Right. Good morning, everyone. We will now call to order our formal session for Tuesday, April the 16th. And if the clerk will please call the roll. Councilmember
Scott Benson Scott Benson I also remember Fred Doha, the third
member of Doha, indicated that he will be running behind this morning.
Local. So note Madam President, Council Member Leticia Johnson, Council Member Gabriela Santiago Romero present. Councilmember Mary waters. Council member Angela Whitfield Callaway present. Councilmember Coleman a young the second
council president pro tem James Tate, your council President Mary Sheffield, or is it? Madam President, you have a quorum present.
All right, thank you. And councilmember Johnson also indicated that she may not be present this morning as well due to sickness and she did send that as well. So her absence is excused.
percorso Nope. Madam President. Thank you.
All right. We will now move to our invocation. We have Pastor James Thomas from new Calvary Baptist Church. joining us virtually to lead us in invocation Good morning, Pastor Thomas.
Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for affording me this opportunity to share in the invocation. Just five years ago, this same time my wife and I moved from Chicago to Detroit, and I was also afforded the opportunity to share the invocation then, if you don't mind to those who want to join with me, Let us bow in prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, Creator and Sustainer of life. We're grateful for this moment that you've carved out for us to first give you thanks. Thank you, God for being head of our lives. Thank you, God for loving us so much. Lord, we pray that on this day, that whether decisions are made, conversations are made, that they be made pleasing in your sight. Thank you, Lord, for all of those who stand to represent the constituents that they serve. We pray that what is decided today speaks truth to power to those who are underprivileged. marginalized, or underestimated, thank you God for our city, which is on a resurgence. We are grateful Lord for the hour that you have exerted in this city to be a comeback city for the nation and the world to view. Lord, we pray for peace in Ukraine. We pray for peace in Palestine. We also pray for peace in Israel. Thank you, Lord for all things we pray in the marvelous matchless Magnificent Name of Jesus Christ. We do pray, let everyone say, Amen.
Amen. All right, thank you so much, Pastor Thomas, feel free to hang on virtually if you would like if we if you do have to jump off. We do understand, sir. Thank you so much. Have a blessed day. You too. All right. The morning member waters to the clerk would note we've also been joined by councilmember waters. Talk also note men President All right, the journal this session of Tuesday April The second will be approved there being no reconsiderations or unfinished business. We will proceed to the budget Finance and Audit Committee for the budget Finance and Audit standing committee.
One report from the Detroit Fire Department.
The one report will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit standing committee for the internal operations committee
16 reports from various city departments.
The 16 reports will be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee
for reports from various city departments.
Those four reports will be referred to the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee for the public excuse me for the Planning and Development Committee.
Well reports from various city departments.
The 12 reports will be referred to the Planning and Economic Development standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee.
24 reports from various city departments.
The 24 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 Madam President, under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials and agencies. There are no items Madam President. All right. We will call now for our general public comment. And everyone will have two minutes for public comment and we will start with those who have joined us here in person Malik Shelton, you'll
be first
followed by Neil Winston.
Good morning. I just like to start off by saying the Detroit health department as well as the Duggan administration pursuant to seven to a one of the Detroit city charter. Is it incumbent upon me on them to provide for the residents an annual comprehensive state of the health of the city report every year. Comprehensive is a key word which we have not been getting. I can't find last time one was put up for the residents as well as the city council to read also, the O CFOs office has refunded hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds. Many of them coming out of the originally coming out of the bankruptcy. These bonds these we finding bonds despite what John niglet and some of the other deputy CFOs have said FCC it also require public meetings as well as Council authorization resolutions and these Council authorization resolutions again must be made public so that the residents and taxpayers can look at them to make sure to ensure that these really are in fact bonds that are refunding according to state law and there is savings involved in that. Decaying is not just being kicked down the road. It's incumbent upon counsel to watch the executive branch because you don't watch the executive branch. Then you're going to have the wolves and high and hyenas. And the Jackal is watching the chicken coop and we don't want that that's how we got in trouble last time.
Thank you, Mr. Shelton, and going to also cut off our public comment for this morning. Miss Winston Yeah.
Good morning to the honorable body. My name is Nia Winston and I proudly serve as president of Unite Here local 24. We represent over 5000 hospitality workers in the state of Michigan and Ohio. Last time that I was here in this room, this room was filled with hundreds of strikers at the Detroit casino Council as we were fed up and we explain why we walked off our jobs. Today I'm here to express my pride for the Sterling group for they have chosen a different way. Whether the strikes this hotel operation will be mark with cooperation and collaboration. The work that his team has done with the city with the community and with labor shows that there is a better way and it is possible. When we work together, we can achieve great things. I hope that you would join me in doing everything possible to help this project move forward and succeed and the spirit I would like to share you a copy of my letter of support for the record. Thank you.
Thank you so much Miss Winston. Winston. Susan Gallagher.
Good morning. My name is Susan Gallagher. I am a member of Local 24 Unite Here. And like most of our members I was born raised and work in the city of Detroit. I work as a bartender at Hollywood a Greek town. Why can't all developers work as well with this community as this group? They are from our city and they have treated our community with respect and dignity. They are building a project with tons of public benefits. They have allowed our voice of our community to shape their project. It's a great project and I hope you will all support it. Thank you very much.
Thank you
Hello, city council. My name is Xenia petkus and I live at 15755 Berlin Street and Detroit, Michigan. And I'm a member of Local 24 Unite Here. Detroit needs more conventions. When a convention comes to town we make good money. We need more of that in Detroit. I've always thought it was a shame that we had that great big convention center but no good hotel where folks can stay. I'm excited to see a hotel this B and this nice coming to Detroit. This will be good for the entire city. Thank you.
Thank you Alright, charity Dean followed by Brandon Reed followed by Miss Betty Lyons.
I am charity Dean president and CEO of the Michigan Black Business Alliance and owner of Detroit Rosa. I am so happy to be here today to express my enthusiastic support for the Sterling group and the water square hotel. I was given the honor to speak on at PDX and I wanted to share with you my remarks from there versus an amazing opportunity for Detroit is an amazing opportunity for Detroit small businesses and it's amazing opportunity for Detroiters. Secondly, I've been doing this for a while the Sterling group has been exemplary to work with they actually get it and they have used intention and every step of the process of the process. This Knack has also been exemplary to members of the Michigan Black Business Alliance sat on this neck and are enthusiastic and excited about the project. Also this CBA has a small business component something we've been asking for for previous CBAS. But last and most importantly, across the street from this project will be the only black Cafe black owned cafe on the riverfront. As an owner of Rosa. I am so proud to be on the riverfront. But I'm also proud to be working with Sterling group and I'm proud to see what this hotel is going to do for the city that I love. Thank you so much. All right, thank you
another week has gone by where is our overpaid property tax? And with interest, where's Rashida to leave? Where is that group that is supposed to be supporting us and assuring justice has done none of them have appeared? None of them even respect us enough to listen to our input. This behavior stinks of Dugan. And Dana Nestle's trickery to illegally keep the overpaid property tax that is not theirs, but ours. I want cash to further show Dugas trickery and partiality rather than displace a neighborhood of Mexican families do guns personally ordered homes repaired in a one block area of Mexican community so that Mexican families could remain intact get that while blacks were displaced, where and whatever was available in red and Roach infestation, so bad until they had to come and stand before city council to voice their complaints and discuss this as inhumane, disrespectful and unacceptable. Dugan is a failure he only gives attention for partiality that Dan Gilbert in that bed rock and his cronies Look around you. Look around you. The writing is on the wall. Detroit is being raped again.
Thank you Miss Lyons. Brandon Reed. No, he's not here. All right, Mark Wallace. No. I'm sorry. Was Williams followed by Mr. Wallace? Sorry about that. Miss Williams. Miss Williams?
Hello, I was always tall as as a child, you lead by example. My father instill morals and values. It defines who you are your character honesty and so with that being said, the people they represent us and I'm gonna piggyback off of you from the mayor all the way down. You all are here to you work for us. You should be doing your job correctly. Concerning our well being and what's going on. I came downtown last week. From mag down to Woolworths is the Macklin before you when you pass but when you go go into the inner city, the neighborhoods huge potholes. Schools are baking. No windows nothing boarded up someone can get killed, right. It's unbelievable. And like you said, this is election year and if you are Donald decide to do your job because apparently you haven't been doing your job this far. And this is just my opinion, freedom of speech. And I feel a lot of you all are hypocrites that you expect us to be one way but you are do not show examples or how you shouldn't be legally with integrity and transparency and accountability with the city workers all the way from like I said from the top to the bottom. It's not acceptable. expecially when I see homeless people sleeping downtown on the ground, and they steal money from Washington and these vouchers, housing vouchers and all this illegal stealing from the casinos. I have seen so many city officials down there. It's unacceptable. And I asked myself, who's paying the T bills, legally is unacceptable audits, illegal corruption. But you all want us to be held accountable for when we break the law and be transparent. We don't get that every time for people like you guys.
All right. Thank you Miss William. Mark Wallace, followed by Ronald Foster.
Morning Council I'm Mark Wallace, President and CEO of the Detroit riverfront Conservancy, a resident of the city of Detroit at 2501 burns street I'm very happy to be here with you today to speak in support of the water square hotel, and the associated community benefits agreements. As you all know, the Detroit riverfront Conservancy is a 501 C three nonprofit organization, which has been responsible for transforming and maintaining the Detroit riverfront over the past 20 years, we have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into the public spaces along the riverfront. And this work has fundamentally changed the way our community comes together. The Detroit Riverwalk has over 3 million visitors annually and it has become an engine for economic development. In the first 20 years we have seen over $2 billion invested in the riverfront district, and the riverfront today generates over $7 million in taxes that support the city of Detroit. And we have been named named the best Riverwalk in America three years in a row. The riverfront Conservancy is currently building a 22 acre park that is located approximately 500 yards from water square hotel. This park will be a tremendous amenity for the city of Detroit and it will be a place where out of town visitors can spend time with local Detroit residents. The water square hotel and its retail amenities will support our visitors. And we're also very excited to the community benefits agreement specifies that the riverwalk in front of the Old Joe Louis Arena site will be rebuilt. As I'm sure many of you know this important section of the riverwalk has deteriorated in recent years. So we're very happy to see that the city has committed to fixing this section of the riverfront. We're also very encouraged to see the obligations to rebuild West Jefferson in front of Ralph Wilson Park. This work is necessary and important. And will help make our city safer. Thank you so much for this opportunity to address you today. Again, expressing my enthusiastic support for the project. Thank you.
Thank you Mr. Wallace. Mr. Foster, alibi Darrow Mobley. Good morning,
council president. First day I want to just say I support 16.7 Dr. Shi K. I think he gave a very good interview very well informed on what it is he's pursuing. 12 Sep 2017 CASP prevention and detection 28 Team black maternal health we and 23 Nine library millage. I think all of those are important, very grateful that you guys have them on there. I wanted to use a little bit of my time today to talk about stigmas, social stigmas and the effect of them in our community. Stigma is defined as a set of negative and unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something. social stigma, when a person's social, physical and mental condition influences other people's views of them or their behavior towards them. We must learn to be more he made to humans, regardless of everyone's socio economic or moral status. stigmas primary purpose is justification for Miss treatment, behind every action or word behind every word a stigma is an action. Blacks workers theater less than men so they were required two thirds of a vote. Immigrants there were an immigration simply justifies that they don't deserve to be treated equally. Veterans with PTSD avoid them impoverished people you neglect them. You know, so you LBG que que de un Norodom. So with every stigma. In some actions there we must create an environment to remove stigmas and uplift humanity. In closing, I want to say I appreciate Council's advocacy to stand up against the store the magnifier community's voice on Grand River that that's not what they want. I appreciate the advocacy industry to to stand up against some support. disabled man sitting so I appreciate y'all keep up. All
right, thank you so much. Mr. Foster, Madam Chair. Yes, member Callaway, Mr. Foster.
Mr. Foster, I want to thank you for coming out to the protest in Palmer Park last week. It was raining it was cold and you were there. So thank you for appreciating us. And we appreciate you sir. God bless you.
All right. Thank you, Darrell Mobley alibi Mario May.
Yes. Good morning. My name is Darrell Mobley. I'm part of the union of carpenters. I am a carpenter. I live right here in Detroit. I'm here to most definitely express my thoughts he asks for this project that goes on for water square. I'm here importantly to most definitely speak about the change in a culture that is going to be built with a company that is looking to take a good swing in order to provide change. For our community. With me being a worker, I am a part of that change will be in a union worker and within having growing support. And that calls for us to be able to have more work to be produced here at City citizens. That is something that I will greatly most definitely stand behind. That is a culture for which we build and we stand behind those that are looking to take a big swing and go to bat for us as citizens so we can create change for our family, not only for our family, but the future generations that is going to support the things that we are going to build for our community. So we can most definitely so what we are looking to most definitely produce and to also display for us to be able to have and also this change of effect that we are looking to most definitely stand down and also uplift everyone, our community for us to be able to make sure that we not only love what it is that we are building, but also provide support towards. Thank you.
All right, thank you
hello, my name is Mario. I'm a and I'm a carpenter with local 687 and I'm born and raised in Detroit. I'm just like super excited about all the great things is going on in our city like from the draft to we got to Riverwalk now to tre now we got to have a hotel next to our convention center. Which is gonna bring more people to our city like to enjoy I seen on Instagram the other day, and I shared it with a lot of people but it said I'm one to Detroit for weekend vacay for food and foods. And that was big for me. Because a lot of times like in the past, like just say 15 1617 years ago, we had a bad stigma on our city. About don't come to choice the most dangerous all this other negative stuff. But now we didn't turn the corner we didn't got a bankruptcy. We got a beautiful downtown this evening. Oh good, even more beautiful with this hotel. And the fact that they hiring people like me that came from the city to help build my city up and make it look better. I didn't go nowhere. I didn't move to Atlanta, or Las Vegas or Los Angeles, like some of my other friends did all get off the city. I stayed here and now our city is coming around and now we got people that's not from Detroit coming to visit to Detroit and Georgia city that we have a beautiful park that we got a beautiful downtown our neighborhoods is coming back around like it's a wonderful time to be alive. And it's a wonderful time to be a Detroiter and it's a wonderful time to come visit each word and that's all I gotta say.
All right. Thank you, sir. We appreciate you. Thank you. John Perkins. alibi Candace Jones.
Good morning. honorable body. Hi, my name is John Perkins, the business representative for the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and millwrights and on behalf of my members that I represent, we are in full support of the water square hotel. And just to kind of give you some context, Sterling group and the Torgo family have been a staple in this city for many, many years have been an advocate not for the rebirth and rebuild of the city. But for the working men and women that actually reside in the city. Some of you all may know of some of the developments that they've done in the past, but one that I very, that I'm very passionate about is their works and their development of the State Fairgrounds. When you think about the magnitude and the robustness, directly direct and indirect prosperity that had meant for our members in that community it was tremendous. That development alone allowed us to bring in 100 new apprentices in our apprenticeship program and now those individuals are getting ready to graduate. I mean the upcoming months. We think about the testament of their commitment to committee, to the community community and the working people. This is why we stand behind them and we just hope that you all stand behind them as well. Thank you.
Thank you,
Candice Jones.
Hi, guys,
I just came up and just say thank you for the wonderful job you guys are doing. And that's about it. I can't wait for the summer with all the great events we're gonna have. I mean, we never had the NFL. We weren't even thought about we own the map. No, we didn't have the NFL coming. We got this. We had the Super Bowl hosting that. We had the World Series hosting that what's next for us? We've been on the map and like, like everyone came up before me. We weren't even there. We didn't we didn't exist. So I just want to thank the Council for the hard work you guys do and keep up the good job and make sure our land values keep going up so we can have reduced taxes and everything like that in the land value because we you know we raise the land value up. At least that brings in a lot of revenues that brings in a lot of people to come patronize us and spend money like they send new hotels, new events coming here. So that's a lot of revenue that we're gonna get in the state of Michigan. Thank you guys for all the wonderful work you guys do. You guys do an excellent job.
Great. Thank you, Candace, we appreciate you. Alright, that will conclude all of our in person public comment and we will now go to our virtual callers in the morning already. How many callers do we have this morning? On
a madam president. There were 20 callers who raised their hand before you would cut off public comment and the first caller is Broderick Wilkes
the morning
Good morning Mr. Wilkes.
All right, we can come back to this caller please.
Okay, the next caller is Ross Volant.
All right, good. Morning Mr. bulat.
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make sure your microphone is unmuted Mr. Blonde. Good morning.
All right, let's come back to Mr. Blonde our next caller please.
Okay, the next caller is Steven whoring
Yes, you can.
Okay, thank you. Well, I'm I'm here to express my strong support for hotel water square. You know, this development it's not only a promising investment, but there's a guaranteed ROI, which a lot of developments don't have. And you know, I also want to say the city's economy has suffered significant losses due to the apps and sub A hotel connected to Huntington place. And what makes the Sterling group the best developer is they're the only major developer with a track record of nearly 100% On time completions. That's something that even Dan Gilbert as and you know, also this project you know, we're not going to have to wait five years till after it's approved. They're about they're going to break ground like about I think the same week. Council's gonna approve it. So, I mean, this is gonna definitely be one that you're gonna see built. For sure. You know, I'm hoping that it will be approved unanimously from Council. However, I must say that any council member that does vote against this due to some, you know, Bs, I will fight to abstain 2025 And maybe recall, you know, I know a lot of wealthy donors that could certainly donate to any opponent of any council member that plays the games and volts now. So, you know, I am hoping it will pass unanimously you know, I haven't even heard I've even heard positive feedback from some of the professional complainers that are regulars here. So, you know, I think this is a very important project and I think the city needs that.
All right. Thank you, Mr. Hari.
The next caller is Farman Ligon. Morning,
Good morning, honorable body. Good morning to our district three members. And I'd like to proudly say I'm a member of District Three. Residents of District Three, moved back to Detroit in district three in part of the brain Task Force, led by our Councilman Benson, and with that being said, I'd like to express my support for hotel at water square. Sterling group has an exceptional track record. They prove that at the State Fairgrounds with the Blight that existed upon that property. And in addition to that, they as well invited their support into the community into our neighborhood in support of keeping clean block club and assembling several hoop houses for residents and community to participate in gardening activities, and year after year contributions of tree enhancements on our green spaces. So they are a contributor of fighting blight in our city and bringing economic development and well needed areas such as the riverfront. So I'm mostly excited about the pocket park that will exist on the riverfront at Hotel water square. That's probably the most exciting piece for me, in addition to the convention center that will exist and provide business conventions for national events. And I would probably say I'd likely begin attended and most of the business events that attend an attendance at Huntington this opportunity for the city of Detroit is remarkable. unmatched in my opinion, Sterling roof has been exceptional friend and commercial neighbor to our community here in District Three. And I know that we can expect the same thing in downtown Detroit thank you for my time speak.
All right, thank you.
The next caller is William M. Davis.
Right. Good morning, Mr. Davis.
Good morning.
Can I be heard as you can. Okay,
so I like to start out by saying for 16.15 And I think Melinda Rollins will be an excellent choice and candidate because she's somebody I know has been active in the city for years and great artists and do a lot of community events. Also, I like to say I do support that. You know, I very rarely support new developments that I think it's getting too much public plans. But I do think it's a good idea and I think it's a big economic benefit to somebody who travels like myself when there's a convention center connected to a hotel. I think that's a great draw for a lot of conventions because I travel a lot. Also, last Friday, I was over in Palmer park and I took part in an informational action and that we need to make sure people know that the conditions a lot of seniors and handicapped people and people in general living in you know, we need to make sure we have stronger laws on the books to deal with people that are not keeping their property up, you know, you know, how can we have seniors living in 567 storey buildings with no elevators function? How can we have seniors living in buildings with their windows are broken out the doors, you know, could easily you know, you know, broken up and easy for people to get in and, you know, without then living in it, you know, we need to make sure that they are stronger laws dealing with these management companies that manage multiple buildings in our city. They're not doing their job properly. We need to make sure that actual owners if they are the state, you know, like a number of those buildings over in Panama. I contacted two and notified if they don't get their act together. The city is going to seize these buildings and put their the rents for this building and ESCO and fix these buildings up. We need stronger actions to protect renters in this city. Thank you Madam Chair. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you Mr. Davis for coming out to the protest on some of the properties over there in Palm Park. It was raining and it was cold. And you were there my friend. So I thank you for showing your support and we are in the process of holding those property owners accountable. Thank you Madam Chair.
Right. Thank you member Callaway our next caller please.
The next caller is a native Flores
Hello,
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Hi, I'm Serena Flores and I serve as the Vice President with nonprofit rescue my nature now located in District Three. And our organization was actually part of the community benefit that Sterling group brought when the Amazon development came to the State Fairgrounds and I must say it's been a great experience. They've always considered our community a part of the state fairgrounds, even though that was in district two, and they've always kept us in the loop of what's going on. They even included us in the design, selection of trees that would be landscaping along State Fair, which was a big deal for us because we also be keep and we focus on revitalizing blighted parcels to educational green spaces. So that was very important for us to be a part of that process. Like I said, they've always been great to us in the community and we definitely support the water squared development with the hotel. That definitely will bring a lot of jobs a lot of economic opportunity to the city and especially having a convention center that's connected to a hotel will be huge for the city of Detroit. I know personally when we've attended conferences out of state in Atlanta, you know, that was one of the big factors in selecting those locations. So, for Detroit to have that opportunity coming up is huge and I'm definitely a huge supporter of sterling group and this hotel development.
All right, thank you.
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Morning counsel to me, I call in and to voice my opinion about the fact that we still haven't been paid back after being looted. $600 million and 100,000 of our homes have been stolen. This is these all Jim Crow historical events that are happening right here in Detroit. I'm glad everybody got the googly eyes because there's investments in Detroit but there was a time when Detroit was doing well with a black mayor Black City Council and all our assets. The bankruptcy was fake. And it wasn't used to steal our assets from us. And the gentrified, Detroit turned on white so I'm glad you guys are so happy about the investment because we were not given allowed to get investments white investors ran from Detroit after the 67 rebellion and disinvested in Detroit. It wouldn't be the same way that you see it today. If they hadn't that.
Finally, I want to support William Davis for the chair of the retiree Task Force co chair. I support him he's very active in our community and do well. I support the MS Society. Also seven point 14 Simple 15 support Viola Davis, lizard lions I love you. We hear you. Ditto. We want our money we want it now we don't want these little trinkets like oh you can buy another house from the land bank cheap that's not gonna do us any good. We got houses we want to fix up. So give us our money you stole from us. You've gotten me but 16,000 I know if you got me for 16,000 The whole lot more seniors and disabled people you've stolen from we want our money so we can fix our houses invest enough also for the people that are that goodness, the Howery great minds discuss ideas average. Great, thank you. Nikhil karkhana We've been joined by member Doha and member young, also known Madam President, thank you. Thank you. The next caller is Betty llevando. Good morning to all within the sound of my voice. I'm Betty a bar and the president of DeSoto Ellsworth black Association. First I would like to say that I do support the hotel development. Also. Ditto as usual. I did a lot of what Mr. William Davis speaks on especially the housing and the rental situation in regards to seniors, people with disabilities and just people in general we all have a right to be at peace and safe in our homes. asking that the council and all within the sound of my voice Please support my organization I think a quarter from thinking and living noise to think and then why oh me. I'm going to focus on our park the diva community park that we have created because the park is being used. And for events in the summer when the weather is nice, in the spring, what we're doing we plan to be a powder. In all of them, we gone to, we need a barber. We looking for a barber, we looking for a hair braider. And we're going to be focused on health and our children. We also this year going to be offering space for entrepreneurs to bring what you say all and offer it to the community and the residents of the city of Detroit. And at the end of August last Saturday, we're looking for artists to donate four hours where we would like to do is happy then for the children and let the children create murals and we want to have this to be the art work for our fence.
We want to get the children involved to be right. Thank you. Thank you Miss vine. Oh, I'm sorry. The next caller is Karen not Karen. Good morning.
Yes, Miss Weston, go right ahead. Yes, Lord. Okay. Yeah, thanks. Um, as it relates to the senior property that's in disrepair, and our seniors are living there. So I knew there was a we did have rules in our code. And its requirements for alternate alternate alternative, emergency energy source and senior housing facilities. Now, this is under city code, and it's chapter 22 housing and require for an alternative emergency power source. So there should be there's no reason for there not to be, you know, attention, because it doesn't. So this was on the fire department. This is on the fire department. Required. Look it up. So this was as on the 24th it was created in 2024. So there's a lot of things that we just can't believe everything everybody tells us by this.
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was in 2019 5019, so this was in 2019. So somebody there know something about you may not know, but somebody don't know Donald about this. So we're gonna get through this. I will send you a copy but I'm not allowed to email documents to you guys. So so we have alternative energy sources. That means 10 Second, and 10 second power comes right back on its automatic transfer switch. Oh, nice girl. I know because I installed a lot of solar, it's mandatory and all SR in any place that has, you know, children, any kind of, you know, place where we got people that are in, you know, in harm's way if we lose power. The other thing is Mr. Donnell will. The state tax commission is in control of the property taxes, Mr. Dahle doesn't.
He works about three days, six days.
612 hours each session, so if you're gonna give them permanent job, I'm gonna need my job back. All right, thank you Mr. Winston.
The next caller is Perlin Blaze.
Good morning City Council. My name is Carolyn Blaze with Blaze contracting. I want to first start off piggybacking this young lady that was down there, Candice Miller, to say to you guys, you guys are doing a hell of a job. Thank you. Thank you so much for what you guys doing for the city of Detroit or the residents of City of Detroit and also importantly for the business businesses of City of Detroit. Again, my name is Karla Blaze, the owner of Blaze contracting. I have a personally vested interest in the water square hotel. We have an opportunity to work with the Sterling group currently, and we have worked with them in the past. They are a great supporter of Detroit contracting businesses and we'd like to continue to support them and their ventures. Again, Blaze contracting, has 200 plus employees. And we're located in the city of Detroit. Right there corner of Connor and 94 were unionized contractor were signatory to 1191 and also 324. Again, we're lending our support. And I want to say one more time. Thank you so much, city council. Thank you for what you guys do. It's a thankless job, and I want to lend my my support to this project and support you guys as well. Carolyn
Blaze Blaze contracting. Thank you so much.
next caller please. The next caller is ADLs Detroit. Good morning in the morning and through
the chair. May I be heard? Yes. This city this agenda is full of Arper money being sent out to every way or but to the people who would came for let me let me tell you miss Lyons is absolutely correct. And I think the the Conrad mallet told you that it's illegal for you to give our money send the city funding for personnel going to people. It's not supposed to be spent that way it turned out to contract 6006146 is city funding $272,000 to renovate a house and Mrs. Lyons is exactly right and what what you all are doing and it's illegal. That is what Mrs. To Hara is telling you when the other people who called in you cannot expect us to be accountable when you're not accountable for what you're doing. 19.1 is Arper funding 2 million or half a million dollars for backfill Do you know that the city council you may have been on it? The mr. Benson City Council voted to to allow some slick Willie to come in here and tell us that we gonna not buildings down but we're gonna leave the basements. Now they're discovering basements. I don't know how the city is just discovering them when they were the ones who voted for the contract and Atwater is good but only if it's going to support the entire city. So you all got districts and now you're breaking us up separating us. Everybody should should benefit from this because everybody's tax dollar is being used for this. Not just a district. You're not just taking money out of their districts. You're taking money from 732 all of them. So why don't why why isn't the benefits across the city instead of in one particular area? It's unfair, it's unjust, and
you need to alter that Thank you.
Thank you. Next caller please.
The next caller is coming him. Mr. Cunningham was yours
it's gonna help me you there. Greetings, Mr. Chair. Good to hear your voice sir. And hello city council and everyone on the sound of my voice. There is a DDOT meeting coming up this Thursday at input meeting. I used to spend my own money and and make flyers for this but as of the last year and a half, Detroit department transportation prints out the flyers for me. I think I have about 1000 outside a lot of flyers, if anyone would like to canvass Thursday morning, given out flyers at the bus stops just like I give up the hand warmers, the gloves and the bus tickets and the bus stops will go around and let people know that voice can be heard at the input meeting. My hotline number is 313444911431344491141 more time do you want three fold, fold fold 911 fold and on Facebook retroactive fairness, again on Facebook, retro active fairness. So people have short term memories. So that's why I want to do it. Thursday morning. It is every third Thursday and this flyer has all the dates the April meeting the Mays meeting the June July September October and November meetings. So if you'd like to assist, but action if you if you can anyone on sound of my voice, just like Council ProTeam tape did he wrote the coaches and he seen on was and he talked to the people. Hopefully we can do it again. But I want everyone on the sound of my voice to write the coaches don't consider your opinion when you're on there. Talk to the people get to know their situations and problems. The bus system is that is worse after 6pm weekly in on the weekends. And I'm gonna get my hotline number one more time. 313444911 for if anyone can assist me buying more bus tickets
and fixing my transmission
next caller please. The next caller is Samsung SM
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all right, good. Morning
caller 2277 Samsung Good morning
alright, alright if we can come back to this caller please. Okay, the
next caller is
Karen hammer. All right. Good morning. Cam
it Karen hammer. Good morning. Good morning. Can you hear me? Yes, we can thank you. I want to thank counsel for your stand against robbing low income Detroiters via the payday loans. And also the I wanted to point out the rare and very quiet plans to put an Eevee battery plant in a new emerging residential neighborhood at 601 p CAD is a travesty. taxpayer dollars are already committed to this project without any hearings. This type of industrial plant produces led dust and high noise volumes. This can't be allowed in a residential neighborhood where more residential units are being built. The city and state assured residents on the Lower East Side that the store Lana's plant would be cleaned and spent 100 at 400 million on that site, but as we've had years of hospitalization since we can't be indifferent to the poisoning of any community. It will cost us an estimated estimated 12 point 7 million this is happening without hearings, not on local land use not on environmental issues and not on the gifting of our tax dollars. I also want to say hats off to the Detroiters for Tax Justice and other groups seeking compensation for the 600 million over taxation of Detroit taxpayers. I support ADOS Detroit comments. Our money should not be used to spend in development, but rather to increase low income housing repair housing and fully fund the right to counsel with $27 million. Put the money where it's needed. Keep our Detroiters in the homes. The city needs to enforce rental codes violated by landlords, seniors and others suffer from leaky roofs and lack of elevators we need better
and reliable transit.
All right, thank you.
The next caller is Hudson Weber.
All right. Good morning. Hello. This is actually my name is Donald rancher. I am a Detroit resident and previous city of Detroit employee who has committed his career to improve the life of Detroiters. I wholeheartedly support the Sterling group and the water square hotel project, recognizing its immense significance for the City of Detroit's transformation. Additionally, I mean, can Gary Torgo for his unwavering advocacy on on behalf of Detroit residents. I've worked with him for several years. In my previous position is contributions to initiatives like the strategic neighborhood Fund had been invaluable. Not only has been a vocal champion for grass enough he also played a pivotal role in mobilizing other corporations to can contribute financially to Detroit neighborhoods. Furthermore, Gary's investments in the Grande River in the West Warren commercial corridor demonstrate his commitment to revitalizing the city of Detroit and its communities. Gary's also have worked with me in extending initiatives and increasing homeownership, mostly targeted to black Detroiters with the downpayment assistance program. And the program thus far has facilitated hundreds of individuals becoming first time homeowners. And he's continuing to push forward and fundraising for this particular program. So this is someone who has kept his focus on the community for a long time again,
I just would like to say I support this project. All right. Thank you, Mr. rancher.
Yes. First of all, I just want to say Mr. rancher, thank you so much for all the hard work and all the services that you trade. We appreciate you and I also want to say secondly to the previous caller, this hammer, I don't know what the I don't remember what the appropriate term was. When we meet here to have a discussion in city. I forgot what it was called where we would meet here to have a discussion on a specific topic. I got the terminology forgive me. Yeah, I don't know if there's a special session or the community. Thank you. You mean community the whole but I think that would be something that we need to have evolved, the environmental concerns of the battery plant. I don't know if you want to have just on that or have more environmental concerns on the city, but I think that's a real thing. I just want to make sure that we get that right. So if I can request
them and the President has definitely worked with your office to get this place. I'll work with that.
I'll get that together.
Thank you so much, member Yan.
All right. Our next caller please.
next caller is phone number ending in 299.
Caller 299.
Thank you. Good morning, everyone. My name is Joyce and we're with the Virginia Park community coalition within the boundaries of the Virginia pact community, housing membership bill. Budget time is over. We need you to tour the chosen walk away and we've already indicated we want to pick back before you do any opening because it is part of the architectural structure of the building. And and it is historic. Number two who Lancaster pianos were asked me to hold them accountable. And said, what we're getting us a music festival coming up in June and we're saying we're not supporting it. The Virginia Park Community Coalition is not supporting it. And we're asking that the site of the festival be sent somewhere else to do that is to say that we approve of what he's doing. The City of Detroit is not how they were accountable. But the Virginia Park community came in and we're hoping to do basically, what I want to talk to you about.
Thank you for your time.
All right. Thank you so much, Miss Moore. The next caller is phone number ending
in 124.
Hello, 124 Good morning. Yes, good morning. May
I be heard? Yes, you can. Yeah. Well, I think the community should learn about a battery plant being put in the middle of this city. I mean, sometimes some technology is nice but making it is not pretty. The Mr. Donald renter I call him Donald renter pretends to be denser, because for years who feigned ignorance in my face while they were secretly planning the north and landing project so, so much for community engagement. I continue to be disturbed at spending all this money on demolitions. It's like this mayor couldn't think of a building you wouldn't want to demo or something like that, but I say shame on the city council. There's now with the money supposed to be spent on in Section seven dash 201. The health department that has been neglected I don't consider giving grants to some entities that already exists to be a substitute for having a proper health department. But as Jerry Moore said, when he fell off the Herman keep her original infectious disease hospital, it would have been an ideal candidate for ARPA money and get that going again. And then you wouldn't have had doing the walker Williams rec center to make it a COVID testing and experimental vaccine. So it would be in the Atwater development. Please tell us what this bankruptcy deal was before you vote on this. The people deserve to know what was the bankruptcy deal that they got this and I do not think selling off the Historic State Fairgrounds 142 acre contiguous Historic Park was a good deal at all. You could have put a warehouse somewhere out without destroying that historic site. We didn't get a historic 142 acre replacement Park. So anyway, please think about this. We need a health care department. And what is the bankruptcy deal that the tour goes are getting out of this?
Please share that with
everyone. Thank you.
All right. Thank you
the next caller is Marguerite Maddox. Scarlett.
Morning Miss Maddox. Good morning.
Yes, we can hear you miss Maddox. Thank you.
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The next caller is Miko, animalium.
Good morning. Miko Williams. Hi, good morning, council members. I just want to make a few comments if I may. 1 of all the Sterling group is a credible company. I believe that they should be given preferential treatment as to a company that is investing in Detroit. And investing in our city with our people. I also want to memorialize the rents and it was very hurtful yesterday. I loved that building as a kid. It's one of the best art structural powers in the world that is a symbol of power of our riverfront. I want everybody to know that and I'm very upset because GM Mary Barra is a liar. She said she wasn't moving out of there. And here she is making a deal with Dan Gilbert and I'm afraid Dan Gilbert is going to buy the Renson I know it's I know everybody talks about housing and such but no one wants to pay $4,000 to live in the rent said Let's kill that idea. Also, I want to mention the police is getting a little too much around here. You know, we can't even enjoy our city. Sunday was a very good day and the police was just kicking everyone out of the rural walk. You know, our young people deserve to have somewhere where they can congregate and such I understand. You know, we have got to do a little better and giving our young people opportunities. This is out of control. You know to say this is we pay our taxes to the city to enjoy leisure to have a drive up Jefferson Avenue. Belle Isle is still our park and we should maintain spaces for the public to enjoy themselves. And, you know, city council I also want to say as of yesterday from my comments around the demolitions, you know demolitions should be thought about a little more carefully, which is knocking buildings down but we're not putting anything up. What's the deal with that? Thank you so much for taking my
comment. Have a great, wonderful day.
You too. Thank you. Now we're back to two callers who did not speak at first.
Ross Volant. Press Beaumont. Good
morning. Good morning. So I guess I wanted to call to first of all, support the President's motion on item 18 point 13. Regarding abolishing the tax captures for the Wayne County Community College District, the Detroiters for Tax Justice. As an organization supports this resolution very strongly. And we think that's a great step in the right direction. Regarding the appointment of council members, young and waters for Bill Davis, I think that's a great appointment on their part. And I'm sorry, that was dirt Hall waters, I believe. I think that's a great appointment as a city retiree. I can't imagine a better representative for retirees then, Mr. Davis. I would like to say also that we support the development of the the Waterfront Hotel there next to Cobo with the starting group and so forth, but we really hope that the city is finding a way and proposing to find a way to do this without capturing education taxes for our schools and libraries and special needs children. This, this pattern is is been way way overdone. Downtown isn't in the crisis that it was in the 1970s when tax captures were created. Please start protecting our villages and you know, and I didn't find one caller that seemed to be aware that, you know, we're paying we may be paying for that. We're hoping City Council will stand up and resist using more education tax captures
to fund projects. Thank you. Thank you.
The last caller who raised their hand before you put up public comment is Samsung
S t 22. Seven you Okay, good morning.
All right, going once to Samsung color Going once. Going twice. All right. If you can just make sure your comments are submitted to the clerk's office, we will make sure that they are part of the public record. And that will conclude all of our general public comment for this morning. We thank everyone for taking the time to come in and also call in for virtual public comment. And we will now proceed to our agenda
for this morning.
From the office of contracting and procurement for the internal operation
standing committee councilmember waters three resolutions line item 16.1 through 16.3, noting that all items are contracts for the law department. First contract is contract number 6006065. amended 100% arpa funding to provide right to counsel informative materials, Contractor Lake Shore Legal Aid, total contract amount 150,000 next contract is contract number 6006159 100%. Grant funding to provide funding to obtain personnel technology equipment and courtroom updates to efficiently eliminate the current gun case backlog. Contractor 36. district court total contract amount $1 million last contract is contract number 6006160 100% grant funding to provide funding to obtain personnel technology equipment and courtroom updates to efficiently eliminate the current GM case backlog. total contract amount $2 million. Councilmember waters three resolutions.
Member waters Thank you
Madam President.
Move approval
any objections?
Hearing no objections. The three resolutions will be approved
in the president waiver request waiver on line items 16.16 8.2
and 16.3. All right, Hearing no objections a waiver will be attached to those three items
from the law department. Councilmember waters team resolutions lines item 16.4 through 16.3
member waters
Thank you madam president Move approval. All right. These are various lawsuit settlements. Any objections to any of the items objections? Member Santiago Romero.
Thank you, Madam President. Just for clarity what motion up to what
might even the G motion for approval 16 point 13
Thank you. I have an objection to 16.8
and 16 point 11. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you council member and the clerk would know political so no man president.
All right, hearing no further objections, the 10 resolutions will be approved
from the legislative policy division. Now some member waters are resolution line item 16
point 14
Councilmember waters Thank you, Madam
President. I move approval. All right. This is waiving the privilege status for the opinion regarding the Michigan right to farm act 93. Any objections to waiving the privilege? Hearing no objections the action that action will be taken
under resolutions recommendations for appointments at historic designation
advisory board. All right, and our ballots have been passed. Out. We are to select one Candidate.
Madam president I have all of the ballots turned in. Okay. Councilmember dirt Hall, Monique Rawls. Also President Pro Tem James Tate Monique Rawls. Custom member Mary waters Eric managing better customer Basanti EPA Ramiro. Eric heard you Ritter. Awesome President Sheffield, Eric Herge and Ritter council member with the Callaway, Eric COURAGING. Ritter. Madam President, that's four votes for Eric Headjam render and two votes for Monet Rawls.
Okay, so we will move forward with the appointment of Mr. Herge in return for line item number 16 point
60.
Madam Madam Clerk, Madam President, member waters a resolution appointing Eric headroom redder to the
historic designation advisory board.
Councilmember waters
I'm having a hard time with this mic.
Thank you, Madam President Move approval. All right, Hearing no objections, that action will be taken. And
if we can request a waiver for 16 point 60 Oh,
plus a waiver. All right, Hearing no objections that action will be taken under
resolutions. Councilmember waters a resolution
line item 16 point 17.
Councilmember waters Thank you, Madam President. I move approval
Okay, all right. line item 16 point 17 Is the appointment of Dr. Shi K as the district one representative for the reparations Task Force. Any objections? Hearing no objections the resolution will be approved at present. Yes. All right waiver has been requested. Hearing no objections that actually will be taken. Or the Neighborhood and Community Services
standing committee from the mayor's office. Councilmember young, two resolutions, line
items 17.1 and 17.2.
Councilmember Young, thank you, Madam President. Before I move these items, 17.1 There was some issues involving the legality in terms of the location where it was that it was right behind the school so I want to request me removal I
don't know 17.1.
This is regarding the racket. I'm sorry. This is the wall this is evolving. A beer garden that they wanted to be able to have. It's going to be right behind University Prep School. And it's that one's going to be a beer guy but something that's going to be going from three o'clock and in the afternoon all the way at two o'clock at night. I just thought it was inappropriate. I don't even think he's legally be able to do it based on the zoning because it's 500 feet is less than 500 feet is something that we have missed that we
have worked with the proper
evidence making sure though you referred to 17.1 because this
one only class Yes.
Be removed. Yeah. Yes, miss. Yes, my apologies for interrupting I do believe that item that Councilman is referencing
is item 20.1 On today's and yeah, I got ahead of myself. I'm sorry I
move to approve item 17.1
is 17.2. Thank you, Madam President. Okay, these are various events with departmental approvals. Hearing no objections, the two resolutions
will be approved. That was Yes. I'm sorry to bring this up too late, but I think I missed the vote on line item 16 point 15. You did. Okay.
Can I turn my vote anyway though,
this will give me having on the record that I have to vote again. Okay. Okay. We can come back to that.
That's fine. Thank you.
from the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer Office of Development and grants. Councilmember young resolution line item 17.3.
Member Young's Thank you, Madam
President move to approval. I don't know 17.3.
All right, motion has been made for approval and this is regarding a trust fund grant for Clark Park. Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved or the Planning and Economic Development standing
committee from the Office of contracting and procurement. Pastor President Pro Tem Hey, two resolutions lines item 18.1 and 18.2. Both are contracts from the housing and revitalization department. First contract is contract number 6006080 100%. Grant funding to provide Choice Neighborhoods Program Evaluation Services contractor J F m Consulting Group incorporated total contract amount 196,200. Next contract is contract number 6006146 100%. City funding to provide a full renovation of BMP properties located at 8202 central street and 8182 right in St. Contractors VR homes LLC. total contract amount $272,800.
Council President Pro Tem take two resolutions,
President Pro Tem Taif president and I move approval of line items 18.1 and 18.2.
Please. Any objections?
Discussion? Yes, discussion member Callaway just real quick Madam Chair is there anyone on the can answer a couple of
questions from housing and revitalization? Mr. Washington
and this is regarding 18.1. This is regarding 18.2 18.2
Okay. Yes. Madam Chair. We
do have Amy Amador online
Hey, we went out hurt.
Good afternoon, right. Good afternoon. Good morning. Good morning. So Miss Amador is yes it does. Good morning. Miss Amador. Real quick question on line item 18.2.
Why 100% city funding? So this is this is actually grant funding from the rocket Community Fund.
Where it says 100% city funding I don't know why it was written in that passion.
But this is grant funding. So through the Chair, can we pull this and make sure we get the correction because right here on on our agenda it says line item 18.2 is 100%
funded on city funding?
Yep, so we can, let's postpone this item until the end of the agenda to see if they have any clarity regarding the source of funding for this contract. Alright, so Amy, if you want to work with Mr. Washington and get back to us before we end our session today,
I'll do that.
Thank you. Thank you remember cowboy? Yes, thank
you Madam Chair. Alright, so there's a move to postpone line item 18.2. I do believe that it's it's actually in the information
that was provided to us just want to make sure that we knew what postpone that there was no objections line item 18.2 to the to the end of the agenda, Hearing no objections that action will be taken. motion has been made for approval for 18.1. Any objections? Hearing no objections that action will be taken.
From the Detroit from the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority. Pass the president pro tem take five resolutions line items 18.3 through
18.7. Alright, so I'm gonna turn it over to pro tem we have to take some items at the starting sequence.
These are good. Okay. President potentate Thank you, Madam President move approval of line item 18.3
through 18.7 Please. All right. These line items are cancelling various brownfield plans where the project has already been completed. Any objections to the resolutions? Hearing no objections. The five resolutions will be approved.
From the housing and revitalization department, council president pro tem take three resolutions line items 18.8 through
18 point 10.
President Pro Tem Tate Thank you Mr. President. These particular items are dealing with the hotel at water square. But before we approve these items statutorily we must if this is the will of the body, approve the community benefits agreement that's in line item 18 point 12. So,
we can discuss the items now who would like this
move you want her to move it point 12 was watching him move. Madam clerk can we are we also present
us 18 point 12 past the president pro tem take two resolutions line items 18 point 11 through
like 18 points
well, potentate. Madam president move to discuss line items moved moved to approve line items 18.8 dating back up move to
approve line item 18 point 1218 point
12 In business, go ahead. The community benefits I think it's imperative. I think we just have just a brief conversation. Yeah, that was definitely so moved to discuss line items 18.8 18.9 18 point
10 and 18 point 12 Please Alright, we're gonna move that was for discussion. And I know we have several representatives here. Did you want
to come up and just do an overview or questions? I don't think that hurts at all for projects of this nature.
Will you tell me deal with the CBO? Most definitely, most definitely. All right. So whoever would like to come forward to give us a brief overview of the CBA provisions in the
proposed project? Mr. President, we did have a discussion in committee public hearings. Well, if I must say and similar to what we've heard, even today, many of the individuals who typically will call in and advocate against these type of incentives, they have not done so in this capacity. That's what appears that this entity has done a whole lot, right. But we always want to make sure that we hold everyone accountable to their actions. So I'll stop and we all will also know that we need for sure hotel connected hotel at the convention center. So we met the president and allowed them to give a brief overview.
And they just press the bottom of the microphone.
It should turn green. Yep, there he goes. Good morning. Thank you so much for having us before you today, everybody. I'm Ellie Torgo Sterling group, CEO of sterling group, I'm joined by Manny Torgo. The President Sterling group, Danny Sampson, this chief development officer, and Claude Molinari from Visit Detroit we very much appreciate the opportunity as been discussed. This is a 600 room connected hotel to the convention center. We've gone through a thorough community benefit process, and we are blessed to get a unanimous vote from the NEC who we've had a great opportunity to go through and discuss the the community needs around it and address almost all of them. We are very much appreciated for your consideration
here to answer any questions that you might have. Okay, any other comments? No.
afternoon Madam Chair and honorable board just Claude Monterey from Visit Detroit. We've lost hundreds of millions of dollars and hundreds of 1000s of room nights over the last five years specifically because we couldn't compete for major events that this connected hotel would bring to the city that means jobs for Detroit errs on se Michiganders and we are fully in support of this project. And we believe that the benefits to the city of Detroit in
the state of Michigan would be immense.
Thank you. All right, thank you.
So we can speak a bit to the community benefits as well. You guys want to touch on some of
the community benefits provisions? Sure. Absolutely. So I would say they're broken up into different pieces, some around the construction. So the the project will be 100% Union on the construction side. We will have a robust communication piece. With the community. There'll be a website that goes up within 60 days of of construction, and we will be communicating with the community on a regular basis will hold quarterly meetings. We have committed to about 30% of the project of the hard costs will be Detroit based businesses with over think it'll be over 30 or 40 million will be historically disadvantaged, the trade based businesses we've
agreed to
$500,000 to people mover upgrades for the community $250,000 in scholarships to students within district the district and then $100,000 donation to a charity for the unhoused $100,000 donation for battered women and $100,000 to grow Detroit young talent and then another $100,000 to a Kim a charity of the next choice that represents Corktown sort of captures the the overall media benefit and we really had a really robust back and forth and we're really appreciative for the NACA, they spent a lot of time we went through seven meetings but they also spent a lot of time on their own during for those meetings and we're very appreciative for their neck and the city council had you know, some of them themselves joined and some of them had their teams join and we're very appreciative. I know it's it's at night and takes a lot of time and we're
very appreciative for everyone's effort. So thank you. Thank you. We also had a caller calling this morning Miss Madox to asked about the accessibility for the rooms
and universal design if you can just speak to that as well. Absolutely. So we've had robust conversations with Miss Maddox on this through different committee opportunities. We have 52 Ada rooms. One of the things that we're we're very careful about is that you through the design process we've heard from from community members around ADA saying when you go to hotel, you know the ad rooms on the on the on the first floor, they have bad views. So we were very cautious to make sure that the ad rooms are throughout the hotel throughout different views, King rooms, Queen rooms suites, we really want to make this an opportunity for people to have an experience and it shouldn't you know and so we spread that all around the hotel and all different locations around Universal Design. Were very was very important to us as the entrance of the hotel is is a complicated area around the city when it comes to the grades and so getting a flat surface is very difficult. But we said to architect it's really important to us that the interests of hotels flush so that no matter how you're entering the hotel, if you're walking or coming in a wheelchair, you're going the exact same path as everybody and we were able to accomplish that and we're very proud of that. So we Universal Design ADA has been a focal point of our design and we think that we've
accomplished a lot in that area. Thank you. Great, thank you. And we will open it up to any
questions from colleagues as to how the last I know we received hadn't didn't get any calls today but we got to own of emails and conversation and it was addressed also in committee regarding the bird migration mitigation. So we can talk to us a little bit about that so that we can make sure that folks who are listening
are aware of what is being done to address that concern. Thank you. I'm happy to speak to that I prepared a brief statement I hope you'll agree that it's brief. Regarding the bird issue, we've worked very closely with the Detroit bird Alliance study the information that they shared regarding bird collisions and the ways to minimize such risk. We've worked extensively with our team of designers including architectural engineering, electrical and landscape design experts to make significant project modifications, and we're able to address almost all of the recommendations of the Detroit bird Alliance. One of the biggest areas we spent considerable time addressing is lighting because excessive lighting can be attractive or confusing to birds we've learned all exterior fixtures are in compliance with AES or ANSI standards. These are guidelines that say how much light should hit a surface so it's not too bright and it's hitting it appropriately and also in accordance with bird safe standards. There's no decorative floodlighting anymore that's included in the project design, which is also in accordance with bird safe standards. Building signage will be lit using direct lighting sources and will shine directly to signage panels and not upward. Exterior monument signage is planned for minimal minimal direct lighting, which is in line with the acceptable guidelines provided to us by the Detroit bird Alliance. Further exterior lighting is kept to a minimum generally and projected downward at every location except in limited areas where decorative lighting is being used to highlight the details of architecturally significant concrete panels. In fact, even in those cases, the light only projects on the textured panels and does not result in reflectivity issues. exterior lighting is designed to be localized and minimize any possibility of light pollution or false reflectivity. We even designed the lighting at the adjacent park to comply with bird safe standards, which will be at the ground level via bollards or unlike poles that will be directed downward. String lights are planned and have been located to areas where there's not reflective glass. We've made changes at the outdoor seating area of the restaurant where we took a first floor exterior pendant light program and replaced it with flush mounted recessed canopy fixtures to address the bird safety issue at this elevation of the building as well. From an architectural and design standpoint, we also made a number of modifications, designers used articulating architectural features and varying dimensional components that helped to break up expensive surface areas and to add interest to the building design. These elements include varying heights of the podium and the tower, inclusion of strategically located balconies to break up the expansive surface area. Solid surface exterior elements were incorporated were appropriate to reduce the use of reflective glass and thoughtful design generally regarding the incorporation of building edges and angles to further break up the surface areas in terms of landscaping, and in accordance with bird safe standards, our design team avoided the installation of green roofs with plantings, but in an effort to still be environmentally responsible. The building includes roofing systems that meet or exceed energy code requirements. The adjacent park will have trees included as part of its design however it also also in accordance with bird safe standards the amount of trees has been scaled back to allow for other types of plantings that are less attractive to birds and consequently reduce the risk of collisions while still building a beautiful park space for the public to enjoy. Finally, it's worth noting that bird collisions have not been an issue at the adjacent all glass residential tower which has been in place for 11 months approximately. Our team has reported to us that that they are not aware of even a single bird collision taking place at that property. As you can see, and with the help of the Detroit bird Alliance, we've taken this issue seriously and worked extensively to address this issue. I
hope this is helpful. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right, thank you, bro. Tim. All right. Any additional questions or comments?
Yes, member Callaway. Yes. Thank you Madam Chair. And good afternoon, everyone this afternoon. First of all, thank you for all that you do in the community and I know firsthand of the work that you do in the community. You never come asking you always come giving and what I appreciate appreciate about your group is the developer. person whose name is on the dotted line is right here Mr. Gary Turnbull. That's not happened. Since I've been on this council for three years. I've not seen Mr. Gilbert come here. I've not seen Mr. illage. Come here. They send their designees and their representatives and their surrogates but the person whose name is on the dotted line is right here in this place. And I appreciate you, I support you, because you support the people. You always come giving, hardly ever asking. So it's my honor and privilege to support you today.
Thank you Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you member Callaway
member DeRosa. Thank you, Madam President. And good morning to you all. First, I want to echo some of the comments of member Callaway. You know you're doing the right thing and member Callaway is
championing you so we know
Yeah, this is a great project. All all love to member Callaway three betting president but and all seriousness though, those are some of the same comments I was going to make when we hear callers calling in talking about the community benefits process and talking about the NEC and your involvement in that when you talk about speaking to Ms. Maddox specifically, personally. Those are the type of projects that are easy to support here in the city of Detroit when we talk about the but four that are related to tax abatements and tax incentives. This strengthens that when we look at a property that's adjacent to this proposed project where you did not come in front of us you did not ask us for that but for this, which is something that the city needs. And to move our city forward. You come as I believe is is it easy? Yes. Again, I stated in committee, one of the reasons why I'm very supportive of this project as we go on to NFL draft week a few weeks ago. I had the opportunity to spend time with Adam Silver NBA Commissioner. And one of the main questions I asked him amongst other basketball questions, was what how can we bring the NBA All Star game here? And there are specifics that are needed for cities to be able to bring such large events,
historic events to their city. And one of the first things he stated he said, Well, Fred, he said one of the first things is we got to get more hotel rooms here. And I thought that was just something that was just very important and I right on time and I told him that this is something that our city is working on. So I'm glad that we are going to have the ability hopefully to move this project for to create more jobs here in our city, but more hotel and more opportunities for our hospitality workers. We saw some from Unite Here who were in the audience today. Those are the type of jobs that employ local residents each and every day. And so thank you again for your commitment, all the things that you guys do philanthropically, but most importantly, just being involved in the process and listening to the people and getting those community benefits to them. And so I look forward to this project going up, seeing the city go forward, and kids continuing to build our city. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, member Dr. Hall Member Santiago Romero. Thank you, Madam President. Good morning, everyone. Good to see you again. I know that you've been very busy these past few months. I just want to let everyone know that my team and I have been working closely with the Sterling group every step of the community benefits process. they've listened to our biggest assets, which is to ensure that they continue to uphold their union values, and to ensure that we are providing opportunities for Detroiters. A huge thank you and congratulations to Nia Winston and Unite Here local 24 who advocated and negotiated to ensure that hotel water square is a union hotel with good paying jobs and benefits. I want to state for the record that I did send over additional requests to add to the community benefits package as I always do, because it is my job to get the absolute best benefits and protections possible for my residents. I asked for an additional 1 million contribution to the strategic neighborhood finds which has been treated by by the company a fund that I have used to invest in developments in our districts communities. I also asked for an additional 500,000 donation to the gro Detroit young talent program, which I am a proud alum of and our office hosts youth youth in this program in our office every summer. I also did champion for the implementation of the bird safe provisions that have been asked for by the bird safe Alliance. Ultimately, I was told there were limitations with adding additional money to the package. But there was a commitment as we heard to implementing bird safe provisions. I appreciate these efforts and since the neighborhood Advisory Committee wholeheartedly approved the benefits package and developers met the majority OS of the neck. I'm happy to support this project. Frankly, I wish more NAC processes were as smooth as this one. processes that don't require council members to ask more because developers are already meeting the needs of community because again, in this case, that is what you're doing. I Hurley, I finally encourage more developers to engage and invest in community in this way. It makes your jobs and our jobs easier, and it's a better benefit for our city. I want to say thank you again to the Sterling group, for all that you've done for our residents to make sure that our boards are safe to make sure that we're getting community benefits and opportunities for Detroiters, thank you all so much. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you council member member waters. Thank you Madam President. And so Is it snowing outside because member Callaway anyway did all due to what both of my colleagues have said number one, number two. I'm looking for my NEC member because I didn't receive any negative telephone call regarding this whole process, and so that in itself says that you guys conducted this was simply a class act. And I appreciate the fact that you you took the time to come around, meet with all of us. I appreciate the fact that we have a couple of gems here one of them is located on Woodward Avenue, Huntington Bank and then the apartment right here on the riverfront, which I'll be walking in there to get coffee on a regular basis just so you all know. But but yes I'm so looking forward to to this hotel. And I want to thank you all so very much for for working diligently with our community. Thank you so much. And thank you, Madam President. I just I just wanted to say it was the class act. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Robinson. All right. Thank you. And just quickly, I echo the comments of my colleagues. Mr. Toriko I was really glad to see when we have this initial conversation. I just really pleaded with you not to build your own mini mansion on the water. I'm glad to see you didn't do that. You did take my advice and build two towers are building the second tower now. So it was really good to have developers in the city of Detroit, who keep the word who are committed to the city and are committed to the community as well. So looking forward to this project moving forward. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Member Yang. Thank you. I just wanted to say I just echo all my colleagues said, Thank you so much. You know, it's really nice when you work with professionals who are willing to work with the community. And you really embody all the things that are great, not just about the CBO process, but about the city of Detroit. You know, the fact that you're actually talking to people instead of asking them for things to actually come to you telling you a report of what they've actually given the community is actually very refreshing. And you have no idea how many calls I did not have to receive because of that hard work. So just for that alone, I say thank you. I'm really excited about this. I think this is the only four star hotel between Illinois and Ohio, if I'm not mistaken. I'm also really excited to see John Perkins here for labor and the people that are going to be working as a result of this, that young men and women that will be able to feed themselves and their families to contribute to society and better trade. So I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, from all my constituents as the councilman are number one at large. Thank you. I appreciate you look forward to voting for this project and more in the future. And I also want to thank Mr. Torgue hours, what else and all his leadership. Thank you. Thank you and just joining in with my council members and colleagues here. We appreciate you I think your reputation speaks for itself. Your work speaks for itself. You know you are when it wasn't cool to do business in the city. You are we're invested here in the city of Detroit. And we truly appreciate the work that you all are doing one thing that I know is that the community benefits memorializing some commitments. But you all go above and beyond. So I know it's not limited to just what we have before us that your work will far exceed what's before us today. So I'm excited for the project. I think it's desperately needed here in the city of Detroit, and looking forward to the passage of it. So thank you all for your work and your commitment to Detroit and thank you all for being here as well. So with that, if there's nothing else to come before us regarding this project, any additional comments from you all, I just would be remiss, I failed to acknowledge is councilmember Callaway that my father. Yes, sir Gary Turner was here in the audience and we appreciate him coming. Thank you. Thank you. So much, Gary, for being here. Thank you so much. Mr. cherrick. Yes. All right. Well, we appreciate you and Pro Tem tight if you would like to proceed with 18 point 12. I think you moved it already for approval. Yep. Looking forward to line item 18 point 12 Is the again the community benefits agreement that must go first in terms of approval. Move to approve line item 18 point 12 Please carry no objections.
18 point 12 will be approved. Madam president next. line item 18 point 10 Move approval line
item 18
point 1018 point 10 Is the commercial rehabilitation district. Any objections?
Hearing no objections that resolution will be approved time for the certificate. Madam president line
item 18.9 I so move right Hearing no objections line item
80.9 will be approved. The last item regarding this particular project line item 18.8. Please,
I so move. Motion has been made and this is for the Renaissance zone. Any objections? There Hearing none the resolution
will be approved for 18 point 18. President Yes. What's the waiver on line item 18 point 12 18.8 18.9 and
18 point 10. Please Hearing no objections a waiver will be attached to
those items. Thank you. Thank you very much. I also want to thank the city council for all their help and the city of the mayor's office and all the departments say they put
a lot of effort and we're very appreciative for everyone's help. So thank you. Great. Thank
you. Ah, congratulations. Thank you. The President also like to move for approval line items. 18 point 11 and
18 point 13 Please. All right. 18 point 11 is a property sale
18 point 13.
Is a resolution urging a change in state law to exclude the Wayne County Community College District from tax abatements and tax captures? Are there any objections to
the two items?
Hearing no objections. Those items will be approved right why don't we take up 18 point 30s I apologize. I thought she was in a group
right so under resolutions if we could redo under resolutions. Madam Clerk?
Madam President, we didn't go that far down here. We actually didn't move a point at point 13 Right in the original. However, that line item was for council president pro tem on behalf of Council President Mary Sheffield. A resolution which was line item
18. Point 13. Okay, pro tem State President move approval of line and
18 point 13 Please. Thank you again, this is a resolution urging a change in state law to exclude Wayne County Community College District from tax abatements and tax tax captures any objections to the resolution. Hearing no objections,
the one resolution will be approved.
And President yes, no a lot at it. Okay, the clerk would note we will add
member waters to the resolution. Also note Madam
President Thank you for the public health and safety standing committee from
the Office of contracting and procurement councilmember Benson six resolutions line items 19.1 through 19.6 Noting that they are all contracts. First contract is contract number 600 by 343. Dash a one 100% arpa funding Amendment One to provide an increase of funds due to discovery of basement backfilling basement were to one AAA and bracing of its existing common wall contractor inner city contracting LLC. total contract amount $497,464.30 cent that's for construction and demolition. Next contract contract number 3069086 100%. City funding to provide an emergency demolition for residential properties three, five to eight and 3534 Rome's contractor DMC consultants Inc. total contract amount 66,000. Less for construction and demolition. Next contract is contract number 6001885 dash a one 100% Solid Waste funding Amendment One to provide an increase of funds for flow response and trash removal services, contractor waste management, total contract amount $80,287,265 That's for public works. Next contract is contract number 6005678 100%. City funding to provide tow truck repair services, labor and or parts contractor worldwide equipment sales of Michigan LLC total contract amount 250,000 That's for police. Next contract contract number 6005721 100% arpa funding to provide furniture and accessories to the Detroit Police Department academy training facilities, contractor balco interiors LLC, doing business as interior environments. total contract amount $1,132,875.88 cent that's for police. Last contract is contract number 60018 A four dash a one 100% Solid Waste funding Amendment One to provide an increase of bonds for floor response and trash removal services contractor GFL environmental USA incorporated total contract amount $58,136,344. That's four public works. Council member business six resolutions line item 19.1
through 19.6.
Councilmember Benson motion to approve with discussion. Okay, discussion.
Just opening up for my colleagues. We have any questions right any discussion on these items? Yes, ma'am. Chair.
Yes, member Callaway. Is there anyone madam chair who's gone from construction and demolition? I
have a question about line item 19.1.
Yes, Mr. Washington.
Yes, Madam Chair. We do have Nicholas pain on my
right we will promote Mr. Payne.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon, Mr. Payne. And remember Callaway. You got the floor. Yep. Thank you Madam Chair. Good afternoon, Mr. Payne. We're at line item 19.1 100% arc refunding this amendment that creases the contract by over $220,000 Is this for the whole group or one property in the group because there's four properties involved in this contract and three of the four are privately owned. And what are we going to do about recouping our dollars from these privately owned buildings
from the owners? This is for the change order. Specifically at 5048 EES McNichols, this property is publicly owned in the amount of the change order exceeded the 10% contingency
awarded with the contract.
Okay, that's through the Chair. Mr. Payne, you
were describing the one property of the four Yeah, through the chair. That is correct. The this increased amount is for the change order for just the the one specific property that
is publicly owned. So this through the chair so the woods, I
thought I saw four properties on this. So there was four properties included in this commercial ARPA group. And those properties may be eligible for cost recovery recovery through a cost recovery process over this increase in 19.1 is specifically related to the one property at 5048. East McNichols?
Through the Chair, so you're saying the property on
East McNichols is owned by the city? Yes, that is correct. Okay, and the other three of the four are privately owned. The Yes, that is my understanding. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Mr. Payne. Thank you. And Mr. Washington. Do you have anyone on for line item 19.5 Regarding the ARPA funding for furniture
and accessories for
DPD. Yes. My apologies. Yes, we
do have Aaron playing from dpti Okay.
promote them please.
Right, you're in playing.
Good morning. Good afternoon.
Debt, the mute your microphone. You're muted, sir.
Morning, ma'am. Yes, good morning, if you can just provide a brief overview of 19.5. ARPA funds being used to provide furniture and accessories to the Detroit Police Department academy training facilities just a little bit curious why ARPA funds are being utilized to purchase furniture and how that actually qualifies to be and just wanted to know why regular funds were not utilized for
this particular contract. So this particular project actually encompasses three locations. It's going to be the department range located on Spinosa as well as the Training Center located at Linwood and the new jmz White Academy. on the campus of WC three, all three locations are undergoing extensive upgrades through construction from the general service department. The donated facility at WC three is complete, but none of the three has any furniture to allow the members to actually
utilize the space. Got to and I understand the need for furniture I guess I'm just getting clarity around the use of funding why ARPA was chosen to be utilized to purchase the furniture versus any other type of funding through DPD etc. So why was ARPA funded? Funding identified for this particular use?
Actually, ma'am, I'm not positive why that particular line item was was why they used ARPA, as opposed to general funds. But if you give me just
a moment, I can answer that question for you. Mr. Washington. I
see you came on did you have anything additional? Madam Chair, um, I do see Jessica gas Jambo from OCP
I'm not sure if she'd have any additional input.
We will promote
you said Jessica. Yes, yes. Go
get gas Jambo.
Jambo, okay. Yes.
And I believe Aaron playing may
have got bumped off his panelists if he can be promoted again.
Mr. Payne Lane yes
mr. Planning you are muted.
Did you have anything additional you would like to add sir? No, ma'am. Give me one moment. Okay. And do we have the other lady one pairs?
Okay, if we if Mr. Plan, you don't have anything additional, we can postpone the item to the end of the agenda. I just I personally just had concerns about ARPA funding being utilized to purchase the furniture I support the furniture I think is needed. I just thought maybe additional stream of funding could have been utilized and this ARPA funding couldn't be used or something
else.
So you know,
mind postponing it to the end. Yes, ma'am. Okay, yes, I see. Jessica
has joined us as well. Do you have anything you wanted to add? Good afternoon through the chair. I don't have any additional comments in regards to why the ARPA funding was chosen. I will yield that back to the
DPD Okay. All right. Thank
you. Yes. Member member Young's Thank you Madam President. I'm reading this the T report it says on background with ARPA funding, the department will upgrade his training facilities improve office training, retention, and reduce the susceptibility of individuals catching the virus through updating facility. It seems to me that with these funds, not only with the state local fiscal recovery funds, but also EC one for public health that this is part of a federal program for us to be able to draw down grants and other funds. Is that why we're using the ARPA funds because you're trying to achieve a goal and also it would allow you to qualify for other funds from the federal government? Is that what we're using our performance, Brad that if we use the general funds, you wouldn't be
able to qualify for those programs
on the federal level? Yes, sir.
Okay. So that that to me, I guess I'm still a little bit unclear of what what you're trying to state there especially, I mean, because you just mentioned that GSB is undertaking the construction of the facilities itself, and that this particular funding through ARPA is being utilized for the furniture and accessories
of those particular sites. Well, ma'am, go ahead, Mr. Plain during the chair, although GSD has taken the work on the facilities are being renovated through
ARPA funding as well. Okay, so some so with this contract we utilize strictly for furniture purchases. Or would it also be utilized
for the construction of the facilities as well? It is a separate furniture contract
for the three locations. Gotcha. And that is what I do not I personally just do not support the ARPA funding be utilized for for that, Madam President.
Member young. Yes. Thank you, Madam President. No, I was just I'm just saying just I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. It's just what I read a year, because he's talking about the furniture that the council presidents referring to and the facility improvements, but it's also talked about as part of a larger initiative in the department to improve the quality of police force and better serve the community through addressing gun violence and reducing turnover. And then it says the ARPA allowable use is proposed project D. Within allowable use of social fiscal recovery funds. It also talks about the public guidance, the reporting guidance expenditure category for ECE one public health. So it seems like you're having new furniture, but it's not just to furnish this, the this the firm's the police department, academy training facilities, it's also to achieve public health goals as well. And I'm assuming that their federal funds that could be drawn down from this, it seems like it's part of a larger overall plan to achieve goals within the police department. And it seems like there's federal funds, other such things that will qualify resources that are qualified from the federal government by using ARPA funds. That's what it seems like, just based on what I read it from, from what I read here from the T report, so I just want to make sure that
thank you clarify that. I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Plain. And just so you know, I see the same thing that you're seeing here and they are using arco funding for a portion of the rent. They are using our ARPA funding, right and the renovation of the sites. Again, I just don't support the ARPA funding for the purchases of the furniture. I'll just tell Thank you. I
do understand what I'm reading as well. So through the chair, what my understanding is that the ARPA funding we're using is earmarked for training for policing. And these are training facilities and the equipment that's going inside of them also applies to supporting
that mission.
Thank you, Mr. Plane. Member Santiago rimuru. Thank you, Madam President. Although these ARPA funds were earmarked for this TPD purpose, does it mean that we necessarily agree with to its I don't necessarily agree with how we're spending ARPA money in its totality. And I agree spending our money on furniture could be better used to fund our continued to fund our downpayment assistance program, or any of our other very successful programs that are supporting residents in their basic needs, which is really what we want our money to to be doing. So I would be more than happy and I was not here in committee when this was in committee for further discussion, because I would have liked to push to change the funding source for it to be from art but to police. They have a fairly healthy budgets that I believe could be utilized to purchase furniture. That is something that I would be happy to send this back to committee to change the funding source.
But those are my thoughts and my offer, if we do not feel comfortable with utilizing Arca on furniture, Okay, any further discussion?
Yes, member Darko. Thank you, Madam President. And just to throw you to probably someone that contracting and procurement if we can. If we talk about even if we send this back to the committee and change the funding source, if that's possible, how will that affect what we have put forward relative
to the contract?
Mr. Washington do
we have someone on for from procurement
Yes, Miss Jessica gas Jambo.
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know she was. Good afternoon through the chair. It sounds like if I understand the question correctly, you're asking how the contract will be impacted. This contract did go out and it was it did go out as an ARPA funded contract. So this would have to be redone
as I understand it. Through you, madam president, to administration, noting for us relative to our contracting and procurement timeline, then we'd be looking at an additional four to six months, which is my first consumer that is not my first concern. I would say that as my second concern. My first concern as having passed the budget and we're looking at a significant amount of the contract 1.131 point 1 million and some change. If we talk about general fun, how does that affect that budget knowing that again, we just passed his budget for the next upcoming fiscal year. What does that do to the department relative to their plans for FTE and or other initiatives that they have already expressed to us and
the same budget that we have just passed?
Through you, madam president, anybody that can answer that maybe DPD. Somebody from DPD can answer that relative to the budget.
Even someone
from the office.
Lack of the funding would push everything
back it would create delays. Madam President,
thank you. Are
you done member Doha?
I am Mr. President. I mean, again
I will hope that we can at least postpone it for a week I mean, to even bring DPD I know that again, there are some concerns with the funding mechanism but just want those specific answers before we send it back to committee and somewhat start the process over and start with the time over I think that is, you know, obviously affords a little bit more discussion. But if we could postpone it for a week, I would like to be more comfortable and having the opportunity again to speak to DPD o CFO about their budget DPD budget as
well and the initiatives they have pushed for. All right, thank you. Remember, Doha Member Santiago Ramiro? Thank you, Madam President. I would be happy to motion to bring back 19.5 in one week and notes that we have changed tpds contracts from ARPA funding to their general funds in the past, one with a contract much bigger. That was $7 million. And I truly believe that we will be able to get
this done. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you. Alright, so we will postpone their motion to postpone or start bringing line item 19.5 Back in one week. Motion, right any objections? Hearing no objections. We will bring this item back anyone. Any additional questions or concerns from for any other remaining items?
Madam Chair? Yes, member Callaway on line item 19.1.
If you can show me as an objection, we haven't moved to voting yet move it. Okay. All right. Any other discussion? All right, hearing none. Robinson move these for approval. And are there any objections? Action? Member Santiago rimuru. Objection. 19.1.
All right. Remember Callaway 19.1. Right. Any other objections? All right, hearing none.
The resolutions will be approved. Madam President. Yes. request a waiver for 19.3
and 19.4.
All right, any objections to a waiver? Hearing none.
That action will be taken. Madam president
labor for 19.1. I'm going to object to 19.1.
Did you have one as well. Man present just for clarity. The member Benson move up till 90 points. Six. Yes.
If that's the case, I would also like to request a waiver for 19.6. Right any objections to a waiver or 19.6 and precedent? Right Hearing no objections and waiver will be attached to
19.6 number young Thank you ma'am for a waiver from Lando 17.3
park park grant application. Hearing no objections, we will attach a waiver to 17.3
the clerk would note there was no Madam President. Thank you. Thank you from the mayor's office under
new business. Councilmember Yang, two resolutions line items 20.1
and 20.2.
And number Yang Thank you, Madam President. I moved to approve line items 20.1
and 20.2.
Right, any objections? So we'll wait.
For me. Point 20.1 20.2 These
are various events. Is this the event that you had? That was the one
I wanted to get? That's what
I see. Oh, 20.1 is the beer garden? Yes,
that's what I wanted to get rid of. Okay. So there's a request to remove 20.1 and member young and you want to just articulate
again, what was the reason we moved to? Yes, I do. Thank you, man. I want to get rid of it because it was a beer garden. It was right behind University Prep School. I think there's legalities in terms of zoning law. It's less than 500 feet which is required and also I didn't think it was appropriate for us to have a beer garden behind, you know, such as prestigious school or any school, such as university pret where people would be drinking for three o'clock in the afternoon to two in the morning. I just thought it was wrong. And
I also don't think it's legal. So for that, I think we're going to remove that item. Okay. And was that your decision or was it a
part of the decision? The department's didn't Okay. All right. Well, actually really
mutual, but
it was but it was, yeah. They denied the event. Yes, they want to remove it. They want to remove it, but I want to thank Mr. Foster for
helping me remember that, sir. Appreciate that. Okay. All right. So, member Young has made a motion to remove 20.1 from the agenda. Any objections? All right, Hearing no objections that will be removed from the agenda. And member Yun has moved 20.2 for approval. Hearing no objections, that resolution will be approved.
From the office of contracting and procurement councilmember Santiago Romero by resolutions line items 20.3 through 20.7 Noting that they are all contracts. First contract is contract number 6005162. Revenue contract to provide a fixed base operator and leased premises at the City Airport contractor AB flight Detroit City Corporation total contract amount, the annual net revenue estimate of 98,007 3138 deaths for airport next contract is contract number 6003710. dash a one 100% bond funding Amendment One to provide an extension of time, and an increase of fonts for additional property inspections, data collection and security services contractor is GTJ Consulting, LLC, total contract amount at.
A recent ARPA funding Amendment One to provide an extension of time and an increase in funds for the completion of renovations at ladder 30. Contractor LLP construction Services Incorporated doing business as LLP Services Incorporated. total contract amount of $3,912,582. That's for construction and demolition. Next contract contract number 6006115 100%. ARPA funding to provide construction services for major building improvements at the Detroit Police Department DPD second precinct located at 13530 the shore street contractor de Angeles diamond construction, LLC total contract amount $5,418,700 construction and demolition. Next contract is contract number 6006133 100%. City funding to provide cleaner degreaser for DD OT, maintenance facilities contract or Rowley brothers incorporated doing business as rollease wholesale total contract amount $29,600.16 cent. Madam president on the agenda does contract recess legislative policy division, it was sent over from OCP that way and I'm assuming that this contract should have read for Department of Transportation
and not legislative policy division. Thank you, Madam
Clerk and Member Santiago rimuru. Thank you, Madam President motion to approve items 20.3
through
20.7
right any objections? Objection,
madam president to 20.6.
The clerk would note. Also note Madam President, thank you,
if you can show me as a note one 20.7
purple so no. Any other objections?
Hearing no further objections.
The five resolutions will be approved, Madam President, yes, request a waiver for
20 points four and 20.5 Any objections to a waiver on 20.4 and 20.5?
Bearing none that action will be taken whatsoever line 20.3
and 20.6. waiver has been requested for 20.3 20.6. Any objections? Hearing none that action will be taken.
From the office of contracting and procurement. Councilmember Jung said resolutions, line items 20.8 rule 20 point 14 noting that all items are contracts. First contract is contract number 6006177. management contract amendment 322-617-7812 provide an extension of time to manage, operate and maintain Campus Martius Park Catlett square Capital Park and Grand Circus Park etc. Contractor Detroit 300 conservancy total contract amount zero. That's for general services. Next contract is contract number 6004235. Dash a one 100% arpa funding Amendment One to provide an extension of time for heavy duty vehicle rental contractor hurt Windows incorporated total contract amount $1,401,960 General Services next contract is contract number 6005137 dash a to 100%. City funding amendment to to provide an increase to provide an extension of time for license agreement to use Clark Park and Clark Park Center for recreation and educational programming. Contractor Clark Park coalition. total contract amount zero that's for general services. Next contract contract number 6005452. Dash a one 100%. State ARPA funding Amendment One to provide an update to the fee schedule for video management services including materials and installation for various sections. Of the Joe Lewis Greenway. Contractor integral blue LLC total contract amount 150,000. That's for general services. Next contract this contract number 6005889 100%. City funding to provide blight remediation division private tree removal and trimming citywide contractor PJ's tree Services LLC total contract amount 500,000 General Services next contract is contract number 6006153 100%. City funding to provide improvements and upgrades to Mesmer Park contractor Michigan recreational construction incorporated total contract amount $439,869 General Services last contract is contract number 6004150 That C 100%. City funding to provide a city parking ticket and collections management system. Contractor can doing state and local Solutions Incorporated total contract amount $8,674,801 That's for municipal parking.
Councilmember young separate resolutions.
Councilmember Yang Thank you Mr. President, I move to approve lie idle 20.8
through 20 point 14. All right, any discussion? Discussion? I have a question as well so we can move them off and discussion. And Mr. Washington do you have someone on for 20 point 12 Regarding the tree city wide tree
trimming contract?
Yes Madam Chair. We do have Jenny Whitfield online if we can please bring Miss
Whitfield over
it is this is my name
my name is or the chair this is Jenny with build
General Services. executive manager. Alright millefeuille. I just wanted to get clarity regarding 20 point 12 Regarding the primary tree removal, and I know our president pro tem are really hard for that program. Last budget I think was $8 million that we put into the budget for that. Can you speak to if this is a part of that? And if not, I just really wanted an update on where we are with utilizing the entire $8 million because that is probably one of the number one questions and concerns I'm getting out in community about private
tree removal help. So if you could just speak to that briefly, please. Yes, ma'am. Through the Chair. Yes, this is a part of the I believe it was $8.3 million that this honorable body did approve and apply for which we are grateful for. As you know GST is usually responsible for handling public tree so this private Tree Removal Program. We is what this is, is what is being brought before you in this honorable body. There were 7000 requests from my understanding that had to go through an application process. To date we've had 526 trees that have been taken care of so far in this contract
will be to add another supplier that will assist with that. Okay, and do we anticipate the amount of funding how many tree removals do we anticipate the amount of funding we'll cover? And also do we anticipate or do we need to advocate for additional funding because my understanding the application process is closed. And I know there are several people who are still looking for some support for that program. So I'm just curious but the amount of funding how many additional
contracts and or trees we anticipate taking down through the chair to member Sheffield I would need to double check with the team to see where they are currently as far as their weekly ability to take care of this and then I can put put something in place before you guys to show you how much the funding currently will cover and the rate of pace at which we're covering these trees right now. But I would need to talk with the team
that's actually on the ground to get that information to you. Okay, you just said 7000
requests and how many were done to date. today. We have 523
trees that have been done so far. Okay, wow. Long way to
go. And this contract will cover how many trees through the chair I would I would need to get confirmation on that again this is I believe there's six total suppliers that are assisting with
this so I would need to verify how many this particular supplier will cover. Okay, all right. And then I'm not sure if it's possible, Miss Whitfield, if you could just provide a report on the program and update on how many contracts we've approved to date, how much money we've utilized that request. And outstanding requests will be very helpful to get his sentence per district as well. To evenly spread city wide and each district is receiving this
private tree removal service as well. Through the charity membership. Do you want to know how many requests have come in per district and
then how many have been covered or just how many in total? Gotcha. Yes, yep. Yep, you can break it down per district and then how many contracts we've approved to date and the total amount value of those contracts? Yes, Mayor
Pro Tem Tate.
Thank you, Madam President.
Good afternoon, Miss Whitfield. Good afternoon, sir. So I'm really confused because the numbers that we are getting, don't always come through conform with each other. I was told this 500 number in the past but even during the budget hearings, when we put an additional this year $2 million into the program I was we were told both at the table and then privately that 800 trees have been addressed. And there was a surveys that had been done of 1200 plus. So I'm a little confused about what those real numbers are and if we can get them solidified. I know that when the director came and had Mr. Harris at the table, those were the numbers that were provided to me or to us. And that was the rationale for putting $2 million additional into the program. I'm concerned of that number is is even lower than what I was what we were told initially. So that would mean that in order to go through at least that first tranche of 7000 requests, there potentially would be some additional funding that would be required and we know that some of the trees are being removed and some of them are being trimmed. So that may be the cause of that that delta if you will but really would love to have a solid number or solid numbers that we can operate from because we've been told multiple different numbers multiple times and the numbers that I certainly was was going on was the numbers that were presented at the table during the budget process. And again, that number was about 800 had been serviced and about 1200 Plus were surveyed, but it was, as you mentioned, 7000 requests which means we still had a number of properties to
survey and address. So looking forward to seeing that report. Yes, sir, through the chair to member tapers while I do apologize for any confusion this may have caused but yes, I will make sure that we get something concrete in writing and a memo sent to all of you that details one the requests from President Sheffield, as well as making sure that we clarify what was provided to you in the budget hearing as well as where we are today to make sure there's no discrepancies. So
thank you for the opportunity. Thank you so much, man. All right. Thank you Protune. All right. Thank you Miss Woodfield. Any additional questions on any of the items that we move for discussion?
Discussion? Yes Member Santiago Romero. Thank you madam president regarding 20 point 14. This is the municipal parking contract that is an $8 million contract. It's not very clear. This is a new purchase. So just want to get clarity on it. This is new, if that's the case, what have we been using in the past and
to just break down the cost of the contracts? Right, Mr. Washington if we can bring someone on please. And I think this will feel we are
done. Thank you so much for joining.
Thank you,
Madam Chair. If we could bring this one back to the end.
I'm reaching out to Director Hutchings now to see if you can join.
Okay. Is that the only woman but there's only one. Thank you, Madam President. Any additional questions, concerns? Alright, so if we can bring 20 point 14 to the end of the agenda. Is there a motion to do so? Right Hearing no objections. We will move this to the end of the agenda and member Young has moved the other items for approval. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections.
The six resolutions will be approving a president yes. And then we still have questions about the overall program itself. Wanted to secure these funds as we move forward for
line item 20 point 12 request a waiver, please. All right. Any objections to a waiver?
Hearing none that action will be taken. precedent Christian
waiver 20.8 and 20 point 11 waiver has been requested 20.8 20 point 11 members didn't get let me just finished his bail Hearing no objections. A waiver
will be attached to those items. Remember Young? Thank you, Madam President request a waiver on Lighthouse 20 point
10
and 20 point 12. motion has been made for a waiver on 20 point 10 and 20 point 12. A member Pro Tem already moved to NY 1220 point 10.
Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached.
From the Department of Public Works city engineering
division
once either you can Council Member Santiago Ramirez who resolutions my items 20
point 15 and 20 point 16.
Member Santiago or Mira Thank you madam
president's motion to approve. motion has been made for approval. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections the two resolutions will be approved.
Under resolutions pass a mental councilmember waters on behalf of council member Johnson a resolution
line item 20 points 17.
Councilmember waters Thank you madam president Move approval. All right line item 20. Point 17 is recognizing April 2024 as cancer prevention and early detection month. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.
And you said 18.2
Okay, all right. I'll go to as soon as we finish these resolutions.
Okay. Under resolutions, customer Santiago Romero, two resolutions, line items. 20 point
18 and 20 point 19.
Councilmember Santiago, we're
Mira. Thank you, Madam President. I
move to approve a discussion. Yes, discussion? Thank you, Madam President. 20.8 team has a resolution to recognize April 11 through the 17th which is this week, as National Black maternal health week. Huge shout out to mothering justice for all the work that they're doing to make sure that we're protecting our black mothers with everything that they need to take care of themselves and their families and 1920s a resolution and celebration of local designation of workers
aka April 28. Is workers Memorial Day moved to approve. All right motion has been made for approval Hearing no objections. The two resolutions will be approved to show for a waiver, Madam President. Right a waiver has been requested.
Hearing no objections that action will be taken. Madam President. Yes, if I may, Member Santiago. Can
I join you on the maternal health resolution? If it's okay with my colleagues that can be in the name of the council? Yes,
I will ask that we do remember the council. Perfect. Thank you. Remember, you added to the name of the council. And just to get clarity 18.2. I
think we may have
brought that back. Next week. Live to the end of the agenda
to the end to the end. 18.2. Okay, one backup there now.
Mr. Washington. Oh, that's a different one. Yes, madam chair for 18.2 We did send a correction letter. I'm changing the
funding source from city planning to grant funding so we should be off at
the clerk's office has a copy of that. Yes, ma'am. Okay.
Tim, did you get a copy? No. I'm just gonna say when you ask the clerk's office, that's when Mr. Washington say Yes. Madam Clerk, did you receive the updated source of funding for 18.2 As
you reflect that it is federal funds. Madam president I have not received as far as me being up here. Right now. However, if Mr. Washington just ensure that is forwarded
to our office, then
I'm okay.
Yes, yes, madam chair was forwarded via email.
And this is in your committee. I don't know if you want to know I'm fine to move it.
We just make sure we that if we if it's approved. We
don't put away rolling. Sure. Yeah. Move
approval line item 18.2. Please. All right. motion has been made for approval for 18.2. Hearing no objections. That resolution will be approved. All right.
Move now to.
The president's report one standing committee referrals and other matters for the budget Finance and Audit standing committee. And I know we have to move line item 22.3 which is the correction for the technical corrections for the 2024 2025 budget to
new business. Is there a motion to do seven president before you do that? You also brought back to the end 20 point 14
The contract for
our neighborhood
when he point 14. Madam President, that's
the municipal parking contract that I had questions about, right. So we can take that one
up after we take up this item.
Thank you Madam Clerk. Madam president member Corley. Mr. Burley. Yeah, actually Mr. Perot Yeah, we're gonna move to HDMI 2.3 to new business. Is there a motion to do so so move Madam President, I Hearing no objections we will move this item to new
business and yes, good. Morning. Good afternoon. Mr. Corley. He doesn't know City Council. Thank you so much. That's the number a member or isn't every Be careful. Just to remind the council no public mirror that is total proposed. fiscal 2025 budget was $2.7 billion. The general fund budget was 1.5 billion. Councils total changes to the mayor's proposed budget was 37 million about 2.6% of oppose budget. 34 million of that was for one time changes and 3 million was for recurring changes. Um, the good news is that Mayor Duggan has chosen not to veto councils changes to propose budget. Council members as mentioned before, when you voted on the first version of Schedule B last Monday are able to eighth that schedule contained all of castles intent on providing your changes to the mayor's proposed budget, but some minor technical changes had to be forthcoming. So after thorough review of the attached documents regarding the second or rather letter for the fiscal $2,025 budget or the corrected Schedule B I concur with a technical changes as identified in the correct Schedule B. The separate spreadsheet provided by the Office of Budget with notes explains the technical changes very well. In a nutshell, the lion's share of the technical changes represents some operation cold call center cold and fun cold changes that better house some of councils budgetary changes that are proposed budget. Other minor technical changes include F T E recounts changing a few of consoles changes from one time items to recurring or vice versa. And so minor technical balancing to keep return to fund surplus in general fund capital funds in balance. As mentioned in Mr. wideness cup Mr. Watson's cover letter regarding these technical changes, there is no change to the legislative intent. Of City Council's changes to the proposed budget. As a result, it will be great for this honorable body to approve line item 22.3. So therefore, the administration can go back, make these changes and present a wholesome and balanced budget to the Financial
Review Commission on April 30. Thank you so much, Mr. Corley. And we have moved this to
new business. So councilmember DuBois. Thank you, Madam President. Again, line item 22.3 is the resolution or authorization for the technical corrections to the adopted fiscal year 2024 2025 budget, otherwise known as the second irata
letter Move for approval for
line item 22.39 motion has been made in Hearing no objections.
That resolution will be approved Madam President requested
waiver for line item 22.3. Very No objections a waiver will be attached to 22.3.
Thank you so much, Mr. Corley. Thank you, Madam President have a issue about my 22.4 before you make your referrals, so that's okay. Thank you. So this report from the LPD response to a question from councilmember Mary waters on the tenant rights commission, which Council knows $521,000 was appropriated for that commission during the budget process. However, I suggested this line item be referred to Penny and neck Economic Development Committee because they came up last week in the planning committee. So therefore,
this would go to that committee.
It'd be great. Okay, so is there any objection to
sending 22.4 to the Planning and Development Committee or discussion, Madam
President? Yeah, well, I understand why.
Okay. Never water says she doesn't understand why. So Madam President, so customer waters is showed up as a line item last week, your question for the funding, and it showed up in the Planning and Economic Development Committee, and it was brought back this week. And so this report here on 22.4 answers that question, of course. It reminds everyone that council did appropriated money towards it. So that's why I'm suggesting that the goals of planning can happen development committee, so therefore, you're just washed out that line, your line item on the
committee this Thursday. Okay.
Thank you. Mr. Hall. Thank you, Madam President. And that was just going to be my question relative to the nature of it, obviously. being funded, having to deal with the budget. I am fine with it. I think obviously, I sit on both committees, but so we'll see it but just wanted to know, relative to the nature of that report and funding because there are $1 amount that are attached in the language there.
Would that be? Would it
still fall under P D. President, I mean, technically it should be a bunch of friends to others. This is a budget item, but the fact that it showed up as a line item as a request from council member and planning, Economic
Development Committee, that's not suggesting they go there. And I'm fine with that. And so, through you, Madam President, a member take president pro Timothy's file that as well because I know he chairs that committee, I see a problem. Thank you. And with that, Madam President, I'd make the motion to move line item 22.4 to the planning and economic standing,
Planning and Economic Development standing committee, Hearing no objections that action will be taken. Right. Thank you, Mr. Corley. And the remaining items will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit standing committee. And before we continue with our referrals, we
didn't want to go back up to line item
20 point 14 Madam press 20 point 14 Mr. Washington. Do
we have someone on for 20 point 14?
Yeah, so we do have Director Keith Hutchings online, okay.
afternoon Good afternoon. And councilmember Santiago and, Muriel.
You had questions regarding this contract. Thank you, Madam president's. Good afternoon director. But through counsel to the chair to a director. We're discussing 20 point 14 The contract to provide say the parking tickets for election management's so fairly large contract and I'm wondering if this is a new purchase, and if it is what have we been using in the past? Just a little bit more insight to this contracts, given that it's so large and making sure that it is meeting your needs? And it's just yeah, I'm just wondering if this is
new, and if it is what have you what we've been using in the past. Through the Chair, this contract was rebid and awarded to a new vendor. The previous vendor had the contract for over 15 years. So the service is not new. It's just a new vendor. The previous vendor again, as I mentioned, had it for 15 years and they just weren't able to win the the bid. These are really large complex contracts. So it's not typical that they change hands every three or five years unless there's really a a, a seriously competitive bid that requires or man are really encourages us to change the direction because it is incredibly challenging to migrate decades of database to the next vendor and clean it up and be able to operate so this is our probably our most critical contract. It is what allows us to write parking tickets is what also manages the database is what allows us to collect the revenue from that allows us to send noticing out to citizens who receive tickets, which is a state mandated response. It allows us to interface with 36 District Court for court actions. It allows us to have hearings for residents who are seeking to challenge tickets. It also allows us to be able to interface with our scofflaw program for those who are visual offenders and don't pay tickets. It allows us to collect secondary collections for
those not just in the state who have not
with our tow procedures, and I'm missing a couple other things but as as I mentioned, as I just stated, this is a very substantial contract without it, we would cease to be able to function. It's not a new function, but it is a newer new vendor. As I mentioned, the vendor who
had it pretty previously had it for over 15 years
through the Chair, thank you. That's very helpful. Thank you, Madam President.
All right. Thank you. All right. Thank
you, Director. My pleasure. Councilmember young,
you will move this again for approval.
20 point 14. Thank you, Madam President. I move to
approve line item 20 point 14. Right Hearing no objections to that item.
That resolution will be approved. Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Moved to
have a requested waiver for line item 20 point 14. All right, Hearing no objections that action will be taken all right. Thank you again, director. And we will return back to our referrals for the internal operations
standing committee.
Now reports from various city departments, right the nine reports will be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services Committee. Two reports from various city departments. The 10 reports will be referred to the Neighborhood and Community Services standing
committees for the Planning and Development Committee. One report from the historic designation advisory board.
The one report will be referred to the planning and development committee
or the public health and safety committee. 20 reports
from various city departments. 20 reports will be referred to the public health and safety standards committee under the consent agenda there are no items, Madam President. All right. We will call now for member reports. And
we will start with President Pro Tem Tate
negative report. Councilmember Yang Thank you Madam President. First I just want to say I was in the restroom. Otherwise, I would have voted for the ballot for historic designation advisory board membership. I would have voted for Mr. Eric H. So I just want to let everybody know that I will submit that to the clerk for recording purposes. Other than that, I just want to ask I just want to ask this question. We moved line item 19.5. To next week. Right? That's not on the agenda that's not on the agenda, correct? 19 point which one was that? That's the one about providing
furniture accessories, Detroit. Okay, so make sure
other than that, no, it's two weeks actually because we don't have that here next week as always, I just want to make sure I'm okay. Other than that. Thank you, everybody. And thank you.
I have no further report
thanking the President. Thank you, Councilmember waters. Thank you, Madam President. I just want to remind people to mark their calendars for May 25. That's going to be our annual Minority Business Summit, which will be held at Wayne County Community College. The Northwest Campus on West SATA drive. That's going to be from noon until 3pm. Again, this may 25. Mark your calendar, but the annual Minority Business Summit may 25 at Wayne County Community College, North West Campus and just to mention the minority business taskforce is co chaired by waters, Callaway
and Johnson. Thank you, Madam President. All right. Thank
you member waters Member Santiago Romero. Thank you, Madam President. I just want to remind district six presidents that we are holding our committee office hours to stop by on Monday, April 22, company rec center, from four to 6pm. We're going to be joined by the Office of digitally digital equity and inclusion and want to ask everyone in District Six to save the dates to join Team GSRs monthly the sixth meeting on Wednesday, May 1 at 6pm via zoom and we'll be on Facebook. We will be discussing pro tems propose how animal husbandry ordinance and we'll be joined the Detroit Housing Services team.
Thank you, Madam President.
All right. Thank
you. Council member member Benson. Thank you reminded my colleagues and the public this Saturday, April 20. From 11am to 1pm will be the Detroit green taskforce earthday awards will be held at the Union carpenters and millwrights skilled training center at 11687. American street. Looking forward to see my colleagues each of the colleagues has an awarding so hopefully you will be there to present the Earth Day celebration award to your district recipient this Saturday 11am to 1pm at the
carpenter mill right skilled training center.
Thank you member Benson member Dr. Hall Thank you Madam President and just reminding members of the public as well as district seven residents particularly to join us tonight for our D seven mandated charter meeting for the City Council. Hopefully all members will be in attendance. But this is our evening meeting for D seven will take place at Kadish Baptist Church at 20361 Plymouth Road as to 0361 Plymouth roquetas Baptist Church and just inviting everybody out. You can come out and have an opportunity to have discussions be heard by all council members. So looking forward to that event and seeing all residents tonight. Additionally, want to highlight our policy sessions, which are scheduled again to take place Monday April the 29th now at Edison library located at 18400 Joy row. This will take place again Monday, April 29 at 6pm. The topic of the discussion again will be the Detroit city budget, City of Detroit budget. And we will go over some of the updates that happen in this budget cycle. And again, just want to thank our residents for attending our April virtual community meeting. Special thanks to DPD DDOT as well as waste management who are joined us on the call. Other than that, that concludes my
member report, Madam President and looking forward to seeing everybody tonight. Thank
you. All right. Thank you Mr.
Hall member Calloway. No report Madam Chair. All right. Thank you. So for my memory poor just want to thank all of the seniors that came out to our housing justice press conference yesterday. Thank you to Councilmember waters team who also came out in support of really raising awareness similar to member Galloway's protests that she had regarding the conditions of our senior buildings. We have probably about six or seven different buildings that were represented yesterday at that press conference along with United Community Housing Coalition and others who were just raising awareness around holding landlords accountable for the conditions of our buildings. I'm looking forward to working with our deputy mayor and our director of BC to bring it to compliance. Several of the buildings that were raised yesterday during that press conference, so thank you to all of the seniors to my team. And everyone who participated in that press conference yesterday. I also want to mention that our full distributions and tenant rights workshops are continuing for those senior buildings and black clubs that are interested in participating please contact our office at 313-224-4505. Again, our weekly food distribution and our tenant rights workshops are ongoing and we'd love to participate and work with any one within district five so please contact our office and we will love to work with you. Just a reminder that the mayor's State of the City address will be tomorrow starts at 7pm You can also attend that virtually I think it is closed off to the public so you can attend that virtually online. And this Saturday district five we will be to be participating in the field house block club community cleanup that will be on Saturday at 11am in recognition of Earth Day in partnership with ei ti our office will be partnering with the Fieldhouse black club or community cleanup. Looking forward to that as well. And that is all of my member reports for and just a reminder that all sessions in formal session will be canceled next week due to the NFL Draft activities or next week for my understanding. Yes,
yes, member Young. Thank you for your patience. I'm sorry, I forgot to say this. I just wanted to say one. If for my understanding we have a evening community meeting tonight at 7pm at Kadesh Baptist church I was mentioned already member there. Okay, I just want to make sure that one. Secondly, I wanted to say that I also gave a spiritual award to former council member Martha Reeves and the Motown family at the rooster tail for celebration of our Hollywood star. So she sends her love to everyone. I want to say that and I also just wanted to suggest when you're protesting for better conditions within the senior citizen buildings to also
loop in HRD as well because then my experience they've been helpful. Yep, they are HRD deputy Mary is the seniors we're all on the same page to address some concerns within district five buildings but thank you for that they are looped in. So I appreciate that member Santiago mero is your committee counsel for Monday. Yes, it is. Okay. All right.
Under adoption without committee reference, there are no items Madam President, under communications from the clerk or report
on approval of proceedings by the mayor. The report will be received and placed on file under testimonial resolutions and special privilege. There are no items Madam President. All right there being no further business to come before us. Everyone
Have a blessed day in this meeting will stand adjourned.
