Council President Pro Tum Call Me Young the Second.

Here.

Council Member Scott Benson.

Councilmember Renata Miller.

Mr.

Chair, you have a quorum present.

Scott Benson's absence should be excused.

I think he gave reasons that he will not be here today.

So note it, Mr.

Chair.

Excellent.

Thank you, man.

All right.

Um is there a motion to approve the minutes?

Motion.

Motion.

Are any objections?

Hearing none of the minutes will be approved.

Negative chair marks.

We moved to public comment.

Do we have anybody here in public who wants to give public comment?

I see Ms.

Wark.

Is there anybody else?

All right, going once, going twice, three times.

Public comedy is now closed.

Public comedy is now closed.

Public comment.

Is now closed.

All right.

Miss War, floor is yours.

Two minutes, ma'am.

Uh, yes.

Good afternoon.

So I'd like to know, can you please discuss in some detail?

I don't know if there was a paper clip.

I'm looking at the hard copy.

About 6.9 uh ask a $750,000 grant application to the Gilbert Family Foundation for the Detroit Initiatives grant.

What is that for?

I hope it's not for secretive planning of zoning, which I changes, which I highly suspect are going on.

Um I would also like to ask Member Miller and Member Young to of the three I get to vote for, even though the other six could outvote you all day long, even if you did do what we we would like you to do.

Um the master plan update process has been woefully lacking meaningful community engagement.

Um residents want to plan their own neighborhood, they don't want to plan the entire district.

When I had asked about who are these stakeholders that they're meeting with, Ms.

Conake wouldn't tell me who.

And she said, would you like to suggest some stakeholders like elders or youth?

I said, how about the residents in the neighborhood where they live?

And by the way, in case you didn't know, there are no solar farms in the current master plan, Mr.

Young.

There are no solar farms in the current master plan.

Also, if I don't recall if you voted for it for the solar swap for perfecting church got even Mr.

Tate voted against that.

They got 60 properties in exchange for 38.

Yet all these other people that they're taking property from solely because it was tax reverted in the past without more or owned by the land bank without more, they're not swapping property with them.

And frankly, I believe the law department and the city committed fraud on the residents because you did not tell us that you were gonna take property simply because the property was tax reverted in the past or owned by the land bank.

That's MCL 213.8 Little E and Little F.

It's atrocious, it's unconstitutional, it should not be tolerated.

How can you support a reparations task force and let this go on?

Thank you.

We appreciate you.

Thank you so much for your time.

We appreciate you.

Who do you have?

Okay.

That is all for in person.

Now, who do we have in the queue virtually, Mr.

Bowen, Mr.

Chair?

Our first caller is Jadante Smith.

All right, Mrs.

Smith, floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Good afternoon.

I want to say uh I just seen a recent picture that was a little bit concerning.

I've been talking about Ray Wan and seen a picture of Mr.

Ray Wan is and my councilman Renata Miller, who I requested a meeting with.

Uh I've requested a meeting a while ago about the Detram Channel Coalition.

Well, for the D Tram Detroit Hand Tram Coalition around the Maroon family and Cronos Concrete.

And so I have some concerning things about Ray Wan is going to send to your office and everybody else's office, uh, Councilmember Miller.

Also, uh, I want to reiterate some of what Joanna just said about the land bank not operating properly.

Also, uh, Joanne Warwick also requested a meeting with you uh for different matters, Councilmember Miller.

But I want to speak to uh some of the comments that were made earlier about Councilmember Johnson.

So nobody talks about uh uh Scott Benson and his his bow ties and his bicycle uh pins that he wears and how he carries himself, and he's a terrible politician.

He's one of the worst that we have in the C train allegedly.

I I can't think of one time that I've reached out to Scott Benson or any of any of his staff and got a good response on anything.

Nobody talks about uh Mr.

Tate and his physical appearance, nobody talks about uh Colby Young, his physical physical appearance.

So to talk about black women is disparaging.

I know I made my comment about bad wigs, and it was actually in defense.

I know that sounds weird, but it was actually in defense.

I want to say that if anybody hears concerns in their district, uh, especially at large members, you should be going out to these places.

I'm talking about flooding at Chronos concrete and garbage water and uh uh trash and people dumping pallets and auto parts and things like that.

You guys should be getting your city city uh paid for vehicles, going out and looking at these properties.

You should be going out looking at these contaminated dirt sites.

You should be going looking at some of these developments that are coming as well.

When while they're being constructed before they're constructed, you guys should be doing your due diligence to be an oversight body.

You are a check and balance in the city of Detroit government.

You should be doing that job.

You make 105,000 and James Tate makes 112,000.

You guys just gotta raise.

Do the job that we pay you to do.

It's like either you think we're retarded or you're uh right.

We're not gonna have that language.

Thank you.

Who's next in the queue?

Hey, hey, it's not single on with the councilman.

Who's next?

Mr.

Chair, the next caller, Mr.

Foster.

All right, Mr.

Foster, go ahead.

Floor is yours.

Good evening.

Um, just very quickly.

I'm a man, man, so I don't go back and forth.

And some of these behaviors are the same thing that that young ladies do, you know, or kids do when they get mad and say, give me my ball.

We ain't playing no more.

Uh so I just really just hope at some point we can exercise a sense of maturity, right?

Everybody have that.

I'm on my way fish.

I got a couple of little nice ladies downtown.

I'm not faced by nothing that goes on in government, no statements, who you pay anything.

And so my suggestion right now, a tip is I enjoy fishing.

Can you um inquire about a fishing peer here?

I haven't caught much out there, right?

And so I think if it's a peer out here, get a little further out, right?

May have a little better success.

But that's what this thing's about.

Community is about listen and engaging, interacting.

I like I say, I'm not emotionally attached to no man or or no government official.

I give a damn about what y'all say or how you feel or your beliefs, really.

It's my job to encourage you all to give a darn about what it is that we say now here.

And I think that's the important message that needs to be relayed and and uh showed here.

I know Mr.

Crowley.

We can't hear you.

You cut off, man.

Mr.

Foster.

Mr.

Bob.

Mr.

Foster has dropped off the car.

Dropped off.

Okay, who do we got next in the queue, Mr.

Bow.

Mr.

Chair, the next caller is William M.

Davis.

All right, Mr.

Davis, floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Uh good afternoon.

Yes.

Okay, I'd like to invite the City Detroit retirees that are listening.

Hold on for a minute, Miss Davis.

Hold on for a minute.

Let's get that clock together.

I don't put the two minutes on there for him.

Excuse me, there was some technical difficulties.

All right, go ahead, Ms.

Davis.

Okay, all right.

Uh next week, Thursday at one o'clock, between one and three, the City of Detroit uh retirees are gonna be having a city retiree task force.

It's a hybrid meeting, which means you could come in person or you could view it on Zoom.

Uh hopefully next week your meeting will be short, and you and your colleagues can come down and say hello to some city of Track retirees.

And hopefully y'all could help come up with a plan to help restore some of the the vast amount that we have lost.

Uh, because the average city track retirement receives about $22,000, which is much less than the general uh than the police and fire.

And uh whole lot of us have passed on in the last since the bankruptcy got started.

So we you know, city trade retirees still need a lot of help.

Uh we uh especially those of us that got the annuity car back.

You know, so we need a lot of assistance, and hopefully, y'all with your help and uh our chair, Mary Waters and our co-chair, my councilman Denzel McCampbell, yeah, can help push the efforts for the city trade to start restoring some of our lost revenue, our lost income because we've lost a lot, and the city of Detroit lost a lot because of that fake bankruptcy that was put in place to steal Detroit assets.

So hopefully, if you're available, and hopefully anybody's listening to me, if they're available to there if they're a city of Detroit retiring, or a spouse of city truck retiring, or an offspring of city track retirement would come and raise your concerns, and hopefully we can move forward and help City Trek retirees who have suffered retroactively since 2013.

Thank you.

Who we got next?

The cue, Mr.

Bow.

Mr.

Chair, our next caller is Edwina King.

Oh, Miss King, Mr.

Wina King.

How you doing?

Floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Surprise, surprise.

Miss King, floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Thank you.

And good afternoon, President Pro Tempore, as well as honorable members of the Detroit City Council.

There you went blank.

Support for line and approval of line item 6.1, which is the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated 52nd Midwest Regional Conference.

Welcome event.

So this event, which would commemorate not only our regional conference, but also our centennial celebration would mark 100 years of service, sisterhood scholarship, and social action throughout the Midwest region.

For more than a century, Deltas have worked tirelessly to improve the lives of individuals and families through educational programs, economic development initiatives, health awareness, voter engagement, and most importantly, community service.

As a Delta who works for the city of Detroit, it is indeed an honor to have thousands of members of our sorority as well as visitors across the Midwest convene in Detroit to commemorate this milestone, which would bring economic activity to local hotels, businesses, and cultural institutions, while showcasing the spirit of service and excellence that has defined Delta for generations.

And so again, the sorority, I know the organizers have worked tirelessly on this event, um, as well as working with the City of Detroit appropriate departments to make sure that this event goes off without a hitch, making it a safe and fun event for all in attendance.

Um and then is in that lens, I um wholeheartedly lend my support um and request your approval, and with that I yield the rest of my time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

And uh next time you doing this with the Deltas, you need to come here in person so we can hear you oop and all that.

All right, who do we have next to the queue?

The next caller is D dot Mobility Access Ambassador.

All right, D Dot Mobility Access Ambassador.

I hope I said all that right.

Floor is yours, two minutes.

And if you got somebody praying with you in the background, make sure that person identifies themselves.

Last time it took me by surprise, I didn't know what to do.

Two minutes.

Yes, sir.

313 4449114.

1344, 9114, 313, 444, 9114.

So uh the constituents or the residents or passengers.

Um I'm overwhelmed daily.

I can go through 60, 70, 80 bus tickets in a day, east, west, north, or south.

So I made a decision to give out bus tickets on Fridays, every Friday.

And I'm probably give out about a hundred fifteen um bus tickets.

This Friday I have frozen water.

I had problems in the urban area asking store owners.

I paid for the water to freeze the water, and I come back and pick it up and I give it out at the bus stops in areas where those are in need and a bus pass.

So from now on, it'll be every single Friday, where I give out bus tickets and frozen water or semi-frozen water every Friday.

That way I have enough bus tickets to last to the end of the month.

Um, because the needs are overwhelming.

There's folks out here talking to themselves, there's folks out here digging in the garbage.

There's folks laying laying out.

The homeless like uh councilman water says the homelessness is getting outrageous, and then when I do help folks, they're asking for food.

Uh food prices are up.

Um, it's just a lot going on, and prayer is necessary.

I'm out here with them.

Um, but I've learned how to say no when I have to say no.

Um, it was a little disheartening, but decisions have to be made to stretch things so you can be the most help.

All right, thank you so much, sir.

Thank you for much for your service.

We appreciate you.

Who here next to the queue, Mr.

Bo?

Mr.

Chair, the next caller is Cindy Dara.

All right, Cindy Darrell, floor is yours.

Two minutes, Cindy Dara.

Yeah, I'm driving, but okay.

Uh I I just would like to reiterate that we need to find out what the rest of people in the state want.

But I think rent control is something that you need.

And you gotta look at these agreements where you got uh market rate housing to come back in after your agreement after they hit their tax break, then they can jack up the rent, I think.

That doesn't seem like uh a good system.

You've got to reevaluate your whole housing system, and uh, and I don't like instilled housing.

Between two neighbors, because you otherwise you've got scatters on these cable roofs that when they go bad and you've got the houses so close to each other, which they did this in Detroit, they didn't do it in Canada for I grew up, but they were greedy here and they made the lodge too small for for long.

Or in other words, when the gun goes bad two and a half story high house, you've got to find somebody who can fix it, or else you're gonna be hurt your own foundation and your neighbors.

So I I just think you've gotta try and get some rent control, figure out how to do these modular houses, like how you met housing.

It was done years ago when I think Barbara Rose Collins was in office or something.

They when they did that, that was modular because they didn't want all this stuff stolen, and so they thought, well, we'll bring in a modular house we can put it together before all the building material gets stolen, and then they bricked it, so you can't even tell it's a modular house.

But that's that is we could start an industry, maybe making it.

Thank you.

I appreciate all that.

Those excellent ideas.

Thank you.

Who do we have next in the queue?

Mr.

Bo.

Mr.

Chair, the next caller is owner Papa.

All right, two minutes, floor is yours.

Good afternoon, and through the chair, may I be hurt?

Yes, you made two minutes.

Yes, Miss Dara brings up a lot of good ideas that you guys don't seem to listen to.

And Miss Walwork was making very good points about what this is going on in our neighborhoods, of which this whole solar thing is going into neighborhoods.

Why isn't it in your committee?

Um, this is about neighborhoods, and but instead we have 6.5, which is a 13 million dollar contract plus with adding two more million to make it 13 for municipal parking.

What does that have to do with neighborhoods?

I think that's part of the problem.

You are the committee member for the neighborhoods, and you don't seem to address any of the neighborhoods.

What do you have to do with petitions for parades?

That is not something they don't come through the neighborhoods, it doesn't have anything to do with neighborhoods.

So I think you guys are kind of like misusing the committees, and you're not exercising what they were actually formed for to do.

Um council member uh young.

Everything you have on your agenda is always approved by you.

I don't care how egregious, I don't care what it is, you approve it.

Um we don't have anybody uh why would we spend 13 million dollars to manage uh parking tickets and collections management?

You guys will figure out every kind of way.

If I ask you for 13 million dollars to go to you know the neighborhoods to help them, you you guys would have all kind of pushback on that.

Um, but we don't seem to find any problem with spending millions of dollars on things that seem to be um something that you should be able to handle here in the city of Detroit.

Um I don't think municipal uh uh this this management traffic thing is such a big eye big deal that we can't do it ourselves, but thank you anyway.

Peace.

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

I just want to let you know we spent 56 million dollars on housing yesterday on Tuesday, excuse me.

Uh approved it.

Well, approved it.

Let me say that.

Who you have next to the queue?

Mr.

Bo.

The next caller.

All right.

I think it's that's that's Mrs.

Weston, right?

Weston.

Hi, everyone.

Miss Weston.

Can you hear me?

Yes, go ahead, Miss Weston.

Okay, thank you so much.

Um, I'm speaking today because I have questions.

I want to know what is the city of Detroit doing to protect residents whose homes and properties have been damaged by consistent semi-truck vibrations on regarditional streets like Lirinois.

And I also want to know how is the city going to confiscate homeowners for property damage, loss of value, and health impacts caused by heavy semi-truck vibrations in our neighborhood.

I have recently submitted a claim to the city of Detroit law department along with photographs, documenting the damage of my property, and detailed complaints about the consistent truck traffic of vibrations on Libinoise.

What actions are being taken to investigate my claim?

I have not heard anything.

We are looking for protection for the residents and address the ongoing property damage caused by heavy truck traffic.

Can someone please assist me in uh trying to uh resolve this so people can get what they deserve?

You know, it was very bad devastation.

Uh before Duggan left the office, he did put up no truck signs.

It took a while for those 12 to 1500 trucks to calm down, but they finally did.

But they are starting to come back.

I'm concerned with the bridge opening up that it will be more trucks than that, and my property and other residents' property will continue to be destroyed.

Could someone please let me know um how this could be addressed?

My number is 313-753-4641.

Again, I'm looking for help for my claim and how to resolve this once and for all.

Thank you for listening to my uh situation.

Have a good day, everyone.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Uh, it's not my habit to comment on ongoing um legal cases, but what I will say is from my understanding, I know that uh the councilwoman Romero passed legislation or working on passing legislation involving truck traffic.

And I also know there's a choice neighborhood grants, which I think deal with the issue of vibrations on the property, if I'm not mistaken.

So I know that's part of that process.

So just wanted to kind of give you a little bit of a heads up.

Those are some of the things that I'm aware of that we've done.

Uh, but we'll be working diligently with you in order to address your issues.

You can call my office at 224-4248 at 313-224-4248.

Or you can also call um Councilwoman Gabrielle Santiago Romero's office as well.

And I'm not sure she will be more than happy to be able to help you because she is the advocate of being able to deal with truck traffic and truck vibrations in that neighborhood.

All right.

Uh, who do we have next in the queue?

Mr.

Bo.

That was the last caller with the hand raised before you close public comment.

All right.

Um did he call back?

Was it Foster?

Mr.

Chair, Mr.

Foster has not returned to the queue.

All right.

Well, then that's that huh.

Uh I'm about to comment.

Oh, that's oh, okay.

That's the end of that.

Uh no, no, no, no, no, no.

That's the end of that.

Uh, chair recognizes uh member Miller.

Jehante Smith is still listening.

First of all, push it, push her.

No, you're fine.

Just push the button.

Two this month, a month.

I have approximately six community events.

Please feel free to join me tomorrow at um Hermic Cafe.

That's tomorrow, 9 a.m.

to 11.

And also I have a coffee hour also at Kree Cafe on the 26th.

I will be there also multiple hours.

And I have a community event on June 23rd.

That is when I am available to meet with anyone.

Feel free uh to join me.

Uh opposed to I I think you like calling in or something.

If that's what you want to do, fine.

But I am open to all residents.

And I prefer a one-on-one face-to-face.

So please take up the offer.

Join me at the coffee hours.

We call them morning mingles and our community event.

I am more than happy to have a discussion with you there.

Um, and then we can settle any differences or come or any concerns you may have.

Thank you very much.

Repeat those times in those days.

Okay, June 12th at Hermony Cafe from 9 to 11.

Also uh June 26th at Creed Cafe.

And we're gonna be the community event is at Constantine on June 23rd on Woodward Avenue.

What's the time for those?

Uh 628.

628.

Feel free to join us.

Thank you.

I left uh Creed not too long ago, so that sounds like a lot of fun.

That sounds like a lot of fun.

So I'm not even gonna have a great event.

Tell everybody's dare I say it.

All right.

Uh we are going to new business mayor's office.

Line on 6.1 submitting resolution authorizing the petition of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

request to hold the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 52nd Midwest Regional Conference.

Welcome event from July 2nd, 2026 and 7 p.m.

to 11 p.m.

the same day at Hart Plaza.

Setup will begin on July 2nd, 2026 at 9 a.m.

and be completed by 6 p.m.

the same day.

Turn out will begin on July 2nd, 2026, 11 p.m.

and be completed by June, July 3rd, 2026 at 12 p.m.

Is there a motion to move line 6.1 the formal session with recognition for approval?

We put onto new business.

Motion to made or any objections.

Here in the line of 6.1, we move to formal session with recommendation for approval.

Be put onto new business.

A victory for the ooh whoops.

Request to hold the hotter than July.

July 25th, 2026 from 12 p.m.

to 8 p.m.

Same day at Paul Park.

Setup will begin at 7 a.m.

on July 25th, 2026.

We completed by 11 a.m.

the same day.

Tear down will begin at 5 p.m.

on July 25th, 2026, complete by 8 p.m.

the same day.

Is there a motion to move line on 6.2 to formal session with recognition for approval?

We put up the new business.

Motion made our endjections.

Here in the line 6.2, we move to formal session with recognition for approval, we put onto new business.

Line 6.3.

Petition of Indy Fashion.

LLC request to hold the Indy Fest August 2nd, 2026 from 12 p.m.

until 8 p.m.

the same day at Roosevelt Park and Michigan Central Train Station.

Said it will begin at 5 a.m.

on August 2nd, 2026, and complete by 11 a.m.

the same day.

Turn out beginning at 9 p.m.

on August 2nd, 2026, complete by 11 p.m.

the same day.

Is there a motion to move line 6.3 to formal session with recognition for approval?

You put onto new business.

Motion made or any objections.

Here in line 6.3, we move to formal session with recommendations for approval.

We put onto new business.

Line 6.4 petition of Greek Town Neighborhood Partnership.

Request to hold Greek Town Heritage Festival on July 25th, 2026 at 12 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

the same day at Greek Town Monroe Street.

Romovian to St.

Antoine.

Set up will begin on July 25th, 2026 at 5 a.m.

and completed by 5 a.m.

the same day.

Tear down will begin on July 25th, 2026 at 9 p.m.

and completed by 11 p.m.

the same day.

They're motion to move line 6.4 to formal session with recognition for approval.

You put on the new business.

Discussion.

Discussion.

Chair recognizes Member Miller.

I have a question.

I don't know who you would bring on.

Does this mean that Greek town is open now?

The whole walkable area is completely.

I'm sorry, Miss Miss Solomon.

I apologize.

And give me your title, Miss Solomon.

Government Affairs liaison and special projects.

Oh, okay.

So just government affairs liaison, not deputy director.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

Uh Ms.

Fife, floor is yours.

Go ahead.

Yes, good afternoon.

Uh good afternoon, honorable chair.

I'm sorry, I did not hear the question.

The question was does this mean that the Greek town area is open now that we're having a festival, possibly?

I know it's the Greek town.

Through the chair, the Greek Town Association will be opening back mid-July.

So right now, we are having discussions in regard to what that plan looks like, but that one block will be free of construction, and we will be able to visit Greek town.

Okay, what about the other blocks also?

The other blocks are not complete through the chair.

To my understanding, the other blocks are not complete.

This one um the main block that houses many of the most of the businesses for Greek town will be active.

And through the chair, I'm not sure the date of when the other blocks will be complete.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh is there a motion to send line of 6.4 to formal session with recognition for approval.

You put on to new business.

Motion made or any objections.

And uh line 6.4, we move the formal session with recommendation to be approved and to put on a new business.

Line 6.5, contract number 600 4150, amendment number two, 100% city funding to provide an extension of one year and increase the funds for city parking ticket and collections management.

Contract Midaxo traffic management, United States Incorporated location 1200 K Street, Washington, DC.

2005.

Area code.

Contract period, June 13, 2022 through June 12, 2026.

Amend the contract period June 13, 2022 through June 12, 2027.

Contract increase amount 2,329,439.

Total contract amount 13,244,240.

Do I have a motion to send line of 6.5 to formal session with recognition for approval?

You put on new business.

I thought so.

Chair recognizes member Miller.

Um, this is a long contract since 2022, and I was wondering why is there never not a rebid?

Can someone else get an opportunity to do something in Detroit?

Um, this is all the way in Washington, DC.

So I wanted to know why are we just continue to add on and add on an additional year for two million dollars.

I I was also a clue is um amending the contract and asking for more money as well, right?

Exactly.

So this is a second amendment.

Just want to make sure I got that clear.

All right, miss Sullivan.

I think the chair, we have Jamila Watkins and Keith Hutchinson.

Okay, so we got director Hutchins and we got uh Ms.

Watkins.

Thank you, Ms.

All right.

Miss Watkins, did you want to go first or did you want to let Director Hutches come on?

I'll take this one if you don't mind.

Go ahead.

It's good to see you, Director.

Go ahead, sir.

Good to see you too.

Um, through the chair, uh, council member.

We uh these are this is was originally a three-year contract with two one-year extensions.

It was meant to be used all five years.

Um, this these type of contracts are very complex, um, bird um uh awkward uh heavy database system.

So you don't want to be switching vendors every couple years because it takes it takes over a year to try to just get the database clean when you're moving it from one vendor to another.

So we we always run these for five years.

If this is the last extension, um, and and you may ask why we would do three years with two one-year extensions.

We do it that way so that there's really a problem with the vendor and they're just really not performing.

We don't have to wait to the end of the five years, even though we could just uh remove for a clause, it just helps us to um try to leverage them to perform at a level we intend for the city to have service um rendered.

Um, but this is going to go out for RFP, it's at the end of its contract cycle, um, and it will be going out for RFP.

So initially, when it was voted on, our council knew that it was going to be and then two additional amendments.

Yeah, so through the chair, the contract who um uh stated from the very beginning that there was a um uh three-year contract, and there was two one-year um um amendments uh available on the contract if we if the city chose to execute them, and that's pretty standard for contracts with with uh like this that have uh you know uh that are a little bit more complex and pretty serious in terms of the quantitative uh involvement of the various vendors.

Uh you this is not a uh uh process you want to be changing every couple uh every couple years.

Um it's it's it's a very cumbersome process.

And there's legal implications when it's not done properly.

Thank you for explanation.

I appreciate it.

My pleasure.

Um, Miss Watkins, anything you want to add?

No.

I do not, but thank you.

No, no problem.

Thank you.

Yeah, I just wanted to ask director always good to see you.

I just I know in Las Vegas they had something where they had actual like uh chat bots that would go out there, and people would be able to pay their tickets through that way.

Now I understand you gotta be careful with how you do it because if they look too human, people think Terminator, our robot, and they look too square, people think Jetsons and they want to destroy it and kick it or whatever else and damage it.

But I just think that that's an opportunity.

Is that an opportunity we can see down the line in not in a replacement way or a substitution way, but in an augmented way?

They could cover more ground, they could pay tickets faster, we could raise more money through their prices, also have parking enforcement uh done in a more equitable and quicker in a more efficient fashion.

Is that something that you've been talking about at all?

Through the chair, we have not talked about using um uh artificial intelligence and robots to do enforcement um or to collect money.

As technology becomes available and is reliable.

And I think we have to be cautious with technology to make sure that we are able to defend against nefarious attacks.

And I'm sure you all of you here have gotten a text or two about parking.

Parking is one of the biggest areas where there's always uh false schemes to try to trick people.

So we uh try to be as simple as possible so that we can communicate.

This is the only way that we will communicate to you uh based off of city municipal parking official notices and official business so that it's easier for people not to get duped into a bad text or a bad email.

Um, but it's not something you know, um, Mr.

Chair, you know that I am very uh aggressive in trying to implement technology to improve for uh better customer service and better efficiency, but I don't want to bring technology in before it's ready because that just creates a bad consumer experience and potentially puts the city in the department in um in a vulnerability.

Well, I was getting ready to say what I think that's a great point.

I think that's more of why we need uh aggressive information education campaign.

But also, I'll just get raised.

Secondly, I think that's why we need to drive people to the app that you've been that you've been diligently building so people will be able to get information for the source rather than you know getting some random email is random tax or random email, and in that information education campaign, you can tell people that you know if you get this type of tax, this is fraud, and this is wrong.

If you get this type of tax, this is this is the right type of tax and what we're doing here.

We can also have certain markings on these robots so people can know that they're city robots versus not.

I think that's something I think that's something that we could be doing in terms of that area as well, in terms of um computer interfaces.

Um, I think that's something that we could we do as well.

I I get I think I think it's like uh what's it like neuromorphic um encryption?

I think those are things that we can look at as well from a software side in terms of making sure that we can have people that are identified, but their information be protected as well.

So I think these are things that we're really looking at, your zero trust uh infrastructure.

I think so.

I think these are things that we're really looking at doing and working with you to do that.

But I understand what you're saying.

You have to be vigilant.

We have to be prepared, and we also have to understand the fact that the city of Detroit has to do a better job in terms of building out our overall uh footprint for um technological services because we have one of the biggest digital divides in the country.

And so we want to do a better job building out that infrastructure and then provide the education information that people need so they can be not saying they don't know how to use it, not saying that they're not aware of it, but just so it can make it that much more easier and smoother when that technology is available.

So I understand, I understand what you're trying to do, and I understand the issues in terms of parking and sensors and making sure that it's open and dynamic pricing and all of that.

And I and I think those are good things.

You know what I'm saying?

But we just gotta do it right.

So you're right about that.

We just we just gotta do it the right way.

Because if you do it wrong, there's a lot of perils and a lot of people will be upset.

So I'll get a whole bunch of phone calls on a one.

All right, so um, that is all I have to say.

Did you have something you want to say, Mr.

Miller?

Go ahead.

I have one question, director.

So, with this being the last year of this contract, um, what are we doing to uh try to bring it home within the next year?

Because I realize the deadline is actually up tomorrow.

We're approving it.

We're actually at the deadline date to approve.

So um we have one year.

Um through the chair.

There are RFP, we'll be going out in the next uh two months.

Um it'll it will be a short RFP process.

There's only a few companies in the country that can even handle this account.

Um so there won't be that we don't have a lot of uh companies that bid on it because even some of the smaller enforcement processing companies, this is we're too big and too complex of a city system for them to bid on it.

So it's only a few companies that even can uh can handle the contract.

So we it'll be the RFP will go out in a couple months, and it'll we'll have a pretty quick turnaround so that we have you know a six to eight month ramp up uh to to be able to transition the account if this the current vendor does not win the bid again.

Thank you.

My pleasure.

All right.

Um do I have a motion to send lineup 6.5 to formal session with regulations for approval to be put on to new business?

Motion motion made.

Are any objections?

Here in the line 6.5 and move to formal session with recognition for approval, we put on a new business.

Thank you, Mr.

Director.

Thank you, ma'am.

Appreciate you guys.

All right.

Have a good day.

You too.

Office of Chief Financial Officer slash office of development and grants.

Quest to accept the donation for the construction of additional sections of limestone pass within Eliza Howell Park.

Sidewalk Detroit has awarded the City of Detroit General Services Department with construction of various improvements with Eliza Howe Park.

Include the continuation of Lion Stone Path, five natural area delineary posts, relocation of existing boulders, addition of more boulders, and the installation of the of a bollard at an existing ramp.

These improvements are valued at $79,700.

There is no batch requirement for this donation.

This is a non cash donation.

Is there a motion to say line of 6.6 to formal session with recognition for approval be put on to new business?

Motion.

Motion is made are there objections?

Hearing the line 6.6, we move to formal session with recognition for approval, we put on to new business.

The General Services Department is hereby requesting authorization for this Detroit City Council to submit a grant application to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for fiscal year 2026.

Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Grant.

The amount being sought is $75,000.

There is no match requirement.

Is there a motion to say in line 6.7 to formal session with recognition for approval?

Be put onto new business.

Motion made are any objections.

Hearing the line 6.7 we move to formal session with recognition for approval, we put onto new business.

Authorization to submit a grant application to the fiscal year 2026 Hudson Weber Foundation for the Neighborhood Beautification Grant.

The human homeless and family services department in partnership with the Hugh Housing Revitation Department is here by requesting authorization from the Trade City Council to submit a grant application to the Hudson Weber Foundation for the Neighborhood Beautification Grant.

The amount being sought is 105,000.

There is no match requirement for the grants.

Is there a motion to send line of 6.8 formal session with recognition for approved to put on to new business?

Motion.

Motion has been made.

Are you objections?

None.

We move to formal session with recognition for approved.

We put on new business.

Gilbert Family Foundation for the Detroit Disney's grant.

Human homeless and family services department in partnership with housing and revitalization department is here by requesting authorization for Detroit City Council to submit a grant application to the Gilbert Family Foundation for the Detroit Additions Grant.

The amount being sought is $750,000.

There is no match requirement for the grant.

Total project is $750,000.

Is there a motion to send line 6.9 formal session with recognition for approval put on new business?

Motion.

Motion made are any objections.

Hearing the line 6.9 we move to formal session with recognition for approval and put on to new business.

Now we'll go to member reports.

Chair recognized Member Miller.

No report.

No report for the chair.

Neighborhood community services standing committee will now be uh no without objection.

Neighborhood community service standing committee will now be adjourned.