, feet warmers, in gloves, and I just wanted to appreciate him, and that'll be all, thank you.
Thank you, ma'am. Before you get off the phone, you might have already left. I would love to know which bus has not been on time. Are you still with us? Doesn't look like ma'am,
Grand River bus,
Grand River. And what time? Ma'am,
all time I'd be there for morning. Time they drive, they drive right past me, evenings, like around four or five, sometimes nighttime.
Okay, thank you. That's incredibly helpful. We are working with DDOT as well to address these concerns. I know that they have been slowly but surely investing in routes, but we have a lot more to go, and the more details we get, the better. So thank you for letting us know and for coming for calling in today. Who do we have next
the next caller is Cunningham.
Good morning, Mr. Cunningham, 313444, 31344491143134449114313449114,
that number was made so you can remember it and on Facebook, expensive vehicle repairs. On Facebook, expensive vehicle repairs. On Facebook, expensive vehicle repairs. So at the bus stops, I give out gloves, hand warmers. That's how I meet a lot of people. And bus tickets, if anyone can donate, Council Chair Gabriela Santa Romero, Councilman Benson's office, uh, Councilman waters donated some hand warmers. And I'm out late at night and it gets chilly overnight, the homeless and those waiting on the busses that are not consistent were on time. It just warms their heart and it they really appreciate it. The busses are inconsistent. I'm all over the city, every district, and I hear it firsthand. I want to know if I can do a bus ride along with you. Another one in the winter time. Councilman Benson, Councilwoman waters, council chair, Gabriel, Asante Romero, and everyone under the sound of my voice, I want you to ride the busses and ask them about busses after 6pm and On the weekends, especially, 313-444-9114,
thank you, Mr. Cunningham, the
the next caller is mik a Williams,
yes, hi, good morning. Can
I be heard? Please? Yes, good morning. Yes, good
morning. The marathon refinery. I support the strike. I also support the workers. They must be trained and qualified and to bring in folk from out of state is a very risky public health and safety hazard that must be addressed immediately. Um, we've got to do something to protect our environmental health in the city of Detroit, but most definitely, if this practice continues and the council doesn't do anything to resolve or to bring a solution, it's going to be a reverberating effect, not just across the City of Detroit but also the state of Michigan, anything could go wrong at the marathon refinery. I do remember 2013 something happened there, and also the air quality across southwest Detroit has been a major problem. Please do something to fix this situation and support to the workers. Please continue to stand on business and demand better conditions. I support you. Thank you.
The next caller is we see you. Applause.
Good morning.
Yeah, I
can hear you, and through the
Chair, may I be heard. Yes, ma'am. Carolyn Hughes,
yes.
The everybody who I'm looking at are all Democrats. Have not been righteous before there was marathon, there was Usher oil in the seventh we went to the EPA and asked for them to not expand Usher oil, and they ruled against the people as usual. Now this, this count, this, this city council, not you personally, but some of the ones that have been on the council for a while, allowed marathon they were supposed to hire people out of a certain zip code. They got abatements. They got other things that we don't see any benefits from. And now you want to do something with the ordinance on five Please do not make our lives worse. And no matter what people are telling you that you must do something, you must do something that is effective. This is has not been effective. 6.1 flow of funds. I would like an explanation from Mr. Benson what his intention was for that, that actual memo that he sent out, and I'd like to know the answers to that 716, and 7.3 are a misuse of ARPA funds. And I would like to know on one of the 4232, Joy Road, I'd like to know who the owner is of that property. And I'd like to know if any of these backfill sites were any of the sites identified by the federal government that you're having us pay for today. Thank you.
The next caller, William M Davis,
good morning. Can I be heard?
Good morning? Yes.
Okay. As some of you know, I work for the wastewater treatment plant for the city of Detroit for 34 years over in southwest Detroit. During that time, we had a unit up under US called industrial waste. I think one of the pitfalls from the Detroit bankruptcy and the theft of the Detroit water and sewage department major assets was the fact that we used to know, and like, say, part of one of my earlier Jobs was, you know, there are, at that time, industrial waste had, like, thick manuals on, specifically on marathon and, you know, like, say, dealing with not just the air but the water. Because there was times in the past where the Rouge River was actually on fire, you know, I think we need to be more proactive. You know, we have a lot of young people and old people in 4209 and 40 217, that benefited from us being more aggressive. I think now, with things going the way they are, we create an environment where respiratory problem is going to be increased instead of decreasing. We need to make sure that all of our city and all southeastern Michigan is better, you know, able to deal with what's going on that that includes what's going into the air and also what's going into the water, you know. So I challenge you to get with the Great Lakes Water Authority and see what they are doing, and see how they are investigating, see what updates they are making, because they should be doing something, you know. That's something that some of us used to do regular, you know. So hopefully y'all could get with them and get a better understanding of what they're doing and not doing, because we had to do with a lot of federal regulations. Thank you.
The next caller is Karen Winston, you
Hello,
good morning. Can you hear me, yes, we can. Hello, Miss Winston, can you hear me,
yes, I can. Yeah. Yeah. I agree with Mr. Davis and everyone else. As it relates to marathon, what's going on is a bunch of union busting, which was the same thing that happened to the city. And you got a bunch of engineers that are telling you, you know, we know how to do it, you know. But they may engineer it, but they don't operate it. It's two different things, you know, so you can engineer it, but until you're physically operating it, you don't even know that what you've engineered is going to be successful. You're going on theory. You got to have some kind of actual, you know, physical truth of what you theorized. So this is what's happening. And everyone you know, everyone, not necessarily, you particularly, but what's happening is you got people who don't know that are trusting people who claim to know that have never physically performed the tasks. So that's a problem as it relates to this continuation, or whatever you're talking about for this public meeting. It's still you gotta be notice it anytime 36 hours have passed, and that is in the Constitution, the Michigan Constitution, you have to re notice the meeting. Once you be noticed, it's open to public comment. So you can't say, I'm not going to let you speak, because I let you speak a month ago when you if you would have met last week, when you should have unauthorized, canceled the whole city's health and public safety business, which I say you should not have done, and I'd like to hear an explanation of what made you think you had that power and if it was authorized. Thank you. Thank
you. I have the power as the chair to cancel this committee, and I did so to celebrate indigenous people day last week. On Monday, there are many committees that cancel committee, and I do not do that regularly. So I did that last week because I have the power to do so, and then we do not need to notice the 10:30am public hearing, because we already had that public comment section. Thank you, ma'am for your questions. Miss Duncan, who do we have next
the next caller? Number ending, 124, number 90, 124,
Miss before week.
Yes, good morning. May I be heard?
Good morning? Yes,
yes, good morning. Well, it's also, it's my understanding that city council went up to Lansing last week altogether, and I've been asking, what did they do? Sounds like a big violation of the Open Meetings Act. Please stand up for the Teamsters and Teamsters. I'm glad that the majority of your members are letting the Democrats know they're tired of them. This democratically controlled city mistreats a good number of its residents that operates in violation of the Constitution. Let me speak specifically about the board of zoning appeals, which brazenly violated a court order last week, violated people's rights to have a constitutionally opportunity to present before the Board of zoning appeals. Part of the problem are the rules. I've been asking members of the city council to address this matter, and then I frequently hear cricket. So that's why I won't be voting for a Democrat in the presidential election here, because of the way the local Democrats treat neighbors and me, we're tired of it. People stop voting for Democrats, and they just take you for granted, as goes on here, like all this money being spent to bulldoze the city when we don't even have a proper health department, this council has been in violation of city charter since it began a number of years ago, it's been invited.
Thank you. Miss Warwick, I do have to notice the 10:30am public hearing and recess of the call of the chair. Who is our next caller for public comments?
The next caller is Detroiters for Tax Justice.
Good morning. I am sorry.
Sorry. I am here this morning, first of all, in support of the Teamsters. Detroit continues to be vulnerable to all sorts of environmental hazards and to let people come from outside of the state who don't have the experience to deal the mechanics of what goes on is unconscionable. You just can't let that go on. So I stand in support of the Teamsters. I'm also here because of the ordinance regarding addressing blight for rental properties. It's very concerning because you're literally saying that anyone from the city can come in at any time of day or night, any day of the week, and just walk into someone's home. I don't think that's the America I'm really used to. There are no limitations. There are no specifications. This is a very flawed law ordinance at this point, and I think you really need to go back and readjust it. They should only be able to come during business hours, if then they should only be able to come during the week, if then they should not be able to come without notifying people. This is just beyond I don't know where you all think that we're living, but to say that a city employee has the right to come into a rental property at any time, day of night, whatever they choose, is wrong. It's wrong.
The next caller is Bernard monjinsky,
good morning. Can
I be heard?
Yes, good morning. Good
morning. Madam Chair Members of Public Health Safety Committee. My name is Bernard Bush, ski resident, district resident of District Six of Detroit, and I'm with the Detroit people's platform. Just want to speak to the tip 30 ordinance. Will there be public comment for that? Otherwise, I would like to speak to the memo that was put forth by council member through the chair, through waters, and wanted to appreciate her for bringing this to the public health safety I'm sorry.
One second, Renard, your time isn't going so I want to make sure we start your time. And they already had public comment for the one the 1030 public hearing. So if you would like to make a comment on that you should do. So now, okay,
I can. Thank you. Okay, I am going to speak in opposition to this ordinance the way that is written, because it violates several due processes. You can't just enter someone's house without probable cause, and blight is not, or at least, you know, from my understanding, does not meet the definition of probable cause, like drugs or illegal activity what? And the thing is, we have protections in the Michigan State Constitution and also our federal Constitution as well. You can't just enter someone's premises without due process in a court order just because the city has a vested interest in reducing blight. That's private property, and the fact that the government can just enter your home because of blight, and whatever their definition of it is, is arbitrary and capricious, and goes against the whole concept of us, law and due process as well. Other countries have written legislation like this because they're dictatorships and authoritarians, and they do not have the concept of due process, and regardless of what the city wants to do, it is bound by the federal constitution and all federal law, and just because it wants to enter someone's house doesn't mean that it's constitutional. This should be fought in the course, and it should be rendered unconstitutional as well. If you pass this ordinance as such, it's disturbing, and that language needs to be straighten out, and you have to go through the course if you want to enter someone's house. Thank you.
Thank you. And there's obviously disturbing misunderstanding around the ordinance language. We will discuss it when we finish public comments, we will get to that concern for sure. Who's our next caller?
Madam Chair, the next caller is calling user one.
Calling user one. You're up next
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Remember we're I'd like to thank you for your help that your office has done to help me get some answers. I wanted to make sure I thank you. I hope that you all will implement a policy to stop retaliation that many management companies and owners do currently, when people bring complaints and they bring like videos, pictures and audio tapes, this is what is allowed to happen continuously and it's not getting addressed. I like to ask member waters, what are you going to do to implement so that landlords should be charged a fee, even if they have a certificate of compliance when they're still have their buildings up to code that can be clearly proven, and building this safety puts the tenant in danger by telling who's calling or who they think is calling counsel and complaining when it's your constitutional right. Why is this no provision for this? So I would like an answer for that.
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so much for letting me speak Council. I'm Mary Sue, shot and fells. I was the executive director of clear core Detroit for over 20 years, and a lead advocate at the last hearing, I expressed some concerns about the rental ordinance. I can now report that changes have been made, and I do support it. I want to thank Andy Taverna and Scott Benson for really hanging in there and trying to make the ordinance as good as it possibly can be. Key changes included making sure that every house with a lead poisoned child gets full inspection called a lira, that the target area for numbers of houses that are inspected with dust wipes has been increased, and that we will face dust wipes for all houses. The minimal standard that we cannot go below enforcement is the key, and we'll be working closely with the city, and hopefully the council will be monitoring the enforcement of this ordinance. We know that the last ordinance, with all the enforcement efforts still did not create an effective result. I look forward to seeing the new draft, and last I'll just say that it's really important we have over 1200 lead poisoned kids, many more, actually, that haven't been tested. It's very important we work together and make sure this ordinance works and that we do have more safe rental housing. Thank you very much.
Thank you. The next caller is Louis Napoleon.
Louis Napoleon, you're up next, Louis, we cannot hear you. If you can hear us,
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All right, your time has started. Louis, Hello, yes,
um Yeah, I was calling about the Blight situation. They are the fines absorbent, and people can't afford these fine to $250 fine and $500 fines. I actually think it's so the city blight program, they the city should be fixing the property they own themselves, rather than trying to people out of their home, I think because they are able to put a lien on your property if you don't pay the fine. So like things should be looked at a little carefully for from somebody outside or within the city that can do something about it, because you got people that not able to afford to pay those fines, and then, from my understanding, they put a lien against the property. So I think something should be done about it. In this new ordinance that they're trying to enforce doesn't make sense. We're not in Germany where, you know, people could just come in your house and do how they want to, but that's what it looks like. It's trying to go to that's all I have for now. Thank you for your time. Thank you,
Madam Chair. The last caller is Marguerite Maddox.
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Thank you, Miss Maddox. We appreciate your advocacy, and I would be happy to walk with you around the city of Detroit so we can reach out to you as a follow up. Miss Maddox. So I do appreciate everything from your point of view. We will now move into the rest of the agenda before going into our 10:30am public hearing, I would like to take up the resolution for supports of Teamsters. This is Item 747, there's a motion to discuss motion. Thank you, Vice Chair. Thank you to all the teamsters for the work that you do to keep our city safe, to keep marathon going. It sounds as if marathon, right now should not be operating. It does not have the staff or the training needed. So we have a resolution that I'm going to ask my colleagues to send to new business. That means that it would be in front of the full council tomorrow at 10am I encourage you to to invite all of your workers to fill the room. Not everyone needs to speak, but if you're there representing the people that are on the front lines. I heard stories of fathers to be who are not getting paid right now, who do not have health insurance, who are waiting to make sure that they can go back to work. So we want to make sure that we can help you with as much as we can. So there's a resolution that I would like to send to new business for for supports to be approved. If it's approved by council tomorrow, it would be in front of the administration, and we're going to continue to work with them, asking them the questions of, do does marathon currently have trained staff? Are they licensed? Are they paying taxes? These are all the questions that we can ask. And again, if you have any other specific incidents, concerns that you're hearing, please do give us those specifics, because then we can follow up colleagues. Are there any other questions or concerns or comments regarding this issue before there's a motion to send to new business with the recommendation to approve Madam Chair. Member waters, thank
you for for the resolution. Thank we. We should be doing everything within our legal powers to be supportive. So I thank you.
Thank you. Member waters, if there is nothing else, is there a motion to send to send to new business with a recommendation to approve motion Hearing no objection. 747. Will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve. Thank you all so much. Hopefully we won't see you out there again soon. Hopefully this ends soon, but thank you all. If you're out there, we'll be out there again soon. Okay, thank you all for coming down. Hope you have a blessed day, and we'll see you soon. I will now move us on to the rest of the agenda and call to order our 10:30am public hearing, which is regarding the rental ordinance. I do believe we have folks here from the administration. If you wouldn't mind joining us to the front table here, there were a number of concerns that were brought up, disturbing concerns that I do want to make sure that we address, because I do not believe that the city is putting forth an ordinance that would violate the kind of rights that were have that have been mentioned. So let's discuss that. To make it very clear, put it on the record what it is that this ordinance would do and address the changes that were mentioned as well. And before taking it over to the administration, want to also thank you all very much for taking the time to meet with us, to with the public as well, to make sure that we make some amendments. So with that, I will turn it over to Andy, whenever you're ready, make sure that your microphones are on. I'm going to ask everyone to just introduce yourselves names and titles and Andy, you can kick us off, if you wouldn't mind picking us off, and then getting to the questions that you heard, the the concerns that we heard from the public,
absolutely. So we'll start with introductions, and then we'll go into the Q and A. My name is Andy Taverna. I'm the director of policy and implementation in the mayor's office. I'm joined by some colleagues in person, and we also have a few online, Yolanda Hill Ashford from the health department, I believe Sharon Blackman from the law department, and potentially David Bowser from HRD. So if we could please promote them, that would be great.
Okay, we will work on promoting all three as panelists, I will now turn it over to BC,
okay. My name is Arthur rush, and I'm the Chief enforcement officer with BC.
Thank you for being here.
Good morning. My name is Whitney Smith, and I'm a Special Projects Manager in HRD. Good
morning to our panelists online. If you wouldn't mind seeing your names and titles for the record.
Good morning. Yolanda Hill Ashford, Director of Public Health Programs at the Detroit Health Department.
Good morning, David. You are speaking, but you're muted. You
Oh no, we'll go back to David. No worries. Sounds like you've got some audio issues. Looks like you have audio issues. So no worries. There. While David works on those, Andy, I'll turn it over to you.
Thank you so much, ma'am. So there are two questions that I'd like to address off the bat. The first is this question around the city's right to enter a property to abate a public nuisance. And the second are questions around state law and the type of lead inspection that's being proposed here. So I'll hand it over momentarily to Arthur Russian to talk about the right to abate public nuisance. What I want to be really clear with everyone at the table today is that this is existing language in the city code. The ordinance before you makes two extremely small technical changes, the inclusion of the words of this article to clarify what kind of violations we're talking about, and then an updated cross reference where the number, the numbering of city code has changed based on other substantive changes. Those are the only two ways that this ordinance before you interacts with this language in public code. So essentially, nothing we are doing at all changes the substance of what the city can do in terms of public nuisances.
Thank you. Andy through the chair. So when we look at that specific item in the code, we're generally using that when it comes to commercial blight. So when there's a sign or fence where we have given the owner notice, we've given them a seven day notice to make those corrections, and when they don't make those corrections, then we issue a ticket, and then during that time, that's when our other department will go out and abate the blight.
Okay, thank you. So to make it perfectly clear, we're not entering people's residential homes, correct? Okay, thank you. Need to be very clear about this. Okay, thank you. And this is already existing language, and I understand the confusion. You have to essentially see what it's being referenced to. And here, thank you Andy for noting that so we will not be going into people's residential homes. The next question was around the testing itself, and you're going to go into the testing itself, and whether or not we would be following state code and state law
absolutely so as context lead safety reviews and lead testing is governed first by federal statute and then by state statute and regulations, which very, very closely parallel the federal statute. We always knew that our ordinance and our inspection system would need to operate within the state rules, recognizing that we approach MDHHS, which is the state regulatory agency over a year ago to ask for their guidance on the policy their input on how we were making our policy decisions, and then their guidance on how we do or do not align with their regulatory system. What they told us is that the state doesn't like to weigh in on draft local ordinances. They like for there to be local determination. I think this is the right policy call on their part. So they try not to get into the local political process. They advise after there is a past local ordinance on how you can work within their regulations. So what we decided is that the right way to go forward is passing what we believe to be the absolute best policy and then working with the state on technical assistance around how we implement it after it has been enacted, and when they're at a point where they can actually work with us on it. So we've heard rumors and hearsay that there may be concerns from the state around Grand Rapids ordinance. We don't know that firsthand, and I don't think it's reasonable or responsible for us to rely on rumors that we're hearing to try to make policy here in the city, we're trying to put forward the best possible policy that we can, and the state has advised us that they'll work with us on technical assistance once it is passed, on the way forward,
so the state is prepared for this ordinance to pass and work with us to ensure that it's being implemented
exactly. And we're eager to have the ordinance passed so that we can begin that conversation with the state. It's one of several implementation steps that we're, you know, we're pretty eager to get started on, because we know it will be a back and forth. We know it's going to take
some time, okay,
the other my main concern was the lack of dust wiping that we saw that was being proposed. So can we discuss dust wipes and what a potential dust wipe can look like, what the proposed language is and what we can or can't do at the moment with the current ordinance that we have
absolutely sorry. Could you clarify a little bit what we can or cannot do with the current the current ordinance that we
have? So when we met about dust wipe, because that's my biggest concern, is ensuring that we do have dust wipes, we were told that it would be possible, potentially, that there was discussion around a potential amendment, that it might be possible to have the city completely dust wiped in six years. We were told that would be a substantial change, so that's something that we can do currently, at the moment, understood, but can we include dust wipes and not include a date? What does it look like to be able to include that now? Or should that be something that I move forward and an amendment in the future? Thank you, ma'am. Just
want to make sure I'm answering the right question. Answering the right question. So as I'm going to step back for a moment and make sure the public is tracking the same context as us in our last public hearing, a lot of the conversation was around how broadly dust sampling would occur, whether that's a targeted subset of homes in the city or city wide. And dust sampling is a particular type of lead safety review. It's a test for lead dust. So following that hearing, we worked further with all three offices before us, as well as the lead advocates, to find a compromise position that we can all support. And as you heard Mary Sue schottenfeldt, who's really been leading this from the advocacy side, is supportive of the amendments that we've discussed. So there would be three changes to the proposal before you. The first is specifying that every time there is a lead poisoned child that a lead inspection and risk assessment, which is a particular type of inspection, will occur. The ordinance had originally said a risk assessment or other home investigation. So we are moving that to a lead inspection risk assessment. That is a non substantive change per the law department. The second is specifying that dust sampling shall occur in high risk geographic areas. First, the original proposal before you said that must cover at least 10% of the city. We've agreed to increase that to 25% of the city. The Law Department has also opined that that's a non substantive change. So we can make those two changes in amendments today. The third change is specifying that within six years of the effective date, the dust sampling will occur in 100% of the city. So citywide, the law department has opined that that is a substantive change that would require reintroducing the ordinance, holding a new public hearing. So my humble recommendation or request to this body would be, is this body comfortable moving forward with the ordinance, with the two non substantive changes that we're allowed to do today, getting that up to formal session and hopefully getting that approved. And then Councilwoman, we would be more than happy to work with your office on a standalone ordinance that would require us to expand dust sampling to the full city. The reason we would recommend that split approach is that there's about six months of very intensive implementation work that we need to begin in order to actually create this new system. So there are three big pieces to that. One is working with the state on technical assistance as I walked through a moment ago. The second is going through a rulemaking for the escrow process. So that's a formal rulemaking procedure that's going to take about six months. And the third is adjusting B seeds inspection contracts. As you know, it takes about six months to establish a city contract. So all of those are steps that we need to start before we can ever effectuate the system. We'd love to be able to start those as soon as we humanly can, and then make sure we are very supportive of this compromise around expanding dust wipes to the whole city. We would just appreciate if that can move because it it doesn't have an effect on our implementation work until several years down the road, we're hoping that that can move as a standalone ordinance
instead. Thank you. Andy Vice Chair,
thank you, and I'm supportive. I'm glad to see that everybody's had the opportunity to work with the advocates, work with the other practitioners, as well as this body and all the work that you have done to get here. And this is not the first time we've been here with this issue. My concern is, why have a standalone ordinance when we can do it all in one and why not? If time is of the essence, move forward the ordinance with the two additions that aren't substantive, get that approved, and then just bring it back and crack it open again and do the same thing, versus having a second stand alone ordinance, which to me would seem to be less efficient than having all the information in one space. That process would allow you to get started, you have the legal opportunity, and then you would just come back and dot i's and cross T's again for the the last change, why not go that route? Vice
Chair briefly, if I'm hearing you correctly, just an amendment is what you're asking for the original ordinance. Well,
no, what I'm saying is go through the process, take it to formal with the recommendation I would go on a limit say it'll probably get approved and have that is now law. Bring back the ordinance that is law for modification, versus going through the process to establish a brand new standalone ordinance, which makes it less efficient and open to problems in the future. If someone forgets this, and just want to put it all in one space.
Andy, okay, I have, oh, for sure. I, for me, it's not about as long as we can get it done. Is what I'm interested in doing. And in my mind, it was going to be an amendment standalones over here. Now, however, we can do it efficiently, swiftly, we can do so. LPD, thank
you. Through the Chair, I understand council member Benson's point. I just don't understand how is a practical matter changing it would make any practical difference whether we call it a standalone or an amendment to the past ordinance. We would be good. I believe you would be going through the same measures. If it made a difference. I would understand, but I just don't
understand that discussion. Vice Chair,
the difference is we have one ordinance versus two. To me, having one document, all the information in one place is better than having it in two. I would just rather see it all in one space, go through the process and let's bring it back and crack it open and do it again. That's fine. Go through the process. We have a new ordinance. Then we when we write a standalone, separate ordinance to do what really should be done in the first ordinance, it, it we do everything everybody wants. It gets done, and it ends up being in one document versus two. To me, that's far more efficient. That's why I say that process, versus having two separate documents.
I
feel better about that process. We can definitely go through the amendment process and just one other piece of discussion before we move this along, because I feel comfortable with where we're at now. Got a lot more to go through in the agenda. Can you please discuss the escrow program? We've got a lot of folks saying that it doesn't currently work. Why continue to do so what are we going to do to address the current challenges?
Absolutely so I would first say we have done extensive research, research looking at escrow programs and other municipalities across the country, looking at Chicago, looking at LA, and we have learned those best practices. One of the reasons why we believe the application pool currently is so low because of the eligibility requirements. So we are revising those requirements to make the barriers as low as possible for folks to be able to actually take advantage of the program once it's active in HRD, we're also going to do a lot more proactive communication with tenants and landlords. So one of the things we hope to do is communicate more intentionally and frequent frequently with landlords. As soon as a tenant files a complaint, we will reach out to those landlords, explain the process to them so they can come into compliance, and hopefully we'll have better results at the end of this this amendment change.
Thank you. Member waters, do you want to make a comment? Sure?
Sure. Thank you, Madam Chair and I, let me first just say to to Detroiters who are listening, there's no way in the world that I will I would push an ordinance. I would introduce an ordinance that would allow people just enter your homes, just like I just wouldn't do it. So I'm glad that you addressed those, those concerns. I'm also happy that you address the Grand Rapids issue, although I've been trying to reach out somewhat to some people from Grand Rapids city council members and whatever, just to see if any of this is true. It takes some time to do that.
So the
other thing is that I want people to also understand that this compliance ordinance is so significant, and I'm glad you talked about the escrow because, I mean, for example, senior citizens are excited about it, but I think of compliance for the most part, I'm talking about inside of that of that house that you know. So now you have people who who are in individual homes, people who are in apartment buildings, everybody will have an opportunity to put their funds in escrow, if, if the repairs that are are not being made, and the and I'll, and I'll remind people again what, what was driving me is what happened to that 11 month old baby, uh, kamaya Davis, who fell through a hole in the floor and she died in water and feces. Alright? So I, I want to address the lead issues, and I'm glad that you all agreed to kick it up to 25 25% as well. But also, I want to remind people that compliance is on holidays. You know, is there a hole in the wall? Is there a hole in the floor? Do we have radon? What other things that are in the you know, being admitted into the home, you know, is it safe? So the whole picture when we're talking about compliance, and I also hope that you all will work with the tennis Rights Commission as well this being set up soon as we get them in place, because I believe that you work well together. There are a number of residents, especially those that live in buildings, are excited about and they don't quite know how to set up their tennis Rights Commission. Them, you know, not Rights Commission, but you know, the tennis Rights Council in the various buildings, but they are excited about it, and they because it kind of gives them hope that they'll have a voice and so, and I'm glad, and thank you, member Benson for for bringing that up. We can. We can do that. I'm open to doing it all and bringing it back and doing it all in one place. I believe that the three of us can, can agree to that so. So thank you, Madam Chair. I think that's all I'm going to say right now.
Thank you, member waters, I believe the last thing just want to confirm, do we need to make the two amendments here at the table before we move this out to new business. I believe I do. We do need to make those amendments. So is there a motion for the First Amendment, which is that every and if you wouldn't mind restating the language, and then we will need a motion to include that language as amended. Discussion,
do we have this Vice Chair in writing?
I do not have the amendments in writing. Andy, do you have the amendments in writing?
I do. Yes, ma'am. I shared them with your office. I believe on Friday
we can pull that up then one second.
And my apologies. I believe I only sent them to the chair's office, so that's
fine me, so I can read this prior to a vote.
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do that right now I'm
Madam Chair, the ordinance amendments have been shared with this to council members and staff. Thank
you. I do see the attachments. Colleagues let me know.
I'm sure I have received it. Okay.
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to verify and so we're looking for the I have the language here. So is it the underlying portion that we are looking and so we talked about two. I see one, eight, attack 15, tac, 82
Yes, sir. The first one is 815, 82 subsection E, and it is in the sentence that says high risk geographic areas must include at a minimum 10% of geographic areas in the city. And the amendment is striking 10 and inserting 25 it's in red line, and word
got it, okay.
And then the second, and I apologize, there's also one technical drafting change that law would like to make that is also non substantive. That is in 815, 82, subsection F, all inspections performed so pursuant to subsections one, it originally says and two of this section shall utilize the following protocol. The amendment would be striking and and inserting or, and then the third non substantive amendment here is in 815, 91 you continue going down subsection D states the Department of Health, the housing and revitalization department and the building safety engineering and environmental department shall ensure that original language here, a risk assessment or another type of home or environmental investigation is completed when a tenant in a rental property under the age of six is identified as having an elevated blood lead level, as defined in Section 24 one of the code. The amendment is striking. The amended language, it will be easier to just say this way the amended language reads those departments shall ensure that a lead inspection and risk assessment is completed when a tenant in a rental property is
discussion. Vice Chair just want to make sure that our accounting ties so we initially talked about two changes. We are looking to make three changes today that are non substantive. We still have a substantive change that will be done to this ordinance at a later date. Okay, so we have four changes, three of which will be done today. Yes, all right. Thank you.
Thank you. Vice Chair with that, is there a motion,
motion to modify the existing ordinance, with these existing proposed ordinance, with the changes identified within this document, the three changes,
are there any objections? Hearing on all three changes will be approved. And is there a motion to send the ordinance as amended to new business with the recommendation to approve
motion? Discussion on the motion Vice Chair, when will we see an updated ordinance? Or vote. Would that happen today? Will we see that at the table tomorrow morning? Andy,
yes, sir, that is our intention.
Thank you.
Thank you. Vice Chair, I believe, if there is nothing else regarding the 10:30am public hearing, thank you everyone for joining us and for your work that you've done on this
ordinance, Madam Chair, you didn't, you didn't finish the vote on the amendment to on the ordinance to send it to formal new business as amended, right?
So are there any objections to the motion to approve, essentially, new business with the recommendation to approve as amended hearing, none this will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve. Thank you all our 10:30am public hearing is now closed, and I will move us along to the rest of the agenda.
Under unfinished business, 6.1 and 6.2 are various memos that have received responses that can be received and filed without objection. 6.1 and 6.2 will be received and filed. 6.3 is a memo relative to mitigating cost of unforeseen site conditions. Is there a motion to discuss? To LPD, a status update for this memo, please, if you have one,
okay?
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We'd like to request Madam Chair two weeks bring back 6.3 it's been submitted, but it needs to be approved.
Motion Hearing no objection. 6.3 will be brought back in two weeks, 6.4 is a memo relative to the fiscal impact for the health care ordinance. We have passed the ordinance. We have not received yet the information I do have a question to the administration, Mr. Washington, is there anyone from DPD that can discuss 6.4 I'm assuming no. Is there a motion to discuss 6.4 Okay, thank you. Member waters, Mr. Washington, yes. Good
morning, Madam Chair and committee. No, we do not have the DPD on it at the moment for this item. Good
morning, Mr. Washington, no worries. I would just like to note for you we're talking about fiscal impact, which will have to regard with staffing. And I will forward this to DPD as well. But if you wouldn't mind letting them know that a clinic did call DPD on Saturday. Folks did not show up. So I want to make sure that whatever we are passing is being enforced, and I'm being told that the clinic will have some out out of towners coming this Saturday. So out of towners have a regular visit to our sites once a month, and this Saturday is there is their regular visit. So if you wouldn't mind helping me ask the PD to ensure they're ready to respond
well to Madam Chair,
thank you, Mr. Washington. With that is there a motion to bring back 6.4 TBD, motion Hearing no objection. 6.4 will be brought back. TBD, 6.5 is contract number 3076463, 100% city funding for emergency demolition at 15010, so rental contractors, DMC consultants, they are located in Detroit for 28,860 is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.5
motion to approve,
Hearing no objections. 6.5 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve. 6.6 is a memo relative to pre sale home inspections. We've been asked to bring this back in two weeks. If there's a motion to do so, 6.6 will be brought back in two weeks. 6.7 is the chapter six Detroit city code Animal Care proposed ordinance we have been asked to bring this back in one week. Is there a motion to do so?
No motion hearing, no
objection. 6.7 will be brought back in one week. 6.8 is a memo relative to questions regarding child care. We've been asked to bring this back in three weeks. Motion without objection. 6.3 will be brought back in three weeks. Six nine is a memo regarding DPD response to mass shootings. We've been asked to bring this back in one week. Motion Hearing no objections. Six, nine will be brought back in one week under new business under the mayor's office. 7.1 this is a resolution authorizing the designation of the eighth precinct, annox as a James E Tates, Jr, annox at the eighth precinct. Is there a motion to approve or discuss 7.1 motion to approve hearing objection. 7.1 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve. Mr. Patrick,
yes. Can we please move 7.1 to new business?
Is there a motion to do so? Motion Hearing no objection. 7.1 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve. And this is indeed giving our colleague some flowers for his work. So this will be at formal session tomorrow, under the Office of contracting and procurement. 7.2 and 7.3 are both various ARPA funded demolition. Or excuse me, 7.2 is a city funded contract. This is contract number 3077206, to provide emergency demolition at 12711, Rasen, the contractors inner city located in Detroit, for 34,777 and 7.3 is contract number 6006748. Utilizing 100% ARPA funding to provide abatements and alteration of commercial structures. Group 251, contractors hemorrhage, located in Detroit for 565,000 with 400 is there a motion to approve or discuss 7.2 and 7.3 so
7.2 7.3
are there any objections for 7.2 and 7.3 I will be an objection to 7.3
no hearing, no
other objections. 7.2 and 7.3 will be approved since a formal with the recommendation to approve seven. Four is contract number 6006576, 100% city funding to provide commercial glass windows and door installations, repair and maintenance. Contractor is Christie glass company located in Detroit for 300,000 this would be for construction and demolition. Is there a motion to approve or discuss 7.4 to approve hearing objection? Seven four will be approved central formal with the recommendation to approve 7.57 point five through 7.8, are various construction and demolition contracts. Seven, five is contract number 3077944, 100% city funding for emergency demo at 4232 Joy road with basement back fill contractor, celeb trucking and excavating, located In Detroit for $88,497.07
7.6 is contract number 3078302 100% two 100% city funding to provide an emergency demo at 14918, Dolphin, Dolphin contractor celebean in Detroit For 13,350 with 56 cents, 7.7 is contract number 3078303 100% city funding for emergency demo at 9341 East Warren, located in Detroit. The contractor is Detroit next located in Detroit for 14,007.8 is contract number 3078304 100% four, 100% city funding to provide emergency demolition at 12434, Waltham with a basement backfill contractor celebin For 14,109 with 67 cents. Is there a motion to approve or discuss 7.5 through 7.8
discussion. Member waters,
thank you, Madam Chair, I wonder how many more of these basement back fills do we have because we had an end up conversation about identifying basement backfields before, so the contractor can include those costs up front. So I wonder what's the status of that. I kind of like to know, because, you know, I had some concern about it some time ago, then another member brought it back and formal, and it does give me some concern, because we keep seeing this, and I don't know what in the world they did at 985 East Jefferson, because I know where that is, and I know what's there. I I'm not sure if that's the correct address.
All right, so discussion. Mr. Washington, do we have our director on with us?
Yes, we do have director Council online.
If we can, please move her over as a panelist. You
she's returning as a panelist. Madam
Chair, thank you, Miss Duncan.
Good morning. Lawan counts director of construction and demolition.
Good morning director. Member waters,
oh,
good morning. Director Council,
good morning. So, so
what's the status of changing the process for basement backfill? I'm assuming that these were were done prior to our Congress, to the conversation that was had enough during formal
through the chair. That's correct. What the date effect? The effective date for the new process began September 25 all of these demolitions took place prior to that date. The the information will still continue to come through in this similar kind of fashion, though, but what we're doing now is that we're bidding those that basement out separately so you'll still see the cost for the demo, and then you'll also see the additional cost for the backfill.
Is, is there a reason director counts that it couldn't be included in all of the same the same bid
through the chair that's done
separately, but so I'm trying to understand
through the chair that's the current process. The current process inside of the same bid, we request the contractors. The scope is for the contractors to bid what they see above ground for the actual demo. That's the take down and the removal of the debris. We have them provide the tonnage cost for backfill material, so that we can see what everyone's cost is prior to but we don't know what the actual quantities would be until the time of the demo and the whole is excavated. At that time, we have a third party come in and they actually measure the space so that we know exactly how much material each contractor is expected to put back in the hole, and we use the numbers that we requested prior to at the beginning the bid process to use to calculate the final number. When we submit the cost to you, you'll either see an emergency, a commercial emergency demo come through two ways. You'll either see it come through as an alteration, which means there was no basement and we just demolished and removed the structure, or you'll see it come through with a basement or with backfill, and that's the instance where we use the numbers that they provided prior to the actual work taking place for us to be able to calculate the basement amount.
Okay, alright, then just one other thing that Madam Chair 985 East Jefferson, is a business that's sitting there. I mean, it's a Bible business. So I don't believe that that business is being demolished in any way. So that's not the right address. Maybe it's a building behind there or something, but that wouldn't be the proper address
through the chair. The address is actually 14918, Dolphin. And I think what might have gotten read by mistake was the property address that the vendor, that contractor is using, not the site of the demo.
Okay, not the site. Okay, gotcha. Okay, that makes sense. Then
I apologize member waters and can't recall if I read the site or the business location? Yeah, I can't recall now, but that is, I see,
I see what she's
director for 7.5 and I'm sorry if I missed this. Are we saying that we found the basements afterward, or it was already included in the contract,
through the chair at the time of the emergency demos, the assumption is that there a commercial demo that the basements do not exist. That's what contractors are told to bid once, where once the demolition has happened. Then Then we use the numbers, the backfill numbers, that the contractors provide at the time of bidding, to calculate the actual backfill needed to to complete the effort at that location. So when we submit the numbers, though, it comes through as to two costs joined together. So it's technically not a change order, but it's different from what we normally call an alteration, which is a slab on grade demolition of a commercial property.
Okay? Thank you. Are there any other questions for 7.5 through 7.8 is there a motion to approve motion? Are there any objections? Hearing? No objections. 7.5 through 7.8 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve 790, if
the clerk can please note, I would like to go back to 7.4 once we get down to the rest of the agenda and moving us along. 7.9 This is contract number 6005787, this is 100% ARPA funding to provide an increase of funds for additional basements that were not shown on the survey. This will be for an increased amount of 120,975 and 93 cents, and this would be for construction and demolition. Is there a motion to discuss 7.9 Thank you, Vice Chair, Director, if you wouldn't mind sharing with the public what this contract would do and why we're seeing it in front of us
through the chair this particular additional or discovered set of tunnels were not identified on the top on The survey at the time of the bid, because they were concealed with basically a concrete floor. So after we began actual construction, we identified that there were indeed additional sub structures below the existing basement.
Okay, thank you. Are there any other questions for 7.9 is there a motion to approve 7.9 motion? There's been a motion to approve. Are there any objections you can show me as an objection for 7.9%
Nope. Madam Chair, while we still have the director here,
yes. Member waters,
Matt direct accounts one
second. Member waters, we're in the middle of a vote. Oh, we are. We are. Are would you like to is your question going to also support your vote? Okay? Are there any objections for 7.9 hearing no other objection. 7.9 will be approved. Sense of formal with the recommendation to approve, there is discussion, member waters discussion on 7.9
ask a question about the if you ever pull the property record cards from the assessor's office or the basement backfills direct account you waited through you get ready to do those demos
through the chair for these surveys that are performed, we do try and access all of the records that are available to us for emergency demos, no. The emergency demos, we move as quickly as we can to just take the structure down.
Okay? Thank you.
Thank you. Member waters, hearing other questions for 7.9 it was approved. Since a formal with the recommendation to approve, I will now move this along to seven point 10. Seven point 10 is contract number 6006583, 100% city funding to provide ammunition for the Detroit Police departments. Contractor is Vance outdoors Inc. They're located in Columbus, Ohio. This will be for two years at 1,000,682 with 978
to the clerk's office. There seems to be discrepancies here. This is for construction and demolition, but assuming this is for DPD police, Mr. Washington,
Yes, Madam Chair, um, this contract. Excuse my voice. This contract is for construction and demolition. There was a correction letter sent out the other week, and I also recirculated it back this morning. Give me just a moment I can read what the correction states,
if there can be discussion for seven point 10. Thank you, Vice Chair. And yes, Mr. Washington, whenever you're running.
Yeah, so this contract should read us to conduct all environmental due diligence activities necessary to perform site and compliant demolitions and renovations across the city of Detroit. The contractor is ATC group and services located at 1735, East McNichols, Detroit, Michigan, 48120, the contract period is upon city council approval through September 23 2027 and the contract amount is 1 million.
And Mr. Washington, we're discussing seven point 10, correct.
Yes, that's correct. Vice Chair, I have
seven point 10 as the Vance outdoors ammunition contract,
I do too. Vice Chair, Mr. Washington, so you're saying that we have two completely different contracts than that got mixed up here. Because,
okay, yes, yes, Madam Chair, I believe the advanced contract is listed further down on the on the agenda, but the description was submitted incorrectly for seven point 10
discussion. Vice Chair, through yourself to the clerk, what do you have at 7.10 if
you wouldn't mind making sure your microphone is on, Mr. Clerk,
you're good. Okay, I have contract 6006583,
manager that aligns with all of our agenda. So I would counter that the administration has an outdated agenda. I
will I see Miss Winston. I believe Ashley or if I'm pronouncing your name incorrectly, please correct me. I see your name. Please go right ahead. Good
morning. Ashley Wilson, legislative policy division, and the contract number is correct. It is a construction demolition contract, but the services that are currently listed on the agenda is incorrect. On Page Well, page 16 of the PHS committee report. It is listed correctly with the correct services that go along with this contract. The agenda is incorrect. What
line item
is that point in
the one that you mentioned further down the agenda?
I believe Mr. Washington mentioned the one that's farther down the agenda. It will take me a moment to figure out which contract that is,
yes, and through the Chair, if I might, it is Item Seven point 35 which is for advanced outdoors. So I believe seven point 10 was just listed incorrectly
understood. So we would need to see that correction letter in front of us to be able to move that along. Mr. Washington, you mentioned you sent one
already. Yes, I recirculated it this morning.
Okay, discussion vice chair,
so if I'm confused. Now, if your office approves the agenda, the clerk has an agenda that corresponds to what your office approved. How is the agenda that we're working from incorrect
because we were not or Ashley,
I believe that the correction letter was submitted maybe a week or so ago, and the clerk's office may not have updated the agenda, although it was updated in the seater report.
Miss Duncan, Madam Chair, that is correct. So between the clerk's office and our office, we have the we do have the updated correction letter. It was just the title on the agenda is just incorrect. But we do have all the updated information, the Tutor Report in the correction letter from the Administration.
Thank you. So with that, do we feel comfortable? I see the correction letter in front of me. I understand what happens, wondering if my colleagues feel comfortable moving forward with seven point 10, with the correction letter that we have in front of us. This is again for construction and demolition, this will be to conduct environmental due diligence activities. We have a number of these contracts on our agenda today, and this was just a scriveness error of what we're seeing in front of us right now. But for seven point 10, the contract should read as 100% city funding to conduct all environmental due diligence activities necessary to perform safe and compliant demolition and renovations across the City of Detroit's contractor is ATC group services located in McNichols, on McNichols in Detroit. This will be for $1 million and this will be what we are discussing today for approval, excuse me. Are there any questions for seven point 10, and the contract that that is to conduct environmental due diligence? Do
if not a colleague, Vice Chair,
well, just as just now seeing this correction, just trying to read through this and make sure I understand I
so then, is it the so then the description to the contract number is the problem is that, what am I understanding?
The only the the issue is the description correct. The description, the information, as you see the TD reports, is correct. It's regarding the environmental due diligence that was me making this more confusing by not discussing the correction letter. So the title is incorrect, the teta report below is correct. So that is on me for not checking my notes. Sorry, Miss Duncan, because that is here on my notes. I
and what's the motion? Then
the motion would be, if there's a motion to approve or discuss, seven points 10 motion to approve, are there any objections? Hearing? None. Seven point 10 will be approved. Sent to formal with the recommendation to approve discussion
vice chair. So we'll make sure that this is updated through yourself to the clerk's office correct, and
we all receive the correction letter.
Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you, Vice Chair. Thank you. Mr. Washington, moving us along. Seven points 11 through seven points 14. These are all various construction and demolition contracts. And these are the remaining environmental due diligence contracts as well. As I mentioned, there are a few 711. Is contract number 6006586, 100% city funding for due diligence to perform safe and compliant demolitions and renovations across the city. Seven point 11 is for contractor DLZ, located in Detroit, for $1,000,000.07 point 12 is contract number 6006587, city, 100% city funding for emergency excuse me, for environmental due diligence. The contractor is environmental testing and consulting located in Detroit, for $1,000,000.07 point 13 is contract number 6006588, 100% percent city funding for environmental due diligence. The contractor is E EGUs, B, L, N, USA. They're located in Wixom, Michigan, for 1,000,007 point 14 is contract number 6006589, 100% city funding for environmental due diligence. The contractor is manic and Smith and Smith group located in Detroit for 1 million is there a motion to approve with discussion seven point 11 through seven point 14? Motion to approve? Thank you. Vice Chair, brief discussion director, while we have you with us, can you explain to the public how this work will be conducted, and the split that you made amongst all the contractors
through the chair this work allows us to do a variety of things. The most recent major component that they provide, or services that they provide to us is the environmental due diligence efforts for demolitions. So they perform the surveys that we often talk about, but these companies will also provide us these same hazmat surveys on any of the capital project or work that we have taking place as well, just to ensure that we're handling the materials that exist in these structures, whether it's for demo or for capital improvements. The split was generally to ensure that we had full capacity to be able to respond to whatever the location is. And in the case of demos, we require multiple consultants on a particular property. Basically, we have a consultant checking a consultant. Once the survey is performed and the contractor, the demolition contractor, performs their abatement, they have to have what's called a post abatement verification, and we don't allow the contractor who performed the survey to perform the verification that the materials were removed. It's just another additional check and balance that we have in place, and so we need to make sure that we've got enough coverage on all of our contracts to be able to ensure that we're doing that as well.
Thank you, Director. I appreciate that there was a motion to approve hearing no other discussion and no objections. Seven points, 11 through seven points 14 would be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve moving us along. Seven points, 15 through seven points 26 are all various construction and demolition contracts. 715, Contract Number 6005405, amendment number one, 100% ARPA funding. This amendment is to increase funds for additional abatement and the best sales material for structure in group 204, contractors, hemmer, located in Detroit. The increased amount will be 1,633,111 with 82 cents, seven point 16 is contract number 6005655. Amendment number one, 100% ARPA funding. This will increase funds for additional abatements, abestos, material for structure group to 13 contractors hemorrhage. The increased amount will be for 1,113,190 with 62 cents, seven point 17 is contract number 3078179 This is a notification to council that there was an emergency demolition for residential property, 5756, sin Claire, contractor is celebin, Located in Detroit, seven. Point 18 is contract number 3076466 076466, a notification to council about emergency demolition at 138, West Arizona contractor is guyanga for 38,007.9 is contract number 3077582, notification to council regarding emergency demolition at 4843 seminal contractor is celebean, located in Detroit. The total contract is 43,153 67, cents, seven points, 20 is contract number 3077907, notification. To council regarding emergency demolition at 17821, card only contractor, celebin. The total contract is 19,826 with 44 cents, seven points. 21 is contract number 3077958. Notification to council regarding emergency demolition at 8879 steel bowl. Look contractor celebin. The contract amount was 20,000 with $777.07 points. 22 is contract number 3078173. Notice to council regarding emergency demo at 15499, Snowden contractor celebin, the amount was for 18,538 with 98 cents. Seven points, 23 is contract number 3078315, notice to council of emergency demolition at 14418 Mayfield contractor, celebin for 16,704 with 22 cents, seven points. 24 is contract number 3078404, notice to council of emergency. Demo at 9337 Falcon contractors, inner city in Detroit for 22,999 seven points. 25 is contract number 3078518, notice to council of emergency. Demo at 11731, Livernois with basement backfill contractors, inner city located in Detroit for 248 with $36.07 points 26 is contract number 6006749. 100% ARPA funding to provide abatement and alteration for commercial structures at group 252, contractor is Adamo, located in Detroit, for 587,859 is there a motion to discuss or approve seven points, 15 through seven points 26 motion
to approve discussion. Vice Chair yourself to the administration. Looking at line item seven, point 15 to seven point 16, we got it close to $1.8 million $2.8 million worth of increases. And this is really going to, I believe the Jets team, I understand what we're doing and why we're doing it, concerned that we are doing it. And so if we are spending close to 2.8 to remove asbestos from buildings that we received from the school, from DPS, CD, what are we looking at as our return on investment. So we took those buildings, if it's the same deal, in lieu of outstanding water and sewerage bills. But we're using our ARPA funds to remove the asbestos, health safety and welfare issue. No objection there, but just the funding, the flow of funds, and then we are using our ARPA funds to to prepare for demolition buildings that, at the time we took them, I was skeptical of and didn't want the unloved buildings from the school system, but now we're still putting money into them. We're going to demolish it, and we're going to spend several million dollars to demolish these buildings. And this really, I believe it should be for the Jets. What's our return on investment here? And why shouldn't we be using somebody else's ARPA funds to mitigate this problem? And or why shouldn't the water department be paying for this director
through the chair council member Benson is correct. That's probably going to be a question for outside of construction and demolition.
Mr. Washington,
yes. Madam Chair, can we bring this back to the end,
to the end of the agenda? Vice Chair, are you okay
with Okay?
Can we find out if the Jets are available? I'd like to get this taken care of
now. Yes. Madam Chair, if you just give me a moment.
So Vice Chair, we can bring seven point 15 and 16 to the end of the agenda. He's going to grab the Jets team to bring Madam
Chair. I was I have a need to depart the table before that time, so I'm hoping to handle this quickly, and we can just hold this off until they're prepared, and I'll make a decision if it's time to I can wait for tonight. Okay,
so, Mr. Washington, I know you're listening. Whenever you're ready, feel free to interrupt us, and we can discuss 715 and 16, hopefully before our vice chair leaves
discussion. Vice Chair motion to bring back 715 and 16 in
one week, one week Hearing no objection 715, and 716, will be brought back in one week. Is there a motion? There was a motion to approve the remaining item, seven, point, 17 through seven points, 26 is there? Are there any objections? I will be an objection to 20 to seven points, 25 and 20, excuse me and seven points, 26 Thank you, Mr. Clerk, hearing no other objections, the remaining items would be sent to formal with the recommendation to approve moving us along. Seven points. 27 is contract number 6006698. 100% city funding to provide aerial imaging map views to demolition, department to aid in surveying property conditions. Contractor is near map. They are located in Utah. The contract is for 527,220 this is for construction and demolition. Is there a motion to approve a discussion? Seven points, 27 motion. Thank you. Member waters director, if you wouldn't mind sharing with us and with the public with this contract, would do, since we're discussing basements a lot
through the chair, unfortunately, it's still not going to allow us to see the basements on these particular with this aerial view, but it is going to allow us to be able to determine structures that exist on the parcel. It allows us to see a more current representation of what exists on those particular parcels, and for us to be able to determine some areas that we might not have necessarily have known without going out prior to
director. Are we currently not doing aerial imaging in demolition work through
the chair? We currently are are, but we're using a system that is, I'm not exactly sure. The worry of how I want to phrase it, it's kind of like a borrowed system. We don't actually have our own software to be able to support that effort, and so that's what this would allow us to do.
Okay, is, are there any objections for seven point 27 hearing, no other questions. Hearing, none. Seven point 27 will be approved since a formal with the recommendation to approve seven point 28 is contract number 6006003, amendment number one, utilizing 100% ARPA funding, this would increase funds for infrastructure equipment replacements at Linden data center. Contractor is limbic company. They are located in Pontiac. This will be for an increase of 164,000 and this will be for do it. Is there a motion to approve with discussion seven points, 28 motion. Thank you, Mr. Washington. Who do we have to discuss seven points 28
and he might be on a call. Oh, Mr. Washington,
yes, my apologies, Madam Chair, which line item Mark were we on? Seven
points, 28 I eight. Okay, that's
Madam Chair for this one. We have Kelly trama from OCP online,
if we can move Kevin over as a panelist, Mr. Washington. Do we have anyone from do it to discuss this contract.
I'm Madam Chair. I'm reaching out now to see if they can join us.
Okay?
Oh, to whoever joined us, if you wouldn't mind seeing your name, entitled for the public, I cannot see your name. Apologize. Fully. Jamel, Office of contracting and procurement, good. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. My question was for do it? Don't have any contracting and procurement questions. Just wanted to see more about the need for the increase, although I do support what we're doing here, no questions for procurements, but thank you for joining us. And my question will not hold up this contract just I can have a discussion offline with do it around how this is going but there was a motion to approve with discussion. Are there any objections? Hearing, none. Seven point 28 will be approved. There is a request to send this to new business. Is there a motion to do so? Motion? Hearing, no objection. Seven point 28 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve. Thank you for joining us. Ma'am.
Thank you.
Seven point 29 is contract number 3078647, using 95% fire grants and 5% city funding to provide custom fire prevention. Trailer contractor is ABS storage. They're located in Detroit, and this will be for 108,636 and this would be for fire. Seven points 30 is contract number 6006046, utilizing 100% city funding to provide medical grade oxygen. Contractor is land gas equipments located in
state, is
inbury, CONNECTICUT, Connecticut,
in Connecticut's this will be for two years. The total contract will be 660, 8882 with 80 cents and seven point 31 is contract number 6004878, amendment number one to provide an increase of funds to cover invoice of Jefferson Chevrolet. This will be in increased amount of 14,600 excuse me, $14,062.45 and this will be for fire. Is there a motion to approve or discuss seven points? 29 through seven point, 31 all the fire contracts motion, motion to approve. Are there any objections? Hearing, none. Seven points 29, through seven point, 31 will be approved sending new business. Thank you. Member waters, hearing, no objections, all items will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve seven points. 32 is contract number 6002.
06714, 100% opioid settlement funding will be used to provide medical vending machines for the health departments contractors Mulan pharmaceutical, located in California. This would be for $200,000 and this will be for the health department. Similarly, seven point 33 contract number 6006713, 100% opioid settlement funding for medical vending machines for various locations around the city of Detroit. Contractor is Illinois supply company located in Illinois for 400,007.34 is contract number 6006740. 100% city funding to provide call center operations for the health department's ride share program scheduling. The contractor is CCM consultants, located in Chicago for 325,000 Is there a motion to approve with discussion, 7.7 point 32 through seven point 34
motion.
Thank you. Member, waters, is there anyone mr. Washington from the health department that can share with the public a little bit about these two contracts, or these contracts, and there's in their purposes.
Yes, Madam Chair, we do have Christina Floyd online.
We can move make her into a panelist.
As a panelist. Madam
Chair, thank you. Good afternoon. If you wouldn't mind saying your name and title for
the public, good
afternoon to our body. Christina Floyd, Deputy Director of Public Health for the Detroit health department,
thank you for joining us, Deputy if you wouldn't mind sharing with the public, you've got two exciting things happening that we're discussing right now. One is us using our opioid settlement funds for medical vending machines. If you wouldn't mind sharing what will be in these vending machines and then talking a little bit more about the rise share program that you have?
Yes, thank you through the chair 7.32 and 7.33 are various vending machines that we would like now in various venue, various types, which is why you see two separate contracts. One is for the ability to have installed within buildings. The others are the ability to have them outside which do not require electricity, such as the types that you see for newspapers and such within these Venom machines, or be various harm reduction knocks on condoms, other type of harm reduction paraphernalia within both of these that are easily accessible around The City of Detroit, and there will also be information as well as it relates to our department services and other services with regards to opioid and harm reduction services across The city. Form 7.34, this particular contract is with CCM consulting group that will be the call center for our rides to care program. They will be over all the scheduling for rides to care, which is a program that will allow for pregnant persons within the city of Detroit to have access to prenatal as well as postpartum visits for medical issues. And we are asking for, oh, I'm sorry,
no, go right ahead
and for 7.34, we are requesting a waiver for this to move it along. If approved,
okay? Thank you, Deputy. I we can ask for a waiver informal tomorrow, and there was a motion to approve, hearing objection seven points 32 through seven point 34 are approved. Is there a motion to send these to new business? Motion Hearing no objections. Seven points, 32 through seven points, 34 are approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve, and Deputy will make a note to request a waiver tomorrow.
Thank you so
much, of course, thank you moving us along. Seven point 35 through seven point 38 are various police contracts. Seven point 35 is contract number 3078659, to provide emergency. Excuse me, this is 100% city funding to provide chemical and smoke Munitions for the police department's mobile field force. Contractor is Vance outdoors, located in Ohio. The contract is for 184,476 with 90 cents, seven point 36 is contract number 6005067. Amend. Amendment number one to provide an extension of time for the Bryan criminal justice program to increase neighborhood stability contractors Michigan State University, and this would again extend just their time through september 30, 2025, seven, point 37 is contract number 6006592. 100% city funding for ammunition for the Detroit Police Department's contractor is Vance outdoors in Ohio. The total contract is 1,000,682 with 978 and 738, says contract number 6005, excuse me, 6004591, amendment number one, 100% special revenue funding. I
I apologies. This is amendment number one to provide an increase of funds for towing and recovering services.
The increased amount will be 198,750 and this, again, is for police. Is there a motion to approve or discuss seven point 35 through seven, point 38
motion to approve
Hearing no objection seven point, 35 through seven point 38 will be approved. Is there a motion to send to new business? Motion? Seven point 35 through seven point 38 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve under the law departments. Seven point 39 is a proposed ordinance to amend chapter 43 of the Detroit city code, streets and sidewalks in other public places. Article eight, street sidewalks and other public places. Articles eight, encroachments and obstructions by adding Division Three, outdoor dining streetery Subdivision a generally to include sections 43 dash 861, scope of this division, sections 43 862, definitions, sections 43 dash 863, misdemeanor violations, continuing violation penalties for conviction thereof. Section 43 dash eight, dash 64 general requirements, alcoholic beverages, site specifications. Sections 43 dash eight, dash 65 use of tents and shade structures, tents larger than 10 foot by 10 foot, restrictions and prohibitions. Sections 43 dash eight, dash 66 sidewalk, streetery record requirements, sections 43 dash eight, dash 67 Park Hercules streetery requirements, lost parking meter revenue and sections 43 dash eight, dash 68 parking lot streetery requirements and subdivision B permit to include sections 43 dash eight, dash eight required. Sections 43 dash eight, dash 82 expiration and renewal of permits. Section 48 excuse me, Section 43 dash eight, dash 83 application. Section 43 dash eight, dash 84 review of application, exceptions. Sections 43 dash eight dash 85 required inspections, standards for issuance, approval letter. Sections 43 dash eight, dash 86 notice of rejection. Sections 43 dash eight, dash 87 continued duties, duties of permitting and sections 43 dash eight. Dash 88 re vocability of permits to establish regulation governing the establishments and operation of outdoor dining areas. This is for an introduction and setting of a public hearing. Is there a motion to discuss motion? Thank you. Member waters, I see Trinity, I believe is on with us. If you wouldn't mind seeing your name and title for the public, we cannot hear you. Your microphone is muted.
Okay? Good afternoon, Madam Chair, good afternoon to this honorable committee. I'm visara Fauci from the law department. I'm here to introduce an ordinance that is being sponsored by Council Member Santiago Romero. This ordinance amends chapter 43 of the Detroit city code to add a division to Article eight, encroachments and obstructions. The Division is Division Three, outdoor dining streeteries. The ordinance basically establishes regulations governing the establishment and operation of outdoor dining areas which provide for the application approval and inspection process for establishing three particular types of outdoor dining areas, which includes sidewalk, streeteries, parklet streeteries and parking lot streeteries.
Thank you, Attorney V You're welcome. And as as mentioned, this is for an introduction and setting up a public hearing. We will be bringing this back for a full hearing. And this is being introduced because there is a need to really establish a process to ensure that we have safe outdoor dining areas in the city, this was incredibly important. After COVID hit, a lot of our businesses wanted to go out to the sidewalks for a safer way to be in their establishments. And the city, the administration has been working really hard to ensure that we establish an ordinance that meets us the meet the needs of the city and our business owners. Attorney V I do have one question, have we and I know that we've been working very closely with impacted partners, but has impacted industries been notified about the latest ordinance? Do they know it's coming up, what does outreach look like right now for them?
Through the Chair? My understanding is early on, a working group was established at the city with DPW, and I believe some members of your office, for the last several months, I've been working with DPW. Your policy analyst had indicated that they wanted to do some additional outreach from the moment that it's introduced to the time of the public hearing. Unfortunately, I don't have an update on where they are on that. I am aware of the fact that your office reached out to DPW to get get this in motion, but as far as I know, this has been an ongoing process since probably last year. I know of the existence of a working group, but I don't know. I don't have an update as to what entities were contacted and who's provided input on it. Perfect.
No worries, we can follow up with that, and we just want to ensure that that outreach was done. We do that for the ordinances that we sponsor, and I do know that there has been a lot of work done. I feel comfortable moving this forward for the setting of a public hearing. We will have more information than we can give some updates on the outreach that was done, because I know there's been a lot, but there's been some staff changes as well. So want to make sure that we're on the same page about our efforts. If there are no other questions, if there are no questions or discussions, is there a motion to send seven points, 39 to formal for a introduction and setting them a public hearing. Motion hearing, no objection. Seven points 39 will be sent to formal for an introduction and setting of a public hearing. Thank you, Attorney V Thank you moving us along to the departments of appeals and hearings. Seven point 40 is the dangerous buildings. Findings and orders for October 4, 2024 this can be received and filed motion without objection, Hearing no objection. Seven point 40 will be received and filed under the chief under the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Development and grants. Seven points 41 through seven points 46 are all various grant application. Seven point 41 as a request to accept and appropriate the fiscal year 2025 Auto Theft Prevention grants. Seven point,
I'm sorry, go ahead.
No worry. Seven points 42 is a request to accept and appropriate the crime victim stability fund grants, 743 is to accept an increase in appropriation to the lead intervention grants. Seven point 44 is to accept an increase of appropriations to the children's special health care, special services grants. Seven for these five is the authorization to submit a grant application to the US Department of Transportation for the 24 the 2024 railroad crossing elimination grants program. And 746, is a request to accept donation of in kind forensic services. Is there a motion to approve or discuss? Seven points, 41 through 46 motion to approve? Hearing, no objections. Seven points, 41 through seven point 46 would be approved. Sent to business. There's a motion to send to new business Hearing no objection. All items will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve under the legislative policy division LPD 747. Is a resolution that we discussed and approved earlier today. This is regarding the teamsters under the departments of Public Works, city engineering department, 7.48 is a petition of West Congress, Detroit LLC, a request For an encroachments to install on site advertising signs. 7.49 point 49 is a petition of WF LLC for in outright vacation, and this would be for utility easements. Seven point 50 is a petition of Hubbard farms apartments requesting encroachments for an insulation of a new vapor trench for mitigating rooftop wind 751. Is petition of Cass LLC requests to dedicate land for the purposes of a public right of way. Seven point 52 is a position of downtown Detroit partnerships to request to install 260 banners outside the LCA for the holiday season. Seven points. 53 is a petition of Lynch road LLC requesting a vacation with utility easements. This would be for utility installations. 7.0 excuse me, is there a motion then to approve or discuss seven point, 48 through seven point, 43 No, 53
you mean 53
Yeah, okay.
Motion,
motion to approve seven points, 48 through seven points, 53 are there any objections? Hearing, none. All of those items will be approved. Since a formal with the recommendation to approve motion to send a new business, there's been a motion to send all items to new business. Hearing, no objections. All items will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve under miscellaneous 7.4 is a memo relative to public comment regarding air and water quality in Harper and Van Dyke area. 7.5 is a memo regarding Bagley Street's alley closure. And seven point 56 is a memo relative to police authorized towing. We've been asked to bring all items back in two weeks. Is there a motion to do so? Motion, Hearing no objection, seven points, 54 through seven points, 56 will be brought back in two weeks. Seven points, 57 is a memo relative to 611 West Philadelphia complaints. We've been asked to bring this back in one week. Motion here, no objection. Seven points 57 will be brought back in one week. Seven points 58 is a memo relative to halting demolition of 17203, and 17205, leisure road. 7.9 Excuse me. Seven point 59 is a memo relative to resolution supporting the Detroit Public School community districts program to pay high school students to receive after school tutoring. Seven point 60 is a memo relative to the Rosa Parks transit center restroom conditions and seven point 61 is a memo relative to the marathon refinery safety concerns, all we've been asked to bring back in two weeks. Motion Hearing no objection. Seven points 58, through seven point 61 will be brought back in two weeks. This brings us down to member reports. There was one item I wanted to go back to 7.4 Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Just want to ensure I was flagged that we may have the wrong information on the agenda. Let me go back.
Oh,
is there a motion to discuss 7.4
motion?
Thank you. Member waters, this should this might be to the clerks or to the procurements or to the administration. This contract states the address is in Detroit. I'm being told this is supposed to be in Ferndale, correct. We would just need to ensure that we have that correct address in front of us in formal tomorrow. So to OCP or to the administration, Mr. Washington,
yes. Madam Chair, if we go promote our needle Clark for this item,
if we can move Miss Clark over as a panelist,
she's rejoining as a panelist. Madam Chair,
thank you. Applause.
Good afternoon. If you wouldn't mind seating your name and title for the public,
good afternoon, honorable body. My name is arnita Clark, contracted procurement specialist.
Miss Clark, if you can just confirm the location for the glass company we have here is in Detroit. Is this in Detroit, or is it in Ferndale? It
is in Ferndale, through the chair. It is in Ferndale. A correction letter has been submitted as well as the vendor has been advised to correct their information Oracle, so the correction letter is in route.
Okay, thank you. This has been approved member waters. I feel comfortable as is. Just want to make sure that tomorrow we have the corrected address informal session. We can keep an eye out for that as well. But just wanted to make sure that we made a note for the clerk's office and for OCP for tomorrow, that is it for me, no other discussion. We are now down to member reports member waters. No report for.
