I would like to call to order our public health and safety standing committee for today, Monday, April 13th, 2026.

Me, the clerk, please call the roll.

Good morning, Councilmember Gabrielle Santiago Romero.

Present.

Good morning.

Councilmember Denzel McCampbell.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Present.

Madam Chair De De Quorum.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk given a quorum.

We'll go right into the agenda for today.

First on our agenda are our minutes from our last session.

Member Waters, we did not see the minutes.

Did you happen to see the minutes from our last session?

No ma'am.

Okay, so we will bring this back until the end of the agenda.

Mr.

Clerk, if you can just make sure the committee members receive the minutes from our last session.

No problem.

Thank you.

So we'll come back to the minutes.

If everyone can make sure we do so.

Um for chair remarks.

Welcome back to regular council scheduled business.

Uh we will have our regular session today.

Agenda has been passed.

Good morning, Member McCampbell.

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

Welcome to thank you.

Uh and now we have a lot more to do.

Um, now that we've passed our budgets, really happy uh for the things that we've included.

Uh now we need to make sure that we are replacing the sidewalks, getting our buses on time, making sure that we're supporting our residents.

Uh so looking forward to a very busy year.

Uh, with that, we can go into public comment to hear directly from folks.

Um any questions, concerns, uh, general public comments.

Well, we're gonna begin with the folks that we have here in person, and I'll be cutting off public comments.

I see two people here now.

I'll be cutting off public comment in two minutes.

So at 10 06, please raise your hands before 10 06 if you would like to be on our general public comments list.

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

I see Jadante, I see Mr.

Cunningham, Brother Cunningham here.

And folks that are online, please raise your hands now.

How many hands do we have raised online?

We have 10 hands.

All right.

Everyone will have two minutes for general public comment this morning.

I'm gonna begin with the folks that we have here in person.

We're gonna begin with Brother Cunningham first, followed by Jadante Smith.

We're gonna put the two-minute clock on the screen.

And Brother Cunningham, whenever you're ready.

Thank you.

Good morning.

313 444 9114, 313, 444, 9114, 313, 444 9114.

That number was made so you can remember it.

Um that's my cash app, my phone number.

You can Google that number and get to my Patreon, Patreon, Brother Cunningham.

Um I think those that do nate donate so I can make flyers such as these and give them out just and take time off unpaid to do so.

Gas prices are up, and I do appreciate the help.

And Seth, definitely, definitely your prayers.

This upcoming Thursday, there's a DI input meeting, which is a virtual only.

We're doing uh uh a hybrid where we have wings, pizza, and we're having out two um two 31-day passes, and those passes are provided from donations.

Uh so you will sit down like 30 minutes before the meeting, and then in the meeting we'll be eating, and then after we'll chat about what would happen and things of that nature.

I like to shout out and thanks to Mr.

Renard, who uh is Detroit People's Platform Transit Justice Team organizer um for the collaboration.

You can get a lot done working together with others.

Uh so I do appreciate the help.

If you want information, I'm not gonna go through all this flyer here.

It's Thursday 430 is where we're meeting, but the Dex will DDOT meeting is 5 p.m.

If you want the information text it to you.

If you want the flyer texted to you, 313-444-9114, send a text or my number, or you can I contact Mr.

Renard at 313-652-4023.

That is his business cell phone, and that's my um outreach cell phone.

Thank you so much for your time, and I still need your help.

The position I got with the city is unpaid.

Don't forget that.

I need your help.

Thank you.

Thank you, Brother Cunningham.

General public comments is now cut off.

We will now turn it over to John Tay Smith.

And whenever you're ready.

Good morning.

I like to say I am running for a public office.

There is an opponent of mine who works for a person on his body.

His name is Arthur Harrington.

He doesn't do any work in the community.

He is a nepotism baby, in my opinion, and Detroit deserves good leadership, unlike people like Joe Tate, who I have a meeting with in a couple minutes, who has ruined our lame duck session, not done anything for the formerly incarcerated population, not done anything for the starving citizens or places like the King Home Projects.

That is uh in very, very terrible condition uh in a uh a graveyard in my opinion.

Also, I like to say that um in the coming weeks and months.

I will be organizing as hard as I can to get Kronos concrete owned by the Maroon family down zone, um the entire neighborhood because it makes no sense that people have to live around uh dangerous conditions when it comes to uh silicose dust and the the impacts of this dust on the community and the fact that you can get lung cancer from this dust.

We have at large members and we have a Scott Benson who does nothing for this district.

This district is full of blight, poverty, um, crime, and I think that uh district three has been very, very much so left behind.

And I think it is very, very um becoming for this board and his body to not overstep Scott Benson in his district when he is not helping his residents.

I think that it's uh very sad that a lot of us come down here very, very often, and we make complaints and we make our concerns and voices heard about a lot of things in the homeless population.

I'll go to the transit center, see so many people who are homeless who are living on the streets.

I think it's terrible.

I think it's terrible the fact that we have open holes that are full of water in the community.

Like if that if that was in my neighborhood, I'll be cussing you out every single day.

Even though I'm on the east side, it's not my neighborhood.

I think it's ridiculous that we have to live in these conditions, and we're not holding the administration accountable.

We let Mike Duggan just leave, been holding accountable, and some people are praising him.

We're giving people like uh Lawan Counts Lawan Counts awards, and she's responsible for this dirty dirt in District 6 that these little babies have to live who are undocumented, who usually are afraid to come down here and speak because they're afraid of ice.

Shame on you, all of you.

Thank you, Jadante.

Hope you have a good rest of your day.

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

Who do we have first?

Our first caller is caller number 482.

Caller ending in 482.

Caller ending in 482.

Unfortunately, we cannot hear you.

And we have a number of callers.

I'm gonna have to add you to the bottom of the queue.

One more time for caller ending in 482.

We'll have to add you to the bottom of the queue.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Betty A.

Verner.

Ms.

Varner, good morning.

Uh, good morning, madam chair, and to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Verner, president of the Soda Ellsworth Black Association, advocating for our health fair that is going to be this Saturday, April 18th, from 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

The location will be 7151 Finco Avenue at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

And that's on the corner of Finco and Monica.

We're asking all to come if you receive the flyer.

Please share this flyer.

Even if you don't need the services, you probably know of someone who could use the services.

We are trying to service as many people as we can.

People are having problems with health insurance and receiving services.

We will be offering free to adults and children, uh, eye screening and eye exams.

We will be uh there will be health services from DMC.

There will be uh resource tables available.

So please come out and get the services that is needed.

We're hoping to have uh some free fruit to give away.

I'm still working on that, but we still have a little time.

So please share this information, and we are trying to service as many people as possible.

You don't have to live directly in Detroit.

This is for the Detroit uh metro area.

You can live in the suburbs, you can live in Highland Park.

You don't have to have any health insurance.

Just come out and receive the services.

Bring the children.

We need to get our eyes examined and the eye screening.

Thank you.

Our next caller is Denise Darnell.

Ms.

Darnell, you can hear us.

We can hear you.

Good morning.

You can hear me?

Yes, good morning.

Good morning.

I want to share some valuable information that I received this morning when I went to uh see my council member Angela Whitville Callaway for her coffee hour.

Um, and this is for our community wide, not just you know, specific area, Detroit Public Schools Community District.

They are having their um regular board meeting tomorrow at Renaissance High School starting at 5 30, and they will be just discussing with the community what to do with the Halle School.

Also, uh, for our community in Detroit, Highland Park and Ham Tramic, there is a garden resource program available.

If you go to Detroit Agriculture.net, you can get more information.

They give away for just a little bit of uh fee, like $15 per family.

You can get seeds and plants to grow your own garden at home and create a more uh healthy food environment, thereby utilizing the land for something that'll create a better health environment for you and your family by growing your own food.

Also, um, I want to encourage people that the backflow device that Detroit Water and Sewage Department uh they hired this um vendor to come out to homes to make sure that your water is safe.

You don't have to be afraid of that process.

They've been vetted, they were only here at my house for about five to ten minutes.

It was a seamless process.

So I want to encourage people who are getting those letters.

That is perfectly okay to let them into your homes and make sure that your water supply is clean and in compliance.

And that's it for my comments.

Have a great day.

Thank you.

We appreciate that.

You as well.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is William M.

Davis.

Mr.

Davis, good morning.

Uh, good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes.

Okay, I like to start off by saying item 6.24 on the agenda about you know the city council should do a resolution supporting the United Nations resolution condemning transatlantic slave trade.

I think it's horrible that the city that the US government, you know, voted against that.

Uh also, secondly, I was at my uh, I'm on the executive board for the 12th Congressional Democratic Party.

And uh at our meeting with Wayne County Community College this weekend.

I noticed something I went to the bathroom that you know they use uh rainwater, the you know, treated rainwater for to flush the toilets and you know, you know.

I think if we was to look at something like that at the rec centers, uh Colin Municipal Building and others, we could help to reduce you know the use of the water that they use, and also we can help to reduce the amount of uh drainage that's going into the system.

You know, I think that's a win-win.

We need to be more concerned about how all over the city, you know, people are the system is people are back flooding, you know, the basements are back flooding, you know.

Uh you know, we need to be doing more to help the environment and reduce the water that's coming into the system so that we could be uh all around more healthier you know state than what we are now.

And that also is some churches and some other businesses was to start doing that.

Perhaps they could get uh a drainage fee credit because you know the drainage fee right now is putting businesses, churches, and a number of entities out of business in the city of Detroit.

We need to be exploring ways to help business instead of harming them.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Davis.

I appreciate that.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is resident.

Residents if you can hear us, you're up next.

Yes, good morning, may I be heard?

Yes, good morning.

Okay, three things I'd like to say.

Uh member McCampbell when it comes to animal control.

I heard some time ago that developers are supposed to be responsible for rodent migration from their developments.

And yet that's something that happened in this neighborhood.

There was massive migrant road rodent migration, and us residents did not get any help with it.

I'd also like to talk about the constant practice of some mowers of mowing over garbage and just the litter bug city condition of this city.

You use blight as an excuse to destroy good houses.

The administration does, and yet there's garbage everywhere.

So we live in blight everywhere because of the garbage everywhere, pretty much.

A number of people about implementing something like no Mo May, uh, which other communities implement that they don't enforce uh mowing in the early months of spring because it's important for the pollinators to develop and survive.

So if we care so much about our health, allegedly, that we're gonna take people's private property for solar firms against their will with some false narrative that a bunch of people wanted it.

Some people, some people didn't, but we don't care about the Kronos crushing kind of create all of this.

You should at least care about the environment for the future.

Last I wanted to say the master plan update process meeting I went to was very disappointing.

There were numerous people at my table and other tables upset because they didn't want to talk about planning other people's neighborhoods.

They wanted to plan their own neighborhoods, and it already looks like some people are changing stuff from the result of a planning study, which should not be the case.

Thank you.

Our next caller is Google Pixel.

You're calling in in a Google Pixel phone.

You're up next.

Hi, good morning.

Good morning.

Hi, um, I'm a resident of district three, and I was calling in about a home that is dilapidated, and the porch stairs have been um, I guess, destroyed.

The home has been sitting for over three years now.

Um, it's on Van Dyke, right before Grasshead Avenue.

Um, so I was just hope.

I I don't think it's on the demolition list because I get a text message of the homes that are in the queue.

Um, that home has never been on there.

Um, so hopefully um we can take care of that because children are standing at the bus stop directly across from that home.

Um, and also if there's anything that we can do about the trucks that come down the street, which is directly across from um the Dakota building where Kettering used to be.

Um, I'm not sure if there's any uh talks about um preventing semi-trucks and different trucks from coming down the street, but there's like a lot of potholes um that has started to form.

Um, and just seeing if there's anything or anything in a budget that we can do to take care of that as well.

Thank you again.

Thank you for calling in.

I would like to know the address of the home that you uh mentioned.

If you wouldn't mind giving our office a call, you can call us at 313-224-2450.

Let us know the address.

And if you also wouldn't let us, if you wouldn't mind letting us know the streets that you mentioned that you see trucks at right now, uh, because the city can set uh uh no truck routes.

Um, and that can be discussed with community and uh with the city.

Um, but we can help you navigate that as well.

So give us a call again at 313-224-2450.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Foster.

Mr.

Foster, I'm assuming.

Good morning.

Through the um chair, just a few things.

You know, around election years, things get very hectic.

And this is no exception.

Um I know the city wants to do a lot of branding, but when you're doing brand, it don't necessarily mean that you're putting the best people in a place to bring the best results.

It just means that you uh presented the best image for the people, sort of a token.

So I want to just speak about a few things during uh the last couple years, none of our leaders identified themselves or showed themselves to be leaders until Mary Duggan announced that he's gonna be governor.

You just go back and look.

That's when you start hearing the changes and seeing the changes in people.

And so leadership is not contingent upon when opportunities are presented to you.

You're gonna be a leader and stand on your things regardless of the opposition or the opportunities that's there.

And I haven't seen that.

Secondly, when it comes down to who this government decides to represent us, we had two trifecto on the state and federal government level.

They all have failed.

Brown versus Board of Education was reverse.

Our local ordinances and policies on state level did not make it, but yet these people continue to come around and talk about what they did for the last 20, 30 years, what boards they've been on, what things they've been on.

They've been putting on a city council, a citizens council board to get paid to speak, right?

But don't acknowledge any results, don't have any new ideas, and continue to repeat things that they hear from a no fresher voice and perspective in mine.

This government has to do it better.

I have nothing against him.

What I have against is everybody that's lobbying for their own personal interests with citizens dollars and 6.1.

He already acknowledged there will be no services.

He's just there for management and financial oversight.

Thank you.

Our next caller is phone number ending in 124.

Caller ending in 124.

You're up next.

Caller ending in 124.

If you are speaking, and I do believe that you start changing.

Okay, thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is phone number ending in 039.

Caller ending in 039.

Yeah, that's me.

Yeah, that's me.

Can you hear clearly?

Yes, we can.

Can you hear me clearly?

Gabriela Santiago Mere, can you hear me clearly?

I said yes, sir.

Okay.

The gig is up.

Now I have the business to take care of this morning, so I couldn't come in person.

But this comrade Mallet Jr., former Michigan Supreme Court justice.

Uh Corporation Council for the City of Detroit sent me a letter from him and Janice Winfrey.

That's what he told me a few days ago.

I was gonna be getting one.

They pay 10 and 73 cents and post it to send this to me.

But I ain't opened it up.

I got it Saturday morning.

See what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna bring it downtown.

I'm gonna open it up in public in front of everybody on one of these committee hearings.

I had to uh come take care of some business outside of Detroit.

So I'm not in the city right now, but Gabriela Tantiago or mayor, you're a liar.

Now say that wholeheartedly because you are now the channel time.

Now, Mr.

Rule, and Mimi gotta get what you want.

Y'all lie.

Oh, y'all just saying that she committed suicide is alive, and that's my word.

You hear that, Gabriella?

I'm not playing no games with none of y'all.

Comrade Malik Jr.

is on the menu.

I get down for mine.

I don't stand up 100.

And I'm afraid of sugar honey ice tea.

Check the record.

You'll find that out.

Been around for four and a half decades.

With the real.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Um, just bringing back phone number 482.

Caller ending in 482.

Caller ending in 482.

Did you hear me clearly, Gabriella?

Clearly.

Yes, sir.

Hope you have a blessed day.

I believe those are all of our callers.

Thank you, everyone, for calling in.

I do appreciate the comments, the calls, um, uh, the energy.

Um, it gets us started in the morning.

Um, and the no moy is something that we have been talking about in our office.

So thank you for bringing that up.

Um, and then I did ask um Mr.

Washington to help us uh bring back the conversation or keep the conversation around uh team care and and the spaces that we create for them.

I know there was an announcement made um from the administration and how they are going to support our young people uh so during member reports.

Would like to hear either from Mr.

Washington or someone from the administration uh to let us know their thoughts and their planning.

Um, I know that I have some ideas, I'm sure my colleagues do as well, and want to make sure that that um is front and center since it seems that summer is here.

It's gonna be 80 degrees this week.

So people will be outside, and we need to care for them.

So moving us along under unfinished business.

5.1.

This is a memo relative to accessibility of the 36th district court.

This is through our office.

Um, I believe we received the response already, but I would like to review if we could bring this back in one week.

Motion to bring back in one week.

Thank you.

5.1 is going to be brought back in one week.

The following are all various memos.

We are going to be we are being asked to bring back the following memos memos in two weeks.

I will read the memos uh that are being requested, uh bring back in two weeks.

5.2 is a memo through our office.

This is relative to the type of services the newly formed office of neighborhood and community safety will offer uh would be a good place for us to have our young people teen engagement here.

5.3 is a memo relative to language accessibility and our language access ordinance.

5.4 is a memo relative to the department's pivots towards construction and demolition or towards construction.

This is regarding the construction and demolition departments, and their pivot towards more construction and more uh prevention and five point five.

This is a memo relative to a request for clarification on the HHFS role in the Hope program administration in the administration of the Hope Program.

Is there a motion to bring back in two weeks?

5.2 through 5.5.

Motion bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, 5.2 through 5.5 will be brought back in two weeks.

5.6.

This is uh memo through member Benson's office.

This is relative to the ride and rise program cost and implementation.

We've been asked to receive and file.

Motion to receive and file.

Hearing no objections, 5.6 will be received and filed.

5.7 memo through member McCampbell's office relative to animal and welfare enforcements in the city.

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

Motion to bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, 5.7.

We'll be right back in two weeks.

These are all various memos that all can be received and filed.

Responses have been received.

Uh, for the record, we'd like to read these out.

5.8 is a memo relative to a request to temporarily pool dangerous buildings items for additional review.

That's through our council president's office.

5.9 memo through member Santiago Romero's office relative to the estimated funding for dangerous buildings tracking system.

5.10 is a memo through member Johnson's office relative to tenant concerns at River Points Towers.

5.11 memo through Member Johnson's office relative to emergency demolition process.12 is a memo regarding zoning and spacing.

The compliance for cannabis establishments.

This is to better understand their zoning and licensing compliance.

This is through member Johnson's office.

5.13, a memo through member Johnson's office relative to the city response to missing persons reports.

Memo through member Johnson's office relative to the emergency demolition process.

Items 5.8 through 5.13 can be excuse me 14 can be received and filed if there's a motion to do so.

Motion to receive and file.

Hearing no objections, we will receive and file 5.8 through 5.14.

5.15 is a memo relative memo through our office, member Santiago Romero.

This is regarding securing city property against federal overreach.

This is if there's a motion to discuss.

Motion to discuss.

Thank you, Member McCampbell.

This memo is regarding our efforts to try to have an ordinance, establish an ordinance that limits ICE activities on city-owned property.

Unfortunately, last week we saw that uh Washington County is being sued by the Trump administration for doing something very similar.

Uh and frankly, they they only passed a resolution.

Um so they are obviously watching, and this is the concern of the administration for us here in Detroit.

Uh so just want to note that we are still working on this.

This is incredibly difficult.

Um, and we need to do something.

Something must be done.

So as I continue to work with the administration, um, we obviously need to be creative here in what we do uh to LPD.

Thank you, madam chair.

As I think you know we've asked for a couple weeks on it.

Um the uh it should just be pointed out that in terms of the lawsuit in Washington County and everything else that's going on, the dispute over this specific local versus federal in the context of ICE and border patrol and customs and enforcement, all the all the phrases they use is really only a surface manifestation of a deeper crisis in federalism and a conflict that's going on.

Uh it's much bigger than the city of Detroit by itself.

But that doesn't mean we won't get the report the response, but just to recognize that uh this is a huge issue with so many moving pieces, and I'll just stop at that.

Yes, no, thank you, Journey Stevens, for the reminder of how much we have to do.

Um, and and I and I only share this because we are asked often uh to do something.

Uh so we're trying.

Um, and yes, this is a very difficult problem.

Um, but uh it needs to be addressed.

We need to address this.

So we will continue to work on this issue, and we were asked to bring five point fifteen back in two weeks if there's a motion to do so.

Motion to bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, five point fifteen will be brought back in two weeks.

Is a memo through member Callaway's office requesting to report and draft an ordinance concerning the safe storage of cannabis, and five point seventeen is a memo relative to a request for information on commercial buildings with liens and fines that are on the demolition list.

We've been asked that we've been uh told that we can receive and file both 516 and 517 if there's a motion to do so.

Hearing no objections, 5.16 and 5.17 will be received and filed under new business under the office of contract and procurement six points one.

This is contract number 3091362.

This used 100% split funding.

This was for emergency commercial alteration of 5645 Livernoy.

The contractor is DMC consultants, they're located in Detroit.

They're located in Detroit.

This will go through December 30th, 2026.

And this will be for 38,747.

This will go for construction and demolition.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss six points one?

Motion to discuss.

Discussion, Vice Chair.

Um yes, is uh there's someone on construction and demolition.

I just have a few questions on this property.

Mr.

Washington, who do we have to discuss?

6.1 through the chair.

I believe we have Raquel Harrington online.

Good morning.

If we can make Rekhaal Harrington into a panelist.

Do we see her online?

Okay.

Mr.

Launcher.

Yes.

Um, I do see Nick Payne has joined us from construction and Denmark.

Okay, if we can make Nick Payne into a panelist.

Do we see Nick on our end?

Okay.

I believe Nick has been made a panelist.

Good morning, everyone.

Through the chair, Nick Payne, planning and strategy manager for the construction demolition department.

Good morning.

Thank you for joining us.

Uh member McCampbell.

Thank you.

Uh good morning.

Uh, if I just want I want to know um we had a privately on commercial building come up last week, informal as well.

Uh so I want to make sure that we have this information, especially around um the property owner.

So could you just go on to any communication around the property owner and if they've been identified and what that communication has been uh through the chair, um, in terms of correspondence with the property owners, uh that is my understanding that is facilitated through the building safety uh engineering department.

Um our department engages with these properties following uh BC's issuance of the emergency demolition order.

Um they send an inspector out and correspond with property owners prior to making the determination that the building is in imminent threat of collapse.

It is at that point in which they share with us a signed emergency letter uh notifying us to begin our process for procuring the the swift demolition of the property.

Uh thank you and I appreciate the uh walk through on the process.

Um if we could um if there is someone on from BC or if I would love to get the information on what has been talked about with the property owner because this is a $38,000 uh contract to demolish.

So I know the question will come up, and I share the question on how are we gonna recoup this from the property owner if they have been identified.

Thank you.

Member McCamp, well that may be a question too to the law departments.

I know that's something that the law department works on for us in the city.

Um I'm not sure what BC's like where that gets handed off or how that happens either.

Um Mr.

Washington, do we have anyone from BC that is able to discuss construction and demolition contracts to the chair?

Um, I would have to bring this back to the end to reach out to the department.

Okay, I think that's fair.

Member McCamp, if you want to bring it back.

Do you do we want to go to the law, see if they have uh you only uh to the law department only if you if you have anything, if you don't, that's very okay to law departments.

Uh through the chair, um I can I can reach out to somebody who who might have information on this.

Um and I'll let you know whether or not I hear back from them when when we bring it back by the by the end of this uh meeting.

Otherwise, I can have them get in touch with your office afterwards.

Okay.

Um, since I know this is something that's already being worked on, yes, and since we're gonna bring back six points one already with someone from DC, it would be good to have someone from the law department as well that is able to discuss how we are recouping funds after demolitions, because this has been discussed for a while, and I know there's a process, uh, so a reminder would be good.

Yes, member McCampbell.

Thank you.

And yeah, happy um to bring this back or to discuss at the end.

I think since as you mentioned, since it has been a discussion and it has come up.

I wonder at moving forward if as we get commercial buildings on emergency demo if that if we can get some type of report or some type of rundown on the communication with the property owner um beforehand, uh, that would be great.

Just because it may be that this is just uh abandoned property that we can't get in contact with the owner, but if there is some conversation, it would be good to know what they have and have it committed to so uh we can be transparent with the residents in that.

Thank you, member McCampbell.

That goes with the thought of us having a tracker that shows those communications how many times because you're right.

When it gets to us to us, it might be the last resort results, but we need to know that so that we know what we are approving.

Um, so I agree wholeheartedly.

All right, so we're gonna bring back 6.1 team.

I will move us along to the rest of the agenda.

So uh moving us along 6.2.

Well 6.2.

This is contract number 3091447.

This is using 100% bond funding.

This was for an emergency residential demolition of 12072 stopel.

Contractors SC Environmental Services, they're in Detroit, and this will be for 24,253.

And again, this will be for construction and demolition.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.2?

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve.

Are there any objections?

Hearing on 6.2 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

6.3.

This is contract number 3091448, utilizing 100% sponding.

This is for emergency demo at 1456 Trinity.

And the contractor here is SC Environmental Services.

This will be for 16,457.

This we are being asked to bring back for in two weeks.

If there's a motion to do so, motion number back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, 6.3 will be brought back in two weeks.

I have here that the site needs to still be remediated.

Uh so we'll see this once the site is fully remediated.

6.4.

This is contract number 3091449.

100% sponding for emergency demo at 3264 Tyler.

Contractors, DMC consultants, they're in Detroit.

This is for 21,736.5.

This is contract number 3091589.

100% bond funding for emergency residential demo at 18079 pilking.

Contractors inner city, and this is for 30,430 with 40 cents.

6.6 is contract number 3091722.

100% splights funding.

This is for commercial demolition of 15128 Plymouth.

I say before we go to the commercial, is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.4 and 6.5?

These are both residential emergency demolitions.

Motion to approve 6.4 or 6.5.

Hearing no objections.

6.4 and 6.5 will be approved.

Sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

6.6 is a commercial property, so I'll bring this back along with 6.1.

6.7 is contract number 3091693.

100% spawn funding to provide emergency residential demolition at 14103 Pinehurst.

The contractors see environmental services, and it is for 16,834.

SC Environmental is located in Detroit.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.7?

Motion to approve.

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

6.8 commercial property that we can bring back when we discuss the others.

6.9.

This is contract number 3091695.

100% bond funding for emergency demo residential demo at 19132 and 19140 dwire.

Contractor Cell bean contracting.

So we've been trucking and excavating.

They're located in Detroit.

This is for 26,107.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.9?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objection, 6.9 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

6.10.

This is contract number 6007 eight zero six, utilizing 100% major street funding to provide emulsified asphalt.

Contractor is Cadillac Asphalt.

They're located in Detroit.

This is for a one-year period at 750,000.

And this will be for public works.

6.10.

Motion to approve.

So motion to approve.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, 6.10 will be approved.

Sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

6.11.

This is contract number 3091450.

100% bond funding for emergency residential demo.

At 4236 Stewart's Stewart's contractors in your city.

This will be for 22,575.

And this will be for construction and demolition.11.

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objection, 6.11 will be approved.

Sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

For 6.12.

We are missing the knock date for this item.

So I'd like to bring this back in one week.

Motion.

Hearing no objections, 6.12 will be brought back in one week.

No for the administration, and we'll flag for you as well.

We just need the knockdown date for this for 6.12.

Moving us along.

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

Hearing no objection 6.13 will be brought back in one week.

6.14.

6.14 is contract number 3091698.

Utilizing 100% bond funding for emergency residential demolition at 1592 Bwick Road.

Contractors Inner City.15 is contract number 3091945.

100% spun bond funding for emergency residential demolition.

At 20251, Omira.

Contractor is SC Environmental Services.

And this is for 17,875.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Is there a motion to approve or discuss six points 14 and 6.15?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6.14 and 6.15 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

6.16.

This is contract number 600740.

100% city funding.

This is to provide diesel filters, cleaning, repair, and testing services.

The contractors DPF cleaning specialists, LTD.

They are located in Ontario.

This is for a two-year contract for 140,000.

And this will go for our transportation department.

Is there a motion to discuss 6.16?

Motion to discuss.

Thank you.

Mr.

Washington, who do we have to discuss 6.16?

For the chair, we have Hillary Edwards and Gio Joy.

If we can please make them into panelists.

Okay.

Gio Joy.

Hillary Edwards and Stephanie Davis should be made panelists.

Can I get Geojoy to raise their hand, please?

Gio, if you can hear us, if you wouldn't mind raising your hand.

And I believe everyone else should have been made panelists.

So everyone is a panelist.

Yes.

I do not see Gio, but I do see Miss Daves is on.

Um Gio was from DDoS, so I believe Miss Davis may be covering on his path.

Okay.

Good morning, madam chair.

I apologize.

I have some technical difficulties.

No worries.

Good morning.

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

I am Stephanie Davis, government affairs liaison for the Detroit Department of Transportation.

Thank you for joining us this morning.

I'm going to turn it.

Oh, actually, I was the one that called for discussion.

Uh so we're discussing six points sixteen.

Uh this is regarding uh cleaning, repair, and testing services for D DOT.

Uh the contractor is located in Ontario.

Just wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing the bidding process for this contract.

I would defer to OCP.

Okay.

Uh uh through yes.

If you will also sorry, if you wouldn't mind setting your name and title for the public.

Uh through the chair, Hillary Edwards, Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Thank you for joining us.

And I guess if you wouldn't mind sharing with us the bidding process for this contract, uh, you know, we like to keep things in the city if we can.

Uh so want to know why we ended up with the Canadian vendor.

Uh through the chair, yes.

We uh went through the RFQ process, and there were four respondents, two respondents uh were not did not meet the minimum qualifications.

One was in Pennsylvania, and it was a 50-mile radius requirement relative to the specifications.

The other did not have any experience relative to cleaning uh of diesel filters repair and testing, and they did not actually quote the testing uh side of it.

So they were trying to actually get into this uh type of opportunity.

We did have two respondents.

One was uh DFP cleaning specialists in China.

I'm sorry in Canada, and they do have experience uh relative to this process.

They have previous contracts with the city of Detroit.

The other respondent was in Sterling Heights, but it's a hundred and fifty percent uh increase in price if we had selected that supplier.

So the process led us to DPF cleaning specialists.

Okay, thank you, Mr.

Edwards.

So are we saying there's no local companies?

Um, not only that bid, but it sounds like these specialized services are not here in the city.

No, no, they're they're actually in Sterling Heights.

The the selected bidder uh is in Ontario, which is um O Castle, Ontario, which is 25 miles from the city of Detroit.

There were no Detroit respondents relative to this RFQ.

This is a very specialized type of service to get the most uh usage out of these diesel filters, which are very expensive.

Okay, understood.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

I see member McCampbell, vice vice chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and good morning.

Um, definitely hear you on the other respondents and the folks who respond to the bill.

I'm just wondering, you know, as we get into these specialized services, and and uh I think we are we do have a lot of automotive um companies here.

I just wondering has there does OCP or is D dot, you know, maybe in communication with some vendors to say to maybe get them equipped or to say that this is something that the city is looking for, so that we could get bids from city or Detroit um companies.

Uh through the chair, I know that we are planning additional outreaches relative to the vehicle side of the equation, so that's something that we can uh add in the future or future outreaches as we uh develop that process.

Thank you.

Yeah, I think I know I would I think there are companies and especially small businesses that are looking for more opportunities.

So the more that we could get out in front to say these are specialized services that this is you're looking for, you know, this is what's coming down, especially since we have passed the budget with a lot of new initiatives in it and a lot of shifts and priorities.

Um it would be good to get all in front of us.

So thank you all so much.

Thank you, member McCampbell.

This this makes me think of maybe a needs assessments.

I know OCP, I see uh the RFP process is one uh process that lets the public know what we need.

Uh, but do we ever do like an annual look ahead of what's coming down the pipeline or in this case um the very specialized services that the city needs?

Do we ever share that with the public or with uh local companies?

Um and this looks different, I think, than doing outreach and letting people know the work that we already have available in that moment.

But are we proactive in those conversations uh with local companies?

Uh through the chair from the OCP standpoint, um, I would have to defer and get back with you on that.

I'm not sure from if the department has any any additional information to add there, but I'll I would have to get back with you relative to that process in terms of uh you know going out to the community to different vendors in terms of how they can get involved in different types of specialized services.

Okay.

Um, and and I know many people listening to committee while we're having these discussions, and for me, I think a lot of time seeds are planted too.

Uh but I know OCP does a lot of outreach for construction and demolition because we have a lot of people that are ready to do that work.

They just need to know of the opportunities.

It seems like um there might be an opportunity for us to educate uh the public on also these specialized services and in contracts that we have.

Um, but okay, appreciate you discussing this with us.

Any other questions for 6.16?

Uh seeing none.

Is there a motion to approve?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6.16 will be approved, sent with formal with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you, Mr.

Edwards.

Madam Chair.

Yes, Mr.

Washington.

May we request that item go to new business?

Is there a motion to send to new business?

Motion to send a new business.

There is a motion hearing no objections.

Will be sent to new business.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Of course, moving us along under the I guess before I go to the Department of Appeals and hearings.

Mr.

Washington, do you have anyone with from BC to discuss 616 and 68?

Yes, through the chair, we do have Arthur Russian online.

Okay.

I do see the law department is equipped and ready as well.

So we can go ahead and discuss if there's a motion to do so to discuss 6.1, 6.6, and 6.8.

Motion to discuss.

Thank you.

I will read these contracts out.

These are all commercial demolition contracts.

Which really is the crux of our questions.

Again, for 6.1.

There are so many pages of notes.

Apologies, everyone.

6.1.

And I appreciate my notes.

6.1.

This is contract number.

3091362.

This is commercial alteration at 5645 Livernoin.

And this is with DMC consultants.

This is for 38,747.

6.6 is contract number.

309172.

100% splite funding for emergency commercial demolition at 15128 Plymouth.

Contractor is inner city contracting.

This is for 38, 64.

And 6.8 is contract number 309 21.

100% split funding for emergency commercial demolition at 63 Connor.

Contractors DMC consultants.

And this is for 55,000 with 500.

We are discussing all the items.

Member McCampbell, I'll turn it over to you.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and good morning to the folks who have joined us.

Since these are commercial buildings, and it has come up before before this body on questions around the communication with the property owner and also the process in which we are recoup are we recouping any of these funds that would be spent to that will be that are going to be spent or will be spent to the demolish these structures.

Member McCampbell, before we turn it over to the law department, um, I want to make sure BC's with us as well.

If we see Arthur Rushan, he should be made a panelist.

Oh, okay.

Yes, through the chair, I do see Mr.

Russian is on.

I'm not sure if he's popping up in the council chambers, but he is on and has his camera on as well.

Oh, okay.

We cannot see it on our end.

If you wouldn't mind stating your name and title for the public, yep, Arthur Russian, uh Chief Enforcement Officer, uh BC property maintenance.

Thanks for joining us, Chief, into the law departments.

Good morning through the chair, Jason Harrison, law department.

Thank you both for joining us.

Uh what we'll do first is chief.

I'll turn it over to you first.

If you wouldn't mind sharing the process of communicating with the property owners, um, how many times do you do so?

And if you wouldn't mind sharing um when it gets to this point, how many times do you typically communicate with the property owner?

Um to the chair.

We basically um reach out to the property owner uh via mail.

Um, if we have any other contact information, we do reach out uh to the property owner.

Uh but generally it is uh two times, and we do send um uh any letters certified mail.

Okay, member McCampbell.

Thank you, Chief.

Um, and for the properties, do you know did those letters go unanswered for the properties that we're considering today, or have we heard anything from these property owners?

Uh generally, when if if we hear anything from a property owner, um, they do get an opportunity uh to go to DAH uh for a hearing if they want to try to save the building.

Uh but they they do have um an opportunity uh so notices are posted um on the property as well.

Thank you.

And um for maybe this for the chief or for the law department.

Um as we go to then tear these buildings down and the cure the cost, does there then a lien being put on the property or how do we seek out the to recover the funds?

Certainly thank you.

Uh through the chair, council member McCampbell.

Yes, we we generally speaking when a department, a partner department sends us uh situation with an emergency property is our is uh Mr.

Is our is uh Mr.

Russian indicated, we can proceed through the DAH to make sure the due process rights are honored, number one and number two.

Generally speaking, we can file a cost recovery lawsuit once the city has incurred cost at the Wayne County Circuit Court.

Uh there's a process that involves the finance department, construction demolition department, where an invoice has to be generated and submitted uh and mailed properly to the owner so that they know the city did incur said cost for demolishing the building, and after a period, uh believe a 30-day period under the Detroit City Code, then the city can proceed with the lawsuit.

Uh and generally speaking, we do accept those referrals in the law department.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member McCampbell.

To the law departments.

Um, would you happen to know offhand um our success rates in in those lawsuits and in recouping our funding?

Do you have any idea if it's 30, 40, 50 percent success rates in when we go after um recouping funds?

No, through the chair, thank you for the question.

I do not know the specific success rate.

What I do know in our follow-up questions submitted to this honorable body, we did provide the body the amount of cost recovery dollars that we have recovered, I believe, for the last fiscal year.

Uh converting that to a success rate is certainly something that we could we could look into, council chair, and respond in writing, but I do know we did specifically give the amount of dollars that we recovered, I believe, in the prior fiscal year, but I defer to the supplemental report that was given subsequent to the law department's budget hearing that should be on file with this honorable body.

Uh you are correct.

I I have seen the amounts that we have recouped.

Um, we still spend a lot of money for demolition.

Um, I'm wondering if having maybe I I really do love my quarterly reports because it it adds a sense of oversight and I think pressure and accountability for all of us.

I wonder if we can do a quarterly report in this committee since we're seeing so many demolitions to see then how are we doing with recouping the funding?

Um and and if we're all talking about this, then the you know the public should know that we're gonna go after and recoup funding.

Um so really a collective effort.

Um so if we can work on that together, um first quarter is almost done.

Second quarter, if we can see uh numbers from the first quarter, um, and then this way we can begin to collect the data in a way that we can report on it, um, and that we know how how to better respond and how to better help.

So I see you taking those this might be something that we can do.

I I believe so.

Uh through the chair, I do believe that we can uh submit some form of a quarterly report to the sonable body, and I'll refer that to the corporation council.

We'll go we'll help on that.

Okay, thank you.

This will be helpful because a lot of council members have these questions, and and and we're going to keep asking, we're gonna keep pushing.

Uh so let's let's just create these systems, these reports, um, and know how to better support each other.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions for 61, 66, or 6.8.

Hearing none, is there a motion to approve these items?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, six point one, six point six, and six point eight will all be approved sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you both.

Appreciate you.

I will now move us along to the rest of our agenda under the departments of appeals and hearings.

These are the dangerous buildings and findings and orders for March 27, 2026.

Is there a motion to receive and file?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, we will receive and file 6.17 under the buildings safety engineering and environmental departments.

6.18 is a recommendation for a deferral on property 6205 Avery.

6.19, a recommendation for deferral for property at 3216 Fullerton.

Is there a motion to concur with the recommendations for 6.18 and 6.19?

Motion to concur.

Hearing no objections, we concur with the recommendations for 6.18 and 6.19.

6.20 is a request to accept and appropriate a sub award for from the Michigan Tech Technological University for the fiscal year 2026 municipal asphalt paving and recycled tire rubber in Detroit in an arbor grant.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.20?

Motion to approve.

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

Madam Chair.

Mr.

Washington.

May we request uh item 6.20 go to new business as well as item 6.10.

Um, these are both related to asphalt for DPW.

If there's a motion to send 6.10 and 6.20 to new business, motion to send to new business.

Hearing no objections, 6 points 10 and 6.20 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

You're welcome.

We are now under miscellaneous.

6.21 is a memo through member Johnson's office requesting that the legislative policy division LPD draft an amendment to the housing code to require P pre-sale inspections.

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

Motion to bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, 6.21 will be brought back in two weeks.

Assessed by the departments of appeals and hearings.

Motion to bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, 6.22 will be brought back in two weeks.

Is a memo relative to request for resolution concerning black maternal mental health or black maternal health week.

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

Discussion.

Discussion, Vice Chair.

Thank you, madam chair.

Just for um, I believe this would be for LPD.

And that week is this week that we're in, correct?

Is that just one double check?

Correct.

Um, member McCampbell, that would be this week.

Okay.

Um that and I do see the resolution here, so I do believe that we can move this forward.

Um I just have here in my notes that we were asked to bring this back in one week.

Uh, but I do see the resolution attached.

So it wasn't on uh on uh East Gribe, so we asked for a week so everybody have a chance to see it.

That's the reason.

Understood.

Thank you.

That's the motion.

That's the reason for the bring back.

Okay.

Motion to bring back in one week.

Okay.

Hearing no objections, six points twenty-three will be brought back in one week.

Um, and just to note that this resolution, uh, we were asked by mothering justice to also move this forward.

So we also have a resolution for this um somewhere in the ether of city council.

Uh so thank you, mothering justice for reminding us of this each year.

And member Calloway for remembering the work.

Moving us along, six points twenty-four is a memo relative to a request for resolution and supports of the United Nations a resolution on the transatlantic slave trade.

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

If there's a motion to do so, hearing no objections, six points twenty-four will be brought back in one week.

Noting the resolution is here, so I'm assuming we're giving it a week for it to be on E-Scribe as well.

Six points twenty-five is a memo relative to a request for a reports concerning hydrogen fueled buses.

This we were asked to bring this back in two weeks.

If there's a motion to do so, motion to bring back in two weeks.

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

Yes, member McCampbell.

Um, I would like to make a motion to walk on uh member random um related to curfew violations.

Yes, sir.

We do see that memo in front of us, Mr.

Clerk.

I see you have it as well.

Okay, so uh member McCampbell.

Thank you, um, madam chair.

So this is this is a memorandum to DPD um to get uh more data related to the curfew violations issued to you young folks on open today, which was April 3rd, but to also get more data on just the overall violations that have been given out since the um amendment to the ordinance last year.

Um so with that open to discussion of their discussion, but if there is no a motion to approve I believe we need to add this to um motion to add to new business, motion to add to new business.

Hearing no objections, we will add the memo to new business, and this memo is to be approved sent to formal.

Is what we're trying to do, correct?

Yes.

Okay.

Any discussion on the item?

Just want to say thank you, member McCampbell.

And I know um once we get to member reports, hope to hear from the administration to uh see how they're responding to to this as well.

Thank you.

Oh, so no other discussion.

Is there a motion to approve to new business?

Excuse me, a motion to send to formal.

Correct.

Do you want to send it to formal or do you want to bring it back in the in the amount of time when we get it and then it goes to formal?

We're adding this to the agenda to be referred.

Correct.

You haven't received the material yet, right?

So we're just adding this to the agenda and we bring it back.

How long would you like to?

How many weeks would you like for us to bring this back?

Uh it's uh it's up to the administration.

Um, I would say a couple of weeks.

All right, so then we're just adding this to the agenda.

It has been added to the agenda.

So let's bring it back in two weeks.

Motion to bring back in two weeks.

Okay.

Hearing no objections, we will bring back this memo in two weeks.

Thank you.

Thanks, everyone.

Okay.

Uh, with that, we are now at member reports.

Mr.

Washington, do we have anyone from the administration that is ready to discuss or provide us updates?

Um around uh team care is what I'm calling it.

How are we caring for our young people?

Yes, through the chair, we do have Dr.

Chanel Hampton as well as to Ferry Brent online.

If we can make them both into panelists, madam chair, I believe they have been promoted to panelists.

Okay.

If folks wouldn't mind stating your names and titles for the public.

Uh for your brand, uh senior director for the mayor's office and neighborhood and community safety.

Good to hear from you, director.

Good morning.

Good afternoon.

I apologize.

My laptop just crashed, so I'm on Malik's uh laptop, but Dr.

Chanel Hampton, Senior Director of Youth and Education and Education Liaes on to the mayor.

Thank you both for joining us, Doctor and Director.

Um, I know that you've been busy trying to respond to um the uh the task at hands.

Um, and I know there was an announcement made from the administration around how we're going to respond or how we're going to care for our young folks.

So we just wanted to take a moment to hear from you directly to give us an update on what some of those ideas are.

Uh, because the the summertime is here, and we want to make sure that that we're ready to welcome our young folks, uh, not just in our neighborhoods, but but downtown as well.

Yes.

Thank you for uh for this question.

Um, so we did have a press conference on Friday.

Um we have for the last about week or so been working um with the organizers of what is currently referred to as the teen takeovers, um, and had a number of conversations with them, um, of which we shared some updates on Friday during the press conference.

Um, we are having conversations with them.

We want to make sure that we're really clear about and correcting the narrative.

Our young people had no ill intention or negative intent, but truly just wanted to be kids and be outside and engage in fun, safe spaces.

Um, so we are working with them uh to actually create additional spaces for youth their age um to engage, not only downtown but in their neighborhoods.

Uh they also are going to be working with us on a committee to not only work on occupy the summer, which kicks off on June 12th, uh, and we'll go through August 14th.

But we know that we have two months before Occupy the Summer kicks off.

And so we actually have our next committee meeting with those young people this Wednesday, uh, where we are planning what those spaces together look like.

Um, and I will pause there and and pass it over to Director Brent uh in case I missed anything.

Uh, through the chair, uh, first of all, I'm gonna extend uh appreciation and respect for uh councilmember Waters, Councilmember McCampbell, of course, uh with you, Councilmember Santiago, as you have been involved in this work from the very beginning.

So I was gonna express my profile appreciation and your commitment to community violence intervention and to the bill peace work.

Uh, in regards to the young people as it as it pertains to the uh team takeover, I think it's important to understand that it was our CBI groups, specifically uh Quincy Summer from Team Pursuit and Tucson uh night from Cease Fire.

And both of them, of course, as you well know, uh, council member fall up under uh our office, uh, the mayor's office and they go to community safety.

They were they were able to identify the organizers of the team takeovers.

And as a result of that, we were able to get them to the table.

Uh the initial attempt was just to have them come to the table with us.

That that us, meaning, of course, uh uh the uh CBI leaders, myself and Dr.

Hampton, but Madam Mayor wanted to make sure she was a part of that.

So that's why we were compelled to then bring them to the mayor's office, and we had a very uh productive and functional listening session we heard from the young people in regards to what their needs and concerns were, and what does remedy and solution look like, and then we were able to uh uh convince them, or that they actually convince us to be a part of our occupy the summer safe summer initiative.

So, yeah, so in regards to containment, which is what I'm best qualified to uh councilmember Santiago to speak to, is that we have had since that Tuesday two weeks ago, and moving forward, we have had several of our uh CVI and ceasefire uh team members show up to help contain the incident, which is the reason why our uh so-called team takeovers are have been far less damaging and harmful than the other team takeovers throughout the country.

We have really had the most peaceful, as with you know, our uh tree lighting and our fireworks and all the other things that our CVI uh groups have partnered up with DPD and other uh community leaders.

Uh, we have been able to have the most peaceful uh uh functions uh in the country.

And this is this is actually a fact.

We have people calling us throughout the country asking us how do we do it.

One of the reasons why we've been able to do it is because we have a healthy functional righteous relationship with DPD and city government leaders, such as three of you who are sitting on this committee, you know.

So we are really in a in a good place in regards to building relations with the young people, really listening to the young people and really implementing uh programmatic institutional systemic solutions to address their concerns.

So Dr.

Chanel is on a prevention side of it and the community transformation side of it, and I am working on the intervention side of it.

And as evidenced by this Saturday, uh, Councilmember Santiago, you see, and here's the truth.

There was not 400 teens downtown.

Uh I was in con I was in constant contact with our CBI leaders with ceasefire and with Captain Manning, who was the head of downtown services.

There were less than 75 people, 75 young people downtown throughout the night.

Catherine Manning would say there was roughly 50, right?

I'm saying so it really wasn't it really wasn't what Channel 4 presented.

That's just not true.

It was very peaceful, it was very slow.

In fact, Councilmember Santiago and Waters and uh McCampbell, we actually uh deployed uh our teams to try to address what we perceived to be the greater concern, which was an organized block club party, right?

I'm saying so, which was peaceful as well.

So uh in regards to uh what the media presented as it relates to team the team takeover for Saturday, that just was not true.

And in fact, Councilmember Santiago, even the one individual who supposedly had his chain that was supposed to be uh taken or attempted to be taken, he's a content creator.

He does this all the time.

And we're gonna challenge him and bring him to the carpet to find out how we can restore relationship in a healthy way, and how can we, you know, hopefully convince him to not do things like that to try to provoke our young people to indulge in negative uh destructive behavior.

So overall, uh I would suggest that uh the moves that Madame Mayor has made uh that was reflected in the press conference on Friday, it's moving in the right direction.

I would also suggest uh councilman of Santiago as one who has been doing downtown peace work for over 20 years.

I'm gonna be honest with you.

What we have seen is far less than what I have seen over the 20 years of touring is further.

I mean, so they just they just titled it team takeover, considering considering the national context.

I'm telling you right now, it's one who's been on the ground doing his work.

It's nothing like we have seen over the last 12 years.

Thank you.

Thank you both, and thank you, Director.

And and I agreeing, you know, this might just be news for now, but really what I heard more than anything else from young people, because I too talked to young people this week and heard from them.

And I think this is really just not so much a warning, but a sign, a signal that we need places to go to.

We need things to do.

We want to also enjoy our city.

We want to be down here too.

So I I think it's a call for us to answer.

I'm so happy that we're doing listening sessions with them.

Just want to share with you what I've heard is that we need more third places, um, that we need more places for people to sit, um, more picnic tables, um, more places where you know there's lighting at 10, 11 o'clock at night, um, places where people are safe um and they can hang out.

Uh, we were asked maybe to do a skate park um around the river or around Heart Plaza.

Um really thinking about a built environment that allows our families, our young people to be, and and I completely agree when I saw what was going on.

I I blame social media immediately.

But instead of blaming, can we think ahead and be creative?

Because people can do amazing creative things on social media.

Um, so what if we created the space where people our young people can dance or sing or do whatever they want to do fun creative things?

Um, but I think that we're actually not cr providing for those opportunities.

Um, and then we see what happens, they make their own.

Um, they make their own fine takeover.

Um, but quite frankly, it's because what what what are we offering um for them to have?

So that's what I was hearing.

Um, I share that here, hoping that as we're having these discussions, um, you know, we have big partners downtown, you know, we have um Rockets and the Gilboard and Gilbert family giving money to make sure that we are recruiting and maintaining people to move into the city.

Can we invest in our downtown spaces where we can welcome our young people as well?

So just want to share that on the record um to continue these conversations and hopefully have us all moving in the right direction.

Uh so thank you, director.

Thank you, Doctor, for for the work that you're doing.

Um, also just want to add um if we hire young people, uh, that's another thing that they keep them busy over the summer.

I know that we have GDYT.

Um, but but what if we have young people hanging around downtown for the summer, um, being the liações, helping with the programmatic things.

I mentioned when I visit other cities, I've seen young people um be the ones that are at the skate parks or at the basketball courts, um, or at the riverfronts that have the balls and suppliers for people to play with.

So, again, just opportunities for us to be creative um as we continue to move forward.

Uh, member McCampbell.

Thank you, but uh thank you, madam chair, and and thank you both for being on and also for your leadership around this.

I think one, I just want to like commend that we are actually having a conversation of how do we actually provide for young folks instead of I mentioned this before, instead of just penalizing and criminalizing them, because I think that is the shift that is needed to make sure that we are doing all that we can for our young people in the city.

Um, you know, Director Brent, I was also I was downtown on Friday, um, and walked by uh a group of young folks just enjoying downtown, um, just like everybody else attempts to enjoy downtown uh and enjoy our city.

Um, so I want to share the appreciation of the CBI groups also um being engaged because I think the more that we can provide the care and attention to our young people instead of just writing them off as being problematic or such, um, the more that we will have a better city for everyone.

Um, so and and I want to echo what you said, madam chair, because when we're thinking about um, I know we are increasing programs and services and such um for young folks and recenters and throughout the community, but it is that need of at night and those third spaces.

I know you know we had the um the space at uh midway.

Um I know that it's now becoming Cosm, um, but even spaces like that of just fun things to do in downtown with the space that we have would be great to see.

So want to commend folks on uh the mayor and administration bringing young folks and actually listen to them and engaging them in an authentic way and and just really want to continue.

And I know um the folks that are up here, uh my colleagues are we're committed to being true partners in this as well.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member McCampbell.

Thank you again to the administration.

Um good luck on your continued efforts.

We appreciate you so much.

Um, we are here to help and uh agreed.

Um the media, the news might see our young people being downtown as a problem.

I do not.

Um, and the more that our city and us as leaders say that and embrace our young people, um, the more that maybe our visitors can as well.

Uh so thank you to the administration for joining us.

Oh, excuse me.

I I do see member waters' hands.

Member Water.

Uh thank you, madam chair.

Yeah, it'll be very, very brief, but I told you that night that I saw the mouth here.

I love it.

I love it.

And we need to make sure that they are able to come down and participate.

Yeah, we do not want to run them away.

Because they can go to other cities, they don't have to live here, and we want them here.

All right.

So I mean that I feel very strong about that.

So hopefully we can work something out so that our young people can enjoy their city.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Thank you again to the administration.

Uh hope you have a good rest of your day.

Thank you.

All right, folks.

We are now at member reports.

Uh, to my vice chair.

Thank you, madam chair.

Just want to um announce a couple of things.

Um, our next coffee hour for district seven will be um April 30th at 10 a.m.

at Daybo on Grand River and Wyoming.

So invite folks to come out um for our monthly uh meeting there, and uh also looking forward to um seeing the uh students from the Noble elementary and middle school tomorrow here down at City Council.

So we're very excited for that.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

So the first thing I want to say is that I did send you, Madam Chair and Vice Chair, a uh copy of the um of the report that I received as it relates to demolition, it shows the number of projects that recovery has been completed, and those that are still outstanding, it's a really huge spreadsheet.

And I just I requested that information, I received it last month, so I did share that with you all.

Uh, so that if is there anything additional you need to add to your request, you'll be able to do so after seeing this one.

All right, okay, okay.

So um on Wednesday this Wednesday, April 15th, Skill Trade Task Force meeting, laborers International Union 2161 West Grand Boulevard.

That is from 4 to 6 p.m.

Skill Trade Task Force Meeting, 2161 West Grand Boulevard this Wednesday, 4 to 6 p.m.

We encourage everyone to come out to join us.

You're invited by Waters and Miller and Matt Campbell.

So please please join us this Wednesday.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Uh want to use my time for member reports to notes.

Mr.

Clerk, I don't believe we received the minutes.

Um has anyone else received the minutes from our last session?

Because if not, Mr.

Clerk.

I'm being told that they were reissued.

They were reissued.

Okay.

And if possible, would like to.

Oh, I do see them now.

Okay.

I am in receipt of the minutes.

If there's a motion to approve our minutes from our last session, motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, our minutes from April 6th will be approved.

I do believe that's everything else from our agenda.

So since there's nothing else uh before us, we are now adjourned.