Chair, Councilmember Letitia Johnson.

Present.

Councilmember Gabriel Santiago Romero.

Present.

Council President Pro Tem coming on the second.

Madam Chair, there's a corn.

Thank you.

Having a quorum present, we are now in session.

And we are going to move to an approval of the minutes.

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

We are going to move into public comment.

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

Please raise your hand.

Public comment will be cut off shortly.

If you'd like to make a public comment, please raise your hand, whether you're joining us virtually or in the committee of the whole.

The collection of public comments have now concluded.

Seeing no hands in the committee of the whole, how many hands do we have raised?

Ms.

Graydon, good morning.

Good morning, madam chair.

We have four hands raised for virtual public comment.

All right, thank you.

We'll give everyone two minutes.

Okay.

We the clock has started, but I'm not sure who our first caller is.

Who's our first caller?

Madam Chair, our first caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Betty A.

Verner, you have two minutes for general public comment.

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

I'm Betty A.

Varner, president of DeSoda Elsewhere Black Association.

Uh if you are a caregiver and you are in need of help, you need uh a break from your responsibilities that you have taking care of your loved ones.

Uh being a caregiver is not an easy job.

If you need help, and also the person that you are providing the services from will receive the help that is needed so that they can stay in their home and be safe and at peace.

Contact a Mrs.

Deborah A.

Royal, R-O-Y-A-L.

She is the executive director of the community solutions.

Uh caregivers, you can get this help.

You call her.

Uh you uh will receive a break.

She has different activities for caregivers.

She comes in the home and assists you with the services that you are providing to your loved one.

These services are free.

You don't need to be don't need to have Medicaid.

She has different programs within her organization, but this particular program, you don't need Medicaid.

Some you do.

So call 313 484 3808 313 484 3808.

The person who need the services, they be five, they receive their services.

You get a chance to go get your nails done, uh, get a pedicure, go on luncheons, meetings, meet with other people who are caregivers and get a chance to network.

Thank you for this time, guys.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Owner Papa.

Owner Papa, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Good morning, and through the chair, may I be heard?

Good morning, yes.

Thank you.

Uh, thank you, Miss Varner, for all the information that you provide to the citizens in the city.

We appreciate you, and we need more people like you.

Um, we need a council that cares about the seniors and the youth in this entire city.

I think we deserve that.

I I really think that it's unfair how we're distributing my federal dollars.

Um, I have been working since I was 17 and paying into the system, paying federal income tax, and you know that's why we do the census so that when the money comes from the federal government, CDGB money, all the federal government money, huh?

It comes because we pay federal taxes.

It doesn't come for no reason.

And I need to see my portion of my federal taxes distributed to me, just like the ARPAR funds came for me.

They came for the citizens.

They didn't come for you guys to do what you wanted to do with it, even though that's what you did.

And now let me go to the budget hearings.

He was not honest.

And you all know that.

He he makes no sense.

He says one thing and then he says another.

Please make it available, copies available to the citizens because frankly, six dollars is highway robbery, and you know that.

And you should do something about that.

On your agenda, you have uh CDBG funds that are being um diverted.

You know, block route grant money was supposed to come to, well, Coleman Young used to give it up, used to distribute it in terms of grants to people so that they could fix their porches so that they could fix their roofs so that they could get windows, driveways, whatever they needed to do to keep their houses called neighbor, it's called stabilization of your neighborhood.

Over in the aviation subdivision, I believe there is a concerted effort to gentrify the people over here, and um, it's just wrong.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is William M.

Davis.

William M.

Davis, you have two minutes for general public comment.

Uh good morning.

Can I be heard?

Good morning, yes.

I would like to say I also live in the aviation subdivision, and I'm also an elected precinct delegate for precinct democratic precinct delegate for precinct 410, and I have been for years.

I have an issue with the fact that uh at one time I used to be able to just walk to my polling place that was at McKenzie.

Now I have to go over three miles to go vote.

Uh because I live like near Appalina Joy, and I had to go over to Samson Webber School.

So I have to go to a different congressional district, a different city council district to vote.

Everyone should be able to vote in their neighborhood.

They should not have to go past a dozen polling locations to go to someplace else.

I think that contributed to a lower voter turnout than it should be.

Um also, you know, I think it should be a greater encouragement.

City council, city government should be doing more to encourage people to vote.

Uh, we need a much better voter turnout than we have.

I'm also on the 12th Congressional Democratic Party uh executive board.

Um, and you know, we we also trying to encourage more people to vote.

But Detroit's numbers are horrible.

I know both of y'all are relatively young, but y'all may not remember during the time when Coleman Young was mayor, there was a lot number of higher number of people voting, and Detroit used to help to determine who the governor was going to be, who the U.S.

Senator was going to be, you know, who a lot of you know different elected officials was going to be.

And we used to get a whole lot of prominent people coming here to try to get our vote.

Now the voter turnout in Detroit is almost like what the voter turnout is in Livonia.

So hopefully y'all could do more than encourage greater voter turnout to encourage more of us to vote, and also to encourage more of our dollars to turn over and also do more for city church retirees.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Madam Chair, our last caller is caller ending in 039.

Caller ending in 039.

You have two minutes for general public comment.

Yeah, hey, uh, you a TV man public official.

You know, because I told you numerous times now.

And um I'm the 93rd precinct, new or precinct Republican delegate for the state of Michigan.

And also on the Michigan executive committee for the state of Michigan.

And like I said, you cheated in Janice Winfrey, Janice M.

Well, for Detroit city clerk, that person in the Detroit Election Commission that oversees the Detroit Department of Election that's ran by director Zina Avery Walker.

Y'all need to call Gina Avery Walker and Daniel Baxter.

Daniel Baxter in to the city council of Detroit to explain how it is the SCP value fraud, been running rampant, rampant in Detroit, and how you got TV then into that position, and I didn't study, and you didn't stand up for Nini when you had the opportunity to, and y'all have been doing effort with me, so now I got to take legal action.

Legal proceedings have to take place to get two and the rest of the TB City Council members up out of office.

And the rest of the TBA City Council members up out of office.

And y'all, I don't care where y'all go.

Y'all can go where y'all want to go.

Y'all just gotta get the F up out of here.

Did you hear me clearly?

I'm talking directly to you for reason.

You the district four representative managers my house, and I ain't got my money.

Yeah, money that I had to take 29,000 so far.

That now concludes our general public comment, and we will turn back to the agenda beginning with unfinished business and line item 5.1.

Line item 5.1 is the status of the planning and development department property sale of 125, 1235, and 1241 Springwells Street.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 5.1 to formal with recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 5.2 is the status of council member Mary Waters.

Submitting memorandum relative to the NAP suit request.

Leland House Apartments 400 Bagley Street, Detroit, Michigan.

Is there a motion to bring line item 5.2 back in one week?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 5.3 status of council member Letitia Johnson submitting memorandum relative to Hans Farms LLC purchase agreement.

Is there a motion to receive and file line item 5.3?

Motion to receive and file.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

And line item 5.4 status of council member Scott Benson.

Submit a memorandum regarding the M4 Green Buffer Text Amendment.

Timeline and process.

Is there a motion to bring back in two weeks?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

And Mr.

Clerk, if you will please note that Council President Pro Tim Young has joined us.

Clerk will send out.

Thank you.

Morning, Kylie.

Morning.

Thank you.

And we will now move on to new business, beginning with line item 6.1.

Line item 6.1 is submitting report relative to the city planning commission's submitted submittal of their annual report for fiscal year 2024 through 2025.

Is there a motion to bring line item 6.1 back so that we can schedule a discussion?

Motion for a date to be determined.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line items 6 point 2 through 6.4.

Amending chapter 50 of the 2019 Detroit City Code zoning by amending article 17 of a zoning district map.

Is there a motion to discuss very briefly?

Motion to discuss.

And without objection, um I'd like to discuss line items 6.2 through 6.4.

Dr.

Boldri, if you can just share very briefly with us.

I know these are for various uh areas.

Um if you'd like to just go down the list 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4.

I know the request is coming from different well from the city planning commission.

If you can just briefly share with us why the city planning commission is requesting the zoning amendments.

Yes, thank you, madam chair.

Actually, I'm I'm here to speak specifically on um item number six point four.

Um, there may be other members of planning commission staff to speak to 6.1 and 6.2.

Um, however, one thing um that you'll notice is that all three of these rezoning requests have one thing in common in terms of uh land which is currently zoned as a planned development zoning district classification is being proposed to either being modified or being rezoned.

Um Ms.

Feders Laura Um would be able to speak to uh 6.2 having to do with the area that used to be part of the Selden Court Urban Renewal Area.

Thank you.

And I can't pronounce her net her last name the way you did.

Uh please introduce yourself for the record.

Good morning, Council members.

This is Dolores Paris Laura with CPC staff.

Um I am able to speak uh relevant to line item 6.2, which is the rezoning request for it for the P downzoning to R3 and SD2 over in the former Sultan Core um redevelopment plan.

Uh just very briefly about this uh rezoning over in the core city neighborhood.

It is a request of the Detroit Land Bank Authority and the City Planning Commission to rezone um various parcels off of Rosa Parks and Cochrane Street.

This is located in Council Um District 6.

And as Dr.

Bulger mentioned, this is the former site within the Selden Corps rehab rehabilitation project that took place in the 60s and 70s.

Um with the Seldon Court PD, it had specific provisions permitting multifamily dwellings, open parking, and limited bulk businesses associated with convenience goods with the project itself and uses accessory to those foregoing uses.

However, the parcels in question are no longer a part of this um redevelopment plan.

They are leftover parcels from that old PD, where the land bank does have ownership of these properties and would like to uh rezone to R3 and SD2 to allow for a mixture of small scale pedestrian and transit oriented mixed use development within the Core City neighborhood.

Um I'm happy to answer any questions that you all have.

Um this is coming before you for the request for a public hearing, so we can definitely dive um more deeply into the plans with the land bank when they are here available with us, but happy to answer any preliminary questions that you all have.

Thank you so much for that briefing.

Pro Tim Young?

Yeah, I was gonna ask questions, but it's sorry, good to see you.

Um Pro Tim, if you will please turn your microphone on.

Sorry.

Sorry about that.

Here we go.

Uh good to see you, ma'am.

Sorry about that.

Uh forgot that about that.

Yeah, a little side there.

Um good to see you.

First of all, I just wanted to say the question that I had was involving the lots, and particularly since it's going through the land bank, I'm assuming that these lots are going to be available for the citizens that live in the area to be able to have right of refusal.

That's supposed to be how the land bank is supposed to work.

But because you said that we're going to actually, you know, have this process for a public hearing.

I think that might be better for the land bank to actually be able to answer.

I'm not trying to put you on the spot, but as I like to do that.

So I think that'd be something I will hold for then and there, but I do want to just ask you just preliminarily is it a plan where we will have ownership from community minimums, maybe to be able to have community gardens, maybe be able to have pocket parks in some of these areas or place making in some of the lots.

And then the rest of the lots and rest of the development, we actually have transit-oriented development.

I'm assuming that would be, you know, not just you know, um, maybe some uh mixed use development, maybe it's a place where people can live at and some apartments and things that nature, but also that's connected to transit and transit friendly.

So I'm assuming the property values would go up in that area, which is a good thing.

But um, but I just want to make sure that this is something that the residents will actually be able to participate in from ownership from ownership standpoint, or is this something that's gonna be more for the developers to be able to have, and they might have a little something for the residents?

Um Councilmember Young, thank you for your question.

Preliminary, um, again, this is something that the land bank would be able to touch on more deeply on when we do have the public hearing, but preliminary, um a majority of the parcels are being requested to be done zone or rezoned to R3.

Uh with that the goal is to allow for a potential mixed use development on these sites.

Uh, it is up to the land bank who they do decide to sell these uh parcels to.

It could very well be developers, it could be community members, but the goal is for the R3 uh requests to allow for mixed use housing to happen on these parcels where there are currently no homes, but can uh where homes could be developed.

Uh for the SD1 parcel in particular, uh that one is more geared toward commercial development since it is off of uh the boulevard where they do have a goal to sell that to a developer to create some type of mixed use development on that site on that particular site in particular.

Uh, but for the R3 parcels, I believe it is open to either developers or the public, whoever would want to um redevelop those parcels once they are rezoned to R3.

So that is my pro Tim Young?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Sorry about that.

I keep getting to turn his microphone on.

That is fantastic.

Uh thank you.

I appreciate that.

And my final question that I wanted to ask is do you see any sort of issues with the environment at all with this?

And are there and are there measures going to be taken for that if you do?

Are we are we talking about using emerging technology?

We're talking about um carbon capture.

We talk about aero jails, or we're talking about soundproofing.

You know, are there any sort of actual reforms that we plan on taking in order to get ahead of what we might potentially see as environmental issues?

You know, we've had some in core city, so I just want to know do we see any sort of environmental issues that we have with this?

Should are we talking about you know green infrastructure at all and bioswells and problem concrete or even Thursday concrete as a pilot?

Is there any sort of reforms that we're seeing as hard to be able to mitigate this ahead of time, or do we not see that as a major problem with this down zoning?

Yeah, through the chair too, uh, Councilmember Young.

Thank you for that question.

I know with this uh down zoning in particular, um uh we personally do not see any environmental conflicts um with this one.

Uh the lots are currently vacant.

Um, they are very close to currently what is Robert's third apartment, so there are apartment complexes nearby where these parcels are located.

Uh additionally, the area itself there is a single family home, which which is in the neighborhood as well.

So we definitely don't foresee any uh environmental issues where particular with the request for the R3.

We want to make sure that this is something that is geared toward more of the um multifamily housing, more housing development, and then uh commercial that could easily bleed into more of that residential area.

All right, thank you.

Uh I appreciate that.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, uh Madam President.

Madam Chair, I'm sorry, I'm done.

Thank you.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam Chair, through you two CPC.

Um, this also is not or actually to the land bank that I'm sure might be listening for our public hearing when it comes to that.

If we can please share um any previous requests that may have come from the public for these lots, um, because we have received a lot of requests for Core City.

Um, and I know that we've been received denials, so want to make sure that what we're doing is to help uh the development that residents wanted.

If they were denied, want to know why, um, and just want to have a discussion.

Uh so want to share that now for us for for Lidley Land Bank to be prepared uh to talk through that as well.

Um that's it for me.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you.

All right, we will move on to line item 6.3.

This is to amend chapter 50 of the 2019 Detroit City Code, section 50-17-42 district map number 40.

For the property commonly known as 8045 Rutland Avenue and 8255 Rutland.

Mr.

Gulach.

Um, thank you, Madam Chair.

Yeah, unless planner de Brule is there, I can I can fill in the details.

Um, Chris Gulach with the City Planning Commission.

Can you hear me okay?

Yes.

Yeah, thank you.

And just to summarize, we are presenting these three uh rezonings to the standing committee six point six point two, six point three, six point four.

They they've all gone to the planning commission republic hearing uh law department signed off on the ordinance.

Now we're presenting these three to the standing committee to consider uh sending them to the formal for a setting the public hearing, just to give you a little more background.

But 6.3 is is really the garden view estates.

It's a it's another phase, and so part of that south end of the garden view has been vacant for a long time.

And the housing commission I think put out an RFP recently, and they asked the they selected MHT housing to build uh some affordable housing and a in a senior building, I believe.

And uh the planning commission had their public hearing and uh did not see any receive any uh negative pushback on this one.

So it's a continued redevelopment of the um garden view estates, and at the public hearing we would have the plan the housing commission there available uh to present this along with MHT housing.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Seeing no comments from my colleagues, we will move to line item 6.4.

And line item 6.4 includes a variety of um a number of different addresses, but in the area of 2040 telegraph, Woodvine, West Seven Mile, Winston, Shiawasi, Grandview, Lenore, Fentonburg, uh, just the general area, I believe, in District One.

And Dr.

Bolder, if you'd like to share just briefly what we have here and why we are requesting the rezoning.

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair.

Planning Commission staff has been working with Council President Tate to look at these various locations that are currently zoned as a planned development districts, PDs.

As it turns out, any number of planned developments across the city no longer are appropriately zoned as PD, you know, for one of two reasons, either because they no longer fit the procedures and criteria for a plan development, or because they never were developed according to the plan.

So the report that we submitted for from March 25th goes into detail about these locations.

If we think generally of West Seven Mile and Telegraph Road, there are there were 11 different rezoning ordinances passed by City Council between 1957 and 2009 that have eventually led to the creation of planned development districts.

What we see is that for any of those that were created before the 1968 zoning ordinance actually created a zoning classification called PD before then City Council, either under Mayor Mariani or Mayor Kavanaugh, rezoned land to be to allow for multiple residential development in areas that had only had single family dwellings in it.

So nine different locations were rezoned to what was then called RMA zoning, residential multiple with approval.

In 1968, when the first major revision to the 1940 zoning ordinance came through, that ordinance said anything that had been called RMA is now P D.

Today, if you have a PD zoning, as council members know, you have a site plan that specifies what goes where.

What the law department had analyzed going back a few years is that these should no longer be P D.

They should either be rezoned to a classification that makes sense today, one of the standard zoning district classifications, or a new development plan should be established for each of them.

What we're suggesting is that in most of those instances, because they currently have either townhouses or multiple family dwellings, that they be rezoned to a zoning classification like R3, low density residential, which allows single-family, two-family, and apartment buildings in it.

Property on Lenore and Woodbine, 81 different residential lots were rezoned in anticipation of this Home Depot going in.

It never happened.

Since then, all of the houses that are there have become nonconforming uses because they're not retail centers.

That in the same way as for the properties on Cochrane that Ms.

Peradilada spoke to, if you have something other than what the PD specified, you can't do anything with that.

You know, if you want to do something that's otherwise that would be permitted in another zoning district, you'd have to come back to council.

So we're trying to finally catch up with the reality that Home Depot didn't happen.

Also on the other side of Telegraph, in part of the Bonnie Brook Golf Course, there was plans and hopes for an extended state hotel to be established on portion of that golf course.

That also didn't happen, but the land got rezoned to PD.

In these two instances, we're looking to we're proposing and with the city planning commission's recommended that for the 81 lots where the Home Depot didn't go to rezone that land to R2.

That would allow single family dwellings, two family dwellings, some small apartment apartment buildings, and for the Bonnie Brook Golf Course, after consulting with the owner of that property, he has requested that it just go back to the R1 zoning that it originally had been, and then when and if a future development becomes possible for that site, they'll be back here again.

So these 11 different locations on in far northwest Detroit came up for a public hearing before the planning commission a year ago, um April 3rd, 2025.

Um the response from the community was um was pretty muted, no strong opposition came uh as a result of it.

Um later on in the in the spring of last year, the planning commission voted to recommend rezoning uh for all of these sites.

What has taken so long is that the legal descriptions for these ordinances, as you can imagine, if some of the sites are 81 lots, took a long time just to to work its way through the system.

The ordinance has been approved by the law department, it's before you it's ripe for the setting of a public hearing.

Um, and at that time we can go into greater detail about each of these 11 sites.

Thank you so much, Dr.

Bowger.

I have one quick question for you.

So for the properties that have been developed on any of these lots, would they not have had to go through a rezoning for their particular development prior to building?

Um the answer is yes.

And for the for example, on uh east side of telegraph at at Frisbee, we see an apartment townhouse complex that's there.

That was allowed because the land that had previously been zoned R1 got changed in, I'm not sure if it was 1957 or 62 um to this RMA zoning classification.

That's what allowed a multiple family uh development to go in in residential.

So nine out of these 11 sites were the old RMA's, which with the stroke of the pen became PDs, but without the kinds of you know attachments and and safeguards in it that a PD has today.

So yes, they all they all went through a rezoning.

Okay, all right, thank you so much.

Um and I'm sure we will have additional questions when we have the public hearing.

Colleagues, is there a motion to send line item 6.2 through 6.4 to formal for an introduction and setting of a public hearing?

Motion.

There's a motion to send line item 6.2 through 6.4 to formal for introduction and setting of a public hearing.

Hearing no objections, those actions shall be taken.

Thank you all so much.

Moving on to line item 6.5.

Line item 6.5 is submitting resolution authorization for the annual home, home ARP, CDBG, and CDBG C V new and revised awards.

Colleagues, is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Motion to discuss.

There's a motion to discuss.

Pro Tim Young.

No, sir.

You don't want to discuss this line of 6.3, right?

Yes.

And if you would please turn your microphone on so everyone can hear you, that'd be great.

So if there is no further discussion, motion to approve line of 6.3.

There's a motion to send line item 6.5 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Wait, wait, wait.

6.5 or 6.3.

6.5.

Oh.

Hold on, let me say motion to move 6.5.

I say 6.3.

6.5.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 6.6.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero submitted memorandum relative to Board of Zoning Appeals notices and meeting minutes.

Is there a motion to refer line item 6.6 to the Board of Zoning Appeals and bring back in two weeks?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 6.7, Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero submitting memorandum relative to property sales and price consistency.

Is there a motion to bring back in two weeks?

Motion.

Hearing no objections.

With discussion.

Pro Tim Young.

Okay.

So this is just about the about how the Detroit Land Bank Authority is determining prices and listed prices on the market.

Correct.

This is not this is not also about the efficiency in which these pri which these properties are moved to the uh constituency.

When they when they sell them below market.

Madam Chair through you.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you to our pro time.

It has to do with the land bank and the building authority.

And I mentioned during our our our budget hearings the different prices that residents often receive and just really want to see what that process is, how they get to that decision, um, and how we can come to solutions when we do have different prices, um, and how we can be more consistent in in our in our prices so that's people are better prepared.

Um that's what it's about.

Pro Tim Young.

Okay, so this is just about the could you just want consistency in the difference between when the land bank sells a property and when the building authority sells a property because it's just the consistency of the pricing process, just how that process works and the consistency of it.

I just want to make sure I understand this is just about how we determine the listing prices and and and what you want to read here, reconciliation and the consistency of that process.

We're not opening up to the efficiency of how those properties are sold and who those properties are sold to.

Because I think I think that's probably something I'll have to do on my own, but I think that's a significant question.

Like when you're talking about property sales and price consistency, which is important, but I also think it's in terms of how are we the the one of the purposes of the land bank, one of the powers of the land bank is that they have the ability to be able to sell property below market value.

And so not only should it be consistent between D B L BA and DB should be a bit of the best practices, but I think there's also should be a discussion about the efficiency in which those properties are sold, as well as the efficiency within the land bank itself.

Are you doing more with less that you've been given?

Uh, particularly when they're talking about the fact that they're not receiving, they're supposed to receive 50% of all the property sales and property taxes that they of the properties that they sell.

So are you doing the most with that money, particularly when they're now talking about $54 million and $56 million that we are running in terms of a deficit now because of the income tax that we are not that we are losing that we're supposed to be um gaining, or we were supposed to project it to be able to gain.

So I guess I'll just kind of have a conversation or argument with myself here, but I just think bottom line, I think this is a good thing.

I support it.

I was just wondering, just you know, just for kicks and giggles, was this also involving the efficiency aspect of that as well?

And I'm done arguing myself.

See you, madam chair, too our pro time.

I uh I love efficiency, and this is not dealing with that.

This is dealing with price consistency.

Uh, this is something that we're we're moving forward because it's it's a struggle for residents.

So just really wanna want to help them get better clarity.

Um, but I I welcome you to ask those questions and and and solve those uh efficiency issues for the land bank.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Um, member Santiago Romero, is this bes specifically for vacant land?

Considering that the two entities manage different things.

So one is commercial, one's residential.

Um or is it for properties as well, structures?

It's for properties as well.

Um, so we do have uh listings for properties.

Um I do not, and then we do we also have received, I believe, inconsistencies.

Um with um the land, but I think these are asking solely for the properties.

Okay, all right.

Thank you, colleagues.

Is there a motion to to refer line item six point seven to the DLBA as well as the DBA and bring back in two weeks?

Oh hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

And line item six point eight, council member Mary Waters, submitting memorandum relative to relative to a request for a formal hearing on the Michigan Land Bank Authority.

Is there a motion to receive and file line item 6.8?

Motion.

Oh discussion.

Pro Tim Young.

A formal hearing?

Yes, Pro Tim.

The request is for the Michigan Land Bank Authority to come before the formal body, the full body, during a formal session for a presentation and discussion.

Oh okay.

Okay, a presentation and discussion.

Well, I I think I'm kind of, I think I kind of got ahead of myself here again.

I was just thinking like when you have the conversation like that, and we have a discussion about like what are we having discussion just about the about the Michigan's role in land bank, or is this a discussion about the dissolution of that?

But I guess I'm just kind of getting ahead of myself.

I I I just I just don't like surprises.

I think that kind of stuff should just be clear.

I just don't want to show up.

And I'm thinking we're having a presentation of the land bank, and it's like, oh no, psych, we're gonna eliminate it, you know.

All right, never mind.

Thank you.

That that may be one of the questions for the Michigan Land Bank Authority.

Don't want to be caught flat foot meeting.

All right.

Is there a motion?

There is a motion to receive and file line item 6.8.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

That now brings us to member reports.

Member Vice Chair, Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Just want to remind everyone.

Uh this Monday will be our last 9 a.m.

session for public health and safety uh before we wrap up our budget cycle.

And um, Madam Chair, I would like to take a moment um since we have the time to really uplift the life and legacy of a friend and and colleague.

Um really of ours.

Her name is Nancy Metal Bowen.

She's a uh elected official.

She was elected in 2020 and again in 2024.

She was the first black woman to be an elected commissioner of Carol Springs in Florida.

She was the first black Haitian American.

And unfortunately, yesterday we lost her to domestic violence.

Nancy and I were part of a national organization of local progressive elected officials.

Nancy has a had a heart of gold and really worked hard for everyone as a first generation immigrant as a daughter of immigrants as a black woman living in Florida.

She really held all the truths and I was really looking forward to working with her.

I recently joined the ICLEI USA Local Governments for Sustainability Board because Nancy asked me to join.

She's a scientist and environmentalist and an organizer governed with her with her community, and I was really looking forward to learning from her.

So, madam chair, if we could just take a moment to think of Nancy and everyone that we've lost.

Absolutely.

Moment of silence.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

And again, I think this is just a reminder of how much more we have to do to protect everyone, especially especially our women, especially black women.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Pro Tim Young.

Thank you, Pro Tim.

And Member Santiago Romero, thank you so much for sharing that.

Um that is domestic violence is something that we continue to deal with in all of our communities.

Um I was heartened to see that Mayor Sheffield included it in her state of the city uh the other evening.

Um, just recognizing it.

I have uh friends who are dealing with it today.

Um, and you know, I think it's important for us to also figure out how we address it, how we actually address it before it becomes a situation where someone has been um fatally um injured, wounded, hurt.

Um, and so that's something that society we have to figure out.

Um, as I've watched a girlfriend go through it, there are things that attempt to address it but really don't.

Um, a personal protection order does not address it because a person is not dealt with until they do something, right?

And so we our our society really and truly has to figure this out how we address it to prevent things from happening.

Thank you for uplifting that.

And I'm certainly sorry to hear about uh your friend and um a colleague in um this political society that we are in.

Um I did just want to share very briefly that the 36th District Court's amnesty program ends today.

So if you have any outstanding tickets um or warrants, know that today is the final day to waive the late fees and penalties for those fines.

So um you can visit www.36th district court mi dot gov for information on how to apply for the amnesty program.

All right, thank you, colleagues.

If there is nothing further to come before us, we shall stand adjourned.