We will get started.

And we now have a forum and the chair has arrived.

Clerk will still not remember Benson.

We just called an order.

We now have a line item number one.

Okay.

Madam Chair, good housekeeping from my colleagues, all the microphones all the time.

We are especially consciously conscious now.

Everything can be recorded as well.

So any chatter from the gallery silence silently have already let everybody you know if the gallery cannot report itself or itself.

That member will be removed from the gallery from the gallery.

Thank you, Member Benson.

And good morning, everyone.

And welcome.

I'm just gonna look at this real quick.

Welcome to the internal operations standing committee meeting.

It is due to the okay.

All right.

Welcome to the internal operations standing committee meeting.

And it is Wednesday and it is June the third.

All righty, and Miss Um JC, if you can turn off the public comment.

Public comment is now.

We're not having public comment anyway.

Virtually, because the system is down, is that correct?

Technical difficulties?

We've made the corrections.

Oh, this is part of that correction.

Oh, cool.

Okay, all right.

So public comment is now closed off.

It is 1004.

Public comment is now closed off.

Is there anyone here in the chambers who would like to make public comment?

Just raise your hand.

Okay.

Okay.

I'll identify you in a minute.

If the clerk can so call the role.

The clerk has called the role.

Do the chair have called the role.

Okay.

Okay.

Can you note that member Miller is here?

Thank you so much.

And um, we're gonna skip the invocation.

Is there a motion for the approval of the minutes?

Motion.

Okay, any objections?

Hearing on that action shall be taken.

There are zero chair remarks.

And we will now go to public comment.

If you are here, please take the microphone.

You can press the button at the bottom of the base.

It'll turn green, and you you will have two minutes if you can identify yourself for the record.

And good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning, Detroit D5 resident Joanne Warwick.

Is there some reason the all the Grand Prix bear page are still up?

Um anyway, here today to uh discuss the Detroit Land Bank Authority and to make sure that the nominee currently the City of Detroit and the Detroit Land Bank Authority are being sued in a class action lawsuit in the Eastern District Federal Court here in Detroit for the illegal nuisance abatement program, which Mr.

Scott Benson, Mary Shaffield, and James Tate all voted for it.

I told them it wasn't legal.

I've been telling them for years, and now we could be on the hook for millions of dollars because you can't take people's private property and not pay them just compensation.

Um and there's a huge problem with transparency at the land bank, people not accessing side lots.

For those of you who don't know, it is independent on paper only, it's controlled by the mayor through the economic development policy.

Correct me if I'm wrong, anybody also I see you have um why do you need uh lobbyist services?

200 630,000 for federal lobbyist services when we got federal representatives.

That's what their job is.

Blowing money again.

Um 10.5, 10.3, 10.19.

Oh, gee, all the right to counsel.

But hey, Mary Shaffield, when you said you cared about poverty, why is it there's no right to counsel for the people losing their property for the solar tankings for the now solar farms for all DTE.

Light star looks like they want to bail out and they were gonna do agrivoltaics and the nuisance abatement takings.

That's why people are losing their property.

So if you sit there and support a reparations task force, but you're so you're in government while they're constantly taking people's intergenerational wealth.

So if the new members want to take a different course, the people you elect take for different course, treat people nice, give them side lots, you know, make a side lot map and then see anyway.

Thank you, Miss Warwick.

The next person here in person to make public comment.

Good morning, Mr.

Ronald Foster.

You have two minutes.

Oh, good morning through the um chair.

Just a few things.

Um first, just to bring light about inappropriate relationships and government, and more importantly, how those inappropriate relationships influence behaviors and tax period dollars.

So I have no sympathy at all for anybody that engages in those behaviors and get caught, right?

There's a lot of money, it's a lot of issues in our community that need to be faced, right?

And I'm sure it's gonna be a lot more indictments coming down if you don't listen to the community.

Secondly, when it comes down to these interviews, right?

Everybody has a resume.

A resume is just well enough to get you an interview.

It don't get you a job, it don't guarantee you anything, it don't make you familiar.

You have to be able to articulate yourself and earn a job.

And that's what um a change of ties here that we're gonna start seeing appropriate questions being asked, people being able to verbalize if they have visions.

We want to hear your visions in the last for the next four years.

We only just want to hear the next um election cycle of what your vision look like.

We don't want people that can just follow directions.

You have to be able to be innovative, you have to be able to talk from your heart, talk from your experience, and and to articulate to uh people that may not uh be as literal comprehensive about government, right?

Right, and so that's where I'm at with it.

It's a lot of issues in our community that still need to be faced, right?

I have a lot of grievances still, I don't have any issues, but you know the the mere fact they've been ignored, right?

Right, disregarded, right?

Right, there's consequences to those things.

There's absolutely consequences to ignore the community, and I advise you all to start listening to community and making the appropriate adjustments.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Foster Foster.

Any one anyone else here in the chamber to make public comment in person?

See no one else.

Um, I don't know if we can take any virtual calls.

Okay, we can.

I got the nod.

Yes.

Um, Miss JC, who how many callers do we have virtually?

Good morning, madam chair.

We have eight hands raised for virtual public comment.

The first caller is you have two minutes if you can identify yourself and good morning.

Good morning.

The first caller is Mr.

Cunningham.

Mr.

Cuttingham, you have two minutes.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Mr.

Cuttingham, you have two minutes.

We can, we can.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Good morning, everyone.

Powers to be and everybody at home listening or in the office.

Um, there is a lot going on.

Um, we need to stay prayed up.

313 4049114.

One three, four, four, four, nine, one, one, four.

Three one three, four, four, four, nine, one, one, four.

That number was made to you can remember it.

I'm asking folks, look a lot of those praying holy spirit on my name and atmosphere.

My mother show my reliance.

Uh, things from um my motor is ticking on my outreach vehicle.

Um people being confrontational when I have a limit of bus tickets that I can give out daily so the strength is throughout the month.

I spend about three or four hundred dollars from donations for bus tickets, and I get help.

Um so and I appreciate that help that I do get now.

Um medical issues and things of that nature.

Um I'm praying that the Lord make a way out of no way as he always has, and no weapon formed against me shall prosper.

Any time to rise up in judgment, thou shall condemn.

Touch not God's anointed, neither do his servants, cunning him, no harm, even less harm.

Do good, help me do good in the community.

Um, thank you.

Before we go to the next caller, I just got notification that there is some echoing on channel 10.

I don't know if that can be addressed or how that can be addressed.

It might be something going on with the clerks.

Speaker.

I'm being told right now, so I don't know if that can be addressed.

But we can proceed.

But it has been brought to my attention that there is an echoing sound on channel 10.

The next caller is caller is Madam Chair.

The next caller is Ms.

P.

Ms.

Pete.

You have two minutes and good morning.

Good morning.

Ms.

T.

Ms.

Pete.

Good day.

My name is Miss T Tanisia Sanders.

I am a resident of D1, and also I am the outreach commissioner on the Tennessee Rights Commission.

That um the appointee, Miss Richardson, um have some things that we need to talk about before she's appointed for the position, and that's through the mayor office.

As well, um as there's so many people out here that um is uh homeless, so many people that's going through problems.

We're waiting for the city council really to collectively come with a plan with the homeless task for sure.

I know that the mayor just been in a little over, you know, 100 days or so.

I mean, we're actually six months.

Um, and it's like we still need progress, and we still need to see stuff because of children, mothers, black women, um, people having babies, internal, all that are having problems with housing, and we need to figure out as a city how to solve it.

Um other than that, uh, we just want to be have a collective order to when people I'm going back to the tennis rights commission.

When people are considered for Tennessee Rights Commission, the commissioner feel we should have some background on it because there are some disagreements and some things that would make it horrible.

Um, we need a collective order that people are being seen and not just being combative.

So we want um people to uh be um just have knowledge and let's have a who we're talking about who is.

I see Princess Brown is being nominated today.

She is a worker with the Detroit Rights of Council, which I am also coach here on there.

And um, she's a good pick, but you know, we also need to just make sure we know before um things go process proceed on because it's like we gotta have a like minds doing like things for the people in the city.

Thank you.

Thank you, and I like you.

And I like to um to um add my two cents to what you just said, Miss T.

Everybody is not going to agree.

We have um a nine might uh nine member body here and we do not all agree.

We absolutely do not.

I don't expect for people who serve on the board or on the council to always agree.

You would only need one of us.

If we all agreed all the time.

So I understand what you're saying, but there is going to be a difference of opinion, a difference of mind, and that's the beauty of democracy.

And that's why we have these boards.

So we have to make sure that um were you all able to hear anything I said?

Okay, so yeah, I respect people's independence, and I don't expect for everybody to agree on everything all the time because we definitely don't do that here.

Um and that's the beauty of democracy.

The next caller is caller is madam chair.

The next caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Miss Varner, good morning.

You have two minutes, ma'am.

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

I'm Betty A.

Varner, president of the Soda Elsewhere Black Association.

Just want to share some information today that could bless some residents and family.

There's a business called D's Corner Unisex Salon.

They are offering free haircuts.

It's the gifted hands community haircut program.

Uh free Sundays is for youth between the ages of two and thirteen from 12 to 4.

For seniors, it's uh free Tuesday.

62 years of age plus 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

That's for free Tuesdays for veterans, and I don't understand this, but it's veterans is on Wednesdays.

You must have a valid ID and you get 50% off all day.

I don't know why it's not free, but I'm just the messenger.

Uh the address is 1830 Plymouth Road.

That's in Detroit, 4828.

D corner, unisex saline.

1830 Plymouth Road.

For appointments and questions, call one three one three, two two eight, six three two zero.

One three one three two two eight six three two zero.

This is a wonderful program.

Haircuts can be expensive, and it's for uh family, seniors, veterans, and uh I'm president of the Soda's Wor Block Association as I stated.

We're still in need of help for our Finkel Corridor.

Thank you for this time.

God bless you all.

God bless you as well, Miss Barner.

The next caller is caller is the next caller is William M.

Davis.

Mr.

Davis, you have two minutes and good morning.

Good morning.

Uh good morning, all can I be heard?

You can I be heard?

You can be heard.

Madam Chair, Mr.

Davis is speaking.

Can you all hear him?

We can hear him, but it doesn't sound like he can hear us.

I can hear y'all.

Okay, we can hear you as well, Mr.

Davis.

Okay, I like to start off by saying that I am strongly encouraging everybody in Detroit to vote.

Uh the absentee ballots will be coming out very soon in a couple of weeks.

Uh we need to have an outstanding voter turnout.

I have not missed an opportunity to vote since I was 18.

I encourage more people to vote, especially.

I encourage more young people to vote.

You know, I'm involved in a number of uh groups and organizations, and uh I especially encourage young people to run for office.

I encourage young people to vote.

I encourage young people to be actively involved because a lot of the committees and a lot of groups I go to quite frequently is mainly seniors.

We need to make sure we have our young people actively involved and helping to determine what's going on in this country.

Also, I like to encourage people not just to vote in the primary, but you know, you need to vote in the primary to determine who you're gonna be able to vote for in November.

But we need to make sure that everybody's aware of what's going on and up to date on issues, up to date on millages, up to date on what you should or should not be supporting.

I'm not advocating here for any particular candidate, just telling people to vote.

And uh, y'all have a good day.

You too, Mr.

Davis.

Thank you for calling.

The next caller is caller is the next caller is owner papa.

Miss Owner Popper, you have two minutes.

Two minutes.

Why, good morning, panel, and through the chair.

May I be heard?

You can be heard.

You can be heard.

Thank you.

Um I'm calling about internal operations.

Um, we have some issues with lawsuits and other things that um seem to be plaguing the city.

Uh, I see a $600,000 and a five million dollar lawsuit being paid.

But I also heard about the the uh Q line.

The Q line, I I believe they say was private, isn't that what you I believe you told me that?

Um, councilwoman.

You said that the Q line was private.

Now they've had an accident, and now they're trying to claim RTA.

Um that they're uh uh they have uh immunity.

I want to know how come everybody who does something in the government now has immunity.

We have bus drivers with immunity.

We have uh Mr.

The Head Council with immunity.

You you told that lady that you you all don't do anything usually.

Um all vote for the but you do.

You all voted for illegal contracts, every last one of you, even after being told that they were unconstitutional.

You voted for them.

Mr.

Foster is telling you that the community is getting a little tired of the the ignoring that you're doing.

We have dirty dirt holes all over the city.

This is an internal problem that we need resolution to.

We need to remove the toxic dirt.

I don't care how much it cost, but and I don't care what place you are in the lawsuit.

We need you to move forward with cleaning these holes out and filling them.

This was done under your next caller is madam chair.

The next caller is black bag black bag, you have two minutes.

Two minutes.

Okay, Angela with Phil.

The gig is up.

KDN public officials here in the city of Detroit, Michigan.

Getting ready to be get introduced to Mr.

Real.

Now I told y'all, Kinesha did not shoot herself.

Y'all ignored me, played with my name.

Allow the police to keep arresting me on some bogus charges.

I mean three courtrooms in front of three judges.

And now I'm getting ready to come out the bag.

I'm youngblood in front of Brewster Projects.

And it's not an N-word in the city of Detroit.

I can say it ain't so.

198.

I'm him.

And I'm also real from the back seat of that black limousine.

The nickname given to me by Detroit Madam.

Now I'm going to tell y'all this.

Janice been caught cheating.

She's on Zoom line.

Line about sending all y'all the findings on the allegations of voter fraud by anonymous citizen report done by her, which has Mary Elaine Beckman's name on it.

It wasn't even part of the situation.

But she put it in there trying to do a spin move.

So now I'm getting ready to turn it up to 2027.

All y'all got to go.

Every last one of y'all.

I'm sick and tired of hearing all these people come down there complaining, y'all ain't doing nothing.

So what I'm gonna do is do me.

So I done told y'all that.

Now y'all getting ready to see me demonstrate that.

Wholeheartedly.

That tag of suicide has got to come off Nini's mama.

The next caller is caller is the final caller is caller user one.

Excuse me.

Caller user two.

You have two minutes and good morning.

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

You can, Miss Shea.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Uh member Callaway, can you please make sure that more notices is sent out when they're gonna have art fairs within the Palmer Park?

Uh seven mile, eight mile district.

We would like to know more art events, health um benefits.

Sometimes they'll do health care exhibits since that is in your district.

We would also like for you to consider uh bringing back more of smart 450 460.

Um that covers downtown Detroit all the way through the rural area for those who live in the Royal Oak Ferndale, um needs to be more variety for those that deal in the border of Royal Oak Ferndale, uh and Woodford member Callaway.

Also, I'm noticing when you come to the Rosa Parks Transit Center, they're not keeping it clean.

Rugs is allowed to be sold in front of 1055 Washington Boulevard.

I send you all pictures and videos, nothing is done.

The glass shelter that is at the eight uh Myers on Brand River, um, it's been broken out since September of 2025, and it has not been replaced.

Every time they're making Mr.

Kramer aware, nothing is done.

In closing, please stop building and safety from having the ability to cause tenants to be recaliated against when they complain to counsel, no matter what.

Thank you, Ms.

Shea Ms.

Shea.

We do have a 1015 interview that I'm gonna call um to order, and then I'm gonna recess it to the call of the chair.

We have one more caller.

That's Mr.

Smith.

Mr.

Smith, your hand um was raised before we turned off public comment.

You were here in the chamber.

I don't know if we're still here.

Um Mr.

Smith, if you are still here, you can come and make your two minutes of comments.

But also that you are also on the line, so you you make your decision in line online or in person.

Mr.

Smith, you have two minutes, and good morning, good morning.

And good morning.

Good morning.

Take your seat and you can press the button at the base of the microphone.

And it'll turn green, and you have two minutes and good morning, sir.

Good morning.

Uh I want to speak about a few things uh this morning.

So uh I have been talking about how homes were being demolished, they did not need to be demolished, they were in good standing.

I saw on Facebook somebody else who works in real estate said the exact same thing recently.

Um also do stand um with Joanne Warwick about the land bank because one minute one minute.

That microphone is not working.

I couldn't hear you anymore.

Can you can you speak into it?

I couldn't hear you anymore.

Try it again, Mr.

Smith.

Can you hear me now?

Not really.

Can you go to the next one?

Can you hear me better now?

We can hear you better.

We can hear you.

Okay, we're gonna start restart his um his time at two minutes.

There we go.

There we go.

Good morning.

I want to speak about homes being demolished that should not be demolished.

The land bank is doing this, also the demolition department uh along with BC inspectors.

Um I want to speak about uh I have a land bank report from a uh demolition uh inspection of a home on Joanne Street in District 3 that should not have been torn down.

Also, the Maroon family owns 58 acres around the Bel Air Center.

They own the Bel Air Center and they also own uh an old uh hospital complex in Scott Benson's district, and it is very, very dilapidated, and I believe that they're trying to do concrete mixing or crushing or some type of uh uh industrial use in that area that is not zoned for that.

So I'm gonna be fighting that just as hard as I fight Kronos.

Also, I'd like to have a meeting with yourself, uh Chair Co uh Councilwoman Callaway and also my council member, council member Councilmember Miller.

I requested both of these meetings first with you, Council Miller uh member Miller requested the meeting with you a while ago.

Also, I want to speak about um something I found very odd.

So I just got uh absentee ballot in the mail from my sister-in-law that has not lived in my address for 20 plus years.

She's lived in the state of South Carolina after I received a cancellation notice for her voting rights in the state of Michigan.

So it makes no sense that her voter, her voter registration will be canceled out, and then a few months later she received an absentee ballot to the exact same address.

I think that that is very, very questionable.

Also, um I think that we should look at zoning all across the city, especially at District 3 at 3405 Gail.

I want to speak to you all about that.

Uh and this down zoning will be happening very soon.

We should not be rewarding land speculators who poison the air with toxic dust.

I'll see the rest of my time.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Thank you, Mr.

Smith.

Um Member Miller.

Member Miller.

Press your button.

Press your button.

Excuse me, sir, before you take off.

Excuse me, before you take out because I know you you quite you here almost every session.

You say your spill and then you take off.

I am open at every coffee hour.

I have two this month.

I am available at every council at our monthly meetings, which you have come to and spoke with me.

So therefore, I'm saying this.

You have several options to meet with me.

After seeing you here multiple times, there's no need to have a one-on-one.

I I can see you face to face at every meeting at every coffee hour every month.

Feel free to utilize those options.

I would really appreciate it.

And then my staff can assist you further, because normally you're really long-winded, and I just cannot afford to give you an hour.

Say the same thing over again that you say every month.

At every meeting, every time.

And I'm just saying, you you come here and then you you take off and you're about to leave.

I can't stop that.

But I do want to afford you the opportunity of my staff will give you the dates today.

It's the beginning of the month.

So you have several opportunities this much to meet me face to face, one-on-one.

If that is subjected to you or you have a problem with it, Stephanie, would you please see him before he walks out and give him those dates and times and locations?

And I look forward to talking to you at that time.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

All right, we will move into our interview process.

We have Erica Hill nominated by Councilmember Scott Benson.

To the Detroit Land Bank Authority, if you can please come forward, you'll sit in the middle seat.

Once you take your seat, Miss Hill, Miss Hill.

You'll press the button at the base of the microphone and it will turn green.

If you can um introduce yourself, good morning.

Good morning, good morning.

Good morning.

My name is Erica Hill.

Um, and I have the pleasure of have served the city of Detroit for more than 20 plus years in many capacities.

Uh I began my career in 2006 as a community affairs uh liaison and matriculated through many different offices and phases, and my last um appointment was the deputy director of the civil rights department here in the city of Detroit.

I then moved on to work for the Wayne County Sheriff, um, but I also own a consulting company that does um uh governmental affairs, nonprofit support, and community engagement.

Um it is a pleasure to uh I should say I said thank Council Benson for the recommendation as my love for Detroit runs deep and um my love for the community um and community engagement runs deeper.

The Detroit Land Bank is my understanding.

Uh well my my understanding of the Detroit Land Bank and what I know of the land bank um and their attempt to ensure that properties are kept and held and um maintained as well as lots.

Um my approach to being uh serving on the board is to ensure that there is a transparent process, that communities are involved in that process, and that um development and redevelopment keeps communities at the center of uh all of those actions.

Thank you so much and I'll defer to further my colleagues and colleagues.

For the Detroit Land Bank authority authority, do any of my colleagues have colleagues for Miss Hill.

Sure, I'll start.

Okay, okay, Chair.

Good morning, Miss Hill.

How are you today?

Well thanks for joining us.

Um I'm gonna say can anybody hear me?

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

That's a total going back and forth, Ms.

Warwick.

I'm not um wanting to have you remove, but you keep distracting this session.

You're saying you can't hear, but you're up going back and forth.

It's a distraction.

So I'm asking you to limit your movement in this space.

If not, I'm going to ask that you be removed.

And I'm not going to go back and forth with you.

But you are distraction.

Member Miller, Member Miller.

As we all know, the land bank manages vacant land, foreclosed land, Cine O land.

And one of the biggest challenges is the community trust.

I think balancing redevelopment opportunities with community trust is a big thing in our community.

Our neighbors want to feel like this is their land, these are their taxpayer dollars, and we're just stewards over it.

What do you feel that you can bring to the land bank to help build the trust back into the land bank?

Um my experience in working with community engagement is long and deep.

Um I've had the opportunity to um one of my I should say pet projects, my baby project was the uh Spirit Plaza, where there was lots of mistrust.

There was um an understanding that residents would not have access, that it was only for individuals that belong downtown, and that there was a definite divide with um community uh neighborhoods and the downtown area.

And I was pivotal in that uh that um park ahead um to what you see today.

It is widely used by Detroit City residents, it is widely recommended by Detroit City residents, and I just use that example because I understand the population of the city of Detroit.

I understand the plight of the city of the people of the city of Detroit, and it's important to me that I bring my knowledge and skills that I've gained over the many over my 30, almost 30 years of experience to um to the land bank um understanding that there is a public perception of the land bank by this the residents, um, and that at this stage of um the land bank's existence, we are now um kind of in the second phase.

We've done a lot of demolition, we've done lots of uh home sales, and we have a smaller inventory that's in that that the land bank holds, and it is important that neighborhoods and that people that live in the neighborhoods have access, have um the understanding that uh of what the land bank actually does, and um have um have have full have a full understanding of how the process works.

Um my experience in government, my experience with community engagement will uh will be lend to the body um so that there is an understanding of how uh citizens can play a role or what their role is in understanding and and and the mechanics of uh vacant lots and property.

So as you said here, you've heard the word news and abatement mentioned.

And that is uh name that uh a two-fold name that plagues our city.

Yes, um, I believe some of those have happened.

Yes, some lands have been taken maybe erroneously, yes, or maybe intentionally probably before my time, I'm not sure.

Yes, yes.

What can you do?

Or what do you think we should do when it regarding those issues regarding new systems abatement?

People come stand before us all the time saying how their land was taken.

A lot of it is followed their own, but some of it is not.

How can you help?

What would you put in place or or suggest that they do?

So we can unify that period.

Just I think education is key.

I think ensuring that information that our residents have the appropriate information and being able to disseminate that information is key.

And as you stated, some in some of those cases, those nuisance abatements may have been the fault of the homeowner, but maybe they did not have the appropriate information.

So I think that isn't it's pivotal in government to ensure that before any action is taken, that the appropriate information and education is provided to any resident.

Understanding how to get that information to residents is awfully important as well.

Over the years, many times we've seen development, we've seen projects where only a small number of small if a small number of residents are involved in the information.

If we are working to ensure that the information is disseminated early, timely, it is transparent, and that people really fully understand, then I think that is the first step in identifying um how we can address the nuisance nuisance abatement.

Um from the city side, I think ensuring that we are crossing our T's and dying our I's and that there are minimal mistakes made, um, making sure that the processes that are in place are reviewed, and when they are reviewed and established that we're following them uh accordingly.

I think that that would be my first two steps uh to ensure that residents have the appropriate information regarding nuisance abatement.

Okay, thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Any other questions?

Um member Ben Timber Benford.

Thank you.

Uh Ms.

Hill, thank you for being here today.

I mean, you are my um applicant and I um supporting your um uh appointment to the Detroit land bank.

That's number one want to say thank you, number one for being here today.

Number two, thank you for chairing the elected compensation committee uh last year.

That is not an easy job, and just really want to appreciate you for willing to stand up again and support the residents of the city of Detroit.

And you and I have a long time.

And I have a photo that still pops up on Facebook with yourself, myself, Megan Dunn, and Doug Diggs, who was the first director of the Detroit Land Bank uh when it was initially stood up uh back in the early 2000s and late 2000s.

And so I just wanted to give that history as well.

Um your long history in the community space, uh working with our community residents understanding what they go through and the thought processes and how government directly impacts them.

Now the Detroit Land Bank has an own it now programming.

And the traditional auction systems have sometimes allowed outside out of state investors to outdated local long-term traitors for neighborhood property.

From a grassroots policy perspective, what specific mechanisms or bidding advantages would you advocate to protect local residents and ensure they get the first opportunity to buy land in their own neighborhood.

Well, I definitely well thank you first of all, uh Councilman Benson uh for bringing back to my memory those the old photo of us and our our days back in the early 2000s, and I appreciate your uh trust in me and uh in this um appointment recommendation.

You know, my heart is with the city of Detroit.

I've lived here all of my life, all of my education has taken place here, and I fight every single day to make sure that our city is a better place, no matter where I am in the world.

Um to answer your question, um what we see I'll just say what we see in the new Detroit, as I call it, um, is definitely a a result of outside development and investment happening in our city, which we know that we need in order to move our city forward.

However, we can't afford to allow the citizens of our city to be left out.

And so from a policy perspective, um what I would uh introduce is similar to what we introduced uh in CREO, where there was a standard created for those that have lived in the city for um a number of years to give them points to give them an advantage on these bidding opportunities so that that the uh playing field is level where there may not be capital, there is investment, there is um uh what we call sweat equity.

We have people that have lived here and and toiled here and made things so that they may not have the money that the investors have, but they have the um the fortitude as a detrainer.

So I say that to say I would take that model.

Um if the citizen has lived here 10, 15, 20 years, there will be a point system that they would be given so that they could um be allowed to bid on these properties and have a and not be outpaced by outside investors.

Um we would look at um what their commitment has been.

Maybe they purchase side lots, maybe they have um maybe they have um interest in community groups, community development, those types of things.

I think that we need to look at a non-traditional approach to um the bidding system so that they can again qualify and be placed on a level playing field with those investors that are bidding from outside of the city of Detroit.

All right, thank you.

And I do want to give a shout out and acknowledge the work you did on Spirit Plaza.

And that before there was a spirit plaza, that was a big fight at City Council, and people as you said earlier were very distrustful of the ability to have a community prioritize space downtown and gender's division having determinants of Woodward move to about 500 feet to the north to allow that plasma to take place and then just to see over the last eight years what it's become and then this latest um level of investment.

That's uh beyond what many people envision and then how it's used today as a uh community prioritized space, and so on and say thank you for your um advocacy and what you brought to uh bring about that space today.

Um many neighborhood block clubs and community groups feel that the Detroit Land Bank operates as a top-down bureaucracy that doesn't listen to neighborhood input on land transfers.

How do you propose to institutionalize grassroots community feedback into the board's decision making process before major land buttons or side lots are approved for disposition?

Um I think that again uh just from my experience in government uh and knowing how people's perception of government overall is, I think one education is key.

We need to make sure that our residents are are fully aware of the process.

Um and I think and I also understand that there needs to be an opportunity for them to have a stake and a say in those um land transfers.

And so um there I there would be an opportunity to allow for uh residents to weigh in um and have an opportunity to before those those bundles and those land sales are made to voice their opinion.

I would be the an advocate to bring that voice to the board, um my um interaction and my knowledge and experience with community-based organizations and block clubs gives me um the opportunity to interact with um many of those city leaders and being a voice for them, um, having some public having some forums in the community, going and talking to them specifically around these options, these items and bringing them back to the board, I think will be an opportunity for their voices to be heard as a as a first step.

Uh once the once that once on the board and being able to identify a policy process, um I think that there would be a good opportunity to employ a process where there could be a voice that is heard before that bid process is made.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

And then, Madam Sher, lastly, um the side lot program.

That is something that we often hear people saying it's not fair, I can't get access.

Um the side lot and landmunization programs are vital for block stabilization.

Yeah, many elderly and low-income residents find the digital application process or title career requirements confusing and inaccessible.

What grassroots outreach strategies and policy changes will you push for to ensure these programs are accessible to all residents, regardless of technology, income or education.

That that is a tough question.

Um, as I am an advocate for um technology.

Um however, I have an 84-year-old mother that lives next door to me, and I recognize that my use of technology and her understanding of technology is two different two different things.

So we we we need to just bring bring the information to them.

You can't do it from an office.

So you have to hit the ground and meet people where they are.

You have coffee hours, you have walk and talks, you have all of those things that are just community engagement uh tools that will need to be used.

Um there has to be a good mix.

Uh, our residents, our long-standing residents are getting older, that population we know is a is an older population, and they just don't have the access or the means.

So as a voice on the board, it would be my role, my goal to ensure that there is some policy in place that would allow for the board to ensure that um seniors and people that don't have access to technology have that, and that's that's papal and paper and pencil.

That is um going to the people, and then you know, we will employ or enlist those that can upload it and do what they need to do as far as technology is concerned.

But I understand that is a huge uh issue, and my mother reminds me of that every single day.

Well, bless you for living next door to your mother.

I know maybe we could even do something like a Detroit Land Bank bike ride to get to the people.

I think we'll be that would be great.

Then I was wrong, Madam Chair.

One last item is one of the issues that we had with this position that's been appointed by Detroit City Council.

This position is supposed to come back and educate us, yes, alert us to what's going on, let us know.

We have never successfully had this position to do that.

What's your commitment to making sure that you engage us, you come back to this body, you come back to the 13th floor to update us on what's going on, the challenges are, and what policy changes you would suggest uh for the Detroit land bank from your perspective of that seat.

Um from my perspective, well, first of all, I would I want to talk about my perspective of being a um challenging transparent perspective.

Um it is important that my voice is the voice of the community, and it's important that you all as appoint the being those that appoint and lead these uh lead our communities, understand what's going on.

So I you would have my commitment.

I'm very familiar with the 13th floor.

I have no problem coming here and serving.

Part of being a servant is making sure that everyone, again, I'm big very big on education, so everyone has the information that they need to do their jobs.

And then we cannot hold you accountable if you don't have the information.

And so as a member of the board, um, I will be fully invested in ensuring that bringing that information back.

I've been on the other side of the seat.

I've been on the side of the administration of administrative appointee where we are looking for our appointees to bring the information or their board appointees to bring information back to us, and that's that's hard to do.

So I recognize the importance of that.

You have my commitment if you uh would if the committee was so appoint me to the board that um I am the voice of the community that will um inform you and let you know what it is that needs to happen and what is not happening um for the community.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome, Madam Chairman.

Absolutely.

Thank you, Member Benson.

Um good morning, Miss Hillary.

Just a couple quick questions.

Do you know how many properties the land bank currently holds in their portfolio?

Uh they're about approximately 60,000.

Okay.

And then also upkeep um this is a big complaint that I find um across the city that they're not well maintained.

Um I have some residents.

And they're having to take on that responsibility to clean them up and maintain them.

We probably need to hire them now because they're doing the job of the land bank.

Um how do we fix that?

Perhaps we should hire them.

My experience in the general services department gave me a first eye view on the challenges of cutting those hundreds of those thousands of vacant lots.

And oftentimes the city doesn't have the capacity.

So I think that that is a way that we should be able to do that because the citizen the employees of the C of D trade, they don't have the capacity to do it.

I was just having a conversation the other day about medions and how those as a resident, I used to say, you know, they come by, they cut it, it's just left there.

You know, they don't pick up the um debris afterwards.

But what I fully understand is they don't have oftentimes they don't have the capacity to do that.

They only have a certain amount of time to get a certain amount of those lots cut, and they only have uh a certain amount of people to do that with.

If in fact we could partner with community organizations so that they could do that and take on that challenge.

I know at one time also we talked about there was a like a community, not community closet, but where there were tools that that uh lot clubs and residents could utilize to actually cut grass and make sure that those lawns and those lots were maintained.

So I would look to do those type of partnerships.

People want to help.

They want to be included.

They want to have a voice in their community.

They want to own it.

And if we help them own it, then ownership is buy-in and they'll take care of it.

So I think that that is a good opportunity for us to partner uh with the land bank and with communities so that we can um begin to remove those barriers and keep those properties up.

Thank you for that, Miss Hill.

And what I'm finding across the city um the vacant land is a magnet, illegal dumping tires, tires.

It's an open space.

Um prefer that they're not be um used for solar farms.

Um I'd like to see um more um folks buying the site lots since they're taking care of them anyway.

I'd like to see them receive them free.

Free.

I don't think we should even be charging the people who are maintaining them.

Um that's just another barrier, right?

Right.

We just you know, we say it's just a hundred dollars where just a hundred dollars is just a hundred dollars.

And it's a hundred dollars for other people.

So I hope we start a program where you're living adjacent to a lot, a lot, you know, you know.

Detroit land bank land or city owned, you should you should uh be the rightful owner, but um I'm not really pleased with what I see across the city um with land bank properties overgrowth, um three feet.

It's just it's just it's not a good picture.

Um I have other you know issues regarding the illegal dumping, you know.

I saw piles of tires and found out it was a Detroit land bank property.

And um what do you feel about um folks buying land bank owned properties who don't live in the country, don't live in the state, possibly purchasing them with cryptocurrency, um and these are like sites, these are collateral or side issues, like um the New York company that bought Herman Kiefer, they've been sitting there I don't even know if it's been a decade, not doing anything.

So what I say and since you know I have the microphone um we shouldn't allow that.

Once and now they're filing bankruptcy or something, they should never have been allowed to buy Herman Kiefer.

Because we don't have a homeless problem.

We just have to have more uh a willingness to put people in all these vacant properties.

Um I have them throughout my district.

There were 21 historic perma park apartments, a company out of Arizona before I joined the council because I would have said no.

And I've been I would have been very loud about my no and why and why this Arizona company was allowed before I joined the council to purchase 21 historic apartment buildings, and you know what's happening with those now?

Receivership.

They never had the funding, they never had the financial portfolio to even purchase them.

Twenty-one now I'm struggling to get somebody to buy one trying to help the receiver because it's horrible over there.

You think Palmer Park, right?

You say, Oh wow, no, no.

Woodward and six months go right over there and see all those beautiful buildings built back in the 40s and the 50s in horrible condition, most of them.

Most of them and in receivership because we didn't do not me, not me.

The council before me, in my estimation, didn't do their due diligence and allowed those buildings to be purchased.

And it's horrible.

And what's happening with horror Herman Kiefer horrible, just horrible.

And then cryptocurrency 700 properties, properties, buying them, buying them.

Some folks don't live in China, can't catch, can't catch up with the owners, two brothers, the Jacobsons from Toronto, bouncing around the country, country, and we're left holding the bag.

So I mean, I know um that's not a land bank issue, that's the city's issue, but we continue to allow it.

But while I'm on the council, I'm gonna always speak against these large purchases of property.

Which should should never happen.

But anyway, I don't have any other questions.

I hope that when you join, if you are selected, that we do a better job with maintaining the land bank properties, because they become a nuisance, and they become an eye sort.

And um, it's unfortunate that people have to live to next door to these properties.

They're forced into putting extra gas in their morse if they're using gas or electric because they have to maintain it because it brings down their property value.

Who's gonna live next to a house?

And some do because they can't afford to maintain it.

So we have to do something about that.

Um I know a lot of senior citizens, I I can only speak for my district by maintaining these lots, they don't own them.

They're land bank, their land bank, their land bank, and I don't want us to continue to what do you call it?

White boxing, gray box them, black box them, because somebody is thinking about doing a development development.

If you don't have the resources, you should not be sitting on properties properties and allowing illegal dumping to occur.

And and and and I and I got my eyes on a couple things in my district that are totally unacceptable.

And forcing my residents to take care of property that they don't even own, but they live next to forces you to take care of somebody else's property there.

But anyway, but anyway, um, I don't have any other questions for Ms.

Hill.

Do any of my colleagues?

I just want to say, Ms.

Hill, when it comes to the I'm having a land bank sale, yeah, a side lot sale, land sale on June the um 16th for district 5 residents.

Okay, okay to provide them with the list of available properties and lots that they can purchase.

I'm really adamant about uh restoring the land to the pri proper ownership.

This is the city's land that belongs to the homeowners, mean to our residents.

So I wanted to provide that service for them.

Well, one of the issues that I face personally is sometimes when they come to the land bank, they wouldn't have a community garden.

So I often ask when they ask for a community garden to put I would like to see a name provided for who's gonna maintain it.

But bigger than that, is there a watering source source I see a lot of community gardens?

They don't like community gardens.

It's me, they're ice source source.

Everybody cannot have a community garden in the city.

We cannot have community gardens all over the city with overgrown this, overgrown that it is a mosh pit for rodents, but how can we continue to have community gardens with no watering source?

Are we gonna bring pills of water out?

Are we having it?

It's not like City Lamb where they come by and spray and they water.

That's like a big pet peeve.

So if you get this position, please who's who can we call that's supposed to maintain these because if they're not fenced in, some of those they're horrible.

Yes, they're not fenced in, and then we'll see this or no where it is, whatever it is sometimes, but who is responsible?

A phone number on hand, who can we call like your garden is not right?

Um and will there be a watering source, how long before you're gonna provide it, because that's not cheap because the bill has to be paid and there need to be water to even make it look remotely decent.

This is the picking of mine for uh those lots that's being sold.

Um because those things have to be answered.

You can have all the lots you want, but if you can't maintain them, that's true, and there's a responsibility.

I mean, and everybody can't put a fence up.

And if it's beautification, let's make it look beautiful.

And um, but again, again, when you sell it, you can't say we need resources to help maintain it.

You have to be able to do that.

So thank you again for attending, and I am excited about my land bank sale on the uh 16th of June.

So our residents can actually and and feel empowered and not feel like they cannot uh purchase.

And I thank the land bank for even volunteering to side partner up with me for that.

And I look forward to further part uh future partnerships with the land bank because I believe a lot of it is branding.

I believe a lot of it is um uh uh making our residents feel that they're accountable, they're accessible and how we can sustain these properties in Detroit.

Thank you, ma'am, through the chairman for this.

Thank you, Member Mill.

Um I don't have any other questions.

I don't have any other questions.

Um, uh just finally I want to say thank you again for your time.

Thank you, Councilman uh Benson for the recommendation um it is my goal to ensure that residents of the city of Detroit have access and understand the processes of the land bank um and I do want to talk about before I leave this chair um what you said um um councilman calloway our homeless problem um it is we can we can assist that homeless problem with the land bank we have vacant properties we have people that are um unhoused and there is a bridge between the two um or home ownership homelessness but home ownership and so if there is a way that that I can assist in ensuring that the home ownership because we know that home ownership leads to wealth and legacy building and we can place um individuals in those homes that would be amazing.

So um I just wanna I wanted to talk about that uh vacant property issue that we have and people that are are not uh do not have own do not own homes.

Um I thank you for your time uh my dedication to the city of Detroit is unwavering, it will not fail on the uh if I am selected to be on the land bank authority board, um education is key and access is key as well.

Um I look forward to the opportunity to serve, and I'm always going to be readily available to um provide information to this honorable body.

Thank you, Ms.

Hill, Mr.

Lee.

Thank you for that.

Thank you for that.

Um I'm hoping the administration is listening.

There needs to be a home lottery.

And um the home lottery should be uh for those who lost their homes to the 600 million um over taxation and home foreclosures.

We have a lot of empty properties properties and uh and I can give somebody a tour district too long, there's hundreds of vacant properties, just one they're waiting for a family to move in.

Those should go into a home lottery.

We can have them lined up at Huntington Place in place and first come first serve.

And if I made that announcement, do you know how many people would be in that line?

Absolutely.

And folks who would get the first preference would be those who lost their homes to the over taxation to the tune of six hundred million dollars.

That's the least we can do.

That's the least we can do.

It could be a home lottery, and I'm hoping somebody's listening.

For all those folks with evidence that they were victims of the over taxation taxation to the tune of six hundred million dollars.

We can start right there and heal this city because this hit this city is is hurt because of what has happened to um legacy homeowners, now they're homeless, they're homeless, and they've had to move across eight mile.

And we're helping to build communities outside of Detroit, Detroit, East Point, Roseville, Warren, Warren, us, us our uh section H vouchers are leaving the city.

Absolutely.

I think they travel with the person.

So anyway, we got a lot of work to do, but um maybe we should talk about a home lottery.

Yes, I I am I am in agreement.

Home lottery.

Yes, I'm in agreement.

We definitely need we should test it opportunity.

We should test it.

Thank you so much, Ms.

Hill.

And um is there a motion because we also need a um a resolution um in support of uh uh our action.

So is there a motion?

Uh motion to move the formal recommendation to approve Ms.

Hill discussion.

Is she that LPD like to weigh in?

Uh good morning, Edward King LPD.

Um there's additional nominees for this position.

That is correct.

That is correct.

Everyone has to be moved to the formal at the same time, and LPD will draft a ballot.

Okay, okay and that includes the gentleman who's serving the remainder of the term if he seeks reappointment, he would also be included.

That would be Mr.

Glenn.

So is there a motion to move this?

Um and I guess can we wait to move all three at the same time?

And since they're all gonna be on the ballot, there won't necessarily be a supporting document for this nomination because it has to go on a ballot.

So there's going to be a vote.

Discussion, member Benson.

So then what's the what is the suggested motion then, Mr.

King?

You can bring this item back in a week.

One week, one week.

Motion to bring back the nomination of Miss Hill in one week.

Okay.

Okay.

Any objection objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you, Ms.

Hill.

You'll be hearing from the yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

All right, we will continue with our interviews this morning.

This morning.

Our next interviewee is going to be Princess Brown for the tennis rights commission.

Commission.

Is she here?

Is she here?

You are here.

You are here.

If you can take the seat that was just vacated, and good morning.

And the microphone should still be green.

If not, you'll press the button at the base of the microphone.

It'll turn green if it's not green already.

It is current.

Okay.

Good morning, Miss Princess Brown.

Can you introduce yourself?

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Registered nurse, community case manager requesting and hoping to be appointed to the tenants' right commission.

As I would love to help um advocate for people and their housing situations that as it relates to the housing crisis in Detroit.

Okay, okay.

Thank you for that.

And um what is it that you know about the commission?

And then I'm gonna turn it over to my colleagues in your opinion.

What is the purpose of the tenants' rights?

The purpose of the tenants' rights commission, from my understanding, is to advocate for tenants to and for the city to assist in policy changes, decision making, and um tenants' rights overall in general to basically advocate for tenants' rights.

Okay, okay.

Um discussion.

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

Uh based on the email, first of all, I am when let me apologize.

I was we received an email from the tenants' right uh president.

Uh I would say it was an expression of feelings and how she felt, but even after hearing the call in today, I am even more concerned and in my letter, shocked that future appointments should require a consultation with existing commissioners prior to consideration, and while their input is valuable, establishing such an expectation could stop and unintentionally create barriers to participation and give an appearance that current commissioners have gatekeeping authority over future appointments.

Is almost sound like a dictatorship to me.

I I found it very disturbing that we appoint people to these positions, but now we're being scrutinized for our appointments, and I think it calls for a meeting behind closed doors with the commission.

I would like to set up a meeting with the commission itself to discuss that because the email that I received, it was I waited for people to comment, but they didn't, and then the call in today gave further indication that we should be following their lead.

And as far as I'm concerned, I'm not dictated to by no one.

I stand in this seat alone to make a decision based on my experiences, based on what my residents say.

So I would like to postpone this and I apologize for wasting your time, but schedule a meeting with the commission and hear them out in the proper fashion in the proper so we can dialogue constructively on what they're expecting because today on the call, a lot of questions was proposed to us like what we should be doing, and I think it should be the reverse.

If you're the commission, you should be writing your outcomes.

You should be writing your metrics, and you should be telling us what you plan to do.

If I bring someone in, you better believe they're gonna be ready to run quickly with the ground running, and they're gonna be giving me reports, not asking me a question at all because I've entrusted that they're gonna run the commission based on the discussion before the appointment, and they're gonna set forth programs.

They're gonna tell me who they've talked to, but more importantly, it mentioned in the letter about landlords, property owners, and I guess playing nice.

That was the worst.

I wish I would play nice when there's roaches for in my head at the building when the elevator's been broken for four months, and a guy with one leg has been going up the stairs.

I would like to know what they've been doing.

Well, I've been hard pressed to help organize these in these buildings.

So today, I wanted to be known that we I would like to schedule a meeting with our entire board or committee or whatever.

And I've already spoken to Miss Waters about it because it seemed to be maybe a confusion on the roles.

And maybe they need to be specified like a uh uh SOP, maybe a job description or something.

But as far as telling the mayor, you tell the mayor.

What do you screw you and your appointment?

I was flabbergasted.

And then I tell the council we should be considered.

So I think that recalls some conversation.

Uh, Madam Chair for the Tenants Right Council, I would suggest a pause on this until we meet with them to see what their expectations of of us, because obviously they have some and they feel like their needs aren't being met, and we're not being hearing to them.

So to move forward, and the young lady who called in did recommend that she knew the young lady here, it seemed personal, so I guess she got her person here.

But if I want to bring a person, I gotta be scrutinized by that person, but she'd rather have a person that she recommended that that's not how that works.

Um discussion before give me a minute, my member uh member Benson.

Um we're gonna proceed um with this interview.

This young lady has been here since 10 o'clock.

We're gonna follow our rules and follow our procedure and uh maybe line item that discussion that member Miller just mentioned outside of this, but the focus this morning is to continue with the interview of this young lady, Princess Brown, because it's going to be brought back in a week, I do believe, like the other one.

Is that correct?

Through the chair, um Mr.

Mr.

King.

Madam Chair, uh this appointment is a mayoral appointment.

And as the ordinance is written currently, uh council receives four appointments.

The mayor receives four, and there's a joint appointment.

Okay.

So this is a mayoral appointment, which means I hope that we can continue the interview process and then make uh have a motion after that.

Member Benson.

And so I I support everything.

And since Ms.

Brown has been here today, I I don't want to send her back and then interview the later day.

I'd rather have the interview today, and we could put a pause on the process and then identify a way to move forward to satisfy my colleague.

But I do want to give Ms.

Brown the opportunity to be heard today.

And I've got a few questions for her as well, but I will look to see how we can put place a pause moving forward on this process to make sure that Member Miller gets her questions and concerns resolved prior to sending this to the full body.

But I would like to at least hear Miss Brown out today and get my questions answered about her reason for wanting to serve on the uh tennis rights commission.

Um my reason for wanting to serve on the quick.

I wasn't asking you right now I would just go talking to the chair.

Okay, he has to make that discussion.

Discussion?

Okay, I just want to say it had nothing personal with the but the member miller, just the process itself.

Um the the email that we all received was was challenging the process and the appointments of thereof, and I think that we are intelligent enough to make some decisions and create diversity on any board, but to be dictated to to me seemed a bit uh uh far reach.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, is this a normal practice?

Or should it have been done maybe like a phone call?

I mean, I think um an email with 20 something people on it was an outcry, which I I do see there's obviously issues.

So I just was the process, so I do agree to move forward with the interview, but I do think after that we need to have a pause on the process of the tennis rights council.

Thank you.

I agree.

Give me a minute.

Um Miss Brown.

Um I do agree, um, Member Miller, um, but to member um Benson's point, we're gonna continue the process of interviewing this candidate, and then we will um have a discussion, further discussion regarding your concerns because they are very, very um serious concerns, and I think other people may also have those share those same concerns.

But in the meantime, um, Miss Brown, um, if you can continue, I I don't know who was asking questions.

I think Miss Miller, you were asking Miss Brown questions, or are you waiting?

Okay, I don't have any questions for Miss Brown.

Um, and if you want to continue, or member Benson, if not discussion.

All right, thank you.

Uh Ms.

Brown, thank you for being here today and for uh raising your hand as well to uh serve the residents and the tenants of the city of Detroit.

So just what why do you want to do this job?

What what is your understanding of the Tenants' Rights Commission and what do you want to do to help improve the quality of life of renters in the city of Detroit?

Well, as a registered nurse and a certified case manager, social determinants of health for citizens in general are priority to me.

Um having experienced housing insecurities here in Detroit and going through things that um I didn't qualify for any assistance because of my income, so I had to do things the hard way and learned a lot of things the hard way.

And I would like to share some of those experiences with other citizens in the community and help people help to empower and educate people so that they are not faced with the situations, or if they are faced with the situations that they that I was, they're better able to navigate those systems.

They're better able to reach out to resources like the right to counsel um and and other resources that are available or should be available.

All right, and then Miss Brown, you indicated that you didn't qualify based on income.

Was it because of the income was too high or was it too low?

My income is too high.

Okay, and so it sounds like workforce housing, at least just from this conversation or above is where the your income uh landed you, which oftentimes you're right, that income uh level does not qualify just based on being too high, and I think that's a very important voice that needs to be heard.

We oftentimes don't talk about those who we say their income is too high, but in our reality, um that the struggle is is there still, and so I believe that's a very important voice to hear from.

Are you currently a renter in the city of Detroit?

I currently reside with my daughter.

Okay.

I do not rent my own home.

Okay.

I was going to close on a home on February 20th.

Um the closing date was, I'm sorry, February 28th.

The closing date was pushed back to March 30th because the um sellers were going to do some work around the house, but they needed to allow time for the ground to soften.

So in the midst of that time, um, in between closing, my truck was stolen for the second time in two years in ten months.

I'm sorry.

And the house that I was about to spend 270,000 on did not have a garage.

So I opted against buying a house.

Um questioned whether or not I was even going to stay in Detroit.

But I'm staying in Detroit.

Um I won't be defeated by Detroit.

Um I'm going to stay in Detroit, and I just want to help other people to not get defeated, not continue to run to the suburbs when there is a problem here.

Um, which it's I could have taken that 270,000 dollars and moved to Wayne County into a house with three acres of land and four bathrooms, and but that's not what I want to do.

Um I love Detroit.

I've been here for 30 years.

I've I've learned to loathe, live in, love, and and just I I I believe in Detroit.

Um I believe in accountability, I believe in transparency, and I believe in meeting people where they are.

Um and that's one thing I think that we the city fails to do, um, is meet people where they are with the assistance that they need.

There are a lot of resources available to people, but when it really comes down to the nitty-gritty, the people are still being failed.

So I really would like to sit on this commission because again, as a case manager, um I empower, I educate, I uplift people and and advocating for themselves, as well as advocating for everyone who needs to be advocated for.

All right, well, Miss Brown, thank you for that, and and thank you for your willingness to stay with us as well.

You're absolutely right.

Oftentimes, even though we may not we may have incomes that don't qualify for all the resources that we have in the city of Detroit, oftentimes those incomes off also make it possible for us to say, you know what, I don't have to stay um for challenges that others can't leave.

And so you have the ability to leave, but you're opting to stay.

So I just want to say thank you for that.

And then for me, um, as a council member, it one of my missions and one of my charges is to ensure that the quality of life is easier here.

We should not have it should not be hard to live in the city of Detroit for anybody.

And I want to make sure that anybody that wants to live with us and chooses to reside in the city of Detroit, that their quality of life is improving.

So I want to thank you for your willingness to stay and just understand that myself, and I believe my colleagues would share this, that we also are working hard to reduce the any opposition or any barriers to keep you here in the city of Detroit.

I've also been a victim of um petty theft of cars being stolen multiple um out of my home's driveway, my wife as well.

So I mean, we understand that, and it does not make life easier, and oftentimes grass does look greener on the other side, but it's not.

We have such great opportunities here in Suscape programs.

And I just want to say thank you again for being willing to raise your hand and serve the residents of Detroit.

I would also just give a shameless plug for the third district.

We have many housing opportunities with attached and detached garages for those who are looking for a level of security and safety and nice brick homes as well within the third district.

Say that again.

Is there water in the third district?

There's water in the third district.

We have stores, we have jobs, we have an airport, we have a vellodrome, we have brand new recreational opportunities.

We have one of the few pools in the city of Detroit in one of our rec centers, and it's brand new.

We we have many, many quality of life options.

Not that you don't have those where you are, but we have them in the third district because we're in the ability to purchase the home at a fantastically reasonable price as well.

Well, thank you for that.

I'm looking for something near the water, so I will consider that.

That's not an option for us at first.

All right, anything else from my colleagues, Ms.

Brown, tell them that it's not district four.

Stay in district four.

I grew up in that area most of my life in the younger age, so uh we it's nothing like walking down to the riverfront, Mr.

Benson.

Um I I wanted to say that um a lot of our residents do not understand their rights.

A lot of our seniors can't even articulate their rights.

I was at a building yesterday, and we were talking about voting rights and just rights in general, and as people age, they have a tendency to need advocacy, they need someone to advise them on a regular basis of their rights.

I I'm I'm telling residents when you pay your rent, you have to get a receipt.

They don't they don't give receipts and then they'll come back in three months and say you're you're oh and we are evicting you because they're not giving receipts.

A lot of times they'll bring money orders and have the front window fill out the money order.

I'm sure you probably heard at a couple buildings they were making them out to themselves.

Yeah, these are the things that propel me to work hard for our residents because of the unfair and the unjust practices that have been they've been dealt with.

A lot of our landlords, they they know their obligations but choose not to adhere to them.

I'm looking for an advocate for someone to stand tall against those very people that take advantage of our people.

At the same time, our people do take advantage of things, don't get me wrong.

They are the they know all the cons, they know how to get over.

And it's just the reality of what it is.

But when Mary Water started the tennis right council, I was very excited about what they were going to provide, which was education, uh, advisement, consultation, and to get those buildings um in place to have tenant rights.

I have six buildings right now of people ready to run for positions.

Had not heard of scene of the tenants' rights council.

Maybe they just get off the ground is getting started.

So for me, it is a it is a is a it's it's a heart string.

So while we deal with our own issues, there's people that that need us, even in the rental industry in homes.

Some of the conditions are horrible.

I'm looking for people that's gonna go out and knock on doors that's gonna say, I heard you had a complaint.

I want to come see for myself.

To me, that's activism.

That is what I'm looking so hard for when it's with this particular one because in our district it is a very big problem.

So I don't I I just can't say how do you feel about the activity, the work that's being done with our tenant council.

How would you make it stronger?

What what could you add to it to make it that much more amazing?

Which just we don't know we're just getting started.

I mean, can you give me a little dialogue on that alone?

I would um add more funding to the Detroit right to council so that the tenants commission could refer people to a resource that could really advocate and do the work that needs to be done.

Um again, I'll go back to my story.

In October of 2025, I was illegally evicted from my home.

Um it was a retaliatory eviction.

I my landlords, my illegal landlords who don't live in the country, took me to court on multiple times, and they took me to court and they finally told the judge that I owed 11,249 in rent.

When we left court, they owed me 200 in rent because of repairs that were not done over a significant period of the time.

Even though I was I won that case, I was still evicted from that home.

I still had to move.

The judge said it's their home.

You have to move, they want you out.

Absolutely on every level of the work of the lot the law, even um.

So there are people now who don't want to complain about things in their houses that need to be done, repairs that need to be done.

My daughter, even my daughter has things in her house that doesn't, she doesn't want to report because she doesn't want to go through what she saw me go through.

Mom, I have kids.

I can't say anything.

I don't want to upset these people, and that's not fair.

It's not fair to her, it's not fair to the landlords who collect her rent every month and get away with this.

It's not fair to anybody out here.

It's not fair to me, who now I'm still dealing with an illegal eviction on my credit on my record.

This is the second illegal eviction that I faced from the city in three years, and it's not fair.

So I want to help people, I want to educate people like there is a way to go about doing this the right way, and there are consequences that are supposed to be held.

Um, no one was able to assist me going through my situation, but that's how I found the Detroit right to counsel and the Detroit Right to Council, although they were not able to advocate for me at that time.

I now sit on the community outreach committee with Ms.

T.

And our aim is to assist people in and not going through this same situation again, because eviction is not just a one-time offense, it's not just something that happens and it's over with 30 days later.

Thank you for that.

I I can definitely identify with your which you're what you just mentioned.

There's a lot of uh residents whose credit has been severely damaged, even for late fee, uh, and the illegal convictions and our courts as we we try hard, even with me with the law department bringing forth new amendments and trying to do that is is an issue with the courts itself that we cannot control that require further legislation.

So I just want to thank you for that input.

I I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Miller.

Um anything else, Miss Brown, you want to?

I do have one question.

Um, the issue with the courts that city council can't control.

Can you explain how how that can be aided or furthered?

Because there is an ordinance that I mean, and I don't want to go all into detail, but how the city council, how is there no control?

I would say that I have put forth um amendments to some of the statutes, and I've been told by law that certain things that we have no control over.

So I'll refer that question, the LPD that we're still tweaking some language to work with that because I to feel the way you feel about a lot of things, but I had to re to navigate some of that to on a more sort of a state level, but if they would and give a quick brief on because I have stuff being held up right now as we speak for that.

Oh okay.

LPD, Mr.

Keller, uh Phil Keller LPD.

Um to the chair.

I would just generally um the the court's authority is controlled by the revised judicature act.

Um so there's just limitations depending on um how we want to change the process.

Um if we if we were going to um limit the court's authority or um dictate that the court um should act a certain way, we wouldn't largely wouldn't be able to under that statute.

But it it depends on the the specific change.

So it's hard to say you know broadly, Miss Brown.

We we're gonna leave it at that.

Yeah.

Keller All right is there a motion on um line item seven the appointment of Princess Brown to the tenants rights commission discussion discussion member Benson do we need a resolution and if so do we have the resolution um LPD through the chair to council member Benson?

Councilmember Benson, this is a mayoral appointment, and as the ordinance is is currently written, it's not subject to council approval.

So it can come with a resolution from the mayor or the mayor could just directly appoint.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

King.

Um member Miller.

This discussion discussion is this one of the four appointments or is this a replacement appointment?

Because we have two things on our agenda regarding that today.

Is there an answer to that?

I don't know if law or LPD can answer that question, whether or not this is a new appointment or a replacement appointment to the tennis rights commission mayoral appointment.

Mr.

King.

Madam Chair, this would be a new appointment.

Okay.

Discussion.

Discussion member Benson.

So if we there's no need for resolution, why not just receive and file this and allow the mayor to uh continue the process?

If there's I mean, if this is just an interview, which no approval authority by council, we there for me there would be no need for additional um procedures, and we could just receive and file the mayor, can then just do uh her appointment.

And approve and appoint.

Just let it go.

Mr.

Mr.

King.

Uh through the chair.

Uh I think that's doable.

Yeah.

Um, I do see Member Benson.

Thank you, Mr.

King.

I do see Ms.

Sullivan on the screen.

Ms.

Sullivan, did you want to chime in or not?

Yes.

Um we can't hear you.

Not a mayoral appointment from the okay.

Um we believe that.

You're muted on was recommended by council.

Brianna, you're gonna have your own.

Okay, Miss Sullivan.

Ms.

Sullivan, Miss Sullivan.

Okay.

Okay.

Can you hear me now?

We can hear you now, ma'am.

If you can introduce yourself, please.

Yes.

Um, we're this is not a mayoral appointment.

If you can introduce yourself, please.

Can't hear me through the chair, Brianna Sullivan Government Affairs.

Okay.

Um this is not an A oral appointment.

Um, Miss Brown was recommended by a council members, so it would have to come through council.

Here we go.

Okay.

Okay, I do remember, thank you, Miss Sullivan.

When Miss Brown took her seat, she is a district four um appointment if I'm not mistaken.

So this would be a city council appointment, if I'm not mistaken, Miss Crate.

Um I'm sorry, Mr.

King.

Is this a district four appointment?

Madam Chair, I just received that information.

I stand corrected.

Okay.

Um thank you so much.

So is there a motion?

This is a district four appointment to the tenants rights commission.

Motion to move the formal recommendation to approve.

Are there any objections?

No.

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Discussion.

Discussion motion to postpone sending to formal formal based on the conversation earlier with member miller.

So we clarify.

Clarify.

So my motion will be to send a form recommendation to approve, but in the meantime, um, I want to hold Ms.

Brown here until we get my colleagues' questions answered.

So then I'm looking for some support.

Some help from LPD on how to make this motion.

Mr.

King from LPD.

Uh through the chair, yes, we will hold off from drafting the appropriate resolution until you bring this item back.

Motion to bring back TBD.

There's a motion to bring line item seven back the appointment of Princess Brown, date to be determined.

Motion hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item seven, the appointment of Princess Brown to the Tenants Rights Commission will be brought back date to be determined.

Discussion.

Discussion, Member Benson.

And so just for Ms.

Brown's um edification, I I don't I don't have an issue.

I don't believe my colleagues do either, but we just want to get some questions answered, so until that time, your uh recommendation to the full body for approval will be held in this committee.

And so just basically you're not you know holding pattern, nothing negative.

It's just we want to get some logistics and some procedures handled at our level, some housekeeping before we send you on for final vote of approval or denial, which I would anticipate would be approved.

So I would not worry.

This is just city council doing its own housekeeping right now.

Yeah.

Understood.

Yeah, and Miss Brown, I on behalf of this body, we appreciate your patience and your understanding, and I don't foresee any issues with your appointment.

Um, but we do want to have some of the questions that were raised by our colleague as Member Benson um indicated earlier.

We want those addressed.

So we appreciate your patience and your understanding, and you will be hearing from our office, and thank you so much.

I just want to say Ms.

Brown before you take off.

Member Miller.

I'm sorry for the chair.

Um a lot of times personal experience is the best experience.

That's where the passion comes from.

That's where the tenacity comes from.

I truly understand.

So please don't walk away feeling some kind of way.

I just am new and I want to address the issues that came before me.

So I look forward to talking to you soon.

I appreciate that.

The phone call took me a bit by surprise too.

I appreciate that.

Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Bro.

Parliamentarian.

Is there a motion?

Um to withdraw there's a motion to withdraw this um appointment going to form up with the recommendation to approve.

Any objections?

Yeah.

That action shall be taken.

Thank you, Miss Parliamentary, and thank you, Miss Brown again.

And enjoy your beautiful day today.

All right, our next interview is with Krista Pate to the Detroit Land Bank.

And this nomination is from Letitia, Councilmember Letitia Johnson.

Thank you for your patience, Miss Pate.

If you can take a seat right here that was just vacated, and the microphone should still be green.

We do have your resume in front of us.

And um, if you could please introduce yourself and share with us your interest in serving on the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

Miss Pate, the floor is yours.

Thank you so much, um, council members.

Um, my name is Krista Pate, and I'm a lifelong Detroiter of District 2.

Um, and I have a long history in banking.

That is what my trade is.

Um, you can see from my resume that I spent some time at the Detroit Land Bank in my career, and at that time when I was there, it was the quote unquote new land bank in 2014, and upon arriving, there were no bankers at the land bank except for me.

Um, and during that time, I was able to help those that were very smart, but unable to understand how the land bank itself should operate with private sector um and other residents to sell homes.

They didn't have the means or the understanding, for instance, instead of using a purchase agreement at that time, they wanted to use a letter of interest, which as we know for single family does not make sense.

So if you can understand the landscape when I got there, um it was a tough landscape, and I was a disruptor.

So I want to make that clear to you all.

Um many people know me as an advocate for the community um through the work that I do with my community impact consulting firm, which was open before my tenure at the land bank, and um has scaled um helping with programs such as Detroit's down payment assistance program, um contractor improvement programs that now have helped 300 businesses, Detroit Home Mortgage, which was um a collaboration, completely private sector, but a collaboration with the Obama administration's um team that came here from Detroit with Cliff Kellogg to reset Detroit neighborhood values, and um I have a total of over 24 years in banking and private sector experience coupled with development experience through the NSP program and helping um outside of the city of Detroit, 17 municipalities actually close on homes about 200 a week.

So going back to my time at the land bank, I was able to help them create programs that actually got property out of the door to the point where folks have come back to me and said, Hey, you actually helped them sell programs, but I'm also aware that um some of the thoughts that I had at the time and have had since then, and criticism has not been heard or taken action upon because I was in a different position then.

So my interest in being on the land bank board is because one, I know intricately some of the programs that were started and how they changed after I left to not embody and work well with residents.

Some of the programs I created were the community partner program, own it now, which member Benson mentioned, improve the Side Lot program to broaden it, as well as the Occupy program for both community partners as well as the buyback program, bringing resources to the bank from sorry, to the land bank from my banking career, such as Citizens Bank and many housing counseling agencies as well.

And so that being said, when it comes to the Detroit Land Bank, I think there's miles and miles of improvement, and I also want to mention that there has to be improvement about the way they sell homes because initially when I was there as a banker, I felt how can you sell a home without understanding if they have the money to renovate it?

And also wanted to say that if you help somebody with real resources, then those homes that are sold but not yet finished and could be reconveyed can also be addressed.

So that's a few of my concerns.

But the intricate knowledge itself and that experience there and my known persona as a disruptor to the land bank, um, yet somehow being able to help them hear what needs to be done and make those changes is broadly recognized, and I would like to be empowered to do more of that work.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um Ms.

Pate, are there any questions from my colleagues?

Discussion.

Discussion, Member Benson.

Ms.

Pate, thank you for raising your hand to continue to serve the residents of Detroit.

I just want to, for full transparency, Ms.

Pate is also uh the consultant who is helping to rethink and revitalize the 0% interest loan program.

So I am counting on her ability to break make that so again.

That program has been paused, and she's working on that right now.

I know that she's in front of foundations and she's having conversations throughout the city to try to bring additional resources and get that program up and running again.

So I want to we'll share separately wish her well and say we're supporting you 1000% to get my beloved zero percent interest loan program back online.

But in your request and your willingness to raise your hand to serve the residents of Detroit in this capacity, uh the Detroit Land Bank relies heavily on a mix of city subsidies, federal grants, and property sale revenue to fund its operations.

As a board member, how will you evaluate the organization's financial health and what steps will you take to ensure the Detroit Land Bank transitions towards a financially self-sustaining model as its saleable property inventory shrinks?

Yes, that's um a great question.

Thank you, um Councilman Bemer for your support.

Um, Councilmember Benson for your support on the 0% interest product that is something that I'm excited to see flourish in this future version.

Um to answer your question about the financial fitness of the land bank, when you're looking at an organization that is partly funded through several different um means, you also have to look at what that money is allocated for and where is there waste or where is there inefficiency?

And when I think about the Detroit Land Bank, um I think about the time when I was there and then and after.

So I I left a very shortly after the design of those programs in 2016.

So it's been 10 years.

And once you have gone through the sale of the large amount of properties we have at the land bank, you have to consider where those cuts make sense to make it self-sufficient.

Does the size have to remain the same that it is?

Um, also, what are those allocations for?

How can you get more programming and private support around some of the large costs that the land bank have to help them sort of become self-sufficient?

And what revenue sources can they create by being more helpful to the community?

These are all things that should be examined.

And the self-sufficient part is very interesting because that means for sure it would have to shrink, but it would still have to be able to serve in the purpose of which it was indoctrinated, but in a much better way.

And thank you for that.

And I just want to say that on the zero percent interest loan program, I'm a huge proponent of removing income restrictions citywide, as well as extending the term from 10 years to 15 years.

But that's separate from what we're doing here today, but I just wanted to put that on the record.

The Detroit Land Bank runs various disposition programs from the side lot program to own it now.

Thank you for establishing that.

From a policy evaluation standpoint, what key performance indicators will you track to measure the return on investment of these programs, ensuring they actually return properties to the tax roles efficiently.

For me, that means that every sale of a home to a resident has to be completed so that it doesn't return back to inventory and it is not reclaimed by the Detroit land bank.

So in that sense, you have to look at what is the land bank doing to rally around that.

In that sense, some of the programming has to be examined.

Some of the timing of the program and the interaction with the private sector has to be examined.

Helping residents understand the total cost of what they're going to has to be examined.

Right now, when the land bank sells a home, to me, it just moves into a different category called compliance.

If you don't complete compliance, then you don't have success.

So that has to be examined.

All right, thank you.

And that completes my questions.

And Ms.

Pate, thank you once again for being willing to raise your hand to continue to support the residents of the city of Detroit.

And one last aside, also an increase of the loan amount to $50,000 would also be very helpful, as well as allowing the residents to make determinations of aesthetic improvements, not just necessary improvements like a water heater.

I think that'll also make the loan program a far more viable option and coupled with a $25,000 down payment assistance would really help to move some of our inventory in the city of Detroit that has had deferred maintenance over the years.

So just some additional thoughts around the zero percent interest loan program, not that that's what we're talking about here today.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member Benson.

Um, this is for media services.

Zoom is muted.

The folks on Zoom said they cannot hear and they've not been able to hear for a while now.

So if we can correct that if possible, that would be great.

Great.

Thank you so much.

Um any other questions for Ms.

Pate?

I don't have any.

Member Miller.

Hi, Miss Pete.

How are you?

I'm great.

You have an impeccable resume.

I mean, it is a lifetime of service.

Um the first thing that caught my eye was the single family advisory service services, advisory services that is dear to my heart for single family residents for home ownership.

Detroit needs home ownership as we approve and disapprove building after building after building, that does not provide homeownership.

That does not provide longevity and or legacy uh um finances for our children to come.

And I'm advocate for single family dwellings.

I really am.

Um I noticed that you have a lot of managerial skills.

And um you've spoken on the manager level.

How do you resonate with the residents?

We're in a city that sometimes we have to meet our people where they are.

How do we get them acclimated to participate with the land bank?

I've been on a couple tours, saw some of the great things the land bank is doing regarding home ownership.

Some of the houses were $300,000, $400,000, right on the same block as something that maybe was valued at maybe $100,000.

But it is an attempt to bring single family dwellings.

How do you intend to, because you're advising us?

This is the purpose of the role to advise us, which helps us to relate to our residents.

What is your role when it comes to the gap?

The gap between one block, the houses are $80,000 and then $300,000.

Neither land bank homes has been created, refurbished.

I love the fact that they're refurbishing existing structures.

But how can our residents effectively compete?

Um one of the things the criticism I've had of the land bank is the lack of access to capital for those residents.

When you think about a property that might be a hundred thousand and a block over, it may be three hundred thousand.

That's a clear disparity.

And oftentimes, if you can provide a path to capital for the resident, meaning the land bank will have to work closer with financial institutions to understand how that process works.

A true value is determined.

So that may be somewhere in between 100,000 or 300,000, but it may not be 300,000 or 100,000.

In addition to that, because I have resources for programming that I've created for contractors, having a pool of 300 contractors gives an opportunity for the land bank to think about how can you do pricing with contractors at scale.

How can you reduce prices?

What types of conversations should we had around the cost to rehab for both their programming that they're running with rehab them ready, but also for resident by resident.

One of the things that I've seen in particular is after I left.

Thank you after departing in 2016.

I know you've seen the news, you read papers, you know, people that work there.

What is the top two things that you would tackle if given this position?

The top thing that I see that should be tackled are the homes that are sold but not yet compliant, um, figuring out how they could do some sort of community outreach and bring resources that would help those residents either finish those homes or figure out that maybe they got themselves into a bit of a pickle and figure out how we can help them.

Um I think that that would be something similar to the side lot fares where you could have a fair for completion so that those homes could actually be completed and residents wouldn't be um constantly in fear of a home being repossessed that they've put thousands of dollars into over time.

Um, second to that, I would like to review the state of all of the programs to understand exactly what is going on from an operation standpoint to know where the bottlenecks are and why people can't get access.

And the good thing about maybe um appointing someone like me is that I can actually see and understand those processes and procedures and come back and report here what's actually going on to help make some more critical decisions.

It's not easy working at the land bank, it's not easy um to um to you know serve the public in general, you all know this, but um it has to be done and it has to be done correctly, and you have to have the community in mind and at the forefront to know what the needs are.

A lot of times passions and politics play, but procedures are king and queen, if we might say, and um, if we don't understand in an intricate way what those procedures are and how they're affecting residents, um and those decisions are affecting residents and those those um and those who are trying to just keep homes, right?

Because that's to me now what it turns into.

We've sold a lot of homes, but how do we keep those homes, right?

Um that is really the main reason why I would want to be appointed, is to actually look into things deeply to have a clear understanding and report back a clear understanding.

What do you think about the bad rap that the land bank gets when they're told to hail whole properties for developers?

If I'm calling about a particular two lots next to me, and it might be six, it's not available, but we know that it's been held for a developer or potential developer or a potential RFP.

How do you feel about that?

When you say the word potential, that kind of gets me a little hot because in order to have a development understanding you have to have some sort of site control, meaning you have to go raise funds and the like.

But um being held for someone or something potential is doesn't seem like something real, just to be honest with you completely.

Um if there is a hold, then the developer should be paying for that hold to to put some sort of revenue in the land bank.

Um that was one of my early recommendations.

If they did have a whole policy that you know, someone should be paying for that, and it should not be the the residents or the city, it should be developer because that makes it real for them.

Also, I would love to examine the time in which it's held and what is the policy around that.

So I think potential is what really kind of gets to me, it has to be held for something real, and when it's something real, a developer is going to put money into it.

That's the way I feel.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Ms.

Pate.

Um I agree with you.

Thank you, Member Miller and Member Benson.

Regarding the hold on huge, huge um areas of land of land for for for future development.

And um, you know, you know, and they're not even maintaining that.

We're still having to find the resources to cut the grass.

If the land bank doesn't cut it, we have to remind them to cut it.

But the folks who are have a whole, it's like a laleway plan, right?

And I think we need to get out of the lay away plan area, and if they don't have the resources, they don't come to the table with the resources.

We shouldn't be holding um all this land, it should be given to nonprofits, it should be given to the people who live around there and maintaining it.

They should leave lose their rights.

And I don't think it should be a decade or so later.

I'm speaking of one, for instance, I'm not gonna mention any names, and sitting on a um you know, sitting on lawn for land for quite a while before I joined this council and still sitting on it and not even maintaining it, so that's problematic for me.

But thank you so much.

Is there anything you want to leave us with, ma'am?

I just want to leave you with that.

Um you might tell that I'm not a career politician, you might tell that I'm a banker that found her way in roles to the occasion to do things unimaginable, but make things happen citywide in many ways and in other states.

Um my experience um is quite deep, and as you can see, this might be newer for you all to see me in this capacity that I am truly someone who speaks my mind, and I do speak plain language.

And so that being said, um, if um there is a chance to um revisit the land bank in a different capacity to truly um take the stage and be able to um speak plainly to the people as well as um disrupt some things and correct some things, then I would be um your appointee.

Thank you very much for this opportunity.

Um thank you, Councilmember Benson.

Thank you, Councilmember Callaway and Councilmember Miller, um, and I appreciate the opportunity.

Thank you for enlightening me on a couple of things I didn't know.

I read your resume and your um all the programs that you started when you were with the land bank, it's just incredible.

It's just incredible.

Um you understand both sides.

And um also I'm glad you're in district two because we shine bright in district two.

We let our light shine bright in district two.

And so thank you for that as well.

I don't have any other questions, but is there a motion on this appointment for line item eight, Krista Pate to the Detroit Land Bank?

Nominated by Council Member Johnson.

John can bring back TBD there's a motion to bring line item eight back, the appointment of Krista Pate, date to be determined.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken, and you'll be hearing from um our office or probably the council person who nominated you, Letitia Johnson real soon, and we thank you so much for your willingness to serve.

Um yes, um clerk clerk through the chair.

Being that our first interview was a bring back in the week for the land bank.

Are you saying that you don't want to bring this back in one week?

Discussion of that we're there were both the first one with TBD.

The um appointments of Erica Hill was bringing back one week.

The TBD was Princess Brown.

Um bring back in one week.

All right, so um uh Ms.

Parliamentarian, does he need to change his previous motion to bring it back TBD to now one week?

One week yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes, yeah, he's changing that motion to bring it back in a week.

In a week.

Yes, withdraw with withdrawal.

Okay, there's a motion to withdraw to bring back a date to be determined.

Line item eight to now bring it back in a week.

Is there a motion?

Motion okay.

There's a motion to bring line item uh eight back the appointment of Cristina Pate to the land bank authority hearing no objections that action shall be taken.

Thank you, Ms.

Pate.

All right, we are now at line item nine nine unfinished business, line item nine point one, status of the law department settlement and the lawsuit of Falconer Rachel versus the City of Detroit, Jamon K.

Jones and Progressive Michigan, Michigan, case number 24-018 298-N is in Nancy, I as in IGLU, file number L is in Love 25-00039.

P as in Paul M as in Mary C S N CAT, this is the law.

Um sorry, police department in the amount of 45,000 dollars.

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve Mr.

McCallum.

There's a motion to approve line item 9.1.

Are there any objections?

That action shall be taken.

Um line item 9.2, the status of the mayor's office, legislative liaison appointing Catherine Richardson to the tennis rights commission.

Is there a motion to bring this back in one week?

Motion there's a motion to bring line item 9.2 back in one week without objections.

That action shall be taken.

Line item 9.3 status of council member Denzel McCampbell submitting a memorandum relative to the rules for committee for community advisory council.

This was brought back from May the 13th.

Um LPD, LPD, Madam Chair, can we have a LPD?

Madam Chair, can we have two weeks on this item, please?

Is there a motion to bring line item 9.3 back in two weeks?

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Line item 9.3 will be back, will be brought back in two weeks per the request of LPD.

Line item 9.4, status of council member Mary Waters submitting a memorandum relative to the request for information on the status of the mayoral appointments to the tenants' rights commission.

This was brought back as directed on May the 13th.

Discussion LPD LPD, Madam Chair, can we have two weeks on this item, please?

I can't remember is there a motion to bring line item item 9.4 back in two weeks.

Without objection, that action shall be taken.

Line item 9.5 status of council member Denzel McCampbell submitting a memorandum relative to further follow-up on city contracts involving data sharing with third parties.

This was brought back as directed on May the third.

Is there a motion to bring this back in one week?

Motion.

There's a motion to bring line item 9.5 back in one week without objection.

That action shall be taken.

Line item 9.6 status of the law department settlement and the lawsuit of Anderson.

Quinnetta versus the City of Detroit and Jacob Goodman.

In the amount of 200,000 this was brought back.

From May the 6th.

And is there a motion for discussion?

Motion.

Motion.

Mr.

Anderson from the law department.

Through the Chair Graham Anderson Law Department.

I believe all questions have been answered, but I'm available if there are some additional ones.

Yeah.

Thank you.

I have a lot of concerns about this one.

I'm not going to go into those concerns here at this microphone.

It's just unfortunate.

And is there anyone from the police department?

Online?

Because I'd like to know what happened this to this.

Officer.

Officer.

Is he still on the force?

Was he a seasoned officer?

Was he a rookie officer?

How long had he been on the force?

Patrick Emory, executive manager, risk management for DPD.

So this officer was he was a seasoned officer.

He is still on the force, however, with regards to with regards to this incident in particular.

Just looking at the just looking at the facts of it, there was no discipline levied for this specific case.

Can you say that again, sir?

There was no discipline levied for this specific case.

Do we know why not?

Because when examining all all available facts and information, we found that he did he did act within policy as well within the applicable MCLs.

Yeah.

And costing the city 200,000 because he acted in good faith.

That's what you're saying.

Any questions on or any further discussion on line item 9.6?

Discussion.

Discussion member Benson.

So if the officer did act in good faith, and then looking, it says that Ms.

Anderson did not claim that she suffered any fiscal injuries.

But she did suffer extreme anxiety and depression.

What is a $200,000 settlement?

Why is that recommendation?

And through yourself, madam through the chair.

Through the chair, Graham Anderson.

Anderson Anderson.

Without getting too into uh the details, it's my understanding that this was determined by the litigation team to be a reasonable settlement amount when it came to potential liability.

It's obviously a tough task to determine what is uh the proper amount, and it's easy to get into.

Well, it could have been a little bit less.

Um but this is uh what our litigators came to the decision that this was a reasonable settlement, and I uh trust their expertise.

Thank you.

Discussion, madam chair, discussion, member Benson.

There's a motion to bring line item 9.6 back in one week.

Any objections?

That action shall be taken.

Line item 9.6, the settlement in the lawsuit of Quinetta Anderson for the amount of 200,000 will be brought back in one week.

Member Benson.

About this one.

Thank you.

Through the chair, absolutely.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Line item 9.7.

Status of council member Scott Benson.

Submitting a memorandum relative to estate planning program income eligibility requirements.

This was brought back as directed, April the 29th.

Member Benson?

Thank you.

This memo was directed to the law department.

Just looking for any feedback on the um the opinion.

Member Mr.

Anderson from the law department.

Through the chair, we would request an additional two-week bring back on this item.

It's uh the research has expanded a little bit further than we originally anticipated.

We appreciate your patience, council member.

Uh through yourself, madam chair.

Is two weeks enough time?

Um through the chair, we wouldn't be mad at three weeks.

Mr.

Anderson with four weeks feed.

Can we bring this to a close within four weeks?

You think through the chair, absolutely.

Four weeks would be fantastic, and I'm confident we'll be able to come to a resolution at that point.

Motion to bring back in one month.

Thank you, Member Benson, and Mr.

Anderson.

There's a motion to bring line item 9.7 back in four weeks.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

We are now at line item 10.

Which is New Business Office of Contracting and Procurement, submitting a resolution authorizing contract number 600 6291-A as an Apple 2-this is 100% city funding.

And there is a request to bring this back in one week.

Is there a motion to bring line item 10.1 back in a week?

Motion.

There's a motion to bring line item not 10.1 back in a week.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

And this is, I guess, to the law department.

Mr.

Anderson, it would be great if they could be online to answer a few questions.

This is a 600.

This is an increase of 210,000.

And um they never come.

They never come.

Um I think they came virtually last year because they were coming for more money, right?

An addition, an increase.

So hopefully you'll let them know that they should be online next next Wednesday.

The chair understood, and you're not the only office who has expressed interest in this contract.

Yeah, and if we can also um make sure that our uh our my colleagues know um that they were here, they are welcome to be here next Wednesday if they have any questions.

And I'll make sure we note that and we'll make sure that they know that they are welcome to come.

Um and we will have a quorum of the city council may be present next Wednesday, just for that purpose.

So is there motion?

Motion to bring back?

Yep.

Okay, without objection, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.2 submitting a resolution for contract number 6007238 revenue agreement to provide revenue contract for disposal of obsolete IT assets, etc.

For a company in Troy, Michigan, and this is upon City Council for a term of three years.

Total contract zero zero.

And I certainly um would like to bring have a motion to bring this back without objection.

That action shall be taken.

Line item 10.2 will be brought back in a week.

And would like the company to be present uh because I want to know what type of obsolete IT assets, recycling, refurbis refurbishments, um so I don't know who will be contacting them to let them know that we'd like for them to be here.

So I guess that would be do it.

So hopefully it is here, please let them know the principals of this company.

We are expecting them to be with us next Wednesday without objection, line item 10.2 shall be brought back in a week.

Thank you, Member Benson.

Member uh Miss Sullivan, are you asking to be heard?

Yes, ma'am, through the chair.

Um, we would like to request that line item 10.2 be removed from the agenda.

It's not ready to be up.

Okay.

Okay.

So do it.

I'm gonna ask the parliamentary.

We just um moved to bring this back in a week.

So do we have to reconsider that vote, madam parliamentary?

Because now the administration said they want it removed entirely from the agenda today.

Okay, is there a motion to reconsider the most recent vote that we had to bring line item 10.2 back in a week?

Motion okay.

There's a motion to reconsider our vote on bringing line item 10.2 back in a week without objections.

That action shall be taken.

Is there a motion to remove line item 10.2 per the administration's request?

That action shall be taken without objection.

10.3 submitting a resolution contract number 6007176-a as an apple two, a hundred percent grant funding.

This is amendment number two to provide an extension of time for legal representation to covered individuals in jeopardy of losing their homes.

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve there's a motion to approve line item 10.3 without objection, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.4.

Service to radio system via a Michigan deal, contract number 19001 544 contract of Motorola solutions out of Chicago, Illinois.

This is 100% city funding, 16 million dollars over a five-year period.

We is there a motion to bring this back a date to be determined because I have quite a few questions about this particular contract or at least two weeks.

This is a 16 million dollar contract, a multi-year contract using city funding.

Um I I guess these are four.

I don't know, motor roller.

I'm thinking phones.

I I don't know.

I don't know.

And um I have quite a few questions.

I know um do it is here, I see you here, sir.

Um if Mr.

Millinder, if you want to come forward, you can.

But I am going to ask that we bring this back because um this is a huge contract, sir.

This is almost 17 million dollars.

Discussion.

I support that, but also since the person is here.

Yes, he is waiting.

Mr.

Millinder, and good morning.

If you can introduce yourself for the record, the record.

Good morning to the chair.

My name is Robert Millinger, Director of Public Safety IT.

Um, one thing I will express, this is not for telephones or anything like that.

This is for the radios that our police officers, GSD, and everyone carry with them right now.

The contract is not for the actual radios, it's for the system that these radios connect to.

So it allows our police officers, EMS facilities, and um firefighters to connect to a radio system right now.

So it's for the maintenance and support of that system today.

Um thank you so much, Mr.

Millinder.

Who provides this service now?

And when does that contract?

Right now it's motor roller.

We've had this service in place, I believe, for the past, don't hold me to this, at least for the past 20 years, it's been motor roller.

Motorola is the only one in the country right now to provide the service that we have for this radio system.

And it's not it's for the maintenance of it, and that maintenance doesn't just include the hardware supports the systems.

The City of Detroit has 10 towers plus the one head in.

So that's a for all the equipment within those towers for the air conditioners, generators, building infrastructure, gates, lights, all that as well.

So that's why.

And this just to express the importance of this contract.

I mean, without this, without the contract or our radio system, we'll have our fire emergency providers without any communications back.

So we can't dispatch or do anything about the system that we're having in here for the maintenance of it.

And the actual last year, the increase that you see in there represents a three percent increase that we have over three percent over the five years, which is 15, but it's 3.8 percent over per year.

That's what we've seen, and that's standard we've seen in the industry right now for this contract.

Okay.

I have a question.

Um just out of curiosity.

When does this contract terminate?

Terminate, or is it just open and it just continues, continues, continues, continues?

The current contract ends this year.

I think it's June 30th.

The current contract we have today will end June 30th, and we're continuing with it.

Right now, like I said before, motor roller is probably one it is the only person that provide this type of maintenance.

So, in order for us, and right now there's not anyone else who has a system like that.

The system that you're seeing today connects inside with the Michigan statewide system.

So I don't want to call it open-ended, but it is a contract will stay in place until the city moves to a different system, which I can't perceive happening anytime in the near future.

Yeah, it is an open-ended case in my opinion.

If it's no end date, it's just open.

It's just out there.

I mean, we don't have another contractor in place because they're the only ones.

That's monopoly.

I mean, I mean, they're they're they're it.

They're it's the only game in town.

It is open-ended, there's no end to it.

Except for you're saying five years.

I mean, we're continuing.

And we've been doing business with this company for how long?

I know it's been at least 20 years.

I mean, for at least 27 years, I've been with the city for 27 years, and since then we've had motor roller as our vendor.

I mean, that's um like a through the chair, I'm sorry, but like I said before, I've seen that that's not just in Michigan, that's nationwide.

Motorola has been providing this type of service for municipalities and states across the country.

They are the primary vendor for this service right now.

I get it.

I get it.

I get it.

Do we ever get any of your discounts?

Or is it just continued increases?

I mean, we have seen some discounts overall.

After 27 years, yes, but I'm sure we've seen some discounts overall.

Do we ever have do we ever have anybody at the negotiation table to negotiate discounts or we have tried continuously tried to negotiate and we've seen services for plenty of time that tried to get these prices down?

That's a lot of money.

Yeah, but like I said, and through the chair, one more time.

It goes within line.

I mean, I know it's a lot of money and I understand, but the important assistants can't be underlined as well.

Yep, yep.

I get it.

I get it.

That's almost three million dollars a year.

I mean, my math is probably off, but I could tell you, and I can we have it, it's two point, I mean don't get me wrong.

In 2000 through the chair, in 2026 to 2027, it's 2.5 27 to 28, 2.6.

I mean the highest would be 2.8 in the last year of the contract.

It's 2.8 in the last year of the contract.

So I understand totally that it's what we have to do to maintain the system.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you for that, Mr.

Miller.

Um discussion.

Well, um did we just have a motion to bring this back because after this discussion, since he's been sitting here, I you know my questions have there's a motion to um do we have to reconsider because we've we don't have to reconsider.

So there's a motion to move this line item to formal with a recommendation for approval without objections that action shall be taken.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Millender.

I do appreciate that.

You got a tough job, sir.

Thank you.

You got a tough job.

I appreciate it.

You got it.

You come here to make that $16 million spend makes sense.

Thank you, Mr.

Millinder.

I appreciate it.

You have a money.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, line item 10.5.

Discussion.

Do you need Mr.

Miller?

I don't think so.

Just you did get your questions answered in the middle of the case.

I did, sir.

I did.

Thank you, Mr.

Miller.

Mr.

Miller.

I did.

Thank you, Member Benson.

Line item 10.5, submitting a resolution authorizing contract number.

Um A as an Apple 3, 100% RPA funding, amendment three to provide an increase of funds, extension of time, and updating terms and conditions for legal counsel for qualified low income occupants and reservoir residential eviction cases at 36th district court and in housing related administrative proceedings.

Can we have a motion to bring this back in a week?

Um we'd like to have Sonia Clifton from the law department to come in person to give us updates.

Is the program working?

Um how many okay so there's a motion to bring line item 10.5 back in a week without objection that action shall be taken and hopefully someone from the law department, Mr.

Anderson.

If you can make sure Sonya Clifton is here in person, we want to know how effective this program has been since we are asking for additional funding.

Now we are at the law department line item 10.6 settlement in the lawsuit of Cooper Shakira Cooper versus as conservator of to one Smith versus Tamika Day and the city of Detroit.

This is D DOC and the amount of six hundred thousand dollars for alleged injuries.

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve is in the formal there's a motion to approve line item 10.6 without objection motion to approve line item six, moving it to formal with that um with that motion without objection that action shall be taken.

I was just distracted with the total amount, which is six hundred thousand dollars.

So thank you.

Um thank you, Member Benson.

Line item 10.7, placeholder regarding legal questions regarding public acquisition of 400 bagley.

Mr.

Anderson, what is this?

Um is there a motion for discussion?

Mr.

Anderson Um public acquisition of 400 bagley, and where is 400 bagley through the chair?

This is questions from council member McCampbell regarding uh the Leland House.

This uh response has been submitted last week.

Um so receiving files appropriate.

Uh but if you if you want additional time to uh reveal um review those responses, that's that's also fine.

And if uh if you haven't received up, please let me know and I'll make sure uh they're forwarded to you and your team.

Has my colleagues received those?

Um Madam Chair, motion to bring back in one week, like there's additional time to review.

Okay without objection, line item um 10.7 would be brought back in one week.

And they member uh member miller member miller uh with the uh understanding to provide the additional documents regarding this through the chair.

If you haven't received them, I'll make sure they're forward to your white council member.

Thank you.

Okay, so thank you, Mr.

Anderson.

Before we take action on the motion, you'll make sure that each uh council member gets the report.

Absolutely.

Okay, thank you.

So without objection, line item 10.7 shall be brought back in one week.

Line 10.8 settlement in the lawsuit of all state property and casualty insurance.

Nanette McGee versus Darrell K.

East and the city of Detroit, D DOT.

In the amount of ten thousand dollars.

Is there a motion?

A motion to approve this in the formal without objection.

Line item 10.8 shall be moved to formal with recommendation for approval that action shall be taken.

That action shall be taken.

Line item 10.9.

Settlement and lawsuit of Patricia Duncan versus the City of Detroit.

Case number 21-004694-C as in cat D as in David.

L is in love, A as in Apple, C as in Cat A three seven zero zero zero.

Police department in the amount of fifty thousand dollars, the full payment of any and all claims which Ms.

Duncan may have against the city.

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve is into formal.

There's a motion to approve and send to formal without objections.

That action shall be taken.

Line item 10.10.

Settlement in the lawsuit of Antonita Fleming versus the City of Detroit case number 24-007325-N as in Nancy.

I as an IGLU, file number L is in Love 24-01074, C as in Cat, M as in Mary, G as in Girl, Department of Transportation, and the amount of $15,000.

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve and send the formal.

There's a motion to approve and sent to formal without objections.

Line item 10.10.

That action shall be taken.

Line item 10.11 settlement in the lawsuit of Brian Diaz versus the City of Detroit.

Against the Department of Transportation.

The offer of judgment is in the amount of I'm hoping I'm reading this right.

$5 million.

And full payment for any and all claims.

Is there a motion to discussion?

Member Miller.

After reviewing the documents and the photos.

Okay, we want to pick that member mill uh for the law department after reviewing the photos and the statements.

Is this a injury that's lifelong?

Through the chair.

I think it would be best to bring this back in one week because I think there's just a lot of details that need to be discussed that would be better discussed offline.

There's there's no rush on this settlement, and I think that would be the most appropriate way, because I'm sure uh beyond council member miller.

There there's additional questions beyond that, as there should be with uh settlement or an offer of judgment this high.

If that is the will of this body, I make a motion to bring it back in one week.

There's a motion to bring line item 10.11 back in one week.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you, Member Miller.

Line item 10.12 settlement in the lawsuit of uh Surreal Daniels and Shalika Heard as PR of the estate of Joshua Heard, case number 24-C as in cat via Z in Victor Dash 11956, file number L is in Love 24-0129 C as in Cat M as in Mary Kate as in Kettering against the police department and the offer of a judgment and the amount of 40,000 dollars.

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve is into formal.

There's a motion to approve and send to formal line item 10.12 without objections that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.13 in the lawsuit of Heather Price versus the City of Detroit case number 24-007325-N as in Nancy, I as an IGLU, file number L is in Love 24-01074, C as in Cat M is in Mary, G as in Girl, Department of Transportation, and the amount of $25,000 is there a motion.

There's a motion to approve and send to formal line item 10.13.

Here are no objections.

That action shall be taken.

Line item 10.14, legal representation and indemnification for John Roach.

Director of Media Services in the lawsuit of Charles E.

Brooks versus the City of Detroit case number 26-C as in cat via Victor 11120.

L is in love 26-8326.

B as in boy, P as M point.

Letter A as an Apple 330 from the mayor's office for Director Roach.

Is there a motion?

There's a motion for discussion.

Member Benson, line item 10.14.

Um CRUDEACH Directors.

What was the motion to this?

Through the chair, it's um an individual representing themselves, and they have casted a very wide nut.

Okay.

Okay.

I didn't see the other um plaintiffs or defend defendants in requesting demification.

Have they already done that?

They plan to do that later date.

Through the chair, I believe it's coming at a later date.

I I I'm not sure the rhyme or the reason why it's not all at once, but but that's how it's arrived.

Okay, thank you.

Motion to approve is in the formal, madam chair.

Okay, there's a motion to approve and send to formal with a recommendation.

Uh for approval.

Any objections?

That action shall be taken on line item 10.14.

We are now at line item 10.15.

Legal representation and demnification of paramedic firefighter David, and I'm I'm not sure how this last name is pronounced, so I'll spell it.

G as in girl, H S in Henry, E, Essence and Sam, Q U I E R E.

In lawsuit of Kenya Maxi versus David spell the last name again.

G as in girl, H E S as in Sam, Q U I E R E, and the City of Detroit.

Is there a motion for discussion?

Motion.

Um Mr.

Anderson from the law department.

Through the chair, this is a matter in which uh the law department has recommended uh representation and I'm available to answer uh any uh questions that we can at this time.

Okay.

Any questions or discussion for Mr.

Anderson if not is there a motion?

Motion to approach there's a motion to approve and sent to formal formal line item 10.15 without objection, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.16 settlement in the lawsuit of pro care injury solutions, Gerard Townsend versus the City of Detroit.

D dot in the amount of twelve thousand dollars.

Is there a motion?

Motion motion to send to formal with the recommendation for approval.

Line item 10.16 without objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.17.

Settlement in the lawsuit of Scott Geronda Scott, personal representative of the state of Gerard Townsend versus the City of Detroit, case number 24-010743-N as in Nancy, I as an Igloo, file number L is in Love 24-0137.

C as in Cat K as in Kim, M is in Mary, Department of Transportation, and the amount of 200 22,500 dollars.

Is there a motion?

There's a motion to move line item 10.17 to formal with a recommendation for approval.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

We are almost at the end of our agenda.

Line item 10.18.

The Detroit Land Bank appointment resolution referral.

And I do believe discussion on this one.

Um I was wondering why there was no name attached to line item 10.18.

Um I think the gentleman that appeared before us was already interviewed.

It then went to formal.

I think it was can't it came back and revised as a mural appointment, but it has no name actually on the agenda, it just showed up.

So I was just wondering.

Through the chair, it should be Mr.

Glenn.

I was just wondering why it wasn't on there to know who it was.

Through the chair, I can't speak to that.

Okay, so thank you, Member Miller, for bringing this to our attention.

So line item 10.18 should reflect the name of the um appointment of Jayvon, I do believe Glenn Glenn.

G L E N.

Is it one or two ends?

Because I can't remember.

Um Mr.

King from LPD.

Madam Chair, just for the record, his name is in the actual text of the resolution.

Okay.

Thank you so much, Mr.

King.

Is there a motion?

Motion motion.

So um before we before I entertain that motion, Mr.

Mr.

Anderson or Mr.

King, what action should we be taking?

Should we be receiving and filing?

Or moving it to formal with the recommendation for approval.

Through the chair, the appropriate action would be to send it to formal.

Okay, so there's a motion to send line item 10.18 to formal with the recommendation for approval.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you both.

Line item 10.19 is uh office of the chief financial office, sir, office of development and grants.

Member Miller.

Member Miller.

I just put it back up for a minute.

Is it okay?

Yeah.

Sure.

I know it's in there, but most times how we have the other ones, they were listed here.

All of the ones were listed here.

Through the chair.

Um, I'm not sure why that happened, but I'll make sure I work with the clerk's office by the time it arrives at the formal session agenda to make sure it explicitly is stated in the line item.

All right, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Miller for bringing that to our attention.

And Mr.

Anderson, I'm sure you're going to um address that.

Absolutely.

It'll be taken care of by next Tuesday, correct?

Correct.

Correct.

Thank you so much, sir.

Thank you.

We are on line item 10.19.

This is a request to accept and appropriate fiscal year 2026 Detroit right to council grant in the amount of one uh point five million dollars.

There is no match required.

Is there a motion?

There's a motion to send to formal with approval hearing no objections.

That action shall be taken.

Line item 10.19.

An acceptance of a grant.

Office of the city clerk.

We are now at line item 10.20.

Petition of Michigan Urban Youth Alliance number 2026-097.

Request this honorable body a resolution in support of a charitable gaming license through the Michigan Lottery Charitable Game Department for fundraising.

Is there a motion?

There's a motion to move line item 10.20 to formal with a recommendation for approval.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.21 submitting a resolution authorizing petition of Detroit Festival of Books number 2026-100.

Request from this honorable body a resolution in support of a charitable gaming license for a run fundraising raffle as part of the 2026 Detroit Book Fest to support ongoing operations and to expand their mission of promoting literacy and arts in the city of Detroit will take place on July the 19th, 2026.

Is there a motion?

There's motion to approve line item 10.21 without objections.

Moving to formal with the recommendation for approval without objections, that action shall be taken.

Now we are at miscellaneous on the agenda.

Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway submitting a resolution to request a closed session briefing concerning Gayunga or Gayanga versus the City of Detroit.

Is there a motion to request this closed session?

Motion.

There's a motion to uh request a closed session for um discussion regarding the Gaianga Gayanga versus the City of Detroit.

Mr.

Anderson from the law department.

I will be I will be echoing powerfully.

And uh I will give me one minute.

We have I we have the media services um here, and I know I can't understand what you're saying with that loud echo echo.

Is LPD's mic better?

Mr.

Anderson, that does sound better, sir.

We're a good team here, uh brother counsel here.

Thank you.

Um I will be preparing a resolution for this body to vote on this upcoming Tuesday.

Uh working with council president's office, the game plan is to have that closed session occur on the 16th.

Okay.

So the closed section will be um closed session will be scheduled for June the 16th, and you'll have the information that we need moving forward on next Tuesday.

The the body needs to vote on it, but if it is the will of the body, uh the resolution being prepared is for the have the closed session occur on the following Tuesday, which would be the 16th of June.

Okay, thank you so much, Mr.

Anderson.

Thank you for that clarification.

Is there a motion to move line item 10.22 to formal with a recommendation for approval?

Without objection, the action shall be taken.

Thank you, Member Miller, and thank you, Mr.

Anderson.

We are now at members' report to the chair.

Um member Miller.

Through the chair.

Good morning again.

I just wanted to invite everyone out to our morning mingle on Friday, the 12th of June at Harmony Cafe.

That's on the 12th.

And we're gonna have our land bank property sale at Considine Center from 6 to 8 on Tuesday the 16th.

Uh, so we're gonna have our district five community meeting again from 6 to 8 at the Considine Center that's 8904 Woodward.

And we will have our community development block grant learning and application assistance program, which is also going to be at Considine Center from 6 to 8.

So if you're interested in participating in the block grant uh application, the process opens up in September and we're providing two dates.

We're providing two dates.

We will assist you in filling out the application.

It's a very stringent and tedious application that I believe require assistance to be competitive.

This is not for mom and pops or startups.

You have to already be up and running and have the credentials and accounts to prove that you are worthy of this grant.

Also, our last morning meeting for the month will be at Cred Cafe on Jefferson 6340.

And from 119 to 11 a.m.

at Cree Cafe, Friday the 26th is our morning mingle.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much, Member Miller.

And before I share my members' report, um I do see that Brianna Sullivan from the administration would like to speak.

Miss Sullivan.

You're being acknowledged.

Good afternoon.

We have Diamond Finally online for item 10.5.

Apologies.

There were some technical difficulties where you all couldn't hear the speakers through the chamber.

But she is available to answer any questions from law regarding that item.

And what line item was that again?

Miss Sullivan?

7.5.

10 point 10 point.

10.5.

Okay.

Okay.

Um Miss Diamond.

Ms.

Dimel.

For line item 10.5.5.

From the law department.

How are you?

How are you?

I'm good.

Good afternoon, honorable council members.

Thank you for bringing this line item back and letting me join Brianna.

Thank you for also letting them know that I was appearing virtually.

And so if you can introduce yourself officially for the record.

I am the executive director of Right to Council.

And through the chair, Councilmember Callaway, I believe you might have had some questions about this contract.

And so I just wanted to make myself available to answer any questions that you might have.

Thank you so much for being willing to come on.

I will send my questions to you.

Because right now we're at members' report and we've already we're going to wrap this up.

So what I'll do is, and thank you for being on screen.

I will send you my questions.

Okay.

If I can quickly say one other thing, um, I'll make this very quickly.

Um, very quick.

Um, through the chair, council member Miller.

Um, I heard you um mention the tenants' rights commission um several times, um, and you uh mentioned some concerns, and so I've recently been appointed to executive director of the tenants rights commission as well.

Um, and so I am working with both right to counsel and the tenants' rights commission, both in the office of eviction defense.

I did receive that email that you received, and I definitely understand your concerns, and I do think a meeting is needed.

Um, that ordinance was put into place in 2024, and the current commissioners have been through a lot trying to get that commission off of the ground, and so they definitely understand that they do not have appointing authority.

That authority comes from um the commission and the mayor's office.

Um, but they I think they just want a place to maybe um be heard if they have some suggestions.

And so I would love for us to have a meeting.

We have um the commission members who are in the community and three city staff um who are doing great work with residents under the commission.

And so if we could align maybe sometime this week or next week to talk about and meet um and to discuss um the tenants' rights commission, that would be um really exciting and I think exciting for the commissioners to officially meet you as well instead of you know that sending emails.

But I wanted to flag that you were heard.

Um, the commission knows they don't have appointing power.

Um, and I am now balancing both the right to council and the tenants' rights commission.

So thank you um for letting me be heard on that, Adam Chair and um Councilwoman Miller.

Thank you.

Member Miller, member Miller.

Thank you, Miss Connolly, for coming on.

I really appreciate it.

I tell you, this is a breath of fresh air.

I totally support you, especially during budget for right to council.

You do an amazing work.

I'm glad you've done a crossover to right to council.

I look forward to meeting with you ASAP.

Feel free to stop by uh even today if you can, and so we can get this scheduled.

I am advocate for um the tenants right council, and I've been doing a lot of work on my own, and our staff has been actually working um on behalf of the tenants rights council that had not come around yet.

So let's just get this scheduled today.

Please reach out as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, madam chair.

Absolutely thank you.

Thank you both.

Thank you both.

All righty.

Um my quick members' report will be Oak Grove AME is offering a free six-week summer discovery program for students.

If you reside in Wayne, Oakley, or Macomb County.

It's a free again, six-week program, financial literacy, cultural experiences, and field trips on Fridays.

Please call 224-4535 for additional information.

Join me this Monday from 8 a.m.

to 9 a.m.

LIF 6 Home Base located at 7426 West McNichols.

We will have our coffee and conversation.

Again, that is this Monday, June the 8th at Liv 67426 West McNichols.

And then on June the 15th, we're going to have our virtual for those of you who cannot attend the coffee and conversation in person.

We do the same thing the following Monday virtually.

And then lastly, um the City Health Department offers free lead testing to reduce toxic led exposure among Detroiters, particularly our children.

For more information, you can call 313-876-0133.

If there is nothing further to come before this committee, this committee meeting will stand adjourned.