All right. Good morning, everyone. We will now call to order the regular session for Tuesday, June the third. And Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
Council member Scott Benson.
Customer Fred duhall, the third
customer, Leticia Johnson, present
council member romero present
council member Mary Walters,
Council Member Angela Whitfield Holloway,
Council Member Coleman Young the second
house. President, pro Tim James Tate.
President, you have a quorum present, madam. President,
all right, there being a quorum present. We are in session, and we have joining us. Pastor, Spencer Ellis, of citadel of praise, who will lead us in our invocation for this morning. Morning, he is joining us virtually. Good morning. Pastor, good morning. God bless you. Can you all? Yes, we can hear you. Okay,
well, thank you all for having me, and I'll just lead us in prayer on this wonderful morning, Father, in the name of Jesus, Lord, we just stop to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you for waking us up this morning. Thank you for starting us on our way. Thank you for life, health and strength. Thank you for grace and mercy. Because of your grace and mercy, we are here another day, a day that we don't deserve to see. But because of Your grace and mercy, we're here on today, and as we convene on today, Father, I just pray for each individual, each council member, as we convene today, I pray for clarity of mind. I pray for compassion in their decisions. I pray for a commitment to serving the greater good of Detroit Lord, I pray that they be mindful, to be respectful of each other, that their actions be just, and their priorities reflect the needs of our city and our communities. Bless each
Israel with integrity, vision and courage.
Valentina, he said, greater than our path, because you
put these wonderful individuals in their perspective, places and their position. We thank You, Lord. We pray for you for unity in our great city, Lord, we just commit everything into your hands, because we know that with you, all things are possible, and without you, we can't do nothing. So bless us and we commit and we bow to your name on today in Jesus name, we pray amen.
Amen. Thank you so much, Pastor Ellis. We love you deeply. We appreciate all that you do Detroit in our city and within your church. So thank you so much for blessing us this morning, and I'm sure you feel
free to do so when you have Por favor, Santa, keep with a kid. All
right, we have three presentations this morning, and so for those who are wishing to make a public comment, please make sure you raise your hand at this time, we will be cutting off public comment after our three presentations this morning. Our first presentation is from council member Callaway, so I will turn the floor over to you.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam President, and good morning everyone.
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Thank you to Council Member Santiago Romero and member Callaway for those presentations. And we have one more presentation before us, and that is going to be strive so those who are here for the presentation can join us here at the podium. Applause. Ron,
hello council president Sheffield and distinguished President Pro Tem Tate and the esteemed colleagues on city council. I'm Ron Stefanski, a local workforce advocate for Inclusive Workforce Development. I've had the privilege of working with the strive organization for over eight years with the Department of Labor to bring their services to communities in need. And I have the privilege of introducing Jonathan bonauto, the Vice President of Strategy for strive, and the directors of public policy van John Van Freeman and Nirmala. Singh, thank you so much for granting us this opportunity.
Thank you, Madam President and fellow council members. We really appreciate the time to speak to you all today. I'll just brief what we're trying to do. Do today is tell you about our program strive, where we operate the last 41 years out of East Harlem, New York, and we're looking to bring our program here to Detroit, Michigan. If we can go to the next slide, I just want to, okay, so before just very briefly, what we are what we are trying to do today is, I just want to tell you a little bit about Vanessa. Bit about Vanessa. Vanessa represents our students perfectly. Vanessa came to us when college wasn't working for us because she had personal and family loss, and she felt a little lost. She felt like she needed something. She found the strive healthcare program. We connected her to career readiness, we connected her to occupational training, we connected her to all the supportive services that she needs. We want to bring that program here to Detroit to add to the amazing fabric of workforce systems that operate here out of Detroit already. Vanessa, once she graduated, she really started thriving from our program. She got a job in HR at Mount Sinai, one of the largest hospitals in New York, and then she continued to move on to additional jobs, and now she's working with people like her and her family as a financial patient coordinator. And this is just an example of the men of the over 80,000 people we've served across the country. And we just want you to be aware of our program. I'm going to turn it over to miles saying, just tell you a little bit more about you know, how we operate and what we're trying to do here in the city of Detroit. Thank you so much.
Thank you all for your time this morning. Why does our work matter? The US is facing a historic nationwide labor shortage, so even if all open positions in the country were filled, there would be at least 1 million jobs that would remain vacant and strive we're one of the nation's only workforce program that is backed by evidence based programming designed for populations that are facing multiple barriers. When our students come to us, about 86% of them are unemployed upon enrollment, about 83% of them receive some form of public assistance. 57% are housing insecure, and almost 50% are just as impacted, but upon completion of our program, 80% graduate, 75% attain employment, and 70% retain employment. In just one generation, we help carve out new futures for both our alumni and their families. We could go to the next slide. What strive provides is a pathway to possible. On the right hand side of the screen, you'll see our five pillar model, how we do this work, and the journey that each of our students follow. But what we provide is a pathway to life changing careers, opportunities, comprehensive, tuition free professional training, lifetime one on one, support and self empowerment for those who face societal barriers to advancement. I know we don't have a lot of time, but I just wanted to quickly share the 3p that strive believes in we believe in people, we believe in partnerships, and we believe in possibilities. For the strives roadmap to success. Again, I know we don't have a lot of time, but really quickly, each of our students goes through what we call our 10 to 12 weeks of active programming. But it doesn't end there. When they graduate our program, our students get support for their entire lives, whether it's financial wellness, digital literacy, and that program carries on as much or as for long as they would like. For our pathway, they start with career readiness, so getting them into the right mindset, getting ready to go back out into the workplace. Then they go to occupational training, so getting all the right credentials in skill on on demand, skills that are needed. They go to jump start and graduation. So they're preparing for what's next, interviewing, resume review. They go to job search. So we provide all the recruitment, all the things that they need to find that first job. And that ends our five pillar model. But that does not end our commitment to our students, because it's lifetime. So they go into our Alumni Services, where they can come back upskill, get new credentials, also just support life happens. We're there for our students from start until finish. Strive career pathways. So all of our pathways, we like to say, have pathways to high demand jobs. We're not just there to provide a job for someone. We're there to provide a career, something that has longevity, longevity that has mobility for them and their families, stackable credentials. Students can earn industry based certifications that not only guaranteed immediate job access, but also long term career growth. Work based learning opportunities, not just curriculum, but also just On Demand training, so when they graduate, they're ready to hit the ground running. Here are just some of our high demand industries, construction and skilled trades, healthcare and office administration, logistics and supply chain. We listed out all the occupations and certifications. Now we don't have a lot of time to care to cover them today, but just wanted you all to get a general sense of what each of our students do. So many of these buckets are so general, but they also allow our students to really thrive in whatever career paths that they would like our history and network. So we say Harlem roots, but national reach. We were founded like Jonathan mentioned a little over 41 years ago. So we primarily serve at New York City, but have branched out over the last couple of years. We were founded to really address chronic unemployment and poverty that really listed and lived in these underserved communities. However, since then, strive has grown to impact over 85,000 people across many cities in the United States, and our goal is to bring that here to Detroit. You so I will say one of the three Ps partnerships, we can do this work without our partners, and we always like to any chance we get uplift our partners and all the work that they do. So you can see on here. It's just a brief summary of some of our partners who either help our students through employment opportunities, either through funding or resources that they provide. So just wanted to give a shout out to all of our partners that helped make this work possible. And now I'm going to turn it back to my colleague to tell you about striving Detroit. So
just very briefly, very much. Thank you. We've spent the last year really getting to know Detroit. We know there's a lot of amazing programs here already operating, and what we want to do is work in partnership with them. There is a robust and growing healthcare sector here for clinical and non clinical. We've talked to the hospital systems. They are looking for programs like us to work in partnership the Detroit the regional report, the regional Detroit employment coalition, led by Jamie Powell, we were working with in court and with them, because we find that if we don't do we're hearing from employers. There's so many great programs that they need to be better coordinated. And we coordinated, and we don't want to add to that confusion. We want to work alongside we're also hearing that employability, what some people call soft skills, is the thing that employers need most, and that's the thing that we we know from our hospital partners all across the country and other industries, we help people not just stay get jobs that retain and stay in their jobs. We help them navigate their challenges, but more importantly, navigate their how to continue to move. We focus on economic mobility. We don't want people just get that one job. We want them to do and we need and in order to do that here in Detroit, which we know is well needed it, we need to do this in partnership with all the amazing organizations, DSC, the city council, the mayor, and all the other local organizations already doing this great work. That's really, what we really want to do, is just make you all aware of us today. We've been working on it. We've had Ron, we've had a lot of other people who are on the ground helping us get to know some of this amazing fabric. Want to make you aware of us today. We're going to still be here. We're going to still be working through it, through the next administration, and we're very, very excited. Thank you all for the time today.
Yes. So I'm here today to kind of like, help answer any questions that you may have about strive. As a director of public policy, I've worked on the other side and been in various administration at the federal, state and local level, and can kind of answer some of the questions that you have. Like, what's the difference between strive and other organizations? Why should we look at strive and its model? What makes it better than other entities that are currently here, and I can really help shed light on that. What's the difference that strive has? As we like to say, What's the special sauce from strive, from the federal government and the grants we receive there, the state and local grants that we receive as well? So we're here to answer your questions that you may have about the strive model and how we plan to work with local organizations. You
just stated about four questions right there, so you might as well just go ahead and answer them. Those are great questions. I mean,
go ahead and I think the main thing that makes strive, the difference is the job readiness piece. Drop job readiness piece, as Jonathan mentioned, strive focuses on the whole person. So whenever you get ready to take the course. It's not just about credentialing. It's about understanding who the person is. So we deal with breaking down barriers. We make sure that they that they address things like transportation, childcare. How do you address conflicts at work? Sometimes people are coming from certain neighborhoods and in certain environments to where they don't know how to deal with conflict at work, where they don't know how to deal with how do I then Manage coworkers and up and managers? How do I deal with childcare outside of that? What are things that I can do? How do I need address? So those are the things that strive address on the front end, but it actually provides those services throughout the certification process. So as we work with individuals and achieving their certification and obtaining it, we address these problems so it deals with retention rate, both in the certification process and after the certification process. Councilman Santiago may understand this by being a social worker, that a lot of the barriers that people face are not addressed when they're receiving certifications and then they're dropped off after they receive certification. So you may get a job, but you may not know how to manage your budget. Strive offers that counseling and those coursework say, how do you how do you manage your budget? How do you deal with housing? How do you get an apartment? How do you get a house? How do you now manage this new level of social status that you have in getting a job, and it doesn't drop off after 90 months. I mean 90 weeks, nine weeks, or even a year, it lasts for a lifetime. So we make sure that someone has this throughout their life, so that they continue to grow and develop and become a full person in the community.
Thank you so much. All right, any additional questions? Yes, Council Member Young, thank
you. Excellent presentation. Thank you. I just wanted to ask you, you're talking about people who are going through this process, do they get, like, a certificate after they're done? Yes, they
receive the job certification. So whatever industry track they're going in, so they still receive the certification. So as we mentioned, we work in partnership with local providers and obtain that certification. Strive essentially provides the health, provide the wraparound services, and working with local partners to make sure all these issues, whether it's expunging their record. So if they're trying to go on a clinical path and there are barriers to employment there, we help address those areas.
Okay, excellent. And then I want as so I'm assuming you also work with the unions as well, in terms of some of these trade jobs that nature. They're excellent. And then I want to ask you, are you working at all in terms of the technology space? Do you also provide, you know, social influence in training at all. Do you engage eSports at all? So when people you know help you know, because you know that's where a lot of young kids are going nowadays. Do you do that sort of thing at all? Crypto,
this is a differentiation in strive, and why I say it doesn't focus just on providing a credential so that you have a credential. It focuses on getting you in a career to where you have growth and development. Okay? Strive focuses on the healthcare, logistics and construction space, because we know those, that's what the that's the indication we got from employers where the most need is right now, okay, so they're providing those jobs, and where we see that need, we want to make sure, not only do you get a credential, but then you get a job, you get placement, and then you get career growth after that. So that's where strive focuses on now, as we engage local partners and other business leaders, if we hear and understand that there is a need in that area, that is something that we will look at, but right now, we focus just on these areas. Oh,
okay, so I see, so I'm going to say something be done. So correct me, if I'm wrong here. So basically, you're, you're kind of like a service provider meeting the needs of companies where they're at, yeah, and if they need to expand that, or they need to go on where it's like, you know, we have an issue with skills, because obviously here we have that issue in terms of middle wage jobs in Detroit, we'll fill that. We could be a provider for that too. But that's not what we're here right now. We're here right now is in health care, child care. So we're going to provide services in health care, and child care is that?
Yes, so that, again, that's kind of the difference that you see, that I that I've seen, was flexible and being most impactful is that it finds those areas in those industries, to where there is a serious need in jobs and job creation, and it meets that need. So therefore, you don't have a lot of individuals out here, participants with who've finished and have their certification but don't have a job attached to it.
Okay, okay, thank you. I appreciate
there's no additional questions. We appreciate your time and presentation, and we'll make sure we get a copy of that to all of my colleagues. And I had the privilege of meeting with Ron and you all before, very excited to see how we can maybe integrate some of this in the city. So I will continue those conversations. And thank you all for being here. Thank you. All right, thank you.
Thank you, Madam President, you as well, Ron,
thank you so much.
All right,
the Journal of the session of Tuesday May the 20th, will be approved. There being no reconsiderations or unfinished business. We will proceed to the budget Finance and Audit standing committee for the budget Finance and Audit standing committee
we approve from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The
one report will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit, standing committee for the internal operations, standing committee
for reports from various city departments,
before reports will be referred to the internal operations, standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services, standing committee
three reports from various city departments.
The three reports will be referred to the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee for the Planning and Economic Development, standing committee
21 reports from various city departments.
The 12 the 21 reports will be referred to the Planning and Economic Development standing campus, pro temp tape
for the public health and safety committee,
18 reports from various city departments.
The 18 reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee. We'll now move to the voting action matters under other matters, there are no items. Madam President,
under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials and agencies, there are no items. Madam President, all right, we will call now for public comment, and we are going to cut off our public comment as well for this morning, and we will start with Mr. Crawley, and everyone will have two minutes for public comment.
Mr. Crawley, you are first. I Hey.
No, I was texting my granddaughter. Yes, everybody apologize for the delay. Now we can get straight down to finish. Gabriella, Santiago, Mayor, you got to stop line up there on city council, the fair do all you cheated in I know it. Can prove it and demonstrate it too. 2021 election.
James Tate,
stay off the phone with Canisius, mom, her grandmother, my friend, you can't call her up and tell her I'm not the right representative. You cannot do that, and you shouldn't have done it in the first place. Now, Scott Benson, everybody never threatened you. I'm young blood, man from 1980 Brewster projects, straight off Joy road. I'm young blood. Everybody in this whole city knows that you're liar. I don't make threats. John iron outfit, the
apartment building next to the social club,
that's where I earned my bones at first two lives I ever saved when I was 15, was downtown in the projects, man. And I know who I know. And dodo was my dude. You hear that friend Dodo,
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And everybody that was down there had nothing but respect for him, and he had respect for me. Now, you and that freaky pastor that's locked up right now from, say, Suzanne's, I don't know what kind of combination y'all got, but Steve been lying. He didn't call the police over there, and I found out he was the one that did it. Now, Steve, we got a court case at 11 o'clock in front of the judge. There is no litigation going on. The judge made his ruling. James foster needs to send that compliance certificate. Thank you, Mr. Down to the people that issued a certificate of occupancy.
Thank you so much. Mr. Crowley, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir.
Miss. Betty Lyons, it
appears, and I hope I'm wrong that Tate Callaway powers, Whitaker Anderson are developing verbiage to limit or stop, stop, the right of free pre speech for petitioners, my repeat appearance is because there is no result in what I requested and no justice to the Return and cash of over $600 million yes, cash, no settlements or any food stamps, dollars of overpaid property tax. Dugan, evil Dana Nessel, evil Conrad mallet, evil with unclean hands, thievery and coveting money that belongs to the Detroit residents and should be investigated due to, while yet, giving away 10s of millions to millionaire Dan Gilbert, giving millions in free benefits to Mexican town and illegal border jumpers to make home with millions of dollars that belong to be the Detroit residents, young, even jumping ship to support Mexicans rather than support justice for the Detroit residents. He is silence. He is two faced Rashida Talib, another two faced person who has gone to Washington, DC to support the Muslims. She comes back and becomes closed mouth, refusing to speak for Detroit residents justice. Another two face and again I say, Remember Emmett Till and the others that are illegally still being murdered.
Thank you. Casey Peller, followed by Miss Williams.
Then morning Council members. I'm Casey Peller, resident in District Four, and Policy Manager at Detroit disability power here to deliver a little bit late, but big. Thank you all for your work on the budget. This past budget season, we had the opportunity to meet with our members a couple of weeks ago and have folks sign this, so if I could give this to maybe one of you to pass around to Council. Thank you so much for funding affordable housing, for funding accessible housing, for funding accessible public transit to get us some benches and shelters and accessibility upgrades at our bus stops, and thank you again so much for fully funding the Office of Disability affairs to be a true one stop shop for disabled Detroiters, for us to get our needs met here in the city and voice our concerns and our celebrations. So thank you so much again. Thank
you. Thank you so much for that.
Thank you so much. Miss Williams, followed by Cindy Darren,
hello, hi, everyone. Um through the Chair. Madam President, this is for you. Last week, when I was speaking about police officers living in these homeless shelters, you mentioned clay apartments. That was incorrect. The address I was at was 3426 Mac Avenue, NSO all women's facility. But like I said last week, your people apparently are not being honest with you. They're lying, and the people with the Detroit Police Department are lying also. So you you have people around you that that lie in this very deceitful people, wicked, wrongful doing people, if I've been coming up here for over almost nine months to this city council meeting, not including the board of commission meeting, you can check that internal affairs get all the documentation. Chief Warfield me complaining about officers living in these facilities, taking up bed spaces. You put a bid in to run for mayor. It's very unfortunate. I would love to see a woman get that office. That never happened in the city of Detroit. But if you had during the City Council, as you're the president, and you continue to tell me these lies and telling me that I do not know what I'm talking about, that's not acceptable. How can we trust anything to come out, madam president mouth, because you are the president of city council, and like I said, I would love for you to become the mayor, but in this position you are, you should do certain things. And I would have reached out myself to see what's going on. This woman. Keep coming up here, seeing the same thing. Somebody gotta be lying. That's like when your child be on the lust you take it with like a grain of salt. It's not acceptable. All these federal laws that's being broken in the city of Detroit, the city of corruption, is unacceptable. And
have a great day. Alright? Thank
you so much. Miss Williams, and let me just continue to say, I'm not saying that you don't know what you're talking about. I never said that, but what I do want to assure you is that we have looked into every single situation that you brought to our attention, and if you would like us to continue to do it, because you know if you're saying this out there, we want to make sure that we know where and how to report it. So we're here to work with you, Miss Williams, and anytime you let me know he did have someone go out to the location on that, this is what I'm saying. I don't want to shoot. It's not true. It's the people. Yeah, understand, understand, if
you couldn't get that position, okay, we
appreciate you. And again, Miss Williams, continue to send over any information you have to us, and we'll make sure we look into it for you. Okay, Cindy Dora, followed by Ronald foster
I came down yesterday. They started a parking lot on Peterborough at 498, that's that lot that's 50 foot wide, 190 long, and it's next to me. And then my neighbor's house, Susie wall, and then Detroit shipping, and then, but they're trying to, they got a grant for Chinatown, so I've been trying to fix up the house and the windows that start breaking, but at any anyhow, the thing is that I don't like if they're putting a parking lot next to me 22 inches. It seems to me, I think chunks, the owner of chunks. They own it, and they own the lot, and they own chunks. That was supposed to be that barbecue place. Originally, that's supposedly what they took that lot for. Instead of selling it to me for, they gave it to them for a chance of their money. But anyway, so what, what I want is a drainage field, and I can't get one. I've been trying. I've paid somebody $5,000 I didn't know it was going to wind up being that much, but he made so many trips trying to get the clay where he could get rid of it. To go that far. It saved money on that clay deposit, but it was a lot of time so and then I got river rock, and so they pushed that off this other lot recently, because they're starting this parking lot. I think if they're getting a tax break, they need that. Your policy needs to be if you're giving tax breaks, why don't you require stormwater? And they could give this stormwater to the 10 story apartment building, Heather Hall, right across the alley, even though the two different owners. But I know they can fix a program like that, because I've studied this, trying to get my own stormwater. And ohm came out. But I went, I can have a little fountain to take care
of, dry the water up,
but I need some help. I know you never answer me. Ms, Dara,
Mayor's office, even. Torres,
we're here to support. Ms Dyer, thank you.
Mr. Foster,
good morning to the President. Just a few things from a community perspective, I think that's important that you guys understand we don't want to plug and play whatever being plugged in that plan have been sitting around with 31% poverty for the last 10 years, we didn't get progress here these last few years by plugging and playing. You got progress here by creating new innovative opportunities and contributions from the community to bring progress in this city. And if you're not talking about continuing on with that route, then I don't think that the community want to hear too much more about continuing on with what's been going on that haven't been producing. Secondly, you know, we have to focus on development, development of people. I said it four years ago, three years ago, when they tried to come down with the district Detroit, I spoke up and said that we have to invest in the lives of people, not buildings. And I think since then, evidence have shown that the new buildings, whether it's county jail, we have suicides there, whether it's any of these other buildings here, and have not proved to change the lives, the internal core, the core values of people, and have not done anything to uplift the spirits of people, and we have to promote programs, ideologies and things that are going to uplift people and promote independence, not social dependency. I said that three years ago, and so we have to create opportunities be more proactive. Education is the forefront of this. We spoke on that for years. You know, the environment that it takes for kids to go to and fro, the despises and and bullying and, uh, crime and blight and everything else, all those are in the control of our elected officials in this city. Only thing outside of that control. It's a state, and they percentages. We have to do better. Thank you.
Thank you so much. Mr. Foster,
all right, we will go to those who have joined us virtually now.
Good morning, Madam President. There are 20 hands raised for public comment, and the first caller is Ahmed, good morning.
Good morning city council, Good morning President. Sheffield, thank you for your resolution calling for Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabri to halt property foreclosure in lieu of the IA Oh city study showing the lowest value homes are still being illegally over assessed. Secondly, how in the hell and the city dropped lawsuits of slum lords, Salome Jasser, Michael Kelly, father and son duo, Steven Hagerman and Steve according to the outlier article, the city was going after these slum Lords for unpaid light tickets, tenant complaints, etc, And and that's in real estate businesses that model profits over the people. How can you drop that lawsuit? Um, that that's irresponsible. You don't have no I want to answer today. Why did you drop the lawsuit against them? And then we shouldn't have to pay any more blight tickets? Uh, Sabri, we need you to stop the foreclosures right away. Stop them right now, because you know they're illegal. The coalition with Property Tax Justice is calling on Wayne County Eric supreme to halt the foreclosures in lieu of the study, unless the IA own study, unless his He's ignoring these facts, for all these slumlords to buy hundreds of property like these slumlords that you dropped the lawsuits on, is this a quid pro quo? Is this a, you know, a way to enhance and enrich the county with these slum Lords buying hundreds of properties. Slum Lords bought over 1000 properties from the tax foreclosures. This is illegal.
The next caller is Miko a William,
yes, hi, good morning. Yes, I want to speak as a resident, as a taxpayer, as a citizen, and also as someone who lived here all my life. What you nothing to do. You nothing to lie in the people's faces. You go up there to Mackinac and you get in that debate, and you tout all these things about development and homelessness and all these things by racist Nolan Finley and sell out. Steven Henderson, I would not have participated. That is not an official debate. Santio Jenkins will be called out today and laid on the carpet, on the table. She ran out on the city when the city was down and out. She sold us out with Charles pug and Gary Brown. Never forget that. And when you look at how Detroit has fared over the past 1015, years, she ain't helped no damn families. She ain't pay for no water bills. She ain't pay for dt, or she would have got DTE to lower the damn rates right now for struggling families in the city of Detroit, southil Jenkins is a liar. She's a cheat, and then she ran away from the city to join a non prophecy. So what also she was under federal investigation? Did we all forget that? You know what? I'm just done with all of the shenanigans, none of these debates and forms can get to the real root. You let a white mayor, a fascist mayor, get away with murder for so many years that you turned a blind eye and just accepted it. Now here we are at a crossroads where our city could be back taken over by emergency management, could be back taken over by financial dictatorship, and could be held hostage by the suburbs and the corporation shoving chantil Jenkins down our throat. We, the citizens of Detroit, taxpayers, residents and lifelong Detroiters should be the main choice in this and you haven't catered to a debate to us yet, not even the grassroots. Grassroots. What are you doing? Okay? We should be front lines and laying out who should be down for the city and who should be qualified to lead the city. I used to believe the future was female, but knowing the church, it would not
the next caller is Melissa, love morning. Miss Love
Good morning. God bless you. Spencer Ellis, I was raised under your father, teaching as a child to those Garwood twins, they going to change the world. I was also born in the Bagley community. Cheated votes is real. Cheated votes is real, and I come here to show and tell people that cheated votes is real, and I am the evidence, and I will continue to fight for what's right, and I will not be silenced and justice will be served. Until then, I will continue to apply heavy pressure to the city of Detroit and whomever it may concern y'all was bold enough to steal my vote twice, and I'm here to collect my share off the pot. Simple point blank, FYI, I wasn't of age to vote for Kwame Kilpatrick, so let's clear the air on that rumor and switch it with facts. Thank you.
All right, thank you.
The next caller, William M Davis,
good morning. Can I be heard?
Yes, you can. Good morning.
Okay, I like to say again the fact that the city Detroit retires, need help, especially with a clawback with outrageous interest charge on it. At the very least, y'all could go back to and retroactively eliminate the interest. That way we would not be up under such a heavy burden. You know, like so just in the time that some of y'all been on city council, over 3000 general fund retirees have died. It appears as if the state of Michigan is more helpful with retirees for the state than the city of Detroiters with its retirees. You know, we need to be doing more. We need to be encouraging more also for those city retirees who may be listening, this upcoming Friday, from 11 to 1230 or so, there's going to be a city chart retiree task force meeting right there in the auditorium at the commonal municipal building. We need to make sure that whoever is elected don't keep forgetting about us because we feel that we have been forgotten about. I know it was nice to get a little bit of few pennies, you know, less than $500 at the same time, you know, the same time over, you know, we got less than $500 for over 11 years. At the same time, the mayor's salary has gone up over $70,000 you know, this is an unfair, unequal system. You know, sometimes it feels like there's more than one Trump. It feels like there's a Trump in Detroit too, you know, so the city Detroit retirees need help. Need Assistance. I invite city Detroit retirees to come out this Friday, and city chart retirees support us, and also remember that the city chart retirees can make a difference in the primary and in the general election this year and next year. Thank you. Thank you.
The next caller is not heron.
Hello, yes. Good morning. Good morning.
I agree 100%
with Mr. Davis. I will be at that meeting, at that task force meeting, retirees meeting, and I think it'll be important being that it's over 9000 on uniformed retirees from the city of Detroit. I think we should form our own slate. I think we can decide we as in a whole, as a whole being 9000 strong. We can decide who gets on that ballot. We can decide who brings it to the top. So that's what I want to talk about. I'm going to come to that task force meeting because $460 one time, and we're still facing 6.7%
interest rate on clawbacks.
It doesn't vary. It stays at 6.7%
point seven 5% that's outrageous, so I'm really frustrated by that. When I worked for the city, we didn't have all these pluses. We didn't I worked 24/7 job that operate 24/7 nobody cared that I had children that I had to make do, and we my shift changed every four weeks, so I'm seeing a lot. I'm glad because it's overdue. I'm glad to see that their help trying to help the employees more. But you can't forget about the employees that have already done their time and who've already served 30 years and now being penalized for something that's far beyond anything they could have even known about or stopped. So that's just ridiculous. The rents then those towers need to be repurposed for low income housing to hack with affordable housing, because we have to think affordable for home. I don't think it's affordable for most Detroiters, most legacy Detroiters. So let's talk about low income housing more, and let's forget about area medium income. When you throw in Livonia and Warren in with Detroit, it doesn't even make sense. It's ludicrous. Back congratulations to those twin sisters. You've truly made an accomplishment, and I hope you serve our city well. Thank you. Thank you.
The next caller, phone number ending in 169 Bernie,
hello. Can you guys hear me? Yes, we can.
Okay, great. I just want to say, prayerfully, thank you for praying for brother, Cunningham. Cool beans. Cool beans. Cool beans. I heard and seen on Cunningham's Facebook page, and he got a new used van, the outreach vehicle, made possible by the money he saved, and a $2,000 Personal Loan made by someone who wants to remain anonymous. And I think that this is an interest free loan. I also seen on Cunningham's Facebook page. Councilwoman waters donated a bunch of bus tickets to Cunningham to pass out at the bus stops and everywhere. I like to see the pictures on Cunningham's Facebook of him giving out tick bus tickets daily. Um, also the video of Pastor Ken lock and council president Sheffield, riding the busses with with Cunningham. Thank you Pastor Ken lot, thank you council president Sheffield, thank you pastor Ken lot, thank you. Council President Sheffield, thank you Pastor kenlock, thank you council president Sheffield, help Cunningham. Don't hurt him. He is not the enemy. All those under the sound of my voice that had hurt him in the past. Don't let karma play, play, play. You all again. Thank you for my time. All
right, thank you so much.
The next caller is no more. Black Bottom takings.
Okay? Good morning.
Good morning.
Good morning. May I be heard? Yes, you can
Hello, yes, we
can hear you. Hello,
Miss Warwick, we can hear you.
They can hear you. You can hear me. Yes, they can Okay, okay, sorry, all right. Number one member, Santiago Romero, please investigate what happened with 498, Peterborough, that was so disgusting, how the city took it out of the auction, slipped it to Midtown Inc for less than $3,000 and according to documents I saw, they flipped it for 150,000
and then it got flipped again, apparently for 750,000
when Cindy Darrell took care of that lot for over 10 years, they offered her 10 feet of the lot because and then they said, well, we'll wait for the Office of Inspector General report, where they Dilly dallied for two and a half years and wrote a report I would have been embarrassed to turn in as a sixth grader. So please fully investigate that the two ladies that were honored. Congratulations. Please advocate for this city council to comply with the charter seven, dash, 201, the city is supposed to be providing mental health services to its residents, and it's not doing it. So you just got an award from people who let the charter be violated. Also everybody before you go on with more of these solar takings, and again, you totally violated the public trust and the charter by not seeking to do solar on land that the city already has. That's why you cannot trust Mike Duggan, they put a paper out saying they were going to issue an RFP to do it on solar city owned land already, and then they go out and they do the eminent domain, which is everybody here who doesn't know they are literally basing these takings on the 1951 in race slum clearance of black bottom. So shame on every council member that has the stain of eminent domain because you didn't care enough about the residents and the property owners you're pushing out. You should have pushed the land bank to do this, or let DTE buy the land itself, and it could have been done cheaper outside of the city Patricia.
Thank you so much. Miss Warren. Your next caller is phone number ending in 301301
yes. Good morning. Everybody. Good morning.
Yes. This is Richard clay, and I am I wanted to speak today, first, congratulations to the twins that are headed to the University of Michigan,
and I wanted to
address
the reality of another people's victory. We are. We've been talking about it for a while, and now we actually have people are enrolling across the city who are blind and low vision into DWSD program to be able to receive their monthly water bills in large print. It has been a program that we've been working on, and we had the assistance from the director, Gary Brown, DWSD supervisor Miss Tiffany Jones and their staffs working with those of us in the National Federation of the Blind Detroit chapter who are now working as Detroit advocates of the blind. And this is something that is happening the large printwater bills for the first time in Detroit's history. It is long overdue, and something that we are using as a pilot program to bring to other utility companies and services across the city and across the area. There are over 20,000 people classified as blind or low vision in our city and in our area, you can now call DWSD and enroll in the program, or you can give me Richard clay a call at area code, 31324733013132473301,
and let's get people enrolled in the program To receive now large formal
All right. Thank you.
Our next caller is Betty a Bonner.
Good morning to all within the sound of my voice, I'm Betty a Bonner, president of DeSoto Ellsworth black association here today to share some important information in regards to a program called Michigan home energy rebates program. This is money that the state of Michigan has received. It's a federal government program to make older homes energy efficient, and they're doing that by lowering your utility bills, and that will be done by replacing windows and appliances, washer dryers, furnaces, water heaters. The program started in April of this year. There's two different types of services you can receive by filling out the application, but you fill out one application, and it would be for both programs, and the number you would call would be 313-366-8535,
again, 313-366-8535,
you can Google Michigan home energy rebates program. You can read about the program. Scroll down. There should be a link to apply the application, to submit the application, and if you have a problem, call the number 313-366-8535, I just found out today there's going to be a hard copy of the application that you can receive and submit. My organization, DeSoto block Association, was still in need of those landscaping voters. If there's anyone within the sound of our voice that can help me, please contact Councilman der halls office. He knows how to contact me. Thank you for this time, everybody. God bless you
as well. Thank you so much.
Your next caller is Darren McCluskey,
okay, good morning.
Good morning. Can you guys hear me? Yes, we can.
Yeah. So I just like to speak to the solar takings, as I have in the past, phase one, we all heard that it's going swimmingly well, as Conrad mallet has said, You guys successfully thwarted every every challenge through various means, whether it's improper notice or dismissing people for various technicalities. If you want to talk about blighted property owners, quid pro quo, Mike Kelly is one of the largest solar taking counter claimants or defendants, and he's going into a settlement. I wonder how that involves with dropping all the Blight lawsuits that are happening. Um, but regardless, you guys aren't really done with phase one, because as of last week, over 200 lawsuits, over 200 defendants were named in a single lawsuit for the use restrictions, and that's not over. So I don't know why everyone's acting like this is a sure thing. The city's claiming on social media that 100% residents are buying into this. That's not true. Joyce Jennings, over by the airport is very vocally against it, and she's in the benefit area. So that's actually, that's just a lie that's being spouted on social media. Meanwhile, on phase two, you guys are going into a lie tech developer who you're going to be fighting. You're fighting many other types of people who actually do stand a chance because they're not. You guys aren't going to have the surprise attack ability on this one, and not everyone's going to be caught off guard. And there's a little more coordination and and you know discussions happening on the defendant side of things. So I just Mr. Ski still stands. Those funds are misappropriated. The cost is ballooned. I really want to know the cost and how that's
right. Thank you.
Next caller is phone number ending in 270, good morning.
Can you hear me? Yes, we can. Okay.
I think this is very important.
In 2025 this year,
a Forbes advisory report was issued, and according to that report, the city of Detroit ranks as the least healthy of all major cities in the nation and the Center for Disease Control, the CDC issued a report in 2024 that puts the city of Detroit number one. Now it passed up Philadelphia. Now Detroit is number one
for sexually transmitted diseases.
Detroit is also number one in diabetes, number one in high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, number two in the nation, opioid overdoses.
Yet, the Detroit health department
is asleep at the wheel.
When you go on the health department's website, it has posted all of these
reports
that are obsolete.
Latest one, 2017 2019
2023 nothing on marijuana at all. As far as it's harm, the harmful effects of marijuana, nothing and again, violation of the city charter section 7201, no annual, comprehensive state of the Open City reports. Every one of you council members is supposed to have an advisory commission person
you don't have it
a clear violation of Detroit city charter section seven, dash, 201, especially in light of the fact of what I just said to you.
Alright, thank you so much. The
next caller is Galaxy Aztec. Can I be heard?
Yes, we can hear you. Good morning, city council. First of all, I want to congratulate the two young ladies, the twins and their future. Also, I want to say thank you to Miss Betty a Verner, because I didn't get a chance to write the number down yesterday when she was on there. But I have my pen and pencil today, and I wrote it down because I am in need of
a lot of stuff.
Back when buffalo projects was over there, in on Charles and they had it was an Empowerment Zone. I lived in apartment zone wasn't nothing done over in my area, we have vacant lots, which I'm gonna try to get some more, because I want to have some down for the residents, and we're going to get this association going. Also, I want to give a little history on my area at where I live at been here since 1977 the streets I blocked was full of property, full of homes, full of homeowners, some people moved. Some people was foreclosed on because over property taxes. One lady worked at the state of Michigan. She got sick. They took her home. Now fast forward to that. It was only two people left on this block from 2005 until 2019 and who took care of this block was me and my neighbor who tried to get the houses that was being done by me under adverse possession. I should have had them both. One was given to bridge in Detroit. Bridge nothing. I took care of that property. Kept the bricks from being taken. Where a guy came over and said he was going to get the bricks, I even called the city on him. It would have been both of them would have been my lot. So I want the house that I have been taken care of under adverse possession to be deeded to Ruby Riley.
Thank you so much, Miss Riley. We can continue to support please. Please let us know. Thank you, Miss Riley.
The next caller is Miss or MS, okay.
I That was me. That was me. I'm
okay. Miss Riley, thank you.
The next next caller is Steven Holling,
yes, you can Awesome. Thank you. So even though I'm moving to Miami, I'm still keeping my business and all my staff in Detroit. I believe in the city, and I do believe that there is opportunity. So my office staff is all staying there, but I do feel like there's a lot more opportunity in Miami. You know, lot of these issues that they have in Detroit don't exist there. You know, you can get affordable housing built there. They can get a development off the ground. You know, they have an actual public transit system, a train that runs every 10 minutes. You can take a train from Palm Beach all the way to downtown Miami, and not the bright line and actual public transit train. You know, Detroit, there's still a lot of problems in the city, you know, a lot of problems that fact, both the residents, the business community, the development community, and you know, that's why I decided to make that move. You know, I think it's a good opportunity to keep my business in Detroit. I'm still going to be here, very engaged. But, you know, I think that, you know, the city could do so much better. You know, Mike Dungan is the best mayor ever. You know, he has been doing a great job, but still we need to there's still a lot to do. You know, you go into neighborhoods where you see only one house on the block. Now, I've seen neighborhoods where they're completely obliterated. Now I bike around the city. I've seen it well, so I yield the rest of my time.
Okay, thank you so much.
The next caller is Andy.
All right. Good morning.
Really, I guess most of you were born here in the United States or Israel, and you know, it's kind of the actual be in one of those two places based on only Jews are aggressive moral, which unfortunately, now is now a lot of people. And you know this concept of you, well, you're going to be able to contribute by, you know, picking up a weapon or picking up a rifle or picking up a pen, you know, and people in this country, you know, based on, we have stories you hear tonight, brave soldiers and the IDF and all the great stories you hear, and people who sacrifice their lives. And it's certainly easier lives here for all of us to pick up a pen to write a check than to go on the front lines or have our relatives or sons, daughters or whatever to do so. And I think we should feel a fortune that bring people from the IDF ground. They're spending Jews, because Jews that we all know we're centuries and centuries, and finally, just in the last 60 years, the Jewish people have Israel. And the only reason Israel still exists because of the defenders and the soldiers that are real. And so, you know, it's, I think it's an honor for all of us to be part of this. And I found my father was in the military for a long period of time throughout World War Two after and I always heard about the Nazis and right and wrong and kind of this, this world today, to me, and I think all of us here, is about right wrong. It's just about right versus the wrongs, because there's no real issue with policing in our hands. I don't think what's right and what's wrong and whether it's defending terrorism or whether it's going to integrate with the United States military, or whether it's, it's uh, the idea defending against uh missiles, it's, to me, it's just the simple moral clarity, right, wrong. So
really, I just want to, okay,
all right. Thank you. Okay,
the next call. The next caller is calling user one
calling user one. Good morning.
Can I be heard as you? Can
I hope that I will be able to save my peace like everyone else, I have a problem that you have stores in the city of Detroit, in Southwest as well as off of Greenfield called just my price, where, if you go to buy items because you are Black or foundational black American, they're following you around using racial slurs, and you need to put a stop to that. Mary Sheffield, if they do not like citizens of Detroit, they should not be in Detroit. I once remember Ramirez say they are always so nice to her, but we are foundational black Americans. We are not immigrants. We were brought here against our will. Some of us and some was indigenous to the land. Please get that address. I'm very disappointed that I have to keep asking you to have the lot in back of the Valero gas station cut down so that heroin and fentanyl is not stored. I get to watch drug addicts approaching the children that go to Northwestern High School, and then when I bring it up, magically, it's cut off in time. Oh, thank you so much. We'll get back to you, and you never do. I've sent you both me and my cousin sent videos showing you the violence that is allowed to occur with dogs running and attacking elderly people inviting them and nothing gets done. I'm very disappointed, Madam that you would have a captain Matthews that refuses to give me in writing. What are you going to do to stop the heroin and he stays on cold with white supremacy in defending those that fail.
Thank you so much.
The next caller, phone number ending in 434434,
good morning.
Oh, good morning. How are you can you hear me? Claire, yes, we can.
Oh, fantastic. I just want to say thank you, Council President, for all that you're doing. Your tenure is magnificent. I believe this is historic time for the city of Detroit. I just want to say also to the council, city council, Thanks for backing the city of Detroit and your council president, everyone was on the same page at Mackinac. No one's looking back at the city of Detroit saying they're discombobulated. Thank you, Council President, for being a great leader when our neighbors, some of our closest neighbors, Highland Park, let's pray for them, because they're going through trying times. Council President, continue the good work. You're a fantastic leader. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Your distinctiveness shows great qualities, and you're a great leader for the city of Detroit. We're lucky to have you. Thank you so much.
Thank you as well.
The next caller is Richard Bernard montunsky,
good morning. Good
Good morning when our Bucha ski.
Good morning.
Morning. Can I be heard? I'm sorry.
I think good morning. Bernard maszewski, District Six, resident and organizer with the Google platform, just wanted to speak out recently, Yesterday, I spoke to public health and safety about the abrupt installation of metal detectors in this new security procedure that was barely announced. It was announced in the community input meeting of both Senate to do that, but that's the one once per monthly meeting and mostly digital, which means the reach didn't really get to everyone with this. So it seemed kind of abrupt. It's the same entry procedure for city council. There was really no reason for giving it, but it's in place now. And the concerns that I just want to bring up to this body is that I'm concerned about the lack of training that there will be there for individuals who have pacemakers or other things they may not be aware that they can reject the metal detector and say, have a, you know, implant or something in my body that would be interfered. Can I have an alternative screening, or something like that? My concern is one. I think, by the law, you're supposed to have someone screening you with similar gender to you, and then we have, you know, individuals that are non binary as well, too. So who is really trained to sit there to be screenings? Are they going to pat down people? Is it a wand or magic wand? And then the other thing is not a magic wand, I'm sorry, but one of those magnetic wands. The other thing is now people are not able to sit in either the transit centers, and if this is their solution for fixing the non working bathrooms and sinks or the poor unclean conditions that are in there, I get the public. I mean, a public is a public building. You're going to get that. But when you're arbitrarily closing the building at random times just to kick people out, today, we have wildfire smoke and really bad emissions going on, and then having people just stay outside in winter or during these climate events or these summer events. That's going on when it comes to bad air quality days, it's really disrespectful to bus riders, and this treatment of DDOT riders compared to q line and people move riders, is just indicative of the this bias, or internalized implicit bias, which all of us have, in certain degrees against writers, that they're a criminal element, and I want to bring this up for to this Council. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Last caller in the queue for quick comment, good
morning. Good
morning. May Have you heard Yes,
yeah, good morning. I want to say, um, I look forward to speaking June 6 on this gun violence event the city Detroit is having. I'll be speaking with mothers. Keep boosting the ground. Um, also, a lot of good points were brought up today about a lot of subjects, um, especially about the Detroit Health Department. That's really interesting. Shout out to brother Malik Shelton. He always comes with it with a rounding report. Also, I want to say I would like to have a meeting with you. My Councilwoman, Mary Sheffield, I asked you for a meeting like last year, and I'll try not to throw you under the bus, but it's been about six months. So I like to have a meeting about several of the issues that I work with. Also want to talk about the KRONOS concrete facility in District Three. That facility is spreading deadly dust into the air. The residents are terribly impacted by this dust, and they do not need a concrete Crusher. That's another issue I'll be working on in the coming weeks and months, but that meeting with you, Mary Sheffield, will be very important to me about a lot of issues that I work on, because a lot of issues I work on are not for me, they're for other people, other communities, um, some of these issues affect me, but as you know, like I never really asked for anything for myself, so to decline the meeting for me is kind of interesting to me, especially if you have aspirations to a higher office. Um, and I just want to give another major shout out to mothers, keeping boosting account. You guys are doing amazing work. Super proud to be affiliated and associated with
you. Alright, Dante, thank you so much. And I guess the meeting that we had in my office was not sufficient, because we didn't eat right in my office. You brought your group with you, the mothers who have lost their children to gun violence, and we had a nice, lengthy meeting in my office, and along with you, so just please give me a call and I will make myself available. All right, that will conclude all of our public comments, and we will return back to our agenda under standing committee reports for the budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee under resolutions
Council council member der Hall, on behalf of Council President Mary Sheffield, a resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session. Line item 17.1
thank you. Council member Durham,
thank you, Madam President. Line 17.1 is a resolution of authorization providing City Council ARPA allocations for fiscal year 2026,
motion to discuss.
All right, discussion.
Thank you. From my understanding, the administration needs at least one more week on this resolution, finalizing the rest of it. So I'd like to make a motion to postpone line item 17.1, for one more week. There
any discussion on postponing again for one additional week?
Hearing, none that action will be taken.
For the public health and safety standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Council Member Santiago Romero a resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session. Contract Number 6005836,
dash, a one, 100%
ARPA funding. Amendment One, to provide an extension of time only for abatement and demolition of commercial group, 222, contractor, inner city contracting, LLC, total contract amount, $410,453.47 cent that's for construction and demolition. Customer, Santiago Romero, a resolution. Council member, Santiago Romero,
motion to approve with discussion. This is
the one we brought back. Yes, okay. Pro Tempe, thank you so much,
Madam President. If we can get a group exact counts, we can have a Mr. Believe Washington, bring group is that counts for please? I appreciate it. She's available.
Mr. Washington, is she on this morning?
Yes, good morning, Madam Chair, yes. Director Council is online, okay? We will promote her now. I
Good afternoon. Lawan counts group exec over construction and building operations. Morning,
Good
morning. Wanted
to bring you forward because I'm always one who tries to be as fair as I can be transparent and honest about the way that I approach things. When I fall in love with projects, I fall in love and follow in love with them hard, and I do everything I can to get these projects done or undone based on the need of the people in the city of Detroit, we went, and I think we've squeezed all the juice I could out of this particular one, dating all the way back last year when we put the pause on it. So I appreciate your and your team assistance in getting us to that particular point after further review. And the reason why I'm doing this publicly and not just allowing the approval to go through, because I want to give some color behind it as well. And I did have an opportunity to again go out to the structure this during last week, and had a much more up close and personal view of it. And I concur with your analysis that it is unfortunately too far gone, and it is definitely a word of caution to us as we move forward as we are, and sometimes we don't realize that we're creating history today, and we may allow the buildings that house the historic things that are taking place in this era right now to either deteriorate or be demolished. But unfortunately, that particular structure. It stays it stays done. I will also say that the information that I received about the historic significance of that building, while there is some there, it was not to the point that at least I have not been able to find all of the information that was provided to me verbally, and with that being said, I just wanted to make sure that you heard it directly from my voice and not just through an approval on a document that goes to the clerk's office. So I do appreciate again, your diligence, your you and your teams willing to work with us, but I hope that now that we've gotten to the point where we are today that we just snatched the band aid off, and let's get that thing down and not have it hanging in the neighborhood for very much longer. The neighbors certainly, after having a conversation with them about, you know, what I had uncovered, they're now open and willing to see that property being demolished as well. So again, want to always be as open and transparent and faithful to my word as I've always tried to be. So thank you again, and I do support the approval of the this particular item. So thank you for indulging me over the last couple of weeks, colleagues. I really appreciate it as well. With that being said again, I do support thank you.
Okay, thank you so much Pro Tem Tate and thank you group executive council as well. Thank you. Okay, are there any objections to 18.1 hearing? No objections the one resolution will be approved.
Yes, we already did 17.1 right? We just did,
let me go back. No, we postponed that. We postponed it again for another week. Okay, any one more week? Okay, you're welcome,
alright? Under resolutions
council member Johnson a resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session
council member Johnson, thank
you, Madam President, there was an amendment to the resolution that it should have been provided to everyone Move for approval on line item 18.2 as amended. This is a resolution urging the DMC to take immediate action to improve patient safety standards and practices at their hospitals in the city of Detroit.
Any objections? Discussion, discussion. Council member
Vincent, what was the change to the resolution?
Member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, through you to member Benson, we had some discussion with executives at DMC. They indicated that they were going to share with us additional ratings that they had received from other entities. Although we did not receive that, we did some research to identify any other entities. My team was able to get ratings from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, so we included that information within the resolution.
Member Durham, thank you, Madam President. And so for this particular resolution, and again, I understand definitely the spirit of this resolution, to urge healthcare to improve here in the city. From my understanding, there was that additional information. I know we postponed it from last week, but I would like the opportunity to be able to get some of that information from DMC as well. I know member Johnson and her team are very diligent, and we appreciate that information in there, but would really like to have that weigh in from the DMC about some of their plans. I know, as it has been spoken about before, particularly when we talk about health care in the city of Detroit for multiple or a couple of our health systems, they received the most uncompensated care cost of any hospital in our region, any hospital in our state. And I know that leapfrog is a benchmark to kind of grade these health systems, and from my understanding, though, some of that is based off of the buy in from hospitals to be able to receive this rating. And so I would just really like to afford just one more week and another opportunity to even have the DMC come down here, discuss that more so and give a level of transparency of why that rating is the way that it is. What are their other ratings that they say, and they did not get it to us expeditiously. But I would like the opportunity to be able to see that, and so I'm hoping my colleagues would agree, and we can postpone this for a week to really hear from the DMC and have the public hear from the DMC. I think that's important to really talk about, again, the grading, talk about some of the ratings, talk about what their plans are, as well as other data that we don't currently have. So I would like to make a motion to postpone for one week if we can
discussion. Thank you, Madam President. I do just want to share that we did have the conversation. We were open to information to take that into consideration. We did not receive anything that was in opposition to the information that actually was in a cranes Detroit article. So we have availed ourselves. We've had conversations. We've been open to receiving additional information. We had to search for additional information just to ensure that the information that was provided by leapfrog was not unique to them, because of some requirements that they have for individuals or for hospitals to pay for the survey. So we did, again, get information from another entity that essentially just kind of identified that this is a concern, a challenge that certainly needs to be addressed so but I am open to the one we bring back. Would be open to any information that we can uncover within this next week. Thank you, Madam President, and
thank you through madam Through you, madam president to member Johnson, thank you so much for being open. I look again. Would just love to hear that data, that the additional data that they have, so we can kind of comb through it again. I know your staff is very diligent relative to research and data, so I appreciate what's been provided. But do look forward to DMC. If you are listening today, we would like to hear from you next week to come down here and have the ability to talk about this health care in Great rating, more in detail, and share that additional information to council members. So thank you again. Member Johnson to you for being open as well as members of this body.
Thank you, and we can ensure that we reach out to representative from the DMC to ensure that they are aware that this will be discussed as well next week to be present. Okay, there are no objections. We will postpone this item for one week, no objections that action will be taken for the request to speak before the Detroit City Council.
Council member Johnson a resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last week formal session.
Thank you so much, and we can council member Johnson move for discussion. Discussion. Thank you so much. Attorney
through the chair Graham Anderson law department, speaking with the litigation team, I would ask council that we remove this petition. This is not the proper channel to go through this the attachment of the settlement resolution that was not prepared by the law department. This lawsuit hasn't been filed yet, so we would ask him to go through the proper channels, which would be the judicial branch, not the legislative branch. That would be our request. Thank you.
Yes, remember young I
my ignorance here, but if it didn't go to the proper channels, how is it in front of us right now,
through the chair? He it's my understanding. He drafted it himself,
really, and then what submitted it, that's
my understanding.
Or anyone can submit a request to speak before the city council. Um, it's just whether or not it's the appropriate placement that this item should be mentioned. So I'm just quick, quick question, are you going to communicate back with the petitioner, or is that something that you want our office to do to ensure that he knows the proper route through
the chair? It's my understanding. He's been suing the city since 1998 so he is well aware of the process.
Okay, okay, all right, yes, pro tip, Madam
President, thank you. So I mean, I know that the individual has not filed a lawsuit, and that, to me, makes it fair game for at least that individual to come before us. Now, what I always say is it's our decision to determine that individual comes before us, not so I don't know if before us or not. So I don't know if them filing a lawsuit should be the so called disqualifier. They more so based on the fact that maybe this is not a legitimate concern complaint, but right now, they haven't lost it. And for those who don't file lawsuits, those are the ones that you want here, because we can't debate those that are in lawsuits with us. So it's almost like I don't want us to be caught in a catch 22 because I don't think it's the catch 22 situation is one where, to me, it's a good call. That's not so much a good call. This decision is made based on the information that we have in front of us, but I just need a little bit more clarity based on what you said concerning the litigation aspect.
Yes, through the chair to pro tem take this is a PIP claim that he's attempting to make. PIP claim you typically file a lawsuit to receive that money. You're perfect, right? In an ideal world this, there would be no lawsuit, the money would be but and everything would go smoothly. However, it's my understanding that we dispute these claims. So when the provider disputes the injuries or the severity of them, typically the best way to go about that is filing a lawsuit, which would typically be against company. The Detroit City is the provider in this case. So he should file a lawsuit against the city of Detroit if he truly feels that he is rightfully owed this claim. But
after that point, it certainly would not be, this would not be the venue for him to speak to us at that point. Correct, absolutely right. So that's all I'm saying. It's like, if the individual hasn't filed a lawsuit yet.
I guess he's kind of
cheating in the direction saying that I'm going to be filing a lawsuit. Maybe that's the word of caution. I'm not sure. But right now, if someone just has a feeling about something and they feel that, I mean, I'm about free speech, but I'm also about making sure that we have a right as a body to say sort of No, and then we have a right to say yes or no in this situation based on what it sounds like. It may not be accurate. Information is being put before us, and to me, that is a disqualifiers, not so much the fact that it's not a lawsuit or not, because if a lawsuit was filed, we absolutely wouldn't be able to hear that individual
through the chair to pro time, I would argue it's just the improper channels altogether. If every individual who got injured on a Detroit city bus said I'm not going to file a lawsuit, I'm first going to file a request to speak in front of city council to say I deserve X amount of dollars. That would be a terrible use of resources for this body and for the city as a whole. And that's essentially what's being attempted here.
I agree. But through you, Madam President, I also want to make sure that people have the know they have the right to steal petition to us prior to them filing a lawsuit, and it's up to us to say yes or no based on that information happens. I think again, this whole idea of freedom of speech, city council is trying to squash it. I think, you know, it's a slippery slope, and this is one of those that could be seen in a certain viewpoint. And at least for me, I believe folks should have an opportunity to petition, and we have an opportunity to utilize the rules that we have before us, as well as the charter and Open Meetings Act, so no violations there. But that's just my two cents through
the chair. I absolutely understand Pro Tem.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam President. Thank
you pro tem member young,
yeah. Thank you, yeah. I understand. I just want to make sure I get this straight for the conversation that we're having now, because it's my understanding. I thought that anything or the majority, or anything that comes through us, the law department or somebody within there will be looking over this to approve this, so we're not the situation we're in now, like I totally understand other people are saying, but in my but personally for me, I agree we should not be commenting on pending legal issues for a lot of different reasons. There's a reason why you don't comment on that, and people need to know that one come before the body, why that is and why that's important. And so I'm just, what am I missing here? How this got this bar? I don't think you should have never came before us in the first place because of what you're talking about, to avoid the conversation we have right now.
But through the chair to pro times. Point, you can make a resolution to speak before the Council on any man, and he chose this item. I mean, if he was attempting to speak on maybe overall bus safety in a general sense, I think that would be a different discussion. But it's my understanding that he wants to talk about money that he feels he's owed out of an incident that happened on a Detroit city bus, which this would not be the proper venue. The better way to handle that would be to obtain legal counsel, bring lawsuit against the city our attorneys, we would negotiate, and we would come to a settlement, which would come before distinguished iOS and council member Johnson's chair, and we would weigh the conversation there with the settlement, it would move forward one way or another, and then it would be approved before this body, like the hundreds of other settlements that become before this body yearly. No,
no, I understand what you're saying, and I get that towards anybody that come before again, I'm just concerned that we're not putting this position where we potentially could be in this situation where the city is at fault, the taxpayers are at fault for us comment on things that we should be counting on in the first place. I mean, he can have that right? Yes, you know what I'm saying, just not with pending lawsuit
through the chair to council member young I think actually what you're highlighting more would almost be part of our rules committee discussion that we had last Friday, that we were debating about what is the best way to petition before city council, and what should be the form, what should be the information filled out? And maybe there should be an addition that includes, is there active litigation against you, against the city, or is the pending matter a potential matter of litigation? So I think, really, I understand your point. I think this would potentially be best for a conversation at our rules committee, which I believe we do have one coming up this June, because I think that's a brilliant and I
appreciate you, and I appreciate your work, but I think that you threatened me wrong. I'm assuming one of the reasons why you here is to protect us legally from this type of stuff, exactly. That's why here. So you should, somebody should be here looking over this stuff, you know. And if you have to assert yourself, I understand that's your job, you know.
And I just wanted Thank you. Thank you, member young, until we have more clear rules. Any petition that comes to us from the clerk's office as the president who sets the agenda for transparency purposes, we're going to put it on the agenda, because if we don't, then we will be denying the right for the public to see what has been submitted. So I understand your point council member, young, but until then, we had to put it on the agenda. If not, we have someone who submitted something to us, and then it just left off the agenda. And for transparency purposes, we're doing what we're doing now. We're having an open discussion to allow the petitioner to hear and to let the public know our process. So completely agree on the agenda, because we had to make sure people are aware of what's going on as well. Okay, and we did offer the petitioner the opportunity to come speak as well during public comment. He did not want to speak at that time as well. Okay, all right, any additional discussion for this item? All right. Member Johnson, was it we need a motion for 19.1
move for approval,
Reclamation was a recommendation to deny, no,
we have to Okay, so motion to approve, and then we all vote no, okay.
Objection council member Scott Benson,
objection member Johnson,
objection Member Santiago Romero,
yeah. Council member Durrell.
Objection, President Sheffield.
Objection, pro tem tape
objection, council young
eight knows Madam President, that motion fails.
All right, the resolution has failed. We will now move to the new business portion of the agenda from the Office of contracting and procurement. Thank you. Attorney
Anderson, Council Member Santiago Romero, a resolution. Line item, 20.1, contract number 6007216, dash a one lease agreement to provide the location and operation by the school district of the Davis Aerospace Academy at the Coleman and young International Airport contractor Detroit Public Schools community district. This is for annual rent, fair market, appraised rate of $349,675 for one year, adjusted by the CPI annually. Council Member Santiago Romero, a resolution. Council Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. Motion to approve with discussion. Okay, thank you. I just want to say how excited I am that this happening and that we're bringing this back to our airports. I want to thank member Benson. I know that you can work on this for a while, but that is it for me. Thank you, Madam President. I president, discussion as well. Member Benson, I
just want to say number one, thank you to the administration, and thank you to dpscd. And I if we can hear from dpscd and school board member Daniel Go is a part of that as well. She could also be promoted. This is just something that we've been working on our office, as indicated by my colleague, since 2014 we've had the Detroit airport Task Force, which met for several years to bring more attention to the need to invest and expand on K debt. We had the conversations with the stakeholders at K dead, we work with the mayor's office to come to a compromise on what it would take to see more investment in that space. And that was a a strong there's some very harsh conversations when we talked about removing the cross when one way, because it would take about 10% of the flight days away from small air airplanes, but it would provide $100 million plus of an investment into into the airport. And so what would you rather have 10 less days or no airport? So the community school board, the administration, city council, all agree that 10 less days and a robust, well invested general aviation airport is what we need and what we want, and it's what we're going to get. Dpscd has been there from the start. They've been part of these conversations. They've committed to bringing Davis Aeros job. Community demanded that we bring aero state arrow, Davis aerospace, back to the airport. They were really discouraged that the emergency manager had rid of Davis aerospace and moved and moved it from the airport. Now we're seeing a full circle this airport coming back. We've seen a strong commitment, and you can see this now in writing, they are putting their money where their mouth is, and we're going to see children back at Davis aerospace in the third district at KD, the COVID young Municipal Airport in the near future, that airport is seeing millions of dollars of investment when it saw nothing but moth balls and dust in its future about 11 years ago, it is now robust. We've seen our first groundbreaking within the last two months. I was joined by my colleague, member Johnson, on that groundbreaking. We're going to see AB flight with another building. We're going to see the terminal offices move. We're going to see a brand new terminal. We're now seeing a flight school there as well. The Detroit Coleman, a young International Airport, has a new life, and the foundation stands with dpscd. We're going to ensure that we're going to have a regional aviation school where children from around the region are going to be competing in that school, but dpscd has committed to ensuring that our students are prioritized and they will be first in line for those critical seats. And aviation is an industry which is growing. We are seeing a drain of talent just based on age and retirement. We are now going to see Detroit put children back into the space a flight certification license, which is what children will be able to graduate with from Davis Aerospace is worth at least $20,000 and that is a license that you get that point. Can Fly legally. You can repair aviation equipment coming out of there. You can get your drone pilots license out of there. And so there are so many marketable skills coming out of a more robust Davis aerospace. I'm just so excited and so happy to see these, these works, these efforts, come to fruition, and the collaborative efforts that it took to get to this point. And thank you, dpscd, for putting your money where your mouth is and actually control and ensuring our students will have a training facility, the best aviation training facility for high school students in the state of Michigan. Very excited about that right there in the third district. Thank you all for being here. Thank you for your patience and thank you for your commitment to the children and the city of Detroit. Thank you. Member Vincent, thank you, Councilman. Vincent, discussion, okay, do we have the representatives
on I'll come right back to you. Member Johnson, that. Member, okay, we did promote good afternoon. Jerry gay DAG, no go. And who else through the Yes, Mr. Washington,
yes. We do have director Jason watt as on Jackson, okay,
as we bring those individuals on member Vincent. We
also have Miss Weaver here as well. PBS CD, this case, oh, how you
doing good to see you as well. Thank you so much. Council member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President. I was just going to say thank you to member Benson and dpscd, the school board and all those who have been involved in this project way. I had an opportunity to visit Davis aerospace at their current location in District Four, at what was formally go lightly. And so I had an opportunity to experience not only the amazing leadership of principal Davis, but to also see the young people flying drones, landing drones, doing flight simulations on essentially a video game. And so they were doing an amazing job. I just do know that as this high school moves back to the Coleman a young airport, that it will provide that opportunity for so many more young people. I just hope that we continue to keep district four residents engaged and involved in the school so we will certainly work out transportation for those young people who have that continued interest with dpscd. And just want to say congratulations to all of you. Davis aerospace was at the COVID young municipal airport when I was at my days at Kettering High School, and I had a number of neighbors who became more interested in aviation as a result of Davis aerospace. And so I have some friends who have gotten their pilot's license as a result of the high school. And just being in the neighborhood and having it very close to them in vicinity. So thank you all again for the hard work, for getting it back to the airport and certainly looking forward to the growth and keeping all of our young people connected to Davis aerospace. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you. Member Johnson, all right, we have Miss Jackson in Mr. Watt on do you all have anything additional to add? You're on mute.
Sorry about that. The only thing I have to say has been just a tremendous honor to work with Detroit public schools on this, and we have had just, just a great opportunity here the youth. And I also want to throw a very big thank you out to some of our community members who worked diligently on this for the last 13 years to get us to where we are. That'd be Beverly Kendall Walker, friends at Detroit City Airport, Colonel Larry Melvin Bert Lowe, who just recently passed, Colonel under deptson. All of these folks are, were just tremendous people in helping me realize this potential and get us over the finish line here and on that I just, I'll hand it over to John Jackson.
Thank you, Mr. Watt, to the Chair. I'd like to underscore our appreciation for working with the city over the past few years to allow this home to fruition. Bit about the programming that will be held at the Coleman, a young Municipal Airport Building, the terminal building that we will be leasing includes our CTE drone programs as well as flight maintenance and flight training. We're incredibly excited to produce new ground instructors for the future, for students who are coming behind our current students, as well as private pilots and commercial pilots as going through or after going through our program, I'd also like to I'd be remiss if I did not promote council member Benson for his unwavering support throughout the success as Well as Mr. Watt and his team and of course, our our elected school board, one of our members who's on the call as well, attendant to allow this to be a reality for so many students, for direct pathways into a profession that is in need of such professionals.
Thank you so much, and we still have Sherry gay van no go. Thank
you. Councilwoman Santiago Romero and council member Johnson, basically all of our city council members. This is an exciting day. Our very capable facilities team have already lift lifted up very important information about what will be delivered at the Coleman, a young city airport. We're excited about getting back there, but thank you, Jason watts, also for just lifting up our Tuskegee Airmen and all of our stakeholders that have participated, principal Davis as well. I mean, this is an exciting time. I just want to point to also in the legislature, Senator Darren, caramel, Larry, and rep Regina Weiss and those who helped to also push the appropriation, I think this is one of the great times where where we've seen a lot of disinvestment. This is a time where we got it right with those offer dollars, getting to the city, helping us with our facility master plan. And now you guys appropriating this, hopefully approving it to move forward on our which will allow it to be on our calendar next Tuesday. So a huge thank you to all of our Detroit city council members. I know I'm dating myself to say, the last time I flew out of the city air, it was people express probably before some of you all were born. But I'm excited to see, as count Benson pointed out, a life that will be pumped back in the COVID a young city airport after divestment. So thank you. Thank you. I can thank you for the work that you're doing,
right. Thank you as well. We appreciate you, as though is council member young,
yeah. Thank you so much. I just remember Benson and Romero member Johnson, as well as to Director Watt, Miss Jackson. Thank you so much. And as well as to share Gay Day no go and school woman Reeve as well, just want to say thank you so much for all of your work here. I'm really excited about what this means for the children, for the kids, and being learned to scale. And you know, one of the things that really grew my father since we're talking about the culinary airport at the Freeman Field, mutiny, was the fact that they denied his wings. And he was really upset that he said some things I can't say here, because it's a PG show, but he was really felt some type of way about that that, you know, besides him being denied equal access to Off Club. But that was something that really motivated him and really motivated a lot of people to stand against the injustice and raise them at that time. So for us now, for the next generation, be able to teach these kids how to fly and be able to get their wings, I really feel that we are carrying forward the legacy he sacrificed so much and cared for so deeply with the Coleman and young airport. So I thank everybody involved and look forward for supporting this. Thank you.
Thank you so much. Member young,
right? Well, thank you council member Benson, for your work on this as well. Dpscd, everyone, it's been a long time coming. So excited to be where we are today and get this thing moving. So thank you all for your support, and if there are no additional questions, comments, concerns. Member Santiago Romero has moved this for approval. Are there any objections? Hearing, no objections. The one resolution will be approved. Request a waiver. Madam President, okay. A waiver has been requested. Any objection? Hearing, none a waiver will be attached to line item 20 point. Thank you all right. Thank you so much. Thank you all
from the law department.
Council member Benson, an introduction of an ordinance, line item 20.2
council member Benson,
Madam President, I move that the ordinance be read twice by titled order printed and laid on the table.
Hearing, no objections. Discussion, yes. Member Benson, thank
you. So just brief information for my colleagues and for the public. This is the electric vehicle charging station ordinance. This will allow the city of Detroit to charge at the EV charging stations that we now have throughout the city of Detroit. Many of you may have noticed the new charging stations that are our recreation centers. We have a we have one. They are typically level twos, which are faster than home, but not as fast as a DC fast charger, but we do have a DC fast which will go for EV only vehicles. But we're also looking at how we can expand this into some private businesses that we've negotiated with as well. As an example, you have the triangle hardware on the corner of Gratiot and Georgia, there will be a charging station there. If you're not familiar with the hardware store. It's not in a typical neighborhood that where you would think of milk and honey. This is in our neighborhoods to ensure that we in the city of Detroit, our neighborhoods, our residents who can afford this level of infrastructure at their home will have access to the future, because EVs are the future. I know we're having some policy concerns at the federal level now, but you can't stop the future, and it is coming, and we need to ensure that all of our residents have access, and we need to ensure that while we're providing access as a city, that we can also charge fairly for those services that we're investing throughout the city. So hopefully, my colleagues, they have any questions, they'll come and talk about it. We'll be looking forward to a public hearing soon, and please, if you have questions, ask about it. What are we doing? Why is this important? Why is this necessary, and how will this improve the quality of life for all of our residents right here in the city of Detroit. Thank you.
Thank you. Member, Benson and I actually spoke yesterday with the owner of the triangle hardware store, very familiar with them. He's a legacy business owner in Detroit, and wanted to have more conversations about just communication with construction to ensure that that's done appropriately, so that they're not impacted whatsoever throughout the process as well. So looking forward to the overall initiative and looking forward to those conversations, all right, and this is just to schedule a public hearing. We're not voting on this today. This is just to schedule a public hearing. Hearing. No objections that action will be taken from the law department.
Council member Benson, a resolution set in the public hearing. Line item 20.3
council member Benson,
alright and Hearing no objections, a public hearing will be scheduled at a date to be determined
from the Office of Development and grants.
Council Member Santiago Romero, three resolutions, line items, 20.4 through 20.6 council member, Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. Motion to approve, as mentioned. These are all various grants. All right, hearing, no objections. The three resolutions will be approved. The for
the internal operations standing committee,
five reports from various city departments. The
five reports will be referred to the internal operations, standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services. Standing Committee,
more report from the Office of contracting and procurement,
one report will be referred to the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee for the Planning and Economic Development, standing committee, four reports from various city departments before reports will be referred to the Planning and Economic Development. Standing Committee for the public health and safety. Standing Committee,
one report from the Office of Chief Financial Officer, Office of Development and grants,
one report will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee. I do have one walk on resolution. Madam Clerk, do you have it? Yes.
Madam President, I was waiting to after you were done with the referrals. But I do have it
right. This is a request for a resolution in support of funding for Job Corps, and this can be walked on to be referred to budget Finance and Audit. If there's no objections, this will be added as a referral for budget finance. Under the consent agenda, there are no items. Madam President, all right, we will call now for member reports. Member Young,
thank you. I also just forgot to say I'd also like to thank the Tuskegee Airmen as well, and for their sacrifices that they have made and for what they have done, the events that they made home in a young airport, when a lot of people left, well, a lot of people abandoned it. They were there. Kept it going, kept it running. So I just want to say I really appreciate that as well. Thank you.
Thank you. Member protente,
thank you, proton. Member Santiago Romero,
thank you, Madam President, asking all these six residents to join us tomorrow for our monthly d6 meeting, Wednesday, June 4, at 6pm we'll be at the kingdom apostolated ministries on Fourth Street, right across from the Fourth Precinct. We will be joined at hearing updates from the Gordie Howe international bridge projects the Detroit riverfront conservancy on the Ralph C Wilson Centennial Park and from glewa Regarding the law, annual sewer repair project happening now. Our office hours are continuing this June. Please join us and stop by if you have any questions for DPW or B seed, they will be with us at lemon de rec center on Monday, June 9, from four to 6pm Thank you, Madam President, thank you member waters,
member Johnson,
thank you, Madam President. I would actually like to resurrect conversation that happened during budget, we sent a memo to, I believe it was the office of the CFO, relative to freezing half of the budget because of the that one line. So we do know that the administration is changing. We do know that a couple of council members will not be here next a year, and before the fiscal year, July one starts, I think it would be pertinent for us to have a conversation relative to the freezing. And the reason I bring this up is because when I came into office, I had to contend with vacation banks that paid out and the I was left with 50% of the allocated budget for my office, but then I also had to accommodate the vacation banks that had had to be paid out as well. And so I would like to maybe ask LPD for some guidance and leadership around this, because I think that is extremely important. We know that some people have already transitioned out from the administration, but as we go into the next fiscal year, just want to ensure that the second half of the upcoming fiscal year. Fiscal Year 26 is favorable and fair for the incoming administration, as well as anyone who succeeds. Council members that do not come back next year,
Director Whitaker and I'm sure we'll loop in the budget department as well in these conversations,
Madam President,
this issue was discussed Probably about 10 years ago when similar issues as member Johnson has just spoken about, came about at an earlier time, when there was a transition after an election. And I think I really don't know exactly, you know we were talking about putting our governor in place that would prevent the over spending of more than 50% going into a year following an election, and I think we have to work with The administration to determine how that is accomplished, but if you give us an assignment, we will undertake that effort, working with the CFO offices as well as LPD, to try to find a rational way to proceed and bring that back to you, whether it would take an ordinance To do it, or whether or not the internal rules of the CFO budget office would handle it. We'd have to determine that after much discussion, but, but it give us assignment we will, we will undertake to try to find a way to address the issues that member Johnson is raised. Johnson,
thank you. I will certainly submit a memo to LPD with the assignment, okay,
thank you. Council member Durham, thank you Through you, madam president. Member Johnson, would this be something for speaking all of all Council offices, as well as the administration, just just
so I have clarity that
that is correct because of the fiscal year not aligning with the calendar year.
Thank you council member Johnson, Thank you, Director Whitaker,
was that your member reports? Member Johnson,
I believe Dr powers would like for me to make a motion to to that effect. So I'd like to move to submit an assignment to LPD to identify how to address the 50%
freeze
at for the end of the calendar year when there are changes within the administration or Council offices,
any objections hearing, none that action will be taken.
Council member Benson, thank
you. Just to remind everyone, please join our workshops at the Detroit Public Library. Regarding estate planning, it's huge. This is free. These are these plans are worth at least $2,000 I'm on the private side. We are doing this for free for our Detroit residents that qualify this. These are critical services. Please have a plan for your family. Estate plan will Lady Bird Deed. It seems like the transition is far off in the future, but no one knows when it's going to happen. We all wanted to take forever, but it catches everybody. Everyone will see an end. Please make sure that your families are prepared for that transition, and we're doing it for free for residents right here in the city of Detroit. So please sign up for the estate planning services. A simple Google search on the city's webpage estate planning, it'll pop up all the different seminars, and you can sign up there. Thank you.
Thank you. Member Benson, member Durham,
thank you. And we just want to remind everyone to please join us for the city of Detroit retirees Task Force hybrid meeting, which will be taking place this Friday, June the sixth, from 11am to 12:30pm again, the Detroit retirees Task Force hybrid meeting will be taking place this Friday from June 6, or this Friday, June 6, from 11am to 12:30pm this task force is chaired by myself as well as the Honorable Member waters, and it will have updates and information as it pertains to the retirees of the city of Detroit. And again, this meeting will take place right here in the COVID young municipal center in the Irma Henderson Auditorium on the 13th floor. We will send a zoom link in advance for those who would like to participate and join virtually, and that will again be happening this Friday, June the sixth, from 11am to 12:30pm that concludes my member report. Thank
you. Thank you. Just want to remind the public that June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. We have declared June as Gun Violence Awareness Month in this city, probably about 10 years ago. So there will be tons of events taking place in June to raise awareness around the issue of gun violence. In Detroit, I will be kicking off the annual press conference and announcement on this Friday, June the sixth at 11am in partnership with the City of Detroit's well being ERG committee and the DMC, we will be partnering again this Friday, June the sixth at 11am for our annual press conference to kick off June as Gun Violence Awareness Month, followed by the annual silence the violence march with the Church of the Messiah on Saturday, June the seventh, at 10am come on out for such an amazing time of resources, speakers and the annual March to silence the violence here in the city of Detroit. And then lastly, our 12th annual occupy the corner will taking place on next Friday, June the 13th, at the Coleman Young play field, from five to 8pm carnival rides, special performances, free food, haircuts, braiding, bouncy houses, face painting, on site, resources, giveaways, and of course, we'll be Doing our bike giveaway for 500 bikes here in Detroit. This is in partnership with the rocket Community Fund, hot 1075, and other sponsors. Again, that is next Friday, June the 13th, at 5pm at the Coleman Young play field. This is our 12th annual edition. This will be our final one. Very excited to go hard this last one. So please join us again for the annual occupy the corner, the largest community resource and empowerment event in Detroit, this Friday. Excuse me, next Friday, June the 13th, from five to 8pm at the Coleman Young play field. Registration is required for bikes. Those who are interested in bikes, please make sure that you contact our office. Registration is required, and that will conclude all of my member reports, Council Member, young
man, I'm sorry, I
forgot. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, everybody, but I forgot this Wednesday, June the fourth, at 4pm to 5pm we are going to have our parks and recreation virtual meeting. That is this week for four to 5pm our special guest is going to be. Special guest is going to be Keith Flournoy. That's deputy director of recreation Division of General Services Department. Register Now, scan the QR code or call 3134248, that's 31322442483132244248,
that's 313-224-4248,
that's this. Wednesday, June the fourth, 4pm 5pm Parks and Recreation virtual meeting with this the parks and recreational virtual meeting with your Councilman number one, Coleman am the second. Wednesday, June, 4, 4pm, 5pm call, 313-224-4248,
thank you, Madam President, right. Thank you. Council member young, alright. We will continue now to under adoption without committee reference. There are no items. Madam President, under communications from the clerk, a report on approval of proceedings by the mayor, the report will be received and placed on file. Under testimonial resolutions and special
privilege. There are no items, been a president,
there being nothing else to come before us today is there a motion to adjourn. Okay. This meeting will stand adjourned. Ned.