easily miss Underwood, you're cutting in and out? Are you on a speakerphone or something?
Yeah, hold on one second. Sorry, I'm trying to get to meetings.
All right, thank you, Director, I was representing councilmember Mary waters office. And we have requested a meeting to the board to come to our town hall event on May the fourth, and we haven't received a response, we contact the executive assistant several times, and we haven't received a response. And we're looking forward to at least a member that represent city council, or was appointed, I don't know how that process went to be in attendance to our town hall meeting. And we are requesting all members to attend to hear some of the concerns from the public about certain programs that is offered by the land bank. So we were really like to have a response by today, or by this week. So we can let everybody know that you guys will be in attendance. Okay.
Miss Daniels and I had a plan to have a meeting with Miss waters just last week, and she canceled it. So I was disappointed about that. We were all set.
Yeah, but that meeting, Miss Waters had other obligations, dealing with other city affairs that needed her immediate attention. However,
can we can we get that back on the calendar, because that hasn't happened. And we were eager to get together. And I think
that back in a calendar, that's fine. Just in our office some days to where we can try to work around counsel on the schedule to fit it in. However, we're still accepting the request, because we've been asked in the last week, two weeks ago, about the request prior to the meeting on the 16th. So I would just would like to know, if you particularly or any other member will be in attendance on May the for one
minute remaining.
Okay. I can tell you right now that I'm going to be out of town on May 4, and I'm out of town. Okay. There's more about chelas out of town. And Carol Walters, that town. Can you pet Patricia Fidel shall be there. And we will get her the details and make sure that's taken care of. So there's your RSVP. But again, we really would like to get our Daniels in my meeting back on the calendar. That was we were surprised when she canceled.
Okay, that's fine. However, we'll descend at some date. It's not like we're not communicating. We've been communicating our office, we consistently communicate for a while now. So I mean, it's no problem. We're looking forward to working with you guys on some of the concerns we have related to the MOU. So I would definitely make the request from counsel want me to send me some days, so we can make it happen. Okay.
Thank you very much.
All right. Thank you.
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Concern resident of the city of Detroit. I saw the last quarterly report presented to the Detroit City Council and it said a lot about transparency and community engagement. But I'm here once again, because I've been asking for a long time to get some transparency and clarity about a bad sideline issue where my neighbor was not circumcised that she took care of for a long time, Mr. Rad Liggins said that she was the one that would have priority and getting them. But that's not who they sold them to. And I've asked the reasons for not selling my neighbor decides not to change. They're not true. And I came to the meeting last week and I was told that general Hunter wasn't there. And I said I was supposed to speak to her but I tried to talk to her before it wouldn't really discuss it. She accused me of just trying to twist her words and it's an I'm not trying to twist your words, I'm trying to understand your words. And so I don't understand why that is the land bank puts in their quarterly reports that they're all about transparency. That has not been my experience. So Mr. Ravi Lin told me that I would need to talk to Daniel. So who can we get to get some clear answers to this place?
So we have met with certain citizens of Detroit a number of times on this specific issue, as well as the neighbor that she is representing who was unable to purchase a lot, several years ago. Discuss this, but I am more than willing to have another conversation with her on to talk about the policy that was in place at the time and why this particular resident did not get so hot.
So my suggestion, ma'am, I was Tammy Daniels, our Executive Director, our presidents do all of the above. My suggestion is that you give a call to her executive assistant. roundabout, roundabout. And Rounders number is 313-261-9895.
And Miss Daniels has offered to meet with you again. I don't I guess I'm, I appreciate you doing that. Ms. Daniels because I know you've met with her a number of times and was the neighbor. Probably be helpful if you brought the neighbor with you this time. But I I guess I have to say that we feel like we've been very transparent on this issue. And there's not I will we will explain it again. All we can do.
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My name is santana Hill. And I am Chief of Staff to Councilmember Mary waters at large. And I would like to echo the sentiments of policy analyst. JOANNE We would like to invite you all to our May for town hall. And we do if you are out of town. But that's no worries, because we plan to do this two more times. Please save the date for me at June 8 locations to be determined. And this information will be transmitted to both and Tanisha, the city council liaison and Ron BEPS. Move forward to your participation. And thank you for taking my public comments. Thank you.
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the morning seeing me? Yes, thank you. Okay, I have a few questions. I want to know who do I need to contact if I wanted to go?
I'm sorry, you were cutting out There were papers moving or something? Who do you want to contact for? What
if I bought a piece of land and then I was rejected? Who do I need to contact to appeal?
What What was the reason for the rejection?
The reason is, is said that I own enough land. The My question is, is are you allowed to buy two pieces of land per year?
I'm sorry, we're having trouble. Are you allowed to buy?
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Yes,
yes, my question. Okay. I have two more questions. I add, you asked me why was it rejected? And the reason they said this because I own too much land. So my question is As Can you buy up to two pieces of land per year?
So I'm Carmen, this is kami are you talking about? Neighborhood? Lots? Yes. So the policy only allows you to purchase two neighborhood lots a year.
Okay, I haven't purchased any land. And that was the reason why I was told that I couldn't have purchased that. So I wanted to appeal that decision. But I need to find out where to sell my my complaint.
why don't why don't you get her information offline? To get your contact information offline,
reach out to you and
your situation.
Okay, that sounds good. So do you need What do you mean my contact? I'm sorry, I don't understand what information would you need
to read it out on your privacy here,
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Because we've got your we have our phone number to send if I just sent her a chip on the Zoom link, right. So there's a chat on your zoom length asking for your phone number so that we can reach out find out what the issue is.
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Renee. I have equitable transfers that we'll cover at the end. But there are some other issues I wanted to raise before first our budget was passed off earlier. Earlier this month, our allocation was $10.5 million, just like $500,000 reduction. So we will make adjustments in our our internal budget to account for that reduction in our subsidy from the city. But that number is a number that we have actually operated with. Showing that we will be able to maintain maybe borrow our car activation. maintenance on lots
11 what we asked for which was not frozen for several years, which means effectively to decrease with inflation. We don't know why. Sort of in The Dark Knight 500,000 disappeared, I know for counsels understand what we won't do as a result of that. And I hope you will pick it up some way. I told them to notify them because I assume it's me. But they're always complaining that we're not doing enough. So I think it's important before the lie one to say your council people and we regret to inform you that for now. Are with the concerned maintenance to Yeah, you know, and express it somehow, you know, instead of being able to do 200 calls, we'll be able to do whatever it is, but I think it's important to bring to make it real. I know you did in the budget presentation, which is why
I was surprised. I was as well, I was well, still surprised. So we will do that to make sure that it reflects that we provide emergency services only. So it will further constrain our ability to do that.
With inflation.
Yeah, it's a it's a cut on top of several realistic cuts, because of you know, what happened? As the budget hearings? There weren't tissue there.
There were no issues raised by, you know, prior to through the CFO office or anything. We did not hear any, any concerns. I believe there was a you know, just from an overall perspective, there was an increase for GST services, maybe in the in the city's budget. So we will make sure that we reallocate a lot of our request, more of them to GST, because we just won't be able to have we won't be able to do that. You have to make it clear
if people call us because I think that we can do I haven't been given the absolute, I have to call GST, because
that's really where the resources are. They have traction, and profit, the dollars they so there was a process and the board was we were leaving all of our properties for property because that's the resource. So it's either demo or profit. That's the resource. The land bank is really emergency services.
All right. As far as MOU at that back at PG, have not gotten any feedback on on on a new hearing. It was kind of a council hole. And reginal. And I went over to the hearings. And there was concerns raised by councilmember Walker's about our occupy programming. She did individual apply to become a part of the Occupy program. Her and her children were brought to the council and expressed concern about their housing and they could not stay in the house. By the time reginal and I got over there they were gone, but was not brought to our attention to their homes that this house had had a number of GPD calls. A number of dogs living in the house that had actually attacked neighbors. They act the applicant was caught on tape illegally dumping debris across the street, and so on. Councilmember Warren's very passionate about trying to help these individuals, which is the sanctuary that staying inside of a land bank house is always the best way to help them. Sometimes we have occasion to stable housing is absolutely a much better option. So I suspect that that is our wire. Maddox makes it back to PMD because it's very emotional. Man, potentially. We presented as being potentially homeless, here pulled out of
this land bank house, and we did we ever tried to evict them?
No, we've, we've have not have the understanding because of the kids have the children right? And so because otherwise we probably would have because of the fallings of neighbors but finding resources for family that side it's not easy. While HRD and David Bowser is helping. On in that finding of accommodations is not easy. And a lot of times the families do not want to know they reject the assistance of HRD that has happened quite a few times. So we will continue down the path. So unified, goodbye.
Understood, moving out of the house. The reason why we're the same because they
don't qualify for a buyback program. And so our way that it works buyback is the first family that's the best program you can buy to sell if you don't qualify and we've been trying to work with our OPD partners, have a partner come in and rehab the house and work with The occupants stay in the house. They were in that lane. Councilmember waters, our office want them to be in buyback?
But they are like,
yes.
And they're in the house, they never tried
to kick them out. And I have a question too. So because dogs is this, an morling, the neighbors does not fall back on land bank, because you do in a land bank property. And that's our understanding the land bank property.
It has not it does not becomes a technicality. For us, it otherwise would have been an issue that would take an action, and there will be six kids helpless with no place to go. And so I'm
saying the neighbors could potentially Sue.
Yes, yes, they can. Because
they are being bitten by a dog who owns whoever that owner is of that property is take on the cost of liability. We have
we have had the DPD out there.
They have been out there to see and to assess it. She has been given tickets because she has more than post that she has like five or six and the heart and they found that the house isn't that much less the child actually has kids. So yeah, it's a very unfortunate situation. is a tough situation is not easy,
bro. That is convenient.
But the idea bothers me the most is canceling a situation. That's That's just you can't you can't do that.
We will keep you posted on the MOU conversations. sure that the town halls that we heard about earlier on that conversation. And therefore those who didn't get to meet Zach Zachary Burgess joined us, last week, has replaced Elissa our assistant director of comms engagement that brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, both working in the political environment, but also the turn up says journalist for over 20 years. So I'm very hopeful and excited to team and bring level accountability and accuracy to stories that are written about us though. jumped in with both feet and extremely excited though, welcome back. I also had the opportunity last week to attend two very, very important press conferences. The first one was the University of Michigan did a study for School of Public Policy did a study entitled The growth of housing wealth to Detroit and its neighborhoods from 2014 to 2022. And Miranda was at a press conference and the land banks efforts, I think were manifest. They specifically talked about plant day selling properties rehab and moving to this growth in black homeownership wealth, black wealth increased 80%. In 2014, it was 3.4 billion by 2014 to 6.2 billion. And that's a $2.8 billion increase in housing wealth associated with black people in the city of Detroit. And so I just this is a confirmation that the hard work that we're doing, and that is working, and that, you know, we often hear how all of the efforts and energy is put toward midtown and downtown and this completely undermines that. That notion. So our hard work team's hard work is bearing fruit for the residents of the city. And so I feel like that's something we should be extremely proud of. You know, we have to celebrate you sent me I will send you that. I'll send you
that Simple. one page summary. Beautiful executives were referenced. Right. And then later on that week, I had the privilege of attending a neighborhood. I mean, the Osborne neighborhood Alliance and rehab complex. But earlier last year, we did a press conference, we had actually it was the beginning of this project where they were rehabbing. Reading plexes. For more duplexes on this individual block, they have completed those rehabs, and they actually have identified a purchaser for at least one of them. And the notion is that the purchaser is, they buy, they buy up the property and they live in one half and they're able to rent out the other. So it is automatically producing income for this individual, they have to be more to purchase, they have to be 80% of AMI or lower. And for the rental unit, they ran out at 60%, ami or low. And so it was really wonderful to see black come to light. Three previously vacant by the structures are now full and beautiful, beautiful testaments to the work of collaboration and everybody come in involved. So it was just a very, very nice, very nice event. And I was very proud of land bank to be a part of it. And then finally, the mayor didn't say the street address as you may have seen and analysis of variable charged with lambic us to divest ourselves of all of our remaining salvage structures, which is 20 2700. And so we'd already kind of be working on ideas of how we can increase our sales team back to our heads together to achieve that goal. ridding ourselves evolved, mostly all of ourselves structures the next year and a half here. So that's our charging doesn't have anything else.
Any other questions?
Thank you, champion. Thank you, board chair. I have two properties to brief the board. Fully if there are no objections, we can go from 2700 to 2698. The facts in these are these two, briefings are plentiful and the road is a bit windy. So if at any point, I'm not articulating clearly, please interrupt me and ask for clarification. The first property is 16169 North Lawn. This property was sold by the land bank and back in September of 2019. For $31,500. Shortly after we sold the property, our purchaser mortgaged the property, they apparently failed to live up to their mortgage obligations because in fact, February of 22 the property the lender foreclosed and there was a sheriff's deed recorded. Shortly before that, before the foreclosure happened, there was a fraudulent recording of the land banks release of interest. So every time we sell a property, it comes with a reverter interest. So if the purchaser fails to live up to their obligations, the land bank can record its reconveyance and bring the property back into our inventory that is only recorded in the instance where the property owner has fulfilled all of their obligation. So the property owner had not fulfilled their obligations. Nevertheless, some fraudulent recording took place when the mortgage or foreclosed they then sold the property to I guess, fourth party, this property or this this fourth party then proceeded to fully rehab the property and in their attempt to solicited for sale they discovered our ownership interest and so, they actually filed a quiet title action against us to which we immediately filed an answer and then a counterclaim for quiet title because the property was was was ours. The the proposed path Over here is given, given our valid interest in the property and given the the current purchaser and I'll use that in air quotes having stepped up and fully rehabbed the property and given that there was a title insurance commitment procured the the current purchaser, and again, I keep using that in air quotes, because we are the owner of record has offered the land bank $50,000, in exchange for dismissal of our via title action and our conveyance of a quitclaim deed, given that, coupled with the fact that the property is fully rehabbed and listed for sale, and we believe the mission overall being accomplished. I Tammy and I are recommending that this transport transfer in exchange for those those dollars we made, haven't
had capital transfers. We did witness delegates to channel outside and TV to decide these issues, their only obligation without having to vote on them, like millions of all the time by delegating it to them, then they believe us about it, obviously, we have a problem. They don't move forward until after it's happened. Just to remind you the context in which my second point about this is the last person I refer to as like an innocent purchaser, even though they didn't know they weren't purchasing it for real. They had title insurance, which means the title insurance company. So so they really are innocent. I mean, they did everything, right. They bought it from a mortgage company. There's nothing that they should be in trouble for. And they put all this money into it. And if you ask me, I have no basis for no information at all about this type of company should be. So I don't think we're doing any damage to people that are in
private stuff. They
purchased any
sort of company estimate the home? Yeah.
I think it's actually a brilliant resolution, because we ended up with a beautifully renovated house. I
think to your point, Miranda, I think this is the title company attempting to make their policyholder, whole. So I think in the future in these scenarios, if a title company isn't involved, I don't know that we'll as as the next briefing will show I don't know that. This sets a standard dollar wise, I don't think we'll see that in every equitable transfer. But I think in this instance, it's very appropriate, given what you wouldn't accept. That is my first one if there are no additional questions. And the second one the second property is 20217. Meyers. And this is an instance where we sold a property for back in May of 2019 or $18,300, the purchaser qualified for a city of Detroit discount, 50% discount. So the the ultimate consideration that the land bank was received was $9,150. Some maybe a colorful anecdote, our purchaser appears to have an outstanding debt owing So shortly after he purchased the property from us, he in violation of the purchase agreement conveyed to a third party for $5 in satisfaction of some other unrelated some other unrelated debt that we're not privy to. Just given those vaccines, maybe there were some colorful facts, facts involved. But nevertheless, the the subsequent purchaser proceeded to rehab the house and then sell it to a woman on or enter into a land contract with with a woman who subsequently moved, moved in with her family, and has been making good on the payments pursuant to the land contract. When it was discovered, when our interest was discovered during a quiet title action, the the our buyers purchaser came forward and said, Well, you know, I fully rehabbed the house. I have a woman in there she's making payments pursuant to a land contract, you know, what what can we what can we do here? So, the the proposed settlement here is that the, the our buyers purchaser, the land contract holder, would pay the land exchange for a quitclaim deed would pay the the land bank, the $9,150 that we initially sold the property for. We also have an affidavit from the land contract Vendee, the woman who's occupying the house is where she whereby she attest to the terms of the land contract and attest to the fact that the payment terms are not yet satisfied. That protects us, I think, against any potential claim coming forward where she says no, no, actually, you know, I own it outright, why are you giving, you know, you're conveying your interest to, to, to the land contract holder, again, given given these facts, coupled with the fact that the property is now rehabbed and occupied, thereby meeting the land bank's mission, I think it appropriate to an Tammy has agreed, we think it appropriate to proceed with with transferring our interest to the struggle sometimes assumed what's now it's a call these individual are purchasers purchase buyer. Any questions or thoughts on this?
I do. So is that does that oil debt land contract with that your buyer land banks prior to that purchase?
I don't believe so. Miranda, and that that would be the reason why we would we would transfer to the land contract holder rather than the occupant of the the, the the structure of the house, because the land contract holder was the individual that poured all the money into it to rehab it. And then the the individual who's residing in the property has not yet fulfilled all of the obligations under the land contract, meaning there's still money outstanding. So if you're looking at the equity here, the land contract holder, would would it's more equitable to transfer to him, rather
than okay. I thought she made the repairs.
No, no, ma'am. It was the land contract holder. He purchased it, purchased it, fixed it up and then sold it the land contract,
just out of time he didn't. He did not follow the steps and just to do it the right way to get your release and everything that is correct. So it's really
been transferred. And it didn't do anything in rehab in
these rehabs it is. So I think with this with this proposal, Miranda, I think we really protect interests of both the individual who rehab the property and the individual who's making the payments under the contract. I think they're both protected in this scenario. Yes, yes, ma'am. Thank you for the question. Any other questions, comments?
Thank you. I yield back.
Thank you very
much. All right. That brings us to new business. I know we've reviewed all these resolutions in the committee's I'm hoping that people are comfortable with them. But let's go through them. The first one is the contract was Amandla. operation. And
Martina, is that you? Yes. Sounds good. So amanatullah is an extension of fellowship chapel. Over in the West region, they are looking to put into option 67 properties to do an affordable housing development project. They'll do it in two phases. The first phase they're looking to transact on 33 properties. These will be a very low to moderate income. They are submitting low income housing tax credit application this year, excuse me. They already own 17 properties in that footprint. And so they're looking to purchase the rest of the properties around there is about an $11 million project. Maybe you can see it there. At the top is where the church is located. And so they're looking to do development around the church. There any questions about this one?
Forever do stay at home now. Are those land?
i Not sure I think some of them were land and property.
So properties do we know those properties? Okay.
So these are vacant land. These are this is vacant land. All this house was outlined in red is vacant land. And then what's outlined in green is vacant land. So they already own some of the vacant parcels they own 17 vacant parcels. And so they're looking to pick up another 67 to build out their housing project. There was concern because the bacon prop Pretty is very blighted, we did enter into an option agreement with them, where they have to do a deep cleaning of all the parcels within 90 days. They are doing an event, I believe tomorrow, they do have the support of the council person of their district. They do have the support of the community, and they continue to do community outreach, community engagement, but they do have to clean the last set within 90 days, and then they have to maintain the last that's a part of the option that we entered into.
This, my only concern is very heavy, large families need to see that those primaries are really should be.
The option work,
I was just gonna go into that, how the option works is that we were not transacting with them just yet. But the option agreement gives them site control, as they continue to build out the project. It also gives them the site control that they need to apply for the Low Income Housing Tax Credits with the State Housing Authority. And so during the during while these properties are in an option agreement, they do have to check in with us we check in with them, who have to set updates about the price about the parcels. So we can see what they're doing, what progress is being made. If they're holding to the they're part of the option, which is to clear the sites and to keep them clean.
And I actually need site control for my type application. That's important. But that's like a one or two year process usually. Right. So during that time, sign the option afternoon. And then I think that's really what parents getting it. If they don't keep it up, like maybe they keep it up for the first 90 days, but six months in it's really flighted again. What is the option say about that? What are our rights and circumstances?
We could we would then talk with them about that. I'm sure we can. Yeah, we may. We may not transact with them, because in order for us, there's triggers in the option. So in order for us to get to the place where we transact where we offload sell to them that first 33 parcels they have to have. They have to have you know more from Mr. For the light tech, they have to have design approval, they have to have any special land use approval, let's say for what they're building they can't build by right. So there are triggers in the option if they don't meet those, including the maintenance part. If they don't meet those requirements, we do have a right to not transact with us
and we've been down this road before. Other questions from our Tina about a man All right, can I have motion? So moved. All in favor? Aye. All opposed here? None of the mental as proof.
Thank you.
Second one to the armed investments
then has that one?
I'm sorry, less excited. But Gabrielle This just needs resolution because it's six slots, or six parcels rupture. You're gonna renovate the structure and rent it
to these would be sidelines but for the fact that there's too many of them.
They were marketed all the other structure with the five adjacent parcels there.
So it's getting approval because of because of marketing essentially. Yeah,
how is marketing? That's
that whole complete black way. Separate. It
is short by two lots there. You can go back to that map.
And are those two legs? They have volumes. I take
the each one at the bottom of the block there is lamp and go. One that is gray in between big green and beach would that be land bank? Yeah.
I wanted to market the sidelines.
These are Yeah, that's a good question. I think that the goal is to bundle properties together that are
Yeah, take care of
it. Yeah. And so by getting them to rehab and renovate the house, they're also taking on maintaining the adjacent properties. There's often a strategy from meetings I've done that the goal is to get someone to take on something that they consider an asset in exchange for taking on something that might be minor liability.
Yeah, that make sense. Okay, any questions, but I have a motion please. For favor, and the Omni properties is approved. Next up is the purchase and development agreement with Azizi.
One situation, this one's more adjacent partial structure that they tend to rehab. Experience. contractor and, again, sheets the approval because it is by breakfast. Resolution.
Any questions? No. Hearing that kind of motion on favor? Aye. Opposed? Hearing none, using company resolution, except this can start about development
center. Yes, that is me. So this deal requires a resolution because they purchase four parcels from us in November of last year. They're now coming in you see right here on the map online and Fred. They're now wanting to purchase that structure from from us. The structure was on the demolition list. We were able to get it pulled from the demolition list so that they could purchase it and demolish it. They did provide a contract with a licensed demolition company. They own this lot right here that sits on McNichols, this is actually kind of in the footprint of Amandla is just a couple it's like a block or two over from the Amandla site. They are they bought these lots and that is the house. And they want to demolish that house and then make the lat part of the last of that just purchase from us. Right in front of that if you go down a little bit, right there is their daycare center, their early child development center. So they're buying the parcels behind and then that house is an eyesore and could be a dangerous structure for the kids as well. So they just want to purchase it demolish it, they want to just move this process along pretty quickly to get that house out the way you understand. Okay, this is located on McNichols and Harlow
areas and I took a picture
of the structure so yeah and so they want to capture that one because it's right behind their business
yes I believe there's quite a few things
which they just purchased those lots from us in November Yeah, so they want to now get a hold of this house and either demolition on that house and then they'll fence and the last that they purchased into a mafia precaution
We'll speak last night the characters I think breaking the sea and staying here half empty look like they were boarded up and somebody took the board so because we do have big brown kids right and I don't want us so I'm for anything that gives them morning because when it's huge
break and with that too. Erica so if you look at this what we what it looks like we own over there. That's the Amandla site. Oh yeah, yeah, okay, so that's gonna be Yeah, so it's all good all in the same footprint. So that's actually the Amanda site. Yep, this isn't the same as like one blocks over from where they're just gonna stop. Okay, all right.
That would be good news.
Cuz it's actually wide area between six dry I almost went to church.
Yeah, it was. Yeah, it took a big area.
A lot of housing and then you have childhood. All right. Any questions from Martina on this? Hearing none could I have a motion to support them all in favor of child star development refer to those hearing non child stars. That brings us to the Heidelberg Project. This
Erica, this is one of mine. This is a post exchange of property with the Heidelberg Project, there are a number of parcels on that core block that are encumbered with art projects. And at the same time, the project owns a number of vacant lots in the area not on that central block that they no longer need. And so the City Arts and Culture team came to us with this idea that we do a land swap. And the idea is that we would acquire a number of their surplus properties. In total, there are four vacant lots and a mixed use store as well. We would in turn transferred nine vacant lots to them. This will allow them to assemble the near entirety of that block with a core Heart Project is when we were going through briefings last week, a couple of board members raised the idea that we also include some language that we asked the hyper project to not only not place any new art installations on our property, but also to remove art installations that may be on other parcels we are on and so Doug works on legal magic and added some language to the PA. So they've also come to terms with that change as well. Great.
Any other questions on the proposal? Karina Could I have a motion please. So moved. On favor, the Hyperic swap is approved. Next step is convenient properties. And
Erica, this is also one of mine. This is a proposed corrective transfer to Mr. Van Adams. This is a parcel he purchased from the Wayne County treasurer at last year's auction, we were kind of simultaneously wells going through the treasurer's process, we were also going through a nuisance abatement. And unfortunately for him, they're not going to have to change the title. And in order to do right by Mr. Adams, who by all accounts is investing in the property has already put on a new roof and has made a number of interior upgrades want to transfer our interest to him. So he has good title if he approached land bank staff several months ago, but it's also since approached them members of the board as well as our colleagues at the county. And so we really want to try and do right by this.
Motion, please. So favor, aye opposed Hearing none, the transfer was finally, the Missionary Baptist
Church. Yes, this is another character transfer. This is a property that was purchased by this church in 1975. And due to a clerical error at the city tax offices, the property was placed back on the tax roll without seemingly a pause in 2015. And then the church was unaware of the properties that taken for back taxes that should not have been assessed. We ended up with title and the county treasurer's office reached out to us to see if we could help them undo their tax foreclosure of this parcel. And so we're hoping to board approval to transfer it back to the church so that we can reunite them with their land
neverending stories. Any questions about the corrective transfer to show Baptist Church? I had a motion please.
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on favor? Aye. Opposed Hearing none incorrect to transfer to the show that
sounds like you know, Wayne County needs some assistance. Were certainly though, so when they have the properties on the tax sale? Seems like the system shouldn't be merging. We're here to there to say and what is one person's point from the other person? You know, because there's no way that you should be selling this when it's a land base property. There should I'm saying? I mean, there's some accountability that needs to be done in the systems as well as the water department. Okay. I mean, you know, these are systems that properties trickle down to Detroit land bank. And then, of course, Detroit land bank has to clean it up. But what The Department has started what return is done. So how do we get past that? Is that a conversation right there?
Absolutely entertain all those conversations become a bit more challenging because there's restriction all pediments. But we could absolutely talk about how we can streamline our collect process work better together. Yeah. For the benefit of the residents, right?
Exactly. Because, you know, thing is that everybody at this table knows that, anytime you have apply for something you have paid for something done something, or whatever you think that's it, I just pay the bills on. Now. Here it is, I got a bigger eyesore to come around. Now, I got to resurface around here and deal with this process a whole nother year, two or three years? Who knows? And unfortunately, I don't know. As a buyer, you never said so which means that I think they do a better job of working together and the systems talking to each other.
I mean, it's one of our charges from the beginning. And especially at around in your real estate business. There's a whole history of messed up titles in the city of Detroit, where you were just talking about two parallel chains of title in one of your example. And you're talking about property. So the thing we are having this happens all the time, it's chipping away at it, but you're right, a systemic cancer would be all the way out is Yeah,
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Yeah, yeah. That would be like protecting that guy. That title insurance. Right, stupid. No, this is appalling. All right, I'm advised by our councils and we have to have a closed session that is permitted under the open meetings, state of Michigan. This is addressing particular topics, we are not going to take any action after we come out of closed session, through the magic of computers available, able to put us into a separate room and put everybody on hold where they won't be able to join in the closed session. They are welcome to stay there and back when they come out of closed session, but I can assure you that there are no actions are going to be taken except for my asking for a motion to adjourn. So anyone wants to hang around. We'll bring you back for that. Otherwise, I would like to ask for a roll call vote to go into closed session. Paragon worker said yes.
Patricia for no Shelton. Carol Walters. Yes. Brenda more of our tails. Yes.
And everyone else is excused. Imagine again, we're not going to come back into the restaurant
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