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Speaker 1

00:01

Okay, motion, please. So moved for All in favor, all opposed Hearing none arrest. All right now

Unknown Speaker

00:15

we can go back to number one. This is series of three,

Speaker 2

00:31

limited something totally

Speaker 1

00:42

different. People have had different experiences. Which you happen to be here? So thank you guys.

Unknown Speaker

01:00

First up are a series of three title

Speaker 3

01:05

agencies. With your permission, Erica, I can brief on the first five and then, of course, entertain any questions that the Board may have. The first four resolutions are a series of proposed amendments to agreements with title companies that this board approved back in 2022 they were two year agreements with the one year renewal option. The team is hoping to get Board approval this morning to exercise that one year renewal option for agreements with Turco e title red carpet and first American after the end of this one year, renewal option these services will again be RFP. I know John has already given her the marching orders to begin that RFP process come early spring of 2015 and then the fifth resolution for your consideration also is, is a title agreement renewal. This one is slightly different, not subject to the same RFP. This agreement is with liberty and West core. This board may recall that it approved a title services and Pesco agreement back in 2017 this company is the entity that ensures our nap judgment so very important to the to the business of the land bank, and those are the first five of your considerations. Are happy to answer any questions at this

Unknown Speaker

02:36

point, sort of a random question, do you still have that

Unknown Speaker

02:40

deposit with with West core, yes, which

Unknown Speaker

02:47

still remains untouched.

Unknown Speaker

02:49

It remains untouched. Never had

Unknown Speaker

02:51

a single matter.

Unknown Speaker

02:52

That is a great point that Jenny makes so far this question.

Speaker 1

03:02

Okay, program, possible, not complaining. You think, after a certain number of years, like 10,

Unknown Speaker

03:28

the risk clearly, there isn't one fair and assurance.

Speaker 1

03:34

Okay, so let's take these in any questions. First of all, for Gabriel, the first four are really identical to just picking up the one year option, and they have to come before us because of the dollar. Pretty simple. All right, could I have a motion on Turco? All in favor? Opposed, hearing none. Sherpa carries. Could I have a motion

Unknown Speaker

03:55

on favor?

Unknown Speaker

03:59

Opposed? Hearing none. Title,

Unknown Speaker

04:03

red carpet, file,

Unknown Speaker

04:05

motion, please

Unknown Speaker

04:10

all in favor opposed hearing

Unknown Speaker

04:18

non First Americans. First item, nine, it's

Speaker 1

04:28

Liberty, liberty and Westport, right, but I have a motion for liberty and West watch favor. Opposed Hearing none Liberty

Unknown Speaker

04:42

all. Okay, rev legal sounds like you. I

Unknown Speaker

04:45

think we got to speak again. Eric,

Speaker 3

04:48

this is an agreement with Rev legal. Also sometimes this entity provides title formation services. So. For the program. There is an existing agreement that the board approved, and we are seeking to we are seeking approval to extend the current agreement by another one year period, taking us to the fall of 2025 and increasing the cap by a total of 400,000

Speaker 1

05:25

essential for the natural question I have motion please favor

Unknown Speaker

05:34

from the title

Speaker 1

05:37

opposed Hearing none six of is Salesforce sounds regimen,

Speaker 4

05:49

yes, payment for our annual librarian that includes all of our licensing and so it is comprehensive for Salesforce. We also have a it's not a part of this, but sometimes we use Galvan as well, but

Speaker 1

06:06

the backbone of everything, absolutely, a lot of people even outside of the plan. All right, any questions about Salesforce motion, please support all in favor hearing about Salesforce resolution. Next step is the provides all of our maintenance preservation services. Switched to a omnibus agreement for all the different contractors some years ago, and it was incredibly efficient, and Richard approved. And so what more could you help? So who's going to speak

Speaker 4

06:40

to them with the omnibus permit, as you said, it is related to our property preservation, debris, long inspections, and it covers our maintenance team. It also covers Veronica and property rehabs as well as inspection and planning and analysis. So we have, I want to say it's just two things, this agreement in the sum amount, the total amount is line by line, what's allocated in our budget. So these numbers do not exceed what is in our budget. So therefore it will always be that this is within the FY 25 budget that is attacked, that is been adopted. The second thing that I wanted to point out, and I will say at the urging of board members at each committee member at each committee meeting, is to ensure that as the land bank, we are continuing to engage and provide an opportunity for Small businesses, minority businesses, women owned businesses dismantled to contract and do work with the land. So that has been a focus, and it does remain a focus. So as you look at the amount of allocation, amount of allocation to all there's some things that it represents a Detroit businesses that started with the land bank a few years ago, their work and their capacity has increased, and so some of these numbers are going to push them to increase their capacity, but it is more of an equal distribution of those budget amounts amongst all contractors that have been working in the city of Detroit, and at least six out of the nine are In the city of Detroit, representing about $1.3 million of this budget. However, we can continue to do more. We will continue to do more to engage units. Continue to do more to engage smaller contractors, to look at potentially subcontracting with these organizations. We've pushed one of our outside Detroit organizations to provide us data on the companies that they subcontract within the city of Detroit as well. So we're making sure that, again, Detroit is the focus, and we're focused on keeping dollars within the city when we can. Last thing is that these contracts, though, are looking at these capacity I mean these amounts because of capacity. Quite candidly, our budget this year is one stretch to do cleanups, and we have to have the capacity to be able to do them, to get them literally because, you know, selling is each LA to go the next. We have to continue to keep that, you know, keep that in mind and keep that focus. But as we have people distribute each opportunities, I would say the opportunity to do better at contract management to make sure that we can get it done for a fair distribution

Speaker 5

09:30

of the work the company that we're speaking about, in regards to asking for, regards to the self contracting, what's the timeline with

Speaker 4

09:41

you guys? They have responded. They immediately responded upon again the question I just got it this morning. I haven't gone through it, but it does have it does have Detroit business, not just individual businesses as contractors for like, tone, things of that nature. So I did receive it, but I have not fully gone through it yet. I did look and it does happen Detroit.

Speaker 5

10:03

I think that going forward, next year, I would like to see it going straight to seven out of state.

Unknown Speaker

10:07

I think having 11 years, a lot of these companies didn't

Speaker 1

10:20

exist to me, exist. Because of planning. Yeah, it was initially entirely the only one was an out of state company because we weren't fully mature identifying people who were very small at the time. I That's why, and that's one unstated purpose of the land bank, but one that's doing a great job,

Speaker 5

10:50

because five brothers were, you know, one of the contractors before, and I understand that, you know, the other company purchased it. So of course, they're out of state. Now, today, I like to see the Michigan workers get that money.

Speaker 4

11:05

And this isn't they're not in located with where she did reach out to them. They did say that when the company was bought, they did retain all of them, but that, I mean, I'm just there, that's what they responded but it doesn't speak to it's not saying that they're all Detroiters or anything like that, but I am saying that they didn't take it all out of the state of Michigan, but

Speaker 5

11:30

if they did take half of it, laid off half of their people, okay, and took it to other states.

Speaker 1

11:47

Right? Any further questions for Reginald or anyone else, can I have a motion? Please? Favor All opposed. Do next up is iron bow technology.

Speaker 4

12:16

Iron bow, it is owning communication system that we are looking at. So I would like to first speak to the basis, or the reason for change. And I know we presented to the Board several years ago, the bondage and all of this. And then, as I, as I stated previously, couple of covid happened, and we realized that we had a system that was greatly reliant on and where Vonage did help us realize that we got a lot of calls, we were able to track those calls. And you know, through that, and the combination of Greenbelt recognized that while we we never knew that we had the volume of eight, almost 8000 calls annually, and although we got that called volume and the time that they're on the phone, down efficiencies did not, or do not currently have a system that is a communication system like as Tammy mentioned, that has the ability to utilize some AI features, technology, things like that. So and you know, even though we are in the office, many of us are not as reliant on the use of telephone sitting on the desk as much as we are used to, but utilize the phone system or Salesforce or something like that. So the team, and there's been a team that's worked on this worldwide, because, as quite candidly, this was during last fiscal year, and Tammy said, I need you guys to go back, do more loser, because we just got bondage. Like, why are we making this change? And that, coupled with the results of our Greenbelt review, demonstrated that we needed a better way to communicate with our constituents, and so through their recommendation, I think, and the internal team has been working, they made this complete recommendations for improv, and we looked at three systems for like finalists, and it wasn't just on cost, but just cost and the ability to tie into other systems. And the team recommended ironfo, as they believe that ironfo will be able to do this, there will be implementation costs, but the cost for maintaining the system or having the system over the next three years is consistent with the cost that we've had for bondage over these last

Speaker 5

14:44

the one that we were testing last year with the voice calls back,

Unknown Speaker

14:50

and they kept raising their prices like they kept changing, kept changing prices. Had for about three years. No longer I

Unknown Speaker

15:04

no longer remember. I

Unknown Speaker

15:08

remember one of the few people in the office I would just go around using the phone. I

Unknown Speaker

15:20

off. I would just go around using the phone

Speaker 4

15:26

for those so that that it was, and that was the thing. It was not all comprehensive into one system. It was like sales for this marries all of those

Unknown Speaker

15:40

types, some of the impossible

Speaker 1

15:42

to add. Some of the things told us that Google was trying to sell us a chat

Unknown Speaker

15:46

box all around

Unknown Speaker

15:50

and in the detailed contract talks about call center. Our call center is our front desk, right?

Unknown Speaker

16:04

The services that provide our front desk, folks our

Unknown Speaker

16:12

service. Okay? So they have a different setup, what

Speaker 3

16:13

we might think of as the switchboard, I think, is our call Central Services.

Unknown Speaker

16:20

They were talking about number of particular number of

Unknown Speaker

16:29

lines,

Unknown Speaker

16:31

I think it's software and the hardware.

Speaker 1

16:36

And how does it marry sales? I at

Unknown Speaker

16:50

the time speed Dina's trying to

Speaker 1

17:06

anybody else have questions about hire? All right, could I have a motion please? Okay, but just to develop an agreement with Nicole, possibly about Nichols

Speaker 6

17:25

property development. Martin, yes, I am on this morning everyone. I'm going to just share my screen so you can see the deal sheet. So this is a lot beautification submitted to us by McNichols property development LLC. They want to purchase six properties on bloom and buffalo. If you look at the map here, they own all of these properties, except this one right here. But they own this commercial building they own a lot surrounded the commercial building is going to be a multi use building. One use being a cafe, and so they are in the process of renovating that building and building out also office space. They would like to purchase these six lots on Buffalo and bloom to do a lot beautification. They do plan to fence in those properties. They do plan to clean it out, plant some trees and some shrubs and some other landscaping items are going to be on those lots. Here is the building that they own, and the lots around it, over here and right across the street here on this photo and this photo, you can see the properties that they would like to purchase on both bloom and buffalo. Are there any questions about this?

Unknown Speaker

18:54

Hearing? None. Could I have a motion, not

Unknown Speaker

18:57

property? So moved

Speaker 1

18:59

all in favor, opposed Hearing none Nicole's resolution is about. Next up is

Unknown Speaker

19:08

Habitat for Humanity. Yes,

Unknown Speaker

19:10

I'll present that one as well.

Speaker 6

19:17

So this is Habitat for Humanity. They are looking to purchase two vacant lots on Lake. Point, 48204826, they will be combining these lots into one lot to build one single family home structure. They have a pipeline of folks who are going through their home buyer education workshop, so they will pull from that pool of people, folks who are eligible to now purchase a home those, whoever they select, will have to put in the 150 hours of sweat. Equity, which is a traditional habitat contribution by the new homeowners. The construction cost for this one house is about $266,000 this project is actually part of a much larger project that they're doing over here in the Morningside neighborhood council district number four, I don't think there's any other information. They do have mission of funding. So right after this board meeting, should our board approve this resolution? They will actually be closing with us on these properties tomorrow so that they can close on their funding with vishta. Are there any questions?

Speaker 1

20:50

Sounds like a terrific project, and I we have an awful lot of land around there, so hopefully they will continue to work that street in that area. Right? Any other questions for the habitat project. Hearing none could I have a motion? Please? All in favor, opposed hearing on the habitat project. Next second, Rachel Nelson and Joseph Provo, good

Unknown Speaker

21:18

morning. Morning

Unknown Speaker

21:31

renovation of a former church in the village. The piece of this before the board is because it's a regular sale. Who is renovating the extensive historic

Unknown Speaker

21:56

breaking up

Unknown Speaker

22:00

helps with you. Yeah,

Speaker 1

22:02

you were fine before, and now, since you put your camera on, I think we've all got Thank You for trying to share the screen, but

Unknown Speaker

22:08

I'll mess up this out. Yes, now speak

Unknown Speaker

22:14

is the renovation of that

Unknown Speaker

22:17

church? Can you hear me? No, do

Speaker 1

22:28

it. Just can't seem to get them to wing it. I only know this one because

Speaker 7

22:37

we've been living with it for many, many years. We've opposed it two or three times. Yes, this is at crenible, seminal church. We sold it the first time. And this is then we tried to sell it again to friends, the Quakers that fell through. And so this is a couple, I think they're both architects. They actually went ahead and presented to historic just to get some of the primitive, because there was some issues about whether what was actually going to get approved. So for us, we felt like got historic approval first, and then we're all good, because that's so and they did, I guess they did that. We signed a purchase agreement pending historic approval. So historica located, they offered us the full 399, offer price. And so we're very, very excited about this.

Speaker 1

23:32

But it happens to be beautiful. It's beautiful going to somebody, and it's

Speaker 7

23:37

going to be acceptable, we hope, to the community is going to be a residence, and the last time it was parent, no babies, no boogers, nothing. It was now it's just, it's just, suppose they're going to convert it to a resident. So everyone should be happy. It

Speaker 5

23:53

was supposed to help here, that they wasn't friends.

Speaker 7

23:59

Yes, the Quakers, they wanted to keep it at church, but then they were in discussions with a woman from the neighborhood who wanted oak woodland process building and that the community found out. And they were writing Tami letters and council member President Sheffield letters about no children, traffic, danger, danger. Oh, wow. It is. Wow.

Unknown Speaker

24:27

Beautiful. Sounds like the end.

Unknown Speaker

24:33

I know we should install a tour. We should write that into the agreement, perhaps.

Speaker 1

24:50

So could I have a motion? Any other questions on this church hearing that, could I have a motion to Rachel Nelson and Joseph Tropo? So All in favor, all opposed here, none, yes, congratulations. All right, next up is BSy Real Estate Investments LLC.

Unknown Speaker

25:22

All right, I can be

Speaker 5

25:28

called. I can just do it on this phone. Oh, yeah, could you do it on your phone?

Speaker 1

25:34

I just don't. What number would you call us? Come in on Zoom, right.

Unknown Speaker

25:43

Click the Zoom off the phone,

Speaker 5

25:47

if they mute his zoom and then just show the deal.

Speaker 8

26:11

I remember this one also espy real estate, all right, so this one is a vacant lot that these developers want to take and turn into a parking lot and do some improvements in the alley. They have the support of midtown Inc. They have previous renovation experience with the dlba on some single family homes and duplexes they own adjacent shipping container development that has shared food report on Peterborough, and they hope to actually also develop a hotel on the adjacent site on Peterborough, that this parking would also help support any

Unknown Speaker

26:58

questions I have a motion on Psy, favoring that the Psy is the listing and say, Hello, 6543 what?

Speaker 9

27:15

Item? 14, very much. Mirror back. Pattern 16, forgot to teachers, winner, have lots that make sense to us and to our colleagues actually list sidewalk programs and exceed the size of the sideline policy. Let's get one of the policy on the normal environment and sales process, knowing that they are

Speaker 1

27:44

the first but one of those is 65.3 West motion, so most four, all In favor, opposed hearing. None was approved. Next questions, motion, all in favor, opposed hearing none. 4767 roads, green law and the last one is transfer 50 WSD, is

Speaker 9

28:17

it a transfer to the city's water department? To about 13 acres of green stormwater infrastructure in the Brighton University water partners, a multi year long time study, there's a lot of engagement, working with lots of modern city agencies to pay others and area, perfect opportunity to try to achieve small monitoring experience was My flooding downstream basement for future past November, 29 parcel, project

Unknown Speaker

29:12

where they had a lot of land

Speaker 1

29:16

going to narrow it down, decide, because I know they were Studying, trying to decide exactly part

Speaker 9

29:20

of that Study. Fix, just been a long

Speaker 1

29:40

process to process. Okay, questions about the transfer to DWSD, but I have a motion, please all in favor opposed hearing on the DWSD project was advised by council that we have nothing on. Camp closed session. So I will take functions

Unknown Speaker

30:12

and adjourn our food. Still long.

Unknown Speaker

30:13

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