Everyone and welcome to the city council meeting for today.

This is the regular session of Tuesday, February 10th, 2026.

We'll now come to order.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Councilmember Scott Benson.

Councilmember Letitia Johnson.

Present.

Councilmember Denzel and Tom McCampbell.

Present.

Councilmember Renata Miller.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Present.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Present.

Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway.

Council President Pro Tim Coleman A.

Yon the second.

Council President James Tate.

Mr.

President, you have a quorum.

Thank you so much.

We have a quorum, which means we're now in session, and we will begin the collection of public comment cards for those who would like to provide comments to the city council this after this morning.

We're not going to go to after them this morning, uh, both in person and online.

So please raise your hand now.

You have not received a card if you're in the uh auditorium.

And if you're at home, raise your hand on the Zoom.

Providing this morning's invocation is none other than Pastor David A.

Johnson II, affectionately known as Pastor Jay.

Pastor Jay, come on down.

Y'all give it up for Pastor Jay, y'all.

Too quiet in here.

Pastor J is the senior pastor of Kingdom Covenant Church, located at 1735 7 Klinger, uh in the City Council District 3.

Uh, he is a third generation preacher, teacher hailing from a long legacy of ministry, uh, all within his bloodline.

Pastor Jay, thank you again for providing today's invocation, and the floor is yours, sir.

Thank you, President Tate.

Will you bow your heads with me in prayer?

Oh Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name and all the earth will set thy glory above the heavens.

And today we honor you as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

God of all wisdom and strength, we gather in your presence this morning, grateful for the sacred trust placed upon these leaders to serve the great people of the city of Detroit.

Father, we acknowledge our dependence upon you.

For with you, all things are possible, but without you, we can do nothing.

So we ask this morning that you would grant these your servant leaders unity of purpose, that even as they bring diverse insights and experiences to this work, that their commitment to common good will remain unwavering.

We ask, dear Lord, that you would guide them in faithful partnership with Mayor Sheffield and our other elected officials that they together may lead with one heart and one spirit for the good of our city.

Give them clarity and vision and courage and execution that the work decided in this chamber will result in real transformation for our neighborhoods, communities, and our city's economy.

Anchor their work in accountability, not for any partisan agenda, with the highest ideals of justice, equity, and service.

Dear Lord, will you bless Detroit, this resilient city of champions, innovators, and everyday heroes, and may the decisions made here both today and in the days to come.

Honor our story past and our promising future.

In the name that is above in the every name, Jesus the Christ.

Amen.

Amen.

Thanks so much, Pastor Jay.

And also want to acknowledge uh Lady Johnson as well.

Good morning.

Thank you for being here as well.

Uh Pastor, if you would like to stay, we have a seat for you for certain, but we understand if you have other obligations to take care of throughout the day.

But we again thank you for that invocation that you provide earlier this morning.

The journal of the session of Tuesday, January 27, 2026, will be approved.

There being no reconsiderations or unfinished business.

We will proceed with the budget, finance, and audit standing committee.

Madam Clerk.

Three reports from various city departments.

The three reports will be referred to the budget finance and audit standing committee for the internal operations standing committee.

Two reports from various city departments.

The two reports will be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the planning and economic development standing committee.

Two reports from various city departments.

Shall now conclude at this time.

For the public health and safety standing committee, madam clerk.

Six reports from various city departments.

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

We will now move to voting action matters.

Madam Clerk.

Thank you.

Under communications from the mayor and governmental officials and agents.

There are no items, Mr.

President.

All right.

We will now call for public comment.

And we have currently 10 individuals in the committee, excuse me, in the auditorium and others who are online.

We're going to give everyone two minutes for public comment.

First three.

Followed by Fidel L.

Followed by Claude Norwood.

One, two, and three.

We're going to get that clock up.

Let's get the clock up.

Two minutes.

Your spot to allow the next person to speak.

Morning, Brother Cunningham.

Good morning, good morning.

313, 444, 9114.

313, 444, 9114.

313, 444, 9114.

That number was made.

So you can remember it.

That's my cash app.

Also, you can put that in for Facebook.

The voice my line message.

And people of different demographics, white folks from living downtown with a whole lot of money, about three, four of them, hit me up.

They never heard of them before in my life.

And I said, I don't know you.

She said, I see you have city council.

So she gave me a load of hand warmers, came down to her out of her apartment, then gave me food to disseminate at the transit centers.

And I just said, Wow, that's nothing but God.

Um, thank you for councilman young for what you I ain't gonna stop thanking you.

Thank you, Councilwoman Callaway.

Um for those hand warmers.

We went through the hand warmers fast.

We got the other stuff.

Um, all all the city council members, please drive around the city and check out the bus stops.

I beg you to go around the city and check out the bus stops.

I beg you to go around the city and drive and check out the bus stops.

A lot of them are not cleared on the snow mounds and things of that nature.

Um, if you could do that, it'll be greatly appreciated.

Buses still are not on time or they don't show up.

Um undercover bosses.

Remember the show?

Uh, after 6 p.m.

during the week and on the weekends.

Impromptu, do a bus ride along.

We did a bus line along with Shree last week.

And I always say I endorse no candidate, but he he wasn't shy.

We went on the Dexter, the Woodward, maybe another coach as well.

Uh, so anyone running for any uh uh elected office, let's do that right along.

313-444-9114.

Thank you.

Thank you.

One speaker for Del L, followed by Claude Norwood, followed by Ruben James Crowdle Jr.

Again, I don't know where y'all get these pastors from.

Just ask the pastor about the water drain off fees that affect majority of black uh uh churches in the city.

He didn't want to answer that.

So now y'all got our passes and sellouts now because y'all won't solve simple black problems.

It was just not too long ago, Ramirez.

I just told you that majority of people that live in Detroit look at it.

She can't even look at me.

Black people don't have no problem with ice.

Here it is, a sister got shot six times.

Where was your energy at then?

Where the press conference at then?

Washington, you doing the press conference where they're talking about ice.

Look at them, they can't even look at us.

Where your energy at the six is yeah, goofy, goof, goof and act a fool and smile.

We got Washington, D.C.

watching y'all.

So keep it up.

Just a matter of time.

Just a matter of time.

What you where the same energy at when the sister gets shot.

I know you don't care.

I get it.

I keep asking y'all about the dirty dirt.

Y'all approved it.

When y'all gonna get it up?

No answers, no responses.

Why when it's a black issue, majority of black people, y'all just sit and look stupid.

We might as well have white representation.

We'll get better service.

That's because y'all cheated in.

No one voted for y'all.

Nobody at all.

No answers, no nothing, no nothing.

Hi, Mary Waters.

Hey, y'all let the last president and the mayor and the chief of police say that crime is down.

Then a lady found dead in the bag.

Another lady got shot six times, and then just this morning, a guy got rolled over dead, carjacked.

And y'all say crime is is low, it's down.

I mean, you guys are kidding me.

And this is why I always say y'all the lowest form, ignorant, corrupt, cheated in, city council of all.

But y'all call y'all self Christians, college educated and Democrat.

James Tate and Detroit City Council ain't worth two nickels.

All right.

Next speaker, Claude Norwood, followed by Ruben James Crowley Jr., followed by Maurice McCowan.

Good morning, City Council.

My name is Claude Norwood, representing the Grand River Community Block Club.

A little closer to my please.

We can hear you.

We actually want to hear you.

My name is Claude Norwood, representing the Grand River Community Block Club.

I'm the president.

Also representing the newly initiated, the new CAC task force.

And this is being initiated because of the growing concerns with the residents and the people of the city of Detroit with the problems that's going on throughout the city.

I agree with the two gentlemen that just spoke here about the issues going on with safety and the lack of thereof by the city council or those that's also represented the city and not doing anything about these issues.

One of the issues relate back to the transit center, which is a hot mess, it's unsanitary, it's inhumane.

The condition of it is being closed doing bad weather when people are outside, children and women freezing to death.

These issues are not new.

And these issues are not just being not being addressed to the newly elected council members because they just got here.

But it's the ones that's been here already.

Five, 10, 15 years.

And I cannot understand.

See how you can come to work every day and not see these conditions, these deplorable conditions going on in the city that you swore by the charter to uphold, which means that you're breaking the law.

And me being here representing the people for the people for the people.

This is why this committee has been formed.

So that these allegations, because until they're proven, they're allegations.

The city is saying that the people are saying that they're tired of.

Correction.

My name is Gloria McCowling.

I didn't read it correctly.

My apologies.

Thank you.

No problem.

I maybe I'm at the wrong place, but I'm just here to get clarity on the land bank.

The problem they're sending us to as far as buying the adjoint property lots next door to them.

I've been told that my address don't exist.

And none of this is true.

And I'm trying to find where do I go from there?

That's my problem.

I want to take it to Councilman Benson.

And I talked to Councilman Waters.

She gave a little information, but I'll need more information.

So I can get that cleared up.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anyone want to take an additional opportunity at this one?

Uh member Benson?

Uh thank you.

And my staff will come out and get the information, and we can help you with that issue and concern.

Thank you.

Next speaker, it's Betty Lyons.

Over 600 million dollars in overpaid property taxes by Detroit residents, stolen and lied about by Dugan, Dana Nessel, and council.

Why?

Because of corruption.

It was illegally done.

And they know it.

But they won't stand up for us.

Why Delaney of uh coalition for property tax for and for justice, she keeps quiet.

I talked to her yesterday, she had no answers.

Yet you see the Mexicans, you see the Muslims out there, and whatever ever come over here from other countries, getting they say in with all these walks they do.

And people listen, they're on the news, but I don't hear anything on the news about that 600 million dollars and the corruption of Dugan.

Yeah, Dugan was on the press bragging how he made a whole block repaired homes on a whole block in Mexican town and transferred the Mexicans into those homes.

He never mentioned about anything about money.

Why?

Because he's corrupt.

Single mom, why did she have to call here about herself being put out?

How do you do that?

And nobody says anything.

And you say you ride around the neighborhoods.

Two weeks ago, I fell at a bus stop because the snow was so high.

It was 31 below.

And this morning I almost fell.

That mound is still there.

So I don't think you even ride around the neighborhood.

So you just lie, lie, lie.

The seniors.

What about those elevators for years?

For years.

They've had to deal with that, and no one knows about it.

You didn't call Dugan down on the rug, did you?

But uh last week, Romero show brought up Miss Sheffield's name.

Thank you.

So uh Ms.

Lyons, you mentioned that you had fallen at a bus stop.

The best way for us to understand where those issues are if you relay that information to us.

What was that location, please?

Yeah, Edison.

Yeah.

Okay, you can say it right now if you like.

Edison and what in what were and they they well, we'll do this.

We'll work with we'll work with the uh department to see how that uh issue gets addressed.

But this first time I believe you communicated that to any of us.

No one drove around.

Nope, didn't drive by it, but now we have it.

Uh thank you so much.

Uh Lynn, she talked with this.

Next speaker, Adam Barrett, followed by Ronald Foster, followed by Denita Ramsey.

Yeah, Adam Bear at Detroit, uh Southwest Detroit.

Um, moratorium now coalition, etc.

Um it was exactly one year ago today that those two kids froze to death in Greek tongue uh in the parking garage.

And one can't help but reflect on that.

Um, because this year the news is about how child poverty has spiked up to 51%, and how the shelters uh that Duggan and Sheffield have unfailingly told us are the answer, are not only overflowing, but they're in shambles, and people receive abusive treatment when they try to go there.

Meanwhile, our public housing is in ruins, and don't even get me started on the Leland House debacle or the 100 million dollar budget surplus that Duggan was so proud didn't get spent on anything, and there's still acres of building space in this city sitting empty.

I'm a window washer, so I look in these windows, and I just I know how many floors in these buildings are vacant.

Um I mean they constantly brag about the affordable housing that they built uh because it's held.

Um I mean they constantly brag about the affordable housing that they built uh because it's held I mean supposedly affordable housing, but it's often held hostage uh in some white boys' Airbnb portfolio.

You ever read the grapes of wrath, that part with the oranges in the ditch?

Um it's one of my favorite lines about this sort of thing, but in Detroit is not oranges, it's housing.

This is a new council.

What you guys gonna do?

Capitalism is dying.

It's time for a different strategy.

Also, if there's any updates on the flock situation, I'd like to hear it.

Thanks.

Flock surveillance.

Thank you.

The next speaker, Ronald Foster, followed by Denita Ramsey, followed by our last speaker, Lamisia Lee, I believe.

I apologize if I mispronounced your name.

Oh, good morning through the council.

Just a few things.

Um I appreciate you guys' scrutinizing um appointees in front of the camera.

I think that's important that you hold them accountable to the things they say, and that you ask questions to anybody that's coming before the city for a job or employment.

Secondly, I wanted to just speak on um capel in our communities.

Well, I agree with capelling our community um for better change and approving our quality of life.

I must read my discouncil body that the word extortion is labeled as an illegal means to compel a desired behavior.

And so in capelling our community, I ask that you use love through resources, through opportunities, through jobs, through trades, and through those means to compel the desired behaviors that you want.

And anybody in any position of authority here that is using any other form of capelant should be reprimanded and held accountable for those things.

Um, there's no room for extortion in you guys as decision making.

You guys is our elected officials held only to the citizens that elected you.

That's where your allegiance and loyalty belongs and shall stay at.

And so, secondly, when we talk about foyer requests, 25 million dollar lawsuit that's pending right now.

You know, when we talk about the investigative powers, these are not new powers that are here, but we do ask that you exercise those investigative powers when they're needed.

We talk about crime, crime numbers are down.

Now we'll say according to whatever statistics you're using, but also civil rights lawsuits are up.

They're quadruple, and that in and of itself is not a fair exchange.

You know, and so whether I like Mr.

Doug and his administration or not, I do believe that he have a better opportunity under Demod uh demographics and uh opportunities.

Next speaker, Denita Ramsay Good morning.

My name is Denita Ramsey.

Um I'm a lifelong Detroit resident, owner of Barbecue Central, located at 13, 300 West Seven Mile.

I've been operating over there for seven years now.

I paid taxes, I've hired Detroit residents, I've served my community because community consistently and remained open through COVID and inflation.

The rising operational costs that I endure is becoming overbearing.

I'm not a startup business, I'm established.

Black woman owned business, demonstrated long-term commitment to Detroit.

And so what I'm seeking from you guys is clarity and accountability.

Downtown development is visible, is a visible and structured.

The clear redevelopment plans, funding pipelines, private partnerships, all of the things you guys are doing down here.

However, the west side, seven-mile corridor businesses like mine do not get the same level of coordinated economic development and engagement.

I've inquired about expansion.

I've I've asked about available funding, corridor plans, and have not received any clear answers.

I don't even know who my district person is.

I've never gotten anybody to come over to visit me in seven years to give me any type of resources.

So I'm asking what's the economic development plans for that side of the town.

We know what downtown is doing.

I grew up down here.

I come from the Brewster projects.

So before all of this development, downtown was what I grew up in.

Okay.

I'm asking who's responsible for advocating for the establishments on the West Side.

Who is that person?

I have never met him in seven years since I've been there.

Um, but growth requires partnership.

So I'm asking for some type of help.

I'm getting, I've done Motor City Match, never gotten any money from there.

I've contacted the uh what is it, the DGC, never gotten any funding from there.

I'm getting the run around as as a business is being established, but I'm watching the city give money to businesses, new businesses that don't even remain open.

We're talking about seven years of longevity here that I've been committed to the city.

I had many locations before pandemic.

Had to close up.

So thank you so much, Ramsey.

So I want to let you know you're located, your business is located in district two.

I know that.

Well, I mean, that's when you ask which council member.

Yeah, you said you didn't know, so that's why I'm giving you the I've never met the person.

Well, this is your opportunity one to meet, but you also can make a phone call to set up an appointment if that's the case.

Okay.

Each district has what's called a district business liaison.

They do not work for city council, they work for the DEGC.

Okay.

We will do what we can to connect you with those individuals so that you have additional information.

Uh, certainly as a uh business within the city of Detroit, we provide funding as best as possible where we can and when we are aware of it.

So uh we will connect offline and we're not gonna go back and forth, we're gonna connect offline.

Thank you.

Uh following Dr.

Powers uh remarks to me.

Um we're gonna make sure we have that connection for you.

Uh but we're gonna give one one one opportunity for member to speak.

This is at large member member waters.

All right, so good morning.

Uh good morning.

Um I'm Mary Waters, and I represent the whole D.

Now I can tell you that I did come out of your restaurant a couple of times, and I like your barbecue.

Thank you.

I left my card a couple of times, and I said I'd like to meet the owner.

Did they not ever give it to you?

No, ma'am.

Yeah.

Okay, so we'll make sure that you get some contact information today, and we will certainly work to help facilitate as much as we can.

Okay.

Appreciate it.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you.

Bethany Waters.

Last speaker, Lamicia Lamacia Lee.

Again, I apologize if I mispronounced your name.

This is uh how y'all doing blessings on y'all.

It's a Lamasia, Lemaisha Lee and all.

Okay, I was born and raised in Detroit all my life.

Born and raised in Detroit all my life.

Yes, sir.

And um, but I just came not to complain or criticize none of that, just to bless everybody, okay.

And that uh we're gonna be all right, and I don't understand the feelings that so many of our people is into, and but instead of you know, we got to still trust and have faith in solutions.

It's a solution to every problem.

And our elder sister shouldn't have never even failed.

Mr.

Lee, we can barely have to never even had to, she shouldn't have never even had to uh be at a bus stop.

She should have had a limousine taking up, take it wherever she wanted to go.

If they then gave us our reparations, but that's but these are the judgment days and blessings on the queen of Detroit, Mary Sheffield.

Everything that's going on is just a fulfillment of prophecy, all the way up into the knucklehead president, you know, and hey, and good and evil, people just mixed everywhere in every country, every government and all that.

So as long as we all look out for our elders, who are the mothers involved is of our each one of our families.

That is the only way we could continue to uh survive with the grace and blessings, our father God.

Okay, and oh, before my time run out, let me say this.

Yeah, the only solution to the single citizen buildings with the breaking down elevators and all that there is the only is to take the stairs out and place them with the escalators that you see over in the Renaissance, going up one side, coming down the other, and so they put new elevators in.

It costs the state too much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

We shall now transition our public comments.

Uh to online before we do that.

I'm sorry, sir.

Member Santiago.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh, through you to Adam, regarding Flock, we did ask uh do it about the uh addresses you sent over, those are not city flock uh cameras.

We are asking for a map though, um, because we do have concerns seeing cameras in public, wanting to know who they belong to.

So we are making sure on our ends um any cameras that we own and that we utilize that we know where they are so that we're able to better compare.

Um, and then Joel is also happy to talk to you offline if you have any other questions, send them over to us.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

We shall now go to our online commenters.

We have 15 in the queue.

Mrs.

Whitfield, good morning.

Uh, who's our first caller, sir?

Good morning, Council President.

Our first caller is William M.

Davis.

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

I like to start out by saying I I think we need to take a closer look at what's going on in the city.

As some of you may or may not know I'm actively involved in a number of groups and organizations.

I've been getting calls from all over the world asking what's going on in Detroit.

How is it that we keep having officers shooting people, especially unarmed females?

You know, and as the city Detroit retiree, I think something constructive needs to be done about reducing stuff like this.

You know, I I worked for the Water Department for 34 years from 1978 to 2012.

You know during the time I was in the water department I know things change under Duggan, but you know if you you know even falsifying official documentation you could be terminated for.

Now it seems like if you're a police officer you can't be terminated for almost anything.

You know, you know you could do anything and you still got the city and the police union defending you know some things are indefensible.

You know we need to make sure that you know that's one of the reasons why I spoke up against Conrad Mallet.

You know things are getting really bad.

I I know myself I personally turned in a freedom of information request over two years ago.

You know I got a couple of letters at first and then nothing I I'm contemplating suing the city and law department and taking his license too.

But you know a whole lot more needs to be done.

You know this city used to be a whole lot better you know like take the Louis Caesar arena why is it that we have to support that by having police and fire and all types of other services but they don't even pay rent they don't pay anything to the city of Detroit you know it should be at least a 10% tax on all the tickets that's sold there.

You know this city in the dollar waves is a whole lot better up under the first great mayor we had Coleman A who continues to be the best mayor we've ever had y'all have a good day.

Thank you.

Next caller please next caller sorry about that next caller is number inning in 169.

Caller inning in 169 the floor is yours you have two minutes general public comment hello can you guys hear me yes sir I just want to say uh thank you for praying for brother Cunningham um he is the underdog and please continue to pray for Cunningham thank you for my time thank you next caller please next caller is Betty Warner.

Betty Avarner the floor is yours you have two minutes general public comment uh good morning to all within the sound of my voice I'm Betty A barner president of the Soda Elsworth Black Association wanted to share some information I received that uh DTE has a program uh for a zero percent loan for uh small businesses and churches and you can get up to 200 uh thousand dollars to uh repair uh your uh commercial buildings and that's again that's for uh small businesses and churches and the telephone number to call is 855748 two five two five again eight five five seven four eight two five two five uh another thing I'm gonna humbly ask that when the council starts working on the budget please consider having an allocating money to help residents and uh black clubs associations when they purchase their bacon lots we were asked by the former uh administration and the council supported it that wanted us to buy these bacon lots and beautify them make them useful for our neighborhoods and this is what some of us have done now for example my association we want to have a playscape we have to have a land use hearing and I understand that to make sure that it's supported by the neighborhood within the area certain area but the fee of $1500 that sets us up a fair thank you so much next caller please next caller is Darren McLeske caller the floor is yours you have two minutes general public comment council um I wanted to give you guys an update on what happened last week with our seventh furnace and hot water heater being stolen from um mlk homes over in core city so uh we did have air tag tracking later that day on Tuesday um of uh Sergeant Collar

Next caller is Darren McCluskey.

Caller, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes, general public comment.

Hi, good morning, Council.

I wanted to give you guys an update on what happened last week with our seventh furnace and hot water heater being stolen from MLK Homes over in Core City.

So we did have air tag tracking later that day, on Tuesday.

And we developed a plan.

And later that I was actually Wednesday, I believe.

The 10th and the third precinct worked together to get um officers to the Meyer on Eight Mile, where our furnace was in the back of a truck ready to be sold to someone else.

So there's Officer Ware, Officer DeJang.

Um all responded.

You guys there was an awesome response.

Arrested a guy.

I don't know, he's being interrogated or something now.

Um, but yeah, that's just something.

I know it seems like a basic response, but it felt very good having that kind of response finally.

Um, and I appreciate all those officers and everyone involved.

Um, second thing I wanted to talk about was I know housing has been talked a lot in general, homelessness and things like that.

I am a broker in the city.

I have dozens of properties for rent.

I will say there's been a sea change in demand for rentals, especially the more expensive rentals that are also still considered affordable.

Um, I think Mayor Duggan really built a house of cards.

Um a Potemkin village, so to say, uh, that looked really great from the outside.

Um, they are still building a lot of things on the river.

It's all considered quote unquote affordable.

Um, even in Core City, MHT will not stop building stuff.

I think it's all gonna come collapsing down because there's not enough demand.

We need next caller, please.

Next caller is stop the legal nuisance abatement.

Caller, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes of general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Yeah, good morning, may I be heard?

Yes, ma'am.

Yeah, it was stop the legal nuisance abatement and please do solar nice.

Well, I'm here to petition government for redress of grievances.

You all took an oath to uphold the United States and Michigan constitutions, and the nuisance abatement program violates the takings clause of the U.S.

Constitution, which in relevant part says, nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

You can't just take people's property, and for all within the sound of my voice, there's a class action lawsuit in federal court against the city and the land bank because the previous councils allowed this or allowed what is not allowed.

And so please halt this because you're incurring liability on the rest of us unless you're gonna make the land bank board people pay for all the nuisance abatement takings.

Um Mr.

Tate, you are now on the elections commission, and some people told some untruths about me.

Uh, and as an excuse not to hire me, I asked Andre Gilbert multiple times about it.

I asked Mary Sheffield's office to look into it when she was on the commission.

I asked the Internal Operations Committee, which oversees the election department.

They didn't look into it.

So I don't even know the name of who made the allegation or the details of the allegation.

So, what does that tell you about the allegation?

So I've seen you respond, Mr.

Tate, to other people.

You have a duty to treat people equally.

So, you know, I could uh call your office and give them more information about it.

Also, why is there false propaganda being put out about the solar farms and your social media post where Tefira Rushton is saying we're not using eminent domain?

That's not that, fam.

You're absolutely using eminent domain, and uh paying a law firm 7.7 million dollars to roll over people who don't have the resources to fight.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Detroit Disability Power.

General public comment.

Good morning.

Can you all hear me?

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you so much.

Um, good morning.

This is Casey Peller.

I'm a resident in District 4 and the policy manager at Detroit Disability Power.

Um, first I wanted to uplift Brother Cunningham's work in the community um as well as uplift some requests for paratransit improvement more generally.

Um recently, our organization donated some hand warmers and bus tickets to Brother Cunningham's community outreach.

Um, and we always encourage others to do the same to continue his wonderful work um with residents across the city.

Regarding um paratransit, obviously we have a much better system than we did just a few years ago, but we shouldn't let that stop us from continuing to improve.

I don't know if y'all have seen the recent Planet Detroit or Bridge Detroit reporting on transit that's highlighted story after story of people missing their appointments, job interviews, and other essential services because they can't reliably get there.

And in a lot of cases, um, these people are disabled and are eligible for paratransit, but just didn't know it was available or how to access it.

And that's not a personal failure.

Um, it's really a systemic failure, and we really want to um in continuing to advocate for a transit ambassador team.

Um, I want to uplift Brother Cunningham's idea of having one of those people be dedicated to paratransit to cultivate relationships with clinics and community centers across the city and support getting disabled riders um applying for and connected to paratransit where eligible.

We have distinct needs and barriers and want to make sure that we have a proactive um approach for those folks to get them connected.

I also just want to take a moment to remind you all um and to the new members on council, uh, alert you to the fact that there was a paratransit improvement study um allocated in last year's budget that has not yet been implemented.

Um, we would love to see that implemented as soon as possible with um community engaged research and input on what residents want to see for the future of the service.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Next caller.

Next caller is Frank Hammer.

Frank Hammer, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes, general public comment.

Frank Hammer, are you there?

Frank Hammer, are you there?

Yes, this is Karen Hammer.

Uh Frank Hammer will speak on another device.

Uh thank you.

I am here to speak regarding uh the first hundred days for co property tax justice for people who have been unjustly taxed over 600 million dollars.

And uh the coalition for property tax justice recommends five pillars based in law data and fixed reality.

The first replace the tax assessor of properties with someone else who meets the qualifications by law.

Second, enforced property tax reform ordinance passed by city council in 2023 to include public data access.

Three stop overassessing lower valued homes, correct the depreciation practices and flawed ECF practices.

Four protect owner-occupied exemptions, do not displace them and uh they and they should not be improperly taxed.

Five, return the money to the overtaxed homeowners through authorized taxed credits or compensation.

Both mayor Sheffield and City Council have roles to make sure that these five pillars address property tax inequity, and that would go a long way to keeping people in their homes, increasing neighborhood cohesiveness, and reducing the unhoused.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next call.

Next caller is owner Papa.

Caller, the floor is yours.

You've got two minutes, general public comment.

Good morning, and through the chair, Mappy Heard.

Yes.

Um, yes.

Uh there was also a CREO study that was supposed to be done on disparity, the disparity in how funds, federal funds are being spent.

Um, that study, the money was allocated by council, but the study was never done.

I'm wondering why it was never done, but I know why.

I I'm not gonna wonder.

I I know why it wasn't done because you all know what it would show.

25.1 is for PA255 and PA210.

We are going to let that die.

We don't want to accept any more applications for commercial uh uh uh uh development right now.

We should have a moratorium on spending our money with the G DEGC until we have a report from from from Mr.

Whitaker on our uh our our expenditures in terms of bond debt, and uh I think that should be done before the before the budget begins.

Uh 21.5 is a payment um term adjustment.

Um I'm not sure how this is going to work, but you're talking about 38.5 million dollars.

You're just gonna change the terms of and not bring anything to the people.

I think it's a misjustice of our funds, and you you you you were supposed to be taking care of these things with bond money, and now you got 84 percent, which Miss Romero re did not report out.

84 percent city funds and sixteen percent um uh uh uh bond funds.

So so how how does this work?

I'm not sure how this is working.

We got capital money going for the from the capital funds, and then 84% coming from from the city.

Um this this council I'd be remiss if I didn't mention 17.14 and and and 16, where Mr.

Ramon Jackson is is paying for his own uh people who abused him.

Uh uh he's paying that their representation.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Frank Hammer.

Frank Hammer, the floor is yours.

Two minutes, General Public Comments.

Good morning.

Thank you.

President Taton City Council.

I wanted to bring your attention to a headline.

Trump said to gut U.S.

climate change policy and environmental regulations.

Trump is going to revoke a scientific finding that is the central basis for U.S.

action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a 2009 Obama era policy that declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endangered public health and welfare.

According to the White House press secretary, Trump will be taking the most significant deregulatory actions in history to further unleash American energy or fossil fuel dominance.

We need to understand that the Obama policy is the legal underpinning of nearly all climate regulations under the Clean Air Act for motor vehicles, power plants, and other pollution sources that are heating the planet.

These are uh increasing severe uh for climate change with deadly floods, extreme heat waves, catastrophic wildlife wildfire, sorry, and other natural disasters in the United States and around the world.

Environmental groups describing the shift as the single biggest attack in US history on federal efforts to address climate change.

According to climate scientist Michael Mann, they can no longer deny climate change.

He's talking about Trump, it's happening.

So instead, they're pretending it's not a threat, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that is perhaps the greatest threat that we face today.

City council needs to understand we mount have to mount a resistance in order to preserve our economy and our way of life.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Sahira Ahmad.

Caller, the floor is yours.

We have two minutes general public comment.

Good Black History Month morning to everybody.

I'd like to start out by saying that Black History Month is uh world history.

And uh I want to highlight the ancient Kimites, which were um called Egyptians by the Greeks.

Those are our ancestors who created the pyramids, gave civilization to the world, and it's being um covered up by universities and other uh so-called educational institutions.

We need to stop the racism uh in uh our educational institutions.

Uh thank you, Mr.

and Mrs.

Hammer, for um highlighting the coalition for property tax justice.

I don't have to say any of that.

Thanks to you guys you helped me save some time.

But I would like to encourage our tax uh homeowners.

Uh, you're gonna receive your um your tax uh papers in the mail, the yellow one, and you want to be able to appeal it because this University of Chicago found that 84% of Detroit's lowest value homes are being uh overassessed.

So you can call the coalition for property tax justice at 313 438, 8698.

We'll appeal it for you for free.

That's 313 438, 8698.

And we thank you so very much, Angela Winfield Callaway and uh Mayor Sheffield for the our kids.

Um for our kids.

This is beautiful that you all did this for the the children and the mothers who are having babies, are now gonna be able to receive money.

Um 1500 if you're pregnant and 500 per month.

And we thank you for doing this for our women.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is James Chandler.

James Chandler, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes, general public comment.

Good morning, good day, council members.

My name is James Chandler.

I'm a resident of Detroit.

I'm a right-hand candidate for City Council District One.

I'm calling in strong support of agenda item 20.2.09, the James Chandler petition.

I respectfully ask the council to vote yes, promote and push this petition forward for full consideration and incorporation into the Detroit City Law and the Detroit City Charter Process.

This petition represents the voice of the people and the long overdue constitutional rights and protections that Detroit residents deserve.

These are not radical ideas, these are foundational principles of justice, transparency and public accountability.

We the people deserve to be heard.

We deserve access, we deserve reform.

We deserve government that listens to its citizens.

Please allow this petition to move forward and it go through the proper process.

Let the people be heard.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is KT Moreno.

Caller, the floor is yours.

We have two minutes, general public comment.

Hello.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can.

Good morning.

Okay, good morning.

So good day.

I'm here to discuss the budget.

Uh specifically the need for increased funding to adjust the Detroit water sewer, sinkholes, and cavens.

We went to Senator Chang's meeting yesterday at ECN and council member reps were there, and they suggested we come speak up today to y'all.

So here we are.

I'm with the Byrne Seneca Fisher Block Club and the Junior Block Club.

We are in D4.

We just moved from D5 via the redistricting.

Hello, Councilmember Johnson.

Thank you for being present at our Block Club meetings.

We appreciate you and your staff.

Okay, so we have confirmed and investigated Detroit water and sewer holes in our community for seven years now with no resolve.

The state sent an additional 34 million more this year for roadways and alleys.

We found out yesterday from Senator Chang.

Please make sure these funds are used better.

As many of us don't really see the work in our community.

So maybe more funds are needed here.

More importantly, I'm here to advocate for increased funding and grants directly to the block clubs so we can address these issues ourselves.

Every neighborhood is unique in block clubs, especially those that have been active since the 1980s, like mine.

We know our residents, the infrastructure and the needs better than anyone else.

Empowering the block clubs with resources, allows solutions that are way faster, more effective, and truly community-driven.

So please make more funding via grants to the block clubs because we're really the ones out here getting the work done.

And yes, I agree.

The bus stops are horrible, like everyone is saying.

Our block club has been trying to just get a trash can at our bus stop for over a year now on East Warren and Fisher.

Not sure why that is so hard.

So thanks for letting us speak up today.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Yes, sir.

Just to address um since it's budget concerns.

I know we have items on the agenda regarding the budget schedule.

Definitely invite folks to attend uh budget financial audit committees, which happened on Wednesdays at 1 p.m.

Um, so we can discuss further as well.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Member McKenna.

Let's call it please.

Next caller is Cina Brown Anderson.

Caller, the floor is yours.

We have two minutes, general public comment.

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes, ma'am.

First of all, I would like to thank everyone to your left tape for being still.

Everybody to your right have made me dizzy.

You would think people would get to work at a reasonable amount of time to sit still and give the constituents some attention by at least being still acting like they listening to us.

Um the one thing that I do want to bring up is today is about this increase in our property value and how it shot up so well and then everybody's conveniently saying, Oh, we're only capped at 2.7%.

I'm really interested in knowing how and when that will increase.

Because that increase is coming, even though we're protected by 2.7%.

Are they gonna max out on it when it comes to billing us our new property tax bills?

I see the new assessments, and we're just waiting for the increase because we know it's coming.

When we when are we gonna see some improvements in our community?

We've been meeting and meeting for 10 years or more.

All we see is gardens, recreation centers, and parks, and some very unattractive block club signs given to us by the city.

When you all meet for the budget, consider how much taxpayers are paying for our neighborhood managers to hold meetings and let the taxpayers know what else those funds could be used for instead of creating new departments before making sure the departments are already that we already have work.

I would love to know how does city council members elected for oversight do nothing to allocate funds to make sure that our retirees are made whole and remove that debt.

Every single lawsuit coming to internal operations is just approved and sent to formal for approval.

It appears criminal how many lawsuits that are coming to the city and how many are being approved.

It almost seems like it's some kind of conspiracy going on with lawsuits.

Um we have seen people receive the Motor City match at no really benefit.

When COVID came, those people who have received that Motor City match.

Thank you so much.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Stephen Rimmer.

You have two minutes, general public comment.

Hello, counselor, can you hear me?

Yes, sir.

Uh yes, I'm calling today on behalf of the Detroit Tenants Union.

Um, just wanted to bring to you all's attention the report and policy demand that we sent um to everyone's public email, the mayor's office, the city council's office, HRD, and the law department.

And we are asking for the immediate public acquisition of the Leland House, 400 Bagley Street through eminent domain and conversion into city controlled housing.

Um this report is urging the city of Detroit to acquire Leland House through imminent domain and stabilize it under public ownership and convert it into permanently truly affordable housing.

This approach addresses reoccurring displacement, investor neglect, and escalating public costs associated with emergency housing response.

Um, why this action is needed, Detroit is unaffordable.

Between 2017 and 2023, rent in Detroit has increased 46%.

Meanwhile, the average annual income in Detroit has only risen 11%.

Detroit has repeatedly experienced housing crisis driven by private developers and investors who fail to maintain basic infrastructure.

We list a host of recent examples from Leland House to the city club apartments on Shane.

Um of the articles that talked about Mr.

Temkin, the Great Water, how they are not paying their mortgages and now defaulting on those mortgages.

And this is a continuing cycle that we are seeing here in Detroit, and we really need leadership, people to represent us and protect our homes.

We are sick and tired of being displaced, being kicked out in the coldest time of the year with nowhere to go.

The people from Leland House have been displaced with the help of the city of Detroit.

Majority of the residents are now living in Southfield.

Why are we kicking people out of our city?

People have kept the city alive.

They have paid their bills, they did nothing wrong, and now they're paying the cost of losing their homes.

It's not right.

And we want to see something different here in the city of Detroit.

Where are our leaders?

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair.

Yep.

I'm just asking colleagues, just following Dr.

Powers' orders.

If we can wait until after all the public comments, and then we'll open up for any comments from colleagues to provide uh input.

Um, I got got the word last week about that.

Uh I'm just asking for a little uh assistance this week, if you will.

And I know we got member Santiago Romero wants to respond to that one as well as member Callaway.

Uh thank you, Mr.

President, and respecting the the ask, I will wait done until the end.

Got it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um next caller, please.

This is the last caller in the queue.

after all the public comments and then we'll open up for any comments from colleagues to provide uh input um i got got the word last week about that uh i'm just asking for a little uh assistance this week if you will and i know we got member santiago romero wants to respond to that one as well as member calloway uh thank you mr president and respecting the the ask i will wait then until the end got it thank you thank you um next caller please this is the last caller in the queue cindy darra cindy darr the floor is yours we have two minutes general public comment city darr are you there yes i'm here yeah uh i listened to uh the uh demolition meeting yesterday afternoon and there was uh one man in the neighborhood who was interested in this house that had been condemned for demolition and he's a neighbor and uh sounded like you don't have any way uh in other words when you demolish a building because you say it's unsafe uh that owner you take that property from the owner to do that i assume you can't demolish it while they still actually hold the title well then why can't you uh let the neighborhood maybe start a co-op that's what John love can used to come down all the way from Holly to ask you guys to start taking the land bank thing uh that the houses and making the neighborhood responsible where they could have some kind of a cooperative and they could take care of those houses and then find tenants for them and keep them boarded up so they're not open and I it you uh if you want to go to on point radio on points W B U R if you just Google on point radio that's out of Boston they have a website Jack Beatty does a Friday uh show on that website and it's free you don't have to have any streaming service just go to the website you can find Jack B he's talking about give me shelter that was two weeks ago on Friday once a week he does something that's not on the radio assistant uh website and the housing is the biggest concern of young people that they're gonna be able to afford to have a place to live and we've got to solve this issue and it's serious thank you believe that takes us to our last caller correct uh no sir that is the end of public comment okay that is the end of public comment thank you so much colleagues I know that we had two members who wanted to provide comments three uh we're gonna have first member Santiago Romero followed by member calloway followed by member McCampbell uh member Santiago Romero the floor is yours ma'am thank you Mr.

President I was going to ask um if we could have someone from HRD or D administration to talk on the letter that was sent over from Leland tenants um frankly this is a problem that's not unique to Leland it's across the city um and I think that there is um we should take into consideration a right of first refusal what would look like for tenants to be able to um gain ownership I know that will be difficult but I think we should be beginning to have those conversations we're seeing in the news um buildings being completely abandoned in D4 so I just think that we have a lot of opportunity here um to be creative and I want to hear from the administration uh their thoughts on the letter that was sent over to them from tenants um that was my only request Mr.

President I know I have not had an opportunity to review the letter myself so I'm not sure if they have Mr.

Washington will you be able to have someone available to provide comment on oh hello there through the chair Brianna Sullivan here for the administration we will grab someone and give me follow up and have them at the end of the meeting uh colleagues okay with it all right we will uh push that item to the end of the meeting thank you thank you so much all right uh member calloway thank you mr chair i'll wait to the end of the meeting because my questions are similar and therefore HRD okay thank you so much member McCamp thank you Mr.

President and I just want to give information um I know someone called in uh asking about assessments and any type of inquiries those assessments should have gone out and as you'll see on the assessment it gives an estimated impact on your property taxes but I also want to let folks know that right now we're in the middle of the assessor's review period on your assessment so you can ask for a review there um up until February 22nd at 430 p.m by reaching out to the assessor's office you can also file online in person or by mail this is separate from the March for the review process um that folks are also encouraged to go through that is from March 4th through the 28th your assessment has those instructions on it but if you have any questions you can reach out to the assessor's office at 313 224 3035 that's 313 224 3035 thank you Mr.

Your assessment has those instructions on it.

But if you have any questions, you can reach out to the assessor's office at 313 224 3035.

That's 313 224 3035.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you, sir.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Just want to note there was an article about apartment complexes in district four.

Just want to make sure everybody is aware that those apartment complexes are owned by real token.

They are currently in the process of going through the lawsuit that the um corporation council brought before real token and is working through the court process.

I'm hopeful that we'll be able to take possession of them for them to be rehabilitated and occupied because they are near adjacent to a very strong community.

But this was the reason that I firmly believe that we weren't ready for the amendment to the R2 zoning ordinance that allows for commercial for a full apartment complex to be developed within commercial corridors because we have throughout this entire city a number of apartment complexes that are unoccupied that are vacant that could use the support and resources of developers who are interested in building within our commercial corridors.

Um they already exist.

So I would encourage everyone to support those to get those back online before we entertain the thought of uh building a full apartment complex with no retail on the ground floor within our commercial corridors.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you so much, Member Johnson.

Uh Pro Tim Young.

I think I just want to thank uh member Johnson for that brilliant analysis.

And I appreciate that.

But from my understanding, this is more of the issue of B seed.

I like to hear somebody from them be able to explain what the status is and uh what they plan on doing.

And it's also my understanding that HRD could be able to do some things as well.

So I want to know what is the uh plans to be able to do this for uh real IT.

Uh from my understanding, the people you know, as purported, are living in these conditions that are of no fault of their own, and it's uninhabitable in that area, they're being punished for that or negligence, you know, allegedly.

So I would like to be able to just see or as reported.

So I just like to know what are the plans for um BC to be able to handle this and what are plans or HRD to be able to handle this.

Thank you so much.

And we're gonna have um Ms.

Sullivan, if you can please note the request by approachim young to add on an additional individual as needed to address the questions that he has uh regarding the property maintenance um issue that he brought up at the end of the agenda.

All right, any additional colleagues before we move forward.

Thank you.

All right, Madam Clerk, understanding committees report from the budget finance and audit standing committee from the office of the city clerk, city planning commission.

Councilmember McCampbell, a resolution line item 16.1.

All right, thank you.

Member McCampbell.

Uh thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, motion to send us back to um budget financial audit committee.

There's a motion to send line item 16.1 back to committee.

Any objections?

See none, then action shall be taken.

Under resolutions, madam clerk.

Councilmember McCampal for resolutions, line items 16.2 through 16.5.

Thank you so much.

Member McCampbell, line item 16.2 through 16.5, sir.

Thank you.

A motion to approve line items 16.2 through 16.5.

It's motions to there's a motion to approve line item 16.2 through 16.5, colleagues.

Any objections?

Seeing none, an action shall be taken.

For the internal operations standing committee, Mr.

President.

Yes, sir.

Uh a waiver request on 16.2 through 16.5.

There's a request of four waivers on line items 16.2 through 16.5, colleagues.

Any objections?

Seeing none, waiver should be attached.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Madam Clerk for the internal operations standing committee from the mayor's office.

Council member Woodfield Callaway, a resolution line item 17.1.

Um, Member Callum, can we get a uh motion to discuss on line item 17.1, please?

Thank you.

Um Madam Clerk, I understand that line item 17.1 is a duplicate.

So you can okay.

Yep.

Yes, Mr.

President, that actually is a duplicate through line item 17.21.

The actual resolution for 17.21.

It's a motion to remove that one because this is a mayoral resolution and not just a um resolution through LPD.

Thank you so much.

Uh member call.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, madam clerk.

A motion to approve line item 17.1 and motion to um well, and then a motion to remove line item 17.21.

So line item 17.1 approval.

That's the motion.

I think it was the other way around.

Um, no, they're duplicates.

So we're gonna we're gonna keep line item 17.1 and then we're gonna remove line item 17.21 because they're the same item.

Okay.

Yep, we got it.

Here are two motions.

So approve line item 17.1 and remove line item 17.21.

So there's a motion to approve line item 17.1.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Uh member calloway.

Um, yes, um, Mr.

Chair, motion to remove line item 17.21.

There's a motion, thank you, ma'am.

There's a motion to remove line item 17.21.

Any objections?

See none, that action shall be taken.

Mr.

Trier, like to request a waiver um for line item 17.1.

There's a request for a waiver on line item 17.1, colleagues.

Any objections?

Seeing none, a waiver should be attached.

Uh, from the office of contracting and procurement now, Clerk.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway, three resolutions, line items 17.2 through 17.4, noting that two of them are law department contracts.

Contract number 600 3874 A4-R, 100% city funding, amendment 4 to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for legal services, contract with Clark Hill PLC, total contract amount, 255,000.

That's for law.

Contract number 6007299, 100% city funding to provide a management solution for process standardization and uniformity of IT services, delivery and operations, contract Halo Software, total contract amount, 1,681,520.

That's for innovation and technology.

Contract number 6007635, 100% grant funding to provide community outreach services for eligible Detroit residents experiencing housing instability contracted the black bottom group total contract amount 136,000.

That's for law.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway, three resolutions.

Thank you so much.

Member Callaway, line item 17.2 through 17.4, please.

Motion to approve those line items, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you so much.

There's a motion to approve line items 17.2 through 17.4, colleagues.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Mr.

Chair, like to request a waiver on line item 17.4.

As a request for a waiver on line item 17.4.

Any objections?

Seeing none, a waiver shall be attached.

Line item 17.4.

From the law department, madam clerk.

Councilmember Benson in introduction of an ordinance, line item 17.5.

Thank you so much, Member Benson.

Line item 17.5.

Mr.

President, move that the ordinance be read twice by titled, ordered printed and laid on the table.

Are there any objections?

Seeing none, then action shall be taken.

From the law department, madam clerk.

Councilmember Benson, a resolution set in a public hearing.

Line item 17.6.

Line item 17.6, Member Benson.

A motion to set a public hearing date to be determined.

There's a motion to set uh to approve line item 17.6 for a date to be determined.

Any objections, colleagues?

Seeing none, an action shall be taken.

From the law department, madam clerk.

Council member withfield Callaway, 12 resolutions, line item 17.7 through 17.18.

Thank you so much.

These are various lawsuits and indemnifications.

Uh member Callaway, line up 17.7 through 17.18.

Motion to approve, Mr.

Chair, those line items.

Thank you.

There's motion to approve line items 17.7 through 17.18, colleagues.

Any objections?

Uh objection to 17.14, 17.16, and 17.18.

And was member McCampbell, Madam Clerk.

Any further colleagues?

Noting the one objection for those items, those the uh motion shall be approved.

Line item 17.7 through 17.18.

7.7 through 17.18.

Yes, ma'am.

From the human resources department, compensation and classification division.

Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway, two resolutions.

Line item 17.19 and 17.20.

Member Callaway.

Motion to approve those line items.

The motion to approve line items 17.19 and 17.20.

Colleagues, any objections?

See none, then action shall be taken.

Under resolutions, madam clerk.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway, three resolutions.

Line items 17.22 through 17.24.

All right.

Member Callaway.

Thank you.

There's a motion to approve line items 17.22 through 17.24.

Any objections?

See none.

And action shall be taken.

From for the planning and economic development standing committee from the Office of Contracting and Procurement, Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Johnson, one resolution, line item 18.1.

Contract number 6007660, 100% city funding to provide for Gordon Howe International Bridge Project to rehab property at 9575 Prairie.

Contractor, Joseph Contractor Incorporated.

Total contract amount 148,390.

And as for housing and revitalization, Councilmember Johnson, one resolution.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, move for approval.

That's a motion to approve line item 18.1 with discussion on Pro Tim Young.

Thank you.

I just wanted to ask this to the administration.

Does the fact does the is these projects impacted by whether or not the opening of the Gordy Howe Bridge actually takes place?

For my understanding, there's been a little bit of a delay.

And so I just wanted to know from the federal government.

And I just want to know are these projects affected one way or the other?

I'm a supporter.

I just want to make sure that these projects are or are not affected by this.

And if so, what the impact of that is in the community.

Through the chair, I will get a response for that question to you and follow up with you.

Excellent.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair.

Member Calloway.

On that point, um, Ms.

Sullivan, if you're still here through the chair, um, I know there was some discussion from the um from the president, President Trump last night regarding the Gordy How bridge.

So I'm wondering if we could get someone on maybe not today, but in a future date, um, Mr.

Chair and to the administration regarding the conversations that he's having, saying that he is not going to allow the bridge to open on the set date because um Canada owes America um United States money.

I don't know how true that is, but it is um the discussions are going viral and um I take him at his word.

I uh so we if we can do some um maybe some have some conversations regarding that um that dialogue that he's having at the national level regarding the um the bridge from Canada, um the Gordy Howe bridge from Canada to Detroit, but that is in the news right now.

So thank you so much, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, Member Callaway.

Definitely in the news, but I think it's uh imperative for us to learn a little bit more so before we have a public discussion about it.

Um so I would uh ask if we could send those questions and we have those conversations before we have a public discussion, so we'll know where this discussion will take us.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Colleagues, any further.

There's a motion for approval on line item 18.1.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Um pro tem young.

I just want to know uh would it be appropriate for me to be able to request a waiver on line item 17.24?

Uh let me call this uh so line item 17.21.

You say 17.24.

24.

I was gonna say if we remove that one, colleagues.

There's a request for a waiver for line item 17.24.

Any objections?

Seeing none, a waiver shall be attached.

Um member callaway.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Line item um 1723 requesting a waiver.

Colleagues has a further waiver request for line item 17.23.

Any objections?

Seeing none, a waiver should be attached.

Madam McCler, uh for the city planning commission.

Council member Johnson, a resolution, line item 18.2.

Member Johnson, line item 18.2.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Move for approval on line item 18.2.

This is a correction of a scrivener's error on zoning ordinance map number 71.

Thank you so much.

Line item 18.2 has been moved for approval.

Colleagues, any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Can I get a waiver on that one?

Uh member Johnson, please.

Request a waiver on line item 18.2.

Thank you so much.

There was a request for a waiver on line item 18.2.

Any objections?

See none.

A waiver should be attached.

Thank you, ma'am.

For the housing and revitalization department, Madam Clerk.

Council member Johnson, a resolution, line item 18.3.

Member Johnson, line item 18.3.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Move for approval.

This is to approve an extension of a neighborhood enterprise zone exemption certificate.

There's a motion for approval on line item 18.3 colleagues.

Any objections?

None.

Then action shall be taken.

For the planning and development department, I'm clerk.

Council member Johnson, two resolutions.

Line items 18.4 and 18.5.

Member Johnson, line item 18.4 and 18.5.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Move for approval for both line items.

They are property sales.

Thank you much.

There's a motion for approval line item 18.4 and 18.5.

Any objection with discussion.

Um to the Him member Callaway.

Yeah, discussion on line item 18.5.

I do believe that I could be mistaken, but I do believe that is in District 2.

And I'd like to postpone this moving forward until I've had an opportunity to find out what's happening at 17.

I'm sorry, at 7001 Finkel, because I've not been able to get in touch with the developer or the purchaser.

Thank you.

There's a request for a postponement for one week for line item 18.5 colleagues.

Any objections?

Seeing none, line item 18.5 will be postponed for one week.

There's a motion for approval for 18.4.

Any objections.

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Mr.

Chair, I'd like to request a waiver on line item 18.4.

Thank you, ma'am.

There's a request for a waiver on line item 18.4.

Any objections?

Seeing none.

A waiver should be attached.

Mr.

Chair.

Yes, ma'am.

Um thank you.

I actually have a request for a um to pull an item out of committee.

Uh this is for the CDBG NOF schedule.

And director Todd is present to address any questions or concerns.

Okay.

There is a request to pull from the agenda.

The uh from the excuse me from the committee of the CDBG NOF schedule.

Are there any objections from pulling that for discussion?

Put it on to new business.

To new business.

During that portion.

But we can do it now and then we'll just discuss it in the business.

Okay, all right.

Mr.

Chair.

Yes, ma'am.

Um, motion to pull the CDBG NOF schedule from committee for new business.

There's a motion to uh pull the CDBG NOF schedule uh from committee.

Uh place it on to new business.

Any objections, colleagues?

See none that action shall be taken.

Uh director Todd, um be patient and waiting.

We'll be coming right back to you.

I thought we thought I just did that.

Well, it's been pulled from committee, and now it's put on to discussion.

It's a three, it's a three-step process.

So just pull from committee.

You just pulled it from committee.

That's it.

And then the next step to the business.

I I combined the motion.

That's what I did incorrectly.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to put uh to put the schedule the CDBG uh NOF schedule onto new business?

Motion.

See no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

Uh for the public health and safety standing committee from the office of contracting and procurement.

Councilmember Santiago Romero, 14 resolutions, line items 19.1 through 19.14.

Noted that line item 19.1 through 19.11 are all construction and demolition contracts.

Contract number 3088926, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential property at 257 fortune.

Contractor, Salibane, trucking and excavating incorporated.

Total contract amount 17,655.

Contract number 3088659, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential property 4837 23rd.

Contractor SC Environmental Services LLC, total contract amount 19,454 dollars.

Contract number 3088927, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential property 15839 building.

Contractor Detroit next incorporated total contract amount 16,000.

Contract number 3088928, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for residential property 4306 clemens.

Contractor SC Environmental Services LLC Total Contract Amount 24,184.5.

Contract number 3088929, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential property 30317.

Contractor SC Environmental Services LLC.

Total contract amount $16,050.

Contract number 3089097, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for the residential property.

Marlborough Contractor DMC Consultants Incorporated.

Total contract amount 22,080.

Contract number 3089301, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for residential property.

1559 Lee Place.

Total contract amount 57,000.

Contract number 3089329, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for residential property 7771 Furnett.

Contractor DMC Consultants Incorporated.

Total contract amount 23,160.

Contract number 3087967, 100% bond funding to provide an emergency demolition for residential property 2573.

Helen Contractor SC Environmental Services LLC.

Total contract amount 17,500.

Line item 19.10.600 4494 A3, 100% city funding.

Amendment 3 to provide an extension of time only to allow completion of Russell Ferry Truck Wash Project.

Contractor De Angeles Diamond Construction LLC.

Total contract amount 1,500,000.

Contract number 6007603, 100% grant funding.

To provide commercial alteration of 5811 Concord, 5813 Concord, 5815 Concorde, and 5817 Concord SLBA.

Contractor Intercity Contracting LLC.

Total contract amount 2,431,280.

Contract number 6007602, 100% grant funding.

To provide six lactation pods.

Contractor Space Works.

Total contract amount 149,000.

That's for health.

Contract number 6007605, 100% city funding.

To provide uniforms and related services.

Total contract amount $765,552 and 94 cents.

That's for fire.

Last contract is contract number 6005898-81.

100% city funding.

Amendment one to provide an increase of funds for vehicle body repair service, labor, and or parts.

Thank you so much.

Member Santiago Romero line items 19.1 through 19.14, please.

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to approve line items 19.1 through 19.14.

Colleagues, any objections.

Discussion with discussion.

Member Benson.12 through the chair or to the administration.

Where are the lactation pods proposed to be located?

We're going to ask Ms.

Sullivan.

Do you have anyone available?

We can provide that information based on the question.

Member Benson just asked.

Through the chair.

Those would be located in recreation centers.

And I will get a health representative if we have any further questions regarding it.

We have need for these services as well.

Let me get a representative and we can bring this item back to the end of the agenda.

Any further on this particular item?

So they can uh ensure to have whoever is necessary.

All right, we'll bring we'll bring back line item uh 19.12 uh back at the end of the agenda.

Any objections, comments?

See none, we should bring that action.

We should bring that item back on 19.12.

Uh member young member uh pro tem young.

Thank you, Mr.

President, Mr.

Chair.

Uh I just want to ask um a line.

I know we'll bring this back at the end of the agenda, but I just wanted to ask the line of 19.12.

I just wanted to ask how the stewards of the pods police, the users of the pods, since once the parties inside and able to lock the pods from intruders by description, the pods will be a temperature controlled, will be temperature controlled for the comfort of the occupants.

And as it should be, but will there not be a time limit within the pod and how will that be enforced?

And how they be able to open the pod was locked from the inside.

And then secondly, I wanted to ask about line item 19.13.

Um, it's talking about provide uniforms and related services.

I just wanted to ask, is there an opportunity for us to be able to have smart clothing evolving in that?

So that's sensors are actually in the clothing.

There are some things that they could help us with.

I mean, if you're talking about police officers in terms of uh stress, in terms of gunshot detaching, other such things that we could use if those are smart clothes.

And I just wanna know is that part of this uniform practice at all?

And if not, why?

Through the chair, we do actually have Leah Smith on to answer these questions.

You may wanna port her over, please.

Tim can report over Leah Smith.

Okay, so what we'll do is so we can keep uh this meeting moving.

Uh colleagues, we if we can please uh postpone until the end of the meeting line item 19.13 as well, please.

Without objection, we shall discuss line item 19.13 at the end of the agenda.

I see her, she just arrived.

Smith.

Good afternoon, council member um council member president Tate.

All righty.

Are you here for line item 19.13?

No, I'm actually here for the lactation pods.

Okay.

All right.

So we're now gonna talk about my item 19.12.

All right.

Line item 19.12.

Member Benson.

Discussion.

With discussion.

Sorry, member Vincent.

Discussion, thank you.

Um, thank you for uh being here.

Just a lactation pods, location of those pods identifying we're going to receive a number, but where would they be located now?

Recreation centers.

Yes, um, through the chair, Leah Smith, director of administrative operations for the health department.

Um, we will have these place in a variety of locations, including community-based organization partners, as well as at Henry Ford Health, DMC, Cyanai Grace, one of those hospitals will also have one.

We'll also be placing one inside of new center one, and then we will have some place at the recreation centers.

I did hear the question regarding placement at specific recreation centers.

We have not yet identified the specific recreation centers where these will be located.

However, we will be trying to locate them in areas where we believe there is a high concentration of breastfeeding mothers.

All right.

So, how will we able to allow our residents to know this?

And so you're asking me to approve something now with the location to come and when what when will that decision be made?

And how will breastfeeding mothers?

I'm sure you're gonna locate one in the third district, be notified that this opportunity is there.

Yes.

So as soon as we have as soon as we start construction on the breastfeeding pods, once this contract is executed, we'll also start finalizing the MOUs for the placement of the breast pods with our um community partners and the recreation department.

And as soon as those locations are finalized, we will share that with this honorable body.

Additionally, we will work on having a campaign advertising the breastfeeding pods and also ensuring that all of our maternal child health programs, including sister friend, and then as well as WIC, because WIC also provides lactation services, are also able to advertise the placement of these pods.

Okay, and then with six pods and the number of potential locations, how many do we expect to go to rec centers?

Um, right now, through the chair, I believe we are expecting to place two or three at the recreation centers.

Okay.

And then how do we advocate for them to be placed in our district?

There's going to be three rec re pods possibly.

And how many rec centers do we have?

More than three.

So and maybe even two pods.

So how do we best advocate for this space for our residents?

Um, through the chair, I would recommend reaching out to my director regarding advocation for placement of a breastfeeding pod.

I will share that we are well aware that the need definitely outweighs what we have at this moment.

This is being made possible through a grant through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

And our hope is is that this grant will be renewed so we can purchase more and place more throughout the city.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Pro Tim Young.

Madam Nine.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good to see you, ma'am.

Thank you.

I just wanted to ask you.

Um, again, I just want to ask about the pods police.

I just want to ask uh so once the parties decide they're able to lock the pods.

Uh so how is it that we could be able to make sure these pods are open and available for um for lactating mothers and not for people who may want to overstay their welcome in these pods.

And I just want to know how is that going to be policed.

Um, through the chair, thank you, um, Vice President Young.

That is an excellent question.

So, one of the ways that these will be policed is that we are we are anticipating the usage of a smart lock, which would require the user to download an app onto their phone and then be able to unlock the pod using their phone.

That would also allow us to gather demographic information around the usage of the pod in that area.

Additionally, we will also be looking at a key as well for parents who may not have access to a smartphone.

So they may need to go to the front desk of either the recreation center or the community-based organization and request the key.

We have not talked about a time limit within the pods, because as all of you are aware, sometimes breastfeeding babies eat rather quickly, and sometimes it can take them a little bit of time to latch on, eat, and then perhaps you know there's something else that may need to happen, such as a diaper change, um, burping, things like that.

So we're hesitant to add on a time restriction.

However, we will be working with the community-based organizations and the recreation centers on policing of the pods because once the pod is placed, it will become the responsibility of the recreation department or the community-based organization to police the usage of the pod and ensure that it's being utilized appropriately.

No, excellent.

I I appreciate that.

Um, I also just wanted to ask you is there gonna be uh coordination council?

Is there gonna be a corresponding with the housing services if you have people who do want to use these pods and sort of place to leave because they have nowhere else to go, or because the shelters are full, are they gonna be places are gonna be people that are gonna be there that could be on system?

Will there be brochures?

They'd be able to help them be able to find they're looking for other alternatives that they could go to to be able to encourage them to get out of those pods before police show up.

Yes, um, through the chairs.

So we are still in discussions around what kind of advertising and resources we're going to have inside the pods, such as or outside, such as phone numbers, brochures, and flyers.

I will definitely make a note that we should have probably the housing line, at least on the outside and potentially on the inside for Detroit residents, you may need assistance with housing.

We will also ensure that our community-based organizations and our recreation center partners also are aware of that need and also can have can advocate for the client to contact the appropriate party who can help them.

Excellent.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Thank you.

My real quick question on this one is uh in terms of maintenance.

Um talk to us a bit about the maintenance schedule that is planned.

I know we don't even have the locations exactly just yet, but uh talk to us a bit about the uh maintenance plan for these pods, knowing that when you're dealing with with babies and uh very sensitive bodies, you've got to be making you gotta make sure that it's it's it's clean as possible.

Right.

So through the chair, um, that is actually all part of the memorandum of understanding that we'll be putting together with the CBOs and the recreation centers when for where the pods will be placed.

So essentially what is occurring is utilizing the grant funds, the Detroit Health Department is purchasing the lactation pods, then and working with the community and the recreation department to place them.

Once the pod is placed, the MOU actually transfers ownership and warranty information for the pod from the city from the City of Detroit Health Department to the community-based organization and or recreation department.

So at that point, they would be responsible for maintenance of the pod.

We have we have discussed including language in the MOUs regarding cleanliness expectations, as well as working with us to on continued issues.

For example, if the smart lock stops working, if something breaks, or if there is a high demand for a product that is not initially included within the pod.

However, the intention of the program is to place the pods, and then once the ownership is transferred, then it becomes a responsibility of the party where the pod is located.

But then in terms of oversight to make sure that you know, while the uh responsibility of maintenance is placed on the handle in the hands of the partner, what's that oversight look like from our side of things?

So through the chair, the oversight would most likely be a monthly or quarterly check-in with the community-based partner and recreation department to ensure that everything is running smoothly with the lactation pod.

I would imagine that when they're first placed, we will be out in the community more where the lactate where the lactation pods are, making sure that they're functioning correctly, they're clean, and that people are utilizing them.

As the program ramps up and usage becomes more regular, my assumption is that our oversight would would slowly you know diminish over time as the CBOs and the recreation department become more comfortable with maintaining and overseeing the usage of the pods.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um the company that's out of Laurel, Maryland.

So if something goes wrong with one of the um pods, is it the responsibility of the person that you're transferring the ownership to get the repairs done, or is it just going to sit there unrepair for years to come?

And also, how were the locations selected?

And my third question is did I hear you say Sinai Grace was on that list?

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Yes, thank you.

Um so through the chair, I will touch on the maintenance question first and then the locations.

So for maintenance, there is a warranty included with the construction of the pods.

And so the exterior of the pods is warrantied for 10 years.

So if the frame was to start to bend, if the door stop sealing, if there was a hole, if a hole happened inside or anything like that, they would replace that piece or that pod.

They would repair it rather place it for free.

The internal mechanisms are warranted for a year.

So that includes things such as the chair, um, the little table to sit the to you know to lay the baby on, those types of items inside for comfort again are warranted for a year.

So if something was to break inside outside of that year-long warranty, we would request that this that the community-based organization or community or recreation department replace that item inside the pod.

We could also help um have that conversation with the vendor to see if the vendor would be able to provide us a replacement piece or a replacement item for a lower cost because they initially built the pods.

So it really depends on when the potential damage to the pods occur.

It would be our hope that the pods would be fixed and repaired within a timely manner so that the mothers and children could continue to utilize them as much as possible.

And that's one of the reasons why we will probably have those coordination and oversight calls moving forward, at least for the first year or so to ensure that everything is functioning smoothly and we don't need to have anything repaired or replaced.

For the locations, so our locations, we're trying to spread them out throughout the city as much as possible.

And so, really, what we're trying to do is place them where we see a high concentration of breastfeeding mothers.

Um, really the biggest way that we're doing that is through two ways.

We're looking at the demographics from our sister friends program as well as our WIC breastfeeding program.

There are areas of the cities that are more hot spots for infant births and infant and you know, breastfeeding mothers than other areas of the city.

Cyanide Grace is a potential partner.

We have not solidified anything with them for certain.

They're one of many partners that we've been talking with about potentially placing a lactation pod in their area.

Thank you.

Thank you, Leah.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Alex, any further?

Uh yes, member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Just a brief question.

Is there a reason why all six pods can't be placed in rec centers throughout the city?

Um, through the chair, there is no reason why we can't place all six at recreation departments.

We just wanted to make sure that our community-based organizations and our partner organizations were also given the opportunity to house one if they so chose.

Thank you for that.

Is and and can we have that conversation with them to encourage them to um add lactation pods within their facilities?

Um, through the chair, we can definitely have that conversation with them.

Our goal is to actually place them in areas where there isn't one already, which is why New Center One is one of the locations that we are considering, because there is currently not any type of breastfeeding room or area in that specific clinic.

And so that is one of the reasons why that was a location that we were considering.

Okay, thank you.

I would certainly encourage us to have them in rec centers throughout the city of Detroit to provide for our residents.

I can say that one of my team members who is a lactating bomb has had to go to her vehicle to uh pump just because uh we've been at the community center at AB4 Park, and there's nowhere for her to um lactate.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Mr.

Can I hear a voice?

Um Member McCampill, yes, sir.

I would just add, um, or you know, I know D7 has a large amount of children.

Um we don't have a recreation center in the district.

So if they're as um Smith, as you all are exploring locations, if we can find a community partner in that area to provide the uh space, that would be great.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh, to um my colleagues' question regarding if they if we still have the opportunity to have these in rec centers only.

Um, quite frankly, I believe our hospitals should have the resources, the space to have their own lactation pods.

Uh so if we could focus on the rec centers and community partners, um, I think that would be um incredibly helpful and allow for the hospitals, the bigger entities that have more resources to do it themselves.

Um, that way we can fill gaps.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Now, how do we we're being asked to approve this?

And there's a lot of open-ended questions right now that are pretty pertinent to the desire of this body.

We just so how do we get to a conclusion before we're being asked to approve uh these particular this uh particular item?

I feel uncomfortable myself, but there were some very important questions that we're just asking.

We postpone this for a week.

Will you be able to come back with to this body with the responses that motion uh were being requested?

Ms.

Smith?

Through the chair, yes, I would be able to.

I would also um like to remind the body that this is only for the construction of the pods, and so the placement of the pods has not yet been finalized.

Right.

Well, I mean, but that's that's a big part of us approving this to know where they're going to be placed.

I mean, a lot of times council's asked to approve things, and I'm not just saying with you, but we're being asked to approve things without all the information of where they're going to be placed, how much it's going to cost.

I mean, and fill in the blank.

So I think there's a number of questions that have been discussed at this table just now that are still very open-ended.

Colleagues, if there's no objection, I think uh member Callaway move or uh move to uh postpone line item 19.12 uh for one week.

Any objections?

Discussion with discussion, member Santiago and Mario.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um to Ms.

Smith's point and trying to figure out if that will make a difference bringing this back in one week.

I I'm wondering what they need to do to finalize these locations.

Um, and we had this, we discussed this in committee.

We asked these questions.

Um, the reason why we move this forward is because it is grant funded.

Um, so I think my question is um what would be what would make most sense?

Uh, because really what we're asking here is the finalization of locations.

Will one week be enough, or should we send this back to committee, or can we move this forward?

Um I think there's always that trust that um we really can't just say a thing and needs to be written.

Um, or we need to have some kind of confirmation.

Um but I'm just wondering, Ms.

Smith, do you have do you have a sense of when you know when you will finalize the locations for these pods?

Ms.

Smith.

Yes, through the chair.

So one of one of our outstanding questions actually requires conversation with the vendor.

Um, and so we would not finalize the MOUs for the placement of the pod until we were able to speak with the vendor, which requires a contract to be in place, and then also begin the construction of the pods because once we finalize the MOU for locations, we would like to be able to have an idea when the pods will be delivered and installed.

Through the chair, Mr.

President, that's what I'm trying to figure out.

Is I don't wanna create more barriers, but we need we need to be working together on where these go.

Yeah, because it to me it sounds like the vendor would have more say so in the placement.

And I could have heard it incorrectly, and I apologize if that's the case, but it seemed like we would we as the city would have an idea of where we want to place these even before we have the conversation with the vendor, because they're just bringing the the the item materials.

Um that's one of the main questions that colleagues have asked today.

And you're saying that we you you would not know that by next week.

That's not possible.

So through the through the chair to clarify, um, I would know that by next week.

There is one outstanding question that we are that we wouldn't need to speak to the vendor about.

However, that would not negate our ability to finalize the placement of the pods.

Member Johnson, I think it's thank you, uh, Smith.

I think it's all you hear, Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I was just um trying to understand.

While location would be difficult, um, I think we can do both at the same time.

If you're having conversations with the vendor about building them, is there something specific about the unit that requires something to be within the venue where they're being placed?

Can we not just and and I would suggest um based on data, um, perhaps where children are throughout the city, identify areas where uh these pods can be located, noting that the goal is to provide access to the pods throughout the city, but why not in city-owned venues?

Smith.

Um, through the chair, I would also need to confirm with the program director that we are not held to specific locations because this is grant funded.

So I would also need to go back and ensure that we did not include anything specific in our grant documentation around that some of the placement of these pods would be in non-city owned buildings.

I would be able to have an answer to that question later this week.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Colleagues, there's a motion on the floor for a one-week postponement on this particular item.

Any objection?

That is line item 19.12.

Seeing none, we should postpone line item 19.12 for one week.

Um Ms.

Sullivan, uh, I know since we've now had a discussion on 19.12, checking to see if you have anyone available for 19.13 since we're here.

This is the chair.

We have Deputy Commissioner Robert Stokes on the call.

Motion discussed.

I know we moved it actually, 19.13, colleagues.

Thank you.

Okay.

Let's pull that person over.

Yes.

Good morning, sir.

Good morning.

So for the record.

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Please introduce yourself for the record.

Yes, sir.

Uh, my name is uh Robert Stokes.

I'm deputy commissioner uh with the Detroit Fire Department.

All right, thank you so much.

Approach him young.

Thank you, sir.

Appreciate you.

Um, the reason why I'm to talk to you days, I want to know uh the uniforms involving the uh firefighters.

Um I know, yeah, the universe involving the firefighters.

Um do they or are they smart clothing?

Because you can have biometric stress test monitoring, uh excuse you.

I mean you can have vitals, air tank monitoring, firefighter down detecture, as well as thermal exposure tracking.

And so smart clothing, they basically uh call e-textiles or wearable technology, they're biometric sensors that can measure heart rate, your temperature, fatigue, got environmental city sensors for gas, heat, radiation, location, so it's got GPS, indoor positioning and communication modules, radio, LTE, 5G.

Sometimes I got actually actuators, so like coolers and lighting and vibration alerts as well.

I just want to know are we having this conversation at all when it comes to charge of uniform and clothing for our firefighters, or no?

If not, why?

Uh through the chair, council member Young.

Um, essentially for this particular uniform uh contract that we're uh that that's in front of you at this moment.

Uh it's not for smart clothing.

Uh the actual uh uniform allotment is just for their station wear, their dress uniforms, their badges, discussions and things and such as that that they wear on a daily basis and on special events uh occasions.

Um there is some discussion in regards to checking into some smart clothing um as far as feasibility of use through extreme temperatures and things and such as that.

I am going to a conference in April just to see if I can pick up some additional information in regards to that, but in regards to this contract for the uniforms, it's specifically just for their station wear and their dress uniforms, as well as all the uh pieces that go along uh with those uniforms.

Right.

Um, thank you so much.

I I feel like uh a person that got all dressed up and has nowhere to go.

Uh, but thank you so much.

I I appreciate that.

Um, I look forward to you coming back for that conference.

And if you could just tell me what a price point that would be, just so I can understand because I'm a supporter.

I just like to know from your analysis what that price point would be, so we could be able to make sure that we have that uh there, particularly we're going in the budget.

I can absolutely do through the chair.

I can absolutely do that, sir.

Uh I am somewhat, like I said, kind of innovative and looking at some things that are benefit the men and women out here in the uh hard service.

And um, and I do see value.

Yeah, because we got to make sure we do all we can to protect our firefighters and protect our police uh police officers because the number one thing they want to do is come home alive, and I think we need to do it.

We owe them everything we can to make sure that happens.

So I think this technology would be a good way towards doing that, protecting them and as well as improving their service to the citizenry as well and protecting their lives as well.

So thank you.

I appreciate sir.

Yes, thank you, sir.

Thank you, colleagues.

Any further seeing none, there's been a motion.

There's been a motion to approve line item 19.1 through 19.11, as well as 19.13 and 19.14.

Discussion with further discussion.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, in regards to line item 19.1, I know it was discussed in committee.

Um, where the committee was requesting that there be um, I guess more engagement with council prior to uh demolishing properties, albeit those that are identified as emergency demos.

Um, I looked at some of the property addresses that are on the agenda today, and I would like to request that as well.

I would love to get a better understanding of how we identify what's an emergency, because I did see some properties that did not look like they were falling down.

They uh look like they could be rehabilitated, um, especially when we had discussion last week with the HRD director indicating that the mayor is interested in building a thousand new infield housing units.

Um, how are we saving our houses that are salvageable?

Who determines whether or not they are salvageable?

Um, I know we've had that conversation before.

There's some role that BC plays in this, but I would like to see more engagement with council members prior to an emergency demolition taking place.

Um, because there was a property on Marlgoro in District 4 that was demolished.

And when I look at the pictures, all I see is overgrowth.

Um, overgrowth can easily be cut.

Um, I do not see uninhabitable uh properties that cannot be rehabilitated.

And so I think it's important for us to have these conversations when we also are recognizing and identifying that there's a housing shortage and the cost to build housing in the city of Detroit is just astronomical because of uh labor rates, because of um construction cost materials uh that have skyrocketed as well.

So um I don't see anyone who's coming online, but I I want to be sure that we are having those conversations prior to us just seeing an emergency demolition on the agenda, and the property has already been demolished.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Member Johnson, would you would would you like a motion there for a memo so we can get a written report uh and that way we can have a bit more of a just more of an understanding as we have a discussion because I'm interested in a discussion as well.

Uh yes, Mr.

Chair, motion to uh request that information.

My team will send a memo and maybe working with member uh McCampbell's team because I know he elevated the issue during committee.

Gotcha.

Right.

There's a motion on the floor, colleagues with discussion.

Member Milton.

Thank you, Member Johnson.

I'd like to join you also on that.

And I'd like to thank the committee.

Uh uh member McCampbell for speaking with me uh regarding dangerous buildings and the chair.

It is imperative that we try to preserve and save our history in Detroit.

And a lot of the houses that I've seen on the dangerous buildings are not even dangerous.

The most recent one that was pulled yesterday.

I actually went out to the building, took pictures of it, went around the building.

And because we know that our some of our BC department has some issues, it is apparent that we be the oversight for our properties.

And we know that there's a lot of development going on.

I want to thank you, Ms.

John Councilwoman Johnson, for bringing that up that this is like the uh nest egg for people that want to do what they want to do.

And we have to provide oversight.

So I would look forward to seeing your um memorandum on that because we have to halt and slow down some of the development because it is not being properly done, and some of it is actually illegal.

Uh we have to contact the property owners.

We have to give time for the residents who complain and wrote letters to all of us regarding saying some valuable historical properties, especially in our historical districts.

And I would like to uh say thank you again.

Thank you.

Further discussion, um, member waters.

Uh thank you, Mr.

President.

I I just want to say hallelujah that um some of my colleagues are uh speaking out on this particular issue.

For four years, I sat on that committee.

You're in dangerous buildings here and yelled and screamed, fought very hard for people to be able to save their homes.

And because of some of those efforts, some of the homes were not demolished.

And so I wanted to uh to point that out.

I thought it was very, very important.

I'm happy to hear now that there are other folks who feel the same way that I do.

Thank you so much, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Um, with further discussion, first uh member Santiago Romero, followed by Member Mill.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh wholeheartedly agree.

This is a common issue that we see in committee for dangerous buildings.

I mentioned yesterday as well, this might be something that the administration can look at for budget.

Um, but the way that we do demolitions here in the city is very concerning.

Um, as member waters mentioned in committee, we are able to send back a lot of properties, but I'm having a lot of concerns too, um, knowing that yesterday a few of the property owners uh were occupying the homes uh they were that were on the demolition list, uh, that it's not the first time that has happened.

Um, we are seeing a number of properties come before us who are dangerous, who might have, as was mentioned, overgrowth on the property or a missing window.

Um, and when I asked BC what they need um from the property owner, they mentioned that they need them to pull permits.

Um and I just need us to have a real honest conversation around what are the priorities that we have because we have residents who are living at or below the poverty level, and we're asking them to maintain their property and they're doing that work.

Um, and then while they're in the middle of fixing their property, we put them on the on the demolition list just because they don't have a permit.

So can we can we make these things make sense?

And I'm not saying let's not get permits, but can we waive fees for residents that might be at a certain um level of income or poverty?

Can we do something to work with residents?

And one idea that we shared yesterday was the same way where if you were to order a pizza um from pizza huts, and it shows you where you are in the process of your pizza being made.

Where are these properties in the demolition process?

Because they are sometimes also in the land bank, they are um sometimes in the middle of um being uh renovated, and they are they are on the demolition list for for demo.

Um, and there were a few people yesterday that were working on their property actively who had their property on the demolition list.

Um, so this is a constant concern.

Uh, we always push back in committee, and we always provide more opportunity if we do see that there um is work being done.

Um, but yes, colleagues, this is a huge issue.

Um, and quite frankly, what our residents needed are money.

Residents need money to fix homes.

Um, they constantly ask for for funding for home repairs, and they need us to know um more of what's going on and more of their experiences because uh they have uh a lot of concerns regarding B seed.

Um, so thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you, colleagues.

This will definitely uh take a team effort.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Member Miller.

I just want to say to Member Waters, I apologize for not mentioning you.

She did take my call 30 minutes before the Super Bowl regarding this property on Kerchival and all the work that you've done in the last four years.

But where there is also deed fraud, there is demolition fraud.

And we have to be aware of what's going on in our city.

I want to thank the residents of West Village who actually saw a for sale sign on the building.

They called the realtor to ask when they could view the property.

They told the res the one of the board members they could see it after two o'clock on Monday, not knowing that the residents knew that this was on demolition at 130 on Monday.

So not only are we being defrauded, it's the realtors, the developers, people are in cahoots, and we have to watch out for these predators.

So if you are in under the sound of my voice in District 5 and any other districts, if you see these signs on these buildings, pick up the phone, call the district offices.

Most of them are they could be for sale, but double check because people are trying to scheme out in Detroit to get these buildings.

So once again, if you see a for sale sign, follow up.

You see a demolition sign, follow up because there is uh demolition fraud going on in Detroit.

Colleagues, any further line item 19.1 is the item we were discussing.

See none, I will restate there was a motion to approve line items 19.1 through 19.11, as well as 19.13 and 19.12.

Any excuse me, 19.13 uh and 19.14.

My apologies.

Uh any objections.

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Uh, from the department of public works, city engineering division, madam clerk.

Councilmember Santiago Romero, a resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last week's formal session agenda.

Thank you so much.

Member Santiago Romero.

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to approve line item 19.15.

Any objections?

See none, the action shall be taken.

We will now move to the request to speak before the Detroit City Council.

Madam Clerk.

Councilmember McCampbell, a resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last week, formal session agenda, line item 20.1.

Thank you so much.

Uh, member McCampba, line item 20.1.

Motion to discuss.

There's a motion to discuss.

Floor's yours, sir.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, and I know uh we did get information from LPD.

I know much of this petition is for uh regarding Wayne County and their efforts there, but I am open if does the will of this body to have um Mr.

Ramakan come before budget and finance and audit to discuss this.

If that is uh I'll make a motion to refer the slide item for a petition um through two budget finance and audit.

Thank you so much.

There's a motion to refer line item 20.1 to budget finance and budget audit finance the budget finance and audit uh committee.

Any object oh so we approve it and then refer it.

Okay, I thought so.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you so much.

Uh colleagues, there's a motion to approve line item 21.

Excuse me, 20.1.

Uh, noting that a member McCampbell is looking for that item to uh appear in BFA.

Any objections?

See none that action shall be taken.

Colleagues, is there a motion to refer line item 20.1 to motion to refer to budget finance audit.

Thank you so much.

There's a motion on the floor, colleagues, for line item 20.1.

Any objections?

Seeing none, line item 20.1 shall be referred to the budget finance and audit standing committee.

Thank you so much.

We'll now move to the new business portion of the agenda from the mayor's office, madam clerk.

Councilmember Young for resolutions.

Line items 21.1 through 21.4.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I'm mailed to me.

Uh I move to approve line items 21.1 through 21.4.

So there's a motion to approve line items 21.1 through 21.4.

Any objections?

See none.

That action shall be taken.

The Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Council Member Santiago Romero, two resolutions.

Line items 21.5 and 21.6.

Contract number 6006195-A1, 84% city and 16% capital funding.

Amendment one to amend payment terms.

Contractor Detroit Transportation Corporation total contract amount 38 million, 500,000.

That's for transportation.

And the next one is a contract resolution authorizing emergency standby shelter beds.

Councilmember Santiago Romero, two resolutions.

Thank you so much.

Motion to approve.

Thank you.

There's a motion to approve line items 21.5 to and 21.6.

Any objections with discussion?

Um yes.

Um to the administration.

Relying on 21.5.

Um I just want to know does this have any impact on the proposed expansion of the Detroit People Mover?

And I just want to know uh how does that does this coincide with that at all, or is it separate in the part?

If it does coincide, how does that coincide?

And what transportation modes would coincide with it.

And is this going to be intermodal as well?

The chair, we have Robert Kramer and Malia Howard on.

We don't see them at this moment.

Um afternoon, Director Kramer.

Please introduce yourself for the record.

Good afternoon, Robert Kramer, Director of DDOT and also uh chair of the board for DTC.

Good afternoon, Mr.

Chair.

Good afternoon.

I'm pro-Tim Young.

I know we may be waiting for another individual, but we've got uh Director Kramer here, so he may be able to address your question.

That's excellent.

Director, do you need me to repeat the question?

No, sir.

I hear encouraging loud and clear.

Uh, through the chair, uh, happy to address this.

So uh the item you have before you, 21.5, is um is only amending to change the payment terms, and this contract is related to uh just the operating subsidy, the regular annual operating subsidy that the PEEP mover receives, and it also includes the six million one-time funds that were that were approved, uh I believe two years ago now to help facilitate the purchasing and incorporation of the used cars from uh Toronto to extend the useful life of the system.

Um, and so this does not have any bearing on any plans for expansion or changes.

Uh I will uh remind the council and the and the public listening in uh that we're uh people move right now is in the middle of a system study that will be investigating possible uh expansions or other projects to enhance the system, and we certainly encourage everyone to uh participate and have their voice be heard.

No, thank you.

I appreciate that.

That's a good question.

I just want to ask you, just finally um does this also this subsidy?

Does this also go towards parts for the uh people mover?

Because I understand because of it because older and because it's rail now that it might that might be a little bit more difficult to be able to do.

I just want to know is this do you do you think this subsidy would be the right amount of subsidy for that in the overall budget, or should we increase that?

And I just also want to know, even though I don't uh prefer that we do this, but if you had a 3D printer, you could print those parts, I think a lot cheaper.

So just just a little recommendation FYI there.

Sure.

Uh, through through the chair.

So this subsidy is um uh it's about a third of the operating budget of the people mover, so it can go toward um pretty much anything, um, which could include parts um uh as you pointed out, um, pro tem uh the system is uh approaching its 40th birthday uh with much of the equipment being original.

And uh so in many cases, the components and the work that we're doing is actually refurbishing uh or updating some of the older parts of their train parts, so they're pretty pretty substantial.

Um so a lot of times we'll be sending them out to be reconditioned or repurposed.

Um certainly the funding approval uh to help us with uh um kind of taking on the used parts inventory from TTC when they uh shut their system down has also been really helpful.

We've actually been kind of harvesting some parts from some of the extra cars that we got from them uh that are very specialized, like techometers and and other uh equipment.

Um, and so that is helpful.

Um, I think that through the uh budget process, you know, coming up soon this year, certainly there'll be opportunities to discuss you know the subsidy level and if it's the uh appropriate amount and kind of tracking some of the expenses and also a status on you know um any additional funding we might need uh to complete this uh Toronto um uh fleet replacement.

Um, but for for today's item, uh you know, this is really just about changing these payment terms to be uh more supportive of us and kind of in line with other uh subsidized units that they use their subsidy for operating funds.

No, excellent.

I appreciate that.

And uh I look forward to being invited to that uh 40th anniversary since you know my father uh gave birth to the people mover, so I look forward to being there.

Absolutely, sir.

Thank you.

I couldn't help myself, had to remind you, you know what I'm saying?

Just in case you just case you forgotten.

All right, through through the chair, we'd be disappointed if you weren't there.

So we really look forward to it.

Hopefully, we'll have uh a big celebration.

That'll be uh summer of 27.

Yep.

Absolutely.

I look forward to doing that.

Thank you, sir.

I appreciate you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

President.

Thank you for the discussion.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Good afternoon.

Uh Mr.

Kramer, I'm wondering if you have um if you're able to respond to the audit findings for the Detroit Transportation Company that were presented to the budget finance and audit standing committee maybe two weeks ago.

Uh through through the chair, and and this uh question did come up at uh PHS at the committee yesterday.

Um, so we are uh happy to come in front of the um of that committee and kind of go through more of those uh items.

Uh certainly uh people mover uses Alan C.

Young as as our auditor.

We have an audit every year as part of receiving federal funds and also our funding from the city um and also with plant moran to kind of go through any of those details, but uh basically you know the the items that have been identified.

Uh I think we're confident plant moran out and alancy young that there's good uh improvements in place to strengthen our controls.

Okay, thank you.

I must have missed the conversation yesterday.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Alex, any further?

Seeing none, there's been a motion for there's there is been a motion for approval for line item 21.5 and 21.6.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Request a waiver, Mr.

President, for both items.

There's a request for waiver for a line items 21.

Uh five and 21.6.

Any objections?

Saying none, waiver should be attached.

Thank you.

Thank you.

From the Office of Contract and Procurement, Madam Clark.

Council Member Young, a resolution line item 21.7, contract number 6007645, 100% grant funding to provide site renovation for Joe Lewis Greenway project in the area of junction and clerk contract or major contracting group incorporated.

Total contract amount 1,498, 165 and 89 cent.

Council member Young, a resolution.

Thank you so much.

Approach him young line 21.7.

Pardon me, Mr.

President.

Pro Tim Young.

Thank you.

I I appreciate that, Madam Clark.

You get it on wrong.

Don't worry about it.

Uh I move to approve line item 21.7.

There's a motion to approve line item 21.7.

Any objections?

Thing none that action shall be taken.

From the office of the chief financial officer, Office of Development and Grants.

Madam Clerk.

Council Member Santiago Romero, two resolutions, line items 21.8 and 21.9.

Thank you so much.

Member Santiago Romero.

Motion to approve these are both grants applications.

Motion to approve line items 21.8 and 21.9, colleagues.

Any objections?

Seeing none, and action shall be taken.

Request a waiver for both items.

So we're quest for a waiver colleagues for line item 21.8 and 21.9.

Any objections?

Seeing none, waiver shall be attached to both items.

Thank you.

Thank you.

For the president's report, uh before we go there, uh we have the item that we move to new business.

This is the uh community development block grant neighborhood opportunity fund program schedule uh that we move to new business.

Um motion to approve any objections.

No, the uh director child.

Saw you pop up.

You have anything you want to add before I announce director Todd.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh just very quickly, we appreciate council taking action on this.

Appreciate the administration for coming through and meeting the original schedule.

There is also an email that corresponds to this relative to the process as it concerns um the uh addressing of any conflicts of interest.

So we just draw the council's attention to that email and staff looks forward to assisting you with that matter as well.

Thank you.

Colleagues, again, it has been a motion to approve the walk on as stated.

Any objections?

See none, then action shall be taken.

Sullivan, I know we also have a few items that we were going to discuss as well.

Um, before we do that, let's go ahead and clear the uh these particular items and move them forward.

Just wanted to make sure we cue everyone up.

Mr.

President.

Uh here someone call.

Yes, ma'am.

Before you do that, um, would you like to walk on the item to be referred to the planning and economic development standing committee?

The uh walk we have a walk on request from um housing and revitalization to walk on a resolution to set a public hearing.

Uh underneath my doctor to be referred to planning and economic development standing committee.

Yes, ma'am.

I have it right in front of me.

Is there a colleagues?

Do you have it in front of you just to make sure?

Is there a remotion to refer this request for a public hearing regarding approval of plant rehabilitation certificate on behalf of B D Ventures Studio LLC?

Um is there a motion to move this item to uh to refer this item, excuse me, to PED.

Oh, the motion to refer this item to the planning and economic development standing committee.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Uh for the president's report on standing committee referrals and other matters for the internal operations standing committee.

Mr.

President, for the internal operations standing committee, uh, we're showing forwards to reports.

However, there has been a request to move line item 23.11 to the public health and safety standing committee.

Before we move forward, uh, is there a motion to refer line item 23.11 to uh PHS?

Motion.

Any objections?

So there will be 13.

See none, then action shall be taken.

So we have 13 reports, Mr.

President, from various city departments to be referred to the internal operations standing committee.

Thank you so much.

The 13 reports will be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the neighborhood and community services standing committee.

Three reports from various city departments.

Three reports will be referred to the neighborhood and community services standing committee for the planning and economic development standing committee.

Two reports adding the request for a public hearing to be referred to PED.

So there will be two reports for planning and economic development standing committee.

For the public health and safety standing committee.

Seven reports for the public health and safety standing committee, Mr.

President, adding the one item from internal operations standing committee.

However, Mr.

President, line item 26.2, we have a request for the administration to remove this contract due to clearance issues.

Colleagues, there's a request for removal for line item 26.2 from referrals uh due to a tax clearance challenge.

Is there a motion?

I hear a motion.

There's a motion for removal.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Madam Clerk, what's the account again?

So there will be several reports for various departments for the public health and safety standing committee.

Thank you.

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

Pardon me, Mr.

President.

That will be six.

Six, that's what I was saying.

The six reports should be referred to the public health and safety standing committee.

So before we go to the uh member reports, uh oh, under the consent agenda.

There are no items, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Before we go to member reports, we want to bring back our guests who have information regarding the items that we still had uh to have here to discuss.

And the one of them is uh the Leland uh apartment uh and the other apartment buildings that we've um most recently been in the news.

Ms.

Sullivan, who do you have available for us?

Through the chair, we have Michelle Robinson and Graham Anderson from the law department.

Okay, we'll bring them over.

If I'm not mistaken, was that you, Member Johnson?

Who asked the question?

Who member of Santiago Romero?

Excuse me.

We're gonna start with uh Member Santiago Romero, and then we'll go to Member Callaway.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um good afternoon, attorney Graham.

Just wondering, were you able to review the letter that was sent over by tenants?

Um I believe it was sent over this morning, but have you been able to to review that?

And as it is that something that the city uh can support with uh with with their requests.

Through the chair, Graham Anderson Law Department.

I don't want to get into the specific details of our uh response to that letter, but what I can tell this body is that we have a meeting with uh tenant union tenant tenants union council today at three o'clock.

Um so there'll be additional information, I imagine, for this body next week.

In addition, later this month on the 24th, there will be another court hearing in bankruptcy court with Judge Oxholm.

So things are in motion.

This isn't something that we're sitting on our hands about.

I can't get more into the details than that at the current moment, but I wanted to provide that update for this body, and hopefully next week there's additional details I uh can provide to this body and uh to the public.

Thank you.

Through the chair, thank you.

I I do believe though that there um is opportunity for us to consider this as a solution for other apartments or other uh buildings that's um then go through either a change of hands and ownership or are going through bankruptcy.

Um I do think that we should look at and consider the city owning property and having that then be given to tenants.

Um is this being discussed in the administration at all in the legal departments?

Are these discussions happening?

If not, um happy to begin to roll that ball, but just wondering um if these discussions have been had or are if they're happening.

Through the chair to council member Santiago Romero, uh I will say that one of the secrets in law is templates.

So if we do get a wonderful template here that this is successful and this ends up being a really good solution, I I am confident that is something we would want to apply to other similar situations in uh the city as well.

So I I completely agree with that.

I'm not sure where those detailed specific conversations are and what the actual route to getting to that solution is.

But as more develops, I'd be happy to uh advise you.

And if you're welcome to come on along, we we would always um accept your input.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

So, Mr.

President, what we'll do is um we will send a memo out to LPD to begin.

And and we'll we're doing our own initial research around this, around co-ops, um, around um ownership then going to tenants as well.

Uh so we'll send a memo to LPD with the research that we've done, we'll ask for support as well.

Um, but there again, there seems to be opportunity for us to be creative, and there does seem to be a desire from tenants uh to create more cooperatives to have more ownership.

The issue is going to be the cost of repair, making sure we can maintain properties, um, but we can have these conversations.

Um, so we will uh send that memo over.

Um thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Thank you.

Uh member Calloway, followed by Pro Tim Young.

Um, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I'm waiting for someone from HRD and BC to come on.

I have a question.

I have a couple of questions, not necessarily for law, but for HRD and BC.

Ms.

Robinson, what department are you from?

Um, please introduce yourself for the record.

Ms.

Robinson, I see you on the screen.

Can you introduce yourself for the record?

What department you're from.

Um, my apologies through the chair.

Um, I am from HRD.

Okay.

All right.

Ms.

Sullivan, do you have anyone from BC?

Probably still gonna need you, Ms.

Robinson.

Don't don't leave us just yet.

Um, do you have anyone from BC?

And you're on mute.

You're on mute, Miss Sullivan.

Through the chair.

Um, at this time, we're getting Arthur Rushin from BC.

Um, if we can do the HRD question first.

Arthur is hopping on right now.

I don't know if we have a specific HRD question.

Do you have one?

Okay.

Member Member Callaway, if you don't mind, uh, we'll allow the HRD question first.

Uh Pro Tim Young.

Yeah, I had an HRD question involving the property in question where people were be had were having to leave from because of the um uninhabitable conditions.

From my understanding, there were things that HRD could do as well as BC to be able to assist that.

I forgot exactly what they were called, but I know there's certain benefits that they receive from HRD that HRD could threaten to pull if they do not uh provide hadable living space for the residents that are in that in that facility or in that building.

Can you just kind of explain to me what those are for the for me and the public?

Okay, through the chair, um, if I'm understanding the question, so our team, we provide relocation services.

And so for um the Leland residents, um, we're providing um assistance with temporary relocation um via a local hotel, and we're also providing um full-scale case management wraparound services and relocation assistance to the impacted households.

I'm not sure if that answers the question.

Um there's not a specific benefit, um, but individuals that are um impacted with buildings that have been vacated, um, do have access to our program for case management, wraparound and relocation services, both temporary and permanent relocation.

No, I appreciate that, but from my understanding, there were some punitive uh things that can be implemented by HRD.

And I know that we've done this in the past in terms of buildings that have had this issue.

And so I just wanted to ask again, is there anything that comes to mind that could be used punitively against because this is not legal what they're doing?

They're supposed to be able to provide a habitable living space for the people that are there.

And clearly, in front of what was reported, it is not.

And so I mean, I know BC usually is the one that does this, but HRD can do some phase two.

Like for instance, here we go.

HRD controls the HUD voucher profits, which are the building older profits.

I think you know what, but I kind of answered my question because I think it's probably too late for leak for the Leland to do that.

So answer my own question.

But if you just but you know, but just for the record, let's just say hypothetically, it was okay for uh Leland.

Can you just kind of explain that and how that would work if you chose to do that?

Um so the building is privately owned.

Oh, I'm sorry, through the chair.

Um, the Leland is a privately owned building, so we don't have purview over that building.

Um, I can connect you to our public-private partnership team.

Um, that is the team that manages um the units that um do have per that HRD does have some level of purview over.

Okay, even though they even though they even though if they're private building, they receive vouchers.

Wouldn't that be something that you could oversee that?

Because there's probably buildings that do receive vouchers.

Um through the chair, um, most vouchers um that go into especially a privately owned building.

Um, the majority are either through Mishta Detroit Housing Commission.

Um, so there are through MISHTA as well as Detroit Housing Commission and other partners.

Um, those vouchers go through specific housing agents, and so the housing agent is who would deal with the landlord in terms of issues directly with a unit leased up through a voucher.

Okay, but you're saying the HRD doesn't have anything to do with that.

I thought, because I thought that from what I'm understanding, they control that the HUD voucher profits.

So I just want to make sure that you're telling me that that that's either not accurate or it's not as um, or you don't have as much oversight as as I thought you did.

Um, through the chair, my division does not have oversight over the voucher process.

Um, the individual vouchers, um, those go through the housing agents.

Okay.

Is there anybody within HRD that does have oversight over that?

Can we get them on the line?

Um, through the chair, I can definitely ping a couple of people that can give some additional information and see who can join the meeting.

Thank you, Ms.

Robinson.

I appreciate that.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

And well, we identify that individual.

I know that there's still a question regarding BC.

Ms.

Do you have someone from BC to know what you were looking for to have Mr.

Rushdon?

Good afternoon, sir.

Please introduce yourself for the record.

Deputy Director.

You're on mute.

Arthur Russian, uh, BC Chief Enforcement Officer.

Oh, all right.

Um we have we've got uh member calloway who have questions for you, Member Callaway.

Thank you, Mr.

Um, Mr.

Chair.

This is for uh Ms.

Robinson and Mr.

Russian, and good afternoon.

I'm calling because I got a couple calls last night regarding, and I think this property might be um in district seven, um, and is border to district two is on the corner.

I do believe a sturt event and lawton.

And I think that you um have some involvement with um, I think some of the residents had to be um um I don't want to say evacuated, but I understand that the the building is not habitable, and so I don't know if you can share more information um about the building, but I did see that the news um quoted you um a couple times in an article that someone sent me this morning.

But um can you give us a little bit of information about that building at Sturdevin and Lawton?

I think it's in seven border um district two.

I guess again through the through the chair uh to council member Callaway.

Uh that property um had an issue where the property had a water line uh to to break and the furnace or the the boiler didn't work uh any longer, so they didn't have heat or hot water, and so we reached out to um um housing and revitalization department, the housing uh service uh department where we work uh hand in glove with one another when we have situations where people may need to be temporarily relocated, and so that property uh we did issue an intent to vacate uh on that property because of those issues.

Okay, thank you.

Um thank thank you, Mr.

Russian, through the chair to you again and to Ms.

Robinson, how many um tenants are we having to relocate and where are they being relocated to?

And when did this um this is this problem arise?

Through the chair, I yield to um Ms.

Robinson Ms.

Robinson through the chair um to councilwoman Callaway, we have a total of four households.

Um some are temporarily going to stay with family members and friends, and we have a couple of the households that we are temporarily placing in hotel and still providing the full-scale case management and wraparound services for relocation.

Um, the goal is to relocate as close to the originating unit as possible.

Um acknowledging resident choice and other areas that they may identify.

Okay, through um the chair to Miss Robinson and Mr.

Russian, how many um units are in this apartment complex and how many um are no longer habitable?

Did you say four out of how many?

Uh through the chair to council member Callaway.

Uh right now, because the building does not have heat uh or water, uh the building is not habitable.

Okay, so how many um families slash tenants have been impacted?

Um through the chair to council member Callaway, it is a total of four households.

Okay, so this is not uh an apartment building with multiple units, it just has four because I've been told something different.

So it's just an apartment building with four units only.

Uh through the chair uh to council member callaway.

Uh no, they have multiple units.

Uh I guess at the time of the inspection, uh, there were only um, if I'm correct, uh there were only about uh six occupants um uh in the building at the time that um our inspectors uh went out to that building.

Okay, so um through the chair to uh miss Robinson is saying something, you're saying something different.

So we're talking four to six occupants.

What's the total number of units in the building now that you have to close the building down because it doesn't have heat and hasn't had heat in a while?

So, how many tenants are being impacted overall through the chair to council member Callaway?

I am pulling that number up now.

Um we have left contact information for all of the vacant units, so that anyone who wasn't at home at the time of the vacate to reach out to us for further assistance.

Okay, I'll ask a third time.

How many units are in the building?

Member Callaway, maybe maybe I can have just looked how many occupied well because there may be multiple, but they may it sounds like some folks weren't home at the time.

They couldn't go home, and they've been calling my office because they haven't had heat.

So my question I've asked three times just the total number of units in the complex.

That's all.

And that'll let us know how many tenants have been impacted.

But it may not be full.

That's the thing.

No, no.

To me, whether or not it's full, the building has not had heat in a while.

The boiler uh uh the boiler, it's it's broken.

The boiler is broken, it's not working.

So my question to them is how many tenants have been impacted?

Not the four to six, but it's a large building, and they haven't had heat.

So that's my question.

What is the total number of units in this building, Mr.

Russian?

Yeah.

Uh through the chair, uh, council member Callaway, there are uh a total of 26 units uh in that building.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you so much, sir.

And um, so we know some weren't at home at the time.

We know that Ms.

Robinson is working with four to six tenants.

Where are they being relocated to?

Because I had tenants at greenhouse apartments that were relocated to a hotel in Lavonia, and I had to try to find them transportation.

So are we um attempting to relocate these families or individuals to hotels that are in Detroit or outside of Detroit?

Because that's been a problem with the people who are calling my office.

They're in Lavonia.

So Mr.

Russian and Ms.

Robinson, where are we locating them?

This group right here.

Um, through the chair, um, to council member Callaway.

Um, we try to put individuals in hotel as close to where they were displaced as possible.

Um, there are not a large number of hotels within the city of Detroit that can accommodate a lot of our displacements, a lot of the residents site needing certain amenities, including kitchenets, microwaves, et cetera.

So we try to find hotels as close as possible to where an individual was displaced, but sometimes those hotels unfortunately end up being outside of the city of Detroit.

Okay.

Um, and then also my last question, Mr.

Russian, do we know whether or not this is a real token property?

Uh through the chair, uh, we believe that it is a real token property.

Thank you, Ms.

Robinson.

Thank you, Mr.

Rushman.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Member Miller.

I just want to say to uh Member Callaway, thank you for pressing the question because by the time BC got there, it probably was two or three left.

Who's waiting around in the cold temperatures for someone to get assistance?

So thank you for getting the total number of apartments, uh residents that were there.

That is um proper to put on a record because I'm sure they had already vacated and they're probably somewhere, and we never know.

We just don't want to find that some of these residents are in a place that is not safe that may be out in the cold somewhere or turned away from a shelter.

So it is our job to find where they are, and that includes getting a roster from the owner of how many was actually there before the heat went out.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Um, just a question.

This is is this 2899 student?

It is okay.

I believe this property is in a new D5.

Um, but I do have a question with this.

Are there for Mr.

Russian or Ms.

Robinson when this displacement happened, especially for multi-unit properties?

Is there a mechanism of that we could be notified as city council?

Because as we hear, we get reached out for folks and uh with questions.

So it would be good to get this information proactively so we can um work with our residents and get that information to them.

Mr.

Russian sorry, can you repeat the question?

So the question is when there are displacements and relocations, especially in multi-unit uh uh buildings.

Is there a notification process for members of council?

Um because as we've heard from uh member Callaway, residents are reaching out.

Um, and now we have to go to you all to get that information in that way.

Can is there a way that we can proactively be involved, uh be informed about the steps and the relocations and displacement?

Uh through the chair, uh generally when we issue an intent to vacate notice, um, that notice is posted with contact information for them to uh reach out to uh housing services um so that they can make contact with them and to work with them as far as um finding them a place to relocate them temporarily.

Uh in some cases, uh, if it's like a one and two family uh home, um, if we're able to make contact with the property owner, we're giving them um at least three um three days to to make those corrections so that we don't have to issue a vacate uh a vacate notice.

And so they have all of the contact information uh to get uh assistance um uh through our department if they have any questions as far as you know what's going on, um uh why are we issuing the uh the intent to to vacate notice?

Um and we work hand in glove with housing services to start the intake process.

Through the chair, thank you for that.

And I and I appreciate that process.

I I guess what I'm asking, in addition to that, can sit the city council members be notified when there is a uh uh a vacate request and relocation so we can have that information because as we heard, we're also getting reached out to by those residents that are impacted through the chair.

Um, yes, we can definitely begin to inform council um when there are more when there are multi-units in the district that there is a potential vacate.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

So so we just just to make sure we we clarify so that notification would be coming from HRD and not BC that actually would do the vacation through the chair.

Once BC sends us the final vacate, um, HRD will alert the council district that that unit is being vacated.

Okay, on the record.

Thank you so much.

Um, pro Tim Young.

Yes, I just wanted to ask.

Um, is Director Schneider available at all to be able to answer the questions that I had?

And then uh secondly, to whoever it may concern.

I just want to talk about uh long-term solutions.

Um have we been talking about the adaptive use uh zoning ordinance and pass that all?

Have we talked about building more mixed use development?

Have we talked about density bonuses for low income?

And have we also talked about repurposing these abandoned motels?

Uh I know that was probably I know that was somebody in New York.

The issues of people who are potentially kicked out and looking for more housing.

I mean, I mean the numbers vary from like you gotta build like 40 to 46,000 homes in order for us to be able to deal with the housing crisis that we have right now, in terms of availability.

And so I just wanted to know has there been any discussion about more long-term solution about building you know more housing?

You know, I mean, I think I've kind of told everybody it's all blue on the face about the issue of 3D printing, but that's just one in terms of a long line of things that we could be doing in terms of providing more housing for cases, emergency situations like this, and for the hobeless just in general.

And we kind of had those discussions and the priority, the necessity and the urgency of why we need to pass these zoning reforms.

And we personally, I remember uhway was also talking about a while ago, and they're repurposing some of these buildings downtown that are commercial for more residential uh areas, and they've been doing that around the country.

I just want to know if we've been having those discussions at all so we we can address this in a more long-term fashion as well.

Kind of we're gonna give an opportunity to respond, but I think we are now diving into committee uh work at this moment.

So uh I would after we get some type of response.

I would I would hope that we will allow for this to happen in committee because there's a lot of questions, a lot of unpacking.

Uh and if we're talking about uh uh rezoning their packages that have come before us that are not here at this moment, and I think again, that's that's committee work.

Um, so want to give them an opportunity to respond, respect colleagues, but would also like for uh the you know these items as we did people to take place in committee.

Well, Mr.

President, I always like to fight off more of you can chew, you know me.

So everybody can tell I like to eat.

So uh I really look forward to be able to have these discussions uh in committee.

But I respect what you're saying, I understand that would be in PED.

I still would like to know if Director Schneider can answer my questions about the uh vouchers if she's available, Ms.

Sullivan through the chair, director Snyder is not currently available, um, but we can respond to these questions in writing.

No problem.

Thank you.

Um I just wanted to say that since I'm here, I want to know is it is it appropriate?

I want to make a motion to uh LPD on a couple of things that appropriate now, Ms.

President Shaw waiting for a later time.

No, um it's appropriate now, sir.

This is anything to do about this, but I want to make a motion.

Uh well, it does it's kind of.

I want to make a motion to LPD.

I'm gonna present this to you in writing, but I want to report on uh smart cities.

I want to report on the internet of things, and I want to report on artificial intelligence and how that would impact the city.

Um, so I am making a motion for LPD to put out a report on artificial intelligence report on the internet of things, a report on smart cities, and how that will affect the governance, the improvement, the advancement, the city of Detroit.

Thank you so much, colleagues.

There is a motion on the floor, and then we'll be followed up with a memo uh with more specificity.

Uh is there a motion, any objections to the motion for the assignment.

See none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you so much.

All right, thank you.

Um uh miss uh Robinson as well as Mr.

Russian.

All right, we will now go to member reports.

Um member Pro Tim Young Report.

Uh member Miller.

Yes, I'd like to report that we're gonna have our February um District 5 community meeting on the 24th of February at the Bucks of Family Center.

That's 7737 Kirchhoff at 6 p.m.

That's our second district five community meeting.

We're also going to have our town hall meeting with a member at large waters for the D for our protection at Constantine Center at 8409 Whitworth from 10 to 12 on Saturday the 28th.

Um that'll be awesome.

Thank you.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Want to remind District 6 residents that I will be joining their office hours this month.

I'm going to be at Keminy Rec Center on Monday, February 16th from 4 to 6 p.m.

Uh, please stop by with any questions or concerns or ideas you might have.

Our next D6 monthly meeting will be on Saturday, February 21st from 11 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

at Santos Church.

We're going to be joined by the Wayne County Treasurer, Sabrine, uh, for information regarding foreclosure prevention.

We'll also have a know-your rights training facilitated by Merck, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center.

And we will have lunch, so please join us.

And for something fun, our annual D6 skate nights at Roller Cade is going to be on Wednesday, February 25th from 5 30 to 7 30 p.m.

Free skates and food will be provided.

I welcome everyone to join us.

It's a lot of fun, folks, if you're interested.

Um, and lastly, just want to mention um I know that the Gordy Howe um taglines, uh, headlines are concerning our office is reaching out to um our partners at the Gordy How to check in on that as well.

Um, want to mention that I also visited Heritage Place at Magnolia Senior Home.

Um, because the week prior to uh we had a few seniors mentioning the lack of um elevators.

Um so just a note for the uh administration.

I know the mayor announced um a plan to address concerns from our senior homes and our office will be sending out the concerns that we know of in district six.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you, member waters.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Yes, ma'am.

Um a few things.

I want to I'm gonna thank um our media folks 24 and 7 and Mildred Gaddis for helping us to highlight uh these deep fraud uh town hall meetings so that our people can participate and receive the information to help them protect their properties.

Uh I want to thank um it is very difficult to get registered of deeds, but now Youngblood out himself.

So he he did come to the district one meeting.

Uh uh that was great, and he stayed the entire time and answered questions.

We certainly appreciate that.

Um as well.

Um we did um next up 313 had a pop-up shop on Saturday.

I went by the support our young entrepreneurs.

Uh they were uh low, they were at Be Her Better, which is located on East Warren in District 4, as a matter of fact, we're about there to support um our young people.

This um this Thursday, um members uh waters and Benson will host the town hall meeting uh regarding D Farm is going to be at the fireware recreation center 4 to 6 p.m.

That is this Thursday, February 12th, 4 to 6 p.m.

Farmware Recreation Center at 2711 out of drive east.

And if you want to participate via June uh via Zoom, as some other people have, please call our office so that you can participate virtually 313 628 2363, 313 628 2363.

And so next is our plan for our first uh skilled trade meeting, which is gonna uh for this year.

And um that is going to be Wednesday, February 18th.

Um it uh we will have both um participation from our co-chairs, um member um Renata Miller, along with Member Denzel McCampbell.

And so we are asking that people come out, take advantage of these um opportunities, meet labor people.

Um depends on the skills that you have, where you want to go.

Not everybody wants to go to college.

I get that.

So allow us to help you find your skill and get paid for it, get the appropriate training.

Um, and you get paid while you train.

And they're great paying jobs, careers, in fact.

So, and that is going to be Thursday, the 18th from 4 to 6 p.m.

at the copper's and male rights training center, which is located at 11687 American Street.

All right, then that is it for now, uh, Mr.

President.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I want to thank everyone who um came out on um yesterday morning at 8 a.m.

to the Northwest Activity Center for our monthly coffee and conversation.

We have representatives from the um Department of Neighborhoods.

We also had our business liaison, Tranisha Turner, as well as representatives from DPSCD and also um brilliant Detroit.

Also like to thank um our mayor, Mayor Sheffield and her administrative administration for um coordinating an amazing um celebration yesterday, baby love and introducing um RX kids to the city.

And she mentioned yesterday that we had 719 um parents to call in and um register, apply for the support from RX Kids, which is $1,500 for the first month of the child's life, and then $600 um $500 for the next six months of the child's life.

And we're hoping to extend that um further beyond the six months.

And we had the babies who were born in January there, about um 10 of them.

And it was just amazing to see um they were a month old and they were there, and their parents were so grateful that they have this opportunity to receive this funding with no strings attached, and they don't have to pay it back.

And what a what wonderful way to um help um our future, which is um rest with those um those babies.

Um, for more information about the program, please visit rxkids.org slash communities um slash Detroit, and um the governor was there, um the lieutenant governor was there, and lots of other dignitaries and elected officials were there, but most importantly, Dr.

Mona Hana was there and Luke Schaefer, who are the co-founders of Rx Kids, and they're doing incredible things to make sure um our babies um here in Detroit have the best start um and a healthy start to their um to their lives.

So thank you so much, um Mayor Sheffield for making that happen yesterday.

Also, please join me on um February 16th at 5:30 for our uh monthly virtual call.

You can call our office at 224535 for that um link.

It is virtual and it lasts for one hour.

Our special guest will be um city assessor Alvin Horn and City Planning Commission Chair, Donovan Smith, a D2 resident.

And lastly, um attention Detroit Entrepreneurs and Business Owners join Tech Town and Comerica tomorrow, um February 11th from 6 to 8 at next chapter books for the Hatch Detroit Contest Information Session.

This is a great opportunity to ask questions, learn about eligibility requirements, and connect with fellow um entrepreneurs.

And um, lastly lastly, tomorrow is count day.

I'm a former teacher and administrator with DPSCD, and we have two counts count days a year in September and February.

And tomorrow is count day.

Please get your children to school so their attendance can be counted.

That's what funding is based on.

Um and when we don't have the attendance of the children and students at the schools, it impacts the funding.

So tomorrow is count day um across the state, not just in DPSCD, but it's official count day for um for all of our students.

So get your student to the classroom tomorrow.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, I'd just like to share with everyone that we are hosting our monthly community meeting on Monday, February 16th at 5:30 at the Purpose Charter Academy located at 10101 East Canfield.

That will be a hybrid meeting.

So if you'd like to join us virtually, please reach out to the office to obtain the link.

We will have a discussion about the critical home repair program that is slated to open in March.

Um, and we are also inviting guests to speak about the hope property tax exemption program focusing on property tax prevention, property tax foreclosure prevention.

Uh, this is work that we have done every year since we've been in office.

We work with all of our community organizations to knock on doors to speak with our neighbors about a potential property tax foreclosure at their property.

So looking forward to working with the neighborhood organizations in the new part of the district to uh get their support just to continue making sure that we are reaching out to residents directly, that we are having a conversation with neighbors uh and just sharing resources about um how you prevent property tax foreclosure and what you can do if you are a renter in a property that is about to go into foreclosure.

Uh so again, our meeting is taking place on Monday, February 16th at 5:30 p.m.

at Purpose Charter Academy.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Just want to let folks know that the first uh city council evening community meeting will be in D7 next Tuesday, February 17th at Kadesh Baptist Church, which is located at 20361 Plymouth Road and will begin at 7 p.m.

Uh, also want to let folks know that the senior citizen garbage fee discount early application period is going on now through April 15th.

Um, the city may provide a discount to homeowners who are at least 65 years old and have a principal residence exemption on file.

You can call the DTSC at 313-224-3560.

Again, that's 313, 224-3560 to see if you qualify uh to respond and to receive an application.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

And for my member reports, I want to um say happy birthday to my mother.

Uh today is her birthday.

Um help me out, please.

All right.

You know, the older you get, you um really start to appreciate even more uh these days and years you have with the parents.

Um and I love her the life.

I love her a lot.

She's having some health issues right now.

And um, I just want her hopefully she can hear it and watch it.

Um we'll make sure she hears it and sees it.

So I just want to say I love you, mother.

Um happy birthday.

Um ironically, uh, today would have also been my father-in-law's birthday.

He would have been a hundred years old today.

Um he passed uh 10 years ago.

Um, but is uh again, his memory is lifted large and his legacy to my wife, uh, who's a phenomenal woman.

Um so I thank him and my mother-in-law for having her and blessing me.

Um and with that, I know uh there's also another birthday that's coming up real soon.

That's member Santiago Romero.

Uh happy early birthday to you.

I believe that's this weekend.

Uh, and if I'm not mistaken, there's some sweets and goodies that are behind the scenes that your team has put together for you.

So happy early birthday to you as well.

That ends my memory reports.

And I do know that our member of Santiago Romero wanted to uh um before we move out of the member report to make a motion.

Yes, thank you, Mr.

President, for the early birthday.

Um, also happy birthday to my fiance.

It was her birthday on the 8th.

Uh, so shout out to Aquarius's.

Um, and I do need to make a motion to assign um the reports uh to LPD regarding housing solutions.

We will follow up with a memo.

Um, but that is a motion, Mr.

President's uh for assignments LPDs to support with housing solutions.

All right, there's a motion on the floor colleagues that will be followed with a memo.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, madam clerk, under adoption without committee reference.

There are no items, Mr.

President.

Under communications from the clerk.

A report on approval proceedings by the mayor.

Report will be received and placed on file under testimonial resolution and special privileges.

Council member orders on behalf of council president Tate a resolution.

Line item 31.1.

Member Waters.

Um thank you.

Move approval.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval for line item 31.1.

Any objections?

Seeing none, that action shall be taken.

There are no objections.

There be no further business to come before this body, this meeting shall stand adjourned.

This meeting shall stand adjourned.

Thank you.