Health and safety standing committee for today, Monday, March 30th, 2026.

May the clerk please call the roll.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Present.

Councilmember Denzel Anto McCampbell.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Madam Chair, you do not have a quorum present.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Given a lack of a quorum, I will go into public comments, which I am able to do uh at least for now while we wait for the rest of my colleagues.

Just a reminder we are still in budget season.

We have been joined by member McCampbell.

If the clerk can please note, clerk with so no.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Good morning, Member McCampbell.

Um, we are rushing through, folks, because again, it is budget season.

Um, and uh today we do uh continue our hearings and conversations at 10 a.m.

So our public health and safety committee will be truncated to one hour, and I want to go ahead and oh, now that we have a quorum, we'll go into the agenda.

So we did receive our minutes from our last session.

If there's a motion to do so.

Thank you.

Hearing no objections, we will approve our minutes from our last session.

Uh, for my chair remarks, just reminder about budget today, so we can go right into public comments.

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

I will be cutting off public comments in one minute, and we're gonna begin with folks that we have here in person.

I believe that we have three people here in person.

Um, and then we will go with the folks that we have online.

If you are here to make public comment, please raise your hands.

So we have two folks.

We have three.

Um, I see Mr.

Foster, not sure who's behind.

Oh, Brother Cunningham.

Okay, good to see you, ma'am.

What was your name again?

Jacqueline Miller.

So we're gonna go um in order that I stated the name.

So, Mr.

Foster, you can go ahead and uh take a seats.

Evangelista, how many hands do we have raised online?

Good morning to the chair.

We have seven hands raised online.

Okay, that's about ten folks.

So I'm gonna give everyone a minute for public comment this morning.

And we wouldn't we'll have one minute for public comment this morning.

I do apologize, but again, we have a short amount of time this morning.

With that, we'll go right ahead and get started.

Public comments is now cut off.

Mr.

Foster, whenever you're ready.

Um good morning through the um chair, just a few things.

I was uh fortunate enough um to just see people out in the community, and I'm very, very grateful to have that perspective, share perspective.

Um very happy in a lot of the directions that the city is going, although there's plenty more work to do.

People often ask why do I come down here?

What do I do?

And I just want to speak very briefly.

And Roman says a question as what then shall we continue in saying that grace may avow?

God forbid.

So grace is a gift that one has that's not earned or deserved necessarily, but like all gifts, you have to receive them.

I have accepted my gift, but I don't live in grace.

At this point, I believe I've earned a lot of things that I've had and getting, and I would like to continue to earn my key with opportunities here that have been neglected.

And so I just want to speak on just grace and accepting the gift that you don't deserve.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Foster.

Brother Cunningham, 313 444, 9114.

That's my cash up, Patreon.

You can Google it to find me on Facebook and articles written.

So I agree with and pray for Team GSR on free bus fares for a month.

Uh a pilot.

Um is overdue.

Thank you, council and administration for keeping us on the path of doubling D dot.

We need borderless peer transit, free fares system-wide, on-time buses, buses that show up, benches and shelters, at least 15% of the stops.

Only 5% are covered.

If you're in a cozy car, pray for those that take the bus.

It's a lot going on.

And I'm going to end out.

I want you to drink a lot of fluids and praying the Holy Spirit.

Anyone under the sound of my voice?

I'll do the last 10 seconds just doing that.

Thank you, Brother Cunningham.

Miss Miller.

And let me turn it over to the folks that we have online.

Jacqueline Miller, I live on the east side of Detroit.

I called in, I do believe Friday regarding um demolition holes on Tacoma between Reno and Grasshead that are unfilled, have water in.

If I'm not mistaken, DPS is on Easter break today, so I know children will probably be out there playing.

And also, I went and found another hole that's not covered on Woodhall between Chandler Park and I do believe Southampton.

Now I'm just gonna make keep coming and make it known for when a child is found in one of these holes.

That council cannot say that they did not know about it.

I don't know what you can do about it, but I don't appreciate that.

The neighborhood, my people have to live like that.

They shouldn't even have to see that.

It's nowhere else that I know that looks like that.

Some of the holes are two at a time next to homes, which probably will drop because of the way the demolition is done.

Thank you, Ms.

So thank you.

Okay.

That's um, but I'll see you tomorrow.

Miss Miller, if you wouldn't mind, if you wouldn't mind staying, my team can come talk to you right now, get a list of those addresses for us to go ahead and get something done.

Um so we're gonna go ahead and go do that.

If you wouldn't mind staying, someone from my team's gonna come talk to you, get a list of those addresses and make sure that those are covered.

Wonderful.

So today we can get it done for you and help you get that down.

We'll turn that over to the folks that we have online now.

Who do we have first?

Our first caller is William M.

Davis.

Good morning, Mr.

Davis.

Uh, good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes.

Okay, I'd like to start off by saying I was very pleased about the No Kings Day this Saturday, you know, not just locally, but worldwide, especially throughout the United States.

Also, this looking at 6.3 and 6.4 as relates to emergency, residential and emergency commercial properties, the demolition.

I think a greater effort needs to go to be made to go after any other properties they may own or any other assets they may have so the city could be reimbursed.

And at the very least, if we carry down the commercial structure, we should at least get the property if it's you know if they're not taking care of it, or you know, we need to be recouping some of them the vast funds that we spend on other people's property, you know, because it is a safety concern, but we need to be recouping some of this money.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next caller is caller ending in 482.

Caller ending in 482.

You're up next.

We will add you to the bottom of the queue and come back to you.

Who do we have next?

Next, we have caller ending in one six nine.

Caller ending in one six nine.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes.

Great.

I just want to say, don't thank Cunningham bank Cunningham.

Don't thank Cunningham bank Cunningham.

Again, don't thank Cunningham bank Cunningham.

And thank you for praying for Brother Cunningham.

Thank you, Mayor Sheffield and City Council for pushing for it to doubling D dot, double D dot, double D dot, double D dot.

We need the policy of Councilwoman GSR free, no bus fare pilot for a month.

We need on-time buses, we need buses that show up.

We need to expand the unarmed team of trend of transit ambassadors.

We need to provide borderless fair transit and we need to have shelters and benches at minimum 15% of bus stops.

Maintain the stops.

We need to provide free bus fares for all students of any age.

One through 120 years old.

We need a study free team fare system.

Thank you.

The next caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Ms.

Varner, good morning.

You're up next.

Good morning.

All within the sound of my voice.

Can I be heard?

Yes, you can.

Thank you.

I'm Betty A.

Barney, president of DeSoda Elsewhere Black Association, asked and everyone within the sound of my voice.

Save the date, uh, April 18th.

Uh I am, well, not I, but my association and the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and the MySeps Vision Doctors.

We're having a health fair on that date.

It is a Saturday, April 18th.

It will be at 71 feet 51 Finko Avenue.

7151 Finko Avenue at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Corner of Finco.

We will be uh offering I exams and screenings.

There will be health services and screenings by DMC and the Thank you, Miss Varner.

Our next caller is Owner Papa.

Miss Hughes, you're up next.

Oh good morning, and to the chair, may I be heard?

Yes, good morning.

Good morning.

Um the residents aren't the people who are supposed to tell you where these sites are.

You know where they are.

You know where the dirty dirt is.

Why don't you clean it up?

You guys stall us all the time.

We are paying you taxes, as Mr.

Williams has pointed out.

And you are responsible for taking care of the health of the city.

That is a duty that you have.

And when you have dirty dirt all around the city, and now we're we're in another season, and so that water is spilling over maybe our water system, other lawns, other places that may not have been uh contaminated in the first place because you guys are negligent about doing your job, especially you, Miss Um Romero.

We are in terrible shape for the buses, our health care.

You are responsible.

You should not be the chairperson of these committees because you are not productive.

Thank you, Miss Hughes.

Hope you have a blessed day.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is caller inning in 039.

039, you're up next.

Hey Gabriella.

You know who this is, and I ain't gotta say my name.

But you see it in.

And Daniel Baxter, the assistant director over there at the Department of Election said to me in the committee of the whole room.

Now ask that EPU officer to archive the video, which I don't think is done, and the video is gonna be ready.

But you see, it is Jenny's been taking in the vaccine for 15 years, I believe.

But I can prove since 2020.

Now I'm back outside, about to do what I'm gonna do, and you just gotta deal with it, and not got the other, and all the rest of them gotta deal with it.

Everybody the whole city got to deal with it.

I can keep violent fraud is real than a mother in Detroit City, and I'm gonna prove and demonstrate that Mimi's mom, her mama, do not shoot herself.

You get that.

Thank you, Mr.

Crowley.

Our last caller before you cut off public comment is returning to caller ending in 482.

Caller ending in 482.

Call our ending in 482 going once.

Caller ending in 482 going twice.

Sorry to our caller ending in 482, but I do have to move on.

Feel free to call back later today if you have any budget comments.

We do have a hearing today at five o'clock.

Uh, but with that, I will now move us along to the rest of the agenda because they do need to make sure that we are being efficient in this committee.

Um, and we'll move us along to make sure that we're able to get the work done.

Madam Chair.

Oh, uh Member McCampbell.

Thank you, uh, madam chair.

I do um uh thank Miss Miller for coming down, and I know she called in before, and I know we have talked about this before about the open um uh demolition spots.

I and I I just we just have not heard from the administration yet on this.

So I'm wondering uh if if um I believe if Mr.

Washington is on, if there's someone that can give an update to this by the end of the meeting, that would be great.

Um, because you know it is spring now, um, and we need to have some.

I know there are investigations that are going on, but we need to have some resolution um and make sure that our community members are safe.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

I agree.

And um, Ms.

Miller, as as member McCampbell mentioned, we are talking about this and we are trying to address it.

Um, there are just investigations.

So, Mr.

Washington, um, if you wouldn't mind when it comes down to member reports, um, if we can get some updates, I know that we have received um some update from the inspector general on um believe they must they're close to being done.

I guess if you wouldn't mind updating us and where we are in the process um when we get down to member reports.

Good morning through the chair.

My apologies.

I caught the tail land about the update and the process because you restate the earlier portion of your comment.

Yes, good morning, Mr.

Washington.

We are asking if we are able to get provided any kind of updates regarding the dirty dirt um and the investigation um that is being done by the inspector general right now.

Um, because we we still we do still have holes that are open.

Residents are calling in worried about uh the dirt that's still there and whether it's been addressed.

So I guess also letting us know if those have been addressed and and when uh those remaining um open holes or issues are going to be addressed.

Good morning.

Well do Madam Chair.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

I will now move us along.

Um, if there's nothing else to unfinished business.

Uh 5.1.

This is a memo through member Johnson's office.

This is um a memo regarding a resolution recognizing Michigan Severe uh weather awareness month.

We do have the reso um further down on this agenda.

This can be received and filed.

Motion to receive and file.

Without with hearing no objections, 5.1 will be received and filed.

5.2 is a memo relative to a rental certificate of compliance.

Um this will be an ordinance that is going to be drafted.

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

Motion to bring back in one week.

Hearing no objections, 5.2 will be brought back in one week.

5.3.

This is memo uh relative to a memorandum on eviction moratorium.

This is the member Callaway's office.

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

Motion to bring back in one week.

Hearing no objections, 5.3 will be brought back in one week.

5.4 is a memo through member Waters' office.

This is requesting information on commercial buildings with lease and fines on the demolition list.

This still needs responses.

Um I believe let's bring this back in two weeks if there's a motion to do so.

Motion to bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, 5.4.

We'll be brought back in two weeks.

Under new business, under the Office of Contracting and Procurements.

6.1.

This is contract number 6007626.

This is utilizing 100% construction code city funds, and this is for the appeals and hearings department.

Is there a motion to discuss?

Motion to discuss.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Um, Mr.

Washington, for 6.1, just to confirm is I I believe you flagged this as a contract that usually goes through IOS, correct.

Good morning again.

Uh through the chair, um, yes, I believe appeals and hearings typically go through the IOS committee.

Okay, thank you.

Um I would like to keep things in the committee that they are that they are known to be in.

Um it also helps me keep track of what's going on in ways that I can manage.

Um so uh vice chair, and if there are no objections, Mr.

Washington, I think it's okay to then refer this to the IOS committee, unless there's anything that seems right.

So there is a motion to uh refer 6.1 to IOS.

A motion to refer to IOS.

Thank you.

6.1 will be referred to the IOS committee.

Thanks, everyone.

6.2.

This is contract number 3091173.

This is utilizing 100% bond funding for emergency residential demolition.

This is at 14744 E States Fair.

Contractor is CS Environmental Services.

They're located in Detroit, and this will be for $18,000.

Contractor contract demo completed.

Um, we have a number of emergency demolition contracts.

6.3.

This is contract number 3091361, utilizing the 100% bond funding as well.

This is to provide emergency residential demolition at 4742, Fisher.

Contractors and environmental services, SC Environmental Services.

This is for 18,179.

6.4 is contract number 3091451, 100% splite funding.

This is for emergency commercial demolition of 3916 Joy Road.

Contractor here's DMC consultants.

They are located in Detroit, and this will be for 81,890.

And these will all be for construction and demolition.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.2 through 6.4?

Uh discussion.

Vice Chair.

Thank you, madam chair.

I just have a few questions.

Um as I'm looking at 6.2 and 6.3.

Uh of course I see, of course, notable damage on 6.2 and then 6.3, of course, it looks like it was impacted by fire.

I'm just wondering if if there's someone from the administration that can let us know like when did the collapse on 6.2 happen and when did the fire on 6.3 occur?

Okay.

Mr.

Washington, who do we have to discuss our construction and demolition contracts?

Through the chair, we have Raquel Harrington online.

If we can make her into a panelist.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Through the chair, can I be heard?

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

Raquel Harrington, press secretary for City of Detroit Construction and Demolition Department.

Thank you for joining us.

Were you able to hear our vice chair's question?

Yes.

Through the chair, we are working to pull that information up for you.

Um it might be a little second before I get it, so we don't mind.

I can uh answer that at the end.

Okay, thank you, uh Ms.

Heritan.

And also uh just um I had a question on I'll have it by the end.

Yeah, if we can postpone this to the end, madam chair, just so I can get the information.

Okay, vice chair.

Uh before postponing, I also do have a question for 6.2 and 6.3, Ms.

Harrington.

Um, I appreciate that it does say when the demo was um completed, um, but the contract date is missing.

Um, is that because this has already been completed?

Usually there's a date there, so this is just a flag um that under contract period.

It is it's not listing the dates um when this contract is over.

And that would be the chair.

That would be for 6.2 and 6.3 through the chair.

I'm unsure why that is.

So let me get that information and I'll also uh bring that back at the end for you as well.

Okay, thank you.

Um, so vice chair, would you like to bring 6.2 through 6.4 back?

Those are all the demolition contracts.

Madam Chair, if we can just bring uh we can I'm okay to move forward with 6.4.

Okay.

Is there a motion to approve?

Motion to um approve and send to formal or 6.4.

Okay.

With no objections, 6.4 will be sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

And then without objection, we will bring back 6.3 and 6.2.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Moving us along, 6.5.

This is contract number 600 6103, amendment number two, utilizing 100% city funding.

This is to provide an increase of funds for additional reporting add-on for EMS software platform for managing fire and arson records, patient care records, personnel management, properties, and inspection and reporting.

The contractor is Imagine Trends LLC.

They are located in uh Minnesota.

This contract will go through March 30th of 2027, and the increased amounts is for 14,685 with 72 cents, and this will be for fire.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.5 motion to approve?

Hearing no objections with no objections, 6.5 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

6.6 is contract number 600 6277 amendment number three to provide an extension of time only for the Gordy Howe International Bridge Health Impact Assessments.

The contractor is Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, they're in Detroit.

This will go through June 10th of 2027.

There is no increased amounts, and this was for a total of 1 million dollars.

And again, this was grants funded.

This will go for the health department.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.6?

Motion to approve.

Without objection, hearing no objections, there are no objections for 6.6.

6.6 would be sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

6.7.

This is contract number 600742.

100% grants funded to provide services for the women, infants, and children, also known as the WIC program.

Contractors, Community Health, and Social Services Center.

Uh at Chass.

They're located on Ford Streets.

This contract will go through September 30th of 2029.

And this amounts will be for 1,143 with $600.

And this will be for the health department.

Is there a motion to discuss?

Motion to discuss.

Thank you.

Mr.

Member McCampbell, do you have any questions or discussion for this?

So uh because this is a um new contract, and because it is for a million dollars plus, if there's someone on that can just go through um what the service is for and how folks will be able to access it and such as well.

Okay, Mr.

Washington, who do we have to discuss 6.7 the chair?

We have Leah Smith from the health department.

If we can make her into a panelist to the chair, she's been promoted to panelists.

Thank you.

Uh good morning through the chair, Leah Smith, Director of Administrative Operations for the Detroit Health Department.

Thank you for joining us.

We are discussing 6.7.

This is a grants we're receiving for our WIC program at TRASS, and our vice chair is wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing more about this program and how Detroiters can access it.

Um through the chair, absolutely.

So this is actually one of two subrecipient contracts that we have for our women, infant and children program, which is funded through Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, which they're actually passing funds to us through the USDA.

So the WIC program is does have an income requirement for low to moderate income Detroiters who are either pregnant or have infants or children under five.

It's a supplemental nutrition program.

So what that means is that they provide nutrition counseling and dietitian counseling for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and like I said, women with children or fathers with children who need assistance with nutrition.

In addition to that, we also do breastfeeding counseling.

So for new moms who are struggling with breastfeeding or who need some additional support.

We also provide that service as well as breast pumps to apply.

To apply, you have to actually go to the WIC website on the state and check the eligibility requirements.

We have various clinics throughout the city.

And this is like I said, this is one of two subrecipient clinics.

So basically, because of the amount of Detroiters who access WIC services, we determined that it was necessary to sub to contract with two subrecipients for the one for CHAS and then one for the Arab American Child Dean Council.

And this helps us reach as many Detroiters as possible.

The services are exactly the same.

The only difference is they'll be going to the CHAS office instead of going to a Detroit Health Department WIC office.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

And thank you, Ms.

Smith.

Um, I appreciate thank you for going through the information.

Um, I just want folks to know because we never know if there's someone listening um that can share that information with folks.

And and I know you mentioned this, but um, yes, if if I know you we all we have offices across the city, so we'll encourage folks to check out the city's website for the that information as well.

But if you need more information, you can reach out to our office also.

But thank you.

I appreciate you going through that.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Um, Ms.

I actually have a follow-up.

You mentioned this is for two sub-recipients.

Are there um so does that mean the city provides these services as well through our health department, or do we do it through the sub recipients?

It's a combination.

Oh, I'm I apologize through the chair, it's a combination of both.

So we provide these services and then we also subcontract with the two subrecipient, the two subrecipients, like I said, to be able to reach as many Detroiters as possible.

Thank you, Miss Smith, and I agree.

Um, my mother uh received these services from CHAST when I grew up uh for my little brother.

So we were also very uh low-income, uh single mother, um, and this really helped us um move along, right?

So um thank you, Vice Chair, for making sure that we share about this.

I it is incredibly important um and very helpful for our families.

Uh so thank you, Miss Smith.

I don't think we have any other questions.

Is there a motion to approve?

Um, Madam Chair.

Yes, just want to I just want to just um emphasize for folks that um there are multiple locations across the district, and if there are any district seven residents, um listening uh if on the corner of Joy and Greenfield is also America's uh community council, but there's also various WIC offices, as Ms.

Smith mentioned.

So I just wanted to say that, but uh motion to approve.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Hearing no objections, 6.7 will be approved.

Is there a motion to send to new business?

Motion to send to new business.

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

Thank you, Miss Smith.

Thank you.

Moving us along to 6.8.

This is contract number 600 5805 amendment number two, utilizing 100% major streets funding.

This is for an extension of time only for the funding agreements between DPW and the DBRA for the roadway improvements in eastern markets.

The contractor is the DBRE, the Detroit Brown Field Development Authority.

They're located in Detroit, and again, this will be for an extension of time through May 5th of this year.

And this will be for public works.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.8?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6.8 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Under the Office of Chief Financial Officer, Office of Development and Grants.9 is a request to accept and appropriate the fiscal year 2024 safe streets for straight streets and roads for all grants.

And 6.10 is a request to accept and appropriate the fiscal year 2026 aviation education and workforce development grants.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.9 and 6.10?

Motion to approve.

Being no objection to 6.9 and 6.10, both will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Madam Chair.

Excuse me.

Yes, Sulaw Department.

Um Alex Henderson Law Department.

Uh, through the chair, um, going back to 6.1.

Um which uh was refused committee voted to refer to IOS.

Uh, I believe that may need to go through formal to be referred.

Oh so I would suggest that be uh sent to formal with a recommendation to refer to IOS.

Thank you.

Okay.

Sorry, I didn't catch that in time.

Uh I I'm glad we're getting this to uh to this now.

So we'll get that to the end of the agenda, but thank you for flagging that.

We can refer it to formal to be referred.

Thank you.

LPD.

I was also refraining from saying I thought the route was to the president's office.

Oh, I think you're right.

Yeah, we need the to be referred to formal.

To be referred to.

I did go to the president's office, but that was what I thought was assumed by what the c committee did, so I didn't raise it.

Let's we can be clear.

So thanks everyone.

Uh we will be clear on that on the record and make sure it gets sent over.

Uh to the chair.

It is the president's office.

Thank you.

Okay, so we'll go ahead and do that.

Thanks, everyone.

So to move us along under the departments of appeals and hearings.

6.11.

This is the dangerous buildings findings and orders for February 6, 2026.

Is there a motion to receive and file?

Motion to receive and file.

Hearing no objections, 6.11 would be received and filed.

Under the housing and revitalization department, 6.12 is to accept and appropriate the fiscal year 2025.

Lead-based paint hazard reduction program.

Is there a motion to approve?

Motion to approve and send to formal.

There is a request for new business.

If there's a motion to send to new business, motion to send to the business.

Hearing no objections, being no objections, six points twelve will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Under the legislative policy division, 6.13.

This is the resolution recognizing Michigan Severe Weather Awareness Week.

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

Hearing no objections, 6.13 will be approved to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Under miscellaneous.

Motion to bring back in one week.

Thank you.

This also needs responses, so we can bring this back in one week.

6.15.

6.16 is a memo relative to tenant concerns at River Point Tower.

If there's a motion to bring this back in one week as well.

Motion to bring back in one week.

Without objection, 6.16 will be brought back in one week.

6.17.

This is a memo through member Johnson's office relative to emergency to the emergency demolition process.

If there is a motion to bring this back in one week.

Motion to bring back in one week.

Thank you.

Hearing no objections, 6.17 will be brought back in one week.

There's a few items that we need to go back to starting with 6.1.

Motion to ref to Madam Parliamentary.

Sorry.

Madam Parliamentarian.

Thank you, Mayor.

Motion to be considered.

Okay.

Motion to reconsider.

Hearing no objections, you will reconsider our vote for 6.1.

We can now reconsider our votes to my vice chair.

The new vote will be the new vote will be motion to refer to the president's office.

To be referred to IOS.

To be referred to IOS.

Just to the president's office, right?

Okay.

Motion to refer to the president's office.

Okay.

Motion to refer 6.1 to the president's office.

Without objection, we will refer 6.1 to the president's office.

And she will refer to IOS.

All right, everyone.

Thank you for keeping us honest.

Moving us along to 6.2.

Uh Mr.

Washington, do we have anyone to discuss?

Um or is Ms.

Harrington ready to discuss um 6.2 and 6.3.

Uh yes through the through the chair.

See, she's joined us.

Thank you.

Thank you for joining us.

Is there a motion to discuss 6.2 and 6.3?

Motion to discuss.

Thank you, Ms.

Harrington.

Yep.

So through the chair to answer your first question, um, about the fire date for 6.2.

We have but we do not have a fire date on that.

I will have to defer to fire to provide that information that is not in our record.

As far as 6.3, the fire happened on 12.1, 2025.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

I don't know if there was a fire for 6-1.

Yeah, I think first it looks like 6-2 just through the chair.

Just looks like there was a structure collapse.

Yeah.

Okay.

Did you so you wanted to know around the fire dates and what else did you ask?

The collapse date.

The reason why I'm asking is that you know, as I'm looking at 6.2 with the structure collapse, like again, as I bring up before, uh, when we're talking about mercy demos, it it doesn't seem that these things uh here on the fire that that happened on the first of December, and then it looks like the demo happened on the third.

So I understand around that, but uh and this is related to also the memo that member Johnson submitted as well.

Is that the use of emergency contracts and um the full demolition process?

I'm still having concerns around getting emergency demolitions um before us.

So that's why I wanted to bring it up.

Understanding around 6.4 that that fire happened and the demolition happened soon after.

Um, but I just want to make sure that we're being um as transparent and going through the process as much as possible with emergency demos.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Wholeheartedly agree, and I do believe we will get there, especially with the accountability that we're asking for and the process changes that we're asking for as well.

Um, but thank you, Ms.

Harrington.

I think um my question was regarding the end dates.

Did you get any responses uh to that?

Through the chair, we are working to get an answer for you from my understanding.

It was uh myth input um on the agenda, so I would have to defer to OCP as far as why that information is not inputted there.

Mr.

Washington, yes.

Yes, we do have Eric Cooper from OCP online.

If we can make him into a panelist to the chair, he has been promoted to panelists.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning here at Cooper Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Good morning, Mr.

Cooper.

Good to see you.

Uh we are discussing 6.2 and 6.3, and just want to flag that these contracts are missing an end dates.

Wondering if this is something that can be done um this week.

We could send these over to formal.

We just want to make sure that whatever we vote at the table uh during Tuesday's formal session has all the information.

Absolutely.

Um, through the chair, this these uh notices of emergencies, uh, they are through June 30th, 2026.

But we can definitely make sure that information is sent over.

Great, thank you.

Vice Chair, if you're okay with that, I'm okay with moving these over, or would you like to bring these back until we have that uh end date?

It's whatever you like.

We can also note that we sh we can we can bring these back.

Motion to bring back in one week.

Okay, so there's a motion to bring back 6.2 and 6.3 in one week, and once we receive those um that information, we'll move it out.

Thank you, Mr.

Cooper.

Thank you.

I think then that covers all of it.

We are under member reports now, and we did want to hear from Mr.

Washington.

Do we have anyone from the administration that can give us um any updates on where we are with the dirty dirt?

Yes, I believe Ms.

Harrington is prepared to respond.

Okay, good morning again, Ms.

Harrington.

Good morning, good morning through the chair.

The update with the contaminated feel and remediation efforts, it's still ongoing.

Uh we have made a significant dent in the testing sites.

We have uploaded a website along with the interactive map where residents can check and see the sites in their neighborhood.

Um those privately owned sites.

We have our environmental team going out to meet with these residents to talk to them to see how that process works and work with them.

We are also doing active downcasts just to make sure that we're building that transparency with the community because we don't want anyone left in the dart.

As far as the progress when it comes to um the remediation of the actual soil sampling, those holes, the empty holes that a lot of residents have commented on this morning.

Uh, it's a multi-step process.

Those fields are those holes are empty.

Uh, for the simple fact that we are it's ongoing testing.

So we want to make sure that it is completely removed before we can fill it.

Typically with the normal demolition, that will take 14 days, anywhere up to 14 days max before they can fill it.

We do not give our contractors um permission to proceed until we get those test results back of the field um and make sure it is completely good to go and then retest it, and then we fill those holes.

It is up to our contractors to make sure that the perimeter of those holes are fenced off for the safety of the public.

And and with that, when we find out, um it is it goes against their contract.

So we're making sure that those are uh fenced off um properly and everything goes as planned.

So if you do see those, we do urge the public to give us a call and let us know.

That way we can make sure they're up, and we're also checking behind our contractors as well to make sure that those holes are covered.

But as far as the progress, it is still ongoing.

Um, we're not rushing this for the simple fact that we want to make sure we get it done um correctly, and we're we're taking the efforts and we have made um significant um updates and progress uh to our plan to make sure that this goes off um properly and has our residents deserve the best that we're making sure we we're doing the best we can to make this happen.

And again, we are our next upcoming downcast where we are speaking with the public one on one to inform them of this complete process um and answer any questions the public may have about it, um, to talk through that step-by-step process.

It will be on April 6th on that Monday at five o'clock.

And we do urge the community to um tune in so we can talk more about it there.

Thank you, Ms.

Harrington.

We appreciate this.

Just quickly, what websites, where can we find this website?

Is it on the city websites or is it a separate one?

Yes, the website, uh, you can go on the dot gov, um, Detroit.gov, and it backslash CDD soil testing, and it's right there, and you scroll to the bottom and it's an interactive map, the whole thing can be right there.

Um, it's color-coded, and we update those addresses as they're being excavated as well.

Okay, thank you.

So we will go ahead and look for that as well.

And uh, do you know if someone was to go um to identify a lot if it would tell them where the lot is in the process?

Like it's being tested, it's being filled.

Okay, so they have that kind of information.

Um the chair, yes.

That's all that's all on the site.

It breaks it down from um what sites are being tested, where it is in a testing site, um, if it tested to pass the fill uh material or if it needs remediation and removal, removal and re remediation, and when that removal and remediation is complete.

So that's all on the site, okay along with an FAQ section as well.

Awesome.

Thank you.

That's very helpful.

The last thing that I'll I'll share is um, you know, as we're going over budget and we're seeing um how much we're in the investing in our in our media um in our in our communications.

I wonder if we can do um some type of PSA about the websites, um, about your April 6th call, just so that more people are aware because we do get a lot of concerns about this still.

But that's incredibly helpful.

Thank you.

Uh, to my vice chair, any other questions?

Uh thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Ms.

Herrington uh on the update.

I do want to I appreciate the update.

I'm I'm looking at some of these addresses though, and it says like the dates that the city has removed them.

Um, some are uh removed soil, some are in November, some are in December.

We are now getting into April.

Um, and I I agree that we don't want to rush the testing and we want to make sure that we are remediated as much as possible.

Um also four and five months is uh uh quite a while if there are open um holes here.

And I also hear you on for residents to reach out if there are concerns around, but uh I would hope that the department is also just since we know the addresses that we are going on, we're doing our due diligence as a city um to see if there's any gaps and uh fences or such.

Um because I do are these are these fences like uh are they saw fences, are they um metal channeling fences that folks can't get in, or what's the material on the the barriers there?

Through the chair, it is a orange plastic like material that goes around the field material.

But the open holes.

Yeah, that's concerning to me.

Um because as mentioned, for if children are playing as such, that doesn't give me a lot of hope that it will prevent folks from getting over it or getting into the hole.

So uh yeah, I have additional concerns.

Um and I if it's out Madam Chair, I'll submit a memo or but I would love to have additional conversation about this um in our next hearing next week in our next community meeting.

Okay.

Um yes, vice chair, please do send over those questions.

Uh we have many of the same.

Um and I actually don't recall if we start at nine or ten next week as well.

Uh I have 10 o'clock here, so maybe we do anyone know if we're still at 10 or 9 next week.

But yes, we can continue conversations in this committee.

Um thank you, Miss Harrington, for that update.

Um, and we will continue to ask these questions.

Uh but we are going to now move on to the rest of the agenda.

We are at member reports.

Um Mr.

McCampbell, member McCampbell.

Um, no reports, madam chair.

All right, no reports for me as well.

We do have our 10 a.m.

hearing today, uh, which we'll get started shortly.

So nothing else before this committee, so we are now adjourned.