All right. Good morning, everyone. We will now call to order the formal session for Tuesday, June 17. And Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
Council member Scott Benson.
Council member Fred Doha the third council
member, Letitia Johnson present.
Council member Gabriella Santiago Romero, present
council member Mary waters,
Council Member Angela Whitfield Callaway,
Councilman McCombie young, the second
council president pro tem James Tate and
council president, Mary Sheffield. President, you have a quorum present, madam. President,
alright, there being a quorum present. We are in session. We will start with our invocation for this morning. We have joining us. Pastor, Eugene Anderson, a Finkle, gospel, Temple. COGIC, good morning.
Just gotta unmute yourself.
Good morning, everyone. God bless you all. We glad to be in the presence of the council once again. Let us bow our heads this morning, Dear heavenly Father. We thank you for this opportunity that you have have allowed us to enter into this day. We thank you for your grace and for your mercy. We ask that the minds of the people be open to what you are doing in their presence. We ask that you bless this council. We ask that you touch them, name by name, each and every one of them that they would do more for the people of the city of Detroit, that You would bless them, open their hearts and open their minds to follow after you, God. We thank you for what you're going to do in advance. We thank you for what you're already doing. We thank you because of who you are, we give you the glory. We give you the the your power, your mercy and your glory. In Jesus name, we pray. Thank
God a man, Amen. All right. Thank you so much, pastor for that invitation. You have a
blessed day. You do the same. President, Council. President, thank you. Okay, thank you, sir. All right.
We will now proceed with a presentation from Council Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. Good morning everyone. I am very excited today to present Chas with a spirit. Detroiter world, a word for folks who don't know the Community Health and Social Services Center, commonly known as CHASS or cast However, people say it's there's a different different ways that people say it opened in June 1970 to meet a vital community need. Following a period of civil unrest in Detroit, several community hospitals closed, leaving many Hispanic and African American residents without reliable access to health care and response, community leaders came together to build a comprehensive, community focused Health Care Center, founded on the principle that health care is a fundamental human right. Tras was created as a one stop definition for accessible and compassionate medical care. Growing up myself, I would go there for my dental work, for my annual checkups. My brother, when he was born, went here and flooded my grandmother for her medical services for more than five decades, Trask has provided care to multiple generations of families, serving nearly half a million individuals. It has grown into a nationally recognized leader in community health through innovative partnerships with research institutions the city of Detroit and a major healthcare system cast delivers culturally sensitive, evidence based care to some of the city's most vulnerable populations, these collaborations help uninsured and underinsured patients access high quality preventative and specialty services while overcoming language barriers and building trust within the community. Tras recognizes that health extends beyond medical treatment, its broad range of wellness programs supports individuals in overcoming obstacles to better health, from nutritional classes to exercise programs at the chasme cargo to the trasec, a seasonal community market and the annual trust 5k run the organization links clinical care with community wellness initiatives. These beloved programs have become cornerstones of Southwest Detroit, reflecting tras dedication to promoting health and vitality across the community in 2025 past celebrates 55 years of dedicated service to Detroit, from its modest beginnings to its current role as a source of hope and healing, trash continues to uphold its mission, mission, providing accessible, comprehensive, affordable and inclusive health care and supports to improve the well being, the well being of the community It serves. I am beyond grateful for all the services and programming chance provides to the community. In fact, recently, a constituent who is low income and uninsured reached out to our office in need of a mammogram and a checkup. We contacted Chas and sure enough, they were able to meet the need. This is a type of resource we need in every community in our city, because healthcare is a human right, and we all deserve access to it. In that spirit, I am honored to present a Spirit of Detroit award to trust in recognition of their 55 years in service in the community. Congratulations and to 55 more. I'm going to welcome Dr Felix Val buena to share a few words in this time. Right now, there are a lot of things happening in the world, and we need to make sure that we are supporting our local clinic, to support our community. Doc, whenever you're ready, just make sure you press the button. There's a button in the bottom. Yes,
good morning, esteemed city council members and guests, I am truly honored to be here today to accept the Spirit of Detroit recognition for the Community Health and Social Services Center. This award is not just to mark a 55 year milestone. It reflects the strength and resilience that define our amazing city. First, I want to express my health gratitude to the residents of Detroit, your unwavering support and commitment to our community inspire me every single day. It is your passion and dedication that fuel our progress and motivate us all to work harder. I also want to take a moment to thank my incredible colleagues, some of who are here with me today and partners. Our shared vision and teamwork have been key in every success we have achieved together. This recognition belongs to us all, highlighting the collective effort and spirit that is so vital to our mission.
Lastly, a
sincere thank you to the community leaders and organizations who tirelessly uplift our neighborhoods. Your dedication and hard work are making a difference in proving that when we come together, we can overcome any challenge, let us continue to embrace the spirit looking ahead with hope and determination as we honor our past and build an even brighter future for Detroit. Thank you all. I
just want to say Dr Felix through the chair that I see you and how hard you're working, and I understand the fear and pain that's happening right now with federal cuts that we need so desperately to be able to continue to do the work that you're doing to provide Detroiters with a free and accessible health care that is, quite frankly, at risk right now. Just thank you so much for what you're doing. Please, if you need our help, I told you, whatever I can do, let me know, because we cannot let these services go, and we know how deeply and how desperately we all need to make sure that these services stay. So thank you. I'm going to now ask my colleagues and our guests to join us with a quick picture. Will I give you guys The award?
Thank you. Applause.
I'm thank thank you for all the hard work briefing.
Yes, you are right now, one item I
it Okay, yeah,
we had some discussion.
Yeah, they're trying to change and use their residential neighborhood, you don't want the same thing to happen with you know, it's, it's a residential break with that use comes in. We just want to make sure that we have all filed, but we were hoping additional will continue to allow more discussion when we post boarding last week, we had some conversations, but to me, that's a big thing. Be quick to vote on it, and then you have all of these emails coming to us about improvis. Okay, okay, okay, alright. Thank you so much. Council Member Santiago Ramiro for the presentation. And at the clerk will note member young and member waters are here.
Focus on No.
Thank you. Council member waters, we will now move to the Journal of the session of Tuesday, June the third will be approved. We will proceed to reconsiderations. Under reconsiderations. Council
member Benson, a motion to reconsider. Line item 4.1,
member Benson, motion,
okay. Is there any objections to reconsidering the resolution to patient safety at the Detroit Medical Center? Resolution, any objections to reconsider Hearing none that action will be taken under reconsiderations possible.
Benson, a resolution, item 4.2,
member. Benson, motion, motion to approve, motion to
so my vote will be
a no on the resolution consideration. We've already voted for that. So now what's the motion? Okay, all right, is there? There's a motion to approve the resolution for line item 4.2 which is a resolution improvements to patient safety at the Detroit Medical Center hospital. Any objections to the resolution for line item 4.2
objection council member Scott Vince.
Objection council member Callaway.
Objection President Sheffield.
This was a reconsideration member Benson, would like to vote no, I think from last session. This is the DMC resolution.
Any further objections on line item 4.2
hearing? None. Madam Clerk, that resolution fails. Yes. Okay, so line item 4.2 does fail. Madam President, yes member Johnson, thank you.
Considering the failing of the resolution, I would like to work with your office to bring the DMC, as well as Henry Ford and any other hospitals in the city of Detroit before us to share how they are planning how they provide assistance to our vulnerable community in particular, and how they're preparing to work with the city and residents as we see Medicaid cuts taking place within the federal government, and so we just want to ensure that our residents, our most vulnerable residents in particular, are receiving adequate services from the hospitals that are here in the city of Detroit. Definitely, most
definitely. Member Johnson, thank you. And we did reach out to DMC to see if they would come for the last session, and they are willing to come down at some point to address that, and we can coordinate that with you as well. Okay, the clerk will note member door Hall has joined us as well. Clerk was so no. All right, moving now to unfinished business. We will proceed to the report for the President's standing committee referrals and other matters for the budget Finance and Audit standing committee two reports from various city departments. The two reports will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit, standing committee for the internal operations. Standing Committee,
two reports from the Office of contracting and procurement.
The two reports will be referred to internal operations. Standing Committee for the Planning and Economic Development standing committee, two reports from various city departments. The two reports will be referred to Planning and Economic Development standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee, 11 reports from various city departments. The 11 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 for public comment, and everyone will have two minutes for public comment. We're going to also cut off our public comment for this morning. All right, Mr. Cunningham, you will be first, followed by Miss Lyons,
followed by jadonte Smith,
31344491143134449114, that number was made so you can remember it. And on Facebook, not enemy. Two words, hit people, click people and put in not enemy. You'll see a picture of me in blue, and my mom, my family behind. I thank you all for your support and prayers and encouragement. I got a new outreach vehicle. I thank God for that. Someone who does not want to be identified gave me a loan with no interest for 2000 and I've been able to pay it down to 1500 so that is a blessing, and the people are appreciated. I'm able to go east, west, north and south, giving out bus tickets, low income housing lists, and just what I do in the community, doing God's work. And so I'm grateful for each council person has given me bus tickets, hand warmers, cash apps. This is greatly appreciated. We had an emergency meeting with Mr. Kramer about the metal detector issue yesterday. Um, Bryce Huff Hoffman was in attendance from bridge, Detroit, but, um, every time I drive by, it's empty on the inside. And when I send people, they're telling them they can't sit on the inside. So Mr. Cramer said that's not the case, that they can, can sit down wait on the bus. But every single time I come by, it's empty at both of the transit centers, so I don't know what's going on there. Keep people in prayer. I'm still the mentality of being homeless, which I was for 19 years, and I can't be empathetic. I'm sympathetic, and so just pray for those that are out there, and pray for those waiting on the bus. Hopefully it's not going to get too hot, but the busses still aren't a little lackluster, but they are getting better. And thank you for your time. You did an awesome job last night. Madam President,
thank you so much. Mr. Cunningham. Betty Lyons, followed by ja Dante Smith, followed by Portia Edwards,
to put two of the most disgusting unclean sexual acts and lifestyle, homosexuality and lesbianism an abomination to Father God, and call it pride and put it in the same month of June 10, a history of black slavery is a display of hate, insult and reprobate minds. No wonder our children are confused. Trump has the right to order truth. This is nothing new. Palestinians, fake Jews, Mexicans, Chinese are selfish and our cowards refusing to fight their own battle. They want us to fight you going back over to your country. Dearborn, Dearborn heights Southfield, Mexican town, Hamtramck, Chinatown, Trump's destination should be these communities, not Detroit. Don't hide behind us. It's your problem. You fight it. Get them Trump, the Coalition for Property Tax Justice. They're disappointing. They talked to me once gave me no clear answer. It's like Dugan. They're hiding our money, just like Dugan, he doesn't want us to have what belong to us, over $600 million of overpaid property taxes. Nobody last night mentioned that, what is this about this money that belongs to us, that none of the debaters said anything about it. This is unfair and unjust, and you will have to answer this, because we've done nothing but support Detroit, and we get nothing only the foreigners get all
right. Miss, just want to again remind that we welcome public comment, but again Miss Lyons and others, if we can remain from disrespect as relates to anyone's beliefs in general, and so we would like to maintain a spirit of professionalism and decor. You have a right to speak. We welcome that, but let's just try to be as respectful as possible.
Thank you so much.
Dante Smith, good
morning. I just want to respond to Madam President, first from the comment a couple weeks ago about that meeting. I appreciate you for meeting with mothers King boots on the ground, which is a nice nonprofit I work with, but a meeting with me and mothers can boost on the ground is a little bit different. I said about five citizens in that meeting, but I do appreciate you for that also occupy the corner. Is very nice, but I help. I hold all of my elected officials to a very high standard, not just you, like I pick on you a little bit, but I do remember defending you, and the mayor said that Tatiana Williams, so I went to high school with, came and asked for help, and she didn't do that. Defended you on Facebook and in council, didn't get a thank you or anything like that, not because it was the right thing to do, because I'm fair, and to see somebody attacked unrighteously is not right. Also want to say to council member Benson, direct my attention to you. I'm working with the DH coalition now, so you're going to see me down here every week. I want to ask you the same thing in person and via email. You want to have a meeting with you in your office, with their with the lawyers from the DH Coalition. We don't want a meeting without lawyers. You want a meeting with the lawyers, right? So not so, not a meeting where you can, you kind of, you know, go behind and say you did something that you didn't do. We want the lawyers present, right? So I'm going to email that, and I'm going to come down every Tuesday, and every, every, every committee at your I'm going to also say the same thing. Also, I want to say, got a couple more things written down for brother Cunningham. Y'all need to help him get a nonprofit. Him getting donations is nice, but he needs a nonprofit. If you really want to help him, help him get a nonprofit. That's what I've advised him, and that's something I think is very important also, honestly, I appreciate all the work that you're doing councilmember Santiago mero in your community, but you could also help some other communities. You know, we have issues that will also be nice. I know your community is very much under attack right now from the federal government, but the black community is always under attack in different communities. And you know, it would be nice to get some help, also to have a meeting with you Council. Council president would be nice also, Council Member Tate, we still want to get that bench in your district. I reach out to your office about getting help with that honor of drill rocket.
Thank you so much. Dante Smith,
Portia Edwards, followed by Steven Rimmer, followed by grace. Howard,
thank you for the opportunity to speak. I want to address the disrespect to black Americans. Speaking up on disrespect is not a viewpoint. We're addressing this young lady, this young lady, this elder, the seniors, comments about Santiago's actions. Detroit is not a sanctuary city. You have 80% black Americans who are here that are fighting for reparations. So that's a conflict of interest. And you were addressed, and would you please look at me when I'm speaking with you? You were addressed in October of last year at a migrant immigrant resource fair. I told you that black Americans are not immigrants, and you sat there with your mouth closed, and then came here months ago and told that same fib that we were immigrants. This is a nation of black Americans that built everything you see around you. Okay, so show some respect to the black Americans here in the city of Detroit, Michigan, I would like to also call an alarm to the Detroit ID program. There's no benefit for anybody who has a Michigan ID. There's no benefit for anybody who is already a Detroit resident. What you get is $10 from their pocket to support illegal or undocumented immigrants to come here and receive access to our resources, our tax paid resources, as well as a bank account, they can set up a bank account. And what do they do? They start establishing residency here, and that is on acceptable representative member, Santiago, I came here specifically for you today. Okay, so I'm calling and drawing attention for black Americans to stand up. Okay, black Americans, Juneteenth is about our lineage, our history on this soil and Santiago, I will be back to put an explanation point on that. Alright, member, remember
President
folks, and say thank you and Ma'am, if you can also be back for me as well. Because the reality is, we are in a situation where we're all under attack right now. And this is a Hold on. I'll let you speak. I didn't say a word. Didn't say a word. We're all under attack right now. And as a black American, my entire life, I recognize you gotta check my paperwork. How sad is that? So, so, so as a black American, I recognize that we're all under attack right now. We've got to have a mentality of not separating each other. We can have. We can have debates. We can have decisions that may be different about how we feel others should live their lives. When we look at what's happening on this federal landscape and how it's affecting people in the city of Detroit, I've said and said it several times. In the city of Detroit, we have a large Afro Caribbean Community, Africans who live right in our districts in our city, who are productive, who are doing great work. These are immigrants who have come to this country and fled True, true chaos and are threatened with their lives. And that doesn't mean that we provide more assistance to these individuals than we do for residents who've been here long time, Legacy residents. But that also doesn't mean that we can't do both, and it's sad if we get to when we're at the point where we have to down others in order to lift ourselves up and recognize this. And it's very clear, as we clear out, or allow for entities to clear out, the Senate, denigrate, demean groups who we may feel are not important to our world. It's just going to be a matter of time before it comes knocking on our door. And then, as we move out, these folks, and they're moved out, and I'm not just talking about deportation, I'm talking about rights as a general, when we when we move those folks out, who's there to help defend us and work together. So we've got to figure out how to get past differences that we have in the past, because this is a new paradigm. We got to wake up about what we're facing right now. This is something we have not seen, not experienced before, ever in our lifetime. But it's not to say that we have not gotten past things that are tougher than this, but we got past it because we worked in coalesced together. Thank you.
Is Mr. Werner
Council. I'm here today in support of Miss Princess Brown. She's going through a terrible situation right now. She's been retaliated against after doing everything right, and it's not fair. I've come down here time and time again to work with this Council to pass a right to a new ordinance that will protect Miss Brown. Right now in this situation, she is currently in District Four, and I just think about the other districts that people are going through this situation. I know President Sheffield said she's going to push this through, but it's been about two years now. So how many folks are going through this situation? How many times do we have to see this? So that's all I want to share. Miss Brown and share a little bit of her story.
Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Rimmer, and let me just be very clear that we definitely with the ordinance that was submitted, as is has some legal challenges. We've had been in consultation with the law department, and as soon as we can get a draft that is approved as to form, we can move forward with continued discussions. But in the interim, I have always worked with you and your organization on any tenant rights issues that we've had in my district and elsewhere, and we'll do the same with this resident or others as well. We don't have to wait toward ordinance to be passed. We can still assist in the interim. Thank you. Mr. Rimmer, yes, ma'am, good morning. Yes.
I feel disrespected as
I feel disrespected as other business owners in the city of Detroit, disrespected and disconnected. There has been a perpetration against us perpetrating large business owners coming in, I hear paying to be contracted during the summer or whatever, whenever they're having festivals, paying to push all of the small businesses outside of the footprint from the draft. Ever since COVID, we've been struggling, trying to, you know, make ends meet with our businesses downtown, and then when the draft came in, they had the footprint, and the footprint still goes on, and it's keeping us from making money. I'm a vendor, but I'm still a business owner. I'm a teacher on site and so on the summer, this is basically my business. And so I've heard that glow Works has bought the contract to sell any glow work products in the footprint of the central business district area, basically downtown. You know where that is, where all the festivals are, and it's not fair. And for the draft, I spent hundreds of dollars for the draft, preparing and buying new things, and it's still in my in my storage, because they put a footprint, and we were all outside. I don't think that was fair, unfair to us, and I think that they're doing it again, and now they've allowed the glow works people to buy a contract to keep us pushed out as well, again, outside of the foot and I don't think it's fair. I think we need our spots that we pay for, which is inside the central business district downtown, and I want to get put on the agenda to talk about this again and see what we can do to make it work.
Thank you. Thank you for coming down. We can work with you to try to see how we can get something lined item for your specific situation. We did have a vendor meeting a while back. I'm not sure if you got the notification. We did a virtual meeting with all of our vendors. Okay, I didn't get that okay? So we will make sure that we reach out to you to get your input as we were trying to work to amend the ordinance to allow for some changes. So we'll get your information. We'll also line item your specific issue on the agenda to make sure that we're following you through on a response,
yeah. So we can keep our spots. I've had those spots for 10 years. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you.
Princess Brown,
followed by Denise Boyce herndonson,
good morning. Hi there.
I'm Princess Brown. I'm not a native Detroiter, but I've been in Detroit for over 30 years. Worked for the Detroit fire department for over 10 years. Detroit Fire Department paid for my nursing degree through tuition reimbursement. I left the Detroit fire department and worked for every emergency room in the city of Detroit. I've been giving back to Detroit since I've been in Detroit. Now I need Detroit to give back to me. I'm facing a retaliatory eviction after doing everything that I was supposed to do, and it's not fair. My landlords won't even show up in court because they're fearful of being deported by ice or picked up by ice. This is not fair. They have drug me to court all year long. All this year, I received $187 refund from the monies that I had in escrow two days after my court date, two days after I won my court date, defending myself, I came home to two notices on my door, notice to quit. It's not fair. It's not fair. I do want to say something else, and I say this with all due respect. I love Detroit. I'm a Detroiter at heart, but I feel like the city and BC is complicit, and some of these inspections, these illegal certificates of compliance, have become to my home and one BC inspector. Look typically, whoever signed, the guy that signed this, he's infamous for doing things illegally. That was a B seed inspector that told me that. So I would really, really, really, just like the city to give back to me, like I've given to Detroit. Thank you.
Thank you so much. And if you don't mind, I don't, you don't have to say it publicly, but like when you she's in your district, okay, you're in Councilman we spoke last night. Okay, okay. Member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President, and Miss Brown, thank you so much for coming down this morning. The Chief Information Officer Arthur Russian is on his way down into the auditorium so that the two of you can connect. We'll certainly do everything that we can to be sure that the property is being addressed appropriately as it relates to the retaliation that you're experiencing, will work with Chief Judge mechanical, who was at our meeting last night as well, to address that situation, because I know we we passed the landlord ordinance trying to make it easier for landlords to be able to get A certificate of compliance. And I have stood and listen, before I started running for this position, I had a number of residents talk to me about how that impacts them, how landlords were going through the process increasing the rent, evicting them, and, you know, going through all of this just to say that they were doing it to get a certificate of compliance. That has always been my concern, relative to the whole policies that we have created. But we have to work through it. We have to figure it out. And so we have to figure it out first working with you. But Arthur Russian is on his way down, so I hope you're able to stay and connect with him, because I'm going to be very involved in this process with you. Thank you so much for coming down.
Thank you so much, President. Thank you.
Morning. Good morning.
I'm here again trying to save my business. My name is Denise Boyce Hardison. I'm president of five and CCB towing service. My contract was terminated on May 15 due to being set up by the police department. Let's just, I'm just going to say just what how I feel. I was called by the officer responded to the toe, and now my contract has been terminated. It's unfair. At first they said it was for cause and convenience. The cause was answering the phone, the call for them, officer. Now they're saying it's for convenience. They have given me a suspension for 90 days to reinstate my contract for this new contract, but the old contract is still terminated, or I'm suspended under that contract. It's unfair. How do you compete with the people who's making the rules? How do you expect the business to go into business financially obligate themselves to purchase all of this equipment to provide service for the city, and then can take your contract for convenience. I don't understand when they say, convenience. How is it convenient to a business owner to financially millions of dollars of equipment. Then now you're telling me, I have to pay for it on my own. It's unfair. And I think if somebody here can do something to try to help me with my business. I've been serving the city of Detroit for over 25 years. I did nothing wrong. I've never done anything wrong. What they said is, I didn't talk to the toll monitor after we took the call. Well, hey, if I thought I'd done something wrong at the time, I wouldn't have taken the call. An officer. This is a person we supposed to be able to look up to respect. Called my office, gave me a call. Another officer was at the scene, gave me an impound card. Everything to me, seemed like it was legit. There was nothing that I did wrong, but I'm being punished.
It's unfair. All right. Thank you so much. I know your petition is on the agenda today for us to get a response from the law department and Mr. Whitaker, you all spoke last week. Do you have any additional information at this time on Who are you pointing to? Okay, on how we need to proceed. And then also, we are going to get a written response to all members from the Office of contracting and procurement, as well as to what exactly happened in their position as well attorney Graham
through the chair, Graham Anderson law department, one thing that wasn't mentioned is you guys are currently suing us, so this Matter is in litigation, so this should not be discussed in public. Thank you. Okay,
not here in this platform here, but I did just at least want to get a response from the law department so we can continue to work with you offline, but if there is litigation pending, then we do have to limit how much we can engage back and forth while you all are in litigation, but we will continue to work with you and Mr. Whitaker if we continue to assist as much as possible. Director Whitaker, one second. Director
Whitaker, Madam President, you received last night a correspondence from the law department. James nocita, the assistant Corporation council did forward communication to you, privileged communication, and I would suggest that you read and follow His instruction.
Thank you so much. We will make sure that we follow back up with you as well. All right, thank you. All right, we will continue, Miss Logan, followed by
Miss Mayberry.
Good morning, everyone. I'm Barbara Logan, here again for the same issue
over assessment of property taxes.
I've spoken to
Office of city council president the last time I was here. I've spoken to her several times, to her office, not to to to her, who I elected can get, and with all due respect, I'm not trying to be disrespectful. I have an issue that I'm passionately concerned about, and the last time I spoke to her office, they told they listened, and they said that they would do something for me, ask the tax assessor to give me records of how much taxes I paid when I owned My home to determine how much I was over assessed since there has been numerous studies that say that most lower income homeowners homes were over assessed for years and years decades. I haven't got that information yet. I submitted for your request, they say they don't have any no records exist. I have my own records. I want to compare my records with the city's records, but I get no response when they say they gonna do something. If I say I'm gonna do something, I do it. When they say they gonna do something, they don't do it. They just say this for the public.
They don't they don't really mean what they say. Just like
Councilman Tate, he said he was going to help me, after calls and calls to his office, what he finally decided he would do, and the only thing that he would do is offer me a rental property. I'm not here for rental property. I could call the rental office for that.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Miss Logan.
Please address this issue more aggressively.
Thank you, Miss Logan. As always, if you want to chat, I can chat with you today. We're here to support so I'll make sure to continue to get with you. We have to finish chairing session, but we'd love to talk to you. Okay, okay. What time would that be? I have no idea how long you'll be here. It kind of depends.
No, no idea, not even a little like
I'll see if I can step away. But okay, we have my team here who can assist in the interim, but would love to talk to
you. Okay, okay, that's something. Thank you. We
getting there, getting there. I like it. I love it. Thank you. Miss Logan,
all right, Miss Mayberry,
hello everyone. It's me again, trying to find figure out what time we're going to raise the flag on Juneteenth day as well as I know that we have other we're going to have a long weekend for the Juneteenth Celebration. They said four days. The city is offering four day celebration of Juneteenth. I want to know times the date and why it's so late of us being able to get the information so that the city can come out and celebrate, not just myself and just, you know, giving everybody, but what time and what what day, you know, what we're going to do, all that sort of thing. I like that information as well as on on June the 21st we're going to be celebrating Martin Luther King's march for freedom at the Martin Luther King Memorial Park. I like for people to come out and get on the platform, and let's talk about things, issues that we need to be addressing in our community. And let's come together. If you got hot dogs, I got buzz, who got mustard and ketchup? Let's work it out so that we can become a unified nation of people that can make a movement. It's time for us to move and it's time. We can't wait any longer. The time is now. We need to address all the issues that before us as a nation of people. Come on, black people. Let's come out. Join me on Mark, on the Martin Luther King march for freedom. It is on June the 21st we will be at Martin Luther King Park, Rosa Parks Boulevard and West Grand Boulevard. Come out join Let's talk. Let's meet, Let's greet. Hello, Detroit. I love you.
Thank you. Miss Mayberry in the Juneteenth city. Event will be taking place tomorrow at Spirit plaza at 11am Miss Mayberry, tomorrow at 11am at Spirit Plaza, and we thank you for your advocacy around that event. Miss Mayberry,
alright. Jocelyn Jackson,
followed by Michael,
good morning,
I was here on pertaining to the same thing Miss Howard was talking about with the bending. I'm a vendor, and campus nurses have been there 10 years, 10 plus years, and they've never kicked us out for anything. Now it seems like everything that comes in town, they just block us out of everything. We've been paying where vendors license every year all of these years, and we don't get to use our vendors license, and they we always had the tree lighting exclusively between Miss Howard and me and our partners, we had it. And glow works sells us all the merchandise for it. So we go there. We buy all the merchandise. They sell us all this merchandise, then go behind our back and get a contract with the city to go do the tree lighting last year. So we bought all the merchandise from them, and they smiling in our face, not letting us know that they had done. Got the contract where we could not come inside of campus marshes. So we've got all of this merchandise to take care of, a big old tree lighting that we could couldn't use, as well as my partner, and Miss Howard. And this is how Joe Ed glow works. He works behind our back, you know, and that's our concern. So we, as vendors, we just really need to a better right? We've never been kicked out of our spot in campus marshes. That's the first time that ever let that happen. They usually make them work around us. But he got, he did something and got it in there and made us get out, but sold us the merchandise.
Alright. Thank you for bringing that to our attention and for you. And Miss Howard, if you don't mind, I'm going to have one of my team reach out to the department just to kind of get a response while you guys are here to see if we can get a little bit more information. Okay, all right, thank you so much, Tyler, you can thanks for your time. All right, thank you, sir. Thank you. All right, night, folks, and that will be our last in Person public comment.
Our people need many things and face many challenges. When I say our people, I'm talking about Mexicans, African Americans, and speak up a little bit louder. Our people need many things and face many challenges. When I see our people, I'm talking about Mexicans, African Americans, Africans, but first look at the words down. First, words are very important, and through lack of knowledge in our history, our people, our people, have been tricked and denationalized. So etymology. Etymology means the study of the original words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. But first, let me put you on to some more science at the Morris Science Temple of America we live by into these five principles, love, truth, peace, freedom and justice. The etymology of the warrior Moore, relating to people, traces back to the Latin word Morris, which referred to the inhabitants of the ancient Roman province of Mauritania, located in parts of present Morocco and Algeria. The term Morris itself is is believed to have originated from the Berber word, more meaning the dark or the dark skinned people. Over time, more came to be used in a broader sense, to describe Muslim populations of North African particularly Berber and Arab descent, who settled in parts of Europe, especially during the medieval period. That's it for now.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Michael, we appreciate that your public comment. Thank you. Alright, we will turn now to those who have joined us virtually.
Good morning, Madam President. We have 23 callers online, and our first caller is Rod Hardeman,
thank you, Madam President, for the chance to make a quick, brief public comment. As you all know, my name is Rod Hardeman. I'm a resident Detroit as well as a developer here in the city of Detroit, oftentimes, our public servants are accused of being reactionary to the challenge that city faces. But when you look at the plan to utilize section 108 for affordable housing that actually does not fall in that category, it's a proactive solution to really help address the significant financing challenges developers are facing, especially in delivering affordable housing in our neighborhoods. The current financing environment is only getting harder. Many of our banking and CFI partners are contracting and tightening the wallets, and so we need strong and creative solutions to help deliver the affordable housings we need in our neighborhoods. The section 108 can really be a strong lifeline to delivering helping deliver that housing. The program is thoughtful. It has appropriate underwriting, risk mitigation and third party oversight to make it something that's strong, that protects the city, protects the residents, and delivers a much needed to tool with that I am completely supportive of leveraging the section 108 for for delivering affordable housing. I think I would encourage all the council members to really take a hard look and support this. I think it'd be a very strong tool. It's going to be a needed replacement for some of the previous tools we've had the last several years that may be in question. The section 108 can really be a strong part of this solution. Thank you.
Okay, thank you.
Our next caller is
Galaxy S 22 ultra.
Good morning.
Good morning. That was a pretty interesting debate last night, you guys just still didn't bring up stuff about seniors. Grants that they took away from the seniors that we didn't have to pay back. When Duggan got an office, they turned the grants into a low A no interest loan, which is sad, if seniors is on a set income, how the heck do they supposed to pay that back when they already catching hell, trying to pay what they already they rent another bill. None of the mayor Canada, they spoke on that, you know, y'all just blew right past that. And they're saying the vendors my Leticia Johnson, no, I've been trying to get Ben. I got vendor license last year. They put me in the background where no traffic was flowing. Why can't we come down there when they have events and make money where the traffic is at it's sad that the black folks have to go through that, and y'all get mad at the two ladies that spoke on the the immigrants, if they illegal, they need to go back. We go to jail if we get out in the streets and do something wrong. So why? Why is y'all trying to protect them? We're not saying the ones that's here legal, the illegals, need to go back. That's not disrespect. How long do we been disrespecting black folk. How many times we've been out there marching and none of them came out there and marched with us? Yo, I'm saying. And then y'all sit up there and stand up for him. Y'all need y'all need to stop that. That's why people don't want to get out and vote, because they say it's a waste of vote putting the people in there that ain't going to fight for it. We need somebody to fight for us in our community. We try to keep saying the same thing over and over to you guys and come down there. That's why I stopped coming down there. I'd rather call I'm not going to waste time to come down there and say, Thank you. Thank you, Mister Holloway, that's a waste of time. Do something about it if you want our votes. Do struggle.
Our next caller is William M Davis.
Mr. Davis, good morning. Good morning. Can I be heard? Yes, you can.
I'd like to bring up again an ongoing issue that came to my attention is looking at 4.1 and 4.2 on the agenda the Detroit health department at 100 Mac. You know that the city leases that space. The city also leased parking. But yet, but yet, when pregnant women, seniors, and you know, people with kids come down there, they can't find a parking space, because we have a lot of employees and contractors that are parking in the parking spaces in and around the building. I think that's tragic. Why should we as taxpayers, especially city Detroit, retire, be paying for parking for somebody that don't even utilize it? You know, why should people be able to park at the door so they can run in and not be late? You know, the city services and attendance have, you know, dropped drastically since my days. You know, you should be trying to encourage and helping seniors, retirees, pregnant people and, you know, and others, to be able to utilize the service. Which could be better. We could be a whole lot better also looking at 4.1 to 4.2 Detroit Medical Center. I remember years ago, like eight years ago, Conrad mallet was the president, and he asked me not to do a protest there. Detroit chapter, National Action Network, did a protest there that made international news talking about how they was discriminating against black, you know, black employees there also about the fact that they was not properly sterilizing their tools, you know, that operational tools, you know. So we need to make some improvements at the health department. We need to be making improvements that Detroit Medical Center. We need to be making a whole lot of improvements. You know, if somebody really knew what they was doing, they could run the city so that city Detroit retirees wouldn't have to be paying the claw back. There are enough savings in this budget that that don't have to happen. Thank you.
Our next caller is, come on. Jawara,
Good Morning,
morning, um, thank you for having me on this morning to join combo Um. I'm calling it actually just for two things. One, um, in regards to the request for Detroit to be declared a sanctuary city, I just want to express um as an African American male who is a community organizer and works very closely, not only with black populations, but also to with immigrant populations that like that might be a hasty decision to declare that, just in the sense that I actually think that there are plenty of existing ordinances, whether it's the provisional city services ordinance and other work that council members with relevant like constituents are already doing to protect populations, and also, too, just don't want for Detroit to be a city that actually gets targeted for its stance by kind of the you know, federal administration seeing that they're making the decision to do that for a lot of cities that are declaring themselves sanctuary cities. And so just want to stress that it is not an actual protection of immigrant populations that are already doing a lot of work to protect themselves. And so just want to encourage council to not make any rash decisions. And in addition to that, I have a, you know, I got 40 seconds left, so I know this weekend, I'm, you know, organizing a base of black men in Detroit on a campaign called men speak up. And I know we did talk to Karen from council member Tate's team, and we actually really appreciated Raymond from Mary Sheffield team joining us this weekend. But yeah, I want to, of course, open up a conversation around mental health, particularly some ways that we can open up some new funding opportunities and funding black and brown programs, understanding that there's a lot of need, and really, there's some ways that community could be working with bn and council to resolve those problems. And so yeah, I would love to set up a meeting. You'll hear from me tons of other times, but yeah,
thank you. Our next caller is we see you.
Good morning through the chair might be heard. Yes, you can yes, good good morning. Mrs. Lyons has a right to her opinion, like everyone else has a right to their opinion, and I don't think you should admonish her every time she comes to the microphone. What we saw here was a demonstration of replacement ms Romero. Southwest was for Black. It was developed and brought to fruition by black people. They were black hospitals. It was Del Rey Boulevard, General, Burton, mercy and Trumbull. These were all black hospitals, not black and brown, but black hospitals that were started with Southwest Detroit. This hospital not, not not black and brown. It was black. These were black owned hospitals because they would not allow them to practice in white hospitals like Henry Ford Hospital Hudson, which was woman Women's Hospital at the time, we don't the disrespect is to disrespect our history that this is, this is the, this is one of the problems that we have. We we want to include people that are not in weren't, weren't in the picture at the time. These were all black hospitals. Miss Romero, this, this. That's the disrespect of it. 27.8 is $50 million and if you look at your agenda, there are millions and millions of dollars of opera funds being supposedly to help people in housing, but it's not being used appropriately, because the people who are the majority aren't seeing that money. Most of the money, I see $173,000 for repair of a house or rehab of a house. One house, $173,000 it's It's ridiculous how you're wasting our money and misappropriating our money is is going to come back to haunt you. Thank you.
Our next caller is Marguerite, Maddox, Scarlet,
right, good morning.
Good morning. Good
All right, good morning. Miss Maddox,
Madam President, I'm seeing her as unmuted.
Okay? Miss, miss. Maddox, are you with us?
Okay, let's try to come back,
please. Okay, our next caller is Betty a Varner,
good morning to all within the sound of my voice, I'm Betty a barn president of DeSoto Ellsworth black Association, sharing information this morning in regards to our organization called Saint Joseph, helpers. Uh, these people, their organization, their mission is to help people to be safe in their homes. They feel that everyone should be safe and secure in their homes. They provide services. The people they serve are the seniors, veterans, those with physical challenges, people who just just people who need a helping hand. And they serve the majority all counties, Monroe, Monroe, Wayne, Washington counties, some of the projects that they do, they repair leaky faucets, garbage disposal repair to exterior steps, exterior railings, grab bars and bath and shower, generalized chore service, minor electrical repair, changing light bulbs, smoke detectors. They do spring and fall, yard cleanups and other odd jobs and their contact information I'm reading up A flyer is 1-800-303-5075
again, that's 1-800-303-5075
advocating for my community and our park. We still are in need of our landscaping boulders. We are having our first event, God willing, next month, in July, we want to do a movie in the park fundraiser. We're hoping we will receive support within all within the sound of my voice.
Next, we have Galaxy S 10. You
galaxy, ice 10, you are able to unmute. Good morning.
Good morning. Can I be heard? Hello.
I can hear you. I'm not sure if Council is able to one moment you.
The council president, are you able to hear the caller?
I'm still here. Give
us one moment while we sort out this technical Sure.
All right, they should be able to hear you now.
Yes, can you hear me? Yes, can you hear me? Yes, we can.
Well, I'm just going to talk about the same old stuff. This is Miss Riley Ruby. Riley talking about DWSD, the flood that was done in southwest Detroit, how he jumped on that with no questions asked. But as I said, before I froze in my house, pipes bust in my house, my I didn't have any visitors, my family didn't come over because I was freezing. And I still have not been compensated the check they sent. No I did not accept it, and I'm glad I didn't accept it, because, first of all, was enough that wasn't enough to do anything with me, and like I told them when I went to the meeting, I'm not a crack head, and I do not do drugs, and I'm not an alcoholic. I want DWSD Gary Brown to compensate me like he did southwest Detroit, my basement still is not done, even though it might be cluttered or whatever they want to call it. My basement has not been done. My towel was messed up. I lost clothes and things down there. I lost my grandkids stuff the washer to dry the the deep freeze, all that council president Sheffield, can you have them to reinstate me to read and give me my give me money that I lost in my house. My son's stuff was messed up, and he don't wear cheap stuff. And so, like the cords and stuff, I had to buy those heaters, I had to heat, buy to heat my home. I spent money and less of still back then from now, I am drinking bottled water because the water in my day, there was two pipes. They didn't replace. The water that's coming through my house has rust in it. The toilet is rusted. The tub water is rusted. I'm not drinking that. I'm spending constantly spending money on water. Council member,
right, Miss Riley, we will work with you. I know remember waters member Vincent also works with you, and we will continue to assist as well. Miss Riley,
you want to reach out to us
next? We have Steven Hall ring.
Can I meet her? Yes, we can hear you.
Okay, I want to come man, President Sheffield and council member Kate for calling out to sell this big garbage that's came out during public comment. I want to really commend you guys for that. You know, a lot of misinformation was put out about immigration, and you guys really did a good job. So what I'm calling about is currently, yesterday at the Health and Safety Committee, it was mentioned that that they're actually patting people down and having metal detectors at the transit centers. I just think that is ridiculous, beyond ridiculous. Actually, you know what? I don't know who came up with that idea, but you know, there is a lot of these discrimination involved. And also, you know, security is known at those transit centers as being very unprofessional and extremely rude. And you know, having them Pat people down is just completely, in my opinion, inappropriate. And you know, you gotta really consider, you know, when we get into winter, you know, and busses, lot of busses. I mean, we're an only hourly that, you know, we really need to find a solution that's fair and works for regarding security. Because, you know, having people down and having metal detectors just to go into a transit center is ridiculous.
Second of, you know,
I was in a Miami City Council meeting and you know, they had a lot more control when it came to public comment and what was said. You know, they need to really find a way it should be agenda items first and then.
Thank you. Next, we have Yvonne Navarrete,
hi. My name is Yvonne Navarrete. I'm a near lifelong resident of Detroit. I've been living here since I was two years old. I am undocumented, and I did want to speak on the Ask of making the city a sanctuary city. I remember when I was in high school and the city passed a number of policies that made the city of Detroit a more welcoming place, like not like asking police to not discriminate based on immigration status and the establishment of the Detroit ID so that people in my community could have access to a type of identification. And as a youth, I remember feeling really proud and of being from the city that I think, is always on the front lines of establishing and protecting the civil rights of people in this country. Seeing as I've been here since I was two years old, like my home is Detroit, I don't remember any other place, and I'm going to live here for the rest of my life, and just as I know that the National Guard was used to deploy against black Detroiters in the 60s when they were protesting against their like the protection of their own civil rights, I know the threat of the military to come down on communities that are protesting against the federal government and that are fighting for justice like that's always an ongoing threat to vulnerable communities, and so I'm proud to be from a city that is very diverse, that doesn't back away from protesting, and I think that in order to protect the safety of everyone, I think we should not establish ourselves as the title of sanctuary city, because I think it would put a target on our back, and instead, I think we should continue to advocate for specific policies that actually protect all of us
in the city of Detroit. Thank you.
Thank you as well.
Our next caller is phone number ending in 301 all
right, 301 Good afternoon, everyone.
I am Richard clay.
I'm Richard clay, president of Detroit advocates of the blind, a member of the National Federation of the Blind. And I am here first. I want to give a big shout out to everyone who participated in no Kings Day protests across the city, across the country, all for a great cause. I want to say that in these times of great turbulence, constant chaos and struggle, we have to take the time to commemorate and celebrate our victories. I call them people's victories. If you watch the news yesterday, you saw that there was another one, because there was an announcement that DDOT has now begun a new service under its paratransit department, which is same day service that will be operating for people with disabilities in the city. This is something that you all will remember we have been fighting for. We've been fighting for the resumption of same day service since 2019 then again, in the great paratransit crisis that was mostly caused by the mayor in 2022 and 2023 we had people fighting to improve paratransit services in 13 different areas. We made many of those improvements with the help and with the votes of city council, with the joint work of our groups and warriors on wheels with Lisa Franklin and now many other groups have joined in here in 2025 transportation riders, united, true. Detroit, disability power, other groups all joining in continue to push to get our residents to have the right to same day service, and now it is here those who speak same day.
Alright. Thank you. Mr. Clay,
our next caller is phone number Indian, 434,
good morning.
Caller, 434, good morning.
Can you hear me? Good morning. Can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you. Okay, hello, oh, first I would like to give appreciation to the council president staff, Tyler Kayla Paris, you magnificent. You stand behind Mary Sheffield. Mary Sheffield, council president, Mary Sheffield, when they go low, you go through them with those needs, and when they go high, you go through them again, and you're doing the right thing, because anytime someone comes after you, you stay the course. Continue to do the work you champion for this city like this city is has your back and a champion for you. Don't change your pace. Don't change what you're doing. You're doing an outstanding job. Keep up the good work. That team you have is just as magnificent. You put together outstanding team. They work with you. They get things done. City of Detroit. Do you hear me? I'm Mr. Kevin Westbrook, and I champion for my leader, council president, Mary Sheffield, Tyler, Kayla Paris, the team, keep up the good work. Detroit City, the spirit is yours. It's a wonderful place. I love you. Peace. Thank you. Council President,
thank you. Thank you as well. Thank you.
Next we have not that. Garen,
all right, thank you. Good morning. Hello,
yes, yes. Good morning.
No Kings Day, no Queens day. Average people. We're just all average people trying to make a living and trying to get along here, in my opinion, a late bus or a late fire truck or lake council person to a meeting, or late tax notification, property tax notifications all ring the same bells. It's late. You're late in reference to service in the public. It's all the same. It's no difference in that. So it's hard for the departments to be admonished when a lot of council members mimic the same, you know, activity they're late to. So I think that all runs together. Being under attack. We're all under attack. It's just a degree the difference in degrees that we're under attack of. But everyone's under attack here and today in this country and especially this city. I think we all replace affordable Term, affordable low income, regardless of the fact of what the federal government says. Federal government doesn't do everything right. We're seeing that right now with the uprising in Los Angeles. So we know that just because it's a federal program doesn't make it right, doesn't mean it's right. In respect to people, retirees, City of Detroit, retirees, most of us are property owners, taxpayers, you know, and the land bank should be the land bank robbers, not just a land bank. We need to get rid of a land bank robbers, as we would any other robber, anyone that robs us of what we should have coming to us a public oversight committee, probably glad to see a public oversight committee, and maybe we could get some accountability, because we don't seem to have any accountability, as it referred references to the citizens. If you go to the bike path in the neighborhoods, there's no lights, there's no maintenance, as opposed to going to the Dequindre Cut Joe Louis Greenway, someone could get raped, killed, robbed, no one would ever know would happen.
Our next caller, our next caller is Steven Boyle,
right. Stephen Boyle, hello,
so I've been hearing some things, and I think that we need to remember that the core of
is my timer going
the core of every faith are the blessings of coexistence and bringing community together for common unity. Each of us is the neighbor we're trying to reach. So please listen to each other, even if it's difficult, my reason for calling has to do with three encounters in one week with failing bike racks on the busses. I'm a bike rider, and I use the bus. I've asked for public facing audits of the equipment for years. Now, Friday, I saw the ultimate I saw a bicycle on the rack, horizontally projecting in front of the by the bus. The driver stopped. We got out, we secured that bike onto my bike, which was in the center rack, and the inside rack was disabled because the wheel well was bent up with one functioning wheel well in a three well rack, we have a problem the front rack, the securing bar was on the on the rack, using wire as a support. Wire does not secure a bicycle. These are personal possessions that we're using to get where we need to we're we're hoping and praying that the bus is actually accommodating the needs we have. So about 50% of the boys, the bike racks are bent, missing J hooks and more, and that's in my estimate. I'm hoping that we actually get a real audit and actually show it to the public. What's going on? I'm also concerned with the policing activities at the transit centers. Metal detectors installed. I know that our public schools have been experiencing this as well. Is really about calling perceived crime and public safety is more than dealing with crime. It has to cover the desperation that causes crime. Thank you.
Thank you as well. Madam Chair, yes. Member Callaway, is there
anyone on or who can join us? From DDOT, what Mr. Boyle said is kind of concerning. I'm a bike rider too, and if the devices or mechanisms are defective on the busses and not able to hold the bikes, as he just indicated, I would like for them to do an inventory of all of the fleet that had the the bike accommodations to make sure that they're in working condition. Madam Chair, so I'd like for someone from dd.to come on right now while we are still talking about this.
Mr. Washington, do we have someone on from DDOT? Do
Ms Davis, morning,
I was having some technical difficulties. I apologize. Good morning. Council Through you, madam president, to council member Callaway. This commenter spoke in public health and safety. Yesterday, we reached out to that, to Mr. Boyle to get the specific bus he was on. And with that, there was the notification to vehicle maintenance to inspect the bus, the bike rack that he was referring to, as well as doing audit for before the bus racks, to my knowledge, that audit has not been completed, but vehicle maintenance is aware.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you Miss Davis. So when do you think that audit might be done? Because this, this is a safety because the bikes could fall off, and then now we're causing accidents, somebody can possibly get hurt. So I would think that this might be an emergency type of situation. Miss Davis through the chair.
I am not familiar with the status of that audit, but the maintenance team will be on to address questions from Council, and I can get an update toward the end of the agenda.
That's That's great. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you Miss Davis.
Okay, thank you member Callaway and thank you Miss Davis.
Okay, Yvonne, our next caller, please.
The next caller is phone number ending in 270, caller, 270, yes,
good morning. Shelton
Creo
received an annual budget of approximately $8 million
on the city yet the city
officials no other city residents are able to receive any up to date relevant information on on hiring percentages or contract awards as it pertains to the city residents, and that's part of why Creo was created, and there's no consistent oversight or monitoring of creo, so we don't know of all of these promises that are being made when these big shot contractors and millionaires and developers want to come In and get all of these tax incentives and tax abatements, because they're going to bring in jobs, or Detroiters going to get contracts. And quite naturally, you know there's no no one looking over whether or not this is taking place. And from the looks of our neighborhoods, we know it's not taking place because they're poverty stricken. The health department Detroit has some of the worst it's been voted as the least healthiest or the most unhealthy city in the nation, large city in the nation.
Yet it continues. You know how you gonna
call the DMC before you and you won't even call the health department in front of you to find out why it's not following the mandate in the city charter, specifically, 7201, Detroit is number one or number two in asthma, heart disease, STD, fentanyl overdoses. Drug addiction, addiction, alcoholism.
Is sorry, our next caller is you matter.
All right, you matter. You
Yes, good morning. May I be heard? Yes,
yes. It just continues to be so sad that the past 12 years that three of these council members have been here, I've seen none of you seek to get charter section seven, dash, 201, fully implemented. The charter doesn't say you can depend on to win for mental health services. And frankly, the city blew $100 million on ARPA, money on commercial demolitions when it could have been spent on the people it was meant to be spent on, like the youth who suffered the shutdown senior citizens and building up the health center, etc. Mr. Kevin Westbrook, who was just applauding member, Sheffield appears to be a district seven resident. I'm a district five resident, and Mary Sheffield and her team has not had all of the d5 residents back. For instance, I asked for help for some illegal dumping, about some illegal dumping several months ago, no response. Her chief of staff won't speak with me. That's not mayoral material. If you got a chief of staff who won't speak with one of her constituents, also charter section nine, Dash 507 will someone on this council? Please tell me when you City Council pursuant to charter nine? Dash 507 approved the beat the board of zoning appeals charging $6.35 a page for bZA transcripts they are already required to have whether or not there's an appeal under Detroit city code, 50, dash two, dash six, six. Now this also shows we got some non independent leaders, because the law department says, Oh, don't answer that question, because it's in litigation. But it's not in the in litigation with the of Detroit. And this is just a procedural matter. It's not the merits. So see, Mary Sheffield won't even stand up and answer that question. Wouldn't ask those questions during budget season. So no, you can't depend on her to be mayor. She doesn't have our back. She won't have your back as man question.
All right. Thank you. Miss Mori our
next caller, please.
Next we have Whitney Clark for city council.
Hey, hey, good morning. May be heard. Yes, you can. Hey, great job last night. Just want to just raise the issue, guys, two things have been coming up on the call today, maybe housing a couple of times, and the immigrant issue. I alluded to it last week. I'll say it again. Whitney Clark, here in district five. Listen, if we want to create movement on the immigrant issue, we've got to come together on the issues that matter. On the ground. Mr. Tate, a moment ago, you, you made a reference and said that we have to stick together, because one day it could be us, and that's, that's, that's the sentiment that most of us have. But there's also a growing demographic of people here in the city who believe that the time for these other individuals to coalesce with us has already come and gone. For example, our schools, for example, you know the issues that our seniors are facing, for example, the housing and so again, that the sentiment is honest and we believe it's sincere. Nevertheless, we believe that there are issues that require the level of protest that we're seeing our schools. Have we've been needing protests for our schools. We need people to come all across the country and say, enough is enough with what's going on in the housing market here. And then, last but not least, when we're talking about the housing it's really a conversation about the materials that you use. And I'm looking forward to a mayoral candidate hum, hum, saying that we just need cheaper materials and we need to deregulate the housing market, because that's what's going to allow people to own homes again. A lot of people are talking about affordable houses, but no one has come out and talked about what's in the weeds, what's in the details. How do you do it? I believe we can do that by deregulating the housing market.
Alright, thank you. Next caller is Tahira Ahmad.
It's Amad, good morning.
Yes, good morning. Um, Tahira Ah, man and I'm representing the Coalition for Property Tax Justice, as well as my own personal views for the coalition. Miss Lyons, we're not the ones that overtaxed you. We we have meetings that we'd like to invite you to every first Saturday. We're fighting for all our money, it's not our fault. And sometimes when you angry, you just start swinging at everything that moves. We not the ones. So you can come and see us at every first Saturday of every month at 4401,
East. Connor Street, 4401,
East. Each. Connor, excuse me, you can call us
at 313-438-8698,
that's 313-438-8698,
you can work with us. We're trying. We're helping everybody. We're not just helping our own selves or we're trying to get Eric Sabri Wayne, county treasurer to please do not foreclose on homes that are $50,000 and below in value. He is about to foreclose on these homes. He's helped us before and city council. Thank you for passing the the request for him to please do not foreclose on these homes. You can call everybody. Eric Sabri at 313-800-8742, that's 313-800-8742, call him and tell him, please don't put these people out of their homes. It's not their fault. And so Miss Lyons, if you need to call me, you can call me, oh, I'd like to leave my
Thank you.
Our next caller is Frank Hammer.
Good morning. Good morning, good morning. President Sheffield and city council I want to represent that last Saturday at no Kings Day, Detroit had an outpouring of support for democratic rights, for free speech rights, and for the rights of certainly of minorities and particularly immigrants. There were the massive showing at Clark Park and the march to downtown Detroit. Few of us from District Two were out in Ferndale at nine mile mound with estimates of three to 5000 people. This is a great showing of solidarity, and we hope that this will continue. And I think that there were remarks made earlier regarding pitting immigrant rights against the rights of, you know, long term Detroiters who have been fighting discrimination forever. And we have to see and I want to commend Joe Tate, sorry, Councilman Tate, for his remarks in regard to the need to unify and to collaborate and fight as as one, because we're all being targeted by the Trump regime. With that, leave the rest of my time. Thank you very, very much. All right, thank you.
Next, we have Melissa.
Miss Melissa.
I'm showing her. I still muted.
All right, Melissa, I
Melissa,
we can come back to this Caller, please.
Okay. Our next caller is Mikko a Williams,
yes, hi. Good morning. Thank you all for having me here. I want to thank President Sheffield for occupy the corner on Friday. It was a very good success. All the kids were happy. They got their bikes, they got their hair cut, they got the carnival rides. It was very nice. Thank you so much for, again, providing a great event for our community. I am a district five resident, and we don't have no kings, no gods, no masters. So I can't help but think that Mike, Mayor, Mike Duggan, is a dictator, a corporate fascist, and also a white supremacist that enabled his authority over our city, including the people that aided and abetted him, including some black folks. So don't ever come around here talking about stuff. Oh, we have to defend our den. And I just want to say that Sunday, on Father's Day, the North End had an event in district five. We always have our Father's Day picnic, and the police was too overzealous. They did not honor the permit that Todd Perkins had when he had an event at Bradby center. We also had events all around the north end, people barbecuing, having a good time, people coming up for reunion, and we were over policed. It was too much of an overreach, and mostly they were white. Okay, I'm not happy with this, and also I want to challenge the City Council and the mayoral candidates while you were up there last night, while you didn't make a place to get the fireworks, the parks open at next Monday, you have one week to get the parks open. Because that is unfair. We are taxpaying citizens. Detroit should not be invite only, and it now makes sense with the vendors coming down, saying they're being pushed out. And also, I want to say that santio Jenkins, shame on you. I'm a man that works two jobs and I still serve the community. What have you done? You are disrespectful. You should not be voted for for Mayor after you got up there last night and the you none of the court. WD IV is a racist rag anyway, we shouldn't pay attention to them. But thank you for taking my comment. Thank you.
Our next caller is Charles miles,
hello. My name is Charles miles, can you hear
me? Yes, we can hear you. Okay,
I called in again. I've been coming down there for years, as you all should know, and I'm calling in today to talk about these property taxes and over assessed and misapplied payments that I've given given all you copies of and seem to noone can do anything about which in turn, that was your job responsibility to do. So what I'm asking now is that the city council step in and come to my court hearing and as a witness that you guys have personally seen each and every one of you, I gave you copies of it. I made copies, copies of the misapplied payment, and not on just one property, on multiple properties, and all these years that they just put me through all this stuff about saying that I didn't pay my taxes, and all these issues that they just kept bringing up, uh, having houses, uh, with pre owned it, and all this old fake, just devious things that you guys allow to happen downtown, and you act like nothing can be done. This is the city of Detroit, and it should be ran like any other city in America. So we shouldn't be down there like y'all so privileged, and y'all can pick and choose who y'all help, y'all friends and rappers and all that stuff like that. We need you to help the people do something, do your job. You got people with cases that that's supposed to been expunged. You got people that that that actually got out on bond, that you didn't even take the worn off, they name y'all just just do stuff reckless down there. You've been doing it.
For our next caller, please.
Our final caller who raised their hand before public comment was cut off, is Ruben Crowley.
That card said a name on it. Tag said Mr. Rue aka Mr. Real. Now to the taxpayers, the citizens, residents of the city of Detroit, I want to tell y'all the truth.
I work for Lily.
Mili asked me when she was five years old to help her with her mom, Kenisha Coleman, DPD, case, two, zero, dash, 11112, and I went to everybody in the city. It's a whole cover up conspiracy going on by the city of Detroit now. We got something else, even more egregious, more egregious than a cover up of murder. We got election fraud, voter fraud and absentee ballot fraud happening on a massive scale. We got a cheated in mayor, that's Michael Edward Duncan, a cheated in Detroit City Council, that's all of them cheated in city clerk, she cheated herself in we got a cheated in board of police commissioners. Now, Dante Goss was over there blocking. He out the way, and comrade there, comrade Mike's buddy, comrade Valley Junior, and we got a cheated in school board and the children, the children here in the city of Detroit, are not getting their fair share and their fair cut. So I'm Mr. Real, and I'm back outside, outside, outside this time. It's not like 97 we got to get rid of all of them. Every last elected official in Detroit City gotta go because they've been cheated in by Dennis Winfrey and Gina Avery Walker over at the Detroit Department of Elections,
that's my word.
Next Caller, please.
All right, we will go back to Marguerite, Maddox and Scarlet.
All right, good morning.
All right. Miss Maddox, good morning.
I'm seeing that she's trying by muting and unmuting. There may be a sound issue.
Okay, we'll try again. Miss Maddox,
all right, Miss Maddox, going once.
Miss Maddox going twice, and if you can just submit your public comment to the clerk's office, we will make sure that it's a part of our public record. Miss Maddox and our next caller, please.
Our final caller, we are returning to Melissa. Melissa, good morning.
Y'all keep playing with online. It's going in and out, blocking in person, public comment. Council member Callaway, I like you, and I commend you for standing strong for Detroiters. Send the health department to the motels on eight mile and Greenfield. They are roach infested. Our people are homeless, and their children are living in them, rooms with roaches, the crystal house in the Cranbrook, to be exact. If you don't vote, they will vote for you. If you vote, they will change it to absentee. If I'm lying, lock me up. Cheated votes is real. Cheated votes is real. I'm Melissa love never voted November 2020 or August 2024, I am the evidence. I'm here to show and tell people that cheated votes is real. I will not be silenced. Justice will be served and corruption will be exposed. This evil corruption will come to an end, the corruption that's been stealing from us all our lives. I am to demand what was stolen from us. I'm here to collect my share in that pot y'all cheating for it. Also, I sent a direct email to Jocelyn Bisson, Janice Winfrey and Mike Duggan almost seven days ago. As of now, there have not been any response to my email until I receive justice. I will continue to have a voice about election fraud until pay up and run like der Hall. Y'all need to go all y'all pro temp, Sheffield, Santiago, Romeros, waters, Scott Bensons, Leticia Johnson, Mike Duggan, Janice Winfrey Johnson, Benson and a host of others. Y'all been caught, and it's time for the righteous to win. Y'all haven't done anything but hurt us, stole from us, and then smiling our face and giving all our resources to the illegal immigrants. City of Detroit, we get robbed with no gun. Let's put them boots on and hit the ground. All
right, Yvonne, that was our last caller.
Yes. Council President, that was the final caller.
Thank you. We will now go. Madam President, yes. Council member, Santiago Ramiro, thank you, Madam President, I would like to motion excuse me and ask OPD to to line item, the d dot community concerns that we've heard yesterday and today, we were going to discuss this in committee yesterday, but I had session from 10am to 430 and we were not able to discuss this is something that I definitely want us to touch base on in committee. So we'd like to make a motion to add this line item to PHS. Okay, any objections? Hearing none. That action will be taken. Also, Madam President, through you, I would like to remind the public that there are black queer Detroiters. There are black gay men, black lesbians, black trans people, and there are black immigrants. And when we attack the LGBT community, when we talk immigrants, we are attacking our black community. We are living in a very scary time right now where this right wing narrative has already seeped into our community and it is tearing us apart, and ultimately, who wins? It is not us. We are seeing fascism play out in real time. And I refuse to accept that we are just black, or we are just immigrants or we are just queer. We have a community that embodies all of this. We all need love and care, and I will always provide that to everyone. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you so much. Council Member Santiago renewal discussion. Council member Benson,
thank you. Just want to make it clear that if anybody wants to meet with my office or myself, more than happy to do that, but if attorneys want to set that meeting, then upon the advice of my own attorneys here at the city of Detroit, I will need to bring my attorneys, and at that point, we no longer have a community meeting, and so more than happy to meet with any of my bosses if they leave the meeting, but if attorneys leave that meeting, then we will need to bring in additional attorneys. And so just want to make that very clear, more than happy to meet with anybody, but if attorneys set that meeting, and my attorneys will come as well. Thank you.
All right, thank you. Benson, all
right, understanding committee reports for the budget, Finance and Audit, standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Council member der Hall, two resolutions, line items, 16.1 and 16.2 contract number 6007242, 100% city funding to provide operations for the public safety headquarters contractor Detroit building authority. Total contract amount 3,101,000
that's for ocfo. Contract number 6007137,
100% city funding to provide armor car cash, pickup, cash sanitizing, handling and bank deposit services for multiple city departments, contractor, total armor car Services Incorporated total contract amount, $1,019,836.20 cent. That's for Treasury. Council member der Hall, two resolutions.
Council member der Hall, thank you,
Madam President, Move for approval from line items 16.1 and 16.2
are there any objections
hearing? None. The two resolutions will be approved.
Request a waiver for line item 16.1 to 16.2
Hearing no objections. A waiver will be attached to both items
from the Office of city clerk, City Planning Commission,
Council Member der Hall, two resolutions, line item 16.3 and 16.4
member durhos, thank you, Madam President. Line item 16.3 is a neighborhood enterprise zone certificate application for a new mixed use 50 unit apartment building at 20201 Livernois in the 20201 Livernois. Neighborhood enterprise zone area has been recommended for approval by the CPC as well as committee. Line item 16.4 is a neighborhood enterprise zone certificate, application for the construction of a new single family house at 282, 7/16, street in the north Corktown Neighborhood Association of North Corktown equitable housing initiative, neighborhood enterprise zone area also recommended for approval by the CPC and committee Move for approval for line items, 16.3 and 16.4
and All right, any objections,
hearing none. The two resolutions will be approved. Request
a waiver for line item 16.3 and 16.4
hearing, no objections, a waiver will be attached to both items
from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget
Council. Member durha, a resolution, line item 16.5 member
Durham, thank you, Madam President. Line item 16.5 is a resolution of authorization for the fiscal year 2024, 2025, year end, closed, transfers and budget amendments. Resolution, motion to briefly discuss line item 16.5 discussion. Thank you, and I think we have Mr. Johnson here with us today. I know there was an amendment made to this. Just want to make sure we have everything set forth here to move forward today.
Yes, thank you. Thank you, Madam President and city council. Donnie Johnson, deputy budget director and acting budget director for the city of Detroit, this resolution should have contained language that set a time certain for the reporting of the actions taken under this resolution. That timeline would be no later than February 1 of 2026, as you know, the fiscal year we usually close the books and the audit is usually done by mid December. That would give my team about a month to make sure we have all of the final actuals data and the final transactions data that we can then put into a report to give to this honorable body that did not make it into this draft of the resolution for which I apologize, so I will make that verbal commitment here on camera and on the record that this report will be submitted to this honorable body before or by or before February 1 of 2026 my goal being, of Course, sooner, if the data is ready and
member Durham, thank you, Madam President, and to LPD, I think it is already included in this what we have before us, so it would need to be sent as amended.
Am I correct in that?
Madam President, yes, sir, we see the council, I don't think it's included as Mr. Johnson,
so I'm willing to
take the verbal commitment I trust Mr. Johnson and instead of Meyer.
Okay, yeah, all right.
And so I move for approval for this line.
Is there any more discussion on this item?
Right? Any objections?
Hearing, no objections. The resolution will be approved
request a waiver for line item 16.5,
there any objections to a waiver?
Hearing? None that action will be taken.
Madam Clerk, yes, you can go to the next
one. I'm pulling up my agenda. Computer shut down, so if you can read the next one for me you need Thank you.
Yeah, I know a copy, because the computer continues.
All right, moving along to under resolutions.
Council member der Hall on behalf of Council President Mary Sheffield, a resolution line item, 16.6 council
member der hop. Thank you, Madam
President. This is a resolution in support of funding for Job Corps. Move for approval for line item 16.6,
alright. Motion has been made for the approval of the resolution. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved. Madam
President, I'd like to join you on this resolution.
Okay? Member waters as well. You all want this in the name of the council motion. Any objections? You said no? Member Vincent, oh, okay, okay, Hearing no objections, we'll put this in the name of the
council request a waiver for line item 16.6
and a waiver also will be attached. If there are no objections. I for the internal operations standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement,
Council Member Johnson 10 resolutions noting that line item 17.2 was reported out of committee without recommendation to deny and line item 17.6 is also pending additional documentation. Contract Number 6003597,
dash a two revenue contract
to provide an extension of time only for collections for Department of appeals and hearings. Contractor line, Barger, Goggin, Blair and Sampson. LLP, total contract amount zero. That's for law. Contract Number 6007112, 100% city funding to provide city wide professional development training. Contractor American Society of employers total. Contract amount 750,000
that's for human resources. Contract number 6006754,
100% city funding to provide benefits administration services for City of Detroit employees contracted West health incorporated total contract amount 1,958,400
that's for human resources. Contract number 6006480,
dash a one, 100% city funding to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for representation to the IRS and state of Michigan for payroll tax matters. Contractor, Barry moment, professional corporation total. Contract amount 25,000 that's for law. Contract number 6007184, 100% city funding to provide parking spaces for city employees contracted last parking Midwest LLC, total contract amount 336,000
that's for human resources. Contract number 6007186,
100% city funding to provide technical development training for City of Detroit employees contracted New Horizons learning LLC, total contract amount 650,000
that's for human resources. Contract number 6005144,
dash a one, 100% city funding to provide an extension of time only to increase the pool of qualified Detroit applicants for jobs in the skilled construction trades and other high growth jobs contractor, Detroit Employment Solutions, corporation, total contract amount 4 million. That's for creo. Contract number 6007243, 100% city funding to provide the Detroit City Planning Commission with comprehensive technical assistance in updating and advancing the draft zone Detroit zoning ordinance contractor code studio incorporated total contract amount 70,000 that's for city council. Contract number 6003030, dash a four, 100% city funding to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds to extend subscription agreement for HR, applicant tracking of citywide job applicants and new hires. Contract, government jobs.com doing business as Bill gov. Total. Contract amount, $937,942.67 cent. That's for human resources. And last contract is the resolution for the June 10, 2025, list of contracts subject to delegated approval. Council member Johnson,
contract permit 10 resolutions.
All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President. Move for approval on line item 17.1 through 17 point 10 with discussion. Okay. Member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, line item 17.2 as was indicated, was moved out of committee with a recommendation to deny. I believe the HR department is here to provide some additional information, there was a concern about the three year contract, and if we could get a one year contract, or pricing for a one year contract, and how that would line up with the three year contract that is before us today. Okay, Mr. Washington,
yes, good morning, Madam Chair and council, we do have director Denise Starr online as well as Iris square and Kelly Tramell.
All right, we will promote both of them. I
Good morning. Morning, morning. All
right, were you all able to hear the questions we're referring to contract line item 17.2 regarding possibly having a one year contract versus a three. If you can provide some clarity here and update on where we are with this,
through the Chair, I'll turn that over to Miss Tramiel, okay,
good morning. Kelly. Terminal office of contracting and procurement through the chair to council member Johnson, yes, at the rate that we have set for over the three years, it averages to about 3% increase per year. However, if the vendor provided us with a one year contract, we could be looking at an increase increase between five and 8%
okay, thank you.
Was there any additional questions on 17.2
okay. Member Johnson has moved for approval line item 17.1 through 17 point 10.
Are there any objections?
Hearing no objections. The resolutions will be approved for 17.1 through 17 point 10, and there's a request for a waiver on 17.8
request for a waiver for line item 17.8 Madam President,
all right, thank you. Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to 17.8 All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
From the law department. Council member Johnson, for resolutions, line item 1711, through 17 point 14.
Council member Johnson, thank
you, Madam President. Move for approval. These are various lawsuit settlement requests,
any objections to the resolutions, hearing, none before resolutions will be approved
from the Office of Development and grants.
Council member Johnson, a resolution, line item 17 point 15.
Council member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. Line item 17 point 15 is the authorization to accept and appropriate a cash donation from the election center for the National Association of election officials, workshop,
Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved
from the office of the city clerk. Council member Johnson, a resolution line item 17, point 16. Council
member Johnson,
thank you. Move for approval. This is a petition of Michigan roundtable for just communities. They are requesting a charitable gaming license, okay,
and Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved. For the Planning and Economic Development standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement
council president pro tem James Tate, 11 resolutions, line items, 18.1 through 18 point 11. Madam President, I would like to know that these are various contracts all for the housing and revitalization department, I will read the contract number and the amount of each one. Contract number 6006773
total contract amount 232,000
contract number 6006644
dash, a one total contract amount, $389,616
contract number 6001511
dash a five. Total contract amount, 12,750,000
contract number 6004888
dash a one, total contract amount, 1,310,000
contract number 6005215
dash a two total contract amount, 350,000
contract number 6005216
dash a two, total contract amount, 350,000
contract number 6005218
dash a two total contract amount, 350,000
contract number 6005313
dash a two, total contract amount, $1,220,800
contract number 6005314,
dash a two, total contract amount, 350,000
contract number 6006214
dash a, two total contract amount, $6,787,368.04
cent. Last contract is contract number 6005549
dash a, one total contract amount, 993,500 $993,500 and that's for planning and development. Council President Pro Tem Tate, 11 resolutions.
Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council President Pro Tem Tate.
Madam President, I move approval. Line items, 18.1 through 18 point 11.
I All right. Motion has been made. Any discussion on these items?
Madam President, yes. Discussion on 18.3 18.3
Yes. Member, Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. Just wondering why this increase of $3 million this was a seven year contract, and the 3 million would bring us to 12.7 5 million. Just wondering what the last 3 million will be used for in the last year. Okay, we can have someone come on, Mr. Washington,
yes, through the chair. We have John Tron online. Okay, you
Good afternoon, Madam President. This is John trunk, the housing revitalization department, the real estate division, through the chair to Council Member Santiago Romero, in regards to the $3 million traditionally, what this contract has been for is 1.5 million in the past, this would, if this contract was approved today, it would in effect, be the eighth year. Additionally, 1.5 million of the three is to cover solar needs for the project that which were already pre approved. Some of the services needed in for that project are tied to this contract, such as Appraisal Services, surveys and such, for the work that's been done for solar. The $12.75 million is an aggregate of the eight years total, and this would be a fifth amendment, so there might be some confusion, but effectively it would be 1.5 million for the regular as needed services and 1.5 million to tie together the solar needs, which were the funds were pre approved, but they'll be utilizing these contracts for that services
through the Chair. Thank you understood, Madam President, I also have questions regarding 18.4 Okay. Thank you, Madam President, 18.4 is to increase funds and extend time for housing resource navigation, wondering if there's, I believe Tara from HIV supports these efforts. Have questions and really concerns. I received an email, a letter, from someone trying to navigate our homeless services, and spent a full Sunday not being able to find one single shelter for a woman that was looking for housing. So wondering where we are with our efforts to support our folks that are housing insecure
through the Chair. Yes, yes, we have Tara listener, she is available,
right we will promote Miss Lindsey. You.
Good afternoon. Honorable buddy Tara Lynelle sir and the housing revitalization department, good afternoon through the chair we we appreciate sending over that information about the residents experience trying to access shelter for a single, single woman. We have followed up on a number of different fronts, including reaching out to the person who has who submitted that information. We've haven't been able to get a hold of them yet, but we have left a voicemail, and we will absolutely continue to try to talk to them to further understand, although they did, did leave a very detailed letter, we have followed up as well with the police departments and the police precincts and provided that information as well so that they could circle back to those precincts to make sure that the correct information is given out when people present and need access to emergency shelter
through the Chair. Thank you, Tara. I really appreciate that. I know this work is hard, but that very detailed letter was a little concerning. I and I would like us to be honest about what we have and what we don't and what we need. I worked for alternatives for girls at our resource center, and I would have women mothers come asking for housing, and there was no space for them whatsoever. Shelters were full. I know the mayor promised to expand our shelters and our beds. So wondering if that's enough, if it's not, let's have an opposite conversation about what we need, because we still have folks coming into public comments saying how difficult it is to navigate our systems and to access a bed for the night. So thank you for following up with them. Thank you for reviewing that, and please let us know what we need to actually do to be able to meet the need. Thank you, Madam President. All right. Thank you council member. And then Tara, if you can just briefly explain how these do these contracts, because these are several ones for housing navigation services with organizations. So can you kind of explain how it intersects with the housing services department and hotline
through the chair. Is it possible to have Chelsea niblet come online as well to further support providing information about 18.4 in particular, as this contract in particular is with the DHS, I could talk about it in general, but I'm not sure if you want to know more details about this particular contract, 18.4
Yeah, that's what you CHC, but then there's one for you. Snap back, there's another. There's several organizations that are providing navigation services. So I just wanted you to kind of briefly explain how that works and how that intersects as well with the number that we're telling residents to call for help and for services.
Thank you so much. I think I heard most of the question through council president. So our Detroit housing resource helpline, our 866-313-2520, number does support the housing navigation contracts that you see, which are under Rico razo shop related to the Detroit Housing Network. So the goal of the helpline is to connect housing related resources to one line so residents can call one number. This includes access to emergency shelter our relocation services through our Detroit housing office, B seed complaints, as well as home buyer, home ownership services that you see through the Detroit Housing Network. So these contracts and access to services are available by calling the helpline.
Okay? And none of the services have changed today. We're just essentially extending the time
that is my understanding. Sorry to Council President, that is my understanding. Rico razzo would be able to further speak about the details of the individual contracts.
And then I do have a question for the down payment assistance program, Mr. Washington, do we have someone for that contract as well.
That's line item
18. New Council President, I can also take the down payment assistance questions.
Thank you. Okay, perfect. Just wanted to get an understanding we are increasing the amount 287,000 what exactly is that for is there additional residents now who have access to down payment assistance? Is the program currently open just kind of a high level overview of where we are today, for those who may be interested in that program as of today,
to Council President, thank you so much for the question. So this increase is going to allow national faith home buyers, the administrator of Detroit down payment assistance to assist additional individuals who have already applied for the program but have not received the assistance. So we are, at this time, not reopening through ARPA funds for down payment assistance. We do have funding allocation through CDBG Dr disaster recovery as well as regular CDBG funds. So we will be opening, in the future, a third round of down payment assistance once we get through procurement for that HUD funding. So this, what you're seeing today is for residents who have already applied for down payment assistance. And in the future, with a different funding source, we will be reopening for round three.
Okay? Madam President, yes, Council Member, thank you. Madam President, this allocation of ARPA funding is the funding that I allocated given the ARPA funding that each council member received, so we decided to put it in the existing down payment assistance program. But through you to Chelsea, I do have a quick question. Can you remind us how many folks have been able to access the program and have become new new homeowners?
Absolutely, through council president to Council Member Santiago Romero, we have, through our Down Payment Assistance Program, created 788 new homeowners through our ARPA funded program. So very successful, and we're very excited to continue the program. Wonderful.
Thank you, Madam President, great. Thank you. And the additional round of funding that you mentioned, how many more do we anticipate that will cover?
Um, so we are estimating that it's going to be between 325 and 370 it's up to $25,000 so it just depends on the DPA amount, but we will. We're going to get over 1000 new homeowners with the additional funding.
Then lastly, has there been any conversation with banks or any additional private partners and others to ensure that this program does continue
to council president, we did for the second round of funding, do public private partnerships. So we did have private entities that contributed to the funding to help support that 788, number. We are continuing those lender and philanthropic conversations as well.
Any additional questions?
Hearing, none. Motion has been made to approve line items. 18. Point
18.1 through 1820, 11, Madam President,
yep, 18 point 11. Are there any objections?
Hearing no objections.
The 11 resolutions will be approved.
The from the Office of Development and grants
council president pro tem James take two resolutions noting that line item 18 point 13 was reported out of committee without recommendation. And Madam President, just want to note that we have received a letter A statement from member Callaway, opposing to line item 18 point 13, and her statement will be filed on record. Okay. Council President Pro Tem two resolutions. President Pro Tem Tate may
President move approval of the resolutions. One item, 18 point
13 and 18 point 1412,
well, excuse me, 18 point 12 and 18 point 13,
discussion and 18 with discussion. Council Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, would like to ask to bring back 18 point 13, understanding that section 108 loans are usually seen as grants. And to member Callaway question, objecting to this, we have forgiven a lot of bigger corporate landlords and businesses, but I know of a nonprofit that the city is trying to make make them to pay back the loan in full. We've been trying to work on this for now, for for while still have some questions, and would like to bring this back in one week. Is there any objections to postponing 18 point 13 for one week? Discussion on the motion. Okay? Discussion member Johnson, thank
you, Madam President, so in ped, we had a discussion I as this was moved out of PED I was in objection to it, and there was some reservations. There was additional information that was shared. And I'm not sure if anyone from HRD wants to share information. I do have a proposal to offer if this were to move forward,
yes, yes, I do see Rico Ross has His hand raised. All right, we will promote him.
I Good afternoon council member, I apologize. I had my hand raised for 18 five through 18 nine, and I was never brought over. So that was an error. But I don't, I don't believe that agenda item you're talking about is under under my division.
Sorry, Malik. Do
information through the chair. Are we able to bring this line back towards the end?
We have miss the ball here from HRD, she's here in person. Okay? Thank you. Thank you. Good morning, good
afternoon. Rebecca, love housing and revitalization. I to the council member Johnson, through Council President, I'm happy to share additional information. Is this an appropriate time to discuss this? This policy?
Member Johnson, Madam I really want right now for you all to speak on the urgency of it, because that was a question that I was asking, and I can't remember if it happened during ped or a ladder discussion.
Thank you. Through Madam Chair, we are facing a HUD deadline of July 1 to apply for the loan pool authority for this section 108 program. So what HUD has asked us to do is to do is to demonstrate an interest in using this tool. There is money available nationwide, and we don't want to leave that money on the table in Detroit. So what we are asking with what's before this honorable body today is to approve an application to establish a loan pool, not to borrow any dollars specifically through the program, but we are concerned about the timeline, and we do want to ensure that that we don't go past that, so that we are not at risk of being unable to use this given the instability in the federal funding environment generally.
Okay, all right, so there was a motion for now to postpone this for one additional week. Does that prevent any timeline issues
to council president I we were hoping to discuss today so that we would know that we could proceed with HUD. We are in conversations with HUD about feedback on a draft application, and so I think it would give them a bit of additional certainty if we knew that we were able to move ahead. But if it's available, if it's back in front of council for a vote next week, we could theoretically still meet the
deadline. Madam President,
I would be happy to bring this back to the end of the agenda. I believe there was a proposal that was sent to HRD that, if you wouldn't mind discussing that, with that, with that, with my team. I know TJ was working on that, just to give us an update on where we are. Because again, and I mentioned this before, to see others get their loans forgiven, but to not forgive it to a nonprofit I have questions on. So happy to bring this back to the end of the agenda, to allow time for my team to meet with HRD.
Okay, thank you, member waters,
yeah, and I just want to say I'm in favor of bringing back the week if we can, because we have some questions that we submitted some time ago and never received any response.
Member young, followed by member Johnson,
thank you. Get my questions are a little bit different. I just wanted to ask, how does this fit in the overall housing plan that you have, and what does this do to reduce the housing availability gap. I mean, the these are kind of old numbers, but the numbers that I have is like, it's 266
households, 246 266,000
excuse me, households, 242,000
houses. Math is not my strong suit, but it's like a 42,000 is some change gap. It's like 9% what will this do to close that housing gap? And do you and is this part of your overall strategy to close it? And do we know about what year that will be? Will that be in five years? Four years, six years, 10
to council member young through Council President, we see a much greater demand for units than we are able to create, and so we are trying to get more aggressive with our strategy to develop new units, even given the funding challenges that that we have so you know, in the past six years, we've made, we've helped leverage a total of one and a half billion dollars for affordable housing towards that goal. Our current, our current strategy that we are launching for 2030 is to create 3000 new, additional units and preserve another 10,000 we were successful in our previous goal that we set in 2018 of creating 2000 new and preserving 10,000 and then this particular tool, the section 108 program, we estimate, can get us about 1000 units with the $75 million that we are looking to borrow. And so that makes a very significant dent in the goal that we are trying to achieve over the next five years, towards ensuring that there is sufficient quality affordable housing for Detroiters at all income levels. And I Council President, I do have a response to Council Member Santiago Romero, but if we are moving the item, I can provide that response at a later time. Just okay,
were you done? Yeah, I just want, I just want to add, so you said 1000 houses. You said 1000 new houses,
1000 units. It would be, you know, depending on the pipeline that we receive, it would be a mix of preservation and new construction that we can support with this program.
Okay, so 1000 new units, how many preservations?
Apologies to council member. It would be a mix. The 1000 units is a mix of new and preserved units. Do you know that
split is 8020 preservation? That
that's something we're not able to
to predict exactly, because it'll depend on the applications that we receive. We haven't, we don't have the tool yet to even open a pipeline for applicants. We do think that it is a tool that works really well with both vacant and occupied rehabs.
And do we know, do you have a projection in terms of if you continue to keep following through your housing plan, when we'll be able to close that gap in terms of supply and
demand to the council member. I think that it's, it's a tricky question, and I don't want to assert that we have a specific date, you know, by which we will have closed that gap and provided all of the units. You know, this is a nationwide issue that we're facing, so we are really focused on, on both the creation and preservation to get us closer to that gap. But you know, there are, there are other metrics that are involved in housing affordability, such as wage growth, that you know would would help people to better access affordable housing. So we're attacking it as best we can from this front. Okay,
thank you. I appreciate
member Johnson. Thank you, Madam President. I just wanted to put my proposal on the table for you all to be aware of it. If this were to move forward, I would like to propose that the funding be made available for Neighborhood Development outside of the greater downtown and midtown areas.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam President, thank you. Member Johnson, is that something that can be accomplished?
Yeah, through council president to council member Johnson, we are certainly comfortable with using this tool for infill development. There are some rules that we have to follow as it relates to HUD, and one of the most important is that, because this is essentially a CDBG program, it cannot support new construction unless that is done by what's called a community based development organization. So locally based nonprofits that have local membership and low income membership can embark on new construction ventures using section 108 funds. But not all developers have access to the tool for info.
And you said, infield housing. Is that what you infield? But this is specifically for infield housing.
Yes. Thank you. I was responding to council member Johnson's question, Did I hear that correctly?
Downtown Midtown. He wanted it in the neighborhood. That is correct, right? But did you say specifically say infield? I
did not. That's why. Oh, I apologize. No, I didn't specifically say infield. But we do have Chodos, and I'm wondering if this would, if the funding would be made available for CLTs, if they have that same makeup that you're referring to that's required.
Yeah, apologies for the Miss here. So yes to council member Johnson CLTs would certainly be able to access this funding for a rental program, for a homebuyer program, it requires a different type of underwriting that we would want to do, because, as I've expressed to many council members, our number one priority in using this loan tool would be assurance that the projects can repay. And so with homebuyer programs, especially new construction homebuyers, it's a little bit more difficult to predict the actual sales price that that the properties will transact at, because this is not something that we've seen a lot of in Detroit over the last few years. And so I think for for new construction by a CLT, for rental housing, there's no reason why they wouldn't be able to access this. If they were a choto that were certified to CDBG, I think we would need some additional discussions with HUD to you know, and with our third party underwriting support that's been helping us model this to understand what that would look like for a home buyer program under a CLT, but it is something we can discuss.
Okay? And
what defines affordability for this is it 80%
AMI that would define affordable yes
to council president. The CDBG requirements are that generally 51% of the units need to be at 80% AMI or below the loan products that we are targeting putting out there, about half of the fund would be available for projects in the 60 to 80% AMI range, and the other half would be targeted towards 30 to 50% AMI, deeply subsidized units.
Okay, okay. I'm just wondering if we could possibly bring it back to allow us, maybe through resolution, to express our desires based on what we've all stated here, and member Johnson and others about I mean, I know we can't control exactly how it's used, but just Council's desires to want to use it in the neighborhoods to address some of the concerns that we've raised here today, that if we pass this, we also pass it along with a resolution as well. So if we could possibly still bring this back, I know member waters has outstanding questions. She mentioned as well. Where were they answered? They were not answered. Okay, okay. Is there any objections colleagues to postponing for one week
pro temp? No objection. Just, have you all seen the questions that member waters for presenting, and if so, why no response
to pro temptate through council president. We have not yet received questions, to my knowledge, from council member waters, but we will, you know, certainly look out for them and provide a response as quickly as possible. And likewise, with any outstanding questions on previous loans, such as those that council member Santiago Romero raised, we'd be happy to connect with with you and your team to discuss those
person okay, we were, yeah,
this is more why I agree. We want to have a more equitable distribution of this money throughout everybody's district. I just wanted to say for the banking. Commercial buildings, 50% of them on court assistance, research council, are in district five and 670. 5% of the faci industrial buildings are in district five and six. I think that's kind of the reason why it's played out like that, because of the need. I'm not saying that we shouldn't spread that out. I'm not saying that we shouldn't make more investments. I'm just trying to explain. Why it is the way that it is now. I think it's because the need to vacate your buildings. So of course, is research College. Thank you.
All right, thank you. Member young discussion member Benson,
thank you very much. Through yourself to the administration, if this passes next week, with the waiver, will be able to still avail ourselves the ability to make this $75 million loan
pool yes to council member Benson, through Council President, we will be able to meet that deadline. We will certainly need the waiver.
If we don't receive a waiver, will you be able to meet the deadline?
No, thank you.
There any objections for 18 point 13 to postpone for one week, Hearing no objections that action will be taken. Thank you all. Thank you. And there was a motion to approve line item 18 point 12.
Any objections,
Hearing no objections that action will be taken
from the City Planning Commission,
council president pro tem James Tate, introduction of an ordinance and noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session.
President, pro tem Tate,
President, move to discuss line item 18, point 14, please. President pro temte, thank you. I did receive comments from colleagues indicating there's still some concern that under unaddressed, excuse me, concerns about this particular item, and there was a request for further one week postponement,
if there's no objections, I some more
any objections,
hearing, none that action will be taken,
moving to the City Planning Commission,
Madam President, that line item, I guess we'll go with, postponed with line item 18, point 14. That's the resolution set in a public hearing.
We will postpone if there are no objections from the City Planning Commission.
Council, President Pro Tem James Tate, a resolution, line item 18 point 16.
President Pro Tem Tate, President,
I move approval of line item 18 point 16, please,
Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved from the
planning and development department.
Council President Pro Tem James Tate, two resolutions, line item 18 point 17 and 18, point 18.
Council president pro tem Tate, Madam
President, I move approval of line items 18 point 17 and 18, point 18. Please.
All right, these are two property sales. Any objections,
hearing, none the two resolutions will be approved.
Under resolution, Council Member waters a resolution, line item 18, point 19.
Council member waters,
all right. Move to approve.
Motion has been made for approval. This is a resolution supporting housing House resolution 3060, of 2025, the no biometric barriers to housing act.
Any objection,
Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved for the public health and safety from the Office of contracting and procurement
Council Member Santiago Romero, eight resolutions noting that line item 19.1, was postponed from last week formal session. Contract number 6007135, 100% blight funding to provide cleanup, remediation and decontamination of public hazard properties in the city of Detroit, contracted by a clean team incorporated total contract amount, 400,000 construction and demolition contract number 6005259, dash, a one, 100% ARPA funding to provide an extension of time only for commercial environmental due diligence to support the city's blight remediation efforts. Contractor, environmental testing and consulting Incorporated. Total contract amount, $802,072
construction and demolition contract number 6006408,
dash, 821, 100% opera funding to provide an extension of time only for stabilization of commercial structures for the following locations, 12430, Kelly, 12434 Kelly 12440 Kelly 12446 Kelly and 12115 Dexter contractor, DMC consultants incorporated total contract amount $634,011
construction and demolition contract number 6007154,
100% city funding to provide general contracting services for DDOT facilities, contractor led by company LLC. Total contract amount 750,000 construction and demolition contract number 6007152, 100% city funding to provide general contracting services for DD ot facilities. Contractor gandal Incorporated total contract amount 750,000 construction and demolition contract number 6006502, dash, a one, 100% opera funding to provide an extension of time only for design, Bill service for the design, engineering and construction renovation to the mount Elliot Senior Community Center for the neighboring community contractor, DMC consultants, Incorporated total contract amount $3,643,687 that's for construction and demolition. Contract Number 6007153, 100% city funding to provide general contracting services for DD, ot facilities. Contractor w3, construction company total contract amount 750,000 that's for construction and demolition. Last contract is contract number 3084269, 100% major street fund to provide type three barricades. Contractor, all is safety Corporation. Total contract amount, $75,576
that's for public works. Council Member Santiago Romero, eight resolutions. Thank you. Madam Clerk. Member, Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, motion to approve 19.1 through 19.8 All
right, any discussion,
any objections
you can show me as a no on 19.1
Madam President, instead 19.1, yes,
ma'am, thank you.
Hearing no further objections, the remaining items, or all of the items, will be approved
the eight resolutions I
from the Department of Public Works, city engineering division.
Council Member Santiago Romero, three resolutions, nine items, 19.9 through 19 point 11.
Member, Santiago Romero, motion to approve 19.9. Through 19 point 11. These are all various requests for encroachments, Hearing no objections. The three resolutions will be approved
from the request to speak before the city council.
Council Member Santiago Romero, resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session.
All right. Thank you, Council Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, as has been mentioned by Attorney Anderson, there was a notice sent to our offices with their recommendation. There does seem to be a pending lawsuits regarding this issue, and like with other issues like these, there's a recommendation to deny, which I believe we should do, given the pending lawsuit, and the fact that we have also denied other requests such as these, but open to hear what other colleagues think, Mr. Attorney Anderson, anything additional? No, okay, colleagues. Any questions? Comments? Is there any Is it a motion? Motion to approve, Madam President, all right. Motion has been made for approval for 20.1 Are there any objections?
Objection member Johnson,
objection Member Santiago Romero. Objection member, Yahoo. Objection president, Sheffield, objection I votency
council member duro,
Madam President, that motion fails.
Okay, hearing the objections that motion does state
moving to new business from the mayor's office.
Council member young, five resolutions, line items, 21.1 through 21.5
member Young,
thank you, Madam President, 20.1
21 21.1 through 21.5
All right, any objections? These are various city events Hearing no objections. The five resolutions will be approved
from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Council Member Santiago Romero, 16 resolutions, Madam President, noting that these are various contracts for construction and demolition, fire department and public lighting, I will read the contract number in the amount, okay. Contract number 6006322, dash, A, one total contract amount, 1,365,000
construction and demolition. Contract Number 6005855
dash a one total contract amount, 5 million construction and demolition. Contract number 6005667
dash a, three total contract amount, 2,590,000
construction and demolition. Contract Number 6004504,
dash eight, two,
total contract amount, $819,572
that's construction and demolition. Contract number 6006103,
dash a one, total contract amount, $1,817,626.39
cent that's for fire. Line item, 21, point 11. Contract number 6006240
dash a one total contract amount, $150,593.09
cent that's for fire. Contract Number 6007095,
total contract amount, $387,080
that's for fire. Contract number 6000720,
dash a one total contract amount is estimated annual revenue, 250,000 that's for public lighting. Contract Number 6007122,
total contract amount, $191,508.39
cent that's for public works. Contract number 6002719, dash, eight, three. Total contract amount, $1,622,600 that's for public works. Contract Number 6004632, dash, eight, two. Madam President, I would like to note that this contract has been amended to change the date from 7122, through December 31, of 2028, total contract amount is $2,131,261.81
cent that's for public works. Contract number 6007099
total contract amount $3,281,900
that's for transportation. Contract line item, 21, point 18. Contract Number 6007115, total contract amount 90,000 that's for transportation. Contract number 6007102,
total contract amount $3,281,900
that's for transportation. Contract Number 6007187,
total contract amount, 498,000
transportation. Last contract is contract number 6007244,
total contract. Amount, 1,550,000
that's for that's for transportation. Council Member Santiago Romero, 16 resolutions.
All right, thank you, Madam Clerk, Council Member, Santiago Rivera, thank you, Madam President, motion to approve 21.6 through 21 points 15.
Right. Any discussion on these items? All
any objections,
Hearing no objections, those resolutions will be approved. Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, through you to Madam Clerk, I apologize. Which item Did you stop at?
21 point 15. Madam President, through you to member Santiago Romero, line item, 21 point 16. I had submitted a copy to everyone.
Did you say 15 or 1621? Point 16. We stopped at 21 point 16. I thought we stopped at 21
we stopped at 15, but the one I mentioned was okay, perfect. Okay. Thank you,
madam president, if that's the case of motion to discuss discussion for 21 point 16, okay, thank you, Madam President. Just through you to the administration. This is a contract to support with construction services regarding the Grand Prix, just wondering if the Grand Prix provides any revenue for us to make such repairs.
Good afternoon again, through the Chair, if we're able to bring this back towards the end, I believe director Brundage may be in a meeting, but should be able to join shortly.
Okay, I can bring motion to bring the 21 point 16 back to the end of the agenda. Okay, Hearing no objections, we will move this to the end of the agenda.
All right. Council member
at the last one?
Yes. Madam President, if that's the last one that we were going to we'd have to move the others forward. Yeah. 21 point 17 through the remaining still have to be 21 points. 21 Yeah, and
21 point 20. Madam President, my apologies.
I don't know why I stopped at 21 point 16. However, it was 21 point 21 so 21 point 17 is contract number 6007099,
my apologies.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
No worries.
I thought you read them all. Yeah. She just moved only portions of them. So now we're moving 21 point 17 through 21 point 21 understood. Thank you, Madam President, motion to approve 21 point 17 through 21 point 21 with discussion, yes. Thank you, Madam President, discussion for 21 point 18. There was a question about this during PHS, wondering why we're not working with Detroit at work to offer these CDL trainings. We were told that that's something that they can't provide. But we did some some further research, and it looks like Detroit at work does provide a 160 Driving Academy for CDA, CDL, a 100 placement, 160 hour CDL Class, a Detroit Training Center. CDL, so again, just wondering why we are not doing this work with Detroit at work to whoever can answer that from the administration. Okay, Mr. Washington
through the chair. We do have geo Joy online. I
Good afternoon.
Judy joy, assistant director of maintenance at data
council member, thank you, Madam President. Through you to Geo. Good afternoon. Not sure if you would know the answer to this question, but we asked this yesterday in committee, why we're not utilizing Detroit at work to provide these services. We were told that they didn't provide these classes, but it looks like they do so, wondering, have we explored working with Detroit at work to to provide these, these classes for CDL licensing? And if we haven't, would we be open to doing so
Madam President, through madam president to council member San Diego Romero. Yes, we do. Department of Transportation. We do have a training for a CDO training in house. But even though the endorsement for working on the heavy duty specialty agreement, that's what is this contract is mainly focused on.
So it through the chair. So this is a another specific training you're seeing that is not provided through the city or provided through Detroit at work, that is correct through the chair. Okay? Understood. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you.
Any additional questions? I
Yes, any objections. This is for 21 point 17 through 21 point 21 Hearing no objections. The resolutions will be approved. Madam President, motion for waivers, requesting waivers for 21.9
21 21 points 1221,
points 14 through 21 points, 21
Okay, any objections to a waiver,
hearing, none that action will be taken. Thank you.
From the office of contracting and procurement. Council
member young three resolutions, line items, 21 point, 22 to 21 point, 24 contract number 6006702, dash a 180, 7% CFI grant, 13% ARPA funding. Amendment One to provide an amendment to add funding language and increase contract with the grant funds for EB, dcfc stations and solutions. Contractor, Walker, Miller, energy services. Total contract amount, $13,046,210.38
that's for general services contract number 6006703,
dash a 180 7% CFI grant, 13% opera funding to provide an amendment to add funding language and increase contract with the grant funds for EB, dcfc contract at Mass Tech Network Solutions, LLC, total contract amount, $13,046,210.38 cent. That's for general services. Contract number 6006117, dash a one, 100% opera funding, slash capital funding to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for repairs and maintenance for Detroit public spaces and parks. Contractor, Michigan recreational construction. Total contract amount, $2,127,368 that's for general services. Council member young, three resolutions.
Council member Young,
thank you, Madam President, I moved to approve line items, 21 point, 22 through 21 point, 24
any discussion.
Hearing, none. Are there any objections?
Hearing, no objections. The three resolutions will be approved.
Guest member Young, thank you, Madam President, I'd like to request a waiver online. 21 point, 22 through 21 point, 23
Alright, Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to both items from the Office of Development and grants.
Council member young, three resolutions, line items, 21 point, 25 through 21 point, 27
member Young, thank you, Madam President, I moved to approve line 21 point, 25 through 21 point, 27
alright. These are various applications for park improvements. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections. The three resolutions will be approved.
Seven
any objections to a waiver on those items.
Hearing, none a waiver will be attached to those items
under resolutions. Council member Johnson, a resolution noting a roll call, item 21 point 28
member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President, Move for approval on line item 21 point 28 This is to schedule a closed session on Tuesday, July 1, at 3pm move
for discussion. All right. Discussion, yes. Attorney Graham
through the chair. Graham Anderson, law department, I'd just like to reiterate that all of these matters arise out of the same incident. So if you're going to vote one way for one, you should vote that way, consistently for all just in terms of scheduling. And remember, this is just for the scheduling of a closed session, not actually for the vote on whether you think they should be approved or not. And I'm here to answer any additional questions if need be. Thank you.
All right, there being a roll call required for the clerk, please call the
council member young
he stepped out.
Council President Sheffield Yes, Council Member Benson No. Council member der Hall Yes. Council member Johnson Yes, Council Member Santiago Romero, yes. Council President, pro tem Tate. Council member waters, yes. Council member Callaway
six Shay said motion passes. Madam President,
all right, the motion is approved under resolutions.
Council member Johnson, a resolution under the roll call nine item, 21 point, 29
councilman. Council member Johnson, thank
you, Madam President, Move for approval. This is to schedule a closed session on July 1 at 3:15pm
there being a roll call with fire. Please call the roll.
Council President Mary Sheffield Yes. Council member Benson, Council Member Durham Yes. Council member Johnson, yes. Council Member Santiago Romero Yes. Council President Pro Tem Tate Yes. Council member waters Yes. Council member Whitfield Callaway. Council member young,
six days That motion passes. Madam President,
alright, the resolution is approved under resolutions. Council member Johnson, a resolution on the roll call.
Member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. This is to schedule a closed session for July 1 at 3:30pm
Madam Clerk, Council Member Benson.
Council member der Hall Yes. Council member Johnson Yes. Council Member Santiago Romero Yes. Council president pro tem Tate Yes. Council member waters Yes. Council member Whitfield, Callaway, Council Member young Council President, Sheffield, yes. Six Shays, That motion passes. Madam President, all
right, the resolution will be approved under resolutions. Council
member Johnson, a resolution noting a roll call. Member Johnson,
thank you. Move for approval. This is to schedule a closed session for July 1 at 3:45pm
there being a roll call Madam
Clerk, Council Member der Hall, yes. Council member Johnson, yes. Council Member Santiago Romero, yes. Council president pro tem Tate Yes. Council member waters Yes. Council member Whitfield Callaway, Council Member young Council President, Mary Sheffield Yes, Council Member Benson
six Shays, That motion passes. Madam President,
right, the resolution is approved. And before we go to referrals, we postponed an item,
Madam President, that's line item 21 point 16.
Mr. Washington, do we have someone on for 21 point 16
through the chair? We do not. Are we able to postpone this for one week?
Motion, okay, okay, we will postpone if there's no objections, then line item 21, point 16, for one week. All right, for the president's report on standing committee referrals and other matters for the budget Finance and Audit standing committee,
one report from the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget,
the one report will be referred to the budget Finance and audit standing committee for the internal operations, standing
committee 14 reports from various city departments.
The 14 Report reports will be referred to the internal operations, standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services. Standing Committee
six reports from various city departments.
The six reports will be referred to Committee for planning and development. Standing
Committee, 13 reports from various city departments. The 13
reports will be referred to the Planning and Economic Development Committee for the public health and safety. Standing Committee,
nine reports from various city departments.
The nine reports will be referred to the public health and safety committee.
Madam President, yes, ma'am, we have received notice a request through OCP if they can walk on contract. It's eight contracts in total due to the neighborhood community services, standing committee meeting, not meeting Thursday, as well as the Planning and Economic Development standing committee not meeting Thursday, due to the Juneteenth holiday, and they're requesting to walk on eight amended contracts move to new business for a vote today.
Have those been passed out?
We do not have copies. We this was just sent to me, so I wasn't aware to just now
through the chair, yes, yes, through the chair. These are actually under the referrals that director star has been socializing with council prior to today. And they are line items 25.4 under NCS and 26.2 through 26.8 under the Planning and Economic Development Committee.
Tim, you were aware of that?
Okay? Pro Tim,
President, move to send to new business line items. What's that? 25 point 4.4, through 26.8
25.4 and then 26.2 through 26.8
Yes, that's correct.
Okay, madam president line item, 25.4 falls under neighborhood and President Pro Tem Tate, my items is 26.2 through 26.8 are the contracts through planning,
right? So he motion to move those all to new business, okay? And then we can take up them separately. So let's start with planning and development. The 25.4 i That's neighborhood. Madam President, neighborhood. Call me member Young's committee.
Member young a resolution, line item 25.4 Thank
you. Madam President, I moved to approve line item 25.4
you can just read what the contract is. Madam Clerk, yes,
I can, Madam President, line item 25.4
is contract number 6006033. Dash a one 100%
ARPA funding to provide a time only extension for project and grant management services for the neighborhood science project contractor Space Lab developments incorporated total contract amount $512,500 and that's the general services. Council member young a resolution.
Thank you, Mayor, President, Move to approve line item 25.4,
okay, just what was the urgency on this? On this item?
The reason why they moved this now is because if they waited for it to go to committee through the normal process, we have a holiday, so we won't be able to take it up. That's what we're taking this up now, understood,
but what's the urgency to get it done? We couldn't pull it out Tuesday during session. You better way.
Yes, through the Chair, I do see director star has just joined us, if we can promote her,
and if everyone has been socialized, that's fine. I just, I guess I'm just didn't understand what the urgent book
was. The Good afternoon through the chair. We have a number of contracts, eight contracts that are scheduled for referral to Thursday committees, Ped and NCS, and because they expire June 30, and we need to make sure that approval is before the 30th, which is on a Monday, and they would not be voted on until July one, which is after the expiration deadline. We're seeking approval to ensure that we have the extensions in time
because of the June 30 deadline. Okay, yes, even though next Tuesday, we could have technically still voted before the June 30 deadline. They could as well, next Tuesday as well.
Yes, it could be voted next Tuesday with a waiver or today. Okay,
okay, just wanted to be clear and everyone has received information. Member, younger, okay, any discussion on this item, 25.4 this is just an extension of time.
Okay. Is there any objections?
Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved for 25.4
Madam Clerk, I
it council president pro tem Tate seven resolution line item 27.2 was contract number 6004674,
dash a three 100%
ARPA funding to provide a time Only extension for to support down payment assistance program for prospective home buyers to purchase a home in the city of Detroit. Total contract amount 240,000
that's for housing and revitalization. Contract Number 6004781,
dash, eight, two. Total contract amount 300,000 that's for housing and revitalization. Contract Number 6004900, dash eight, two. Total contract amount, 2,875,000 that's for housing and revitalization. Contract number 6006457, dash a one, total contract amount, $1,633,333.33 $3,333.33 cent that's for housing and revitalization. Contract number 6005783, dash, a one total contract amount, $3,166,666.67
cent that's for housing and revitalization. Contract Number 6005222,
dash eight, two. Total contract amount, 168,000
housing revitalization and last contract is contract number 6005146, dash, a one, total contract amount, 333,400 that's for housing and revitalization Council, President Pro Tem Tate, seven resolutions.
Thank you, Madam Clerk, President Pro Tem Tate and
President, I move approval of the resolutions as mentioned by Madam Clerk.
Any discussion,
any objection,
hearing, no objections, the resolutions will be approved.
Any waivers broken, a request for waivers on those items? Madam President, okay.
Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to the items.
Madam President, yes, thank you. There's a request for waivers on line items. Eight point excuse me, 18.1 through 18 point 12. I'm not seeing the sense of urgency on all of those for the waiver, and I'm I'm hold close and dear to my heart the ability for us to wave or excuse me, to reconsider our vote as needed, so someone can come before us and provide us with information as to why the request for waivers. So I do, so I'll say, first of all, I do understand the one for 18 point 11. So request for waiver, my lineup, 18 point 11, please. It's the master plan.
Okay, any objections to 18 point 11? A waiver attachment, hearing none that actually will be taken.
Thank you. Through you, madam president, again to mr. Washington, someone can explain the necessity for the waivers, because there's many times they're requested, but not sure why they're what we need to waive our right to reconsider on these items.
Yes, through the chair.
My apologies, sorry.
I thought I heard someone speaking through the chair. If we could request for items 18.1 through 18.3 and 18 point 12, those would be the only request. Initially, the other requests were for the ARPA contracts and the June 30 deadline, but given that we do have that additional week, we can wait without having those waivers added. And
again, it was 18.1 through 18.3
Yes, yes, and 18 point 12. And I believe we do have, I'm good with them.
That's kind of what I was seeing. And see that huge block that needed waivers. So Madam President, request for waiver for line item, 18.1 through 18.3 please
any objections to a waiver on those items.
Hearing none waivers will be attached and
present. Yes, further request for a waiver in line item 18, point 12, please.
Any objections?
Okay. Hearing no objections. Waiver will be attached.
Thank you. Thank you.
First getting waived
on, was there a waiver on 25.4
Madam Clerk, 25.4
Madam President, no, it was not
okay. Any objections,
hearing, none that action will be taken
under the consent. Madam President, yes, my apologies. Before you proceed, I'd like to request a waiver on line item 17, point 15.
Any objections I
Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to that
under the consent agenda, there are no items. Madam President, right? We will call now for member reports council member Vincent,
thank you. Looking forward to Thursday's Juneteenth celebrations at the Charles H right, we will have a day full of Juneteenth celebrations. Great way to celebrate freedom day. Looking forward to our 10:30am Juneteenth bike ride. This will be a nine mile bike ride from Charles H right down to the river to see a number of Juneteenth, Juneteenth Detroit cultural locations along the riverfront, as well as the Dequindre Cut check in on site. Registration starts at 9:30am
and runs through 10:25am
we'll be leaving from the pedestrian bridge. Registration will be there as well, hoping to see everyone there. We're looking for about 100 cyclists to leave from the Charles H Wright on eight mile ride from the Charles H Wright to the river and then back to the right up the Dequindre Cut. So please and you can register online for off site registration. Looking forward to seeing everybody there. And this is a inclusive bike ride, so all skill levels are welcome. It's being hosted by the 313 cyclones, the Charles H Wright museum African American history my office, as well as the Detroit greenways coalition and supported by trek Detroit and Detroit slow roll. Thank you. All
right. Thank you. Member Benson. Member durho.
Thank you. And just inviting everyone to join us for our third annual fund in the park on Friday, July 18, 2025, again, this is our third annual fund in the park on July 18, 2025 which will be on a Friday, from 1pm to 6pm again, that will be from 1pm to 6pm this year, we are going to have it at retirement minock Park, between minock and Auburn, one of our newest parks in the d7 so we're inviting all of our residents out to join us for fun, games, music and activities. This is a great summertime event that we normally have, where we come together and enjoy ourselves as well. So again, we'll look forward to seeing you July 18, which is on a Friday, between 1pm to 6pm at our third annual fund in the park, and we will also be sending this correspondence out via text, email, as well as other methods. Thank you.
All right. Thank you, Council Member waters,
thank you, Madam President, just to
still trace task forces tomorrow, June 18, four to 6pm it is the last one until September. There will be nothing for July and August. Four to 6pm focus, hope 1400 Oakman Boulevard. Focus, hope 1400 Oakland Boulevard. And that's tomorrow, June 18, from four to 6pm Thank
you. Thank you. Member waters, member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President. Just want to share with everyone in District Four that our bike rides are kicking off on Thursday, June 19, on Juneteenth, at 6pm our meeting location is across the street from the ninth precinct on Gratiot and Gunston. We are looking forward to having a nice, robust crowd. We will also have the ghetto train there joining us, for anyone who does not have a bike who'd like to join us within the route to take a look at all things that are happening throughout District Four. So again, that is Thursday, Juneteenth, at 6pm across the street from the ninth precinct at Gratiot and Gunston. And then on Friday, we have our job fair taking place from 10am until 2pm in conjunction with the Detroit at work career center, the Payne Pulliam school on East Warren, at 18017 East Warren. So if you know someone who's looking for a job, we've been asking all organizations that have come before city council that are opening up, facilities opening up or creating job opportunities to be there at the job fair. So if you know someone looking for a job, please tell them to stop by, pay us a visit, and we can help them with getting a job that day. So again, that is Friday, June 20, from 10am until 2pm and and also, just want to say a special thank you to Chief Judge Bill mechanical for joining us yesterday evening, as well as Sandra Bucha from the Wayne County Register of Deeds office, we talked about landlord and tenant rights, as well as safeguarding your deed from fraudulent activity. So special. Thank you to them for showing up yesterday evening. Thank you Madam President,
thank you council member Johnson. Member Pro Tem Tate. Thank you pro Tim. Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, just inviting d6 presidents to don't to join Team GSRs, monthly office hours. We will be at Kemeny rec center next Monday, June 23 from four to 6pm we'll be joined by DPW and B seed, and want to invite folks to join us next Thursday, June 26 at 11am for coffee, counseling, conversation. We're going to be at Michigan central in the study. If you have not been to Michigan Central, yet, it is beautiful. We welcome you to join us, to come with your questions, updates on what's going on the district. We hope to see you there. Thank you, Madam President, thank you member young Yes,
sir. Thank you, Madam President.
We are starting our produce giveaway at bustle Family Center tomorrow 12 noon. That is 12 noon at bustle. Family Center at 7737, kerchable near Van Dyke. Again, that's 12 o'clock at bustle Family Center at seven, 737, kerchable near Van Dyke. I also would like to thank Council Member Benson for all of his hard work, director Jason watt of the Coleman a young International Airport where the dpscd Davis aerospace High School will be re opening. We were all out there yesterday to celebrate the reopening with Dr VD board president, Coletta, Doctor Coletta Vaughn and board member Doctor Sherry gay dagnogo. It was an awesome event, a very triumphant event. I really enjoyed participating in it. Thank you so much, Madam President, that is my member report. Alright. Thank you so much. Member Young.
Just want to thank everyone for making our 12th annual occupy the corner Detroit an event, a very successful event, to all of our city departments and sponsors for showing up. We gave over 400 bikes, tons of resources and empowerment for the community over at the Comey young play field. So thank you, Detroit for making it a success. For 12 years, we had an amazing time and again. Want to thank all of the city departments that came up, came out to connect our residents with the resources on the spot. I just want to remind everyone that there are tons of Juneteenth events taking place on Thursday, June, June 19, the city of Detroit will be hosting their annual flag raising ceremony at 11am at Spirit Plaza, and also the annual 313, run with Henry Ford Health and we run 313. Will take place again this year at 1/4 place, I will be participating again with we run 313, their annual Walk Run in partnership with Henry for health for Juneteenth will be this Thursday at 6pm a reminder that the committees will be canceled this week for Neighborhood and Community Services and planning and development and observance of Juneteenth one this upcoming Thursday. All right, that will conclude all of my member reports moving along to adoption without committee reference,
a report on approval proceedings by the mayor
under communications from the clerk.
I'm sorry, madam president, there were no items under communications from the clerk, a report on approval proceedings by the mayor. The report will be the
report will be received and placed on file under testimonial resolutions, is special privilege council
member Benson, a resolution, line item 32.1
council member Benson, motion to approve
Hearing no objections. The one resolution. will be approved. If there is nothing else to come before us today. Is there a motion to adjourn. All right, this meeting will stand adjourned. Everyone have a great day.