Neighborhood community serves the standing committee will now come into order with a clerk.

Please call the roll.

Council President Pro Tim Coleman A.

Young the second.

Here.

Councilmember Scott Benson.

Councilmember Renetta Miller.

Mr.

Chair, you have a quantum present.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Um is there a motion to approve the minutes?

Motion.

Motion's been made.

Are any objections?

Hearing none of the minutes will be approved.

Negative chair remarks.

We will now move on to public comments.

How many people do we have in the queue, Mr.

Bo for public comment?

Mr.

Chair, we currently have six individuals with their hand raised for public comment.

All right.

Six individuals.

Public comedy 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, the floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Good afternoon.

Can I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Okay, I think the city should be a greater effort to have more community services in the community.

Of course, I'm older than both of you guys.

But I remember we used to have neighborhood city halls.

We used to have resources more readily available.

We need to have true resource centers in the community.

We need to make it so that people don't have to go downtown to take care of business, which then they have to be concerned about expensive parking and getting a parking ticket.

You know, so it would be good to blank, you know, bring services to the community.

Also, separately, you know, um, I think it would be good if the city of Detroit was to try to exercise or renegotiate the contract as it relates to uh Bell Isle.

Um the city of Detroit owns it, and the city of Detroit is not getting a penny from the state.

And that was one of the reasons why the governor wanted to bankrupt the city of Detroit, you know, by not giving us our proper amount of revenue sharing for years, Governor Snyder, you know, so that he could take assets like Bell Out that he wanted.

You know, so I think we should see about making sure it's more of a joint operation, you know, for as long as that lease lasts, and we should see about making sure the lease is terminated as soon as possible.

I think we should make sure our parks are more better and more recreation is available to all city, all parts of the city, because over here in District 7, we do not have a single operating recreational center, which is horrible.

That's all I have to say for today.

You gentlemen have a good day.

Thank you.

We appreciate that.

Uh Ben and Clerk, we recognize that we've been joined by Member Miller.

Second so note.

Excellent.

Who do we have next in the queue, Mr.

Bo?

Mr.

Chair, the next caller is owner Papa.

All right, two minutes.

The floor is yours.

Uh good afternoon, and through the chair, may I be heard?

Yes, ma'am.

Two minutes.

Thank you.

Um, uh good afternoon to the panel.

Um, I agree.

Um, with the last caller.

How are we giving 42 million dollars to plug a hole for rich people and use our property tax excess or surplus as a income to support an income?

And you are supposed to represent the neighborhoods, and um the very first thing on your agenda is about motorcycles.

Um, he we need we need resources in our neighborhoods.

I don't think motorcycles are something that you should be covering.

I have no idea why it's on your agenda.

He also mentioned something interesting about recreation centers, and on 6.3, you have something on your agenda where they misused parks, and they were dinged by um the state, probably because the federal government stepped in because these were parks that were paid for federal, but federal dollars were used to pay for, and they were supposed to be used as recreation, and um we allowed the last mayor to do something different with them, and now we're going to continue to cover um those atrocities that he did to the people.

We've been asking for a rec center in district seven for years, and we still have not had one.

Why is it that we wait 30 years to have and other people wait, you know, um a year, the next season, the next agenda to get their uh what they need it, need needs addressed.

Um, you are a proponent of um 15 minutes cities, which is a 2030 uh agenda.

So we need resources in our neighborhoods if we if you want us to stay in them.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Who do we have next in the queue, Mr.

Bo.

Mr.

The next caller is Betty A.

Verner.

All right, Ms.

Vernon, floor is yours, two minutes.

Good afternoon to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Verner, president of DeSoda Else World Black Association, here to give out some information.

I've given out before, but it's worth repeating.

And uh I found out that there are people who have been able to take advantage of this information, so it's great.

Uh good to know.

Um there's a program through DAA called My Choice Waiver.

This program will allow you to be eligible for the program and for Medicaid if you earn no more than $900 a month.

Now, most uh most uh programs, you're not eligible for Medicaid, so you can't get the services that they provide.

Wonderful services, but there's a lot of seniors and disabled folk who are eligible for Medicaid.

But with this program, if you earn no more than $2,900 a month, you could be eligible for this program.

And what it is, it offers services to keep you in your home and to keep you out of nursing home.

So whatever services that you need, help that you need at your home, so that you can be safe and at peace.

They will come out, they will do an assessment, they will verify all the information that is needed, and then they will um designate whatever it is that is needed.

They will do to help you, and I know this for a fact because I am part of the program.

I am considered a nursing home candidate, and but and because of this program, I'm able to stay in my home.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We appreciate you.

Who your next in the queue, Mr.

Bow.

Mr.

Chair, the next caller is Cunningham.

Cunningham, floor is yours, two minutes.

Mr.

Cunningham.

I'm on four.

Ms.

Cunningham, you breaking up.

Really bad, huh?

Hold on.

Okay, I'm going outside.

Yeah, I'm outside.

I'm at the Consodine.

They have a resale thrift store, and I buy a lot of clothes from the thrift store.

So I'm here.

Uh the noise you're hearing in the background.

313 44494.

That's also my cash up.

I'm in need of a fund for bus tickets and uh hand warmers.

I went through six cases of hand warmers this week.

Going east, west, north, and south throughout the city.

Um, just to let some things off my chair in regards to D dot.

Um, the pair of transit, the $2.50, the one way.

Um, that's five dollars.

It's very expensive to folks, but they can't afford it um at the end of the month.

A lot of folks only get $900 a month.

Uh so at the end of the month, things are pretty tight.

Um I wish D dot and Paratransit were free, um, just like it was during the pandemic.

Um, also they need warming buses, uh buses that may not operate well enough to drive, but they have good heat and put uh warm buses in areas where folks are waiting on the coaches that are not coming on time.

Um it's just a thought.

Um if you don't want to do it vicariously through me, buy your own bus tickets, buy your own uh hand warmers and give it to those at the bus stop.

It is cold, it is really cold.

Don't let your heart be cold, be a blessing.

Good karma to you, everyone under the sound of my voice.

Good karma to you.

All right, thank you so much for that.

Who do we have next in the queue, Mr.

Bo?

The next caller ends in 039.

All right, floor is yours, two minutes.

You already know who this is.

All right, you were just on that committee with Letitia Johnson, who's cheated in, and Gabriela Sanchiago mayor, who's cheated in, and yourself, who's TV in.

I don't lie.

You can check the record, go back 45 years.

You're not gonna find nobody that's gonna come forward and say I lied about nothing.

That's I'm cut like that.

That's how I'm Bill Come.

So now Janice Wentford gotta be dealt with.

And it's uh little leprechaun, the former mayor of the city of Detroit, gotta get dealt with.

Because, like I said, he is the one that put Gretchen Whitmer in office, and he's been controlling the state budget, county budget, and the city budget for a dozen years.

A whole bunch of money.

Money, and he said he worked five million dollars.

I don't believe that sugar honey ice tea, not in the least bit.

He hang around billionaires and raise all kind of money, and he only worked five million at Coleman.

And before February 14th, will be five years in 2026.

She asked me for some help with her mama.

I've given her that to her.

The tag got to come up off a Kodisha Coleman, DPDK 200 1112, and I ain't lying about sugar honey ice tea.

Jermaine McCloud did it.

Did you hear that Coleman?

Darren did it.

And I put my rep on that the whole 45 years.

And I ain't afraid of sugar honey ice tea.

Got a gangster in the street.

All right, thank you.

Appreciate that.

Who do you have next in the queue, Mr.

Bo?

The last caller before you close public comment is Jadante Smith.

All right, Miss Smith, two minutes, floor is yours.

Good afternoon, may I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

I just want to say uh I'm so happy that uh call me young you are president pro tem uh and not Scott Benson.

I also want to say that I I couldn't stand that rant that Scott Benson went on on Tuesday talking about love and my neighbor when you know you have a dangerous uh concrete plant and your district cronoscon located at 3405 Gaylord, um emitting toxic dust.

And you've been missing your committee assignments.

Very excited to see you missing your committee assignments.

So I challenge you to look into Kronos and do some real work as a legislative body who has subpoena powers, do some work and to looking into the people who are funding your campaigns.

You know who's also poisoning the community, Scott Bensley.

Please look into that.

Also, I want to say Renata Miller, you have you have pretty good staff.

Um, Miss Brown, I talked to her yesterday, and we we spoke, but I also want to preface with this.

Like I don't do verbal gymnastics.

I am I am out in the field doing the work every day in District 5.

I've been doing it for a long time.

I saw you, like you saw me, like I went up to you and talked to you at Occupy the Corner at Joseph Walker Recreation Center.

You were grandfathered in by Mary Sheffield, so you should know the issues of your district.

Not no two weeks you've been there.

And I've been coming to city council for a couple years.

So it seems like you have not been tuning in, right?

I don't know what you've been doing, but you haven't been tuning in.

And it was funny you mentioned me running for office.

You know that your little cousin is running for office against me, and so is your daughter.

She's not running against me, but you know who's running for office.

You're very, very aware of that.

And so just want to say with that.

But we have a good relationship.

We don't have to have a good relationship.

Not gonna say it doesn't matter to me.

I like to work with you.

I haven't taken any jobs with you.

I've just stated the facts and obvious.

When you have you do something well, I'll give you credit for it.

So I want to say that.

Also, I'm very, very much pushing the effort to down zone Kronos and Gabriella Santa Romero.

I don't have an issue with you, but if you do you take jobs with me, I will take jobs back, and I will live in District 6, like I live in K Mac, and I will organize residence.

But I'll I'm gonna make sure I send you uh all 800 residents who signed our petition to shut down Chronos.

I'm gonna make sure they all send you an email about the people who are dealing with the effects of this dust every day.

And so I'll make sure she's mentioned about in the in the district.

I'll make sure Core City sends you emails as well because I do core city and district three.

All right, thank you for that.

Who do we have next to the queue?

Mr.

Chair, that was the last caller for public comment.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Bo.

I appreciate that.

We will now move on to new business, office of contract again procurement, line of 6.1, contract number 6729 zero, amendment number one, 100% city funding to provide an increase of funds for motorcycle repair and maintenance services.

Line of 6.1, contract number 67290, amendment number one, 100% city funding to provide an increase of funds for motorcycle repair and maintenance services.

Contractor Arsenal Power Sports LLC.

DBA Arsenal, Harley Davidson.

Location 4405 Highland Road, Water for Michigan, 48328 contract period, July 18th, 2025 through July 18, 2022.

Contract increase amount 50,000.

Total contract amount 100,000.

There motion to move line item 6.1, the formal session with recommendations for approval be put onto new business.

Discussion chair recognizes vice chair Benson.

Through yourself to the administration, just uh I know that one of my colleagues is gonna have a concern about this.

Why are we in Waterford versus being able to find a repair location for motorcycles in the city of Detroit?

Good afternoon through the chair.

Yes, Mr.

Washington, go ahead.

Good afternoon.

If we could, can we please promote Alex Weatherup?

Yes, sir.

Mr.

Weather, go ahead, sir.

Good afternoon, Alex Weather, assistant director of general services.

Um I will be deferring this question to OCP.

Yeah, okay.

Mr.

Chair, through yourself, do we have somebody from OCP available?

That's I'm thinking they bring that person up.

Ms.

Washington.

Through the chair.

If we could bring this back at the end, I do not see my person in the queue right now.

Okay.

Motion to move line six point one motion to be made to move line of 6.1 to end of the agenda.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, line 6.1, we moved to the end of the agenda.

We'll now move on to line of 6.2.

Contract 67489.

100% city funding to provide geese management services.

Contractor Goodbye Geese.

LLC.

Location 444, Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48201.

Contract period Paul City Council approval for a period of two years.

Total contract 108,000 dollars.

Is that a motion to move line item 6.2 to formal session with recognition for approval?

Be put on to new business.

Discussion.

Discussion.

Chair recognized Vice Chairman Benson.

For yourself to the administration, I think this is where Mr.

Weatherwill can be very helpful.

So we're looking at a $54,000 annual cost to manage geese.

Why are we managing geese?

Why is there $54,000 worth of quality life for managing geese?

What's the purpose here?

Just give me a just looking for an understanding of why this is important.

Go ahead, Mr.

Weatherup.

Through the chair, the this geese management service is integral to the public health and public safety of our parks.

Um there is often uh geese droppings uh that can pile up and get in the kind of the the way and become available to people and pets in the parks.

Uh likewise, geese can be aggressive, and so we want to keep their numbers as low as possible, especially in parks uh where children play.

All right, and just when you say public health, I mean burguano is known to be an excellent form of fertilizer.

Why is this a problem?

Why is geese guano problematic versus other type of guano?

Through the chair, I I can't get into the the biology of it, uh, safe to say that we want to keep animal waste to a minimum in all of our parks for public health.

All right, and then looking at the list of parks.

Is this a all-inclusive list, or can this just be expanded if there's a need?

Looking at I don't see a lasky here, I don't see a farwell here, I don't see a Heilman here.

I do see Detroit Detention Center.

Um, I know that we now have a new um informal water feature at Derby Hill.

Just wondering why don't I see any other third district locations on this list if public safety is a big issue?

Through the chair, this list is not exhaustive.

The contract allows us to add locations going forward.

Okay.

All right, so I'll take your word for it that these geese guano and their aggressiveness is worth $54,000 of year of maintenance.

Through the chair, I would I I believe so, and I ask you to take my word on it.

All right, I'll trust but verify.

Thank you.

Uh yes, well, Mr.

Weather, I just want to ask why are we contracting this out instead of dealing with it in-house?

Don't we have people you know that are supposed to be dealing with this?

So this is uh the the process that they use where they have trained border collies that scare the dogs away on a schedule.

Um we remove and destroy the nests and eggs.

This is a professional service that is certified and accredited.

Uh the companies uh the companies that apply are uh so this is not something that we can perform in-house.

So we don't have the capability to be able to perform this in house.

This is a specialized service, what you're telling me.

Correct.

Okay.

All right.

Any other questions?

They can provide us with a location, right?

Press the member Bill, go ahead, Mr.

Maryland.

The chair they're gonna provide us with a uh location where they're gonna be doing this at Did you hear that, Mr.

Weatherup?

Through the chair, there is uh a list of locations on the TEDA report, um, but it is not exhaustive.

We can add as needed.

Um, and if uh any members feel that they have a need in their districts, please send it on to us and we will address it accordingly.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Comments or concerns?

All right.

Uh is there a motion to move line 06.2 to formal session with recommendations for approval, be put on the new business.

Motion.

Motion made or any objections.

Here in uh line of 6.3, we move to formal session with recognition for approval, we put on the new business.

Line of 6.3 to accept and execute the MNDR grant amendments for three former city of Detroit parks.

I think it's supposed to be city of Detroit in there, but it's not Detroit is not included in there.

So Manor Clark, I think we can address that.

I appreciate it.

Through the chair, I will have one of my colleagues take care of this and all.

Excellent.

In November 2024, council authorized the GSD to submit an application for the convert for a conversion of park use to the MDNR for the three former grant encumbered city parks.

In December 2025, the MDNR approved the submitted application and issue grant amendments.

GSD asks the honorable city council for review, acceptance, and authorization to sign the amendments.

Is there a motion to move line of 6.3 or formal session with recognition for approval be put onto new business?

Discussion.

Discussion.

Chair recognized Vice Chairman Ben Thing.

All right, thank you.

Can we give a little background here?

How many parks uh do we violate and what are we doing to make sure that we don't do this again?

Through the chair, uh through the chair, happy to answer.

Um so these are three former parks in the um midtown and brush park neighborhoods.

They are the former Wick Park, Weigel, and Brush Adelaide.

And all three were um transferred and sold in support of housing in the area.

And so they accumulate or they uh they total just under seven acres, and the mitigation will be um with equal real estate value, which is ninety-seven acres at Rogel Park, which is not currently open to the public, but which will be reserved in perpetuity for outdoor recreation.

And um to your other question, Member Benson.

Um, this is uh I would say a testament to our in-house archivist who elevated this issue and um helped us to resolve it.

And her work has been going a long way on our document retention and database processes.

Um we don't anticipate having to bring another one of these to you.

Okay, but then how are we going to prevent this from moving doing it being happening again?

What are we doing?

What steps are you taking in-house?

Um, through the chair, um, it is very literally going through uh 100 old um filing cabinets in our facilities and making sure that all of the appropriate and uh associated um uh documents are live and active, and um part of that process that our archivist is going through is um creating a smart sheet, a digitized list for us for anything that needed to be addressed.

Um we're actually nipping these in the bud now going forward.

We're not having to do conversions on the back end.

Uh we make sure everything, all the I's are dotted and T's are crossed before.

So then the archivist is making sure that all deed restrictions are identified on all the land controlled by parks and rec.

Um yes, in conjunction with with PDD and law, just uh make sure we're covering all bases.

Do we do title searches as well when we look to transfer and sell property?

Through the chair, yes.

We do title searches.

Unfortunately, some documents are not easily queryable in public uh databases.

Um so we always look if we miss it, that's why we do this the second pass to make sure.

So this is belts and suspenders then.

Uh I'm sorry.

This is belt and suspenders then.

Absolutely, yes.

Fantastic.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

Okay, uh, I just wanted to ask this thing's like a whole lot of work.

Is there any sort of artificial intelligence that's being involved in this to kind of speed up this process so we can have these types of uh information that's done?

I I I don't want to comment on the capabilities of artificial intelligence as it's not in my wheelhouse.

Right, but I can tell you that uh a lot of this work is manual.

We have a human in a huge warehouse going through physical file cabinets to make sure that we're um finding all of the important documents that need to be addressed.

Uh so that work is has happened and is ongoing.

Um, but in terms of looking forward, uh potentially, um, but I I don't want to comment on it because I uh don't know too much about it.

And look, I and I I appreciate that, but I understand that everybody I understand that your archivist is probably the hardest working person in show business, and this seems like an awful lot of work, and it seems extremely labor intensive.

And uh I I just think that we need to use technology so we can join the 21st century in terms of how we're doing this, not only so we're efficient and we're effective when we're approving that, but also just the time and the man hours and the costs that this is gonna have to be able to produce this.

And I I understand that you want to be thorough, but I think that doing this by hand, I think it's something that's a mistake.

This is something that needs I don't know if that's a contract.

I don't know if that's training staff, I don't know if that's a discussion, you know, uh with the directors if things of that nature, but I definitely think that's something we need to do, not just to reduce the workload, but also increase the effectiveness, the efficiency, and quite frankly, the response time.

So this can be produced so we could deal with this.

And if you don't know, you have it digitized so you can answer it in real time.

So I'll talk more about that in the future.

But I just wanted to say that for the record.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

All right.

I'm going to make another motion.

Do we have a motion to send line item 6.3 to formal session with recommendation to approve to be put on to new business?

Motion's been made.

Are there any discussion?

Or objections, excuse me.

Here you know, Jess is lineup 6.3 removed a formal session with recognition of approval, you put on to new business.

We will go back to line item six point one.

Mr.

Washington, do you have what we need?

Yes, through the chair of Ashley Franklin has joined us from procurement.

All right, Miss Franklin.

You will be recognized as soon as you are promoted.

Ms.

Franklin.

Good morning.

Or afternoon.

I'm sorry.

There's no problem.

Good to see you, Miss Franklin.

Likewise.

Okay.

Member Benson, I think you had a question about this.

Thank you.

Go ahead.

Question is why are we in Waterford versus being able to identify a motorcycle repair shop within the city of Detroit?

Or even Wayne County.

Through the chair.

Originally, this be it received a single response.

This was a single response be it from Arsenal Power Sports.

And that's largely due to the fact that it was a requirement that the vendor be Harley Davidson certified.

So we we didn't see any of the other Harley shops.

There's one in Warren, which I believe will be closer.

I'm not sure we have a certified dealer or repair shop in Detroit, but I just know this is going to be a question from one of my colleagues.

Through the chair, the original buyer for this contract did state that multiple efforts to reach out to uh closer vendors were made um and they received no bids from those vendors.

Um and this was only one that was received.

All right, we know why, or we just not a attractive client, or is it just hey, we just don't want to do this for the city of Detroit, or we just have too much work.

Do we know?

Through the chair, I would have to uh converse with the original buyer for this contract in order to get more in-depth details.

Okay, thank you.

No problem.

To the jury.

Chair recognizes member Miller.

I just want to say uh member Benson, thank you very much for that question that was on my list.

You beat me to it.

Um that is a big question for the residents of the city of Detroit.

Anytime with here, I I even witnessed one that was out of Virginia.

I just don't believe that we're doing 100% to get those contracts in-house.

I mean, especially in the state of Michigan.

Do we have to go to Virginia to get certain contracts filled?

That is going to be a big thing in the next four years that we have to do an additional due diligence just to try to maintain at least, if not in the city limits, within the surrounding city limits.

But um, I just was wanted to say thank you for reaching out on that question because it is a big question, and I get it every day.

Thank you.

Franklin, do you have any new thing you want to say to that?

Uh at this time, I don't have the exact reason why um a near post or nearby vendor did not respond to any bids.

I can follow up with the original buyers to see if we received any no-bid responses, which will give us greater insight as to why they selected not to bid on this opportunity.

Um I wanted to ask a question.

Why is this Harley Davidson?

Why wouldn't this be Indian motorcycle?

Why wouldn't this be well?

I know I'm gonna turn into vapor when I say this, but why wouldn't it be Yamaha or or Honda or BMW?

I know those are foreign brands, so excuse me as I duck for cover here.

But why would it not be those?

Why why is it Harley Davis?

I'm not complaining.

I just want to know why.

Uh I'm happy to take this one, Ashley.

Um, so this is to serve a specifically our police department motorcycle fleet, which is 46 vehicles, and it's all Harley Davidson.

Okay.

Okay, so this is primarily for like police officers, right?

Exclusively.

That's being you and and maybe I need to have the police department on to ask to ask this question.

But do we know what exactly this is for?

I mean, is this for you know, just for them pursuing for in the pursuit of um other cars and vehicles or things of that nature?

Is this for patrolling roads?

You know, uh the use of the motorcycles themselves.

Correct.

I uh I'm not sure, and I don't want to get it wrong, so I would defer that one to police.

It's no problem.

All right.

No, I appreciate that.

We don't have to do that.

All right.

With that being said, uh, is there a motion to move line on 6.1 to formal session with recommendation for approval, we put on to new business?

Motion.

Motion made are any objections?

Here in the line of 6.1, we move to formal session with recognition for approval, we put on to new business.

We will now move on to member reports.

Chair recognizes Vice Chairman Benson.

The report.

All right, Chair recognizes member Miller.

Good afternoon.

I just wanted to say District 5 is having their first community kickoff on Wednesday, January 28th at 6 p.m.

at the Considine.

The address is 8904 Woodward.

That's the first community kickoff for District 5.

We're asking our residents to come meet our new staff, get connected, share your concerns and ideas, and help share your priorities for District 5.

We would really love to have the input from our residents.

We're asking everyone to come out and put that on our on their calendar for us.

Once again, that's the first community kickoff for District 5 at the Considine.

The address is 8904 Woodward at 6 p.m.

Also, as a new member to the Skills Trades Task Force.

We're going to be kicking off on Wednesday, February the 18th, between 4 and 6 p.m.

at 11687 American.

And that's in Detroit at 48204.

And also we'll be joined by At-Large Chair Mary Waters and co-chair Denzel McCammel from District 7.

Once again, that's Wednesday, February 18th, between 4 and 6 p.m.

at the American at 11687.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Um on Tuesday, my staff and I visited the Farwell Recreation Advisory Council for their changing of the guard meeting.

Mr.

Oliver Wilson, who has served the Far Well Center community for 36 years with their MORS Mound Out of Drive, Ryan Seven Mile Radio Patrol as president of the Farwell Advisory Council as they fought for upgrades to the Farwell Recreation Center for over two decades.

I have the prestigious honor of meeting the families of the community honorees.

Mr.

Wilson is the outgoing president.

Mr.

Chris LaFloor was welcomed as the new president who has a long professional resume being assisted to the president of the Kreske Foundation.

We also honor Mr.

Eugene Slappy, whose wife, Mary Lee Slappy, came with 18 members of her family to accept Mr.

Slappy Spirit of Detroit Award in Memorium.

Another group of family members came to accept Mr.

Allen D and Mrs.

Nora C.

Mayfield's Spirit of Detroit Award.

We were joined by Councilmember Scott Benson, who presented a testimonial resolution honoring the life of new President Chris LaFlour's grandfather, long time resident.

This was an evening filled with family, friendship, love, and joy.

And of course, like all Detroit events, we were blessed with great food and company.

I was even given the very prestigious and special honor of being requested to swear in the newly elected officers.

A very special thank you to Councilman Scott Benson, whose district this was located in, and for Councilmember Benson and General Services Director Crystal Perkins for their gracious attendance.

Thank you.

It was a wonderful event.

And yesterday, I had a special honor of serving as a panelist at a meeting of the National Association of Women in Construction.

Director Luan Counts is Detroit Chapter 183 President.

She has also recently been named the Intro Director of Public Services by our historic new mayor, Mary Sheffield.

The meeting, the meeting, featured a dynamic question and answer session regarding women in construction.

In addition to their members, the panel included Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero and Obudsman Sherry Gay Denogo.

At one time, Intro Director Counts was the only black female in the country that led Demolition Projects.

In a 2023 Michigan Chronicle article, she said, I realized I have become the dream of my ancestors.

Count says.

That's 866-313-2520.

That's 866-31352.

Residents can access the temporary overnight standby shelter sites anytime by walking in.

No referral needed, or by calling the Detroit Housing Resource Helpline at 866-313-2520.

Operated 247.

Now, before we adjourn, I think we are here joined by Miss Linsner, who wants to provide us more information about warming centers.

Go ahead.

So everything you just said is absolutely correct.

Households can also go to their closest police precinct.

All right.

Thank you so much.

We appreciate that.

And without objection, Neighborhood Community Service Standing Committee will now be adjourned.