The Public Health and Safety Committee convened on October 27, 2025, to address critical community safety issues, including the implementation of new truck route ordinances, police body camera release protocols, transportation service reliability, and various municipal contracts. The meeting featured extensive public testimony advocating for expanded truck route enforcement citywide, immediate release of unedited police footage, and greater accountability in law enforcement and city services.
And about um sixty percent on Clark Street, where there is um still Mayberry Elementary School. And so we know that the goal is zero trucks. We need to see police enforcement and appropriate resources directed to assure that the Southwest Trucks routes are effective, but also to uh make sure that we're targeting um the problem areas in other parts of the city um to relieve other communities of the semi-trucks. And uh, we know some infrastructure projects are coming, um, but we need to see some serious commitments very soon uh about the what's happened with Russia City and to make these resources possible. Thank you. Um good morning. I just want to say uh shout out to Chairwoman uh Gabriel and Santar Grammer for coming to my church uh yesterday and also Councilmember Mary Waters. I want to say Scott Benson, you have uh very damning evidence that DTE is in your district um making solar fields out of homes that should not be torn down. I just talked to a contractor, he was at 17409 Brush Street in District 3. It's listed as Highland Park Online, but it is district three, and the home was being torn down because it had uh, I believe I think they said there was uh asbestos inside. But the contractor specifically told me this is a privileged white man from the suburbs. He told me that DT Energy is a reason why these homes are being torn down. He said that the narrow the neighborhood and area was rough, but he said that uh DTE is pushing people out. He said there's a lot of crime, but you don't push, you don't tear down homes to push out crime. You solve the issues, you find the underlying issues. I've also found a lot more homes that don't need to be demolished in your district and also a lot more homes that are unborded in your district. And I'm going to come to your satellite office and present those addresses again, as I've done in the past because you're not doing a good job as a steward of your community in your district. Thank you. Thank you. We'll hear next from Ed, followed by Eden, followed by Quasi. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Hi, Ed. My name's Ed Geese. I live in 48209. I'm here for the truck routes ordinance. And uh originally I had a public comment prepared as part of a citywide truck ordinance uh Zoom meeting that we had, and uh, and it doesn't apply anymore because where I live, um there's been a significant, not complete, but significant reduction in uh trucks, and myself and my neighbors are extremely grateful for it, and people talking about being able to sleep better at night, okay, and all the other things that we've been talking about for decades related to trucks, but just incredibly grateful, and uh in addition to ensuring uh enforcement in Southwest, I want the same thing for other Detroit neighborhoods because there are a lot of people on the Zoom call. Sorry. Thank you, Ed. Appreciate you. We will now hear from Eden, followed by Quasey, followed by Mr. Foster. Yes, uh good morning, uh Public Health and Safety Committee members. My name is Eden Bloom. My family live on the east side in the newly redistrict in the district four there. Um and I'm here to speak in support of expanding the uh truck traffic ordinance and to insist it be backed by real enforcement. I want to thank everybody that works so hard to get this going in southwest Detroit. Uh they're long overdue and a vital first step. But on the east side, we're seeing a great deal of protect of reindustrialization, old plants coming online, new logistic hubs arriving, and truck traffic intensifying in neighborhoods that already carry a heavy environmental load. Um with this comes an increase in waste hauling and hazardous materials moving through our streets. Um as federal oversight shrinks, Detroit's elected officials must act with foresight to establish care protections for residents and expect expectations for industrial players, old and new. Detroit's truck road policy can't stop at one district, it must protect every community. When a driver cuts time on Kircheville, they increase the risk to residents living in the mansions on Burns as well as the homes on Beneto. Thank you for moving this forward. Thank you. And uh I think it's weak. I think it's not uh going far enough to uh express countability. Uh a friend of mine was just recently killed by a law enforcement officer who worked for the state. And I don't mean to conflate the city and the state, but I live in the city and the state. And uh the family could not see the uh video for over 30 days. Again, that was the state police.