good morning, Everyone, we will now call to order the formal session for Tuesday, June the 10th and Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
Council member Scott Vincent,
yeah. Council member Fred
Doha, the third council
member Letitia Johnson, present.
Customer. Gabriella sanjaco Romero, present
council member Mary Walters,
present
council member Angela Whitfield Callaway,
Council Member Coleman Young, the second
Council President James Tate
and Council President Mary Sheffield. President, we have a quorum present, madam. President,
all right, there being a quorum present. We are in session, and we will start off with our invocation. We have joining us. Pastor Amanda McGee, good morning,
good morning. Uh, well, so every mind is clear, Dear heavenly Father. I thank you for allowing us all to be here today, whether virtually or in person, God. We, thank you for always showing up. We, thank you for your love, your grace and Your mercy. I pray for peace and wisdom over this meeting today, I pray that you give us insight on all the things that you want us to do for your people, Lord God, I pray for understanding and a fruitful meeting. I pray that you continue to guard the hearts and minds of your people, and I pray that you strengthen their spirit. We, thank you, Lord for always showing up for us. We thank you Lord for always hearing our prayers and yes in Jesus name, I do pray Amen.
Amen. Thank you so much, Pastor McGee and your church is wings of love. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. Okay. Well, thank you so much for joining us, and feel free to stay stay on as long as you can. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Okay, all right, thank you so much, and we will now turn it over to council member Callaway, who has a special presentation this morning.
Good morning everyone.
This is a very special presentation for Dr kman, for junior I read about his incredible journey in the news, and I want to bring this to the attention of my colleagues and to the entire city of Detroit for those who missed that article. So he will be receiving,
excuse me, we're getting feedback. Can we make sure that those on Miss Martha Turner, if you can make sure your microphone is muted, please
remember Calloway, sorry about that.
Okay, and he will receive a testimonial resolution personally, and his company will receive a Spirit of Detroit award. So I'll read the testimonial resolution now. Detroit City Council testimonial resolution for Dr Kleeman Moore Jr, whereas Dr Kleeman Moore Jr is a transformative and energetic, visionary leader. With over 25 years of I have experienced across healthcare, social entrepreneurship, higher education and community development. As president and CEO of American advantage home care, he leads a thriving organization that provides comprehensive home health services to over one 1000 clients annually across 12 Michigan counties. His passion for innovation and service has made a significant impact in metropolitan Detroit, reshaping how quality care reaches under served populations. And whereas Dr Klayman Moore is an audacious entrepreneur and community advocate. He founded partners in wellness management LLC in 2019 and launched I care for Detroit. And that's e, y, E, I care for Detroit, a non profit that partners with Warby parker@eyeglasses.com to deliver affordable vision care to 40,000 home bound Michigan residents. In academia, he has held prestigious leadership positions, including founding dean at Baker college, college of business, and the Dean of the School of Business at Madonna University, reflecting his dedication to education and empowerment and whereas Dr Kleeman, more junior holds a robust academic background, with a Bachelor of Science management from Kettering University, a dual master's degree, MBA and MS from Benedictine University, and a Doctor of Business Administration from, I'm going to hopefully pronounce this right, Argosy, Argosy University. Where is that? In Illinois. He is a published author of two acclaimed books, from failure to promise 360 360 degrees and from failure to promise an uncoming path to now. How do you pronounce that Professoriate? Professoriate, His inspired story and thought leadership continue to motivate professionals and students alike. And whereas Dr Clement Moore Jr is deeply involved in community service, service servicing, serving as board chairperson for Habitat for Humanity Detroit, BOARD SECRETARY FOR Big Brothers, Big Sisters of greater Flint and Genesee County, and board member at large for the Michigan home care and hospice Association. His achievements have earned him numerous accolades, including the 2022 distinguished alumni award from Kettering University and the corp magazine MVP Entrepreneur Award, and being named to prestigious lists, list as Crain's Detroit business 40 and under. He hosts the award winning home health care today show, and serves as entrepreneur in residence at Central Michigan University, and remains a vibrant voice in both business and academia. Now therefore, be it resolved. Councilwoman Angela Whitfield Callaway, the entire Detroit City Council and all Detroiters hereby celebrate you, Dr Claymont Moore, Junior, for his years of service, his groundbreaking account accomplishments and his continued dedication to serve the city of Detroit. Thank you so much. Dr Moore,
thank you,
and now the Spirit of Detroit award for your company. Spirit of Detroit award is presented here with as an expression of the gratitude and esteem of the citizens of Detroit to I care for Detroit incorporated to commend I care for Detroit incorporated on his remarkable contributions to the city of Detroit. I care for Detroit is an inspiring nonprofit founded by Dr Clement Moore junior to bring life changing vision care, and this is so important, taking the vision care to the home bound and underserved residents across the city. Nowhere else in the nation is this happening where the eye care is being taken to folks who can't get out of their homes for whatever reason. And we thank you for that. This is amazing, sparked by his own personal journey of overcoming congenital cataracts and a heartfelt promise to his late mother. Dr Moore launched the organization in 2022 to address the urgent gaps in eye care revealed during COVID 19 pandemic. Today, I care for Detroit operates the city's first walk in eye clinic and mobile unit that delivers services directly to patients home, directly to patients homes, breaking down barriers like cost transportation and a lack of awareness, supporting by a dedicated team of physicians, eye care professionals, donors and volunteers, the organization is on a mission to combat preventable blindness and ensure access to quality eye care for all, more than just a service I care for Detroit is a movement changing lives, restoring sight, improving that no Detroiter should ever be left in the dark. On behalf of council member Angela Whitfield Callaway, the Detroit City Council and the city of Detroit, we congratulate I care for Detroit for his contributions to the city of Detroit. Thank you, doctor. Absolutely
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Good Morning, morning.
Thank you. Council member Callaway, and I want to thank, of course, the entire city council, President, Sheffield and distinguished colleagues on behalf of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, my beautiful wife, my four sons and my late parents, Clemens senior and Doris Jean, this is a wonderful day. I believe that we all embody the spirit of, I care for Detroit, the acronym, the letter I having a heart for the people and having a heart for the city. I'm reminded of the entrepreneurial years that my parents served the city on Livernois Avenue, between 1977 and 2000 operating out of 8136 Livernois CNM, collision for many years. So this is a city that is rooted in hard work, entrepreneurship and doing as much as we can to help each other, and which is evidence today by the city council. And after looking at a 500 page agenda, I'm not going to say much more, but, but thank you, and I hope that our work not only impacts the 40,000 home bound in Detroit, but we serve as a model for the rest of the nation about how to reach out and help those that are homebound and underserved. So thank you once again, Council Member cowboy, thank you.
Okay, all right, thank you. All right, colleagues, if we can Come down for A Photo, applause.
Thank you, Council Member Calloway for that presentation and to I care for Detroit for the work that you all do. Congratulations again, and we will proceed back to our agenda for this morning. You committee
for the president's report on standing committee referrals and other matters for the budget, Finance and Audit standing committee
this reports from various city departments. These
six reports will be referred to the budget, Finance and Audit standing committee for the internal operations, standing committee
five reports from various city departments.
Okay, line item 8.5, there's a request to move this forward to new business. Is there a motion to do so? All right, Hearing no objections. We will move 8.5 to new business.
So there are four reports from various city departments
right for the Neighborhood and Community Services. Standing Committee,
three reports from various city departments,
all right for the Planning and Economic Development. Standing Committee,
a report from the Office of contracting and procurement. The one report
will be referred to planning and development for the public health and safety standing committee, 11
reports from various city departments.
The 11 reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee. We will now move to the voting action matters under other matters,
there are no items. Madam President,
okay, we will under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials and agencies. There are no items. Madam President, okay. We will call now for general public comment, and we have 50 total public comments, and so we're going to do a minute today. We also do have an evening council meeting this evening, and so we will start with those who have joined us in person. And we're also going to cut off our public contact. Russ Belot, you will be first.
Okay, this is a request for action from city council to give guidance to our city agencies and authority. This resolution is to separate the city of Detroit from presidential executive order, 14, 288, and begins as this, and my colleague will follow where I don't complete it, whereas Donald Trump Jr signed a senior signed a presidential executive order, 14, 288, titled strengthening unleashing America's law enforcement to pursue criminals and protect innocent citizens on April 28 and whereas this order advocates for the removing of checks and balances on Police Conduct, encourages more aggressive conduct and ending consent agreements across the nation. And whereas this order calls for deployment of, quote, military and national security assets, including personnel, to be used to fight crime, and whereas the employment of the military for such uses outlawed by the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act to protect self governing local units of government from being dominated by federal ovary.
Thank you, Mr. Bellant,
and we do have a copy of the resolution as well. Yep.
Okay. Yvonne Jones,
Adam Barrett, continuation of reading the resolution submitted to separate the city of Detroit from presidents, presidential executive order 14 to 88 whereas the last time the current US president advocated for pushing troops on the streets In American cities in 2020 was to shoot protesters. Therefore, be it resolved that the city of the city of Detroit Council oppose any corporation with any plans to alter police community relations in our city through this executive order or similar federal initiative, and be it further resolved that the city of Detroit oppose any deployment of military force on the streets of our city unless this body, the mayor and the governor, determine that there is an emergency of such A magnitude that it becomes necessary.
Not the case today, right?
Thank you so much.
Adam Barrett, District Six, I stand with Anti Fascist organizing coalition demanding that council resolve to reject any cooperation between the city resources and fascist federal forces on our streets, whether it's ice DHS or the Marines, I feel that this falls in line with the spirit of the third amendment to the Constitution. We have no obligation to tolerate the quartering of any soldiers in our midst during peace time. We must use city resources to oppose and push back on this, and you are the body with the power to do so. No reason. No city resources or manpower shall be used to aid the activities of fascist federal overreach, and those agencies should be put on notice that they will not receive such aid or protection from us in Detroit. Thanks.
Thank you. Mr. Barrett
Harrison,
morning, I'm here speaking in support of the resolution on the striking SEIU healthcare workers at Sienna who are fired and reprimanded for exercising their basic rights as working people for fair wages and basic dignity. Similarly, I am also here to speak in favor of the resolution raised by the Anti Fascist organizing coalition that urges city council to oppose Trump's plans for martial law and to not cooperate with Trump's fascistic plans, like on Thursday in Los Angeles, where ice violently arrested SEIU California President David Huerta for simply exercising his basic constitutional rights and defending working people. We need our political leaders to take a firm stand in defense of all workers, whether they're immigrant workers or not. Thank you.
Thank you as well. Morning.
Good morning. Jim Perkinson, I 40 year resident of Detroit, teach at ecumenical Theological Seminary just up Woodward. I'm here to urge you to pass a resolution to not cooperate with martial law, with what we see going on in LA I'm deeply concerned that we underestimate how comprehensive the forces that have marshaled to do what they are doing, just using immigration as a first step, but creating an environment where everything in this country is up for grabs. If we do not start now to draw lines in the sand and push back, I think the country will be gone within a couple of years in the way that we have known it. So I cannot overstate how important it is to not just continue with business as usual, but to see what is coming down that has been mobilizing for 50 years to overturn what we have known States of America. Thank you. Well,
good morning, council president, Sheffield and honorable Detroit city council members. I am Arthur Harrington. I'm a proud Detroiter, a law student and current mayoral fellow. I stand before you today, not just as a student or an employee of this city, but as a voice for my generation, a generation that believes that government should uplift and not overlook. Detroit is rising, but too many, especially youth, still face barriers to opportunity, safety and inclusion, and I urge this council to continue to invest in what makes our city strong, its workers, its students and its seniors. Let's expand youth employment programs like grow Detroit's young talent, promote civic education and ensure city contracts and internships reflect the diversity and grit of this great city of Detroit. Our Future Leaders shouldn't have to leave Detroit to make a difference. They should build it right here in this great city. Let's create a city where equity, transparency and opportunity are more than goals, but it's a live reality. Again. My name is Arthur Harrington, and thank you so much for your time.
Thank you, Mr. Harrington,
Mr. Harrison, Mr. Herring
so thank you for joining us today. Really appreciate we love the young energy that we get in the room, because we don't get it very often. To be honest with you, what district Do you live in? District five. District five. All right, I was going to say, make sure that you get in touch with the council member who represents that district, because all the things that you just talked about, if you really listen to council, those are the things that we talk about on a regular basis, and those are the things we're fighting for on a regular basis. And a lot of times, folks think that we're resistant because they're not a part of this process. So I encourage you to you know while, while you're a mayor fair, a mayoral, mayoral
fellow, yes sir,
that you also join these meetings as well, on a regular basis, I will learn a lot more about those things that you just mentioned, literally are always on our tongue. Thank you. Thank you thank you again for being here, though. Thank you for thank
you for participating. Thank you, Madam
Chair, yep. Member Callaway, followed by member watt,
yes, just joining in with my colleague, pro temp Tate, maybe one day, Mr. Harrington, we will call you Mayor Harrington, and we appreciate you working as a fellow, I'm accepting that that assignment, and we know you're going to do some wonderful things, and you have the heart of the city in your heart. I heard it, and what you said is what we all strive to do every single day, as as Pro Tem take indicated. So maybe one day we will call you Mayor Harrington. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Chair, thank
you. Member Callaway, I mean, excuse me. Member waters, all
right, so so thank you. And of course, it's always good to see you. Always good to see you too, one of my former students, I am not surprised by anything that that you just said here today. And in fact, the last time that we saw each other, that was a conversation that we had something similar to that. So I just want to thank you for taking the time to come down and we'll talk soon. Okay, yes, thank you. Thank
you. And I just have to say, Mr. Herring, I've known for quite some time. He is a district five resident. He is dynamic, phenomenal student and bright, bright future. So we thank you for coming down being a part of the process and always using your voice to raise change and to advocate so thank you. Mr. Harrington, we appreciate you always, sir. Thank you,
dynamic young man.
Okay. Jacqueline Dorsey, yes, followed by Mr. Cunningham,
good morning to you all. My name is Jacqueline Dorsey, and the reason why I'm here is because of the Detroit land bank. Okay, I lost my home to foreclosure. I lost my home to foreclosure, okay? And then next door, I already owned that house, so what I did was this move into that house. Okay, now the Detroit land bank is saying that they want to take that house from me. Okay, I'm 71 years old. I have nowhere else to go, and I think that the Detroit land bank should leave me alone because they're wrong, because it's my house. I've been in there. I moved in and I lost my home in 23 I moved into that home last year. I've been in there a whole year. Now they want to say, Okay, well, we're going to take this house from you because somebody's complaining. Now if you're not going to help me, then don't try to hurt
but Thank you, ma'am for coming out. Madam Chair. One second, Madam Chair, hold on. One second, Miss, Miss Dorsey, in your district, member Callaway. I'm not sure what area. Do you know? What area this is in? No, I don't know a street okay,
it's on Hannah, and my zip code is 48203, you said, Hannah. What was the street? Hannah H A N N N A, is not it's not in Highland Park, but I had the same zip code. It's okay, okay.
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H A N N A,
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that's three. That's district three.
So we'll get, we'll get your information and connect you with member Benson, and then, as well as the at large council members as well too. Okay, so then try to help you while you're here. Okay, all right. I thank you all. You're welcome. Thank you for coming down. Sorry about that.
Mr. Cunningham,
31344491143134449114, that number was made. You can remember it and on Facebook, not enemy. Two words, not enemy. And as I've been doing for many years, this is my time of the month where I drink a lot of fluids, pray in the Holy Spirit. And I'm asking you all to do the same. When they laugh at you, that's the kind of prayer I want. They don't understand. That's the prayer I want call my name, Cunningham in the atmosphere, and my mother, Cheryl Marie Lyons, disabled registered nurse from multiple sclerosis, who's in a nursing home. Just keep us up in prayer. And I'm gonna spend the last 20 seconds just praying. And please do so they shantara My sundo, Korea, Santa shandara, masyara, maku ya Rama Shandra, masa Eric syndicated, ramasundoku ya Rama, shandar, ramasana,
thank you so much. Mr. Cunningham
clerk, will know member door Hall and member young have both joined us as well. Good
morning. My name
is Mark Hall crane. I was just trying to
as you guys know, it's been a lot more homeless people coming to six months on our area and six mile war area, make sure you speak in the mic. I said there's been a lot more homeless showing up around like six mile lower area, Farm Park area, and they don't have a lot of it's like, it's terrible holidays out there, how they get treated, mistreated, and stuff like that. And cam is not being able to be reached, and homeless, she doesn't open any doors for anything like that. So just, you know, if it's something that somebody could do, you know, to see some outreach out there to sell food trucks, again,
it's terrible. Well, thank you. Thank you for coming down to speak. We do have some outreach teams that we can identify and let them know of the areas that you're referring to, ensure that some outreach teams get out in those particular areas. We do know, just in general, that housing is a real issue in Detroit that we got to continue to fight for and work on. So thank you for raising that that to our attention, and if you can get my team can get your information, we will all the outreach team to housing today to ensure that someone can get into that area. Okay, thank you, sir.
Good morning. Good
morning. My name is Louis Novak. As a Detroiter, I am proud of our city's historic role in the pursuit and protection of human rights. What is happening in Los Angeles and elsewhere in our country, at the hand of our president, is a violation of those rights of both citizens and non citizens alike. We cannot allow such a travesty to happen here in Detroit. We cannot let this march to authoritarianism and fascism continue. We cannot let our city stand silent. I urge the Council to pass this resolution protecting our human rights and sending a clear message to our President, thank you for your consideration. Please vote yes. Thank you so much. I
Good morning. My name is Priscilla jubek, and I'm a lifelong Detroiter. I'm here to urge the Council to pass the Proposed resolution to oppose any cooperation with presidential orders that sends the unrequested military onto our streets as Detroiters, we must stand together against authoritarianism and fascist takeover. Thank you. Thank you. Good
morning.
Good morning, council members. My name is Avery bold. I'm here representing the Detroit community action committee here to urge you to take decisive action to declare Detroit a sanctuary city. Detroit has long been a city of diversity, of inclusion and of immigrant communities who helped build its foundation from the southwest to Dearborn, declaring Detroit a sanctuary city would mean formally limiting our city's cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. We urge the city to adopt clear language prohibiting the collection or sharing of immigrant status by city agencies unless required by law, the use of city funds personnel or facilities to assist ice operations and any detention of individuals based solely on ice detainers or administrative warrants. Cities like Denver, New York and Chicago have adopted such policies through local ordinance, and Detroit should do the same. Codifying sanctuary protections, provides legal clarity, protects immigrant residents, and strengthens commitment to justice and equity. Thank you for your time. Thank you.
Morning, Good morning. My name is Jim Sutton, and I stand with the Anti Fascist organizing coalition. Everybody knows Detroit is a proud city which stands on its own, and it's time to continue that tradition. Stand up to that tradition, because Trump has targeted Detroit before, and he's pushing to see how far he can take things. How far he can take his fascist tyranny agenda.
He is saying he is coming so he will the
recommended resolution says, Be prepared, be proactive, and don't accept lawlessness. Don't let them force Detroit,
Detroit. Detroit Police is its own.
No better option is visible right now than the resolution that we've set forth. It's time to stand and be proactive. I like to see a message sent to the country and to all Detroiters and especially, okay, thank you.
Thank you, sir. Morning. Good morning. How you doing today? My name is Mario Kelly. I'm the co founder of power circle Detroit. It's about it's a group of entrepreneurs in the city of Detroit, this past school year, we teamed up with Spain middle school to do a campaign called Stop litter in Detroit, where we had the art students make logos according to what they feel like it was. This was actually the winner of the arts of the program, and we just wanted to present you guys with with your own, say, painting from the kids from Spain Middle School. So this is the winner. So we want to present this one to Mary Sheffield, and we have eight other ones for all the other council members. And if you can maybe put it into a brick and mortar in your neighborhood or something, because we spend almost $7 million a day. We spend almost $7 million a day on cleaning up the freeways, you know, blight and different things. It's really an eyesore. It's not a a mindset thing. It's a mess thing. So if we can start early with the kids, far as with littering and different things like that, it'd be great to, you know, change their mindset. So we have
thank you so much. Gracias.
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Daniel Buttrey,
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Yes. Thank you. Madam President, discussion. AC Hayes is here to join us for line item, 22.2 this is regarding the curfew for fireworks. I do believe he's on a tight schedule today, so I'm requesting that we can move this up for approval. Madam President, if that's possible.
22.2 I right,
Madam Clerk, if we can move 22.2 i Yes. Madam President,
22.2 council
member der Hall, an ordinance noting a roll call. Line item, 22.2
council member Durham, thank you. Madam President, I move to take from the table an
ordinance to amend chapter 29 minors. Article Three, regulation of minors in public places and adult responsibility for violations. Division Two, curfew of the
2019 Detroit city code by adding sections
29 dash three, Dash 14 and 2929 dash three, Dash 15, to provide for a superseding curfew for all minors beginning at 8pm on Monday, June the 23rd
third being the scheduled date for the Detroit annual fireworks display or any rescheduled day, and continuing until 6am the following morning, applicable only in the
area within a bounded by the Detroit River. Swain Street, the Fisher freeway i 75 the extension official freeway
i 75 easterly to Gratiot Avenue. Gratiot Avenue, Vernon burner highway, Hibbard Street
and Marina drive laid on the table. May 27 2025
Hearing no objections that action will be taken.
Council member durha I move that ordinance be placed on the order of third reading and consider read,
Hearing no objections that action will be taken. And before we move it. Is there any
discussion on this item? I'm
going to move forward discuss.
Move for discussion. Thank you, Madam President. Just want
to confirm with Attorney Anderson that we have the correct and updated resolution with the map that we will be working off of this year.
Through the Chair. It should be the 610
at the bottom of the ordinance. Just to double check with our clerk, I
need to hear what you said. I'm sorry, through the chair Graham Anderson law department, if it is the 610 version that is the correct version. Um, you have that version. You do have it okay? I believe confirmation from our clerk's office says that is the version that you are voting on. Okay, I am Oh, should be bottom right hand side, yes, okay, okay. Marina, small street. Fisher,
anyway, easterly should Avenue and through the chair, not to get ahead of ourselves, but the law department would request a waiver on this item. Okay, all right, Madam President,
I do not believe that what we have on our agenda currently is accurate. We passed out the amended resolution in committee yesterday. So we do have that. We moved that to new business. That should be what we reflect on today's agenda because reading backwards, the streets that are in the amended version are
from the Detroit River, Third Street, Lodge Freeway, Fisher freeway, Gratiot Avenue, Verner, Shane Street, Atwater in the Retha Franklin amphitheater, and that is not what we read on our agenda right now. So I'm not sure if we're able to just motion that we approve the amended version that we passed yesterday
through the chair. That would be acceptable if you motion that it is the amended version from yesterday. But I appreciate your attention to detail, Council Member. We want to make sure this is done right
so I move that we approve
the amended version. Okay, alright, just
before we do that discussion to AC. AC,
right, Madam Chair, AC, now. AC Hayes, just quick update on the parks, if you could briefly.
And I don't know if I need to bring on director Perkins, but do we have an idea of how the parks will operate for the fireworks this year? Thank you, Madam Chair, yes, ma'am. So in the viewing area, which is the area outlined in the superseding ordinance, the parks will be shut down in that specific area. Outside of that our city parks will be governed by the standing curfew ordinance here in the city, the ones outside of the boundaries will shut shut down at normal time, yes, at 10pm That's correct. The ones within the immediate area will shut down at what time they will be shut down there will access will not be allowed beginning at 8am on that Monday, okay? And you have a list of those parks that Yes, ma'am, I do, and Dave will also, should this be approved, we have a media campaign as well to identify and outline those seven parks that would be impacted, okay, just
moving forward, because I know this was a big thing, you know, last year around access to the fireworks, and everyone is not going to be able to go down to the four fireworks. It just is not going to happen. And having that as a space where people can gather with friends and families, I know Erma Henderson and park, I think was one to be able to watch the fireworks. How are we moving back in that direction to provide coverage by DPD and others to make it a safe and family fun event for people to come and watch the fireworks at our parks. I don't want this to be a consistent pattern. Essentially what I'm getting at, I understand now, we've had some issues, and we have, you know, the ordinance in place for the curfew, but if we continue to do it, then it'd be a consistent pattern of shutting the parks down versus, you know, figuring out how we can allow them to open up in a safe way. So what discussions are taking place to ensure that this is not kind of every year, but we're building the capacity if there's volunteers. Do we prove CVI groups? Do we get community involved to allow us to open up our parks during this time? Madam Chair, just to give some background, we our commitment to this body as recent as last year, when I came before you, was to assess each each firework and see if there was areas of opportunity that we can foster that safe environment, create that safe place that we can in this core value area, or this
central viewing area for the show the boundaries that were originally introduced. We did our best to incorporate that, but in looking at the safety plan, which would include resources, extensive resources that were even discussed at PHS, we are not in that place. Chair Santiago Romero even mentioned when we were in session yesterday, perhaps some corporate partners as well, everything from the amount of barricades or bike racks that we would need, looking at the expansion of just the two parks that we originally considered, we needed probably an additional 600
bike racks. That way we can create that safe space for weapon screening
and things of that nature. Our CBI groups are on board. We've talked to them last year. They were present. They've made that
same commitment this year to be down. So I only share that with you that we are continuing to work, continue to find resources to get to that place that you just so mentioned. Man, okay, and just maybe we can, you know, do a call to action. We oftentimes talk about, you know, violence in our city, not just being a law enforcement issue or an elected official issue. It's a community thing, and there's a lot of people who want those spaces to be open to the public, and so maybe all of us as a community to come together and ensure that those are places where
we can congregate and have a good time and watch the fireworks, because I think it should be accessible for everyone. So hoping we can continue these conversations and ensure, moving forward, we can open those up.
Now, in the past, we did have them. When did this start again? When we shut
them down? Was it last year when it kind of started in light of the Madam Chair? This is been pre COVID. When we've shut
these parks down, it was pre COVID
that we had the seven parks closed, yes, ma'am, but it just wasn't until, I think, last year, when it kind of became a big Yes, ma'am. And to the point that you mentioned that place that you want us to arrive, Chief Patterson gave an example yesterday at PHS. There was a time in the city where we also had the superseding curfew in October known, what was originally known as Devil's Night, then turned to angels night. And now it's Halloween in the deep and that curfew is gone. So we continue. We look forward to it, and our commitment, we now partner with the community to make it an enjoyable event here in the city, and that is our goal, to get to that place with the fireworks as well. Man. Okay, I appreciate that, and I can definitely foresee this being the exact thing which you just mentioned with Devil's Night turning into what it is today. Hopefully we can continue to work to transition and get rid of that DPD is committed to doing just to get to that point. So thank you all for your commitment to that council member Young.
Thank you, Mayor. President, always good to see you, sir. Excuse me, I wanted to ask you, where is the state in all of this? Because two of the biggest parts that we have is Belle Isle and also William Miller. And so, are they sharing resources with you? Are they sharing bodies with you? Are they sharing intelligence with you at all? Yes. Are they providing programs to these folks to be able to participate in? Because I remember the place where a lot of folks used to go gather. Was right over there below. And they all used to go over there, hang out, then they crack down on everybody in there and start locking everybody up and that stop. That's part of the reason why you have people that are going to these other parks. Now, they used to go over there. I remember, either way back in the day, they used to go over there and little low riders and all that, and go
right over there. Of the lot, you can just see them in a line. And they don't do that anymore, because it's part of the crack narrative state. So what is their role in this at all? Through the Chair, the Michigan State Police slash DNR have been formidable partners as it relates to the fireworks. Belle Isle is open and it is available for viewing to our residents. Access to the island starts at 2pm and then they're allowed on there to the island reaches capacity, and then that point it is shut off. Millican park is closed, and it will not be available for viewing. But below is they share information as well as traffic flow, crowd. There's an opportunity to blend resources, not even so much. Well, it is a part of public safety, but say there's a medical emergency, it's the DNR that are reaching out to our city, EMS that will go and respond to those issues. So we have a partnership that has been working very well to answer your question, sir, in my final question, what is their approach? What is their attitude when people come on the park, are they are they welcoming? Is it opening for people to go in the park, or are they using this as an opportunity to be able to look at certain people? Are they more welcoming to some people, or they are other people? The reason
why saying this is because I don't want to see I want a situation where people, if you know, basically, I want a situation where what they do is based on your behavior. If you're cool and you do the right thing, they're doing the right thing. Now you go in there and do things that are not right. People going to respond, you know, it's kind of like they all say, you know, you violate. We're going to demonstrate. And so I just want to know, what is that relationship? Is it welcoming? Are we saying, Come on in here and enjoy it? Or Or is it, we're going to be welcoming, but we also are going to use this to be able to profile certain people and crack now and other people. God, think that
mentality kind of goes against what you're trying to do for that day. You want to be a little bit more relaxed, because everybody wants to be there enjoying the fireworks. And if you are more relaxed, does that require more resources law enforcement? Does that require more screenings? Do they require more checks that you have to do financially, or that they have to do or not? To answer your question as intelligently as possible? Councilman through the Chair. I'm sorry, when seeing the Michigan State
Police deploy on fireworks?
They have an increased presence. I've seen it welcoming. Everything that you've mentioned that you've seen in the past, from fireworks to low riders. Have seen some RVs. I've seen families enjoying it. As it relates to it being welcoming, I am unaware of a discriminatory policy that that they have has not made any it has not made our way to DPD as it relates to anything as to what you just mentioned, sir, but I don't want to speak for them. The reason why I'm saying it because if it's more of a closed off policy, you got to take up the slack for that. You don't think you got to fill those holes I'm about to ask you to bash anybody. I'm just saying that's something that you might want to consider. But I think they would relieve a lot of pressure if more people feel comfortable going to that park and be there for that I think it'd be allow you to be able to at least have people the place to go. If you're shutting down other parts of safety, at least the largest part that we have in the city, people will be able to go enjoy so I just want to say that thank you sir. Thank you sir. Madam Chair, thank you
my second member, Santiago Romero, followed by Member durha, followed by member Callaway. Thank you, Madam President, this is really for anyone that might be listening. AC is correct. I didn't mention the need for potential corporate sponsorship. Really, when we were talking, it sounded like we needed some kind of strategy, the kind that you saw for the NFL, the amount of barricades, the amounts of staff that needs to be out to be able to open up the parks. So just really want to encourage all of us, if we are talking to any of our corporate partners, to begin to plant the seed, to see if anyone is able to support us, either donations or helping us with the supplies needed to be able to open up spaces for everyone, especially for young folks at our parks. So thank you for bringing that up. I think we should consider push that forward, see what happens. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you member. Durha, thank you,
Madam President. First, I just want to
thank AC Hayes for your diligence of trying to move this forward and try to find every possible way that we can provide access to
residents of our community. I don't think anyone wants to prevent
anyone from watching the fireworks, but I will say that safety, I believe, is paramount first and foremost, particularly when we're talking about youth, when we're talking about children, and we're talking about large crowds here in the city, I do think we'll have the ability to
get where we want to be, where we can open that up to everyone, but it takes time, and it takes resources, and it takes organization and collaboration to be able to do that. But I did want to thank you publicly, publicly on the record. I know we had a conversation on how we can open it up, and you were saying, you know you wish you could,
but we want to make sure that our residents remain
safe, and I appreciate that. I'm still wanting to put that on the record. Thank you Madam President. Thank
you councilman. Thank you member. Callaway, yeah. Thank you. Thank you Madam Chair. And good afternoon. Assistant Chief Hanks,
did you say Milliken Park would be close
through the chair? That's correct. Man, okay, I wonder why that
was selected to be closed when it could probably capture some of the overflow from Belle Isle and still have
a perfect, you know, view of the fireworks. That's one of
the, to me, one of the best, you know, observation
locations for the fireworks.
Why are we closing Milliken? Just out of curiosity
through the chair that is a state owned property,
or state owned park within the city, and that was their support as it relates to the safety plan, mirroring what we were doing
with the city parks that we govern to close
that down. That is the
best answer I can share with you at this time,
okay, through the chair to you, Assistant Chief, so you're saying the state owns
Milliken and they maintain it. Thank you.
Get through the chair, yes. Ma'am, that is a state park, okay? And is the law state park through the chair, yes. Ma'am, it is okay. Okay, so they own both parks
through the Chair? Yes, they manage
for the next 100 years. Yes, okay. Do they own any other state,
state parks along the river that you're aware of through the chair? I am unaware. Ma'am, okay. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Madam
Chair. Thank you so much.
Any additional questions?
Hearing no additional questions or comments. Member, Santiago Merrill moved the amended version of this. Madam President, point order, I move I move this ordinance,
right? She moved the amended version. That's the last
motion that I heard. Okay,
okay, all right, so we will move forward with the amended ordinance. Any objections?
Hearing, no objections.
The ordinance will be approved. Actually, there being a roll call required.
Sorry about that. There being a roll call required. Would the clerk please call the roll
council member Angela Whitfield, Callaway.
Council member Coleman, you on a second
Council President, Mary
Sheffield, yes. Council member Scott
Benson, yes. Council member Fred der Hall, the third Yes. Council member Leticia Johnson, yes. Council member Gabriella
Santiago Romero Yes. Council President Pro Tem James Tate Yes. Council member Mary
waters, yes.
Eight yeas, That motion passes. Madam President, all right, the
ordinance is approved. Member. Durha, thank you. I move the title of the ordinance be confirmed. Hearing no objections, that action will be taken. Thank you all. Thank you. Have a good day. Yep, we need a waiver. Yep. Madam Chair, yes, request a waiver. Okay, Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached. Thank you from the mayor's office.
Council member Johnson, a resolution, line item 18.1,
going back to our agenda. Thank you for that. Back to the top of the agenda. Madam President, that's my item 17. Let me go back up myself. Hold on one second. All right, so we're on 17.2 now under resolutions council member Whitfield Callaway a resolution nine item 17.2
council member Callaway,
thank you, Madam Chair, before I move for approval, I'd like to read the resolution for the public's information, a resolution by council member Angela with the Callaway and Council President Mary Sheffield. Whereas Michigan Senator Michelle Ortega recently introduced Senate Bill 292 which would amend the Michigan Property Tax Act to exempt Michigan residents age 70 and older from paying property taxes on their property residences, and whereas, according to the US Census, Michigan residents aged 65 and older represent around 20% of the Michigan population and the proportion of senior residents is expected to increase over the coming years, and whereas in 2023 over 10% of Michigan adults, age 65 and above, are living at or below the poverty line, and a recent poll showed that more than 50% of Michigan adults 50 and older reported having financial stress, and whereas many Michigan seniors live on a fixed income and rising healthcare costs have placed a financial strain on seniors who pay out of pocket for health care not covered by Medicare or insurance, with 1/3 of Medicare beneficiaries stating that they had difficulty affording health care costs. And whereas it was well documented that financial worries and strain often have a negative impact on both physical and mental health by exacerbating medical conditions and financial strain can result in worse health outcomes if individuals hold off on seeking treatment because they cannot afford it, and whereas, as a result, it is imperative that Michigan lawmakers Find ways to resume reduce the significant financial burdens faced by many Michigan seniors. And whereas to qualify for the exemption under SB 292 an individual would have to be age 70 or older own and occupy their home as a primary residence and file a claim with their local
assessor. And whereas, in order to compensate for the potential loss of revenue to local governments, Senate Bill 292 provides that the state will reimburse local governments for the revenue shortfall from the state's general fund on an annual basis. And whereas if SB 292 passes, it could offer significant financial relief to Michigan
seniors, particularly those who are
retired and who live on a fixed income.
Now, therefore, be it resolved
that the Detroit City
Council hereby urges the Michigan legislature to pass Michigan Senate Bill 292,
now be it finally resolved that the Detroit City
Clerk provide a copy of this resolution to Mayor Mike Duggan, the Detroit delegation of both the Michigan State House and Senate
and Governor Gretchen Whitmer,
thank you, Madam Chair.
I move for approval.
Thank you so much. Member. Callaway,
thank you as well for the work on this that you've been doing and allowing me to join and be a part of trying to get this bill passed and to advocate
for property reductions for our seniors. Is there any objections
to the resolution? Discussion, discussion. Member waters,
I'd like to be added. Okay, the clerk
will note. Clerk will So note. Madam President, okay? Madam President, yes, I'd like to be added as well. Okay, in the entire
council, it's entire council.
Madam Chair, okay, there's no objections. We will put this in the entire council.
Hearing. No objections. The resolution will be madam president, if we can also, can I also move to add line item 17.1, to be added in the name of the entire council, considering their projects and everyone's out, I'm sorry, Arbor allocations in there, the clerk would Know. Clerk will still note Madam President right
for the internal operations standing committee from the mayor's office. Council member Johnson, a resolution. Line item 18.1
council member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, Move for approval.
Line item 18.1, is to reappoint.
Isaiah McKinnon to the elected officials Compensation Commission. Alright, any objections, discussion? Yes, yourself to the chair. Has there been any
or the administration, if need be, has there been any conversation? Or do we know who will be appointed to the other positions, or will the existing members remain? And that's the case. Who are those other members? And when do you expect that we will see movement and activity from this commission? Lot of questions. Alright, thank you. Member Benson, we have someone come on. Member Johnson, okay, to mr. Washington, we can have someone come on please, regarding the elected officials Compensation Commission item 18.1, yes, good morning madam chair and good morning Council. If we could bring this back towards the end, I would need to reach out to Deputy Mayor. Okay. Is there any is there a motion to bring this item back towards the end of the agenda? Motion? All right, Hearing no objections. We'll move this item to the end of the agenda from the Office of contracting and procurement council member Johnson, four resolutions. Line items, 18.2, through 18.5
first up is contract number 6003765,
dash, 831, 100% city funding. Amendment three to advance scope of work for legal services as needed for acquisition and title clearance issues associated with real estate involved in the Joe Lewis Greenway project. Contractor Lewis and Monday PC, total contract amount, 300,000 that's for law. Next contract is contract number 6006160,
dash a one, 100%
grant funding. Amendment One, to provide an amendment to fee
schedule for gun case backlog, project, contractor, Third Circuit Court total contract amount
2 million. That's for law. Next
contract is contract number 6003545,
dash, 881, 100%
risk management funding amendment eight,
to provide an extension of time and an increase of
funds for cod legal representation, contractor, Cummings, McClory Davis and echo PLC.
Total contract amount, 2,700,000
that's for Law. Last contract is contract number 6005896,
dash, 821, 100%
city funding. Amendment two to provide an increase of funds only for litigation services.
Contractor, foster swift Collins and Smith, PC,
total contract amount, 320,000
that's for law. Council member Johnson, for resolutions. All right. Thank you. Council member Johnson, thank you, Madam President. Move for approval on line items, 18.2 through 18.5 All right. Are
there any objections?
Hearing no objections before resolutions
will be approved
from the law department
council member Johnson, seven resolutions, line items, 18.6 through 18 point 12.
Council member Johnson, thank you, Madam President. Move for approval. These are
various losses, settlement
requests and requests for legal
representation and indemnification.
All right. Hearing, no objection. Objections, okay. Member Johnson, objection
Member, Callaway, if you can show me as an objection on line item, 18.7 and 18.8 Thank you.
The clerk would note. Clerk will So note, Madam President,
hearing no further objections. These seven resolutions will be approved from the Office of Development and grants council member Johnson, a resolution line
item 18 point 13. Council
member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. Line item 18 point 13 is a request to accept and appropriate the fiscal year 2025,
Detroit, right to council grant. Okay,
are there any objections?
Hearing no objections. The one
resolution will be approved.
And again, just want to raise awareness that additional funding is now coming through
mister to Detroit
for right to counsel, and
looking forward to putting these daughter dollars back into the community for those who needed the most. So thank you to mister in Council for the approval of this grant. Is there a quest for a waiver
motion? All right, carry no objections. 18 point, 13 will have a waiver attached. Alright, we have deputy mayor on who can address the prior item that we postponed? Mister Washington. Is she on? Yes, through the chair, deputy mayor has joined us. Okay, we can go back to line item 18.1 Madam President, point one,
right. Good afternoon. Deputy Mayor, you want
good afternoon? Ma'am, yes, I am Good afternoon. Council members, all right. Member Benson, Thank you, Deputy Mayor. The resolution is requesting the approval of the former deputy mayor to the eocc. There's a question, who
else will be on the
eocc, and when will it convene
through the Chair?
Good afternoon. Council member Benson. Um, so we are currently working with the
law department as well as the HR department. I am convening
the meeting. Hopefully we'll be able to convene next week. We had a couple of people who were out on out on vacation, and so we should be convening next week, but I will alert all council members,
and I apologize your second question was, who's on currently serving?
Yes. Okay, so currently serving, we have Miss Geneva Williams, Miss Tiffany Jackson. With upon your confirmation and approval, we will have our Vice Chair, Mr. Ike McKinnon, we have Rhonda
Willis, Joni thrower Davis and Angela Baldwin. All right, thank you. You're welcome. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Deputy Mayor, you're so welcome. Ma'am. Was that it any other questions? Okay,
thank you so much. All right, thank you, and I'll send this information to you, ma'am,
to disseminate to the group. So thank you so much. Okay, thank you. Bye, bye. All right. Thank you.
There was a motion to approve 18.1 Are there any objections? Hearing no objections. The one resolution will be approved. Madam President, I like to request a waiver. Okay, any objections to a waiver? Objection, hearing, no object. I'm sorry, since there is an objection, a waiver will not be attached to 18.1
right, moving along to Office of contracting. Oh, we did that one already, Madam President, you will be at nine. Item 18 point 14, still under resolution. Council member Whitfield Callaway a resolution line item 18 point 14.
Thank you, Madam Chair, motion to approve. Motion to approve. Okay, all right. Thank you so much. This is a resolution for congratulating Governor Whitmer and the Michigan legislature on the enactment of public act three.
Any objections to the resolution,
Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved. Thank you for the Planning and Economic Development Council President Pro Tem James Tate, 15 resolutions, line items, 19.1, through 19, point 15, noting that they are all contracts for the housing and revitalization department. Contract Number 6005894,
dash a one, 100%
ARPA funding. Amendment One, to provide an extension of time only for expanded 24 hour street outreach and emergency shelter services. Contractor cast community Social Services Incorporated total contract amount 400,000 contract number 6005891, dash, a, two. Madam President, we have received an amended contract for this contract to correcting the year the contract originally read December, 19 through 2023, through June 30, 2025 it has been amended to correct the date through June 30 of 2026,
and that's contract number 6005891.
Dash a one, 100% opera funding Amendment One to provide an increase of funds for expanded 24 hour street outreach and emergency emergency shelter services. They contract the Wayne Metropolitan Community Service Action Agency. Total contract amount $1,000,070
next contract is contract number 6007222,
100% city funding to provide eviction prevention and rent collection initiative, inter agency, agreement, contractor, Detroit Housing Commission. Total contract amount, 500,000
contract number 6007155,
100% city funding to administer stipend payments to landlords participating in the RRP training and certification of compliance program. Contractor Allen C young and Associates PC, total. Contract amount, 1,800,000
contract number 6007145,
100% city funding to provide renovation, repair and paint RRP training to landlords who own single family homes, contractor, environmental testing and consulting. Total contract amount, 500,000 line item, 19.6, contract number 6005895, dash, a one, 100% ARPA funding. Amendment One, to provide an extension of funds and Madam President, I'm assuming this should mean extension of time and an increase of funds for expanded 24 hour street outreach and emergency shelter services contractor, Detroit rescue Mission ministries. Total contract amount, 1,180,000
next contract is contract number 6006140,
dash, a one, 100% ARPA funding Amendment One, to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for housing placement, education, employment, emergency health care or other forms of public or private assistance for homeless or at risk individuals. Contractor Wayne Metropolitan Community, agent, Action Agency, total contract amount, $760,200
contract number 6006579,
dash a one, 100% opera funding. Amendment One to provide an extension of time engine increase of funds for services to connect individuals experiencing housing instability with resources by direct assistance services and or the Detroit housing resource helpline contractor, Wayne, Metropolitan Community Action Agency, total contract about $12,449,278
next contract is contract number 6007086,
100% city funding to provide Denbigh Whittier neighborhood framework study and implementation plan services contracted China studio, P, P, PLLC, total. Contract amount, 330,000
contract number 6004587,
dash, 831, 100% ARPA funding amendment three, to provide an extension of time and an increase upon for youth wages and program support for the Grow Detroit youth talent program, ddyt contractor, Detroit Employment Solutions, corporation, total contract, amount, 22,750,000, next contract line item, 19, point 11. Contract Number 6004406, dash, 821, 100% ARPA funding amendment two to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for neighborhood beautification grant program. Contracted way, Metropolitan Community Action Agency. Total. Contract amount, $4,452,368
contract number 6005147,
dash, a one, 100% opera funding, Amendment One to provide an increase of time only for tax foreclosure prevention, canvassing services contractor Wayne, Metropolitan Community Action Agency. Total contract amount, $423,512.70 $1,512.70,
Cent contract number 6004747,
dash, 831, 100% city funding. Amendment three, to provide an extension of time and an increase of bonds to support for year four of the Grow Detroit youth talent program, G, D, y, t, contractor,
Detroit Employment Solutions, corporation, total contract amount, 8 million.
Next contract is contract number 6004886,
dash, 831, 100% city funding amendment three, to provide an extension
of time and an increase of funds for renewal of staffing services
to assist with workforce development. Contractor, Detroit Employment Solutions, corporation, total contract amount, $2,485,268
last contract is contract number 6007217,
100% CDBG grant funding
to provide youth wages for grow Detroit youth talent
program, gdyt contractor, Detroit Employment Solutions, corporation, total contract amount, 1,500,000 council president pro tem James Tate, 15 resolutions.
Okay, thank you, Madam Clerk
and President Pro Tempe, yes. Thank you, Madam Clerk, for reading all of that. President move approval of line items 19.1 through 19 point 15. Please.
Any discussion on these items? Discussion Madam Chair, we'll start with council member Callaway. Thank you. Madam Chair, discussion online, item 19.4 through the chair. Is there anyone available from housing and revitalization? I have a couple questions about this contract. Mr. Washington, yes through the chair. We do have Rico razo online.
Okay, we will promote Mr. Rise, okay.
Okay, right ahead. Okay. Thank you. Madam Chair, good afternoon. Mister razzo, good afternoon. Um, couple questions, what's the
stipend? What's the amount?
So through the through the chair, council president to council member Callaway, we've designed the program with, with some of the recommendations from you to go and help Mom and Pop landlords that own no more than five units. So if they take the renovate, repair and paint training program, get that certification, and then also achieve a certificate of compliance on the rental units, they they would be eligible to apply for a stipend on up to three units at $10,000 per unit. So that would help offset some of the costs that they invested to get that house to a certificate of compliance. That's a through the chair. That's a huge motivator for these landlords to get a compliance if they knew, if they own no more than five properties and up to three could get $10,000
for per unit. That's a great program. How many landlords are enrolled in the program? Through the through council president to council member Callaway, we we have not formally launched the program yet because we needed approval from this body. So should this body
approve these two line items here, we will get to work in creating the program parameters, get it up and running, market it out, so that we can start filling both the RRP trainings through etc, as well as getting getting to that point where they're getting the training, getting the certificate of compliance, and then can Then apply for the stipend. So the stipend portion, I imagine maybe a few months off before we start seeing those come in, because that, you know that takes time to get that schedule with B seed and get the ultimate approval, but we're hoping that the ETC trainings Could, could likely start in the next month. Okay, through the chair to you. Mister Roswell, that's amazing. Do we have a projected number of the of the landlords who would qualify, because we know who they are? Do we have a projected number of the landlords who
own five units or less who would qualify? Not just not a definitive number, but
a projected number? So the only projections that I have are how
many landlords we plan to serve to this program and with the RRP
training, we're hoping, at a minimum, we get 200 landlords
to take that RRP training and get the certificate. With the $1.8 million
we're we're likely going to be able to
obtain over 150 certificate of compliances on units. So at 10,000 a unit, you know, minus the $90,000
in admin fees
from Alan C young, they have a 5%
admin fee, which was the lowest of any respondent. That gives us all of those
remaining dollars to offer in stipends. So we're hoping that we can bring on board, at a minimum, 150
new rental units that
have achieved a certificate of compliance. That is wonderful. That's absolutely amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you. Member Callaway Council. Member waters. Thank you, Madam President. Good afternoon. Director Raza, good afternoon
started with with 19.1
are there other
housing agencies that that we do outreach to seem to consistently have the same ones? So just curious. Through the Chair, yes, Mr. Washington, yes. For 19.1 we actually have Tara lenzner online, all right, but I need Mr. Director to remain as well. I'm just going to kind of go down the list. Okay, no worries. Will promote Tara loser and that she comes on member waters, good afternoon. When I
started this afternoon.
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Yes, I have them. Madam President, thank you.
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request to speak before the Detroit City Council. Council
member Johnson, a resolution
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through again in detail. Thank you,
so we will move forward again. Did you have question number one? Remember, young
so, so just, just to be clear, just to excuse me for being the slow kid in class here, but I just
want to make sure. So you're saying that it's okay for us to approve this, or are you saying that we should not through the chair? I recommend deny.
Recommend what? Denial.
Denial. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. We're online at 21.1
so member Johnson has moved this for approval, and based on the recommendations, we are to vote no on the motion.
Any objections? Objection, member Johnson.
Objection, President. Sheffield Jackson young, that's council member der Hawking Benson, objection Member Santiago Romero,
all right, any further objections?
Hearing none the resolution does fail
for request to speak before the Detroit City Council. Council Member Santiago Romero, a resolution, line item 21.2,
all right, we can move this one for discussion as well.
Discussion, right? Thank you, Director Whitaker,
Madam President, at your direction, it did take the petitioner in the hallway to discuss what she might have she just basically she spoke the council doing public comments. She just basically elaborated a bit more on what she said during public comment. I think at this point, the issues that she's raising doesn't really square with what's in the what's
in the ordinance relative to a challenge, because she was already issued a contract and then suspended during the course of that contract, but the issues that she raised,
it appears To me that more due process might be given to her, accorded to her, given the facts and she's raising, she
doesn't feel that the facts that she had that she could raise to counteract the action taken
by the purchasing department was fully her. So I suggested to the law department that, rather than having the council take the matter up now that you refer it to Corporation
Counsel to discuss the issues that she raised, so that
fairness is according to her, as well as listening to the fullness of the departments that have acted against Okay, and then if we refer it to Corporation Council, can we have a
report back to council, maybe within two weeks, to allow us to at least know what has taken place and
what the end result
was with this particular Petitioner through the Chair? Yes, that I don't know because of our rules, we only want to do one week, but we will work as quickly as possible to get this body a detailed response. Okay,
anything? Director powers,
no, no. Okay, okay, so we will bring this back, then in one week, and then hopefully by next week, we have a resolution. If not, then we will postpone again for an additional week
through the chair. Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you.
Is there a motion to bring line
item 21.2, back in one week,
Hearing no objections that action will be taken under unfinished business.
Council member Benson, an ordinance
line item 22.1
council member Benson, the take from the table and ordinance to amend chapter 48 the 2019 Detroit city code, utilities. Article Two, sewers
and drains. Division One, generally by amending section 48 TAC two, tech two, definition section 48 tech two, tech six, building sewers and connections in city. Sections 48 tech two, tech nine, use of public sewers and section 48 tech two, tech 11, drainage of lots to achieve alignment between current city policy and state legislation laid on the table may 6, 2025, Hearing no objections that action will be taken
under unfinished business.
Sorry. Member Benson, sorry,
I move that the ordinance be placed on the order
of third reading and considered read.
Hearing no objections that action will be taken.
Council member Benson, I move that the ordinance be passed as submitted. There being a roll car required
with the clerk. Please call the roll.
Council members are coming in a second Yes. Council President Mary Sheffield, yes. Council member Scott Benson, yes. Council
member Fred der Hall The third Yes.
Council member Leticia Johnson, yes. Council member Gabriella Santiago Romero, yes, yes. Council president pro tem James Haight, yes. Council member Mary waters, yes. Council member Angela Whitfield Callaway,
nine yeas, That motion passes. Madam President, alright, the ordinance is approved. Council member Benson, I move the title to the ordinance be confirmed, Hearing no objections that action will be taken.
Thank you. Kelly, right, thank you.
And under unfinished business, we already did this item, we will go down to the mayor's office. Council member young, four resolutions, line items, 22.3 through 22.6 council member Young, thank you, Madam President. These are various events, and I'll move to approve line 22.3 through 22.6 All right, any objections on the various items, Hearing no objections. The four resolutions will be approved from the Office of contracting and procurement. Council Member Santiago Romero, five resolutions, line items, 22.7 through 22 point 11. Contract number 3084114, 100% city funding to provide air quality monitoring equipment. Contractor Teledyne is CO Incorporated. Total contract amount, $110,096
that's for BC contract number 6007211,
100% city funding to provide community violence intervention, CBI services, contractor, Team Pursuit, global total contract amount, 1,400,000
that's for health contract number 6006277,
dash a two, 100%
grant funding. Amendment two, to provide an extension of time only for boarding. How
International Bridge Health Impact Assessment contractor, Detroit, Hispanic Development Corporation. Total contract amount, $1 million that's for health. Contract Number 6007213, 100% city funding to provide project management services for office space for the airport contractor, Detroit building authority.
Total contract amount,
a million dollars that's for
airport. Last contract is contract number 6007180,
100% city funding to provide community violence intervention. CBI services, contractor, hand of hope, slash, live in peace. Li P organization, total contract amount, 1,400,000 that's for help. Council Member Santiago Romero, five resolutions,
thank you, Madam Clerk. Member Santiago Romero, motion to approve
discussion, yes. Member Callaway, thank you. Discussion on line item 22,
point 10, a three year $1 million contract to provide management services for office space at the airport. Can someone from the guess from the airport through yourself? Madam Chair, explain what this contract is all about? Alright? Mister Washington, yes, through the chair, we do have director Jason watt online. Okay, we will promote him. I
Hello, yes, good good good afternoon. Remember, good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you. Madam
Chair, Mister, Mister, what is this contract all about? So this contract is for the to build our new administrative facility here at the airport. The currently we operate out of the main terminal facility,
and we're
going to be the school Detroit Public Schools. Bo Davis aerospace Technical High School is going to be moving into our main terminal facility, which
is caused us to have to relocate. And this million dollars covers the cost to for the construction of a new administrative facility.
Okay, through your through the chair to you. You don't have that in your budget already, because this is
city funding outside of your budget. You don't have in your budget.
No, ma'am. We do not have this in our budget. No,
and where are you moving your offices to? Will the offices still be on site or somewhere else through the chair? That's a great question. Ma'am. What we're doing now is we're going to be building on to the smaller facility that's next door. The Civil Air Patrol building, is what we we call it, but we're going to be building approximately 3500 square feet onto that facility, and this is a necessary expense for the city to take on. It's 100% city funded. This is a necessary expense at this time. Yes, if we do not move out of this building, we would be in breach of the contract that we was just approved for the school to move into the main terminal facility by August, 1.
One of these days,
the city won't have enough money to pay its bills. I don't ever see us saying no to any contracts, very rarely. So I'm just really concerned about our level of spending. We just
spend, spend, spend, and I don't even know if we're balancing our books, although we say we have a balanced budget for the last 1213, years, I'm really concerned. So hopefully a forensic audit will happen under the new mayor, because I'm just always
very, very nervous and concerned about the level of spending.
Never cutting, never trimming, always spending like we have a limitless budget, which there is a
limit to the budget. This is
not to you, Mr. Watt, you're doing a great job over there at the airport, but when I saw the million dollars for office space build out. I'm always concerned about the level of spending. It's not personal against you at all. Mr. Watt, I've been out there and I know what you're
doing, and I know about Davis aerospace coming back out there, so I'm happy about that. But real soon, real soon, the city is going to have to tighten up how we spend money around here. Thank you, Mr. Watt, thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you so much. Member Callaway,
was there any additional questions or concerns,
right hearing, none. A motion has been made to approve. Are there any objection? I hearing, no objections. The five resolutions will be approved. Madam President, yes. Request a waiver for 22.7 through 22 point 11.
Any objections to a waiver,
hearing, none that action will be taken. All right, thank you. Director watts, from the Office of contracting and procurement, Council Member young five resolutions, line items, 22 point 12 through 22 point 16 noted that they are all for the General Services Department. Contract Number 6006006, dash a one, 100% major street funding. Amendment One, to provide an increase of funds for irrigation systems repair maintenance. Contractor American sprinkler and landscaping total. Contract amount 275,000
contract number 6007169,
100% city funding to provide youth development organizations for summer programs. Contractor, fit for life, health
and fitness. Total contract amount 75,000
contract number 6007170,
100% city funding to provide youth development
organizations for summer programs. Contractor, st Suzanne Cody Rouge Community Resource Center. Total contract amount, 75,000 contract number 6007194,
100% major street funding
to provide maintenance and repair services
for they call equipment contractor Fredrickson supply
LLC. Total contract amount, 150,000
contract number 6007204,
100% city funding to provide John Deere equipment, engine and components,
repair services, labor
and or parts. Contractor Tri County equipment. Total contract amount, 500,000
council member young,
five resolutions.
Council member Young,
thank you, Mayor president, I
moved to approve line items, 22 point 12
through. 22 point 16, right?
Are there any objections?
Hearing no objections. The, excuse me, I have one objection,
and that was 22 point
22 point 12 for President. Sheffield clerk, also note, Madam President, thank you. Hearing no further objections,
the five resolutions. Madam Chair, yes, objection on the same line item, line item,
the company, Livonia. Line item, 22, point 12. Thank you. You
had an objection, yeah,
alright, hearing no further
objections. The five resolutions will be approved. Remember young Hey, Mayor, President, I'd like to request a waiver on line item
22 point 12 and 22 point 16.
Any objections to a waiver, objection to the
waiver requested on line item 22 point 12. Okay,
so that one does fail in the remaining items, a waiver will be attached
right from the law department. Council member young, joined by Council President Mary Sheffield and council member der Hall, an introduction of an ordinance line item 22, point 17.
Council member young
Thank you, Madam President, I
move that the ordinance be read twice by title
order, printed and laid on the table,
Hearing no objections that action will be taken from the law department. Council member young, joined by Council
President Mary Sheffield and council member der Hall, a resolution set in a public hearing nine item
22 point 18.
Council member Young, thank you, Madam President, Move to approve line item 22 point 18. I
hearing, no objection. This is for the scheduling of a public hearing. Yes, hearing, no objections. The resolution will be approved from the Office of Development and grants Council Member Santiago Romero, a resolution, line item, 22, point 19. Council
Member Santiago Ribeiro,
motion to approve this is a railroad
crossing elimination grant.
All right, Hearing no objections. The resolution will be approved under resolutions. Council member Johnson, a resolution noting a roll call. Nine item, 22, point 20.
Council member Johnson, thank
you, Madam President. Move for approval. This is to schedule a closed session on Tuesday, June 17, at 3pm All right, there being a roll call required. Madam Clerk, please call the roll Council President Mary Sheffield, no council member Scott Benson, no council member Fred der Hall, no council member Leticia Johnson, yes. Council member Gabriella Santiago Romero, yes. Council President Pro Tem James Tate,
Council Member, Mary waters council
member, Angela Whitfield, Callaway Yes.
Council member, call me on a second Yeah,
five yeas and four nos, That motion passes. Madam President, no, oh, I'm sorry that motion fails, Madam President,
I can reconsider.
I'm reading the room here. You want me to reconsider?
I can reconsider just saying yes, or do I
need to do the whole thing again?
Don't need to make a motion to reconsider. He originally
said no. I already said no, I can reconsider
yourself. Say No, I said, No,
yeah, I actually said no, but I can, I can say yeah, I'm reading the room here. It feels like that went over, like plant balloons. So I can say yes, I can change my mind. Asking, does he need to reconsider? The vote, or can he I want to reconsider the
vote? That's fine. I just put one quite,
following the other. Sorry. So does he need to reconsider?
Yes, most reconsidered. Okay, any objections to reconsider
Hearing none that action will be taken. And Madam Clerk, if we can do another Roll call, please.
Council member Scott Benson,
he voted no. He's
gone. Thank council member der Hall No. Council member Leticia Johnson Yes. Council member Gabriella Santiago Romero Yes. Council President Pro Tem James pate. Council member Mary waters. Council member Angela Whitfield, Callaway. Council member, call me on a second Yes. Council President, Mary Sheffield, no
Shays, who knows that motion passes? Madam President,
all right, thank you. The resolution is approved
under resolutions.
Council member Johnson,
a resolution noting a roll call.
Council member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. This is to schedule a closed session on
Tuesday, June 17, at 3:15pm,
Madam Clerk, please call the roll
council member Durham, no. Council member Johnson Yes. Council Member Santiago Romero Yes, council president pro tem Tate
council member waters.
Council member Whitfield, Callaway council member young Yes, council president Sheffield, no council
member Benson
six Shays two knows that motion passes. Madam President, all right, the resolution is approved.
Under resolutions, Council Member Johnson, a resolution noting a roll call line item, 22 point, 22 council member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, Move for approval. This is to schedule a closed session on Tuesday, June 17, at 3:30pm
Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
Council member Johnson, yes. Council Member Santiago Romero, no.
Council President Pro Tem Tate
council member waters.
Council member Whitfield, Callaway
council member young
Yes.
Council president Sheffield, no council member Benson
council member Durham, no one. Know,
boy, yay, or knows that motion fails, Madam President, all right, that motion, that resolution does still pro temp. Thank you. I looked and I realized this is the same,
same plan, so I'm going to move to reconsider my
vote. This is a what the same plan for this one. So I was my eyes and saw something different. So I'm going to move to reconsider my vote on line item, 22 point 22 okay. Is there any objections to reconsider 22 point 22 objection with discussion member Johnson, thank you, Madam President. Just want to know that that still won't get us to six, right.
Okay, so
there's one objection, do we still we still moving forward on the vote?
Vincent is back as well, yeah. Well,
there was one objection to reconsider,
and
the motion passes to reconsider, and now we're going
to reconsider. 22 point. 22 Madam Clerk, if you can call the roll on that item. Council member, Santiago Romero,
no. Council
President, protentate,
yes. Council member waters, Council Member Whitfield, Callaway council member young Yes. Council
president Sheffield, no council member Benson, no council member Durham, no council member Johnson, yes.
Madam President five yeas
four knows that motion fails, okay, so that resolution does speak
okay under resolutions,
Council Member Johnson a resolution noting a roll call
line item, 22 point, 2322
point, okay. I thought we were on 22 point 24
Louisa, I'm sorry. Madam President, you're correct. Okay. Council member, Santiago Romero, three resolutions, line items, 22 point 24 through, 22 point 26 Madam President, we actually did not take up 23 i i can make a motion to remove line 22
point, 23 from the agenda. But Madam President, for you. Madam
member Johnson, you are correct. You and I were on the same
page. Thank you. Okay, so
is there a motion? Member Johnson, motion to remove line item 22 point 23 from the agenda. Okay, Hearing no objections, we will
remove line item 22 point 23 from the agenda.
Under resolutions, customer basantia
Romero three resolutions, line
items 22 point 24 through 22 point 26
council member, Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, motion to approve. All right, these are various resolutions. Are there any objections? And if I can be added to line item 22 point 26
clerk will know. Clerk will so. No. President,
any objections
Hearing none the resolutions will be approved. Madam Chair, yes, it's a point of clarity. Was there a waiver
attached to item 19, point 15. This is supporting the gdyt
wages. And of course, you
have, yes, it was, Madam President, there was a waiver on Nine, 919, point 15. Thank you.
Duration as well. I
Madam Clerk. The item
for the resolution for the DMC
is, that that was, that would be Madam President, line item
member, Johnson Dustin,
PHS, we. Line item 20 point 24
Thank you. Um, I'd like to reconsider that item, please.
There's a motion, line
item, 2020 24
we need a motion
please to reconsider my vote for 20 point 24
Thank you pro tem and
Madam Clerk, if we can, please move this item again
for approval. Council member Johnson, a resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last
week formal session. Line item 20 point, 24 Thank
you. Council member Johnson, thank you, Madam President. Move for approval.
Okay, a motion has been made for approval, and this is
again a resolution for improvements to safety at the
DMC, are there any objections you can please show me as a
no for now on this item, objection council member Durham,
objection council member Callaway,
the clerk will know. Clerk will sell note,
five, yeas, four, nos. Madam President,
all right, thank you so that resolution does pass.
All right, we will move now to our referrals. Madam President, yes, we did still have line item, 20.1 and 20.6 All
right, we did postpone 20.1
and Mr. Washington,
Yes, Madam Chair, we do have group exec Council line.
All right, we will promote group exec counts,
good afternoon. Lawan counts, group executive of construction and building operations. All right, thank you so much. This was council member Callaway, yes, yeah. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. And good afternoon. Good afternoon, good afternoon. Director counts, I had a question about line item, 20.1 what is this contract about? 20 point one, that is the commercial demo of the property on an in
this is a demolition contract. Yes, ma'am,
all right. And, and also 20.6 what kind of hazard, I'm sorry, what kind of hazards are we talking about, contamination, and we're hiring a company from Potterville to come in to remediate.
That's line item, 20.6 20.6
this, this contract is actually who we're using to service all of our the fentanyl properties. We have recently experienced situations where properties have been contaminated with fentanyl. There have been methamphetamines, there's been substances that we are not qualified to actually Abate, and so this company is able to provide that service for us so that we don't endanger our own team members who we do send in after the properties have been decontaminated to secure the properties
through the chair to yourself director counts,
how is the property being contaminated with these items? Are they are are We are the people using or leaving devices behind. This is a $400,000 contract. What types of items are contaminating these properties, and where are these properties? Through the Chair, I can provide properties where we have
experienced these fentanyl
contaminations.
These are they're typically the result of police action prior to so they've either been drug houses
or they were used houses, whatever the case may be. We acquired them through through police means. And so in order for us to secure them, they're not cleared out until after they've been
decontaminated. And I do understand that the contract is set for 400,000
it is over the span of three years. And
it is a, it's
a an as needed basis. So we don't have properties identified, but what we want to have is a project is a contract already online, so that in the event that we do encounter
another location, we're able to send the contractor
directly out to decontaminate the site, so that we can, you know, transition that site back into a safe location for the residents as quickly as we can.
Okay through the chair
to yourself, Director Council, after the
residents or property is cleared out,
people move back in
through the chair, not
in any of the ones that we've done so far, all of the ones that we've decontaminated to this point we have secured with clear board material, with the intent of keeping anyone out
through the chair. To yourself, how many properties are we talking about
through the chair? I don't, I don't have an estimate
for how many exist across the city. This would just allow us the
ability to be able to respond
in the event that we do encounter them. To date, we have encountered, I want to say at least four. I'm going to make a motion to bring this back. I have several questions.
Madam Chair, I'm going to move to bring line item 2026 back. Madam Chair, line item 20.6 Yes, and then I'm objecting to line item 20.1 all right, so there's a motion to postpone line item 20.6 for one week.
Any objections?
Hearing? None that action will be taken,
and if we can motion to approve 20.1 so moved
in any objection. Objection, Council Member Callaway, all right, hearing, hearing, no further objections. Line item 20.1 will be approved, noting
the objection from member Callaway,
all right, yes. Member young, I don't have a discussion about this issue. I have. I have to go back to line items 22
point 21 through 2122
point 23 i Even though I know I bought a case
here and I apologize I made a mistake, I believe I have a conflict of interest there. I
don't think I should be supporting that. Which 122?
Point 2122
point 22
I believe 20 Yeah, 22 point 23 I have conflict of interest and all that, so I don't know we need to. I can tell you what that conflict of interest is through the chair Graham Anderson law department, because only half of the officers were approved for hearing
the closed session. It doesn't really make much sense for
us to do only half of them next week. So I think we're going to have to
reschedule this anyways. Okay, so
what is, what does
that mean? We don't have to take you don't have to take
this up for a vote. We're going to just take this off the board as if it didn't exist. I will
adjust the calendar next week. Council member, so the vote that we
just took doesn't is
going to be no employers. What you're telling me? Yeah, I don't think it's necessary for you to reconsider the vote, okay, because we're pulling it from the agenda, right, correct. Okay, thank you. Director whitak, are you sure? Yeah, I'll get right. Yeah, right.
Just to clear the record, Madam President, I think you need to reconsider the vote and then just remove it after that. But you have a vote now that you've you have in place so the council has acted on these items, I would suggest that you just reconsider and then remove and this is for all of them, for Tuesday, June 17. Yes, through the chair. It's all one matter. So only taking two out of the four
really doesn't make a lot of sense, so we might as well just remove all of them. Okay, to reschedule all of them for another day. Yes, okay. Thank you. Yes. Pro temps, thank you. My presence. So if that's the strategy, was there any conversation about taking the temperature of all four hearings, closed sessions, rather and in one day before, and what would be different this time around?
Through the Chair, I personally spoke with everyone's office, and I was assured I had enough votes for the first 617 that did not
end up being the case, although
a few offices did confirm that there would be nos. I did have enough. However, on July 1, only your office did say you cannot make it. So I'm hopeful that July 1, when I reschedule this, that we will be able to schedule the closed session for all of them. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President, thank you. Thank you. Member pro Tempe, all right. So member young, we're going to move now to reconsider the votes for 22 point 20 through
22 point 23
motion. We already moved from the correct so 2022 point 20 through 22 point 22 there's a motion. Are there any objections to reconsider Hearing none that action will be taken. Member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, move to remove line items. 22 point 20 through 22 point 22 from the agenda.
Are there any objections?
Hearing none the items will be removed from the agenda. Member, Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President, for item 22 points 26 the resolution
recognizing June as prize. Would like to motion for that to be in the name of the council, if there are no objections from my colleagues, any objections? Yes, remember, young I think this is great. I support this, and it probably has to be something that we should talk about in the future. But I just really want to have a conversation about, has there been any hate crimes that have increased over the past couple years against the LGBTQ community? I would really like to know that. I really like to know what the plan is, if so, to deal with that, there's a lot of things that I'm hearing. You know, when you hear about things, there's lots of traffic that I'm hearing out there. There's a lot of things that I'm seeing that I don't like. And so I'd just like to know from my own knowledge, what is happening with that community. What are we doing to protect that community? What's the plans for us to protect that community? So I'd really like to know that. Thank you. Member Santiago Romero, thank you, Madam President. Through you to member young thank you for the question. And you are right on the money. There are currently
violence against black trans people here in the city of Detroit. When I used to work for alternatives for girls, when we were doing street outreach, that was a huge problem that we were dealing with
as a city, I don't think we talk about it enough.
I think that because of that, we are really doing them a disservice by not discussing the fact that we do have black trans residents in
the city of Detroit that are targeted with violence. Oftentimes they are sex workers and oftentimes they are killed. So thank you, member young for bringing this up. Really can can share more information with you as it comes across our office, but I appreciate the question.
Thank you so much.
And we added the resolution in the name of the entire council, if there were no objections to doing so. All right. Madam Clerk, was that all of the items that you have no Madam President, there was a motion earlier to move line item 8.5 to new business, which is the application process for the ombudsman. Person, okay? Director Whitaker, we do have 8.5 that we move to new business. Everyone should have a copy of the application process as well. Mr. Whitaker, Madam President, we
would like you to act on this item so that we could expedite the posting of this application. We want to post it far and wide, so that everyone who's interested in applying for the job would have an opportunity to do so resolution has the
application being submitted through HR to procedure that we normally Take
and
applications would be sent to a secure website that goes to LPD, we will collect them and then present them to you after June 27
that's the way the resolution
currently reads. And council would then give us the individuals that you like to interview,
and we would go about scheduling those interviews, alright? So the applications will be open through Monday, June 30. Is what? June 30, on the 30th, June 30, and then we will forward over certain amount of names, right? You all, and then go through the interview process, through the committee, right? Okay. And then, when is the current term expire for the current October, October 5 of this year, the term expires? No, I think we're going to be sending them directly to LPD our recommendations. Is that correct? That's correct. We will forward those over to member Johnson for scheduling of the interview process. Okay? Member Johnson, thank you, Madam President, so when I read the information that was provided to us, it
indicated that the interviews would take place here, informal? Well, it can go either way. It depended upon the direction that the council take. Normally, interviews take place in iOS. But given, given, this is
a 10 year appointment, and you
have to remove the individual
cause. Typically, this is done
by the entire council. So you can expand iOS for that purpose. Or you can do it within a committee of the whole environment, or you can do it in formal session. But the interviews, generally would. You would do the interviews at least historically, the interviews have been done in succession. So
you have a group of people who you interview in one, one or two days, depending on the number of people you having to interview. Okay, okay, so member Johnson and colleagues, we can work with you in the entire council to see what is best appropriate based on scheduling and preference, whether we expand the committee or possibly hold a committee of a whole right. And we have until the end of the closing. You have some time, but we okay, we would like you to act before you.
Okay? President, yes. Pro Tempe, thank you, Madam
President, through you to mister Whitaker,
I know that indicates here the expiration of the term for the ombuds person. That is October 5, 2025
is there a time frame upon which
this body must approve the the
next bus person prior to that date, madam. Madam President, no, it isn't
you just should do it before October 5, but
the thought has been to give the new person some time to have some period to consult with these with the current ombudsman before that person leaves. So you want to have some transition,
the office needs some time to
transition as well, so we thought it best
that you act before the summer recess. Absolutely. Thank you so much, sir. Thank you President. Thank you pro tem.
All right, so
this item was already moved to new business, adopting the process for the appointment. Madam Clerk,
Council Member Johnson,
a resolution. Council member Johnson, thank you, Madam President,
Move for approval. All right, are there any objections?
Hearing no objections, the resolution will be approved, Madam President,
yes, like to
request a waiver, all right, and Hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached
to the item. All right, for the
president's report on standing committee referrals and other matters for the budget Finance and Audit. Standing Committee four reports from
various city departments.
The four reports will be referred to the budget Finance and Audit standing committee
for the internal operations. Standing Committee, 14 reports from various city departments. The 14 reports will be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the Neighborhood and Community Services. Standing Committee eight reports from various departments. The eight reports will be referred to the Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee for the planning and development, 16 reports from various city departments. The 16 reports will be referred to the Planning and Development Committee for the public health and safety committee, 12 reports from various city departments. The 12 reports will be referred to public health and safety for the Rules Committee, two reports from various city departments. The two reports will be referred to the Rules Committee under the consent agenda. Yes, pro tip. I have three walk ons I would like to provide. Okay. Colleagues should be aware there's contract, three contracts. Actually there's there in committee right now. Like to pull them from Committee,
three contracts regarding the extension. One is contract number 6006433,
dash, A, one. This is an amendment for the EDC contract, 100% city funding a second. Contract Number is 6006838,
dash a one, 100%
city funding amendment number two. This is to provide an extension of time and increase the funds for the Motor City match program. And then we have contract number 6006432,
dash, a one, 100%
city funding. This is amendment number two to provide an increase of funds only for operating agreement for the EDC move to pull these items from the committee. Okay? Discussion member Vincent, this was the intent to vote on these today, correct, sir. Okay. The challenge that we have with further discussion, Madam President, is that we do not approve these items by this week, then they will expire. So that's the one challenge that we have. And we did have robust conversation in ped, there were some challenges that I had, personally with the direction that I had requested them to take, of them being the degC and partners with Grand River North West location and businesses along that that stretch has been very frustrating over the years, because I've not gotten much attention over there, and maybe we'll get some now there some colleagues should have received a document from the administration, DGC, that outlines some of those items, but I will say that
I am still underwhelmed tremendously by what has been presented. But I've got a commitment from Mr. Derek head, formerly
of LPD, who said he's going to ensure that He peels back the layers and assists. We have businesses closed, businesses buildings that certainly could house actual businesses. There's conflicts between businesses themselves, and there's no real mediation taking place. There's a lot of that happening, and I'm hopeful that as we move forward, this will allow them to do just that with the funds that we are providing them, and this was what we had baked into
the budget as well. So I want to make sure we
stand up to the
commitment that we announced, but needed this moment to nudge them a little bit for a neighborhood that can certainly
serve and support a more robust
retail corridor. Thank you,
Madam President. Yes, through you to President Pro Tem tape of clarity. Could you please repeat those contract numbers? Please? Yes, ma'am the first. Contract number 6006433 dash a one second. Contract Number 6006838
dash a one and the third. Contract Number 6006432, dash, A, one, excuse me, a, two. Thank you, yes, ma'am,
thank you. All right. Thank you. Pro Tem council member young, yeah,
I'm sorry, but is there a difficult comment? For
this? I'm trying to look for it. I can, alright,
yeah, not on the agenda.
They were in his committee. Yeah. So, so we moving? Are we moving to vote
this out, to approve this today, or we're just moving into committee today, looking to approve them today? Currently, they're currently in committee. My understanding of that members were consulted in advance, so I otherwise, I would have made sure that we would have provided you with that information. Maybe someone from the administration provided, yeah, with
Is there someone permission here,
Mr. Washington, can we ensure that council member Young? I'm not sure if all of my other colleagues,
did you all get copies of okay, sorry to hold it up. If member young can receive the documentation, yeah, or you just email it
to me. I don't have to have it, just something I can read. I'm sure I'm
going to be supporting this. I'm not holding you up.
I just want something I can just read yes through the chair. I will forward it to member young now, yeah, just email it to me. All right.
Thank you. Member young,
so Madam Clerk, if you would like to move forward now that we need to walk these on, did you move to pull them out of committee? Are is there any objection to moving these three items out of committee?
Hearing? No objections that
action will be taken and Madam Clerk to
new business. Sorry. Thank you. Council President Pro Tem Tate, three resolutions.
Motion needs to be
to put them under new business. Madam President, move to place the three items
that we pull from the committee. Ped on to new business for a vote.
New business.
Okay, Hearing
no objections. Those will be added to new business. All right,
Madam Clerk, council president pro tem Tate three resolutions, contract number 6006433
dash a one, contract number 6006838
dash a one and contract number 6006432
dash a two, Council. President,
pro tem Tate, three resolutions. President, pro tem Tate, madam. President, I move approval of the three resolutions. All right, any objections, hearing, no objections, the three resolutions will be approved. President, there's a request for a waiver on all three of those resolutions.
All right, any objections to a waiver,
hearing none a waiver will be attached to all three items.
All right, we will now move to the member reports
motion to suspend.
Right? You know the we do have an
evening council meeting tonight for at large, Council Member waters and young at
the Northwest Activity Center at 7pm so looking forward to seeing everyone there this evening, at 5pm for the free meal. Five o'clock for the free meal. Alright, Madam President, yes. Point of personal privilege, please. I would like to note that we all wish you a happy birthday. Thank you. And we wish you a happy birthday. And there's going
to be, from what I understand from your team, you did a tremendous job communicating and refreshments here so we can wish say, thank you all, thank you all. We didn't miss it all right. So we will move on to under communications from the clerk. There are no items madam president in the report will be received and placed on file under testimonial resolutions and special privilege, Council Member durha, three resolutions, line items, 34.1 through 34.3 member durha Move for approval. Alright, carrying no objections, the three resolutions will be approved if there is nothing else to come before us today. Is there a motion to adjourn? All right? This meeting will stand adjourned. We will see everyone this evening at 7pm.
