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Okay, thank you appreciate it. All right. I think we can begin.
Morning. You say that again. Good morning. Good morning. All right. This is the day. All right. This is the day that the Lord has made and we shall rejoice we should be grateful and happy and glad in it. Hopefully everyone had a great Halloween and we're not filling the after effects of all of that great candy yesterday. We have a pretty heavy agenda. So we'll now call to order our regular session of Tuesday, November the first 2022 will now come to order it The clerk will please call the roll.
Councilmember Scott Benson. Scott Benson I councilmember Fred dirt Hall The third councilmember Leticia Johnson present councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero present. Councilmember Mary waters present councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway, Councilmember Coleman Young the second.
Council President Pro Tem James T. Council President Mary Sheffield. Madam President, you have a quorum noting that council members policy
number Doha is present. And we will now go straight to our invocation this morning and we have joining us this morning. Pastor Alonzo bale
man, good morning. Good morning. Thank you so much to the this this council and to you madam president and to great, great, great, great, mighty district for Councilwoman Leticia Johnson. Thank you all for having me and to the great people of Detroit. Happy to be here. So let's go ahead and talk to God and let Him lead us your mind when you buy his in the word of prayer.
There delt me Father we come to our thank you once again for another day another opportunity to come together on behalf of your people. Caring Father, we pray right now that you would bless lead and guide each council member in all of their plans today. Lord, we pray that you bless them with the plan that will relieve suffering that will bring about justice and increased productivity for the people of Detroit. Godfather we pray over this meeting today. We pray that you lead and guide us in everything that's going on. Kind of Father we pray right now for wisdom knowledge and understanding today. We pray that you bless the council members today as they are making decisions that can impact generations to come. Kind of Father we pray right now that you will just increase their creativity and ingenuity, the ingenuity of their minds to foster projects and strategic plans that will benefit the people of the city of Detroit, cannon fodder and as they do their work on your behalf for your people. We pray right now that you will continue to protect them, cover them and make sure they have no fear to do what is right. Cannon fodder. I pray that as they carry out your will for your people. That things in the city will turn around and continue to move up and upward projection kind of out. I pray right now that you would just bless the people of Detroit, kind of other than us coming together in unity and in love and caring father we know that if you were you would be in the midst of all of us and we would be in your bosom that you will protect us lead us and guide us and all that we do because you said in your word that if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves. Pray turn from their wicked ways that you will heal the land and caring father. pray right now that we begin praying I pray that we will begin to turn from our wicked ways and I pray can father that you will begin to heal the land and we thank you and we give your name honor glory and praise and your name we pray. Amen.
Amen. All right, thank you so much. Reverend pastor bail. We appreciate you and all the work that you do over in District Four and looking forward to seeing you soon. If you want to hang on and check out console session. Please do so. If not, we understand if you have to jump off. Okay. Okay. Thank
you. Thank you, Madam President.
All right. Thanks so much. And we've also been joined by member Young as well. And individuals are joining us virtually and would like to make a public comment. Please make sure you raise your hand at this time. As we will be cutting off our public comment after our presentations this morning. We've also been joined by Member Santiago mural. Did you make the roll call Okay. Member Santiago Ramiro in President Pro Tem tight. Alright, we're gonna now go straight to our presentations. We have two presentations this morning. The first one starting with pro Tim Tate.
Actually president if we can delay that until representation of the whole
okay, we're going to now move over to our second presentation which is our right to counsel update. Individuals who are here for that presentation please join us at the table and the individuals who are online if we can bring those over. As panelists
please. Can we get one day
All right. Great morning. So
you are good morning.
Make sure your microphones orange just press the green button. There you go. The green button. Do we have anyone joining us virtually? Attorney Myers Phillips
not right now.
Okay. All right the floor is yours for your presentation.
To share a screen. Good morning to this honorable body. My name is Tanya Meyers Phillips and I'm here with my colleagues on behalf of the Detroit Rights Council coalition. First I want to thank Council President Mary chef bill for providing this opportunity to speak to the council and to speak to our community members. And we also collectively want to thank each and every one of you for voting to pass this transformative ordinance and also to vote for resolutions that provide funding for this ordinance. We're here today to provide an update of what's happening or not happening with our ordinance. So our community and you as council members can be aware of what's where we're at and where we need to go. We passed our ordinance on May 10 of this year and the ordinance was supposed to take effect and be implemented by October 1 of this year. What we've been seeing is that eviction filings continued to increase this year alone. Even with rental assistance in place. There have been 19,240 eviction cases filed in the 36 district court cases case filings are going up. In October alone. There were 1912 eviction case filings what does that mean for Detroiters? What the average household of 2.4 that means 4500 Ada Detroit residents have in October alone have been impacted by evictions. Why does this photo here? This is a photo it's a photo of a family living in their van as a home because they're homeless. This photo was not taken in Detroit, but it is a photo of a family and I'm touched and moved and one of our recent forums one of the shelters reported having to because the shelters are so full in that capacity that they're exploring the possibility of secure parking lots for women and their children to stay in a parking lot instead of a home. That does not have to be the case in Detroit. We don't have to go there. That's why we passed this ordinance. That's why we passed this ordinance. This is preventable. And we have a graph continuing to show how the number of case filings are going to rise again. What did we do? This is a quick review for not just for council members but for community residents. Our ordinates had robust legislative findings. All Detroiters at 200% of the federal poverty level are eligible for full legal representation or an attorney to fight their case. Not give advice, fight their case. broad coverage for tennis homeowners illegal lockouts, foreclosures, community outreach as a funded activity, an office of eviction defense is supposed to be created. There should be an annual public meeting for transparency and disclosure. And we spent a long time on funding and talked about ARPA monies as a potential source for funding resolutions. What has our honorable city council said about funding? Well, first, the mayor's closing resolution. Well, not on April 14, called for $6 million over three years. That's $2 million a year. Also split with administration. That really just doesn't meet the bill. And this was before the ordinance passed. Awesome. On April 14, this honorable body solid fit to allocate $6 million for three years every year for three years. On May 10, when the ordinance passed now we have a law that should be followed this honorable body passed a resolution calling for full funding and full implementation of this ordinance. And on July 26, this honorable body passed a resolution calling for an additional $12 million in Article funds. This honorable body has heard the call of our community members and requested funding. Right now. We're still at $6 million over three years. Less than $2 million this year. Maybe 20% of people who are eligible receiving legal representation now I want to pass invite my colleague, Miss Ruth Johnson to speak and that will be followed by Miss Kiana Jackson and Miss Teresa Saunders. And we won't be before you long we do understand this the pathogen.
Good morning, honorable Council and all those within the sound of my voice. My name. Can you hear me? My name is Ruth Johnson. I serve as the Public Policy Director for Community Development advocates of Detroit and a proud member of the Detroit right to counsel coalition. Right to council ordinance is the law. The city must follow the law and fund the law. And I will go through some things that we're looking to be done as soon as possible. The effective date of this ordinance October 120 22 is important. Because each day that the city does not follow the law or fund the law. More people are at risk of eviction and homelessness, more suffering. It's getting cold out here folks. Let us turn up the heat so that the people who need full legal representation and Supportive Housing Services won't be out in the cold. So we asked the city to establish a budget not just to appropriate money, but also budgeted for certain activities. One of the key provisions as attorney Meyers Phillip says is full legal representation to eligible Detroiters facing eviction. This council has passed approved 10 contracts use ARPA money outside of the ordinance. This is for the Detroit landlord tenant program. It does not provide full legal representation. Likewise, the Gilbert funded program does not follow up, follow the law or provide full legal representation and the eligibility requirements are so restrictive. Just family with children. Yes I do understand families with children should be targeted. But we have seniors, people with disabilities, all kinds of folks who need protection who need legal advice. We asked for the city to set up the office of eviction prevention and to hire a qualified experienced coordinator. We are very willing as we have the community members, as well as coalition members to work with the city to identify candidates. We've already searched and found job descriptions. We're ready to help because that's how this this law got passed is all of us working together. But the important aspect is the community education and engagement. It's important for people to not just come to court but know their rights to be supported, whether it's in transportation, childcare, figuring out zoom, whatever it is. Also, it's important to contract with qualified experienced nonprofit legal organizations. There are many people who may want to help but if they have never been in 36 years of court have never been in landlord tenant division. This is not an experiment. We are not going to play with people's lives. We need experienced competent, qualified, legal representation. In support. We work together to develop the implementation guidelines. Attorney Michael Myers villas talks about 200% of poverty level but there are other guidelines that need to be established so that we can have a robust, good program. But most importantly, or as importantly is we need to plan, monitor and evaluate the progress progress because we want to continually improve and make sure we are doing what we intended to do with this right to counsel ordinance. So let us work together to follow the law. Bundle law implement the law. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
I'm Kiana Jackson. And I am a runner in the city. I'm also a field organizer for Detroit action. What a fully funded rites of castle looks like is less traumatic experiences for our neighbors.
evictions are criminalized
evictions wasn't eviction is on your record, it is almost impossible to find housing and that is why I am here today.
Thank you
Hello everyone.
I'm Tanisha Sanders.
She hers I am the housing organizer with the chair to action and I'm Hi everyone. I work with everybody but two people and I'm going to work with you soon. too. But yes, but um, basically, I want to make the calls to all the districts right now. And you guys know my voice about the critic, because um, I actually met this lady at her car and her car was full but her and her kids stand in it. And you know, I did give her proper numbers. And things like that to one on one and more and no one really had held for her. She basically had to pull up at her family driveway but couldn't go in because that house was over capacitated already with a whole bunch of people. And so it's like every day I'm dialing with Alan our team. We're getting 60 people or more telling us about the horrific stuff that's going on with the rent and the housing crisis. What are we going to do? What are we going to do? We got to figure this out. We have to figure this out. And please don't come with this New York bang because people talk about these little 90 feet houses people saying I can't see it square feet. I just can't see it. But what can we do? To get these women children and people low poverty off the streets? I mean, these eviction rates are crazy. I can't believe the court is open from 8am to 8pm just to evict people and it just was improperly done. You know, when COVID became people knew that they can cannot didn't have to renew their lease so they didn't renew their leases. So which means that you just the ad will stay so they can add we'll let them go regardless. And a lot of times these landlords are traumatized and these people live in these deplorable places, please City Council. They say the 18 million can do it but rent has went up to $1,000 a month for a single place. No, no room like a studio. And houses are even more. So it's hurting me to the core. What are we going to do? Most people only make 23 to 30,000 Here, let's make it make sense. And I appreciate you guys and consider everything you do and we're going to work together we're gonna
do this. And just in conclusion, we need this lot of funding. That's the solution. We already went through the long process of making the case. We have all the data we need. We have the talent we need. We have attorneys, we have organizers we have community members, we don't need another website. We don't need anything else but to follow a button and implement this law and act on the resolutions we already passed in the law we already passed. So we are calling on Mayor Duggan to do this. We are calling on administration. To do this. I just came back from Washington DC with other legal service providers who were talking about their program and using their ARPA funds. It's not hard. It's not rocket science. Though we're in a strong fiscal position. One of the strongest positions we've ever been in and this Rights Council is only a fraction of the almost $1 billion that we receive to rescue our residents. So we need that money. We need it now. And we just asked for you to continue to stand with us and support us stand up for our residents. They have this right to counsel fund it and implement it. Thank you for the time.
Thank you
Thank you. All right. Thank you.
Just again, want to say thank you to the coalition and to all of the members of the coalition I wanted to just briefly mention on Friday, October the seventh that is when the NOFA was published for the right to counsel ordinance to get the individuals to actually implement the program. And then a vendor announcement is expected to be made by November the fourth. I did submit a memo along with member Johnson asking several questions regarding the implementation of the ordinance. Our Corporation Counsel did respond and that information is public if anyone wants to read it, but essentially it states what I just mentioned, and that is that the NOFA was published on Friday, October the seventh and that the vendor announcement will be made by November the fourth. The corporation Council also stated that he would not offer any excuses for not having the ordinance ready by the official date of October one, but we'll do everything that he can to ensure that it is operational as soon as possible. Regarding the Funding Council has done everything that we can do we have put it in our closing resolution. We have also added it into councilmember Santiago Ramirez most recent resolution as well to urging the administration to allocate additional funding. And so I'm sure that all of us will continue those conversations with the administration and then also, as we approach budget, we have another opportunity to make sure that sufficient funds are available for right to counsel. So we appreciate you guys, we thank you all for your hard work and advocacy and we as a council stand united on this issue and supporting you all so thank you all for coming down. And we appreciate you.
Thank you so much.
All right. We're going to now turn it over to President Pro Tem take before I do so we're going to cut off our okay, we're still waiting. We're going to cut off our virtual public comments. And as we're still waiting for that presentation, we'll move back to our agenda you ready?
Okay. Thank you, Madam President. I would like to call for Mr. Or excuse to not miss Dr. Jan Anderson, who can come forward please. Y'all may not know her but Dr. Anderson has played an integral role in the development progress and movement of the city of Detroit. John, do you have the residence No. Need the language in front of me. I want to make sure I read it properly this way to me, so just give me some highlights about Dr. Anderson. She has served on the staff of every global restructuring effort since Mayor Coleman Young's 21st century Committee. She also worked collaboratively with the Detroit City Council to establish the office of chief financial officers first budget formal public engagement process. That's the annual public budget meeting and this originated with proposals device while she served as a volunteer researcher for the 1997 charter commission. And then also just those more years on there for 30 years a pro bono work for Belle Isle preservation Wayne, Gaelic League of Detroit and other nonprofits in the city of Detroit. So we thank you tremendously. Dr. Anderson, and we're going to read this resolution to you. And again, thank you for your many, many, many years of service within the city of Detroit. And it says here, testimony resolution for Dr. Jan Anderson, whereas Dr. Anderson worked collaboratively with the Detroit City Council again to establish the Office of Financial Officers first budget formal public engagement process. Whereas Dr. Anderson integrated performance budget and performance management into budget under Mayor Dennis archers gold base governance system as well as mayor Kwame Kilpatrick administration strategic management initiative. She also served on the inter agency team that decriminalized blight enforcement and launched the Department of Administrative Hearings. It's a lot different before you came on. Thank you for that. Whereas Dr. Anderson also, as mentioned earlier, launched the city's first scale full scale restructuring with a series of cost saving agency consolidations, including the creation of the General Services Department. A best practice shared service Services Agency, saving $8 million in operating causes huge deal and that's just the first year alone served on the staff of every as mentioned before global restructuring efforts since Mayor Coleman Young's 21st century committee and whereas you served as the deputy program manager under the state of Michigan's emergency management, she led Mayor de Bings office of restructuring which laid the path with third party partnerships, and other modernizations of the bureaucracy. Her leadership and asset management as the director of General Services Department is huge. It includes the city's first vehicle reinvestment system, a best practice program that saved again $8 million per year, and therefore it be resolved on this day, November 1 2022. Council President Pro Tem James take the entire Detroit City Council. Thank you for your years of service and dedication to the residents of the city of Detroit. We congratulate you on your retirement and wish you all the best along the way. If we all can please show your
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on to show you many times you see these faces on the screen all the time. We are the ones doing the interviews. There's a lot of folks doing some hard heavy lifting and heavy work behind the scenes and we always need to make sure we lift them up. We use the phrase give them flowers while they can appreciate them. Dr. Anderson Thank you. So much. We want to give you your flowers today. And if you have any words that you want to offer, now's the time for you to do so.
Well thank you for everything you've said and everything that you do as a body. I was raised to value public service as well. I was raised in a household where the vision of inclusion, the vision of opportunity for people my I'm a lifelong Detroiter, my mother was a lifelong Detroiter. And so I always want to thank her, because that's a big reason I went into this I'll always be a lifelong to charter to, by the way, and I think I'll always be in public service. I'm serving the public lighting authority on establishing its system requirements, a long term capital plan and I'm hoping to get more involved in writing and policy and kind of the lessons learned from the last 30 years. But it always comes back to all the people that you worked with and worked for. And it's just been amazing. You know, you get emotional thinking how quickly, quickly and yet began off the 30 years in some ways felt like 60 But, but I thank you for everything that you're doing. And I really, I really appreciate this. This will be definitely hung with pride.
And then you said it's been an amazing journey. You've been amazing for the city of Detroit. So we thank you as well. Guys any statements any comments you would like to provide Dr. Anderson? Just never been
in this is this really glad to see you here today. Dr. Anderson and Dr. Anderson helping to move the city forward played a huge role when it comes to our moving our sustainability when it comes to moving away from ice internal combustion engine vehicles towards EVs and hybrids established and led the Fleet Management Task Force. And so when we talk about how we're going to lower our emissions and increase our vehicle efficiency, that was Dr. Anderson if I'm not mistaken, Dr. Anderson has been around since the city established email accounts, had the first series of emails.
I was the first person to get email in the city of Detroit. So they just called me Jan at Detroit MI SO, Jan, thank you for remembering that.
So just the history and the commitment and dedication. I'm not mistaken. You were also a former athlete and accomplished basketball player. In our youth very athletic, a renaissance woman who as an edgy, edgy education doctor will move letters here moving the city forward, always looking forward not looking back, looking to take on a role of leadership and make sure that we are the tip of the spear here in the city of Detroit. And so just really an honor to be able to support this today and be able to work with you and just know what you've done and how committed you are to the city of Detroit and taking on a leadership role not being afraid to take on the challenge and moving the city forward. Thank you
any additional questions or comments member Johnson?
Thank you, Madam President. So to Dr. Anderson. I know you as a neighbor as a resident in Cornerstone village, and I always knew you worked for the city but so ecstatic to hear about all the amazing things that you did for the City on behalf of the city as a trailblazer. I'm always disappointed that I don't get the opportunity to work, full fledge with my neighbors that I've known for so many years in this capacity, but appreciate all the work that you did. Congratulations on your retirement and I'm sure I will continue to see pictures of you on vacation in Ireland with some other neighbors. Congratulations. Thank you.
No additional comments just also want to join in and congratulate you since I've been here I had the privilege of working with you and you've always been an amazing individual to work with. So I wish you the best in your retirement and looking forward to what's next to come. Because I know I'm sure there's there's not the end for you. Right. I know that you want to keep giving back and serving the city of Detroit. So we appreciate you Dr. Anderson, and just wish you the best thank you so much. All right. There's no additional comments, colleagues. Did you guys want to take a picture with Dr. Anderson? All right. Let's join in in the middle for a pitcher. Alright, if
we can just school is a little bit more so I can
get real tired here.
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Right, thank you again to President Pro Tem Tate for that presentation. And we're going to go back now to our agenda. Ready Mr. Clark? All right. The agenda of this session of October 18 2022 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
will reports from various city departments. Those
four reports will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit standing committee for the internal operations standing committee
15 reports from various city departments. Those 15
reports will be referred to the internal operation standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee,
one report from General Services Department.
The one report will be referred to the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee.
It's the middle of one memorandum.
The one memorandum will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee. We will now move to the voting action matters under other matters. There are no items Madam President, under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials in agencies. There are no items Madam President. All right. We're gonna now call for public comment. And our if you can let me know how many hands we have joining us virtually.
Good morning, Madam President. We have 43 Hands raised virtually as well as 14 statements that were emailed to be read into the record.
All right. All right. And we have 35 in person comments and so we are going to limit public comment to one minute. Everyone will have one minute for public comment and again, public comment is now cut off if you guys can be queued up and be prepared to take your seat so that we can move in a in a nice manner this morning. Margaret Cofield Laura George's make sure your microphone is on.
Can you hear me? Yes, we can go more and more. Men are better than honorable city council members. My name is Marvin Schofield from now keep alarm village. We have a commercial kitchen kitchen that we've been using for the last 35 years. We understand the importance of eating making sure that we prepare before during and after eating is very important. I think I keep emphasizing people over profit. At the end of the day. We all understand the importance of grading individuals of institutions for example, when we get an upgrade on on on a plane we feel excited because we add at the top when we buy food we see great a different letters. But the main thing is we want to make sure one life is save is better than losing lives and saying well, we didn't mean to do it. If you're going to be looked at it. As an institution we want to give the best to the best. And usually we have some way of evaluating that. And so I think there's two It's nothing. It's a major tool to make sure we understand what we're trading.
Thank you. That's your time. Thank you so much for your public comment. You're welcome. All right, Jay. Jorgenson.
Good morning Council. It's good to see you again. I'm here on behalf of the Jefferson Chalmers water project. So I wanted to remind you about the water summit that we're 10 days down the 11th of November. I have yet to brief a couple of you I will out you in front of your colleagues. You've all been asked to support I'm booking food buses, out of town guests hotels, we need some help with sponsorship. So I'm going to ask you for that again. Each of you have two slots reserved, but nobody's registered yet. registration ends on Friday, November 4. If you go to Jefferson Chalmers water project.org You go in the upper right hand corner and you click to register. If you come on as a sponsor, you'll join all three of our major universities. Mr. Bob Maxie Ford Lincoln, DTE plastics, oceans and other organizations. So I hope to see you next Friday.
Thank you Thank you. Sorry about that. Bob karmic.
Yes, my name is Bob Carmack. And I'd like to Mr. Whittaker, you got to update for them on investigation. The mayor of Detroit you have to make your public. He told me that they were going to appeal the decision on them charging me that's what the Mr. Whittaker said said that the mayor's gonna appeal it. There's no appeal is the state law. State law MCL 565152. I got a city Detroit D back in 2007. That's what happened to bear Detroit don't know anything about that deed. He has no witness. He has no documentation. He committed a crime. There's a constitutional oath that he took when he signed this. This is what says the state and I will faithfully discharge the duties office of Mayor I solemnly swear That I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the joy to the best of my ability. This man has broken the law.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Chair.
Yes. Member Callaway. Thank
you Madam Chair. Mr. Karma. Karmic, thank you for your well wishes on the passing of my father. Thank you for the flowers. And I'm so delighted that the tethers are off your body and may God heal your body and make you protect you and heal you from the top of your head to the soles of your feet and lengthen your life on this earth. So you continue to fight the good fight of faith. God bless you Mr. Carmack, and thank you for all that you do. Thank you.
Thank you, Deborah Walker.
Yeah. I am Deborah Walker. President of the east and Corktown black club, the area where Greg manages award winning restaurant is located. I want to add some things you may not have read that set Greg apart beyond his job. He was there to help without being asked. He would often invite our DPD police officer to the restaurant for patients and patrons to me to make sure they knew what true kindhearted police offers looks like as one of the many representing Detroit's finest. He helped businesses maneuver the city's red tape and he didn't just adapt the park. He planted flowers and cleaned the park he had a program where you could buy a token used later to feed unhoused residents but without without tokens. Greg let no one go hungry. His family staff and community continue his work that's a legacy when people speak of Greg is with great it's with a great picture of Detroit he presented and there's a reason they returned to the city. Even if not to visit Mondays. You want a meaningful secondary street sign name that Detroit make Detroit proud Greg mud streets of Brooklyn important. Thank you. Thank you
Miss Deborah. Mr. Over with
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First things first, yesterday I appeared before the public health and safety committee. Scott this over here suggested that I go back to the OCI. Scott knows and it's disingenuous for him to even put that forth. After I made the comments I made because he was wanting to call it over to the OCI and he witnessed Melanie white hang up in my face when I told her I was on line with the counselor. And I wanted to matter just now in a matter of Captain Johnson and his officer role was zir that has arrested me twice now. It just showed up my house the other day again with Simona says one of them are lying. flat out lying is just cut and dry. Councilman take as he gets up from his seat right now knows that I've been having a situation with the OCI. Both these kinds of people sitting up here. Okay, so practical, practical caveman propaganda that that guy's in the fact that OCI bow
Thank you, Mr. Sanders. Yes.
Hi, my name is Tito, and he's just Sanders with the trade action. I'm here. Again, thank you so much for ensuring that the presentation that you guys we're going to do as much as you can, but again, I really need you to consider that red has went up so high that you guys have to consider the budget a little bit more than what you're doing. Please understand that these people are just out here just struggling. And it's hard my heart. I'll be talking to people today, all weekend and more in every district. And I just want to just make it a good report and we're going to get what we need. Thank you so much. All right. Thank you.
And Miss Jackson.
Good morning Council. Again, my name is Katrina Jack fan and thank you for having me today. I am here on supportive line item 16.7 as the niece of former Sheriff Binney Napoleon I cannot think of a more deserving person for this secondary street signing. My uncle not only served as Sheriff of Wayne County, but also Detroit Police Department police chief and assistant county executive 45 years of a true public servant share Binney Napoleon woods and still continues to be an exemplary inspiration to everyone including myself. He gave me the inspiration to be involved in my city and because of him I am an advocate for criminal justice reform and and gun violence in our communities. He has a memory of selflessness to the city of Detroit and Wayne County will live on and naming a part of his old street is a great way to honor his legacy. Thank you so much. All right. Thank you
for being with me. Thank you.
So when we first found out about the proposal ordinance, we first asked to be brought to the table to help craft a solution that works for everyone. And when asked the chances of that happening, the exact words of the council person were the chances are slim to none. So council people I asked you have you asked yourselves why when we were doing our due diligence, the problem that the solution was trying to solve continued to change. And so I'm asking you, city council. Have you asked yourself why? When a committee member Benson said we need this because foodborne illness is on the rise and then the Detroit Health Department said actually it's not on the rise. It's under reported. council people I asked you have you asked why. When despite not being involved, the invited to help work on the policy. And we engaged our members we offered alternatives those were rejected. Have you asked yourselves why? When this body offered a compromise of the QR code, we agreed to the QR code that was rejected. Have you ask yourselves why? The level of engagement that has happened over the past three months happened by accident as a result of a Facebook DM? Have you asked yourselves why either we care about small businesses or we do not either we want small businesses to have a voice or we do not
miss Tompkins. Okay, sorry about that. And as she comes up with Ruth Johnson, go right ahead.
Thank you, Ruth Johnson, Public Policy Director at see that community development advocates of Detroit regarding the right to counsel ordinance. I asked on behalf of our 200 members in every council district to do not fund do not approve any ARPA funded contracts until this city. The delegate administration funds the right to counsel ordinance. I also asked this council as part of their recess letter to not allow any legal services contracts to be approved during your recess. I thank you for all your support so far, but we've got to do this right and we got to do it right now. Regarding the American rescue plan act of one status report of September 3022. I have questions still about the unfunded projects, some that even have requisition and request numbers. There's continued improvements and I think the office of the CFO and legislative policy division.
Thank you, Miss Johnson. If you have additional questions if you could just submit them to us so we can respond. Thank you, Miss Tompkins.
Good morning, everyone. The needed Tompkins in the Virginia Park community. I'm here to support the petition for Elizabeth L. Richard. On post St. Elizabeth Richard was a long and distinguished and a long and distinguished career in Detroit for over 50 years she has served Detroit I mentioned in our hearing about public servant the fact that the sacrifice that they make serving Detroit and others for and sacrificing your family. She also took her talents to City Hall serving in different capacities from neighborhood city hall manager to in this very own room. As the community liaison for City Council. She served to bring affordable housing to the Virginia Park Community Housing Committee regarding new rehabilitated housing that will meet the needs for good for limited space and financial resources for those that have adequate housing and reasonable cause. And it's interesting that we're here 50 years later.
Tompkins last name scaling, Miss Galen.
Yes, it's Bridget Scallon. Okay, good morning, counsel. I'm the daughter of a former Assistant Attorney General and a former social worker for the state of Michigan. But I'm here as a person in my own right as somebody who is a new tenant in the city of Detroit who experienced illegal harassment from landlord Jeffrey, Jeffrey Cohen. But right now I'm going to read a statement from Stephen Zimmer who cannot be here at this moment. My name is Steven Zimmer coordinator of the tenants Association of New central plaza and Marlon norm. I'm sorry that I could not attend today in support of the right of counsel ordinance. I'm currently being sued by my landlord for defamation and eviction. And right now my landlord is sitting outside of my building while a manager just came banging on my door, saying that my toilet is leaking into the apartment underneath me. I went and spoke to my underneath neighbor. She told me that my toilet is not leaking into my apartment. It is actually her toilet that is leaking. Regardless, management told me that the plumber is on the way now to pull out my toilet. That is why we need the right to cancel ordinance in Detroit. Implement it now. Please. Detroit tenants are depending on it.
Thank you. Thank you. We would like to share that that Excuse me, ma'am if you would like to share that property information with us so that we can make sure that BC to the appropriate department does inspect that particular property. And we have various staff members here who can assist you ma'am. We have Miss Napoleon Tiffany Napoleon. Yes.
Good morning. Hi, Madam President and council. My name is Tiffany Napoleon Jackson. I am the daughter of the late Vinnie in Napoleon. I am here in support of the assignment of the secondary street signs who the intersection of Oakman and Littlefield. You all heard my cousin's speak earlier about my father's more than 45 years of dedicated service not only to the city of Detroit, but for the citizens of Wayne County. I think that the secondary street sign would be just another step in solidifying his legacy, his hard work, dedication and everything that he gave to the city of Detroit and to the citizens. It solidifies his legacy for my children, one of which he never got an opportunity to meet. So she will only hear of the great things that her grandfather did, and the integrity that he led with and just how he loves his city, how he loved the people of the city of Detroit. So I'm asking you also to support the assignment of the secondary street sign. Thank you so much for this opportunity to appear before you all this morning.
Thank you. Thank you so much. And I'm sure all of us are going to have comments about former Wayne County Sheriff Napoleon when we get to that line item but we appreciate you and the family for coming down.
Absolutely right.
Thank you, Tiffany. Kiana Jackson. Hi Bowman.
Good morning to this honorable body. The last time I appeared before this honorable body. You all acknowledged the need for a compromise and a full grading ordinance in granting council member Benson the opportunity to work with the small business community on an acceptable an acceptable solution. Not only did that not happen he use that time to further campaign searching high and low for supporters on the same tenants of the ordinance even attempting to repackage the same bad legislation as a marketing opportunity. Because of this unwillingness to consider an alternative to color grading. The small business community and business associations over 100 have responded with a resounding no on color grading. In a memo to this body received this morning. I asked that each of you listen to your constituents and vote no one in food grading ordinance. Thank you.
Thank you, Patricia Wilson.
Good morning. I'm here on behalf of Miss Richards I lived on Pearl Street for 43 years raised my family there. Though I didn't get a chance to meet her. But I've got a chance to bond with her family. And every day when I walk close street I would like to see the secondary sign for Miss Richards for such a wonderful lady. And
that's it. All right. Thank you. Thank you so much. When Shipley
Good morning.
My name is Gwendolyn Selden Shipley and I am here today in support of a secondary street sign from my sister, Elizabeth L. Richards. During the 67 riots in the city of Detroit, I can recall my sister Elizabeth, telephoning our mother to inform my family that she and her four children were huddled together, lying on the floor, praying for safety from the terrifying sounds of gunshots in the community. That day, marked a commitment in my sister's life journey to rise up and fight for children her community in the city of Detroit by becoming a dedicated community activist. During the next 40 plus years she will work tirelessly in numerous community organizations. And in her professional career. She worked in the city of Detroit under five mayor's to mention a few Kavanaugh, Coleman Young and Dennis Archer, Elizabeth L. Richards with a woman who believed that united strong voices can make a difference in the fight for safe, beautiful and vibrant communities in the city of Detroit. I humbly request that the council members approve a secondary street sign to honor my sister's life and memories.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you again to the family of Miss Elizabeth. We are going to take that up again later on in the agenda. But thank you for coming down and we of course appreciate her service to this great city. We appreciate you for coming down. Jim Dwight.
Good morning, Jim Dwyer, district one right to counsel coalition. As you know, we have a crisis in our city, August 1 through August 5 at 36 District Court. 74 new eviction cases were filed 98 default judgments were entered 153 Retro evictions are ordered. The shelters are full, low income housing is non existent October 10 Through October 14 at 36 District Court 112 New eviction cases filed 43 default judgments entered 85 writs of eviction ordered the right to counsel will keep 10,000 families at least with a roof over their heads. Let's work together to tell Mayor Duggan to fully fund the right to counsel ordinance through ARPA funds or the 150 $8 million budget surplus. We can make a difference and we will make it work. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning honorable
Council and George Etheridge here on behalf of the Detroit Restaurant and Lodging Association. This is in regards to line item 17.1 on today's agenda, the food coloring ordinance.
I will first and foremost we would like to thank your honorable body for allowing additional time for amendments to the ordinates. Unfortunately, those current amendments fall woefully short of what the industry was seeking. Ultimately the industry is looking for increased budget appropriation to the health department so food inspectors can adequately do their jobs. Unfortunately, at this point in time, the ordinance does nothing more than create an uneven playing field. exempting food trucks pop up restaurants, gas stations that provide prepared meals and pitting them against brick and mortar establishments. Again at this time, the Detroit Restaurant and Lodging Association is urging a no vote on line item 17.1. The food coloring ordinance. Thank you.
Thank you Steven has to
Good Morning council members. I'm here to speak on the trans Dev, a paratransit contract. But first let me say I'm in full support of full funding for the right to counsel ordinance. This, this contract should never have come before you. It is an insult to us as paratransit users, that the company who has messed up our paratransit services for the past six years, is once again part of the contract in any form. We beg you We urge you don't give them the full five years that this contract has. If you do, they will take it as a signal that they're terrible practices can continue. All of the spin that director ogles B has been giving you about this doesn't answer that question. Thank you. Thank you. Steven
Robinson Robinson morning, my name is Steven Robinson. I own batch Brewing Company in Cork town down the street from budgies deli and wine shop. I came today to thank you for your reconsideration of the secondary street naming for very much it was a great Detroit. I wanted to underline what a rare opportunity this was. That something was so little political costs could be so valuable to so many to see the city council come together with citizens dri citizenry to celebrate Briggs life by indelibly naming the corner that is already his after him. This would be an unusually positive moment in a world desperately lacking these moments. For Greg's family and friends and fans. This moment is what you mentioned before the giving them flowers when they can be appreciated most. And when I hear the results of your vote later today, I truly hope to be raising a glass to not only you but Greg Thank you.
Thank you sir.
Justin IV
Hello, esteemed City Council friends of city council and beautiful people of Detroit. My name is Justin ID and I am a longtime friend of Greg Hodges and Greg started much ease with the shirt on his back. He I noticed because I was there. The thing most people probably don't realize about Greg is that he was making sandwiches at the corner of Brooklyn and Porter for the community for over 10 years before it became machetes and through a strange twist of events when the original owners of F McNally's decided to take a run at moving to Woodward a conversation or to lead Greg to the owner of the building at Brooklyn in order to offering him three months free rent and a busted cooler if you wanted to make a go at it. And this is what I want people to consider about Greg this is what we tell our children this is what we tell our young people when you see an opportunity you go for it. When you see an opportunity you make the most of it. Greg did that beyond any one person can usually handle he used a tent pole in the tent of Corktown Thank you. Thank you. Tanya wills. Good morning.
My name is Tanya wells and currently I am homeless. The City of Detroit compliance department is responsible for making sure that the 36 District Court either the magistrate or the law judge has made sure that the property in question has passed inspection. I'm asking honestly all that console consider that they also the landlord since they want to charge $1,800 for a two bedroom house that looks like a three bedroom because God added $1,500 is too much money to pay for a place such as that. I have been homeless since June, July. I want you as the elected board to make the the compliance department make a part of their compliance that these landlords make an amends for how much money they make on each house each each year. Whatever they're charging people to rent. They should also be charged be given the city of Detroit in terms of taxes, rental taxes, taxes for the city, federal and state.
Thank you. Thank you, sorry, well. You don't mind if we could work with you offline just so that we could try to connect you to the resources while you are here. Regarding your housing situation so much, Mayor, I appreciate you as well as no problem. We want to at least try to help you while you're here. Alexson Eisenberg.
Morning Council. I'm Alexa Eisenberg. I'm a Detroit tenant in district five and a researcher at the University of Michigan's poverty solutions. Current filing data and the 36 District Court is telling us that 65,000 Detroit tenants are on track to face eviction by the end of this year. Four and Five tenants will not have an attorney to represent them. Rents are skyrocketing rocketing and people have nowhere to go. As we sit here dumpsters are being filled by bailiffs. shelters are full children are living in cars. Tara Brown and Steven Rimmer. Are both outspoken tenant organizers who are facing retaliatory evictions. This doesn't need to happen. The current NOFA would fund 12% of the right to counsel programs full cost. Do not approve any ARPA funds until you can guarantee the right to counsel. I also want to remind this body that you're empowered to support the right to council and other legislative ways. Even a fully funded right to counsel will not be able to provide high quality representation so long as caseload remain as high as they are. 88% of eviction cases are filed by landlords who violate Detroit rental ordinance. This is not necessary you have the power to stop this. Thank you.
Thank you will be Riley.
Good morning. My name is Ruby Riley precinct delegate district three. I would like to thank first of all your council on marriage Sheffield's president's office for assisted me last Tuesday when I came down about my route. One of the realtors met me in a home and told me he was going to do my roof for me for free. So he was going to charge me so I thank God for that. Also I'd like to thank Council prep council at large me waters for printing my card, you know for me, because as I'm on my way, and I say I'm coming. I have a couple of family members that I would like to see get a Spirit of Detroit award one her husband worked for the city bus mechanic for 30 years he passed away a few weeks ago. And another one is a longtime member of city Detroit. She's 90 and Sato house gonna bring it to the City Council.
Thank you so much. If you just get us that information. I'm sure we will make sure that that is taken care of Miss Riley. Frequent caller followed by Mary Franklin. Hello,
I'm Candace. Um, I have a bunch of resident community people that are homeless. They keep asking me about hotels or motels are you guys gonna help out with that? Like we did for the summer months, they was in hotels and motels for about four to five months, six months. Now that is cold. They asked me about them. I told them to come back y'all call you out phones, your approve money to the 501 C threes. So I guess they should be calling y'all flowing in and most of them are at Hart Plaza underneath in the basement at the transit center. And wherever else along the Vioxx the freeways. They did I say spirit Plaza, but they took the tent down because they was trashing it up. But that's about it.
Thank you so much, Candace and those individuals if you want to refer those individuals to our office, we can direct them with the cam system and try to place those individuals in housing as well as the community health corpse as well too. Marry Franklin, as me this morning.
Mary Elisa Franklin, Lisa Franklin, known to everyone, warriors on wheels and I'm here today for a couple of reasons. First of all, I support right to counsel to be funded 100% Not only do we have the women and children out on the street, but we also have people with disabilities. And I personally know someone to this day that just got an eviction notice last week. So we do not want to see more of our citizens out on the street. There's too much money in the city $826 million. We need to be able to provide the citizens with some safe home, but I'm also here about the paratransit contract. I just want to know who watches DDOT there's an Accessibility Plan. There are different things in place. The Local Advisory Council that's supposed to make sure that community engagement is there to look at these contracts before they even become before city council, who makes sure that DDOT is doing what they're supposed to do. That's my question.
I'm sure Mr. Lisa Franklin, we will have more discussion when that contract comes before us later on on the agenda today. Okay,
I'll stick around.
Thank you. All right. Thank you. Miss mark. Miss Maddox. Good morning.
Good morning. Ron.
I have them late
in the day okay. For PWD, we all need quality service and not left behind on paratransit before I sign in on it on the sidewalks need to be prioritized for safety. Did some members City Council get my email on the photos that I sent the driveway of McDonald's restaurant on West Grand Boulevard? I have been complaining about this area for years now. Scooters need to be removed or put some safety to we need accountability for all public transportation.
Thank y'all always appreciate you miss Maddox for coming down in you said you said that to all of the council members so we will make sure we review it and then I know that member Dora Hall is working extremely hard through his task force to prioritize these issues and so shout out to member Gerhardt and I know you have you have your hand raised yes go ahead, remember. Thank
you, Madam President. I'll be very brief. We just held our disability taskforce meeting last Thursday at the ark. Our superstar as I referred to her was there in a great form and expressed all her issues and is working diligently with us. So we have the emails relative to that sidewalk and we're looking into it as well as Maddox. So thank you, Madam President.
Thank you remember there ha man if we want second member Callaway? Did you do you want a line item that particular sidewalk to the public health and safety committee just so we can have a public transparency on the progress of responding to that she likes that Miss Maddox likes that as well. So we have a motion?
Absolutely. Madam President. I'd like to make a motion to put that as a line item in public health and safety.
Okay, thank you. The clerk would know, please. Thank you so much, member Callaway.
Thank you, Madam President. Miss Maddox is a blessing to see your face. I can put a face with the voice now and it's always a pleasant experience to hear you make your public comments almost on a daily basis. It's been a joy for me since I've joined this council to hear you and making your public comment but I want you to know that my office and I are working on the proliferation of E scooters just being sprawled across the city in 2018. There were six there were four companies and now there are think there are six or seven companies doing business in the city of Detroit to Detroit without the whole lot of regulation. So I want you to know that my office and I are working on that diligently along with the President on Sheffield's office. So thank you, Madam, Madam Chair, and thank you, Miss Madox.
Thank you member Callaway member Young. Thank you Miss badass,
always a pleasure. I just want to say I am so very proud of you. And I just thank God for you and I just wanted to say it's so inspirational, the courage that you have to come out here and do what you do every day. So I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for all the work that you're doing. And do not be weary in your world. And when can we just give her another round of
applause? Ladies. Thank you.
Thank you. So much. Thank you Miss Maddox. We appreciate you. And Lori Parks is our next speaker your morning.
Good morning. Listen, myself and many Detroit residents truly feel there is a lack of follow ups and investigations. criminal acts alleged or done by Mike Dugan. We need proof of follow up and justice to be carried out by any and all corrupt officials. The next item is housing, housing. We need affordable and low income is two different words, which means two different things. And I'm wondering if all of you guys are aware of that. Third is opening up the ALMA Henderson auditorium. You have a lot of citizens who are deterred from coming here because of this small closed down room. And if you are scared you don't need to be on the council because the citizens need to come here and voice their opinions more than one minute. Call me young would be very appalled at all of you. And if any of you believe that Mike Duggan won and right and you are bamboozled, hoodwinked and all the other names to be called thank
you so much Miss Lori Parks we appreciate you and just to be very clear, Miss parks I'm not sure if you tune into all of these sessions but we have had public updates from our IT department as to why the auditorium is not open. We encourage her I encourage as a president, anyone to make public comment and to have access to speak during our sessions. Unfortunately, because of it issue. We cannot conduct sessions in the auditorium at this time, but that should be changing very soon, I think November but we'll be headed to recess and when we come back from recess the auditorium will be back open for individuals to be able to sit in there and hopefully we can conduct session as well. Our next speaker is Miss Vaughn. Good morning, buddy.
I want to first thank Mr. Fraser Hall who I met in DC and Mrs. Mary waters, thank you for your staff because they're emailing me as I'm sitting here. Miss Santana, I came here to do work. I came here from New York to do work. I did a trauma response for Porter Berg family a couple of weeks ago. And I really want to figure out how I can help and this is what I told you, Mr. Joe Hall. I did a proposal for trauma responses because I'm understand there's no trauma work being done here. And it has to be every black person in Detroit is in trauma. And I have the skill set to do the work. And I really would like to figure out how to help because I did not move from New York to Detroit to just sit here idly by and watch people hurting. And I came here to ask you How can I serve you because I came here because the people asked me to and I uprooted myself and my children. So I came here to do work. And I need you to tell me what that looks like for these blocks. Because I've walked them and I understand they need help.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. First of all, for wanting to serve. We truly appreciate it. I'm not sure what what district or what area you're in. Okay, but it doesn't matter. We still want to support you and help you and so I work alongside member Doha and we have at large members who can support as well but we will direct you to some possible positions or just ways in which you can utilize your gifts and your talents to help support making our communities safer. So thank you for your willingness number one to serve and your passion as well too. Okay. So I'll get your information from member Gerhard will work with you on what we can do to support thank you. Okay, thank you all right, Gaston. Good morning. How are you? Great. How are you?
Good. Thank you. My name is Jeff caminos. On Rachmaninoff Realty, and I'm more in love with the community.
I'm here to announce that on every Monday we'll be we're putting a program together to feed the homeless. My family on some drugs and start with the throwing the thread six. So we would like to reach out to every single member from the council see how you guys can guide me and I would like to bring my foot drugs to every single district to feed the homeless you know, of course, for free to help as much as the community so I'm looking for city council support. We're not asking for any money. We're not asking for anything. We'll be you know, doing from our community with the community. So I would like to say that all right, thank you. Thank you. My
other um,
is it good? Yes. I'm here to say I really support fully funding the right to counsel. I think it's an amazing program that Detroit even passed this law. I think that's incredible. And I I don't understand why we wouldn't you know, fully fund it. Especially you know, for example, like how much the police budget is. Eviction prevention is crime prevention. It's trauma prevention. It's a mental health issue as a lady was talking about earlier, because once people are evicted, it's really trapping them in a cycle that is very difficult to get out of, and even just now knowing a lot of folks who are getting hit with retaliatory evictions with frivolous evictions that a lawyer would be able to easily fight if they could find one. And if it wasn't the same lawyers always being overburdened again and again, trying to help the community with just the sheer amount of people who are being really victimized and they do there's just not enough of them. And so, you know, obviously this isn't a replacement for reparations or other support for the community, but it definitely seems like the bare minimum to fight abusive landlord practices. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Oh, thank you, Counsel
for having me. Um, I really just lost my train of thought. I am here in support of right to counsel and request that this council do not approve any opera contracts until this right to counsel is fully funded, but I'm also glad the guest I'm you'll notice was sitting next to me because I actually wanted to bring him up. You all keep asking where to get money for the right to counsel. He shows up here and tells you about how he owns food trucks. What he didn't tell you is about out of the slum as housing houses that he owns that he's putting black women out of. I would suggest that if you all need money for right to counsel make him pay his flight tickets right now when Jose I'm sorry. When Jorge Flores spoke out about his practices. He sued him for defamation action being sued for defamation by a faulty landlord caste community. Social Services. And as Bridget told you about Stephen Rema, is also being sued by a landlord for speaking out and he's he's being sued for defamation as well. This man keeps creating all these businesses to not pay his black ticket and bring him back up here and tell him when he asked him to pay the city. All the money that he owes you all
that's that's your time. Thank you so much. And I know that just really quick I know that this has come before the public health and safety committee. We are aware of it member waters have submitted a memo requesting the status of all of the properties in the compliance to date that information was just submitted to council. So I am reviewing it right now. And I'm sure other members are as well too. So we are aware of the complaints against that particular property owner. And as I mentioned, report has been submitted to council and so we are reviewing today all of the properties and the compliance status of each of those. Thank you. Thank you so much,
Madam Chair, man.
Yes, yes, member Callaway.
I know we have a lot of hands raised to have more people in the audience for public comment, but I just want to know, I don't know if we can get the answer right here. I'm just going to put it out there. What happens to an individual that continues to have like tickets, some paid some not majority of them not? Are any warrants for a new arrest is a criminal doesn't lead to any criminal activity. I would really like to know that because this one person has a lot of blank tickets and it appears to me, madam chair that they're being ignored, which means he's in violation, not calling you names in violation of our own city ordinance. So I would certainly like to know what can be done about the number hundreds of flight tickets that one individual has and the continued to accrue. So I'm just putting that question out there and, and I have a staff person here, you drop that down to make sure it gets to the right person. Thank you Madam Chair,
right. Thank you. Miss Moore.
Yes, hello, America. Can I um, can you hear me? Yes, we can. Okay, I'm here because Okay, I will put me homeless due to no fault of minds to be put in another home. And Scott Benson's area, which I was here a couple of weeks ago for to super have somebody come on to inspection. We are now it's like my life is in danger Ag in my life. Because I have electrical problems plumbing problems and I have spider to get here on it. I don't know what's going on. But I should contact the landlord and everything else and I'm low income and nobody did nobody checked for cost basis it off. It came out. I noted and I did everything y'all asked me this don't make no sense. I keep going to the terminal with this system. But ever since 2019 with our made homeless because of the system when I should have been in buying my home after going through the program, and then I'm still going through things afterwards.
I have a son because he couldn't come to me.
We used to leave it white and come over my house who got killed just last year. This don't make no sense for people to go long. list and go through these traumas.
Thank you, Miss Moore. And we are Miss Moore before you leave excuse me before you leave member Benson wants to respond and we want to make sure we get you some help while you're down here. Missing member Benson Thank
you miss more than the person I'm hearing of this situation. We have staff out in the boy wants to come and talk to you and find out how we can help make this right for you.
Okay, thank you. Thank you member Benson Cunningham. Good morning, Council. Good morning.
I'm here to support I'm here to support Elizabeth Richards name
on a secondary Street and in honor of the work that she has done. She was a public servants for Sir she was a public servant for over 40 years with the Detroit city of Detroit Under five mayors, she was actively she actively galvanized the citizens, communities, churches, and all others to celebrate Detroit 300 wood and two she also established voting registration and voting at Ford Hospital and other hospitals and retirement homes and so forth so that people can vote so that they can register and vote. She represents the city of honor. Thank you.
Sorry about that. Thank you so much. That's Richard clay.
The morning Council members. I'm wearing two hats today.
On behalf of people for utilities reform, I like to say please, city council members vote to fund the right to counsel and vote no on the restaurant ordinance, the food great ordinance whatever it's called. It's the sister to the failed rental ordinance that was supposed to save us from slum lords and make everything good for the renters, but make everything good for the giant management companies and the corporate landlords and ran out to small black independent landlords and Mom and Pop landlords. That's what the restaurant ordinance is gonna do to the small black independent restaurant soul food, places that we all love, and turn everything over to the corporate giants, who will of course raise prices. On behalf of the National Federation of the Blind. We say vote no, on the paratransit contracts before you don't fall for the spin the trans dev that has been running the system for six years you will hear our people many of whom would not even take care of transit service down here. We say vote no, no five year contract for trans deal. Right.
Thank you. Thank you.
All right. That is all of the in person comments that I have or cards I just say that I have. We're going to now turn it over to virtual. Alright, if you can proceed, please.
Good morning, council president. The first caller is Dr. Seeley Jefferson.
Hi, can I be heard?
Yes. Good. Morning. Good morning,
Madam President and the entire Detroit City Council. I'm Dr. Shadi to see Lee Jefferson I lead the social epidemiology to combat unjust residential evictions or secure study. This project is documenting the magnitude and severity of court ordered and illegal evictions and how they matter for the mental and physical health of black women, families and communities. I'm speaking on behalf of the hundreds of secure study participants, many of whom have experienced heartbreaking and quite unacceptable violations. of their human rights to housing. We are calling on Mayor Duggan and the administration to fully fund the right to counsel with ARPA funds or the budget surplus so that we can help protect the most vulnerable members of our community by providing full legal representation. Thank you so much for your support and your time.
Right Thank you.
The next caller is It's our money and we want it now.
Good morning Council.
This is a a travesty Mr. Duggan has been holding back our ARPA money, our repair money and all other monies that we have given to us. He acts like this is his money. Mr. Kamek needs to be allowed to live his life freely without harassment from this mayor. I'm still waiting on after 13 years adequate repair for my house and other people to this mayor is a criminal. Will you please indict him? Dana Nestle stopped dropping the ball on this guy here. It's terrorizing our people. We have people who should not be homeless. So I want to the fund fully fund the right to counsel and and hold this mayor accountable. Council stop being Sam Bowles brothers that's on here. Mayor Yan you are fine.
The next caller is yah yah Jai Kaiser Hello, yes. Good morning.
Okay. Hi, you guys. I did not make it down here.
I definitely wanted to but I want to know why do I still have pending charges on me? I'm going to start a petition and I'm going to raise Hill. I am one of those people who should not be homeless because I was evicted and still was charged as a squatter. It don't make no sense. You're over your overfunded police who aren't even doing their job. They're operating above the law. And we do need right to counsel because I had a counselor who was not working in my favor, and it's just not right. So my question to the city council ways, what is it that y'all could do about these false charges that I'm under that has yours Police Department under investigation, because I'm raising hell and I'm not going to stop? I just want to know why am I still in the hotel with all this money, all these extra funds that you have? Why do I still have to be suffering somebody else can use this hotel room that you're paying for and you're gonna put me in a home because you're with me for my unlawfully illegally. At the end of the day you weaponize the landlord's with untrained, overreacting police who are overfunded and constantly acting above the law. I need some answers.
Great, thank you. And I'm not sure if if you could send us over via email that information as well too, so that we can see how we can possibly respond with DPD. All right, our next caller please.
The next caller is phone number ending in 106. Yes,
thank you. Good morning. My name is Sharon Gooding and I am a member of warriors on wheels. And first of all, I would like to say that I have a question and a comment and a request basically, is that trends Dev? First of all, I'm opposed. To the contract for transit for the next five years. They are not providing services to the disabilities community. Number two, is that trans there? My understanding is they receive federal funding. If they are receiving federal funding, then they are required to have compliancy indicators addressed. If those compliance indicators are not addressed and they do not meet them then they have to submit non compliancy document to the federal government. And with that, a timeline and as well as a plan of action for that. And I am requesting that within that document that trans dev share that document with the disabilities disabilities community and I'll
great thank you.
The next caller is Mary Shaheen. Hello,
are you able to hear
me? Yes.
Hi, this is Maria Sheehan. I am an attorney. And I direct the Coalition for property tax justices property tax appeals program. I'm here today in support of the right to counsel ordinance and to ask that council or to ask that Mayor Duggan follow the law and fully fund and implement the Detroit Red to council ordinance through ARPA funds are the $150 million budget surplus and to demand that the $18 million for right to council that the Detroit City Council has already approved be put towards the right to counsel ordinance. I'm also here to ask that the Detroit City Council passed the property tax reform ordinance proposed by the Coalition for Property Tax Justice and Council President Mary Sheffield we passed by the end of the year. Many many Detroiters are also evicted from their homes due to property tax foreclosure and this is also not acceptable. Thank you. Great, thank you.
The next caller is Robert Pulaski.
Good morning Council President and good morning City Council Robert Pulaski here representative for the Wayne County Youth Council District 15 and transit advocate for Wayne Oakland Macomb in Washington. I want to call into response since next week is Election Day on November 8. I encourage council to submit a resolution to DDOT regarding Election Day and giving free rides to residents. We all know how important election day is and we know how important it is to cast your ballot and vote. So I encouraged the city council to combine a partnership with DDOT Department of Transportation and Metro lift to give residents an opportunity to cast their ballot and make sure their voices heard this November 8. This is one of the most trickiest elections we've seen in the history of the state of Michigan. So I encourage everybody to get out there and cast your ballot and make your voice heard whatever it takes to make sure to get that ride. So I encourage city council to make that partnership and submit that resolution. Thank you and I yield the rest of my time. Great. Thank you
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the next caller is phone number ending in 742.
Can I be heard?
Yes you can. Good morning.
Good morning. Good morning city councilmembers. My name is Nick Robinson and I'm a lifelong charter and resident of District Six. I'm also active in the housing justice renters team. And this includes renters across the city of Detroit. In my experience as a tenant I have been unjustly convicted twice. I have two evictions on my housing record and I have never been evicted. These actions still affect me negatively to this day. As we all agree to right the council passes have to have a great need and support for those who are at risk of being taken advantage of. I hope that we can at least get resources to those who are not tech savvy as well. And of course now that it exists and renters need it to be successful, and we must have adequate funding, asking the city council members put money from the budget into the right to counsel. I don't know if you realize it right. The council says live the money allocated a few months ago it was not nearly enough. So please follow the law fund the law and implement the law. Let's save lives this winter. Especially when the majority of the people that are homeless are black women with children. Thank you have a great day.
Thank you so much. And before we go to the next caller, I do want to line item to the clerk if you don't mind the status of the right to counsel requests from City Council various through the various resolutions that we've submitted. So we did request that the right to council be fully funded at 6 million per year. And so if you could just add that as a line item, I know the chairman did agree to having that at his committee to discuss in more detail. So if the clerk would know if there's if there's a motion please to add that. So move. Alright, Hearing no objections, we will add that as a line item to have further discussion in the budget Finance and Audit Committee. All right, our next caller please.
The next caller is Verbena Lee.
Hi, can you hear me? Yes, we can. Good morning.
Good morning. We fought for the right to counsel ordinance because it's necessary and just for the people of Detroit. Housing is a human right and legal representation is a proven benefit to the people and economy. I rent and work in Detroit and this city's administration needs to follow the right to counsel law fully fund the law and implement the law. We demand the $18 million for right to counsel that the Detroit City Council already approved Duggins budget for Rights Council is inadequate and unacceptable. Detroiters need dignified housing and legal defense from predatory and unethical landlords. The right to counsel ordinance must be fully funded this year through ARPA funds or the 150 $8 million budget surplus. Detroit's in a strong financial position. There's no excuse for not fully funding the rights council ordinance Detroiters fought for the right to counsel folks should not have to be here today as winter comes to push for proper lawful implementation. We want need and deserve that right that law Thank you.
The next caller is Kia Mathis. Hello, can I be heard?
Yes, you can. Good morning. All right. Good morning.
I am the housing and family engagement organizer at Detroit people's platform. I organize alongside tenants throughout the city. of Detroit, you know a senior buildings, multifamily homes and single family homes. About 70% of the renters in the city overspend on their housing. And the city's data show that a homeless population there's a homeless population of more than 10,000. With all that knowledge the city states that over the past several years there has only been about 2000 affordable housing options created with just those two factors. It's showing the enormity of the housing crisis. With these two reasons. We're saying that adequate funding and to the right to counsel as necessary as you all can agree, a right to counsel is a much needed preventative tool. Therefore, during the budget process, we're asking that you add the funding into a right to counsel to be a priority. Thank you Thank
you. The next caller is Sammy Lewis. Hi, can you hear me? Yes, good morning.
Morning. Um, I just find it completely amazing that city council was able to figure out ShotSpotter another toy for the police quicker than right to counsel a resource for the people. We were promised an office for eviction defense by October 1. It's a month later. So where's this office? And where's our funding for legal representation? We demand legal representation and we demand proper funding towards that people are losing their homes and you care more about giving more to a violent police force that murders black people in mental health crises. Don't forget who you are here to represent. Nobody should be facing eviction not in a pandemic and not ever yet alone around the holidays and in the cold. right to counsel has already been approved. So do your job. And fund it fully and properly. Don't just tell us these false promises and you need to actually do the things that you're supposed to. Thanks.
Our next caller, please
the next caller is Ali Gali. Yes.
Can you hear me? Yes. Good morning.
Good morning.
Yeah, so much has been said today already about the rising eviction, the rising rents and the increasing precarity that's been that long this long. Time Detroiters are facing in the city and in this eviction crisis and it is what it is. I want to urge the council to fund the right to counsel for Detroiters as has been said and fully funding is not $6 million as it has been coming. It's been it's at least $80 million that the city does have but beyond that funding I also want you to understand how the policies you enact is making the eviction crisis worse. Because eviction crisis goes hand to hand and gentrification and gentrification is what happens when you put money and profit over people and culture when you allow tax cuts for rich people to come into the city to develop projects. That's not going to be affordable for the people in the city. You may be bringing city temporary money but you're also evicting people from their home. So I want you to be comprehensive in how you think about your policies and give the space that prioritizes shoulders and their voice Thank you.
Next caller is Renard Matuszewski. Hi,
can I be heard?
Yes, you can. Good morning.
That was perfectly pronounced by the way. Thank you. Um, good morning. My name is when I was Stotsky. I'm organized transit justice organizer with the Detroit people's platform. First and foremost, I do want to support the comments of every one else and say that we need to fund a right to council. I think the city's priorities are really messed up word. The city really is antagonistic towards the people who have the least who have no means so fund that also. We need to go back to the drawing table with this paratransit contract. I think five years for trans Dev and an ally ship with where we are going wills we need to go back to the drawing table. This is unacceptable. Is there not a good carrier for folks why they've been chosen again. Also, we call on DDOT to make a commitment to hire individuals with disabilities in the paratransit department to ensure that the service is actually working well for folks. So we're not coming to this body over and over and over again complaining because we're using the think carrier Please reconsider. Thank you.
The next caller, Bobby Johnson.
Good morning Council. I'd like to say good morning. My thing is, I can understand how we are under this HOPE Grant when I listen to the HOPE Grant with Mr. People outside the city of Detroit is getting $25,000 My Duggan is only letting us get Windows and roofs. People outside the city of Detroit can make 70 to 140,000. We got that out in a lot of people in the city of Detroit when FEMA came through we can apply for the Wayne County grant 42 Other cities could and they were getting 25,000 or more to fix their basement. Why the city of Detroit was getting 20 503,000 I don't know what's going on. But it's time for you guys to stand up to this mayor and stop this QUnit you are his boss he's not your boss. This right to council needs to be funded and you guys need to know who you work right thank you.
The next caller is phone number ending in 534. Yes,
good morning. May I be heard? Yes. Good morning. Yes, yes, please find the right fund the right to counsel no one a five year Transdev contract and please do not allow our money the money to be spent on the despicable blatant retaliation against Bob Carmack. Now today is the first day of the Day of the Dead. And today I'm commemorating my death, the death of my faith in the Democratic Party. And a lot of that has to do with Mike Duggan now we have this serious crisis of homelessness. But more did Mike Duggan do and I didn't hear any council members at the time object he diverted $250 million from keeping people in their homes to demolitions. Then we had a whole bunch of problems with the demolitions. Dirty dirt, lead poisoning all sorts of problems. Also, Mike Dugan was okay with secretly planning my neighborhood. And so I again once I beg Mary Sheffield to be about the equity and inclusion that you said the city was about.
Right, thank you.
The next caller is William M. Davis.
Good morning. Can I be heard as you can. Good morning.
As many of you know, I'm an ex police commissioner. I believe that the Detroit border police commissioner is a it's an embarrassment to the city and to the nation. I believe that Josh should be looking more closely at what's going on over there. I believe that in so much since comrade Malik has been the corporation Council transparency has been greatly reduced. You know, how could you have people violating the city charter and staying in positions for years and nothing's being done? How could you have cases Oh, you know, civilian complaint cases being closed. Just being closed without actually being looked at. If nothing is done, this city will be backed up onto this Detroit Police Department the board the police commissioners will be backed up under the Justice Department review. You know more needs to be done what needs to be looked into what's going on over there. Thank you. All right, thank you.
The next caller is Karen hammer.
Good morning. Can you hear me?
Yes we can. Good morning.
Thank you. I'm first want to say to council that I joined with a request by many who asked not to fund the requested ARPA funding by the city until the right to council is funded. The rest of my remarks are for Mayor Duggan. You have to fund the 80,000,022 23 out of your budget surplus of 158 million. You are changing the tide you need to change the tide. Of decade's long evictions and against poor renters and homeowners and make Detroit's communities whole and thriving. established the Office of the eviction defense honor the three city council resolutions passed and fall and fund the law to include the right to counsel and answer. Right Thank you.
The next caller is Frank Hamer. Good morning. Good morning.
I'm Frank Hamer resident district two I reaffirm my support for the council's right to council ordinance. Delays in its funding are indefensible. I said to all council members the resolutions approved in 2020 when the city sold the 142 acres that was our fairgrounds one is urgent our coalition and allies demanded that the city at minimum match the Amazon sustainability standards which includes powering warehouses using solar energy. The bid issued for repurposing the dairy cattle barn into the future Transit Center shows the city is not pursuing the sustainability goal is promised. I urge council to verify the city's compliance with all 14 commitments, especially on sustainability. According to the United Nations, the US and others are making woefully inadequate progress on cutting carbon emissions. droughts, floods, storms are devastating people's lives and it's getting worse by the day. Thank you.
Thank you.
The next caller is Justin Chung.
Hi, my name is Justin Chang and I'm from the Civil Rights Group BAM by any means necessary. I'm here to speak today because for justice for Porter Burks, and that means we have to know the five officers names and identity who shot Porter Bertha murdered him on October 2. They shot him 38 times within three seconds. And he was only 20 year old. And I think that like there's no way to justify such inhuman murder. The police are saying that they will just want to help him this like insult our intelligence and pour salt into our wounds of the community and the grieving family. We want the names of the police now we know that can be done and be held accountable. This is an outstanding raises murder in Detroit and all the talk about making Detroit better and nothing has been done now it's been a month Kym worthy convicted malice green and we want these cops convicted now.
Thank you so much, Madam Chair. Yes member Calloway. Thank you Madam
Chair. I'd like to formally request that the names of the officers be released. I don't know why they haven't been released. All right, and we can't say penny in investigation. The public deserves to know who the officers were. So from my vantage point I'm respectfully requesting that that information be made public. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Whittaker.
You can respond Yes, ma'am.
Just wanted you to respond is this request need to be in writing?
Certainly. Should be in writing. But the police has a have a process by which they disclose names and that situation and they should be able to explain that to you to your satisfaction.
Thank you all right, our next caller please.
They the next caller is Amy's Tennessee. Hello,
can I be heard?
Yes. Good morning.
Hi, good morning. I'm a tenant in district five. To me. It's not shocking that right to council isn't funded. When I look at the policies of Mayor Michael Edward Duggan and his administration. We thank you for voting for right to council and if you've done everything in your power as council members to get it fully funded, we need you to fight. Mayor Duggan we need you to stand up to him like this is this is ridiculous. We need somebody with power in the city to fight for tenants. In Detroit. We need a moratorium on evictions until you can hold slumlords accountable. And, you know, just follow through with your own rental compliance we need to house people now people are staying too long and shelters and hotels, there's not enough housing available, the rent is too damn high and people are isolated. What do you think it would be like to live in a hotel or in a shelter on the street without a neighborhood? In my neighborhood, we look out for everybody, whether you're a homeowner or a tenant. We're we're passing out food boxes. Were looking out for each other. I don't know what we what else we can do unless there's a house.
All right, thank you.
The next caller is Elsie Bolger. Yes, good morning.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Good morning Council and the citizens of Detroit. My name is Elsie Bolger and I'm a community activist and member of bam. And we're requesting in regards to a port of Berks, which police officers shot and killed in Detroit in the area of London is Snowden, which he fired 38 Shots at this young man was having a schizophrenic episode. Now we're looking for the names of these officers. We're looking and asking in regards to this in regards to the family which I've heard nothing else from the police department and mothers requesting that we continue to ask these things but more than asked, we're demanding. We're saying now today that we want the names of those officers released, that we can have accountability, and then also see the beginning of justice. Justice for Porter Burke's justice for his family and justice for this community justice for all. Thank you.
All right. Thank you, sir.
The next caller is Dorothy benek.
Good morning, esteemed council members. I am here as the resident of cork town and also secretary of the East End block club to support the secondary street name for Greg Mudge at the corner of Brooklyn. And Porter. Greg, who was a great citizen of Detroit, and one who brought attention to his restaurant, through the nation and through awards. I appreciate your time and thank you for the opportunity to speak.
All right. Thank you
next caller is Patricia
Good morning Patricia
it appears that she muted herself
all right, Miss Patricia if you can just mute your microphone right all right, if we can just come right back to Patricia please.
The next caller is dp.
Good morning DEP. Are you with us? Good morning. Council.
Right. Good morning.
I'm asking this honorable body to vote no on the Foodgrain ordinance. I would like all of you to think about yourselves as business owners and how much we are regulated by the city of Detroit. I am not willing to support this ordinance without any plan on how the city of Detroit will educate people on the matter. I spoke to so many restaurant owners who don't even know about it. And I know for a fact that there are 1000s of consumers who don't know about it either. We don't want the colors therefore, we don't want the ordinance. All right. Thank you. We can go back to Patricia please.
Okay, next caller is Patricia the morning,
the morning I am a resident of district three and I do not support the food ordinance. Thank you.
All right, thank you.
The next caller is crystal nickel, or Nicole
Hello,
I'm back and I'm calling because I'm here because for six weeks. There were folks who came in and talked a lot about what we can actually do for safety in the city of Detroit. Um, and while unfortunately BPD still has reign to use microphones and cameras wherever they please. Um, there is an opportunity for us to actually do something about safety in the city. And that has everything to do with the right to counsel to ensure that folks are not being unfairly evicted. homelessness or house lessness. These things impact folks quality of life and safety in the city. If we want to do something about safety in the city. We need to be sure that not only is this passed, but it's adequately funded. There are hundreds of millions of ARPA dollars don't do anything else with them
until we settle this.
Thank you.
All right, thank you.
The next caller is Reverend Dr. Gary Bennett. Well,
am I being heard Yes. Good morning. Okay. Good morning, everybody. I'm here to support Elizabeth Richards for a secondary street sign. Those with Richard said I work together I was worked for the city of Detroit as a supervisor and administrator and she worked along as a community organizer, and she is a was a very hard, conscientious person that came from the South to help establish her family but she also established community and she worked with people like Julian Witherspoon and establish the Virginia Park Association. And she did so much more so I'm here to to really really support her in the street sign so it could be an image to our people but image to our young people. That that was a fighter who supported community power.
Okay, thank you.
The next caller is Latoya Richard. Can you hear me?
Yes. Good morning.
Hi, good morning. I'm calling to support the application for the establishment of the secondary street name for my grandmother Elizabeth L. Richard on Pallister and Powell. My grandmother was a previous manager of the north central neighborhood City Hall by appointment of former former Mayor Coleman Young. I remember many nights being at that office as a kid on a seven mile. Also by appointment of Mayor Archer. She served as president, the city wide of the city wide citizens police Council along with several councils and committees. She's did wonderful things to help our city and community as well as being a loving mother and grandmother. She's a real true trailblazer and I support the application for the established men of her name for those streets for Pope and pastor. Thank you.
Right Thank you
the next caller is Malik Shabazz.
Can you hear me?
Yes, we can. Good morning.
Good morning Grande, rising to you, council president and to all nine of you. All the other eight. Um, a couple of quick things. One released the names of the police rest in heaven, quarter Burke's right to counsel. Yes. The five year contract paratransit contract No. And yes, on the food ordinance, grading Bill ordinance. Yes, yes. Now, if it's not strong enough, or whatever it may be to other people's lichens. Why don't we get with Councilman Benson and help him with it, but we need to do something rotten meat is is throughout our city and it has been Take it from me. It has been for years. Thank you be blessed.
Thank you. Next
caller please.
The next caller is Tanisha Johnson.
Morning City Council President council members and novels that serve the city of Detroit. My name is Tanisha Johnson with the Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance. I'm encouraging our city council leaders to vote no on the proposed food grading ordinance as it has the potential to negatively impact our small business community. There has been a lack of public education and community engagement surrounding this ordinance. Our organization has been able to speak directly with over 150 Detroit based businesses that either were not informed about the ordinance or have publicly oppose this ordinance. There is no clear plan to engage with business owners and this added layer of enforcement can potentially delay or postpone an already confusing licensing process. We ask that city council hear us and listen to the businesses that also served the city by voting no on the proposal. Great Hornets. Thank you.
Thank you. Next caller please.
The next caller is phone number ending and 711.
Call you may proceed. Good morning,
maybe afternoon. But anyway, I'm Malik Shelton. I'm glad that we have Mr. Whitaker. He's taking his seat again. There's a couple of issues here now there was a limited testing obligation bond that was issued for 2014 $5.5 million in 2017. And there was a limited Titus General Obligation capital improvement bond of 175,985,000 that was issued in DC on December 13 2018. Could you have President Mary Sheffield, could you have the LPD division researched this? And find out whether on that a Notice of Intent referendum which is lawfully required when you issue these types of bonds to my understanding whether or not it was issued and if it was not issued to the residents are supposed to be put into the newspaper, trade news. Free Press given up.
Thank you so much. I just want to advise everyone please keep your eye on the clock. For those who are calling in we do have to have the same set the same amount of time for each public commenter.
next caller please.
The next caller is Melanie Markowitz. Good morning.
Good morning. Thank you honorable council members and staff. My name is Melanie Markowitz and today I'm representing the historic retail neighbor neighborhood and the many business owners and restaurant tours within that district. We want to express our concern and our opposition to the proposed food grading ordinance. Specifically the color coding. We strongly believe in food safety and food inspection and we want to support those efforts to everything that we do and we we highly regard those efforts. We think that resources will be better spent on educating business owners on food safety the color coding will not improve food safety nor prevent foodborne illnesses. It simply will be one more reason to scare away customers and patronage. It will also inhibit entrepreneurialism for business owners coming to the city of Detroit to start businesses as it would be the only one in the state of Michigan have such a color coding system. Thank you for your time today.
Thank you next caller please.
The next caller is Heather McNeely. Good morning.
Good afternoon everyone. My name is Heather McNeely. And I'm here in support of moratorium now and tenants association to demand that Mayor Duggan you know is held accountable to increase that funding to 80 million and to actually get that out to the community that is in need. The mass amount of unlawful discriminatory and extremely harmful evictions against mothers and children, elderly disabled people who have been put on the street and it's no way to live like people shouldn't have to be living like that. Especially with the winter months coming up or at all the funds are there. We need to use them. You know, like another caller said it's been a month since you know the building was said to be in put in use for that right to counsel and I fully support you know, this the right to counsel and then also Munoz comes in here and says he's going to feed the homeless but he's actively
evicting people.
Thank you
the next caller is calling user one.
Can you hear me? Yes, good afternoon.
Good afternoon. Thank you, Mary Sheffield for being the only one to take up a lot of these issues. I have not had follow up from Scott Benson's office, nor Ombudsman's Office on constant noise disturbance from dogs and asbestos pooping and you getting tickets issued. Landlords are being retaliatory and throwing people out and I hope you'll make an emergency order to stop this Can you please stop today this woman that says of dogs barking and pooping and no tickets being issued? When can you follow up with me? Mary ship for you.
Alright, thank you. We will make sure we follow up with you. I didn't catch the first name but we will you call our office we will make sure we follow up with you
all right. Yes. Okay. Our next caller please.
The next caller is Cunningham.
Good afternoon Mr. Cunningham.
Please excuse me, I'm at a self carwash on the little mountain noise in the back. So the hotline number 313444914313444914. If you want three rides to the polls, I'm not motivated to vote. I voted already because of inflation and gouging. But our ancestors we got to vote. So if you need a free ride through 13444914 on Facebook for subservience, Cunningham. The situation with my mom and the attorney. I just want to thank City Council, a Sheffield's office Council council president Sheffield for praying for my mom when we communicate. You always say that you pray for my mom, and I appreciate it. There they signed a notice of intent to extend the time to find a lawyer for the lawsuit which is a blessing. Fun right to counsel Transdev everybody against Transdev it's a waste of your breath. The city council is going to rubber stamp anything the mayor wants the Seven Mile buses on green.
Thank you Mr. Cunningham.
The next caller is Pat Driscoll.
My name is Pat Driscoll. Can you hear me counsel?
Yes, we can. Good afternoon.
Good afternoon. I'm District Six longtime Detroit resident retired steel worker and member Detroit eviction defense. As we know we're still in the middle of a major housing crisis as has already been explained. 65,000 people are on track to eviction coming up to 19,000 have already been evicted this year. We must fully fund the right to counsel it must apply to all the protection of all all people with 200% of the poverty level. We need to take this action this action should have already been taken. And as it hasn't, we need to begin to put other pressure on them. Aside from our demands. We should call for a moratorium on all evictions. If we keep on digging a hole, and we're going to add more and more people to the list of homeless people which came before you over the last few months are Tanya wells today. Renea Moore who had been there before Miss shared an old and elderly woman who had deals evicted out of her home All right. Thank you
the next caller is Kate Stang. Vic
Hello my name is Kate stanbic I'm an organizer with BAM by any means necessary and we are demanding with urgency that that that the names of the five officers that shot and killed murdered Porter Burks be released because this has been a month now. We held a press conference and rally outside of the city county building last week, Chief White has said has refused to release those names and at this point this is a straight up cover up by everyone involved and those need names need to be out this was I like an execution, a racist execution. He was of no threat. And those officers need to be held accountable. The whole community and the family need to be need to know who who these. These cops are because we know they're they're being covered for and probably have had incidents in the past and they need to go they need to be jailed. Thank you
the next caller is phone number ending in 792.
Good morning Council.
Thank you for allowing me to be here. My name is Janae Tompkins. I'm the granddaughter of Elizabeth Richard and I am calling in to support a secondary street time for the closed Street Community. My grandmother worked over a 40 year career spanning various roles, including neighborhood City Hall advocating and inspiring possibilities in her community, specifically in terms of affordable housing that housing is actually one of the few housing options that we currently have in the city of Detroit today. So not only is her work, historical, but it's long standing, standing the test of time to support us even now, when we have a housing crisis in our city. I think that type of work and dedication deserves some acknowledgement. So to have her street name on the corner of the intersection where the Virginia Park housing community is that she signed in Dr. Nation for I think that is a small thing we can do to show gratitude for her tireless works and commitment to her city community and to our people. And and thank you for taking the time to listen.
Thank you so much.
next caller is Liana Hollen.
Hi are you able to hear me?
Yes, good afternoon. We can hear you.
My name is Liana Mulholland. I'm a member of BAM by any means necessary. And I've been marching multiple times a week to win justice for Porter Burks, who was shot and killed by police about a month ago now. And I'm glad that you're saying you're going to request the names to be released publicly. I do want to say do not buy into that blind about oh, you know they have their own process. Like right now the state police just wrapped up an investigation. Investigating the police, their police are investigating themselves. That's not real. But also they're done with it. There's no reason not to release those names other than to cover it up. So if you don't want to be considered a part of that cover up, then you do need to follow through and make sure that those names are actually released. Because otherwise it's just words and it's not actions and that's what we need here. So I would just again say to release the names, thank you.
Okay, thank you
the next caller is Miko a Williams.
Goodbye morning Council. Can I be heard please?
Yes. Good afternoon.
Yes, good afternoon. Yes, I'm support for right the council City Council write the damn check. Please. Please write the check. Now. Do it now. It is you see all of this is happening with homelessness in the city of Detroit and you're activating it. I am against trans death. I just learned thank you Fred dirt Hall for having the meeting at the arc last week. It was a very productive meeting, but it was also an eye opening meeting. That trans devil only has three operators in their system. Even though they're the largest contract provider that is not a good contract. They do not need to be renewed we need to find someone else and also I do call for the names of the officers that kill Porter Burks and cold blood that is so unnecessary. And to Mayor Duggan. You need to do what they what you need to do for the city. If proposal P had been enacted, none of these situations would happen. So the same way they wrote the check to kill proposal p is the same check they need to write the fun.
Thank you.
Next caller is Shereena Buford.
Hi, can you hear me?
Yes. Good afternoon.
Good afternoon. I'm here on behalf of wisdom Institute just to speak about the rights to counsel. I believe that those funds should be released. I have been evicted prior in my lifetime and it basically just sent me on a down stupor for years I pretty much just got out of it. My family kind of helped me out and I got one of the family homes due to my grandfather passing away. And it has a lot of work that I'm have to do to it of course, but it definitely helped me out with providing my children somewhere to stay and somewhere to be comfortable and me the opportunity to support them properly. So I really do hope that you guys do whatever you can to make this feasible because the people of Detroit are a direct reflection. Of the actual city itself. You know, we need to support each other and support one another because we're more than just a business. We are a group of people living on a plot of land, and we need to help each other so we can be the greatest city that we could possibly be. Thank you guys. I think this is awesome what you're doing and I think you guys are doing a wonderful job.
Thank you so much.
The next caller is Larry Donald verse.
Good afternoon, honorable council members. Good afternoon. Larry Donald verse, part of the Ford people's platform transit justice team. That I also have a common from us
encouraging me upon funding to on the paratransit issues which is your item line item 17 three and four, I believe this reserve comment but I would like to know why it is when things like this come up. No one can get an actual copy of the contract from the contract and procurement. can something be arranged we can where we can see what is actually sent
right Miss diverse I think we we heard what you said you are breaking breaking up a little bit but we did hear what you said in that conversation will take place shortly when we get to that that line item. Our next caller please in our how many callers do we have left?
This is the last zoom caller who raised their hand before you cut off public comment. Okay, and then there are a number of statements that were emailed in to the clerk's office for public comments as well. Okay, but this is the last Colin one I'm sorry. And then this phone number ending in 337. Morning,
Good morning. Good. Are you able to
yeah, good afternoon. This is Pat Bosch. I'm resident of district three. We are representing both ownership as well as tenants who are housing project which is a low income housing tax credit project. Therefore because we see both perspectives, we'd like to support the comments made by Ruth Johnson and others about funding the right to counsel. We believe strongly in safe and affordable housing that's accessible and stable. And therefore we are looking to counsel to fund the right to counsel ordinance by not using ARPA funds and not approving any ARPA funding until this matter is resolved. If I also would like to address item number the property sale of from the land bank to one heart Realty foundation. That's number 16.17. Anytime you have sizable Thank you.
And council president we have a number of statements that were emailed. I will start with the first one from Chevelle Brown. Hi, my name is Michelle Chevelle Brown. I do not support the food grading ordinance. This ordinance has the potential to hurt the restaurant industry and City of Detroit health department does not have the workforce capacity to do its current tasks and does not and it does not apply to all food service establishments. Please listen to the residents and business owners, business owners of your city and vote no on the ordinance.
All right. Thank you
The next one is from Dorothy Covington. I've been following the information related to the color coded food great ordinance and it's my understanding that Detroit city council is considering supporting the initiative. Though I don't own a restaurant in the city. I do support and frequent many in the city, specifically those small businesses that would be most negatively affected by the passing of this ordinance. I urge you to consider voting no on the ordinance. Thank you for your time and attention Best regards. Dorothy Covington. All right. Thank you.
The next one
is from Carrie Buffington. Good day councilmember I do not support the food grading ordinance. This ordinance has the potential to hurt the restaurant industry in the city of Detroit. The health department does not have the workforce capacity to do its current tasks and does not apply to all food service establishments. Please listen to the residents and business owners of your city and vote no on this ordinance regards Carrie Buffington.
All right thank you.
And the next one is from from DESA Cosma with Detroit disability power. Hello Please make my following written. Sorry, timer Please make my following written comments part of the public record for the November 1 council meeting. Mayor Duggan must follow the law and fully fund and implement the Detroit right to counsel ordinance. Mayor Duggan needs to fully fund the right to counsel ordinance ordinance through ARPA funds or the 150 $8 million budget surplus. Detroit is in a strong financial position. And there was no excuse for not funding fully funding the right to counsel ordinance and demand the 18 million for right to counsel that Detroit City Council already approved. The mayor's budget for right to counsel leaves 1000s of Detroiters unprotected from eviction at the worst time of the year. Mayor Duggan needs to stop leaving vulnerable residents out in the cold and fully fund the right to counsel ordinance this year. Thank you Elizabeth Phillips.
All right. Thank you, Ari.
The next one is Jessica Frey McLean. Good morning. Good morning. My name is Jessica I do not support the food grading ordinance. This ordinance has the potential to hurt restaurant industry in the city. The health department does not have the workforce capacity to do its current tasks and it does not apply to all food service establishments. Please listen to the residents and business owners of Detroit. All right, thank you. Next one is from Tiffany Patton To Whom It May Concern Hi, my name is Tiffany Patten and my business is enter light candle company. I do not support the food grading ordinance. This ordinance has the potential to hurt restaurant restaurant industry in the city of Detroit. The health department does not have the workforce capacity to do its current tasks and it does not apply to all food service establishments. Please listen to the residents and business owners of your city and vote no on this ordinance.
Okay, thank you
the next one is from in Zinga masani manual through Detroit City Clerk make this letter my written comment and support a fully funding right to council ordinance. We Detroit affordable housing Housing Task Force are totally in support of fully funding the right to counsel ordinance now. Honorable City Council tell Mayor Duggan and Donald renter to fully fund the right to counsel ordinance. This is the law
Okay, thank you excuse
me while reading this off my phone. I apologize. The next caller is Alyssa Lomax. Dear Mayor Duggan and Mr. rancher I am writing to ask you to fully fund and implement the Detroit right to counsel ordinance for the benefit of our city. As you know rents are increasing exponentially. landlord tenant court is weighted in favor of slumlords who aren't required to keep up the overpriced properties that they have been so readily forced Detroiters to vacate while these landlords Oh, always have attorneys at the ready when they enter the courtroom. Most tenants cannot secure their own legal counsel. The nonprofit set up to help those with legal issues concerning housing don't have the bandwidth to meet the demand. The outcome is that Detroiters end up on the street with judgments and damaged credit all but ensuring you have the opportunity to stem the tide of homelessness support Detroiters by fully funding this critical ordinance. Detroit needs you to release the ARPA funds required to fully fund and implement implement the Detroit right to council ordinance. Allison Alyssa Lomax. Thank you The next one is from Sarah Torres. Mayor Duggan please follow the law and fully fund and implement the Detroit right to counsel ordinance do what is right and funded with the ARPA funds or the budget surplus do not let people Detroiters vulnerable vulnerable people be out in the cold Sarah Torres.
I apologize. I have another one. This is from I'm sorry. This is from Alexa Kramer. Good afternoon please see attached to the letter. Oh. She references a letter but there is nothing attached. So I will just say please see attached letter from the Small Business Association of Michigan outlining opposition to the color coding ordinance as written. Happy to answer any questions you may have. Unfortunately, I do not see any attachment attached. The next one is Regina Gaines. Hi, my name is Regina Gaines and my business is how Sapir. Ven I do not support the food grading ordinance. This ordinance has the potential to hurt the restaurant industry in the city of Detroit. The health department does not have the workforce capacity to do its turn current tasks and it does not apply to all food service establishments. Please listen to the residents and business owners of your city and vote no on this ordinance. The next caller is I'm sorry the next one is Joe Thornton. Hi, my name is Joe Thornton and my business is sold brothers catering LLC. I do not support the food grading ordinance. This ordinance has the potential to hurt the restaurant industry the city of Detroit. The health department does not have the workforce capacity to do its current tasks and it does not apply to all food service establishments. Joel Thorton the next statement
is from
the Greek town Greek town neighborhood partnership. Dear honorable council members on behalf of the Greek town neighborhood we are writing to express our concerns and opposition to the proposed changes to Chapter 19 of the 2019 Detroit city code from an article to city licensed for foodservice establishment and vending machines are districts and the many restaurant business owners and operators large and small are in opposition to the addition of further regulation or enforcement capacity and red tape create further barriers that will inhibit business and patronage many have also yet to recover from the impact of COVID-19 which is heavily in the hospitality industry. The proposed ordinance with color coding would be another barrier to attract new restaurants and entrepreneurs to the city of Detroit since no other municipality, Michigan has the grading system, issuing a green sign for compliance in a red sign for closed is easy and intuitive for the public to understand. Issuing a yellow sign however, creates confusion for the public in the current enforcement process and inspection may result in corrections that need to be completed. And that was all I was able to read in one minute. And the last, the last statement that was emailed in for public comment holders. The last is from Keyshia Carter. Hi my name is Keisha Carter and my business is Sky Aaron. I do not support the food grading ordinance. This ordinance has the potential to hurt the restaurant industry in the city of Detroit. The health department does not have the workforce capacity to do its current tasks and it does not apply to all food service establishments. Please listen to the residents and business owners of your city and vote no on this ordinance. Madam president that was the last of the written in statements to the clerk's office.
All right. And thank you, Ari, for reading all of those. We appreciate you and again to all of the residents that took the time to come down and also call in virtually we appreciate it to the coalition. Thank you again for your effort and tireless work around this issue of right to counsel. Just want to mention again that council has done its job we pass the ordinance we have passed three resolutions stating that we support $6 million per year in Chairman Dora Hall has agreed to Elise allowing us to take this discussion up in more detail in the budget Finance and Audit standing committee so we're looking forward to those discussions. And then again, member Callaway will submit a memo requesting the officers names be released in the port of Burke situation. And then of course all of the other concerns and questions that were raised. We will make sure that we follow up with those. So thank you again to the general public for taking the time to come down. All right we're gonna move to our agenda. We have a heavy agenda. I know it is already 1230. So colleagues just let me know if anyone wants to take a break as we get through our agenda, but I want to get done as much as we can to see what we can accomplish today. So understanding committee reports for the budget Finance and Audit standing committee from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer office of the assessor
councilmember dirt Hall resolution line item 14.1.
Councilmember Doha
Thank you Madam President. line item 14.1 is a resolution authorization for Trumbull crossing Detroit 2020 Limited dividend Housing Association LP for a payment in lieu of taxes otherwise known as pilot. This is regarding this pilot for from the office of the assessor and requesting approval for the change, stating that the plan rehabilitation will not result in any permanent tenant displacement, displacement or rent increases. And this is for a project that consists of 245 affordable housing units in a complex consisting of 157 units and a mid rise building and 88 units within 11 townhouse buildings in an area bounded by Elijah McCoy on the north last freeway on the east, so for freeway on the south and trouble on the west. The rehabilitation project will include 137 one bed, one bath 22 bed, one bath 68, two bed one and a half. Bath 14 Three bed two bath and six, four bed two bath affordable housing units and the plan rehabilitation of again will not resolve any permanent tenant displacement or rent increases Move for approval of line item 14.1.
All right motion has been made for approval. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections be one resolution we'll be approved from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer office of the budget.
Councilmember Daryl Hall resolution line item 14.2.
Councilmember Doha?
Thank you, Madam President, noting that line item 14.2 is a resolution of authorization for fiscal year 2023 2022 2023. budget amendment for the police department requesting the budget amendments provide supplemental appropriations to the police department totaling $22.6 million move for discussion on line item 14.2. Madam President,
great, thank you member Doha discussion. And if we can just bring I see Mr. Corley has joined us I know that there were 36 questions that LPD does submit regarding the amended amendment to the budget those questions were responded to and Mr. Corley, if you could just bring us to date as to your comfort level now that you receive the responses on this particular budget amendment that is
Thank you, Madam President. Good afternoon City Council. We did receive as you indicated, Madam President, responses to our three six questions. And based on those responses, we are more comfortable with the city that what the general fund or the city's general fund having having the ability to cover the incremental 40 million to 87 million cost of the proposed labor contracts. If approved by your unbind. We feel that way because the current fiscal 2023 through 2026 four year plan has built in a wage increase for police salaries at 3%. That's going to help to cover the incremental costs. We also feel that the September 2022 revenue conference increase estimate is based on conservative assumptions. And we note that 70% of the income tax revenue is from withholdings, which is a stable and growing component of income tax revenue based on current economic development projects. We are still concerned of a couple of key components of income tax revenue and that is remote work workers impact of that and the revenue income tax revenue generated from the state's tax compliance offset program. However, these components will be monitored continuously. Every September and February when we have a revenue conference. We also feel that the estimated overtime savings from filling vacant Detroit Police Department positions assumption is reasonable and it should help also to cover that criminal costs of the proposal and then lastly, we are comfortable with the estimated savings from the elimination of the special pace of classification. And that's also helped to cover the incremental cost of proposal. We also feel that if Council voted to approve the police arrays, labor contracts and the budget amendment that's before you. There should be still a reasonable amount of wiggle room over the next five years in the city's general fund to cover other future costs increases such as other labor contract renewals and the 140 $2 million pension obligation. Cliff Destiny next fiscal year and we base that on the fact that again, the 2023 2026 four year financial plan has built in wage increases for upcoming labor contract renewals. There's 3% in the year for firefighters, two and a half percent for bus drivers, two to 2.5% for other civilian contracts and it does help that the fire contracts will be expiring four years from now. And the bus drivers contract expires about three years from now so we have time to build the resources for those we also understand that none of the future collective bargaining or renewals are tied to the police contract. They will be negotiated on their own. We also you know see that there's chronic department of vacancies throughout the general fund are agencies. And if those vacancies continue to linger, that's going to create some savings in the general fund could be offset by overtime costs though. And then based on the general fund revenue growth when you look at the period pre COVID 19 pandemic revenue growth was about one or 2%
and the city's general fund revenues have recovered from the pandemic. Even though we're still in it. It has recovered and in fact, there was a 3% growth in general fund revenue over the last year or two. And I think it is I think it is reasonable to assume that general fund growth will continue at a pace of at least one to 2% over the next five years. So that should help to also cover future general fund costs increases if there is a significant downturn in the economy fortunately, city trade has $138 million in its rainy day fund. And they say Detroit could end up with a $20 million surplus as of June 30 2022. And the administration has indicated that it may be willing to come to city council to appropriate some of that to put more money into the way they fund. One cautionary note is that the police department's budget does represent 30% of the city general funds. So if there is a severe economic downturn the question of course still has to be balanced according to state law and city charter. So if Council were to approve the five year proposed labor contract, it wouldn't make it more difficult to cut the police department's budget. If cuts were needed to keep the budget down, it's two more points to help address the pension obligation that's coming up next fiscal year. By the end of fiscal the current fiscal year of 2023. This should be $460 million and retiree Protection Fund. And also if the city ends up with a sizable general fund surplus, hopefully we'll be put into that and and so that's it. We do we do we want to let the council know that LPD will be monitoring overtime costs, and if Council were to approve this contract and budget amendment. We would hope that police positions are our field and overtime costs and police would would reduce and we're going to be producing a annual overtime report for you. And then lastly LPD feels that future monitoring a police recruitment and retention efforts is necessary to ensure that we are maintaining financial integrity in a police department on budget. And we suggest that console or request from the police department to provide pure periodic reports at least annually but preferably quarterly to track the status of the recruitment and retention activity, which should include the number of new hires, retirements, leaves, terminations, etc. As you also monitor the vacancy levels in the police department. So thank you for the opportunity to provide that report and a President.
Thank you so much, Mr. Corley, and definitely appreciate LPD submitting those questions and the responses. I know I wholeheartedly support an increase to DPD salary is something that council has been fighting for for quite some time, quite frankly. And my only issue was making sure the financial stability of the general fund was able to absorb the cost over the next five years. And so the responses to your questions really made me feel a lot more comfortable moving forward. So I appreciate the effort and time that went into the questions and the responses. I did just want to open it up now if there's any additional questions. I also know that there is another request and member Johnson's committee that speaks to the actual labor agreement. There has been several requests that that be moved out I'm not sure if there's a desire from the committee chair to do that at this time. But we can open it up for questions or comments. I just want to state that the recruitment and the retention of our officers is key. I believe this goes a long way to helping in that area. I'm also excited to see in the labor agreement that we actually are now able to recruit to recoup the cost of our training. Once officers are trained within DPD and they leave there's something that we've been talking about here at the table for quite some time we lose that money in that training when they go to other neighboring cities and so a part of the labor agreement does state that the city of Detroit is able to recoup the cost of that training, which I think is really big as we talk about retaining officers here in the city of Detroit. So thank you to all who were involved in this. I'm looking forward to support it. Colleagues, do you all have any questions or comments? On line item 14.2, which is relative to the budget amendments? I guess member Johnson followed by member Callaway.
Thank you, Madam President. I actually have a question for Mr. Corley. So and looking at the numbers. So just thinking about this current fiscal year. We took a look at overtime savings, recognizing that we had a number of vacancies that were accounted for within the police department's budget for this current fiscal year. And then according to the chief, we've lost about 25 officers per month. Was the Department not able to accommodate the increase in salaries in this current fiscal year based on those three items.
Mr. Quarterly, Madam President. Ah, know because the first year costs of the labor contract, if Council approves it today is $40 million so it needed assistance from revenue increases. It also needed assistance from the built in annual wage increase is already in so there were not enough savings from vacancies to cover the $40 million dollar costs.
Thank you. And so essentially what we're saying is that there is roughly a $17.4 million savings that's accounting for the total of the $40 million from the
agreement.
Those are for
22 point 6 million of the 40 million so the department can account for roughly $18 million.
Mr. Corley? Yes, madam president through through the built in 3%. wage increase for police department. And also the fact that if Council approves this, only three fourths of the of the annual costs for the first year is not needed. So that's another $10 million. That helps to fund the first year $40 million costs. In a no savings from over I'm sorry, no savings from overtime is accounted for in the first year and also in the second year. Because they want to give the department the the time to recruit enough officers so that they can start realizing overtime savings. And so that's why those starts in year three of the five year contract. Thank you. Thank you,
Madam President.
Thank you, member Johnson member Callaway.
Thank you Madam President. And thank you, Mr. Corley. I just got the answers. When did you get these answers, Mr. Corley, to your 36 questions.
The man President yesterday to about one 130 And so it took a while to review them, feel comfortable about them. I had, you know had discussions with my fiscal team on this and by the way, I really you know, appreciate the help of my fiscal team had discussions with Mr. Whittaker that was very helpful. So, you know, it took a while to kind of go through that and to put together the report for you
through the Chair, Mr. Corley, do you believe you've had adequate amount of time to scour through the answers that you receive less than 24 hours ago because I have not had an opportunity to look at the answers. And we gave the administration your questions over a week ago. So they've had a week to answer your questions. But they give us less than 24 hours to look at the responses which is concerning for me, because I'm just now looking at them and I have questions about the 36 about the answers that have been provided. So I'm really I think we need more time. I probably won't have the support but for you too. I've just gotten the answers to 36 major questions regarding a budget for five years out is concerning for me because I haven't had a chance to review them and then going to page three of your answers. I am in number on the first bullet Mr. Corley, under number four. Where you indicate general fund revenues are expected to grow a little over 3% over the fiscal year 2023 to 2027 period. Where are you seeing that
growth? What are you attributing that growth to
President as primary income tax revenue, there is some growth also in state revenue sharing. There's some growth also in property tax revenue, but the lion's share of that grow is income tax revenue.
Thank you, man. Sure. And one more question. So the income taxes because we know that two large companies have are leaving the city, I think, one we got notifications that Compuware is some company going to Southfield and they're taking how many employees? Is that going to affect the collection of income taxes Mr. Colin when these companies are leaving the city because that was in the news two days ago.
When President Yes, it is unfortunately that copper we're it's one of those companies is looking to relocate outside the city. Can't recall the number of employees that they all started out, you know, when they first came here about 15 years ago or so, maybe 20 years, but their their workforce has dwindled a lot. So, you know, that's going to ameliorate you know, somewhat the lost and the annual tax revenue from that particular company. But there's a number of economic development projects ongoing. You know, when you when you listen in on the Planning and Economic Development Committee, almost on a weekly basis, there's new processes coming forward. And I think that's a good signal as to being able to fill in any gaps for companies that are leaving,
Madam Chair, and we also have a number, Mr. Coin a number of companies that are also closing on a lot of new startups in my district, I think there are three that have opened and closed. And I'm asking you again, do you do you believe that you've had enough up enough time to review the answers that you put forth last week, and you just got yesterday at 1pm Do you think you've had enough time to review on
present? Oh, yes, ma'am. Yeah, spend a lot of time last night, late last night, but yes, and again, you know, got help from my fiscal team. Conversation, Mr. Whittaker. So yes, I did.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Cooley for all your work and your team. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you. All right. Remember Doha? I don't see any other hands. You made a motion? Motion on the floor. We did not make a motion. Would you like to make a motion? At
this time? Did I make a motion madam? President, I move for approval of line item 14.2.
All right. motion has been made for approval. And this again is the 2022 2023 budget amendment for the police department. motion has been made. Are there any objections?
We do not
know. So it's appropriate now. All right. Discussion member? Yeah.
Yes. Thank you so much.
i Madam President, I just really thought it would be appropriate for me, I'm gonna support this but I really thought it'd be appropriate. We can also talk about the labor contract as well. And we can move both these things at the same time. Just so we can have a full breadth of discussion not just about the finance side of it, but also about the labor side of it, the accountability side of it, particularly with the issues that's going on with Porter Burks in terms of training, but also with just police behavior as a whole in terms of how we can improve accountability measures. And so I feel that the reason why that's important is because one, these officers deserve this. We should have done this long time ago. But I think we want to let the public know that this is not just something that we're approving blindly, that there's going to be accountability measures for this that we understand what's going on. There's going to be reforms that are there to take place. And so when we're using this money, it's not just us throwing money at police officers. It's actually a long term investment towards reform towards change towards building a better police department that really represents Detroit's finest and so I just really want to have that sort of robust discussion with both of those items, either one behind or another so we can really have that discussion about what we need to do and how that money affects that process.
I agree. And that's why I wanted to yield to the chair woman of the committee to make sure she was okay moving it out of committee because that is currently in the internal operations standing committee. Members side, Santiago Ramiro.
Thank you, Madam President. I too agree that these should be discussed together. Frankly, though, given that it's still in committee and they still need time to discuss. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to postpone this for one week to allow for those discussions for that. full breadth of discussion that is needed. Completely understand that we feel okay about the budget amendments for the police departments. Once again, we are all in agreement that our police officers deserve to get paid a living and competitive wage for the work that they do. But if we are to have both discussions, which we should, I mean, supportive, allowing our Chairwoman in the committee to have that discussion, and then bringing this back at the table next week. That is my my comment, Madam President.
All right. Further discussion member Johnson.
Thank you. Madam President. As it relates to the agreement in in the internal operation Standing Committee. It was the committee's desire to really understand where funding was going to come from within the agreement. I stand with member Callaway and really wanting to allow the information that has come from the department and and the administration to sink in. I mean, we're talking about a request for $22.6 million. We've heard a number of people come before us today, asking for right to counsel to be supported. So we want to utilize $22.6 million to provide to the police department and I do truly believe they are deserving of a raise. I think it's important for us to be good fiscal agents of the city and make sure that when we talk about increases in income revenue that we are making sure that we can address a litany of things that need to be addressed within the city. Many of us have talked about housing and deeply affordable housing. And because we have not gotten there yet, we certainly need to address right the council and make sure right the council was fully funded to address individuals that are being displaced today. Because we cannot turn around tomorrow and provide them with affordable housing. So for me, I just want to make sure that we do our due diligence in ensuring that as we look at income tax revenue increases that we can address a number of challenges or a number of things that need to be addressed within the city. And so it is my pleasure to leave the agreement in the entire operation standing committee give us an opportunity to review the answers to the 36 questions and move it out of committee tomorrow as the subcommittee decides. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you member Johnson. Alright, so member Gerhardt. You've made a motion to approve and it sounds did you want to still move forward with that particular motion?
Yes, Madam President. I don't know if anyone made any further motions, but that was the motion that I
just know that they seemed like they may be a desire to have these both before us. But motion is on the table now for 14.2 and that is to approve that line item. Are there any objections? Objection? The clerk will please no objection, member Johnson. The clerk will please no. Objection. Galloway.
Objection. All right. Waters.
Madam President. I have three notes councilmember. We've been kind of waiting councilmember waters and Councilmember jazz.
All right, any other objections and this is to approve the current resolution before us for the budget amendment for the police department. Hearing no further objections, that resolution will be approved discussion and discussion member Yeah.
Oh, God department. Dr. Powers. When someone makes a motion to postpone for a week, doesn't that supposed to override the motion to bring something up? There was no motion to postpone. I thought my I thought there was a motion from member No, there's no motion for you. Okay, I'm sorry. I got I thought you made a motion. Okay. I'm sorry. Yeah. You would be correct. Yeah,
I don't literally I was surprised. I thought about it was made I'm sorry,
Caroline. Powers. Where's their motion to postpone?
No Madam Chair.
There was no motion Had there been member Young would have been great.
Alright, so we will take up the Labor Agreement next week during formal session. Yes, Member Santiago rimuru. I was also going to offer if council wants to vote on this together in full support of the budget to reconsider our votes. And I can make the motion to postpone this for one week.
Is that a question or a motion? It's a motion for council to reconsider their their final votes. And then I can make the final the official motion to postpone this for one week. All right. I don't support reconsidering. I believe that both can happen at the same time. I think that we are well overdue for DPD to receive an increase. I've received the responses and I've had enough time to review them. Mr. Quarterly. I know we're not sit on screen if he was not satisfied. I know how hard he works and how serious he takes these issues. And so we still have another week. I can still review this. If I have questions. The Labor Agreement will come next week until I can reconsider my vote at that time. But I do not support we considering but if the motion is on the floor, we can vote for that. And so motion has been made for reconsideration. Are there any objections you can show myself as a no?
Remember Dr. Hall? No.
President Pro Tem, President Pro Tem James tait posts
Alright, so That motion passes to reconsider. Yes. All right. If the car club would please motion I'm sorry, member drop you can move to approve line item 14.2.
Thank you, Madam President. I moved to approve line item.
Excuse me, madam chair. Now the appropriate motion would be to postpone for one week.
Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, motion to postpone. Okay, motion is to postpone for one week. Yes. So moved. Motion has been made. Are there any objections? If you could show myself as a no please
remember their halls and I'll
go solo.
All right, that motion is approved. From the city clerk City Planning Commission.
Council member Dr. Hall to resolutions lambs, 14.3 and 14.4.
Councilmember Doha?
Thank you Madam President. line item 14.3 is for a neighborhood neighborhood enterprise all certificate application for the construction of 16 condominium units. Located at 2845 2855 and 2065. John are in the cross winds. What were placed neighborhood enterprise zone area it has been recommended for approval by the CPC, as we see 16 applications requesting certificates for the construction of 16 condominium units again at 2845 2855 and 2865. John our Move for approval of line item 14.3.
Thank you member door Hall motion has been made. Are there any objections?
Objection? Callaway if the clerk will please no. No, no. Any other objections?
Hearing none that resolution will be approved. Councilmember ha
Thank you madam president line item 14.4 as a resolution authorization for neighborhood enterprise, our certificate application for the rehabilitation of the single family house at 1242. Fisher in the East Village amended neighborhood enterprise zone area has been recommended for approval by the CPC and they have received application requesting and they put the Enterprise Zone certificate for the rehabilitation of a single family house at 1242 Fisher Move for approval of line item 14.4.
All right motion has been made are there any objections? Hearing none, the one resolution will be approved for the internal operation standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Madam President, there is one contract up for vote today from the internal operations Standing Committee. It is contract number 60046761 2%. City funding to provide marketing and communication services to bring awareness and understanding to the city's new adult use marijuana licensing program. Contract contract designation Media Group total contract amount $150,000. And this contracts for civil rights inclusion and opportunity. Councilmember Johnson a resolution line item 15.1.
Thank you, Councilmember Johnson.
Thank you, Madam President Move for approval.
motion has been made for approval. Are there any objections? Hearing none, the one resolution will be approved.
From the law department,
Council Member Jackson 13 resolutions. Lambs 15.2 through 15 point 13.
Counseling member Johnson.
Thank you, Madam President Move for approval online items 15.2 through 15 point 13 noting that these are various lawsuit settlements and requests for legal representation and indemnification. Thank you.
Motion has been made. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections the 13 resolutions will be approved from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer Office of Development in grants.
Councilmember Johnston resolution line item 15 point 14.
Council member Johnson
Thank you madam president Move for approval on line item 15 point 14 This is a request to accept and appropriate a cash donation from the Association of corporate counsel or project clean slate.
All right motion has been made. Are there any objections? Hearing none, the one resolution will be approved from the legislative policy division.
Council member Johnson a resolution line item 15 point 15. Council
member Johnson
Thank you, Madam President Move for approval on line item 15 point 15 which is a resolution to proclaim November as family court Awareness month
if the clerk would please note that this should be on behalf of council president or CO so Nope. All right. motion has been made. Are there any objections? Hearing none, the resolution is approved. Under resolutions,
Councilmember Johnson two resolutions line items 15 point 16 and 15 point 17. Council member Johnson.
Thank you Madam President Move for approval on line items 15 point 16 and 15 point 17 These are two reappointments to the Board of Review for district
five and
district one.
I'm sorry, at
Largo and district one.
All right, if we can just think is the Tosha Patman for at large and Jacqueline Robinson for district one. Are there any objections? Hearing none, the two resolutions will be approved by President yes protein
before we go to further into the agenda request for a waiver in line item 15.1. Please. That's the marijuana marketing contract.
There has been a request for a waiver for 15.1 then President objection right there discussion.
Where are you waivers?
motion has been made for 15.1 for a waiver, Hearing no objections that action will be taken. And councilmember waters
waivers for 15 point 16 and 1517
motion has been made for a waiver for the appointments. to the Board of Review. Are there any objections? Hearing none those that motion is approved for the Planning and Economic Development standing committee from the Office of contracting and procurement.
Madam President, there are three contracts up for vote today from the pain and economic development standing committee. First up we have contract numbers 60045741 2% grant funding to provide resident Engagement Services in greater Corktown from 2022 through 2027 Choice Neighborhoods contractors United Community Housing Coalition, sort of handshake amount $150,000. And this contract is for housing and revitalization. The next contract is contract number 60040131 2%. Grant funding amendment number one to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for additional Rapid Rehousing case management and financial management services to individuals experiencing homelessness. nests or living in shelters contractor is community and home supports Inc. Total Patrick amount $401,663.23 And this contract is for housing and revitalization. And last contract is contract number 6004734. Launch of percent grant funding to provide design services for land next project. Contract is Kramer Design Group LLC. total contract amount $49,795. And this is a city council contract Council. Council President Pro Tem take three resolutions, noting the line item number 16.3 was postponed from last week's formal session.
All right, thank you President Pro
Tem Tate President move to discuss line item 16.3. Please,
motion has been made for discussion potentate.
Thank you, ma'am. As indicated Lanham 16.3 was brought back postponed till today but we're being told that there's a another request for a one week bring back and I'm not sure if colleagues would like to know as to why I have not been made aware as to why it's being held up again this week. So Through you, madam president, if we can have someone from the administration explain to this body why this issue is being requested to be postponed yet again, my understanding was a tax issue last week and again, not understanding if that's the issue this week.
All right, Miss Bolton. Thank you,
madam president through you to pro Tim. The current issue is still the same. We get notified LPD in your office, and we hope to have this resolved. Within one week. Thank you so much.
So it's always better to let us know in advance of the actual meeting. So that way we can alert colleagues and we'll out as the Chair know why it's being held up. So in the future, if you can alert your team, Miss Fulton to communicate that information to us in advance, because it certainly helps. All right. All right. President move to postpone the vote for one week on line item 16.3. Please.
motion has been made. Are there any objections? Hearing none, that motion is approved. Pro Tem
take no President Move approval line item 16.1 and 16.2.
Right motion has been made for approval. Are there any objections?
Hearing none,
the two resolutions will be approved
from the City Planning Commission.
Madam President, the clerk's office would like to note that line item 16.4 is on the agenda. Under the name of council president potentate, however, it should be in the name of councilmember Daryl Hall. Councilmember der hurl an introduction of an ordinance line item 16.4.
Councilmember Doha
Thank you, Madam President and just move for a brief discussion.
Right discussion.
This ordinance right here is something that has been talked about throughout communities through the city of Detroit when we talk about the proliferation of all types of auto related uses junkyards auto repair facilities use auto sales last 20 yards used tire sales and scrap tire processing. And so this is something that the City Planning Commission has been working on for a very long time. If you can remember back in 2019, the mayor issued a moratorium relative to zoning and temporarily halting the establishment of new uses and expansion of the existing ones to give the city time to review existing policies and develop a compliance strategy and so this is what this does, it codifies it. It puts TIF in a no longer needing a moratorium. And so, again, this is something that's been worked for. I know members of the community have been pushing for this and this is why we're going to be introducing not just this ordinance, but a number of ordinances that will follow behind this relative to putting some TIF and into how we define and develop compliance relative to these businesses across the city of Detroit and address the proliferation that happens. And so I would like to move for an introduction of 16.4 I'm sorry, I'd like to move that the ordinance be read twice by title and order printed and laid on the table. All right.
Discussion still Yes, member Benson
are thank you for yourself and to remember durable and maybe this is to the administration as well, if you could just briefly explain the process because right now, we're removing what would be conforming uses and turning them into non conforming uses, and you'd have a brief discussion on that on how that would impact the business. We have a ton of businesses along our commercial corridors that are auto related is how will that impact those businesses the transition from conforming uses to non conforming uses and how we'll be able to move those into the future or change your uses to conforming uses
and through three, Madam President, I believe Mr. Todd is on that he can go into further detail about how it would affect and kind of grandfather. Those existing businesses. Great.
Director Todd.
Thank you, Madam President. Good afternoon to you and the members of the council. Through you madam chair to address the question raised by member Benson. He is certainly correct. This ordinance would create non conforming uses in several instances. When a use takes on that non conforming status. It can continue to operate despite the newly proposed regulations should they go into effect. That particular operation would be subject to the board of zoning appeals when it comes to maybe making any dimensional alterations or the like in terms of its use. And its property. However, again, as long as the particular business stays in good standing, maintaining its permit and license conducts business consistent with the city code. They can continue to operate and thereby provide service to the existing neighborhood.
Right. And to yourself, Mr. Todd, how many businesses have we done? Are we done any outreach to let people know that they're going to be losing a conforming status and becoming a non conforming business? Yes,
certainly. If if you'd like for further detail, Mr. Murphy, I believe is on and she can provide some of the specific numbers. But we did a great deal of outreach with respect to this, presenting both at Adan cast as well as having, I believe, two meetings that we sponsored, virtually, community forums on this matter. We have engaged both community as well as the businesses and we did receive a number of complaints or concerns, if you will, about this particular issue, once it was explained, particularly to the businesses that they would be able to continue to operate as non conforming uses. We did not receive any further communication or concern.
Or thank you and then has there been a conversation on the planning level or CPC level about reuse of these non conforming businesses as we move forward? Which to me the intent would be to transition these uses to something that is more sustainable and in compliance with the planning standards master plan. Are we going to do with our commercial corridors? What are we planning to do? Is there any thought to given to what we plan to do in the future with these properties?
Certainly, yes, again, through the chair, there is culinary thought at this point, recognizing that what we are doing here is using the authority granted to the city for zoning to really try to arrest a problem and this is sort of an extreme situation where we are moving these number of businesses to non conforming status. We're limiting the establishment of new businesses by and large, for the most part to our more intense industrial districts. The hope is that this will begin the practice start a process of transforming our landscape and our corridors. It would be very, very much a part of a future and ongoing masterplanning effort. One which of course this honorable body has spoken to over the last year or more and we would love to tie bar with that and the other planning efforts that are ongoing with our colleagues at PMDD and look to dovetail those activities for a more intentional effort. But you are absolutely right. We would hope to bring about new different uses and a different streetscape, a different frontage that would hopefully evolve from this effort going forward as some of these issues. Some of these the bad actors if you will clean up their act or are otherwise removed from the landscape and as the other businesses that will continue will will hopefully then to evolve as well. That some of their own practices as well as their appearance.
All right, thank you. All right.
Thank you member Benson. Any additional questions? Right whenever there ha majority move in.
Okay, thank you Madam Prez already have moved for the introduction. All right.
Thank you. Hearing no objections to that motion. That action will be taken. From the City Planning Commission.
Council member Dr. Hall, a resolution setting a public hearing line item 16.5
member der Hoff Move
for approval of line item 16.5.
For dates to be
determined by the chair.
All right. motion has been made for the setting of a public hearing. Are there any objections? Hearing none that resolution will be approved. From the historic designation Advisory Board,
council president rule 25 resolutions? Land 16.6 To 16 point 10.
None present?
Yes, Mr. Whittaker
when this matter was in committee, I believe there were eight names that were submitted for consideration. And for some reason, only five appears on the agenda but under your council rules, the body has to consider all eight. The committee has recommended five and so we prepared a ballot that reflects that so you can vote on the ballot.
Perfect. Thank you. We were definitely going to raise that as a discussion. So we can have those passed out to all of the council members.
And for the three that that are offered Mr. Swanson Mr munch and much much
the other one
is the Chad. Chad Adi.
Yeah, they are resolutions for those as well. So if you you can consider the body can consider all of them. You have resolutions that will be given to the
clerk. So we're voting on each resolution. No, you're voting
on the ballot, but ultimately it will be reflected in the resolution.
All right, and I see director tad you have your hand raised as Paris press passes those out. If you can move our discussion,
discussion 6.6 Excuse me 16.6 through 16 point 10.
Right discussion. Mr. Tat director tat
thank you again, Madam President. In addition to what Mr. Whitaker provided regarding the three additional names to or the three additional resolutions to cover the remaining three eligible candidates. There is also a corrected resolution I believe in that packet. For Mr. Napoleon just to reflect the proper spelling of his name. Thank you. Yes.
Pursuant to your rules, you should vote for five. Okay.
No, no less than five.
All right, so council members, we can vote for five names and director tide? I'm not sure if you can answer this for individuals who do not get selected today. Is there a route or a path for those names to be resubmitted at another time for council to reconsider?
Madam, Madam President, I know that this was certainly one of the issues that was discussed at the time that this came forward is there were names that were carried over from the previous year. I think that this is certainly one of the items that we will be looking to address in an amendment. forthcoming amendment to the to the to the code regarding this so that the procedures are clear. But this current round reflects a carryover of names from previous years. So there is a provision that allows that today, but I think we would want to clean that up in terms of how many and what their status is, and if and when recent middle would be required.
All right. Thank you and I'm not sure Miss Bolton Do we have anyone from the historic designation advisory board? That is on
Oh, Madam Chair, Mr. Shoemaker is in the audience.
Oh, we don't want
other online and we can just promote that individual just in case questions do come up. potentate. Yes.
I just want to say and reiterate what was stated in the committee that there as as folks saw these were all very highly credible, impactful individuals that are before us. There's eight individuals but five slots so we have to make a decision. I do not want anyone I'm sure no one here on council wants anyone to leave thinking that we did not think that the individual that you put forward if they're not selected today is not special. Whether it's to the city as a whole or certainly to us but we've had to make a decision to the point that was was made those names the the desire and expectation from the committee as we are looking to codify and make those amendments is that the names would roll over until in the following year. Those names that are not selected so we continue to roll those over and believe that was a four or five year, three or four year timeframe to allow those names to roll over one. Of course, that's a timeframe of a term. So you potentially have new council members come in, but we also don't want folks to have to pay another fee on an annual basis just to allow this person to stay in the pool, if you will. So the goal is to again, allow those who are not selected to roll over into the next year for consideration. But we also want to make sure that we again codified that they were not that's something that was silent in the ordinance before. Now I will say that as we have eight this year as we roll over, you know, three, there's potentially going to be a larger pool that we have to address next year. Which again, we'll have to have the same statement about no one is not important, everybody is important. But I just want to make that very clear what the intent of the comedian is this body is to again roll and roll the names over to allow the those who are not selected to be reconsidered at a later date. But then also ensuring that the petitioners who are submitting these names these very worthy names do not have to pay another fee until that time is designated for them to expire.
Thank you. Thank you and President potentate so and then next year we still only have five slots that we
it's a five slot every year that's that's part of our rules are ones but again, the names are certainly going to grow. Alright, Jamie goes back consider. Thank you.
Alright, quick question to Mr. Shoemaker regarding, for me just wanting to get clarity on which ones were community initiated versus Council initiated and the number of signatures that were garnered for the various petitions. If you can just provide that information for me, please.
Yes, I can do that. To the council president to the chair and to your honorable body. Let me pull that information up.
So out of the total petitions that are being considered today, the Swanson was supported by a council member former council, President Jones, John Lee Hooker is was a community petition. And we had one one signature on that one. The Elizabeth l Richard community petition and we had 30 signatures of support on that one. The Greg much, former council members accounts constantly to Lopez provided that one Dr. Chad Audi was former council President Jones. Benny Napoleon was a council member Fred dura halls with support letters from Coleman a young and Councilmember waters. And then we Lee was a council member supported through the looks like Tate and Benson's office, and then Bishop James Scott, Senior Community petition and we had 19 signatures on that one. Or 18 signatures I apologize.
Thank you, President potentate.
Thank you, Madam President. Mr. Snagov. You can again name the individual that you have down for me
Jeanette, we really
didn't I didn't submit that that particular name. I'm supportive today, but I didn't submit that name for the record.
Okay. Okay. Then I will note that
for the record, I'm sure. All right.
Thank you. And just to be clear, Mr. Schumacher, there are no required number of
signatures. No, as the ordinance states it's, it's on the petitioner to reach out to the property owners and residents within 300 feet to solicit support for the or signatures for the petition.
Okay. All right. Thank you. I see a couple of hands. Yes, Member Santiago Ramiro followed by member Callaway. Thank you, Madam President. I do just want to make one final plea for support from this councilman from this console. For Greg much as has been stated, this is a rollover already from last year. Our former council president from a council member requested a Lopez was the one that submitted this along with our Corktown community, who many of them spoke here today. So although we didn't come out with a recommendation from our committee, it is just something that has been rolled over already. Residents have been asking for this now for a while and I hope that we do get your support to name a secondary straightening for Gregory much. Thank you.
Alright, thank you. Member Callaway. Yeah,
thank you Madam Chair. This appears to be to be a very sloppy process right now. I'm getting inundated with resolutions. I haven't had a chance to read anything and we're expected to, you know, both this is a ballot. So I would move madam chair that we should bring this back in a week will give us time to read these resolutions. I feel like I'm being rushed. And I want to read them and I want to enable this opportunity for more public comment because some of the folks didn't have any body here. I don't even know if they knew it was going to be voted on today with this ballot. So to me this is a very sloppy process being presented in my opinion. And I would ask we bring it back in a week which will give us time to read what just has been presented to us. Thank you, Madam Chair. So I moved that we bring this back in a week and vote on it. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Right discussion. President
protestation. Yep. Thank you. I do take umbrage on this statement of is a sloppy process. It's one thing to just throw it out here. Do you say that it is but as the chair who's helped to ensure that this process is one that's above board, we had more than an hour of public comment last Thursday. We listened to everyone who came in who chimed in. These resolutions were emailed out. You may not have them in your hand but they were sent out prior to this particular council session that LPD outlined what the process is literally, we have eight names. Pick five is not that hard. Pick five out of the eight names that are before us. We as a body have received prior to today. All the bio information on those eight individuals. We had again, over an hour of public comment on Thursday. So to say that it's rushed to say that it's sloppy, I think we should be very careful about how we use these words about our own body. We have worked hard for this process. This process is the first time we've done and I believe that we have done the best job that we could based upon new information based on this new process rather, can it be improved everything can always be improved but to to, to to to indicate that this process is sloppy. And this is a process that this body has developed, has further and I believe now is on track to name five individuals. I think it's a little haphazard with words. It may sound good to some folks but the reality is be careful about the words you use because sometimes they use against
you as well, Madam Chair. Yes, I'm done. Thank you. Member Callaway. Yeah, Madam Chair. I am entitled to my opinion. I will reiterate what I said it appears to me to be a very sloppy process. The effort you know to be commended, but as it has has, it has been presented to me right here is sloppy in my estimation, to get the ballot. And some of the folks I mean, I'm just getting the resolutions here. So, you know, I respect what you're saying. I'm pro Tim but in my estimation in my opinion that I Am I entitled to is sloppy as it has been presented to this member. And I'm very careful about the words that I've used. Thank you. I'm at present
president pro tem and then
in the past Madam President, resolutions were not submitted until after the names were were selected. So if someone has a an issue with that, I totally get it. But again, it all comes down to eight names for five excuse me, eight names, five slides. bios are all out there. We all have received BIOS prior to this week. If the issue is resolutions, we now have time to read resolution that essentially says the same stuff that we've seen already for these five individuals. no trickery, no sleight of hand. Again, I think we've should be very careful because these are people who are looking towards us to ensure that we have a very, a process that is judicious and takes into account their concerns and that's exactly what we did from the beginning to the end. That's where we are right now. So I look forward to as voting on these items today. And if anyone has any credible information as to why we should not bring those forward. But I again look forward to voting on these items. All five of them today.
I'd be proud to remember Doha.
Thank you, Madam President. And again, I know we mentioned this and committee, obviously everybody and that we looked over there outstanding folks. So I know sometimes things get a bit contentious but what I will say this for the process wise though, this is something we've been speaking about since March. Dr. Chapman has come in front of us as well. Prior to moving these through committee we had an extensive talk through committee, we've actually held a discussion in the committee about the process. And I know even our staff has had the ability to have these discussions and review these documents as well even contact and reach out to some of these folks, as well at least I can speak for my staff and so I'm fine. I'm careful with the process as well, because we don't want anyone to think that we haven't done our due diligence, but we have particularly from the committee level, as well as having just again, tons of testimony. We sat there it was actually a little bit over our to pro 10 point, pro 10 point and we were well into the afternoon it could median we started at 10am and most of it came from this discussion. So I do want to go on record and want the public to know again, we I wish we could vote aye but this is our process. This is what we've done. I believe it's been done fairly. It's been transparent, has went out to the community, and we've held a hearing on it. And I think it's time to move this forward. So I would not be supporting the postponement based off of what we have and hope we can move this forward. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you. And member Benson
Thank you just putting information to the clerk's office. I believe Bishop Scott's name should have been sponsored by my office
for the chair, we will add that to reflect the records
are Thank you. All right, good, Madam President. Yes, I know it's late in the afternoon now early in the afternoon, trending to late in the afternoon. Is it possible to get a quick executive summary of the accomplishments of the those who have been supported and move forward out of committee?
Just the five or eight that were
if it's a quick executive summary.
I'm sorry. I hear a lot of talking anything. Objection. Okay. I think there's some objections to want to hear for some reason. Okay. All right. So it sounds like they're, we were gonna move forward with voting. That information was thoroughly discussed in committee and it was publicized. And so there's objections from Yes, remember Benson
it will just be very clear that this is not about saying that it was not done. Or when you haven't had the the opportunity to discuss this. I just want to make sure that the public was not part of that conversation, understands who the people are. Maybe not everybody knows. Just as a quick Executive Summary of who they are. If it's not supporting my colleagues, I'm okay with that. But why people know why don't ask them to that want to make a motion for a quick executive summary on those who have been put forward so people know who they are. All right. Why they were eligible.
I mean, there's a okay we have I just I'm trying to honor everyone here as a body Some want to some don't. So motion has been made. Is there a discussion or any objection to the second discussion? Yes, Member Santiago Ramiro briefly, discussion, I think it's only fair to read all eight. These are the eight that we're voting on that if we are going to hear an executive summary of this accomplishment, all right. Is there a desire and the support of the motion to read the executive summary of the individuals? Any objection to that I should say. President Pro Tem objection, member Doha All right. Mr. Tat or Mr. Schue. Maker, are you going to read the executive summary who was going to do that?
Yes. What would you turn to the chair? Would you prefer a presenter, I have a presentation that I can flip through or I can, I can just read it. So
you can just go to the executive summary page of the recommended individuals, please.
Yes, I can do that. To the chair and to your honorable body. So the list of eligible we had 16 Total applications. Of those eight were eligible. The that were eligible included. Oh, now O'Neill de Swanson, who's got contributions are made way up decades of service in the metro Detroit community as a businessman, bank organizer, community leader, mentor and funeral director. The next one is John Lee Hooker. He is an American blues singer songwriter and guitarist, blue lead blues legend. Lon. He earned his reputation as one of the most prominent blues musicians of his time, and won various awards including three Grammys and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Next one is Elizabeth L. Richard. She has a long and has a long and distinguished career in the city of Detroit serving arriving in the 1960s from Columbia, Georgia. She was a staunch advocate for equity and justice over a half a century. She has been an exceptional church. She has been an unacceptable church community and civic leader. As a member of the St. John's CME church. She served as a trustee board and their efforts and they got the church designated as a local and national historic district. She also served under three mayoral administrations in various capacities. Next one is Gregory much businessman and community advocate and leader Gregory Munch has been a fixture of the Corktown community until his untimely death in 2018. He opened manages Maji Deli in February 2002 1008. I immediately became involved in the Corktown community. He is known for using his local Detroit suppliers and hiring young people from the community in his restaurant. He also developed a program for the homeless to provide food for the homeless as well. Next one is Dr. Chan Audi. He's made his contributions by way of decades of service to the Metro community as president and chief executive officer of the Detroit rescue mission ministries. He is which is now known as the 13th largest substance abuse treatment center in the United States and reputed as one of the largest rescue missions in the world. Next one is Benny Napoleon, attorney, loss of law enforcement and policy, law enforcement officer and politician. He dedicated his life to public service a proud graduate of Cass Technical High School. He He rose in the ranks of the Detroit Police Department, eventually becoming police chief of the Detroit Police Department serving from 1998 to 2001. He was also appointed to Wayne County sheriff in 2009 and winning three different elections, re election campaigns. He was an a supporter of keeping his officers safe as well and healthy during the pandemic and he unfortunately succumb to the COVID-19 as a result. So next is Jeanette and Wheatley. She She quality education was the foundation of her life. She she had a 31 career as an educator in Detroit Public Schools first teaching assignment was important junior high school where she's taught. So sorry Social Studies aim guidance and she served as a guidance counselor. She moved throughout the district and ultimately becoming the first African American female print principal at Cass Technical High School in 1993. Miss Whaley retired from public, the Detroit public schools to begin her second career as the Archdiocese for the Archdiocese of Detroit as an Associate Superintendent of curriculum retiring from that position in 2004. She ultimately did win the United foundation Heart of Gold Award in 2004. And in 2006, Cass Tech High School was the auditorium was named after her.
And finally, bishops Bishop James Cornell Scott senior, is a man of faith who dedicated his life to serving the Metro Detroit community. He in 1958, Bishop Scott joined the Warren Unity Temple temple, helping to organize a variety of activities to enhance the quality of life for several Detroit communities by overseeing the elimination of blight in the commercial residential buildings in December 1972, he became the first dean of the Charles Harrison Mason theological Bible College in Detroit. Concurrently he worked with Detroit Grace hospital and pastor of new created Mount Carmel, Carmel tabernacle church and have gotten Christ under his leadership the church developed the Carmelite care, a nonprofit nonprofit organization providing 100 person capacities, men's shelter and a 10 person capacity battered women's shelter and shoot soup kitchen. In March 2005. Bishop Scott was elevated to the highest position of the Church of God and Christ that of exhilarate Bishop. And that's the end of the list.
Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you, member Benson. What's the process for the rollover? How's that work? So, Mr. Shoemaker, did you want to address again, how the individuals who were not selected today can roll over to next year's process?
Yes, as we throw the chair to conference
I'm sorry, one second, please. Dr. Bowers. Microphone isn't on please.
If I may, the motion on the table is to postpone when we that information was relevant because it was the information that member Callaway was asking for relative to the postponement. However, if you're going to get into other discussions such as the process for rollover that would be more relevant for the voting not whether or not to postpone it one week, I believe.
All right, so we'll go back to the motion at this time. There is a motion to postpone for one week. Are there any objections? Objection? Objection? All right. If you can show myself as a no. President Pro Tem.
Any member young member Johnson objection,
member, breeder Ha, Member
Santiago Romero, Member Santiago Amuro. Alright,
that bill fails. All right,
the motion fails. And if we can move forward now with a motion well, you all need to count the ballots Correct.
Yes matter problem just missing two more. Councilmember Benson and Councilmember we feel Callaway
Madam Chair, I had to listen to the executive summary before I could cast my ballot
and just take a quick pause as we allow the clerk to count the ballots in our members to submit those.
What are we doing?
Right so we can take a five minute five minute recess to allow for the clerk to count the ballots and for members to take a restroom break. So we'll take a five minute recess.
All right. Good evening over. What's going on you living so you weren't the only two only to strike up a name oh he might change thanks. All RIGHT. Evening. Target the end of the mouth. Do you have what you need? The way through yes you Day
here. Having learned All right.
Thank you all for your patience and we're going to call back to order our formal session if the clerk will please call the roll.
Councilmember Scott Benson. Benson aye. Councilmember Friedlander Hall, the third resident councilmember Leticia Johnson present. Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Ramiro. Councilmember Mary waters present. Councilmember Angela Winfield Callaway present. Councilmember Coleman Young, the second. Council President Pro Tem James, take your council president membership for you, Madam President, have a cool.
All right there being a quorum present. We are back in session and I'm going to turn it back over to you off to the clerk.
Madam President, the results of the ballots are as follows. O'Neill de Swanson has six votes. Councilmember Mary waters Council, President Pro Tem Tate, Councilmember young councilmember Benson. Councilmember Whitfield Callaway and council president shift for you John Lee Hooker has one vote. One vote. Councilmember Benson. Elizabeth L. Richard has seven votes. Councilmember waters council president pro tem Tate councilmember dirt Hall, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Santiago Romero. Council President Sheffield and Councilmember Whitfield Callaway. Gregory merge has five votes. Housing member council president potentate, Council Member young councilmember Santiago Romero, council president Sheffield council member Whitfield Callaway, Dr. Chen Adi has three votes council member their whole council member Johnson and council member young Janette and Wheatley has eight votes. Councilmember waters council president pro tem Tate, Council Member dr. Hall, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember young Council Member Santiago mero. Council President Sheffield and council member Benson meeting Napoleon has nine votes. Councilmember waters, Councilmember Tate I mean council president pro tem Tate, Councilmember Durer Hall, Council Member Johnson, Councilmember young councilmember Santiago Romero council president Sheffield council member Benson and Councilmember Whitfield