Good morning, everyone.

I would like to call to order our public health and safety standing committee for today, March 23rd, 2026.

May the clerk please call the roll.

Yes, good morning.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Good morning, present.

Councilmember Denzel and Tom McCampbell.

Member McCampbell mentioned that he's on his way.

The clerk will know.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Present.

Madam Chair, we have quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Given the quorum, we'll go right into the agenda for today.

Just another notes that we are in budget.

So we're gonna go into the agenda rather swiftly.

First item is approval of our minutes.

We did receive our minutes from our last session.

If there's a motion to hearing no objections, our minutes will be approved from our last session.

No chair remarks for me, other than just reminder of our truncated time.

So I'm gonna go through jump into public comment for us this morning.

Public comment is now open.

If you would like to make public comment, please raise your hands now.

A cut off public comment in two minutes.

So at 9 07, public comment will be cut off.

I will first begin with the folks that we have here in person.

I believe we have Mr.

Crowling.

Who else do we have?

Please raise your hands.

Understood.

Please raise your hands if you're here to make public comments.

All right, thank you.

And please raise your hands online if you would like to make public comments as well.

We'll begin with the folks that we have here in person.

And then we'll turn it over to the folks that we have online.

For in person, Mr.

Crowley, I think you're the only one.

If you wouldn't mind taking a seat, okay.

All right, sir.

Good morning.

Mr.

Crowley, we have an agenda we have to get to, if you wouldn't mind.

All right.

If we can begin his time, thank you.

Hey, you're a liar.

Today is Jimmy Roof Brothers' birthday.

That's my offad.

The day she was born on.

She told the truth.

She was stand up for real.

Now look me in my eyes.

I brought it down here just so you can see nothing but my eyes.

You cheated in.

Teeted in public official here in Detroit.

You know it.

I told you so many times, and you're a liar.

Dennis Winfrey been teething in elections for I believe over 15 years.

But I can prove 2020.

2021.

2022, 2024.

And you need to give props to Ramon Jackson.

You know what?

Because he's the advocate.

And he knows you're a liar.

See, Dennis is on public record.

May the ninth.

You did not read the ST findings on the allegations of LT ballot fraud by anonymous citizen report.

You didn't have it.

You didn't have it, you lawyer.

And on April 25th, Dennis Wumphrey is on public record line about the findings on the allegations of voter fraud by anonymous citizen report.

With Conrad Mallett Jr.

sitting right beside her.

You liar.

You're a liar.

Thank you, Mr.

Crowley.

Hope you have a blessed day.

If the clerk can please note you've been joined by Member McCampbell.

Clerk will note.

Thank you.

Public comment is now cut off.

General public comments is now cut off.

We will now turn it over to the folks that we have online.

Who do we have first?

And how many hands do we have raised?

Good morning.

We have four hands raised online.

The first is Betty A.

Varner.

Good morning.

Ms.

Varner.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

All within the sound of my voice.

I'm president of De Soda Elsewhere Black Association.

And I'm going to talk about our health fair.

We are partnered with the MySEPS Michigan Vision Doctors and Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

We're having a free health fair on Saturday, April 18th, 2026, from 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

There will be free eye exams and screenings by the vision doctors.

There will be free health screenings by Detroit Community Health Connections and Corporations and DMC.

It's gonna be at 71 51 Finco Avenue at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, corner of Finco and Monica.

And this is free for children and adults for anyone in the Detroit Metro area.

So you do not have to just live in the city of Detroit.

This is open for all Inkster, Troy, Royal Oak, wherever.

If you need these services, come and get them.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller is Mr.

Cunningham.

Good morning, Brother Cunningham.

You're up next.

Brother Cunningham.

Brother Cunningham.

313, 444.

91144, 9114.

That number was made so you can remember it.

You can make that uh check my tag me on Facebook, Cash App, Patreon.

You put that in Google, you'll see articles written.

Um help people.

I give our hand warmers, those and business, the bus stops.

I do a lot of community work.

Uh to God be all the glory, but I do need your help.

Um, it's best to go to Patreon, Brother Cunningham, and you can read and look at uh a couple interviews.

Um at any rate, D D dot is still like business and the powers that we usually can get it done if they want it done.

It should be free fare, thank God for the students, but free fare for everyone.

Why are people paying for a system that is inadequate and it is not on time, not consistent.

I'm talking about the fixed line route buses.

They're on time, they don't show up.

Worse on the uh the evening time and on the weekends are at their worst.

So I do believe it was free.

I just came back from a training in Pittsburgh, and they have a half off program through their Go program for anyone with a bridge card or SNAP gets half off bus fare.

Thank you.

The next caller is owner Papa.

Uh good morning, and through the chair, Mabby Heard.

Yes, good morning.

Uh Mr.

Cunningham, they don't care that poor people don't have uh bus service.

They don't they don't care.

I I want to know what happened, Miss Munet, Miss Uh Romero to the Munes about blight violations.

I want to know if they were paid.

I want to know if they are or if someone came along and said, Oh, he didn't have to pay them.

That's why people in Detroit say that they don't need to pay tickets because you are the rich people don't pay them.

So you just pray on poor people.

Um you found out that uh I don't know why it took you this long to find out that Detroit is number one in STDs.

That's not only a serious problem, it's a serious moral issue.

And I think it's because of our leadership.

Uh, the people in front of them, the clergy, the council, the mayor.

You guys are you you know you aren't putting forth um uh you what we see in you is not moral judgment.

It's it's um denying and neglecting the whole group of people.

And number my other question to you as the health committee, they have dirty dirt all over this city.

Now that now that the snow has melted and and all the dirt has mixed in with everybody else's dirt because you all refuse to clean up the problem.

You just let it linger.

We have everything on the on the docket or the agenda except addressing the issues that are most important to the people in the city.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our last caller is caller ending in 169.

Caller Indian 169.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes, we can.

Great, great.

I just want to say thank you for praying for Brother Cunningham and better yet, actually um assisting him in creative ways.

Um D dot budget priorities expand the unarmed team of transit ambassadors.

Um provide borderless paratransit, um, have shelters and benches at minimum of 15% bus stops, maintain the stops, provide free fares for all students of any age, um, study free fare system.

Um yeah, I think that's about it.

Um, thank you for my time.

Thank you.

All right, I believe that was our last caller.

Okay.

We will now go into the agenda for this morning.

And to Brother Cunningham, thank you for the note.

I did write that down.

I think it's a good idea, and we will talk about the free fare for students at the end of the agenda.

Uh, but we deeply care about all of our residents here.

Um, so we'll talk about uh the bus fare shortly.

Um, because there's a proposed free bus fare for students.

So we'll go into that in a second.

Um, but under unfinished business.

Uh there are various memos under unfinished business.

Five point one is a memo through member Callaway's office.

This is a memo regarding after hours establishments.

We've been asked to bring this back in two weeks.

There is a motion hearing no objections.

Five point one will be brought back in two weeks.

Five point two.

This is a memo from our office regarding city cameras, flock, and public spaces.

We did receive uh the responses to this memo, so without objection, we can receive and file five point two.

There's a motion hearing no objections.

5.2 will be received and filed.

5.3 is a memo regarding uh request for information on blight violations.

Uh we have been asked to bring this back in two weeks.

Motion hearing no objections, 5.3 will be brought back in two weeks.

5.4 is a memo relative to request uh concerning information or regarding information concerning an eviction moratorium.

We've been asked to bring this back in one week.

Motion hearing no objections 5.4 will be brought back in one week.

Five point five is a memo through our office.

This was the questions regarding public restrooms.

We have received the information for this motion to receive and file.

Thank you.

Member Waters is a motion to receive and file.

Um hearing no objections.

We can receive and file five points five.

Um, and again, just to note we're trying to bring more public restrooms across the city here.

Make sure that they're ADA accessible, good for our families, all the things residents need right now.

5.6.

This is a memo to request information for quick claim deeds for city of Detroit residential properties.

We've been asked to bring this back in two weeks.

Motion hearing no objections, five point six will be brought back in two weeks.

This is a memo relative to request for information on commercial buildings with liens and fines that are on the demolition list.

We've been asked to bring this back in one week.

Motion hearing no objections, five point seven will be brought back in one week under new business under the office of contracting and procurement six point one.

This is contract number six zero zero five eight seven six amendment number one utilizing 100% grant funding to provide an eight-month extension of time.

The contractors community logic or lodge IQ software.

They're located in Vancouver, Canada.

This will go to April 30th of 2026.

Excuse me, it's going to be amended to go through December 20th, 2026.

That is the extension of time, and it's for an extension of time only, and this will be for public works.

Is there a motion to discuss?

Motion to discuss.

Discussion six for 6.1.

Member McCampbell.

Um, yes, uh, madam chair.

If there's someone on from public work, I just have a few questions on the day to decide.

Yes, I see Mr.

Washington.

Good morning.

Good morning through the chair.

We do have Ryan Michael as well as Sam Krasenstein online.

All right, so if we can make them both into panelists, they've both been promoted to panelists.

Thank you.

Good morning, if you wouldn't mind stating your names and titles for the public.

Hey, good morning.

Uh Sam Krasenstein, Deputy Director, Department of Public Works.

Uh good morning.

Ryan Michael, Deputy Chief of Business Innovation and Emerging Industries, and also the active uh chief of mobility from innovation.

Oh congrats.

Good morning.

Good to see you both.

I will turn it over to our vice chair.

Thank you, madam chair.

Good morning to you both.

Uh, just a couple of questions on the type of data does collect it.

Is this um I see those for the smart intersection technologies?

Is this just counting the like is there any personal identifying information that's captured in this, or is it just like counting the number of cars and such an activity at the intersection?

Uh through the chair.

Um, it's all anonymized information, so it collects like vehicle types, it's really looking for information like near misses, um, and types of traffic that would be traveling through intersections we can match it up with safety data, but there's no personal identifying information.

Got it, thank you.

And is it just the department?

Um the department in the city that has access to the data, or are there any other folks?

Brian, do you want to take that one?

Uh through the chair.

Um, I would have to go back and collect that information for you.

Um respond to that.

Unless you have additional to add.

I I do.

So through the chair, this is part of our uh Detroit Modes project.

So this is a um a grant funded safety initiative that involves the city of Detroit and Wayne State, uh, looking at a number of like safety related, like you know, data points related to intersections.

So this particular data is shared with the team, so it's between the city of Detroit and Wayne State.

Okay.

Thank you.

That is all, madam chair.

Thank you, Vice Chair, for verifying where the information will be shared.

Um, and excited that we're collecting this information.

We need to know uh where our trouble spots are.

Um, so thank you for the question and verifying that.

Are there any other questions for 6.1?

Hearing none, is there a motion to approve?

Motion to approve is sent to formal.

Hearing no objections, 6.1 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you both.

I will move us along now to 6.2.

6.2.

This is contract number 6005361 amendment number two.

This is utilizing 100% city funding.

This will be an increase of funds for ADA complimentary pair transit services.

Contractors Del Ray United Action Council, they're located in Detroit.

This will this contract will go through June 30th of 2028.

The increased amount will be 11,700, excuse me, 11 million seven hundred and fifty seven hundred and forty-one thousand four hundred and fifty with fourteen cents, bringing this total contract to eighteen million four hundred and forty-seven thousand one hundred and twenty-two with 49 cents, and this is for transportation again.

This is for pair transit services.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss six point two?

Motion to approve, motion to approve.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none.

There was a request to send this to new business if there's a motion to do so.

Hearing no objections, 6.2 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

And I will note a lot of money, but it's needed.

Our seniors need it, and this is this is a good investment that we're making.

Yes.

6.3.

This is contract number 600 6115.

This is amendment number three.

This is using 100% ARPA funding to provide an extension of time only to provide construction services for major building improvements at Detroit Police Department's second precinct.

Contractor is D'Angelus Diamond Construction.

They are in Novae.

This will extend their contract through June 20th, 2026.

And this will be only for an extension of time.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.3?

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve.

Are there any objections?

There was a motion to send this to new business.

If there's a motion to do so, there is.

Are there any objections?

Hearing 9, 6.3 will be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.4.

This is contract number 600768 utilizing 100% city funding to provide TEO uniforms for DDOT.

Contractors Enterprise uniform.

They're located in Detroit.

This is a two-year contract for 324,295.

And this will be for DDOT for transportation.

There is also a request for new business for 6.4.

But is there a motion to discuss or approve?

Motion to approve and send to new business.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none 6.4 will be approved.

Sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.5.

This is contract number 600733.

Utilizing 100% city funding to provide tow truck parts maintenance and repair services.

Contractors worldwide equipment sales of Michigan.

They're located in Livonia.

This is for a three-year contract at 100,000.

And this will go towards transportation.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.5?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to approve.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none.

There was another request for 6.5 to be sent new business.

To new business.

Hearing no objections.

6.5 will be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.6.

This is contract number 600 6408's amendment number four.

Utilizing 100% ARPA funding to provide an extension of time only to provide stabilization of commercial structures within the city of Detroit.

The contractors, DMC consultants, they are in Detroit's.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning, Sonia Clifton, Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Good morning.

Ms.

Clinton, I'm not sure if you would know the answer to this.

I was going to ask for a status update.

This is for extension of time only, and I was just wondering if you knew where we were with stabilizing the commercial structures.

Hi, yes, through the chair.

Good morning.

I would not be the appropriate person to give you the most current status of this particular project.

I was hoping someone from the department would be online to speak to it.

However, if we're unable to get someone this morning, I'll be happy to follow up on behalf.

Well, I appreciate that.

Mr.

Washington.

Through the chair, we do have Gert Mill online.

If we see them, can we make them to a panelist, please?

Mr.

Washington.

Yes, through the church listed under G Mill.

Okay.

Yes, to the chair.

He's been promoted to panelists.

Thank you all.

Good morning.

If you wouldn't mind stating your name and title for the public.

Good morning through the chair.

Uh Gert Mill, planning and strategy specialist.

Thank you for joining us.

We're discussing 6.6.

Um, I was just wondering if you can give us a status updates.

Um, this is the fourth amendment for extension of time.

Just wondering where we are with stabilizing um these commercial structures.

Okay, so um through the chair.

Uh item 6.6.

The time extension.

This one is needed for 12115 Dexter, which is Vaughn's bookstore, which was recently dedicated historic, and we need to complete uh some construction documents to ensure we preserve the characteristics of the building.

Um, we have some construction documents and it's going for permit approval.

Once the weather breaks, we will start construction.

We just need to finish one more building, and the others are completed.

We are only closing the building up based on the budget, so we could save it and add more historic elements to the facade in the future.

Okay, I appreciate that.

Thank you.

Meaning then the other uh properties on Kelly have been completed.

Um I would have to through the chair, I would have to uh check with our uh capital supervisor on the status for the Kelly properties, but I will definitely follow up with you on that via email.

Okay, those are okay.

No, I appreciate that.

And I'm just confirming um where we are in the process and good to know that we're working on Dexter right now.

Okay, that was my only question for you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um, are there any other questions for 6.6?

Vice Chair?

Madam Chair, thank you.

Uh good morning.

I just I know you explained a little bit of what's going on in Dexter, but since um for myself and the public, if you can just just do a quick overview of the type of preservation work that's going on at these properties.

Uh through the chair.

Uh, right now we are just working on stabilizing the building.

Um we we're just trying to preserve the historic facade of the building as far as anything specific as far as materials and everything else.

I can't provide that right now, but like I said, I'd like to follow up uh in an email so we can have more uh details on uh how exactly we're preserving the building.

Appreciate that.

And do you know of how many other properties the department has and like the pipeline or currently doing preservation work, just so we can get a picture of the stabilization and preservation work as opposed to the demolition work there.

Uh through the chair, currently uh this extension specifically is for Vaughn's bookstore.

Um, as far as the total amount of properties, uh yeah, I'll have to again defer to sending you uh you guys an email uh to to give you guys the accurate information and just to avoid me misspeaking here because that's the last thing I want to do.

Sure, I appreciate that.

If if we could uh yeah, if we can just get an overall report of like the activity of the department in like how many structures you have under that stabilization work, how many as opposed to how many are lined up for demolition, just so we can get a view of that um a complete view of that work that would be appreciated.

I don't know, madam chair, if we need a motion or um if that if you can just send that over.

I think um vice chair, it depends.

So you could follow up with the department directly and say send me this email, or you can make it a motion and have LPD help us with an assignments, um, whatever you want to do.

I would just follow up since he mentioned that he'll send it.

So I'll follow up.

Thank you.

Okay, and if you wouldn't mind vice chair sharing that with all of us, I think we'd be curious.

Thank you.

And just some more information for you, Vice Chair, as far as stabilization and what it looks like.

Um from our notes, it's um really just stabilizing the outer structure.

So replacing windows that might need to be replaced, um, doors that might need to be replaced, trash outs, um, roof.

So the basics to keep it, I think up is what they're what they're replacing.

But actually, if you wouldn't mind also sharing with us what stabilization looks like uh to these commercial properties, that would be very helpful.

Um, sending us what's being stabilized, what's being demoed, and then what stabilization looks like if you wouldn't mind yes, we will we will provide okay with all that.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Vice Chair.

Thank you, Mantra.

I think that's all the questions for 6.6.

Um, is there a motion to approve?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6.6 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you both for joining us.

Thank you.

Moving us along to 6.7.

6.7 is contract number 6006861 amendment number one.

Utilizing 100% city funding.

This is to provide an increase of funds for base uniforms and leather gear for Detroit police departments.

Contractor is enterprise uniformed.

They're located in Detroit.

This will be an increase amount of 220,000.

Bringing the total contract to 440,000.

And again, this will be for police.

Motion.

Thank you.

Discussion.

I believe to discuss, we should have Commander Stacy.

If we see Commander, if we can move over into a panelist.

Oh, and then Lola Clark as well from OCP potentially.

To the chair, Lola Clark is being made panelist.

I do not see the commander at the moment.

Okay, no worries.

Thank you.

I do believe I have a question for OCP.

Mr.

Washington, as Lola Clark from OCP.

Yes, through the chair.

Ms.

Clark is online.

I'm a commander, Commander Alvarado is listed as CMDR Alvarado.

Understood.

Thank you.

And then Ms.

Clark, I think your camera might be struggling, but are you able to hear us?

Yes, I can hear you.

And again, I apologize.

I need to check what I see regarding one.

My video is not showing.

No worries.

It's okay.

I I can hear you.

And really, if you're able to help us answer this question, I I just have one.

Um, but I see our commander has joined us as well.

Good morning, if you wouldn't mind stating your name and title for the public.

Morning, ma'am.

Commander Stacy Alvarado.

Good morning.

I have just one question.

Um, and I think Miss Clark, this will go to you.

I just want to make sure the contract number it reads for general services.

Um, I think the 6006, no, 600 6681 amendment number one.

We have it on the Teter report as for general services.

Is that recorded correctly?

Should this be for police?

Just wondering if that's correct.

That should be for police.

Um, madam chair.

Um to whoever just spoke.

Yeah, Anthony Johnson, LPD.

My apologies for my screen not being on either.

Um, that was a uh typo within the LPD report.

I'll make sure that's correct to go off for my apologies, madam chair.

No worries, thank you, Mr.

Johnson.

Um, okay, so then we would just need, I believe, a correction letter for that.

That would be needed to be corrected.

There was a request for new business for this.

Um, can LPD and OCP get together to make sure this is corrected by tomorrow morning.

We'll do, madam chair.

All right, Mr.

Washington.

Through the chair.

Yes, Mr.

Washington.

For clarity, is the typo in the TEDA report or on the agenda?

Because I believe it is listed correctly on the agenda.

That may only be a typo in the TEDA report.

It's on the leader report.

Okay, through the chair.

I'm not sure if we still need a correction letter if it is correct on the agenda.

I'm not sure, but I do the chair.

Yes.

Uh Anthony Johnson LPD.

A correction letter will not be required if it is correct on the uh agenda that council will review.

Uh I'll just have to make the uh correction within the TEDA report.

Okay.

So then Mr.

Johnson, when you make that correction, you'll just submit it again through e-scribe and it'll be correct online for the record.

Uh, yeah, I'll resubmit it.

Okay.

Um, thank you.

I just want to make sure that things are clear on the record.

Um, yeah, understood.

Okay.

Well, then you have no other questions for 6.7.

Uh, this will be corrected in the Teter reports.

We can move forward with this as it is today, unless there are any other questions.

Vice Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um, and good morning.

Commander, if you have the information, could you just go over the need for the increase in funds for this contract?

Absolutely.

So through the chair.

Um, so enterprise is one of our uniform providers that provides the base uniform for academy students as well as promotional um candidates and replacement uniforms for a variety of members throughout the department.

Enterprise um has been providing uniforms for quite some time, and based on the number of academy classes and the rotation that we utilize with the other vendors.

Um, adding these funds will allow us to continue to use enterprise and pay them for services provided through the end of their their contract.

Got it.

Okay.

So this is just the increases for additional uh uniforms.

Is that correct?

Yes, sir.

All right, thank you.

Um, that's all I have.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you both.

Commander, just curious.

Do officers keep their uniforms after they've been uh after they're done with their service to the city, or do they keep return or keep their uniforms?

So members are required to return the uniforms that are issued to them and provided by the department if they purchase their own uniforms at their own expense, those aren't required to be turned in.

But what we issue does get turned back in.

Understood.

Okay, thank you.

Uh there are there any other questions for 6.7.

Hearing none, there was a request to send this to new business.

Motion.

There's a motion to approve to new business.

Are there any objections?

Hearing no objections, 6.7 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you both.

Thank you all for helping with 6.7.

Moving on to 6.8.

This is contract number 600732, utilizing 100% city funding to provide tow trucks, parts, maintenance, and repair services.

Contractors, Bill Jones Enterprises, they're located in Taylor.

This is for a three-year contract at 200,000 and for transportation.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.8?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to approve.

Are there any objections?

There was a request to send to new business.

Motion hearing no objections, 6.8 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.9.

This is contract number 600702, utilizing 100% grant funding to provide services for ending the HIV epidemic, a plan for America Ryan White HIV and AIDS program.

The contractor is Wayne State University.

They're located in Detroit.

This contract will go through February 28th of 2029.

And this total contract is for 995, 269 with 80 cents.

And this will be for the health department.

We are also being requested to send this to new business.

Motion.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none.

6.9 will be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.10.

This is contract number 6007482, utilizing 100% grants funding to provide accident coach repair service.

Contractors ABC Bus Inc.

They're located in Minneapolis.

This is for a five-year contract.

Fairbolts, Minnesota.

This is a five-year contract for two million.

This will be for transportation.

And this is also getting a request for new business.

Motion.

Hearing none.10 will be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

And again, this would be in Minnesota.

They're located at Fairbolt, Minnesota.

Okay.

6.11.

We are now under the building safety engineering and environmental departments.

6.11.

This is a recommendation for deferral at 18816.

Cardany.

Is there a motion to concur with the recommendation?

Motion to concur.

Hearing no objections, we will concur with the recommendation at 6.11.

Under the office of Chief Financial Officer, Office of Development and Grants, 6.12 is for an authorization to submit a grant application to the Michigan Recycle Coalition for fiscal year 2026 community education and sub-award grants.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.12?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to approve 6.12.

Hearing no objections, 6.12 will be approved.

Is there a motion to send to new business?

Hearing no objections.

6.12 will be approved.

Send to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Exciting to see recycling as we build out that program.

6.13.

This is a request to accept and appropriate the fiscal year 2026 ending the HIV epidemic.

A plan for America Ryan White HIV AIDS program parts A and Part B grant.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.13?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to approve.

There was a request to send this to new business.

Motion to send to new business.

Hearing no objections, 6.13 will be approved.

Sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.14 is a request to accept an appropriate cash donation from the community economic development association of Michigan.

And this will be for the Office of Mobility and Innovation.

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve.

Is there a motion to send to new business?

Motion to send a new business.

Hearing no objection, 6.14 will be approved.

Sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

And this will support.

Actually, I would like there to be more discussion on this.

If there's a motion to discuss 6.14.

Motion to discuss.

Thank you.

Do we have Ryan Michael with us?

If you can please make him into a panelist.14 is going to allow the city to do.

Thank you for the question.

Good morning.

So last year, the Office of Mobility Innovation participated in the Michigan Mobility Fellows program through the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification.

We had an awesome fellow participate with the uh OMI team for 15 months.

And that person is now hired as a full-time member of the team.

This $2000 was a uh bonus that was offered to not a bonus, but an incentive for um the participating employers to retain the talent on their teams.

Um, the whole impetus of the program was to be a talent attraction and retention program into the state of Michigan, and uh the OMI team was very proud to participate in that.

Um, I would need to uh work with uh our team and Sean Gallagher from grants to determine exactly what this could go to, but the uh the um the thinking is that it would support operations, continue staff or other key activities within the office.

Um thanks, Ryan.

I appreciate that, and I appreciate the opportunity.

Um encourage you guys to continue to do so, especially if we can retain Detroit talent, um students from our local universities.

We have Wayne State, Detroit Mercy, great engineers, um, and I I think this is really awesome.

So thank you for sharing that with us.

I hope you're able to continue to provide more opportunities for local talents for them to be able to stay.

I have been a part of many fellowships.

Um, so I really do see them as incredibly valuable.

Um, so thank you.

Are there any other questions for 6.14?

There was a motion to approve.

And is there a motion for new business?

Motion.

Thank you.

I believe that there was hearing no objections, 6.14 would be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you.

Is a resolution declaring March 18th as Don Eason Day.

Is there a motion to approve?

Motion.

Hearing no objection, 6.15 will be approved.

Sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

6.16 is a resolution establishing March 2026 as women's history month.

If there's a motion to approve, motion to approve.

Hearing no objection.

Under the departments of public work, city engineering division.

6.17 is a petition of DD Metro LLC.

They are requesting a vacation.

This will be to correct the widths of the original petition.

6.18 is a petition of the Hispanic Manufacturing Center.

This is a request to vacate.

This is to vacate a public alley.19 is a petition of the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

This is a request for an outright vacation of a public alley.

6.20 is a petition of the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.

Of a public alley as well.

Is there a motion to discuss?

Motion 6.16.

Excuse me, 6.17 through 6.20.

Motion to discuss.

Discussion.

Any discussion for any of these items 6.16 through 6.20.

These are all requests for vacations.

If there is someone on to just speak to the work that's going on that's needed for the vacation on 19 and 20.

Yes, we can.

Yes to the chair.

They've been promoted as panelists.

They just need to please turn their camera on.

Thank you.

And Georgine, you have been made a panelist.

You just have to accept.

Good morning.

For city engineering.

Hello, good morning.

Good morning.

I did not hear the question though.

Could that be repeated, please?

Yes, ma'am.

Vice Chair.

Absolutely.

Good morning.

I just wanted to know if someone could just go briefly go over the work that's going on on 19 and 20 to require the vacation of both.

6.19 is a request by the Detroit Land Bank.

This is a very small north, south, and east-west alley that is on a corner, and they want to consolidate the properties to make them more.

Okay.

Thank you for that.

And for um the for is that similar for 20.

Run number.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Uh the Detroit Bromfield is going to consolidate all of the properties for future development.

Okay.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

So that was for 19 and 20.

I also had a question for 20.

And we see the consolidation of the many blocks.

Um, and it's cut off by the freeway, so no one needs to answer from that side.

Okay, understood.

Um, is there a motion to approve 6.17 through 6.20?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6.17 through 6.20 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

We are gonna move on to 6.21.

This is a petition of the downtown Detroit partnership.

This is for their um smart city um interactive kiosks that are going to be installed throughout the city.

This is for approval of the locations that will be.

Is there a motion to approve with discussion or just um is there a motion to approve or discuss six points twenty-one motion to approve motion to approve?

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, six points twenty-one will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Six points twenty-two is a petition of the Detroit Blight Busters.

This is a request to vacate the residential alley.

This is for the Orchard Village Apartment Complex property.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss six points twenty-two?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, six points twenty-two will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve under miscellaneous six points twenty-three is a memo regarding zoning and spacing compliance for cannabis establishments to better understand zoning and licensing compliance for these establishments.

We've been asked to bring this back in two weeks.

Motion to bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, six points twenty-three we brought back in two weeks.24 is a memo relative to documented abandonment at 10631 woody.

We have been asked to bring this back in two weeks.

Motion to bring it back in two weeks.

Six points twenty-four will be brought back in two weeks.25 is a memo relative to emergency demolition process.

We have also been asked to bring this back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, six points twenty-five will be brought back in two weeks, and six point twenty-six is a memo relative to the city response to missing persons report.

We've also been asked to bring this back in two weeks.

Motion bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, six point twenty-six will be brought back in two weeks.

We are now down to the end of the agenda, but we were requested, we are going to be walking on an item colleagues.

Um, I believe everyone should already have the resolution in front of them.

Um, but as has been mentioned, um, city council as well as the administration is looking for ways to make transits not just affordable but also reliable.

Um, and what we have in front of us is a resolution to help us with the affordability for our students.

Um, is there a motion to walk on the resolution?

Motion to walk on, thank you, vice chair.

This resolution in front of us, this is a request to make D dots free fair for students K through 12.

Um I believe that this needs to be um walked through and and approved now as we're going through the budget um to make sure that we are prepared.

Um, and what I appreciate most is that if we start this program now, we can collect information, we can collect data um to better inform us where our students are and and and really where our buses should be as well.

Um wondering colleagues, are there any other questions, comments for this resolution?

If not, uh is there a motion to send to new business with the recommendation to approve?

Uh discussion, vice chair.

Um, I just have a few questions on this if there's someone from DOT or anyone else from administration.

Yes, Mr.

Washington, do we have anyone from D Dot to discuss this with us?

Yes, through the chair, we do have Director Kramer online.

All right, if we can make them into a panelist, and then just a note that says by council member.

Uh this is being uh uh pushed through through through our office.

Um I'm expecting the full council to support this when it gets to the table.

Um I just want to make that note as well.

Good morning, Director.

If you wouldn't mind stating your name and title for the public, good morning, Robert Kramer, Director of DDOP.

Thank you for joining us, Vice Chair.

Thank you.

Good morning, Director.

Just a few questions.

Definitely in support of this free fare for students.

Just for the record, I'm going to support a free fare for all.

But I just have a question on for this.

I know this was announced also as a part of the budget initiative.

Is the idea?

I know this is through from April 1 through 6 months.

This idea that once we approve the fiscal year 27, that this will be ongoing.

So through the chair, um the uh what the resolution you have in front of you today, uh, the city, the the fair structure for D DOT is set through the um city ordinance uh in section 47.

And so the there's an opportunity where the council can uh through a simple resolution um have a basically a temporary change to that, and uh it can be up to six months.

So this resolution uh allows us uh or if approved, uh would allow D DOT to uh try to let students ride for free under the current definition of students, which is ages five to nineteen.

Uh during that time we'd be able to collect more information um and also uh continue our community outreach with uh individual schools with students and their families and learn about um kind of how uh transit can work better for them, uh what ways that it can help them get around.

The idea would be during that six-month period, uh there would be um a uh uh more a more permanent phase with those details worked out, and then uh likely that would include actually having the council amend the ordinance, which should include the the required public hearing process as well.

So this is kind of a six-month uh to get this out there again.

It's a uh uh high priority of uh Mayor Sheffield and the administration, also of council, obviously.

Um this allows us to learn more and then kind of figure out what that permanent program would be moving forward.

Great, thank you so much.

And uh the last question I have is there is this being covered by current budget, or is there also a budget amendment that needs to go with this?

Through the chair.

So this this resolution for this temporary amount um uh is able to be covered through DDOT's current budget, so it doesn't require any uh budget amendment uh or uh as a resolution or a fiscal analysis.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Director.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Are there any other questions?

Oh, one more.

Oh, yes, vice chair.

Am I able to join you or you are you waiting for the table to join?

Feel free.

Okay, yeah.

I would love to join you on this.

Thank you.

If that can be noted for the clerk that this can be in the name of member McCampbell, Member Santiago Romero.

No, thank you.

Is there a motion to approve to new business?

Motion to approve to new business.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, our walk-on will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Is there a motion to waive member reports?

Thank you, folks.

With that, uh there's nothing else before us.

Uh we are now adjourned.

Thank you all.