Everyone, I would like to call to order our public health and safety standing committee for today, Monday, May 11th, 2026.

May the clerk please call the rule.

Good morning, Councilmember Gabrielle Santiago Romero.

Present.

Councilmember Danzel McCampbell.

Member McCampbell did indicate that he will be tardy, so his tardiness is excused.

Clerk will so note.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Madam Chair Corps.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

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

Moving on, there is approval of our minutes.

If there is a motion to approve our minutes from our last session.

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

For chair remarks, just want to wish everyone a happy belated mother's day.

I hope everyone is able to enjoy the beautiful weekend with your loved ones.

Uh, whether with your mom, thinking of your mom, um, reflecting of your mom, whatever the case may be.

Um, I hope you're able to enjoy this weekend with your family.

Uh, we will go into a general public comment for this morning.

We have no dangerous buildings.

We have a pretty um standard agenda for today.

So I will be giving everybody two minutes for general public comment this morning.

And we will begin with the folks that we have here online, excuse me, here in person.

I see Brother Cunningham.

You can feel free to go ahead and take a seat.

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

I will be cutting off public comment in two minutes.

So at 10 07, if you know you have a friend that wants to make general public comment, please tell them to call in to raise their hands.

They have two minutes.

We are going to begin with the folks that we have here in person.

Beginning with Brother Cunningham.

Your time is on the clock, so whenever you're ready, you can begin.

That number was made so you can remember it.

And on Facebook, um, not enemy Detroit put in not enemy or through putting in 313 444 9114 for Facebook, it'll pop up.

And also, um, that's my cash app.

So I am I I'm a harp on this.

Um so people that are religious or clergy, um make statements that the the poor would always, it's the scripture, the poor will always be among us.

And when when they say that is there's just no sense of urgency to help those that ride in the bus or help those that are uh are downtrodden.

Um that is no urgency.

And I was homeless for 10 years.

I guess that's why I have a sense of urgency.

And I I feel like it should be the intensity should be there.

Um and then when I give out the bus tickets at these meetings and at the nightly meetings, there's like if they found their way there, they'll find their way back.

And I just the heartlessness of people who say they care to say that they uh are believer of the higher power, and this quite often people say that hearts are really really cold.

I pray for you, you pray for me.

Um Detroit Department of Transportation steals like Lester, they're at their worst after 6 p.m.

And on the weekends.

If anybody can do that, if they got some Google galasses or whatever they call those all the glasses, wear them and record it.

Let me see.

Um, but uh we're praying for DOT pray, and this is Transportation Week, National Transportation Week.

Do something for somebody, a mechanic, a driver, national transportation week.

Just wanted to let you know that.

Thank you for your time.

Thanks for being considerate.

Thank you, Brother Cunningham.

I appreciate you.

We don't see oh, yes.

Before we move on, I'm being told that um the committee cannot be heard on Zoom.

Okay.

So I believe what matters here is that we can hear it on live for uh the record for TV, but it does not look like anything is being captured.

I will recess us to the call of the chair.

All right, madam chair.

I'm being told it's good to go now.

We have 13 hands online.

Good morning, everyone.

I would like to call back to order our public health and safety standing committee.

May the clerk please call the roll.

Councilmember Gabriel Santiago Romero.

Present.

Councilmember Daniel McCampbell.

Member McCampbell is on his way.

His tardiness is excused.

Clerk was on out.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

Madam Chair Corum.

Thank you.

Mr.

Clerk.

We will try to speak into the mic.

There were some audio issues that seem to have been resolved.

Public comment, general public comment for this morning is cut off.

I will now turn it over to the folks that we have online, uh noting nobody else here in person for general public comments.

We are now going to turn it to our virtual callers.

How many hands do we have raised?

And who do we have first?

We have 13 hands raised, and our first caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Miss Wagner, good morning.

You have been made a panelist.

And I do believe you can hear us.

I I see us being captured on closed captions.

Ms.

Varner, if you can hear us, we cannot hear you.

And hopefully we have no technical issues because Ms.

Varner's a professional, so she knows how to how to get on this morning.

Miss Varner, I'm sorry, we're gonna add you to the bottom of the queue.

And come back to you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Dr.

Darnell.

Dr.

Darnell.

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes.

Okay, excellent.

I attended my council members' coffee hour this morning, Angela Whitville Callaway, and she had an excellent presentation that I think is good information for the whole city, of course.

Carol Weaver, the director of government community affairs, shared some really exciting news for our young people to engage in positive activities this coming summer.

They will uh be sponsored by Vanguard Community Development, and it looks like there's three churches in the city that will host the young people.

And this year, they are also inviting not only K through eight or pre-K through eight, but also those who are going into the ninth and tenth grade.

So they're expanding the age range this year.

They'll have academic enrichment.

Um they will have leadership life skills.

The first, it looks like the first one is going to be at Oak Grove, AME Church over there by Pembroke and Cherry Lawn.

And then after that, um, on July 29th through the July 31st, they'll be at St.

Matthew, St.

Joseph Episcopal Church.

So I think these are really good activities that our young people can be engaged in.

We know we have um some concerns about their activities over the summertime.

Anyone want any information, they can go to info at the Erica Hill Experience.com and get more information to enroll their young people in the program.

Sponsored by, like I said, Vanguard Community Development.

And the first one is actually June 29th through July 31st.

And it is all day, and they will get meals.

So that's my comment.

I just wanted to share it with the whole city.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Tahira Ahmed.

Miss Ahmed, good morning.

You're up next.

Yes, good morning.

Thank you for taking my comment and public comment.

America's 250 years celebration.

Who's celebrating?

Not black people.

African Americans and indigenous people were here before everybody.

This is our land, including the red man and others who come who have come to America.

We were here when America we came from Africa when it was yet a continent.

And we're able to come over to this part of the world.

So we've been here.

And we had our old reparations.

I haven't heard a word.

And so I'm mentioning it.

There we we uh go uh to the 250 year celebration of America's history or existence.

Black people worked for free to give America and capitalism its start.

This wouldn't be a superpower, America, if it wasn't for uh black slave labor in enslaved labor here.

There wouldn't be banks.

Uh Chase Bank owes us an apology.

They made an apology, but give us our money.

We don't want apologies necessarily, but the new arrivals need to know our indigenous history here because no one is respecting us.

They think that we are asking for handouts.

We're demanding our money back.

We're demanding what's owed to us, university, tobacco, uh cotton industry, sugar industry, all of those industries exist today because of black wealth, our freedom.

Thank you, Miss Amad.

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

Thank you.

Who was our next caller?

Our next caller is owner Papa.

Miss Carolyn Hughes, good morning.

Miss Hughes, if you're speaking, we cannot hear you.

Good morning.

We can hear you now.

Okay, thank you.

Through the chairman, I be heard.

Yes, good morning.

Uh, yes, thank you, uh, Miss Ahmad for that short history lesson.

People seem to forget, you know, the history of the United States.

Um, I'm calling about 5.1, dirty dirt.

Um, I understand that things move slowly, but this cannot move slowly.

Um, Miss Uh Romero.

This must move at lightning speed.

You must clean up the dirty dog uh holes that are in the dirt that are in the city.

They have contamination and it's being spread all over the city.

I think the state has already identified it.

This the federal government has identified it.

I don't know what you're testing, and I don't know why you're not acting.

I see on your agenda you have a 6.3 for a commercial building to uh backfield and clean them up for 63,000.

And I say absolutely no.

I say no commercial buildings before neighborhoods are taken care of.

Um 6.6 is a dangerous ordinance.

Um we cannot um nullify crime because we don't believe that it is a crime, but according to the government, what ice is doing is taking people off of the street that have violated the border issue.

And so I think what you're going to get yourself into is a problem with the government, the federal government.

They won't send federal funds, and you know you need federal funds.

You've known that for a long time since you first came here.

Um 5.3 um is a quick claim deeds uh memo.

Um, Miss Uh Councilwoman Waters, would you please date your memos?

You have no dates on your memos, and you know that's a violation of um municipal municipal retention uh ordinances or laws.

You you must date your your um memos as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is legendary Detroiter, Mr.

Ruben Crowley.

Well, it's good that you know the name, legendary Detroiter, you liar.

See, I done found out that you a University of Michigan graduate, part of the what I call the alumni naughty, and you witnessed little crafty B A S T A R D, Michael Edward Duggan, who is controlling this Detroit City Corporation Council, General Corporation Council, Comrade Mallet, whose signatures on a letter that came from him and the cheater.

Janice Winfrey, Dennis M.

Wumphrey, the city clerk and chairperson of the Detroit Election Commission.

Now you are a liar.

You lied about the findings on the allegations of voter fraud by anonymous citizen report, the reading of it.

Your office told me on the 20th of May 2024 that you didn't have it.

But you said you read it on May the 9th.

Liar.

Gabriela Santiago Romero, my cousin is a valedictorian from the University of Michigan.

My big cuz.

I done looked up to him my entire life because of who he is as a man.

But he knows me.

And you're a liar, and he knows I'm not lying, just like everybody else that knows me.

They know I'm not lying.

I'm a legendary Detroit for real.

Check the records.

Gabriela Santiago Romero, you're a fraud voting on millions, hundreds of millions, billions of dollars worth of contracts here in the city of Detroit.

And I'm tired of it.

Nini won't what she won't.

She asked me for some help, so I'm getting ready to give it an all y'all.

You included.

My first step I'm gonna take is to expose you over in district six.

See, I'm a resident of every single district in the city of Detroit.

You didn't know that.

Just like you don't know a lot.

But now I'm getting ready to bring it all out.

Mini won't what the F she won't.

She asked for some help.

She wants that tag of suicide off her mother, and Rebecca McKay is in the way.

So is that assistant Wayne County Medical Examiner Jeffrey Hussein in the way?

Willie Bell and all the rest of y'all.

It's up.

Thank you, Mr.

Crowley.

And just to note, uh, we see that you've joined us under Black Bag, Nini's friends, and the other phone number ending in 039.

Um, noting that we have given you time for public comment this morning.

Uh, we will not call on those names uh because we know that you are all calling us and those numbers as well.

Um, but good to hear from you, Mr.

Crawley.

Hope you have a blessed day.

Who do we have next for two minutes?

We have caller ending in 169.

Proning in 169.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

We can hear you now, yes.

Great.

I just want to say thank you for praying from Brother Cunningham.

Um, stop thanking him and bang him.

Yes, B-A-N-K, religious bullies, religious bullies, religious bullies.

You should be ashamed of yourself for holding Cunningham down.

A bully is a person who habitually engages in unwanted aggressive behavior, such as intimidating, threatening, or harming others, particularly towards those with less power.

Thank you for listening.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is William M.

Davis.

Mr.

Davis, good.

Good morning, can I be heard?

Yes.

I know at the start of the meeting, I couldn't hear anything on Zoom.

Uh also I like to say that uh I think that you know I'm basically against some of the technology that the police department is using in surveillance companies.

But I think I would be in favor of um AI looking at all the body camera and vehicle cameras of the Detroit police department.

You know, because uh they they review a small portion of that.

I believe that if they was to have the AI to review all of the um footage, we'll be able to find out a lot of times when um let's say misrepresentation is being made, be it on either side, and perhaps we could also reduce the lawsuits and also perhaps we can do the the number of times that police are rude to citizens.

You know, I think in general, multiple police officers do a good job, as you may or may not know.

I was a police commissioner for four years.

Um I got elected eight years ago, uh, even though some people still think I'm a commissioner, I still get calls about stuff going on all over the city.

Uh, but I think we need to do more to help more people inside the city determined.

It's like I also believe that our population would be higher if you know we had true auto insurance reform because you know, I know a number of young people, especially they use outside addresses, which means they don't vote.

And we need to be doing more to encourage people to vote, especially as we have uh a criminal in the White House, and we need to make sure that we have more people voting so we could turn the state around.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Mr.

Foster.

Mr.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Yes.

Good morning.

Through the chair.

First thing, just want to bring um to the attention, the issues with with Gleewood, not just affecting our community, but the need for a city to be sovereign and have their own sense of uh relief for our citizens.

I think what went on in Oakland County and those other counties today shows that we cannot be reliable on GLIWA alone.

Secondly, I wanted to just speak about when we talk about ambulance and EMS.

I think a great idea would be to have a charity funded volunteer EMS in each district, right?

We have nurses, we have CNAs with that live in our communities, right?

And so we have to start getting funded and advocate for funding and uh so we can have more access to EMS, and maybe they could be exclusive to our seniors or to our children, but it would be a uh more of a support within our communities and streets as well as opportunities for people that wouldn't ordinarily have those opportunities to be able to contribute to our society.

5.5, the dirty dirt.

Oh, we encourage everybody if you got a vehicle, right?

Drive over on Puritan and Dexter.

Look right outside of UAD.

There is a mountain, literally a mountain of dirty dirt with with rods in it, pipes in it, all type of contamination in there.

People live right across the street.

I ask you all to go look for yourself.

And if Debo's listening, he could drive over there as well and take a look at that dirty dirt and take the appropriate actions.

Thirdly, um, when they come down to 5.12, I ask that you make the findings public.

Fourth, you know, we have to do better with our authorities.

November, right before the election, there's a 75 million dollar deal, DDA for downtown.

Thank you, Mr.

Foster.

Our next caller is clarity about plywood.

Uh Clarity about plywood.

Would this be Miss Warwick?

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can.

Good morning.

Okay, thank you.

Um yeah, I sent Mr.

Sean Rositino photos of buildings that have plywood on it, including the Fisher body plant owned by now Mr.

Richard Hosey of the land bank.

Yet the land bank is telling people they can't have boards on their windows.

Um the favored developer, the people who want to build North End Landing, have boards on their buildings.

One of them has been open to trespass since December of 2023 at least.

They have no vacant building certificate.

We need some clarity on this disparate treatment of residents.

Um, and I'll probably go back to that if I have time.

6.17, member McCampbell, it should be post-traumatic incarceration disorder.

I got abused at the Detroit Detention Center while I was incarcerated, not in prison.

And I uh I got some disorder from that.

Sheffield's people wouldn't look into it.

5.4.

What about the rodent migration from the Detroit People's Food Co-op?

I asked them years ago for help, and they didn't do anything.

And I and so these groundhogs invaded other people's property.

And I thought developers were supposed to be responsible for their own rodent migration.

Clearly, the Rhodes came from that space that had sat without structures for so long.

Um the BCA meeting today was not properly uh noticed on its own website.

But again, we need clarity about the plywood.

I was already given a vacant building certificate with plywood.

But why do the favorite developers, Mr.

Hosey of the Land Bank himself, who got a 6.9 million dollar ARPA grant for his so-called affordable units.

That's over 110,000 subsidy.

What the rest of us could fix up our property if we got that.

We need clarity about the board.

Thank you, Miss Warwick.

Um, and we'll be going back to Betty A.

Varner.

Miss Varner.

Good morning, uh to all within the sound of my voice.

This is Betty A.

Barner, the president of the Soda Elves World Black Association.

Uh, I'm gonna start out.

I need some information.

Uh I've spoken to a few of seniors who don't have the Zoom and they want the telephone number where you can call in to attend the council meetings.

And um I was told there's a number, and you could even use your landline phone.

So if I could get that information so I could share it, it would be wonderful.

Uh, we are still in need of monies for our think of quarter.

We are blessed to have uh coming to our quarter now from the city of Detroit, uh, from uh people who are live in this uh the city because we have a building that has been vacant for over 30 years, and a husband and wife team who lives right in our neighborhood.

They have purchased the building and they're going to open up a home care agency.

That is wonderful.

We have a new toy, auto toying business that has opened up.

Uh, and these two businesses are right together on um half a block from each other, if that.

And then we have the attention where there is a uh Mr.

Dabish brothers, his two brothers, they are uh interested in opening up uh a mini market right there on Finco and Wyoming, where the um um Mickey D used to be.

So we are in need of money to continue the work on our corridor to bring it back alive, and also we need help with that land use here and fit uh fee of $1,500 so we can continue the work to expand our power.

Thank you for this time.

Thank you, Ms.

Varner, for sharing those updates with us this morning.

Want to give you a number for seniors to call in.

I just checked them um number just now and it does work.

Um, but you need to make sure that you have it exactly or it's gonna be wrong.

I made a mistake, it did not let me in the room.

I put the right number in and it didn't let me in the room.

Um, so if you're ready to jot down this number for seniors to call in via phone via a landline, they can call 92946 286.

That's the phone number.

It's going to then ask you to put in a number for a meeting ID.

Our meeting ID is 8584 690 3626.

It's going to ask you for a another number or just to press pounds.

Feel free to just press pounds.

Um, I think the other question it's going to ask you is for a personal ID, which we don't have and you don't need to be able to tune in.

Um, I think once you tune in, you will be muted.

And um the with the way that we do it for dangerous buildings is if somebody calls in, we can still make you a panelist, and you would have to unmute yourself by pressing star six or star nine, I forget.

Um, but there is a way for um them to also make public comments, even if they're calling in through that landline.

Um, Miss Verner.

If you need any other any more helper guidance, uh feel free to give our our office a call.

We're at 31324 2450.

Thank you again.

I believe that's our last caller.

Okay.

Uh that was our last general public comment.

Uh so we will now go on to the rest of the agenda.

Oh, just um very quickly, yes, as as um was mentioned, I believe this year the the country celebrates 250 years of America.

Um, just a reminder, uh, this land is is uh originally native, and half of this land is originally Mexico.

Um, that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and the whole entire state of California.

Uh so as we talk about um how we should be helping each other now.

Um, I want to make sure that we are talking about everyone that needs to be helped in this moment.

Um, and the very hard history that many of us um have to deal with in this country.

Um just really hope that we can learn and that we can come together because we know what happens when we're divided.

Moving us along now to the rest of the agenda, uh, under unfinished business.

5.1.

This is a memo through member McCampbell's office.

This re is this is regarding the contaminated dirt and resident safety.

Uh we have received information, but is there a motion to receive and file or discuss 5.1?

Motion to receive and file with discussion.

With discussion, uh, member McCampbell.

Thank you, madam chair.

And I know this is a topic that many folks have brought up, and uh it continues to be a discussion on this, and hopefully um action very quickly on this.

Uh for folks are who want to view the memo, it is attached and linked there.

Um, but if you need to if you want to see the memo and the direction on how they see that, please do reach out to our office.

I will say, madam chair, that we've discussed this before before this committee.

Um I'm I'm not satisfied in the movement and and way things are going.

Understanding that there are multiple investigations, but again, at the end of the day, we have to make sure that we have we get these sites clean and um also we get them field.

So I will leave it at that.

And um looking forward to further discussion, but above all, looking forward to Swift action on this.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Agreed.

Member uh Member Waters.

Thank you.

I I just want to respond to um what Ms.

Hughes said about dates being on the memo.

Um they are we make sure that their dates are on there.

I'm not sure what she's talking about.

So if she has something specific like this she can point out, I would ask that she call our office and let us know.

Or email us, call us at 313-628-2363, or email me at councilmember waters at DetroitMI that gov.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you, Member Waters.

And I know it's difficult if someone is just looking at the agenda um without going through the hyperlinks, it's it's very limited.

Um, but if you were to go to Detroit Mi.gov, Government City Clerk, City Council agendas, uh there is agenda, there is a PDF and an and a linked HTML.

Um every single for every single committee, and I'm on this now, and you are able to clink click over the hyperlinks.

You are able to access the memos and the memos are dated.

Um so uh as member McCampbell mentioned, you can see his memo linked uh to the agenda.

Um and then the one thing that's not always included here are the responses, uh, but I believe um we can always share those as well if we feel comfortable sharing those.

I think that we always do, unless it's something that is um confidential.

Um but in case folks are wondering and want more information, uh you'll be able to follow to to find it there.

Um and just also want to uh mention um Miss Hughes mentioned that you know we're we're not addressing this.

We we are we are asking the questions.

We just approved a contract uh to help um fill and and and and remedy the dirty dirt.

It's not as quickly as we want.

It's costing us way too much money, um, but it is being addressed.

Uh there was a motion to receive and file.

Is there another LPD?

Thank you, madam chair.

Just to clarify the uh dispute, uh the as you stated in the um hyperlink.

The date of the memo is 1126, but that date is not on the face of the memo.

I believe that's what the college is talking about.

It's on the pipe, the hyperlink, but not on the face of the memo.

Correct.

Thank you, LPD.

Uh, but member waters wants to make sure the date is on there and it is, and and we're making very clear that it is.

Okay.

For 5.1, we there's a motion to receive and file, hearing no objections, 5.1 will be received and filed.

For 5.2, this is a memo through member president's office, President Tate's office.

This is requesting for clarification on the HHFS role in the Hope program administration.

If we can bring this back in two weeks.

Motion.

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

5.3 is a memo through member Waters' office for information on quick claim deeds for the city of Detroit's residential properties.

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

Um we can receive and file it.

Okay.

Uh hearing no objections, 5.3 will be received and filed.

For 5.4 memo through member McCampbell's office relative to the animal and wildlife enforcements in Detroit.

We are still waiting to hear back.

If there is a motion to bring this back in.

You want to give two two weeks, one week?

Oh, do the chair.

Uh member McCampbell.

If we could if LPD, do you know how long you need on 5.4?

LPD.

I do not.

Um, I don't believe it was directed to us, was it?

I was confused about that.

I thought it was directed to animal care and control.

So I wouldn't know.

So we I haven't asked.

Thank you.

That's a good question.

LPD.

Um, Mr.

Washington.

Yes, good morning.

Through the chair, if we can request two weeks.

Motion to bring it back in two weeks.

Okay.

Thank you, Mr.

Washington.

Hearing no objections, 5.4 will be brought back in two weeks.

5.5.

This is contract number 308966.

This is utilizing 100% bond funding.

This is to provide make safe fire response at 194874.

The contractor is a Damo.

They're located in Detroit.

This is for 47,000 with 11.39 cents.

This is for construction and demolition.

Is there a motion to discuss?

Motion.

Thank you.

Um Mr.

Washington, do we have anyone to discuss?

Yes, through the chair, we have Raquel Harrington and Eric Cooper online.

If we can please make them into panelists.

If you could please uh note your names for the record.

Good morning.

I don't think Raquel has joined us just yet, which is fine.

Um, I I brought this up for discussion uh because I know that's a number of us had concerns and questions.

I needed the price breakdown and photos of the property, which I have received.

Wondering if there's any other questions.

Um, if not, uh, do folks feel comfortable moving this out.

Um, member McCampbell.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um I I just have a question for um OCP.

I'm thinking about this as we because we have also another merge or it seemed like another emergency demo that is on the pricer end as well.

When we are, is there any way or has there been any discussion on 40's make safe demos, especially around fire on how we can decrease the cost, or is there like ways that we can't maybe have a retainer with control?

I'm just thinking about ways on how we can bring these costs down, or has there been any type of discussion on that?

Through the chair, uh part of what we do as it relates to these make safe, and you know, it is still a competitive bid situation.

So when we get these, uh, we put it out to bid, and based upon the responses that we get from the RFQ.

Um, you know, that's kind of how uh the awarded vendor is selected.

Um, part of some of the things that we also have done in the past is also uh we've had uh contracts with vendors to do this type of work, and so um not saying that it would decrease um the amount that it costs because uh I mean we're in a situation right now where um you know all of the components that relate to doing this type of work, you know, they're going up.

And so, you know, of course, we're trying to manage this the best we can, and then competitively bidding this uh definitely puts us in a better situation for sure.

Okay.

Thank you.

Uh uh, hope as much as we can to um bring it down.

I appreciate the work that's gone into it.

I know we hopefully we don't see as many, but I know we can't um control fires and such.

So thank you.

Agree.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

I I do have questions.

I'm not sure uh Mr.

Cooper, if you would know this, maybe you do, but make safe is something new now that I've seen.

Usually we just see emergency demos.

Um I guess could you explain the difference between make safe between emergency and demo between you know uh a requested demolition?

So through the chair, uh when we're talking about make safe.

This is a um basically this is uh a demolition that has come from uh a catastrophic type of event like a fire or something like that, and um, you know, in review of that fire, it has been deemed that um this structure, whatever's left of it needs to come down, you know, sooner rather than later.

Um, you know, sometimes you may have an emergency demolition, and yeah, they they've seen that you know it does pose a hazard to uh the community.

The make safe is something that um, you know, it's not really planned.

It was something, you know, based upon an event, and you know, because of that event, you know, we need to get in there and get it knocked down sooner rather than later.

A lot of the emergencies that you see uh comes through uh B seed.

Um they let the department know that hey, the structure needs to come down.

Um, you know, based upon their review being out in the field, um, checking out these structures.

So that's kind of what the difference is, you know, catastrophic event.

Um, they go in, they say, hey, this needs to come down.

Uh this this definitely pose a threat to this, you know, the uh community as a whole.

So that those are the the little subtleties in the differences.

Okay, and I'm looking at the images and realizing that the images that I have here, I thought were of a building being demolished.

They are not.

This is just all I'm seeing is is work being done on top of land.

Um, so I'm actually not able to see what was demolished.

Um, so I actually would like to bring this back.

Um, because there are one, two, three, four, five pictures, and none of them are of a property.

Um these all seem to happen after the property was demolished, which is a little concerning to me because what was demolished.

Um, and I do see the property next to the empty lots.

It does have itself some fire damage, which makes me under actually both of the properties, which makes me think that what was demolished was something that would might have been kept getting caught on fire um and making the neighboring buildings next to them dangerous.

Um, but for 47,000 again, and the images that I'm receiving are of no property.

I'm wondering if we can go back and try to get the images of the property um while it was standing that was demolished, because this is why we're trying to figure out then the cost, because there's a lot of labor here, which is you know, uh understood, but I'm just wondering what was done.

Um, so I'm going to um ask to bring this back, hoping to get images of this property prior to demolition.

Um, and that's I'm not sure to construction or demolition or CP.

Um, if we could do that uh before next week, I'd appreciate that.

We can work with the department through the chair, we can work with the department to get that.

Okay, thank you.

All right, is there a motion to bring back 5.5 in one week?

Motion to bring back in one week.

Hearing no objections, 5.5 will be brought back in one week.

We are now under new business under the office of contracting and procurement.

6.1 should read as contract number 6007 252.

100% city funding.

This is to provide environmental consulting services.

The contractor is Tetra Tech, they're located in Detroit.

This will be upon approval through September 30th, 2028, and this total contract is for 400,000.

This would be for BC.

Is there a motion to approve with discussion 6.1?

So move.

Thank you.

Discussion.

Uh who do we have to discuss 6.1, Mr.

Washington?

For the chair, are we able to bring in this item back towards the end?

I do not see my rep online right now.

Okay.

Yes, we can bring back 6.1 at the end of the agenda.

Thank you.

Moving us along to 6.2.

This is contract number 3092719, 100% split funding to provide fill removal and replacement of 5562 Pennsylvania.

The contractors, DMC consultants, they're in Detroit.

This goes through the end of this year.

The total contract is for 51,842 with 40 cents.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.2?

Discussion.

Discussion for 6.2.

Mr.

Washington, who do we have to discuss 6.2?

We have Miss Harrington and Eric Cooper.

If we can make them into panelists again.

If you could please uh let the public know you've joined us by stating your names and titles for the record.

Raquel Harrington, construction and demolition department.

Good morning.

Thank you for joining us to our vice chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Actually, if we could take a I would imagine that um both for 6.3 as well.

Yes, sir.

We can discuss 6.3 as well.

6.3 is contract number 309358, utilizing the 100% city fine funding.

This is to provide an emergency demolition and additional backfill and fencing services for 14501 East Jefferson.

The contractor here is inner city contracting.

They're in Detroit.

This goes to the end of this year as well.

And this will be for 63,175 with 72 cents.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um good morning.

If you all could just go through um would happen with both structures, or what you all found to deem or would BC found to deem these um emergency demos.

Very good through the chair for uh the property and sorry, let me make sure for the emergency demolition we're speaking about for 6.3.

Um BC said it was um open to the elements and collapsing, and it was an imminent danger to the public safety.

The flooring inside was also uh collapsing as well.

So we typically prioritize those that are considered uh public safety concerns and emergencies by B seed, and so that is why we proceeded with that demolition.

Vice Chair.

Thank you.

Um thank you, Ms.

Heritan.

So for the for 5562 Pennsylvania, I'm wondering understanding that it was there were some conditions of the flooring as such and collapsing.

Is this is this structure privately owned?

Or this property through the chair for 5562 Pennsylvania?

That one was publicly owned.

Um the one on East Jefferson that was an emergency uh privately owned as well.

And for East Jefferson, was that through the through you, Madam Chair to Miss Heriton?

Um, was this also exposed to the elements and was this the one that you speak on that the flooring was damaged?

Through the through the chair, yes, that's the one uh that's the one the commercial demolition, that's the one I was referring to that had the collapsing um structure.

Okay.

I'm just wondering, especially for 6.2.2 through you, um chair.

I'm still I'm still thinking about the process and all these because I'm I would be in part with this being privately publicly on.

I know this is being publicly on, but thinking about the process of dangerous buildings or it or such on why this didn't go through there, and it was an emergency demo.

Um, and then also I think we just had to have a kind of a broader conversation maybe with BC on what how we pick it, how we're picking and choosing these properties.

Um, because we're just in a uh different levels of as as I'm saying this emergency demos come across, um, then I'm just a bit concerned on the swiftness of it moving, and then we have to come and approve a emergency demo contract.

So um thank you.

Those are other questions.

I'm just I I know I bring this up every time, so I don't know if there is a future conversation or if we could um bring BC to the table at a uh upcoming meeting just to talk about this because um we're seeing these price tags go up and um yeah it's concerning.

So thank you, manager.

Thank you.

Through the chair, um sorry, through the chair, I just want to note that the 6.2, the one on Pennsylvania, that one is on the agenda for it's a waiting um landfill material, and that is what we are talking about for that one.

That's what our notes have.

It's um we're waiting for the landfill uh material to provide removal and replacement of the dirt there.

This is for 6.2, Ms.

Harrington?

Yes, correct.

And my question for 6.2 was going to be um so if there's any images that we can see um for this property, um to see what the fill removal and replacement looks like at 5562 Pennsylvania, but but you are correct.

6.2 is for fill removal and replacements.

Um 6.3 is demolition.

Um I do see the images uh for East Jefferson.

I do see what you're talking about, the floor collapsing, but for me, the process and to member McCampbell's questions is this is privately owned.

Ms.

Harrington, how many times do we try to reach out to the owner to let them know about the state of their property through the chair?

I believe that will go through B seeds process on reaching out to the owners and property owners when it comes to that process.

Yeah, before we proceed with debullition.

Yeah, and this is kind of where like the disconnect happens for for me and for us at this table.

Um, when then we hear from the property owners that might have wanted to save the property, prevents it from being demolished.

Um this is this has been the issue from from the very beginning um for for myself as well, and and we have tried to slow down the process.

We actually have filled on the process a lot.

Um, but we are still here um trying to make sure that we are communicating with with the owners so that we are not paying the price for demolition um and that we're not demolishing properties that could be saved, because we are uh very limited in in both housing and and commercial properties.

Um so for 6.2, we are looking at uh fill removal and replacements.

Is this why we did not receive an image for this, Ms.

Harrington?

Through the chair, correct.

Okay, and then for 6.3, we would have to ask B seed around their communication process.

Through the chair, that is correct.

Okay, Madam Chair.

Uh yes, Vice Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and my apologies.

Um, seeing that it is a fill and removal, chalk it up to it being Monday morning.

Um, but I Miss Haritan is so I'm just thinking about if we are if we are finding, is this a property that we found that we did testing and we found that it was a contaminated dirt?

This is the property that was identified and that is undergoing uh testing for removal and replacement.

And the this site has been um deemed to need remediation.

Okay.

So is it that we are so this brings up further questions, for $50,000?

Is that what we are gonna be spending on each one of these sites?

Um that we find that the testing comes back that there is that it is contaminated, because at that point, um that is that is a lot of money that we have also have already paid um to demolish and feel on these sites, and now we're doing it again at $50,000 a pop.

Um that even that has even more concerns.

Yeah, nice.

For the chair, yes, that is the total.

And Miss Harrington, would you like to share why the cost is that big?

I am seeing the breakdown here.

But are you able to share with us why because I mean it is a little maddening.

We're demolishing properties at 1520k.

Now we're filling in holes at 50,000.

Um you would think demolishing would cost less than filling in dirts, but it looks like here in the cost breakdown in fill materials 22,000.

That's a lot of money.

Um for these materials.

Um, Ms.

Harrington, other than what you shared with us here, this is cost per ton.

I'm assuming there's a lot of dirt that we're putting in to fill this space, which is um I'm going to assume why we're looking at this cost.

Um anything else that you can share with us, Ms.

Harrington, and on why um we're looking at these contracts at 50,000 to to to fill in dirt.

Really, Chair, it's it's coming down to the process of it all as well.

It includes testing, it includes the actual excavation of it, making sure the field can get approved.

Um, it gets landfill repro approval, then we have to do additional testing before we can refill it, and then we're actually doing the excavating and the refilling.

So the overall process is costly.

Uh and we can we have those breakdowns also posted on the CDD field testing sites as well with those draft sample reports.

Unfortunately, it's a very expensive process.

And through the chair, just to add to that, um this is um probably um one of the more costlier sites that I've seen, but uh through the process, it's gonna vary, you know, depending upon the size of the actual site and the amount of material that's going to be used.

Um this one was one of the the pricier ones um and so you won't I don't think you'll see a lot of these, but um the price is gonna vary based upon the size of the the uh the actual hole that has to be dug out and the amount of material that has to be put back in.

Okay, thank you, Madam Chair.

Yes, vice chair.

Thank you.

Um Mr.

Cooper, to that point, I'm looking at the photo of the the home before renovation, I mean before demolition, and it seems it looks like uh I don't know if this is a bundle bungalow, but it seems like a similarly built house that we see across the city.

So I'm wondering to your point about it, maybe it will vary.

I understand it would vary, but if we're looking at similar, this seems like a similar bill that we've seen across the city.

How much would it how much will it vary in that way?

Because it seemed like it may come up close to the same.

Well, you know, when the vendor gets out and they're actually doing the work, sorry, through the chair, when the vendor gets out there and they start doing the work, you know, um, as they're pulling this material out, testing is being done.

Um they may have to dig deeper and wider than normal, you know, than when was first put in there.

So, you know, it it really does vary from site to site um when these vendors start getting in and doing the work and these uh testing is going on as this work is being completed till they can get to a point where uh there's no contamination and they can start to refill.

Thank you, Mr.

Cooper.

And um, madam chair, I also know I know folks are I I think as I'd say before, we're in this conundrum where we're trying to handle the situation um and get the sites filled.

I think the missing piece here is there's investigations going on.

We know that the issue is here, the problem is here, but I think also for members of the public and what we've been hearing, there hasn't been a comprehensive conversation about what has happened, where we are now and where we're gonna go forward to actually get this handled.

So I think for me to see contracts come at at this amount um without us knowing what the path is for um to solve this problem.

I think that's where for me the the conflict is coming into place.

Um because folks are asking when will we see this in neighborhoods, when would they will see the whole field?

Um, what is that process as well?

So I don't I'm bringing this up for the administration if there if there is as much as we can to have this comprehensive conversation, whether it's before this committee or or um even a committee of the whole, I think that would be beneficial.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Um as you mentioned, we're in the middle of investigations, and that's always what we hear is when we ask if we can have these discussions as the FBI's the FBI's and get uh involved in this now in this investigations.

Um it does not feel good to have to go through this process blindly as you because this is what it is, and having to trust the process after trusting it before and and getting to this place.

Um I'm just holding both truths of also people telling us to fill the dirt in and making sure um that the city is a safe place to be.

Um, but feel a lot of anger doing quick math.

If we have 80 sites that need to be excavated at 50k, that's four million dollars.

That I believe somebody should pay, not the city.

I think that's where my biggest focus is is figuring out what happened and who we can have pay uh because this is really unfair.

Uh we should not be the ones paying for this.

Um, and that for me is what makes me the angriest.

Um I think to your point, Vice Chair, when can we share when what can we share with the public?

I I think if we can't go into details, at least sharing the process and what's going on would be helpful.

Um, if that's something an update that can be provided either at a formal session or in this committee, I'm not sure.

But understanding that we are currently in investigations, that we can't share too much.

There are still concerns around well, what is being done?

And I do believe things are being done.

We're here approving contracts because things are being done.

Um, but it does feel as if we're missing pieces of of this puzzle.

Mr.

Washington, if you could please uh discuss amongst yourselves.

Um, this is a request that keeps coming up.

Um, but I I believe the administration should prepare something um either for this committee or for formal session, understanding that your investigation, that's fine, but at least let us know, you know, a full comprehensive updates.

Um, you know, we're approving these contracts for testing, we're approving these contracts for for infill.

Um what's being done to make sure that we're we're we're made whole.

Um, I think at least including us in those conversations or letting us know what those conversations look like would be helpful for for city council and for the public.

For the chair.

Yes, Mr.

Washington.

Um, yes, we'll do and we'll be sure to keep the body updated.

Um as the days continue.

Okay, thank you.

So for six points two, this again is for uh fill removal and replacements.

Um this is to re to um so then just to confirm, Miss Harrington, this contract would remediate the sites, um, have it be with clean dirt make it safe again?

The chair, yes, it would be uh approved fill material that would go into it.

And I just want to offer some clarity as well.

Uh the home was originally a large duplex, um, and the property appears more expensive than previous groups due to the estimated uh 648 ton of material that is required for excavation and replacement.

So, like Mr.

Cooper said, uh, just echoing that that this is we won't see this price uh across the board.

It just so happened that this was just a larger uh a larger area we had to feel.

But yes, this this is the price to for the removal and uh replacement, the remediation efforts for the unapproved field material.

And Ms.

Harrington, are we going to because we just approved contracts with Monique Group?

Um, should we expect to see them combined or have should we expect to see them like this um line item by line item based on sites?

Um, or will you be sending us in bulk sites to that are going to be refilled and then these larger ones separately, the chair?

I will get that answer for you.

Uh I don't want to miss speak, so I'll get that answer to you over in writing.

Okay, and that would be helpful again for us to know what to expect where we are in the process, how we can expect this moving forward, uh, because we're also here trying to hold all the things, the demolitions, the emergency uh orders, all the things, and these backfills.

Um, so that would be helpful.

Thank you.

Through the chair, um, I just want to piggyback on that.

There will be some packages coming through for fill and removal.

So you will see where we're starting to package uh these properties together, um, so that we can move through them and and get them done.

Um, and we're hoping from this standpoint with the competitive nature of it, it will allow for some of this pricing to go down as well.

Okay, thank you.

That's what I was hoping for as well.

Um, okay.

Are there any other questions for 6.2 or 6.3?

Are there any motions?

No, madam chair, yes, vice chair.

Uh motion to send six point three, six point two and six point three to formal without recommendation, just so there could be a conversation on especially six point two.

All right, there's a motion to send six point two and six point three to formal without recommendation.

Hearing no objections, six point two and six point three was sent to formal with no recommendation.

Thank you both for being with us.

Thank you.

Moving us along to the law department.

6.4.

This is a placeholder regarding the proposed uh cannabis secure storage ordinance.

Um this I believe is just a placeholder, but we have received the information.

I do believe this can be received and filed.

Motion hearing no objections, 6.4 can be received and filed, will be received and filed.

Under the departments of appeals and hearings, 6.5.

This is a dangerous buildings findings and orders for April 24th, 2026.

If there's a motion to receive and file, hearing no objections, 6.5 will be received and filed.

Under the legislative policy division 6.6.

This is a response to a request for an ordinance uh to address the federal overreach.

Uh, this is through our office.

Um, this is a draft that I would like to review.

If we could bring this back in one week, motion to bring back in one week.

Thank you.

Hearing no objections, 6.6 will be brought back in one week.

Under the departments of public works and administration six point seven through six point fifteen.

These are all various requests for encroachments or banners.

We'll go through these individually.

This will be for the promotion of the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater Summer Concrete, excuse me, uh concert series.

Is there a motion to discuss or approve?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6.7 will be approved.

Madam Chair.

Mr.

Washington.

Can we request 6.7 go to new business?

You can if there's a motion to do so.

Motion assend 6.7 to new business.

Hearing no objections, that motion is approved.

6.7 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.8.

This is to permit the Detroit Metro Sports Commission with 56 banners.

This will be to raise awareness for the uh city of Detroit sporting events.

Uh the NVG.

Do I know what that means?

No, but it has to do with sports, Detroit Sports Commissions.

Detroit sports commissions.

Um is there a motion to approve or discuss.

This is for 6.8 motion to discuss.

Discussion.

Vice Chair.

Yes, madam chair.

I'm just looking if there was if there is someone from believe this is DPW, just to describe what these banners are.

Mr.

Washington, do we have anyone to discuss 6.8?

Yes, through the chair, we have Director Brundage online.

If we can make him into a panelist, good morning, madam chair.

Oh, very cool.

Good morning, Director.

How are you?

I'm good.

I'm guessing you're gonna ask me what NVWG stands for, and I'm gonna have to find out and get back with you.

I just looked it up, sir.

Uh so we can work on this together.

Um and I was expecting it to be something that we would support and and we do.

So based on what I just saw, um, this will be for the 45th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games.

Very cool.

This will be held in Detroit from July 9th to the 14th this year.

Um I was expecting it to be something like this.

Um, and was gonna look it up and we did.

Thank you for asking the question, Vice Chair.

Um, but uh that will be uh the banners would be to promote this event.

Does this sound correct, director?

Thank you.

I guess so, yes.

Okay.

Are there any other questions for 6.8 motion to approve and motion to send to formal with the recommendation to approve?

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

They should have some time.

This starts in July.

Um, so they should be okay.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Under Departments of Public Work, City Engineering 6.9.

This is a petition of 28 associates.

This is for a request for several encroachments, and this will be for two awnings and a new sign.

Is there a motion to approve with discussion?

Motion to approve with discussion.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Uh Mr.

Washington, who do we have to discuss?

6.9.

For the chair, we have Richard Doherty.

Thank you.

If we can make him into a panelist.

Good morning, Mr.

Doherty.

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

Sure enough.

Uh it's Richard Doherty, City Engineer.

Thank you for joining us.

I we are discussing petitions for encroachments.

And would actually like to read these for the record.

And my question will be the same for all of them, sir.

And that's just making sure that there was um adequate public outreach.

Um, because there are these are in requests for encroachments.

Before turning it over to you, Mr.

Doherty.

I'm going to read the requests that we have in front of us.

Um again, this is under the Department of Public Works, City Engineering.

For I read 6.9.

This is the petition of 28 Associates LLC.

This is for their awesome and for their new projecting sign.

Uh, it says here that all approvals for departments were made.

Do you know if there was um approvals from the public for this?

That I do not know.

It's uh they're getting uh Jersey Mike's uh subway shop in their location, so the sign is for that, and then the awnings because downtown buildings are required to build uh to the uh right-of-way line, uh any overhang balcony, any uh sign needs to come to us for encroachments for awnings and signs, etc.

And this is James.

But I'm not quite sure uh if there was any uh outreach at that address.

I don't believe there's uh residential at that location.

Um I I agree with you, Mr.

Doherty.

So thank you for that.

Um for this one, there I agree.

Um going to the departments since this is um over by Grant Park, um, is enough for me.

Um so noting that there shouldn't be any residential issues for six points one.

Um that satisfies um my questions or or concerns there for 6.10.

This is a petition of Greek town neighborhood partnership.

This is requesting several encroachments for Monroe.

Um and Mr.

Doherty, I'm gonna turn it over to you.

Oh, is there a motion to discuss?

Motion to discuss.

Thank you.

Mr.

Doherty, I just want to confirm this is to support um the pedestrian street of Monroe, correct?

Um, they had that 20 million grant to construct the shared street that they've been uh building now for uh this is the second season of that construction, and we wanted to capture uh all of the specialized items.

Uh they have been there in an encroachment petition.

They've already they've signed took us a while to get the executed maintenance agreement with them.

So they'll be responsible for all these uh unique features uh to maintain them going forward, the granite pavers, etc.

So yeah, we uh are capturing all of the unusual construction bollards and all that uh into this uh petition.

Okay, thank you.

Um if I could get a motion to discuss 6.9 through 6.15.

Motion.

Thank you.

We're discussing now 6.11.

This is a petition of Detroit and Northern LLC for sub-road encroachments.

Um this will be for a uh concrete sidewalk, non-standard slope uh for an existing curb.

Wondering um if this to we have any idea if this would um impact any residential areas they're pretty uh minor encroachments, uh for example, they have doors that swing out into the alley, so because the door swings out instead of swinging into the building, we cover that under an encroachment.

Uh and they are also rescinding uh uh uh is it this one?

Yeah, they had a storm pipe that they had planned to install under two sick uh petition a couple years ago and it never got constructed, so we're pulling that out.

Uh but yeah, the the impact, what the public sees, it doesn't seem uh all that uh different to standard construction, but we wanted to capture these things that are unique to them, and again, it'll be covered under a maintenance uh agreement with them to maintain but the door swinging out as opposed to swinging in.

That's uh uh that's you know that's just we get those every now and then.

Okay, understood.

Thank you.

Um before moving along, uh this is just a question for the Monroe site, because we just approved those encroachments.

Any idea of when Monroe will be complete when that project will be complete.

Uh thankfully I'm not responsible for that construction.

Uh Great Town Neighborhood Partnership is uh kind of managing that themselves under a right-of-way permit.

So uh I don't have to take too many of those calls.

So uh I'm assuming the the leadership there's getting the calls, but I'm expecting I thought it was gonna be mid-July.

So okay.

And and they do seem to be working down there, so so that would be exciting.

I know our our businesses are are already and waiting for for the for the street to be open.

Okay, moving us along, six points twelve.

Um this is for this is the petition of uh Oleck, Oleg, and this is for existing concrete foundations.

Um this does not seem like it would.

Um impacts uh residential areas.

Um so have no concerns for six points twelve.

Um, this is again just a request uh for existing concrete foundations.

Yeah, and we do these like I said, when you build to the property line, it's inherent that the footing of a building, it's kind of a T-shaped structure.

So if on one side of the T it has to extend in the right-of-way, but by recording these encroachments, we put it into an encroachment map.

So if any utility or anybody pulls a permit, we direct them to look for those maps so they don't uh damage or anything on any subsurface encroachments like that.

We can then share with the contractor so they don't damage them.

Great.

Thank you for doing that.

Okay, that's really helpful to understand.

Uh moving us along to 613.

This is a petition of Freedom House, Detroit.

They are also requesting an encroachments uh for the installation of an existing retaining wall.

Um this is a a really wonderful um shelter for for refugees and immigrants, new arrivals in in the city.

Um, and they are expanding.

Um I'm assuming Mr.

Doherty, this is for their expansion.

So there was a retaining wall that was constructed and happened to be constructed into the right-of-way a bit.

It's been there for years, and we're just capturing it now with the new development so that they know and we know that any damage to that wall or anything that happens to it's their responsibility, not the city's.

Understood.

Okay, thank you.

For 6.14, this is a petition of Detroit and Northern LLC for recroachments.

This is uh for the parcel commonly known as 1133 Griswold, and this is for a proposed door that will swing out into the public east west alley.

Um seems similar to another request that we just saw regarding doors on alleys.

Anything else you want to share here, Mr.

Doherty?

No, that's like you captured it pretty accurately.

Okay, and then finally here, this last petition that we have on our agenda is for 6.15.

This is the petition of Lee Plaza one limited dividend.

Um this is requesting an encroachment for a storm drain encroachment.

Um Mr.

Doherty, we seem to receive very little information for this.

Is there a map or resolution for 6.15?

Uh yeah, you should have a copy of the resolution.

Um the drawing it.

So what they're doing uh is uh with the we get uh several of these now with the stormwater ordinance uh from DWSD.

Uh this uh because they have to cross an alley with their own storm drain to go to their detention uh facility for the water uh uh it's a private utility in the public right-away, so to speak.

So uh they'll be burying a storm drain to connect the building site to where they uh to the property on the other side of the alley to convey storm water from one site to the other.

Okay, and again, uh we denote how far below grade where it is relative to Lawton Street uh on the sketch.

So if DWSD has to get in there and repair a public sewer, uh then they know um where to start hand digging to avoid disrupting this private line.

Okay, thank you.

Uh colleagues, does anyone have the resolution for 6.15?

If not, I might ask to bring this back uh just to make sure um that we have it.

Uh we were not able to receive it.

No, okay.

Okay, so then uh are there any questions, colleagues?

Any remaining questions for 6.9 through 6.14.

If not, is there motion to approve?

Motion to send a form of recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6.9 through 6.14 will be approved, sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

If we can bring back 6.15 in one week.

Thank you.

We'll bring it back just to make sure that we review the resolution in the map.

Thank you, Mr.

Doherty.

I appreciate you.

We drafted that on April 20th, so just let me know if we if it got lost somewhere in the pipeline.

Let me know, and we'll get you a copy.

Thank you.

We'll do.

We'll check in with the clerk's office as well.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Moving us along to miscellaneous.

We are now under miscellaneous uh to discuss various memos.

6.16.

This is a memo relative to a request for report concerning demolition cost and collections.

We are still waiting in response.

If we can bring this back in.

If we can bring this back in one week.

Motion bring back in one week.

Hearing no objections, 6.16 will be brought back in one week.

617 is a memo relative to a resolution recognizing post-traumatic prison disorder.

This is the member McCampbell's office.

Vice Chair, would you like to bring back in one week or motion and bring back in one week?

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

618, this is a memo through our office.

Uh asking for a South Fort Street Road Diet Resolution.

Uh just uh brief discussion for 6.18.

I am working very hard with our 4217 neighbors uh to make sure that we are addressing the dangers of Ford Street.

If you have ever driven down Ford Streets, uh people drive very quickly.

There have been very unfortunate deaths of students who have crossed Ford Street.

Um, although this is truly a state issue, our office has been working on this since the very beginning, and we are now working with MDOS to complete a road diet, which is really really exciting.

Um, we're hoping that this goes from the suburbs to Detroit because um so much of district six borders the city.

Um, and I want to make sure that as you're coming to the city and out that we're doing so safely.

Uh so we're waiting for the resolution.

We just want to share that exciting news with everyone.

Um, and we are asking for a one-week bring back if there's a motion.

Motion bring back in one week.

Hearing no objections, 6.18 will be brought back in one week.

Thank you to my community team for pushing this so hard with MDOT.

Uh, moving us along to 6.19.

This is a memo through council president's office.

6.19 is a memo relative to data on police activity at lovely vibes bar and grill.

If we can bring this back in one week, motion to bring it back in one week.

Hearing no objection, six point nineteen will be brought back in one week.

6.20 is a memo relative to uh policy concerning police training programs and employment uh requirements.

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

Thank you, Vice Chair, Mr.

Washington, for 6.20.

Uh, this is uh related to DPD.

Uh, do you know how much time you would need to uh report back?

Or is this being um assigned to LPDM?

I'm gonna assume this is an assignment for for the administration.

Yes, through the chair.

This response was actually sent out uh May 5th.

So I would defer to Member Johnson's office for how she would like to proceed with this item.

Then let's bring this back in one week.

Thank you, Mr.

Washington.

If hearing no objections, 6.20 will be brought back in one week.

6.21.

This is a memo relative to questions on the impact of school closings.

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

Motion hearing no objections, six points 21 will be brought back in two weeks.

This brings us down to member reports.

We do have to go back to 6.1.

I believe this is the only item that we need to go back to.

And I'm I believe we needed a representative from B seed.

Mr.

Washington, do we have anyone to discuss 6.1?

Yes, for the chair, we have Crystal Rogers online.

If we can make her into a panelist, and if there's a motion to discuss 6.1.

Motion to discuss.

Thank you.

And Miss Rogers, when you've joined us, if you can please let us know by sending your name and title for the public.

Um Crystal Rogers, General Manager for Environmental Affairs, Building Safety Engineering and Environmental Department.

Thank you for joining us, GM.

Uh, we are discussing 6.1.

Um, and just have really quick questions.

And just have really quick questions.

It's noted here that this is utilizing 100% city funding.

Yet on the teacher report, it says grant funding.

Do you know if this is using grants or city funds?

Yes, this is 100% EPA community wide assessment grant funding.

Excellent.

Thank you.

And then I guess if you wouldn't mind letting us know what consulting services we can expect from Tetra.

Sure.

The community wide assessment is a grant that allows us to do environmental assessments at various properties around the city.

In this case, they are um within a certain diameter of the JOLAW with Greenway.

So these are environmental phase one and possibly phase two assessments that will allow uh the development of businesses.

Okay.

Understood.

Thank you.

Um I guess what are we looking to to learn?

Is it's um there's a lot of auto.

I I can think of district six.

There's a lot of automobiles and district seven.

There's a lot of um automobile industry around the greenway.

So are we expecting maybe some best practices, some recommendations on how we should have a greenway next to industry or or what are we looking to learn um from this from this process?

Well, you know, a lot of businesses may be intimidated to purchase properties uh without knowing the environmental condition of the property.

So the assessment allows us to move forward with with development because we know what's there, what needs to be remediated and what does not need to be remediated.

Okay.

And because a lot of these were auto shops, that some might need to be remediated.

Okay.

Sure.

Um right.

Okay.

Well, this is exciting.

Um because I know the uh residents around the greenway uh wants to to make it greener um and and healthier uh for for them to be on.

Um so thank you for that information.

Oh, yes, Vice Chair.

Thank you.

Uh through you, Madame Chair.

Good morning.

Um just so I have it with these assessments.

Um, if we find that a site has you know that is needs environmental cleanup, is that information then give given to potential developers, or what's the next step after the assessments are done?

Yes, and through the chair, that is exactly the next step.

Uh the information, of course, is freely available to all the public, and it allows potential developers to go into um a situation knowing what they need to do.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you for that.

And do you know where um do you know yet where that information will be viewable for the public?

We maintain it in environmental affairs here in BC, and we work with DEGC, the Joe Lewis Greenway.

And when the developers come and ask, you know, uh, we're looking to purchase this property.

The information is disclosed, and anyone can at any point request it.

Thank you.

Thank you for that.

I just wanted to make sure it was said because I know um I want to make sure that public knows that they can reach out to you also appreciate that.

Um, and glad to see that this is happening.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Seeing no other questions, is there a motion to approve 6.1?

Motion to approve 6.1.

It's an informal order recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that motion will carry.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

And point of information, Madam Chair.

Yes.

For since this are we gonna make sure that reflects that this grant funding?

That's a good notes.

Um, if the clerk can please amends, make sure that whatever we approve and formal is approved as amended.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

All right, that was for 6.1.

Um, I do want to, we are now down to member reports, but would like to just check in with the administration.

Mr.

Washington, there was uh a request for a walk on.

Is this going to be for today or for tomorrow?

Just want to um take this time to uh get clarity and also if you wouldn't mind sharing with us, you have at least three members here that should know about this about this request as well.

Yes, through the chair, um that request um is for tomorrow at formal session.

It is related to DDoS safety plan.

Um so last week um in PHS, you may recall that there was an item that was submitted as a report, but should have been on the agenda as a resolution for approval.

So the department has resubmitted it.

And we'll be asking that it be moved to new business for a vote tomorrow.

As there's some additional steps that we need to take following council approval as far as uh federal uh FTA funding um being obligated.

Um but that request is for tomorrow and not today's session.

And Mr.

Washington, that request is for referral, not for approval.

Uh for tomorrow it would be for approval, but it will be listed under the referrals.

So we would need to walk it on and vote on it tomorrow in formal session with a waiver.

Yes, yes, please.

Okay.

All right, just sharing that with all of us here.

All right, we will work on that tomorrow.

Um also just want to make a note for the minutes from last session.

We were not able to receive the minutes.

Um, we did approve.

Um, I'm I'm assuming they were shared, but to the clerk, if you could reshare those with our office, um, just to make sure um that we receive those, and then we usually get those back pretty quickly.

Um because we have not been able to review, but those were approved on the record.

We will receive and review.

Um last we can now go into member reports.

That was actually it for me.

Um to my vice chair, Mr.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, madam chair.

I would just say I hope um everyone, all the mothers and caregivers had a great Mother's Day yesterday and Mother's Day weekend.

Um we had a community baby shower uh in partnership with the Neo Purpose for Life organization on Friday.

Uh so that was great to see and see all the expectant mothers there as well.

And folks got a lot of great items, and even at the end of the event, um someone went to labor.

So that was that was uh what an event.

So um it was great.

So I just wanted to thank all the folks.

Thank uh Neo Purpose for Life for the partnership as well.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Thank you for doing that.

Member Waters.

Thank you, uh Madam Chair.

Just um I did have an opportunity to participate in um Mother's Day.

Um I can't remember what you call it, but it was done in D6.

Um we participated there.

Um lots of children uh were there at the Pat and Rec Center.

And so um, so that was very nice.

It's always always good to be able to share just a little love.

Um skill trade task force meeting will be May 20th from 4 to 6 p.m.

at the Far Wheel Recreation Center, and that's 2711 um Auto Drive East, and again this May 20th from 46 p.m.

Um Task Force Chairs are Waters, Matt Campbell and uh Miller.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Uh just want to remind everyone that we do have I believe uh evening community meeting tomorrow.

It's the at large meeting, Member Waters.

Oh, yeah.

Okay, yes, this is happening.

So this is this so this is happening tomorrow.

If you are interested in making more general public comments, uh feel free to join us tomorrow at seven o'clock for our evening community meeting.

I do not have the information of where it is, I apologize.

But oh yes, please, Member Waters.

Uh it is at the Northwest Activity Center.

Um Meyer and Curtis.

Thank you.

All right, thank you so much, madam chair.

So feel free to join us then.

Uh and since there's nothing else before us, we are now adjourned.