A Thursday, February 12th, 2026.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the road?

Councilmember Letitia Johnson present.

Councilmember Gabriella Santiago Romero.

Members Santiago Romero did indicate that she would not be present today.

Thank you so much.

Having a corn present, we are now in session.

Pro Tim, is there a motion on the minutes?

Motion.

There's a motion to approve the minutes.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

We are going to move into public comment.

If there's anyone joining us who would like to make a public comment, please raise your hand.

Please raise your hand, whether in person or joining us virtually.

And we'll get started with Mr.

Foster.

A lot of new directions in a lot of um different ways.

Um not just as in district six, but it's as a whole.

When the subsidies run out across our city, we have a lot of vacant properties, a lot of developments where the subsidies ran out, and there's seem to be no more of a purpose for them.

Those things are the initiators of light and a lot of other things in our communities.

Um every year, you know, you come down with the home and C D B D G grants and awards and different things like that.

Well, we are not blind.

If those things were going very well, then we would not be talking about moving forward, or we would not be talking about new directions and a lot of these other things.

So to that point, it doesn't make sense to reaw the same things to people that have not been held accountable.

I think that you guys should do a scrutinized um inventory of the vendors that you guys been using.

Uh what direction they are going in and and how are they um going to do anything differently with these um new founded awards?

They have to be able to articulate and show some differently in comparison to what they have been doing, and I appreciate you all for listening.

Thank you.

Who do we have joining us virtually noting that public comment has been cut off?

Who's our first caller?

Good morning, madam chair.

Our first caller is Cunningham.

Good morning, thank you.

Cunningham, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Oh no, my shot yellow shot.

We thank you, Lord.

We praise you, Lord.

I gotta sum that up there.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Betty A.

Vernon, you have two minutes for general public comment.

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

I'm Betty A.

Barner, president of the Soda Elsword Block Association.

I want to uh share some information who uh that might be able to help uh someone who has a problem uh were paying for their um prescriptions and this um you can be used if you have insurance or if you don't.

Uh it's the uh it's through the world medical relief.

It's their prescription programs, all prescriptions costs eight dollars and thirty cents.

There is um income uh regulations.

If you're single, you can't earn over forty-four thousand eight hundred dollars per year.

If you're married, you can't earn over fifty-one thousand two hundred dollars uh per year.

You must have proof of income and pitch your ID.

It's license or state ID and uh applications.

You can call three one three eight six six five three three three again three one three eight six six five three three three, or you can go to the website www dot world medical relief dot or w dot world medical relief dot or when you approved, they will mail your prescription so you or you can pick them up, and they're located in Southfield two one seven two five Melrose Avenue, Southfield, Michigan, four eight zero seven five.

Please thank you so much.

The next caller.

Our next caller is please exercise over site of BZA.

Caller, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Yes, good morning, and thank you for two minutes.

May I be heard?

Yes.

Okay.

Well, I am asking this body, this committee, which has oversight duties of the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals to ask the Board of Zoning Appeals to postpone a vote it has planned for Monday on proposed rule changes which would violate due process and take away the ability of a person to have someone else represent them.

Doesn't have to be an attorney, but once you get to court, you either represent yourself or you have an attorney uh during the BCA hearings, which are held not during the evening when more people would be able to go, but during the day.

Um you could also call Director Ribron or their attorney to ask them about this.

Um I went to the meeting where they first tried to pass it in December 15th of last year, and uh professor from Wayne State Law School appeared and explained some of the due process violations.

You should ask for the for what she sent to the BZA, take a look at their record, and she offered to work with the BCA to come up with some rules that would not violate due process.

Now, it's unfortunate there aren't any attorneys on your committee to understand a bit what's going on, but hey, that's okay.

And there are even a lot of attorneys that out there that have never litigated.

But if you don't exercise this duty very politely, you would be complicit, in my opinion, and in other people's opinion in allowing for these due process violations, and you could potentially bring litigation upon the city, which I believe you have a duty to curb.

So that's why you have oversight duty, and I'm asking you to please exercise it.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Jadante Smith.

Good morning, Mabby Hurt.

Good morning, yes.

I just want to say uh Councilmember Johnson, you are becoming uh my favorite person on city council, and I'll say that very openly and very honestly.

Um, because our level of communication is very good.

I communicate with you more than anybody else on city council.

And even if I come at you with all the truth that I can find about what I don't like in your district or whatever, you at least confront it.

Other people will not confront their issues, such as Scott Benson, uh, such as a few other people on Michael name, Michael just name drop, but I'll talk about Scott Benson.

He won't confront his issues, but I do appreciate that, and it is very, very well noted.

Um, also I look forward to our meeting later.

Um I appreciate you for that.

I also want to say uh Avanash Roshmail.

Uh that's a very interesting name.

A lot of people on council know that name.

Avanash, R A C H M A L E.

He owns LGC Global.

Um, that is a very interesting name in City Council.

It's gonna ring a lot of bills in in the coming days.

Um, also Conrad Mallet.

He apparently appoints uh an attorney for the uh Board of Ethics as well, which means the Board of Ethics, Detroit City Council, um, the Board of Police Commissioners, and the prosecutor's office all have a tentacle from Conrad Mallet, amongst other things in the city of Detroit.

I think this is a very very big conflict of interest.

And what to the same point Mr.

Foster said earlier about um the contractors that we pick, the contractors that we pick are very important because LGC Global has million dollar contracts, uh multi-million dollar contracts to city betroy, and it's very interesting how they're getting these contracts.

I just have one quick question though.

Why does HRD control the sewer repair grants for the city of Detroit?

Every time I see a sewer repair grant, it's through human housing revitalization department.

Why is it not through the Detroit Water Insurance Department?

Can someone please answer that question in down zone cronos?

Anyone on city council can you, Mr.

Smith.

I'm not sure that I'm able to fully answer the question.

I do know that when the housing and revitalization department receives CDBGR disaster recovery funds, because they go through they come from Hood within the federal government, the housing and revitalization department oversees those dollars.

I'm not sure if that fully answers your question though.

Um pro Tim Young.

Did you want to ask somebody from HRD to come online and answer that question?

Would you like to ask for that?

Sure.

Do we have somebody?

I'm assuming uh usually it's Mr.

Washington, but I do it's Miss Sullivan.

Miss Sullivan, who do we have someone from HRD that can answer that question?

Madam Chair.

Madam Chair.

Yes, Dr.

Powers.

I'm sorry for interrupting, but um by doing these types of discussions within public comment, you're going outside of what public comment is intended for.

If you'll recall uh Michigan Municipal League, and um and in my presentation, um public comment is a time for you to just sit and listen.

If you have issues that are raised during public comment that you would like to discuss further, they should be done after public comment is finished.

Thank you, Dr.

Powers.

I was going to allow Pro Tim to um articulate the question and ask for the administration to have someone queued up after uh public comment or maybe even later to towards the end of the agenda.

That's right.

Sorry for jumping on your um statement.

No worries, thank you.

No, you could do no wrong, Dr.

Powers.

No, I'm manual chair.

If that's what you want to do, we can do how you want to do it.

All right, thank you.

So um to I just want to say before I forgot it.

Thank you to the administration.

If we can have someone cued up, I'm not sure if DWSD or HRD would be appropriate to answer the question.

Uh, that would be appreciated.

We'll come to get the uh response at the end of the agenda because we actually have a short agenda.

All right, thank you, Pro Tim.

The next caller.

Miss Gray, the next caller.

Next caller is Tahira Ahmad.

Tahir Amad, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Good morning, everyone.

Thank you for the two minutes.

We do have things that we want to talk about.

My first statement is uh Black History Month.

I'm always trying to say something about this wonderful holiday uh and month.

Uh I'd like to uplift the greatest mayor of all time, Coleman Alexander Young.

This is my mayor, born May 24th, 1918, according to Wikipedia, and died unfortunately, November 29th, 1997.

Mayor Young is our example of the best mayor of all in Detroit.

Uh also I want to remind everyone, you're gonna get that yellow uh um assessment in the mail.

So you want to make sure that uh that you appeal your assessment because 84 percent uh of home uh owners with lowest um valued homes uh have been found by the Chicago the uh Chicago uh university that 84 percent of the homes are um uh assessed uh improperly and uh we want you to be able to assess your your um uh I mean appeal your assessment.

You can go to um the coalition of property tax justice, call them at 438.

I'm sorry, 313 438698.

And uh that's 313 438 8698, and we'll appeal it for you.

Um also we want to make sure that you all uh abide by the memorandum we put out, uh abstract of the first hundred days take action to fully implement the property tax reform ordinance, mandate the assessment division, not use only warranty deeds uh in their economic analysis, uh improve the principal residency.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is William M.

Davis.

William M.

Davis, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

Good morning, yes.

I know yesterday, some senior citizens got kicked out of a building over in Palmer Park.

That's been going on a lot uh because there was no heat.

Um, my concern is the fact that there's been a number of people been displaced, and sometimes the their apartment doors are padlocked or what have you when they complain about the fact that they don't have heat and they have to when the city inspector comes in and cite them for that.

Uh that is wrong.

Uh also at the same time, it it's very troubling because you know, people still call me like they think I'm still a police commissioner or whatever, it's been over four years, but I'm I wear many hats.

But uh I'm not driving throughout the city, all over the city.

There are a lot of vacant apartment buildings, and at the same time, you know, uh there are a lot of um you know unhoused people.

You know, that that seems like more needs to be done to do more about the fact we have so many people that need places to stay, and we have so many apartment buildings like on the Primer Park area, uh going up driving up, you know, uh even Greenfield, Greenfield, six mile to Grand River.

You know, it's a lot of apartment buildings that's vacant.

There's a lot of apartment buildings in every single district I drive to.

You know, more needs to be done to be more planning and economic development in the communities, you know, instead of always downtown, midtown, and corktown.

I used to be the chairperson for University City Aces District Council, which was a great concept that we had during the time when Colma Young was the mayor, and we actually did do stuff in the community.

I actually did develop stuff.

Now everything seems like it's a pale reflection of the past.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is caller ending in 039.

Caller ending in 039.

You have two minutes for general public comment.

Hey, uh, my aunt was assassinated about 12 days after your uh passed.

Sorry, remember 1997.

Very well.

Now the tissue Johnson, you cheat again.

I told you that, and I kept it on the low, but now I'm outside outside with it.

U TV and Coleman TV and the rest of the council, TV News, school board, TV, Board of Police Commissioners, TV, and the mayor's TV then by Janice Wentley.

I'm not buying about Sugar Honey IT.

So now the city has been turned upside down, technically.

Upside down.

Now I'm going to turn it inside out.

That means all of y'all gotta go.

Y'all gotta get out of your Mimi's way.

You gotta get what you want.

Black the F out.

Now she's gonna be here about the 20th, 21st here, ask me a question.

No, is she gonna ask me?

I'm gonna have her answer for that tag, the false bogus tag of suicide has to come up off her mother.

I didn't explain to y'all everything that y'all need to know to know that I know what I'm talking about.

Termay McLeod did it.

Y'all don't want to do nothing about it, so I'm gonna take it to the next level and go up top.

And then I'm gonna invite President Trump number 47 to come in here and clear up, clear up everything in Detroit.

That includes you, Letitia, and you call in and give it all y'all so we need to get what you want.

That's my word.

And I am who I am standing 100, been that for a long time around Detroit, in and around Detroit City.

Go ask anybody, they're gonna tell you I'm like this.

And now y'all get ready to find out how I'm built and how I'm cut.

Oh, you the next caller.

Madam Chair, our last caller before you cut off public comment, noting that there were three hands raised after is caller ending in one two four.

Caller ending in one two four.

You have two minutes for general public comment.

I already spoke, but Coleman, please respond to my request.

That concludes our general public comment, and we will return to the agenda.

That was Ms.

Warwick.

Uh she had already spoken.

Um was a request.

I don't know.

I don't know where it was.

We will um get started with unfinished business.

Without objection, I'd like to combine line items 5.1 and 5.3.

Line item 5.1 is the status of the economic growth corporation submitting memorandum relative to December 2025 update on the status of business activity in the Grand River Corridor.

And line item 5.3 is Council President James Tate submitted memorandum requesting Grand River Corridor update with follow-up questions.

Pro Tim, is there a motion to bring these two items back in two weeks?

There's a motion to bring line items 5.1 and 5.3 back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, those actions shall be taken.

And I'm hopeful that the two parties can um get to a resolution because we have been bringing these items back for some time now.

And I know how council president was last term with bringing items back in PED.

So I'm I'm very hopeful that they can work out a resolution.

Line item 5.2 is the status of council member Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Submit a memorandum relative to tax abatements in district six.

Is there a motion to bring this item back in one week?

There's a motion to bring line item 5.2 back in one week.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

That brings brings us to new business.

Line item 6.1.

Line item 6.1 uh submitting report relative to amend chapter 50 of the 2019 Detroit City Code.

Zoning by amending Article 17, zoning district maps, section 50-17-6, district map number five to revise the zoning classification for four parcels commonly identified as 4814, 4830, and 4838 Trumble, as well as 4827 Lincoln.

The request is to I'm trying to avoid reading all of this.

Um to rezone the property from the PD plant development district zoning classification to a combination of the R5 medium density residential district and SD1 special development district, small scale mixed use zoning classifications and to repeal any existing regulations for development for the portion of the existing PD zoning district subject to such rezoning.

Pro Tim, is there a motion to discuss?

Motion Discussion.

Good morning.

Please introduce yourselves for the record.

Good morning, Dolores Palace, Laura, CPC staff.

Morning.

Rory Bolger, City Planning Commission staff.

Morning, and I see Director Todd on the screen.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Good morning.

Marcel Todd, Director City Planning Commission.

Sorry that some of us are less uh well equipped with our voices this morning.

Good morning.

Glad to see you.

All right, please share with us what we have here.

Um good morning through the chair.

So the request is of the Detroit Land Bank Authority and the City Planning Commission to rezone the following properties located at 4830 and 4838 Trumble from the PD zoning classification to the R5 medium density residential classification, 4814 Trumbull and 4827 Lincoln to the from the PD on zoning classification to the SD1 Special Development District mixed use classification.

Just as a general background, if you wanted to, if Rory's gonna are Dr.

Boulder is going to touch on some of the history with the parcels.

So the chair.

And for the land specific requests, the parcels that are being proposed to be SD1, they aim to develop small-scale mixed use of orderable housing aligned with pedestrian and transit-oriented uh development goals.

Um rezoning, the um land bank will be working in partnership with um HRD to develop a formal uh RFP process to then uh have these parcels go out for that formalized bid to put affordable housing on those units.

The um parcels that are being proposed for R5 are one of those parcels are currently owned by Citadel of Faith, which is an active congregation in that neighborhood, as and then the adjacent parcel that is R5 is also a part of that parking lot parcel that uh Citadel of Faith owns.

However, the land bank owns the other half of that parking lot.

The R5 request is to ensure that those parcels are no longer PD and can go to the zoning classification that the church currently has, which is R5.

Um, currently uh the parcels due to their uh PD, they technically are not allowed to have parking on them, and so we want to ensure that the church and none of their services are disrupted and the zoning classifications are emerged with is what is currently there.

Thank you.

And so um I have one brief question.

So we've been in communication with Citadel appraise, and they are supportive of the rezoning.

Uh the chair, yes.

They are in an understanding that the parcels do need to be rezoned, but have hesitations due to the fact that they are have interest in those specific parcels.

However, the land bank has let them know contingent on the rezoning, all those parcels will be up for sale, including the ones that would be RFP'd and anybody is allowed to um apply, including them if they're interested in purchasing those parcels.

However, the RFP would be locked into affordable housing.

However, the parcel that is associated with the land bank that is on that parking lot that they have, the land bank has agreed to provide that uh parcel to them and has also um agreed for the Lincoln parcel um to be open and purchased by them as well.

And just a clarification and reminder.

So the parcels that are owned by the land bank are being rezoned SD1?

Uh that's correct.

Okay.

Thank you.

Pro Tim Young.

Thank you, madam chair.

Good to see everybody here.

Um I just wanted to ask you really quickly.

Yes, it seems to my understanding that um one, you are allowing uh Citadel of Faith to be able to have um the parking lot.

Um that they will that that that's good.

And and I saw the majority of people who are there support, I think it was like 14 letters.

They had seven people who were opposed to it from my understanding, but the majority of people overwhelmingly 14%, 14 people that were there that were at the community hearing that the did that um the community engagement hearing uh support this.

But my question about Citadel of Faith is on one hand they're saying they're supportive of this because they allowed their parking lot they use that's currently not zoned for parking to be able to be allowed for parking, but on the other hand, they're pursuing an adverse possession claim.

Uh through the chairs.

Does that go away or have they changed their mind about that?

I mean, it kind of just seems like inconsistent here.

Through the chair, so due to Which the Detroit.

Well, I'm sorry, just make sure I get this clear for everybody.

Where's the Detroit land bank is not subject to, by the way?

But the fact they're pursuing that, I mean, it seems pretty hostile.

Uh through the chair, that was correct.

There was an attempt for um adverse possession, however, due to um the land bank and it being government owned property, they are not uh subject to that adverse possession claim.

And uh the report it is detailed what would equate to adverse possession, um, including timeline, which uh the timeline does not also equate to the adverse possession claim as well.

Uh that is the reason why there has been some hesitation toward the rezoning as a whole, where they um have been cutting the grass, they have been taking care of the land, so they um Citadel has been has that interest in the property.

However, the land bank has made it clear that anyone is open to applying for those parcels um contingent on the uh rezoning.

Currently, due to the PD, nothing can happen with those with that land, even if Citadel um were to try to do some type of adverse possession claim on that land, even though that is um they're unable to do so, they wouldn't be able to develop or utilize the land unless it was specific to what was the what was locked in with the original PD.

So you so you said they did.

That's that's past tense, right?

So they're not pursuing that currently, or are they still in the process of doing that?

They haven't um submitted a claim at all.

Oh, they haven't.

So they were just talking about they didn't do it.

I thought so are are they still just I have have we have you can they squash this successfully, or am I gonna like go through the process and reading the paper?

They're still doing this and then get you know destroyed in public comment about it.

Uh through the chair, we have told them multiple times that it is not something that is possible.

Um, there's been conversations that we've had with them, but they have not made it clear what we're doing.

Well, you know, there's people who still like to ice skate uphill.

I mean, just because you tell them they can't do it, they're still gonna try.

I just want to know is this still something they're pursuing, or um you know that for definite.

Through the chair, uh that's something I don't know definitely.

I know the land bank has met with them um pretty regularly regarding the parcels that um that Lincoln parcel as well as their parking lot parcels um regarding the agreement to once though that individual Lincoln parcel as well as give the other half of their parking lot parcel to them.

Um they have been in agreement with that.

They also have let them know that the applications are open um for those two in particular parcels, not the ones that would be RFP'd, but to the state they have not received any applications for purchase um for the parcels that are eligible um for purchasing.

No, I no, I no, I appreciate that.

I think I just think that's something I need to know just for the future.

I because I I support what's happening, and I can't ask you to speak for the land bank, so I'll just ask this question.

If we have somebody, I think Miss Sullivan, we have someone on the land bank that can speak to this, I would appreciate it.

But I I just want to ask, because like you just said earlier, they're cutting the lawn, they're maintaining this land.

Why wouldn't they just give them then now?

Listen, I know they don't have to, because they're an authority, they got an A and a name.

They don't have to, so this is an ask, not a demand, or something that I can make them do as a city council person, but why would they not just D them over that part of the land because of what they're doing?

I mean, I feel like it's a win-win.

They get that land, and then after they get that land, they're also doing the I don't think that uh affects the development, the mixed use development that's also going on the other parcels, correct?

Uh chair, it would.

So the land that they are wanting the claim of is the land for the RFP.

Okay.

So okay, I get that's why they're not DNA over, because that would be the part for that RFP that's already been put out by somebody else.

Now they can now they could put their own bid to buy it in, but they'd have to go through the prize as well, is what you're saying.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

And and and half and half doesn't make any sense.

All right.

Okay.

So um thank you for that.

I I appreciate that.

Uh, thank you so much.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Um I don't have any additional questions, member Young or Council President Pro Tim Young.

Is there a motion to send line item 6.1 too formal for the introduction of an ordinance and the setting of the public hearing?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you all.

Moving on to line item six point two.

Line item six point two is submitting report relative to request for clarification on interim handling of PA 255 and PA210.

Motion.

Is there a motion to receive and file line item 6.2?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

And just for the public, just to let you all know, line item 6.2 is Council President James Tate um submitting a memo to the law department and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation requesting written clarification from the law department in in coordination with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation to address how PA 255 and PA210 abatements are being managed by the city following the Michigan Senate's passage of Senate Bill 721 and 722.

Well correspondingly, both House Bill 5305 and 5306 respectively are pending in the Michigan House.

That item has been received and filed.

I don't have to have an answer to this question right now because I kind of want to keep things moving.

But I do have some concerns about this in terms of um in terms of the transparency of it.

I think that it's important that we have these discussions and we have these conversations.

But I think either through a dashboard or blockchain or something, we need to be able to let people know where they could go to, where they can kind of get the information on how this works, how this goes about.

I I know you've been very diligent in your district in your community and throughout the city in terms of explaining tax abatements and how they work and what they are.

Um, I I did it one time and it was like running into a buzz off.

So um, you know, I you know I'm gonna do it again, but I just I remember it's very contentious.

And the reason, and that's why I'm saying it's good that you have people around there engaging community, but we also need to use technology for people to be able to have somewhere to go so they can understand where this is and get that information from one way or the other.

So I think it's good that he's asking for clarification on interim handling.

I think we just have to be able to provide some sort of actual place online and some sort of physical document that people could have just to be able to further explain as well.

So I just want to make that clear.

It's more of a statement of the question.

Thank you, ma'am chair.

Thank you.

All right, line item 6.3 is submitting resolution authorization to award the annual home and CDBG revised awards.

Is there a motion to discuss motion?

Discussion.

If we can bring the HRD representatives that are present to just share with us what we have before us, Mr.

Larry Katrinar and Rebecca Labov.

Good morning, Larry Catch Row from the housing and revitalization department.

Good morning.

Uh Rebecca, I think has a conflict, so I'm not sure that she's able to join right now.

Okay.

I'm sure you can uh share with us what we have before us.

Sure.

Um the what you have before you is a resolution requesting approval to revise funding for three new construction affordable housing projects.

We've got the Brewster Wheeler one project and the Brewster Wheeler 3 project.

The request is to add $38,000 of additional home funds to cover costs associated with uh legal and title work and other things with a loan modification to add the CDBG funds that were approved by council in uh November at the end of last year.

And the other um project is the Jefferson Avenue Apartments Project, and the request is to increase the home funding award by just over $195,000 and award uh $19,361 of CDBG funds to allow that project to move to closing uh within the next couple of weeks, actually.

Thank you for that.

And Mr.

Katrinar, um you indicated that the revisions or I guess the dollars that are being provided for this particular line item um that came from other projects was provided to council in November.

Are you able to send that information out so that all of our new colleagues have that as well so they're aware of where the dollars came from and um they can see here where they're going, but at least so they know where they came from?

Yes, yeah, we can uh we can share the original uh you know approved funding for all of these projects.

Yes, thank you.

Pro Tim Young, any questions?

All right, seeing none.

Is there a motion?

I'm sorry, uh Pro Tim Young.

Did he answer the question that Mr.

Smith posed about the um about the CBD about the about the funds for um sewage going to HRD?

No, and I'm not sure, Pro Tim, that Mr.

Katrinar is the person for that question.

I'm sorry, Ms.

Katinar, forgive me.

I didn't mean to put you on the spot.

I'm sorry, sir.

We'll we'll get to that shortly.

You are as we close this line item out.

We'll close the line out first.

Okay.

In that case, I have nothing else.

Thank you, ma'am.

Chair.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to send line item 6.3 to formal with a recommendation to approve?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

All right, that brings us to member reports.

And prior to going to member reports, uh, Mr.

Washington, is there anyone available to address pro tem's question?

Yes, and good morning through the chair.

We do have Rico Razzo online.

Thank you.

Morning, everybody.

Please introduce yourself for the record, and I'm not sure if you heard the question.

Uh Rico Rosal, Chief of Home Repair and Neighborhood Services, HRD.

And I kind of heard the question related to funding for private through repair going to HRD, but I don't think I heard the entire question.

Pro Tim.

Thank you.

Uh Chair.

Uh through the chair.

Uh, yeah, that's that's the just uh Chief Rosal, good to see you, sir.

Uh that is the uh gist of the question.

It was basically uh Mr.

Smith had asked why um is this money going to um HRD?

Why is not going to Detroit Water Sewage Department?

So I just want to know what the answer would be for that.

Understood to uh through the chair to Pro Tem Tate.

Uh currently HRD manages every single CDBG dollar that comes with the city of Detroit.

And so in um after the 2021 federally declared flood disaster, uh the city of Detroit was then awarded 97 million dollars in uh disaster recovery money.

Since those were CDBG dollars, they were allocated to the city.

They came in front of city council for appropriation to HRD, and then we stood up the program, partnered with the water department for the contractor management side of the program, and and that's generally how uh the 2023 allocation of CDBG disaster recovery dollars is going to work as well.

No, that's excellent.

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

And I know you're getting used to it, but it's pro temper young.

So yeah.

Oh, I'm sorry, did I say you say no?

That's okay.

It's okay.

We're the record project.

to HRD and then we stood up the program partnered with the water department for the contractor management side of the program and and that's generally how uh the 2023 allocation of CDBG disaster recovery dollars is going to work as well no that's excellent thank you i appreciate it and i know you're getting used to it but it's pro tempore young so yeah oh i'm sorry did i say you say no that's okay it's okay for the record pro tem young yeah yeah it's pro tem young and if you really want to get and if you really want to make me happy say pro tempore so uh appreciate that sir thank you so much for that wonderful explanation uh that is it madam chair i'm done thank you thank you thank you chief raso thank you all right that now brings us to member report pro tempore young thank you ma'am chair understand the assignment negative reports all right thank you so much and i just want to first remind our all of our colleagues and staff to please submit any proposed amendments to the intergovernmental agreement between the city of detroit and the state land bank authority by tomorrow tomorrow february 13th uh please share any amendments that you'd like to see for the intergovernmental agreement so that we can proceed in working with the administration um and the state land bank authority also i just want to share with everyone that our february monthly community meeting is taking place in district four on Monday February 16th at 530 p.m at the purpose charter academy located at 10101 east canfield at Cadillac 10101 East Canfield at Cadillac we are hosting uh the housing and revitalization department to share information about the critical home repair program as well as we'll have someone joining us from the county treasurer's office um as we get into um foreclosure prevention work uh property tax foreclosure prevention work so please join us if you'd like to gather that information for the for yourself or for someone else uh again that is Monday February 16th at 530 p.m at 10101 east canfield uh that concludes my member reports and if there is nothing further to come before this body before we conclude director Todd thank you madam chair thank you pro tem my apologies your member report and certainly the last two items on your agenda just reminded me if I may would like to remind uh this committee and the honorable body uh as we move toward the beginning of your annual community development block rent neighborhood opportunity fund review to please review the groups and address potential conflicts of interest with us the law department and the board of ethics will do thank you so much for the reminder thank you all right if there is nothing further to come before this committee without objection we shall stand adjourned I'm sorry