All right. Good morning, everyone. We will now call to order our formal session for Tuesday, July the 22nd and Madam Clerk, please call the roll
council member Scott Benson,
Council Member, friends, you will hold the third
customer. Leticia Johnson, present,
cost member Gabriella Santiago Romero, present,
Council Member Mary waters present,
Council Member Angela Whitfield, cutaway,
Council Member Coleman Young the second here.
Council President Pro Tim James Tate
and Council President Mary Sheffield. President,
you have a corn present, madam. President, okay,
there being a corn present. We are in session, and we will start off with our invocation. We have joining us. Pastor Yvette Griffin, good morning,
good morning.
This is the day that the Lord has made, and we shall rejoice and be glad in it. What a mighty God we serve. Please bow your heads as we pray. Oh Lord our God, how excellent is thy name, Eternal Father of heaven and earth, who sits high and looks low. We're asking you to invoke your spirit into the city of Detroit, in the state of Michigan, invoke your spirit all around our city, throughout the neighborhoods, into this city council meeting through our council president, Sheffield, all of our council leaders that represent your people invoke your Spirit, Lord into the churches that are opened up in your name. Touch all residents, the police department, fire department, city departments, go through the neighborhoods, Lord and touch our people, our businesses, schools, help our children, our grandchildren and their parents. They're being targeted. They're being attacked. Lord, that no weapon formed against them shall prosper. Help us. Lord, we need you on today, we thank you God for this opportunity for our leaders to serve the people of Detroit, we ask for wisdom and guidance to crown their heads as they discuss and decide on matters that will affect our city. Grant us the ability for them to listen to each other's perspectives with compassion, respect and understanding with love for You, Lord love for our neighbors, bless our leaders, their families and all who are affected by their decisions. We also pray for those who are struggling in our city, offering them hope, comfort and love and we thank You, Lord, in Your name, we ask for all of these blessings. Amen.
Amen. Alright. Thank you so much, Reverend Dr Griffin of Pilgrim Baptist Church for joining us for that invocation. We truly appreciate you and God Bless you.
Bless you. Thank you so much.
All right, we will start off with we have two presentations this morning. After the first presentation by council member young, we will cut off our public comment and so the clerk would know also, we've been joined by Pro Tem Tate, and I will now yield member Young.
Thank you, Madam President. There's a great quote that I was told once it says that boys look to be served, but men look to be of service. And I can't find a better person who embodies that spirit than the person who I'm about to present this Spirit of Detroit award to the significantly important and tremendously valuable Pierre hadden, everybody.
Pierre hadden is a proud native son of Detroit, and he is first and foremost a loving husband and devoted father as president of the historic Boston Edison Association, he is best described by his fellow directors as selfless, hard working and resolute, committed and effective and and an effective change maker who strives to Improve the quality of life all Boston Edison, residents of the over 900 historic homes in the heart of the city, Detroit, of which he resides. His community involvement is evidence in the actions, words and deeds of his active participation in implementing the HPE a golf offering programs that support safety, community engagement and beautification. That's the first one. The second one, hosting events that encourage greater community bond among neighbors, and third, promoting cultural and civic engagement for residents that live within the Boston Edison Historic District and beyond. Let us congratulate Mr. Pierre Hatton, because he also received the United States president's lifetime service award on Sunday, April 14. 2024 Yeah, you.
Which was presented by the bridge of the gaps Community and Family Development Centers, a five oh a 501 c3 nonprofit organization serving the Metro Detroit regions, which is committed to community development and restoration. They believe communities, cities and counties are enhanced where there is involvement by productive youth, families and businesses. Their programs are focused on providing tools that strengthen families, educate youth and adults while providing employment, housing, food and other resources. Thank you, Mr. Had, let's get another round of applause, please.
So it is my honor and privilege to present this expression of gratitude esteem of the people of Detroit to significantly important and tremendously viable Pierre hadden, president of the Boston historic, historic Boston Edison Association.
President here had is indeed a hero for the people of Detroit. You are an honored asset to our great city of Detroit. We thank you and are eternally grateful for your tireless efforts. Exceptional achievement, outstanding leadership, a dedicated devotion that lifts the spirits and fills the hearts of the people of Detroit, Michigan in America so the honorable Coleman, a young the second Detroit City Council at large, number one, with the entire honorable City Council of Detroit, Michigan proud and humbled and honored. See this Spirit of Detroit award year. Had everybody you Is there anything else you like? Anything you like to say, Sir, speak right microphone right there, sir. You gotta push it. Thank you, Councilman Young, thank you to this amazing body of government. Thank you to Mrs. Calvert for a simple 15 minute conversation transpired into something more organic, and my daughters do send a big hug to you as well. I do want to thank my amazing wife that's currently back there. It gives me purpose. It gives me the energy to do what I do for each other. So thank you, sweetheart and
and I do want to thank our great board and our great residents of the historic Boston Edison Association and all of our historic districts and our historic communities throughout this city, because, as we've been preaching, this year is going to be the most pivotal election cycle we ever witnessed in the history of this city, and we will elect a new city council, a new mayor. And I just want to make sure all of our bodies of governments make sure we don't forget our block clubs, neighborhoods and our communities, because without that, we don't have a fitting. And I do want to give a final thank you to this body of government, because I know our executive branch usually gives great praises of the great work that that branch has done in the city. That branch cannot do the work without this body. And I think at times, this body does not get recognized for the great work that you guys have done. So thank you as well.
Anybody else?
Yeah, I just want to say to Pierre as the district five representative of Boston Edison for the last 12 years, and I've worked with other presidents, and all have been phenomenal, but working with you has just been absolutely amazing. You are truly a leader outside for just being a huge advocate for the Boston area, Boston Edison community. You've also put together historic districts throughout the entire city to come together to advocate to preserve our historical culture here in the city of Detroit. So congratulations, well deserved, and I'm looking forward to the continued leadership that you will continue to provide here in the city of Detroit. So God bless you, and thank you for all you do, not just for the historic Boston Edison district, but for all of our neighborhoods and historic districts in Detroit, well deserved, sir,
madam president, yes, yeah.
Madam President kind of stole my thunder,
because I want to, I'm going to talk about, I wanted to talk about, as a council member at large, I see you all over the city. I do answering questions, giving advice to other historic communities. And I just want to say thank you so much for getting out there and working tirelessly on behalf of the city. Appreciate your peer. Love you and thank you,
beautiful. All right,
yes. Member Callaway, yeah. Thank you. It was a pleasure to meet you not so long ago in the Boston Edison district. And thank you for all that you do. You are working with areas in my district, Sherwood Forest, for example, in the University of Detroit district. And I know that you all partner on a lot of things. And when I drove down, I think it was Chicago, and I saw the banners on your polls. I got a little jealous, so I went back home to my district and got to work. So now, when folks come over to the avenue of fashion Livernois, you'll see banners up in another two weeks that says, Welcome to the historic avenue of fashion where you can shop, explore and dine. So thank you for that, Pierre, thank you for being the inspiration behind that. Thank you.
Thank you. Pro Tempe, thank you,
Madam President, good morning, Mr. President, we've never had an opportunity to work together, but listening to colleagues have to say, and also reading your bio, it's very clear that you are a tremendous representative of the city Detroit, and I thank you for being that tremendous representative. There's a lot of challenges that we go through. We always need those of us who rise up to show off what real Detroiters are and what we do. I remember, you know, and I also want to thank you for the comments that you made about city council, you know, because we don't get a lot of those type of comments where people recognize that this is a this is this is a collaboration, for good or bad, it's a collaboration. But that was an important statement. But the most important statement you said was shout out to your wife. And I say that as someone who I stood in the seat and I received an award, and I gave this, I'm so nervous, and I gave this, I gave this speech, and I forgot to mention my wife, and I got it when I got home. But I say that to say because in the reason why I got and I received each and every bit of this, because I know that without her love and support, her consideration, her time, her compassion. There was no way that I was able to do what I do. So shout out to your wife again. We appreciate you for allowing this man to be as great as he is, as great as he can be within the city of Detroit. So God bless you both.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Okay, all right, colleagues. Member young wants us to come down and do a picture with Pierre, and we're also going to now cut off our public comment before we proceed to our next Presentation. You
I think we'll get through it, but It might be right Around that time. Okay, I
All right, thank you again. Council member young for that presentation. Into Pierre for all the work that he does. Congratulations once again, and we will now proceed back to our agenda. We have another presentation regarding the trucks off our streets Coalition on behalf of Council Member Santiago Romero, who requested this presentation, and those who are here can join us. Good morning. Just make sure your microphone is on. Just press the bottom to make sure the microphone is on the bottom. Yeah, there we go. Yeah.
Good morning. I'm waiting for my screen to be shared. Waiting for a screen share. Oh, thank you,
Madam President, yes, go right ahead. Thank you, Madam President. I appreciate the opportunity to have just some of our environmental leaders in the city and region here talk about the impact of truck traffic. We will need to give, I believe, Dr Toby Lewis, who is joining us virtually permission to be on as a panelist, and then Simone is going to request a screen share, but we're going to hear from Simone go back from the southwest Detroit community benefits coalition from Jeff Jones from the hope village, as well as Dr Toby Lewis, who is online virtually with us, and Dr Natalie Sampson from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, we are here today to talk about the impacts of trucks in our neighborhoods. District Six is no stranger to environmental racism and industry in our neighborhoods. We have some of the highest asthma rates. We cannot open our windows if the air quality outside is bad due to climate change and our neighbors are dealing with weird throat and lung cancers, and we have been fighting these things for decades. We are currently working on a truck route ordinance, and today we have local leaders to share the impacts of trucks in our streets and our need to remove them. I believe they are all set now. So with that, I'll turn it over to Simone. Thank you, Madam President, welcome. Thank you. Good morning Simone.
Thank you, good morning Council members. Thank you for this opportunity to present to you today from our many partners from all across the city of Detroit, districts who are part of our trucks off our streets project about health impacts of trucking in our city. My name again is Simone zagovac, resident of District Six, and I work with the Southwest Detroit community benefits coalition. I'm here with Jeff Jones of Hope village CDC in districts two, five and seven, and we're gratefully joined by two health experts and partners affiliated with the University of Michigan who will introduce themselves to you. Why are we here? Residents are sick in 2024 Detroit had the highest asthma hospitalization rate in the US and our children are being born with asthma. The allergy and asthma Foundation has moved Detroit out from number five to number three, worse places to live with asthma. Trucks have been an issue in Detroit for almost 100 years, when a truck route survey was urged in 1938 and then in 1979 people talking about the need to get trucks off our residential streets. We have too many truck crashes. In 2021 a truck crashed into a front porch on Livernois, killing the driver. In 2023 a truck crashed into the office of Southwest Detroit Business Association. In February, a gravel truck hauler this year killed a 24 year old woman in southwest Detroit, and the crashes aren't stopping. This is a city wide issue on the east side, heavy truck traffic is plaguing Eastside residents, as it says in this headline, trucks are wreaking havoc on residential streets just to take shortcuts, and it has gone on every day for years, every night, the liver noise street trucks drive illegally between 7pm and 7am and residents can't sleep. Here's a snapshot of what that looks like. And apologies the volume isn't on for you. I don't think it can work that way. It can't sleep because it's incredibly noisy and there's no there's no enforcement to stop it. I hope I can get back to this. Okay, so how did we get here? Detroit's zoning. We have a legacy of both zoning and land use that goes back over 100 years of industry being intertwined with residents. This shows a one mile radius of two high schools, and you can see how industrial and residential is just completely overlapped. This causes multiple impacts, what we call cumulative impacts, from the freeways, trucking, railroads, oil, refining, cement, scrapyard, steel, auto. Everywhere you look, there's something and it smells and you can't breathe. Transportation is actually the number one contributed air pollution. People don't realize that they think about the big smokestacks and diesel emissions are especially harmful to health. This happens to be a green for life truck a city waste contractor, but it's important to know that it doesn't always look bad. It might look clear to you, but the pollution is in our air. Wayne County and Detroit are out of attainment, which means our air is actually illegal. Trucks cause toxic road dust. The wrong street sweepers make the problem even worse, as you can see in this picture, this is a regular street sweeper on an industrial truck route with no water. And we see this all over the city, whether it's a city contractor or a corporate contractor of another kind, the bridge contractors, all of them, particulate matter and road dust are on our homes. This is a woman who allowed me to take a picture of her washing the outside of her house. Of course, it's inside our bodies as well. And these tiny particles of particulate matter. They're so small they pass through our lungs right into our bloodstream, and they actually affect every body system that we have. And most of us think of asthma when we think of what we're breathing, but these are right. You can find an article on every one of these health conditions and more that diesel is associated with. Trucks are causing many impacts that affect our health and daily life. Diesel emissions, road dust, noise, vibrations that are damaging homes. When those foundations start cracking, you get water leaking in, you've got mold, and you've got more asthma, and people are subject to the safety issues that I already mentioned about these trucks. Children can't play in the yard. The trucks are crashing into yards. They're speeding, they're running lights, and the deaths are happening. They can't enjoy home, and it's stress and mental health issues as well. Trucks are also tearing up our streets, and the city has no they're getting damaged, and they have to the city has to pay for it, and they can't keep up. We've done several studies in southwest Detroit and all over the city. We gone door to door. Health Surveys. We've counted trucks. We placed air monitors, done noise and dust studies, both one of our truck counts, we found that truck, the portion of truck traffic has actually doubled, and our city count that we I mean, sorry, our count measured the same number of trucks as the city's contractor did in 2024 and counted 1000 trucks a day driving on Livernois Street, which has no industry on it In these blocks that we're speaking of. So every day, yesterday, today and tomorrow, 1000 semi trucks are driving down those streets. In the last two years, since we toured city administration staff, that means 1 million semi trucks have driven down Livernois Street. And it's not just Livernois. This is Lanier street. There are more other parts of the city, the West, of the East Side. Eastside community network has done some engagement as well on truck issues. Town hosting town halls. They've done mapping. They've placed air monitors around this is a just a map showing some of the work that they've done, and some of the results are a little bit surprising. We think of Southwest for the pollution, but their black carbon was actually higher than in southwest Detroit, while southwest Detroit's particulate matter was higher, and the wind direction in this case showed is as far as in the east side. That was likely due to the stellantis facility. They've had 81 days that the particulate matter was over the EPA standard of nine parts per I'm sorry, parts per million. 35% of days had unhealthy air for sensitive groups or higher, and ECN is working with just air on truck counts for counter but outlier media found that one truck every minute is leaving just one of the facilities in the area. And now I'm going to turn over to Jeffrey Jones, who's going to give you a little bit of their story.
Thank you and good morning to this honorable body. When I got up this morning, my wife and I just celebrated 24 years yesterday, and she gave me what I wanted to say this morning. I want to challenge this myth that the problem with truck traffic is just a Southwest Detroit problem, or it's just an East Side problem. Hope village is the most legislatively diverse neighborhood in the city of Detroit. We touch districts two, five and seven and a little piece of Highland Park. This is what almost happened to me as I was driving down Oakman Boulevard last summer. We are impacted by truck traffic, just like all the other neighborhoods in the city of Detroit and our historic neighborhoods were not equipped to handle semi truck traffic and but for the grace of God, that could have been my car, in that hole there on Homer and Oakland Boulevard. This is what neighborhoods are dealing with every single day. Hope village is not immune to it. If you could go to the next slide for me, Simone, this is a quality of life issue. My neighbor on Ford deals with a neighbor who brings home their sewage truck from Scottish potties and parks it out in front of their home at night. It's inhumane for a neighbor to have to smell that every night in the summer. We have laws on the books. We have ordinances on the books, and we need to enforce them, and they need to be stronger. This is a quality of life issue no less important than spinning around in the street or not picking up trash, this is important if Detroit is to be that true 21st Century City that I know it can be and it will be, let's deal with this truck issue. Thank you.
So we've been raising that we aren't enforcing the laws that are on the books, and that's really important, the speeding trucks, the running stop signs, illegal moves trucks on the street at prohibited times, as we mentioned, and the antietling ordinance, all of these things could improve people's lives right now without even creating new laws. And it's really important that we get a handle on this and that we work together to realize these things because families are suffering more when we can reduce the impacts. Now, the many challenges are associated with truck that trucking presents take coordination among various city departments, DPD, DPW, BC, DHD, GSD, and the law department and trucking companies and community these problems need every responsible party making it a priority. And the good news is progress is being made. You've known that the city has taken on two truck studies in southwest Detroit. They've hired a freight manager, and right now we thank you council for working with the administration, and there's a drafted ordinance and process. We know that it's very important, and we hope and we're asking for quick action, for short term solutions now, while we await that these are some of our demands and solutions, and you'll recognize many of them may actually have some power to do something about there. We know that you're going to be talking about buffering there. You have a role in the zoning zone Detroit process. You probably have some role in the plan Detroit process as well. And then, of course, you have a role in all important budgeting to make sure there are resources to effectuate these different things. And now I'm going to address call up Toby Lewis, Dr Toby Lewis, who is on online, virtually with us.
Can everyone hear
me? Yes, we can. Well,
it is my great pleasure to be asked to speak with you today. My name is Dr Toby Lewis. I'm a pediatric pulmonologist, which is a doctor who specializes in children's lungs, and my area of expertise is severe asthma. I'm an associate professor at the University of Michigan, where I direct the complex asthma management program, and for the last 26 years, I've been taking care of children with the most difficult asthma, including many kids from Detroit. I've also conducted many community based asthma and air quality studies in Detroit as part of community action against asthma. My goal today is to help illustrate the impact that asthma is having on the everyday lives of Detroiters. So a few years back, I was asked to speak to a group of parents and teachers at an elementary school on the east side. I opened by asking for a show of hands as to who had ever seen somebody struggling to breathe with asthma, and almost every hand in that room went up, and I can tell you that does not happen when I give that same talk in other parts of the state. So asthma attacks are scary and they can be devastating. But asthma isn't only about the attacks, it's a chronic disease that requires attention every day. Families need to remain vigilant to changing conditions and often limit outdoor play and sports when air quality is poor. Not surprisingly, asthma is linked to obesity and mental health concerns, and asthma is one of the leading causes of school absenteeism and work loss for adults. So air quality is a major contributor to the development of asthma and also triggers for asthma symptoms. Among its other impacts are that it contributes to premature birth and can also impact impact and amplify common respiratory infections. And while families can do a lot to give their kids medicines and try to improve the air quality within their homes, individuals have limited control over the outdoor air so as civic leaders, I urge you to use the policy tools that you have available to you to improve the local air quality and Help real Detroiters in a meaningful way. Thank you.
Morning Council. My name is Dr Natalie Sampson. I'm a Professor of Public Health. I've worked on freight and air pollution issues with Detroiters for a couple of decades now, and I just really want to recap some of what you heard and really drive home some key points. I'll just leave this slide up and come back to it. So the connection between diesel trucks and public health has been a critical issue for Detroiters for over a century. Right? We got that 1000s upon 1000s of epidemiological studies say the same thing, and we know that these impacts are, not surprisingly, some of the worst that we see in the world, in our motor city, right? Our Motor City, for a reason, we have this legacy. It's done great things for us, but it's also caused some of these problems. So again, diesel exhaust contains harmful pollutants, black carbon, metals, toxins, and we saw that's asthma, one thing that Toby really stressed, because that impacts so many people, but heart attacks, high blood pressure, impaired, lung development, kidney disease, cancer, early death for so many Detroiters and more. So truck pollution also raises the safety concerns and social and economic concerns that Jeff and others spoke about. This pollution hits our most vulnerable so our children, our pregnant people, our babies, our seniors, those who already have heart and lung conditions. So many Detroiters, and the data, it's alarming. 16% of children in Detroit have asthma. That's more than double the rest of the country. 35,000 kiddos. We know there's hot spots near the new bridge, the current bridge. We've been studying those impacts with the health impact assessment from concept to construction. And what you see here is that those rates are even higher when we're within those first few blocks on those streets closest residents to streets. We do not need residents living that close. So you can see 25 to 42% higher. That's extremely a big difference. And we can see this across age groups. So this chart showing us our babies all the way up to our seniors. The blue on the left is showing those people who live closest. So it's higher across the board. And this is a concern we have. But again, as we heard, not just in southwest Detroit, so on Connor Street, we recently saw monitoring that black carbon was higher likely due to the slanters plant and some of the traffic nearby. And we also heard that we're out of attainment, so we're not meet meeting the standards for particulate matter, which means it's often just not safe to breathe in our city of Detroit, right? This is all preventable from a public health perspective. I want to say that again, this is all preventable. And what's exciting is that a lot of this can be done at the local level. I think we sometimes forget that not all you you have done this work, and we want to look and thank you and your predecessors for some of the work around the anti idling and around the fugitive dust ordinance, but there's more evidence based solutions we can be implementing. The obvious next step is separating those trucks from residents the places that we live. Other evidence based solutions, noise and visual buffers, sometimes that's vegetative buffers when done right, protective zoning, home repair programs, health interventions for asthma, and, of course, making sure we have the resources to enforce and sustain these programs. So I hope you'll fully commit to addressing Detroit's unacceptable air quality with a comprehensive approach. We really need all these actions. It literally saves lives. We're saving lives by implementing some of these solutions. So I ask you today to take some of those stronger steps and address truck related pollution. Thank you so much for everything you do, and thank you for your time. Thank you,
council members, I just want to thank all of our partners here and not here, who have been fighting this fight for a very long time. We really appreciate it. Thank you
all right. Thank you so much for the presentation. Council Member Santiago Ramiro, thank you, Madam President, again. Thank you for the opportunity to share. As I mentioned, we are working on a truck route ordinance that we hope to pass this year, we are waiting for the administration to finalize the ordinance, but we are very, very close. My hope is that this fall, when we come back from recess, we're able to vote it out and continue to support truck routes across the city, and we are taking a comprehensive approach, so my office will continue to ask the health departments to do health impact studies around industry, for us to be able to see what's going on, or to partner with other agencies schools that are doing this work. I know we've got the buffer ordinance as well, where we're really thinking about, how do we put more trees, more green buffering between industry and residential areas. So thank you for the time and again. I just asked my colleague to support this work that's going to support the whole city and all Detroiters. Thank you, Madam President. All right. Thank you so much, Council Member, and I'm definitely looking forward to that ordinance that's forthcoming. And want to thank all of the organizations for the work that you all have done to date, this is long overdue, and Council Member Santiago Ramiro, want to thank you for leading the effort. We've been talking about truck tracking, truck in ordinance for quite some time, so a lot of pieces there, but and it takes a lot of work, but we appreciate you leading that effort and really looking forward to this coming before Council to pass. So council member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President. Just want to say thank you to you all for doing the work throughout the city. This isn't a District Six problem. This is a city wide problem that we certainly have to address. I do want to share that there are several zoning amendments that we're looking to make as a result of your advocacy and the work that you've been doing. So certainly stay tuned and stay connected with with us and with all of my colleagues who are advocating and supporting the work that you all are doing. So thank you. Thank you, Madam President.
All right, thank you. All right. Thank you all again for the presentation, and yes, let's give them a round of applause again, amazing work. We will proceed now back to our agenda. The Journal of the session of Tuesday, July the eighth, will be approved. There being no reconsiderations or unfinished business. We will proceed to the budget Finance and Audit. Standing Committee for the budget Finance and Audit. Standing Committee,
a report from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
The one report will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit standing committee for the internal operations. Standing Committee,
12 reports from various city departments.
The the 12 reports will be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services, standing committee six reports from various city departments. These six reports will be referred to the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee for the Planning and Economic Development standing
committee, 17 reports from Pharisee departments. The
17 reports will be referred to the Planning and Economic Development standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee,
22 reports from various city
departments. The 17 reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee will now move to the voting action matters
under there was 22
reports from various city departments. I'm sorry, 22 reports. 22 reports before
I'm sorry, but what committee are you referring for the public health and safety? Okay, thank you. We will now move to the voting action matters under other matters, there are no items. Madam President, under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials and
agencies, there are no items. Madam President, okay, we will
call now for public comment, and everyone will have a minute and a half for public comment. We will start with Miss Michelle Thurman, followed by Betty Lyons and Anne roulette.
Good morning, Council. I'm attending that garden fuel estates.
Speak up a little louder. Okay,
good morning. I'm a tenant at Garden View Estates and, um, this is like my second time here within a year. Um, Garden View States took me to court for 14 months. This past January, they decided to settle out of court. They had two cases against me, landlord tenant, for non repairs, non payment of rent that was in the escrow account at the court and for a civil case, and now I'm still dealing with the retaliation and harassment. I have many flyers that were sent around numerous people in groups supposed to have came by, like the city to check your electricity for us to get filters, the filters controls the heat and the AC, whether it was pest control, an air quality test, they made sure I got none of this service. They rushed me the do my annual review? They refused for me to sign my new lease. Yesterday, they sent me a maintenance repair form, meaning that all repairs will fall off for me and they will not be responsible for anything. All this retaliation and harassment because they settle out of court. We all know how hot it was this summer, and we all need some type of air. I'm not only dealing with a kidney transplant, but I'm dealing with great health issues, and I have a three year old autism, so it's impacting her. Well, all
right, thank you so much. Is your your district? Okay, Council Member durha,
thank you, ma'am, and actually, I'll meet you out in the hallway, and I have a member of my team meet you as well, so we can talk about this issue and see how we can assist you. Okay, okay, all right. Thank you.
Thank you. If the clerk would know member durha has is present. All right. Miss Lyons,
thank you, Miss Sheffield, Callaway waters and Johnson all speak very well in their own defense. Yet if you say something about Romero, Tate and young seem to take it personally and jump in. She's a big girl. She can speak up for herself. So learn that lesson, Romero, you have more power than all of your combined people on the council. Look at around you the millions of dollars, millions of dollars and assistance given to Mexican town. Detroit police babysit. Detroit police babysit the Cinco de Mayo. They came down here to answer to miss Romero. I don't see any of this happening in the other districts, the incompetent employee, you put that sentence on the seniors, he made the mistake. But you want the seniors to pay for an incompetent employee, so I say you gotta do better. She's showing all of you up as power above the others.
Alright, thank you.
Miss Ann who let
followed by,
go ahead. Go ahead. And Kenneth Holloway,
good morning members of city council. My name is Ann Goulet. I am a licensed architect and a development specialist. The current Detroit mayoral administration is woefully and experienced in property development, right, blight recovery, infrastructural planning and capital improvement projects. This inexperience is painfully obvious in their attempts to commandeer residential land for commercial solar utilities, botching basic industry procedures for collapsed buildings and property disputes, wasting $94 million in ARPA Health Recovery funds to unnecessarily demolish a vacant building and selling two acres of beautiful and healthful publicly owned historic park land to private developers for fast cash. I have talked here previously about four tried and true professional ways to address these issues, and today I'd like to hear you talk about this. I don't want to hear the mayoral candidates here talk honestly. I'm sick of that. One of you yawned when I said that Detroiters of all kinds could benefit from having an office of public advocate to help cut through governmental red tape. You've lost my respect. Instead, I'd like to hear city council president pro tem Tate answer three questions. One, what is the function of the Detroit City Council relative to a mayor's actions, departmental, mission statements and use of our taxpayer dollars. Two, what should Detroiters expect from our city council representatives when we appear here numerous times to voice our suggestions, concerns and complaints? And three, what can Detroit City Council do to stop the sale and destruction of our publicly owned properties, homes, open spaces and historic fabric. Thank you so much.
Mr. Kenneth Holloway, followed by Malik Shelton, followed by Ramon Jackson.
Good morning. First of all, I'd like to address the gentleman and young ladies talking about the fumes we've been catching hell over on the east side. And I don't know if you guys took it serious, because I come down here or call in and say the same thing, and it's been years we inhaled all them fumes in our body and and it's sad that now that I'm having a problem with my voice, you know, my stomach and everything, and I try to tell you guys, and first thing they said, they gave us a grant for 15,000 which ain't a darn thing for us over there, that we inhaling fumes and get sick over there. Y'all take 15,000 and shove it. If y'all think that was worth US inhaling all these fumes and y'all accepted it. Duggan, he got up there and accepting all that BS with Chrysler to give us 15,000 and a grant, which is sad. It's very sad people over there sick. We in hell and all them fumes and going through hell over there, and no one is doing nothing. You know, I'm a move in the District Six over there, because she's fighting like heck for her people, which our people should be fighting for us over there, catching hell all you black folks in the position. And we ain't getting, we ain't getting no services. We looking into it, or we checking on it. They won't give us no more grants because they gave us $15,000 grant, which is sad. Chef Bill, you walk through there and see how bad it is over there, you knocked on my door and it said that y'all won't do anything about that. Thank you
so much. Mr. Holloway, I hope
Thank you,
Mr.
Malik Shelton,
I'm Malik Shelton again, and I'm here to reiterate the seriousness and the dire need for the city of Detroit to its city administration to declare an emergency health crisis. The City of Detroit ranks within the top five or six of all American cities, major American cities and all of the health maladies and diseases and illnesses. We're number one or two in health disease, number one or two in SDT, number one or two in syphilis, one of number one or two in kidney disease, number one or two and number one in asthma, as that very comprehensive report did on the pollution. Also, we don't have a health department, although the city charter demands that we do. We don't even have. We have all these commissions, at least 13 different commissions, but not a Health Advisory Commission as the city charter section 7201,
demands that we have.
And so all of you Council persons, I can't get a response from you about why you will not declare a health emergency crisis in this city when it clearly, clearly is in the health crisis. But yet, when I bring up the immigration or someone brings up the immigration issue, we get long responses. We get to get his work address from some of you. Why do you not have anything to say about the serious health conditions and crisis that the city is in. Will you or will you not, declare and deal with the seriousness of this, of the health condition of this?
Ramon Jackson, followed by Emily. To Emily, my name
is Ramon Jackson.
This is, this is election year city of Detroit residents. It's a time for y'all to keep Quit complaining about people don't represent you. Years and years. For the last nine years, I've been up to multiple city council member meetings, and it's all complaints about these elected officials, we have to really do something. I got a report. I was kicked off the ballot. I turned in 1000 signatures. There's only 500 required. I got a lawsuit pending. Council member Mary Sheffield and Janice Winfrey both have bold ballots. They have sick they have ballots. That's, I mean, petition sheets turned in. That's inaccurate. They wasn't kicked off the ballot. Half the people was kicked off the ballot. Deny people the opportunity to get a proper representation in a government. I gave y'all a copy of a piece of paper with a little girl, every one of y'all with her back, that's the display of public corruption is permeating in every fabric of the city of Detroit, and it's based on lack of representation people of Detroit. We need to move and make sure that we get right represented representation this time around,
and watch for them cheap. Thank you, Emily,
followed by James Gargan, followed by Mr. Cunningham, good morning. My name is Emily mbek, and I work in springwells neighborhood in southwest Detroit. First, I want to thank the mayor's office and city council for the work that has gone into addressing the truck route issue, and a special thank you to Council Member Santiago Romero for continuing to bring light to this issue and speak up for our residents. We recognize that this is a complex issue, and you know that the work you have put in so far, we do appreciate, but we also need you all to know that this is urgent. Our residents are dealing with constant noise, air pollution and dangerous traffic from heavy trucks using residential streets as shortcuts. It's not just an inconvenience. It's affecting our health, our homes and our ability to enjoy neighborhoods. This is a quality of life issue, and that's plain and simple. We need real enforcement. We need clearly designated truck routes, and we need swift action, not another year of studies and delays, please prioritize finalizing and implementing a strong truck route ordinance when you return from break, our communities can't wait any longer. Thank you.
Thank you. Today. Good morning. Good morning.
Ladies and gentlemen of Council,
don't agree. Is not here. This is a
well, people said I shouldn't have came. But this is an effort. This is my effort to get some things straightened out. A year ago, I was put in the hospital by some Detroit police, cops, yeah, that's the same look I had on my face, and their excuse was because I didn't turn on a turn signal at a stop sign, which made about as much sense as me joining the KKK. I followed the rules. I followed the laws. I have all the discrepancies in the case. I followed case law. I researched this case, the same rules that they're beating me over the head with to follow, they chose not to. Now, mind you, the case was dismissed, and my property should have been returned to me the minute that case was dismissed and it wasn't, they held on to my property today, decided, well, we lost the case, so we gonna refile, which under your laws, because these are laws that y'all made. I don't make laws. He committed prosecutorial misconduct, but nobody want to talk about that. The fact that they didn't return my property is against the law. Nobody want to talk about that. And under the law, unless there is a complaining witness, they said I injured them or committed harm to them. There is no case, but we don't want to talk about that, because then nobody would get paid. All I'm asking is y'all do the right thing. Thank
you so much, if you believe that we can make sure all of the colleagues get a copy as well. And I'm not sure if you had the opportunity to speak with the board of police commissioners as well, but we'll make sure we give you the contact. Okay, thank you. Thank you, sir. Okay
with AR 15.
Okay, so we'll take your information, and thank you so much for coming down. We'll see if we can look into it as well. And Mr. Cunningham, followed by Shirley Miller, followed by Melissa love
this Miller is new down here. I'm a walk up with her, just to encourage her, but I told her, don't talk to me. Talk to the powers that be. 31344491143134449114313449114,
that number was made so you can remember it. And on Facebook, two words, not enemy. Again on Facebook, two words, not enemy. Click people and type in not enemy, you'll see a picture of me in blue, my mom at the nursing home. One
second your the clock has not started. We can start the clock. Okay, continue.
Uh,
I'm asking folks to freeze a case of water or so. Buy some bus tickets, give it out at the bus stops. If you don't want to do it, you can vicariously do it through me. That hotline number is also my cash app. Or if you have a water donation or freezer space, hit me at that 313-444-9114, I'm asking everyone in the sound of my voice to ride the busses. Also go through the security the metal detectors at the harbor trans Center and the Rosa Parks trans center, and just sit down and see what the response is. I want to thank Councilwoman GSR for the bus tickets today. Thank you. The people will be very appreciative. I run low on them. They're $2 a piece. I give out three at a time. That's a sandwich that most people SSI only get income of $800 so that's a blessing for them. Thank you, Council Member Johnson, for reaching out while I was coming out of the hospital, and you helped me, not just words. You help me. Thank you. And also, I will never forget, no matter what our competition is, no matter what's going on, I just got to say thank you. Councilwoman Callaway, you gave me the Spirit of Detroit award, and I do appreciate that. Thank you so much. If it's okay, if I can walk up with Miss Miller, so she doesn't feel so
thank you so much. Mr. Cunningham.
My name is Miss Miller Carson.
I'm here on behalf of the bus system. I don't like what they doing to the customers. Someone has to pay. Get on the bus by bottles, cash in bottles. You see, I'm in the walker. I have to pay. And sometimes the drivers don't treat the customers right at all up on that bus. They I see why they get jumped on. They disrespectful, they move, and they don't know how to treat people right at all. And I need to know, Would y'all please help us bottom my heart and God grace, go out there and ride on the busses sometime and see
alright. Thank you so much for coming down. And in those situations where you have a driver that is rude and is not being fair and respectful to the customers, if you can get that bus driver's information so that we can make sure, but they still don't do nothing about I'm not sure if you have given it to us, so that we can make sure we give it to DDOT, the director, and then also during their input sessions, is always good to let them know of those particular routes so that we can get that information over. But I will tell you that customer service and continued training of our DDOT drivers has always been a priority. It's something that we can continue to improve upon. But if you have specific individuals that we should be made aware of, please let that, let us know. And I know Mr. Cunningham will make sure he texts us or call us if you have those specific routes or individuals. Okay, okay. All right. Thank you for coming down. All right. Melissa, love, followed by Fidel l
say, do your wife know how you royal eyes to me even stick your tongue out. I'm not scared of your colleagues or security. Y'all stole from me. So your scared security need to stand still. Last week, I couldn't say my comment online because somehow I was booted off the call. But today I'm not here to play. Cheating votes is real. Cheating votes is real. I, Melissa love never voted in November 2020, or August 2024, and I will not be silenced, and justice will be served. I will continue to fight for myself, my family, the elderly, the children and the disabled and for what's right y'all was bold enough to vote for me twice. So I will stand here continuously and be bold enough to stand here and demand our resources back, demand my name off the voter rolls, and demand my share off the pot y'all stealing for I will continue to expose this evil fall, no matter if I'm getting overlooked, slandered or injustice will be served also. Whoever coming against waterfront is planet and pay from the city of Detroit. City of Detroit. Y'all are the reason why we are suffering and why we best suffering. Y'all bold. I want all black because this situation is dead. Thank you.
Hey, y'all kills me opening up with a prayer to do the devil's work. Detroit residents, welcome to the most corrupt and unmoral City Council in all America. Detroit City Council. Thank you guys. I just can't throw allegations out there without having some claim. Mary Sheffield, every forum you went to, they gave you two minutes to to say your piece, and then 30 Seconds to rebuttal. But you give us a minute and a half, and then at times you only gave us 30 seconds water. Sheffield call me young. Y'all came to culmination. A young center to reopen. Said $11 million was in there. The the first day of operation, the signers weren't work. The showers was built in the 60s, and y'all ain't touched that. If you guys act like y'all don't understand what I'm saying. Take a city like Dearborn, majority Arabs majority uh, Arab city council or mayor. They don't give majority blacks all. They contract Livonia majority white, majority white city council majority and a white mayor, they don't say, Guess what? We're going to give all our contracts to blacks, but here you guys are the majority blacks, and y'all give our contracts out to majority non blacks, where we the majority this paper right here means money. Y'all do y'all research and see who they giving these contracts to and to see, do they kids die in the parking lot? Or, you see, do they kids commit all these crimes, killing and robbing each other? Hey, thanks for being the devils that y'all are.
Demetria.
Hey, how you doing? My name is Demetria. Nice to be here. So my name is Demetrius skins. I am a junior at the Renaissance Center. And as you guys know that we are having a problem with the the Renaissance Center going under renovations, and we'll be out of jobs for I guess it's sometime in December, because we got conversation going around that they'll be closing under renovations, and we'll be displaced and as good as a good union job, if we are here to to clean these buildings, I'm trying to make it quick so I won't run out of time clean these buildings, and we are.
Thank you, Tom,
we are going to be displaced as work as for a transparent, good union job, and janitors that who keep the buildings clean running and for the we don't. We don't want to be part of we don't want to be left behind. We want to be part of the future, and we would like to still have our jobs. That's that's about it. Okay?
Thank you so much. Miss amitra.
You Hello,
everyone. My name is Christian Gary, and I am the organizing coordinator for SEIU Local one, and I am proud to be standing alongside our union janitors. You know, in this fight these union janitors keep all these public spaces clean, safe and running, that's why we deeply are concerned about the growing uncertainty about the future of the Renaissance Center, and what closure or or redevelopment could mean for the dozens of janitors who have worked there for years to maintain this iconic space. These workers, main, many of whom have dedicated years of service to the Renaissance Center, now face the threat of being displaced, losing not only their jobs, but also their health care, retirement security and ability to provide for their families. We are calling on city leaders, building owners and developers to engage directly with those workers and their union, the people who have kept the buildings clean and running through snow, storms, holidays and even pandemics. SEIU also is negotiating their contract, their master contract, and we're fighting for the contract to guarantee fair wages, quality, health care, job security and respect. The fight includes the janitors at the Renaissance Center, but let's not, let's be clear, extends far beyond it. Over 2000 workers across the region are standing together to demand that every working person deserves
a living wage and a fair job,
right? Thank you so much. And that you got a full letter you want to leave with us as well. Do you have a full letter that you want to leave with us? Your full statement? I
don't. I'm here at this time, but we will go. Okay, appreciate
you. And to all of the men and women, the mighty men and women of the SEIU, thank you all for being here. Thank you for the work that you all do day in and day out in our amazing city, keeping our city clean and safe, and thank you for bringing to our attention what could possibly happen at the Renaissance building. And I know that I was made aware of it not too long ago, and going to do whatever I can to facilitate some conversations and to ensure that we're advocating for for you all. So thank you all for coming down and being here today. All right, we will continue with Miss Logan, followed by Richard noto, and then Charles cousin.
I'm here again, Barbara Logan, to complain about the over assessment magnified the problem continue to magnify the problem of over assessment of property taxes that went on in the past, still here in the present, and with you guys, apparently, will be here in the future. And I just want to know basically, why you're ignoring that problem. You the city. The Executive division has acknowledged that, yes, we've been over assessing property taxes for Detroiters. This legislative body has acknowledged, yes, we've been doing that, and put out resolutions. But put your money where your mouth is. You need to compensate the people who have been reassessed in some form. When I was here last Mary Sheffield said, Okay, well, I'll talk to you later. We're going to talk about this. She never invited me to her office. Neither has any of these members ever want to discuss the problem that I've been trying to magnify. Apparently, I got to make an appointment. I don't I don't know what I have to do, but she said, Well, what you want us to do you just want a free house? That's not what I want. If I wanted that, I probably could've got that, but I'm trying to make it fair for everybody in Detroit and who have moved out of Detroit due to the over assessment of property taxes. That's all I want you.
Mr. Noto,
good morning, everybody. There's been a lot of negativity going on today. I want to be positive. I think you've, guys done a great job. I
really must compliment the Uh,
excuse me, can
I start over?
We'll start your time. Hi.
I want to be here to praise the city council. I'm tired of hearing all this negativity, and I believe these people have real concerns that need to be addressed. You guys have done a great job in many things that you do. I've been helped with trying to bring back Western market. Mary Sheffield has been working hard for us, a whole staff to do it. I must praise it. Council member center, gomera helped us in terms of advertising. So there's a lot of great things you guys are doing. So I just want to say there are so many positive things also, I mean, there are things that need to be addressed. All these people have major concerns that need to be addressed. But also, I want to be positive that you guys do a great job. So thank you so much for you all your efforts.
Thank you. We appreciate that. Richard, you as well, sir,
Charles cousin,
hello. My name is Charles cousin, and I'm an advocate for poor people. I don't know if you guys know, but one in three people and Detroit is living under the poverty level. And I know it's election season, everyone's jockeying for boats and whatnot, but I haven't seen any of the candidates at a soup kitchen, and last winter, a lady's two kids were found frozen to death at a casino in Detroit. So you know, if we stay ready, we never have to get ready. So I'm just imploring you guys to come down to the soup kitchen and meet up with the people who really need it the most. I've talked to the people, and most of them said that they need jobs outside of, outside of housing. And I was just wondering if we might be able to create a program for indigenous people so that they can work the same day like, you know, crash removal or snow removal painting. Because, you know, poverty is systematic, and which means that the solutions and the decisions that impact poverty are made in this room. So that's all I have to say. Thank you,
Miss Moore, followed by Mr. Smith. Dante Smith,
hello. My name is Anita Moore, and I'm a cash community. We are having problems with toilets around the rim. You flush it, it sprays all over. We are having problems with electrical problems where they got the clothes covered or the ones that don't think a young lady's court caught on fire and messed up her phone all these things is messed up around there. They're giving the kids sugary stuff all day long. It don't make no sense for them not to have a decent breakfast. Donuts and juice and sugary cereal is not a balanced meal for a child. They gonna make them kids diabetic before they even start school, not even the ones that they're stuck gonna be starting. It don't make no sense that they're not feeding them, right? They're doing what they want. And then they tell us, we ask for handbooks. You know what? They tell us, we gotta, we gonna, I'm gonna type up one. We don't want type up. We want the book that you already got. Young one, young lady got a book last night, and she said, What about everybody else? Why you worried about everybody else? It's not fair. They not giving it to them because they don't want us to do, do our rights. They tell you, 11 o'clock, you gotta be there. You be there standing in the line at 11 o'clock. Dog one day one shipping, the guard want to argue with the clients that's right there in the door. By the time you get there, it is 11 o'clock. He went to him, Oh, it's 11 o'clock. You can't come in, but you in the line. Tell me how you gonna slip and strip and fight with these people. Then they doing what they want to do and change rules when they get ready to
thank you so much.
Dante Smith,
good morning. I did something I don't usually do today. I brought my son with me, one of them. So I just want to, I want to thank Mary Sheffield, I want to thank you your office. I was supposed to have a meeting Monday. I did not get back with you. So when I'm wrong, I'll I'll admit I'm a very, very honest person, so I appreciate the expediency of you in your office. I want to give a shout out to council members. Santiago Romero, no, usually don't look at me. I'm not enemy against you, but I thank you for your your words against the city, and know them trying to get rid of the towers of the police authorized toes. They're trying to get rid of all of the to my opinion. In my opinion, companies that are operating outside of the city owned tow trucks, the city has 17. I do want to talk about council member Benson. He probably knew I was going to come here today. I had a nice conversation with Conrad mallet last Tuesday about his response to me. So I'm a community organizer and activist. I deserve to be paid for the work that I do. 90% of the work that I've done has been volunteered and I have children. I come from a poor family, poor background, so for people to pay me to do work, to help them, and I've already volunteered to help them, is very, very acceptable. So Scott Benson is definitely a liar when he said that he was advised not to meet with us, with lawyers, because Corporation Counsel talked to me, and he said that he did not, to his knowledge he was not Scott Dennis was not advised to not meet with the Detroit Hamtramck coalition about the Cronos concrete facility. So he's hiding behind lawyers, and he is also sending his staff to businesses in District Three, around this concrete facility to undermine the work that I'm doing. So he has his pay staff doing the exact same thing.
Thank you, gigante.
Okay, we will go now to those who have joined us virtually.
Good morning, Madam President. There were 27 hands raised for public comment on Zoom, and the first caller is Mikko a Williams. I
is yes. Hi, good morning. Can you hear me? Please? Yes, yes. Hi, good morning. Damico Williams, private citizen, taxpayer, Legacy Detroiter, I know we're not supposed to make political endorsements on the table. I apologize if I'm breaking any rules or regulations, but I must say this, as a citizen, we will elect Willie Burton, the police commissioner for district five City Council, as our next representative. Willie Burton has fought for the people. Willie Burton has also championed many things against facial recognition privacy concerns and also ShotSpotter, Willie Burton has also done a tremendous job representing us for the past 12 years. Why would we vote for someone who we don't know, who's not representative of our community and is also paid by big interest? There's a lot of dark money in district five. And also, there's a sprawl of gentrifiers, outsiders and those that are legacy Detroiters being pushed out and sold out. So I don't believe that we should continue to have the same leadership. We should have new leadership. Willie Burton is good on those police contracts to stop the police contracts and identifications from happening. Willie burden is also very community, well connected. Sorry, he can't get to the gatekeepers and the banksters trying to fraud district five by putting George Adams and Renata Miller, and we have no idea who they are. So I would support Willie Burton for district five in the second guy, Michael Richard, because those who are experienced, okay,
thank you.
The next caller is William M Davis,
good morning. Can I be heard? Yes, okay, I like to start off by saying I am looking at the agenda, looking at item eight point 10.
My concern is the fact that you know
the city is going to give another partial payment to assist city Detroit retirees, which is good, but however, I think it's not good the fact that the City Church general fund retirees are going to get less than police and fire retirees. Police and Fire retirees make more money they have to, you know, they don't have to work as long. And I don't think there should be decreased, but I think the amount that's going to city Detroit retires should be increased. You know, like, say, even if you gave the the general fund retirees that this is going to 7 million instead of 5 million, it would still be a little bit less than what the police and fire did. Because, you know, general fund retired legacy pensioners, we lost all of our coal, and not just part of it. We lost 4.5% pension cut. We had a 15.5% annuity clawback, which is horrible, and the top of the annuity claw back at 6.75% interest, which is, you know, it's like illegal mob type activity at the same time, during this same period, the mayor's salary, you know, he makes over 11 times more with the ACT than with the average city Detroit retiree makes. And he and he's a millionaire, so I hope that I could do more for us. Thank you. Thank you.
Mr. Davis, the next caller is we see you.
We see you.
Good morning. We see you.
Good morning, and through the Chair, may I be heard. Yes, thank you. Yes. You've heard complaints from all kinds of angles. The presentation Miss Romero was excellent, but what it shows is that there's all kinds of racism that's going on here. We have the same issues that District Six has. And what we have achieved with putting the city and districts is district racism. The police came and told you about an ordinance, and as you have it, 24 dot 10 on your agenda today for a curfew. The city already has a curfew. The one thing I can say to the city council is that we don't need another ordinance. We need enforcement of the law. If you were listening to what the presentators were telling you, was that there are laws on the book. So Miss Romero, spend your time trying to solve the health issues in the city. We don't need another ordinance for routes. We already have an ordinance. It needs to be enforced. The gentleman who came down and said you should visit a soup kitchen was right on the money, because you are gentle fires working for a Donald Trump. That was Donald Trump before Donald Trump, we have endured Duggan or 10 years. We've had $100 million that have come to the city for lead abatement in the last 10 years. And you guys can't give me any numbers as to how many houses or how many David they've they've helped you.
The next caller is Rachel Marquez,
hello and good morning. My name is Rachel Marquez, and I'm a Southwest Detroit resident and community organizer, and I am part of the team doing the health study on the new Gordie Howe bridge, and we have seen that families who live closer to the freeways, have higher rates of asthma, blood pressure and other diseases due to breathing in all the exhaust. And I don't understand why we expand that problem even further by allowing trucks to freely pass on residential streets. But the problem doesn't stop at health issues. There's a resident that I know whose house has started to tilt over time due to trucks passing frequently, shaking the infrastructure so bad. And there have been times where I've spoken to kids about trucks, and they said that it is hard to sleep at night because of the loud noises as they pass outside of the home, and they say that the truck traffic makes them late for school, and it hurts their dog's ears and they aren't allowed to play out in their yards because of it. I asked the council not to create any more delays and to quickly implement and enforce the truck route ordinance and enforce the ordinances we already have so we can better protect our residents. Thank you.
The next caller is Charles miles,
good morning.
I'm calling in again.
I'm just wondering why we just keep getting on. You get no answer from the city council, and we get nothing from the city council to help us, and I've been coming down there for years, and no help, fake help, and but you got lawyers on deck to sue people and try to take people's properties, even when you're wrong, and you've seen the receipts and you did nothing about it, your own mistakes. You did it wasn't a mistake. It's evident that it wasn't a mistake. Anytime that you see that it's wrong, that being done, and you do nothing about it and act like it's not your job, duty to do it. Even got it on record that you said that this not your job, but you make you passing all these bills. You wasted over $30 billion and you want you got the nerve to be trying to be the mayor. You have no experience. I don't know what makes you think you qualify for it, but I'm here to tell you you should step down and get out the way, because giving all this money to Dan Gilbert and the villages and the forge and all these Different people ain't helping Detroit do nothing but go. You.
The next caller is Tahira Ahmed, morning.
Good morning.
Excuse me, Detroit has a housing crisis because of you. Mary Sheffield, you and Mike Duggan, 12 years under you and duggans leadership, homeowners have been illegally taxed 600 million to a billion dollars, and it's ongoing. 100,000 homes have been illegally foreclosed, taking Detroit from the largest black home ownership in the United States to a majority renter city the largest black generational wealth theft in the 21st Century. Under you, yet you have no plan to pay us back or give millions. And at the same time, you give millions of dollars, taxpayer dollars, ARPA money, to billionaires like Gilbert, the Fords, the villages, and they're paying for your mayoral campaign. The illegal property tax foreclosure crisis is directly responsible for the homeless explosion and crisis. You chair the Detroit affordable housing and tax and homeless Task Force, but have attended less than three meetings for over three years. If you had a more active role in your own task force, you could have prevented the deaths of two year old Miller and nine year old arnelle curry, Jr, living in living homeless, and with three generations of his family, of their families in in a van because they're Homeless. You knew about this, the city knew about it, since
what I won't allow you to do is politicize that tragedy in any way indicate that that was my responsibility. I think it was a tragedy that we as a city have tried to respond to address and will continue to work on the issue of homelessness and housing in Detroit. And the last time I saw you, it was a completely different conversation. You were smiling and wanted to talk to me, and so I hope that we can continue to work on our relationship and address the issues that are at hand. So thank you so much for calling in, Miss Ahmad, and we'll continue to work with you, ma'am, our next caller, please.
The next caller is not that Karen,
not that Karen. Good morning. Hello.
Yes, good morning. Yeah. You know, as civil servants, we need a little thicker skin, because when residents call, they're not attacking you personally. They're attacking lack of service, lack of good service that they receive. So I don't think it's personal, and I don't think it should be taken personal, but rather, it should be taken to try to further good service to the residents, tax paying citizens. You know, we pay all these taxes, we pay all these bills. We pay for abatements for billionaires, and yet we suffer. I just pay the light bill almost $200 for one month. Yet the city retirees, we haven't we've only gotten $460 back towards our cuts. You know, 13 years ago. So I think more needs to be done to help to restore the legacy pensioners. I know you got this big pension payment coming up, but you've known that. You've known it's been coming for, you know, X amount of years. So it's not a surprise. And like, once again, nobody's attacking you personally, rather attacking the service that you deliver for the tax dollar, our property taxes, we got some $260 charge. It doesn't explain. We don't have any way to find out what that charge is for, and services have gotten no better. Keep your chin up. Keep your spirits up, and just know it's not against you personally. It's against service that we receive or lack of Thank you. Thank you.
The next caller is Deb. SW,
all right, good morning.
Good morning Council.
Deb Sumner, here from Southwest Detroit, Hubbard farms, historic district. I'm 69 now, and been living in our community for most of my life. And yep, I'm about under 500 feet from the freeway of i 75 right where the trucks get off to get onto the Ambassador Bridge. And you bet I have chronic lymphocytic leukemia. And, you know, have deal with my health issues, and here I am today, still advocating so like over 40 years of advocating work for our community, for better quality of life, and the entire the entire city of Detroit when it comes to this truck route ordinance that I've been working on even with the former city council member of d6 and here we are. We are hoping to get this done finally and and we must, and let's get it done as soon as you guys get back. And I know that there's got to be the majority of you supporting this, because you are now more and more educated about the conditions of our air quality. And it is shocking, actually, and we need to hear
Thank you. Next caller.
Next caller is iPhone.
IPhone. You have a minute and 30 seconds.
Good morning to all within the sound of my voice. This is Betty a Varner, president of DeSoto Ellsworth black Association. I'm here today. I'm going to start off. I want to be positive. I try to be positive every day, but I want to say thank you to the Council for the work you do. I want to say a special thank you. Thank you to honorable council member waters for her continuous support to DeSoto Ellsworth black association for our mission to get the landscaping boulders for our park that where our fence was stolen. We are a small group working to improve our community. We were blessed to get a grant. We have purchased land. From the land bank vacant lots, and we've done something positive, and we purchased that land with our own money, and then we was blessed to get a grant to get a fence. So thank you, Council Member waters, we appreciate the donation that you just made to us in regards to our mission to get those landscaping voters. Thank you for your staff, your team, especially Mr. Jason Glover, he dropped off the check yesterday. I really do appreciate it. My members appreciate God bless you all and have a great day.
Thank you, Miss Miss Varner, next caller.
The next caller is Mister rue.
Mister rue. You have a minute 30 seconds.
Well, that's more than enough time to say this city of Detroit is corrupt. Now we heard Melissa love. Can you hear me? And I want everybody to hear me clearly. You heard Melissa love say she was cheating on in elections, absentee ballot fraud. Yeah, it's true. Stumbled across it doing the investigation in the cover up of the cover up that was before the cover up or the cover up. Uh, Kenisha Coleman, murder, that's DPB case. Two, zero, dash, 11112,
now, James Tate, if you bear
Mimi, want what she want. Now, I took extra, extra extraordinary measures to clearly demonstrate and articulate what occurred that tragic day, July 16, 2020, when commission was shot. Now the homicide unit, commanded by Rebecca McKay. Don't want to listen to it. The board of police commissioners don't want to face the facts. Dante Goss is gone out the way. Now. They didn't put Conrad mallet in there. Well, I missed the route. That's what Nene named me. She said she wanted y'all to stop saying her mama killed herself. Y'all don't want to do it. Didn't want to do it. So now I'm going to take it and I'm shove it all down your throats and right in your
effing faces. Next
Next Caller, please.
Next caller is Renee Wagman,
good morning Council members. My name is Roni Wagman, and I'm here to urge you to take meaningful action in response to the recent study conducted by the International Association of assessing officers as a community organizer who has worked to connect Detroiters with the resources they need to stay in their homes, I've seen firsthand the stress and devastation caused by inflated property tax bills. The study offers both good news and bad news. The good news is that, on average, Detroit assessments are close to the 50% of market value required by the Michigan Constitution. But averages can be misleading. Imagine three homes, one assessed at 10% another at 80% and a third at 60% of market value. The average may appear compliant at 50% but two of the three are being taxed unfairly and unconstitutionally. That's what's happening across Detroit. The city is over taxing its lowest valued homes, often those of working class families, seniors and black homeowners, and under taxing its most expensive properties. This isn't just a math problem, it's a matter of racial and economic justice. I urge this council to acknowledge and address this injustice publicly and transparently, and I call on you to pressure treasurer Sabri to immediately halt the 834 pending foreclosures before these homes are auctioned this fall. Moving forward with those, those foreclosures, knowing the assessments behind them are flawed, would only deepen the harm already done. Thank you.
Thank you.
The next caller is Darren McCluskey
Council, it's me again.
Hear me. Yes, we can
Okay. Your focus should be on strong and swift action to improve the life of your citizens. Make the place people want to live in be a place to receive climate change refugees destroy house neighborhoods with slush fund money when Michigan is resilient already. Let's recap the solar project. We use $12 million in excess. Mr. Ski funds, the power plants still there. Duggan stated the project would cost 5 million Benson went on record and social media bragging that it's $100 million coming into the neighborhood. There were so many other alternatives, suburban solar fields, rooftop solar, solar city on land would have needed to be contacted, displaced, rolled over or desperately affected for a small fraction of the cost, check for a small fraction of the legal fees alone, your goal could have been accomplished. Instead, you drew lines. You did exactly what your predecessors did, which gives a society so incredibly regret. In some neighborhoods, you chose the have nots. Remember the people who bragged that they wanted to marry their house. Then you have people like Danielle who lost her house due to the impacts of the products here, the Ortiz family, a brother living hotel, Kenny McGee, black former Detroiters robbed by the city without a gun found. Who lives in the neighborhood is getting his lot stolen. So this doesn't get pissed. I'll give you something that should get picked. Kelly is going to profit like crazy. I profited like crazy. And guess what I did? I bought a cyber truck with the money I invested. I tried, I I benefited Detroiters lost due to this project.
Thank you.
The next caller is phone number ending in 169
Hello. Can you guys hear me?
Yes, we can.
Great, great. I just want to say, I appreciate you all. I appreciate you all. Um, thank you for praying for brother Cunningham. P R, A, y, not P R, E, y. I check out all the videos and the pictures on brother Cunningham's Facebook page. He is still giving out bus tickets and ice cold water at bus stops. Um, bus fare, if you didn't know, is $2 for four hours. Yes, bus fare is $2 for four hours, and Cunningham gives out three bus tickets at a time for you up in the NCD, people who always had money and don't understand how $6 can actually see the person. Um, the bus tickets are a blessing. Some of the people that get the bus tickets, income is only $700 How could anyone survive off that you up any people need to contribute something to the cause? Thank you for my time.
Thank you
apologies I was muted. The next caller is phone number ending in 989, I
color,
989,
yes, hello. May I be heard?
Yes, we can hear you.
Okay, great. Well, it's nice to hear you're doing lots of studies for the truck traffic ordinance, but where were all the studies for the solar takings? So everyone beware, don't just because there may be a few or this administration is administration is pushing the narrative that everybody's okay with it. Well, first of all, that's not true. Some people are feeling bullied to sell their property, but the state law, which needs to be challenged and will be challenged, states that if your property was ever tax reverted or owned by the land bank, a subsequent sale does not take it out of blighted status. So in other words, you could have got a something from the tax auction or the land bank, and it looks like the Taj Mahal right now, all your taxes are paid, but because of that unconstitutional law, it's blighted, per se, and they can take it. And that's what every council member, except for member Callaway and Santiago Romero, voted for. They're literally taking people's property simply because it was tax reverted in the past, not even while that person owned it, when this city was unwilling to do a study to put solar on their own rooms, or do a solar parking lot to direct centers or stuff like that. So you failed in your due diligence on that you should vote accordingly. Don't vote for Mary Sheffield for mayor. She's not good under constituent services. And you know, it's retaliation. So also member Sheffield, what did I lie about? Don't, don't say this.
Alright. Thank you, Miss Warrick.
The next caller is Pastor Casillas, or Casillas?
Good morning. Can you hear me? Yes, we can.
My name is Kevin Casillas, Pastor the first Latin American Baptist Church and president of the board of the Southwest Detroit community benefits coalition. I live on Scott Street in southwest Detroit. I'm a part of the North Toledo block club first. Thank you to the council members and mayoral candidates who attended the recent forum at the Hdc, Madam President, you referenced on Saturday our resilience and activism as a Southwest Detroit community. In that spirit, I urge you and your colleagues to act today on the serious, life threatening issue of truck traffic on Detroit's residential streets, and the impact of the trucks on the freeways on Scott and my security camera regularly captures large trucks speeding past our home, our church and our community gym, where children play just today, two trucks pass in a two hour span, and one regularly barrels through between two and 5am a nearby a nearby logistics company worsens the issue At times, clogging traffic on Scott near Michigan Avenue as trucks move between lots, children are suffering asthma, skin issues and even cancer. Today, accidents are frequent now, we respectfully urge swift and consistent enforcement and the expedited adoption of the proposed truck ordinance. Please don't delay on this matter, our kids and seniors are especially paying the price. As you know, you answer to us, voters and residents you serve, not to potential donors in the trucking and logistics industry. Please do not delay. Thank you for your dedication on this issue, and may God bless you all
great you as well. Thank you.
The next caller is Frank Hammer.
Greetings to you, President Sheffield, to my council member, Angela Callaway and city council. Thank you, Council Member Gabriella Santiago Romero for your initiative regarding the crisis conditions with the truck traffic through our beloved Detroit, especially the focus on the toxic air quality we're subjected to. My association, Green Acres, Woodward Civic Association should be offered your presentation. We've begun to discuss another source of air pollution, wildfires in the Canadian forests, resulting in smoke and particulate matter pollution were all breathing on June 6, Detroit registered the worst air quality in the entire world. It wasn't all due to trucks. It's the worsening climate crisis caused by the warming of the planet, causing severe droughts, which are growing going to grow, the fires year after year. Truck emissions are a major source of the greenhouse gasses behind the heating of the planet, which is also, by the way, behind the 10 year flash floods in Texas that we witnessed recently regulating truck routes is an interim solution. We need to shut down diesel powered trucks and replace them with electric that way we can help save the begin to heal the planet and save our city in the process. Thank you. Thank you.
The next caller
is mea or Mia. Hello.
Yes, I'm calling because I'm in gridsdale Farms neighborhood. We're currently District Two, but we're about to be district three. There's a lot of things that are being approved by our district manager and our council person that they won't have to deal with in a couple of months, they won't be over our area, and I've have great concern, because I've received the neighborhood beautification grant, which I think President Mary Sheffield had a lot to do with and we're cleaning out the alleys in two weeks. We believe that we can have housing. That's why the majority of the people voted against the solar but they're just approving any and every project. Doesn't matter if it breaks up or steam continuous parts just because they're not going to have to deal with it. I would like for the at large members and the council president to ask them to pause any more approvals. I would like a soft transfer between district two and district three, and I would like the district three persons who will be over our area to be able to review what's going to happen here. I would like HRD to be brought to the table, because they're being quoted as the ones who are saying that we will not have any development for 15 years. We're right off Woodward. That's kind of hard to believe. We're across from Parma Woods apartment Park. How are we 15 years out from development in field development? So I'm just asking you to at least ask them to pause the applications, at least until you come back into the recess and you can
Okay. All right, thank you.
The next caller is Teresa Landrum.
All right. Good morning. Good morning. Afternoon. Council. May I be heard? Yes, yes. Theresa Landrum District Six, Southwest Detroit, 40 217, specific, I am here to support a city wide truck ordinance, and would hope that, after all the great presentations and expert information given, it would be really a the most important thing that would be on the agenda after the break. I live in a community that has been mapped by the University of Michigan as the center of i 75 Excuse me. Let me back up. My community had mapped. Been mapped by the University of Michigan. We were trying to locate the center of 40 217 after the students did the mapping, it was determined that the center of 40 217 was I 75 that meanders through our community, past our only Recreation Center and only public school that we have at our school, The Mark Twain school for scholars, over 50% of the children have asthma. In fact, we lost one of our young residents, Darnell Patton, a year and a half ago, due to a serious asthma attack after we had experienced over 31 days of poor air quality alerts. So the importance of a truck ordinance is vital to the survival of a community. Right now we're experiencing huge truck traffic because they're shutting down part of I 75 at Southfield in Lincoln Park, and it's coming through our community. Okay? Thank you.
The next caller is Mr. Ronald foster
Oh, Mr. Foster is here in person.
Apologies,
Mr. Foster switched. He's he's now here in person. So give us a second. Ari, we're gonna allow Mr. Foster speak here in person.
Right ahead, Mr. Foster,
through the president.
Appreciate you allowing me to speak generally, always here in person, word in French, but I just want to use this time to speak about changing culture. Guys have maybe a week left or so before you go on recess, what's displayed throughout the community, whether it's people shooting at government buildings, whether it's people coming to hear outrage, whether it's people to have grievances and frustrations, it's the lack of the ability of people to address those issues or redress those grievances, we have to do better and create an environment for people to handle their issues in a democratic manner. And if you guys don't have the authority to resolve issues, then you do have the authority to change the rules and the laws and ordinances here to make accommodations for this community tomorrow, July 23 marks the silver disorder here in 1967 it lasted for five days. I think it would be a good idea to set a reminder for each one of those days, the conditions that need to be redressed here, and bring awareness to not just our community, but maybe to the whole state in the dire need of relief in this community here and then, and then the fact that those conditions have not been redressed in the last 60 something years. But I appreciate you guys listening and thank
you. Thank you.
Okay, all right, we can go back now to virtual calls.
Okay, the last caller who had raised their hand before public comment had been cut off is Marguerite Scarlet Maddox,
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Madam President, yes, that was the last caller who had raised their hand before you had cut off public comment. Okay,
all right, that would conclude all of our public comment for this morning, and we will now proceed to our agenda. Excuse me.
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madam president, yes, who translates in the system, not city council. So we get blamed for everything City Council does. Individual here who's doing sign, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to the I'm talking to the public. So I'm not talking to an individual. Zoom translates. We do not. We have to look at zoom to identify how it's doing this translation. We will do that. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. But City Council does not translate zoom. Thank you.
Member Johnson, were you right?
Understand standing committee reports for the budget, Finance and Audit, standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Council member der Hall a resolution, line item 17.1,
contract number 6006296,
dash, a, two, 100%
CDBG, dr, funding. Amendment two, to provide an extension of time and an increase of bonds for internal auditing services of CDBG funds, contractor, title basin, government consulting, LLC, total contract amount, 149,700 that's for the ocfoal office. Council Member durhall, a resolution.
Member durha, thank you. Move
for approval for line item 17.1
any discussion,
any objections on 17.1
hearing, none the one resolution will be approved
from the building safety engineering and environmental department.
Council member Durham Hall, a resolution line item 17.2
council member Durham, thank you, Madam
President. Line item 17.2 is a resolution of authorization for Proposed resolution to update and amend the current third party Rental Report processing fee and third party vendor to family unit inspection fee for building safety engineering environmental department Move for approval for line item 17.2, discussion, all
right. Discussion, discussion. Council Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. To the administration. Just briefly. Excuse me, there's a referral on our agenda today for next week. Just want to make sure that it's these two contracts that look identical. Oh, wait, excuse me, the one coming to us. No, they do look identical. I guess. Can you explain to us the two contracts we have this one, 17.2 in front of us, and we have another one being referred to BFA that reads similarly. Just want to understand the differences before we move this one out today. Okay, Mr. Washington,
good morning. Madam Chair and council, we do have Arthur Russian online.
Okay, we will promote Mr. Russian. I
here. Suzanne, okay, all
right, good afternoon. Mr. Russian.
Good afternoon.
Council member, Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. Good afternoon. Mr. Russian, just wanted to get some clarity we are voting on Item point two, 17.2
regarding a third party rental.
Third Party Rentals, there's also a referral 23.1,
that reads similarly at face value. I'm assuming they're different, but if you wouldn't mind explaining what the difference are between this one and what we're going to vote out today,
I would have to take a look at that if you can explain what the other
Sure, the 23.1 referral is to update and amend the current third party Rental Report processing fee And third party vendor to family unit inspection fee for VC.
And then 17.2
and again, this is just me, me reading quickly. Just wanted to get a touch base before we move this out. 17.2 is a proposed resolution to update and amend the current third party rental so are we? Are we going to amend what we vote out today?
Yes, I believe that those are one in the same. I think it was just a an amended version that was requested by LPD.
Oh, okay, I think I do remember this conversation. Okay, understood. Well, then that was my only question. Thank you, Madam President, okay. All right, any additional questions?
Are there any objections?
Hearing, none. The one resolution will be approved.
Request a waiver for line items, 17.1 and 17.2
all right, Hearing no objections. A waiver will be attached to both from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget.
Council member der Hall, two resolutions, line items 17.3 and 17.4
All right. Council member,
Durrell, thank you. Line item 17.3 is a resolution of authorization for Detroit Detention Center letter and resolution motion to briefly discuss line item 17.3 All right, discussion. Thank you, Madam President. To the ocfo, and I don't know if we have director Star Online and committee, I had a couple questions just relative to the food service contract for this particular item.
Through the Chair. We have Deputy Chief Mark bliss online, all
right, We will promote all
okay, we promote it.
Good afternoon, Madam President, good afternoon
Through you, madam president, and good afternoon.
Deputy Chief bliss, we just had a couple of questions relative to the food contract for this detention center. I know we just had some discussions about how transition will be going over to at least for a year, maintaining some of the same contracts that exist. My question was, relative to this specific issue, is there a plan to bring food service in house for sworn or non sworn officers after that contract expires, because, from my understanding right now, it will all be provided by the third party.
The answer is, No, we will. We will continue to look for a third party to provide our our food service.
Okay? And through you, Madam President, will any officers in any way be involved in assisting that?
And the third party,
through the chair officers will not be we have detention facility officers, which will be handing out the food. So they will be making like, bringing it in and handing it out and recording if a detainee will have food or not.
Okay, thank you. And now that was actually my specific, my specific question, so you kind of answered it, so we will have detention officers doing it. It will not be the third party doing it. Correct? Yes. Okay, thank you. Thank you. My questions, Madam President, thank you, Deputy Chief and so move for approval for line item 17.3
All right. Is there any objections?
Hearing, none. The one resolution will be approved
request a waiver for line item 17.3
hearing, no objections. Excuse me, that action will be taken.
Member der Hall, thank you. Line item 17.4 is a resolution of authorization, for approval and authorization of a formal rate structure for the use of city owned DC fast charging vehicles move for approval for line item 17.4 or electric vehicle charges. I'm sorry, 17.4
Okay, any objections,
Hearing no objections, the resolution will be
approved request a waiver for line item, 17.4
I'm Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to 17.4
from the municipal parking department.
Council Member durha, a resolution line item 17.5
member durho, thank you, Madam President. Line item 17.5 is a resolution of authorization, establishing a fee schedule for municipal parking department. Move for a very brief discussion. Okay? Discussion, thank you, Madam President. To municipal parking, Mr. Washington, we have someone on. I just want to make sure we have the actually, the actual amended version that includes the $225
inspection fee to be part of the new fee schedule
through the chair. We do have Director Keith Hutchings online.
Okay, we will promote director hudgy. You
Good afternoon. Director Hutchins, good afternoon.
So just very quickly, I want to make sure that this resolution has the amended version that includes the $225
inspection fee that's part of the new fee schedule
through the chair. Municipal parking does not have a $225 inspection fee for scofflaw toes. I'm not aware of any inspection fee
from our team, from the from our understanding in this resolution, it was going to be amended that there was going to be a fee.
An additional fee I am through the Chair. I'm unaware of that is that a requirement that you the the body would like for us to amend.
We will double check, I will double check with our team. But from our understanding, this was a part of that.
But if we
can, Madam President, we can bring this back to the end of our agenda. Okay,
all right, college, double check, okay. If there are no objections, we would just move this item 17.5 to the end of our agenda. And if there are no objections, then that action will be taken. Thank you,
Madam President, alright. Thank you Frank.
Thank you, Director for the internal operations. Standing Committee from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Council member Johnson, a resolution. Line item 18.1,
contract number 6007142,
100% city, funding to provide workness compensation and no fault services for employees. Contractor comp one administrators incorporated total contract amount, $4,733,874.08 that's for law, Council Member Johnson, a resolution.
Council member Johnson, thank
you, Madam President, Move for approval.
Okay. Are there any objections
hearing none. The one resolution will be approved from the law department.
Council member Johnson, 20 resolutions. Line items, 18.2 through 18 point 21
member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. Online items, 18.2 through 18 point 21 these are various lawsuits, settlement requests and requests for legal representation and indemnification.
All right. Are there any objections?
Hearing no objections. The 20 resolutions
will be approved
under resolutions I
council member Johnson, on behalf of Council President Mary Sheffield, a resolution, line item 18 point 23 I'm sorry, madam president, we're on line item 18 point 22 council member Johnson, or resolution.
All right. Council member
Johnson, thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. Line item 18, point 22 is a request to accept and appropriate the fiscal year 2026 Michigan Indigent Defense Commission grant
any objections, hearing none the one resolution will be approved,
Madam President, I'd like to request a waiver for line item 18 point 22
okay, Hearing no objections that action will be taken
under resolutions.
Council member Johnson, on behalf of Council President Mary Sheffield, a resolution. Line item 18, point 23
council member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. All right, this is the resolution calling for the creation of the retiree Fast Track program. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved.
Request a waiver on this item. Please.
Request a waiver for line item. 18 point 23 okay. Thank
you. And Hearing no objections that action will be taken for the Planning and Economic Development Committee from the Office of contracting and procurement council
president pro tem James Tate, two resolutions, noting that nine, item 19.1, was postponed from last week formal session. Contract number 6007185, 100% city funding to provide after hours and weekend outreach. Contractor, Motor City Mission total. Contract amount, 767,000
housing and revitalization contract number 6005783,
dash, a, two, 100% opera funding amendment two, to provide an increase of funds only for renew Detroit home repair program, contractor LGC global Incorporated. Total contract amount, $3,196,515.11 cent. That's for housing and revitalization. Council President, pro tem James Tate, two resolutions.
Pro Tem Tate. President,
excuse me, move approval of line items, 19.1 and 19.2 with discussion, please. Okay, for discussion. I know that we brought back line number 19.1, and just wanted to open up if there's any questions colleagues wanted to pose.
Okay, all right, we can have Mr. Washington, whoever can speak to this contract. Come back on. I know there's been a lot of communication. Oh, they're here in person. Okay, never mind. We have them here. Thank you.
All right. Director Good
afternoon, Julie Schneider, director of the housing and revitalization today, before you were asking for approval of a contract for with Motor City mission to provide outreach services after hours to people who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness. So this organization has been providing these services since the tragedy where two children passed away after saying spending several nights in a in a car, in a parking garage. This was in response to make sure that that while we had the drop in center services available, we wanted to make sure that people were able to get them, that they could call someone after hours, who could answer a phone and be able to get them to those services when they were in an emergency. We put out a request for proposal after the budget was appropriated, this this past year in April, or this current year, in April, we had five respondents. Three of the respondents proposed only doing outreach, only services. They were actually call centers, rather than kind of homelessness outreach services. One additional organization responded that was proposing to provide call center and outreach services, but they they really focused on the call center aspect of the proposal, rather than the combined call intake in an in person outreach services. These services are provided between 6pm and 8am each weekday, as well as 24 hours on weekends and all, all holidays, all federal, all federal and local holidays, when, when others, when others aren't working. Um, the cost of the contract that's before you is $767,000
that is at an hourly rate of $125
per hour combined. That is weekly. That is 17,750 monthly. That is 64,000, we estimate right now that they will, based on the current need and workflow, they'll provide 511 hour hours per week. Just to put some perspective on the volume of calls that they're receiving between February 28 and and June 30, which is they had a contract for $250,000 during that time, they provided direct services to 708 out 708 households, that is seven that is $428 per household that they serve, that they help to get into stable housing for the night. So you might look at the 767,000 ask Is that, is that the right amount? And I would, I would ask you to look at the how much, how many people they're serving, the cost of those that work for those households that they're serving and getting into
safer circumstances.
We also note that we've had some increases in the rate that people are utilizing that this service, but other homelessness services as well. We are seeing the the drop in centers. We are seeing since, since June, an increase in usage there, also seeing a slight uptake in the call center that's open from 8am to 6pm which this service is supplementing. So I'll pause there
and take any additional questions.
Okay, we will open it up for questions before we do. So I just want to get clarity. I know we spoke about it being a one year, technically, not really a two year contract, but one year, if you could just clarify where we are with that. So
to the chair. So the counts. The contract allows us to go for two years or up to $767,000 as OCP and and Sandra, you saw points out to me, there's three key points of the contract, there's the there's the budget, there's the scope, and there's the duration, right? And so all three of those have to work together. Why I bring that up is because we expect, with the volume that we're seeing that that $767,000 will get expended closer to one year, much closer to one year than two years. So if we don't expend those dollars, they'll go into slightly into next year. But the actual service, I'm sorry. Okay,
I can hear myself, but sorry.
So the contract, there's kind of three key points to the contract, the amount of money, right, the scope, as well as the the term. And all three have to be be in alignment. So at the current usage rate of about 511 hours per week, which we will we will adjust based on the need that we're seeing and the volume that we're seeing. That 767,000 is closer to one year than it is than it is to so once we are out of money, we are out of money, even if the contract goes for for additional length. So if so, we likely will not be, we will very unlikely be able to go past a year, or much past one year, anyway, with the current structure and current need that we're seeing as well.
Okay, all right, I see several colleagues who have questions. I'll start with you. Member waters,
thank you so good afternoon. Good afternoon.
You mentioned the two children,
which Call Center took those calls regarding the two children, I've never known that you know
through the chair to to council member water. So what I was referring to, and I probably didn't speak up well enough, is that this was this service was established after, after that happened. Is what we had learned from that experience, is that the family had called the the normal cam line. They hadn't called. I think that incident happened on February 14, I believe, and they had, the last time we had made contact with them, was in or had contact them, with them, was the previous November. The concern was that there, there are families. There are people that are out on the streets in the winter, and if they can't reach the service at night, when temperatures start to drop and things get extremely critical for families, then having all of the beds and drop in centers was only going to be so effective as people could, being able to get them so this, this call service and outreach team and transport, because they do transport as well, was established so that people who find themselves after hours in a in a critical situation could get to those services.
Now, you know, I'm in favor of the One Stop Shop, the dedicated call center that we establish, that I push for very, very hard I'm trying to understand, because sometimes we get calls in the evening, even even my office, and we have to have a number that we can We can call ourselves to try to get people placed. And sometimes we're successful and sometimes we're not. I wonder how effective this particular fall center is in you know, after hours, if there's somebody who's experienced answering the phone and who knows what to do, or do they just take a message and then people turn around and call back the next day? How many people have they helped in the evening, during after hours? I want to know that, because that is not clear to me, and if so, what kind of help. Did they get the place that night, or did they give them a number to call back the next day? What happened
through the chair to council member water? So just want to make sure to first clearly communicate with how it's working with the 866-313-2520, or the Detroit helpline number that was established. So when, when we established this, we were we're doing so in the depths of one or needing to get this moving. So what we did at that time was, if you call the 866, number, which is or the cam, which is the numbers that we publicize, right, you'll get another number that says, if you're in a housing crisis tonight, if you need immediate placement, call this, call this number. That number that's given out as a cell phone number that the Outreach team has the teams that are driving around in the vans to to interact with people, to respond to their housing needs. That's That's their that's their number. So in memo that we submitted in response to council member calloways questions. The question was about regarding who they're serving and how they're serving. So we broke it down with between 228 between February 28 2025 and June 30 of 2025 they took 904 calls from 5050, 584 unique individuals and families. So that those calls occurred throughout their their hours of operations on nights and weekday nights and weekends. So you might ask, Well, what, what happened to those, those households?
Yeah, I like to know the resolution is directed. I mean, you know, like, who, who did they help? How many people they literally? I mean, it's one thing called to come in was another, if you were able to resolve it, where they placed somewhere, an example, where they were placed, and so forth, you know? Yeah, I'm trying to understand, because I don't know. Maybe everything should be going back to the dedicated call center, and we pay people overtime to do that, or we hire a new group of people, trained people, people who know what they're doing,
yeah. So through the chair to council member water. So 18% of the people that that called were provided transportation to shelter. 45% of the people that called didn't, didn't actually need emergency services that evening. People call call centers for a number, number of reasons, and so when when asked, and Turner can tell you more about the details, 45% of the people said they didn't need emergency services. 3% of the people engaged with the street outreach. 41% of them were referred to the drop in shelter or drop in center, and we see the increases in our drop in shelter services happening at about the same time that we're also seeing increases in the contacts with with this service. 4% were diverted to temporary housing, and 7% received a non Detroit resource referral. You might ask why they received a non Detroit resource referral? We are, there's, there's not similar types of services in other place, in other places. So so people, when they're experiencing housing emergencies, they call the resources that are available to them. If they call and are not in Detroit. They're given a non, non Detroit referral. So that was 7% of the calls. So you also asked about,
were they? Were these calls answered?
Were they
sorry? A lot of notes.
So this is a
for the period of July one to
July 8.
There were 234
235 calls received. 124 unique callers. There were 35 calls returned. The other calls were received live. So about 200 calls were answered live. And a lot of people communicate via text messages that, as we, we all know that is a main way of communication, and they engaged in 16 151 text messages during that that period of time. If you're looking at those numbers and thinking they're, they're high compared to that months long period. It's, it's not uncommon. In fact, it's pretty common that around major holidays, especially long weekends in the summer, we see, we see increases in in numbers. That happens for a couple of reasons. I'm not in social scientists, but one of the reasons is people are concerned that the services are going to be closed over that long weekend, and so they'll call in advance, and then, and then, you know, there are things that happen during those weekends where, where the the user ship is, is quite higher. And we saw that on Memorial Day reflected as well as Fourth of July as well. All right?
So 45% of people did not receive any service. I have, right? But I'm sorry, two specific questions. One, I want to know about the employees and the type of experience that they have.
Then. Two, I want to know if you paid them livable wages, and i Good afternoon.
Tara lynsner, housing stability and innovations director and the housing revitalization department through the chair. So under this contract, they will have 12 employees on average of two to four staff per shift in the afternoon hours. They'll have the most they'll have the most staff, because in the evening, between 6pm and really one to 2am is when they get the most calls. The contract, they stated that the wage will be between $15 and $17 an hour for employees based off of skills and experience. So is. So that is the that's a staff composition.
So you said they will have, what did they have in the past?
So they're going to, they need to hire four additional staff under this contract. Is what they do.
Have you looked at their credentials? Do you Do you know, I mean, who are they, and have they received the necessary training
so part through the chair, so hiring will require training, especially safety training, for doing in person, outreach services, as well as having a trauma formed approach that you can handle folks who are in crisis in a compassionate and understanding manner. The goal of every call is to resolve their immediate crisis that they have going on. They can't solve their ongoing housing crisis, but the goal is to make sure that they have someplace safe that night, and so that training will be encompass that.
My question still is an answer. What I'm asking is that there were some people work. I mean, that's what you're saying that you want to do with this contract. But what was done previously? Who was hired? Who were they and what was their background? Because it these are kind of two different things at this point. You know, who did they hire in the past, and what was their their experience, and what type of pay did they receive? Because I think that you're now moving on to something different, trying to make sure that people are getting trained this go around. I'm not sure if they were previously.
Am I making sense
through the Chair? Yes, I apologize for not understanding. So in the previous contract that we had for the services operated from February until the end of June, the staff that they employed the agency places a high emphasis on hiring staff who have lived experience of homelessness, so that they can have understanding empathy. It is a part of a best practice and making sure that you're hiring people who have gone through similar situations. So I do know that they in submitting their org chart to us. We do know that they identify people who had lived experience of homelessness. I do not have the the resumes of the staff that they currently hired under that contract, but that is something that I can absolutely obtain, as well as their training curriculum for those staff.
Alright? So I'm just going to ask one final question. So they did hire the homeless, is what you're saying, some of them were homeless, and did they pay them livable wages at that time?
To my knowledge, the people that they paid through the chair, the people that they paid that were on payroll, were paid 15 to $17 an hour per the agency's report. To us now, everybody that they do have a wide range of volunteers at that organization, so I don't know if those volunteers also served under help provide those services as well. So I can get more details about the exact staffing and which staff volunteered as well. I
said it was the final question, but this one is sorry. The Is this a family business
through the chair to council member water. So this organization started as an organization who felt a calling to serve unsheltered people within the metro Detroit area, and so they were on their own accord, fundraising, getting donations from their local community to go out and give clothing donations to to people throughout the metro area who were who are unsheltered. They, they they grew up as an organization. They established themselves as a as a nonprofit. The board is comprised of 10 people. Currently there is the Executive Director's mother is is one of the nine people on the board. The executive director's mother also volunteers at the second hand boutique that they use to to generate funding so that they can provide additional services and and resources to people such as food, gloves, socks, hygiene kits and so it it is, it is not a family business. It is a, is a is a nonprofit that has a familial connection with one out of 10 members on a board.
All right, so director Snyder, let me just say this. I i I am very, very skeptical about about this. You know, in terms of experiences and people who actually are sensitive to what's happening here in the city, our homeless population is certainly growing a great deal. And we need experienced people. Need people that that understand who cares, basically, you know, I mean people who live here.
I don't see that happening
with this. And besides, I always thought about lotus and min being, you know, Min company, you know, he gave out mittens, people who were cold and so forth. And now that they've transitioned into a call center, and
I want to be able to keep people
calling just 111, number and and people in a call center that that understand what they're going through, who's who's had the necessary sensitivity training and so forth. I don't see that here. This is a lot of money. I wish we put this money back into the call center and just hire additional people to work overtime to take care of this, because they've all already had the training so, but that that's that is, that's my statement. Thank you, Madam President,
kind of one second director, yeah,
through the Chair. Thank you. Thank you, council president. So we this organization hires does place a priority on hiring people with lived experience, and they do that just for those reasons, to make sure that they have people who understand exactly what the people that that are out on the unsheltered environments who may not want to be comfortable talking to anyone that comes up to them, we did provide information on how many of their staff members do live in, do live in, in Detroit. But just, I just want to re emphasize that in this contract, what will, what we've what we've had to do because of just our needing to respond to an emergency, was have this system where people call into the call center and they receive this the cell phone number, which goes directly to the team. We've had to do that because it was just how we had to respond to get the it was the quickest and most efficient way for us to make sure that people were getting the services that after hours that they expected. Under this this contract, we would make a change to the call center so that it actually gets directly routed to the to the cell phone that the team is using, I think characterizing this contract is a is a call center, is that is is not completely representative of what they're doing. They are out in the field. On weeknights, there's two teams out in the field responding to emergencies that people are calling in, where the call is going directly to the person in the field. And so if we were to expand the call center, we would still need a physical team out in the field, because that is what people are needing often in emergency
situations. Thank you. Thank you. Member water, so just to that point, and I'll come to you next member, Callaway, you said 3% I think in your first report out, you said 3% was street outreach. Is that what I heard? I just want to make sure. Can you go over the numbers from the beginning, you said 45 or calls that did not receive help. And then you said something about street outreach. What was the percentage?
I to the chair, I want to clarify. Said it's, it's not that 45 called and 45% were called and they just didn't get any help. People sometimes call call services and housing services prior to like, the actual like, Emergency, emergency, moment, right? So, and this particular service is a emergency response service. So what I, what I said, and I will go back to my numbers, which is on a different piece of paper. So, can you Tara, can you explain so they're they're engaging with people, but this, they're engaging with more. Can you explain these numbers
to the chair? So of the folks that called between February 28, and June 30, 41% were referred to a drop in center or shelter. 4% were diverted to friends or family. 7% received a non Detroit resource referral. So they were calling from outside of the city of Detroit, such as Oakland County. 3% they were already engaged with street outreach. They didn't want to come inside. They went out to visit them, talk to them. We do have that situation where that happens. 45% did not actually need, did not actually need any immediate services. And of those that were, I'm sorry, go ahead finish that. Of those referred to a drop in, 18% had transportation provided to the drop inside.
So bulk of what you just indicated is referrals. I mean, you said 45% that right. You're referring. 41% called in. It was non emergency related. I mean, those are direct all center. I mean, operations, 3% is what you stated, that they actually went out and engaged street outreach. So to me, it seemed like it may be a better approach, because we put over $9 million into these call centers that is just starting to become so much. I mean, at some point, where is the help for the people? So maybe we could. And I do think what sold me on it is a street outreach part. I think that is crucial. We need people with vans in the streets. So maybe if the people caught the resource line, and we have after hours and when it is an immediate emergency where street outreach is needed, then we outsource that to this entity to go out and do the street outreach. Because only 3% which you just stated, is actual direct street outreach, connecting people with the support that they need. And then the because most, over 80% of what you just stated is people call and are being referred to help,
unless I'm missing,
yeah, to the chair. I apologize. The 3% was outreach only. They did not want to go to a drop in center, so they were only the 3% that I mentioned was only street outreach. They did not want to go to a drop in center. They didn't want to go to shelter, and so the outcome for them was just continued engagement with street outreach.
Yes, so they at least tried to get them into some places, yeah, through the chair
like so just to kind of convey some similar experiences I have when I've done been out with when I sorry, when I've been done out with outreach teams, is that you you engage with people, and you're always trying to get people to get into shelter for the evening. Some people just right
now. So that's that's in the 3% what I'm saying is that overwhelming, though, 40% you said it. 41% just stated, again, 41% was what just so I can, I'm clear exactly what you stated. 41% were caused that what
they were referred to, drop in or to emergency shelter. They also, depending on the situation, have them go out to them. So it's not, it doesn't mean that they were just over the phone, just sending transportation to them. They went out into the community, talked to the family, saw that they were in their car. You want to take your car to the drop in center? Do you need a gas to drive there? Do you want to lift like going into the community? So of those referrals, the 41% referrals, those do include in person, in community business, and you're tracking
that because you didn't state that before, like, how many of these are in person? That's important to know, because, again, we keep putting calls in place, and you calling people on the phone when people need direct contact in the support to get into the housing. So it's not clear. And I Julie, when we talked, I mentioned this, I want to know how much was actually an actual outreach, them physically going to help people in the community, in the streets, and connecting people with the help that they need. And other 41% that you just stated, is not clear to me, how much of that is happening, or is it just referrals? Hey, you call this number. We place you in this housing. It's not clear
through the chair. If you don't mind, I can give you an example of a week. So this is the week where it was the high of the Fourth of July. So just for example. So on July 3, 2025 they engaged 106 clients during their outreach in the city of Detroit, through 64 different locations, they traveled 100 miles that day. They spent eight hours and three minutes in the field. On July 4, they had 133 clients engaged during outreach. They drove 76 miles that day. They spent eight hours and 10 minutes in the field. They had four outreach staff on call that day or on duty that day, in one in one team in this week alone. I believe my math had, I think they had driven about 700 some miles within the city of Detroit doing outreach. On July 3, with 106 they said, on the fourth, 133
July 5, 113 July 6, 116
July 7, 116
July 8, 100
and when you're stating those numbers, you're saying that they've come into contact with these individuals doing a street outreach. But there's been which is what the resolution was for each of those.
That is what I have here is a detailed list of how many people they were engaging with each day, and on those those days that we had them under Contact, and who they're going and and providing, you know, sometimes it's, it's a meal or a hygiene kit, sometimes it's, I need to get to shelter and so I don't have that broken down.
But they should, they should probably be providing that as well, just so that we're clear on that outreach. But again, I think for me, I do believe we need a 24 hour hotline for sure in place, but it just seems like to me, the majority of what is coming through is people being again referred. And if that is the case, then maybe we could have the 24 hour component within our own housing services department. But when there is a need for immediate street outreach, we just outsource that portion of it. They have the vans, they have the staffing to do so because it will be a lot less. It seems as if it may be. So that's kind of my concerns. Where I'm at. I'm not sure, Julie, did you have anything else you want to add? And we can continue with other colleagues through
the chair. So we did the math on what that would look like in house compared to external Okay, our our salaries are, are higher? Are we have benefits? There other costs. We haven't. We're looking at an annual cost of 1.3 8 million, which is a little less than twice as much as as this cost HRD is not a 24 hour operation. There would be a considerable both effort for us to turn into a 24 hour operation. It's also not something that we could do tomorrow. It's not something we could do in a couple months. I don't, I don't, I don't actually have the budget to currently do this without cutting homelessness services from from some other place, because when we, when we came to council with the with the proposed budget in in the springtime, it was based on a level of services that We're needing to provide, in terms of shelter beds, in terms of outreach, in terms of rapid rehousing, in terms of prevention services, prevention services that we also do in house through the Detroit Housing Services Center. So that's the budget that that came before you and was was adopted. So it included outreach. It included outreach that we provide during the day. It also included emergency outreach as well, such as what we're talking about here today. So it would be considerably more expensive for us to take it in on in house. It's also the call center. Just expanding the Call Center Services alone would would be, we estimate is around $500,000 more to the existing contract, however, and that doesn't include outreach services, right? So the the other options we have would be more expensive. They're also not available immediately. So if we are talking about a continuation of services for Detroiters, we can those options could be explored in the longer term, but they will take time, and they will take they will take additional budget in order to be able to accomplish so until that time, I need to be able to provide Detroiters who are in housing emergencies, immediate services. We also looking at when we it's, it's July, right before we look, unfortunately, the summer is going to be over and we are going to be into the time of the year we're having these services is most critical. I cannot have a gap in services again. I cannot have mothers who have no place to go and find drop in because it takes us, it'll take us time to set up any of these operations that don't currently exist, or I'd have to go through another procurement, which takes, takes months of time. We we have procured for overnight services two times, once with ARPA, once with general funds. With general fund, we, we got the respondents I went over with earlier, with ARPA, we got the respondent. Like that. We're not getting different respondents that want to do overnight services people. It's it's difficult to staff from midnight hours. It's difficult to staff holidays. It's difficult to staff weekends. And I think that's reflected in why we're seeing a limited number of respondents to these, to these RFPs that we've put out. All
right. Thank you, Julie and I, I'm not trying to prevent anything or cause a gap in services. I just think that this process allows us to try to strengthen what we currently have in place and to figure out maybe next time, if it can be approved upon. So just want to make sure that that was there member Callaway, followed by
member Young. Thank you. And this is a family affair. Type of organization. If you look at the board, the composition of the board, the President's married to the Treasurer, the grandmother runs the boutique, so it is a family affair. There's no representation on that board from any Detroiters. They're all from, I think, state clear shores, and one lives in a cola Florida. I looked up there, I tried to find their meeting minutes, which is required by law. If you're a 501, c3, you're supposed to post something. I couldn't find any of their meeting minutes, but I did find a board. It has changed. I think they added someone by the name of Yolanda Brown, so I don't know where she lives, but there's no represent representation on the board. In terms of Detroiters, and I have a problem with that. We can't determine who sits on the board, but we should have some input, and they should represent the people that they're representing, and that's why, you know, I take issue, but it is a family affair. Clearly, if you would just
just look at the board, the makeup of the board.
Why a two year contract? Why not one through the chair to you miss Schneider,
through the chair to council member Galloway. So as I stated earlier, the based on the usage of the funds, the funds will be expended within one year of the contract, not not to why we might want the the additional time is that it does take. So should Council? Should the council next year decide that they wish to continue to invest in homelessness, and that in the way that they have we would start another procurement because we will not have funding. We do not want these gaps. Procurements can take time. You have to leave the contract out for certain periods of time, and you have to negotiate and get to final contracts, right? So you don't want a gap in services. And so this would allow us to at least bridge into that next fiscal year. But the the the funding, based on the current need and usage, would be expired closer to much closer to the actual year mark, then 18 months or 24 months. So that's why I believe that that two years was was identified.
Thank you so much to the chair. The turnaround for this particular RFP was pretty swift. You posted it. I'm looking at it. It was released. What in March, the RFP, and we're here July, talking about a contract so we can turn things around when we want to. I'm not comfortable with what I've read. I've asked a lot of the questions and their lackluster answers, for the amount of money that it's almost a million dollars, it's almost a million dollars not grant at all. It's all city funding, and I am just not satisfied. I'm only one of nine, and I understand that, but I will not be supporting this contract with a statement just based on the information I've got. Is just not it's not sufficient for my liking and for the amount of money, city funded, money, taxpayer money to this particular organization. I just don't see it. And I spoken to someone, we can bring the hotline in house. This individual knows how to set up hotlines and establish the hotline office. We have a lot of folks who came here who would like to work, and we've had a group, Sei, you, they're concerned about their job. So that was about 20 people there. So we can find the people. I'm always amazed that we can never do anything on our own. We always have to privatize and go outside of who we are and who we are as a city. We used to do everything ourselves, and now we can't seem to do anything for ourselves. I'm only speaking for myself. That's my that's just my perception. But we don't always have to privatize. We don't always have to go outside of the city to find sort resources to help ourselves. A lot of the work we can do ourselves, we just have to want to look at ways of bringing it back in house and maybe try to save the city and we the taxpayers, $1 here and there. So I know I cannot support this two year contract, maybe a one year contract, or certainly not a two year based on the answers that I've gotten. Thank you so much, Madam Chair,
thank you. Any additional questions, member
young, how you doing? Thank you. Sorry. I'm kind of growing too much time staying up late watching WWE. We're all wrestling. I'm sorry. First of all, I just wanted to say thank you so much for responding when I call and thank you so much for the work that you do, you guys do, I really appreciate it. You helped me tremendously. I just wanted to ask you really quickly. One, I invested a million dollars into the mental health co Response Program for the police department. Part of that has to do with homeless wellness check program. Is this something that you're going to use to coincide with that? Are they going to partner with that, or is this something that's going to be separate and apart, like another resource that they would use
through the chair so they absolutely will utilize the CO response, especially as it's becoming having more
hours. I want to make sure we're not talking about police, about social work. Yes,
the social the social work aspects, they will utilize it that funding doesn't support this program in particular, but they will utilize that as a resource. And we have collaborated.
They will partner up. They won't be like two separate silos. They'll be working together on that.
Yes, they will be able to work together, call each other directly. Would they have somebody that the CO response finds that is experiencing homelessness that needs emergency services, as well as when Motor City goes out in the field, if someone is experiencing a mental health crisis as well? Okay,
excellent. And I also wanted to ask you,
is there a ratio, or, I don't know how you rank this, but a success rate in terms of number of people who call to the number of people that are placed in houses, and it's part of their that's a low number. It's part of that because of capacity, because I think this is the important issue that we need to have call centers. But I also think it needs to like coincide, like the building out of available housing. I think that's one of the major issues I know. Member Callaway talked about this a while ago in terms about converting, you know, abandoned buildings, and I guess that could also be like abandoned motels and things that nature as well for the homeless. I don't, I don't know if that's a component. Long term, you plan on integrating this into if you can just talk to that a little bit, because that's what I see you kind of, for me, the problem that we're running up here is not just the call side. It's also you call in, but everybody's at capacity. When I go out talk about homelessness or shelters, that's the one thing I hear. There is no place to go, and we're all at capacity. So what are we doing about that? I know we invested $5 million in Arbor funds, but what are we doing about capacity to coincide with this program
through the chair? So it definitely is a continuum. So this contract before you today is about that immediate crisis response to get people to make sure that they're not sleeping on the streets. However, in order to ensure that we have adequate space for that at the drop in center does require space in the emergency shelter, which does require housing so the people in emergency shelter can move into housing, so it is all very much connected. I will let Director Schneider speak to housing development and housing affordability, but yes, in our system, that is absolutely a critical component.
Through the Chair to council member young so we've been working to make sure that we're trying to increase the number of supportive housing units coming into the city of Detroit. It's the the best. Permanent housing option we have, along with rapid raising vouchers. But we also have to increase those units. So this October, we're expecting that the highest number of supportive housing applicants that we've seen in in well, at least 10 years. But I would imagine it's quite a bit more significant that we expect at least five applicants in this round, and a number of them will be competitive. We will be fully supportive of behind them to try to build those units. Of course, we also have to address issues right now, and so fortunately, we've been able to work really closely with the Detroit Housing Commission lately to really prioritize households experiencing homelessness and get them, get people meeting those, those criteria, into Detroit, Detroit Housing Commission properties where there's availability and openness, and it's appropriate, given their wait list, if you chose, can talk about what that process, if that
is Good afternoon through there to council member young so Detroit Housing Services Office through HRD, has a MOU with the Detroit housing commission that allows priority access for low income housing, it's for residents that are experiencing homelessness, as well as 18 emergency vouchers for when we're responding to Code Blue emergencies. So this has been really fruitful to assist residents that are homeless. Experiencing homelessness, our staff helps residents complete the applications. The applications are then prioritized based upon homelessness, and when you become available, they are prioritized for entry into those units. And so this has been a tremendous resource in terms of housing programs and moving residents from unsheltered homelessness, from emergency shelter to permanent housing. Thank you, excellent. I appreciate
that. That is all my questions. Thank you.
Member Johnson, Thank you. Member young
and President through you. HRD, so can we talk about the other half of the work that's being done here? So I believe Wayne Metro has the contract for the call center. They retrieve the calls and
disseminate them
an entity that has housing available. How does that work?
Through the Chair, I'm going to ask Chelsea, who leads that overall work group within HRD, to answer that.
Thank you. Council member Johnson. So HRD has the Detroit housing resource helpline. That's the 866, number. When residents call the helpline and get through the language prompts, there are different options based upon housing scenario. So one is for emergency shelter. Two is for tenant resources. Three from homeowner homebuyer. So depending on what the housing need is, resident will select that option. The helpline specialists will then screen residents for eligibility, secondary and tertiary referrals. So if a resident is experiencing or stating they will be displaced or have been displaced by an eligible item, then they are referred over these Detroit Housing Services Office where we provide relocation housing case management that could include Code Blue emergencies, like we've recently worked to get on building fires beats and so all of those residents are screened through the helpline in or to HRD for services. If it is a resident that's they need to have access to emergency those calls are efficient to the cam team. So the goal of the helpline really is to create a one stop shop, and so we are listening to residents needs, screening for eligibility and referring and getting them to the appropriate team that has the resource available,
through the chair to council member Johnson. So if that is an HRD resource, there is an automatic data transfer that happens. And then our intake, we have a small intake that will follow up with the resident, complete intake and assessment and get assigned for case management and housing navigation services.
Thank you for that. But so the initial entity that's retrieving the call or voicemail is Wayne Metro
through the chair to council member Johnson during the day, it is Wayne Metro That is correct. Okay, perfect, and through the chair to council member Johnson in the evening hours, it's still the 866, number that residents call, as directors mentioned right now there is a voice message for another call. If this contract is passed, we are working on an automated solution, so there's only one number through the helpline to get residents connected, whether it's day, evening or overnight hours.
Thank you for that. So because there have been concerns expressed around this particular contractor, is Wayne Metro in a position to take on the work that's being done here. Do they have a team that can respond, and are they able to pick up the hours that are within this track
through the chair to member Johnson, we have you guys win Metro and Code Blue cold water emergencies. They are not interested at them to do 24 hour call center services. They do have a street outreach contract for afternoon hours, but they have not been interested in providing the overnight, Midnight services that are critical for residents.
Thank you for that that
conflicts with the information that was provided to us in response to
the opportunity. That
was through the chair to council member Justin. So when we've had the we did have an overnight contract them that, but they've quite honestly struggled, just to be transparent, they've struggled with staffing over in those those overnight hours. And so they did respond to this, this RFP, but if you were to review their if you review the scores and you review the RFP, they scored higher on the
call reception services than they did the outreach
there, they did focus on the actual outreach component of the scope of work that that we provided. So I think to so what Miss Neville, it was referring to is, yeah, they, they, they haven't. They really haven't been interested in the actual in person outreach services. They've struggled with staffing and in their their response to this, to this, RFP, if you look at the scoring review, is the outreach where Wayne Metro didn't, didn't score well, because it's just not something that they're really interested in taking, taking on from an outreach component.
Thank you for that. There is always a challenge with entities that respond to bidding opportunity have, have any of you ever gone on a ride along with this particular vendor
for this? Yes, I have.
And can you speak to what you experienced
the chair? So what I announced was that they knew, known locations for individuals, they had relationships with folks who were resistant to coming inside, indoors to develop relationships. I saw through, through not just a ride along, but also through my experience, I've saw in a lot of advocacy and a lot of caring for residents who are in a housing crisis, they are great advocates and not shy about calling any anyone if they think that there is a resource that somebody should be able to access that they can't get they can't get connected to. And so I have, I have positive experiences when I went on, when I went on ride alongs with them.
Okay, all right. Thank you.
I am not sure there. There was a thought or suggestion about this being a one year contract as opposed to a two year contract. Can anyone speak to what would need to happen in order for that to take place? I will say that in the past, we've requested reports to get a thorough understanding of how our dollars for unhoused individual are being used and how effective they were. And quite honestly, I think we need a full revamp of the way we handle this challenge, and looking forward to providing the support for individuals to help them get through this and not to stay in the current position. I know that there are a number of different reasons as to why individuals are homeless, but I would love to, perhaps, in the future, when we come back from recess, have a full understanding of the process and what happens. How are we addressing individuals that are unhoused, so that we we can really start to figure out, how do we get through this and not continue to put a band aid on the issues that we're seeing
through the chair. To answer the question you had about the contract that is beyond my understanding of contractual process, and if OCP is, if there's anybody from OCP on so i i Yeah, they could, I think, answer that. If there's somebody on the line, Mr. Washington,
someone on from OCP,
through the chair. If you give me a moment, I can reach out to the director.
Okay, thank you. Chair.
Okay, Callaway, yeah, while we're waiting for Director Stahl, is this organization working now without a contract.
Through the Chair. They are working under an emergency contract.
All right, yes, member Young
is more. Is Motor City meeting here at all? Can they speak to this
through the chair? We why not to council member young I've in 10 years, I've never been a part of a session where we've asked a vendor to come and represent themselves when their their contract is up. But if you generally look outside the windows of this municipal building, you will see them on on Jefferson, serving people at about this time of day. I see them on on Jefferson all the time. They are serving people during the day. But it's, it's not a I believe. The reason that not asked is we're coming to council with a with a with a request, right? And it's not a contract that exists until City Council were to were to approve that, I believe, but that's I'm I've never experienced that in my 10 years.
What will listen say? There's first time for everything exactly. I totally understand what you're saying, where you're coming from, I just think, just the extraordinary issue that we're dealing with here, and extraordinary circumstance of what happened and the context around the discussion that we're having, you know, with the tragedy, I really think you just be it would be good we can hear from them in terms of what's going on. So that's why I brought that up, but I understand it makes sense. Madam Chair, thank you. I'm done.
Thank you. Callaway. I'm going to send my staff out. We're on Jefferson. Might we see them now serving
through the chair? What I what I said is that you will regularly. What I said was you will regularly see them outside of came out.
I thought you said, if we looked through the Chair, if we looked out the window today, we will see them on Jefferson. You didn't say that.
I, I don't I don't know the transcript of what I said, but what I you said, you said it. Well, if okay, what I meant to convey was that regularly, they are outside of kmac, okay, on Jefferson, I see them probably. Once a week when I'm not actually looking for them. Hart Plaza is one of their regular outreach locations that they visit.
Okay, all right, colleagues, I would like to bring this. You had your hand raised. Member durhof,
thank you, Madam President. And I am going to call to move the question, but I will state this, and I understand that minister with this particular contract, what I will say is, homelessness is not a one shot solution, and if we have not noticed anything particularly over this past year, sitting here on this council, not just this one contract with others to come before us, the need is definitely there. Providing resources are important, I think is, I think my personal opinions are all hands on deck approach. We are talking about a $767,000 contract, and we spent $1.3 million on office supplies here in the city of Detroit, and we're going to argue back and forth about providing homelessness solutions. Now, that is my opinion the state. But with that, Madam President, I move to call the question,
right? Any objections to calling the question discussion before we do that, right? We want something, so we do need to wait. Mr. Washington. Do we have anyone on from OCP?
I'll pull back my motion. Madam President, I forgot member Johnson was made. Thank you,
Mr. Washington, do we have someone on? If not, we can move this to the end of the agenda.
Yes, through the chair. We do have director saw as well as Kelly trabell online. Okay, I
Good afternoon. All right. Good afternoon. Member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President, through you to Director Stahl, there was a question in regards to line item 19.1, it it is currently a two year contract. The question is, if it's possible for it to be a one year contract, and if so, what the timing would be in order for that to take place, noting that they are currently under an emergency contract providing the services, because I believe the previous contract expired on June 30.
Yes, so through the Chair. Thank you for this question. This is a two year contract. The funds the $757,000 is a not to exceed amount. That would be an amount if the services continue at the current level of service, would fund one year of services. The options are there. There are a few different options that could happen the any contract once funds are exhausted, cannot continue to be used. These are fiscal year 26 funds. So if the funds are exhausted, then the additional contract time would allow for the department to determine whether you know, it gives some flexibility if service levels fluctuate over a year and funds are added to the budget to continue providing this type of service in the following fiscal year, then that contract could continue, and services could continue to be provided. If service levels are needed to stay at the current level, and the funds are exhausted and funds are not appropriated next year for this purpose, the contract could end regardless of the length of the time of the contract. I hope that helps provide some context. I think, I apologize I'm just joining now. Might need some more context on the desire to shorten the length of the contract.
Thank you. I believe that did answer my question, but director Snyder, did you want to add something
through the chair? Well, it wasn't my question, so I wanted to make sure it was your question was was answered in that as you know, Sandra was just joining So your question was answered, then I question, it
was director
and President
answered the question that was put, this is a two year contract, so count The contract the council would approve, will allow for the contract to to be done for councils, say, for two years. So what? What director stall is saying the funds would allow for one year, but it would not have to come back to council for the second this funds would be added so Council is approving a two year contract, it would not be necessary to come back to council for second one, a one year contract, then you need to approve a contract which will require different a different resolution in negotiating with the vendor to provide a one year contract. You've got a two year contract before you, right,
but if the money is gone within that first year, right? We'll have to come back for an amendment for additional funding. No, it would just,
I apologize.
Well, wants to respond,
you've approving a two year contract, so my understanding, well, if you add money to the contract, it would have to come back to council to add, okay, he would
Okay. All right. That's, is that good member? Johnson, yes. Thank you, Madam President. All right, so we are now going to end discussion on this contract, and pro temp Tate has already moved 19.1 for approval, correct. Okay, all right. All right. Is there any objections on 19.1 objection,
um member Callaway with the statement the clerk would know, clerk will So note Madam President. Madam President, member waters. Waters with a statement, no
okay, if the clerk
would know, clerk will So note Madam President,
hearing no further objections. The one resolution will be approved. No way.
Did you move all of these? Okay,
okay. And then 19.2 was also moved for approval. Are there any objections on 19.21 and this was for the home repair Detroit home repair program.
Okay, any objections on 19.2
hearing none that action will be taken.
Madam President,
thank you. I just again, would like to work with your office to ask HRD to do a full, full presentation on, I agree, how we are addressing the unhoused community, so that we fully understand the internal process, as well as how much funds are being utilized for that process.
Yep, definitely would love to do that, and we can do that committee of a whole. Okay,
all right, moving to the housing and revitalization department.
Council member der Hall a resolution noting that line item, 19.3 was postponed from last week formal session.
Council member Durham, thank you, Madam President, line up. 19.3 again, is the memorandum of agreement between the city of Detroit and Wayne State University, Gordon Hill girls cup Museum of Anthropology for the donation of artifacts. Artifact collections Move for approval for line item 19.3
All right, any objections,
hearing none the one resolution will
be approved request a waiver for line item 19.3 any
objections to a waiver objection, okay, but that motion does fail
from the housing and revitalization department
council president pro tem James Tate. Three resolutions line items, 19.4 through 19.6 I
Pro Temp tape
president, Move approval line items 19.4 through 19.6 with
discussion, okay, discussion. Director Todd,
thank you, Mr. Todd. Director Todd, would like to discuss line item 19.5 okay. Thank you,
Madam President, good afternoon. Honorable City Council. With respect to 19.5 when this came up during the planning, economic development Standing Committee last week, the committee initially voted to move it through, we learned some additional information later on, and made the recommendation they reconsider the vote and hold the matter and it was intended to be brought back next week. A matter is before you today. What we were waiting on last week was an amendment to the schedule. A what is before you now is the Consolidated Plan, which is actually makes, brings forward the application consistent with your NOF and CDBG, deliberations and approvals earlier in the year to go to HUD to actually receive the money. We in fact, received more money than we expected. In years past, we've actually received less, but this year, we received more money than expected. So therefore the Schedule A would need to be adjusted to reflect the additional funds and adjustments to all of the wards and every other category that was receiving block grant. So that is actually before you for referral underline item 26.6 so if in fact, you are so inclined, you could take that item from new business, or from referrals, rather, and move it to new business, act on it and then act on 19.5 if you are so inclined. This would avoid it having to come back, which was, of course, what was originally planned for this Thursday. And certainly, if need be, I believe director Schneider can speak to it if need, if necessary. In short, the administration would like to get it in sooner than later, in order to ensure that we can get the money even faster and begin to make and begin to act upon your approvals for block grant for no F, etc. Okay. Thank you, Parton, thank you, punt.
Thank you, Madam President. So Director Todd, we're Lynelle statt. So 26.6
is the amended Schedule A
Yeah. And again,
my my understanding was that this item should have stayed in committee. 19.5 that is correct. Just trying to figure out how it how it ended up on the formal agenda if anyone can help, because I don't have a problem with sending this back, because that's what we talked about, that's what we discussed, as opposed to moving this forward today. So if anyone has any information that could help us, if not, I would like to move to send line out of 19.5 back to committee again, not unsure on how it ended up on the agenda for today.
Any objections to send 19.5 back to planning and development committee? Alright, hearing. None that action will be taken.
Thank you, President. I further continue to move now in line items, 19.4 19.6 for approval, please, alright,
any objections,
hearing none the two resolutions will be approved for the
planning and development department.
Council President Pro Tem James Tate, three resolutions, noted that line item 19.7 was postponed from last week formal session.
Pro Tim Tate, Madam President, move approval of the line items. Which? Line item 19.77 through line item 19 point 10? Okay. 19.9
Okay. Are there any objections?
Objection member, Santiago Romero, 19.7
Okay, the clerk would know madam president,
any further objections, 19.7 through 19.9
Yeah. Bob objection, which one? 19.7
Okay?
Madam President, yes,
I read my notes wrong. I will resend my objection for 19.7
that's possible. Dr powers,
we haven't caught the vote yet, so she should be okay. All right, thank you. Okay, the clerk will note member waters, though is a no for 19.7 circle note. Madam President, all right, any further objections? All right, hearing none the three resolutions will be approved.
Madam President, yes. Um, my apologies, I missed discussion for line item 19.7 but just want to verify with the administration that the item that we spoke about last week for Crown was removed from this line item.
Mr. Washington,
yes through the chair to member Johnson, yes, a crown was removed from the resolution.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam President,
right. Thank you.
From the Detroit water and sewage department
council member der Hall, a resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session nine, item 19 point 10.
Member, Durham, Madam
President, Move for approval for line item 19 point 10, which is the resolution of necessity of the City Council of the City of Detroit for the acquisition of private property, including by condemnation, for the benefit and use of the public for the Detroit water and sewers departments. Bright, bright. Motor stormwater improvement project, Move for approval.
Alright, carrying no objection. Objection member, Santiago Romero for 19 point 10, okay,
the clerk would note. Clerk will still note by the President,
any other further, any further objections,
hearing none the one. Objection member waters as well. Clerk will know. Clerk
will So note, Madam President,
hearing no further objections, the one resolution will be approved for the public health and safety standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement. Council
Member Santiago Romero have on behalf of council member Benson, two resolutions, line items, 20.1 and 20.2 contract number 6007136, 100% city funding to provide air compressor maintenance services. Contractor, central air compressor company, total contract amount $176,560
that's for transportation. Contract number 6007284,
100% city funding to provide a compliance and certification system contractor as reply, Incorporated, doing business as b2 now total contract amount $83,935 that's for transportation. Council. Member Santiago Romero, two resolutions.
Member Santiago Romero, motion to approve.
Discussion, discussion. Member Callaway,
thank you, Madam Chair, is there anyone on from transportation that can provide more details about 100% city funding at $176,000 to central air compressor company in Warren, Michigan,
okay, Mr. Washington, yes, through the chair. We have geo Joy online.
Okay? We will promote i
i don't see him, All right, Mr. Washington, we don't see that name listed in the attendees. I
through the Chair, if you could bring this item back to the end of the agenda.
Remember Callaway, that was 20.2
20 point one, 20.1 20.1 Okay, all
right, colleagues, if there's no objections, we will bring 20.1 back to the end of the agenda. Okay, all right. Hearing no objections, that action will be taken, and any objections on 20.2 Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved
from the Department of Public Works city engineering division.
Council member, Santiago Romero, a resolution, line item, 20.3
member, Santiago Romero, motion to approve. This is a petition for encroachment, Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved under new business agenda from the mayor's office.
Council member young, five resolutions, line items, 21.1 through 21.5 member Young.
Thank you, Madam President, I'll move to approve line items, 21.1 21.5 All right,
any objections? Question
council member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President, just want to note the Scriveners era in 21.1 it should be the Belvedere community, youth block club, not book club,
okay, the clerk will note the Scriveners era. For that one
clerk will So note, Madam President, through you the member Johnson, can you repeat that again? Member Johnson,
the block club, instead of book, you said,
Oh, okay, yep. Black club. Thank you.
Thank you. Member Johnson, any objections?
Okay, Hearing no objections, the
five resolutions for various city events will be approved
and present. Yes, I would like to request a waiver for one item, 21.1
all right, Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to 21.1 from the
Office of contracting and procurement.
Council Member Santiago Romero, eight resolutions, line items, 21.6 through 21 point 13. Contract number 6005151, dash, 831, 100% opera funding to provide an extension of time only for design of the new EMS annex at three fire stations. Engine, 55 engine 57 and engine 60 contract at nor LLC. Total contract amount $569,063 that's for construction and demolition. Contract number 6005790, dash a four, 100% ARPA funding to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for the basement backup protection program, phase two, contractor LGC global incorporated total contract amount 1,705,000
that's for DWSD. Contract number 6005793,
dash, a five, 100% ARPA funding to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for the basement backup protection program phase two, contractor Moore brothers, plumbing and heating LLC, total contract amount, 797,800 that's for D, w, s, d. Contract Number 6005789, dash, a, four, 100% opera funding to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for the basement backup protection program services phase two. BWR contractor Ben Washington and sons, plumbing and heating Incorporated. Total contract amount, $721,763 and four cent that's for D, w, s, d. Contract number 6005794,
dash, a, three, 100%
opera funding to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for the basement backup protection program, phase two, contractor three, our home improvement LLC, total contract amount, 780,000
that's for DWSD. Contract number 6005795,
dash, a, three, 100%
opera funding to provide an extension in time and an increase of funds for the basement backup protection print program phase two. Contractor, Mister wiggle plumbing LLC, total contract amount 815,000 that's for DW. SD, nine. Item, 2112, contract number 6007274, 100% grant funding to provide PW dash, 7042, Mount Elliot and Conant street reconstruction contractor, Angelo la freight construction company, total contract amount, $10,248,281.12 cent that's for public works. Last contract is contract number 6007297, 100% major street funding to provide PW dash, 7011, Holden bridge contractor, Z contractors, Incorporated total contract amount, $2,011,478.68 cent. That's for public works. Council member, Santiago Romero, eight resolutions,
thank you, Madam Clerk. Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, motion to approve or any discussion for 21.6 through 21 point 13.
Discussion, Madam Chair,
okay. Discussion. Member Callaway, thank you
through yourself to DS, dw, SD, are we still accepting? Or are you still accepting resident calls for this program? Because I'm still getting quite a few calls regarding basement backup, especially after it rains. So I don't know if anyone is here from the administration or D, sorry, D, w, s, d, who can answer that? Are we accepting new customers or residents to get the service.
All right? Mr. Washington,
yes, we do have Kim Callaway online. Okay? I
All right, good afternoon. Kimberly Callaway, I'm going to turn it back over. Over to council member Calloway.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, Miss Callaway, quick question, are we still accepting, I guess, applications for the basement backup protection program? Because we're receiving quite a few calls and inquiries about the program.
Good afternoon,
Madam Chair, I am not accepting applications at this time. We do have a bank of applications that we have not been able to address due to limited funding, but our application process has closed at this time,
through through your through the chair to yourself as Callaway. Do we know how many households you don't have to provide this information now? How many households we've been able to support through phase one and then phase two? I'll send you the question in writing so you don't have to answer that now, but I sure would like would like to know how many you know residents have benefited from the basement backup protection program, phase one and phase two,
yes through the Chair, I would be able to provide that yes,
and then also through the chair to you miss Callaway, the number who are waiting, I guess, on a wait list. How many residents do we have on a wait list? And you can get that to me in the future as well, like maybe before the end of the week or by Monday. Yes, thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair, thank you, Miss Callaway. You're
welcome. Thank you,
great. Thank you.
Any additional questions. Yeah, that was line item Thank you. Madam Chair, that was line item 21 point 11. I had a question. I also have a question about 21 point 12. $10 million grant funding, which is wonderful. What is the name of the grant and that will be to public works? That's line item 21 point 12. Madam Madam Chair, okay, 21 point 12.
Okay, this is for the opponent
street reconstruction project, Mr. Washington. Do we have someone on for this item? 21 point 12, and thank you. Miss Callaway, I think we're fine. You want to jump off thank you.
Yes, through the chair. We do have Richard Doherty online. Okay? I
Good afternoon.
Richard Doherty, city engineer,
why? Just have a quick question, the $10 million grant funding where, what's the name of the grant? Is it?
It's federal funding through the economic development agency, and we are leveraging it with state MDAC grant funding. And we also will be procuring, we're getting funding through a special, I forget the term. It was written in law. The special funding for Joe Lewis Greenway on the west side this. This is improvements we're doing around factory zero. This is phase one of the project to reconstruct mount Elliot from the I 94 service drive up through the Conant mount Elliot intersection, all the way to Hamtramck city limits on Conant. Phase two and three will be following separately. One will be bid through the city, the last piece will be bid through mdot. So in total, we got 25 million in grant fundings to reconstruct roads around factory zero. We were able to leverage the investments General Motors had made there to secure these this grant funding, and then we're partnering with the Joe Lewis Greenway project to do to improve the shared path that currently runs along the west side of the plant to get most, most of it off road in that so
These items have been moved for approval. Are there any objections in members Santiago and Meryl, did you move all of the items? 21.6 through 21 points to 13? Okay, 21.6 through 21 point 13.
Are there any objections, Madam Madam Chair, Council Member Callaway objects to line item 21 point 13,
the clerk would know. Madam President,
all right, hearing no further objections. The resolutions will be approved request a waiver, madam president for 21.6 through 21 point 11,
any objections to a waiver
hearing, none that action will be taken
from the law department.
Council member Young, an introduction of an ordinance line item 21, point 14.
Member Young,
thank you, Madam President, I move that the ordinance be read twice by title, ordered printed and laid on the table.
Hearing, no objections that action will be taken from the law department.
Council member young, a resolution set in a public hearing. Line item 21 point 15. Member Young,
thank you, Madam President, I moved to approve line item,
no way. 21.5 is scheduling the public Hey,
already did 21 point 14, though right now, therefore I got Mr. Yeah. Move to approve line 21 point 15, to schedule a public head, a public head, a public hearing for July 28
on this next Monday. Yes, President, so I do apologize. I would like to reconsider the vote on line item 21 point 14. For before we do that, let's I would like to discuss okay, because I looking at another item here, and unfortunately I missed that one kind of right past it. Because I do have some questions about that one. I think it is a very worthy effort. I support pretty much everything I see in here, but I do have some questions to make sure that some things that I requested are buttoned up, and I don't see it in here. So through you, Madam President, can get someone from the law department. Okay, remember, young I believe my team had been talking to your team, so apologies if you just getting this right now.
Just to be clear, this is scheduling the public hearing next Monday take place in committee. So let's go back to reconsider pro tems, you want to reconsider your vote?
If we can just move down
this question? Yes. Member Young, thank you, Mayor, President.
Mayor Pro Tem it correct me if I'm wrong, it seems like it's not that you're opposed to the legislation itself. It's just there's some things you want any correct that have not been put in. Do I have? Do I have that correct potentially? And that's why, but just like so we can work with you to get the things you want, including there. That's what, okay, okay, and
that's why I was asking, because we had spoken to Chief of Police, spoke with the law department, spoke with others about the concerns I have, and I don't explicitly see how it's written in this particular ordinance. And my concern was it's, again, one thing to find a parent. It's another thing to provide the parent with guidance that they need to help be a better parent, which is extremely critical. And in addition to that, I know my colleague also mentioned not just be a better parent, but also a better child. So there's some also some mentoring, tutoring, whatever wording we want to use, but fits that bill for the child as well, for the family to try to get us out of the situation where it's not just about dollars, and I'm not changing or I'm not altering behavior because I don't think people are watching, but I'm altering behavior because it's the right thing to do, and now I know how to do those things. So Through you, madam president, we can kind of walk through the portions that when I suppose it was, it was knowing I talked to the to the chief, and he was very to it great conversation. It was about utilizing the specialty court as an option, seeing that we are referring these items to 36 District Court, but I don't see how it all ties in. When does these particular courses come into play? How soon do they come into play and trigger? Because there's a lot of May, May, maybe I want to get to some definitive shall, if you will, yes,
through the chair, Graham Anderson law department. Before we even to dive into any of that, one thing I want to make clear too is, this is a fantastic through the chair, Graham Anderson law department. One thing to make clear too is, this is a great time to do this, because we have not set the public hearing yet. So even if there is a substantive change that would not be problematic, the public would still have notice of that. So I just wanted to make that clear to begin with. So pro tem, I've been speaking with your team, and your make fantastic points, and one thing that I want to address is your concerns about, you know, so that the language start there is in 29 seven to see upon second or subsequent, subsequent convictions for a violation of this article, the parent shall be subject to a fine $500 and in addition, be sentenced to probation upon the condition that the parent participates and through completion, a court appointed community based treatment program such as parenting skills, family services, employment and training. That's the language that we're looking at, at the moment, now that look like so and that through the chair, that is a fantastic question. Pro Tem. It is intentionally left broad. And there's a reason for that, because we did. You're right. There are, you know, there's veterans court, there's so variety court, there's juvenile programs. There's so many different things. However, the law department, we don't control that, and a lot of that is based on things like state funding, for example, that you know that that's difficult to predict where that goes. In addition, there might be some programs that we might get in a year from now that might be a completely new, revolutionary thing that we'd want to include in this too. So because of the uncertainty of that flow of that river, and that's something that we don't have control of, we've left that intentionally broad. That way, the judge has wide judicial discretion to be able to assign the relevant treatment program or the training course per case basis through
you, madam president, but still not even stated what options are available currently. So right now, it's almost as if we're saying we put it in the hands of the court to make a decision without understanding what those options are available for ordinance that we're creating. So that's why I just have a question mark. Again. It's the sentiment is there, but I just don't see how things are tying up and taking us to the the goal that I think a lot of us want to see is, again, responsible parenting and not just fine through the
chair. Absolutely I understand that pro Tempe, and that is something that from the law department we do not have the control that I don't have those resources in front of me. I'm not sure who would have that. I would hope that when it comes to the public hearing Monday, there will be a strong presentation to show. Here are our examples of specialty courts, of training programs, and really list the impact that they make, capacity things in that regard, I just handle the writing language of the ordinance so I can explain the reason why we left it broad, but I can't speak to specifically to those details.
Okay? And then, before we go to you, remember, young, what about the 10 day notice requirement for the public hearing? How do we overcome that? If we're talking about it taking place potentially on the 28th
through the through the chair, we only have a five day notice, proton, five days, five days. Yes, so we will, as long as this makes the Detroit legal news tomorrow, which I've already worked with our tireless clerks who I'm always bothering on the second floor to make sure that that is.
