President, Councilmember Densdale and Todd McCampbell.

Present.

Councilmember Renata Miller.

Member Miller did send a memo indicating that she would not be present, so her absence is excused.

Purple So note, Mr.

President.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Council Member Mary Waters.

Present.

Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway.

Member Callaway sent a memo indicating that she will be absence.

So her absence is excused.

Council President Pro Tem Cole Meneyon the second.

Here.

Council President James Tate.

Yep.

Mr.

President, you have a corn.

Thank you.

We have a corn present.

The council will now be in session.

We will now begin the collection of public comment cards.

Some of you have already provided your raise your hand for a card.

If you have not done so yet and you would like to provide comment to the council, please raise your hand if you're in person, but also if you're online.

Please raise your hand.

We will be cutting off the collection of public comments very shortly.

Providing this morning's invocation, we have none other than uh the Reverend Dr.

Willie A.

Ghost in the second, a senior pastor at the Historic Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, uh, located in uh District 7 at 5151 West Chicago.

Pastor Goldston uh holds a bachelor's of science and master of public uh health degrees from the Indiana University in Bloomington, as well as a Master of Divinity from Christian Theological Seminary and Doctor of Ministry as a Gardner C.

Taylor Fellow from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

Pastor Goldston is currently a secretary for the Michigan Annual Conference Board of Examiners for the AME Church, member of the Stewardship Finance Commission, Fourth District Christian Education Team and Co-Chair of the Michigan Conference of Social Action.

He's also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha 30 years in.

All right.

Thank you so much.

To President Tate, Coleman Pro Tim Young, Associate Council members in this August body that have assembled here, those in this workspace of endless possibilities and promises, plus those viewing across the airways of streaming capacities and technological spaces.

It is with great appreciation, adoration, and eminent expressions of elation that I've been afforded this opportunity to stand behind this desk for such a time as this.

The word of God reminds us how good and pleasant it is for brothers and sisters to dwell together in unity.

It also says that we ought to always pray without ceasing.

Therefore, let us pray.

Supreme and loving God, the sustainer of our souls, creator of the universe, the giver of every good and perfect gift.

We bow in humble submission before your throne on this due day called Tuesday, a day in which we have not seen before, witnessed or experienced.

Yet we come first and foremost, thanking you for being our God.

Whether we call you the God of Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob, Elion, El Shaddai, Jehovah Jirah, Jehovah Shalom, Yahweh, the lily of the valley, our bright and morning star, more battle axe, our miracle worker, our heartfixer or mind regulator.

We come thanking you first and foremost for all that you have already done and what you're doing right now in the present and what you shall do in the future.

And we confess that we haven't always done the best that we should at all times.

Yet we are grateful for yet another day, another chance and another opportunity, a do-over that has been granted unto us to do better on this particular moment.

And we are grateful for contributions of faithful laborers across this city of Detroit.

Those, oh God, that carry the spirit and continue to serve humankind.

We pray, oh God, that you would set the atmosphere for this productive business meeting and deliberations.

We know that you shall supply all of our needs according to your riches and glory.

So come by here, God of grace and God of glory.

We humbly approach thy throne with appreciation for already the prayers that you have answered, the ones that we are anticipating you to do.

And we confess that you are still God, and beside you there is none other.

So we call upon the God of our weary years and our silent tears, thou who has brought us thus far along the way, to keep us forever in thy path, we pray, as we attempt to discern next steps that will be beneficial to the kingdom of God.

Grant us courage to do what is just and right in your sight.

Grant us discernment so that we won't be selfish but be selfless in our undertakings, and grant us wisdom so that we can understand our assignments and our roles that impact the outcomes of everyone each and every day.

So from the balcony of heaven, where the ancestors are, and to those of us that are still finding our way here.

We pray, oh God, that you would touch those that are in the alleys, the boulevards, and the streets, from our neighborhoods and urban core and corners across this landscape of untapped potential.

Provide the resources for all greater elevation and excellence beyond our expectation.

From every church to school to business to every household, hospital bed, and even jail cell.

Speak to us right now and reveal your power and your might.

Oh majestic and marvelous and magnanimous God.

Cover our mayor Barry Sheffield in a special way in the midst of this new transition.

Bless our council president Tate and an extraordinary faction, and keep the host of council members in close proximity of your care and filled with prophetic purpose.

Touch the quadry of administrators, staff, public safety workers, officials, and citizens, that we may all value the power of communication and collaboration effectively as open doors will come forth for greater connection and communal interaction.

And so finally, oh God, remind us that we all can work for justice so that it may be able to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream and be reminded that you require us each day to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you, our God.

So bless us now with all personalities of authentic and unique perspectives, that we may learn how to respect each other and realize that we have more in common than differently as we press towards living and learning together.

So hear this our prayer and grant us thy peace as we strive to be a more beloved community in every capacity, so that the quality of our lives for all citizens of Detroit can be enhanced as you get the glory and all that we do and say in our lives on today.

In Jesus' name I pray, amen, amen, amen.

Amen.

Thank you, Pastor Ghost, and for the very powerful prayer.

You are definitely welcome to stay with us.

Uh, we know you have a busy schedule, so we understand that you have to depart as well.

So thank you again.

All right, we will now have a special presentation in honors of women's history month.

Good morning again.

As we uh still have uh one of those happy hangovers from last Friday's women's uh month celebration that took place right in this auditorium.

Uh, we want to continue that uh today as we celebrate and continue to celebrate women's history month.

It is my privilege to uh lead to uh honor and lead the recognition uh today for four extraordinary women who are reshaping and have reshaped the landscape of the city of Detroit and beyond.

These leaders represent the very best of our city.

Uh, these leaders are visionaries, they're dedicated to our youth, our environment, and philanthropic health, as well as our collective safety.

By presenting the spirit of the Detroit Award today, we acknowledge that their impact is found beyond the lives found in the lives that they have transferred across our city and our region, our state, our country.

Please join me in honoring our first honoree.

We can have the ladies, please uh come and stand next to me, please.

Our first honoree, Amber Reder.

Y'all give her a round of applause.

For over two decades, Amber Rederick, or Miss Red, as the youth uh often call her.

She has been a transformative force for Detroit's youth.

Since founding Teen Hype in 2004, she has remained steadfast in the organization's mission to celebrate Detroit area youths, ages 12 to 24, and build collective power, agency, leadership, and critical skills alongside them to enact positive change in their lives and communities.

One of the most powerful ways that uh Amber uh brings the mission to life is through Teen Heights annual youth-led, youth-written theatrical productions.

These plays, such as the most recent production, Unseen, which pointedly uh explore the crisis of missing black girls, serve as a national stage for our young people to confront systemic barriers.

Past productions like Two Detroit's Strong have similarly tackled social complex issues, very complex social issues, from mental health to the digital divide.

Under Miss Red's stewardship, Teen Hype has empowered more than 55,000 teenagers to find their voices and lead with purpose.

Her recognition as a 2025 Skilledman Visionary Award winner reflects her lifelong commitment to building a just community where all Detroit youth can thrive.

And here's a quote from Ms.

Reid.

I am really passionate that our young people have a voice, that we share our power, we share seats at the table for them so they can have the capacity to grow and learn and demonstrate their value in this world.

Ladies and gentlemen, please congratulate Miss Amber Redric.

Wow, this is this is very, very special.

You can get a lot of awards, but when you get an award in the city of Detroit where you have been raised, where you have been cultivated and stewarded and learned and failed.

This is this is extra special.

Thank you, Councilman Pay for thinking of me, and as well as the other councilpersons here today.

Um most importantly, I'm grateful that this means that our city prioritizes the well-being of young people, that we see the value in them being a part of every conversation and every decision.

Thank you so much for thinking of me this morning.

Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave.

Come on, come on.

Just as uh Ms.

Rederie uh is securing the future of our youth.

Our next honoree uh has spent her career securing the environment that they will inherit.

Our next honoree, Irma Lephard.

She's a proud Castech alumni, alumna, uh, whose career is always one in the room or two or three.

We got the principal this time of the house, um, define her uh whose career defines the intersection of environmental stewardship and social justice.

Recently retired after 12 years of tireless service as a conservation organizer for the Sierra Club, Irma has been a primary defender of our most vital resource, the Great Lakes.

Her advocacy focuses on three pillars, ensuring our waters remain swimmable, drinkable, and fishable for every Detroiter.

Irma has been instrumental in bridging the gap between technical environmental policy and lived experience of residents, championing uh water quality as an accessibility as a fundamental uh human right.

Her legacy is one that of public service and perseverance and persistence, uh protecting the ecological uh integrity of our region while ensuring that environmental justice is the reality of our most vulnerable uh neighborhoods.

And here's a quote.

My intent to be a public servant to work in a capacity to make a difference in people's lives.

Understanding threats to the Great Lakes, the importance of water, water quality, and water accessibility is greatly important.

Ladies and gentlemen, Irma Leppard.

Good morning, and thank you, Councilman Tate.

This is absolutely, as Amber said, an extraordinary honor.

Um I love the city of Detroit.

I'm born and raised uh here in the city and understand the value that we experience because we are part of the Great Lakes Basin.

There is a water scarcity throughout the nation and the world, and yet here we are in the midst of 20% of the world's fresh surface water.

So we have an obligation, a special role in protecting these waterways, and in particular, the Detroit River and the Rouge River.

Uh, they are our boundary.

Detroit River is our water of the source of our drinking water.

And so the work for me is not really work.

It is a passion.

It is something that's important to all of us.

It's part of what makes Detroit great.

When we talk about the greatness of the city, we also talk about the riverwalk.

We talk about uh the yachts and the boats, well, I shouldn't say yachts, but um, you know, the boats, the freighters that walk past the shipping, the industry within our region, you know, is right here at our doorstep, right here in our backyard or front yard.

So thank you.

I can talk about the Great Lakes all day, we'll not today.

Um, and I also just want to acknowledge that, you know, as a lifelong Detroiter, the importance of friends, and I have a dear friend here today.

I've known since first grade or kindergarten and Debbie, thank you so much.

Uh, it is an honor uh to be a part of this great city.

Thank you.

Our next honored is Leslie Graham Andrew.

CEO of Daisy Ventures, uh, Leslie Graham Andrews is a master of speaking the truth.

And if you know her, that's exactly where she does.

Speak the truth to power, uh, and is a visionary in the world of fun development.

As CEO of Daisy Ventures, she has spent her career designing financial architecture that supports Detroit's most vital community initiatives.

Her expertise is legendary.

She's once oversaw a 100 million dollar grant execution plan that fuels social services around our city.

Uh uh, having uh and currently is the board chair of Life Leadership Inc.

Her career is a master class in building the true currency of relationships, earning her the 2026 Enterprising Woman Award, a woman of the year award from Enterprising Women Magazine.

Whether she is mentoring young professionals or advising major philanthropic boards, Leslie's influence helps every Detroiter, and the words of the mayor rise higher.

Ladies and gentlemen, Leslie Graham Andrews.

Wow, who is that woman?

Good morning.

Um, good morning, family.

I say good morning, good morning family, because I'm a daughter of Detroit.

I am her daughter, and everything I do is to her benefit and for her growth, including that speaking truth to power.

Thank you, President Tate.

Thank you, uh, council members and everyone whose name is affixed to this document.

I couldn't be more proud.

I agree with Amber.

This is the award that you're going to get.

If you're gonna get anything else, it's recognition from your family.

I will only say one thing.

I really do believe that my job is to help those who have the most to champion and advocate and support those who have the least.

And I do believe that there is a middle ground.

I work every day to find that middle ground on behalf of those who cannot advocate and champion for themselves, no matter where they find themselves in Detroit.

Uh, and no matter what the condition of the state, I will always champion for my community.

And I thank you for recognizing this work and have a great day.

Oh, and Castecalum.

Yeah, yeah, see you at the Pistons Game April 8th.

Last but certainly not least this morning, uh, we would like to honor Miss Aleya Harvey Quinn.

Yes.

Founder of Force Detroit.

Uh, today we honor Miss Aleya Harvey Quinn, a woman who has redefined public safety, uh, helped redefine public safety in Detroit by leading uh with radical love.

Founded in 2015, her previous organization, because she did step down, uh, Forced Detroit, which stands for faithfully organizing resources for community empowerment.

Somebody in the back knows the words.

Has been a national blueprint for a community violence intervention.

While Aleya recently stepped down as the executive director to allow the next generations of leaders to rise, she continues her transformative work by helping shape the system that organizations operate within.

Her pioneering strategies led to a remarkable 72% reduction in gun violence within targeted neighborhoods.

And that was buttressed by the statements of our own chief of police uh just yesterday during our uh budget hearing for the DPD.

Through her advocacy, she has helped secure millions of dollars for grass in grassroots funding, uh shifting the landscape and conversation surrounding community safety from one of trauma to one of investment and hope.

Alea's visionary leadership has proven that our city's safety is best secured when we invest in the humanity of every resident and empower those closest to pain to lead the way with peace.

Ladies and gentlemen, Ms.

Leah Harvey Quinn.

I am so so honored um to be receiving this award, not only as a native and long-term Detroiter committed to the city, but also as a woman in safety work.

So many women don't get honored, aren't visible, but we are often the backbones.

Anywhere there is an issue in our community, you will find a black woman working on it.

And so I am just honored that taking up the cause of coalition building, um, of redistribution of funds, of design and advocacy infrastructure was uh successful.

I'm amazed literally, and I'm super super honored to be recognized for that work and to see the work still prospering, still growing, still saving lives.

Thank you so much.

Uh Mr.

President, I want to thank all these ladies for being um at the vanguard when it comes to their professions and what they do for the city of Detroit.

But I have to give a special shout out to one of my key green task force members, Irma, who recently retired, who has done so much for the sustainability, the Sierra Club, and for water sustainability, infrastructure protection for the residents of the city of Detroit.

And for Irma has been working in this space, and the green space is often a thankless job.

But she is dedicated and committed and has brought so much and so many resources back to the city of Detroit.

So I've got to give a call out to my green task force member, Irma.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh thank you so much for recognizing these amazing women, beautiful women.

Um and certainly I appreciate each one of you for your leadership and the work that you all are doing.

I've I've been in the room with a couple of you and can certainly echo what Member Benson said.

Um Irma has retired just to volunteer more in the community.

And so that I certainly do appreciate Aleia.

Uh, we were part of a cohort long before I got elected, and she always made sure that we view public safety from a different lens and and understanding who we are as a city, who we should be as a city, and making great decisions about providing safety and support to our residents.

And so I thank each and every one of you for being who you are, being authentically yourself and showing up and representing the city that all of you said you've grown up in and that you love.

So thank you all so much.

Yeah, and I just want to say that you know, these this is not just uh a document that I read.

This is a personal relationship that I have with each and every one of these individuals.

I've known them for a number of years.

Uh Ambra, I've seen the great work, been a I want to say about five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten plays that you want to put on, and I'm seeing the fruits of your labor and those young folks uh up close and personal.

Um Irma, you and I, we've talked many times about a water quality, and you have actually, you know, um been a positive influence in me and bending the way I think about certain things, especially when it comes to the environment.

Allegedly, you have been someone who's given me uh a word of advice, sometimes even if I don't want it.

And it's the hard words, but it's the truth.

And I thank you for uh being a mentor and a guiding uh light in my life.

Um as it relates to CBI, I often talk about I was a woman who helped her in CBI, right?

And introduced at least to the leadership.

Um but a leah was the person who first uh spoke this word to me and uh made sure that we were not as a city allowed to leave this concept, and now because of your efforts, we see where we are uh in the city of Detroit today.

So thank you, ladies, for all of the work that you have done uh and will continue to do uh in your uh endeavor.

So if you don't mind, we would love to take a photo with you.

All right, keep the question.

Collection of public comments have now concluded.

Madam Clerk, you can note that we've been joined by Member Santiago Rupert.

Thank you so much.

Yes.

Yes.

All right.

Thank you so much, everyone.

Let's give them one more round of applause, please.

We transition.

Right.

Thank you.

There are being no reconsiderations or unfinished business.

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

Fifteen reports from various city departments.

The fifteen reports.

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

Seventeen reports from various city departments.

The seventeen reports will be referred to the internal operations standing committee from the for the neighborhood community service standing committee.

Three reports from the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Five reports from various city departments.

Five reports will be referred to the planning and economic development standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee.

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 the voting action matters.

Under other matters, Madam Clerk.

Under communications from the mayor and other governmental agencies and officials.

A minute and thirty, so let's get that time on the clock, please.

Want to let those who have not participated in public comment understand that once your time is up, please release the mic for the person who comes after you.

Our first speaker is Danielle Said, followed by Rohelio Landine.

I am a construction engineer in the city of Detroit.

I'm speaking today amongst many other people here who are here today.

Um and plenty of others who couldn't be here today to demand that city council refuse to renew its contract with Shot Spotter and Nice Systems.

These contracts amount to a total of nine point one million dollars, which is a small portion of the six hundred and sixty-seven million of the total contracts that Detroit Anti-War Committee had highlighted the last time we were here.

These contracts are war profiteer are our contract contracts who are war profiteers to do business with Israel or our known BDS company.

That is why we're highlighting Shot Spotter and NICE systems during this week, which is a no uh which is known as Israel Apartheid Week, which is where ACE's awareness about Israeli apartheid and to mobilize support to strategic BDS campaigns and to end all international complicity in the system of oppression and meaningful contribution to dismantling it.

Well, these companies are surveillance companies that are from Israel, which have used their technology to surveil and target Palestinian people.

Shot spotter does not even hide this from the fact that they target black and brown communities, which is stated on their own website.

Money should be spent on other programs and other services that support our communities, not surveil our people and provide funding to war profiters, broad profiting companies.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mr.

Landine.

Good morning, esteemed council, Council President Pro Cham.

Uh last week, you all uh passed a resolution, passed it on to the mayor regarding data centers and a moratorium for two years.

I am here to respectfully uh ask you to reconsider that, pull it, withdraw it, and give it the attention that it needs.

I respectfully suggest to everyone that we have every tool necessary, starting with the community benefits ordinance with the executive orders for employment and minority contracting and every other administrative tool that we need to manage uh whatever issues may come up regarding data centers.

That two-year moratorium will in fact realize itself in about four to six years, given due process.

By that time, there won't be a reason for you to consider data centers.

They will be gone, the money will be gone.

The signal that it sends to any other industry who's looking to invest in Detroit is not a positive one.

It is one that suggests that they will be met with resistance and undue process relative to not being able to invest in our city.

Last year, everybody uh was campaigning on new jobs, more jobs, good jobs, housing.

Well, we're here.

People want to invest.

Are we gonna really turn away when we have the tools to engage with these industries the very opportunities that we say we wanted for our people?

Please reconsider the resolution.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, Joe, followed by Alexandria Tromboli.

Hi there, I'm Joe.

I'm the education chair of the Detroit Anti-War Committee.

Um, I'm here today to demand that you cancel your contracts with ShotSpotter and NICE Systems.

These contracts are up for renewal at the end of June, and they make up about 9.1 million dollars of the 667 million dollars in contracts the city has with known war profiteers.

That's 9.1 million dollars that could be spent on community violence intervention, which I've seen that you've highlighted people's efforts towards that end today.

Um, rather than surveilling black and brown communities, which um is something that ShotSpotter is proud to say that they do.

Nice systems is also an Israeli surveillance and internet monitoring services company, meaning we pay 2.1 million of our tax dollars to service to a service that surveils us, like it surveils Palestinians under Israeli apartheid.

Having come to enough of these meetings and spoken to you about Palestine, then about Venezuela, and most recently about Iran.

I know that many of you care very little about the deaths of school children and civilians.

But if you don't see the morality in investing in these companies, then see this as an opportunity to serve your constituents.

I think Detroit is a stronger city if it refuses business with for profiteers, because it means we have always stood on the side of the oppressed peoples of the world for Mayor Coleman Young, who is arrested in DC for protesting against South African apartheid to right now where we can cut ties between Detroit and Israeli apartheid, do the right thing and cancel these contracts.

Thank you.

The next speaker, Alexandria Tromby, followed by Josh May.

Morning, counsel.

I'm Dr.

Alexandria Trombley.

I'm a neuroscientist studying trauma and substance use here in Detroit.

You might go closer to you, please.

Yeah.

Uh last time I was here, we talked about how Detroit contributes to war and suffering, both here in the US and across the globe, about how it's not just Trump and his administration that are responsible, but how we here in Detroit fund these systems with our taxes.

We told you about how the Detroit Anti-War Committee identified almost 670 million of our taxpayer dollars that this body approved to go to divestment targets and war profiteers, about how we could use that money differently to fulfill your campaign promises and to make Detroit work for the people who are paying those taxes.

Figuring that out can be complicated, but today we're here to talk about two contracts that are not complicated at all.

That's ShotSpotter and NICE systems.

Both these contracts are expiring this summer.

We're here to urge you not to renew them.

Detroiters have been fighting against ShotSpotter for years now.

They even won a lawsuit against the city in regards to ShotSpotter, as you probably know.

Uh and ShotSpotter claims to make our city safer, but we know that's not the reality.

It uses our tax dollars to surveil us, to waste first responders' time with its documented 78% inaccuracy rating, and to racially profile your constituents, placing sensors in neighborhoods with 70% people of color.

If that wasn't enough, the technology is tested on Palestinians to uphold an apartheid statement genocide.

If the long-term safety of our council is a real of our communities, is a real priority of this council.

I call on you to reinvest that seven million dollars instead on community outreach and service programs that target the root causes of gun violence in the last man, followed by Teresa McCormick.

Good morning.

Yesterday, Rochester, Michigan voted down Flock.

Uh, and it turns out a lot of the leaders there didn't even read the contract and know exactly what it was.

I'm curious if you guys read the contract to know exactly what this is.

Every time we pass those cameras, it adds a picture to our file that's held in a database, which is a data center.

Data centers are coming everywhere, every city across America holding this information.

Detroit government and police do not control this data.

They are one of 12,000 paid subscribers.

This is a paid subscription service that is privately owned, but yet it shares data with U.S.

and border control customs.

The system is getting hacked online to show its weaknesses.

Users are using the facial recognition to find out subjects, medical and financial info as well as travel history.

Peter Keel is a primary investor who is tied to Israel in a worldwide mass surveillance.

He has stated that his company is used as a political investment designed to reduce the power of particular voters.

I'm not anti-police, I am anti-mass surveillance and gathering files of info on innocent people.

Brandon Upchurch was pulled over by and Flock misidentified him.

Dogs was released and harmed him to the point of needing to go to the hospital, then to jail, only to be released due to the flawed system.

We need to save our city and the privacy for the future generations.

Ferndale, Rochester, and Bay City all have made this decision.

Good morning.

Dickerson and Jefferson.

A few years ago, I moved in there.

Let's start a time over again because we can't hear the mic is awful.

Okay.

I have a loud voice anyways.

As I said, we're part of the Capitol Realty building.

There is so much needs to be done in there.

And we've started uh tendency union.

We have the issues of the pest.

The roaches, the bed bugs, it's overwhelmed.

They put a band-aid on it, they changed companies, but it's not better.

It's worse.

In October, we bought we went to Kansas City with a hundred other people that this company owns.

We have asked Mr.

March Eichler, Capital Reality for demands to come and talk to us, even management.

We're getting retaliation.

We had the news out last year.

We need somebody to help get these companies, especially Eichler and Capitol Realty, to come to the table and talk to us.

They're not wanting their parents to live where we're living, and we shouldn't have to live like this.

We're all I'm 78.

Uh it's not right.

It's not right for what they're doing.

And we need your help.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Next speaker, Miss Betty Lyons.

I want to ask why is Ms.

Powers allowed to leave darn public comment.

She should either be docked or maybe she should retire.

These young people, they stay.

Mr.

Whitaker, he stays.

Why is she allowed?

She's nobody special.

She needs to be pointed out, or either come in at four o'clock and go back home.

No.

The same complaint I had.

That's $600 million that was stolen.

Y'all sat there quietly and knew that it was stolen.

And you did nothing for the residents of Detroit.

This uh hold on my God.

Um keep talking, Betty.

Why is Conrad Mallet?

This man is dull minded.

These people in loot and uh Leland Hotel, they should get everything they want.

He's trying to help the dog gone slum lords.

That's not fair.

And then you got Matt Cambo, and of course, above all, Romero want to protect illegal people over here while the people at Leland are treated inhuman.

Give them what they want like her people in Mexican town got millions of dollars and was made whole.

Next speaker, Jacqueline Rice, followed by Javon Perry.

Hi, my name is uh Jackie Rice.

Uh I'm a leader with the uh River Point Towers Tenant Union.

I was here in February speaking about my eviction notice, in which our union was able to uh stop the eviction.

But I'm still I'm still worried about management, treating us like we're nothing.

Uh um, my neighbor AK, uh, they've always had hard.

He's they always giving him a hard time.

Uh he's never done anything, but he's always getting written up for stuff that's isn't right.

Um, we are asking his counsel to support us in written responses to our union demands.

Uh they treat us like we're nothing.

We treat them with respect, so we want to be treated with respect because I am somebody, and I wish to be treated like I am somebody.

So uh we just wish we could get better management and we can get capital realty to step up to the plate and do what they need to be done.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

One, two, one, two, one, two.

Okay.

All right, Mr.

Perry.

Thank you for your patience.

The floor is yours, sir.

Good morning, honorable council members.

My name is Javon Perry.

I am here today as a Detroit resident with a proposal that can help address three major issues our city faced at the time.

Vacant homes, workforce development, and homelessness.

Right now, the Detroit Land Bank Authority manages numerous of vacant properties across the neighborhoods.

Many of these homes have sat empty for years, becoming blank and costing the city resources to maintain.

But what if those homes became opportunities instead of problems?

My proposal is to create a Detroit community rebuild program that allows Detroit residents, especially those entering skilled trades to help rehabilitate these vacant homes as a part of their training.

Participants can work alongside licensed professionals learning carpentry, electrical work, plumbing and roofing and other trades.

They gain real-world experience while helping restore homes that are currently sitting vacant.

This program could partner with organizations like Detroit at work and Wayne County Community College District to connect workforce training directly with neighborhood revitalization.

In addition, some of these homes could be used for transitional housing to help residents experiencing homelessness to get back on their feet while connecting them to job training opportunities.

But the most important part is the people.

Helping rebuild these homes would have a pathway to ownership through sweat equity.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thank you.

Brother Cunningham, followed by Stephen Remon.

1313, 444914.

You can find me on Facebook.

You can find articles, you can find my Patreon and connect like we've been doing.

The negative I ignore, but I do listen.

Basically, to summarize, God is able.

We can just go on and on and on how good God is because God is able.

It was lots and lots of people there.

Shout out little Caesars and Ham Tramic.

And the crowd came out.

Hopefully, Miss Casey from Detroit Disability Power.

Hopefully, she's going to speak.

She is such a valuable asset to the city, and she should be listened to.

If you can, please uh listen to every word that Miss Casey uh says.

And lastly, I did a training in Pittsburgh, and they have a program, the Go program, where if you have a snap card, our version will be a bridge card, show it to the driver, and you pay half off fare.

Google it.

Pittsburgh.

Go program.

Thank you so much.

Stephen Grimer, followed by Walter Welch.

Good morning.

My name is Steven Remer.

I'm a director of Detroit Tenant Union.

Detroit's history teaches us one thing.

Clearly, nothing has been given to working class people here in Detroit.

We've always had to organize and take it.

Today, even renters make up almost half of the city's population, and we're treated as disposable that we see firsthand from the leave of house situation.

This is a housing crisis, but it's not just about cost, it is about conditions and is it about power.

And right now, tenants have little of that.

At River Point Tower, seniors are living in a building plagued by a pest infection, infection, infestation, maintenance failures, and management rooted in disrespect.

We have organized over 60 tenants in this building, and they believe their rights matter.

We've organized last year.

We won improvements, and this proves one thing that tenants united can change conditions.

But the response from ownership and management is very similar to a script that I went through six years ago on retaliation.

And just like we've seen in history, the automotive plants.

Management has turned to intimidation, threats, false uh violations, and pressure tactics designed to break collective action.

This is not new, it's the same playbook, just a different battlefield.

But today, tenants are learning that the same thing uh workers learned generations ago that fear only works when we stand alone.

We are not alone, we are not afraid, we're organized, we're disciplined, and we're calling the body to stand with us.

Thank you.

Next speaker, Walter Welch, followed by Charles Cunningham.

Good morning.

I said Charles Cunningham.

Good morning.

My name is Walter Welch.

I'm a leader with the River Point Towers tenant union.

I've lived in the building for 13 years, and I'm ashamed to say it in full different apartments.

There have been consistent issues at my apartment.

I need a new tub right now.

The glazing is all cracked up and not safe.

It clogs up the drains.

I cannot take a bath.

I need a new door.

My door is not secure and shakes constantly from a strong draft in the hallway.

They came in to do some work in my home, took my closet doors off, and never came back to put them back on.

That ain't maintenance.

That ain't right.

They called the police on me when I was posting union signs in the building.

That ain't right.

We want respect, not retaliation.

Please support us in getting a written response to our union demands.

We have emailed you all a copy of our current union demands.

We are asking for your support and getting a written response from either the manager or owner of the building, River Point Towers.

Thank you so much.

And I know there may be some folks who haven't been here council before.

The way that our uh operation is that we allow for everyone to provide public comment, and then we as a body will then provide any comments afterwards to allow for uh everyone to have their uh voice being heard without us clogging it out.

So we will be addressing uh afterwards uh comments from members of the audience to Charles Cunningham, yes.

My name is Charles, and I'm a leader of the Ribble Point Tower tenant unit.

I've liked I've lived in the building for over five years, and I have lots of issues.

Like my closet dog falling on my head, and then later on on my grandchild, but it's still not fixed after over a year and multiple work orders.

Another thing, anyone can just take a butter knife and open your door.

That's dangerous.

We addressed these issues last summer as a union.

So they came around and put bunch of band-aids on the issues, and the band-aids are starting to fall off.

Capital really capital realty group owns property all across the country.

Last year, while we were in Kansas City, the mayor stood with us and the residents across the country.

We are still asking that this council stand with us, and all we want is a big response to our union demands.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker, Ella Sanders, followed by Jack Robo.

Good morning, Council.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Alice Sanders, and I live in the old uh Ravendale community.

I'd like to say to y'all, we are going through the parts of our lives because there are groundhogs.

There are people who just doesn't respect your respect there.

We dealing with the travel zone hotel.

That is really missing.

I have a bad roof that I've been trying to get help with for 12, 13 years, and I'm 80 years old now.

When I started, I was only about 65.

So you know these are things that people really need.

And I have a handicapped daughter who I takes care.

And it's very heavy to understand that when your daughter looks up and water's coming down that you don't understand, but that's okay.

We live in that home, and we understand that time will come when it will be a part of us.

That's why I'm asking for affordable homes, also for the young people, because I represent the young people and the old people.

Thank you and have a great day.

Thank you.

Jackson Robock.

Thank you.

Hello, City Council.

I'm Jackson.

I'm a member of uh Detroit Community Action Committee.

We've been here several times talking about a demand for a sanctuary city and uh ending DPD collaboration with ICE.

You know, as uh I live in uh district six over on Lansing, and when I talk to my neighbors and when DCAC does our barrio walks and we go through the neighborhoods talking to businesses, we constantly hear how they are they can't tolerate the city of Detroit cooperating with ICE, especially when it's law enforcement, as we've seen uh Detroit police hand over high school students to ICE as we've seen DPD act as crowd control during raids, as we saw last summer in July.

Uh, people do not want their tax dollars going to uh immigration enforcement, especially when it means our city of Detroit police officers wearing Detroit on their chest, are handing people over to ICE.

It is intolerable.

And while once again we support uh Gabriela Santiago Romero's uh memo trying to investigate what's going on.

We need to go farther.

We need to ensure that not just uh entering churches or schools, we need to ensure that no Detroit tax dollars, even indirectly are going towards ice, and we need to break this level of cooperation.

There is no reason why DPD needs to have any level of uh information sharing, cooperation, or handing people over to ice.

We need ice out of our communities, and the number one way to do that is breaking the connection between DPD and ICE.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, Anthony Vault or Voigt.

Apologize if I mispronounced that name, followed by Charlie Hussle.

Uh well, uh good morning, uh Council President, members of the city council.

My name's uh Tony Voigt.

I'm a concerned uh member of Detroit, uh resident here for the last uh seven years since I graduated from Wayne uh over on the um east side.

Uh Detroit is a city of immigrants, and uh I think it's about time that we declare it a sanctuary city.

I'm also a member of the Detroit Community Action Committee.

Uh, we urge the city to adopt our sanctuary city ordinance that has very clear language prohibiting the collection and sharing of the immigration status by city agencies unless required by law, the use of city funds, personal or facilities to assist ICE operations, any detention of individuals based solely on information from ICE detainers or administrative warrants.

All must be prohibited very clearly.

Detroit's resources are for us Detroiters for improving our transportation, education, and public safety.

Detroit public police officers should not detain individuals solely based on information provided by ICE, which are civil requests, not criminal warrants have been found unconstitutional and multiple federal rulings.

We want money for Detroit, not for ice killings and deportations.

Thank you.

Next speaker, Charlie Hussle, followed by Masha.

Okay.

Well, I came to thank the city council, the new city council members for stepping the game up and not doing the same old things that's been going on for the past years.

Especially Campbell and uh Miss Miller and the rest of you guys are stepping up, Mr.

Tate.

But uh what we came here today is we're trying to uh dismiss these lawsuits against the city of Detroit.

If you guys are go ahead and pull those properties that you know that's you know that you know about, pull them back from the county.

And it seemed like you can do that right away because you know it's a deadlight on the 31st.

So those two properties that y'all got over at the county, you need to pull them back, and we can uh dismiss these lawsuits against the city.

If that's something that you guys are willing to do, uh I need to know something today, if you can.

That sounds pretty good.

I mean, I'm sure you know who I am, and I about the houses, right?

So I have to give you the addresses to the world because everybody's watching.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, my shell, followed by Angel Carter.

Hello.

Well, I'm I'm I'm concerned.

I've been listening here, and it's a lot of things going on with housing, and a lot of elderly people seem like they're getting messed over.

And that's a problem.

And I'm here today.

This is my ID.

It showed you that I'm a veteran, and Detroit power, Detroit community outreach was there when I needed them.

But you have this fella on your staff, Comrade Malik, that last night called that address over on Chicago as if there's something with wrong with it.

If he has anything to show there is something wrong with the building, then send it to us.

We have people in place.

The second thing, if he doesn't leave us alone.

We don't care that you go to church across the street.

It does not matter to us.

They helping veterans, they help me.

Had they not helped me, God forbid what would have happened?

Not to me, but I'm a veteran.

You understand?

Leave Detroit power alone.

Leave the property over Chicago, leave the property over there.

Uh uh at Chrysler, just leave their property alone.

Just leave them alone.

If you don't have anything on paper that's saying they are in violation to anything, just leave them alone, please.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you for reservations.

Angel Carter, followed by Ruben James Crowley June.

Hi, I'm Angel Carter.

I'm the director of the organization.

He was just speaking on.

Um, I have some comments and concerns about what Conrad Mallet had made yesterday pertaining to defraud that I want to clear up.

The member that we had working there is fired.

And also he made a comment about the community not wanting a veteran facility in the neighborhood.

But how dare he say that?

And they rather have it as office based when these veterans have fought for this country, but it was good enough to fought for the country, but not good enough to be in the neighborhood where it transitioning is they're homeless, and so we help put them back into society.

He's that he's coming after our organization.

When our organization don't do nothing but help people, our owner of our organization has been helping the city of Detroit with the people in the city of Detroit for the last 15 years, probably find out his own pocket, and Conrad Mallet Steady keeps coming after and harassing him.

So I just ask that he just leave us alone.

You don't know about us.

If you take the time to come visit us, you might like us.

We are very family oriented, and we help the city keep to help the city of Detroit with trying to get a veteran homeless and not only veteran homelessness, but people that need help in general.

Ms.

Carter, I'm just for clarification.

I'm unfamiliar.

I'm not sure if I'm the only one.

I'm familiar with the meeting you're talking about.

Where's the the So we're located on West Chicago 19237?

Conrad made some comments about organization.

Where's it located?

I'm sorry.

19237, West Chicago, right across the street from the church.

Okay.

Thank you.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

All right, Reuben James Crowley Jr.

said back then.

Your time shall begin.

Give my time.

Listen.

You got a plan in place to try to get Mary removed from office so you can become the mayor.

Hell no.

It's not gonna happen.

I'm not gonna allow it to happen.

Now, Conrad Mallet Jr., the corporation counsel was sitting right next to Janice M.

Winfrey when she lied about the findings on the allegations of voter fraud by anonymous citizen report at that Detroit Election Commission meeting on April 25th, 2024.

Conrad was sitting right next to her.

My comrade came out his mouth and said something about some dean fraud in 1932 7.

West Chicago will.

We opened up that day.

Now Conrad wants to come out talking about he got some deed fraud or something else.

Mary Waters, you up there with Conrad, opening your big mouth.

Scott Bisson cheated in, you cheated in Mary, you cheated in Come, you cheating in JZ take junior.

You're not gonna be a mayor.

Of course, you're a lawyer.

Okay.

Uh next speaker.

Bobby Johnson.

Char Williams, followed by Bobby Johnson.

Hello.

So um are we living in the Twilight Zone?

Is everyone up here in delusional?

Are you guys using some type of drugs?

So I've been talking about this for quite a long time.

And I'm speaking to you, Mr.

Tate, since you've been the president for three months.

Have you investigated what I've been talking about?

So we have illegal immigrants on the Detroit Police Department with fake names.

Illegal voting in this city.

And ex-convicts that's here right now at this meeting to get up and speak also on the Detroit Police Department.

So, like I said, my life been threatened by ex-offender, the shine to Houston that works at the third.

Cheryl Hall has been on the force over 15 years.

My life isn't been in danger for quite some time because I'm telling the truth.

So I'm gonna continue to speak the truth, but like I said, it's your job to make sure, and you have not been doing your job by the law, the constitution.

You all want to make the city a sanctioned city, they're not gonna do it because they want the money from DC, and we have to comply to the constitution.

You have to be a U.S.

citizen to be able to vote in our election process.

Come on now, make it make sense.

Every time I come down here, hacking is illegal, stalking is too city workers.

So I'm down at Henry Ford Hospital, and you are using that with people getting chemo and radiation, like it's a Starbucks, ex-offenders and illegal immigrants, parking go.

Make it make sense, respect that.

Thank you.

Next speaker, Bobby Johnson, followed by Jermaine Kane.

Hello, hello.

My name is Bobby Johnson.

First of all, I came to talk about Roots Park, but I heard something that was very passionate and to my I'm the president of Franklin Park and the building that they're talking about, the veterans building that they're talking about it sits in Franklin Park.

Yes, we're part of having Conrad come down.

The reason we did is changed over hands many a times.

We have children, children, children, age, school-age children that live right by that building.

They say it's homeless veterans, they say it's homeless people, but we have school-aged children.

Kip um uh elementary school is right by that building.

And so is men elementary school.

So, yes, we do have safety concerns, and if people want to come into our neighborhood, maybe they should come to our meetings and ask us and tell us what is going on in our neighborhood.

But to get to what I was talking about, I heard there's a shortfall of Roots Park uh recreation center being built.

Now we can find everything else, like the land bank and everything.

Seven of you guys on here were here when that promise was made in 2022.

Right now, that promise has not come.

There's nothing that has been not a tree that's been cut down, not a uh a shovel of dirt has been moved, but the fireplace, the fire station in one is almost done.

Cody High School is almost done.

There's investment all around, but there's no investment in seven.

What I will say is we need some investment in seven, and this recreation center better get done this year.

Thank you.

Next speaker, Jermaine Paynes, followed by Stephanie Gianni.

Good morning.

Good morning, uh council members.

Um, my name is Jermaine.

I'm um I'm a youth, uh a young eleven dog investor in um the city of Detroit.

I've been born and raised here in the city.

I have a problem because I own property in several districts, especially several uh district two and seven and one.

We have a blight crisis in the city, and as well as in these specific zip um districts, and I have been reaching out to district managers.

They told me they're gonna investigate, come and have meetings with me, never show up, never call back, never email back.

That's a problem.

We also have a problem with all these seniors coming down here in their apartment buildings are not being addressed.

We're not investigating or something, because these are like my grandparents, my aunties, my uncles, they up in their 60s plus.

Y'all sitting on this city council, and then I hear all these people complaining.

They've been complaining for years.

When are we gonna address this problem?

That's a problem.

It's a crisis in the city of Detroit with homelessness.

It's a crisis with this housing.

We gotta do something about this city council.

This is ridiculous.

Also, we want to talk about all these abandoned land bank houses that like myself have required and talk to Tammy Daniels at several community outreach meetings about properties that I'm interested in.

And I see investors get those in bungalow packages.

I don't understand it.

How y'all selling out like this?

That's ridiculous.

Next speaker, Stephanie Via Nino, followed by Casey Peller.

Good morning.

I'm a resident of West Village with my family.

I'm here to speak on the issues we've had due to negligence at Riverview Rehab at 773 East Jefferson, which were referenced yesterday by Conrad Mallet in the budget hearing.

The issue of the temporary boiler that is vibrating and rattling the nearby homes for over a month is not an isolated incident, but rather a current issue in a long history of offenses that's disrupted my family and neighborhood spanning the last five to six years.

As of today, the boiler remains running despite BCED and Dave Bell giving them a deadline of February 26th.

The city then walked back their own deadline after the 26th passed and gave Riverview to March 6 to a baitslash soundproof the nuisance, which they have not done.

In addition to the boiler, I have a log that goes back several years documenting issues and negligence as well as a list of neighbors with complaints.

Industrial dumpsters being slammed on the concrete that wake myself and my children at three o'clock in the morning, which happened today again.

There's trash and medical waste from their facility blowing into our backyard and neighborhood among and many others.

Richard Levin and River You can Riverview continue to use the residence they house as a shield to not be held accountable.

We were told by the boiler company that the builder, the building did not have heat for two to three days before they arrived when the temperatures were frigidly low.

I'm sure the residents would also value the piece we're asking for.

However, the city and BC are responsible to maintain dignity in the neighborhoods, and we want Riverview brought to compliance.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker, Casey Peller, followed by Jadante Smith.

Good morning, Council.

Um, my name is Casey Peller.

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

Um, today I'm here to voice support for a resolution um recognizing March 2026 as developmental disabilities awareness month and to talk about what it asks of us.

I want to start by thanking Council Member Santiago Romero for bringing this resolution forward because this resolution says something really powerful.

One of the whereas statements reads uh it is the shared responsibility of all Detroiters to end the stigma surrounding developmental disabilities that creating an inclusive Detroit is a shared responsibility, not only a government task, but everyone's so I want to speak directly to all listening to business owners, Detroit residents with developmental disabilities are ready to work, hire and invest in them, and your business will be better for it.

To our educators, every student has infinite capacity, lean into their strengths with no assumptions to neighbors.

Inclusion can be as simple as lending a hand and extending a warm welcome to our housing providers and landlords, offer education on tenant rights, and make any necessary accessibility accommodations, modifications, and repairs for your tenants at their request for to provide safety and comfort in their home.

And to this council, resolutions matter, as does dollars for true investment.

Show your commitment by protecting the 1.4 million dollars of funding for the Office of Disability Affairs.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker, Jadante Smith, followed by our last in-person speaker.

That's Mr.

Ronald Foster.

Good afternoon.

I was gonna say I want to start by saying Council President Tate.

I like to have that meeting that you suggested.

And based on your answers on base off what I speak on the rest of my time.

The lady in District 4, I would love for her to get help with that roof that she has uh that she has asked about because my mother had to live with the roof that was leaking.

I still have inherited this house with the same leaky roof.

Also, I have a I can't speak on anything else when it comes uh to fraud when it comes to elections, but I have a uh a lawsuit here around Lavis Williams in District 2 for police commissioner from Auntie Bernard, as auntie as I call her affectionately, Linda Bernard that was ignored, where there's fraudulent signatures from a lady named Gloria Height, who lives in District 2.

There are two completely different signatures.

Also, I want to I want to shout out mothers keeping boots on the ground.

Uh one of them is in District One, and they asked for uh she asked for a bench for her son at a park.

I I did do my part, but I'm gonna do it, James State and I want you to sponsor it.

So I ask everybody on sitting on city council to do a report with the city of with the police department.

How many open murder cases are in the city of Detroit?

How many open murder cases do we have?

We're talking about the city is safe.

Everybody who I know got a CPO carry they gun.

Everybody who I know in the city don't feel safer.

We don't see it, we don't feel it.

And I'm gonna work with this lady in district four, like I work with everybody else.

And also, uh James, I'm gonna do it anyway.

I'll bring you back review.

So my whole thing is money from the room, families, right?

I put it.

I'm just using them.

I give you the date.

Next time I come, I'll give you the date.

I will give you tell me three terms.

Three terms ago.

So you took money 1013, 2021 from Matthew Maroon, which is not three terms ago.

That's one term ago.

It's 2026 currently.

You are a liar and you're a thief, and you a snake all sales.

You'll never get married.

Never get it.

Thank you, sir.

Next speaker, Ronald Foster.

Good morning, uh, the president.

I just wanted to remind uh our city what Rodney King said during the time of black and white.

He was able to find a gray area.

He simply asked, can we all just get along?

I can tell you that the only way we could get along is by finding those common grounds by continuing to change, by to continuing to evolve here and evolution only comes by hearing from the people what it is that they'll want, and then the laws reflecting the desires of the people.

That's the basis of democracy.

But I like uh 19.3.

I think that the city should be getting to pour things and making some real changes here.

I wanted to speak about um fatal accidents in the last 30 days on six months of living noise have been two fatal accidents there.

One was the youth, one was a disabled young lady.

Um, who was decapitated, quite frankly.

Very violent.

Thirdly, I want to talk about just continue to engage the community.

Uh go around the city quite a bit.

I enjoy it.

I was in D4.

I like what East East Lake is doing.

I like what the community representatives over there are doing.

I think they're really doing a good job staying engaged.

And then fourth, I wanted to bring to this body's attention that there was a scandal more recently with Miss Bay Doon on the state level, which um which was an allotment for money to come into our Middle Eastern communities where they could come build and get businesses within our community off of these funds.

We have to be more equitable and be included in those.

Thank you.

How many callers do we have and who do we have first?

We have callers online, and our first caller is Orianne Ballard, community advisory council.

All right, caller, the floor is yours.

You have a minute 30.

General public comment.

Good afternoon, council members.

Uh, it's really an honor today to be listening online amongst so many activated members of the Detroit community.

Again, my name is Dorian Ballard, and I serve on the community advisory council for district five.

Want to make it clear that there are two other community advisory councils for district four and district seven.

I am on the council for district five.

Over the past few months, uh, with this new term, starting in January, the district five community advisory council has been building out our structure, increasing resident engagement, and creating more consistent opportunities for community input into city processes.

Our goal is to ensure that residents' voices are heard and organized and have the ability to inform decision making at the city level.

As we continue this work, we're really focused on executing on our strategic priorities around resident engagement and housing transportation and economic mobility.

I wanted to come to say we're really looking forward to partnering with City Council to support the capacity building of the CACs as we enter into this next quarter.

We really want to ensure we have the structures, the tools, and support, particularly from LPD, that we need to effectively engage residents and contribute meaningfully to city processes.

I want to thank you for your time and I appreciate your leadership.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Hi, good afternoon.

And um thank you for having me.

Um I live in District 7 and my house got foreclosed on before the deadline of the 31st.

I need to know if there are anybody that could help me or what I can do.

I currently lost my job.

And um I love, I love my house.

I love the city.

I have a grandson, and I want to leave the house to him, but I don't understand it's not um March the 31st, and why uh uh was my house foreclosed for the 2025 taxes.

That's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And we we're as I mentioned earlier, we will be providing uh comments and uh um assistance uh after all of the public commenters uh move forward.

So maybe you can stick online, please would appreciate it.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

All right, caller.

The floor is yours.

We have a minute 30, general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Can you hear me?

Yes, good morning.

Okay, yes, I am calling.

I did hear the other two comments about the land bank.

Um, Tammy Daniels and the land bank, they continue to do as they please with no checks and balances.

Um, they know of maintenance concerns uh throughout the city, and they don't take action on the majority of them.

That's how they ended up with a 52 million dollar savings account by refusing to do a lot of the work that needed to be done to protect the residents' homes.

Um, they waited until the complaints resulted in damage and then claimed governmental immunity.

I did stay on after last Tuesday's public comment, and I did hear um the communications about the MOU and that being um the only method.

The true method is to stop funding them with our land.

So we keep um circulating the land to them, and that is how they have the power over the majority of the vacant land and bake vacant houses in the city of Detroit.

So, someone, Ms.

Johnson, I believe, asked uh the Detroit Building Authority how their process is.

And they mentioned first right of refusal.

I'm gonna send all of you an email because y'all need to look into that, what that is.

First rights of refusal.

I learned it last summer from Eric Sabrine.

That means the foreclosure auction sets aside properties to give to them, not just the ones that don't sell.

There were 144 properties in a 1.4 million dollar bundle in this last September auction.

And that is how they're feeding the land bank.

They make sure that they get the bulk of the property so that they stay in business.

And I am going to send out an email to each of you.

All right.

Thank you.

Who do we have next to the queue?

Next caller is to hear Amad.

Right, floor is yours.

One minute and 30 seconds.

Good afternoon.

Uh good morning.

Um I represent the coalition for property tax justice, and we want to thank council member Johnson for sponsoring a resolution calling on Treasurer Sabri to issue a moratorium on property tax foreclosures of owner-occupied homes in 2026.

A 2026 University of Chicago study finds that the city of Detroit is assessing at least 50% of the homes valued at 70,000 or less in violation of the Michigan County uh of the Michigan Constitution on March 31st.

Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabrine will foreclose on these homes.

We respect uh respectfully urge city council to advance this resolution uh uh as they have done for four times previously to protect homeowners who the city are over-assessing uh who have overassessed people illegally.

This is an opportunity to save these homes.

I'd like to have that lady call us uh that's worried about her foreclosure at 313 438, 8698.

438, 8698.

And the lady that needs home repair, go to city council um to go uh find out about home repair for your roof.

There is a senior emergency home repair.

Uh the city of Detroit uh sponsors.

You next caller, please.

Next caller is number ending in 169.

Caller ending in 169.

The floor is yours.

You have 130, general public comment.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes, sir.

Great.

Um, I just want to say thank you for praying for Brother Cunningham and better yet, actually uh helping him helping him assist in creative ways, um, beat our budget priorities, expand the unarmed team of transit ambassadors, provide borderless pair transit, have shelters and benches at minimum 15% of bus stops, maintain the stops, provide free fares for all students of any age, and study free fares system wide.

Thank you for my time.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Miss Betty A.

Varner, the floor is yours.

You have minute 30, general public comment.

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

I'm Betty A.

Verner, president of DeSoda Elsewhere Black Association.

If you are a senior or you're disabled and you need help in your home in regards to your chores, running errands, cooking, etc., and you're not eligible for Medicaid, then please reach out to uh Detroit Area Agency for the aging and inquire about the My Choice waiver program, MI Choice Waiver Program.

313 446, 4444.

313 446 4444.

That program uh will allow you to earn up to 2900 a month and be a be eligible for Medicaid.

If you call and you're not getting a return call and you're having problems, document who you speak with.

Uh document when you leave your voicemail, the date and time, and after two or three times, ask to speak to a supervisor.

I'm in the program.

It exists, so you have to be persistent.

You can get help into your home.

This is a federal government program that is to help you be able to stay in your home and not be in a nursing home.

313-446.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Cole Hamilton.

All right.

Caller, are you there?

Put that caller at the end of the queue and go to the next.

Oh, there you go.

Yep, sorry about that.

All right.

Uh, good morning, Council President and members of the city council.

My name is Cole, and I'm a member of the Detroit Community Action Committee.

And I'm here to urge you to take decisive action to declare Detroit Sanctuary City.

Uh, we urge the city to adopt a sanctuary city ordinance that is clear language prohibiting the collection or sharing of immigration status by city agencies unless required by law, the use of city funds, personnel or facilities to assist ICE operations and any detention of individuals based solely on information from ICE detainers or administrative warrants.

The country in our city are tired of witnessing the deaths of people like Renee Good and Severo Viegas Gonzalez at the hands of ICE.

And we're also tired of our students being kidnapped in a city council that has refused to act throughout the first year of Trump's second term.

Detroit's tax dollars continue to go towards the Detroit police department that spends their time helping ICE kidnap our friends and neighbors.

Why are the Detroit police able to waste Detroit taxpayer money to help these thugs?

And why is the Detroit City Council okay with this?

It's been two and a half months since Renee Good's death, and the city council has taken no serious steps to protect the immigrants of Detroit or to stand up to Donald Trump.

Detroit deserves better.

Detroit deserves a city council that will take action, is willing to fight.

Detroit needs a sanctuary city and nothing less.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is owner.

Caller, the floor is yours.

You have a minute 30, general public comment.

Good morning, and through the chairman I'd be heard.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, I am against uh renewing uh any shot spot or or any nice or any other surveillance materials.

Uh the the the chief should have showed us roi.

I hope you're familiar with that.

That's return on our investment.

Let's see, let's see numbers and not uh thing.

This is a budget.

Does this is about numbers, not about what he thinks or perceives to have been um a uh uh a benefit.

26.3 is bonds by the DEDC.

So you so they want to take out more bonds on the people in the city of Detroit.

I say nay, unless we have some say um uh the blight fund.

80 82 million dollars to tear down a commercial building.

Who owns the commercial building and what benefit it is it of ours to tear down commercial buildings using our blight fund, even though you call it different money, it's all coming out of the general fund, and which is decreasing as the as the COO told you.

Uh 27.

uh 10 uh uh 12 million dollars safe street should go, Miss uh Council Womburn Waters for removing the um um all of the uh the the calming mechanisms that you put in our neighborhoods that we didn't ask for and we don't need, which is causing more pollution in our community.

Uh 27.12 is the reason why we don't have money.

CDBG money going to remove lead when we get millions of dollars to the health department to remove lead.

Now you want to use our CDBG money.

Use the money.

Next caller, please.

Caller is Samsung SMG991U.

All right, caller, the floor is yours.

You have a minute 30, general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Let's put that caller at the end of the queue and go to the next, please.

Next caller is William M.

Davis.

Mr.

William M.

Davis, the floor is yours.

You have a minute 30, general public comment.

Uh, good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Okay, start off.

I think every day should be women's history day, and every day should be Black History Day.

Every day.

Uh also separately, um, as as relates to yesterday, I didn't get a chance to say it, but the Detroit Police Department, you know, they you they have a lot of mental health runs.

I think that more of that money should be diverted to help people with mental health challenges.

Um, like the city of Dearborn has done and other uh communities are doing.

Uh, I think that the that the board of police commissioners should get their stipend raised.

Uh I also think that um there's a whole lot more that the city of Detroit could be doing, like some of the stuff like I am the citizen co-chair for the Metro Detroit All Pac, uh, the chief of police in Dearborn, Chief I say.

Now he's the law enforcement chief, you know, part of it, co-chair.

And you know, they are doing a number of innovative things.

You know, there are some of those things that we could be doing in the city of Detroit that could save millions of dollars and actually help people with mental challenges that not being utilized today.

Uh also yesterday, Moon, I got a call and I drove past it.

There's a there was a body on West Grand Boulevard and Rosa Parks for quite some time on the ground.

You know, more needs to be done about looking into what our true closure rates are in the city of Detroit.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Let's call it please.

Next caller is Luella Pazuti.

All right, Luella Pazuti.

Floor is yours.

You have a minute 30, general public comment.

Good morning, everyone.

I am Luella Pizzuti, and I live in District One.

First, I'd like to congratulate and thank all four of those powerful black women honored this morning.

They are truly inspirational.

I'd also like to thank Councilmember Johnson for the resolution calling on Eric Sabree to issue a moratorium on property tax foreclosures of owner-occupied homes.

Again, you all know that despite some progress, the property tax situation in Detroit is still a mess.

Please pass this resolution so this mess doesn't put even more families on the street for taxes they don't really owe.

And please do everything you can to fix the core problem.

Until then, at least protect our most vulnerable, our most vulnerable families and support the moratorium.

Thanks again.

And do your best.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Kevin Ashwood.

All right, caller, the floor is yours.

You have a minute 30, general public comment.

Thank you for speaking with me.

I work with the East Community Network.

Um, and every day we hear from residents who are experiencing um foreclosure from their taxes.

So we do want to ask or just thank Councilmember Johnson for sponsoring a resolution.

Uh call on Treasurer Sabrine to issue a moratorium on property tax foreclosure.

Um we did see that uh 2026 University of Chicago study uh finds that the city of Detroit is assessing at least 50% of homes valued at 70% or less in violation of the Michigan Constitution.

Um so we just respectfully urge City Council to advance this resolution since they have done that previously four times before.

Thank you so much.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is calling user two.

Call in user two, the floor is yours.

You have a minute thirty, general public comment.

Are you there?

Can you hear me?

Yes, ma'am.

Happy early spring.

Um I would like to complain that when you get downtown on Michigan Avenue at the corner of Washington Boulevard.

There are individuals daily selling heroin, crack cocaine and thank you, the bus stop where the burner, the grass ship, the shame, the van dyke.

Uh would either be going uh westbound, um, and nothing is done.

Your road parks transit center is always full of garbage and human fee fees, and you need to get this addressed.

You also need to take down the barrier metal gate so that those that are wheelchair bound have better accessibility enclosing.

Please stop your building and safety from telling uh which residents complain about slum property and causing them to have to run a risk of either getting evictions or lease violations for showing city council building and safety and other elected officials what is going on.

You're the president, it's your job to make sure these things are being done so that we don't have to live in horrific heide environments.

There is no banner in you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Veronica Smith.

All right, caller, the floor is yours.

You have a minute 30, general public comment.

Good morning.

My name is Veronica Smith from the Coalition of Property Tax Justice.

And a 2026 University Chicago study finds that the city of Detroit is aggressing at least 15% of homes valued at $70,000 or less in violation of Michigan Constitution.

On March 31st, 2026, Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabrie will foreclose on these homes.

We want to thank City Council member Johnson for sponsoring a resolution calling for Treasurer Shabri to issue a moratorium or property tax foreclosures for owner-occupied homes in 2026.

We respectfully urge City Council to advance this resolution as we had as they have done for four previously times to protect Detroit homeowners who the city has over-assessed.

We also want to remind you of the first 400 days campaign where one place an MMA qualified individual for Detroit's chief assessor.

Two, it force a property tax reform ordinance passed in 2023.

Three, stop overassessing lower valued homes.

Four, protect owner-occupant exemptions, the PREs.

And lastly, remove, excuse me, return the money to over tax homeowners, and we know this might be require some legislation.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Ronnie Blackman.

Caller, the floor is yours.

You have a minute 30, general public comment.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Council members.

My name is Ronit Wagman.

I'm an organizer with Coalition for Property Tax Justice.

I'm here in support of the resolution introduced by Councilmember Letitia Johnson for a moratorium on property tax foreclosures of owner-occupied homes in 2026.

As the previous caller mentioned, the 2026 University of Chicago study found the city of Detroit is overassessing at least half of homes valued at 70,000 or less in violation of the Michigan Constitution.

And yet, uh Treasurer Eric Sabrie is set to foreclose on many of these same homes.

Foreclosure is not just a financial event, it is a destabilizing force for families, neighborhoods, and the city as a whole.

When people lose their homes due to unlawful overassessment, it erodes trust in government and deepens housing insecurity.

We respectfully urge the city council to advance this resolution to protect Detroit homeowners who have been unfairly assessed and are now at risk of losing their homes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next call of please.

Next caller is number ending in 337.

Hello.

Can I be heard?

Yes.

Hello?

Hello, good morning.

Good morning.

This is Patricia Bosch.

I'm a resident of District 3.

I just want to commend uh council member Renata Miller for her uh points that she brought up in 7.1 of the agenda regarding the border zoning appeals.

And I'm here to remind uh council and the public that um in the past the border zoning appeals um had a provision where they did not charge um community organizations that are uh 501c3 organizations uh when they needed to file an appeal uh with the uh decisions of the uh building and safety department um nor should there be a charge for transcripts that are needed uh if one uh needs to go to the uh take a case to uh court uh for nonprofit groups uh because these are uh especially serving the neighborhoods where they have been uh serving the public and population.

I also am concerned about uh district three and uh thank you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Reynard Monchanski.

Mr.

Minarchansky.

The floor is yours.

You have a minute 30, general public comment.

Uh good morning, Mr.

President.

Can I be heard?

Yes, sir.

All right, uh good morning, Mr.

President and um honorable members council.

I'm a city resident of Detroit, District 6.

My name is Renard Moschanski, and um on behalf of Detroit People's Platform, I just wanted to uh thank um Councilman McCampbell for meeting with us regarding um this pure transit study for uh uh low to no emissions.

Um wanted to know the status of that study and um the status of the disability task force uh because we want to organize within that task force um to promote um clean basically to have parity with clean energy efforts that D Not is doing for its buses, but also for paratransit.

And um to inform this council, Peoples Express is one of the vendors that provide paratransit service for DDOT, and they have started in voluntarily, I don't want to speak for them, but have there seemed like there's some efforts to start to change their fleet from polluting um gasoline and diesel fuel to clean energy for our parent transit passengers that usually utilize the service to go to dialysis and medical care, shopping, and other things.

So if we want to talk about sustainability, clean energy, we want to make sure that our disabled folks in the community in Detroit are also benefiting from these efforts as well.

Um so just want to learn more about the status of this task force when it needs and who's hosting it.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Adonis Flores.

Caller, the floor is yours.

We have a minute 30, general public comment.

Hello, uh, good morning.

My name is Adonis Flores.

I am a city of Detroit resident for almost 30 years.

I've lived in District 6.

Uh, I wanna express my uh my disapproval of the Detroit Shot Spotter program as well, but also I I wanna encourage uh our city government to spend our city tax dollars in to protect the most vulnerable community members, most vulnerable Detroiters.

Uh one of the most uh vulnerable groups right now are the uh asylum seekers living in the city.

And so I would like to urge uh city council to and and and the city government to allocate funds that are used for legal representation in immigration courts.

Most of these residents are lawfully seeking asylum here in this country the way the US laws require them to do so.

And yet, when they show up to immigration court or their appointments with ICE, ICE is still detaining them without cause.

So this is leaving a lot of these asylum seekers in fear of showing up or not showing up.

If they don't show up, they're also gonna be labeled um fugitives.

So from that point on, they become targets again for arrest.

So we're we're not really giving them a choice.

It's like if they follow the process the way they're supposed to, they get put in detention.

And if they don't follow the process, they get put in detention, which is very unfair.

So the least the city can do is provide funding to protect them in uh immigration court.

This is a civil rights issue and a constitutional rights issue.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Mr.

President, there are no more callers in the queue.

All right, thank you so much.

That now closes out our public comment colleagues.

Any remarks?

Um, we'll start with member McCampbell, followed by member Santiago Amiro.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and good afternoon to or good morning to everyone.

Uh, just a few follow-up.

Um, I think Ms.

Miller who called in about the N D7 about foreclosure.

Um, if you could, I'm gonna give you our office number, and if you can call us um as soon as possible, we'll get you connected to some support.

Uh 313-224-2151, 313-224-2151.

Um, if you can call our office uh ASAP.

Um, and also want to follow up, Mr.

Chair on Um, it was mentioned on the Brex Center.

As folks know I continue to look into this and ask and get movement on it, because I agree it has been too long for this to be um announced in 2022.

And here we are now in 2026.

It's my understanding that the groundbreaking will happen this spring, and that all of the funding has been allocated through capital projects in addition to the contribution from the pistons.

Um we will have, of course, the GSD budget hearing um coming up soon, and you know I will ask about it then as well.

Uh, and then also to follow up, there was one more aspect on the disability task force.

We will be uh scheduling that meeting to occur post-budget.

Um, and we will definitely like community know and be in partnership with the organizations that have expressed to be a part of the task force.

And um, it was Mitchell on the paratransit study.

Uh we did inquire with Dodd on that, so I will follow up with Mr.

Monchowski about that as well.

So thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I just want to briefly um thank folks for coming down and asking us to consider canceling shot spotter.

I have concerns of shot spotter.

Um, I do not believe it works.

I do believe it's a waste of our money, and I don't believe that we have seen the positive impacts at DPD claims.

Council was supposed to get quarterly updates from DPD regarding ShotSpotter through PHS, and I believe we got that once.

Um, so really looking forward to seeing the data around what actually um what's helping reduce crime, because I think what everybody wants to see a reduction in crime, um, and how this may or may not help, quite frankly.

I'd rather us put all of that money into CBI programs into community programs first, and then see if that makes a difference.

I believe that it will.

Uh, second, grateful for residents who are worried about our immigrant neighbors, and we'd like to provide some insights on what work we have been working on.

Uh, so I am working forward and moving forward all the policies that we can pass.

We are doing that.

Uh but right now what's most important is accountability.

Uh so we met about a month ago, myself, member McCampbell, the mayor, our chief, to talk about current policy that the city has.

The city has sanctuary policies.

Uh DPD is not allowed to ask for your immigration status.

DPD cannot call on any federal agents for transportation or excuse me for translation um services.

Um we uh we have the sanctuary policies in place.

What's actually incredibly important right now is the accountability piece.

So every single day, almost every single day, I get a picture or a video of agents in our city, and many agents right now are federal agents seeing that they are police.

So we have a big problem here.

And I actually would rather us be very clear about what that problem is and what we have to do to address it.

It's keeping all of these agents and police accountable.

So it's important for us to know that we have the policies.

It's even more important to know that we actually need to do the work to hold police accountable.

So I really encourage people to do so.

If you see police working with ICE, take a picture, take a video, send it in.

Because right now that's not supposed to be happening.

And I do know, and we've seen our chief fire and move forward with firing those officers.

And I think that's that's what we need to be working towards.

Just a reminder.

Sanctuary city itself means nothing.

It is not a policy piece.

Chicago and LA when they call themselves sanctuary cities.

You saw we all saw, and still working with ICE, then still working with federal agents.

Again, what's most important here are the policies and the accountability piece, which we are working on.

And I really encourage people that are interested in learning how we do that work to reach out to our office if they're able to do it together.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, just want to um say, and I've had this conversation with the residents who came down as well as the Detroit Tenants Union from the District 4 property, uh River River Point, um, River Point Towers in particular, that I have met with them last year.

Um we brought out BC, the Detroit Fire Department and the Detroit Police Department to address the concerns that they raised to me uh into our office.

Um, so those three agencies did go out to address the issues.

It sounds like the um owner property management company has not completely fulfilled uh their end of the bargain.

And so we actually have on the agenda on line item 11.3 a memo to BC'd asking for an update on um our visit last year, uh, just to make sure that any pests that were identified or documented has been addressed, any fire issues, fire hazards have been addressed as well.

Um, and so I did indicate with the residents that we will certainly reach out to the owner of the property and work to bring them together with um 36th district court to be honest.

Uh last week, Monday, I believe, we hosted our monthly community meeting and we had a discussion about landlord and tenant rights.

Um we had a great discussion.

We probably had six speakers who talked about it, who shared at great length the responsibilities of landlords, the tenants' rights um that we all have as tenants, and I am going to just share that information with uh the Detroit Tenage Union so they know how they can work not only with um council but also with the judges at 36th district court to have their issues addressed.

Um the one of the judges from the court just indicated that owners cannot retaliate against their tenants.

It is essentially illegal to do if they are raising issues about the condition of their property.

Uh and so our residents need to know where they can go to address those issues.

Residents who were here in particular can certainly reach out to our office to obtain rights of counsel and go through that process just to ensure that they're not being evicted or retaliated against because they elevate um concerns with the condition of their property of their unit.

Uh and so with that and and Ms.

Sanders, we will certainly connect you with some resources.

We'll reach out to you directly um as it relates to addressing your roof.

So thank you so much for coming down.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Uh member McCampbell.

Yes, sir.

Uh thank you.

I just want to one additional thing that came up, and we have folks here on the one on three two seven West Chicago.

If we could get, I know we've been in contact with the law department through Miss Attorney Anderson, but if there is some way that we can get an update on what's going on there with the law department or BC um andor BC uh because we have folks come down, but there's also community concerns.

So if we could get an update there.

Thank you so much.

Attorney Anderson is making its way to the microphone.

Just want to let those who are watching as well who are not familiar with the process again, how we operate public comment as members of the public speak, uh, members of council will have uh their staff and sometimes even council members go out and speak with them as well.

So some of the issues that have been discussed have been addressed already uh personally, uh, just so you know for those who are watching.

Attorney Anderson for the Chair Graham Anderson Law Department.

Um, I don't have a response at this time, but I will go check with corporation council and hopefully I can have a response by the end of this meeting today.

I don't know if anyone from DC is available at this moment to provide any uh response in the short term, Mr.

Washington.

Yes, good morning through the chair.

Uh we do have Arthur Russian from B seated online.

All right, thank you.

We will promote him.

Good morning, almost afternoon, Mr.

Russian.

Uh good morning to everyone.

Do you need uh I'll I'll turn the mic over to uh member McCamba.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Good morning, Mr.

Russian.

I just wanted to know if you have any update around the happiness uh one nine three two seven West Chicago.

Um just wondering uh uh if there has been some community concerns.

We have folks there from the organization, assuming where BC it is on their property.

No, uh through the chair.

Uh so we are working with the law department, um, and I believe that it is still with the law department as far as um uh going back to court.

So I don't have uh the particulars as far as the um the court hearing.

Okay.

Um thank you.

Uh through the chair, attorney Anderson.

Um, I know you said but by the end of the minute for update, is there we'll love to get that.

Let me know if there's anything else further that we need to do, whether it's a memo or such just to get an update so we can see where things are because I I feel that there's a lot of confusion about what's going on there between community and uh uh organization.

Through the chair, absolutely want to provide transparency and I'll uh expediate uh the message as quick as possible.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Colleagues, any further?

Seeing none, we shall continue with the agenda.

Uh Madam Clerk.

Thank you, sir.

Uh, for the budget, finance, and stand budget, finance and audit standing committee, madam clerk.

Council member office of the city clerk, city planning commission.

Council member McCampbell, a resolution line item 17.1.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you.

Sir, uh hold on one second.

You I'm asking you to refrain from speaking out.

I just I just ask you just now to refrain from speaking out.

If I have to again, you will be removed.

Yes, sir.

That is my response.

Thank you so much.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, move to approve uh line number 18.1.

There's a motion to approve line item 17.1 colleagues.

Any objections?

None that action shall be taken for the internal operations standing committee from the mayor's office.

Council member Benson, a resolution line item 18.1.

Member Benson.

Move to approve Raymond Lazano.

Member Benson, if you can please move that mic just a little closer to you.

Thank you.

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

Any objection.

That is member waters.

Clerk was so note, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

So I'm not waiver on line of 18.1.

Hold on, hold on.

I got to call the vote.

I got to call them.

Hearing no hearing one objection.

Yeah.

Action shall be taken.

Objection, objection.

Motion for a waiver on line of 18.1.

All right.

There's a request for waiver online item 18.1.

There was an objection, which means the waiver should not be attached.

All right.

From the Office of Contract and Procurement, Clerk.

Council Member Benson, four resolutions.

Line items 18.2 through 18.5.

Contract number 600 3545-89.

100% city funding.

Amendment nine to add time and funds for reverse condition cases and other related legal services.

Contractor Cummings, McGlory, Davis, and ACO PLC.

Total contract amount, 3 million 200,000.

That's for law.

Contract number 6007184-A1, 100% city funding.

Amendment one to increase funds and extension of time for parking spaces for city employees.

Contractor Last Parking, Midwest, LLC, total contract amount, 1,127,000.

That's for human resources.

Contract number 6007646, 100% city funding to provide legal services.

Contractor, the Miller Law Firm PC, total contract amount, 375,000.

That's for law.

Contract number 3091430, 100% city funding for proof point subscription renewal for email cybersecurity.

Contractor Security Solutions Services LLC.

Total contract amount 481,002 and 69 cents.

That's for do it.

Councilmember Benson, four resolutions.

Line items 18.2 through 18.5, member Benson.

A motion to approve.

Any objections?

See none.

That action shall be taken.

Mr.

Chair, request waivers on line 18.3 through 18.5.

As a request for waivers on line item 18.3 through 18.5, colleagues.

Any objections?

Hearing none.

Waiver should be attached to each item.

From the law department, madam clerk.

Council member Benson, eight resolutions, line items 18.6 through 18.13.

Member Benson.13.

With discussion, uh, if we can uh can give a request for a postponement for one week on line item 18.8, please.

It's looking to get additional responses on uh questions that we have on that item colleagues and discussion with further discussion.

Uh Mr.

Chair, 18.8.

That request is from your office.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Motion to bring back line 18.8 in one week.

Also postpone.

Thank you.

There's a motion to postpone line item 18.8 for one week.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that item shall be postponed for one week.

Uh colleagues, any uh with further discussion, member McCall.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, just on 18.7.

I just had a question on um do we know the status of the officers who were involved in this uh matter?

Discussion with discussion further discussion, uh member Benson uh through yourself, member Campbell.

That's gonna be a that's gonna be best answered by the law department or DPD.

I refer that question to them.

I don't see attorney Anderson, I think he stepped out.

Uh if you would like, we can bring this back at the end of the agenda, or maybe uh Mr.

Washington has someone online who can give us a response through the chair.

Uh, we do not have a representative for this item online, but we can follow up um in writing.

Okay, member McCammel, would you like to move forward or would you move forward?

But yeah, if I can just get an update on the start, so the uh officers involved, that'll be great.

Okay, Mr.

Washington, if you get that information to uh member McCamillo, that'll be appreciated.

We'll do thank you.

Colleagues, there's a motion on the floor uh for line items 18.6 through 18.13 minus 18.8.

Any objections?

Hearing none, then action shall be taken from the office of the chief financial officer, office of development and grants.

Council member Benson, a resolution line item 18.14.

Member Benson.

Motion to approve as a motion to approve colleagues line item 18.14.

Any objections?

Hearing none, and action shall be taken.

Uh under resolutions, madam clerk.

Council member Benson, two resolutions, line items 18.15 and 18.16.

Member Benson, line item 18.15 and 18.16, sir.

Uh motion to approve line item 18.15.

We take that 1816 separately.

All right, there's a motion, colleagues, to approve line items 18.15.

Madam Clerk, how did this item uh leave the committee?

Mr.

President, I will refer to Mr.

Gwitaker LPD to our knowledge.

This item moved as one resolution, however, it was presented to the clerk office from LPD as two separate resolutions.

Discussion.

Mr.

Whitaker, followed by Member Benson.

Sorry.

Mr.

President, this these uh two items you might recall were the subject of a closed session about a month ago.

Yes, sir.

Uh in the closed session, we had full discussion on it.

So we can't talk about what was discussed in the closed session, but the uh board of ethics is very anxious to get both of these documents, um, both both privileges that were placed on these documents removed by council so that they can share it with uh with the board with the ethics board.

Um as I indicated the uh I have had discussion with uh corporation counsel about lifting both of these privileges.

In his estimation, it wouldn't be any harm uh if you if the council chose to lift both privileges.

I on the other hand think that because of what we say in our in our resolution and LPD's resolution that you might give stronger consideration and not we normally put a privilege on a report that we think has a great deal of sensitivity, it might be misused if it was if it was fully discussed in public, and so we caution the council, although corporation counsel has indicated that it would be to his satisfaction if both privileges were lifted.

So certainly uh as it relates to 18.16, that would be the law department's privilege.

He has no doubt, and I I can see what he's saying about his, but ours is rather critical, and because of that, we caution the council.

All right, thank you so much.

Colleagues, uh, line item 18.15 has been moved with further discussion.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, through you to Mr.

Whitaker.

So do you believe that the board of ethics would be able to ascertain the the genesis or the gist of um their initial request via the law department's response?

Uh be honest with you, mr.

Mr.

President, yes, sir.

I think as it relates to the question that just was put to me by member Johnson, they really want our they want our our uh memo.

They really want the LPD memo.

And the LPD memo furth furth their interests, I believe.

But I think most important is trying to find a solution to the underlying problem, which is what we've been trying to do for the last period of time, and I think we're fairly close to doing that, which would not necessitate the lifting of the LPD privileges that were accomplished.

But to date that hasn't been accomplished.

So I don't know if I'm giving you straightforward advice.

But uh I'm trying to be careful.

Thank you, Mr.

Whitaker.

Um, I was really focusing on last year, if you will, the um the request that was put forward to the body from the board of ethics.

If the the response from the law department was satisfied that request, or at least for the board members to to be able to understand a response to that request based on the information in the law department's response.

I think the the law department, Mr.

Brother, sir.

Yes, sir.

I think the law department is a status quo analysis.

Ours is much more that's why I say LPD all the way.

Our our our uh our response is much more illuminated.

And uh but uh again, we put the privilege on for a reason.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and um I Mr.

Work, I appreciate the the uh explanation on putting this privilege on.

I I guess I'm in a to nudge your hill because I'm always on the side of the transparency and making sure that we that folks um especially the board of ethics since they have requested this deliberation from us um to have these documents, especially to to member Johnson's point to get to the solution that they're looking for.

Um I also think yeah, I so I'm I'm in a I understand what you're putting forward, but also the question the aspect around transparency.

So I I just wanted to voice that I guess I don't have a uh question, but just want to voice that to uh folks as well.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Uh member Benson.

All right, thank you.

Um line item 1815 came out of committee with the recommendation to deny based on the advice from LPD.

And I and I just want to set the stage here.

This is really about finding a solution to a challenge, and there has been a solution placed on the table that I agree with Mr.

Whitaker should be able to resolve these problems.

Then I want to go back to privileged conversations as well.

That the law allows city council to place privilege on certain items.

Obviously, the law demands 99% of the conversations documents that come through the government body are available to the public, but there are some conversations that should be privileged and remain within the confines of this body.

And I'm hoping that this body would take that counsel from the internal operations standing committee that we would not remove the privilege.

There some conversations just don't need to be made public because then you lose level of candidates being able to be candid and provide his body with information that it needs to make decisions.

And so I'm thinking this one, we'd like for this conversation to remain candid, but we believe that the solution that has been placed on the chap the table achieves the end for everybody's request here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any further colleagues?

Mr.

President.

Member Santiago.

I would like to bring both items back.

Um there was I believe an ask me during that closing session.

Um to both the board of ethics and the law departments.

And I want to check in to see where we are in that process because I think that's actually what matters most.

And I don't know if giving them legal counsel will make that difference.

So I would like to bring both of these items back to check in with um our director to see if there's been any any movements um with what we requested before moving forward.

At this moment, only uh line item 18.15 was moved.

Okay.

Is there an amended motion?

Motion to bring 1815 back.

There's a motion to postpone the vote for line item 18.15, colleagues, for one week.

Any objection?

None that action shall be taken.

Member Benson, line item 18.16.

There's a motion to bring back to postpone the vote for uh one week for line item 18.16.

Any objection?

None that action shall be taken.

Madam Clerk, if you can note that we've been joined by member Callaway.

Clerk was so note, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Under resolutions, madam clerk.

Council President Pro Tim Young, a resolution, noting that this line item was postponed from last week's formal session.

Line item 18.17.

Oh, Tim Young.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I like to make a motion to remove line item 18.17.

As a motion to remove line item 18.17, colleagues.

Any objection?

None that action shall be taken.

For the planning and economic development standing committee from the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Council Member Johnson, three resolutions.

Line items 19.1 through 19.3.

Contract number 6006558-82.

100% ARPA funding.

Amendment two to provide an extension of time, increase of funds for development of public facility rehabilitation accessibility upgrades.

Contract Stafford House total contract amount 168, 421 dollars and 50 cents.

That's for housing and revitalization.

Contract number 6007575, 100% CDBG funding to manage the loan servicing and collection for the home investor loan portfolio, community development block grant and neighborhood stabilization program notes replacement contract contractor is revela incorporated total contract amount 240, 138 dollars.

That's for housing and revitalization.

Contract number 6007474-82 is a lease agreement rental rate is the second amendment and the annual increase royalty rate greater of 0.52 cent or 3.24% of net sale price per ton, and that's for planning and development.

And that's for planning and development.

Councilmember Johnson, three resolutions.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Move for approval.

Any objections?

The session with discussion.

Um line 19.3.

Yes, sir.

Um the chair or to the administration.

Just I see 3.2% um bump or 4% annual bump.

Do we do any type of just cost benefit on this one?

I mean, are we in line with the market?

Is no this?

I mean, a good number.

Do we have any analysis on this?

I mean, they're they're historic, they own the mines, but if we have the agreement in a contract, we should at least be looking to get the best deal for ourselves as well.

Maybe okay.

Um Mr.

Washington, do you have anyone online who can speak to this contract?

Yes, through the chair, we have John Trong, as well as Anna Fishman and George Davis.

All right, let's promote those individuals, please.

We're not prepared to speak on it.

Yeah, John is definitely there.

Are there other individuals?

Thank you.

Mr.

Trung, you can uh lead us off as we get those other individuals promoted.

Member Ben, um let's restate the question, please.

Uh, just what analysis has been done on this.

This is an extraordinarily long contract to 2055 and started in 1919.

I understand the importance of having salt, it's beneath our land.

But just what is the analysis?

Is this a competitive rate?

Are there I mean, what are our options here?

They own the mines.

I mean, what options do we have here?

Yep.

And analyzing, uh, I don't make an introduction myself too for the record.

This is John Trump, the housing revitalization department uh with the real estate division um through the chair to council member Benson.

Uh, we've been negotiating this in in tandem with the law department for the past year.

Uh, as it relates to the rates we've compared um the rates that we're receiving to you know, Ohio and Windsor.

Uh, we also worked with OCP, you know, in reviewing kind of the rates that we've purchased from Detroit Salt Mines um in terms of the actual you know, rock salt for roads that we use.

There really isn't any competition to be candid, but um, we did review with the law department uh comparable contracts that they have with our neighbors as well as the state to make sure that you know we are in alignment with rates uh that were equal, if not better.

Okay, so with that, you are your recommendation is that we should move forward with this, obviously.

I mean, that's correct.

Other options on here do we say no?

We're not going to uh work with you all moving forward.

I mean, is that an option?

Uh the the current uh we're so this would be amendment number two.

Uh the amendment number one, which is in perpetuity, the language was spelt out on that lease, at least for the revenue related to you know, rental rates, and that's kind of the underground roads.

Uh, I know I don't know if you're able to see from PED, but you know, when they go mined in the grid, you've you've got both obviously the the rock salt that you're getting royalties for, and then as well as uh they're paying for almost like a lease for these uh you know underground roads 1200 feet below us.

Um if we if we chose not to amend this, we would still uh collect revenue from the lease, which is an amount of maybe a couple thousand dollars a year, um, but there wouldn't be any mining potential uh for them to get to our rock salt uh that we do own.

Um, but there is no other really competition or you know, any other mines that are active.

I appreciate the hard work that gets done in the committee, but I'd like to motion to bring this back in one postpone the vote for one week to uh get some more information.

There's a motion to postpone the vote on mine item 19.3 for one week with discussion, pro Tim Young.

Uh um Mr.

Trong.

Sir, good good to see you.

Uh I'm gonna I'm gonna read some numbers here, and you tell me if I'm right or wrong and why.

Okay, so from what I'm looking at, the marquee, the standard Michigan mineral lease royalties range from 12 to 20 percent.

And we're at from what I'm reading here, 0.20, so 52 cents or 3.23 out of 24 percent, excuse me.

0.52 percent or 3.24 percent from what I'm reading.

And so it's way below what the market is allowing us.

And the differential here is if we stay where we're at is 3.2 percent.

The annual revenue to us 1.4 million.

But if we went to the minimum standard with 12 percent, that's 5.6 million.

If we went midpoint, it's 15 percent, that is 7.1 million.

If we went 20 percent, now that's the market max with 20 percent.

That's 9.4 million, and the market max in 20 years is 188 million dollars that we have currently where we're at, we only get 28 million dollars.

Now, I understand that this is a perpetual lease, so that's why we're probably not asking for what everybody else is asking because it's a perpetuity and the things we taught about rock salt.

I also know there's an opportunity for us.

We're talking about data centers to be able to partner with them for sodium ion batteries for the energy costs to be able to keep those down.

So I understand why we're doing it the way that we're doing it, but I would just say that we're looking at it based on the standard market and what we could charge.

I think there's a lot more that we could be making from this.

Now I'm okay with this as it stands because the issues that I raised earlier, because I have ulterior motives of what I want to do, but to say it, I want to be transparent about that.

But if we're just talking about just what the market would allow, we could ask for more.

I just want to be transparent about that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um, with further discussion, member waters.

Um I'm requesting a one week postponement.

I have colleagues.

If we can please speak into the mic, I'm requesting one week postponement.

I have questions.

Yes, ma'am.

That was that's the motion on the floor.

Oh, it is okay.

Any further colleagues?

There's a motion to postpone the vote for uh one week for line item 19.3.

Any objections?

None that action shall be taken.

Um member Benson.

I'm sorry, member Johnson.

You still those two items.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I believe I moved all of them.

Um, and I'm not sure if you called the vote.

My apologies, I believe you did.

Uh, we still have a motion for approval for line item 19, nine item 19.1 and 19.2, colleagues.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Mr.

Chair, yes, ma'am.

I'd like to request a waiver on line item 19.2.

There's a request for a waiver on line item 19.2, colleagues.

Any objection?

None that action shall be taken.

Under resolutions, madam clerk.

Councilmember Johnson, a resolution line item 19.4.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Move for approval.

This is a resolution urging the Detroit Housing Commission to promote the housing choice voucher home ownership program and to actually utilize it, recognizing that residents who receive a housing choice voucher can utilize the voucher towards a mortgage.

There's a motion for approval on line item 19.4.

Discussion with discussion, member McCampbell.

Member Johnson, may I join you on this?

Yes.

Thank you.

Request for joinage with uh member Campbell.

Any objection to the resolution?

Approval.

See none.

That motion shall be approved.

I'd like to request a waiver on line item 19.4, Mr.

Chair.

It's a request for a waiver on line item 19.4.

Any objections?

See none.

A waiver should be attached.

For the public health and safety standing committee, madam clerk from the department of public works city engineering division.

Council member Santiago Romero, a resolution line item 20.1.

Member Santiago Romero.

Motion to approve.

This is a request for vacation.

There's a motion to approve line item 20.1.

Any objections?

See none that action shall be taken.

Under resolution, clerk.

Consumer for Santiago Romero, two resolutions.

Line items 20.2 and 20.3.2 and line on the 20.3.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you.

Motion to approve 20.2.

chair um member sate agreement i also join you on this one yes sir thank you thank you mr chair thank you there's request uh to join um by member mccampel any objections colleagues up member john thank you mr chair i was just going to ask if i could request to join 20 point two as well right there's another request for to join uh member santiago romero for member john on that particular item colleagues and yeah and the house of choice voucher name of the council uh we're talking about line item uh 20 point two oh i was going back to member johnson's well i'm sorry okay all right any objection colleagues seeing none a line item 20 point two shall be approved um line item 20 point three request to bring back line item 20 point three in one week uh we are going to welcome social workers to council with us next week is this a motion to you said postpone the vote on that yes there's a motion to postpone the vote for line item 20 point three bring back in one week any objections hearing none that action shall be taken thank you thank you before we move forward member waters pardon me do you you you raise your hand you want to yes um just going back to 19.4 just would like to join that resolution if it's okay with member down mr chair uh member johnson i welcome member water's support unfortunately i did request a waiver on it oh you did never heard it okay i think she still can join as a waiver right yeah he said the end of the uh day yes it kicks in so yes mr chair um madam parliamentarian she requested once for a question waiver right so there's a request uh by member orders to join uh colleagues on line item 19.4 any objections hearing none um member water should be uh shall join our colleagues on that particular item thank you all right uh we will now move on to the new business portion of the agenda madam clerk from the mayor's office council member santiago romero a resolution line item 21.1 line item 21.1 member santiago romero thank you mr president motion to discuss there's a motion to discuss uh member santiago romero thank you mr president 21.1 this is a resolution to implement a free bus fare for students um would like to bring this back in one week uh there are colleagues that would like to discuss this resolution since it just went through pretty quickly um to give us some time to add their own ideas or questions to the resolution um so asked to bring this back in one week so there's a motion there's a motion to postpone the vote for one week on line item 21 point one uh with discussion mr washington through the chair uh we do have director cramer online if the body would like to hear uh from him before taking that motion that's that sounds like the motion was to postpone for one week so that we can have those discussions not here mr president if anyone does have any questions to our director they can ask now but I I would like to bring this back so we can discuss with other council members um this uh their ideas for the resolution yeah and I prefer we're going to bring it back in one week we might as well have the discussions um thoroughly okay so there's a motion to postpone the vote again for line item 21.1 colleagues any objection see none that action shall be taken from the mayor's office madam clerk council president pro tem young for resolutions line items 21.2 through 21.5 line item 21.2 through 21 point five pro tem young thank you mr president i move to approve line item 21 point two through 21 point five the motion for approval on items line items 21.2 through 21.5 any objection say none that action shall be taken from the office of contracting and procurement mr president yes ma'am through you to council president pro tem young line item 21 point two will go in effect for april the third and you may want to place a waiver on line item 21 point two in order to get the approval through the mayor's office in time you get and get a speaker for us we can a waiver request for line item 21 point two what about it would you like to see the waiver online am I am I seeking to approve line item 21 point two waiver for that

Line item 21.2 will go in effect for April the third.

And you may want to place a waiver on line item 21.2 in order to get the approval through the mayor's office in time.

You got to get a speaker for us.

A waiver request for line item 21.2.

What about it?

Would you like to see the waiver online?

Am I seeking to approve line item 21.2?

Oh, a waiver.

Yes.

Um, excuse me.

Ms.

President, I'd like to waiver for line on 21.2.

All right.

There's a motion.2, Calegars.

Any objection?

See none.

That action shall be taken.

Thank you, Mayor Clerk.

You're welcome.

Right.

Uh, from the Office of Contracting and Procurement, Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Santiago Romero, eight resolutions, line item 21.6 through 21.13.

Contract number 6005361-A2.

100% city funding.

Amendment 2 to provide an increase of funds for ADA complementary pair transit services.

Contractors DL Ray United Action Council.

Total contract amount 18 million 447, 122.49 cents.

That's for transportation.

Contract number 6006115-A3, 100% ARPA funding.

Amendment three to provide an extension of time only to provide construction services for major building improvements at the Detroit Police Department's DPD second precinct.

Contractor, the Angeles Diamond Construction LLC.

Total contract amount 5,418, 700.

That's for construction and demolition.

Contract number 600768, 100% city funding to provide TEO uniforms for DDOT, Contractor Enterprise Uniform Company, total contract amount 324, 295.

That's for transportation.

Contract number 600733, 100% city funding to provide tow truck parts, maintenance and repair services, contractor, worldwide equipment sales of Michigan.

Total contract amount 100,000.

That's for transportation.

Contract number 600681-A1, 100% city funding, amendment one to provide an increase of funds for base uniforms and leather gear for the Detroit Police Department Contractor Enterprise Uniform Total Contract Amount 440,000.

That's for police.

Contract number 600732, 100% city funding to provide tow truck parts, maintenance and repair services.

Contractor Bill Jones Enterprises Incorporated.

Total contract amount 200,000.

That's for transportation.

Contract number 20, 600702, 100% grant funding to provide service for ending the HIV epidemic, a plan for America, Ryan White HIV AIDS program, contractor, Wayne State University, Adult Clinic.

Total contract amount 995, 269.80 cents.

That's for health.

Contract number 6007482, 100% grant funding to provide accident coach repair service.

Contractor ABC Bus Incorporated.

Total contract amount 2 million.

That's for transportation.

Councilmember Santiago Romero, eight resolutions.

Motion to approve 21.6 through 21.13.

There's a motion to approve line item 21.6 through 21.13 with discussion, please.

Discussion.

Thank you.

Uh line item 21.6.

I am asking if I can get a uh postponement for one week postponement on this particular item for questions that we have, colleagues.

Motion.

Thank you.

There's a motion to postpone the uh vote for one week for line item 21.6.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Also, questions for line item 21.13.

I know the committee may have already gone over it, but bit concerned about uh the company from Minnesota uh contracted to do repairs for um coach repair in Detroit.

Uh so I'm not sure if uh Mr.

Washington, you have anyone online who can provide information on that one, but got a few questions through the chair Brianna Sullivan for the administration.

We have Gio Joy and Hillary Edwards.

Thank you so much.

When they're on, if they can introduce themselves for the record.

I don't know if my name was called either, but I am here.

Uh Robert Kramer, uh, through the chair, uh Robert Kramer, director of uh DOT.

I I can do my best to answer questions if there's any more specifics, then we could uh include OCP or uh Mr.

Joy as well.

Okay.

Well, yeah, the main question I'm trying to figure out is uh just the movement of this uh contract.

Uh are we talking about folks from Minnesota coming into Detroit to do the repairs on our vehicle?

Are we talking about taking the coaches to Minnesota to do the repairs?

Talking about the mechanics of how uh all that works out.

Absolutely, through through the chair.

So um basically this contract alongside some others provides D dot with a couple of different uh options depending on the the nature of um different repairs.

In this case, um, if we identify a vehicle that has major repairs, generally would be like uh uh a major accident or some sort of other uh heavy heavy repair that requires you know specialized equipment and and significant um staff time because we would actually send the vehicle out uh to this location.

We have some other contracts, uh Midwest bus is uh in Alasso.

Uh there's another vendor that's in the Chicago land area.

Uh so in these cases it would be for uh especially significant repairs.

The bus would be sent out to that facility where they're able to repair it and then send it back.

How long does that process?

I mean, I guess it may be a case by case basis, but in the in the past, uh how long has that process been in terms of repairing these coaches?

Sure, through the chair.

Uh it it varies widely.

So, you know, in some cases, uh, if you have uh a bus that has major damage, it could be a number of months that it takes for that those repairs to be completed.

Again, usually we're sending um vehicles uh to this kind of vendor would only be if they have really significant damage that requires you know framework and uh other mechanical work as well.

So it could be I'd say you know, it'd probably be at least a month that a bus would go through that process, but uh I can think of you know some examples of similar vendors where it's been multiple months that the bus uh is is at the facility.

Okay, thank you.

All right, colleagues.

There is a motion again on the floor now to approve line items 20.

Oh, with further discussion, I'm sorry, I didn't see your hand.

Member Callaway.

Yeah, thank you.

Um I was going to motion, still is I still am going to make the motion to bring line item 2113 back.

I have several questions about the cost to transport a bus up and back from Minnesota, whether or not we should just um salvage the bus, take it apart for parts and buy a new bus or replace it.

Um I'm just not seeing that we're being cost um efficient with this method of repairing buses and then how many buses.

I just haven't seen uh um comprehensive report to my satisfaction, um, not only with regard to the transportation of the bus but um other questions as well with even replacing the bus.

I just need to see some more um another cost analysis with respect and how many buses are we talking about and have they done this work for the city before?

So I just have quite a few questions, and we can I'd like to motion to bring this back in a week, Mr.

Chair if I might.

Thank you.

Any objections?

See none that action shall be taken.

And then Mr.

Chair, um member calloway.

Thank you so much.

Since we're still discussing on line item 21.9, I will be objecting to that and um getting getting toll parts from Livonia, and then also I will be objecting to line item 21.11, getting um parts from Taylor, Michigan.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Like there's a motion on the floor for line items 21.7 through 21.12.

Any objections?

Member Callaway is yes, objection on line item 21.9, sir, and objection on line item 21.11.

Thank you.

Madam Clerk noted.

Clerk will still note Mr.

President.

Thank you so much.

Hearing the citing the one objection on those two items from a member Callaway.

Member Calloway this yes objection on line item 21.9 sir and objection on line item 21.11 thank you madam clerk noted clerk will still note mr president thank you so much hearing the citing the one objection on those two items from a member calloway the uh motion shall be approved from the office of contracting and procurement madam clerk council president pro tim young a resolution line item 21.4 contract number 6007608 100 major street funding to provide tree trimming and removal services contractor j mack tree and debris lc total contract amount three million that's for general services council president pro tem young a resolution uh 21.14 uh pro tem young thank you mr thank you miss president i move to approve line on 2020 21.14 as a motion to approve line item 21.14 colleagues with discussion please special thank you uh just wanted to disclose that I have used J Mac tree and debris uh LLC uh on my personal property uh I have been advised that uh that does not uh would not disqualify me from voting on this particular contract but I did want to disclose it uh before everyone uh prior to the vote okay all right again there's a motion for approval on line item 21 point fourteen they say discussion there's additional discussion prevents and give okay sorry seeing no objections line item 21.14 shall be approved request a waiver Mr.

Chair on line item 21.14 caliber questions for away we're on line item 21.14 colleagues any objections see none that action shall be taken from the office of the chief financial officer office of development and grants Council member Santiago Romero three resolutions line items 21.15 through 21.17 uh member santiago romero thank you motion to approve these are all various grants there's a motion to approve line items 21.15 through 21.17 colleagues any objections see none that action shall be taken from the office of the chief financial officer office of development and grants council president pro Tim Young to resolutions line items 21.18 and 21.19 uh pro Tim Young thank you Mr.

President I move to approve line items 21.18 and 21 point nineteen colleagues is a motion to approve line items 21.18 and 21.19 any objections discussion with discussion member calloway thank you mr chair is there anyone from gsd who can come on and talk to us about the um the grant it's it's it's a wonderful grant united states fish and wildlife service bird metal grant it'll be 21.18 yep 21.18 sir missulli through the chair we have alex weather up on all right we will promote that individual good afternoon alex weatherup assistant director general services afternoon member calloway thank you thank you so much mr weather up as someone who enjoys um bird watching where is this going to take place uh through the chair there are going to be five locations throughout the city that are um gonna be getting new bird meadows from this grant um and they are um romanoski park rogel park patton park um alfred bush park and then at various locations along the Joe Lewis greenway okay how were those through the chair how were those chart um how were those parks selected uh through the chair wait but especially with Rogale Park I mean I I'm just curious because I know we do a lot of bird through the chair we do a lot of bird watching um in the Palmer Park area and then Bell owl and how how were these particular parks located um through the chair uh I know that the the consider there was consideration into what kind of space is available most of these are getting you know between five or or five to twelve acres worth of of bird meadow space so they need to be larger space uh larger parks um that have um migratory and local bird populations that would be um sufficient or a critical mass to make these investments worthwhile um I can get specifics for you on the each location but that's the the overarching um consideration when uh identifying locations for bird meadows member call if I can also add for road park I can say specifically there that's a uh park redevelopment that this body has approved yeah and that is part of the reason why uh I would assume that it was added in to help um further develop from the parkland uh aspect of that particular location yeah okay um so I would move to bring this back in a week because I have several other questions about the locations um and want to know if we can add another one possibly um so if we could if I move to bring this line item 21 point eighteen back not less there is um a time of the essence um parameter for this one but if not if we could bring this back in a week I would like

Yeah, and that is part of the reason why uh I would assume that it was added in to help um further develop from the parkland uh aspect of that particular location.

Yeah, okay.

Um so I would move to bring this back in a week because I have several other questions about the locations.

Um, and want to know if we can add another one possibly.

Um so if we could if I move to bring this line item 21.18 back, not less there is um a time of the essence um parameter for this one, but if not if we could bring this back in a week, I would like to ask my questions of Mr.

Um Weatherrow.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

All right, is there's a mo there's a is of a motion?

Callaway motion?

Yeah, motion to bring back line item 21.18 in a week.

All right, there's a motion to bring back uh to postpone the vote for one week.

Line item 21.18 uh for one week with discussion uh pro Tim Young.

Thank you.

I I just want to get an answer.

Is is this is this grant something of time of the essence, or can we have that discussion, or can we have the questions answered by uh Calloway?

I just want to know through the chair.

What one week is no problem.

We'll be happy to answer those questions, and it won't impact any of the development.

Okay, excellent.

Thank you.

Colleagues, there's a motion again on the floor.

Line item 21.18 to postpone the vote for one week.

Any objections hearing none, that action shall be taken.

There's a motion for approval.

Line item 21.19.

Any objection?

Discussion.

Oh, with discussion.

Uh member information, please repeat that that motion motion to approve line item 21.19.

Any objection, colleagues?

None that action shall be taken.

Ms.

President.

Yes, sir.

I like to move to request a waiver for line item 21.19.

Thank you, sir.

There's a request for a waiver on line item 21.19.

Any objections?

Uh none.

A waiver should be attached.

Under resolution, the chair.

Uh Ms.

Sullivan.

Apologies.

Through the chair, can we please request a waiver for line items 21.15 through 21.17.

Alex, is there a desire to do so?

Motion for way report.

Which items?

15 through 17.

Hmm.

There's a request for a waiver on line items 21.15 through 21.17, colleagues.

Any objections?

Seeing none, waiver should be attached.

All right.

Under resolutions, madam clerk.

Council member Johnson, a resolution, noting that this line item was postponed from last week.

Formal session, line item 21.20.20.

Um member Johnson, if we can move for discussion, please.

Move for discussion.

Thank you.

Yeah, this item we did not, it was a walk on, and we did not walk this one on uh last week.

So I'm not sure why it appeared.

Um we did not walk this item on.

We there was discussion on it uh prior to walking it on, but we did not walk this item on motion to remove this.

All right, so I just so there's a motion to remove line item 21.20 from the agenda.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken on the request to speak before city council on it, excuse me, 22.1.

Council President Pro Tim Young, a resolution line item 22.1 Pro Tim Young.

Yeah, um believe that this gentleman wants to speak before council.

Is this is this do we move this to a committee or what's the process here?

So the motion to discuss okay motion discuss line on 21.1 22.1.

There's a motion to discuss line item 22.1 uh pro Tim Young.

Okay.

Uh he requested to speak before city council about establishing a new public park or green space to be named in honor of Lady Judy Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery.

Um I'm I'm kind of drawing a blank here of how the process of how this works is we suppose the rule to approve this to my committee.

Why is this here?

That is definitely an option.

Okay.

That would be an option that I would prefer.

Yeah, help me out.

Dr.

Powers, because I'm drawing.

I don't if if if it is adopted by the body.

Oh, okay.

What am I doing with this dude?

Okay.

So he wants to speak before city council.

I have no problem.

Listen, so I just want to know what the process is here.

I'd rather go to my committee.

Can I do that?

You can do that.

Dr.

Powers, or what's where's what's that?

Is that okay?

Yes, sir.

You say this.

All right.

All right, look.

Um motion to move line item 22.1 to neighborhood community service standing committee.

Will you say?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

And then okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dr.

Boston discuss.

Further uh discussion, uh pro Tim Young.

Listen, I just wanted to say I really think this is a good idea.

I really like that.

He wants to establish a new public park, especially for a legendary jazz guitarist.

I don't think that we honor our musicians enough here in the city of Detroit.

And I really want to hear what this young man has to say.

And so I request um that he would be able to speak before city council.

But I want him to go through the proper process, so I would request my colleagues to one be able to vote to approve that he that he speaks before council, and then I would like to move this to committee to my committee to be able to discuss it further.

Discussion.

With further discussion, uh member Benz.

Um just has this person gone through the process.

Does he know the process of what it takes to name a green space?

I'm a benson.

Please give him some mic.

You can barely hear you on this saying.

I'd rather not hear this in committee.

If the whole council wants to hear it, let's just have that conversation at this body.

I will be a no, but there is a long process to name a park or green space in the city of Detroit, and there should be some due diligence done prior to that.

If this person would like to talk about this and you are a willing participant, I strongly urge this to be done in chambers and then that process be started.

And once there is some meat on the bones, that be brought back to this body, but just to have that conversation in committee.

I not a victim order.

Especially if there's been no due diligence done prior to discussion.

All right, with further discussion, Member Callaway.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I would also recommend that um maybe he reach out to the Detroit Land Bank.

There might be some properties near his home.

Um, we have several Detroit land bank properties in District 2 where our the neighbors have purchased those properties, named those, named them different gardens, the Indy Indiana Community Garden.

So that might be an option for him as well to look around his his community if he lives in Detroit, um, and purchase a land bank property and turn that into the West Montgomery um park, and he can treat it and care for it, and it won't have to be a burden on the city.

It would be his responsibility because he would own it and he would manage it.

And um, you know, that that would be my recommendation if someone maybe could reach out to Mr.

I don't know what's name, Mr.

Art Hall, Mr.

Hall, and just let him know that might be an option that might be more satisfactory and more expedient, and he wouldn't have to have a public hearing.

I mean, not a public hearing, but a conversation before the council.

He could take matters into his own hands.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

All right, okay.

Uh, with further discussion, uh pro Tim Young.

No, I just want to thank uh both my colleagues.

I think those are excellent suggestions.

I mean, me firstly, I don't think that those two things are mutually exclusive.

He might be putting the cart before the horse a little bit here, but I don't mind you know, listening to people wanting to be able to do things and what their ideas are and what they are and be able to get it out.

I I'm now you know what happens when you assume, but I'm making the assumption that he's already done the work and I want to listen and hear what he has to say, but my colleagues feel differently.

I understand it, but you know, I just I just like having to listen to what people have to do.

If they're contributing something, and it's something that's positive, and it's something that's serious.

Now they're trying to convince you that water isn't wet.

That's a different discussion.

But if we're having a serious discussion about him wanting to genuinely do something that's positive, and that's gonna move the city forward.

I like to hear it, and I think that this person is genuine.

So I support this, and you know, hopefully I can get everybody to support it because I want you to support everything that I do and tell you.

But uh, if not, I understand.

Thank you, President.

Let's go with further discussion.

Uh member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, through you to pro Tim Young.

Do you know whether or not West Montgomery has a tie, a connection to the city of Detroit?

Just a very quick um search.

I'm not seeing that it looks like he was born in Indianapolis and grew up in Columbus, Ohio.

Member, I mean uh pro Tim Young.

I think that's why is he more interested to hear what he has to say?

Why is he promoting this?

If he doesn't have if he doesn't have a connection, why does he think we should do this?

I mean again, I mean again, I think it's just difference of people.

I like hearing people who are genuinely trying to do something positive.

Hopefully, I wish you'd have a uh connection.

I would like to hear what that is.

I think that's a good question to ask him.

Did this jazz musician play here to city Detroit?

Does he have a history?

That's what he can.

That's what he can provide in front of the committee in front of the committee.

And again, I'm not saying that we vote on this right now.

It's going to the committee process.

It will be vetted.

That's what the committee process is for.

I just want to hear what he has to say.

I think that's a brilliant question.

I would like to ask him.

Why would you do this if he doesn't have a connection for it?

Discussion pro Tim, if if I may, um I'm done.

I don't have any more questions.

Maybe that can be a conversation your team and and and yourself can have with this gentleman prior to it coming to the body.

I know that I would not personally be in support of having that discussion before the full body doing formal.

Right now, um, because I don't think it's ready for that at this moment.

Me neither.

Um, so there is a motion there.

There is an item on the agenda.

We need to have some level of um movement on that item today.

So line item 22.1.

Uh Pro Tim Young.

What is your desire, sir?

Uh, for line or 22.1.

I want a motion to Dr.

Powers.

I made this motion earlier.

Can I can I make a motion to move it?

It could be or do I have to it has to be approved by the body first, and then I have to move.

So all I can say is move to approve line item 22.1, right?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

So move to approve line on 22 point one.

There's a motion to approve line item 22.1 with discussion.

Member Benson.

Yes, and I'm gonna concur with my colleagues here.

I just don't think that this has had the due diligence yet.

I believe that a conversation prior to this type of recommendation to hear this in committee would be a much more productive conversation in chambers and see if there's been any due diligence done prior to bringing this out and there is always the entitled process of public comment.

This person can go to the public comment and let us know where this is and then have a conversation with the chair, pro Tim, prior to bringing this to a committee board.

There's no we have no evidence of any due diligence being done on this.

Um uh pro Tim, would you be open to uh uh sending this item to LP referring this item to LPD to allow them to do a work up on it and then provide this item provide their analysis back to this body, uh which would then call for a postponement uh for one week on this uh line item 22.1.

Sure, no, no, well, first of all, I always like to hear from Mr.

Whitaker.

So so absolutely, but secondly, uh I would if I can have my brothers, I'd also like to have director Perkins come and discuss with the neighborhood community service standing committee how these parks are named in the first place.

And council will discard requires public discussion anyway.

So um pro Tim Young, just again for clarification.

Uh are you open to postponing?

Yes, yes, I'm open.

So you have to make it.

So I got you you ask me to make the motion.

Okay, yes, sir.

I like to make the motion to postpone line on 22.1 for one week, and I would like to also make it.

Wait, as a motion to postpone the vote for line item 22.1 for one week.

Any objections?

Hearing none that action shall be taken.

Pro Tim Young?

I would also like to make another motion to be able to assign line of 22.1 to LPD.

There's a motion to assign uh uh line item 22.1 to LPD to do an analysis and provide uh that uh report back to this body.

Any objections?

See none, that action shall be taken.

We'll try to cover the issues that we'll raise at the table.

Thank you, Mr.

Whittaker.

Thank you, Pro Tim.

All right, for the president's report on standing community.

Uh, before we do that, we have some walk-ons, madam clerk.

We have a problem.

Yes, we do, Mr.

President.

We have two.

We have one that is a uh smooth submitting resolution authorization for contract uh concerning scattered uh site home ownership uh program contract number six zero zero four uh nine zero zero-a four.

This is a walk-on for referral.

Then we have another walk on uh for member Johnson.

This is a draft resolution urging Wayne County Treasurer for a moratorium on property tax foreclosure uh for owner-occupied homes.

And I believe you're looking to get that one um voted on today, if I'm not mistaken.

Okay, Madam Clerk.

Mr.

President, we'll do for um contract number 600490-84 to council member Johnson a resolution.

Okay, there's uh so for the walk on for the the contract that is it's a referral.

Referral, yes.

This is a motion to uh approve and send this item to new business for referral.

Motion there's a motion on the floor.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken for the resolution, madam clerk.

Councilmember Johnson, a resolution.

It's a resolution uh to place on to new business.

Uh the walk on I just mentioned, member Johnson.

Thanks, Mr.

Chairman.

For approval, this is to urge the Wayne County Treasurer to request a moratorium on property tax foreclosure for owner-occupied properties.

There's a motion to refer this item uh to new business.

Any objection?

See none, that action shall be taken.

Uh Madam Kirk, can we vote on this item today?

Yes.

Thank you.

Council member Johnson, a resolution.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Move for approval.

There's a motion to approve the walk-on that was just mentioned this resolution.

Discussion.

Uh with this uh with discussion, member McCampbell.

Mr.

Chair would like to join us with member uh Johnson.

Thank you.

I would like to join you as well, Member Johnson.

Mr.

Chair, we can put it in the name of the council.

Colleagues, if there are no objections, uh there will be a there's a request to place this uh resolution in the name of the council.

Any objection?

Seeing none discussion with discussion.

Um approach M.

This is non-binding, right?

So this is just this is just us just asking the treasurer to be able to stop.

Right.

I just want I just want everybody to make that clear.

Like this is this is this we're requested that this is not something we are actually putting in the law here.

That is correct.

Through you, Mr.

Chair.

Yes, this is us urging strongly, strongly urging him to okay the treasure.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any objections, first of all, before we go into the joint.

Any objections?

See none that action shall be taken.

Colleagues, there was a request to place this item in the name of the council.

Are there any objections?

See none, action shall be taken.

Thank you.

All right, madam clerk from the budget finance and audit standing committee.

Two reports from various city departments.

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

Three reports from the law department.

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

Eight reports from various city departments.

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

Eight reports from various city departments, including a walk-on item.

The eight reports will be referred to the planning and economic development standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee.

Two reports from various city departments.

The 12 reports will be referred to the public health and safety standing committee under consent agenda.

There are no items, Mr.

President.

We will now move to member reports.

We'll start with Pro Tim Young.

Daily report.

You member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Mr.

Presidents.

Uh, for my member report, just want to welcome D6 residents for our April office hours.

We are going to be joined by our D6B seat inspector as has been shared by DC.

We're going to have our own uh district inspectors to stop by to ask us any questions regarding property maintenance.

We're going to be at Equity Alliance on April 6th and a community rec center on April 20th.

And again, we're forcing our second um annual D6 dance day from 12 to 2 p.m.

We are going to be at Patent Rec Center on Saturday, April 11th, and we're going to be joined by instructors from leg masters and vaminos for some landscons.

We'll also have some food.

So hope to see you there.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

You member waters.

Oh, thank you, uh Mr.

President.

The this Thursday, March 26th, from 4 to 6 p.m.

The tenants uh right commission to virtual meeting.

Um this Thursday, March 26th from 4 to 6 p.m.

Um, I will give out the virtual ID number, but that doesn't I will we'll bet if people will call my office to request it.

313 628-2363, 313-628-2363.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Member Johnson.

No report.

You, Member Benson.

Thank you.

Um, I just want to announce that Nabiel Leach, a very colorful character in Detroit's political history at the grassroots level has made his ultimate transition.

He has gone on to glory, and there will be many people who have been in local politics for decades who will know that name.

But he has a very long history in Detroit's politics.

Um, a very colorful character, meaning that he has made lots of friends and as well as the other side, lots of enemies.

But I don't, I believe that his impact on Detroit local politics will be a permanent mark.

And so just wanted to announce that he has made his ultimate transition and uh move his soul into power.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And Member Benson, I'll I was on both ends of that uh spectrum, if you will, uh, with uh Nabil, but uh I ended up certainly on the on the better side on the better side.

Thank you for that.

Uh uh, member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and just definitely send a um condolences to the friends and family of Mr.

Nabil.

Um, I definitely have a few stories for about him as well.

I would like to think that was on the friend side, but that's up to him.

Um, but thank you, uh Member Benson for bringing his honor.

I just want to announce I want to first give gratitude to the students at uh Gardner Elementary, the Gladiators, and also students at the Detroit Innovation Academy, the Lions for having me.

And um, it was a pleasure to read to them during Marsha Reader month.

Um, want to let folks know that the Detroit Community Air Quality Training Quarterly District Meeting in District 7 is happening up today, um, this evening at 6 p.m.

6 to 8 at the Adams Buttle Rex and Earl at 15,000 London Street, and also um Saturday, April 4th.

Um at St.

Suzanne's.

There will be the spring festival.

Uh this will again, April 4th at 11 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

located at 1932 1 West Chicago.

And there will be an Easter Egg hunt, games, food, and resources.

And that is all.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Member Callaway.

Real briefly, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Good afternoon, everyone.

I want to congratulate all of my SORORS who are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, celebrating 118 years of continuous service to all mankind.

We had our joint founders' day luncheon at the MGM Grant over the weekend, and we had over 150 women in attendance.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

That completes my report.

Thank you.

And I have no reports for this uh this afternoon.

With that being said, we shall move forward under adoption with out rec without committee reference, madam clerk.

There are no items, Mr.

President.

And the communications from the clerk.

A report on approval proceedings by the mayor.

The report will be received and placed on file under testimonial resolution and special privilege.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway on behalf of Council President Tate for resolution line item 32.1.

Thank you.

Member Callaway.

Motion to approve, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, ma'am.

There's a motion to approve.

Any objections, colleagues?

Seeing none, then action shall be taken.

There being no further business to come before this body with further discuss with discussion.

Um member Johnson before we wrap up.

And thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Just before we close out, just want to give um thoughts, prayers, and condolences to Director Marcel Todd on the transition of his mother.

Um he has been an amazing son by her side every step of the way, and he still listened to everything that's been happening here at the table.

So just want to uh give him our prayers and blessings.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Absolutely.

Definitely want to send prayers to uh Mr.

Director Todd.

Thank you.

Uh colleagues give me the moment of silence, and this is a member of our family.

Thank you.

Colleagues, there being no further business to come before this body.

This meeting shall stand adjourned.