right. Good morning, everyone. We will now call to order our regular session of Tuesday, July the 16th. And Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
Council member Scott Benson, Councilman Fred duha, the third customer, Letitia Johnson, House member gap Romero, Council Member Walters present council member Angie Whitfield Callaway, present council member Coleman Young, the second house, President Pro Tim James Tate and Council President Mary Sheffield, present. You have a quorum present by the President, thank
you. Bear being a quorum present. We are now in session, and we will start, as always, with our invocation. And we have joining us in person this morning, Pastor Patrick Lindsey from greater Bible, way Missionary Baptist Church, who will lead us in our invocation for this morning. He is also the VP of Government and Community Affairs for Wayne State University. Good morning,
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Good morning. Esteemed president and esteemed members of council, honored to be here today.
Great to have shall we? Pray? Yes,
Heavenly Father. How grateful we are to be here this morning. Gathered in this place to conduct business for the city and the citizens of Detroit, grateful for this esteemed body that has gathered with wisdom, knowledge and understanding. And I pray that you would give them that in abundance as they take care of the business of this city. I pray that they will do it with integrity and with steadfastness. And may you bless them for their service, grateful for this assembled body in the audience, particularly those who have traveled from the continent of Africa, many of our motherland to be here with us today. May this session give them insights, and may they also inspire us for being here today. And Lord, I ask that as this council convenes and conducts businesses, when it all is said and done, we will have done that which moves our city forward and that which pleases you in the name of my creator, my God and my Lord and Savior, Jesus, Christ, amen.
Amen. Alright.
Thank you so much Pat pastor Lindsey for that invocation. For those who are joining us virtually, please make sure, if you are going to make public comment that you do so now, as we will cut off public comment after our two presentations. Alright, as was mentioned, we have with us this morning, the Mandela Fellows, you all can stand up so we can recognize you all. They are joining us here.
Welcome, welcome,
so glad to have you and welcome you here to city council. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is a flagship program for young African American Leaders Initiative, it empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities and local community engagement. It was established in 2014 by President Obama. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, 10 years of empowering our Young African leader, and since it's its inception, nearly 6500 young leaders in Africa have participated in the Mandela Washington ship fellowship program. Yes, that's a beautiful thing with us. We have Miss Angel mbut Who would like to come up.
Yeah, thank you. Council President, members of the council, Mandela, Washington Fellows and the great people of Detroit, good morning.
Good morning.
I must say that before coming to America, I was a bit anxious, because I remembered the movie coming to America, and this young friend just visits New York and goes to his balcony and shouts, good morning my neighbors, yes and New Yorkers are New Yorkers, but gladly, the people of Detroit are not likely to so. It is an honor to be before you here. My name is Angel Bucha. I am from Kenya. I am a youth policy advisor and a proud member fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship 2024 and as you mentioned, Council President that the fellowship was initiated by the former President Barack Obama in 2014 and it brings together 700 young African leaders who are present across the United States. And we are young African leaders drawn from 19 African countries, to be specific. And now get this. This year, 2024, we had 55,000 applications that were received from across the continent. Then we had 700 that were selected, and we have 25 who are here at the Wayne State University for six weeks. But sadly, we are now in our fifth week. We have been engaging in learning, leadership, training and cultural exchange. We are drawn from different backgrounds. We have lawyers in the room. We have doctors, we have engineers, we have urban planners, journalists, policy experts, each one of us selected for our impactful work in our countries and communities with the rich history of Detroit, the culture of Detroit. This Detroit City has inspired us with its resilience and innovation. We are eager to take these lessons back home. Today. We recognize that everything rises and falls on leadership, and so we are absolutely honored to visit the Detroit City Council, the heart and mind of this city. God bless the great city of Detroit. I thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you so much, and we are excited to have you all here to Stacy Clayton. We also want to recognize you and your leadership what you do over at Wayne State University, if we can give her a round of applause as well. And we do have a special recognition for each and every one of you all on behalf of the Detroit City Council appearance, if you just if you just want to hold one up, we have one for each of you, all of the fellows, on behalf of the entire Detroit City Council, and award of recognition, in Spirit of Detroit, to recognize the work that you all are doing here in Detroit. All right. All right. So thank you. And Paris, we will step out and present each award to all of the fellow so again, thank you so much for being here. And I'm not sure if any other members would like to make a statement. Yes. Council member young, yeah.
Thank you, Mayor, President. I just want to thank you for your presence and for your and for two years you attended, I attended the dinner at the home of Doctor Glenda price for the Mandela scholars and presented them with tributes from Detroit City Council. So I just want to say it's a pleasure to see you all here. And also want to thank Stacey Clayton for all the leadership that you have done. Thank you so much. And with that, thank you, Madam President,
alright. Thank you council member. Young council member Callaway, thank
you, Madam Chairperson. Good morning. I had an opportunity to break bread with you last night at Wayne State University, and I had a great conversations with about six of you, and I want to tell you that I'm very, very proud of you and continue to make a change where you are. You are the change that you want to see. Don't be afraid. Don't back down, and always speak truth to power. God bless each and every one of you.
Thank you so much. Member Callaway. And again, thank you all. And now we will proceed to member Callaway. I think you also have a special recognition this morning.
Thank you, Madam President and Madam Chair. This is a Spirit of Detroit award for a very special individual. Is presented here with as an expression of the gratitude and esteem of the citizens of Detroit to Teresa moon right there wait Theresa Vicks to commend Teresa moon on her dedication and service to the eMERGE community in the West Eight Mile Road and Wyoming Avenue area and district two. Miss Moon works tires tirelessly for her community. She feeds children during the summer when they are out of school, and she coordinates Back to School programs as well as community picnics. Every year, she brought wells Park back to life and played a and helped to build a playscape that is currently being added to the park. If I'm not mistaken, is that correct? Miss moon. Thank you, and I know the children, thank you as well. She also makes sure that the history of the Burwood wall and its legacy of segregation remain intact as a cautionary tale for future generations and Stacy. I don't know if our fellows have had an opportunity to really get into the city of Detroit to tour, but I hope that maybe before they leave, we can make sure they get an opportunity to visit the Burwood wall, see the historic marker and know why that wall was erected in the first place. Miss Moon has championed annual events in her neighborhood, including truck or treat, the Easter egg hunt and the well known eight mile reunion picnic, which has been helped peacefully for the past 20 years so we can have peaceful gatherings in the city of Detroit. She serves, yes we can. She serves as a community leader with the city of Detroit and the 12th precinct, advocating on behalf of herself and her neighbors. On behalf of the council member, Calloway, the Detroit City Council and the entire city of Detroit, we congratulate you, Theresa moon, on your contributions to this community. God bless you, and we appreciate everything that you do. Applause.
And I hope that you will make your way to the podium and just share. Thank you Miss
moon. Thank
you Good morning, everybody morning. I know she was going to say all that. Thank you so much for all you do for District Two, I really appreciate it. Well, we really appreciate you for being our council member and taking care of us over there. Thank you to this body. You know, what will we do without the city council? You know, you do a lot for this city. You do a lot for our communities. But most of all, I want to thank my family and my family on eight mile, because without them, I wouldn't be the person that I am. You know, we try to hold eight mile together as a community with love and commitment. We try to keep it safe and clean. We try to build, you know, so that the future the kids will have something to look forward to. So that's the work that we do over there. And without them, I wouldn't be able to do what I do. And closing, I just want to say eight mile for life. That's what we do.
Alright,
beautiful Madam Chair, can we take a picture with Miss moon? Yep. Does anybody have anything they want to say to miss moon? Okay, all right, so we'll
come down and do a picture. And also we could try to do one with the Mandela Fellows as well too. If possible, we can do two separate group pictures.
Yes, I also want her to know I believe in giving flowers, yes, and these are for you, Miss moon, and I'll present them to you when I come down. Okay, thank
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All right, thank you again, and we will now proceed to our agenda. Council member duhas Here at the clerk would note and comment is cut off, and we will now proceed to our agenda. The Journal of the session of Tuesday, July 2, will be approved. There being no reconsideration or unfinished business. We will proceed to the budget Finance and Audit. Standing Committee for the budget Finance and Audit Committee, a report
from the Office of contracting and procurement.
The one report will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit standing committee for the internal operations standing committee, nine reports from various departments. The nine 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,
nine reports from various city departments. The
nine reports will be referred to the to the Planning and Economic Development standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee,
15 reports from various state departments.
The 15 reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee. We will now move to the voting action matters under other matters, there are no items by the President. Under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials and agencies,
there are no items, Madam President, alright, we
will move now to our general public comments, and the clerk will know member Johnson has joined us as well. It was so no alright. We will start with Miss Betty Lyons, and everyone will have a minute and a half for public comment this morning, followed by Miss Williams, followed by Adam spirit,
over $600 million stolen from Detroit residents of overpaid property taxes. Mister Whitaker of legal Where is the evidence in black and white of the notification of this thievery and evidence of Detroit residents signing away over paid property tax. We need justice, and we need answers in the area of solar. Miss Callaway is fighting this fight alone, and I do not like this. No one is supporting her, her ideas, but Romero young and der Hall keep deflecting from telling the truth. As she just said, the importance of truth. Why aren't they included? I'm talking about the residents. Why aren't they included in meetings to ask questions, so there is no stone left unturned of the pros and cons of such solar such as cancer and other diseases. What are you afraid of telling the residents This is a evil event. If you do not include public in this solar area, you're hiding the truth from the residents. What are you intending to gain from this evilness?
Alright? Thank you so much. Miss Lyons and Miss Williams, you'll be next.
Good morning, everyone. I just like to speak about integrity, honesty and loyalty, whatever your job is, whatever your title position you hold, it's very important if you represent us, city council members, Chief of Police, Chief of OCI, whatever position you hold, it's up to you to make sure your house is clean. And if you have people in your house that are not complying to the rules and regulations in the law, it should be corrected, period, no exception. And I went to go file a police report at the second precinct, like I always do, and it's always amazing when I go into this precinct, because your earbuds is like microphones, everyone can hear your conversation. And like I stated before about all this illegal corruption that's going on this facility where I reside at, and it's unfortunate that people do not take their jobs or they would the oath. None of that serious. And like I said, accountability is very important, and whatever happens and the outcome of all this illegal corruption in this city and state, whoever's involved, I hope you guys understand why you are in this position, because you did not respect The Constitution.
Thank
you so much. Miss Williams.
Morning, you Mr. Bear, go right. Go right. Ahead. Good morning.
Adam Barrett, Detroiters for Tax Justice, I'll be reading an abbreviated resolution to retract provisions of the Hudson's Detroit tax incentives that we will be submitting shortly to council, whereas Dan Gilbert's bedrock has received a total of approximately $260 million in incentives Since 2017 to build a new tower on the former Hudson site. And whereas those incentives were predicated on the promise of creating 2000 new jobs to in turn generate 71 million in new tax revenue, and whereas moving 850 existing GM employees from the REN sun does not qualify as new job creation. And whereas minus 850 spaces, the agreed upon job creation and tax revenue totals cannot be met with the remaining space in the tower. And whereas both the mayor and the DGC were on record at the time in 2022 saying that the 71 million figure for new revenue was based on the assumption that all jobs would be new. And whereas Council's own resolution on the issuance of the commercial rehabilitation exemption certificate for this project stated that such issuance was predicated upon having the reasonable likelihood of increasing employment. Blah, blah, blah, We the members of Detroiters for Tax Justice do resolve that council take immediate action to revoke the commercial rehabilitation exemption certificate for this project, an option falling within their power under the CRA when the holder of the exemption certificate has not proceeded in good faith. Thanks. All right. Thank
you so much, Mr. Barrett, and if the clerk would know, we've also been joined by member President Pro Temp Tate and Member Santiago Romero,
right Theo pride,
good morning to this honorable body of Theo pride, Detroit people's platform and Detroiters for Tax Justice. I am here to support the resolution to enforce clawbacks for the Hudson redevelopment if they fail to produce the jobs they guaranteed when every day, working class Detroiters get a home from the land bank, the city takes the house back as soon as it is believed those folks aren't holding up their end of the bargain. So why do we not take stuff back from the billionaires who do not hold up their end of the bargain for the public gifts they receive? Our economic development model grows the general fund by leveraging property tax breaks to create jobs that bring in income tax revenue. Over the last decade, the General Fund has grown and unadjusted dollars even though property tax revenue has declined. That's because income tax revenue has increased offsetting those losses. But if our downtown, which captures most of the property tax, does not produce jobs, then the city cannot reap the positive return on investment, so no jobs hurt the general fund and goes against the economic model purported by the DGC in the city. Thus clawing back tax incentives for the Hudson is not just a matter of equity, it's sound business practices according to the city. So whether you use your heart or your head. On this matter, the clawback is the right thing to do.
Thank you.
Thank you so much. Mr. Pride. Gail Hines, followed by Nisha Parker, good morning, everyone.
I hope you all are well.
I'm Gail Hines. I live in the grass Fendi area, and I'm here concerning the solar panel project that we're interested in. We've done a lot of research and a lot of work, and I believe that the solar panel is the future. Eventually, we are going to have to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels electricity and solar panel, it's a future project is a thing we need to go for our children. I believe it's stuff towards the future, and it's what you know. I think it would benefit us as a whole, as a family, and for our children, because we have to protect what we have now.
Okay, thank you so much. Miss Hines for sharing that
Hello, everyone. My name is Misha Parker, and I'm from the Findlay and grasshoot neighborhood with District Four. I am the president of my block club, and I'm a leader of the youth. I'm here to say that I have been educated and will and still being educated about the solar panels putting in our neighborhood, and it will educate our children as well, because we don't know we kind of like the lost and found, and I appreciate that District Four coming out and finding us in that neighborhood, because no one knew that we was there. And it is possible for the solar panels to go there, because it will help us. It will bring cleaner air. It will educate our children. I will be able to do tours for them and take them there to educate them that they could do a future with these solar panels, or get jobs around these solar panels. And I've seen things happening in my neighborhood, from black turning in and I want the light, you know, to be shined on them from these solar panels and not light. And we'll look cleaner over there. We'll look educated over there, it'll look positive. It is a beautiful thing to see this in our neighborhood, because I thought that nobody cared. But we keep it clean over there. The kids have to be well mannered over there, and I will be make sure that they educated as well with myself, because I don't know too much about solar panels, but what I've been learning lately, I like them, and I want them there in our neighborhood, and I would appreciate it if you would come out and see what I'm talking about that the kids do, new generation, my generation.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Pastor ovella, but good to see you. Good
morning. Good morning to all of our esteemed city council members. Our president. God bless you. President. Mary Sheffield, I'm just coming to you guys today. First of all, I want to say thank you. I want to thank you because I had a vision in 2010 to do something spiritual over violence, and I got a vision to declare a message that God said, Thou shall not kill. And after I got that message, someone told me that I need to come to city council, because we kept having a perpetual day on the 22nd to do things to create peace and healing in our city. When I came to city council in 2010 I approached you with the proclamation, with a proposal for proclamation that was unanimously agreed upon that declared that each 22nd is officially a day of peace and healing in Detroit. And I want to thank you guys because you stood with me at a time that I had no idea what I was doing. I was just responding. And so that proclamation turned into 13 additional proclamations from cities surrounding Detroit. So we are continuing to do the work to declare one day a month as a no violence day via the proclamation that we received. But now we also have another problem that has revisited our city, that violence has now began to increase. We see it as a sin. Problem. Sin is rebellion against God. Our response is spiritual. I'm asking you guys to please consider moving forward with turning Detroit white. Every 22nd we ask for everyone to wear white. It is our protest against the darkness. We're wearing white to promote peace. Monday is the 22nd if you wear white, it would help us to continue to spread our message. God said, Thou shalt not kill. We need everyone. God bless you all.
Thank you. God bless you. Pastor Avella, we so appreciate you and the work that you do. I always say, we need all hands on deck. It has to be a law enforcement response, a policy response, a spiritual spiritual response, a community response. We need everyone to respond to the violence that we're seeing in our community. So we appreciate you. The event that you're having is on Monday, the 22nd if you just really quickly, it's where's the location, greater Grace
Temple. Greater Grace Temple from five to seven, and it's now gone from citywide to countywide. And so we thank our sheriff and our chief that is now standing behind code 22 now we want to turn to city and white every 22nd code 22
code 22 alright. Thank you so much. Pastor Avella, looking forward to the event. And next we have Ronald Foster, good morning. Good
morning through the Chair. First thing I want to do is just, I'm really very glad and honored to have the Mandela Fellows here. I think it's important to recognize the manifestation of freedoms, both fought and won, and the opportunities that they have capitalized on by educating themselves and going abroad and being ambassadors is remarkable. So I'm very, very honored to be in the presence. I will say that, secondly, I will say that we as Detroiters have those same opportunities to do the same thing, and we have the same opportunities to be ambassadors as well, to go to 19 countries in Africa and represent this city. I believe that the city can rise, and our children can rise up to those levels and be ambassadors. Um, second, thirdly, I want to just encourage our community to engage the Council, as well as our government, to engage our community. More importantly, we have to go introduce ourselves to our neighbors. We have to talk to our neighbors. We have to be kind to our neighbors. Therefore, we can learn to love our neighbors. We can't do anything in our communities if you don't know your neighbor. Okay, and so that's the most important thing. Get out here, talk to your neighbor, learn your neighbor, interact with your neighbor. And more importantly, talk about these elections, talk about who you want in your government. Elect and vote for people that represent your government. Represent you best off. We need more black representation in government, and I appreciate the time. Appreciate you all for listening.
Thank you. Ronald Foster, thank you, sir.
Reno Boyles, you how
everybody doing this morning, good afternoon. I like to say, first of all, give my praises up to George Washington bush. Well, our president throughout the 80s. And then I also want to say to Mandela, he's a great president. Also, I've been watching him over the years. I'll be my second one since I'm from the United States. I just want to make make this clear. Since we today at the City Council, and it's a meeting, I want to say this. My name is Reno Marcus Bowles, and I am a candidate for United States president, and my goals is to make sure that the United States, as everybody, especially in the city of Detroit, gets their equal opportunity. That's we've been going through a lot of repression and oppression, which a lot of females and women, disabled people, homeless people, don't have opportunities. They don't have the land, they don't have the education, they don't have any guidance to religion or anything in their perspective they need. We have a new chance. The Bible also expresses battle in Genesis 911 how everybody try to get smart, and guy to destroy that. And I also want y'all to understand that y'all was free under the article of Federation under the United States Constitution. That's when y'all became slaves, winning the war. Again, they became slaves and got our freedom and voting rights and everything else. It was already established on the Ottawa Confederation. And I'm in the Supreme Court. You can look up my number. It's 24 07, 60, Ohio. Thank you,
sir. Ellen McCullum, followed by Eldrick Burton, presents,
I hope you can hear me. We are here on behalf of concerns and affected citizens of Detroit, African indigenous diaspora and multiple generations of Detroit families. It's come to our attention that Ola yamay dabombat, African bead museum and gallery, has yet to be determined as protected from the demolition of the city's blight department. We are here to encourage our city officials and knowing that we have great faith in them and their dedication to the well being of the people that would impact them, although Yamas in bag African bead museum and gallery is the largest physical brick and mortar representation of African people and culture in the city, this state and this region of the United States, with visitors who come from all over the world to embrace what we have right Here in home, even now the demolition team is on site to tear it down. This would be a global embarrassment for our people and prosperity and our legacy of the for our leadership of the city of Detroit to do anything short of their absolute best effort to protect and preserve the empower the space. Oh, look, I'm dabbles. Beat Museum is on Grand River. I know that. You know where it is. They have a demolition team on site right now to tear it down. Dabbles is a Kresge eminent award recipient, and has been working on this project for over, I don't know, seven years to
get it renovated. I
just wanted to bring it to your concern.
Thank you. Thank you so much and very aware of what's taking place at that site. I was up late, late the day before the proposed demolition was to take place, and worked with both BC and director counts to pause that demolition. They did have an administrative hearing that took place last week. I was on that hearing. Unfortunately, the they denied the appeals, but from my understanding that they're going to go back and try to re I guess, not reapply, but they want to continue to fight to save that particular building. I do have a meeting with the owner coming up that's in district five, so I'm very familiar with it, and we're trying our hardest. I know a lot of community is behind saving that particular building, but there is a lot of money also that is needed to build to keep that building in a safe condition as well. So thank you for coming. If we would get your information and keep you in a loop of some of some of those conversations. We love to work with you as well, but very, very familiar of that building and the history of it and the community support to save it. So thank you for coming down and sharing your concerns. Alright, we will move to our last person, which is Eldrick Burton,
how you doing? Y'all, first of all, we want to go on that to God, who's the head of my life, and my wife was sort of support Tanisha and Burton, and to apologize for my speak up a little bit louder, because I can't hear you. Yeah. Honor to God, who was the head of my life, and to my wife, Tanisha Ann Burton, come down and support me today and come with a calmer spirit. And as I speak to y'all, I come to y'all with a humble spirit as I grew up as a kid in the city of Detroit, under the Ministry, ministership of Mayor, Honorable Mayor Coleman, young and to the community activist or Sheffield on Grand River in Wyoming, who helped me mentor my political and my structures that I am now. And I represented my nonprofit organization, Miss Van, International Community Development outreach, helping people come home and find not only jobs and businesses. My uncle Otis asked me to come with a calmer spirit. He says he knows Mrs. Callaway, and she comes to all of the meetings. So this is basically drugs structured toward Miss Callaway to ask her to calmly and patiently and a much calmer voice than I did last time, to come down to the ACC youth activity center and meet with us the community that gave 100% approval as y'all heard yourselves last time that we were informed about the things so I'm often heard To talk to Kim Tandy about coming to the meeting and meet with her community from which you represent. That's all. That's all I came out for. And hopefully she'll give comment to Ms. Kim Tandy,
thank you. All right. That will conclude all of our in person public comment, and we will turn over to those who have joined us virtually, good morning. And how many callers do we have this morning?
Morning, Madam President, there were 27 hands raised before you would cut off public comment. And the first caller is phone number ending in 299,
caller 299, good morning. Yes,
good morning. Like all the council members into the city of Detroit. My name is Joyce Moore with the Virginia Park community coalition within the boundaries of the Virginia Park community. I'm here on two basic reasons. Council member Sheffield, the benefit period homeowners program, my understanding with the $6 million has been closed. That means we need to allocate more money in the 650 years that I figured out most of the people will be dead trying to meet $6 million a year for 50 years for the overpayment of the taxes. Number two, and I should be very brief, clawback people. That means simply that there's a repayment or a refund. So if the contractors, Tom Gore or any of those other millionaires are not keeping their commitment to the contract to provide the jobs that they say they are refund they need to be our money needs to be refunded and repaid. Thank you very much for your time. I yield my time. All
right. Thank you so much. Miss Moore.
The next caller is demand election integrity.
Good morning.
Good morning.
All right, going once, good morning. All right, we can come back to this Caller, please.
They appear to be back now. Good
morning and through the chair. May I be heard. Yes, we can hear you. Good morning. You. You've heard multiple people come down here and complain about their neighborhoods and the Blight that they still have. I'm looking at your agenda, and you have millions and millions of dollars, and we've spent millions of dollars on blight. These people are desperate. These people, you have put them in a place of desperation. I see 25.1 as a study for Corktown Choice Neighborhood for their their pedestrians. Why didn't? Why don't we do a study of solar farms and communities you already have a solar farm, and as the guy admitted yesterday, that there's runoff and it affects the wildlife, and I'm pretty sure that there's something affecting the people. If you want to make sure that it's reducing air quality, why don't you do a study on O'Shea before we move forward? And I noticed that 7.6 is on a on the reference committee to return to the committee this was supposed to be voted on today. This is the the outside council. I don't know why it's listed there. We have 20, 18.2, CDBG funds for zero repair loans. Who, who is getting these loans? And how do you apply for these loans? It's, it's $18.4 million you have given away thus far, and we still have people that are in need. Please listen to Thou shalt not steal,
right? Thank you.
The next caller is Stephen Harmon,
awesome. Can I be heard? Yes, you can so. Speaking of I shall not scale, and I'm going to say this every time he comes here. You know, Theo pride of Detroiters for Tax Justice spent three years in federal prison for embezzling $700,000 from Detroit Public Schools. He created his own fake tutoring. Contracted from some reason they thought he was, since he had that fancy PhD, they hired him, but Aiken voices and bezel 700,000 got a six year sentence, and three years in, because of covid, got released, and now he's going around spreading all this gibberish and misleading. You know, there's a lot that goes into this grounds. And you know, yes, it is disappointing that you know GM, you know, you know, move from the Renaissance Center. You know, I heard, in my opinion, but, you know, there's still going to be jobs and money coming from that Hudson site. Still a lot of jobs. You know, Detroiters protects justice is totally Alpha wax, you know. And you know, that restful on it's just time for him to, you know, retire, for God's sakes. You know, every word that comes out of his mouth is just lies. And he knows it's lies, you know, and it doesn't look good on, you know, the whole library campaign. Also, I'm in support of,
right? Thank you, Mister Hari,
the next caller is to hear Ahmed. Good morning.
Good morning. On Friday, the President visited Renaissance High School, and I was there with my sign at the at the driveway, with my sign encouraging reparation to make the president to give us reparation. And I was forced by the Secret Service on my walker to go all the way down to Hubble. I mean, I'm on a walker, and so I had to push myself with my foot all the way down the street. I just couldn't do it. So it's trying to come back. I fell backwards and hurt my back. And I think it's rather ironic that they're going to pick on a disabled old lady trying to make a statement to the president the Secret Service and drop the ball on President, former President Trump, causing him to almost be assassinated. Secondly, my other response to the police President Sheffield, I'm glad you're going to hold them accountable. It took them 37 hours to report to the community about these mass shooters. I mean, it was more than one, but chief white got on WdiV and said, we're looking for a suspect. And then when Kimberly Gill and the Devon skill you impressed him and said, Well, what about all those guns you filed? Then he said, Well, it was several shooters. We need an investigation. Thank
you. Have a
thank you so much. Miss Ahmad.
The next caller is William M Davis,
uh, good morning. Can't be heard.
Yes, you can. Okay. I
like to start off by saying that we have a lot of problems in our city, a whole lot of problems. And I think it would help reduce some of the problems if some of these projects and these tax abatements And these incentives you give different entities to build and do things in the event that they don't live up to their commitment, you should be able to claw back and get some of those, some of that money back, and get reduction of the times that they get these tax abatements. I think that you should strongly Look at that. Also, there's a concern I have with the fact that if most of these so called officers just going to be redeployed to for others these block parties is coming from the neighborhood police officers, that would also mean that there's going to be a higher incident, because the negative police officers, they do a great job of helping to reduce tension among neighbors. In the event that they're unavailable to do that, I think you're going to have more incidents. I think also it continues to be a problem, in my assessment, the fact that many of our officers, in fact, over 80% don't live in the city. Over 90% of the command officers don't live in the city, and the demographics of the police force is changing back to what Coleman Young was strongly against. So hopefully y'all can look into what's going on a little bit more strongly. Thank you.
Thank you so much. Mr.. Davis,
the next caller is Joyce Jennings,
good morning.
Good morning. I come today requesting that we organize across the city of Detroit, in every place that people live, to just pray. There are so many things going on in the world. Pray and pray for solutions that creates healing, that creates protections in support of living our best lives the way that our creator intended for all. I live in the van dyke Lynch community that has been recommended for solar. I'm a homeowner. I have daughters that I raised in the city of Detroit, that were born in the city of Detroit. And when you have a city that has so many people who are becoming homeless, dealing with home instability, to promote solar, when DTE has some of the highest solar cost, and you don't plan to use that solar to help reduce housing costs for utilities that is wicked, wickedly inspired, and it's my hope that city council, especially the women, it seems like our women are more righteous and in tune with what is needed for us to be made whole. I'm just praying that all of us will do what is required to stand for God and stop giving money away to people who can afford to pay their way and creating the conditions that create blighted communities and land and in properties for the taking.
Thank you so much.
The next caller is Michael snipes me,
yes, we can hear you Good morning.
I am an owner and occupant of fraternity Pickford community, and I like to say that I'm all for the solar panel initiative, and would like to go forward with the program and my community and my neighborhood to help control the blight and all the things that's going on around here. As far as, uh, DTE bill go. Yeah, we it should. I guess some of us should go towards, uh, helping not to build because DTE is seem like a little monopoly of some, I don't know, but they, either way, they just do what they want to do with the bill. However, I am about ready, working with Detroit land bank and another house and trying to move forward so that I can move over there. So I really want to say
thank you so much. Yes, President Pro Tempe,
thank you, sir. You are located in district one in the Trinity Pickford area. Believe that is slated for phase two, potentially. So I don't believe we've spoken before. Please give my office a call. We'd love to connect with you. 313-224-1027, again, 313-224-1027, let me just make sure we're all on the same page. Thank you so much.
Thank you, President Pro Temp Tate and our next caller, please.
The next caller is Karen's iPad.
Karen's iPad. Good morning.
Good morning.
How are you great? Thank you, great.
Um, let's talk about solar now renewable energy, the state had an obligation, you know, to start the monitoring and the energy waste reduction. They had that obligation back from 2008 so this, I keep telling this is nothing new, but what's going on is now. Imma tell you I got a, I got a the charge on my electric bill that was for the public lighting decommissioning. They charged, I don't know if they charged you, but they definitely charged me now. So I mean, what's going on with public lighting? How they going to charge? How is pte going to charge the residents for something that, I mean, something that they're getting for free? So we look into that good and what I was reading in that contract, because I finally found the last contract, and it says that this company, they're going to do all the collecting of the fees and everything. So we don't know where that money's going to go. Take a better look at that. Now, Kanye mallet said that you guys going to have a closed meeting and discuss that. No, you're not. You can't have a closed meeting and discuss. You can have a closed meeting to discuss. And discussing solar is not one of them, okay, discussing the ordinance is not one of them that you you know you can do in a closed meeting. So you can write that off. The other thing is the fact that solar that they're not ready for you got different. You got a difference in in the in the waves, and so they're under be able to put the solar with the green,
right. Thank you.
The next caller is Betty a Varner.
It's Varner. Good morning.
Good morning, Madam President, and to all the honorable council members. My name is dedie A Varner, president of the soda Ellsworth black Association, advocating for my community, for our rise Detroit event. We're going to be focusing on health, our annual resource fair, we bring the resources to the community, and this is a city wide event, meaning all residents of the city of Detroit are welcome. We were successful. Last year, we had over 150 people attend and to receive the good services. And hopefully we'll be as successful this year. We are still in need at the barber to offer the free haircuts. And yes, this is a free event. We're looking for a hair braider. We're going we would like to give away hygiene products this year for the children. So we're looking for donation of hygiene products or monetary donations. We're going to have the city of Detroit health department. They are different departments from the city of Detroit. We're going to have the Wayne County health mobile unit there. So if you're in need of services, health free health services, please come to our event. Bring the children. It's a family event. We're going to have a bounce house, popcorn.
Great. Thank you.
The next caller is iPhone, good afternoon. May have your heart.
Yes,
okay,
how you doing? I just wanted to break down a few things that, you know, I've been hearing about the meetings about the Solar Initiative in my area. And you know, I'm hearing a lot of people asking about safety. You know, are they safe? I do agree with the previous caller, like I like I suggested a few weeks ago. You know, we could use O'Shea, take the data from O'Shea and see how that turns out. But it's already been proven that solar is safe, you know, to live around, especially for us as far as cost and money. Lighthouse and DTE, they already said last Thursday that they have minimal profit gain single digits on descending to one, which is good, obviously, they already said that the profits go directly to the city. You know, they're contracted so the energy goes directly to the city. The city, more than likely, would like to disperse that amongst the residents. I also want to say about electric bills for the city are $7 million annually. So with the initial startup cost of $5 million for this, I believe it's projected to make about $2 million at the rate is currently at not even considering if rates go up, you know. So on a 35 year contract, you know, it's just it all said so much. I heard a caller say, blight ain't got nothing to do with it. But when I'm listening to the contractors who are going to be outsourced to do it, they're mentioning how it's a good thing that they're offsetting blight. So, you know. And I think it stimulates minds for the future too, to see this in our neighborhood. All right, thank
you. Next caller is Detroiters for Tax Justice.
Good morning. Good morning. Can
you hear me?
Yes?
Okay, good morning. Let's do stewards of our tax dollars. I asked that the council follow the recent actions of the state, where the state of Michigan recently clawed back incentives for the Ford EV battery plant and Marshall because Ford had scaled back on its project. It's time for council to do the same with the Hudson project. Gilbert is scaled back on the project. They certainly cannot deliver on the 2000 jobs that they promised, because GM is moving into their building and the fact that the property taxes that the city was getting from GM rinsen will now go to Gilbert's project, and the fact that the employees who were paying income tax to the city will not be paying their income taxes to Gilbert all the me to believe and know that there's nothing good about our Continuing to give all the tax incentives to the Gilbert project, so I'm asking that the council claw back on those tax incentives. And again, I am reminding people that we are dealing with the possibility of eminent domain with the solar panels in the city of Detroit, also, the fact that we have solar panels does not eliminate blight. People will still begin to dump around those areas where there'll be no residents to report and Detroit,
all right, thank you.
The next caller is Renard monshansky.
Good morning. Renard monsie, Good morning, Madam
President and city council. Can I be heard?
You can Okay? Good morning. I'm
an organizer with Detroit people's platform platform. My name is Renard roshansky and resident of the city of Detroit. I just wanted to speak an encouragement of this line. I forgot the line item, but it's speaking about transit oriented development, and it's encouraging that this council is now looking at zoning and development and using the DDOT reimagine plan as a template for changing how we can incorporate housing business and, you know, other ventures as well too, that would actually create, you know, opportunities for lower income housing and and more enterprise in the city as well, too. Most of our cities have been built around the car, the highways that cut through majority black neighborhoods that have been destroyed as evidence of that. And now we need to look towards how do we develop our city as we move into a more climate conscious society, on transit oriented development in terms of incorporating public transit mobility into development as well. Everyone does not drive a car. I don't want to drive a car in the city at all. So how do we get included into the development? A lot of this is car centric. Lot of the businesses to get around you need a car. So how do we make this equitable for individuals that use transit and disabled folks as well. I'm very excited to have more conversations about this. Thank you. Thank you.
The next caller is Cunningham.
Good morning, mr.. Cunningham, you
Good morning. Mr.. Cunningham, 344493444914,
and on Facebook, extensive vehicle repairs. Three words on expensive vehicle repairs. Um, I thank you all for praying. Continue to pray. The last two days, I made $40 $20 one day, $20 the next. So I've been drinking a lot of water, praying in the Holy Spirit, staying positive, but the needs of the people, they keep coming to my car in regards to bus tickets. And you know, I use donations and my own funds to purchase those bus tickets, and so it just brings a little joy to folks at the bus stops when the busses are not on time. Thank God every last one of you, thank God that you have a vehicle. Every last one of you, thank God that you have a vehicle. None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our own bootstraps. We got here because of somebody, a parent, a teacher, Ivy League crony, or a few nuns bent down and helped us pick up our
right Mr. Cunningham, you went out. We paused your time. What's your name? Brother, Kevin.
How can do you not do better? Mr.. Kevin,
be on time.
Well, you heard it. He says, Be on time. If you anybody on the side of my voice, ride the busses, ride the coaches, if you can again, ride the busses. Ride the coaches if you can. Thank you so much. Have a pleasure.
All right, thank you, mr.. Cunningham,
the next caller is Thurman ligand.
All right, good morning. You
Good morning. Caller, you have the floor. You have a minute and a half for public comment.
All right. Ari, can we come back to this Caller, please?
Okay, the next caller is Miko a Williams. Miko Williams, Hi, good morning.
May I be heard? Yes, you can
Yes. Hi, good
morning. Damico Williams, I am the chief director of hydrate Detroit. I am speaking as a community leader. We help people with their water shut off. We help water advocacy. And I pay water bills for people that are in need. I want to invite everyone within the sound of my voice to the share water donation drive on this Saturday, July 20, it will be at Auntie nice community house at 12028, Yellowstone on Elmhurst, right by libernoy, and it is free to the public. We will have free food. We'll have Wayne metro to certify you on the lifeline plan and get you that $18 water bill. We will have the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition provide DTE Energy help and how to fight back against DTE. And also, we will have state senator Stephanie Chang speak about water affordability and what we need to do to push this regional I'm inviting everybody to pull up. Come get a plate. Come enjoy some fun with Auntie nae. I'm very happy to partner with her. We're trying to make difference in the community, and also, later this month, I will be speaking on the new payment plan method that DWSD has worked with me on. It is very refreshing to have partnership and also input within these matters to make sure that water is an essential human right and that is affordable to all in the city of Detroit. We are finally here. It is 10 years since the Detroit water crisis, when people were getting their water shut off, and now that we fixed it, we're partly fixing it. We're going to make a difference, and we're going to go all the way see me.
Alrighty. Thank you. Mr. Williams,
the next caller is Marguerite Maddox, Scarlet.
Miss Maddox, good morning. Hmm.
Ms, Maddox, are
you there?
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Thank you so much. Miss Maddox,
the next color is phone number ending in 534,
color, 534, good morning.
Yes, good morning. May I be heard? Yes, you can Hello, yes, we
can hear you. Ms Warri,
okay, thank you. Well, welcome Mandela Fellows, What you're witnessing, part of what you're witnessing right now are many residents of Detroit asking this legislative body to exercise due diligence before dedicating millions of our resources to build solar farms, and in the process, use the power of eminent domain to take people's private property. Now why is this a lack of due diligence? Because the actual contract for the deal has not been made publicly available, I got an email from the Office of Sustainability Director Rushton yesterday after I wrote Walker, Miller energy, one of the partners, asking for Where is an environmental impact statement? There's been a lot of speculation here, but where's the study by the experts? Where's the cost benefit analysis in writing. Where is an alternative study in writing? Where is the robust public discussion about the use of eminent domain, the history of the use of eminent domain in this city, and whether this would be a proper public purpose, which we cannot tell if we don't know the actual deal, and there's been a history of very secretive planning in this city, most unfortunately, like what's going on with the Master Plan and advisory group was picked, supposedly people representing the public, yet we didn't get to pick them, and we don't get to go to the meeting.
All right. Thank you. Ms corwy,
the next caller is Jennifer Young, Michigan. IPL,
thank you very much. Can you hear me?
Yes, we can hear you.
Thank you. My name is Jennifer Young, and I'm with Michigan interfaith Power and Light. We are a statewide nonprofit headquartered at St Peter's Episcopal and Corktown, and we are honored to be a partner in the city's neighborhood Solar Initiative. I wanted to thank you for the opportunity to share with you today how faith communities across the city are at the forefront of leading the clean energy transition, and how they're using solar power to empower their communities. So in particular, I wanted to celebrate three faith communities. First of all, Pilgrim Baptist, located in Conant gardens district three which experiences numerous power outages, including a multi day power outage that caused Pilgrim Baptist to lose three large freezers full of perishable food that otherwise would have helped feed four to 600 people experiencing food insecurity. New Mount Hermon, Missionary Baptist Church in district 742, and seven states most polluted zip code where childhood asthma rates are many times the national average, and they are an air quality monitoring site. And then Lord of Lord ministries, District Four east, in the east side, installed a 13 kilowatt solar array last fall, and is the first black church in Detroit to install solar. The church now has close to zero electric bill and was honored by the city of Detroit spring task force. So these are just a few examples of how faith communities that provide vital community services are becoming resiliency centers, including solar,
right? Thank you.
The next caller is Jake, J, a, i, k, e,
all right, good morning, Jake,
you got it. Thank you so much. I'm calling with Southwest Detroit environmental vision in a city with some of the highest cancer rates due to air pollution because of our reliance on rudimentary, old and outdated means of energy consumption. It is not only in the best interest of the city, but it is vital that the city turn to renewable energy projects like solar, not only as a health initiative, but an environmental justice one in what our record breaking temperatures in a normally temperate climate this summer, conditions in Detroit and Michigan will only worsen if changes aren't made immediately to reverse the devastating impacts of climate change. Employ the city to vote solar. Thank you for your time.
All right, thank you.
The next caller is Russ bellant. All
right, good morning.
Good morning. Hatefully obsessed Madison Heights, person has recently promised to continually speak at your meetings to disparage Theo for a past mistake. He has answered for he has served for years in voluntary activity that is a model of community service. This is hateful. Speech is coming from this person. Many will stand with Theo as we support the clawback of incentives for the bedrock site that has transferred jobs from one downtown site to another. It has resulted in vacating the rent set. Why is there discussion of demolishing the rents and instead of a determined effort to refill it, the city gave $800 million to the villages, in part to build two office buildings that the villages put on a back burner due to lack of demand. Hundreds of millions are spent to destroy the rents and what will take its place? It will reduce hotel space. We are supplying huge taxpayer funds right now to add to hotel space. City council needs to develop its own assessment framework for prioritizing and evaluating development right now, investors make the decisions to end tax dollars flow to them via agencies that are not directly accountable to Detroiters. Your only voice only counts at the end of the process, you need to take a leading role demoing the rent scent is crazy. The rent scent is the rent scent is a landmark. Keep it.
Thank you.
The next caller is Francisco Rios. Good morning.
Good morning. Can you hear me?
Yes, I can hear you.
Alright. Thank you. Good morning to everyone here in this meeting. It's an honor to be here. My name is Francisco Rios, and I want to address the solar panel project. Solar Panel. Solar is the way to go for the future of humanity, the and the future for power and electricity, it benefits everyone who lives in this world, and this serves as a way to also educate the future generations about clean solar energy, and want them to pursue the goal for the healthiest future for humanity. This would also open new job openings and a cleaner lifestyle by cutting carbon emissions by the tons. This can help cut costs on the electric bill as well, for people who also struggle with that and community engagement with the the people and the government can help make a better country, because this country was built by the people, for the people, and with the aid of companies and the government, we can make a difference in Our community. So thank you for your time and again. It was an honor to be here, and thank you so much. Have a good day.
Alright, thank you.
The next caller is phone number ending in 337,
caller, 337, good morning.
Good morning. May I have you heard,
yes, you can Okay. Thank
you very much. This is Pat Bosch, resident of district three. I have several issues that are very troubling. One is the intent to change the ordinance when it comes to child care. Those issues should be not done as a matter of right in single family, residential, zoned areas. So I that is the first area that I am concerned about. Secondly, is about the solar farms and panels. I am an environmentalist. I was here for the first Earth Day. This is not an issue about whether we should have solar panels or not. It is a matter of eminent domain, and I am upset that the city is disguising eminent domain by appealing to people's economic benefits, their individual benefits should not supersede the general welfare. And to have DTE as a contractor is against the is a self conflicting area of interest. Thirdly, the master planning process is unbelievably mushroom treatment. I was here for an
Thank you.
The next caller is one of the coldest,
one of the coldest, good morning.
Good morning. You
Mr. Crawley, good morning. All
right, Ari, let's come back to this Caller, please.
Okay, I believe the it's the same caller with another number is election integrity route.
All right, good morning.
Good morning. Mr. Crawley, going once, going twice. And Mr. Crawley, you can submit your public comment to the clerk's office for public record. And Ari. Is that our last caller?
I know there's one more call, the last caller who raised their hand before you would cut off public comment. Is phone number ending in 20270270
Good morning.
Yes, good morning. This is Monique Shelton. This current solar field initiative will not benefit the residents only. DTE will benefit with a 10% at least a 10% profit margin. LPD in the person of mr.. Corley, he gave a very illuminating presentation yesterday at the Standing Committee, in which he said that the solar field energy will not replace the traditional DTE electricity to the City of Detroit's municipal buildings, that the 33 megawatts of solar energy will not offset nor replace the traditional DTE electric energy source for Detroit's 127 municipal buildings, that the solar panels will not be directly connected to the city's municipal buildings And the city will not directly consume the energy from the solar solar panels, and the city will continue to purchase electricity from DTE at current prices to provide electricity to the city's municipal buildings. Therefore, there will be no impact to the city relative to the city's DTE bills, and it's slowly energy is only projected.
All right. Thank you so much, Mr. Shelton, and that is our last caller. Ari, Yes,
Madam President, that was the last caller who raised their hand before you would cut off public comment.
All right, thank you. We will now proceed to our agenda for this morning, understanding committee reports for the budget, Finance and Audit standing committee from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
Council Member durhall, a resolution line item 16.1 noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session.
Council Member durha, thank you,
Madam President. Line item 16.1 is a resolution of authorization to create and fund the solar equity fund, knowing that this is a package that will be moving, I will be making a motion to postpone line item 16.1 for one additional week.
Right? Any objections to postponing 16.1 carry no objections that item will be postponed for one week for the internal operations standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Council member Johnson for resolutions. Line item 17.1, through 17.4 all our contracts. First up is contract number 6003030, dash eight, three, amended 100% city funding. Amendment three, to provide an extension of time, to extend subscription agreement for HR, applicant tracking of citywide job applicants and new hires. Contractor, government jobs.com doing business as Neo gov. Total, contract amount, $742,681.24 cent. As for human resources. Next contract contract number 6006359, 100% city funding to provide an investigative case management software system to various city departments, including OIG ombudsman prio, board of ethics and Bo PC, which is the board of police commissioners utilizing General Services, Administration, GSA agreement number GS three, 5f, dash, 021, 8x, contractor is Wayne swept LLC. Total contract amount, a million dollars. That's for do it contract number 6005962, dash, a one, 100% grant funding. Amendment One, to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for pre arranged, pre arrangement, legal services for indigent people, contractors, misdemeanor and felony defenders. PC, total, contract amount, 1,537,000 $1,537,500 and that's for Law. Last contract is contract number 6005963, dash a one, 100% grant funding Amendment One, to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for post arraignment legal services for indigent people, indigent people, contractors, misdemeanor and felony defenders. PC, total contract amount, $2,491,570 and that's for law. Councilmember Johnson, for resolutions,
right? Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President, Move for approval on line item 17.1, through 17.4
right. Thank you. Any discussion? Discussion? Yes. Council member Benson, through yourself
to administration. Is it possible for council to avail itself to the case management software for its own constituent services.
We need to bring over mr. Washington. Mr. Washington. Are you there? Perfect.
Yes, good morning, Madam Chair and council. My apologies. Could you please repeat the line item number 17.2,
I Okay,
yes, Madam Chair, we could have Darryl Conrad online as well as Richard gold.
Unfortunately, it looks like Paris stepped out to go to the restroom, and so
maybe threw yourself to the chair. Maybe they asked that question in committee was
that addressed in committee, member Johnson for
President, to member Benson, you're saying to add to give City Council the ability to utilize the software as well. What was discussed in committee is that the departments or the entities that are listed, they are all essentially splitting the cost of to utilize the software, I would think there would need to be an amendment to the contract in order for city council to be included within it. I
do see one. Someone has joined us. Mister Conrad,
Madam Chair, if I might. Yes, my apologies for this item. It is Robert millander and Brandon sledge melon. Mr. Conrad is for 17.1
okay.
So, as I mentioned before, no, Paris has stepped away so she cannot promote those Oh, she's on okay. I'm sorry about that. Thank you. Are Yvonne, if you can promote those two individuals, please,
good morning. Council president. I'm not seeing either name online right now, neither Robert millander or Mr. Sledge melon,
Mr. Washington, Madam
Chair. If we can bring those items or the items to the end of the agenda,
member Benson, is there a motion? Motion? There's a motion to bring 17.2 to the end of the agenda. Hearing no objections, that action will be taken, and a motion has already been moved for approval for the remaining items, and Hearing no objections, the three resolutions will be approved. Madam
President, yes, I'd like to request a waiver online item. 17.1
waiver has been requested for 17.1 hearing. No objections that action will be taken from the law department. Council
member Johnson, a resolution line item 17.5
council member Johnson, thank
you, Madam President, Move for approval.
Motion has been made for approval, and this is a settlement for a lawsuit. Any objections, hearing, no objections. The one resolution will be approved under resolutions. Council
member Johnson, three resolutions, line item 17.6 through 17.8
council member Johnson, thank
you, Madam President, Move for approval on line item 17.6 through 17.8 These are three reappointments to the historic designation Advisory Board,
right a motion has been made for approval. Are there any objections? Hearing? No objections. The three resolutions will be approved. Request a waiver
on all three I'll request a waiver.
Okay? Waiver has been requested and Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to all three resolutions under resolutions,
Council Member Johnson a resolution line item 17.9
house councilmember Johnson,
thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. This is in the name of member Callaway. It is a resolution supporting Senate Bill 669, and Senate Bill 670, to expand FOIA laws to cover the governor and the legislature.
Madam President,
yeah, I'm looking now looks like there's a duplicate here. Okay, so are we removing 17.9 and then moving seven, 7.5 to new business. Okay, all right, so if we can remove 17.9 from the agenda, and then we can move to new business line item 7.5 that was a referral,
uh, motion to remove line item 17.9
Okay, Hearing no objections, that action will be taken. And then if we can move line item 7.5, which is the same thing as a resolution in support of Michigan Senate Bill 669, and 670, to expand the Freedom of Information Act to cover the governor in legislature to new business motion. Motion has been made, Hearing no objections, that action will be taken, and Madam Clerk, you can move that one
nobody. Member Johnson or resolution.
Member Johnson, motion to approve.
All right. Motion has been made, and Hearing no objections, the resolution Yes.
Which number are we on?
We're still on 17.9 however, there was a duplicate, so we're taking up 17.5 essentially, it's the same resolution. We removed the one on the agenda and moved the one that was a referral. Okay, Hearing no objections. The resolution will be approved under resolutions
council member Johnson, Madam President, this resolution actually for council member Callaway, joined by you. Council President Mary Sheffield on behalf of council member Callaway, Council Member Johnson, joined by Council President Mary Sheffield, a resolution, line by line item, 17 points in.
Thank you, Madam Clerk, who did you say to move it? I'm sorry. Member Johnson, okay. Council member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President, this move for approval online item 17, point 10, which is the resolution requesting outside council to provide legal analysis of the proposed solar Neighborhoods Initiative,
right? And I'm sure discussion wanted just briefly. Director Whitaker, if you can just come up briefly and give us an update on where we are. I know conversations have taken place with Attorney Todd Perkins regarding a timeline, and if you could just bring us up to speed on where we are today. Is that microphone on? Because that is very hard to hear. No, I think the microphone may be off. It looks, I mean, his green button is on, but he can't hear
Microphone check.
You can tap it, but I can tell you
Mic check. Mic check both. Okay, as I indicated, it seems like they turned it up.
I think so. As
I indicated, last week, I had a meeting with Mr. Perkins and his staff in my office Tuesday at 430 and in there were several council members, or, I mean, remember Benson and member, Whitfield Callaway was president and staff from other offices, and Mr. Todd indicate, Mr. Todd Perkins, at that time, indicated that he could do the requested reporting within within a week. And I think that's been confirmed several times by several different council members. So I feel pretty confident he has the documents, as I indicated last week, and he has begun reviewing them, and he assures us that if Council passes this resolution, he can get your report within within a week or by Monday of next week, okay?
And then also, I'm not sure Mr. Washington is Corporation Council on as well,
Madam Chair, I believe he is logging and should be on momentarily.
Okay? I would like him to come on, because I know he also came to the table, indicating that they were okay with us seeking legal counsel, even though it really doesn't matter if they agreed or disagreed. This is our process that we can follow. But he did indicate in committee last week that they were essentially okay moving forward with legal counsel. I know they went on route to expedite the process, but wanted to hear from him today if that was still the same before we move forward. So Mr. Washington, is he on yet? Or he needs a couple of minutes to join? Because we
can, yes, I believe he may need a few minutes to join. Okay,
madam president, I do not see him on right now.
Okay? And
I'm assuming colleagues, you all want to hear from Corporation council or yes, okay, see a couple here. Okay, I do. Alright. So is there a motion? We can bring this back towards the end of the agenda. There's a motion. Motion, all right, carry no objections. We will bring this item back towards the end of the agenda. All right, under resolutions. Council
member waters, a resolution. Line item, 17, point 11.
Council member waters,
thank you, Madam President, Move approval.
All right, this is a resolution for the selection process for the Detroit tennis Rights Commission, and if we could just briefly move for discussion, just to allow the public another resolution stated, October is where we're trying to seek to have it filled positions filled. Discussion, yes, discussion, Madam
President, thank you. We're looking to have positions filled sometime in September. This is September, okay, however, council members should have all of their recommendations in july
26 by July the 26th Yes,
whatever names you're submitting.
Discussion just really quick, yep, discussion still. So you said September,
what timber is when we plan to interview them that will be take place in internal operations. That's kind of the plan. Okay? It's up to the chair, but, but city council, all of us need to have our name submitted by July 26
okay? And that is for both one possibly for an actual appointment to be a voting member, and then one that's a non voting member as well. Yes, okay, yeah, okay. And then the resolution also speaks to October, the first week of October, possibly being the first actual meeting of the commission. It's quite possible, if we can get it done. Okay, I just wanted to make sure the public was aware. Got a couple call. People are really interested in serving on the commission. No, you know the process, etcetera. So, yeah.
Okay. So everybody ready? We'll give
those names to you. Member waters, member Benson, alright.
Thank you. Just looking for some directions to give to the public. Are there any marketing materials, any information that we can give social media to advertise these positions being open.
Well, well, you know, I thought about that member, Benson, but, but also the recommendations are going to be coming from city council. So, man, we can market if we want to. I'm just saying, Okay, so, I mean, if you want that, we can, we can create something, okay, not a whole lot of time to to market it. But okay, we'll do that. Okay? Member Young, thank
you, Madam
President. Congratulations to member at large, my colleague, member waters, I just wanted to ask, is there any sort of guidelines in terms of what professions that the people who were appointing have to be in, do they have to have experience in certain areas? Or is this just who we think would be best to serve this
well, the the commissioners,
the original, I mean, it stated the ordinance talked about a senior citizen, disabled community, perhaps a single mom, you know, you Know, income based individual. We hope that we can include various people from from the those communities I I'm hope, that is my hope, we shall see in terms of how the recommendations come in,
but, but that's a guideline, not gospel, right? That's what I'm asking. Yeah, it
was guideline. It is certainly suggested in the ordinance that we that we do that, that the commission. That would be the makeup of the commission. Okay?
Thank you President, thank
you member young member Johnson,
thank you, Madam. President. I also just want to clarify that the makeup of the commission is for individuals appointed by city council, for by the administration, and one joint appointment, right? Okay, thank you. Thank you, Madam President.
All right,
thank you. All right. Emotion has been moved to approve the resolution before we do so. Yes, Attorney Barclay,
good afternoon. Just for clarity on that point in terms of the composition of the body, it should remember Johnson is correct, but there are also non voting members on the on the commission, on the commission, so I wanted to make you there are also non voting members on the commission. And I just also wanted to highlight yes, that each of the members is entitled to appoint one of those individuals, and along with the mayor, yeah, yep,
I did just you mentioned that I just wanted to, you know, provide, make sure people understood, council members will get one we actually can appoint or recommend two people. Four will be appointed as voting members, and the rest will be just individual appointments that we appoint as non voting members, right?
But, but just for clarification, when you provide your nominations. If you want both individuals to be nominated for the voting positions, you can, however, there is a note non voting position that you can just make the appointment to. So it's not, you know, a collective process with that individual
sounds good, okay, all right, thank you. Attorney Barclay, motion has been made to approve the resolution for the selection process for the Detroit tenants rights commission. Any objections? Hearing, no objections. The one resolution will be approved, and I see Corporation Council has joined us,
Madam President,
when a waiver, yes, okay, a waiver has been requested for a 17 point 11 for the Detroit tenant rights commission Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached. And if we can go back, if there are no objections to 17 point 10, and Corporation Council has joined us, so you don't have to keep you here all day.
Good morning. Conrad Mallory, Corporation
Counsel, your relationship to the ordinance. The corporation Counsel's Office law department fully supports. I'm sorry, the law the corporation Counsel's Office fully supports. Okay.
Thank you. Any questions, concerns for 17 point 10
discussion member Benson, I just want to reinforce, just as I said before, concern for me on this is that there's really no controversy here, and so I understand the need for opinions when we do have a divergence of opinions between the two branches. But here were very similar. So that for concern for me, the need for an opinion when there is really no controversy.
Thank you.
Thank you. Member, Benson, any additional questions, concerns or comments, right? Thank you Corporation. Thank you, right. Member Johnson, if you can move 17 point 10, thank
you, Madam President, Move for approval,
right? And this is a resolution requesting outside council to provide a legal analysis of the proposed solar Neighborhoods Initiative. Are there any objections?
Objection council member Scott Benson, District Three, the
clerk would know.
Objection, Council Member draw
clerk with some note,
yep. Any further objections? All right, hearing, no. There no further objections. 17, point 10, the resolution will be approved for the Planning and Economic Development standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement council
president pro tem James Tate. Seven resolutions, nine items, 18.1, through 18.7
Madam Clerk, before you continue, if we can request a waiver. Madam
member Johnson, request waiver for line item 17 point 10.
Thank you. Member Johnson, any objections to a waiver Hearing none a waiver will be attached to 17 point 10. All right, sorry. Madam Clerk, you can proceed.
No problem. Council President Pro Tem James, take seven resolutions, line items, 18.1 through 18.7 noting that they are all contracts for housing and revitalization. First contract is contract number 6006365, 100% CDBG, dash Dr funding to provide private sewer repairs. Contractors, five star Energy Services LLC, total contract, amount 3 million. Next contract, Contract Number 6000438, dash eight, a eight, 100% CDBG funding, amendment eight to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for administrative and implementation services for the city's 0% interest home repair loan program, contractor, Local Initiative Support Corporation. Total contract amount, 18,493,000 next contract, which is line item 18.3, Contract Number 6003642, dash, a, two, 100% CDBG funding. Amendment two, to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for construction management, for home repair programs for single family homes within the city contractor GS Group LLC, total contract amount $1,828,500 next contract is contract number 6006379, 100% ARPA funding to provide a street medicine team for individuals experiencing, experiencing, excuse me, unsheltered homelessness contractor, Community Health and Social Services Center, Incorporated, doing business as CHASS total contract amount, $562,868.37 cent, next contract, Contract Number 6004587, dash, 821, 100% ARPA funding Amendment One to provide an increase of funds for the Detroit Summer Youth Employment Program, contractor, Detroit Employment Solutions, Corporation, total contract amount, 20,250,000 next contract, Contract Number 6006433, 100% city funding to provide economic development services, including the district business liaison program and Retail Studies on behalf of the City of Detroit. Contractors, Detroit economic growth Corporation. Total contract amount, 2,191,000 million. $191,489 last contract, Contract Number 6006432, 100% city funding to provide the fiscal year 25 annual operating agreement for economic development services, including administration of the Detroit legacy business program, contractor, Economic Development Corporation of the city of Detroit. Total contract amount, 800,000 Council President, pro tem James Tate, seven resolutions.
Thank you, Madam Clerk. President, pro temp Tate
President, I move approval of line items, 18.1, through 18.7,
please. All right. Any
discussion on these items?
Right? Hearing no discussion a motion has been made for approval. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections.
The seven resolutions will be approved. And just wanted to note for line item 18.7 which is the funding for the Economic Development Corporation for the Detroit legacy business program. This was something that I allocated in the budget with support, of course, from my colleagues to start the city's first ever Detroit legacy business program. And we have been actively working with Kevin Johnson and the DGC to create criteria for this program and looking to have something hopefully announced that would allow people to start to apply within the next three months, and hopefully the program actually launched next year. But just wanted to mention my excitement around funding the first ever Detroit legacy business program that will fund support technical and capital support for legacy businesses that have been in Detroit for 35 years. That's our goal, to start there and older. So thank you for support for that program. President,
yes, pro tem, request for waiver online items, 18.4 and 18.5
please add 18.7
I needed.
I would like you.
You want it and 18.7
Thank you. Pro Tem, motion has been made for a waiver. Any objections, hearing, no objections, that action will be taken. Thank you.
Thank you.
All right, 18.2 list, zero
percentage loan program.
I'm actually going to object a waiver on that one. Any additional waivers, all right, from the City Planning Commission,
Council, President Pro Tem James Tate, an introduction of an ordinance, line item 18.8,
President Pro Tem Tate, 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 City Planning Commission council
president pro tem James Tate, a resolution set in a public hearing, line items 18.9
President Pro Tem Tate,
the president move approval of line item 18.9 for day to be determined.
Discussion,
all right. Discussion. Member Benson, I
just want to thank the PED committee as well as CPC staff for looking to do another down zoning to bring our text and our zoning maps into compliance with helping to reduce the ability for heavy, noxious uses to be near our neighborhoods. Thank you.
Thank you. Member Benson, yes. Member young
forgive me if I'm jumping ahead of the process here, but I just want to make sure, just for my clarification, this is part and parcel of what we talked about earlier with the Riverside exchange for the riverside park land, from my understanding, that they're going to be doing certain things in the community with this land, this plaza,
that's 18 point 10. We haven't got to that item yet. Oh, that's the next one. We're getting there.
Oh, my bad. I jumped again. I'm sorry. No, you're
okay. Alright, alright. There's no further objections. The motion was made to schedule a public hearing, and hearing no objections that action will be taken from the City Planning Commission. Now we're moving to your item. Council.
President Pro Tem. James Tate, an introduction of an ordinance line item, 18 point 10.
President Pro Temp Tate, madam.
President, I move that the ordinance be read twice by title or printed and laid on the tape.
All right, and this is regarding the Detroit International Bridge Company and CPC are requesting to rezone several scattered parcels to allow for the expansion of the Ambassador Bridge operations in Bridge plaza area. Are there any objections? Hearing? No objections that action will be taken from the City Planning Commission. Council,
President Pro Tem James Tate, a resolution set in the public hearing line item 18 point 11. President Pro Temp Tate, madam.
President, I move approval of line item 18 point 11 for a day to be determined.
Alright? Discussion council member young,
yeah. Thank you. About that, I just wanted, I just want to make sure. I don't need a long answer, but I just want to make sure about that question I asked previously already stated, this is involving the rezoning of this property for us to be able to fill the promises to the people in that community, involving the plaza. Am I correct on that? Or is this or my wires crossed here?
Yep, thank you. I think you are correct. I just
want to make sure. Okay, thank you. Yeah. Madam President,
all right, yes. Council Member Santiago Romero, just want to make it very clear the framing of that question, I understand. But what this actually does is provides the Ambassador Bridge what they wanted, which is to expand their Plaza for business expansion. And thanks to community, we have fought very hard for protections due to this expansion. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you council member. Young discussion on one second.
Ramirez, I wasn't trying to frame this in any way. Just really, just curious. I just want to know, was this something that had to do with that? If it's not, are there changes we need to make in order to be able to address that? I wasn't trying to frame it anyway. I'm just really curious about how we're going about doing that. I know I made commitments. I know I look people in the eye. I like to, you know, say what I mean and mean what I say. So I was wondering if this is something that we could change when we go through that process and reach out to the dibc as well, because I know this something they talked about wanting to fill as well. So wasn't my intention to frame or any type of way I would just curious. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, thank
you. Council Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. Are you two? Member Coleman Young, thank you. Apologize. This is a very heavy issue for us in the community, and framing matters a lot. But to your question, yes, this is regarding that whole issue. And I also heard in there, if there is more that we can do as a body, and quite frankly, the community has asked that we consider street calming methods. We have put that into our closing resolution. They have also asked for trees to be planted around the neighborhood because of the trucking that will be garnered with the expansion of the footprints. So to your question number young, yes, it's regarding that issue. There is more the community would like, and I'm sure we will hear from them during the hearing in the process, but I know that they are very grateful for all of us, for our patients and for our engagements in making sure that we have protections for them. There are some remaining items that we'll work through, and I hope that we do get support to make sure that they are protected with this expansion. Thank you, Madam President, thank you, Council Member. Council member Benson,
I just want to acknowledge again this, there was a doubt, a down zoning associated with this. Want to thank those involved. Member
Benson, was that a question? We just were thanking for the down zoning. Okay, all right, thank you, member Benson, and if there's no further discussion, motion has been moved to schedule a public hearing on these proposed zoning changes. Any objections? Director Todd, I do see you online. Did you have anything that you wanted to add?
Excuse me. Good afternoon, Madam
Chair, city council, no, just here to answer questions if needed. Okay,
thank you for joining. All right. Hearing. No objections. The resolution will be approved for the scheduling of a public hearing from the housing and revitalization department.
Council President Pro Tem James Tate, a resolution line item 18 point 12.
President Pro Temp Tate,
President, move approval of line item 18 point 12. Please.
Right. Line item 18, point 12 is establishing a commercial rehabilitation district for 825, Palmer LLC in the area. 5700, Woodward Avenue. Any objections? Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved from the planning and development department. Council
President Pro Tem James Tate for resolutions, line items, 18 point 13 through 18 point 16.
President Pro Tem Tate, President,
move approval of line items, 18 point 13 through 18 point 16, please.
Alright. Motion has been made for approval. These are various property sales and as well as in construction easement, any objections, Hearing no objections before resolutions will be approved
and President Yes. Request for a waiver online item, 18 point 16, please.
Waiver has been requested for 18 point 16, Hearing no objections, that action will be taken for the public health and safety standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement. Council
Member Santiago Romero, 13 resolutions noting that nine item 19.1, was postponed from last week formal session.
First up is contract number 6001188, dash a two, 100% major street funding. Amendment two to provide an extension of time for program management services to include scoping, design and construction oversight of capital projects. Contractor fishbeck, Thompson, Carr and Huber incorporated total contract amount 6 million. That's for public works. Next contract is contract number 600349, 100% blight funding to provide field inspection services. Contractor, beam, longest and Neff LLC, total contract amount 210,000 that's for construction and demolition. Next contract, Contract Number 6005481, dash, a one, 100% blight funding. Amendment One to provide an increase of funds for removal, transport, disposal and replacement of fuel materials at various prior demolition sites across the city of Detroit. Contractor salad being trunking and excavating incorporated total contract amount $2,239,819.40 cent. That's for construction and demolition. Next contract, Contract Number 6005482, dash a one, 100% blight funding. Amendment One, to provide an increase of funds for removal, transport, disposal and replacement of field materials at various prior demolition sites across the city of Detroit. Contractor 3d wrecking LLC, total contract amount, $1,678,277.69 cent. That's for construction and demolition. Next contract, contract number 3073567, 100% city funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential property at six, 886, Parkwood contractor, lead head construction, LLC, total contract amount 34,300, that's construction and demolition. Next contract, which is line item 19.6, contract number 3074166, 100% city funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential property. 6148, Commonwealth contractor, leadhead construction, LLC, total contract amount $46,630, that's for construction demolition. Next contract is contract number 3074171, 100% city funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential property. 18646, Gable contractor, leadhead construction LLC, total contract amount $31,844 that's for construction and demolition. Next contract is contract number 6003303, dash 821, 100% bond funding. Amendment two, to provide an extension of time for 29 sidewalk repairs per proposal and demolition services. Group, a three slash SA, contractor, Detroit, next incorporated total contract amount $1,111,727.40 cent. That's for construction and demolition. Next contract is contract number 6003308, Dash. A two, 100% bond funding. Amendment two to provide an extension of time for seven sidewalk repairs per per proposal and demolition services. Group A, eight, s8 contractor, Detroit next incorporated total contract amount $1,193,544.45
cent that's for construction and demolition. Next contract, Contract Number 6006323, 100% bond funding to provide proposal in trash out releases one group, I, 1s, A, 24 properties, contractor, special multi Services Incorporated. Total contract amount $78,750 that's for and demolition. Next contract is contract number 6006325, 100% bond funding to provide proposal and trash out releases. One group, one three, slash SA, 24 properties, contractor, emerging industries, Training Institute. Total contract amount, $101,010 that's for construction and demolition. Next contract was just line item, 19, point 12. Contract Number 6006326, 100% bond funding to provide proposal in trash, out, releases, one, releases I, excuse me. Group I, 4s, a, 23 properties, contractor, emerging industries Training Institute, total contract amount $99,120 as construction and demolition. Next contract is contract number 6006327, 100% bond funding to provide proposal and trash out. Release one, release I, group I, five slash SA, 24 properties, contractor, emerging industries, Training Institute, total contract amount, $93,030 that's for construction, demolition. Council Member Santiago Romero, 13 resolutions,
thank you, Madam Clerk and council member, Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, motion to approve 19.1 through 19 point 13. All right. Motion has been made for approval. Any discussion? All right, any objections?
President,
yes. Pro Temp Tate,
we shall need a no online item, 19.7 please.
The clerk will note. Clerk will so no tape. Objection. Member, Santiago Romero, 19 points 10 through 19 point 13.
Clerk will so no I any
objections, hearing no further objections, the 13 resolutions will be approved, request a waiver, madam president for 1921 19.8 19.8 and 19.9 waiver has been requested. Any objections to a waiver hearing? No objections a waiver will be attached to those three line items from the mayor's office under new business.
Council member young, 11 resolutions line items, 20.1 through 20 point 13.
Council member Young,
thank you, Madam President, Move to approve line items 20.1 through 20 point 13.
All right. Motion has been made to approve. These are all various city events that have received departmental approvals. Are there any objections? And you went to point you went too far. So up to 20 point 11.
Thank Madam President, overachiever. I do that from time to time. So what did you make another motion? Or I just, or just, do I need to, like, retract that back? Or can I just say 20.1 point 120?
Madam President, yeah, it's 20 point 11. My apologies. There are, there is no 20 point 13.
That's okay. I'll give you a test, man, I'm clear.
Well, there is, but not with this group. My apologies. That's
alright. You could do no wrong. Don't worry about it. I would like to make a motion to move line item 20.1 through 20 point 11.
Alright. Motion has been made for approval. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections. B 11 resolutions will be approved. And member young, if we can request a waiver, please on 20.2 if possible, thank you,
Madam President, can I get a waiver for line item 20.2
thank you so much. Member young and Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to 20.2 any additional waivers? No, okay. All right, from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Council Member Santiago Romero, a resolution line item 20 point 12, which is contract number 6006094, 100% city funding to provide bus repair services for new flyer coaches. Contractor, new flyer of America incorporated total contract amount 3,800,000 that's for transportation. Council Member Santiago Romero a resolution.
Council Member Santiago Romero, motion to approve. Motion has been made to approve. Are there any objections? Hearing? None. The one resolution will be approved from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Council member young 13 resolutions, line items, 20 point 13 through 20 point 25 noting that they are all contracts for the General Services Department. First contract is contract number 6002171, dash a two, 100% city funding. Amendment two, to provide an extension of time and an increase of bonds for pest control services, citywide. Contractor, pronto, pest management Incorporated. Total contract amount, 2,643,000 next contract is contract number 6005500, dash a one, 100% city funding, Amendment One to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for animal food and veterinary medical supplies contractors. Midwest veterinary supply incorporated total contract amount 690,000 next contract is contract number 6005457, dash, a two 100% ARPA funding amendment two to provide adjustment of scope for debris remediation services clearing and removal of garbage, slash trash, illegal dumping and other blight issues as a sign for commercial corridors, contractor cleaning up Detroit City LLC, total contract amount $2,099,842 next contract is contract number 6006076, 100% city funding to provide programming for up to 50 campers, age six to 12. Contractor Rosedale Park, Baptist Church. Total contract amount 75,000 next contract is contract is contract number 6006228, 100% major street funding to provide street tree removal and training citywide. Contractor J Mac tree and debris, LLC, total contract amount, 750,000 next contract, which is line item, 20 point 18. Contract number 6006372, 100% ARPA funding to provide four residential and commercial alleys, Bailey Park, North End for real, trail and yellow brick road contractor, major contracting group incorporated total contract amount, 1,931,000 million, $931,871.70 cent. Next contract is, contract is Detroit supply, schedule six, night duty fleet, 100% city funding to provide Detroit supply, schedule number six services to include, but not limited to night duty, vehicle purchases, leases and a ciliary services total maximum order limitation is 135 million. Next contract is contract number 604 303, dash a one, 100% ARPA funding Amendment One, to provide an extension of time for employment and job creation services. Contractor, sim, test, corporation, total contract amount, 800,000 next contract is contract number 6004631, dash, a, 260, 5% ARPA and 35% grant funding. Amendment two to provide an extension of time for retirement. Minoc, Park construction services, contractor, Premier group, associates, LC, total contract amount, 775,000 next contract is contract number 6005725, 100% city funding to provide laboratory equipment and test kits for Animal Care and Control. Contractor IDEX distribution incorporated total contract amount $194,009.97 cent next contract, Contract Number 6006234, 100% 100% ARPA funding to provide administrative management and fiduciary services for citywide mural projects. Contractor Space Lab development Incorporated. Total contract amount, $397,800 next contract is contract number 661 75, 100 100% city funding to provide animal carcass cremation services. Contractor pet cremation services incorporated total contract amount 60,000 last contract, Contract Number 6006230, 100% major street funding to provide street tree removal and trimming citywide. Contractor, tree man Services LLC, total contract amount, 750,000 household member. Young, 13 resolutions,
thank you, Madam Clerk. Council member. Young,
thank you, Madam President, I move to approve line items 20 point 13 through 20 point 25
All right, and if we can move for approval with discussion,
Move to approve with discussion. All right. Thank
you, Mr. Washington, just really quick for line item 20 point 16 regarding the programming for our summer youth camps. Do we have someone on for that line item?
Yes, Madam Chair, we have larae Smith online and Bianca Washington. I believe Ms Smith is under Smith. Le you.
All right, good morning. Ms Smith,
good morning,
good morning. I just wanted to get an update on our summer youth camps, first to ensure that every district does have host sites. I know we passed a couple of contracts for this particular program, and I wanted to just clarify and ensure that each district does have whole sites.
I know that there are host sites all across the city. I can find out from the department, recreation department, whether they are actually at all the districts, but I believe that there are, I will confirm,
okay, if you can confirm that for me, and also for each host site, it looks like there's up to 50 campers for each site. Can you clarify if we've reached capacity at each site to date?
That I do know, I know that we that all the camps are full. Okay,
so the contract that we're approving now for Rosedale Park Baptist Church has that already start. I'm assuming that's already started, because it looked like the day started in July and goes through August. That's correct. Okay, alright, so if we hold this contract, because our office has some additional questions, and also would like to ensure that each district has host sites. This won't delay the programming or anything correct, because they've already started.
That's correct.
Okay. Other question is concerning, not really concerning. But are we looking for any additional host sites at this time, or are we at capacity? As far as funding?
As far as I'm aware, we are not looking for additional host sites. I believe that we were looking for one additional and that that requirement has already been assigned. And so I am believing that you will have another one more coming before you in regards to that site,
okay, do you know how many total we have?
I do not, but I will find that out for you as well.
Okay, I definitely supported. Want to just get a little bit more information, and it sounds like it wouldn't really hold up anything if we were to postpone just for one week to allow some additional information to be sent to my office and my colleagues as well regarding the programming for our youth sites, that would be great. And so member Young, I'm going to ask if we could just postpone this for one week, please. Okay. Line item 20 point 16. Madam President, yeah, questions, yes. Council member Johnson,
thank you. Before we go through the exercise of postponing the line item, so it was indicated that every district has a camp that is already in progress. I've been working with one of the district four camps that I believe was looking to provide some additional information to the administration to move forward. I'm curious to know how this particular contract, although it's before us now, how is it that they have already started their programming? But there, there is an entity in District Four that I believe had come before us previously, or may have been part of the teeter report, indicating that the location was one of many that was identified throughout the city. But the whole site in District Four has not yet started.
Miss Smith,
could you repeat the question? I'm not exactly sure what the specific question is.
The specific question is relative to this particular contract that you indicated has already started. How is it that this camp has already started, although the one in District Four that was identified as a youth camp host site has not started?
Do you happen to know what what that particular location name was. I know that there was a location they were having difficulty making communication with, and therefore that site hasn't started. But as far as the other sites that that they were able to work through and make communication with, I know that they started at those locations.
Okay, I do know the location, but I'm just curious to know how this one already started, although the contract is before us now,
so they are currently using their own funds in order to support the programming that they have at their location.
Okay, all right. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President.
And in regards to the previous question, as far as having sites that all the districts, we do not have sites at all the districts. There were not bids submitted from all the districts.
I didn't hear the in part you said you do not have them that in all the districts. And
then we do not have we do not have summer camps at all in all districts, because there were not host sites who submitted beds from all the districts. Okay,
all right, but it was advertised for at least, to have sites in each district which only certain districts submitted, I guess, applications to host summer youth programs. We still would like to look into it a little bit more. If you can provide a report on all of the host sites to date, the areas that were advertised for host sites, those we could put all this in writing, those who actually responded to those particular RFPs or advertisements for host sites. We also want to make sure we are understanding what programming is taking place at the whole sites. We have a lot, lot of different questions, so we'll put it in writing for you, and we'll just bring this back in one week discussion. Okay? Thank you. Yes, Council Member young,
I understand these questions. These questions sound legitimate. I just don't like the fact that we'll be holding up Rosedale Park Baptist Church for being able to have these type of events for the kids, especially with summer coming up. I just think that these questions can be answered out offline. I think personally, I just would oppose postponing it for a week, but I think you wanted to make a motion so
right? And just to be very clear, I also object stopping any programming from her our youth. But she mentioned that programming is already ongoing and that this will not hold up anything. So this would not postpone any programming of our young people, uh, they've already started. And so this would be, this is, essentially, is paying, I guess, right, the the church, which we will do again. I would like more information. It really mean member Johnson raising points, not even sure why they started without a contract. That's really another issue. But if we can postpone for one week again to allow for additional conversations between our office and Miss Smith to get more information, I would like that right from
my understanding, it was depend upon the submissions from the non profit host sites and again, and I'm sorry, thank you for that correction. Let me, let me allow allow me to correct myself. I don't like holding up funds to these sites while they're going on now, providing these services for these children. So you made a motion, but I will object to
Okay, I can't make a motion actually, but you can
make it and still object. Okay. Want me to make the motion? Check the motion? Okay,
Madam Chair, if I might, yes, go ahead. Yes, my apologies for item 20 point 15. There is a request to postpone that item. The Department or OCP needs to take a look at the amendment as far as the amount is concerned. So we can't postpone that as well.
Okay, all right. So if you would like to take them separately, or you want to take them together, we want like to postpone 20 point 15 and 20 point 16. That's the request,
20 point 15 and 20 point 1616, hold on for a second. Here. Forgive me, okay, okay. Why am I finding out this stuff now? I done told y'all about surprise. All right, I'd like to make a motion to postpone line item 20 point 15, and postpone line item 20 point 16 to my should correct.
All right, any objections, hearing, no objections. The two items will be postponed for one week, right? We will consider Yes. Member Young,
thank you. Now, since I did that, I got some requests. The US.
Now I would like to request waivers on the below, following items, 20.1 20.6 that's a special event. 20 point 12, that's bus repair. 20 point 18, that's alley cleanup. 20 point 21 through 20. Point 23 that's Minot Park construction equipment for animal care and citywide murals.
Thank you very much.
Alright. Motion has been made for waivers on those items. Are there any objections? Hearing? No objections. A waiver will be an accident. Yes, ma'am,
it could through you the member young, can you please repeat those item numbers again?
Sure You ready? Yes, okay. Line on 20.1 Mhm, 20.6 20 points 1220, point 1820, point 21 through, 20 point 23 Thank you. You good. You confirm you got those off. Yes. Thank you. Thank
you. All right.
Thank you. Council member Young from the Office of contracting and procurement,
Council Member Benson for resolutions noting that line items 20.6 through 20 point 29 were all postponed from last week formal session. First up is contract number 6006201, 40% 40% ARPA and 60% blight funding to provide abatement and alteration of commercial structures. Group 246, contractor, Saladin, trucking and excavating. Incorporated total contract amount $2,112,011.55 cent that's for construction and demolition. Next contract, Contract Number 6006285, 23%, offer 77% blight funding to provide abatement and alteration of commercial structures for group 242, contractor, home rich, wrecking Incorporated, doing business as hemridge, total contract amount, $2,345,310 construction and demolition. Next contract is contract number 6006287, 38% opera, 62% blight funding to provide abatement and alteration of commercial structures. Group, 244, contractor, Adamo demolition company, total contract amount, $4,128,208.70 cent. That's construction, demolition, and last contract is contract number 6006309, 32% ARPA, 68% blight funding to provide abatement and alteration of commercial structures. Group, 245, contractor, inner city contracting, LLC, total contract amount $2,112,431.20 cent that's for construction and demolition. Council member Benson for resolutions.
Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council member Benson, Move approval, right. Okay. Motion has been made to approve. Are there any objections? Objection Member Santiago Romero to all four items the clerk will please, no
clerk will so No Madam President,
any additional objections, hearing no further objections before resolutions will be approved from the Office of the Chief Financial Office, Office of Development
and grants council member, Santiago Romero, three resolutions, nine items, 20 point 30 through 20 point 32
council member, Santiago Ramiro, thank you, Madam President, motion to approve. These are all various grant applications. Right, carry no objections. The three resolutions will be approved. Request a waiver, Madam President, for 20 point 30 right. Waiver has been requested for 20 point 30 and Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to 20 point 30 from the office of the from the Office of the Chief Financial Office, Office of Development and
grants council member young a resolution line item 20 point 33
council member Young,
thank you, Madam President, Move to approve line item 20 point 33
motion has been made for approval, and this is to appropriate the fiscal Year. 2023, 2024 Wayne County Parks, millage, intergovernmental agreement, Grant, 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 point, 34
council member, Santiago Ramiro, thank you. Madam President, motion to approve these petitions are all a part of the future of health projects. Right. Any objections, hearing none the one resolution will be approved. Request a waiver. Madam President, waiver has been requested and Hearing no objections that action will be taken under resolutions.
Council Member Santiago Romero, a resolution. Line item, 20 point, 35
Council Member Santiago Ramiro, thank you, Madam President. On behalf of member Callaway, motion to approve right. Motion has been made for approval. This is in support of Senate bills 567, and 568, as well as House Bill, 5098, Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved, and that will take us to the end of our agenda before we do so. I know that there is a request for a walk on regarding a proposed ordinance. And member young, would you like to walk this on?
Yes, I would.
Thank you, Madam President, um, I would like to walk on line 26 point 22 that is about nuisance parties and unlawful gatherings. So basically, this is to deal with illegal block parties that have been going on in the city of Detroit. And I feel that this is basically just moving from referrals to new business for us to be able to set a public hearing. And I want to set the public hearing. No, no.
Really quick, from my understanding, the request is to walk this on to new business to be referred to Committee, and then the committee will then set the public hearing for the following week. And then, still, I understand the timeline here, but still move that out to vote before we recess on that following Tuesday. Yeah. So discussion, okay, we're still in discussion. I don't know, Madam Chair, you will have to agree to all of the the timing perspective of it, but I did want to also bring up Deputy Chief Hayes so we can have an understanding of what we're even talking about here. Seeing that this was not on the agenda, I want the public to be very aware of what is being proposed to be walked on and referred to Committee. Did you have something, Mr. Anderson, Attorney Anderson, before
through the Chair, I'm just here to assist if need be okay. Want
to get a quick overview of what we're discussing today.
Thank you, Madam Chair, to this honorable body. Good afternoon. The item that is being brought before you today is in an action that we see an alarming trend. Uh, it's most recently as the fourth of July, where a duo Vigen tuple shooting occurred on the streets of our city. This is a pattern that we're seeing of not the block parties, the traditional block parties of a neighborhood coming together, or a family gathering, or something along that lines, a fraternal get together, but an incident where our residents, our citizens, are being held hostage, where a flyer is being sent out on social Media and saying, meet up here. They are taking over the streets a loud music going well beyond the the noise ordinance and everything that's put in place when those that apply for a block party permit. This defies that with the action that we are being requested be walked on, certainly being mindful of the process of this body, but also being mindful that recess is coming fast, but summer is as well, and in these next few weeks where we will have record temps, this will be a haven for this activity to continue, and it is our hopes that this body will take up the action or the request to expedite this ordinance or revision or add addition to the ordinance so that we can better regulate these street takeovers and these parties in the interest of public safety.
Would you cut me off? I wasn't done when I wasn't done speaking before, and you cut me off so I wasn't done. And then you introduced him. I didn't finish speaking. So do I sit with the floor here or can't remember you? I appreciate that President. I just wanted to say, from my understanding, this is going to be a date to be I was getting ready to say a date to be determined. Is that correct? Is that how we're going through this process? We're moving this forward from referrals to committee in order for this to be set for a date to be determined is that I just wanna make sure I'm getting this through the
chair. Our ask is that we be incredibly mindful or respectful of the process, but in hopes that, however it can be done, this action be carried out before this body goes to recess.
Okay, Madam, Madam Chair, if I might, Mr. Washington, yes. So the intent today is to just schedule the public hearing for noticing purposes primarily. And so if it goes through committee, I think it wouldn't be enough time for it to be posted. From my understanding, speaking with the clerk's office to be posted in the in the legal news, and so we're just hoping to schedule the public hearing for a date to be determined today, and we will work that out as far as the public hearings actual day. Remember Romero's office, but that is the intent for today, just to schedule the public
hearing. Okay, so I'm just from a from a process standpoint, I'm hearing it as two different ways that this can take place. We can move to schedule a public hearing today, or we can also take it up. It's showing as a referral right now to committee, so they can essentially take it up on Monday to schedule the public hearing, and it will still be done in time before we recess. Is that correct? Attorney Anderson through the chair. That is correct. Okay? And that is following process, because then we would not have to schedule it. Right now, it's already going to committee on Monday, and just to be clear, on Monday, they would schedule a public hearing for the following Tuesday through the to new business, and then we would have the public hearing and vote on the same day,
right? So, Madam Chair,
right? If approved by the approved,
yes, if the ball will the body, of course, for the chair. Okay,
alright, Madam Chair, Mister Washington,
it's my apologies. I'm just looking at the timeline. Um, so if it's approved on Monday and move to next to new business the next day. I believe that there's five days needed for noticing, and I'm not sure if we're able to do that, because the clerk may not be able to process process it until that Thursday, which would give us probably three or two business days.
Thank you. One second, mr.. Washington, the clerks are going over the timing now. So aside from the timing perspective of this, which we'll work out in a second, I just wanted to get clarity on the intent behind the ordinance. And from my understanding, a lot of what is in here essentially is already in city code, right? So how we define what an unlawful party is, disorderly conduct. Excuse me, disorderly conduct the consumption of alcohol, purchase or consumption of beer or intoxicating liquor. All of these refer back to current city code, which you all can currently use to enforce now, the only change, primarily, is that now we're holding sponsors or host accountable for what you all mentioned is happening. People are sending out these events. Is that correct? Madam Chair, that is correct? Okay? And I, and I know this will go to a public hearing. I want to make sure that regardless of if this is passed or not, there's going to have to be a huge educational piece, because even with us passing this post, or whoever are are hosting these events, what may not even know right that this is taking place or what they can and cannot do. So I want to hear more about the educational piece, about how we educate community members, host sponsors, etc, on what they can and cannot do. I have before right now, no, I'm saying
yes, ma'am, Madam Chair, we are committed to a robust education campaign meeting when we've already had some of those conversations with promoters that have had these events, several pull up in parks and other type events where they're just texting out. A lot of this is going through DMS or private messages. We used to be able to see it in open portals and social media, but now they're sending them as messages or in their stories. So educating them, as far as bringing people together, the accountability of that, that is our campaign. But there's also it's a dual track as it relates to our campaign, to talking to the community and sharing with not only the residents, but also those that wish to host these parties the proper channels, and we are committed to supporting that up to and including when I came before this body several years back to talk about our evolved metal detectors. We will deliver them. We will help ensure that the safety plans and everything are in place for a lawfully permitted block party. That is our commitment. As Chief White has indicated the family get togethers, the celebrations of graduations, open houses, things of that nature. We support those all day long. But it's when text, text something out, come over. Pull up. Meet me here. Passenger cars are blocking streets. Music, going to one, two o'clock in the morning. Loud music. People standing. We saw a video this weekend of people ballroom hustling and taking over,
but in that situation, you can still enforce current coal. So that's where I'm confused. The video that was sent to me, and I saw it on social media with people in the middle, I think it was Grand River and Finkle, whatever you walking right now with the city coal in force, in law, right? So I don't understand how that I understand trying to get at the promoters and individuals that are hosting it, but currently, right now, you have law that allows you to to go after individuals who are violating the current city
code. Madam Chair, respectfully, and we do. But as we are going to the root cause of this, or the source, to address those that are putting on these events. This gives us the teeth or the tools, through legislation or through ordinance to stop those that are hosting or assembling everyone together, similar to incidents where we've had in the past of drag racing and drifting. Certainly we can target or enforce those that are out driving and spinning and doing the donuts, but also those that are putting the information out. Meet me here, pull up here, those that are driving and moving these crowds, or if we give the lawful order to disperse and then move the people responsible for bringing these parties together, that is the focus of this ordinance, and again, we hope to have this body support with that to address this issue.
Well, I'm definitely looking forward to more conversation. I think that what we see in Detroit is we had a huge situation where everyone used to hang out on Belle Isle. We move everyone from Belle Isle riverfront. Moved everyone from riverfront now. It seems as if everyone now is congregating more in neighborhoods. And I think that when you talk about the root and addressing the root cause, I think it's not necessarily continue to criminalize, but to find real solutions to the problem. I'm not saying I'm against this. I don't really understand how it solves the issue, per se, and I'm looking forward to those discussions around it, but I just want to make sure that we're also educating. A huge educational component needs to be a part of this ordinance, for sure. Lastly, I just wanted to to get clarity. I see that it says unlawful gatherings, and it mentions that this, that this does not prohibit individuals that gather for, for or against a political candidate or for a in support of a ballot measure. But what about what you all may deem as unlawful gatherings for people who are gathering to protest social issues, which I know is a big thing in Detroit as well. How can this be used against those individuals and those groups of any who gather for those particular reasons? Through
the Chair, we are also joined by Attorney Adam Saxby to speak on the contents of this ordinance as well. Attorney Adam Saxby,
okay, Mr. Saxby, if we can bring you over as well, Attorney Saxby
and through the chair while we wait for attorney Saxby to join us, I would just like to clarify that we do want the public hearing set for the 29th today. It can still, we're still happy to have it referred to PHS on the 22nd because obviously there is a lot of conversation that needs to be had, so we could kind of preempt some conversation beforehand and some education beforehand. But we are requesting, due to the tight timeline, speaking with the clerk's office, to have the public hearing set today on the 29th Thank you. Thank
you, Madam President. One second before we continue, I wanted to bring over attorney Saxby, and I see both of your hands. I'll come to both of you all. Attorney Saxby, you're on mute, sir. Attorney Saxby, you're on mute.
Ms. See their prayers.
Madam Chair as we wait for attorney Saxby, I would just like to certainly reiterate and highlight that we constitutional policing is everything that we stand for and being hypersensitive to the right to lawfully assemble, that is something in rights that we dare not infringe upon with the enforcement of this
ordinance. Okay? And as he comes on to my final question, and again, I'm looking forward to the public hearing, it's just as it relates to what took place last weekend with the block club shooting and the fortunate tragedy that took place in our city. How do you foresee this ordinance preventing something like that? Because I know that this kind of is coming as a reactive measure because of a lot of the black club parties that we're seeing, but primarily, probably from also what took place with the tragedy that we saw last week. So can you explain and kind of walk me through how you foresee this playing a role or preventing?
Yes, ma'am, Madam Chair. So this is directed to those that are contemplating hosting one of these parties. We don't want to criminalize those that think that they may be lawfully showing up to have a good time, but to put those that are on notice that they cannot host or promote these illegal parties, this allows us, with the enactment of this ordinance, or the adoption of this ordinance, to do that to the host to the venue that may be putting on these parties. Again, we through the education campaign, we, I reluctantly use the term ignorance, but in the sense of not knowing those that may participate. Hey, this was a party on social media, and we just want to show up. We've heard stories that those just drive around looking for block parties, and then people park and pull up and go in. This is focusing on those that are illegally hosting these events. Got
you so you're just saying that you think, in general, with the ordinance in place, you would have been able to, I guess, some through some channels, reach out to the individuals that hosted this huge event, and stop them from from moving forward. Madam Chair, that's correct. I'm not sure if I totally agree. And also think that a part of this will also be really talking about the appropriate amount of officers that are needed in neighborhood policing as well, too, which has to be talked about as well, too,
through the chair, yes, while we wait for attorney X, Attorney Adam Saxby to join us, as he's having technical issues, one thing I want to know to your question about a potential political fundraiser or gathering, one key thing that I want to note here is that it is about illegal, unlawful gatherings, and a lot of the things that are highlighted in this ordinance are things that are already illegal. It's serving beer or liquor to minors brandishing a firearm or discharging a firearm at a party, things like that would not be occurring, I would imagine, at a political gathering or demonstration. So as we've said before, this is a tool for DPD to enforce things, and we don't anticipate that being used to curb speech that we don't like as your question. Thank you. Thank
you. All right, President. Potem Tate, thank
you, Madam President, so to your point, Madam President, we talked about the incident that took place, the very tragic incident it was indicated and may I heard it incorrectly. If we had this ordinance in place, we would have been able to potentially affect that situation in advance, is that what I heard, or did I miss? Mishear that
through the chair? What what we're saying is, with this, I'm sorry, what we are saying is, with this ordinance, we now are able to educate the community that hosting such events like this and bringing one together at these again, in the middle of neighborhoods, blocking streets, everything that was associated with that. If we had a tool to educate the community that this was not okay, it's very possible that it could not have happened. But it is our intention that with the lessons learned that we've seen, not only this one, but we had an incident on the Trinity, I believe, in your district, 16,000 block of Trinity, where, again, people are just hosting parties. Hey, everyone meet here, pull up here, and we saw a tragedy with multiple people being shot there as well. So while, while I can't say that would not have happened, it's very hard to quantify that. What I can share is that these are the lessons learned. These are the obstacles that we are seeing when we are investigating far too many of these incidents, and we feel that with this tool, this will allow us to stop or curb this from happening in the future. Thank
you. And again, I'm always supportive of trying to do whatever we can to keep folks as safe as possible. My family lives here. I live here. Don't plan on going anywhere, so last thing I want is for folks to be endangered while they're out trying to just have a good time or in their own homes, because something unfortunately takes place outside. My question, though, is this, again, when we when we talk about the flyers in advance, because this sounds like a post party ordinance, because if it's happening beforehand, you already have the tools, not necessarily, I don't think you would necessarily prosecute on the front end, but you just shut it down make sure it doesn't happen. But and correct me if I'm wrong again. When, when does this ordinance come into play, or this amendment? Would it be before the actual unlegal, illegal, unsanctioned event take place when you get word of it, or would it happen potentially after, if you hadn't heard about it, and then something jumped off, and now we're looking for level levers of accountability for those who hosted that event. So I'm trying to understand the win this kicks in, because right now, it sounds like we have the tools today. And I mentioned this to Ms Parker, sometimes we over legislate, and it is well intentioned, but it may not necessarily get us what we're looking for. Sounds good, again, well intentioned, but today, if there is someone who sends out a flyer for an illegal gathering that's taking place, that's having all the bad things we see in here, what would prevent us from taking action right now, without this ordinance in place
through the chair, we don't have the tools to address that now.
No, I'm asking, what so? So that's a blanket statement, but I'm asking specifically. When you're saying you don't have the tools, you say you, you, I know you all scour the internet and talk to folks to try to find out these things in advance. That's what good police departments do. We have a great police department. So I know we do that. So when we're already doing that in advance, and you find out someone is hosting or is attempting to host a party today, what action takes place
through the chair. So when we find out that there's a party, an illegal party, we do our best to identify the host and reach out to them, telling them that the actions that they are bringing together, if people come together, we will ticket you. We will ticket the patrons that are at the event, those that are consuming alcohol illegally, in public violation of the noise ordinances, and any other firing of firearms, discharging of firearms, those are things that we educate the person that's putting this post on what the penalties could be if this event occurs. So
then we know, once we engage that individual or individuals, we know the location, time, all that already. So now we can take action in advance of any ordinance amendment that's necessary. I'm just trying to break it down because then the reason why I'm asking these questions today is because it's just being brought to me today. So I think it's important is this, we can just answer that?
No, that's fine. To the chair. I
just want to respond to the educational piece, and what you just brought up with this ordinance amendment, we are hoping that we are encouraging the host or the promoters to go through the process, the permitting process, which is at the precinct, the local precinct. That way the local precinct gets an opportunity, gets an opportunity to review what exactly the promoter or the host is trying to do, and that that way, that gives DPD a chance to respond and Canvas the area beforehand, so that they are, are they're being proactive as a as opposed to reacting, right? So that that's, that's what we're trying to do. So again,
I got that I'm I'm already there. I'm saying this sounds like a more reactive, because are we going to actually prosecute someone before the party or the event takes
place through the chair. We don't. We can't prosecute for a crime not committed,
so
I'm sorry. So again I go. I'm asking the same question. So this is now really reactive at this point, correct? Because you can't prosecute beforehand. So we react.
But this allows us to also dissipate an event real time and hold the person that we may come and we may disrupt, we may disperse the crowd, and then an individual that has brought this together may just move down the block and pull up and say, Hey, meet me here. So then at that point, this gives us tools again to go after the person that is orchestrating these mass gatherings that have become a nuisance and a haven for violence,
I don't disagree. I just asked the questions to try to get the answers, and I get to take it all around here to explain why it's so great. I'm just really just trying to get a specific answer. We may be on the same page, yes, sir. I'm just asking the question to get a response. So and then the other question I have is, when does what's the litmus test of being the host or organizer or distributor of information? So if I get this text and I send out to 10 of my people, I'm not a host, or it was sent to me, and I send out to 10, and all 10 of those people show up, am I now in the dragnet, potentially
the investigation through the chair. So we are looking for the person that has created the event, or, again, hosting. While information be shared may have been shared, we we get that we understand, but the person actually responsible that created this event, and oftentimes hosts will put a signature on an event, or it's their page that that is the focus, not those that again, and that comes with the education campaign that we talk to the community and let them know, even if you're sharing information, don't share bad information or don't share information about an event that that is being illegally hosted. But our focus with this is the orchestrator or the organizer of the event, not the patrons through
the Chair, if I may. That's a fantastic question. Pro Temp Tate, we actually do have the definition of a host in this ordinance, which is
good afternoon. Adam Saxby, law department standing in for Tony long I apologize for the technical difficulties. So the definition of a host, if that is the question a host means to provide or arrange the location or venue to receive guess whether or not a fee is required for entrance. So that may conceivably include the hypothetical that you provided pro tem, I would love the one that drafted the ordinance. I would offer that Tanya, long during the public hearing may be able to provide more specifics to that. Does that answer the question that was asked through the Chair?
Yes, sir. It gets me down that road. It opens up the opportunity to have more dialog during the actual public hearing. And then last for me, is in terms of, and this is a little sidebar, but the complaints we get, more than anything, are the the neighbors down the block at two in the morning or one in the morning or 12? And that potentially, and we know it, has created neighbor issues as well. Is there a because I just got someone today as I was coming into Committee of the Whole Is there a phone number? I mean, they people are reluctant to call 911, because they don't necessarily believe that loud music, partying, three people, maybe four people, maybe two or one at two o'clock, one o'clock, three in the morning is a 911, emergency issue. What type of relief? What type of action should my neighbors take if they do have this neighbor down the street and and it's one thing to say call this number, but it's another to get a response. So what would get them response to? What could at some point grow into something larger, with 12 people, 20 people, 30 people, but may start out as one lone individual cranking up to 12 at one in the morning.
Pro Tem, excellent question, as chief white indicated in his press conference, anything with this block party Nexus or the eventually, the possibility that it may eventually grow into what we had on July the fourth, we are treating these as a priority, one, call, call 911, we will send, whether it just be a supervisor. It may not be a two person unit, it may be one that's out that we can go and we can triage it. But this is a priority. We've had over 40 people shot seven fatally in the city with these block parties year to date. So this is a priority of our strategy to keep this community safe. And 911, we have the means, we have the capacity as it relates to getting these calls, fielding them, triaging, educating where we can, but also taking the enforcement actions should the need arise, if these matters get out of hand and again, are being a problem in our community. So party
happening, I hear loud music. Is 12 in the morning. I call 911, because I don't want to go down there and check myself. Personally, I'm not saying me, but my neighbor, they should call 911, yes, sir. Alright. Thank you.
Thank you. Pro Tem member, Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. I was asked earlier whether or not I felt comfortable having this go through the process. And I understand that there's respect for process, but we are being asked to circumvent that process for something that we have a lot of questions on. Still, quite frankly, I also don't know how helpful this is going to be. I know that we want to respond. I know that we want to do something, and while responding with this policies, at the same time, I'm getting calls and messages every single day from the host of promoters that are doing community events, community auditions that are getting shut down by police anyway. So for me to the questions asked by Pro Tem and CP, we already have some tools to prevent to stop these parties, and my main concern is that we will be simply over policing that we are not actually getting to a core of anything that we already over police our neighbors and our residents when it comes to parties. And that is, I would like for this to go through the process, for us to have that conversation. If we speed this through, we are then cutting back the part to educate the public, and if we're trying to set a tone, the resources, the tools are there. These these parties are legal already. They're already illegal. I am always going to advocate for process. I believe process matters. I believe it'll give us all more time to ask our questions, for community to have we even asked community why it is that they are applying for permits or not. Is it easy to apply for permits in the first place. Are we going to expect our host party to our party's host to go through the process, and if they don't, then we are simply creating more policies to over police them. That is my concern, and I would hope that we have time to discuss. I understand that if we were to go through the process, we would be back after recess. The summer would be over. But regardless, police are there, you have your tools. You stop parties already. That's my main concern. Quite frankly, I believe in process, and would rather have us go through that process before we speed something through that may or may not actually address the issues. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you. Council Member Santiago Ramiro, Council Member young Thank
you, Madam President,
yep, I have you as well. Okay,
thank you, Deputy Chief a now, this is my understanding of this, this, and this is more about interpretation versus intent, but from my understanding of this is this comes into effect if they are impeding traffic. So if you're having a party and you're having a couple guys that are partying in front of your house or in the backyard, this would not come into play. This is increasing penalties for people who are having parties, who are impeding traffic, who are stopping cars from the ingress and egress in these neighborhoods. That's what this is for. We're increasing penalties on that point is that correct
through the chair, that is one of the areas that we can address as it relates to traffic and the disruption of traffic. But there's also the noise ordinance. We've had instances where where firearms are being discharged within the city limits, all of these gatherings. So that, that is one of the concerns that we hear from the community, that that continually happens with these pop up parties, these pop up block parties and these street takeovers, uh, because, because,
my understanding is the noise ordinance, but that was coincided within impeding traffic. That was the difference here, that you were increasing the penalties. Because what happened with the block parties was the fact that they actually impeded traffic, and that's why these things took place. And so we're increasing the we're increasing the penalties to stop the impeding of traffic, not people who are just standing in front of their house, people who are doing I know we already have laws in place for that, but I know specifically this was for this. And in my and I received a call from Detroit residents that there was a party in her neighborhood a block over two days. Had a private security force with the AK 47 being openly brandished where they were impeding in traffic. So I'm receiving these type of calls as well. And from my understanding, the there's already a permanent process that's in place. You go through your neighborhood, police officer, is that correct?
Through the Chair. Yes, that is part of the process. Yes, sir. Okay.
And I also just want to make sure that I got this clear. Name is Parker you can address. I just want to make sure that I got this clear because I thought that I had communicated what I want to do here, you know. And if I didn't to my colleagues, I apologize. I didn't mean to surprise anybody or put on anybody. I hate when people do that to me. That wasn't my intention, right? It's I just wanted to say that it was my intention that when we were calling for this, it was a request that the line be moved to new business for introduction at the set of the public hearing, and that this expedited process would skip over the initial referral to committee and allow the department to respond to any questions that are being raised at the public hearing, and the date of the public hearing may be set during the meeting that that that was my understanding to
the chair, yes.
That's what was advised from law department,
Tanya long Yes.
And what's being suggested is we don't do that. We just have it go through the normal process. Help me out here, through
the Chair. Thank you, Council Member young for that clarification. Yes, we are still requesting that the public hearing is set on the 29th however, there is no issue with it still appearing on the agenda for the 22nd in PHS that would not be a public hearing, but obviously, as we can see here, there are a lot of questions, and this is a very hot topic, so there is no problem with there being maybe pre discussion to the public hearing and maybe some additional education process from the Detroit Police Department at public health and safety on the 22nd and of course, but we do request the public hearing set today for the 29th due to this tight timeline for our very hard working clerks. It's not easy. It's not just posting a tweet or an email or something like that. Having to get it published is a more difficult process, and that's the reason for requesting the public hearing today on the 29th and just one thing I want to add to to add on what Deputy Chief Hayes said, one other thing that this ordinance does is often people, they will be having a party, party get shut down, say, oh, let's go to Steve's down the Road. And then people, they all go down the road to his place. That helps address this as well too, as an additional tool for the police department, that's something I just wanted to address as well, too. Thank you council member young. I hope I answered all those questions. Thank you.
Thank you, member young.
So just really quick, so that I'm clear, based on member Young's point, he stated that this ordinance will increase the fines for impeding traffic. And you shook your head and said, that is correct. And I'm from my understanding, though, the impeding traffic, as far as people blocking streets, etc, is already addressed in Chapter 46 traffic and vehicles so, and this is in the ordinance, so you already have the ability to enforce what he's mentioning as far as impeding traffic based on Chapter 46 of the code. Is that correct or not correct,
if I may, and sorry if I misspoke this. Now these are some of the effects with, again, with the root cause being the promoter or the organizer of
the whole I'm going to talk about impeding traffic, and what he just mentioned that this ordinance will increase the fines for impeding traffic. Does this ordinance do that? Yes or no, I'm sorry. There's no nothing in this ordinance. I'm sorry. Yes or No, no, ma'am. It does not do you currently have the ability within DPD to enforce chapter 46 of the Detroit city code, traffic and vehicles, if someone is blocking a driveway, if someone's blocking the street, which you reference in this ordinance, do you currently have the ability to do that?
Yes, to the person whose vehicle is not understand
the broader picture this post, but to the people who are blocking the streets have the ability to do that. Yes, ma'am. Hey. Also, What? What? What was also mentioned is the brandishing of a firearm. Currently, Section 31 dash 13, dash 24 The code gives you the ability to address that issue as well. Correct
yes and ma'am to Yes, ma'am to the individual. Thank
you. Council member Benson, alright, thank
you. So my concern is and I want to thank you all for prepping this. And I've had a conversation with DPD today with a lot of apartment and I've heard from the shepherd of the of this ordinance, my my colleague, my concern is that we're looking to go outside the process and right now, because of the content of this ordinance, and because of the quick nature we're doing committee work now, public hearing work now, versus doing in the committee. But what we haven't heard is why this cannot go through the process as we typically would and then have this conversation, have the public hearing set and still get you where you want to be prior to recess. What I've heard is speculation that the clerk can't get this done in timely fashion. That is purely speculation. We have yet to hear from the clerk, and I believe that is throwing the clerk under the bus, and they can't, they can't do their job in a timely fashion, which I typically would disagree, agree with, unless they come back right now and say, you are correct. We cannot get this done in a timely fashion knowing that we are being requested to set up a public hearing weeks before it's needed, knowing that we have the time timing ability and then knowing that we are now been told ahead of time to look forward to this. I want to hear from the clerk. Can they make this happen within the process and hold some public hearing so I'm not mistaken. These dates work if we go through the process. And I want to, I'm a process, guys, I want to make sure that we can do the process. We can't, then let's have the conversation. But if we can, and let's go through the process. Now,
this is a question to the clerk. Alright,
to the clerk, Madam President, through you. To member Benson. The issue as far as the clerk office publishing this. This ordinance is required to be published five days prior to the public hearing. If the date is set today, then the clerk office could go ahead and schedule the public hearing. If you weigh in, refer it still to PHS on Monday, the 22nd it will be referred, moved out to new business, if that's the will of the body. However, new business is Tuesday. Typically, this council does not get to the new business agenda to well, at the 1112, o'clock as far as Detroit legal news, who published the publications? There is a minimum of if we wanted anything published, this particular hearing will have to be published in the legal news as of Wednesday, the very next day at the council. Typically, anything that is approved, we cannot send to the legal news until it is approved by the mayor office as well. So it's not that the city clerk cannot do this. It is. We have to follow procedure as well. So even if it goes through next Tuesday, the 22nd the earliest that it may be able to get published in illegal news would be Thursday. However, the fifth day will be Tuesday, so it cannot Monday, cannot be on the 29th one of the days counted as to five days. So
I'm still not hearing this can't be done. What I am hearing is that the public hearing would have to be held on Tuesday during formal session, the last formal session of recess, which would then mean that you would need to have conversations with council president as she controls the agenda in this formal session, so that would be part of the process, meaning to myself, that the process can still be complied with, and that you can still get a public hearing and possibly an approved ordinance before recess. Is that accurate?
It's accurate member Vincent providing that the public hearing that the publication takes place prior to the 29th of July in so it's still going back to the 22nd the 22nd is PHS even, even if it goes to new business, The 23rd at the earliest, it has to still be published, which will make it be the five days. So it has to be published, and the five days has to be exhausted by Sunday, the 28th of July. So I
still haven't heard we can't do this. Can Can we do this and have the public hearing on the 30th and comply with the process
right. If the date was given to date the set, then the public hearing date, we will be able to send it off right the next day or so, but we won't be able to do anything if it does not get the public hearing date set today until next week,
can it happen if it goes through the process, if the public hearing was scheduled for the 30th?
Guess if the public hearings to happen on the 30th? You stayed in the 30th? Yes. Yes, it can,
so we can still go through the process, which is basically going from the
beginning, correct, if you want the public hearing to be after the fact, we were under the impression member Vincent to you, just for clarity, on our end, we were on we were told that the reason for wanting a public hearing to be moved out today is because originally the public hearing they wanted to have Monday, the 22nd and that time frame as of today would not have allowed that. So then we went to the public hearing being set for the 29th of July, and even to have it the public hearing the 29th and public health and safety, we would have still had to have the date today.
I understand and I appreciate that feedback, so my question has been, if it goes through the process, a public hearing could be held on the 30th and a vote could be held on that ordinance the same day that would allow this to comply with the process and get you a potential vote on the 30th. Now you also have to take the assumption that it would make it out of committee on the 29th if it were approved. And as you can hear from a referral process that's not even the public hearing. There are tons of questions that need to be answered and tons of concerns. And rightfully so. I've made my concerns clear to DPD as well as the law department today already, and so my concern is, let's comply with the process no matter what. It still gives you time to walk the halls, which you need to do anyway, which hasn't been done yet for an ordinance that has this level of concern, it can still be done, which is my suggestion, comply with the process and then see where it goes from there. There still has to be a vote. And what I'm hearing now, the education process is still needed, and needed on a on a high level,
through the chair, yes, the law department would have no objection to public hearing occurring on the 30th at formal session, if Council president's office is acceptable to that, of course, to member Benson's point, thank you.
Remember, Benson, were you done? Okay? Any additional hands? No. Okay. Council member Young.
Thank you, Madam President, and thank you everyone for your testimony. And if I'm wrong correctly, I just wanted to say, from my understanding, this was about increasing, and when I mean penalty, I mean this is about increasing this to a misdemeanor, the impeding of streets in these neighborhoods, and we were doing this for the purposes of the fact that we had 21 people who were shot on July 7, and we're using this to be able to go after people who are brandishing illegal firearms that are impeding traffic, that are that are that are putting our citizens in harm's way and making you feel like they're prisoners in their own communities. We're talking about our mothers, our fathers, our sisters, our brothers that are being and sisters, our children that are being shot here. And we are using this increasing the penalty, not necessarily fine, but the penalty to a misdemeanor for the purposes of being able to prosecute and go after people who are shooting and killing our babies here, that was my understanding. Am I correct on that
through the chair? One quick point of clarification, this creates two additional penalties. It doesn't increase penalties, but it does create two additional penalties, presumably to the end goal of those policies that you're speaking to council member. The penalties that this creates are a prohibition against a person from promoting, sponsoring or hosting a party or gathering on a public or private premises, which is or becomes a nuisance party, as defined in the ordinance. The other is prohibiting attendees from remaining at that gathering if lawfully ordered to disperse by DPD or reconvening at a later time after that's what this does this there were no prohibitions originally at the city level for this kind of conduct, and that is what this ordinance intends to address discussion.
Thank you council
member young Thank you, Madam
President. So I just want to make sure I got this question. So this is just the addition of those two penalties, because it was my understanding, we're also increasing it to a misdemeanor as well. So you're saying that that misdemeanor is already there. It's just these two additional things that we're increasing it to this.
This does not, yes sir, this does not change any additional any other penalties. It doesn't increase any penalties on the books. It adds two additional prohibitions that were not currently on the books to the end of the policy that that I believe you were speaking to Councilmember through the Chair.
Thank you, member. Vincent, all right,
so if I'm not mistaken, procedurally, the process a walk on scheduling of a public hearing today would gain you one day, because it would still have a public hearing on the 29th correct through,
if you don't mind, I would be happy to answer that question council member through the chair. So there were really assuming that this body would like to dispose of this matter before recess. There were really two options, avenues that I see that are available, the first being moving it from this formal and setting a public hearing today, and that would go to the PHS on the 29th at that point, at the PHS, there would be a public hearing and a recommendation To move it to new business on the 30th The second option is to today refer to PHS on the 22nd being what I think is the is the current option being considered. Then from from the 22nd move to new business on the on the 23rd form on the formal and 723 for intro and setting of a public hearing. That public hearing would then go to 730 either way that they one day. The goal is 730 would would be, that would be the date, but the public hearing would have to happen on 730 for that alternate option, second one. So that provides clarification,
attorney, thank you for clarifying my last statement, so and what I've said is this will save you one day by not going through the process. I'm not mistaken. It can be disposed of and handled prior to recess. I don't think the juice is worth the squeeze in this situation. I believe the prudent way would be to go through the process. I want to make it very clear, I do not in any way support illegal parties, nor do I support the loss of life. This happened in my district, one of these parties where 21 people were shot. Two people lost their lives. In addition, we found nine handguns on site. In addition to that, if I'm not mistaken, there were over 90 rounds fired. If you're not sure what 90 rounds feels like or sounds like, clap your hands together 90 times and then think about that. So I want to make it very clear. I also want to make it very clear I respect the process, and we can get done what you want to get done prior to recess, short one day and still have a vote the very next day, as well as a public hearing. It will take some additional work and some logistics, but it can happen, is my point. So I just, I think it's best if you all went through the process and then you're already you're not creating a negative impression on something that you all say you need and you want to help protect the lives of our residents, and as my colleague has said, the children and as a father, I want to protect my child. As a person lives in our neighborhood had 21 people shot. I also want to protect them as well, but I also want to respect the process, and one day is what we're talking about here. And before recess, you can have a vote.
Thank you. Thank you. Member Benson, so it seems like we will refer this. Madam Chair. You would like to refer to your committee? No, Madam President, I have a comment question to see. So those are the two options. I wonder if there's a third. And forgive me, because I don't know whether this is something that we can do, but given that this is urgent now for the summer, and something that the administration really wants to support, I wonder if it's possible to do an emergency order that's good for the summer, that meets their needs, is that An option to get this done expeditiously, to meet the needs of police and the administration, to not have to pressure legislators to not know all the details of an ordinance. It's right in front of us. We can get to it, I'm sure with the process, which is what I'm requesting, is that we go through a process. If we do so, that's great, but I do have a question, is there a third option, an emergency order that can come to the mayor's office to meet the needs of DPD the
law department would, through the chair the law department like an opportunity to review that request. If you wouldn't mind council members sending that request in writing, we'd be happy to look at that expeditiously.
Thank you. If that's the case, if we are able to do an emergency ordinance, then we might have a third option here. But if we're able to go through the process today, I'm comfortable doing so. So that was my my question, Madam President, is if we're able to see whether or not this can be done through an emergency ordinance, okay, all right, so you guys will follow back up with us on whether or not that can be done through the chair, through
the chair. Absolutely, we
will Okay. All right, in the interim, then we will move forward with the proposed route, which will be sending it to committee and then working with our office to schedule a public hearing and possible vote
on the 30th. That would be terrific. Thank you, council president,
yes, Council Member Young,
thank you, Mayor president, and forgive me a member of Mayor, I just want to make sure I got it right. Are you saying that we should, that the city, that the that the administration should issue an executive order doing this, and then while the executive orders that we work on emergency ordinance here. Did I get that right?
I'm asking the question, Madam President, due to member Young, I'm asking the question, if it's if that's possible, if we can do an emergency order, executive order or emergency ordinance, whatever the case may be, I believe there are other options, and that's what I'm asking for to see if we can look into that. That would still meet the needs of DPD administration, and it wouldn't. We wouldn't, then slow down the process. It would actually be expedited, which is what I'm hearing. But what I'm trying to fight back is the pressure, because I want to be able to make sure that whatever I do, I do it well, we are tight on time. Here's something to meet the need immediately, and if we decide to pass to make an amendment that might be something that you can still champion. Member young, if we want to do that, but if not, quite frankly, I would rather us spend more time looking at resources for education, resources to support, you know, legal parties, rather than looking at policies. What did we do to actually change our actions and how we party in the city, remember? Yeah, no, that's
fine. I just want to make sure I understand what you're what you're asking, because I don't it seems like you're trying to do it like on two different tracks. So the exact so the administration would issue the executive order, so they could do the student executive order, and then meanwhile, we will be working on the ordinance to be able that it would allow us to be able to discuss what's being proposed for us now. Do I have that right in terms of, I'm just trying to get the process right? Do I have that right in terms of what you're suggesting, Madam
President, through member young, that is an option. Yes. Okay. If we, if admin, can go forward with an emergency order, emergency ordinance, whatever the case may be, then the need is met if we decide as a council to move forward with the amendments, that gives us a time to do it well, to make the engagement, to see what's needed for us to fully educate and engage our residents.
All right, so, and I just want to be very clear, from my perspective, I wanted to not be misunderstood, that I definitely care about the safety of our neighborhoods and the residents that live here, and any of my questioning was strictly to get more information, to better understand the intent and the implications of what this means to the residents in Detroit. So I'm entitled to do that. This was just brought before us yesterday or today, and so I want to be very clear, and all my actions suggest that I care about the safety and the well being of the residents in Detroit. So I just want to make sure that's very clear. All right, so member Young has walked this on. The original motion was to walking on to new business. And so we'll do that followed by referring it to committee. So the first motion is to walk this on to new business. I was already on as a referral. Okay? So we don't have to do anything, okay? Just to be clear, it's already on as a referral
to the chair. That is correct. Okay? And thank you everyone for the Roberts discussion and flexibility and your flexibility Council. President,
thank you very much. President, member, young,
I didn't make the motion right, so we don't have to, I didn't make the motion to move to any business, so we don't have to undo that. We can just move on right? Because I didn't got to remember, remember if a motion was made, make the motion right. But I never made, I actually never made it. So we don't have to, like, withdraw or anything. We're
good. We don't need anything at this point. It's already on the agenda as a referral. So if he didn't make a motion, we can proceed and move forward.
I wanted to make the most, but I'm not now because of obvious reasons. That was my attention to me. Thank
you, Councilman, okay, alright, we're, we're going to move forward now for the president's report once, yes,
got two walk ons as well. Oh, you have two walk ons, yeah? Two, two referrals, yes, uh, one walk on request is a, it should be in front of everyone, an acquisition of wayne county tax foreclosure, okay? Properties right of refusal, 2024 and there is another. Both of these are from HRD, a request for walk on for the sale of wayne county tax foreclosed of occupied homes. It does address that particular issue, but again, it's not for today. But to refer to committee, is
there a motion to motion has been made to walk these two items on
any objections, three items,
Hearing no objections that will be walked on and referred should be three items, three, if I have three, yes and they all to planning, yes, ma'am, and a motion has been made to send all three items to Planning and Development Committee. Right hearing, no objection. One, that action will be taken. We walked in
one meeting, yep,
all right, for the president's report on standing committee referrals and other matters for the budget, Finance and Audit standing committee,
Madam President, yes, before you go to referrals, you have two items that you will bring it back to the end of the agenda. Okay,
and which items were that? Were the line
item 17.2 or did we not finish that item?
I'm sorry. 17.2 Yes. I think this was council member Benson's item regarding the case management software. Mr. Washington, do we have someone on for 17.2
Yes, Madam Chair, we do have Robert Millender online. Are you doing, sir?
That microphone may not be on again. Go ahead. Try. I I see they turn it down and turn it off to the chair
to answer Council member's question. There'll be no problem with using the investigation software for the needs that you suggested. Thank you through the Chair. Thank you. Motion to approve it.
All right. Motion has been made to approve line item 17.2 and Hearing no objections, that action will be taken. And Madam Clerk, what other item did we have?
Madam President, then you also had line item 17 point 1017.
Point 10. I
Oh, no, we
did that one. My apologies. Yeah, we did. We ended up going back to that one. Okay, was that it? That's all I have, Madam President,
alrighty, no, I'll just do the referrals. It's no worries. And we have to end, um, all right for the referrals for budget Finance and Audit,
three reports from varice departments. These
three reports will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit Committee for the internal operation, standing committee.
Six reports from various C departments. These six reports
will be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services Committee,
17 reports from various city departments.
These 17 reports will be referred to the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee for the Planning and Development
Committee, 18 reports from various city departments.
The 18 reports will be referred to the Planning and Development Committee for public health and safety committee,
36 reports from Pharmacy Departments.
The 36 reports will be referred to the public health and safety Standing Committee under the consent agenda.
There are no as Madam President. All right,
we will call for member reports. Yes,
move to suspend member reports. Been present,
Hearing no objections. We will suspend our member reports. And did you all want to come up? Okay? And I have to step away briefly so Pro Tem is going to take the seat at this time. Okay,
good afternoon. We are coming before you, because, as you know, we've put out the postings for the hiring of the new BCA director and inspector general. The application period will end this Friday. So it is our intention to provide to you the findings, well, the applications that we've received thus far on Friday electronically, and provide them in written form on that Monday, because the timeline is tight. What what we is requesting is some type of timeline in terms of when your body wants to do the interviews. We want to give the applicants some prior notice of when you intend to provide the do the interview, conduct the interview so that they can kind of clear their schedule in anticipation of getting an interview.
Okay, so I think what we talked about, what was proposed, is that we can either have an expanded and this is up to the chair, Chairman, Chairwoman Johnson, on Wednesday for internal ops, expanding that committee to allow members to attend and be a part of that process for interviews. Or we can also host a committee of a whole on Friday the 26th at 10am at 10am to conduct interviews for both positions. Is that the correct row?
Yes? Okay, yeah, yes, Madam President, that would be what we would suggest. It is also necessary for us to get some clearance from the body on a I
yeah, I think you you want to have some type of background check. Is what I would say. You want to have a background check, given the sensitivity of these positions, is important that you know in advance the backgrounds of the individuals. Thus far, you've got applicants coming from all over the country. And although there's, there's, I believe, five for the position, five applicants for the position of the the BCA director, and four for the Inspector General. All of the applicants are not local, so you probably won't know these individuals personally, and it's important that you get so what we suggest is that we undertake background checks now on the applicants that we know of and the applicants that come through the portal between now and Friday, we undertake background checks on those as well. But we want to give you a list of every applicant, because it's not very many, all the applicants on Friday, and if you want them now, we can give you the ones we have now this afternoon, if that's what you request, but we can, we can wait to Friday and give you everything, or we can give it to you now, But I think we ought to start the background check, because they may take some time. Okay, we can start that now on the applicants that we have received today, and you've received nine to date, we've received nine, and that's nine for both office for both office combined. Okay, nine, okay,
all right. Is there any objection in Mr. Whitaker beginning the background checks. Any objection to that happening? Okay? Hearing no objection, then you ought to proceed with that. And then member Johnson just wanted to allow you. I'm not sure if you have a preference on the interview, since it will be in your committee.
Yeah. Thank you, Madam President. We do currently have a couple of interviews already scheduled for the 24th and so my preference would be on the 26th if we have a quorum, if we can get a quorum on the 26th which is a Friday,
okay, but my colleagues that are here is, is anyone open availability for a 10am session on Friday, the 26th Committee of the Whole for the purposes of interviews for the inspector general in the BCA. Appointed appointment
sounds like that date. All right, so we we can maybe take this offline, but we wanted to at least put it out there. As far as you have to have a we have to have a quorum. So that's going to be the only challenges that they work for you,
madam president 26 at 10am traditionally, if you were to have it on the 24th you traditionally, for these offices, you would, you would want a quorum present in any ring, because of the duration, you can't remove these two individuals only for cause, right? So you need to make sure that you're certain on your appointments. Okay,
all right, so we will work with colleagues and see what the majority of the body is willing or able to do for either one of those dates, okay? Thank you so much, right? And we've already went through
under the consent agenda.
There's no Adams manifesto. We just did that. We are unattached. with the adoption, without committee reference. There are no element.
President. Under communications from the
clerk, and from approval of the students by the mayor. Under
testimonial, resolutions, and special privilege. Yeah, no, I was not a president.
