The Neighborhood Community Services Committee met on Thursday, January 15, 2026, chaired by Pro Tem Coleman A. Young. Councilmembers Scott Benson (excused) and Mernata Miller were present. The committee approved minutes, heard public comments, and considered several agenda items including special event permits, a tree trimming contract, and a grant application. All items were moved to formal session with recommendations for approval.
Pro Tim Coleman A. Young. Here. Councilmember Scott Benson. Councilmember Mernata Miller. Here. Mr. Chair, we have quorum. Thank you, ma'am. I'm clear. Um, I think we need to have an excuse absence for member Benson. The clerk will know. Excellent. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve the minutes? Motion made. Are there any objections? Hearing none. Minutes will be approved. Uh negative chair remarks. He will now move on to public comments. How many people do we have in the queue, Mr. Bo. Mr. Chair, we currently have three individuals with a hand raised for public comment. All right, three individuals with a hand raised public comment. Public comment is now closed. Public comment is now closed. Public comment is now closed. All right, who do we have first in the queue, Mr. Bo. Mr. Chair, the first caller is William Davis. All right, Ms. Davis, floor is yours. Two minutes. Good afternoon. Can I be heard? Yes, sir. I hope for the new administration, we have a better activities for District 7. Because as you may, I mean I know District 7 do not physically have a recreational center with our district being uh squeezed down uh you know what would have been a new recreation center uh the hella more center is now in district five, you know, in so much that we didn't lose as many people as some of the east side area. Uh so uh hopefully more could be done to help district seven to help us have more activities for young people, uh, especially like um a recreation center. Some districts have two or three, but we have none functioning at the moment. Uh also I would like to say perhaps y'all can arrange for some of the activities when I was younger. We used to have like uh a swimming bill and other things that would go on and we used to have actually play leaders at different locations that I because I used to pass out job applications for those years ago. Uh that we could do more to help to engage young people to help them give them something else to do, uh, to help to encourage them to be helped you know productive citizens. Um, as as you know, uh I basically grew up on uh grew up and started working for the city up under Coleman A Young. Uh the best mayor we've ever had. And I don't think the the most recent mayors we've had been as concerned about the communities, uh, because we need to make sure more is happening in the communities and stop having just everything going on happen in downtown and midtown and Corktown. Thank you.