Present Costum Mary Walters present member is the woodfield called way the second president pro Tim James Tate and Cost President Mary Sheffield Present You have a quorum present, Madam President.

All right, there being a quorum present.

We are now in session.

We will start off with our invocation.

Joining us virtually this morning is uh chaplain Ali, who has joined us.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Assalaam alaikum.

Peace and blessings be upon you all.

Good morning.

Let us pray.

Bismillahrahman al Rahim, in the name of God, the most compassionate, the most merciful, who holds you and me and all peoples, all worlds in a single eternal embrace.

Lord, we are gathered here today with humble hearts committed to do your work.

We praise and glorify you.

Thank you for all that you have provided and blessed us with.

And we pray that we all know your infinite love and mercy.

As we gather here today, we remind ourselves of the sanctity of every human life, regardless of race, religion, or status.

We pray for peace, love, and justice amongst us all and all around the world, especially the innocents that are in harm's way, the ones facing hunger, famine, war, and genocide.

We ask you to perfect our worship of you and to teach us how to be grateful to you, that you bless, honor, and keep safe the city of Detroit, its citizens, officials, residents, officers, employees, volunteers, and all involved in its service and care.

And in the words of Prophet Moses, we ask you to bless our intentions and ease our tasks and untie the knot from our tongues so that we may better understand each other.

And finally, we ask you, Lord, to bless this meeting and all those present here today with guidance, wisdom, clarity, and good judgment and our words and actions, and allow us all to return home safely in peace.

Alumma salli, wasalamubarak, Alla Sayyidina Muhammad Walla Ali Muhammad.

Walhamdulai Rabballa Alamin, O God, exalt and send peace and blessings upon our teacher, Prophet Muhammad and his family.

All praise and glory due to Allah, Lord of Mankind, and peace and blessings be upon you all.

Amen.

Thank you.

Amen.

All right.

Thank you so much, Chaplain Ali, for that invitation.

And uh please feel free to hang on as long as you can.

If not, we do understand.

God bless you, sir.

Thank you.

All right, we have two presentations this morning.

After our presentations, we will cut off the public comment.

So if you're interested in making public comment, please make sure you raise your hand virtually or in person.

Our first presentation will be from Councilmember Santiago Ramiro, followed by Member Vince.

Thank you, Madam President.

Good morning, everyone.

Good to see you all.

I'm excited for this presentation, for it's really a testament of what is possible when we welcome one another and support each other here in Detroit and truly in this country.

Ani Gapi realized his American dream despite adversity and setbacks.

He arrived in Detroit in 1967 from Baghdad to Iraq, leaving his entire family and nine brothers and sisters behind, something that many families do when immigrating here.

His goal was to become a successful business owner, paving the way for the rest of his family to join him in Detroit.

In 1972, through hard work and persistence, he opened his first Prince Valley store on Cass Avenue.

Then third then in 1975, he purchased and opened his first supermarket on Michigan Avenue in Livernoy.

Despite setbacks, including a major fire in 1999, he preserved, he persevered and managed to grow a successful business.

Um inside the factory, as well as a Hispanic bakery and pastry department, and a full service neat counter, alongside other services, such as a financial center, Metro PCS, and a USPS.

Fast forward to 2020, where then when the COVID pandemic hit, Joe Gappy, his son, and current owner of Prince Valley, worked tirelessly to keep the doors open to the community, ensuring shelves were stalked and patrons and employees were kept safe.

I also need to mention that Joe was incredibly helpful in our mutual aid efforts.

Myself and about 20, 30 other volunteers were making regular wellness treks to our residents and our neighbors, finding out many of them didn't have food, couldn't drive, lost their jobs because of the pandemic.

And Joel gave us gift cards to be able to go to Prince Valley to buy groceries, uh, for ourselves to buy groceries if needed as well, to make sure that our neighbors were fed.

All said to know Prince Valley is to know that they are a pillar in our community.

Honey's dream and hard work, like the hard work and dreams of many immigrants is part of the American story, part of the vital fabric of our community.

And here in Detroit, we celebrate and uplift our immigrants because we know that we are stronger when we are united and shared and share our pursuit of safe, vibrant, thriving communities.

Thank you to Prince Valley for all the work that you do to our community.

You are an integral part of District Six.

We nourish families and provide jobs to our residents.

We are grateful for your service and congratulate you on your 50th anniversary.

For those that have not been down to Prince Valley before, they have excellent Tamales, great chips and salsa, incredible fruit pantry.

So check them out.

Um, but now we'll watch you both uh to share a few words if you wouldn't mind.

The microphone is right in front of you.

Just make sure that the microphone is on, you just press the button in the bottom, and you're all set.

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning.

Thank you for having us here.

This is my father Annie.

Um, he started Prince Valley in 1975 on Michigan Avenue.

Uh, we were there as you were seeing for about 25 years, uh, 24 years, 1999.

We had a fire.

We purchased a store across the street, and um, when we took over the store across the street, it really didn't have a lot of departments inside of it.

So, what we did was we brought in um a tortilla factory in the beginning, then we brought in a kitchen, and then we brought in a bakery department that expanded and grew very largely, which then outgrew its space.

We sell approximately two to 300 cakes a week out of our supermarket.

Uh, that includes custom cakes, three-tier cakes, wedding cake, quinceaneras.

Um, our hot food department has uh a thousand tamales that we sell a day to our consumers.

We employ uh 110 people.

So, in theory, we're feeding 110 families per week out of our supermarket.

I currently sit on two boards.

I sit on the STBA association.

I've been there for approximately five years, and I also sit on a board on the treasurer of Hope of Detroit Academy.

I've been on their board for 25 years also as well.

And um, I just want to say thank you for having us here.

We really appreciate getting this award, and uh hopefully we'll rank it for another 50 more years.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you both.

We will have one more presentation, I believe, and then we'll go to uh we'll take a quick picture with the city council.

So if you would so much now, thank you.

Thank you, madam president.

All right, thank you.

Thank you so much, Member Santiago Ramiro.

Member Vincent.

You don't have an award to present?

I thought we were gonna questions.

We were going to present um yours first and then do groups.

Nope.

Yeah, okay.

But we have comments.

Can we make a comment?

Yes, did you like yes?

Yeah, thank you.

First of all, I I shop at Prince Valley.

I love the veggie wraps.

Um, I like the way when you go in, they're heated, they're warm.

Um, and the bakery, I patronize your bakery.

And I appreciate the fact that we can actually see people making the food on the deli part.

So I like the way you have a setup.

You have wonderful fresh vegetables and fruit.

And I know this from personal experience.

I used to work in the area, but I still come all the way to your area to Prince Valley because of those fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, and that bakery.

So thank you and God bless you.

Any additional comments?

All right.

Again, we thank you, and we are going to come down and do pictures after our next presentation.

All right, congratulations, and thank you all for being here.

All right, we will now um if the clerk would note, Member Young has joined us, and Member Benson has a presentation.

Thank you.

Uh good morning, everybody.

If I can please have our world champion stand up.

So now for me, it's always an honor, privilege to be able to talk about Detroit excellence and black excellence right here in the city of Detroit.

So we, before you have your world champions, and I said earlier national champions, and so I underplayed it, and I do apologize for that.

You all are the world champions in softball, U18.

So national champion is a huge honor, but to be the best softball team, 18 and under in the U on the planet is an even larger.

And so what I don't want is for that accomplishment to not be recognized and acknowledged.

So this is the U18 World Champions, Detroit Tigers Nike RBI Softball team, which won its national championship.

Excuse me, it's World Series, World Championship this past August in Vero Beach, Florida.

And those who aren't aware of the history of Vero Beach, Florida, that's where the Los Angeles Dodgers used to play their spring baseball games for their winter league.

And so the major league baseball has taken that space over, and Jackie Robinson used to play there as well.

And they now make that a world-class softball facility.

Now, and this is also the Detroit Tigers, which is why you see that old English D on their jerseys.

After seeing a lack of blacks in top level of baseball, the RBI, which is Reviving Baseball Inner Cities program, started in 1989 in Los Angeles, California by John Young, who was a baseball player, scout, and executive to help encourage black and Hispanic baseball players, get involved in baseball and softball in our inner cities.

And young ladies, you are a direct result in your prowess on the softball field, baseball diamond is a testament to your excellence and what you've been able to do and the honor and pride you brought to the city of Detroit for our first World Series for the U18 Softball League.

Thank you, ladies.

Mr.

Young had a brief stint in Major League Baseball.

He played for the Tigers back in 1971.

Detroit RBI is also an all-star team that is made up of Detroit POW players.

Where's Detroit Powell?

There we go.

So these ladies see here are the best of the best at Detroit PAL, which then means the city of Detroit sending its best players on the national international field, won the World Series.

That means Detroit has the best softball players on the planet at this time.

Once again, thank you, ladies.

Here we go.

Detroit Tigers is a sponsor of our Detroit RBI program.

So Detroit Tigers not only have championship baseball at Cole America Park, they put their money where their mouth is, and they make sure that our young ladies have an opportunity to show their excellence on the baseball field and softball field at the world stage.

Thank you, Detroit Tigers, for doing that, making that investment in our young people.

Where is Mr.

Ron Goss?

All right, Mr.

Goss, we got you on the uh on the screen.

Thank you for this.

Mr.

Goss is the head coach who has been over the program since 2018.

Dante Vorham, Corey Bell, and Jess Mayer are assistant coaches.

Right there.

And in keeping with Detroit Powell, we have a uniformed officer with us today to receive an award for their excellence.

So thank you for doing that.

Uh making two times the impact in the C of Detroit as a uniformed police officer as well as a coach mentoring, inspiring these young ladies to do their best and become the best softball players at U18 on the planet.

Thank you for that as well.

This has a little bit about baseball.

So many of you know baseball can be an offensive sport or a defensive sport, but on the planet, world championships, super bowls, MBA championships, defense wins championships.

Is that correct, ladies?

Don't be shy.

Don't be shy.

You all can say this is your time.

Be proud of your accomplishment.

Detroit set a record.

They allowed one run, one run a championship game.

One run.

So and you all downplay that.

Allowing one run at World Series level softball, that's a huge accomplishment.

And where's our pitcher?

We're the pitchers.

We're our pitchers.

All right, we got one of them.

Don't be shy, ladies.

Don't be shy.

That is a direct result of strong pitching.

Thank you, ladies, for making that happen for us right here in the city of Detroit.

They won the regional championships in St.

Louis, and they qualified and went on to win the championship in Vero Beach, Florida.

Detroit beat Roberto Clemente team out of New Jersey, three to win, three to one to win the championship.

Sasha Walker, where's Ms.

Walker?

There we go.

Don't be shy, Ms.

Walker.

Don't be shy.

What is a permanent MVP?

Most valuable player.

There are another fun fact.

There are three sisters playing on the team.

We're the twins.

We're the Evans twins.

There we go.

And their older sister, Sydney, who I am proud to say is not here today, correct?

But she is in Hampton, Virginia at my proud alma mater, playing softball in full scholarship.

Tell Sydney, Councilman Scott Benson says, Congratulations and thank you for taking her talents back to Hampton University and HBCU, the best HBCU on the planet, right there at Hampton University.

And then Mr.

Matt Williams, there's Mr.

Matt Williams.

Mr.

Matt Williams from the Tigers franchise is a coordinator of RBI programs for the Tigers and has now brought the Tigers a world championship in U 18 softball back to the city of Detroit.

So thank you, Detroit Tigers.

Thank you, Detroit Powell.

Number one, coaches, thank you as well for making this happen.

But ladies, it's your talent.

You are the human capital that made this possible.

You have brought pride, honor, and distinction back to the city of Detroit with a best you softball team on the planet at Vero Beach, Florida this year.

In addition, at this level of athletics, this means that you are very sought-after commodities, which shouldn't mean that everybody should be seeing receiving letters and requests from universities to come take your talents there.

So good luck on your future.

This is the type of excellence that we love to see in the city of Detroit, and we just love to see, period.

You all exemplify Detroit, you all exemplify what it means to be committed and motivated to be your best and to bring back trophies, honors, and awards back to the city of Detroit.

And you all, I'm gonna, we're the parents, we're the parents here.

There you go, parents.

There you go, family.

Now, ladies, you all have made lots of sacrifices to get to your level, but those parents who raised their hands and grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends and families, they're also they've made even larger sacrifices to get you where you are today.

So I want to say a big shout out and thank you to the parents for also making this possible and setting your daughters up for a life of excellence and future prosperity.

This is how it's done.

They are showing athletic prowess at this age, which means that their intellect and their athleticism should be able to carry them to the next level for their future and their entirety.

So, number one, ladies, thank you all very much.

Parents, thank you all, and to everybody who has made this possible for the cities of Detroit, and these young ladies, thank you as well.

And ladies, if you get that call from Hampton University, like Miss Sydney did, please take advantage of it.

My home by the sea is a fantastic location.

We have great sports, it is a beautiful space, and you will get an excellent education there.

And if you didn't know, we put rockets into outer space at Hampton University.

So thank you all very much.

Thank you, parents.

Thank you, Cam.

Is there anyone that wants to speak from the organization?

Is there anyone that would like to come and speak on behalf of the organization?

And madam president also like to have a player come and speak on behalf of the players as well.

You all pick who you want.

I'm the manager of baseball growth growth initiatives for the Detroit Tigers, and we really really appreciate all of the support that we have received from the city.

Um, these young ladies and the group that we've had here has really been a testament of our hard work.

The Tigers organization has taken over the Nike RBI program roughly three years ago.

And in three years, we brought back a championship.

It is really an honor for us to be here.

And we really appreciate all the support, seriously.

We have an 18U baseball team and a 15U baseball team, but the girls, the girls brought it home.

Yeah.

And truly, we just want to just keep the momentum going.

As we've noticed that with girls not playing with them winning, we've seen a resurgence in uh the want and the need for uh softball in the city.

So we're just gonna continue uh the growth that we have uh with the momentum that we we we've been able to accomplish with this.

Now let Sheila come in as a um uh representative of the team.

Yeah, good morning, everybody.

This is my third year playing for this team.

I actually started before the tigers represented us, so it was like probably like 20, 20.

I was in eighth grade, and this team is just wonderful.

I've seen everyone grow into the wonderful women's they are today.

And this team has just reminded me what it's means to represent little girls that look like us that act like us in the world of sports.

And um I just want to thank everybody that I've met on this team for the lifelong friendships and reminding me what it's like to love the sport and what it's like to represent the little me.

I'd like to also um thank my family from Dominican Republic in El Salvador, and the ones I'm representing as well.

Thank you.

And it's just it's just wonderful to see how the city has like represented us and protected us, and also cheered for us from the beginning.

They a lot of people thought we weren't gonna make it far, but we proved them wrong.

Right.

Yeah.

Good morning.

Morning.

I'm Tracy Rubin, the softball commissioner at PAW.

It's great to be here.

First, I'd like to salute these girls and their families.

Yeah.

Well, she said you didn't know the background story.

A couple years ago, they went there, they saw they didn't do so great.

Last year they went there and they started winning.

And then we got protested.

No way these girls could be from Detroit being this good.

So we had to do a little skirmishing behind the scenes, make sure all the paperwork, the schedules, everything was shown while they're in Pennsylvania, so they don't forfeit the next game because they're being protested.

And then they won.

So we prepared Detroit.

So this year, we got ahead of that.

All the paperwork, everything, anything, uh, shoe sizes, anything anybody could ever ask for.

It was there before they got there.

And as he said, it takes a village.

Couldn't do it without the parents, the great coaches that we've had year after year after year, getting these girls better and better.

Everybody behind them.

We couldn't have done it.

That's the village.

We love everybody.

Beautiful.

Good morning.

Uh uh, thank you for uh allowing us to be here.

I want to thank all the council staff, uh, everyone, all the supporters that's behind us.

I'm here on behalf of also a coaching staff, part of the coaching staff.

His name's Corey Bell, representing Coach Ron Goss, our leader, Dante Borham as well, and Jess Mayer.

Um importance of RBI and parts of the Detroit Tigers in the city sponsoring this because black and brown girls are playing softball.

Um, and we want to increase those numbers.

It's important for us to have that visibility and support just as much as the boys are um on a national level.

Uh you notice that softball is thriving, thriving right now at uh Texas Tech and IL uh Najee Hair Car, I'm sorry, um picture for Texas Tech is now the NIL leader in uh uh for softball, uh, over a million dollars.

Uh so I say that to say our girls dream just as much as anyone.

Um, and it starts here in the city.

Um, why not give them those opportunities?

Why not give them those goals to reach higher for college, wherever next level it may be.

Um, but I'm just so excited and happy that we were able to accomplish some things that we set forward to do once we got in place uh with the support.

So thank you.

They they put the bill for everything that we have done, so we definitely appreciate the Detroit Tigers Foundation.

Uh Nike, uh they're a huge partner of ours.

We have to wear all Nike.

You see the the young ladies in the uniform, everything they wear is Nike.

Uh Clean Express is another one of our partners as well.

Uh so they uh put forth uh a lot of support for us to make sure we can pay for all of these items.

Nothing none of it is free.

Right.

And honestly, you know, the Tigers can't put the entire bill.

Uh so having that community partnership is huge, and we just want to continue continue the partnership and the cohesiveness that we have within the city.

So I want to just thank everybody uh for this opportunity.

If not, we can all go down to uh do pictures with both um of our uh individuals who received the words.

What's also forgotten is that softball is also an Olympic sport.

And it will be in Los Angeles in the year twenty twenty-eight.

So what you could also see are not only collegiate athletes before us today, but potentially Olympians as well.

And so I do not want that to be lost.

When we play these sports, the opportunity to go to the world stage in so many different levels.

So ladies, please follow your dreams and make sure that happens.

In addition, I want to thank my staff member Colonel Wimberly, who has a long time.

Oh, yeah, go ahead, give a turn on around whose daughters have also played softball, and then Kim Brown, a good friend of ours whose daughters also play softball and at the collegiate level.

And so we want to make sure that that's not lost.

And as was said, it takes a village, and this is part of the ecosystem that we're building right here, and you all have taken to the pinnacle.

So thank you all very much, young ladies.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Member Benson and colleagues.

We can now go down to uh greet everyone and to do pictures with both of our recipients today.

Yeah, it's over.

All righty.

Thank you again to Member Benson and Member Santiago Ramiro for those presentations.

And we will now proceed back to our agenda.

We are also going to cut off public comment for this morning.

13 reports from various city departments.

The 13 reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee.

We will now move to the voting action matters under other matters.

There are no items, Madam President.

Under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials and agents.

Okay, we will call for public comment, and everyone will have a minute and a half.

We will start with Miss Betty Lyons.

Since Jesse Owens, always we do well.

Olympics, we do well.

Now let's go to something else.

Our young black men and women.

Give them that part of our excellence.

Justice and their rights.

Teach them how to repair the very homes that Dugan continues to destroy.

You don't have to destroy them because in Mexican town, he makes sure he puts millions of dollars, millions, and assets to help the Mexicans, but he tears down Detroit.

Yes, he and his protege who appears to be his protege, Mrs.

Romero, seems to be rolling in riches, helping the illegal Mexicans and border jumpers.

Getting lawyers and knowing their rights.

But when it gets to black families, they want to send the police and the legal departments to give us money we have to pay that we don't have.

But he has that money because he gave it to Dan Gilbert and the Mexicans.

Tyran Durham.

Followed by Richard Bass.

Good morning, Madam President.

Good morning, Madam President.

Morning, uh Council members.

My name is Taiwan Durham.

I serve uh I'm coming on behalf of myself, but I serve as a senior detention officer at the Detroit Detention Center.

Uh we wanted to bring some things to your uh attention.

There's uh some discrepancies here uh that we feel is in uh the council's best interest to take a look at uh as it refers to detention officers here at the Detroit Detention Center.

Uh, we are very underpaid uh and severely understaffed.

And I believe it it would take all of the attention of the entire council uh to to really take a good look at it.

Uh we've we've been granted uh 12 new sergeants and a couple more POs.

Uh and it's kind of like a slap in the face to us to have been doing this work, uh we've just transitioned over uh to it being completely ours now out of MDOC's hands.

Uh, and yet we still have not received anything as far as any compensation uh or any kind of uh comebance for the people who do the work.

So I believe it's in the best interest of this council uh to kind of take a look at that because we're losing people in droves at this point.

Thank you.

All right, thank you for bringing that to our attention.

Good morning.

Good morning to the council, Madam President.

Also, Richard Bass been with the city 21 years, also coming from the Detroit Detention Center.

Uh speaking on behalf of myself as well as the other workers, uh, just as my colleague has stated.

Um, we are in need of serious help when it comes down to what we're doing over there.

The um Department of Corrections, they were paying getting um paid 12.5 million from the city to operate.

Yet still, we know now that the city has taken back over, we're saving money, yet the staff that's working there are still underpaid.

The civilian workers have been making uh the police officer have to make it twice the amount the civilian workers have been making.

And now we have people that's coming making three times the amount that what we're making, and we're still not getting anywhere, and we need the help.

Uh, we're losing, we hired people.

We already lost 11 since August, since we're taking over.

We've already lost 11.

We have several others that are getting hired at other places right now as a supervisor.

It's becoming very detrimental because I want the safety of our workers at first hand, but we can't keep anybody, we can't run this thing with while we're losing people because of pay.

So we need even if city council would come over and take a look and see what's going on over there to see for yourself.

It'd be great.

All right.

Thank you so much.

And I'm not sure how many of you all are here, but is it possible I can have one of you all step aside so we can get your information and we can reach out to DPD to just get a kind of update on what is going on.

Um and so, Raymond, if you can raise your hand or Tyler um so that they can come up and get your contact information so we can reach out uh to DPB and get an update.

Thank you.

Thank you for coming down.

Thank you.

Thank you, Council, for allowing me to speak today.

I'm speaking today on behalf of the senior citizens that live in different um apartment buildings on Jefferson Avenue as well as Shane Avenue.

I just want to take the time to thank President Obama, Mayor Duggan, the fine women and men of Detroit Police Department, and also the fine men and women of the Detroit Fire Department, because we have all been working together to try to resolve some of the issues that are going on in these buildings.

Um there's a lot of drug use, there's a lot of um theft.

There's a lot of things going on in the building that this can't be readily addressed by calling the police and and telling them that this is happening when you don't have any proof necessarily.

And I just wanted to find out if there's some kind of way that uh we can uh those citizens that and myself are concerned, can get together with a council person and discuss some of these things that are going on because the drug addiction among senior citizens is really bad.

We have um people doing strange things at the age of 70 years old, like jumping over balconies, stealing people's items and so forth.

And so that's why I'm here today to speak about that.

And it's a very serious problem.

Also, um, they're using chemicals in the buildings to spray in different units and causing real health problems for people.

This sounds like it's fictitious, but it's absolutely true, and it's happening.

We need help.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for coming.

What building on Jefferson are you referring to?

Yes, I'm referring to the Whittier, okay, River Towers, Parkview Place, Roberts, too.

Okay.

Um, those are the okay.

Roberts too, I don't think is born Jefferson, but the other ones, Parkview Place and Robert's familiar with all of those buildings, those are all in District 5, and we have been in every single one of those uh organizing with residents and would love to connect with you.

Okay.

Um, Tyler is back there.

She's our community liaison and she works with the senior buildings.

And if we can connect with you uh before you leave, we would love to help.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Good morning.

Uh I made a copy for each one of the council members.

Okay.

I already gave Ms.

Romero Hurst.

Also, I sent a copy to each one of the uh the federal authorities that they deserve to go to.

On February the 1st, I was attacked and robbed by cops from the ninth precinct and put in a hospital for two days.

I made a police report, and ever since then I've been harassed, I done had guns pulled on me, I'd have been threatened.

And I'm gonna be honest, I do not like bullies.

They kept neck, they kept knocking at the devil's door.

I'm what you got.

So from now on, I'm asking y'all to stand up and do the right thing.

Because right now, I'm ready to take this all the way to a federal level.

I've been asking, I've been pleading.

I'm no longer asking, I'm no longer pleading.

I will not accept any more threats, no more guns put in my face, or being pulled over and harassed just because excuses.

I'm done.

I'm done with it.

I don't like bullies.

That's up to y'all now.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning, Madam President, esteemed council members.

Uh my name is Marcus Reed.

I currently serve as the senior detention facility officer for the city of Detroit working out of the uh detention facility.

Uh, as it has been overstated by my colleagues.

Make sure you speak up into the microphone, it's hard to hear you.

As it has been overstated by my colleagues, um we seem to work hand in hand with the police, but we seem to still be separate in matters of pay and the job that we currently do.

Although we work side by side with them, and we have been drastically underpaid and undervalued for the work that we do at the detention facility on Mount.

Uh, if you could, and if you have the time, please.

We we implore you.

Although I speak for myself, I am a representative of the people that work with me and under me.

It shouldn't be such a discrepancy for the work that we do.

We we have been asked to do things to go above and beyond, and yet still we're losing members daily because they can't afford to be there.

And it makes our job even harder when we have to compensate for the lack of people there, all simply because of all simply because of a paid discrepancy.

So it has already been stated.

We just would like you to take your time to look into the matter.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Hi, my name's Cassandra.

I made a copy for all the council people and the clerks as well.

Um I'm here with Comité de Acción Comunitaria or Detroit Community Action Committee.

Uh, we're presenting our sanctuary city ordinance, and we urge the council to take a look at it and adopt the policies.

Um the immigrants of this city deserve to live in a place where they feel safe, where they don't feel like they're gonna be deported, just going to the grocery store, the gas station, going to work, going to school.

And I think it is up to the council people of this body to make that an important matter to them to care about it.

Um, you know, council president um Mary Sheffield, you're gonna be running for mayor.

It's something that you should be looking at as well, as somebody that's gonna be looking at those immigrant votes in Southwest Detroit for when you're running.

It's an important matter, and especially after what's happened in LA with the Supreme Court ruling of making it legal to racially profile and pull people over based on ethnicity, it's more imprudent for Detroit to take a stand to stand with its residents, to stand with immigrants and to prove to them that this body cares about them and is willing to protect them and make them feel sick.

Thank you.

All right, thank you so much for coming down, and we appreciate you uh giving this information to away.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Detroiters deserve to live in peace amongst our family, friends, and neighbors without fear of harassment by violent racist police and ICE.

We cannot call ourselves a welcoming city while only welcoming some and handing over others to be kidnapped, stripped of their rights, and sent to a foreign land away from friends and family.

We need you to protect our city, we need to end cooperation of our city's police with ICE, and we need you to protect Detroit.

We demand Detroit become a sanctuary city now to oppose it and refer to human beings as illegal is surrendering to intimidation and tyranny.

We will not continue electing and allowing officials to hold power if they will not protect all of the people of Detroit, including uh Detroiters who are immigrants, documented or undocumented, uh black, indigenous, trans, pen Palestinian Detroiters, and all we want to be represented by leaders who denounce and fight against Zionism, fascism, which includes ICE collaboration, racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia.

We will not stop demanding an end to deportations, racist police, and ice in our streets.

Lastly, in a phone and a phone poll conducted in May this year, Detroiters expressed strong op opposition at 70% of using city resources and employees to aid federal ICE, uh aid federal government and ICE in the removal of documented immigrants.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So if you're not listening to Detroit, who are you listening to?

Thank you, and free Palestine.

Thank you so much.

Hello, city councilors.

I'm also with Detroit Community Action Committee, and I'm here to continue the demand for a sanctuary city.

Looking at the Supreme Court ruling yesterday where it is now legal to racially profile people and also profile people off of the language they speak.

It is abhorrent to allow ICE to work with DPD.

We saw in uh June 30th this year that at an ICE raid on a family house, DPD showed up and arrested protesters for standing up for those families.

And that is abhorrent.

There's no reason why DPD needs to be on the scene with ICE.

I get that there we're worried about repercussions from Trump, but there's no reason why Detroit needs to be there, why DPD needs to be there when ICE raids are happening.

There's no reason why the city government needs to be giving information to ICE.

There's no reason why DPD needs to be giving information to ICE.

We need to stand up against Donald Trump and the regime he's trying to build, and that starts at home.

And we can't simply roll over for Donald Trump and his thugs because we're too afraid to make a stand.

Detroiters need to make sure that they feel safe in their city, that they don't have to be worried at a traffic stop or that their simple information of where they're living will be given to ICE.

I think it's loud and clear that now's the time to take a stand.

If we're truly against Donald Trump, if we're truly against what he's trying to do, we need to make sure that a racist system that's being built by Donald Trump that is allowing deportation for simply speaking Spanish.

How many people in Mexican town speak Spanish but our citizens that are now going to be thrown in jail that could be deported or any type of violence?

I think it's important, and we need to support Sanctuary City.

Thank you so much.

Morning.

Hi.

I'm here to talk about the solid waste tax that increased last year.

I think that is too much.

We um it's just too costly for people to have to pay that.

I think it should go back down to 240 for people and 120 for seniors.

A lot of the year there isn't that much out there that people should be paying the money they're gonna be paying.

It's 270 dollars next year, and it's gonna be 135 for seniors.

This is something you snuck in.

You send flyers out saying it's gonna be weekly, but nothing was on the flyer about the cost.

It was only put on the back of flyers that come in with summer and winter taxes that's hidden on the back.

It says on one side how you can pay your taxes on the opposite side, is where it says it's gonna be increased a little bit for three years.

There's very underhanded of the city to do that.

You try to sneak it in that uh people are gonna be paying more for something that's not needed, and stuff is not being picked up on the streets anyway.

The stuff is supposed to be weekly.

I see stuff that was out over three months.

I know you brought it up to attention before with twice a month when somebody comes in and say, Yeah, it's not being picked up.

People come down, that was in charge of that and said, Well, we'll do a better job.

This was on the east side, so I don't know if it's ever happened.

I figure you know, they go back to eventually just not bothering as long as the attention's not on them.

But from October through April, there's not a lot of trash out there.

And I know it says something about dumping that was one of the reasons for increase, but we paying a lot now, and as I said, most of the year there's not enough out there for to be that high for people.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for uh your comment.

And just to let you know as well, we do have a senior citizen discount for the solid waste fee.

I'm not sure if you are familiar with that discount.

It's a 50% discount.

I am uh I'm a senior, so I do pay that, but I feel sorry for the ones that have to pay more.

That's not right.

Well noted um your your concerns.

I just wanted to make sure that you are aware and the general public is aware that there is uh a senior citizen discount.

But thank you for letting us know that you do not support uh the increase in the solid waste fee.

Thank you.

Okay.

Hello.

Well, my name is Charles Miles.

I'm back again.

I've been coming down here for 10 years now.

It's my anniversary.

10 years of coming down here with nothing getting done, complaining about these same properties that you guys continue to try to take that the tax bill has been overly paid in full, overpay, and you're still trying to take it.

You guys doing nothing about it.

You keep sending your lawyers to try to prove something that's clearly you all know that the tax bill was paid in misupply.

So why is it that you guys are sitting here doing nothing about it?

And every time I come down here, all you say is thank you.

So now I'm being harassed about this property.

So now you sit your uh police department, just organized crime on me.

So now they're harassing me, telling me that I'm being investigated for dumping at the property that I don't even live at that you're trying to take.

So now it's so mysteriously that it's an investigation going on about this property, and you're trying to write tickets and ain't nobody dumping, and you have no proof.

So we're just coming from.

So I'm here today to address it.

And then the police made a false police report because they gave me a police report number.

I went to the third person yesterday, and Sergeant Gilbert looked it up, and that report doesn't exist.

So we need somebody.

Thank you, Mr.

Myers.

Mr.

Crawley.

Every one of you have been cheated in.

Y'all are cheating in public officials.

Dennis and Dina Dennis and more free.

Gina A.B.

Walker been teething in Detroit elections for years and years and years and years and years and years.

And a homicide dude.

But the Detroit police department not only covered up or ticked it to cover up Kinesia Coleman's murder.

There's also the case of Isaiah White.

He didn't shoot itself in the back of the head with no 18-inch real shotgun.

And Kevin Samuel.

But here before you today, I got a ticket.

I was placed in my mailbox.

Now, if any of you council members, and I'm gonna pass it around, hopefully it can go to every one of you guys.

It is ticket number U717-993-25.

Was given or placed in my mailbox by 11 precinct officers.

You cheated in officials.

Michael Zubas?

Yes, I am.

Good morning.

Good morning to the esteemed council.

I come today with a proposal.

I've recently read a report about how the 375 project was postponed because of cost uh problems.

So I have come with a proposal given I I've been searching for the an opportunity, and God gave me this by this happening.

And I feel that the best solution for the inner city of Detroit and inner cities around America is what happened on 696 a few years ago with Oak Park.

The uh Orthodox Jewish population had a problem where they were trying to figure out a way to get people across without needing to shut things down.

So they created park bridges.

I feel like park bridges is the future of figuring out all these problems.

Not only do I feel like that, the mayor of Lansing, Michigan feels that and has received a one million dollar grant to look into how to build park bridges across 496.

So I think 375, specifically Jefferson and Larna could be torn down and rebuilt into a park bridge.

Joe Lewis Park, for example.

And we could be able to build park bridges up and down to be able to unite the black neighborhoods in there to be able to have that, and that will spread throughout the country and have inner cities throughout the nation be able to unite without having to spend as much money so we get we get to uh eat our cake and have it too.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much, sir.

Thank you.

Good morning, good morning, council members.

I am here to voice my support for the ordinance presented today by Detroit Community Action Committee.

Detroiters deserve to exist in their homes in peace to go to work and school without fear of being taken from their families.

Declaring Detroit a sanctuary city backed with meaningful policy will show the immigrant communities of Detroit that they are truly welcome.

Assisting in immigration enforcement is not the job of city police, so they should not be allowed to share resident information with ICE agents.

Thank you for your time.

Um I'd also like to voice my support and ask a question.

Who benefits?

Uh, who benefits with DPD collaborating with ICE?

Because it's not the families that live here in Detroit who have to live in fear, uh being in their homes, being at work, being on the road.

It is not the businesses in Detroit who have to worry about being disrupted by ice raids supported by Detroit police.

It is not the Detroit taxpayer whose resources go into law enforcement helping the federal government uh conduct these raids.

That is why we need to go for this sanctuary city, not just for the people that we're fighting for, but for everybody else who is suffering because of this policy.

Um, and so I would please ask that you consider it.

If we don't stand up for everybody, then we cannot be trusted to stand for anybody.

Thank you.

Thank you as well.

Thank you.

Morning.

Morning.

Again, welcome to the most corrupt, devilish city council that ever existed.

The Detroit City Council.

Hey, ladies, when I leave here, I think about y'all.

You know why?

Explain something to you.

Ignorance and stupid.

Ignorance is when you don't know.

You don't know how to drive a truck, you go to truck drivers.

You don't know how to cook, you go to Covenary Art.

And you also don't heard ignorance, no excuse to the law.

Let me tell you what stupid is.

Stupid is when you do know and you don't do nothing about.

I say this.

Why would y'all sit here at y'all's y'all's salary rate when they giving away millions of dollars?

Y'all should be somewhere enjoying some of this money.

It's your money.

I don't understand that.

Callaway, that's stupid for you to go on the radio and say you're gonna add a fee to the people and don't want to give out the contracts to the people.

That's just and more.

Takes that stupid for you to go on live TV or Greenfield and Oakman and say, Mamma is uh an eyesore, but you don't advocate to put 100, 200, 300 million in like y'all do Dan Gilbert.

Again, be very careful when you move to the next position.

If you approve these illegal bonds and you think that you're gonna manage this, there's gonna be some federal indictments.

You guys been cheated in, and this is horrible behavior.

All these black people explaining they said, and y'all uh giving airs on the war, a small percent.

Dearborn and Dearborn Heights will never bring a black businessman or women and give them anything.

You understand me?

We have no men on this city council at best for morphodikes.

Praise God, won't you do?

Morning.

Residents in the city of Detroit.

My name is Ramal Jackson.

I got before me two USBs from the recent election that happened August 5th in the city of Detroit.

Hundreds of people on in this election voting out the county jail, most of them gone.

Those results need to be overturned.

Now, here go right here.

Mary Sheffield got the list right there.

You ran in that election.

Here's the list of people that's voting in the county jail that can't be voting in the county jail.

These is not the true winners.

We need to get the true election results so that we can see who winning these elections so that we can put who we need to put in office.

Another thing, let me tell y'all sister something that's working here.

Especially y'all working for Mary Sheffield.

If she don't win, y'all gonna be looking for other jobs.

Y'all sat here with her while she passed out billions of dollars to outsiders.

And if y'all don't got five million dollars in y'all account, y'all some crazy people.

I'm talking about crazy.

And she don't mess with y'all.

If y'all don't got millions of people, madam president.

Next member waters.

Thank you.

Um one second, Christy Cannon, before you proceed.

I just want to say people who uh who are in the county jail are allowed to vote.

Yes, they are.

People who are in the county jail are allowed to vote.

Yes, that's state that's state law.

So I just wanted to clarify that.

Thank you, Member Water.

Um, madam chair, member Callaway.

And uh knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Try to get you some.

Thank you, madam chair.

Okay, thank you so much, Member Callaway.

Mr.

Cunningham.

313, 444, 9114, 313, 444, 9104.

That is my highline number and my Cash App.

Also on Facebook, not enemy.

And so hello, everyone at the sound of my voice.

Hello, council persons.

Um people sometimes take this too serious.

Like I'm in the streets, and people saying you shouldn't say anything nice about the council, you shouldn't say anything about the dug in or uh I have a right to uh speak my displeasure and pleasure with any person.

It would be disingenuous for me to agree with somebody 100% of the time.

It's impossible, or to disagree with somebody 100% of the time.

I've been followed out to the hallway.

You shouldn't have said nothing.

I mean, I mean, come on, come on.

We can we can be more um cordial with each other.

I ain't making no money from this.

I'm advocating to um better public transportation.

Um if anyone in the building, someone gave me a nice donation.

I have a 31-day pass that I'm paying for to someone again.

A 31-day pass.

I'm about to leave when I leave this meeting, and I will pay that for it because people are in need, and thank everyone for donating the bus tickets.

It's almost time for hand warmers again.

Um D dot needs help.

Um, pray for those that take the coaches.

Pray for myself.

I pray for you guys.

Um, don't just be in a bubble.

Bless those when you see them at the sides of the roads at the bus stops.

Nice, be kind.

I greatly appreciate it.

Bye-bye.

Thank you as well, Mr.

Cunningham.

Good morning.

Good morning, President Sheffield, and I'm from District 6.

Good morning, Ms.

Romero.

I'm here on behalf of Mrs.

Carver, who is 91 this year.

She's been calling about home prepare uh preparations, maintenance on her home.

They tell her she doesn't have, they don't have the money.

She's been there for 52 years.

She hasn't left the city, she pays her taxes, she has a small budget.

She cannot afford to get the home repairs that the city has offered.

But when she calls, we are we're out of money.

Are they waiting for her to pass or what?

She's not going anywhere.

And another thing I don't agree with is this uh speed bump signs that have put up on my street, American Street.

It looks like an expressway.

Who asked for that?

We have the speed bumps, which are too many on one street, three blocks, too many.

And now we have the octagon signs, yellow signs on a residential street.

It just looks out of place.

It's not residential looking.

We want to look like the suburbs.

We don't want signs on our streets.

They just put those up like two weeks ago.

Just appeared.

For what?

Please remove those signs.

And Miss Romero, we want a supermarket, not vegetable gardens in our backyard.

You made that comment at our uh last block club meeting.

It was so naive.

Madam President.

Thank you.

Member Continuado Romero.

Thank you, Madam President.

Ma'am, as I'm I'm trying to speak to you as you walk away.

As I mentioned that day of the block club, I mentioned that we need more storefronts in order to have supermarkets.

We need storefronts to be able to put our groceries stores there.

That was my comments.

I said storefronts that can be used for coffee shops, for retail, for many, many things that we need in the neighborhood.

And before you leave, um, I can have someone from my office meet with you to get the information from the woman that needs uh home repair grants so that we're able to work with you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you.

All right.

We can proceed.

Melissa Love, followed by Ms.

Anne Goulet.

Friends Valley is a ripoff, and they are not for the black community.

That's in betroy blocks away from Mexican town.

Y'all will be held accountable.

Election fraud is real, and they are bold with it.

Our Melissa Love never voted in November 2020 or August 2024 election.

But somehow I'm on the voter roads, and I am here to demand my name off the voter roads.

Take back my resources, expose this evil corruption, and to collect my share off the pot.

Y'all have been stealing from.

I will continue to call or come in person.

I will not give up until justice is served.

I will continue to speak up for what's right.

I will continue to fight for myself, children, disabled, and the elderly.

And I will stand bold.

I will not be silenced, overlooked, or ignored.

If you vote, they will switch it to absentee.

If you don't vote, they will vote for you.

Stay alert.

The city of Detroit has been bold, been robbing us slowly with no gun, and it will stop.

No justice, no peace.

No justice, no peace.

No justice, no peace.

No justice, no peace.

No justice, no peace, no justice, no peace.

No justice, no peace, no justice, no peace.

No justice, no peace, no justice, no peace.

No justice, no peace.

No peace.

No just no peace.

No, just a room.

Right, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Uh, Miss Gulet.

Followed by Miss Clement.

Good morning.

My name is Anne Goulet.

I am a licensed architect who has design managed, overseen, and administered hundreds of publicly and privately owned property development projects, large and small.

I wanted to thank City Council leadership for being responsive to my professional concerns with how the city government currently handles Detroit's property development and other property-related matters.

A big thank you, especially to City Council President Sheffield for arranging for me to meet with our chief of staff and senior policy advisor to discuss how to improve Detroit's operations and performance in this area.

Legislative leaders often forget that they have great power to identify and correct procedural and budgetary mistakes and oversteps in other branches of the government that negatively affect sick and injure or harm our city's residents, workers, and visitors.

Ms.

Sheffield, it was nice to have an intelligent and productive conversation with your staff.

And I hope this continues.

I also want to thank City Council President Pro Tem Great Tate for graciously listening to my professional concerns and input at his district one meeting last week.

He immediately referred me to a city manager to look into some low-cost options for improving the city's quality of life complaint resolution system.

And he allowed me to freely express my concerns about possible mayoral operational violations of the city charter, especially those that violate a community's property ownership and property development rights and severely limited districts' economic growth and jobs opportunities, particularly for Detroit's youth and young adults.

To me, that is quality leadership.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And um, I know Brian informed me that it was a great meeting that you all had.

So thank you forward to working with you.

Thank you.

Barbara Clemens, followed by Bobby Johnson.

Good morning, President Proced and Pro Temp and the rest of the uh council members.

My name is Barbara Clemens.

I am truly a citizen of the city of Detroit.

I am here to speak on the things that the city has done to fail me.

I want to attest that I have been volunteering for the city of Detroit since 2008.

2013, I received a Spirit of Detroit award, which I'm told is the highest award that you can receive as a citizen.

I'm very proud of that.

So I continue to volunteer.

At present, I am a radio patroller for the sixth precinct.

I chose to wear my coat of armor this morning to prove who I am.

I am asking the city to please help me.

I have been facing homelessness.

I'm ready to go on my third trip between ages of 67 and 70.

I'm 70 years old this very day.

Most recently, there was a news broadcast of the date was July 2nd.

The only two familiar faces that I saw in that broadcast was Councilmember Tate as well as Councilmember Walters in regards to these property owners in this crypto cash.

I honestly believe that I have fallen into the hands of such person.

I actually got a call from that uh owner, so-called owner this morning uh for the pro-science may.

Somehow another they're tracking my cause, they're tracking my activity.

Um, my thing is every avenue that you can probably send me down to find help finding housing.

I've been that route.

There's nothing you can tell me, no direction you tell me.

The city has failed me.

Wayne Retro has failed me.

Today I have an advocate, Miss Bobby Johnson, with me, working with uh council, council personal walkers.

I'm sorry.

I knew of my time in a minute.

If anyone can attest to my volunteering and my love to this city, it should be Fred Drew Hall second because I've worked intricately with him.

I hope he backs on you up.

I am asking my city to help me.

I do not wish to be homeless again.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

We do not want you to be.

Thank you.

Um, and so uh member Durha does have his hand up.

He wants to respond if you don't mind uh waiting to listen to his response, ma'am.

Member Durha.

Thank you.

Um, Madam President, and I want you to hang around a little bit.

Mark is gonna come talk to you and see if we can get you some assistance connection to HRD uh here as well.

I think Bobby brought this up to me maybe a month ago, or is there may have been a different situation?

Bobby says all a lot of these issues too.

Um, but we are willing to help you and do whatever we can to make sure you don't.

And yes, thank you for everything you do in District 7 and 46 precinct.

Thank you for acknowledging my volunteering.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Followed by morning, council.

Good morning.

Detroit's new curfew and first-time misdemeanor prosecution policy is a step in the wrong direction.

The majority of the city council members don't even have children.

Yet they choose to pass laws that directly affect families and neighborhoods full of children.

The curfew doesn't create a safe response, uh safety.

It restricts positive opportunities for teenagers needing safe space activities and no barriers instead of supporting after-school programs, recreation centers, and mentorship.

The city is criminalizing young people for simply being outside.

Worse, by prosecuting first-time misdemeanors, Detroit is turning small mistakes into lifetime consequences.

A first offense should be a chance to learn and to grow, not a pipeline into the justice system.

These policies will not make our neighborhoods safer.

They will only hurt our children and weaken our community.

Detroit need deserves solutions that build our youth and protect our futures, not policies that punish on.

And district seven.

In 2022, we were promised a recreation center.

We're one of the biggest districts without any kind of recreation center.

But steadily, you're passing legislation without giving children opportunities or other roads or avenues to travel.

Think about these policy sections.

Thank you.

I just want to thank uh Ms.

Johnson, I just wanted to say because of your great advocacy.

Originally, that's what the policy did say.

Um I was the sponsor of legislation, read through the policy, saw the fact that they were handing out uh misdemeanors in jail time and decided that that needed to be scripped out of that legislation.

So originally it did say that, but we passed legislation to strip that out.

So we criminalized that legislation.

And instead, what it does is it provides services for parents and parenting opportunities, and it provides them with the services that they need and the skills that they need if so needed, or they decide to use those skills to be able to be there and better parents.

You know, when my father was in office, he used to have a commercial that would come out.

He would say, Do you know where your children are?

And it goes back to that old adage of you know, you can play outside until the street lights come off.

And so I decided as a sponsor of that legislation to be able to make sure that we are providing more services to parents, that they are aware of where they can get those services, they're aware of the opportunities that they have, the training, the parental training that they have that are being provided by the city.

So there is no, we are not criminalizing children, we are not criminalizing parents.

All they are receiving are tickets.

They are not receiving the jail time.

I want to make that butn't clear.

Not a misdemeanor, not a felony, any of that.

I'm working with my colleagues now to be able to see if we can keep our recreation centers open longer so that our children have more places to be able to play and go in the city of Detroit.

I think what you said about recreation center in your area is vital, and we're working diligently to be able to change that to make sure we can change that.

What I want to do, and I'm sure my colleagues want to do is be able to reach out with you and work with you, be able to see how best to be able to implement those policies so we can create that change.

But I just want to say on behalf of city council, behalf of the city of Detroit, thank you for people like you and your advocacy and your willingness to come up here, your bravery to talk about these issues.

We listened to you, we heard what you had to say, and we did the best we could to be able to implement what you said into that policy.

So I just want to say thank you very much.

Thank you, Member Young.

Ms.

Logan, followed by Mr.

Foster.

Good morning, everyone.

I want to congratulate everybody who had a successful primary.

And I'm looking forward to working with you guys again on my primary issue of overassessment of property taxes for homeowners.

Even though that issue has been talked about so much, and most of the most of the uh council people have um acknowledged that a lot of people were over assessed.

We're still having people overassessed and foreclosed on, and especially for those homes that are valued at less than 30,000 uh 50,000.

As a matter of fact, in a couple of days, Wednesday, there are going to be foreclosures of more than 800 homes that uh our owner occupy who who are um being foreclosed on for um over or what uh no no failure to pay property taxes that were overassessed, and I think that's just illegal and improper and it's not the right thing to do.

And well, this city council in some areas want to do the right thing.

In that area, they don't seem to want to do the right thing or just do nothing, just ignore the problem, it's not gonna go away.

Overassessment of property taxes is a is a is a very important issue, is serious.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Pino Foster.

Good morning to the president.

Um and the council body.

Uh just want to say, although I enjoy gobblers, I don't always eat my peanut butter with jelly.

So if you are elected mayor, what would you do different?

The mayor speaks a lot about what his successor would continue to do.

I would like to know what would you do differently.

Secondly, in this week coming up as the MOU and Ball and Land Bank.

I believe that it's imperative that all land bank be restored back to the people here.

I believe that each one of these communities that have schools could benefit from those land bank properties being filled up with children and family members.

The nexus to those things is starts with home ownership and land bank properties.

And so I believe that you guys' language should a mirror should be more of an imperative language.

Um articulate to him the demand and need to restore justice here and to return these properties back to where they belong to the people and to provide benefits, services to restore those properties and allow our communities to have that opportunity at generational wealth.

Something to pass on, something to live in, something to be proud of.

Okay, we will go to those who have joined us virtually now.

Good morning, madam president.

There were 19 hands raised for public comment.

The first caller is William M.

Davis.

Mr.

Davis, good morning.

Uh good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes.

I'd like to speak on a couple of things very quickly since it's one point one and a half minutes.

Uh I think the Detroit Land Bank should post where the every director lives.

I don't think it should be no none, you know, Detroit is on that board.

Also, if the people on that board is getting some type of compensation, be it paid for meetings or a stipend, we should know about that too.

And what you know, we should know who's on it, the composition of the board, you know, where they live at the race, sex, what have you.

Um, something needs to be done about tax abatements.

You know, we have we continue to give tax abatements.

Uh I've never heard of the city calling back some of its resources that they've given people who do not fulfill what they initially said they was going to do.

Right now, we have thousands of city Detroit retirees is getting a claw back that's inhumane and has contributed to over 400 city Detroit retirees dying this year.

You know, the city could do a better job, the mayor could do a better job, council could do a better job.

We need to do more to help more people in this city.

Also, separately, the city should be doing more to reduce the number of lawsuits.

You know, I've seen the number of lawsuits jump dramatically.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Davis.

The next caller is you matter.

Good morning.

You matter.

Good morning.

Uh good morning.

May I be heard?

Yes, we can hear you.

Good morning.

Okay.

Uh, first of all, that was a great convocation by um Muhammad Ali.

But also, here's some knowledge, everybody.

I was abused at the Detroit Detention Center, and I told Paris Blessman of Mary Sheffield staff, and she said, Oh, sorry, we can't help you.

And it's very possible when they put me in that solitary cell and forcibly strip me without proper uh screening, that they were passing around the strip video.

Also, member Callaway, here's some knowledge.

One of the city planners told me that Duggan did a handshake deal about North End Landing, which you all voted for, totally disregarding the people who live right there who got secretly planned on.

Here's some more knowledge for everybody.

The solar takings, the city's pushing a false narrative, they're buying people off by giving them housing upgrades.

But guess what?

They're facing that lawsuit on the 1951 in-race slum clearance taking a black bottom.

They are saying that if your property was ever tax reverted in the past, even if you didn't lose it and it was 20 years ago, or you have land bank property that it's blighted per se, and they can take it.

This is absolutely dangerous.

You're swapping property with some of your favorite people that I guess Duggan wants to vote for them, but not with the other little people.

So this is a total abomination.

Mary Sheffield, you did the right thing, but then you flip-flopped and voted for it.

All right, thank you, Miss Warwick.

The next caller is Owner Papa.

All right, good morning.

Good morning, morning.

Good morning, and through the chair, Matthew.

Yes, we can hear you.

Uh yes.

Um, I think it's very hypocritical of you of you all to, you know, it uh act as though our our health is not important.

Wow.

Um yesterday there was a report that came out about particular matter that's being caused by the speed humps in the city.

Uh what was done with the report was it was received and filed.

I don't see any, I don't see any actions on it.

I don't see anything that you're going to do about it.

You you you thank the young people for their achievements, but you you're killing young people in their neighborhoods with particulate matter that uh is unnecessary.

Uh, if you had some traffic studies that showed that all of these neighborhoods needed speed humps because of some um injuries that were incurred by accidents, car accidents.

Um, I can I it it might it might be make better sense, but you you don't have any proof that speed humps are necessary in our neighborhoods, and you received a report that said that it increases particulate matter five percent, and that's conservative.

And then you multiply that times all of those speed humps we have in the city and the asthma rates that we have, but not only asthma, it mentions cancer and other diseases that are caused by particular matter.

If you can resolve it by removing the speed humps in all of our neighborhoods, that's what you need and should do.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller is not that Karen.

Hello, yes, good morning.

Good morning.

Um, I'm gonna salute the girls' baseball team for their accomplishments this season.

Um, when my daughters were younger, they also played in PAL, and I was I coached during those years, and I found it very fulfilling.

Um, one of my daughters did get a scholarship for college, so it's very it's a very good way to get into school and have help with paying the tuition.

So I want to salute those girls for their accomplishment.

Um, the retirees, Detroit retirees, we need our money back.

We don't need a check for 460.

We need a clawback stop, and we we need to be made whole um before we all die off.

Uh I'd like to see that happen.

Homelessness, we need to fix the homelessness.

We got to get these people in homes because winter is coming.

Cold air, it's been cold enough for the heat the last couple days.

So we need to get these people off the streets.

Um, I did a little rough complicated uh compilation, and it seems like over my 50 plus years paying property taxes, I paid from 150 to 200,000 in property taxes.

I don't have anything to show for that.

Um I'm selling my Detroit home.

I finally had enough.

I don't think I want to pay it into the pot anymore because the pot never gives back.

The pot just always takes.

So I think we're going to continue to lose people if we don't do something to let people know that we are working in their behalf.

Thanks a lot for the time.

All right, thank you.

The next caller is iPhone.

Uh good morning to all within the sound of my voice.

This is Betty A.

Barner, the president of the Soda Elseworth Black Association.

We are still advocating for landscaping boulders.

Uh, we've expanded our park, so we need to have some trees removed.

We also need monies for a land uh youth hearing because we want to have playscape equipment on the park.

You can donate by Zale by going to D E D as in Dog, E, B as in Boy, A, W E, B as in Boy, E L at Gmail.com.

Again, that's D as in Dog E B as in Boy A W E B as in Boy E L at Gmail.com and that's Uzel.

Now to the lady who was speaking, she's helping the uh senior that's ninety-one years old.

I'm asking that if she's still within the building, if someone knows how to contact her, please ask her to reach out to D Triple A at 313 446 444.

Ask for the choice waiver program.

Do not call asking for home repairs.

They're gonna tell you they don't provide that service.

She wants the choice waiver program.

Please have her call.

The uh senior might be able to get help.

Okay, thank you so much for that information.

Thank you.

The next caller is phone number ending at nine seven zero.

Okay, good morning.

Call her nine seven zero.

Ari, let's come back to this caller, please.

Okay.

The next caller is Tahira Ahmed.

All right, good morning.

Good morning, thank you.

Um congratulations, lady tigers baseball team.

Thank you for allowing me to speak on behalf of the coalition for property tax justice tomorrow.

Eight hundred and thirty-four Detroit homes will be um uh on the chopping blocks.

Families could lose their homes in the September property tax foreclosure auction.

If treasurer Sabree does not take action like he's done for four straight years and place these homes on a foreclosure moratorium.

Uh, and we are asking um Eric Sabree to place them on the foreclosure moratorium and save them.

We've seen that the University of Chicago has shown the city of Detroit it is illegally overassessing sixty-two percent of the homes like these homes that are owner occupied and valued at fifty thousand dollars or less.

That's why our organization is calling on uh Sabree to place them on the moratorium uh uh uh tax foreclosure moratorium.

We urge the treasurer to do that.

We urge you council members, if you have any pull with the treasurer, call him and help us out.

Please be activists, help our community and uh families that uh lost their homes have become homeless, like the curry family, who ended up losing their two children.

Uh, and they've slept in a van.

Uh, and and the children died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Be fruitful for our thank you so much.

The next caller is Marguerite Maddox Scarlet.

Hello.

Good morning.

Good morning.

All right, um, are you it sounds a little bit loud?

Ms.

Maddox, I'm not sure if we can turn the volume up, or if we can speak a little bit louder.

Can't hear.

Hi.

Okay.

Our our interpreter cannot hear as well.

Um I'm not sure, Ms.

Maddox, if you can hear me, we can come back to you again.

I'm not sure if you can adjust.

It's not like you're going in and out.

So we can please Ari come back to Ms.

Maddox if possible, please, because she's going in and out, and our interpreter cannot hear.

Okay, we will come back to her.

The next caller is Kathy Montgomery.

Okay.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I'm Kathy Montgomery.

Um I agree with uh the previous commenters about protecting the RM Grant community here in Detroit.

But uh my main purpose is to offer uh some recommendations for amending the memorandum of uh understanding for the land bank.

Um I believe that uh anyone who leaves a voicemail or um email for the land bank should be responded to within one business day.

Also um the uh uh the city of Detroit should inspect all the properties prior to sale by the land bank so that the uh potential purchaser will know exactly what repairs need to be made to that property in order to bring it up to a livable standing uh standard and um extension should be given to the buyer uh it should be a minimum of one year to bring the the house up to code.

Um but the extension should be granted if the person can show that they have made significant progress in uh correcting the the uh problems with the home.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Ari, our next caller.

Yeah, apologies.

I was muted.

The next caller is Kevin Westbrook.

Morning.

Hello, yes, good morning.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can hear you.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can hear you.

Well, good morning.

I would like to say again, congratulations, thank you so much, council president, for all the years you spent here in the city of Detroit.

You can be some outstanding lawyer practicing, making so much money, but you chose to stay committed to your home.

That is so inspirational.

Today is a fantastic day.

I'm sure all those young ladies were inspired by such great leadership as yourself and a wonderful team, so responsive.

Your team is just as amazing, and you preside over the council so well, not disruptive, and it's almost like a family discussion over dinner the way council is is ran so smoothly.

It's a big city, regardless of the bickering, but you do the work, and thank you so very much, and you have a great great future in this city of Detroit.

I champion you forever.

Thank you.

Such a great leader.

Thank you.

All right, thank you so much, Mr.

Westburff.

The next caller is Tyson Gersh.

Hi Tyson, good morning.

Oh, hello.

Can you hear me?

Yeah, we can hear you.

So sorry about that.

I was on another call.

I didn't even know I could swap over.

Okay, cool.

Hi, good morning.

Um, I guess I just wanted to put on, I guess, the record and bring the council's attention that city council never approved the uh Board of Zoning Appeals fee schedule line item uh for transcripts to be billed at the court reporter cost per page.

Um in 2006, the fee schedule uh seems to have been implemented, and then in 2013, and in 2006, transcripts were 50 cents a page, and then in 2013, city council approved only a 20% increase in all fees across the board.

Um, and then rejected a bunch of other attempts to modify the fee schedule.

Uh, but that would have put transcripts at 60 cents a page.

I don't actually think the city can charge that even that much for transcript pages, but um somehow with no evidence and no record of city council authorization, the BZA fee schedule just added port reporter cost per page as the transcript cost.

Um, but I don't think you guys ever authorized it, which I believe means it's an unauthorized fee under our own charter.

Um I think there's a lot of confusion around this issue, and it's something worth looking into.

Um, city council never approved a non-specific amount or a pass-through fee.

Uh, in any way that's recorded at all.

That's all.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

The next caller is Darren McCluskey.

Good morning.

Good morning, council.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can.

Okay, so um, I just wanted to bring to everyone's attention.

I know there's it seems like the solar project is maybe fizzling down.

I'm not exactly sure.

There's some lingering cases in court.

Um, I do have an open case regarding the use restrictions.

There is so much confusion over the use restrictions.

Um I understand the use of breakout rooms in court.

I think it would be great if if someone on city council or somebody employed by the city that's not an attorney, viewed some of these because you would really see the confusion and even the fear in your own residents' eyes.

Um, multiple properties were defaulted against long-standing immigrants who had their kids there, and the city's attorney said we'll set aside the default if you agree to our terms.

And these are people who are afraid of lawsuits, they're afraid of defaults.

They they don't even know what's being taken of them with the use restrictions, and by putting everything into breakout rooms, it's completely off the record.

Um, it's not on the court record, it's not on transcripts, and it's basically a way behind closed doors to work on someone and beat them up.

Um, and it's partially because the the dock it's flooded with this project, it's really taking a toll on the court system.

So Detroit Solar Scam.com.

Okay, thank you.

S22 Ultra.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Yes.

Uh I just want to give uh thanks to her for uh straighten the record out on that when they misquoted her saying something.

And next, I want to say that um we need money in our community.

We've been fired for money over here on the east side in the fourth district, you know.

And uh it's sad that we have to go through all this repeating the same thing over and over with you guys, you know, to get help over here.

They they only want to help certain people, they don't want to help everybody, and and and I want to thank uh Mayor Wood is uh fighting with the land bank.

We should have that land bank back turn back over to us.

I don't know why Duggan don't want to turn it back over to us, and he wants to be the governor.

You know how much uh many problems we have with him in Detroit, and it's saying it said that he wants us to vote for him and uh governor when you ain't taking us.

You over tax us 600 million dollars, you gave money to uh uh Dan Gilbert at tax dollars, and said that we can't even get money, and uh I talked with my city council.

The police reserve me a stipend.

We are they out there putting their life on the line just like the regular police, and they're not getting a die, and it said that it's like that.

I talked with uh a city council uh uh Johnson, and I'm just waiting on the response.

Thank you.

The next call over C Gina Brown.

Good morning, good morning, madam president Sheffield.

Can I be heard?

Yes, you can.

My name is Cranston Anderson, affectionally known in Detroit as Gina Brown.

I am a candidate for District 3 City Councilwoman, and first I want to congratulate our young women's Detroit Tiger team and let them know they are seen and we are proud of their accomplishments.

In June of 2025, employee property tax assessor Elvin Horn stated that from 2014 to 2021, he transferred 13,500 parcels, waiving the fees and penalties of those 13,500 parcels without any city council approval, and not one person on the city council recommended his actions go to the ethics committee.

This was the second time that I recognize that many internal departments are acting as primary decision makers of our city without oversight from the council.

Therefore, I encourage our residents to support not allowing appointees to be appointed by the mayor or city council.

How can you ask us to vote for you when you openly display deregulate in city council duties?

How can we be held accountable as leaders if we are the ones appointing the people that are supposed to monitor our conduct?

Where is the checks and balances in that?

Specific educational and training resources need to be made accessible in Detroit.

And the disinvestment of district three should cease to continue, making real opportunities for everyone, and all the false information we get from leadership individuals and groups show a pure lack of empathy for what is really happening in our neighborhoods and behind.

The next caller is Miko A.

Williams.

All right, good morning.

Yes.

Hi, good morning.

Yes.

Uh thank you.

Thank you, Detroit.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

District 5 residents for voting Willie Burton to the top final two of the city council race for the general primary on November 4th.

Uh, ladies and gentlemen, we have a fighter that is going to deny the corporate interest, do thorough research, and also speak up for the people.

There is a lot of dark money and uh influence in this election.

You should know that he is going to have Willie Burton is gonna have his uh meeting tomorrow at five o'clock at Parlay, Detroit, um, so that he can explain his vision.

You can hear him and ask your questions and also get your issues in uh before we go to the general.

It's very important we have someone for the people that will fight for us and not a corporate puppet or a establishment puppet.

It's a shame.

Thank God that lady did not run for district five, and we are so in turmoil with dark money interest and people that are pushing lies, missing misinformation and disinformation, just in order to keep us confused.

We must think with wisdom, integrity, and dignity.

Maintain that and remain faithful like a tree.

We will not be moved.

And Willie Burton will be elected to that seat on this on November 4th.

And oh, yes, um, to the snitches, the police snitches that are trying to threaten me, talking about they want to have words with me.

I'm right here whenever you want to see me, but there's no words you can say to me.

Give up that money and pay some water bills.

The last caller who had raised their hand before public comment was cut off, is Marguerite Maddox Scarlet.

Okay, we're gonna try again.

Good morning.

All right, it looks like it looks like you're going in and out, Miss Maddox.

We'll try again and see if you can speak.

Okay.

Unfortunately, Miss Maddox, we cannot hear you.

It is going in and out.

And so um, we'll try one more time, Miss Maddox, and then if not, if you could please just send your public comment to us and we'll make sure that it's a part of our public records.

And then if not, if you could please just send your public comment to us and we'll make sure that it's a part of our public records.

We'll give you one more try, Ms.

Maddox.

Go right ahead.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you, Ms.

Maddox.

We are going to uh end our public comment again.

Please submit your uh public comment for public record.

And that will conclude all of our public comment for this morning, and we will proceed to our agenda for the office of contracting and procurement for the budget financing audit standing committee.

Councilmember Durha, three resolutions, line items 15.1 through 15.3, contract number 600 3758-82, 100% ORPA funding, amendment two to provide an increase of funds for needed assistance and strategic guidance for grant compliance.

Contractor Acom Great Bakes Incorporated, total contract amount 21, 807,956.

That's for the OCFO.

Contract number 6007370, 100% city funding to provide auditing services, CAFR.

Contractor plant and Moran PLLC.

Total contract amount 370,000.

That's for OCFO.

Contract number 6007368, 100% city funding to provide auditing services, contractor plant and moran PLC.

Total contract amount, 9,239,000.

That's for the auditor general.

Council member Durhal, three resolutions.

Thank you, Madam Clerk, Member Durha.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval for line items 15.1 through 15.3.

Okay.

Any objections.

Hearing no objections, the three resolutions will be approved.

Request a waiver for line items 15.1 and 15.3, madam president.

And hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to all three items.

For the internal operations standing committee from the office of contracting and procurement.

Contractor Mishbrook Multimedia.

Total contract amount 233,426 and 66 cents.

That's for media services.

Contract number 6007314, 100% city funding to provide AV production services for large scale events, tier two and three.

Contractor Good Boy Records, LLC, doing business as good boy multimedia.

Total contract amount $90,318.

That's for media services.

Total contract amount 134, 396 dollars and 36 cents.

That's for media services.

Contract number 6007306, 100% city funding to provide AV production services for large scale events, tier two and three.

Total contract amount 500 2019 and 66 cents.

Total contract amount 397,803.

That's for do it.

Contract number 6007175, 100% grant funding to provide legal representation to cover individuals at risk of losing their housing and or housing subsidy or voucher.

Contractor, neighborhood defender service incorporated.

Total contract amount 1,551,320.

That's for law.

Council member Johnson, six resolutions.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Uh Councilmember Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval on line items 16.1 through 16.4.

Right.

Any discussion on these items.

Hearing no discussion.

Are there any objections?

Hearing no objections, 16.1 through 16.4 will be approved.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval on line items 16.5 and 16.6.

Any objections.

Hearing none, the two resolutions will be approved.

Madam President, I'd like to request a waiver on line item 16.5.

There is no objections, a waiver will be attached to 16.5.

And member Johnson.

I'm sorry, that was the end.

Okay, sorry.

Thank you for that.

Uh moving now to the law department.

Councilmember Johnson, nine resolutions.

Line items 16.7 through 16.15.

Councilmember Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval.

These are various lawsuit settlement requests.

Are there any objections?

Hearing no objections, the nine resolutions will be approved.

From the human resources department, benefits division.

Councilmember Johnson, a resolution line item 16.16.

Councilmember Johnson.

Thank you, madam.

President move for approval.

This is the 2026 medical dental and vision plan rates for city of Detroit employees.

Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.

From the human resources department, labor relations division.

Councilmember Johnson, a resolution line item 16.17.

Councilmember Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval.

This is the implementation of the 2024 through 2028 labor agreement between the city of Detroit and the employees represented by the association of City of Detroit Supervisors.

Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.

Under resolutions.18.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval.

This is to appoint Byron Osburn to the Detroit Wayne Joint Building Authority.

Is there any discussion on this item?

Are there any objections for line item 16.18?

Hearing no objections.

Madam President, I'd like to request a waiver for line item 16.18.

Any objections to a waiver.

All right, hearing none, that action will be taken.

For the planning and economic development standing committee from the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Council President Pro Tim James Tate, three resolutions.

Line items 17.1 through 17.3.

Contract number 6006552-A1, 100% ARPA funding.

Amendment one to provide an extension of time only for development of public facility rehabilitation accessibility upgrades.

Contractor Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, total contract amount, 379,764.

That's for housing and revitalization.

Contract number 6006745-A1.

100% ARPRA funding.

Amendment one to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for roof and window replacements for qualifying Detroit residents selected for the renew Detroit Home Repair Program.

Contractor 1800 Hansons LLC.

Total contract amount 2 million 35,649 dollars and 60 cent.

That's for housing and revitalization.

Contract number 6006779-A1.

100% city funding.

Mary's Street Detroit for those experiencing homelessness.

Contractor all things women incorporated total contract amount 495, 668 and 98 cents.

That's for housing and revitalization.

Council President Pro Tim James Tate.

Three resolutions.

President Pro Tim Tate.

The President I move approval of line items 17.1 through 17.3.

Are there any objections?

Seeing no objections, the three resolutions will be approved from the housing and revitalization department.4.

Pro Tim Tate.

From the president of move approval of line item 17.4, please.

Are there any objections to 17.4?

Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.

We will now move to the new business portion of the agenda from the mayor's office.

Council member Young, 12 resolutions deny items 18.1 through 18.12.

Councilmember Young.

18.18.12.

Discussion.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam President.

For just for 18.3.

Um want to confirm with the administration that there has been outreach done.

This is going to be at Roosevelt Park and neighbors in Corktown have had a lot of events come up and it has impacted parking.

It's impacted noise.

Thank you.

Okay.

We will promote Miss Yakima Fight.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good afternoon.

I'm sorry, Akeema Five Special Events.

All right.

Thank you.

Councilman for Santiago Ramiro.

Thank you, Madam President.

Good afternoon.

Uh just wanted to check in regarding the tailgate event that's going to be held on October looks like 12th.

Um, this is going to be at Roosevelt Park.

And um there's just been a lot of concerns from residents when it comes to parking and sounds.

Um, wondering what conversations have happened in Corktown uh regarding this event.

Uh through the chair, yes, there have been a number of conversations in regard to the events.

We've pulled in DPD, the commander of the third precinct, commander for Genzi.

He is aware of the issues with parking, um, the the sound after the supposed to be the end of the event.

So he has his team on board checking and investigating those issues for the previous events, so that we don't have any further.

We also have an additional like four or five emails that the promoter communicates with that community with um in regard to the number of attendees, um, the time the music the music should be over, um, where's the parking?

So with this event here, we're paying really close attention to it because they do need some items, and we expect to have all of the items completed that they need in regard to parking, in regard to you know what time they will have a performer, who's the performer, when the music will end, and things like that.

We've been paying very close attention to it.

We are at the end of the season, so we definitely hope that we can do things much better and be very proactive next season.

But I have the emails to communicate the event with, and they're very verbal.

If there's any issues with the owners of those emails, they will ask the promoter for more information.

And the commander is on board.

They even the captain over there, they're asking the promoter for a lot of material before this event.

Um, before this event goes through before it actually is, I mean, it's coming through you, but they understand when we submit a resolution, even if council has approved if all permits are not in place, then we have a right to shut down or not allow the event to happen.

So we are working very close with this promoter with this event, and we have heard all of the concerns.

The commander is on board, and we are paying close attention to it.

Understood, thank you.

I'm glad that you're working within the city and the administration, but we need to work with our residents.

I don't know which emails you have or who you're working with um particularly, but it we need to be working with block clubs.

Um, so I uh would be happy to make those connections.

Um, on our end, it sounds like the neighborhood has been frustrated in trying to connect um with uh the administration um to address these concerns.

So if it's okay with you, um, I'm going to ask my team to help reach out to you so they're able to connect you to the block club leaders in Corktown so that we're able to work together.

Um, because it's not just this event, it is many uh that they are being impacted by.

Um, and and they do feel as if uh the administration is not listening to them.

Um, so you mentioned um just wondering timeline.

This is next month.

Um, if it's okay with you, I would like to just bring this back in one week so that we're able to have that conversation.

I want to set up those those uh that system of uh of communication with each other so that I know that you know who should who should be uh aware of these things in the neighborhood, um, and then we can move on from there.

You guys can continue to meet, continue to share concerns and ideas and solutions.

Um, but if there's no urgency given that this is next month, I think we still have some time.

I don't believe this can should stop you at all from moving forward in your planning um and getting everything else that you need.

Uh, but I need to make sure that's there is communication between residents um and the administration while you put this event together.

Yes, through through the chair, I did have a meeting with your team and the community, and the emails I have are for the train station black club, east end black club, Hubbard Richard Community Association, and North Corktown Neighborhood Association.

So those are the emails that we're giving to the promoter to uh send their um community impact and information through, but I'm available to me in the future.

That's fine.

Yes.

Fantastic.

You have the right people.

Thank you.

Um, just want to make sure that we're able to keep everyone connected.

Um, so thank you for uh your patience with us.

Just give us one week, we'll bring it back.

Um, and then we'll we'll finish this up for you guys.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, madam president.

So my motion will be to bring back 18.3 when we're ready to do so.

Okay.

Before we do so, discussion, member Young.

Thank you.

Uh, as much as I agree, uh, I would have liked to have known at least uh a little bit ahead of time before uh we decided to make this decision, but I agree with it.

I think it's a good idea.

I I do want to just admit for everybody out there, let everybody know out there.

I know that you have a pre-event notification process that you are supposed to let or that you do excuse me, let uh notify that you notify residents, businesses, and stakeholders within a three to five block radius.

So I think that might need to be improved.

We don't know if that's expansion.

I don't know that also including block clubs and community associations, the things that they neighborhood associations as well.

Let me make sure I get that correct.

I also want to say, in terms of I know the question was brought about noise management.

I just wanted to say I read here that the speakers will be angled inward and you're gonna be using sound dampening barriers when needed.

I don't know if that's enough.

So I think that might be something that you might want to communicate with member Romero's office in terms of might be other things that you might need to kind of dampen the sound so we can have this event, and at the same time, we don't take away from the quality of life in that area.

Um, I have a different question, it's not something that you need to answer right now.

Probably not something that you can answer, it's probably something that we answered by um DPD.

But as we are going into the summer months and in the political climate that we're in, particularly within the area of the Southwest Detroit, I just want to know do we know for certain or has there been any chatter about these events being used to target residents that are um undocumented workers?

That's my primary concern.

The people are coming out here to have a good time to go to these events, and these events get rated by ICE or some other group in order to, or the law enforcement agency.

And really people who are going out there generally to have a good time are now having their families for them or being deported.

I don't know if you would know that Ms.

Fife for sure, and I don't know if there's anybody from law enforcement that can answer that right away.

But if we're gonna postpone this for a week, which I support, um, I would like to at least at some point in time have some answers to that throughout the city, but particularly in the South with Detroit area, because this has been an issue for a very long time.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Member Young.

So you would like a response when this comes out.

Yeah, I like it to be immediate.

I'm not expecting and I'm not expecting this from this fight.

You know, I mean, I'm not I'm not expecting her to be special events and you know, police intelligence here, but I would like a response to that because I think that's this this is this is starting to become my start to become a growing issue.

This started to become a growing issue.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you so much, Member Young.

Um, and so there is a motion to postpone for one week, 18.3.

If there are no objections, that item will be postponed for one week.

And there was a motion to approve the remaining events.

Are there any objections?

Hearing no objections, the 11 resolutions will be approved.

Yes.

I'd like to request a waiver on line items 18.1, 18.3, 18.4, 18.6.

18.3 postponed.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

I was recording.

Oh, sorry.

Let me say scratch 18.3.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

Uh I'm always thinking a step ahead.

So my bad, my bad man.

Uh 18.1, 18.4, 18.6, 18.7, 18.9, and 18.10.

All right.

Any objections to a waiver.

Hearing none, that action will be taken.2.

Any objections to a waiver.

Hearing none, that action will be taken.

From the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Council Member Santiago Romero.

A resolution line item 18.3.

Contract number 600.

I'm sorry, that's line item 18.13, Madam President.

Contract number 6007252, 100% grant funding to provide environmental consulting services.

Contractor Tetra Tech.

Total contract amount 400,000.

That's for BC.

Councilmember Santiago Romero, a resolution.

Council Member Santiago Romero.

Motion to approve.

Any objections.

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

From the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Councilmember Young, two resolutions.14 and 18.15.

Contract number 600 6711-81.

100% city funding.

Amendment one to amend contract terms and conditions for software platform for management of city facilities, grounds, and park assets, along with the associated workplace management, formally cartograph, contract or open gov incorporated total contract amount, 482,373 and 75 cents.

That's for general services.

Contract number 6007275, 100% city/slash grant funding to provide citywide as needed repair and maintenance services at various public spaces.

Contractor Michigan Recreational Construction Incorporated Total Contract Amount 2,770,000.

That's for general services.

Council Member Young, two resolutions.

Councilmember Young.

Thank you, ma'am.

18.14 and 18.15.

Any objections?

Hearing none, the two resolutions will be approved.

From the Office of the Development and Grants.

Councilmember Young, a resolution line item 18.16.

Councilmember Young.

Thank you, ma'am.

President.

I move to approve line item 18.16.

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Yes.

I like to request a waiver on line item 18.16.

Waiver will be attached to 18.16.

Under resolutions.

Council member Johnson or resolution line item 18.17.

Madam President, I would like to point out that this agenda reads that the standing committee is for September the 25th.

The resolution is for September the 24th and the 25th committees.

Okay.

Thank you for noting that.

Um council member Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move for approval.

This is to cancel the meetings of the planning and economic development standing committee and the neighborhood neighborhoods and community services standing committee meetings on the September 25th, as well as the internal operations standing committee meeting and the budget finance and audit standing committee on September 24th.

Right.

Hearing no objections, the one resolution will be approved.

And that is for the purposes of the congressional um black office.

Under resolution.

Council member Santiago Romero, two resolutions, line items 18.18 and 18.19.

Councilmember Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam President's motion to approve 18.18 is a resolution recognizing September 12th to the 21st as welcoming week and 18.19 as a resolution in support of National Hispanic Heritage Month this month.

All right.

Hearing no objections, the two resolutions will be approved.

Request a waiver on both.

And hearing no objections, a waiver will be attached to both items.

Thank you.

Yes.

Discussion um on um national um Hispanic Heritage Wills.

I just want to know will there be any murals or will there be any discussion or will there be any displays of the rich history and the contributions that Latino brothers and sisters are committed to the city of Detroit at all that we can look forward to seeing?

Will there be any books?

Will there be anything that we can read about the uh Mexican Revolution or anything like that?

Madam President, yeah, through you uh to member young.

There will be um there will be plenty of events and fun, especially in Southwest Detroit.

Um, this Friday we'll also be celebrating Mexican Independence Day.

Um, so if you would like, uh, we will share with you any flyers that are coming up because community will definitely be holding um space to celebrate.

Don't know anything through the city, there might be um, but anything community uh we'll share with you, member young.

Thank you.

I don't I don't gotta wrap this up, I don't want to prolong this, but I just also wanted to ask will there be any deep conversation about how the Latino community is native to this country?

I mean, particularly how you know let me try to get this right.

California, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, uh parts of Wyoming, parts of Colorado was Mexico.

I mean, will we have those discussions?

Well, I think in this political climate, it helps for us to know that you know it's kind of hard to call people you know illegal immigrants when they are native, when they are indigenous to this land.

Um through you, uh Madam President to Member Young.

I would be happy to create the space with you.

I think that this is a conversation that Black and Brown Detroiters should definitely be having so that we uh no longer continue to be divided by right wing rhetoric.

Um so we have until October 15th, Member Young.

Um, if we do something uh this year, that would be incredible if we're not able to organize something.

Um, I I think that would be a really welcome conversation in the city and district six as well.

Um, so let's keep talking and see if it can figure something out.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Okay, thank you, as well.

We would now move to President's report on standing committee referrals and other matters for the budget finance and audit standing committee.

One report from the legislative policy division and madam president.

Um the clerk office, we do have a request to walk on a American Rescue Plan Act fund status to be referred to the BFA standing committee.

Okay.

Is there a motion to walk this on to be referred to budget finance and audit all right?

Hearing no objections that will also be referred to the budget finance and audit standing committee.

So, madam president, that will be two resolutions for the budget finance and audit standing committee.

All right, for the internal operations standing committee, four reports from various city departments, the four reports will be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the neighborhood and community services standing committee, four reports from various city departments, four reports will be referred to the neighborhood and community services standing committee for the planning and economic development standing committee, seven reports from various city departments.

These seven reports will be referred to the planning and economic development standing committee.

Yes, madam chair.

Can we go back to um if we might to the walk on the American Rescue Plan Act fund status as of December 31st, 2024?

I just have a um just a request whether or not this is available online because the font size, the attachment is like in a size two, and uh you need a magnifying glass to read it.

So if this is available online, can someone point me to that?

Because I cannot see this.

It's very blurry.

Uh it's the attachment to um to the document.

Okay, so Mr.

Whitaker.

Double check if this is online, madam president.

It should be available online either through the clerk's office, it should be available through the clerk's office, but it's it's definitely going to be on the legislative policies um web page.

So if we need to increase it, I haven't looked at see how it's presented, but if we need to increase the font size, we will be happy to do so.

Yeah, but it'll be available publicly.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, that is I have enhanced reading reading abilities with my surgically corrected eye.

I say, but I can't see that either.

So uh we we will we will do better.

We will put a uh a more readable version on our web page so people can see it, and you can see it.

We'll be happy to do that, and we'll do it immediately.

Okay, madam chair, when might through the through the chair, sir.

When would we have access to the one that you're gonna put online?

Soon as soon as I go back down.

Okay, excellent.

I thought it was just me.

Thank you.

Thank you both.

Perfect.

Thank you, Member Callaway.

All right, for the public health and safety standing committee.

Four reports from various city departments.

The four reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee under the consent agenda.

There are no items, madam president.

Okay, we will call for member reports.

And as we start off, I wanted to recognize that member Vincent's birthday was September the 7th.

Wanted to wish Member Vincent a happy birthday.

Thank you.

And I think after session, he has something in the back for uh him as well.

And then also wanted to recognize Paris Blessing's birthday is today.

I've known Paris since she was in kindergarten.

And she was bad back then.

I was big.

No, but she is uh one of the sweetest, uh smartest uh young ladies that I know, and she served on the council now with me for almost 12 years, 12 long years, and she could be anywhere, but she chooses to serve right here in Detroit.

So happy birthday, Carrie.

Well, today is her birthday.

Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, okay.

We will go now to member reports.

Member Pro Tentate.

Okay, member Young.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um with a heavy heart, I just wanted to say that I had visited Ed D.

That's the young man that had uh put on uh Metro Youth Detroit Day, also the young man that uh my father had tasked with bringing the city together and with what he was going to do, what was the small business response going to be for people that were breaking into the um small stores at that time, and also really he kind of healed the city after uh 1967 uprising, and so it was personal because I've been to the Metro Detroit Youth Day, but also I knew him.

He's like a member of family for me.

He worked with my father tirelessly.

It's like that old saying goes, you know.

Um, the greatest thing you can do with your life is something that will outlast it, and the legacy that he left behind of civic service of business and community coming together for the greater good of the city of Detroit.

The man was a giant, he left a gigantic footprint for all of us to follow.

He will truly be missed.

I also celebrated 100 years of courage of history at the Austin Suite Home Memorial Park.

That was phenomenal.

But I also did that with um member Sheffield as well as council president uh Sheffield as well as member Johnson.

Thank you, Member Johnson for allowing me being your district.

Thank you, Member Sheffield for being able to share that honor with you, particularly with a man such as Austin and Sweet.

Yes, yeah, uh, who literally sacrificed everything for us to have what we have today.

Uh this city is built upon his shoulders, or so we thank him and appreciate him for that.

Also celebrated Mother Mary Butch on her 15th birthday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with Reverend Patrick Brian Patrick Johnson after 105 years old.

Wow.

Also spent some time at L.

I know I mispronounced that, sorry.

Restaurant and got to meet the owner and his son.

That was really a great opportunity for me.

Good food, good times.

Also attended the funeral of Superintendent Charlie Little at Pittman Memorial Church of God and Christ.

And then I went on to the Coleman A.

Young Airport, the Papa Plump's namesake, Tuskegee Airmen, Hangar 13 to visit young people who are interested in aviation.

It was a real tremendous honor and privilege for me to see young people caring for that legacy.

Not to mention the fact that we also got Dave's aerospace back in the airport.

I want to thank Member Benson for all the hard work he's done for that.

I know he's done that for a very long time.

And so just to see my father's legacy carrying on, because my father, my father actually wanted to uh get his wings.

He actually took the test and said he failed it.

He has choice words.

I can't say here because it's a PG program.

But uh they denied him those wings.

So I think to see, you know, black people being able to have the opportunity to fly these planes when they've been denied the opportunity due to segregation, really shows how much progress we made, but it also shows how far we have to go.

And I think at a time when people are trying to erase, trying to deny, trying to revise history, particularly black history.

I think it's nice for us to be able to celebrate it, celebrate with pride and see it live on for the next generation to take up the mantle on the city trade.

Thank you, Mayor President of my Liberal Voice.

Thank you so much, Member Garner.

Member Waters.

Thank you, Madam President.

Just want to uh remind everyone that the skilled trade task force meeting will be Wednesday, September 17th from 4 to 6 p.m.

at the uh copper's and mayor rights uh training center this Wednesday, September 17th, from 4 to 6 p.m.

at the Caferters and Mayor Rights Training Center on American Avenue.

Thank you so much, Madam President.

All right, thank you, Member Waters.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam President.

I just want to share with everyone that our office hours, our next office hours are going to be Monday, September 15th at Clemente Rec Center from 4 to 6 p.m.

Uh, stop by to see me if you have any questions, concerns, complaints.

We had a great time yesterday at Patton Park uh with some residents.

Also want to invite everyone to our next coffee council and conversation.

Uh next Thursday, September 18th, from 11 to 12 p.m.

We're going to be at Douglas Branch uh library.

Um member Young, I'm working with my team now to see if you want to join us on that day to have this conversation.

Uh, we'll send you some more information uh but we think it's a great idea.

And if you can make something happen, we might bring uh story in with us to share about the history.

Uh but next Thursday, September 18th.

Um, team Coleman Young, if you can make that work with us, we'd appreciate it.

Um, and just want to make sure that residents continue to stay engaged for our latest CBO project in District 6, the DCFC Stadium.

The third meeting is going to be this Thursday, September 11th at 6 p.m.

at Mexican Town CDC, the Megarbo, uh, the Mecardo on Bag Lead.

And this will be the first community with our NAC.

Uh, so hope you guys can join us.

Thank you, Madam President.

Okay, thank you.

Member Benson.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Just want to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to um celebrate the 100 years of courage in District 5 at the ICN Suite House.

Um, looking forward to it being part of District 4 next year, but it isn't quite yet this year.

Uh, but also just want to say thank you to the Baxter family and the Sweet family.

They are doing a phenomenal job sharing the history of what took place uh in 1925 on Garland.

Uh, and also sharing information about the history of neighborhood associations of some neighborhood associations um back then, where some of them were stood up to um keep the city segregated and to keep black people out of certain neighborhoods.

Uh, so that history is extremely important for us to be aware of, uh, for us to know.

And I think they're doing again a phenomenal job just sharing that information, not only uh of what happened on Garland, but what happened on the west side.

Uh, the tiremen, there's an association on tiremen that was intricately involved in what took place on the east side, but um was doing this throughout the city of Detroit.

It's something that we should all be aware of just to make sure that it doesn't happen again.

Um and I also just want to share with District 4 residents we are hosting our monthly meeting on September 15th at 5 30 p.m.

at the Metro East Complex, which is located at 13929 Harper Avenue.

Uh again, that is Monday, September 15th at 5 30 at Metro East 13929 Harper Avenue.

We will have uh the Board of Review providing information about the hope uh exemption.

Uh that and also just want to share and get all of our residents prepared and ready for our fall shred day, which is taking place on Saturday, September 27th, from 10 a.m.

until 2 p.m.

at the 9th precinct.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you, Member Johnson.

Member Callaway.

Thank you, um, Madam President.

I want to thank everyone who came out to our month monthly coffee and conversation yesterday at the General Baker Institute on Livernoy.

A special thank you, special shout out to our state senator Mallory McMarrell for being our special guest speaker yesterday morning.

We had a um a full house.

Um and um don't forget to stop by Northwest Activity Center tomorrow, um, September the 10th to engage with the office of the ombudsman who was also present at our coffee and conversation yesterday morning.

So thank you, Mr.

Ombudsman, for being there yesterday morning.

He will have office hours at the Northwest Activity Center tomorrow from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

to answer any um residents' questions.

Although Northwest Activity Center is located in District 2, it's open to the entire city.

So you don't have to live in District 2 to come out and ask your questions of the Ombudsman Bruce Simpson.

My team and I invite you to join us for our monthly district two community webinar on Monday, September the 15th from 5 30 until 6 p.m.

6 30 p.m.

We'll have a special presentation from our Wayne County Commissioner Angelique Peterson Maybury and Melvin Smith from the Public Lighting Authority for media information.

You can call our office at 224535.

And that is from 5:30 to 6:30, and it's a virtual webinar.

Um that morning I'll be passing out coffee at Wendy's on the corner of 7 Mile and the Lodge.

I don't know if I'm working the drive-through or if I'm gonna be outside, but at either uh at either um rate, I will be at the Wendy's on the lodge and um Seven Mile passing out coffee.

So come um and get your um get your complimentary cup of coffee from the councilwoman.

Also, first merchants bank um built up from the ground up at 7525 West McNichols at Lilac.

We'll be hosting a business financial management lunch and learn on September the 17th from 11:30 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

And to RSVP, you just simply have to call 309989.

That's 313 309989.

And that is September the 17th from 11:30 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

We are encouraging you to please call to RSVP so we can make sure we have um lunch for everyone, and that is at first merchants bank 7525 West McNichols.

Then on Saturday, September the 20th from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m., I'll be joining Judge Mathis and Jade Mathis and community leaders for an expungement clinic at the Mathis Community Center located at 1930 Greenfield Road.

To pre-register, visit the link and um on my Instagram page, or you can call my office at 224535 to get more information.

It's an outdoor event, and we do want you to pre-register and make sure you have your um your ID.

And if you don't have your ID, still come.

We want to make sure we can support you in this expungement process.

So again, that is Saturday, 10 a.m.

2 p.m.

September the 20th at the Judge Mathis Um Community Center, 1930 Greenfield.

And on the same day, around the same time, I'll also be at the um Detroit Women's Commission resource fair and networking event for women in business.

We want to make sure that you have access to all the resources.

If you are a woman in business or contemplating open a business, we want to support you.

And that is going to be at the Northwest Activity Center on September the 20th from 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

This is a free event.

So if you're contemplating opening a business or if you are in business and if you want to do business with the city and get registered as a contractor or vendor, please come to that event at the Northwest Activity Center from 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

And for more information about that, please call the mayor's office.

Um or you can um email Karen.houston at Detroit Mi.gov, or you can just simply call my office at 224 4535.

And that completes my members' report, madam chair, and thank you.

All right.

Thank you, Member Callaway.

Councilmember Durha.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh, our 28th policy session is coming up uh Monday, September the 22nd from 6 p.m.

to 7 30 p.m.

And it will be at the Edison Library located at 1840 Joy Road.

Uh we are encouraging everyone uh to come out and attend this one.

This policy session will be focused on the importance of voting.

Uh so if you haven't attended one of our policy sessions, please come out again.

Uh it will take place Monday, September 22nd from 6 p.m.

to 7 30 p.m.

at the Edison Library, located at 1840 Joy Road.

And this is our 28th policy session.

Also, our district 7 community engagement meeting will be taking place on Tuesday, September the 30th from 6 p.m.

to 7 30 p.m.

at St.

Suzanne Cody Rouge Community Resource Center, located at 19321 West Chicago.

Uh, we invite you to come out there.

Uh, we will have resources and city departments who will be there if you need on-site assistance.

So this is taking place September the uh 30th from 6 p.m.

to 7 30 p.m.

at St.

Suzanne Cody Rouge uh Resource Center, located at 19321 West Chicago.

Other than that, that concludes my member report.

Thank you, Madam President.

All right, thank you, Member Durha.

And just a reminder again this Friday at the Williams Rec Center from 2 to 5 p.m., we'll be hosting our uh annual Occupy the Corner finale uh on-site resources, free food, bouncy houses, giveaways, uh, backpack, school supplies, and a lot more.

Please join us this Friday, 2 to 5 p.m.

at the Williams Rec Center for our Occupy the Corner finale.

And that is all I have for today.

We will go back to our agenda under adoption without committee reference.

There are no items, madam president.

Under communications from the clerk, a report on approval of proceedings by the mayor.

The report will be received and placed on file under testimonial resolutions and special privilege.

There are no items, madam president.

All right.

Um, madam clerk, you have no testimonials.

No, no, there are no items, madam president.

Okay, so maybe all right.

There is nothing else to come before us this morning.

Is there a motion to adjourn?

This meeting will stand adjourned.