Morning, everyone, and welcome to the regular session of Tuesday, June 9th, 2026.

And we shall now come to order.

Madam Klerk, will you please call the role?

Councilmember Scott Benson.

Member Benson did indicate that he would be tardy.

Councilmember Letitia Johnson, present.

Councilmember Gazelle Anton McCambo.

Present.

Council Member Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Member Santiago Mero sent a memo and that she would not be present today, so her absence is excused.

Uncle Soul Note, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Councilmember Mary Waters present.

Councilmember Angela Wakefield Calloway.

Council President Pro Tim Carmen Ayon the second.

Here.

Council President James T.

Here.

Mr.

President, you have a form.

Thank you, ma'am.

We have a quorum, which means we're now in session.

We would like to now call for collection of public comment cards.

If anyone would like to provide comments to this body, uh, if you're in person, please raise your hand if you have not uh had anyone come by and provide you one of those cards.

We'll give you an opportunity to speak very shortly, coming up during public time.

If you're online, please raise your hand as well, and we will place you in the queue.

We will be closing the collection of public comments very shortly.

So please uh raise your hand to be known as soon as possible.

All right.

As we continue to recognize gun violence awareness month, it is fitting that this morning's invocation is offered by someone who has dedicated his life and ministry to promoting peace, healing trauma, and helping our young people find a different path.

Today, our pastor is Pastor Maurice Hartwick, better known throughout the city as Pastor Mo.

Come on up, please.

Yes.

He is the founder of the Living Peace Movement and Power Ministries.

Uh, Pastor Mo has become a respected voice and trusted presence in neighborhoods across the city of Detroit, working to reduce gun violence by addressing its root causes through mentorship, conflict intervention, and community engagement.

He helps young people navigate challenges by resolving disputes and building healthier futures before those conflicts turn into tragedy.

Again, please uh join me in welcoming Pastor Mo for today's invocation.

And he decided to kind of dress like me a little bit this morning, too.

I can't wear that fly though.

Amen.

Amen.

Meet you in the name of the Lord, Savior Jesus Christ.

Um good morning to my brothers and my sisters.

Morning.

And first, let me give proper greeting to this divine wise council to our council president, my brother uh James Tate and another brother for Tim Young to all the distinguished body of council.

I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, to all clergy and pastors in the room.

I salute you for your work dedication to the Lord.

Uh to my family, some of my team are here, executive team here, and to everybody here today.

Uh blessings.

Shall we pray?

Well, before I do that, let me have a couple of words to say about gun violence awareness month.

Um, as we stand in the face of violence every day, uh our city has been renowned and standing up against that and not being quiet about it, and coming up with solutions.

We can talk talk and talk violence, but coming up with solutions, being in play when it going gets rough, and kids are being murdered, and watching the mother go put a cold child in the ground and walk away, have a council members who be at that time, a mayor who be at those times.

City who comes together.

Proud to stand here and salute a city, push this back in the face of adversity, and my organization, the hand of hope, live in peace.

We we take that very serious.

We are we are titled LIP, and we it was birthed out of the protest of RIP.

Too many resting up too in peace too soon.

God said you got to live in peace first, but you can rest in peace.

So I want to just say that.

And for the safety of our citizens, and more importantly, our youth.

I will go down as a soldier for our youth in this city.

Let's pray.

Father, we thank you, God, for your creator, sovereign rule, and your wisdom.

We come before you today in humble hearts and grateful spirits, thanking you and blessing you of this city, a city built on resilience, innovation, sacrifice, and hope.

We thank you for every neighborhood, every family, every business owner, every first responder, every educator, every faith leader, every young person whose dreams are helping to shape Detroit's future.

We stand in faith with you, recognizing that every good gift and opportunity and every breath comes from you.

We thank you for this city of Detroit, a city that has been well fought, but not destroyed.

Challenged, but never defeated, tested, but still standing through economic hardship, social unrest, generational struggles.

You have sustained the city and the spirit of perseverance that continues to inspire the nation.

Move the nation.

We have moved the nation from the Model T to Wayne State University.

We are the home of the big three because we are mobilizing the nation.

We have always respect we respected and represent the movement of first class American mobility, aka the motor city, the motel, sound, forever sustaining God.

I pray that these national motor city monuments and achievements will be remembered and handed down to be a standard at the spirit of Detroit, holding the family in one hand and the world in the other.

Consecrate us in this strength and power of our African American fists.

Father, we act that you ask you for anything.

We acknowledge that we need you.

We need your infinite wisdom because we are human knowledge is finite and limited.

We need your guidance because our vision is incomplete.

We need your peace because our city is facing battles and policies alone cannot solve.

Today, Lord, we pray against the spirit of division that seeks to separate neighbor from neighbor, community from community, leaders from leader.

The word declares that a house divided against itself cannot stand.

Therefore, we ask that you tear down the walls of hostility, misunderstanding, suspicion, bitterness, threatening the unity of our city.

I left up my wife, God, as I left emergency hospital.

I've been there all night and came straight and got dressed, came right here with no sleep.

I come live up my wife today in this prayer as I lift up this city and I elect the elders and our leaders.

We pray for our newly elected mayor and her family.

We pray the holy protection and your peace over her over them, and we double down in that holy request over our most esteemed city council members and their families.

In fact, Lord, I ask that you would sanction special favor, pipe down supernatural substance right now over our mayor Mary and every Cosmo Member person's life for every link of disrespect of unwanted suspicion of disheartening public, humiliating statements that your public servants had to sit and endure day in and day out.

We call for a momentorium on all foolishness, and we sanction the next 90 days that mayor and console body, then the Lord will be sanctified.

Our police chief God, but every in Detroit, right now, for having the heart of leadership and give thanks for a carrying heartfield, intelligent policing of our chief Todd Bedison, every public servant carrying the badge and heavy burden of leadership in the city.

Lord God, protect them from discouragement, protect them from malicious attacks, hateful words, constant pressures that come at the public service and public comments.

Give them strength to withstand criticism without becoming bitter.

Humility to receive wisdom without coming prideful.

Lord, remind us as a city, we are disagreement, does not require disrespect.

Differences of opinions does not require distrust and destruction.

Debates do not require division.

Teach us how to challenge one another without demeaning one another and how to speak solutions without creating enemies.

Let us know we can come, we cannot come down to console sessions and interject ignorance and negativity and nasty, nice public comments and think it's going to help any situation.

Give us the fortitude and the power to speak up truth and kindness and integrity.

And then, Lord, let the people that speak that truth be heard and help and not debate or sidestep.

Lord, lift them up today.

Today we should also lift up our young people, God.

Father in there, there's troubling spirit that's moving through the city to cause the nation a spirit of chaos, recklessness, of lawlessness, of hopelessness, and is manifesting itself in the spirit of takeovers.

It is the spirit of Absalon.

Absalon sought to take over the throne from his father, King David.

And right now, God, we move that rebellion spirit, making him an example.

We make right now we change the character and shape risky behavior and violence and destruction that places young lives at risk.

We recognize that every bit of life is at risk.

We bring on, we thank God for shop stoppers, God, and every organization is out here fighting.

Those who are funded and without funded and underfunded and overfunded.

Touch right now our hearts, God, to minister truth and love and correction to all our teens who think they're hanging out, but they're really just climbing out.

I ask, Lord, that we then pray against every force that seeks to recruit our children into destruction instead of instructions and to destroy their destiny.

Bad examples.

Where there is confusion, bring clarity, where there's anger, bring healing, where there's rebellion, bring responsibility, where there's peer pressure, Lord, raise up courageous young leaders who would choose purpose over popularity.

Father, help us not only condemn destruction behavior, but also confront the conditions that produce it.

Convince the adults in the city, starting with the parents and mentors and faith leaders, educators, business leaders, community leaders to take back responsibility and guide the next generation and help us understand that our youth are often reflections of what we are seeing, hearing, and expecting around them.

How can we preach for them not to gain bang when political parties are baguing against company parties?

We gotta do better.

How can we uh tell them ask them to put away their differences when we are their offenses when adults sit on social media and vicious attack one another, lawyers on commercials, board members in boardrooms, employees undermining employers, choice members are changing gossip for gospel, unactivated activists are preaching black power and unity, but when it gets personal and competitive, they lose it.

Lord, convict us how we teach our kids hurt and hateful and habit uh processes, Lord, and raise up mentors, fathers, absence is absent and raise up the opportunity where poverty exists, raise up hope where despair is taking root, raise up purpose where young people have begun to believe in chaos and the only way to pass is significant.

We pray right now in the peace of these streets, the peace of our schools, the peace of our homes, the peace of our hearts.

We pray for men and women and law enforcement in the streets and the ones in our schools to grant wisdom and restraint and courage, protect them as we work daily to keep our community safe.

We pray that you trust, we trust in you for protection over all these servants.

And Father, as I close, we thank you for these proceedings today.

Touch right now every decision made in this chamber.

Measure not by political victories, but by public benefit.

Let the question be not who wins, but how do the people win together?

Give them the four seeds, God, communication, consideration, compromise in Christ.

Touch this council body, God, as they sit here, God has to endure foolishness and selfish, childish, immature behavior.

Let them look past it, God, where they have to be the bankers, have to be the council people, have to be the police and the watchers and watchmen and make policy and govern all these things, God, from their seat with underpay, in my opinion, salaries, God.

Touch them, God, and remind them, God of the Paul you count on their life, God, touch this council body, God, who fight for our city day in and day out and get disrespected.

Pray God to holiness now over their children's children.

I ask that you will bind the spirit of anyone coming against your body who you elected by the people in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Right.

Thanks so much, Pastor Mo.

A lot of people see you today, and they don't recognize where you came from and what you've been through.

And this is a true story of redemption because you're living on this side of live in peace, but you were on the other side when you were younger.

So thank you for the work that you do in our community, brother.

We really appreciate you.

And you are more than willing to stay with us for the rest of this meeting, but understand if you have a schedule that you have to attend.

All right.

The journal of the last formal session shall be approved.

And without any consideration, reconsiderations or unfinished business, we will proceed first with presentations.

And I have first up, Member Waters.

We have two presentations today.

Member Waters, you are first.

Member Waters, the floor is yours.

Thank you.

Uh thank you, Mr.

President, and good morning to all.

It is certainly an honor today to honor these uh three women who are here with us today.

Uh the Spirit of Detroit awards will be proudly presented to Laquita Thomas, Brianna Avery, and Sheila Nose.

And recognition of their outstanding courage, their compassion, their vigilance, and quick thinking during a critical moment that helped lead to the safe recovery of a missing child who's 12 years old.

Through their immediate action and unwavering commitment to the well-being of others, Laquita Thomas, Brianna Avery, and Sheila Nose demonstrated the very best, and I mean the very best of Detroit spirit, neighbors looking out for one another.

I'm so happy that you all stopped to do that and not just say that it is not my child, it's none of my business.

You know, I mean, it means a lot when you have people to just stand up and help to take care uh of each other.

Uh, and that's the spirit, and that is the spirit we want to continue to see uh here uh in this city.

So you demonstrated the best of Detroit spirit, neighbors looking out for one another.

I cannot say that enough.

We need to do more of that, stepping up in moments of urgency and taking action that truly makes a difference.

There's selflessness and dedication reflect the values that strengthen our communities and remind us all that true leadership is often revealed through acts of service, humanity, and care on behalf of the residents of Detroit and Mary Waters, council member at large, representing the whole D entire Detroit City Council.

We proudly honor Laquita Thomas, Brianna Avery, and Sheila Nose for exemplifying the true spirit of Detroit and for helping to protect and uplift our community through their extraordinary actions.

And if you could just come up, ladies, please.

To care about somebody's child in particular.

This is what I want to encourage all Detroiters to do that.

Let's look out for one another.

Let's love on each other because that's what you guys demonstrated.

You demonstrated not only being a good neighbor, but that was some Detroit love you demonstrated there.

And I do want you to know that we certainly appreciate that.

And so congratulations.

Keep it going.

Here's an example of some very strong Detroit love.

And this is what we all should be doing, looking out for one another.

Thank you all.

So very late.

So anyone like to have a few words?

Anyone?

All right.

Really quickly.

I would just say we did honestly, we did what comes natural, which is embrace our babies, our community.

I guess anyone would have done it.

Well, actually, everyone would not have done it.

But but we thank you, and we really appreciate it so very, very much.

Nothing, you were the spokesperson here.

Nobody else.

Okay.

All right, no, nobody else.

All right.

Okay.

All right, good.

I just want to personally thank the ladies who I had the pleasure of working with.

I especially want to acknowledge Ms Sheila, because without her vigilance, we would have never knew what was going on.

So I want to say congratulations, ladies.

I am proud of you and keep up the good work.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um, Mr.

President.

Uh anybody.

Yes, so no, thank you so much for uh your dedication and your selflessness.

Many times we see things going on.

I watched that show, uh, what would you do?

You know, on uh YouTube.

And there's maybe many situations where there are bad things that are happening.

Some people just turn the other way because they don't want to get involved, don't want to have any negative things put upon them.

But you all took the initiative uh and saved a life, uh, potentially, right?

We don't know what would happen, but we know what now has happened, and that the young person is now in the home of those who care for them.

So thank you so much for your dedication and your your work in your steadfastness and your quick thinking as well in your heart.

God bless.

Right, is that it, Mr.

President?

Yes, ma'am.

We'll take photos uh after we do the next presentation.

Yes, ma'am.

All right then.

All right, y'all give it up one more time for these young ladies.

And I have the honor of presenting the next presentation.

I want to ask uh Ms.

Yelena Ramatar and Sophia Chu to come on down.

Uh y'all give them a round of applause, please.

This is in recognition of Caribbean, uh National Caribbean American Heritage Month.

Um Detroit's strength has always come from the many communities that have chosen to build their lives here and contribute there to our collective future.

National Caribbean American Heritage Month gives us an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the rich history, culture, and contribution of Caribbean Americans who continue to help shape our city.

For many Detroiters, Caribbean heritage is not something distant or separate from our story, it is part of our story.

Through generations of migration, family connections, entrepreneurship, uh community leadership, Caribbean Americans have uh uh made a lasting contribution to the cultural and economic uh fabric of the city of Detroit.

Recognizing Caribbean American Heritage Month is important because it affirms the value that every community uh helps make Detroit what it is today.

It reminds us that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths, and that understanding another's history helps us build a stronger, more connected city for everyone.

It is my honor, my pleasure uh to present this testimonial resolution.

Uh Savannah, come on over.

She's getting that work done.

I'll take it.

Thank you.

It is my honor and my pleasure and privilege uh to present on behalf of this body and the residents of the city of Detroit, this testimonial resolution celebrating again National Caribbean American Heritage Month and recognizing the many contributions of Detroit's Caribbean American uh community.

I'm also pleased to be joined by, as I mentioned earlier, Miss Shilana Ramatar, Miss Sophia Chu, uh, who will offer brief remarks to commemorate this very, very special month.

So thank you so much.

Um, it's nice to be seen, although we have been in the city and in the state and in this country for a very long time.

Um I represent the over the Google thing says about 3,000, but I know it's more than that.

So there is Caribbean people everywhere in every pocket of the city of Detroit that you enter.

All you have to do is look for us because we're there.

So being seen means so much to us.

We have community members that have been working tirelessly in this city to be a part of the fabric.

The minister mentioned earlier about the um automotive industry.

That's one of the reasons why we came here to make sure we're able to take care of our families back home.

We end up marrying some Detroiters, and then now we have mixed household.

So and um, there are a bunch of restaurants if you're looking for food.

There's a bunch of clubs if you're looking to party.

There's a bunch of organizations if you're looking to socialize with us.

We're so grateful to have in the house today.

The leader of one of the organizations that's over a hundred years old on the east side of Detroit, the Western and American Association.

They have been serving our community and providing a welcoming space for all our community members and Americans for over a hundred years.

We ask for you to continue to support them.

They also have a venue space for rent, and we got bills to pay.

So we're looking forward to you guys now embracing us a little bit more because we hear you see us.

If you want to find out more about our community, you can simply email watch us grow, MI at gmail.com.

So watch us grow, Michigan at gmail.com.

Thank you guys so much again.

I appreciate this so much, and it is a valuable lesson for all of us.

The city of Detroit is a welcoming city, and we feel welcome.

Good morning, everyone.

I wanted to thank you, Council President, for this.

Um, as Sophia mentioned, we have been a part of this city for so long.

We come here for many different reasons, but it's important in this time that we're living in that we recognize each other's humanity.

And so my sister spoke about our Caribbean background, but I am here just to speak about the full experience of all immigrant communities that do exist in the city of Detroit that call Detroit home.

And I just again, in a lot of spaces that I'm in, I'm a community organizer by trade in this city.

A lot of you know me, know of my work, my work in different organizations.

I just want us all to remember we are all in the same boat that is called Detroit, and there's a lot of room for all of us, whether we call Detroit home for the last year, we've called it home for a hundred years or 500 years because what affects one of us affects all of us.

So again, thank you so much, Count the President and the rest of this body for honoring June as National Caribbean American Heritage Month.

Thank you all.

Um right, thank you so much.

And listen, welcome.

And I've been seeing for a very long time.

Uh, in fact, I've um I visited uh the uh Caribbeans, I've at least been to two countries, Trinidad and um and Jamaica, and um and I participated in carnival here.

I used I wore the costumes, uh yes, I was it was during the time the Aero Service was organizing the uh the whole carnival that would be here.

Yeah, it um and it's great food, um great people.

So I just want you all to know that I've been seeing you a long time.

I I used to literally go out uh to some of the places and and just dance my heart away uh at some of the events that you had.

It is just beautiful music for those of you who've never heard it or participated.

Let me tell you, if you don't move based on that music, there's something wrong with you.

So I just want to say we see you, we appreciate you.

Thank you for investing your time here uh in our great city.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

And I want to say to the chair, I just wanted to say to Yelena, you are an amazing contributor to District 5.

For those who don't do not know, she is a community activist, she's a vote registration.

She encourages people to come out and support Genesis Hope.

She's always there in that community, but more importantly, she is definitely on the ground, grassroots when it comes to voters and learning your rights and why you should vote and bringing candidates to her forms to participate so you know exactly what you're getting in the city of Detroit.

And learning your rights and why you should vote and bringing candidates to her forums to participate so you know exactly what you're getting to see Detroit.

And I just want to say congratulations for your award today, long overdue, I'm sure.

But continue with the work and may your organization flourish as you requested.

Um for all that you contribute to the city of Detroit.

Um and just for being uh our neighbors.

And just want to make sure that you know that we welcome you and lift you up, and uh we'll always be a city that um that is here for you, and that's uh thank you.

So thank you all so much.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, just want to say thank you so much for being here in the city of Detroit, adding the Caribbean flavor uh to the city of Detroit, and um, for all of the work that you all do individually.

Um, I knew Earl Service for a number of years, and he had several of his McDonald's restaurants in District Four.

Uh, worked alongside of him, went to church together with he and his wife and his family.

Um, and just want to say thank you for the contribution.

What you all do and what so many other communities do help to contribute to the city of Detroit and and help us to be the the great the phenomenal city that we are.

Um, we are a melting pot.

And we appreciate you all.

We appreciate um the the businesses, the the contribution, and Yelena, I thank you so much for the work that you do um with CDA with community development advocates of Detroit.

I have worked alongside of the organization for a number of years, and I'm just really elated and thankful for the work that you all are doing around community land trust and always being boots on the ground and and making sure that policy um decisions are crafted and created by residents throughout this city.

So thank you both.

Uh thank you to the Caribbean community uh for everything you do in the city of Detroit.

Thank you.

Right, right here.

Thank you so much.

Let's now get back to this agenda.

We will now cut off the collection of public comment cards, ladies and gentlemen.

And as I scroll.

And this is a potential walk on from uh planning and economic development regarding the pump station.

We do have a document that's in front of us.

I know it's been in committee for about a month now.

Has had uh discussion and uh there was a request to pull this item out of committee.

Again, closing resolution is before it's closing resolution for Libra uh through street pumping station rezoning.

Uh Madam Clerk.

Mr.

President, so are you moving the um ordinance first?

Yes, ma'am.

No, the uh the resolution.

The resolution.

Yes.

So we can put it on to the business.

Yes, Councilmember Johnson, a resolution.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Motion to pull line item twenty-seven point two, the resolution uh regarding the Great Lakes Water Authority Food Street Pump Station.

Any objections?

See none, then action shall be taken.

All right, we'll deal with it.

Um we have uh director Brown that's here now, so might as well just go ahead and take care of it now in case there's any questions we can have him go along and take care of the rest of his day.

Um, can I make a motion to add the resolution that was just pulled to new business?

Uh that's right.

So we pulled it out of committee.

Now we got to add it to new business.

Uh colleagues, there's a motion to add this item to new business.

Any objections.

Say none, that action shall be taken.

Madam Clerk, we can take this line out of them up, please.

Councilmember Johnson, an introduction of an ordinance.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I move that the ordinance be read twice by title, order printed and laid on the table.

Are there any objections, colleagues?

Say none, that action shall be taken.

A resolution setting a public hearing.

This is to pull it out for a vote.

The public hearing was held in PED.

So Mr.

President for point of clarity.

Member Johnson, so this when was the public hearing for this ordinance?

Maybe five weeks ago.

So when the ordinance, when the public meeting was held five weeks ago, what was the motion at the time of the hearing?

Through the chair, uh this item was brought back as a line item in PED.

We had further discussion and we are now looking to vote on the actual item, which was the public hearing.

So thank you.

Yes, Mr.

President, yes, is yes.

Do you have the script?

That is correct.

No, we do not.

So we will postpone this item until uh later in the agenda while the script is being prepared.

All right.

No objections that action shall be taken.

For the budget finance and audit standing committee, Madam Clerk.

Four reports from various city departments.

Four reports would be referred to the budget finance and audit standing committee for the internal operations standing committee.

Two reports from various city departments.

The two reports would be referred to the internal operations standing committee for the neighborhood and community services standing committee.

Two reports from the mayor's office.

Two reports from various city departments.

The two reports will be referred to the planning and economic development standing committee for the public health and safety standing committee.

Eight reports from various city departments.

Under other matters, Mr.

President, there are no items.

Madam Clerk, one more time.

Sorry.

Pardon me.

I didn't I didn't hear you.

Oh, I would say under other matters, there are no items, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Under communications from the mayor and other governmental officials and agencies.

There are no items, Mr.

President.

Thank you so much.

Madam Clerk, if we can please note that we've been joined by Member Benson.

Clerk will so note, Mr.

President.

Thank you so much.

We will now go into public comment.

I have before me in person 12 cards.

We're going to start first with Robin Peoples, followed by Irving Morrow, followed by Fidel L.

And everyone will receive two minutes.

So Robin Peoples, Irving Morrow.

Fidel L.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I stand here speaking on behalf of Live and Peace Movement.

Um on behalf of our executive director, uh, Pastor Mo Harwick.

We are one of the uh CBI organizations uh designated by the city.

Um our zone is between six and eight miles between John R and Mound Road, and we are just happy to say that we have been uh serving in that community for the past uh year officially.

Um we have our our street team has grown its presence and uh stamped its footprints within the community by partnering up with the Detroit Public Schools Community District.

Our four schools that we're in are Marion Law Academy, Mason Academy, Nolan, and Pershing High School.

And we're also um in Farwell Recreational Center.

So we are happy to say that we have continued our engagement.

Um our initiative against community nonviolence has been really continued with our engagement with the uh young community between the ages of 12 and 24.

And uh some of our programs uh that we have going on right now are our pathway program, which is uh a job, uh it's a bridge for uh community.

I'm sorry, for uh pathway community for um jobs to learn what you can do after school.

Um, also our initiative that we have coming up now is our safe summer, which is in alignment with um the mayor's um occupy the summer, a separate, but also the same in a thank you so much.

Before we go to our next speaker, I know Pastor Mo, you indicated that your your wife is uh hospitalized and you just came from the hospital.

I also want to certainly send prayers out to you and your family and for her swift um and full recovery, swift and full recovery, bro.

Absolutely.

Bless you, thank you so much.

Our next speaker, Urban Morrow, followed by Fidel L, followed by the Pastor Lorenzo Sue.

Good morning.

Morning.

First of all, I like to address a um comment.

The last time I was in here, uh Councilman Tate, you said back and said that the only reason why we come down to the city council meetings is for likes, right?

And I'm like, I would like to correct that.

The reason why we come down to city council meetings is for when we're dissatisfied about certain things that's taking on into the city.

You guys are elected officials, right?

And being an elected official, from my understanding, is if the citizens or the community have issues or problems that we come and speak to you guys and address that issue, right?

Now I listen to the RAV speak earlier today, and I'm like, we living in two different neighborhoods because the way the rab described it, it's like you guys are like scot-free and don't do anything wrong.

But then we look at the situation with the dirt that's going on in the city of Detroit, right?

Then I look at the situation.

We got a council member up here that was convicted of what uh what conspiracy, fraud, things of this nature sold out for Rolex, right?

I'm like, it puzzles me to sit back and see that there's two different cities that we live in, right?

And I just want to address these issues because it's like it's real frustrating when over and over and over again we see individuals getting contracts.

We come down here and we discuss this.

No one recognizes it.

I tried to log in and apply for grants and contracts, and it sent me to another porthole.

When I tried to address that issue with you guys before, he was like, Oh, we'll discuss it down the line.

It's like you know what's really going on.

That's what I want to sit back and realize.

Then I look at it, the one guy they say that um he's not even from Detroit, he's from California, and somehow got plugged into you guys.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, Fidel L followed by Pastor Lorenzo, followed by our books.

Yeah, old Pastor Mo, he poured it on fix, so that the bottom line, he's looking for some more money that y'all gonna brand.

Mary Waters, I don't understand how you with this prior group.

Are you are you like that?

Or in fact, where's the heterosexual parade?

Where's the heterosexual uh flag at?

What does the Bible say about that?

See again, Erv, you gotta realize when somebody simply just don't like you.

Hey, Miller, McCambo, let me be real with y'all.

Y'all was cheated in.

Let me explain to y'all why.

Y'all district look like pure D hair before y'all got there, and when y'all get out of there, it's gonna look like pure D hair.

Because the seven, the rest of these seven devils that y'all with, that's how they districts live.

Y'all just have a Caribbean lady up here talking about what she did, and she is not the majority of the people that live here.

So you know what they're saying to y'all child and grandchild.

When they work hard for this low pay, they're gonna have to go spend their money with somebody that don't look like them.

And y'all, the reason why.

And again, it takes.

We come down here because you work for us, but since y'all cheated in, y'all work for that man in the sky.

There's no reason for y'all to give out all this money every single day, and black people don't benefit from that.

Hey, McCampbell, you see them three ladies that y'all did, uh, Mary Waters game.

I know them personally, live in poverty.

They've been known when you came up there and did your chicken dinner, they was there.

You don't even know what's going on in your district because you was cheated in.

I know Regina Ross, I don't know nothing about you.

And for the lack of time, this is why I call y'all the lowest form, ignorant, devilish, no good son of a gun as a city council.

Also, you guys are Christians or say you Christians, because the Bible says we don't go against uh heterosexual.

College educated devils.

Next speaker, Pastor Lorenzo Sewell, followed by Shark Williams, followed by Javon Perry.

Citizens of Detroit, I know this is complex.

We come to this meeting, and maybe you are online.

I know this is very difficult to understand, but this is about our money, you all and the people that sit here, they've they're making decisions today about tens of millions of dollars.

Let me tell you why this is so important.

This is what I want you all to do.

This document, it shows you how much money they're giving out every week.

This is very important, y'all.

I need you to hear this.

I know this is hard to understand, but this meeting is about money, it's not about awards, awards are important, it's not about prayer, prayer is important.

This is about money.

Detroit, you are rich.

You're a three billion dollar organization, and I want to help you.

There's a couple things you can do.

One is this you can listen to my show, 103.5 FM for three hours a day.

I teach on politics from four to seven, Monday through Friday.

You can call in 103.5 FM.

If you need somebody to watch your babies, I will pay for baby sitting, and I will pay for you to get down here and meet me down here.

You can call me directly, 248 755 1896.

You can call me directly.

I'll pay for your baby city.

I'll pay for you to come down here, and I will help you understand what's happening with your money.

248, 755, 1896.

Here's the second thing.

On this agenda, I want to teach you what I learned today.

There's an organization called Wayne Metro.

They've been using my building for four years.

1366, Stansbury 180 Church.

I'm the senior pastor.

They just were awarded six million dollars, and they have never given us one single cent.

They've never helped us out one day.

Detroit, I need you.

Give me a call.

We're about to raise up an army of advocates.

God bless you.

Next speaker is Shark Williams, followed by Von Garry, followed by Michael Humphrey.

Hello through the chair.

Um, this is very serious.

Education, Detroit, kids.

We have three components.

It's the parents, the teachers, and the system.

If we do not do anything, our kids are gonna be lost.

When I was growing up, my parents were my parents.

They're not my friends.

So when I say it, kids should start preschool.

They need this.

And also it's what you instill in your kids.

They just can't do everything.

So you all get upset when they discipline them or call and be like, well, so and so did this, and then the parents say, Well, what did you do?

Your kids are there to get an education.

This is the moral of the story.

We are supposed to lead by example.

We got all these people up here.

They come down here every week.

And I'm gonna speak what I want to speak because this is my first amendment right.

If your house is not clean, that's on you.

Okay, so I sit up here and talk about the real facts.

Facts.

Illegal DTE in this city.

Facts.

Okay, so we can go, I can go down the list.

I only got two minutes.

But at the end of the day, how many ex-offenders are not American citizens are on the Detroit Police Department?

And illegal voting.

I'm can I'm gonna continue to talk about that.

It's not the name.

I mean, it's not the ballots, it's the fake banks.

This is how they are cheating, probably all around the country.

Because when you can go somewhere and you're a non-U.S.

citizen and go to the Secretary of State office and become somebody else, and then go to the ballot.

Like I said, we need to come together collectively.

Um, I don't care what side of the aisle you want, but you all need to join together and get y'all garbage together and become something different than what you are.

Another speaker, followed by Michael Humphrey, followed by Josh Man.

Good morning, council.

Morning.

Uh Detroit is a major black city with billions of dollars flowing through our neighborhoods every single year.

But the hard truth is too much of that money leaves our communities just as fast as it comes in.

We spend money in stores in our community.

We buy products made outside our neighborhoods.

We support businesses that often don't reinvest back into Detroit.

This is not about attacking other cultures.

This is about building stronger economic power for our own people in a city built by black culture, black labor, and black consumers.

We need a real economic action plan.

First, Detroit to launch a major buy black Detroit initiative that promotes black owned businesses across the city through apps, advertising events, and partnerships with schools, churches, influencers, and local media.

Second, we need real funding for black entrepreneurs.

Too many good business ideas die because people can't get loans, property, or startup capital.

The city should create grants, low interest loans, and commercial property programs to help Detroiters' own business and buildings and not just rent forever.

Third, we must teach ownership to our youth.

Entrepreneurship, credit, investing in financial literacy should be taught in schools and community centers, just like sports and entertainment.

Fourth, Detroit needs to rebuild local manufacturing and supply chains.

We should support black owned trucking companies, food distributors, clothing manufacturers, construction companies, and wholesalers, so more money stays circulating inside our own communities.

And finally, city contracts and development dollars should benefit Detroit residents first.

Our tax dollars should go to help Detroit businesses, Detroit jobs, and Detroit neighborhoods.

The goal is simple ownership, circulation, investment, and generational wealth.

Detroit has the talent.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Our next speaker, Michael Humphrey, followed by Josh Mann, followed by Betty Loves.

Councilmember Tate, President.

Um, and District 5 minute uh city council in the window.

Meganod.

Um I spoke with her about putting a program together with the Michigan Economic Corporation.

She liked the corporation's ideas.

I supported that.

So the global empowerment.

Some people have been there, some people have not.

Um I have another problem though that I'm having to deal with, unfortunately.

I talked to my friend, some of you may have known him.

Um you call him Commander McKissick and Wayne McKissick, one of my boxing partners.

Um I've been boxing over there, Johnson, I'm coaching over there, and they want me to be the Olympic boxing coach in 2028.

President Tate, uh, an honorary uh members of the Detroit City Council.

I'm here to um allegedly report sex crimes.

Uh I spoke to um Wayne told me to go over to what they call the Detroit police board meeting.

I talked to Deputy Police Chief Michael Parrish.

He got me to touch with Chief Investigator Rome Warfield and Internal Affairs Reporter.

I'm waiting for someone to get back with me on that matter.

Um, I asked Chief Todd to refuse himself because the person allegedly doing this is one of his attorney brothers, and they are doing things that are not um legal.

They're brought in allegedly people using my name from New York and sex trafficking.

I think it's very serious, and I'd like to get some help on that, and I'd like to be able to contact you later on.

Uh, President Tate, it's okay with you.

I have information I can email you and the rest of the city council members um with the facts that I've um put the paper trail together with with Wayne uh McKissick's advice.

I put it together because he said make sure you have a paper trail so they can't say they didn't see it, they didn't understand it, and they didn't know what's going on.

I'd like to thank you for your time and consideration.

And you all have a great day.

Thank you.

Someone from my team will uh gather your information so we can collect that from you.

Okay.

Our next speaker, Josh Mann, followed by Betty Lyons, followed by Bobby Johnson.

Good morning, council leaders.

As you know, I'm Josh Mann.

Some of my earliest memories as a child were spending time at my grandfather's building two doors down on that is currently the Scientology building.

He was growing in company, the stock traders of Detroit.

His grandparents were Connor Creeks and Connor Farms.

So my ancestors' property is now up for a supposed 14-acre data center, which is concerning.

My ancestors are rolling over in their craves.

Uh we used to walk from his building down to the Hudson's building for an ice cream sundae to see what's happening.

My entire ancestry comes from this city.

They were founders and builders of the city, founders of the Detroit Athletic Club.

To see where our city's going with this mass surveillance and data centers is a concern.

I've taken pride of this city my entire life and wanted to be here.

I could live anywhere in the country I wanted.

I have a house in the Caribbean in Jamaica in the mountains.

I have land in California, house in Arizona.

I choose Detroit because Detroit was special.

I'm losing interest in Detroit.

Yesterday I sold my first property, one of my houses.

And I'm ready to sell the rest of my houses, my commercial buildings, and my lots because I'm losing faith in this city.

I was told that the city airport properties over there was going to be for an Amazon fulfillment center, which is not of the interest of the community or is the data centers to compile our information.

It's concerning what's happening here.

I tried to propose a resolution to a graffiti problem.

For 40 days, I couldn't get a response from email.

All of a sudden, a celebrity artist in the city officials to look into this.

Thank you so much.

I got more response out of a working every week.

Followed by Bobby Johnson, followed by Ronald Foster.

Target Walmart.

They know if they come to Detroit, their community will dry up and die.

We are only known the blacks, which is pitiful as consumers.

We need to go back to the old boycotting these venues because if they won't reciprocate, then we won't reciprocate.

Or not even reciprocate.

We won't go out to the suburbs and help them out.

McCampbell, you gave over three million dollars, totaling over 22 million dollars to an insurance company in Troy.

I'm asking you.

Did you lift a finger for that young mother who couldn't find insurance that she could afford?

Did you?

I won't get an answer.

That old fink, I guess he's a lawyer.

He stays in Bloomfield Hills.

Gave him Detroit gave him $9 million.

He doesn't even come and look at you, counsel.

Anderson, I guess he works for him.

Because he seems to know what's going on, but he won't even call him out.

It sounds like he's getting a piece of the pie.

Are you?

Mr.

Miles.

No one will help this man.

He's been coming down here for years.

But you'll help these foreigners from the suburbs.

Give them millions of dollars.

This man is asking for simple help in Detroit, and you won't help him.

I will always remember Leland Tennis.

How you and the mayor, that dirty satanic dougan, let them down, and you let them down.

And even Mary Shepard.

Thank you so much.

Our next speaker, Bobby Johnson, followed by Ronald Foster and our last speaker, Terry Jones.

Thank you.

My name is Bobby Johnson.

I'm the president of Franklin Park Community Association.

I'm here today to demand transparent, accountability, and justice for the people of Detroit.

For years, Detroit families were over-assessed, over taxed, and pushed out into foreclosure.

We know that hundreds of millions of dollars were improperly corrupted from Detroit homeowners.

The result was destruction and generational wealth, especially in black.

Today I'm here asking a question.

Detroit residents deserve to know.

How many of these homes were taken through tax foreclosure or transferred to the city Detroit land bank?

At those homes, how many were previously owned by black families?

How many of these were transferred to the land bank and were sold to LLC corporations, investors, investors, absentees, and non-U.S.

citizens.

These are some of the things that the city of Detroit needs to answer.

I would like a public hearing on this.

I would like to know how many of these properties were taken from black residents, sold to other people outside of the city.

How many of the black residents were able to buy back their houses?

What happened to these houses?

Where are they standing now?

And what are you doing to make us whole?

I see we're giving out a lot of money here.

I see we're doing a lot of things here.

We're we're recognizing every every nationality but the blacks that built this city.

The thing about it is we're being pushed out.

But I got one suggestion.

Someone said that you can buy a city council seat.

I believe you can.

So now what I say is let's send them back all to at large.

If you're all at large, some of you guys aren't gonna make it.

Because the only way you can be held accountable is through one.

Everybody else has to be held accountable.

I wasn't large.

Terry Jones.

Oh, good morning through the council.

A few things.

Um, first, I want to remind us call somebody that there was a 19% voter turnout.

You guys want with 15%, which means there's plenty of plenty of role for improvement and getting suggestions and feedback from this community.

Secondly, I want to say that you signed up to be a public servant.

Nobody forced you to do it.

It's a term called public servant.

And then thirdly, you get paid to make decisions and to accept the criticism or the praise of decisions that you make.

And so those things are important to understand and should be enough for you guys that maintain composure when you don't hear things you don't like about your professional decisions.

Those things have to be tightened up.

Secondly, you know, um, I'm not gonna talk bad about anybody, but the Bible says thou shall not steal.

And so if you hold a position of things and you steal, and then you know what we're talking about.

Secondly, I want to just talk a little bit about Thomas Jefferson where he spoke about separation of church and state, foundational democratic principle that divides political authority and religious organizations.

Purpose of that was uh because the church can have potentially influence on the government or the government can have influence on the church.

Either way it goes as supposed to be separate to some degree.

And so, but uh, I like what we're doing here when it comes down to 20.5.

You guys have a Smith and Western.

I would suggest you look up a nine millimeter beretta, which is one of the safest handguns with three safety mechanisms on it.

I'm not sure your cost analysis, but just safety should come first.

And then lastly, I never pledged allegiance to anything in my life outside of God, my family and this country.

And I think that's very, very important.

The clothes out where the colors I wear are perception from you guys, you know.

And so uh I think that's just very important.

I think I've illustrated those on our final in-person speaker, Terry Jones.

Not doing today.

How are you doing, Miss Letitia Johnson?

Love to see you all the time.

Like I'm about to tell y'all, I've been doing this too long.

I'm a truck driver, I'm off work.

I can bring business to this city.

I got truck drivers that's retired and spend their money.

Why would they spend their money and you got people in Dearborn still in houses, still in business?

You got more Cal Danians and Araps opening business than we do.

Okay, Miss Letitia Johnson, she's been helping me a lot, Miss Waterford been helping me a lot with this house situation.

I'm still out of my house.

I'm doing the leg work.

Why should I do the leg work?

And y'all supposed to be city councilman.

One person I have not seen a year, it's the person that runs the Wayne County's department.

He ain't been here to put like this.

If I did something wrong, I'm gonna cover my behind.

He's not here to defend himself at all.

Everybody been helping me out, like I said, Miss Waterford and Tissia, everybody helping.

It just, I'm tired.

I'm to the point now.

I don't even want my friends to even come to Detroit.

I go out in the suburbs, they all oaken county.

They don't play that.

They don't play you coming out there trying to defraud a house.

They want you to come down there personally, face to face with them.

The reason I know about this because I got friends that's working at the deeds department down there.

I got the Oakland County Sheriff's Department down there.

That's on my team.

I can call them right now and they'll tell you about me.

I'm not a bad person, I'm just tired of everybody sitting around pointing the finger at each other.

I'm not pointing fingers at Miss Waterford.

I'm not pointing fingers at um Miss Johnson.

I'm pointing at where is my man that run the Dank you so much.

And Mr.

Jones, I didn't interrupt you, but I want you to be mindful of uh any slurs, any racial slurs that you mentioned.

Um, but you may not know.

Uh I'll just say this because if we had this uh educational moment before with someone else, the word is error.

All right, thank you so much.

We shall now go to uh our public comment online.

We'll now go to our online public comments.

How many callers do we have and who do we have first?

We have 19 callers online, the first caller being 1244.

Caller, the floor is yours.

We have two minutes.

General public comment.

Two and a half years afterwards.

Excuse me, may I be heard?

Yes.

Yes, I would like to know because of the Grand Prix and other events that's been held in the city of Detroit that we find out have found out that most of the funding from all of those um events that's happening in the city of Detroit downtown, the money is not being funded into our neighborhoods.

We are depleted in our neighborhoods of grocery stores.

We're um on both sides of the city of Detroit.

Jobs for the young people this summer.

I haven't seen uh any kind of uh jobs available for the children of the city of Detroit to keep them busy.

Um the children either have have jobs before the end of the school year because of uh my sister working for the youth for the uh jobs for the city of Detroit.

I have seen no programs uh to help those young people besides that.

We are depleted of entertainment for the children for ourselves as well.

Uh, you know, we need to have theaters, we need to have um and bring our black dollars back into the city of Detroit.

I don't think that uh that uh downtown is supposed to get all of the funding from all of these different events because we are being inconvenienced here in our own house, and now we don't get any benefits from it.

So my myself uh standing um with others in the city of Detroit that we want better.

We want reparations for the city of Detroit.

You're building all these new homes, and some of them are not affordable.

Uh $300,000 homes in our neighborhoods, knowing that most of the Detroiters cannot afford those so-called affordable homes that are being built in the city of Detroit.

We need more things done from our city council.

We're looking forward to for better things to come.

And I thank you for your time.

Thank you so much.

Next caller, please.

Our next caller is going to be caller ending at 169.

Caller ending in 169.

The floor is yours.

Two minutes, general public comment.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes, sir.

Great.

Um, hello.

Great morning to you.

Yes, you listening.

Thank you for helping Brother Cunningham as well as praying for Brother Cunningham.

Do more banking Cunningham than thanking Cunningham.

Get your feet off Cunningham's neck.

You are relieved religious bully tyrants.

Yes, you are religious bully tyrants, religious bully tyrants.

A tyrant is an absolute ruler who holds unlimited power and uses it cruelly, harshly, or unfairly.

The terms also describe any person who exercises authority or power in an oppressive and dictorial manner.

Thank you for my time.

Thank you so much.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is Melissa Love.

Pastor Mo.

Your prayer should be God shift this economy because we have no representation.

Where is the ASL interpreter during public comment?

YME and liquor store needs to be cleaned up.

Also, they are always open after 2 a.m.

But yet I see almost every other day.

Two black police cars targeting our community.

Those yellow yard signs that says no parking on a certain date and time.

They are not sweeping our streets.

They only have us move our vehicles for for them to just pick up the sign.

That's lack of representation.

Also, as I should add, I'm Melissa Love, never voted.

November 2020 or August 2024.

Somehow I am on the water roles.

Election for all is real.

I am the evidence.

Election for all is real.

I am the evidence.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is going to be honored papa.

All right, Carl, the floor is yours.

You got two minutes, general public comment.

Are you there?

Let's put that caller at the end of the queue and go to the next, please.

Let's put that caller at the end of the queue and go to the next, please.

Next caller is going to be William M.

Davis.

Mr.

William M.

Davis, the floor is yours.

We have two minutes, general public comment.

Davis, are you there?

Let's put that caller at the end of the queue and go to the next, please.

Next call is going to be Betty A.

Varner.

Miss Betty A.

Varna.

The floor is yours.

We have two minutes.

General public comments.

Good morning to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Varner, president of the Soda Else World Black Association.

Uh advocating for our Rise Detroit event that is going to be a Saturday, August 1st.

Uh it's gonna be a family-friendly event.

We're gonna be playing games.

Uh, we're gonna have tents up if we get volunteers to help us, cause the majority of us at the membership.

We are seniors and women that we want uh vision is to play big with spades, uh checkers, dominoes.

There's going to be many of games for the children.

We're gonna have a bouncy house, give away free bikes, school supplies.

Our goal is to have hygiene products, we're gonna do free haircuts and braiders.

We are in need of a volunteer.

Is there anyone within the sound of my voice who have skills to braid hair for the little girls?

We're not no weaves, we've had that issue.

It's just simple, basic braiding for our children, and we are requesting that the hair is clean.

Um, we're gonna have free food.

Uh we're going to uh have spaces for vendors that they can sell their products if they like to be a part of what we are doing.

But everything that the soda else world black association is gonna give is free.

We hope to have um DMC there, uh Wayne Metro.

We've already got the commitment from the uh Cadrus Department for the Wayne County uh mobile unit.

So if you're within the sound of my voice and can help us with uh hair braiding, it's gonna be August.

Thank you so much, Miss Farney.

Next caller, please.

Next caller is gonna be Darren McCluske.

All right, Carler, the floor is yours.

Good morning, council.

Okay.

So once again, it would be very helpful just to say like who's coming next, even virtually, just like you do in person.

Um, you often will spend more time talking about how to add someone to the end of the queue.

You know, us who are virtual or maybe even busier than the people who are sitting there, it would be very, very helpful.

I don't know what needs to happen to change that.

Um, let's talk about the solar transfers from White Star to DTE.

No one saw that coming.

Maybe White Star is jumping ship.

I don't really know.

Maybe there's dirty dirt basement holes in the areas that you want to cover with solar panels.

Maybe they just don't want that liability.

Either way, kind of seems like a monopoly.

You guys are handing land taken with eminent domain over to a private corporation for a 30-year lease, effective ownership.

White star slipped up during a lot of their interviews and said transfer ownership.

The transfer documents even talk about transferring title over.

So now we have one big effective monopoly who's gonna be in control of seven of the city's solar farms that are supposed to be for residents.

Well, you guys admitted to spending 35k on 206 homes for energy upgrades.

That's over seven million dollars.

7.7 million was spent on attorney fees alone.

So without a single dollar for actual compensation and uh purchasing, you guys have spent over 14 million.

There was only 10 million allocated to the project coming from Misterski.

How does any of this make sense?

Where's the money coming from?

And then you guys have backed yourselves into a corner that if you're not ready by July 6th, you lose the federal tax credits.

So it's a massive overreach.

Everyone who isn't following this closely needs to follow it and go to Detroit Solar Scam.com.

Thank you.

Our next caller, sir, is gonna be Samsung SMG991U.

The floor is yours.

We got two minutes.

General public comment.

Yes.

Uh I'm not trying to go against the people that came down to Caribbean.

But before they had even spoke, I already wrote down what I was gonna say about uh African town.

We don't have an African town.

That's a shame that Queen Mother, Dr.

Queen Mother Joanne Watson was gonna do one, and they say we were being prejudiced.

So where's African town?

I'm not here.

Where's African town?

We need African town.

Because I'm seeing every other town taken over, and there's no African town.

We want to represent our people also, President Tate.

We need African town.

And as I said the other day, I appreciate you all was saying that what you're gonna do about the land bank, like you were saying, we've been taking care of property since 99 and before.

We've been cutting the grass, we've been doing the weeds, plus people got pictures of everything that they have been done because I for one have pictures of everything I've done.

So I hope they're going to fact, but in the meantime, um landbag, they heard you all talking about it, so they came out here uh I think it was the other day and was uh talking to me about it, and I explained to the people that came out here what's been going on.

So I want the deed to the property that was it was given to me, and I kept trying to get it, it was no taxes owed on it, and she didn't want her husband died.

I've been taking care of it, and since ninety-nine, and I've been taking care of another property on the other side of me since 2005.

So I need some deeds so I can do what I need to do on these properties that I have been doing for years.

So I appreciate if you all get the D for me because I just had to pay not one eye owner.

Thanks for making my call.

Thank you.

Good morning, good morning.

Good morning.

I'm not best to get um last week.

I did not you know that sweet time about the grand money um check we got two, okay.

Oh wait, I'm 45 of black black yet.

It's exactly what I got questioned.

What happened?

And they city of this game.

And that's communication.

That is the shit.

And that McGrian T.

Yeah.

Hey, do we can be about the shot of up?

And stuff down.

What I am doing about the kids cut.

I'm going to lie.

And two of them.

That's it.

I didn't get in.

We need to get that.

Um take a rop.

Take a rop from there.

You see that up.

I've got that.

Thank you, Miss Maddox.

Next caller, please.

Our next caller is going to be Don't Black Bottom resident.

Alright, caller, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes.

General public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Let's put that caller at the end of the queue and go to the next, please.

Our next caller is going to be Jadante Smith.

Alright, caller, the floor is yours.

You have two minutes, General Public.

Come on, I wanna say you should give these pontificating pastors uh a time on the when they speak, uh, because Pastor Mills making more music to impact.

Also, I'll be dropping a list of all politicians who take my own money.

Also, district D does not want Chrono's concrete.

Also, Consulma Miller needs to listen more to her constituents.

Uh I've been requested a meeting uh with the Detroit Ham Channel coalition, not just myself.

Also, I don't say the same things.

Um in the meeting, I will barely speak for unsure, but she will be the person doing most of the talking, so I know you don't listen if you say I say the same things every single time.

Also, Ray Wines, who's uh uh mentored by Con Man Kyle uh Mallet allegedly uh said things to me via text that I can't repeat on air.

Uh he's supposed to be a leader of the user, so if he say things like this to another respected community leader, then I can only imagine how he says things to other people in the streets now.

So he runs a CDI uh Detroit friends and family who shouldn't even have his contract.

He doesn't even have a website when you do better in uh regulating these CDIs.

Really terrible.

Um also my sister-in-law, who was supposed to be removed from the voter rules a month ago, but had an absentee ballot sent out uh less than a week ago, which I think that is odd.

Uh also any progress made in uh Brightmore, James State.

Looking forward to seeing what you're doing over there.

I don't think you're doing much at all.

You've been there half the time I've been alive, 16 years, I'm only 30.

Also, Donald Ranscher should not be on the line bank board.

The one that is doing terrible work.

Also, Avanas Rashma, LGC Global has got another contract for a million dollars for sure for sewer backup protection, and that's a scam.

Also, bribes will result in prison time for city council members.

Anybody else we see who's taking bribes that will result in in prison time.

Also, visit Detroit Solar Scam.

Uh, that's a very good website, and Detroit Solar takings have been terrible the way they have been done using any domain.

Also, Cole Meoung, President Pro Tum.

I love to have you reach out uh with uh with the meeting time.

Also, Keith Bellow, I've been reaching out to you.

Hopefully, hopefully you can ask you the phone.

And also, everybody's uh chief of staff is an extension of them, especially if it's your mother.

Next caller, please.

Next hour is going to be black bag.

All right.

Ruben R.

Okay.

Yeah, I'm right here, James E.

Tate Jr.

And I told you what I was gonna do.

Wheels are in motion.

You are a TDM public official.

You know, Janet's been cheating in the license.

I told you explain it to you.

And you also call Kinesis Coleman's mother, Kinesia Coleman, DPD, case number 20-11112, and said I was not the right representative for the family.

Well, I done told you already now.

The family didn't ask me to do sugar honey iced tea.

Mimi did.

She won't that tag a suicide above her mama.

And since y'all didn't do it, the Detroit Police Department, Commander Rebecca McKay says you have evidence of a suicide.

She's lying.

The deputy mayor of the city of Detroit is a member of the alumni 90, as far as I'm concerned, University of Michigan graduate that is in a key position.

Key position.

Key financial positions all throughout the state of Michigan, the county of Wayne, and the city of Detroit.

The CFO for the Detroit Police Department is a University of Michigan graduate.

The director of the land bank, a university of Michigan graduate.

The secret, the attorney general, attorney general for the state of Michigan is a university of Michigan graduate.

And Robert Bob Carmack told me how it was that was finagled.

Now, Michael Edward Duggan is a University of Michigan graduate and arrest my case.

General public comment.

Let's join together and work together.

We're demanding reciprocity.

And also the ACLU of Michigan National Lawyers Guild, Detroit, and Michigan Chapter, Michigan Poverty Law Program, Detroit Justice Center, Street Democracy, and the Coalition of Property Tax and Justice found that issuing financial compensation, such as property tax credits and cash payments, is legal and does not violate Michigan's lending of credit clause.

It was illegal to overtax us, but they're telling us it's an illegal to pay us back.

Let's figure that one out.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel subsequently agreed to issue a legal opinion, but has failed to do so.

The reasoning for the legality of compensation is straightforward.

The city can structure compensation.

So it does not pledge its full faith and credit or incur general obligation debt.

So it can be done.

Next call, please.

Next caller is going to be Cindy Dara.

Cindy Dara, the floor's yours.

Two minutes, general public comment.

Cindy Dower, are you there?

Yeah.

I'm at a loss is what I want to say.

But I will use my two minutes.

I've got a question.

Let's play.

Wait, wait, don't tell me.

I've got a question I want you guys to answer.

Anyone who can, because I don't know the answer.

Uh is there gonna be a tax capture?

There is on this new school millage that they say it's only on commercial property and won't affect homeowners.

It won't affect homeowners, but it will affect renters because I'll probably have their rent increase.

But uh what I'd like to know is okay.

So if that's true that uh now I was told at the library by a librarian that even though we didn't put the tax capture on that library 10-year renewal a couple years ago, that somebody went to court and they said this is a state law.

This tith tax incremental funding is a law, and you have to follow it.

Therefore, you know, we're gonna tax capture it, even though we voted on and we thought we were voting for a library.

Is that true?

That's what I want to know.

Can you tell me?

Can you tell me right now?

Do you know?

Because I don't is there a tax capture that they went and put back on the library millage, and why do they have to tax capture the school millage, which I consider unconstitutional?

I mean, I'm jeopardizing my property and yours when I raise the taxes on the property, and then I I vote to do that for the schools, not for the developers downtown.

I don't understand why nobody can answer me anytime.

Thank you.

Next call, please.

Next caller is going to be caller ending in one, two, four.

Caller ending in one, two, four.

Caller, are you there?

Good morning, Mandy Heard.

Yes.

Okay.

Well, Pastor Mo, you might want to stick around and listen to what this body actually does.

Well, we should understand history because right now this city is allowing for the taking of intergenerate generational wealth, the black bottoming people out of neighborhoods for DTE solar.

Um, and I used to work with the late great honorable Joanne Watson with Congressman John Conyers in his office.

There is no way that woman would have approved of the way you're doing these solar takings, the solar scam.

When you have all of this land, you have parking lots, you could do solar parking like Michigan State University, and um, and uh you're putting neighbors against neighbors.

Some people get a housing upgrade and the other people get their property taken.

Well, imagine that.

And then you get all these people who come in there.

I do they even know a bit your black bottoming residents because they're citing the 1951 in rate fund clearance of black bottom case, which is really different from what's going on right now.

Do take people's property, it's truly amazing.

And the GTE contract has a termination for convenience clause.

So at any moment they could say, Oh, we're not gonna do it either.

Like Star Renewable ones to bail up, maybe because of the dirty dirt.

We should be told why.

And now you're then GTE could find, oh, we got a bunch of dirty dirt.

We don't do it, we don't want to do it anyway, but you just blew all this money on these attorneys.

No right to counsel, Mary Sheffield, you care about poverty.

Where was the right to counsel for these people?

But you had one of those Dalcler attorneys on your uh transition team.

And also no unald wrencher, he's all about secretive planning.

He sat and secretly planned North End Landing with the land bank against people.

Do not put that man on the land bank if you uh board if you believe in me.

That's all it is.

Our next caller is going to be James Chandler.

All right, James Chandler, the floor is yours.

Two minutes, general public comment.

James Chandler, are you there?

Yes, we can hear you.

Hello.

Okay.

Um hold on for a minute.

Can you start my time back over?

No, sir.

Please continue.

Okay, well, good morning, council.

It's still an issue.

There's no affordable housing.

Many residents are being trapped in a cycle of scams, false advertising, and unsafe housing practices.

Websites like Zillow cannot always be trusted when families are being shown homes that look promising online but lead to disappointment, confusion, and financial harm and reality.

Companies such as logical property management and others like it continue to receive serious complaints, bad reviews from the public.

Two properties I personally personally looked into or two seven Ashton Avenue in Detroit and one seven Roger Street in Detroit.

These homes represent a larger issue happening across our city.

Let's pause the clock.

He dropped?

Okay.

Yes, sir.

All right.

Please note.

Yeah, 35 seconds left and comes back.

Understood.

Uh final caller before going to our two callers in the queue is going to be caller ending in 669.

Caller ending in 669.

The floor is yours.

Two minutes, general public comment.

Caller, are you there?

Pulling over to the side of the road.

It's drizzling right now, just for safety.

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213, 444, 9114.

Council President Tate, I'll be sending you an invite via text message for your staffers.

Maybe you can attend someone suggest the ads.

Um there in the Great District of 1.

And happy birthday.

Happy born day, Mayor Sheffield Jackson.

Many more.

And won't he do it?

Yes, God did.

Yes, God will.

And God is a merciful God.

Show me mercy.

God shows you.

Thank you, Brother Cunningham.

Next caller, please.

We're turning to our callers in the queue.

First up, we have owner Papa.

Caller, the floor is yours.

Two minutes, general caller comment.

Good morning, and through the chair, may have you heard.

Yes, ma'am.

Unfortunately, Pastor Mo.

The people who need integrity were the people who sit or sat behind you.

18.717 is an example of how this body operates in secrecy.

Um, they operate not to let the people know what's going on because they are doing things illegally.

Um, Miss Romero has sat on the um same body as a chair person, and it's a violation of the city charter.

Pick your battles.

Well, this is a battle.

Because you have it on your your agenda again today.

Giving more money to cleaning the freeways when our quarters need cleaning.

Mr.

McCampbell.

17 17.4 is does that mean if it's workforce, you guys, you guys do a switch of room.

Now it's workforce uh housing.

Um so does that mean if I'm not working that I can't live there?

Um 79 condo conversions, giving them low taxes for years and years is not equitable for the rest of the citizens in the city, Mr.

McCampbell, who has dirty dirt holes over his district, who has no uh a recreation center in his district.

You're advocating for this.

18.17 is going to be the end of this community's problem with this council because this is going to be the end of you.

The the dirty dirt all over the city is something that's an atrocity that you all need to look at.

You need to fix it and you need to fix it now.

Um 2055 for a contract.

Who negotiated this?

I don't agree with these 30-year contracts you're putting on the table without a public hearing.

We have a right to say something about what you're doing.

Our final caller is gonna be William M.

Davis.

William M.

Davis, the floor is yours.

Two minutes, general public comment.

Uh, good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Okay, I like to start off by saying I think the city should more aggressively make sure that they do license bars, gas stations, and restaurants.

I think the city of Detroit is leaving money on a table that could be helping the whole community.

And also, the city should be exercising more control over bars.

We have bars that are bad actors that be allowing underage people to drink, that be allowing uh illegal activity in and around their facilities.

We have gas stations, Lord knows that we have some gas stations.

Don't get me wrong.

Many are you know doing good, but there we have some that sell cigarettes to underage people, sell loose cigarettes.

Have that, you know, like say I remember in the past, me and some other activists have protested some gas station to sell food.

Sometimes they sell old movie food, you know, green meat and stuff.

You know, we we need to regulate the city need to have as many options in how to regulate some of the businesses that our people are forced to go to.

And of course, restaurants.

We need to make sure that our restaurants are clean and they smell right and that you know they're not uh giving out food that's harmful and you know, just not moody or don't have rats in it or feces in it.

Uh also separately, we need to be looking at the Board of Police Commissioners.

Why is it that they have lost the ability to have ready access to our body cam videos?

That's like diminishing their role, and we need to make sure that their role is not diminished but strengthened.

So y'all need to look at what could be done to restore them with to have that ability.

We you know, they had that ability when I was on the board of police commissions.

So it's a lot of stuff we should be looking at.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Didn't know if there was any comments that wanted to be provided uh from this body uh in response.

Uh member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, just a few responses, Ms.

Lyons on the insurance contract.

Um, those are insurance brokerage services uh for the city and the various insurance uh policies that we have.

Um it is in Troy, but if there are any brokerage services that are Detroit based, I'm happy to connect them to um OCP to get them in the system.

But as you talked about auto insurance, you're right, the auto insurance is too high.

Um, there's redlining going on in the city, and we know that, and they're discriminatory practices.

So I'm I've been advocating the Lance and then DC to change that, and I'm happy to continue to do so.

We can do that together for sure.

Um, yes, ma'am.

And what I'll say also uh for Ms.

Hughes, who called in um on we had the we've had many discussions about NEZs and the city council's role in NEZs.

Um, but to answer your question about workforce housing, you do not have to be in the workforce to um buy those homes or to be um or to rent workforce housing.

So it doesn't make that clear, but happy to continue to talk about NDCs and also property taxes in the city of Detroit as well.

And as you know, I've brought up dirty dirt and the contaminated dirt and the need for a comprehensive uh plan to address it and for transparency there.

And the last thing is that the rec center in District 7 is currently um being built.

The site work is happening right now for the groundbreaking soon.

So I'm very excited to see that.

Um, the last thing, Mr.

Chair, what I'll say is that I actually don't have an issue with folks coming down with criticism of the city council.

This is their government, they should be able to do so.

Um, and we are elected officials to hear that.

Uh, what I will say is that we also should be in the role of solving problems.

Um, there was a gentleman that came down at the beginning of public comment with an issue they brought up about the OC uh about the contract and the vending systems, and when my team approached them to try to fix it, he just said, Oh, you're talking about the homosexual.

So that is the things that we're talking about, and the way that folks are approaching um the willingness to help um instead of uh well, actually approaching the willingness to help with uh, you know, this I would say kind of bigger views instead of us working together to move the city forward.

So that's what I'll say there.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you all for giving a public comment.

Thank you so much.

Alice, any further, um, we'll go next with uh member uh Callaway followed by Member Waters.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and good morning, everyone.

Um can't quite remember what the young man um um said in terms of solar um farms.

Um I too share your concerns, sir.

I can't remember your name.

Um I'm very concerned today, as I am learning that um Light Star who we entered an agreement with has been sold, was sold to Eagle Creek Renewables while we were negotiating our contracts.

Nobody said anything, and that they were sold to Eagle Creek Renewable on January 31st, 2024, while we were negotiating.

So I don't know if we were misled, what happened, but Light Star was on the agreement, and now Eagle Creek has now been acquired by Apollo Global Equity firm.

So I have a lot of questions, and I know we'll be having some discussions, but I have a lot of concerns about us what's happening and what who knew what and when those questions are going to come up, and I hope some exposure happens because we negotiated an agreement with DTE and Lifestock.

And while we were negotiating, from what I understand, when I'm connecting these dots, they were being acquired by another company, but that was not shared with us.

We should have known who we were negotiating with, and then they are turned around and they've been acquired by an equity firm.

We know what equity firms do.

It's all about profit, it's not about we Detroiters and the people.

So I have a lot of concerns, and I share them with the young man who called.

Um, and then I also have concern about Rocket Classic.

Um, this is their last year here in Detroit.

Why don't we know about that?

That's been brought to my attention as well.

So um I'm hoping that maybe we can line item that discussion, Mr.

Chair, regarding Rocket Classic, um, this being their last year at the Detroit Golf Club.

And why the purse this year is 10 million dollars.

So I don't think it's they're not making any money.

It can't always be about money.

They have national pro golfers coming to this city in our own backyard.

And I hope we don't um I hope we don't lose it.

But they said this is their last year.

So hopefully we can schedule a conversation with them.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Um, Member Waters.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, thank you, Member Calloway, for that enlightenment.

Um just want to respond to uh Member Waters.

Can you get up a little closer on that mic?

I have a gentle voice, don't I?

Yes, ma'am.

At any rate, I you know what when a comment was made about me being at the Pride Parade, that is something that I've done for some years.

Come on, people.

We have to care about everybody.

I am so sick and tired of that kind of behavior, how we discriminate against each other, how we discriminate against other people.

We don't like it when people do it to us.

Why are we doing it?

So I wanted to address that.

Those who said those things are not here.

Uh, but shame on us.

I believe that God wants us to love everybody.

I do believe that.

So, and and since we are not God, why are we judging?

I support everybody.

All right, so on the contract piece.

I'm sick and tired of hearing this piece too.

Well, you're giving away, you're doing this, you're doing that.

Well, that is not how it works.

That is not how the process works.

They act as if this council can sit up and write a check to individual vendors.

We cannot do that, people.

There is a process.

It is reviewed by the administration.

The administration then make recommendations to city council.

We either voted up or down.

That means we approve it or we disapprove it, one or the other.

But we don't get to go to the table ourselves, bring contracts to the table ourselves.

We just can't do that.

Now, if you want to do business with the city, if you want to earn some of your city dollars, then get a business, start a business, become a registered vendor with the city of Detroit, allow our procurement department to invite you to bid on services or products or whatever the case might be.

That is a process.

And I remember some years ago when I sat on the Charter Revision Commission.

You know the equalization points that are in that charter right now, because I knew that minority businesses would struggle a great deal in terms of being able to contract.

Because why?

Because they just don't have that kind of capital that they can store away and come and be win bids.

So I came up with a process to offer incentives for Detroit based and headquartered businesses.

Those equalization points are in place.

Others, it has not, but I want people to understand there is a process.

I mean, go learn something about it.

We're willing to help teach you.

Just so that you understand how contracts are led here.

It doesn't come from this body.

And it saddens me to hear that all the time from uh from our residents who just want to believe that this is what this body does.

We can't do it.

If we did it, we'd all be up under the jail somewhere.

All right, then.

So thank you, Mr.

President.

I appreciate it.

All right, thank you.

Colleagues, any further?

Well, I will say that um I am working uh to get a closed session scheduled for uh the solar uh issue that was just raised today, along with other uh issues that have been uh mentioned.

I was told previously that uh colleagues did not necessarily want to have a closed session, so we did not move on it initially as we were feverishly trying to schedule about three or four of them.

But uh it sounds as if our colleagues would be more interested in having uh one of those closed sessions uh regarding the solar.

So Jackie, if we can start making phone calls uh two colleagues to identify the date that we can have that closed session.

And colleagues, please be flexible with that schedule because we have a few um few weeks before uh summer recess uh takes place.

We want to make sure that we uh meet all the deadlines that are necessary internally and externally as well and deal with this very, very, very important issue.

All right, thank you.

Uh approach.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, also just one.

I also thought that um that close to the call.

Um I don't think that that's very important for the closed session.

Um, I also know that we're supposed to talk about contamination versus dirt.

I know that we had a conversation in closed session, particularly about certain companies that did that, but I also wondered if we could have a community of the whole in terms of that issue.

I think that's something a lot of constituents have talked about in terms of how they want to do things and what's going on.

I think that we should update them in terms of what we've done, the contracts uh that we've served, the services that we're providing, and the other um, you know, the ways through technological innovation that we're looking to be able to address this issue.

So I think that's something that we also should be able um to talk about as well.

And um, I also just wanted to talk um just briefly as well.

I think it's important for, and I don't know if we necessarily need to do this through uh community the whole or closed session, but I also think it's important for us to talk, especially this agenda with the amount of money that we are spending on the issue of housing.

You know, I think we have put together I saw on the recent supply schedule about 50 million dollars that we're spending in terms of rehabbing houses, so in terms of roofs, in terms of um windows, in terms of furnaces and other such uh necessities.

I think that's a real good thing.

And so I think we need to let people know that the priorities that they have in terms of housing we are meeting, we are spending, we are addressing.

Uh we also uh uh are appropriating more money in terms of the Renew Detroit program.

That's the program that's available for people that have um need uh to fix up their rules that we're appropriating more money towards.

So I think that's really a good thing overall.

And so I think just when we're having these conversations, particularly upon the within um public comment.

I think it's important for us to know that we are doing the people's business, and we are responding.

And we're responding with a very robust agenda, especially today's agenda.

So I just want to get that out as well.

Thank you, Ms.

President.

Thank you so much, colleagues.

Any further?

Mr.

Whitaker and uh attorney Anderson, uh quick question as it relates to the solar.

Um would like to know what uh is necessary to trigger uh that uh closed session, or have we already reached that point?

But whatever it is, we would like to um motion to get that going uh starting today.

Through the chair Graham Anderson law department for a closed session in this case, I think it would be best if we were discussing a privileged and confidential document.

Um so I think the best point of action with this point would be uh your office, council president or another office to uh send a memo to law or and or LPD requesting well various feedback, what is um dealing with talking about potentially you know the White Star issue about them being acquired, uh, what was the timeline, um potential litigation uh involving uh the whole solar project, a variety of different topics, and and I'll work with your staff offline to make sure it's crafted in the best way that'd be most appropriate for a closed session.

But I believe uh correct me if I'm wrong, uh director would occur if there's uh anything additional at that point, but I think that would be the most logical next step.

And then I guess the question would be after I thought that was the case.

I didn't know if it we had it was already some writing in um that that had privilege and confidential that we could motion today uh that would allow us to move in that direction.

Not that my office is worked on that I'm aware of at this time.

Okay.

Um yes, sir.

I do believe in this instance, much of the information uh that has been discussed uh thus far is come from the administration.

I think asking LPD to do it, we really don't have the information necessary for sure to draft that report.

So it shouldn't go to law.

We would be happy to review law's report, but I think asking us to do a report would be over our heads at this point.

Absolutely.

Thank you so much.

Colleagues, is there a motion for the uh assignment with further discussion?

A member caliber.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I um would not uh be in support of a closed session on this matter.

Um there was nothing um in um discussing a closed session to get us to where we are today with the solar farm um negotiations.

So I certainly at this juncture would not be in support at all of a closed session.

Everything that I hear, I'm going to say it publicly.

So I would not be a part of the closed session because I know um some things that are happening, I'm gonna share it with the public because the public has a right to know.

And so that would be my position on that matter.

I would be the one sharing the information publicly.

Um so I would not participate in a closed session because the people deserve to know what's happening right now.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

I would just hope that you would not violate the privilege and confidential confidentiality in that that information.

I as I do respect your uh desire not to have a close session, uh privilege and confidential documents are labeled that way uh for various reasons.

Legally, yes, ma'am, I'll get to you legally.

So I just again hopefully that that that would not be the case, ma'am.

Um, Mr.

Chair, Member Kelly, yes.

Um, whatever I've not signed a confidentiality agreement regarding this matter.

Um, so I would be held hopefully um individually responsible, but I will not um be a part of a closed session to discuss a very public matter that has been discussed publicly all along for the last two years, year and a half, eighteen months on solar farms.

So I would not allow anyone to tell me what I can and cannot discuss publicly because that's not been the case.

We've had not one closed session on the solar farms up until this day, and we've been talking about it for 18 months.

Now things are coming out.

So I would submit to you right now and publicly that I will not participate in a closed session, and I will say what needs to be said and not sign any confidentiality agreement saying what I can't say.

So I won't be held to that um standard.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

For for the record, this is not James Tate's rule.

Yeah.

This is what the law says.

So if you would like to I I didn't interrupt you.

Yeah.

I didn't interrupt you.

I'll let you speak.

And I am the chair.

So I what I will say then is if there is a privilege and confidential, none of us sign non-disclosure agreements.

This is a part of what we do.

This is how this body operates, and this is uh what the law allows for.

So again, it is your right, your privilege if you choose not to participate in a closed session.

But they are privileged and confidential documents that are privileged and confidential for a reason legally.

If that is violated, then uh so be it uh to the individual who violates that that uh order.

Then go to uh member miller, followed by pro Tim Young.

No question regarding the closed session.

I have no problem with participating to hash out any differences or to come to a resolution or solution, but as far as being silent, I need to know where we stand with that because I have an issue of transparency uh with my colleagues, and I have too many people to answer to, so I just need to know what uh legality that falls under for me, whether speaking uh publicly about.

I just thought we would need to privately some things need to be done in private to hash out some things, but I need to know where I would be obligated to afterwards.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I know typically what we do is we have closed sessions to understand very clearly what we can say publicly, so it's not in violation of any lawsuits or any uh legal strategy that this body and the city excuse me may enter into.

That is why a closed session is designed after that, based upon the information that is provided.

We are very free to provide information today uh and tomorrow about this issue.

There are very um uh specific information that would not be um wise for us to release because of potential legality uh that is taking place and strategy.

So again, just being mindful, and I will allow for uh attorney Anderson to further uh expound upon that if you would like.

So through the chair Graham Anderson Law Department, uh council president.

You know, this is uh not your first rodeo, you're you're very familiar with that.

Um, it and as you are right, it is often kind of a case by case basis, too, which we usually do walk through in the closed session of what should be uh not disclosed, what can be uh spoke about in public.

One thing I just want to make clear regarding uh a potential solar farms closed session.

I'm not speaking for the administration in any way saying that we want a closed session or potentially a committee of the whole, potentially being the different object.

You're the law department, so you're neutral exactly when you say we exactly be careful about the wees.

Uh but thank you, uh council president.

What I'm saying is uh the law department has not been directed in uh going one specific direction, whether it be a committee of the whole or a closed session.

I was just asked what would be necessary to make it a closed session, and I provided uh that response.

Just wanted that clarity for the record.

Thank you, Council President.

Absolutely.

Member Miller, did you have anything else?

Okay, uh Pro Tony.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I I just want to say there was a robust conversation by the corporation counselor, budget finance audit committee as well as by Trisha Stein as well.

So we're having these discussions.

I just want to know you could correct me if I'm wrong on the president being open to this or amenable to this, I think it'd be a good idea.

I think we can have the closed session, and I think once we have the closed session, could we then after that?

Once we have the legal and everything together, could we then have a committee of the whole on this topic so the public can see if we can have that public interaction?

So you kind of kill two birds in one stone.

We have the you know, the meeting.

Um the closed door session.

If it wasn't done, we have a committee of the whole, so we can hash this out and everybody can see what we're talking about and how we're doing it without violating the law.

Is that possible?

Through the chair, I'm sure that's entirely possible.

Uh pro tem young.

Okay, thank you.

Thanks, colleagues.

Any further?

Is there a motion for the assignment?

Motion to assign to a lot of our bits.

This is regarding just to make sure we say all things regarding so uh motion to uh sign the law department of salt regarding the solar neighborhood proposal, and it would be followed up with a memo.

It'll be followed up with a bit wrong.

That would be fantastic.

And through the chair, I'm happy to work with uh whoever's staff uh to best craft that message.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

There are any discussions, any objections.

See none, and action shall be taken.

Thank you so much.

We'll now go to uh the walk on Madam Clerk regarding uh the pump station.

So Mr.

President, are we going to the ordinance?

I'm sorry, the ordinance, my apologies.

Um I was looking at the pump station.

Yes, ma'am.

The ordinance.

Yes, ma'am.

Council Member Johnson and ordinance noting a roll call.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I move to take from the table and ordinance to amend Chapter 50 of the 2019 Detroit City Code zoning by amending Article 17, zoning district maps, Section 50-17-33, district map number 31 to revise the zoning classification for certain properties commonly known as 672, 678, 682, 686, 692, and 700 Connor Street, and 675, 681, 687, 693, and 703 Navajo Street from the existing R2, two family residential zoning classification to the PD Plan Development District Zoning Classification to establish the zoning classification for certain vacated portions of Freud and public alleys located between Connor Street and Navajo Street as the PD Plan Development District zoning classification and to enact regulations for development laid on the table March 27, 2026.

Hearing no objections that action will be taken.

Councilmember Johnson.

I move the ordinance be placed on the order of third reading and considered read.

Hearing no objections, then action will be taken.

Councilmember Johnson.

I move the ordinance be passed as submitted.

There being a roll call required.

Council President Pro Tim Young.

Yes.

Council President Tate.

Yes.

Councilmember Benson.

Yes.

Councilmember McCampbell.

Yes.

Councilmember Miller.

Councilmember Johnson.

Yes.

Councilmember Waters.

Yes.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway.

Yes.

Eight years.

That motion passes, Mr.

President.

Thank you so much.

The ordinance is approved.

Councilmember Johnson.

I move that the title to the ordinance be confirmed.

Hearing no objections, colleagues, that action will be taken.

Mr.

President, I'd like to request the waiver.

That's a request for a waiver on the ordinance.

Colleagues, any objections?

See none.

A waiver should be attached.

Madam Clerk from the for the budget finance and audit standing committee from the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Mr.

Chair.

Yes.

Member Johnson.

I would like to ask if we can move on the resolution as well.

That's associated with the ordinance.

That is the closing resolution for the GLWA through street pumping station.

Rezoning colleagues.

We walked this one on, didn't we?

Yes.

Yes, I thought so.

Is there a motion?

Madam Clerk, being your hands first.

Council Member Johnson, a resolution.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Move for approval with discussion.

With discussion, Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Just wanted to review some of the resolution that my team and I have been working very hard on over the last six months with the community as it relates to the fruit pump station.

There are a number of entities throughout the city that have agreed to provide benefits to the residents in the Jefferson Chalmers community specifically just to make sure that we continue to make progress on improving the water infrastructure and the impacts that it has throughout the city.

But would like to know that the Great Lakes Water Authority is agreeing to invest $5 million in right-of-way improvements within the area impacted by construction that includes street curb and sidewalk repairs, tree planting and landscaping.

Wayne State University Center for Urban Studies has agreed to utilize their existing environmental justice impact grant to help improve indoor air quality and flood mitigation for residents that live on streets adjacent to the project, prioritizing residents that live on Connor, Navajo, and Algonquin.

The Great Lakes Water Authority has also agreed to partner with the resident liaison from the neighborhood to receive and disseminate regular construction updates and report any concerns to the contractor and the Great Lakes Water Authority.

The city during our budget hearings, we approved of $75,000 for neighborhood beautification, specifically for the Jefferson Chalmers community and the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center in partnership with Green Door Initiative.

I will facilitate and administer in environmental justice training for residents to identify community issues and goals in addition to pursuing air, soil, and water monitoring opportunities.

There are a number of additional items that also includes the alley sewer repair program as well as sewer pipe upsizing that is within the resolution.

Mr.

Chair, we will continue to work with the residents within the Jefferson Chalmers community and all of these entities to ensure that we get all of them implemented and brought online so we can continue to work again to improve water infrastructure, not only for the Jefferson Chalmers community, but the entire district and district four, as well as uh other areas and parts of the city of Detroit, specifically on the east side.

Uh, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Any further colleagues?

Seeing none.

It's a motion on the floor.

It's a motion to approve.

Any objections?

Seeing none, resolution shall be approved.

All right.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Member Johnson.

I just said thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Oh, thank you.

Very welcome.

And for the uh again, uh, for the budget finance and audit standing committee, madam clerk from the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Councilmember McCampbell, three resolutions.

My items 17.1 through 17.3.

Contract number 6005272-81, 100% city funding, amendment one to provide an extension of time for residential multiple regression valuation analysis, including regression statistics and options, the interpretation of results and separation of land and building values.

Contractor team mass appraisal consulting LLC.

Total contract amount 540,000.

That's for the OCFO.

Contract number 6007281, 100% city funding to provide auto wash services for various city departments.

Contractor Downtown Auto Wash LLC.

Total contract amount 383,532.

That's for OCFO and contract number 6007 283, 100% city funding to provide auto wash services for various city departments.

Contract up Star Auto Wash Incorporated.

Total contract amount 138,780.

That's for the OCFO.

Amendment Campbell, line items 17.1 through 17.3, sir.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Motion to approve a discussion.

There's a motion to approve the line items 17.1 through 17.3 with discussion.

Member McClellan.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Just want to um reiterate my clerk said that 17.1 is an extension of time only.

Also for 17.2 and 17.3.

They'll have discussion in the committee.

Um, these are just the first set of contracts that we'll be receiving around auto wash for uh various city vehicles, and just want to lift up that there was discussion around the need for an east side location as well.

Um, and the administration did indicate that they are looking into uh more vendors there.

So just wanted to bring that forward.

Thank you so much for further discussion, Member Benson.

Bring yourself to the chair, heard the uh conversation regarding the need for an east side location, didn't hear the resolution to that.

Yeah, uh through you, Mr.

Chair, Mr.

McCampbell.

Uh, it may be good to bring the administration forward, but they did tell us that they are exploring vendors for the east side, but it may be good to hear more for them on that.

So, Mr.

Chair, administration.

My apologies, yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

So it sounds like you want to have someone come from the administration.

I'm about to call them right now.

Yeah, Mr.

Washington.

Do we have someone who can uh respond to member Benson's question?

Yes, and good morning through the chair.

We do have Raymond Green on line.

All right, let's promote that individual.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon, sir.

Please introduce yourself for the record.

Good afternoon, Raymond Green, Office of Contracting and Procurement.

All right, thank you so much.

Member Benson, the floor is yours, sir.

All right, thank you.

Uh Mr.

Green seeing two car wash contracts, neither of which is anywhere near the east side.

Uh what's the solution for offering car wash services with general fund dollars to east side um city employees and east side cars?

Oh, yeah, we put it out for a bid initially in uh all of them were west side or downtown.

We're downtown autos kind of bordering east.

We are gonna actively be working with councilman councilwoman Johnson to uh get introduced to some of the east side locations.

Uh we've tried a couple, haven't had any responses yet, but we are actively searching because of you know the the gas rates right now, and we are trying to make it more accommodating for those on the east, but we have to get these other ones going because the contracts are expiring moving forward, but we are actively trying to get two to three more car washes, one deep west.

I know that's not what we're talking about, but then at Lavonia uh border, as well as several on the east side, deep east as well as mid-east.

I'm just gonna say Mr.

Green, you're moving further from the east side with this conversation.

Um was the last time we had an east side location that washed vehicles with under a city contract?

That I would have to find out.

I'm not sure.

Mr.

Green, I'm gonna suggest there's probably been two or three years since we've had that type of service for east side city vehicles.

In addition, uh kind of only works in hand grenades and horseshoes.

So I'm gonna be a no on this until the administration can at least give some consideration to those on the east side and those vehicles that need to be washed on the east side.

There needs to be a greater level of consideration for those in the city of Detroit.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Any further colleagues?

Member McKelloway.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and um good afternoon, Mr.

Green from OCP.

Um I have a question.

This is over a half a million um dollars in car washes.

Um have we ever thought about bringing this in service?

Have we ever um washed our own cars?

Have we ever had our own facility to wash our own city cars?

Because this is a lot of money.

And I know several um car washes that could probably probably be not rebuilt, but just restored.

And it could be a city, um, a city-owned car wash, because this is a lot of money, a half million dollars in car washes.

So um, and then to add another one on the east side, which I do believe the east shot east side should have one.

That's just probably gonna add another couple hundred thousand dollars to this five hundred and twenty-one thousand dollars.

So have we ever given any thought or consideration to having our own car wash to save some money?

Well, I believe at one point there was internally, but it it it wasn't within the capacity, but I can find out more information about that as well.

And these aren't the only two contracts, there are actually five uh celebrity auto wash, uh Legends Grand River, which is now called Planet Oil Change.

So there are more than just these two.

There are five active, and then we're seeking we're seeking to get two or three more, particularly on the east side.

But through the chair to you, Mr.

Green, the two contracts that are before us are for two, one on West Warren, and then one um downtown.

So we only have two contracts in front of us, and these two um are two-year contracts for $52100,000.

If a couple more are coming, we're gonna be hitting a million dollars in car washes.

So I'm just hoping the administration can look at how we can um save some dollars.

Um I don't know how we can do that, but this is a very expensive contract, and I know there are at least five car washes that we contract with, and I know two or three more are coming, and then the one that we're hoping we can bring online for the east side, which you know they deserve one too, but I'm hoping we can look at how we can bring this in-house and how we can build our own, maybe one on the east and one on the uh on the west side, because there are so many that are have closed out.

And with you know, with some um investment, we can own them and put some Detroiters to work.

And I know somebody's gonna say Detroit is already work at these because they are in Detroit.

I believe that as well, but yeah, it's nothing wrong with the city going back to way we used to do it, and I think we had our own, but uh maybe that can be considered.

I'll put my request in writing.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Chair.

Good chair.

Before we go to you, Member Miller, Member Johnson, followed by Member Mill.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, and thank you, colleagues on the east side who share the frustration.

Umber Benson.

I believe there has not been an east side location since I've been in office.

And as a matter of fact, I had this conversation with someone in OCP, and they suggested that I just wash my car, that I just pay to have my car washed, which my husband does.

Um, but it's not just my vehicle that's on the east side that's being utilized as a city vehicle.

There is DPD fleet, uh fire, uh a variety of departments that are on the east side that um would need to utilize the service as well.

And so if any of my colleagues who are on the east side have any suggestions for east side car washes, I would be happy to have conversations with the folks just to make sure they are spread out throughout the east side as they are on the west side as well.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Member Miller.

You said there were a total of five arm wash contracts.

Are you telling me that all five are on the west side?

Well, one is downtown, uh well for our west side, correct?

You have five contracts on the west side.

I just paid eight dollars from Saturday because it was a beautiful day, and I paid for it at right across from Harbor Town.

I think you guys need to go back to the tape one figure.

The side is a no for me on all five.

If the three come forward, this is ridiculous to have five contracts on the west side, and please do not consider downtown on Michigan Avenue east side because it is not on the other side of Woodward.

So for me it's a no, and I think to uh but we can give about five right now.

So I pay for my car wash I refuse to drive all the way to Michigan Avenue or West to wash my car.

You any further further discussion?

Uh motion to send line items 17.3 and 17.2 back to committee and to further consideration can be given to more equitable distribution of car wash contracts on the east side of Detroit.

Okay, what hold on, hold on, colleagues.

I've not announced so there's a motion to send line items 17.2 and 17.

Uh back to committee.

Discussion with discussion.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Mr.

Green, when do the current contracts expire?

These two actually have already expired.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

Any further colleagues?

There's a motion on the floor.

Are there any objections?

Objection tape.

Objection, McCampbell.

Madam Clerk.

Mr.

Chair, that motion passes.

That means the line items 17.2 and 17.3 shall return back to committee.

I have line items 17.1 colleagues.

Mr.

President.

Yes, ma'am.

There were only three um objections.

So they do not go back to putting the motion was to send it back to committee.

Okay.

Motion passed.

But hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

We got the full body.

No, minus one.

Mr.

President, that motion passes for the sending the two items back to committee.

Member McCamp.

I think there was confusion because I I heard four objections, but I only heard three names.

Okay.

So who all the for I'm I'm I mentioned.

I said James Tate.

Member Waters, did you say Waters?

I know Member McCampbell said McCampbell.

Did anyone else mention their name as well?

An objection.

Okay.

To actually say their names.

Point.

Say it again.

Oh my council.

Okay.

All right.

So Madam Clerk, let's that's four.

So it fails.

Point of order.

Member Benson.

Member Waters did not vote in opposition during when the vote was called.

That was not done.

If you that's so let me down.

Wait, hold on, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

If that vote wants to be counted, that vote has to be reconsidered and taken again.

Member Young.

And so I do have an opposition to that.

But during the vote, Member Waters did not vote in opposition.

She made an opposition vote prior to the vote being called for.

Okay.

Is there a motion to reconsider just to clear the air?

Motion makes no difference.

I get you.

But here I am looking to move forward.

Motion to reconsider.

There's a motion to reconsider the vote.

Any objections?

See none that action shall be taken.

Uh we will now take up the motion to send line items 17.2 and 17.3 back to committee colleagues.

Are there any is there a motion?

Mr.

Chair, can we do a roll call on?

Hold on one second.

Uh member Benson, is there a motion?

Motion.

All right.

Thank you so much.

There is a motion to send line item 17.2 and 17.3 back to committee.

Uh I think there was a request for a roll call.

Make it a whole lot easier on this.

Madam Clerk.

Council President Tate.

Uh no.

Council Member Benson.

Yes.

Councilmember McCampbell.

No.

Councilmember Miller.

Yes.

Council Member Johnson.

Yes.

Council Member Waters.

No.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway.

Yes.

Council President Pro Tim Young.

No.

Motion fails, Mr.

President.

Four yes and four no.

Thank you.

So that means that this uh we'll we have these two all three of these items reports, line items 17.1 through 17.3.

They have been moved for approval, colleagues.

Any objections?

Objection.

Councilmember Scott Vincent line of 17.2 and 17.3.

Member Miller, hit your mic, please.

And what numbers?

Objection, Councilmember Miller, 17.2 and 17.3.

Objection, Member Callaway, 17.2 and 17.3.

Madam Clerk.

Motion passes, Mr.

President.

So much.

Mr.

Chair.

Uh member McCown.

Uh request a waiver on 17.1.

This is a request for a waiver on line item 17.1.

Any objections?

Objection.

Objection.

So waiver shall need not be attached.

From the office of the city clerk, city planning commission, madam clerk.

Councilmember McCampbell resolution line item 17.4.

Line 17.4, Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman for the approval.

This is an NEZ certificate.

There's a motion for approval for line item 17.4, colleagues.

Any objections?

Seeing none, then action shall be taken.

For the internal operations standing committee from the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway, two resolutions.

Contract number 6007176-82.

100% grant funding.

Amendment two to provide an extension of time for legal representation to cover individuals in jeopardy of losing their housing and or housing subsidy or voucher.

Contractor legal aid and defenders association.

Contract number 600784, 100% city funding to provide preventative maintenance and service to the 80 MHZ radio via my deal contract number 1900 1544.

Contractor Motorola Solutions Incorporated.

Total contract amount 16 million 650, 750.

That's for do it.

Council Member Woodfield Calloway, two resolutions.

Callaway.

Yes, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Motion for approval, but with discussion on line item 18.2, Mr.

Chair, because I see someone from Mr.

Millender is here from do it if we could hear from him because this is a multi-year um five-year contract, 16 million dollars.

So Member Callaway, are you moving line item eight?

Which one are you moving to?

Um the one I'm referring to is line item 18.2, sir.

Uh line item 18.2 is being moved for discussion, colleagues.

Um member Callaway, and I believe we have someone from do it who would be present to respond to questions.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Good morning, good afternoon, Mr.

Miller.

Good afternoon to the chair.

Thank you.

I was just hoping that you could um provide information on um this contract.

It's a five-year contract, 16 million dollars.

If you can just provide the type of detailed information that you shared last Wednesday during um internal operations, sir.

Um the chair, no problem.

The contract that you see today before you today, council is for the radio maintenance for the city of Detroit's 800 megahertz radio system.

800 megahertz radio system is used by police, fire, EMS, water, homeland security, and any other city department have the ability to use this system today.

The system the contract is not just for the maintenance of the hardware that's part of the system.

There are 10 tower sites that make up there, so it's for the physical infrastructure as well.

That means that's the air conditioners, generators, electrical outlets, or anything else that requires for that radio by 800 megahertz radio system to run in its full capacity today.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, thank you, Mr.

Millinger.

Motion for approval if there aren't any questions or further discussion.

Yeah, we'll further discussion.

Uh um, thank you for being here.

This contract, this is a new contract.

We've never had any service to uh provide maintenance and um uh prevent the things, excuse me, uh in the past and certainly um through the chair.

No, we've had for the maintenance.

I believe the radio system went into effect in 2026.

We've had a contract to maintain that system ever since then.

So this isn't a new contract.

This is a just uh we this is uh at five years, the five year contract ended, and we just put it went, we went and got a new contract to provide that same maintenance.

Motorola since it's a motor roller system, is honestly the only vendor who provide this type of maintenance to us.

So we've had this contract in place since the system has been in place for us.

And the system has been in place since when you say two, don't hold me to this, please.

I'm thinking 2000, but I believe it went into place September of 2005.

And I will find out the exact date, but it's been in here for a long time, sir.

Thank you.

So my question is uh, and I'd ask my staff to to pull this, uh get this uh response from how does the cost of the previous contract that we had to maintain um to service and have preventative maintenance in the past compared to this particular one?

Well, we have seen is it's been a standard, and we talked to purchase about OCP about this as well.

It's been a three percent increase over the life of the contract for every year of the contracts as we have seen.

So we have that's the difference between the costs.

So it's been standard where we've seen in the injuries today that every a three percent increase, not total of the contract, but for each year, even within this contract, there's a three percent increase for there.

So you will see that in year one of the contract is 2.5 million.

Year two it goes to 2.62.

And I'm actually abbreviating this.

I can give you exact numbers if you want me to.

It's 2.7 million in year three, 2.79, 2 million in year four, and 2.8 million in year five.

And that's what we have seen over the industry is that it's been a three to 3.8% increase.

And that's standard with IT contracts such as this.

And that's probably based off of just the cost from the labor standpoint, as well as the hardware that's part of the installation of the services, sir.

Thank you so much.

Further discussion, I see him.

Member McCampbell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, two questions for you, sir.

Um is this for this system?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

This is uh also this will be the scanners and like that folks can listen to the channels as well for DPD and fire or is this separate?

Um, through the chair, I want to make sure I understand.

You're saying it's for the actual, let me explain this better.

It's for the actual prep radios that DPD, EMS, DWSD, and them have prep rails and NCAR radios.

This has nothing to do with any of our LPRs or anything like that today.

So these channels are just for preparation.

These channels are recorded, recorded for DPD and DPD and EMS and stuff like that, but it has nothing to do with any of the LPRs or anything like that that's out there today.

I understand that.

I'm bringing this up because I know there was um some concern a few months ago of the radio scanners being encrypted now, and I know members of media have brought that up of the inability to be able to listen in on the scanner.

So I just wanted to bring that forward of how that will look with this system.

Um today, right now, some of our channels are encrypted, and those are the those are the privatized channels from DPD and stuff like that.

As we upgrade this system, you will be seeing more and more encrypted channels on there.

The goal is to ultimately encrypt all the channels.

And that is actually a CJ's mandate that for DPD, all channels within DPD must be encrypted for communications.

So that is a direction that we are going in with this, not with this contract necessarily, but that is the direction of the motor rollers of our motor 800 megahertz radio system that we're encrypting all DPD dispatch channels as well.

And from that, is there would that like deny folks the ability to listen to move for special media or where would that be moving forward?

Um, through the chair, that's correct.

Well, those encrypted channels, they would not be able to use scanners or anything like that to actually hear many of those channels that we uh those talk groups that we encrypt.

Okay.

And what would be the process then moving forward?

Will they like members of the media would they have to reach out to DPD or DFD to get information?

I I'm my concern here is that um we may be cutting off sources of information for folks who report the news or get that information out to the public.

Um, through the chair, the one thing that's still available to any of our public media outlets or anything like that.

So FOIA requests can be made, any of the recorded channels that are there today, and that's always been provided, and that will not be taken away from any of those channels or outlets to the chair.

And that's always been provided, and that will not be taken away from any of those channels or outlets through the chair.

And then I see that this is also so this is a motor of this uh system and that they'll have passwords and such and monitoring the system.

As you all know, I always bring up this question.

What does this a third party?

How are we ensuring that that data is protected and cybersecurity protocols are um governed?

Um, through the chair.

One thing about this, this is a closed system.

So there is no access available outside from a cybersecurity standpoint.

And as for the actual people, they don't have access to the actual talk groups or anything like that.

They must first request any of those things through the city of Detroit if they want to get access to see any type of maintenance on that or anything like that through the chair.

But that's the one thing about it.

The one good thing about this, we don't have the same cybersecurity concerns that you have with some of our other media, some of the other um technology that we have out there today.

This system right here is totally closed, and that's provide access to any cyber things like that.

All right, thank you.

Oh, that's good to hear.

I will say on aspect of the of the ability of folks.

I know it has been long held that folks can listen on the scanner special media.

So I do have some concerns on that.

So I will be voting on this, but I appreciate that there are cybersecurity protocols in place.

So thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Through the chair, if you don't mind, one thing I would like to ask.

You provide some of those concerns.

Um I would love to be able to speak with you about that a little more and get an understanding about that.

Also with Buff to describe the reason why some of those channels are encrypted through the chair.

Appreciate that though.

Absolutely.

I'll follow up.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any further colleagues?

Saying none.

Oh, to me.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Sir, all of you to see you.

I just wanted to ask you really quickly, from my understanding, we're supposed to be saving money from my deal.

This is this my deal contract, procurement contract that's competitively being awarded by the state of Michigan.

And it's available for use by local units of government and other eligible public entities through the My Deal, the Michigan delivery extended agreement locally.

Okay.

And so the purpose of that and the going through that process is that we use the state's procurement process to save money.

And then you know we don't have to have hiring in terms of employees and things of that nature.

Now, typically, if you look at depending on the contract, this is a large contract.

And if we and I'm assuming based on this, is we're aggressively using my deal.

We're supposed to be able to save a large contract, 50,000 to 250,000, aggressive use of this would be 25 million and 50 million.

It costs 16 million right now, currently.

I want to know are we still saving those estimates?

Or is this costing us more than it usually caused us just because of the size of this?

Through the chair, we are saving by using my deal.

We all use contract.

We are yes, definitely we were saving.

If we were to go out with this contract, even with this contract, but the size of we are saving if we would go out there independently to Motor Rover, you would see a definite increase in what's with their what they would be providing us for the cost of this.

So my deal did save us by using the My Deal contract.

It saved us from two wells.

It saved us because it helped us with the negotiation process and also saved us additional funding from it as well because we didn't have it allowed us to get reduced pricing by using the my deal contract.

Well, listen, because I know I'm assuming you tell me here, I know the procurement cycle time is supposed to be faster, and the cost of procurement transaction is supposed to be 25 to 50% lower.

That's the my deal target.

And you in the size of this contract, I just want to know are we hitting still hitting those metrics?

What are those metrics?

Are we are we still saving and how much are we saving?

We are through the chair.

We are saving.

I can't give you those exact matrices.

We are saving through using the my deal contract.

Okay.

Okay, okay, okay.

And uh do you have an approximate or even an estimate of how much we have said how much we will save?

I believe we're gonna say between five and ten percent.

I'm not saying we're gonna hit that 25%, but from that being independently going out and actually get it.

We save money in two ways.

We save money in the speed in which we can get the contract through this body as well, but we also say in terms of the overall cost of what we're getting.

No, no, I appreciate it.

I I think that about hits it because I think the average savings is about like five to 15%.

So that so that kind of hits the goal that I'm trying to meet.

I just want to make sure because it's such a large contract, I don't want to be outside of that.

And then it makes me want to ask questions, if not what's the purpose of using my deal.

Um, also I just wanted to ask you as well.

Has there been any discussion about using artificial intelligence or internet things in this?

Now, when I say this, I'm not saying it's in terms of a um automated purpose or a replacement purpose because we're not gonna replace the system, but I'm talking about in terms of augmented or in terms of an assistant purpose.

Has that been discussed at all?

Through the chair at this time right now, that hasn't been discussed by using artificial intelligence and anything like that.

Go ahead.

That's something I will look into a little bit more to you, and it brings you some updates about.

But right now, we're not looking at anything for all official intelligence for the system.

No, because the reason why I'm saying that is because the estimated reduction in terms of your emergency repairs is 15, 30 percent, and your field service visits will be reduced by 20 to 40 percent.

Your downtime 25 to 50 percent, your spare parts cost 10 to 20 percent, and your administrative cost could go down from below 20 percent to 60 percent.

And so conservatively, it's eight that is eight hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

But if you're talking about transformatively, it could be 4.2 to 5 million dollars, 25 to 30 percent amount of savings.

And so I think that's really important we're talking about cutting costs as well as improving efficiency as well.

Now, I now I know I can't be too aggressive with you because I think the city is kind of trying to come up with an artificial tossed plan overall to implement throughout the city, but I just think it's something to look at.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Through the chair, thank you.

Thank you, colleagues.

Any further?

Seeing none, member Callaway.

What is your desire for line items 18.1 and 18.2?

Motion for approval, Mr.

Chair.

There's a motion to approve line items 18.1 and 18.2.

Colleagues, any objection?

Objection, McCampbell in 2.2.

Any further hearing none?

Line items 18.1 and 18.2 shall be approved.

Through the chair, thank you.

Thank you.

Uh from the law department, madam clerk.

Council member with field calloway, 11 resolutions, line items 18.3 through 18.13.

Lineups 18.3 through 18.13, number calloway.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, madam clerk.

Motion for approval.

Motion for approval for line items 18.3 through 18.13, colleagues.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken from the office of the chief financial officer, office of development and grants.

Council member with field callaway, a resolution line item 18.14.

Line item 18.14, member Callaway.

Motion for approval, Mr.

Chair.

The motion to approve line item 18.14, colleagues.

Any objections?

See none.

That action shall be taken.

From the office of the city clerk.

Council member with field callaway, two resolutions.

Line items 18.15 and 18.16.

18.15 and 18.16, Member Callaway.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Motion for approval.

It's a motion to approve line items 18.15 and 18.16.

Any objections?

See none, then action shall be taken.

Under resolutions, madam clerk.

Council member with field calloway, a resolution, noted enroll call line item 18.17.

Line item 18.17.

And for the public, this is regarding the uh closed session for the uh contaminated dirt that we've been discussing.

Member Callaway.

Um roll call, Mr.

Chair.

Is there a motion?

Yep, motion for um roll call on line item 18.17 regarding the closed session um on the discussion with the dirty dirt.

That's a request of how we vote, madam uh member calloway, but the there needs to be a motion for approval for line of 17 to get there.

Thank you.

There's a motion to approve line items 18.17 with a request for a roll call vote.

Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Benson.

Councilmember McCampbell.

Yeah.

May I miss that?

Member McCampbell.

Yes.

Councilmember Miller.

Yes.

Councilmember Johnson.

Yes.

Councilmember Waters?

Yes.

Council Member Whitfield Callaway.

Yes.

Council President Pro Tim Young?

Yes.

Council President Tate.

Absolutely.

Yes.

Nine years.

That motion passes, Mr.

President.

Thank you so much.

Uh line out of excuse me, eight.

And motion passes.

Thank you so much.

Line item 18.17 shall be approved.

Uh, and that is set for June 16th at 3 p.m.

Clerk under resolutions.

Councilmember Whitfield Callaway, a resolution line item 18.18.

Member Callaway.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

This is the appointment of Javon Glenn to the Detroit Land Bank.

And um discussion, Mr.

Chair.

Motion to discuss line item 18.18, Member Callaway.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I know we had discussed when we first appointed him that he will be fulfilling a six-week um appointment.

Is that what this is?

Um through yourself to the chair.

I mean, through the to the clerk.

Madam Clerk.

I don't think it's six weeks in the yeah.

It's not six weeks in the Mr.

President.

You ask him about the date.

Member Callaway.

So if not through the through yourself, Mr.

Chair to the law department, perhaps.

Through the to the law department.

Through the Chair Graham Anderson Law Department.

This is um until June 30th.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, Mr.

Anderson.

And for if I may, Member Callaway, uh Mr.

And Attorney Anderson.

I think it's very you need to make it clear that the ball didn't move.

This was always the date that it was supposed to uh end by.

Through the chair, that is correct.

All right, thank you.

Discussion.

With further discussion, Member Benson.

All right, thank you.

I think it's just critical to alert our colleagues to the fact that we've also had two interviews in the Trinal Ops with potential board members, council appointments to the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

And so I'm not sure if we have any more scheduled, but we do have two that have been interviewed for a fulfill the terms beginning on one July 2026.

Just wanted to make sure our colleagues were aware of that.

So we are in the midst of interviewing for those who are interested in that position.

Thanks.

Mr.

Chairman, Mr.

President.

Member Waters.

Um, so let me just understand this.

I know this is until June 30th.

So that means that Mr.

Glenn's name will also be put back on the on the ballot for council to vote on with the other two.

All right.

Okay, just perfectly clear.

But there's a mechanism that has to happen for that to take place, if I'm not mistaken, it just automatically roll over.

He he's already interviewed.

Mr.

Chair.

Allowing them to uh turn us to speak and then we will open the floor back up.

President, yes, sir.

The uh the what the appointment to Mr.

Glenn, um if it is the council's desire, you can interview him again.

Or you know, it's up really up to the to the chair of the committee to determine whether it's necessary to interview.

He has been interviewed only about a month ago.

So whether or not the chair wishes to to have him interviewed again is up to her prerogative because he's now before the body.

And um, we will once the once you've determined your exhausted your candidates, we'll put a ballot together, bring it to you to your body, and you make you vote on the singular candidate from now three candidates uh that will serve as council's uh choice to sit on this uh land bank board.

So so I get the until June 30th piece, but my question is how does that disagree this uh appointment right now through June 30th qualify him to roll over?

It doesn't there have to be something that happens if it doesn't necessarily have to be an interview, but his name should be forwarded to this right to the formal body.

It would be forward consideration, right?

Mr.

President, yes, sir.

It would be forwarded along with the other candidates.

So he would just move up.

He didn't get preference over that.

He would just be part of the the three candidates now that you've interviewed two more.

He would be the third candidate that you would have have a choice to select uh one to serve as your appointment to to that board.

Well, my question again is this right now.

Mr.

Glenn is there for this particular through June 30th.

Right.

That's all that's been considered today.

Yes, he has been interviewed.

I don't think it makes sense to interview him again since he just got interviewed.

All I'm saying is that the committee should refer him out right and not just automatically roll out right as an assumption.

There has to be some movement by the committee to send his name out for consideration for this full body.

That is all I'm saying.

That is correct.

Okay, he the committee should roll all three candidates.

So if it's the desire to have him considered, he would be a part of the uh the candidates that would come forth on a ballot that you would choose one of.

Thank you.

Yeah, I just didn't want it to be a situation where on that day his name doesn't appear, or then we end up in a whole discussion because he was not referred out of committee procedurally.

Member Cowell.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and thank you for elevating that clarification.

Um, he is serving right now.

Is that that is my understanding, correct?

Well, I don't know if he is.

He's not because the law department said that the resolution that we put forward from LPD was not correct.

So this is the whether it's why it's necessary to for you to consider the current resolution.

Okay.

All right.

I just want to um understand that.

So he's not serving yet, but there is a resolution to support his appointment.

It's already been interviewed, and we don't anticipate through the chair.

We don't anticipate interviewing him a second time because his interview just occurred.

Right.

So okay, but the three names through the chair will be on the ballot.

When would that when that when will that occur?

Which Tuesday?

It's through the chair.

As soon as is you direct us to do that.

If you were to do that tomorrow at your committee, we'd have the ballots prepared for next next Tuesday.

So, Mr.

Chair, if you're standing there, we'd like for that to happen.

And if you need us to put it in right writing, we can do that as well.

So we have to expedite the process.

We'll be happy.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, Mr.

Whitaker.

And Mr.

Anderson.

Thank you, colleagues.

Any further on line 18.18.

Uh member waters.

Oh, no.

You clean up the vote.

All right.

All right.

Are there any objections?

Adam Clerk, if you can show uh council president Tate as a note.

Circle so note, Mr.

President.

Mr.

President.

We vote.

We're in voting right now.

Oh, okay.

I didn't know if I missed something or what member Benson should always let me know.

See no further objections.

Line item 18.18 shall stand approved.

For the planning and economic development standing committee.

Um, yes, member water.

I want to request a waiver on this.

And I shall not let that no just requested it.

Oh and I'm denying.

What I am denying the most whether the request for the waiver.

You are I'm voting.

I'm a voting member too.

I can like everybody else.

Okay.

Objected, remember.

Thank you.

For the planning and economic development standing committee.

Good.

Under unfinished business.

Council member Johnson and ordinance noting a roll call.

Line item 19.1.

Line item 19 point one.

Member Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I move to take from the table an ordinance to amend chapter 50 of the 2019 Detroit City Code Zoning Article 17, zoning district maps by amending section 50-17-4.

District map number three to revise the zoning classifications for the properties, commonly known as 3604 Rosa Parks Boulevard and 3601, 3617, 3623, 3631, and 3639 Cochrane Street from the existing PD Plan Development District Zoning Classification to R three low density residential district zoning classification to revise the zoning classification for the property commonly known as 3761 West Grand River Avenue from the existing PD Plan Development District Zoning Classification to an SD2 Special Development District Mixed Use Zoning Classification and to repeal any regulations for development of the existing PD zoning districts or portions thereof subject to such revisions laid on the table April 7th, 2026.

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Member Johnson.

I move the ordinance be placed on the order of third reading and considered read.

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Member Johnson.

I move the ordinance be passed as submitted.

There being a roll call required.

Councilmember McCampbell.

Yes.

Council Member Miller.

Yes.

Councilmember Johnson.

Yes.

Councilmember Waters.

Yes.

Councilmember with Phil Callaway.

Council President Pro Tim Young.

Yes.

Council President Tate.

Yes.

Councilmember Benson?

Yes.

Yes.

That motion passes, Mr.

President.

Thank you so much that action shall be taken.

From the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

I move the title to the ordinance before her.

No, I got to turn the page.

How about that?

The ordinance is approved.

Hearing no objections, that action will be taken.

Now from the Office of Contracting and Procurement, Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Johnson, eight resolutions, nine items 19.2 through 19.9, noting that they are all for the housing and revitalization department.

Contract number 600 6294-A1, 100% opioid settlement funding, amendment one to provide a renewal for on site behavioral health services and homeless shelters and warming centers.

Contractor Self Help Addiction Rehabilitation Incorporated.

Sure House, total contract amount, 1,355,696 and 42 cents.

Contract number 600752, 100% city slash grant funding to provide tenant support for residents of affordable developments in Detroit around transitions and housing status.

Contractor, United Community Housing Commission, total contract amount, 100,000.

Line item 19.4 is a Detroit supply schedule number 11, which is 100% city funding for residential home repair services.

And the total maximum order limitation is 50 million.

Contract number 6005774-83, 100% ARPA funding.

Amendment three to provide an extension of time and to amend contract terms and conditions for home repair services for low-income Detroit residents.

Contractor CHN Housing Partners total contract amount six million nine hundred and fifty thousand.

Contract number six zero zero six seven four five-a-2, one hundred percent ARPA funding.

Amendment two to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for roof and window replacement for qualifying Detroit residents selected for the renewed Detroit Home Repair Program.

Total contract amount.

Selected for the renew Detroit Home Repair Program.

Contractor LGC Global Incorporated Total Contract Amount 2,452,268 and 47 cents.

Contract number 600787-R, 100% grant funding to provide tenant-based rental assistant TBRA and supportive services for households experiencing homelessness at scattered site market rate units.

Contractor, Wayne Metro Community Agency, Action Agency, total contract amount, $5,408,466.

Contract number 6007355-A1-R, 100% city funding.

Amendment one to provide an increase of funds to include rights of council and CAM hotline and exercise one year renewal.

Contractor, Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency, total contract amount, $2,125,757.

Councilmember Johnson, eight resolutions.

Councilmember Johnson.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Move for approval line items 19.2 through 19.9.

Discussion.

There's a motion for approval line items 19.2 through 19.9 with discussion.

Pro Tim Young.

Thank you, uh, Mr.

President.

Um to the administration, I wanted to ask a question regarding 19.4 through 19.6.

Uh we are there's a lot of money that we are spending 50 million dollars on 19.4, uh 6.95 million or 19.5, and then 2.4 million and 19.6 involving housing um deficiencies.

Um 105,000, 110,000 homes with at least one housing deficiency is about 106,000, and then households living in substator conditions is about 37600,000 to 38,000.

Um, that's according to the University of Michigan.

I wanted to know what these what this money is doing in terms of addressing those concerns in terms of reducing that amount.

So I just want to know what exactly are we doing to be able to address this and how is this money being used to address that need.

And if you need the question, reask, please note.

Thank you, Council President Rico Roslo, Chief of Home Repair and Neighborhood Services, Human Homeless and Families Family Service Division Department.

Through the chair, uh President Uh Tate, I believe I heard most of the question is what are we doing, especially in these contracts to address the large number of home repair deficiencies in the city?

And I will say every single dollar that we're investing in home repair is working towards reducing that overall number.

As you all know, there's a $2 billion home repair issue in the city, and we never have enough dollars to cover that gap.

Um, but I will say as it relates to the contract with bringing on new contractors for a supply schedule, that $50 million number is based over a five-year period on what we are going to spend in critical home repair and uh lead hazard remediation with our annual allocations of CDBG dollars.

So that's why that number is there and it's large because it's over five years and not just um one year on the um Detroit home accessibility repair program, which is our wheelchair ramps, porch uh in egress accessibility at houses, that was a total of a $6.6 million ARPA contract.

It there was uh $300,000 added last year to make it a $6.9 million contract.

All of the households that are going to be serviced in that program have been identified to the tune of 250 households.

We're at about 215 completions.

We're extending that contract so that uh it gives us time to wrap up all of the construction on the remaining 35 houses that we have in the pipeline.

And then as it relates to the 2.45 million dollar contracts there with renewed Detroit, again, all of those households have already been identified.

Uh this is just adding uh dollars that already existed to each of those contracts that are remaining for the renew Detroit program as we get closer to that milestone of uh 2,000 roof replacements and window replacements in that program.

Um so if you you take the numbers you stated, pro tem uh young.

Uh we know those numbers are large, but these contracts, you know, we'll be somewhere, you know, around the likely over over the next five years, probably in the ballpark of close to 7,000 um houses that will be served through all of these contracts and contractors that'll be working on homes.

No, I think that's excellent.

Now, do we have a target in terms of what you're trying to reduce to, and do you have an impact study of what that would be or what that would look like?

I mean, we we work uh through percentage or by number through the president.

Um, I don't have in uh uh a report or target number.

We work with the dollars that we have that exist at the city to run the programs we run.

This past uh fiscal year, we we did about 2100 home repairs all across the city.

This current fiscal year will be somewhere around 1,500 home repairs.

So again, uh $2 billion issue and on an annual basis, we're probably spending you know somewhere around $30 million in home repair.

No, I look I understand that I'm not I'm not saying that you know this is a difficult issue, but what the reason why I say if you have a target is because one, even with the money that you had, you'd be able to spend that most wisely, get the maximum bang for your buck if you have a target based on what you're trying to do with the amount of money that you have.

Look, let me say this to you.

This is an estimate here.

But the housing if we reduce the housing deficiency rate for 43%, which is what it is currently.

It's 8%, okay?

You're inadequate housing for 38,000 to 5,000 households, and your vacancy for 20, your vacancy rate for 20% to seven.

Okay, your property tax revenue would go from 100 million dollars a year to two estimated increase from 100 million to 250 million dollars annually.

Your residential property values would go up by 15% to 40%.

Why is that?

Two things.

One is because we're creating generational wealth in households, but secondly, part of the reason why our taxes are so high is because the property values are so low and so depressed.

And so if we have those property taxes go up, we can start talking about actually reducing property taxes, which is the highest in the country, not just residentially, but also commercial property worth over a million dollars according to the Lincoln Institute.

And that is a tremendous burden in terms of people living in the city.

And that's why I'm asking about these targets because if you have a target, you can be able to reduce not only can you have more housing available for people and have the housing people are living in be actually accessible and be habitable, but you're also having economic development as well from that, and which will allow you to have more money, which is you can be able to spend on this two billion dollar program.

I think it's actually 20 million dollars.

We're talking about maximizing what type of housing people be able to live in.

With 2 billion, just be able to have decent, you know, moderate housing.

So I just wanted to address that as well.

I also think it's important for you to have a target as well, so people know where their money is going.

And so they understand that what you're doing, something serious with this.

I also think this should be on a dashboard and you should talk more about this investment.

Because this is something that comes up when I'm out there talking to my constituents all the time.

Is it on housing and what are we doing?

How is it affordable?

And this is something that's a very significant program, especially uh with the supply schedule that we have here, and I think people need to know more about this.

This is a significant amount of spending that we're spending in housing.

And so we just want to make sure that we maximize those dollars and then we get the most bang for our buck.

Thank you.

Yeah, Mr.

Chair.

Um member Kelly.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, I only have a question about um line item 19.4, 50 million dollars, 100% city funding that's concerning for me.

This is the second amendment.

Um, if someone could come on from HRD, I I guess Mr.

Rock, Mr.

Rico, maybe you can um Mr.

Roswell, maybe you can answer this question.

$50 million.

Um, how long have we been in the contract?

Because this is a four-year contract.

You said it's a five-year contract, but it goes through 2030.

So it's already an active contract, it's an additional four-year contract because it's 2026 now.

If it goes through 2020, that is a four-year contract, not a five-year contract.

When did the most immediate um or previous contract expire?

Or is it still active through the chair to you, Mr.

Razo, or whoever can answer that question?

So, through President Tate to council member Callaway, when we uh put out an RFQ to create a contractor supply schedule for single family home repair, that came through city council last year.

And a bulk of all the contractors that we're currently working with, which is uh 33, are already in the supply schedule.

They're ready to do work and they have been doing work with our single family home repair programs.

The amendment comes because we have four additional contractors who've submitted all the necessary documentation to be part of the supply schedule to get on our uh list as an approved contractor for all the single family home repair work we are putting out.

So they weren't ready last year, they're ready now.

Uh, Office of Contracting and Procurement has moved them forward, and we're here in front of this body to get those uh contractors approved and added to the supply schedule list.

So, although uh they'll have four years on this five-year supply schedule, the the supply schedule did start last year, and we'll continue to add contractors uh every now and then as we move forward.

The chair um to you, Mr.

Um Rosal, thank you so much, and that's 12.5 million dollars each year.

Are these um owner-occupied homes?

Because you said these are just single family homes, and why not multi-unit homes like apartment buildings?

Because I have 54 in Palmer Park, 21, which are receivership.

Um, and we we need we need help.

It's it's no other area, and I'm I'm gonna invite my colleagues on a field trip to come over to Palmer Park to that area.

It's it's historic.

And the way that they've been allowed to just deteriorate and get to the point where they're not even habitable.

And one was set on fire, one is about to collapse, and we just we're not doing anything.

So this is 50 million dollars.

Uh that area is historic.

Can any of the 50 million go to multifamily units like apartment buildings and historic um Palmer Park?

Through President Tay to council member Callaway, 50 million is an estimated number.

Uh that is based on the annual allocations that we normally get for single family home repair, uh, critical home repair, lead hazard remediation and what we spend on an annual basis.

So if we multiply our average spend a year by the five-year supply schedule, that's why the 50 million dollar not to exceed number is there.

We don't we don't just have 50 million right now to spend.

That is that is our annual allocation.

And so when you create the supply schedule, you have to put a dollar value to it on what we think contract values will be over a five-year period.

Um, and this is specific to single family owner occupied uh homes.

And so we we would not be able to use these dollars on multifamily.

I think HRD would be more uh involved with any with with any multifamily you know renovations or deals that are happening in in the Palmer Park neighborhood.

Okay, through the chair to you, Mr.

Razo.

Um, these homes are owner occupied, they're not um tenant occupied through through President Tate to Company Callaway through our lead hazard remediation program.

We do have a small percentage of houses that are uh renter occupied, and those landlords go through the program to make sure that those houses are led free for uh uh children that are under the age of six in those households.

So there is a small percentage of of those households, but for the for the most part, the critical home repair program uh is owner occupied, um, or our owner occupied single family homes.

Okay, thank you, Mr.

Rosal.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Alex, any further discussion?

Further discussion, member Benson.

But thank you.

Online item 19.9.

Uh says general funds or an increase of funds for adding uh right to council to the cam hotline.

No, at one time there was a concern about uh lending of credit.

Is that no longer a concern here?

Did you all hear the question?

Through the chair.

Mr.

Uh Washington.

Yes, I do believe Diamond Connolly is on from the law department.

All right, we'll promote that individual.

Good afternoon, honorable council members, diamond conley, executive director of right to council.

Afternoon.

My policies you may proceed to hear the question.

Thank you.

Um, through the chair, I did hear the question.

So there is still uh lending of credit issue when it comes to providing full legal representation to tenants under the right to council.

Um, we still are not able to provide funding for that full legal representation.

However, the law department does allow the use of general fund dollars for outreach, and so this would be considered um outreach to our community to inform them about right to council um to really improve the efficiency of right to council.

I think 36th district court would be excited that we can reach our tenants earlier.

Um, I think residents may show up to court more um if they know that there are uh attorneys available to help them and they can reach them earlier.

Um, and I think many of our honorable city council members would appreciate having having a number to give to residents directly to reach attorneys, and so um that lending of credit issue does still exist for um again representation, but not the outreach portion of right to counsel.

Through yourself, Mr.

Chair, and so it sounds like we found the ability to support residents through the program and not um run afoul of right to council issue.

So thank you.

Yes, no problem.

Thank you, colleagues.

Any further seeing none?

Uh there was a motion to approve line items 19.2 through 19.9.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Mr.

Chair, uh member Johnson.

I'd like to request a waiver on line items 19.2 as well as 19.5 through 19.9.

There's a request for waivers for line item 19.2 as well as 19.5 through 19.9.

Are there any objections to waivers?

See none, waivers should be attached.

For the planning and development department, council member Johnson, the resolution line item 19.10.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Move for approval.

This is the property sale at 196 Vinewood.

Alice says a motion for approval line out of 19.10.

Any objections?

See none.

That action shall be taken.

For the public health and safety standing committee from the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Councilmember McCampbell, 12 resolutions.

Line items 20.1 through 20.12.

Contract number 3091696, 100% bond funding.

Emergency residential demolition of 19315 Calwell.

Contractor SC Environmental Services LOC.

Total contract amount $16,166.

That's for construction and demolition.

Contract number 3091707, 100% bond funding.

Emergency residential demolition of 18501 Keystone.

Contractor SC Environmental Services LLC.

Total contract amount 17,389.

That's for construction and demolition.

Contract number 600799, 100% city funding to provide ADA compliant door system installation.

Contractor Gandalf Incorporated.

Total contract amount $54,560.

That's for health.

Contract number 6005375-A3.

100% major street funding.

Amendment 2 to provide an extension of time only to accommodate the addition of work alone Woolworth adjacent to Grand Circus Park.

Contractor Major Contracting Group Incorporated.

Total contract amount $6,348,335 and 46 cent.

That's for public works.

Contract number 600794, 100% city funding.

To provide 9 M Smith and Wesson Handguns.

Contractor Advanced Outdoors Incorporated.

Total contract amount $75,400.

That's for police.

Contract number 600-6240-A2, 100% ARPAR slash city funding.

Amendment 2 to provide an extension of time only to furnish and install exhaust contamination removal system at DFD ladder 30 and engines 55, 57, and 60.

Contractor Ross Smith Enterprises Incorporated.

Total contract amount 150,593.

That's for fire.

Contract number 6007809, 100% city, 100% grant funding to provide medical supplies, health care solutions, distribution and resources, piggyback off source well agreement number 022422 MML Contractor McKesson Medical Surgical Government Solutions LLC.

Total contract amount 1,200,000.

That's for health.

Contract number 6007881, 100% grant funding to provide evaluation services for safe streets program.

Contractor TY Lynn International Great Lakes Incorporated.

Total contract amount 1,724,415.

That's for public works.

100% city funding.

Amendment one to provide an increase of funds for a supplemental on demand ride sharing and ride hailing service program for eligible city of Detroit residents.

Total contract amount $785,000.

That's for health.

Contract number 600-2719-A4, 100% major street funding.

Amendment 4 to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for the right-of-way management software system contract.

Contractor Adam AI Solutions Incorporated.

Total contract amount 2 million 26,352 and 38 cents.

That's for public works.

Contract number 6007111, 100% grant funding to provide software, maintenance and support for the remote traffic management system.

Contractor, myovision technologies incorporated, total contract amount, 400,000.

That's for public works.

And contract number 6007892, 100% state, county, city funding to provide East Grand Boulevard and Hampton Drive, Reconstruction Project, PW 7055.

Contractor, Toby Construction LLC, Total Contract Amount, 9,734, 774 and 67 cents.

That's for public works.

Council Member McCampbell, 12 resolutions.12, sir.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve line items 20.1 through 20.12 with discussion.

Pro Tim Young.

Yes.

Mr.

President.

Um clerk, yes.

Yes, I just want to point out for line item 20.8.

That is the incorrect contract number.

That contract number should actually be 6007 20.

It has been amended for that correction.

Thank you.

This line item 20.8.

20.8.

All right.

Thank you so much.

Pro Tim Young.

Thank you.

Yes.

Uh, for one item on 2025 to the administration.

Uh, I just wanted to ask you, uh, we are going to Columbus, Ohio.

I just want to ask you, was there ever a discussion at all in terms of or did you reach at all to the National African American Gun Association?

Mr.

Washington, who do you have available?

Through the chair, we have Jamila Watkins as well as Captain Jason Adams.

All right, if we can promote those individuals, please.

Or other minority groups that are in that are in the state locally.

Fire armor, excuse me.

Good afternoon, sir.

Please introduce yourself for the record.

May I be heard?

Yes.

Afternoon, sir.

Do you need the question repeated?

Yes, please.

Uh Pro Tim Young.

Yes, uh, Captain, good to see you, sir.

Uh, I just wanted to ask you, um, did you ever in the process of procurement for these firearms?

Did you ever reach out to the National African American Gun Association or any other gun associations?

Either either um interstate or infrastate or across the country.

The representative minorities.

Oh, through the chairs.

Uh no, sir.

Uh this went out for public bid, as all of our contracts do to the office of contracting and procurement.

No, no, I I totally understand that.

And I'm not telling you to go through the process, and I'm not asking you to try and steer it in any way, shape, or form.

We we know about the problems that that causes legally and otherwise and ethically.

I'm not saying that.

I just want to know just in terms of just reaching out to people in general towards expanding the pool of people that would be that would be available for this contract.

Has there been any reach outreach at all?

I I guess you would call this diversity, equity, and inclusion, but has there been any outreach at all to the National African American Gun Association?

Has there been any outreach at all locally?

I know at the CR, we have a black bottom gun group that's here.

Has there been discussion about locally in terms of minority groups?

Yeah, in terms of looking at that.

I know that's not typically what we look at, and I know it's a very small percentage.

I think it's like one to two percent around the country of people of color who are in that profession, but I know that the in the NAAGA is very active in involvement.

I just want to know if there have been and they have a network, not just in terms of gun owners, but also in terms of people who are uh in the actual gun business.

Has there been a reach out at all?

And has that ever brought been brought up to you to you to reach out?

So through the chair, uh that's not been brought to my attention to my knowledge.

No one from the police department has reached out to those organizations.

Okay, I I definitely think, and I'll probably see if I get some contact information and send it over to you.

But I I I definitely think that's something even even if they don't accept it, I definitely think it's something that should just be on the table.

We want to definitely look to be more inclusive, definitely be more involved.

I know this is kind of a this is a very I know it's very small, finite amount of people of color that are in this business, but I definitely think if we're gonna make these purchases, we should at least include them.

So that's all I had to say.

I don't know if Miss Watkins had something she wanted to say as well, but uh other than that, that's all I had to say, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Any further colleagues?

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, questions about a couple of them.

Um nine contracts and only one Detroit base.

We are now in um Ontario, line item 20.11.

Can someone um explain this contract and why are we out of the country in Ontario?

Um, line item 20.11, and I have questions about a couple couple of others as well.

So, Mr.