Good evening, everyone.

Good evening.

All right.

Thank you all for joining us for the evening community meeting for City Council.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Good evening.

Good evening.

Councilmember Scott Benson.

Councilmember Fred Durhal the third.

The clerk received note that he would not be present.

Councilmember Letitia Johnson.

Present.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Present.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Present.

Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway.

Present.

Council President Pro Tim James Tate.

Yep.

And President Mary Sheffield.

Council President indicated that she would not be present.

Mr.

Chair, we have quorum.

Thank you so much.

We have a quorum, which means we're now officially in session.

We would now like to call for the invocation if Reverend Dr.

Alex Hill, pastor of New Mount Herman Baptist Church, would like to come before us.

We would love to receive him.

Oh, there he is.

Take that mic in the middle, sir.

We very much appreciate your participation today.

Shall we pray?

God Father, we thank you for the awesome privilege of prayer.

That uses us into your divine presence.

We invite and invoke your spirit into our midst as we gather in this place.

Both this council and this constituents.

That your spirit might move upon the hearts and minds of this gathering.

That we will move from politics to people.

From commerce to community.

That your love, your mercy and grace may be exemplified in all that is done and said.

Among our people, that we all might be reminded that we are one.

That you might be glorified.

Take charge now of this gathering.

That all things be done decent and in order.

And then most of all you may receive the honor, the praise, and the glory.

This we ask in the name of our Lord, our Savior, your son Yahshua Hamashiach.

Amen.

Amen.

Thank you so much, Reverend Dr.

Hill, for that wonderful prayer.

All right, I'd like to now uh turn to any department representatives who are here.

Uh if you can raise your hand, if you can stand, make yourself known.

Uh, if you are representing a city of Detroit Department.

There's a welcome.

Oh, that's right, we got the welcome.

Oh before we do that, though, before we do that, we would like to bring forward Miss Marissa Earl.

She's the recreation center supervisor for here at Patton Recreational Center.

Y'all can do better than that.

All right.

She's here with our welcome.

Thank you so much.

Um behalf of Patent Recreation in the city of Detroit.

We welcome you.

Um, it's some exciting things happening here at Patton.

Pool is just about done, a brand new pool.

Long time coming.

Uh the second floor has been done.

And you can't see it right now, but they gutted out the gym and put a brand new floor here at Patton.

So I'm taking all suggestions, any activities that you want to see happen here.

Feel free to stop at the front desk and talk to the staff, and we'll make it happen.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for having us, and thank you for taking care of this very special place.

Madam Clerk, if you can also note that we've been joined by Member Benson.

Clerk will note.

Don't break it.

Don't break it.

All right, now we'll get to the recognition of department representatives.

If you're here representing a department within the city of Detroit, please stand and make yourself known.

And we'll start on this side of the room.

Floor is yours, sir.

Speak up just a little bit.

Just your outside voice.

Good evening.

Marissa Earl, DSD Ray.

All right.

Anyone else that we miss?

All right.

And we wanted to make sure we point those folks out because during the meeting, we very well may be referring you to these individuals for assistance.

All right.

With that being said, we also would like to uh introduce you to the council member and their staffs.

Will the members uh will the staff for council member Durhal please make yourself known?

I'll give it up for them.

How about your staff or council member Johnson?

We got a council member Young staff in the house as well.

Council President Sheffield, Mayor elect Sheffield.

Staff is in the house.

Council President Pro Tim James Tay staff in the house as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Councilmember Water staff.

Council Member Benson staff.

And I see the green shirts over there, Councilmember Callaway staff.

All right.

And since we're in District Six, we say last but certainly not least, uh, your City Council representative for District Six, Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you.

Mr.

Tane.

With that being said, Member Santiago Romero, we're gonna turn the floor over to you.

Thank you for being a great leader.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh good evening, everyone.

Good evening, everyone.

Welcome, Bibonidos, to District Six, everyone.

I am so happy to see you all tonight.

Before I jump in, I would like if my team wouldn't also mind introducing themselves.

I believe we've got folks in the back.

If you wouldn't mind waving, um, and also I guess I'm gonna call out people.

Wave and I'll call out your names.

This is important for everyone to know.

I have an incredible staff.

They work so hard, they love the city and our district so much.

And if you ever need help, it's gonna probably go done by my staff.

I'm at the table, I'm in meetings, my staff is on the ground every single day getting things done for you.

So, Kristen, my chief of staff.

TJ does comms for the team, all Snarpa community team.

Joel on our policy team, policy analyst, Stephanie on our policy team, policy analyst, Patricia, Trish, community team, community liaison, and a different title.

It has manager in there.

I forget what it is, but she's out here.

And then Giselle is also here.

I'm not sure if oh, Giselle's out there getting things done.

Reed, I believe, our intern as well.

I think that's yeah, it's the Joo, Giselle.

Um we're missing Ray.

Oh, Vanessa, Vanessa, who does all the scheduling.

We are a Gary, Gary from member uh Johnson's team, and Ray.

Ray, my policy advisor just walked in.

This is your district six team, and I'm so incredibly proud and honored to be working alongside them.

Tonight we are in District Six, and I want to kick it off by sharing a brief video of the work that we've done so far that we've got done this year.

And just want to share how proud I am.

I know we have a lot more to do, but I'll turn it over now to watch the work that we've done together so far.

Thank you, everyone.

Hey D6, it's Gabriela Sandiego Romero, your proud District 6 City Council member.

Welcome to City Council's 2025 District 6 evening community meeting.

A lot has happened since we met in 2024, so let's dive right in.

It's no secret that D6 is one of the most beautiful and diverse districts in the city.

For that reason, it's unfortunate that we have felt the change in administration at the federal level intimately as increased immigration enforcement has torn our families apart.

In response, Team GSR organized a know your rights training with one simple goal, informing all of our residents, regardless of your immigration status of your constitutional rights.

We partnered with the ACW of Michigan, Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, Abiza, Congresswoman Rashida Talib, and others for a press conference to amplify the importance of knowing your rights and to stand in solidarity with our impacted neighbors.

We also suffered a 54-inch water main break in Southwest.

In spite of the tragedy, like only D6 could, residents and businesses came together and engaged in mutual aid work.

While my office worked closely with the administration to streamline processes, increase communication, and support response efforts.

As things settled, we organized a workshop on mutual aid to encourage the building of communities of care where neighbors routinely help each other, not just during times of crisis.

Outside of our capacity building trainings, we also hold monthly meetings across the district where we bring city departments to share programs, service updates, as well as resources.

We pop up in many neighborhoods for coffee hours to discuss council happenings, city programs, my legislative efforts, including the passage of my language access ordinance and our budget wins, such as $2 million for bus shelters, two million for home repairs, and $500,000 for a picnic shelter at Kemani Rec Center.

As your council member, I enjoy connecting with all of my residents, including reading to our babies or talking about local governments and civic engagement with our youth and connecting with our beloved seniors so that they know that they're seen, heard, and appreciated.

It was so much fun to take some of our seniors out for a day at the Detroit Zoo.

Throughout all of this, it has been reaffirmed that D6 knows how to make our voices heard, advocating not just for ourselves and our communities, but also for fun and visibility.

D6 is home to nearly all major parades in the city, including St.

Patrick's Day, Cinco de Mayo, Pride, Labor Day, and Team GSR always enjoys marching with our residents.

Many other exciting things happened this year too.

After organizing alongside community for three years, the late Vincent Chin was finally honored with a secondary street sign in historic Chinatown.

But that's not it.

We had many ribbon cuttings across the district, including Campbell Street Apartments, the Anchor at Mariner's Inn, Detroit design Greenfield Hub, and Simply Roasted.

We also broke ground on the expansion of Freedom House Detroit and celebrated the opening of Bagley Arts Alley.

Rooted in service beyond my legislative efforts, Team GSR strives to get back in direct and tangible ways too.

We supported many neighborhood block clubs with their cleanups.

We organized a turkey giveaway in partnership with Class Act Detroit, Urban Neighborhood Initiatives, and McDonald's, and we partnered with the St.

Patrick Senior Center and Core City Neighborhoods for holiday gift drives.

Team GSR strives to highlight and uplift the beauty and strength in D6 too.

With our gratitude brunch for community leaders, and through the presentation of Spirit Air Detroit Awards to honorees such as Roller K Detroit's Trass, the Corktown Business Association, Volunteers Alternatives for Girls, Prince Valley Markets, and others at our annual celebration.

As a social worker and community organizer, churned council member, my North Star will always be serving and fighting for you, D6.

And I know that requires us to come together.

That's why Team GSR is intentional about organizing larger quarterly events, purely rooted in joy.

While we'll always have resources on sites and be available to provide assistance at such events, our skate night, dance day, annual celebration, and movie night are simply designed to provide space for us to gather, build relationships, and grow as a community.

Reflecting back on the last year, while tough times have tested us, community has helped us overcome each and every time.

Thank you for allowing me the honor to serve you, and thank you for trusting me to represent you.

I love you, District 6.

Thanks for being here tonight.

We know we so as you can see, we stay busy.

We've done a lot of really great work, and I'm just so grateful for the opportunity to serve the city and this neighborhood that I love.

So thank you so much.

I will now wrap us up with some Spear of Detroit Awards.

Um we always take the opportunity during these evening community meetings to highlight different businesses or organizations.

And tonight we are, I'm gonna kick us off by highlighting and presenting a Spirit of Detroit Award to Hot Sams.

Today we have Tony Savall here from Hot Sams.

And I've heard um that this is not the first award given to Hot Sams.

And quite frankly, I don't believe that people know that Hot Sam's is in District Six.

For us, I think it's so important that people understand District 6 is beyond just Southwest Detroit.

We're Woodbridge, Core City, Corktown, downtown.

And these are opportunities for us to be able to share that with folks.

So for folks who don't know, Hot Sams is founded in 1921 and is Detroit's oldest continuously operating men's clother and nationally recognized legacy business, now celebrating 104 years of style, culture, and community impacts.

Tony Stavall and Cliff Green began working at Hot Sam's as salesmen in the 1970s.

Through dedication, craftsmanship, and great customer care.

In 1994, they rose to business owners with a commitment to preserving the store's heritage while innovating for future generations.

In honor of its historic contributions, longevity, and cultural influence, Hot Cams was awarded the key to the city in January 2020 by Mayor Mike Duggan.

I would like to see that key.

I've never seen the key of the city of Detroit.

That sounds fun.

But today in 2025, Hot Sams continues to embody its mission of being more than just a store, more than selling clothing by going beyond the doors of the store to serve the city and the community.

So thank you, Hot Sam's for your work.

Congratulations on your continued success and hope for 104 more years.

I'll invite you up.

We can take a quick picture and then we have one more presentation.

I know you have a um you have an appointment to go to.

So if you wouldn't mind joining me, testing, testing.

Hello, hello.

First, I want to thank Detroit City Council, the greatest council in the city, the greatest council in the world, representing the greatest people.

To the people, I'd like to let you know there's nothing special we did but be Detroiters.

We worked hard, we got grit wherever we go.

I travel the world.

I recognize there's something different about you.

The difference is Detroit.

We're the greatest city.

We started many things.

The world will be on horse and buggies.

We started automobiles.

Remember this, not New York, not California, but Detroit has the greatest fashion and the greatest people.

And I thank you.

And this honor is not for me, but it's for us.

The greatest city forever.

And God bless you.

Congratulations.

And just I know we have another presentation, but want to let folks know we are going to be cutting off the collection of public comments very shortly.

So get it in where you get a chance.

Thank you.

This will be going to Jamie and Maria Luisa Corillo.

Born and raised in Southwest Detroit.

In 2005, they established a nonprofit community dance troupe by Lefro Corrico, Moyoko Yani Isel.

This is based in Southwest Detroit.

The program is free of charge and welcomes all participants regardless of experience.

With the passion to continue to learn and grow in the history and arts of folklore, Jamie and Luisa have taken terms of dance, have taken teams of dancers to workshops in Mexico and routinely bring Maestros from all over to conduct workshops here in Detroit.

Years ago, they took a team of dance to participate in a competition held in Mexico and won second place among hundreds of native dancers.

Last year, Balefro Corrico, Moyoko Yani, he said, traveled in an international cultural festival in Indonesia and returned home with an award for best flakoric representation out of the 11 participating countries.

Most recently, a couple from the group was awarded Division One ranking at a Wayne State University festival here in the city.

But one of the highest is that they traveled this year in January to New York City to perform in the Carnegie Hall.

With all the experience and experiences in the flakoric world and the Bile Frogorico world, Jamie and Luisa have merely scratched the surface for the city and for the organization.

And we'll continue to teach with the motto you don't stop dancing because you're old.

You're old because you stop dancing.

Congratulations.

And I just want to briefly share the importance and just the need to make sure that we are supporting organizations and being a part of them as well.

I know when I was young, I very much loved to dance.

Also did Bile Frocorico.

Here, I wasn't even part of the group.

I just danced on stage in Clark Park.

And I agree.

Start young or when you're older.

Here I'm not dancing for Corico, but in this next shot, I definitely am with some friends of mine.

And I think this was when I was in college.

So you're never too young or too old to dance.

It's incredibly fun and brings joy and exercise and culture.

So just thank you so much for continuing to bring this to our city and to our neighborhood.

And with that, I would love to present the award to you now.

Thank you so much.

And you should definitely start dancing again.

As everybody here should.

Everything we do is rooted in love.

Love for our community, love for each other, love for our culture, and essentially just stay rooted in love and everything else blossoms.

I promise you, it doesn't matter, all the hardships, all the barriers, all the naysayers.

It doesn't matter because let me tell you, once upon a time, there was somebody that told Jaime that he was just some ghetto dancer from the hood, he would never do anything.

And now the list just keeps growing.

I think we need a bigger shelf for all these recognitions.

So thank you so much.

We very much appreciate it.

Stay rooted in love me, gente.

We love you guys.

We love everybody.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You're so sweet.

Okay, okay.

Thank you, everyone.

Uh again for being here tonight for the work that we've done together in these past four years.

I'm incredibly excited to see what we do in the next four.

Uh with that, Mr.

President, I will turn it back over to you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, and thank you.

Uh and congratulations to all our awardees as well.

We will now cut off the collection of public comments officially.

But we did have a five individuals that called in in advance.

And when you call in in advance for the evening community meeting, you're allowed four minutes.

So that's above and beyond the two minutes that is typically provided to those who uh raise their hand for public comments on the evening of.

So our first speaker uh with the four minutes that called in early is Miss Joanne Warwick.

Miss Joanne Warwick, is she present in person or is she online?

Yes, ma'am.

I heard someone called.

Mr.

Chair, yes, Miss Warwick is online.

Okay, so is Miss Jennings.

So if you would like to do the in-person first.

Yeah, I was gonna ask uh who do we have in person.

I think I know I saw Brother Cunningham in the room.

And Ms.

Darrell as well.

Brother Cunningham, we'll have uh brother Michael Cunningham as our first speaker.

Did he dip out on us?

All right, how about Cindy Dara as we go and we search for Brother Cunningham?

Cindy Dara, I see you in the house.

Thank you.

There's Mr.

Cunningham.

Brother Cunningham is here.

Okay.

All right.

Okay.

Well, I I don't know that I've ever had four minutes before.

Before you go forward, hold on one second.

Somebody out there is they want us to region meeting plan Detroit.

So you guys go sign up.

So we're going to be able to do that.

Ms.

Dara.

You gotta make sure you keep your eye on the clock because once it hits zero, I'm gonna have to ask you to release that that space to allow for Brother Cunningham to come after you, okay?

So you have four minutes.

Okay.

And then I'm gonna have to ask you to release the mic.

And uh this book is at the library.

They're teaching you how to use the computer.

That's where I ran my political literature off.

They helped me get it on the page.

So the main library is great.

All of them are good.

They they've got that you can get this book at the library and it'll tell you what classes they have.

They're all free.

Okay, yeah, I'm having trouble getting my uh votes counted.

I've got a complaint against, and I I I guess I have to go get a lawyer because I've been asking people just go to the election commission, have a meeting, have the guy come down that accepted where I had to sign that I want uh intended to be uh official write-in candidate, so they would actually count my votes.

Well, I went by there today, and the guy said, Yeah, you got votes, you know.

He didn't know how many.

Well, uh, I went back when I looked on their website, they didn't include my votes, so they're not really uh counting them.

And because they said I wasn't an official candidate.

Well, I was and I've asked uh the guy who I first gave the petitions to uh April 22nd, about right probably 3 30, something like that, and and uh right before Denzel get turned his in, he was down there at the same time, and the guy stamped him and accepted him.

This is the same guy I that notary public that won't have his name, just his counter attendant on his placard, but he won't tell you his name.

So he he took my petition, stamped him, and I said, Well, can I bring any more in if I get them in before five?

Well, I should have read the rules, because the rules did say that you had to turn them in by four.

But he he nodded, yeah.

Okay.

So I went out, I came back before 4 30, and the door was locked.

That the guard tried to hand me my all my petitions back in a big envelope, and I said, go give those to the guy who uh he accepted them from me and signed and stamped them all.

And he closed the door on me and went back in.

Who's gonna be the candidate?

So uh I went uh down there and uh uh they said leave your name and number.

I I gave it to the same guy who always come forward to help me, the Nota Republic, the young handsome guy.

So he comes forward and and uh so anyway.

I I uh when I couldn't get my on the ballot, I said, okay, I want to sign up as a write in for city clerk for the August and the November election.

He said, Well, you can't do the August because it's not gonna be on the ballot.

She doesn't have anybody running against her, which that isn't the way other jurisdictions do it.

That's really not proper.

Okay, so that's not good.

Okay, then uh I signed up for write in for mayor and for just for the hell of it.

I wasn't gonna campaign on it or anything.

But and for the primary and August, I mean that was for August, and then for November, that same date.

I filled out something for the city clerk.

Well, I didn't get to city clerk.

Uh they claim I never signed up for it, so now they're not counting my votes.

And I tell you, it's a little bit disturbing.

The reason I ran, I want you guys to please write this down.

Approval voting.

I approve of you.

I can vote for as many people as I want.

And uh if we have 11 people running for president, I got four, and I don't get anybody I want.

This will help us.

You can have more votes, and you just take the overvote off the machine.

Now, people are circulating rank choice ballot, do not sign that petition, it's inferior to approval voting.

I've got 25 of these I'll hand out.

I didn't get time to run more.

But anybody wants one?

Thank you so much.

Electionscience.org.

Read that.

Thank you, Ms.

Starr.

We appreciate you for cooperating today.

All right, Brother Cunningham.

Floor is yours, sir.

313 444, 9114, 313, 444, 9114.

313, 444, 9114.

That number was made so you can remember it.

Uh when I have the energy, when people call, uh I know at a mayor's meeting, someone called, and they had concerns, and so I texted them back and said, Would you like to come to the mayor meeting?

So I brought them, you know, a new voice, a new face.

Um, and that's where the thought came in at this week's D DOT meeting, they're gonna have pizza and 31-day passes, two of them they're going to be raffling off.

Um, to try to get new faces, new voices to come.

Um, everybody has a complaint, but when I talk to the people, they say, Whoa is me, or that's doing too much.

They know already, they don't care.

I would be just recording in progress.

If I had 10 cents for every time that said, I'll be a millionaire.

It's just like I'm out here in the streets giving out the bus tickets, the hand warmers, the gloves, the hats, and uh today someone donated.

There's a pretty nice coat.

I did put it in wash.

Um, but I have some people in mind that might fit it, and I will so if you have any coats, uh I will wash it first.

Do you have any hats, uh gloves?

Um, and I need bus tickets uh at the bus stops.

Um it's kind of it's been a little slow on the bus tickets, but it's needed.

Um, and because the bus service is not on time, and those hand warmers everyone has been giving me.

I appreciate it, everybody.

Thank you.

Um so um so if you have like a sweater, a hoodie, a coat, um, uh funds for bus tickets, uh let me know.

That 313-444-9114 number is my Cash App and also hotline number, you can leave a text or voicemail.

Um if you have any uh ideas, uh I'm a taxi cab as well, so some organizations have been using my service uh for transporting disabled folks, fellow disabled folks, and that's been a blessing.

Uh so there's always another way to skin a cat.

Um, do what you can and do it vicariously through me or do it on your own.

The people uh pretty much all the council members got on the bus, they see the heartache and the stress of folks trying to get to work, school, uh play on time church.

Uh so it is a concern, and everybody has busy lives.

A lot of times when we're driving down the road, we don't look to the left or to the right on those who are waiting on the bus, and you get done what you're doing and go back that same way, and they're still standing there.

You go back that same way, and they're still standing there in the cold.

So if you are a little bit shy, you don't want to give any bus tickets, hand warmers.

Again, do it through me.

Um, I do need some coats, uh, like I said, the hats, the gloves, and just keep doing this work.

Um I've gotten a lot of uh hate over all these years of doing this.

I've gotten a lot of love, but I just try to zone out all the negative energy.

I I have no idea why.

I have no clue, but I can't concern myself with people who are irrational or maybe someone told them something, but I think I'm good people and I I enjoy helping others.

I love this city.

I love each and every one of you all on the sound of my voice, and uh let's keep it going.

And I pray that uh D dot improves.

Thank you for the mechanic contract, they have attentive agreement.

Thank you for the bus drivers, the increase.

I don't know if y'all voted on it yet.

Um y'all doing it, and so hopefully by next year uh we have a change.

And too bad I couldn't find anyone that wanted to come and speak today, but it was just me.

And uh if I could say one thing, agape love.

All right.

Thank you so much, Brother Cunningham.

Thanks for all the work that you do.

You are a great person.

Member Tate, Pro Tem, is there any way I could hand these out the flyers for the uh I don't know if the table if they're the table, okay.

I can leave it.

Thank you.

All right, thank you so much.

And we'll now transition to our online callers.

Our first caller, Miss Joanne Warwick, Mr.

President, she has permission to speak.

All right, Miss Warwick, the floor is yours.

We have four minutes.

General public comment.

Can you hear me?

Hello, can you hear me?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

Um as no mundo, yeah.

Um I highly recommend people to go downtown, get a hard copy of the Detroit City Charter.

The Charter is the constitution of our city.

Um, you know, it's nice when council members give away turkeys, but that's not their job in the Detroit City Charter.

They make laws and rules and vote on how our money is spent.

And one thing you should all be proud about is that council member Gabriela Santiago Romero did not vote to take people's private property for solar farms for DTE.

And it's very disturbing that this was done in this city.

There are a lot of people that are suffering right now, being pushed out of their family homes.

You know, like the land bank is tries to take people's family home.

And most of this body has let this go on, except Member Waters is fighting against the land bank.

But these solar takings are really insidious.

They're really evil, because the city could have and should have come up with a plan to put solar on city rooftop, parking lot, and acres and acres of land that it already owned.

The city council just voted to increase the contract to 7.7 million dollars on a law firm in Farmington Hills called Daltmer to take people's property and the interest in their property so they can build these solar farms for DTE.

And the power will just go into the grid.

So if the overall grid goes out, the buildings they say they want a power, that it's allegedly the equivalent of, guess what?

It probably won't have any power.

And they're basing these takings on the 1951 in-race gum clearance case of Black Bottom when they took and cleared out that black neighborhood black bottom saying it was blight.

But what they're doing now is worse than that.

Because there's an unconstitutional state law that says if your property was ever tax reverted in the past, lost in tax foreclosure.

What it doesn't even matter if it was you, or if it was 50 years ago, or if you have a piece of property that was owned by the land bank, it is blighted per se.

Well, guess what?

District 5 council member, my council member Mary Sheffield isn't there tonight.

Probably because she knows I was gonna tell you all that someone on her transition team works for that Zow Smer law firm.

And so be proud that Member Santiago Romero did not vote for that.

Member Callaway did not vote for that, but every other council member up there voted to do that to people.

And don't believe the hype that everybody agreed with this.

I know people who were bullied.

I know people who are depressed, and one lady whose property they took, she passed away, and her granddaughter is really, really, really sad.

The city would do this.

Don't just look at when they give you coats or thank you so much.

Our next speaker, Miss Joyce Jennings.

Called in for four-minute public comment.

Good evening, everyone.

Good evening.

The week of the election about the privilege of advanced airs property plant and appraisal training in Oklahoma.

And during that week, the discussion of Detroit was a heavy part of the conversation.

People are looking at what is going on in Detroit, not just in Michigan, not just in the United States, but across the world.

Detroit is being referred to as modern days, greatest um incident for Aries and Legacy property that is being stolen by our municipal leaders who of them are also attorneys.

Attorneys that should know better, attorneys that should be protecting the rights and the interests of the people in Detroit, not creating conditions of predatory behavior.

Whatever we do unto others, they're doing unto God.

Whatever we do unto others, we do unto God.

It is a God order to buy land and property to leave an inheritance for our children's children.

We have our municipal government leaders, um, conspiring with nonprofits, people who are acting like they're providing property tax assistance, water affordability assistance, home attendance to gain access to people's personal information, and using that information to weaponize it against them to steal people's land and property.

Back in February, my cousin Willie May Gassley contacted me to let me know that Darnell and Amelia Curry, those were our cousins who passed away in vain.

Well, most recently, we learned that the heirs property that belonged to their mother and grandmother who is still alive.

That property is still in their name.

The taxes are current, but they went to Wayne Metro, which is being funded by the Dan Gilbert Foundation to provide assistance.

They were not addicted to the 46th district court process.

They were not addicted by bailiffs or removed by bailiffs.

They were removed by three Detroit police officers at 8 a.m.

in the morning last year in 24th in July.

We need to look at what is going on with our administration, the current oral administration using the police department to legally remove people from property that are being targeted.

In this case, we have children to pass away.

We are a water snow dominant state.

Water.

That's a natural resource, not snow.

So to pass any initiative to support three initiative, promoting solar.

We don't even have solar as a dominant natural resource.

It is wicked.

I pray that we do what it needs.

Thank you so much.

Our final speaker who called in for the additional four minutes as opposed to the two minutes is Ms.

Rochella Stewart.

Ms.

Stewart.

Mr.

President, I do not see Miss Stewart online.

All right.

Oh, so we're going to um move on from Ms.

Stewart and open up for our individuals who have shown up in person.

We thank you for being here.

Our first speaker is Miss Tanya Wells.

Followed by Michael Christopher.

All right, thank you, honor to the Lord God of Visible to his Sergeant Mars Jesus Christ, to this honored panel, to my president, Mary Chef Farrell, and to the mirror.

Congratulations to those of you who have rechanged your offices.

And Member Calloway was heard by me speaking negatively about my activism about what's going on with me.

No, I'm not gonna go away until it's resolved.

No, I'm not gonna stop talking about it until it's resolved.

No, I am not accepting what you did at the table.

You walked around like you owned the building, talking like no one could hear you.

I'm gonna do your job even though I don't get your check.

BSEED will take control of the application processes to rent property to Detroit citizens this year, next year.

It's gonna happen.

I'm an investigator by trade.

I find out what you don't want me to know anyway.

I write better than anybody in the country.

I have over 30 years of public education and certifications.

P S E D will take control over landlords requiring an application with personal information on it.

They want credit checks, they want uh references, not trying to uh buy your house, just want to rent it.

I am labeled now an eviction conviction.

That means that I have been illegally evicted, and now I'm a criminal.

I don't have a traffic ticket in my name, sir.

Help me out, Callaway.

I will call your office tomorrow.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Um I want to make sure you have my member can we pull it a little closer to you.

It is 313.

I'll wait for you to get your ink pen.

313, 224, 45, 35.

Okay.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Michael Christopher, followed by Adam Barrett.

Good evening, council members, and good evening, everybody.

I'll come here with um two situations going on.

First of all, I live in Delray.

Uh is a place that needs special attention out there.

We have people coming out there constantly dumping trucks running down the road.

We got streets where it's about to sink in.

Actually, sink in.

Not only that, we got people coming out there, like I said, not only making illegal dumplings, but going in manholes, seeing what they can scrap out of the manholes, or they would steal the drain line.

And I think we need some special attention now.

We got people out there that want to shoot the automatic guns around.

They didn't hit one of my houses because I own two houses on Solve and multiple times.

It's just the grace of God it didn't hit my sister.

The other complaint that I want to talk about that for four months.

There was a demolition right at my house at 501.

They tore the house down, but they accidentally hit the porch.

They tore that part down.

They came out there a couple of days and fixed it, but I lost the because of the shift.

And uh front balcony part.

I had to replace five collins.

That's no problem there.

It was oh the caps just gave away.

I took care of myself.

But what is happening when they when they had the equipment running, it tore up the sidewalk part of the street.

There's a drain line running between this house.

It's just right in the middle, like this Michael Foe.

A big section of it was tore out.

The drain needs to be fixed.

Not only that, my fence, they hit that.

Now I asked them to come out there and look at it.

They say the fence was okay.

Well thank sir.

Two minutes.

We apologize for that.

Uh, but we'd have a member Santiago Romero who wants to give you a response.

Yeah, sir.

Before you leave, if you wouldn't mind uh speaking with Giselle, she has her hand up, she has the gray in the back.

Give her information that we can help you uh try to see.

We'll try to address the issues that you mentioned today, okay?

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Adam Barrett, followed by Mr.

Alonzo Chandler.

Um, yeah, Adam Barrett, Detroit is for tax justice.

Um, did I hear that this new WNBA project by billionaire Tom Gores is gonna cost 50 million dollars, and we're subsidizing 41.6 million dollars of it.

Since we're paying almost 100 percent of it, uh, I'm not sure what we need him for.

He's gonna lease it from the city like Illich Leases the Pizza Arena, as far as I can tell.

So he doesn't have to pay rent or taxes or the drainage fee, but he's gonna keep the profits from the activities on the site.

Seems like we're in the smash and grab stage of capitalism now.

Anyway, this the soccer stadium benefits package.

Um, I calculated that it's gonna tax capture about 271,000 dollars from the Bowen Branch Library over the course of the incentive.

Um this is a library that has no ADA accessibility, and the windows are a hundred years old and they look like it.

Libraries are essential, stadiums are not.

In a city with 51% child poverty, why should we subsidize shiny new stadiums when we haven't even done right by our essential institutions in a city where public schools no longer have libraries because of the emergency manager?

Libraries and schools are among the things that fight poverty, but we're robbing them to bankroll entertainment.

I'll see you guys on Thursday.

Thanks.

Thank you.

And Madam Clerk, if you can note that we've been joined by Memory Young.

Clerk will note.

Thank you so much.

Our next speaker, Mr.

Alonzo Chandler, followed by Betty Serrano.

Uh yes, I'm here.

Um, first of all, thank you for letting me speak.

I'm here on behalf of a group of people at Ralph J.

Bunch Co-op.

We are having huge problems because we think what's happening there are trying to do a takeover of our property, and they're trying to duck us by saying that we do not come up under the tenant laws that have newly been put in place by Miss Waters and some of the people on the council.

And I'm here to see if I can get a meeting set up with me and the the lady uh that's heading up the fight over there because they're ducking us, and we will we just want to be able to stay in our places, and we need some clarification on this tenant law thing, and also we need some clarification on the taxes which went up, and the board keeps ducking us, and we need to know because we think that they're they are in either incompetent, inept, or dishonest in the way they are presenting the fight over the taxes because they went up threefold.

We really believe they're trying to get us out of there and bring developers in.

And I would like to set up a meeting after this meeting with someone, probably Miss Waters, because our district five person is not here, and we're gonna get a new district five person because of the new election.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Our next speaker, Anthony Benavides.

Yes, close enough.

Benavides.

Benavides, my apologies, sir.

Uh just wanted to reach out to city council and say thank you so much for uh all the park improvements in the city, going from Palmer Park, Chandler Park, Clark Park, Rouge Park, all the parks, uh Kemini.

You know, I just wanted to say a deep thank you to all you approving funds for all the parks because the parks are so important to all the families and seniors and kids.

Uh it's our outlet uh where we go and recreate and have fun and socialize and meet new friends.

So uh continue the good work, continue to the investments in the parks.

I think they're so important for us uh here at Panton as well.

Um so but I also wanted to say a big thank you uh or uh just make an announcement that uh I think that more support should be given to the DCFC stadium.

I'm a I'm we're really in support of it here in um this in the city here myself and others.

Uh I think it's gonna bring a lot of jobs to people here in the city, and I think it's gonna be a great source of entertainment and um family fun.

I it's the the hospital is there, maybe there could be something done, bring the legacy and the history about the hospital back, but it's just too far gone, and it's it it's just nice right now.

So um it needs we need to move on.

That's the last piece in this city, one of the last pieces, but that need to be demolished.

But um, so I just want to show support for that that endeavor.

But uh thanks again for all your uh insight and the in the parks.

We really appreciate that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, Josh Medina.

Uh hello, yeah.

Um I'm resident here at South in South Detroit.

Uh, and I also work in uh the Springwells community uh right here where we're located at UNI, every neighborhood initiatives.

Um again, I want to bring attention to the the trucking issue we have in the city, and I addressed it earlier in the morning, but uh so I want to use this use this time to uh to point to uh a particular situation here in Spring Wells.

Um, and and that that is um of the of the trucking uh businesses that's uh uh 1411 Central and 1500 Central.

Uh these these two uh truck lots are located in the middle of a residential neighborhood, right?

Uh, which is a lot of children, um families, right?

Uh there's a lot of noise complaints, a lot of pollution.

Uh, you know, uh, and it's this not a proper location for trucking uh schools.

Uh I also want to add that this is the same location where they will be building a new academy, uh, the new the new uh the new school district academy in this location uh and as well um and I also I believe that the that the Joe Lewis Greenway plans to run through central as well.

Uh so this is this is no place for heavy industry.

Um, and and and I I want to urge and and I want to put this on your radar so we can work uh together uh with the residents and and the council to uh to find a solution that's that's uh that's gonna keep our community safe.

Uh that's gonna be a place where people want to live.

Because talking to the residents there, people want to move out.

People are are very concerned of the cluster that's gonna happen once the school is built.

Um there's alternative, right?

We can we can have a uh you know we can use this lots to to use to create them as beautiful green spaces that's gonna complement the school, that's gonna compliment compliment the Joe Lewis Greenway, uh, and that's gonna create a uh you know a happy thriving community uh that I think we all want to see.

Uh thank you.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, Chef Omar Mitchell.

Good evening.

My name is Omar Mitchell.

I represent table number two restaurant, downtown Detroit in Greek town, along with the neighboring businesses.

Since Monroe Street closed to vehicles for Monroe Streetscape project between Randolph and I-375 service drive through the summer of 2026.

Businesses like yours have seen drastic drops, excuse me, mine, and sales.

You personally have already quoted 90% of my business I've lost.

It's a fact.

Last Friday I had four reservations in a fine dining restaurant, downtown Detroit that was recently recognized by Michelin.

Most of the time when my guests are pulling into the restaurant area, they're frustrated or they can't find a place.

So we find ourselves and the staff outside waving people to come inside the restaurant.

Literally profiling folks if they're dressed up, saying, Hi, are you looking for table number two restaurant?

My ask for the council district is to ask your partners, Greek town neighborhood, DDA, to create emergency business support packaging for affected Greek town businesses, including direct grants or forgivable loans tied to document revenue loss.

Marketing funds, specifically to promote Greek town, is open.

Most guests that come to the restaurant, they can't find it, and they get frustrated and they go to Andiamos or somewhere else because they're just frustrated with the construction.

On top of that, the GPS system uh directs them to close streets, which not detouring them to the correct entrance to the Greek town.

Barricade fencing and the U-shape uh post that holds up the fence are a severe trip hazard.

I ask that you actually legal department.

How many claims have they got for a potential lawsuit for people tripping and falling?

Thank you, Chef Omar.

Yes.

Thank you so much.

Sorry about that.

No, not a problem.

If you would like, please give my office a call at 313 224 1027.

Again, 313 224, 1027, and we'll see what we can do to assist.

Our next speaker, Paul Chenal Shinvault.

Sir evening, Council.

Good evening, everyone.

Um, I'm just here to say hi to everyone.

Again, congratulate you all for uh the ones who will be remaining in their seat.

Um, I hope that you all, along with the new council members, can all work together to help the city continue to blossom and thrive, and you know, not only invite new people to the city to live, but also retain the residence that the city already has.

Um, I'm a district six resident, uh, Midwest tireman.

Uh, my neighborhood is a legacy neighborhood.

Uh legacy meaning a lot of folks that still live and have been through the tough times in Detroit.

And I'm just really hoping that uh not just with you, council member Santiago Romero, but you know, not just with the two at large, uh, but with all council and even our new mayor uh who is in prison today, that we can just try to just work for more things in our neighborhood um instead of South of Werner, Werner, Mexican town, you know.

That's just what this seems to what's been going on, Corktown, uh Hubbard Richard.

Um, we're hoping that we're next up for a little bit more, actually a lot more, um, commercial investment uh on our commercial corridors.

Um, and hopefully we can try to figure out with budget season coming up to try to you know support the residents to stay in their homes uh who have been staying there.

Uh me, myself, I'm a generational resident.

Um, my great aunt and uncle stayed in the home that I'm in, and they purchased a home in the 50s, and you know it's tough, you know, because in about 10, five or ten years, I'm gonna need a new roof.

You know, I've already got small cracks in my foundation, so I can just imagine what people who have been living in their homes with families with you know constant, you know, um commute, excuse me, traffic in and out of their homes with their going through.

Um, you know, I yield the rest of my time.

I just want to work together uh for our neighborhood, seriously, our neighborhood to be on that next list in these four years, really three years.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, Larry Darnell Smith Jr.

Good evening, everyone.

Uh this won't really take long.

Um, I'm grateful to many of you up here, and you see me you know me from being in the community, and the fact that I did a lot of time in prison for a crime I didn't commit.

When I came home, I took a job working for the city of Detroit for parks and breaks.

And in that job, um, I write programming for seniors, young people, and we we know we do a whole lot.

Like for me to tell you everything that we do would take a very long time.

The issue I have with the city of Detroit is y'all don't pay us very well.

And not only do y'all not pay us very well, I'm in a different situation than many of my co-workers, but oftentimes I shed tears because I see them having difficulties paying their bills.

I it's a lady work here for 35 years, make $19 an hour.

It's other people here that cannot get gas to make it here on time.

They don't have transportation.

And I know that you gave more money to the bus drivers, and we're grateful for that.

But these people want to own their own stuff.

They want to be able to pay for not just rent, but have ownership.

They want to be able to own cars, they want to have the same things that other people have, but it's difficult to make it on this pay scale.

It's very difficult.

And like I say, I often want to shed a tear because it's my city, and I'm watching the young people who come into the recenter, and I watch these people dedicate their time for a paycheck, yeah, but not enough to pay their bills, but they're doing it out of love.

And that's the part that people overlook.

A lot of this stuff that we doing, we're doing it because we care about our communities, but still, we need a living wage.

And that's what I'm here to say to you guys.

They offered a two percent raise was like 38% when they haven't not received.

I've been working for almost four years.

I never received anything or a raise, but these people have been working for a great length of period of time longer.

So I have four seconds to say thank you, everybody, salute my great people.

I love Detroit.

Stand up, everybody.

Have a great day.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, Bill Cheek, followed by Simone Sagovac.

Uh hi, everyone, I'm Bill Chick from North Corktown.

The pending land transfer to the out-of-state developer for the next phases of the preserve on ash for 1,700 per lot, is simply giving away our land, our most valuable community asset for nothing.

I recognize the need for economic development and new taxes, but at what cost?

I'd like the council to visit 15th and Ash and tell us is this the best we can do?

Just because it's new doesn't mean it's good.

Pretty much all our neighbors agree.

It looks like an ugly office complex built in Troy in the 1970s.

Speaking of the preserve on Ash, that site is extensively contaminated, but when they were doing remediation last year, not one single neighbor was ever provided any information regarding that contamination or steps to take to ensure we weren't tracking that dust into our homes.

This, despite the fact, contractors working on the site are advised to take off their boots and clothing before entering their homes after work.

I was thinking of that recently when they were dry sweeping the streets around the development for the first time in months and creating massive and potentially toxic hazardous dust clouds blowing through the neighborhood.

Staying on that topic, could somebody please explain why nobody will tell us what's happening at the Owen School site?

Because everybody, including the Preserve on Ash developer, is under the impression we're getting park space there.

But planning is determined to cite a commercial building in a surface parking lot instead.

It's another example of our invisible, predominantly elderly black and brown residents being kept out of any discussion about the future of the property right next door to them.

We're hitting the ARPA funding cliff soon, and we need new sidewalks in North Corktown.

What are you gonna do once those Biden bucks vanish?

Our neighbors need sea safe walking paths, and we're one of Detroit's hottest new neighborhoods and would expect the commensurate level of support for improving our infrastructure over and above the current streetscaping projects plan for only two streets.

And by the way, could we shift the requirement?

Thank you so much, sir.

Yep, thanks.

Thank you.

Our final in-person speaker, Simone Sagovac.

Thank you, Council members.

I'm gonna read a comment from somebody else, and I'll start with three points for myself.

Um you know that in Southwest Detroit, we really are have this conflict of living with industry, and I want to urge you to use your local control, your local powers to help us solve this problem.

Uh really taking a look at downzoning properties.

Um there's so much vacant land, and what's happening is things just crop up because it's been zoned and for for a long time and no one was paying attention, and suddenly there's a trucking business, and we can't undo it.

So we really need a coordinated approach to take a look at that with us to identify those properties and solve those problems like the truck trucking schools and the truck parking that and we need these things.

The truck drivers need these things, and we want to support that.

Um, I also want to say that um we had a health fund that was created with the first dust ordinance, and it's not funded, and that could be really helpful for things like home repair projects that are needed in some of these areas.

And now I'm gonna read a comment from a resident who was on the call but um did not her hand did not get called.

Uh so this is um good evening.

My name is Thomasina Weston, president of the Livernoy de Clark Block Club, and a longtime resident of Southwest Detroit.

For years the residents on Livernoy, especially between Livernoy and Clark, have suffered from illegal truck traffic uh cut cutting through.

Um these trucks damaged our homes, triggered asthma and respiratory problems, shook our homes with constant vibration, polluted our air and destroyed our peace and dignity.

We reported it repeatedly and nothing was done until recently.

Now that the city has publicly acknowledged that it allowed trucks to cut through our neighborhood despite posted restrictions, my question is this what is the city of Detroit's plan to come compensate Livernoy residents for the years of harm, property damage, and diminished quality of life we endured.

More specifically, will the city conduct a formal assessment of property damage, health impacts, and environmental harm affecting the re liverno residents?

Two, will Detroit establish a compensation fund or repair program to assist residents whose homes were damaged or whose home health was impacted by long-term diesel exposure and constant vibration.

Three, what accountability measures will be put in place to ensure this never happens again, especially in communities of color that have been historically ignored and overburdened.

Residents deserve transparency restitution.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, we shall now transition to our online callers.

And no, we have nine that are in the queue, and we will go to our first caller.

Who's our first caller?

Mr.

Chair, the first caller is Thomasina Weston.

Thomasina Weston, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes.

General public comment.

Ms.

Weston, are you there?

Excuse me.

Uh, uh, gotcha, gotcha.

Okay.

We'll go to our next caller.

Mr.

Chair, one moment.

My Zoom is not acting correctly.

One moment.

All right.

In the interim, uh, we do have a comment from Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I will be tuning in and listening into the virtual comments for the rest of the session for today.

I have to step out, but thank you all so much for being here tonight.

I will be again listening in.

I really appreciate your time for being here.

And thank you to my colleagues as well for being here.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you for hosting us as well.

We appreciate you.

Oh, actually, while there's I'm so sorry, Mr.

President, it's through you.

We still have pizza.

What else did I have to share?

Shirts?

Pizza and shirts, you guys.

So before you leave, make sure you get some stuff before you head out.

Thanks.

One of them you eat, one of them wear.

Just for the record.

Okay, Mr.

Chair, we're ready now.

All right.

Who's our next caller, please?

Thomasina Weston.

Thomasina Weston.

Uh you just read your comment.

I guess.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Okay.

So Simone read my comment because I did not think that I was gonna be able to get on.

And those are things that the street of Liminois are asking for.

Um I would like to know.

Uh will the council address the situation in the comment that Simone just read on my behalf.

How can the Livinois Clark Block Club get a meeting with City Council and other organizations to make this situation uh right for residents?

You know, for years, like I was saying to her, we have suffered, we have been ignored, and now that um you know we got what we wanted, some of the churches off the street.

There's still a couple of bad truck drivers, uh, still come down the street.

But the other part of that situation is is the city of Detroit going to help the residents regarding uh property damage, you know, lack of quality of life, health impact, etc.

So, how can I go about obtaining that meeting with the city council and either the former mayor, excuse me, the current mayor or the uh new mayor?

Thank you, Ms.

Weston, for calling.

Um I I I can't commit the um current mayor or the uh mayor elect uh and the your representative for district six, she did have to leave out as well.

You can always give her office a call uh or one of our two at large members, member young or member Waters office, and they will be able to assist as well, potentially.

Okay.

Next caller, please.

Mr.

President, the next caller is Miko Williams.

Miko Williams, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes.

General public comments, yes.

Hello, can you hear me?

Yes.

All right, shout out to Southwest Detroit.

You all deserve representation.

We just hope to see you a little more at council as a strong unity of force.

We need to hear your issues.

Um I am stepping down for good.

I will be stepping down for my political activities, activism, and advocacy in the city of Detroit.

I will still continue to work on the water, but I have gone through 10 years of my Facebook profile, Miko A.

Williams, where I have shared all of the times that I've been through in this city.

I am broken, traumatized, depleted, and I must leave for my own personal good.

I believe in the city of Detroit will excel.

It will move on.

I was here when they tried to turn the lights out.

When they tried to push us out, when they put us through emergency management and a false contrived bankruptcy, I stayed here.

I'm a product of Detroit.

No one will run me away.

But due to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, it is time for me to pack up and move on.

Detroit will live and not die.

I want to pray for the council, but after the way you treat people and residents and citizens, I don't even know if I should even praise you because you haven't done anything for us, real community citizens, legacy detroiters and taxpayers.

You may have gotten back in those seats.

And I will assure you that we, the taxpayers, have the final say over developers trying to get that FC and the Unitroyal site.

We have paid our taxes and we don't want the rents in to be demolished.

But you don't listen to us, you listen to others that have deeper money that goes in your pocket and not the residents.

Thank you for taking my comment.

It's a shame.

All right.

Next caller, please.

Betty A.

Varner.

Miss Betty A.

Varner, the floor is yours.

Two minutes, general public comment.

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

I'm Betty A.

Varner, proud resident of the city of Detroit.

Last week.

Ms.

Verner, are you there?

Stop her time, please.

Ms.

Verner, are you there?

We're gonna give Ms.

Verner another opportunity.

So we'll put her at the end of the queue and go to the next caller, please.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Yes, ma'am.

You're at you.

This this does not sound like Ms.

Werner.

Hello.

This is Ms.

Werner.

Yes, yes.

Yes, it is.

I had started speaking, and then it uh froze up.

The system froze.

Okay.

So let's let's take let's take her back to our original time.

Give her an opportunity to get all of her comments in.

Okay, Miss Werner, the floor is yours.

Oh, hi.

Okay, good evening to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Verner, uh proud resident of the city of Detroit.

Also, I'm president of the Sodells World Block Association.

Uh I just want to give some kudos tonight.

Uh last week I spoke about a tree that was creating a problem in my area, actually near my home.

Uh I uh want to say that that problem has been corrected.

Also, uh there's a tree that was near my neighbor's home that was addressed.

So kudos goes out to Miss Harris because she contacted me immediately regarding that problem.

Also, I spoke about the a sidewalk that the tree has caused to lift.

It is very dangerous.

My understanding is that when the weather permits, uh that also will be taken care of.

And I'm hoping sooner than later, because it is dangerous.

Someone is going to hurt themselves all this summer, this past summer, the children were riding their bikes over this area doing trips.

So uh I don't want to be sued, but I understand it can be done now because that's working with CMET, but I will keep it in the universe.

Also, I just want to talk about there's still monies needed for our FINK quarter.

Uh, I'm hoping that uh, as I spoke earlier, that our new honorable mayor, uh Mary Sheffield will get on board to assist us to find monies to uh redevelop our think accorder.

We're not asking for anything special.

We just want to be treated like the other corridors that have uh that has been successful.

So please help us find money.

Anyone that's within the sound of my voice, any developers, please come.

All right, thank you, Miss Verner.

Next caller, please.

The next caller ends in 482.

Caller inning 482.

The floor is yours.

Two minutes, general public comment.

Caller in again 482.

Are you there?

All right, Paris, let's put that caller at the end of the queue and go to the next caller, please.

Okay, Mr.

President.

The next caller is Teresa Landrum.

Ms.

Teresa Landrum, thank you for calling.

You have two minutes, general public comment.

Evening, counsel.

Good evening.

Um, I want to thank you for this opportunity to talk.

Uh, several people have addressed the trucking issue in Southwest Detroit.

Uh Simone Sagovac and Tomasina uh and others.

As you know, we understand that uh the demolition of the Northland Center, uh, that some of the poisonous contamination was brought to Southwest Detroit 48217 on Lebo Street and Little Still Street.

Here in Southwest Detroit, we already had a truck issue with uh the industry marathon, U.S.

Steel, and others being in our community.

Now we have the issue of all these trucks coming in, compounded with other trucks from Gotch and Coin coming up and down our residential streets.

Now with the removal of the poisonous contaminated backfield that was placed in our community.

I would like to know uh I was not able to attend the morning session.

Um, and there was not any clarity of understanding was Mr.

Brian McKinney's contracts renewed or uh replaced or given back or appealed.

How did that end?

We need clarification because we did not understand how it ended today earlier session.

We want also want to know how is the city council gonna work to make the community whole after our streets are being destroyed with the heavy uh truck traffic.

Uh morning from like seven o'clock to baby six o'clock.

Trucks are rolling through our community to remove that uh poisonous debris, and also we were supporting and are going to continue to support a track truck traffic ordinance for communities that are impacted from surrounding uh industry.

But now with the uh removal of the contamination from the soil uh backfield that was placed, we have a huge problem.

So we need help.

Thank you.

Uh and city council did vote to uphold the uh interim suspension, Miss Landrum.

If you would like additional conversation regarding the topics that you mentioned, please reach out to a member Santiago Romero's office or your two at-large council offices as well.

Next caller, please.

The next caller ends in phone number one two four.

Caller ending in one two four.

The floor is yours regarding general public comments, thank you.

But please abide by charter takes or remove her share.

All right, believe that caller called in and had four minutes already.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Renard Munshenski.

Renard Munchunski, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes, general public comment.

But R E in Renard Manchunski, are you there?

Sorry, I was waiting for the prompt.

I wish not to speak at this time, my lord, my hand.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is called in user one.

Call in user one.

The floor is yours.

You have two minutes, general public comment.

Can I be heard?

Yes, ma'am.

Good evening.

Um I want to know her.

Why is it what buses when you are passed and multiple times?

What did it become policy to take the passengers?

One day pass, I don't even hour and not reimbursed them.

Did that become a policy?

Thank you for your staff.

I also appreciate uh Jimmy that uh Sheffield, although Sheffield will not keep on and West Grand Boulevard sending pictures of right.

Thank you, Romero having this town hall.

We love you, we appreciate you to do something to help the one else winds up like children who froze all because of her reason for allowed Ms.

Unfortunately, your your feed was going in and out.

Uh, if you would like to give us a call uh on our lines in our office, we would certainly receive your call as we always do.

But unfortunately, your your Wi-Fi, there was some uh connection challenge that we had this evening.

But we do thank you for calling in.

Next caller, please.

Lastly, Mr.

President will return to caller 482.

Caller ending in 482.

The floor is yours.

Two minutes, general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Hey, hey Joker, you know who this is, and you ain't got it.

Perpetrate no longer.

The gig is up.

Y'all busted.

Janice Winfrey, Jimmy A.

B.

Walker.

That's my word.

Now I'm getting ready to turn it up to a thousand twenty-five, Joker.

And you call Kenisha's mother.

Mimi's grandmother.

Mimi's new mom.

Flight.

Mine.

The right representative to represent the family.

Well, Antonette Ivy didn't ask me for nothing.

Mimi did.

And I gave her what she asked for.

Charmaine McCloud did.

You didn't find what I found.

I eliminated everybody else.

That was in that house except for her.

And she done told six lies.

But that lie that she told, talking about, he called her grandmother, talking about Kenisha was shot.

How on the F did she know?

Every time Kenisha was shot.

She said Kenisha shot herself.

That's what she told her cop her grandmother.

She's a liar.

And you are too.

I cheated in.

The mayor cheated in the city council cheated in.

Board of police commissioners and school board.

And that's my word.

And I'm going to turn it up to 1,026.

2026 is coming.

We're about to have Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2026.

Your political career is over with.

And we wish you all the best this evening and the safe travels on your way home.

Colleagues, is there a motion to adjourn?

See no objections that action shall be taken.

This meeting is adjourned.