June 15th, 2026 to order.

May the clerk please call the role.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Uh Councilmember Santiago Gramara has indicated she would be out today and her absence is excused.

So noted, Mr.

Chair.

Councilmember Denzel and Thomas Campbell.

Present.

Councilmember May Waters.

President, Mr.

Chair, you have a corn president.

Thank you so much, Madam Clerk.

That will move us on to the approval of the minutes.

Members of the community should have received a copy of the minutes from the June 8th, 2026 meeting with us.

There are motion to approve.

Motion to approve.

There's been a motion to approve the minutes from June 8th.

See no objections that actually shall be taken.

Just to note this is for general public comment, and we will close public comment at uh 10 fifth request for public comment at 1015.

If you'd like to give public comment for the 1045 a.m.

public hearing, you can do so then.

Um for general public comment, please limit your remarks to two minutes.

We'll start with those in the room and for those participating remotely.

Please use the reason raise hand function and you will be called in order.

And for here in pu in person for public comment, I see we have a list of folks so far.

Um we'll start with in person and then we'll go to virtual.

First, we'll start with uh Jameer Moses, followed by Reginald Carney, followed by Tanay Haskins.

Hankins.

Thank you.

Good morning.

You have two minutes.

Good morning.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can.

I am here to make a public comment in support of the amendment for the DTE solar farm.

Um DTE has been using very responsible contractors that have been employing a lot of Detroiters on these jobs.

My local Union 1191, we've been on the boulevard for a long time.

We are very active in the community, and we support what is going on in these blighted areas.

DTE has been very responsible with making sure people have the proper training and people have the opportunity to come work on these jobs.

The Detroiters that we send there to work are very excited.

They're very happy to be there, and they're glad that something is being done with that blighted community that's over there.

So please allow this amendment to go through and support and make sure that DTE can continue this work that they are doing our community because it's badly, badly needed.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

And thank you for being down here.

Uh next we'll have uh Reginald Carney.

Good morning.

And you just press the button there.

Yeah.

Good morning.

Uh I'm also in favor of the amendments that has been proposed.

Um I think DTE is in a great place to continue this project as they have been continuing doing projects uh at this present time.

So it's very important that we have uh responsible contracting, responsible contractors used on these projects.

So, yes, I'm in favor, and I wish you uh guys would do the same as well.

Thank you.

Thanks for coming down.

Next we'll have Miss Tanay Hankins.

Morning.

Good morning.

I is my understanding this opportunity to take uh make a comment about the suggested change in the curfew uh for the uh fireworks.

Is that the right?

So that would be for the 1045 meeting.

The 1045 meeting?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, so I but you can do it now.

I can do it now.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Um I just I handed off um what I wanted to say.

Uh what I want to talk about is that I have a problem with the change in the curfew to A to A PM because basically what they're saying is that they don't want our kids there.

Because you can't be there past 8 p.m.

before the fireworks.

And I want to talk about the hypocritical legal department that's pushing this garbage at 8 p.m.

curfew.

This is the exact same department that admittedly verbally and in writing stole the and shared the identity of over 900 Detroit citizens against our will while their lawyers lie about where our information went.

This be clear.

Identity theft inflicts the most devastating harm on our most vulnerable people, our children.

So it's kind of weird that you claim you're weird about children when you're not really worried about children.

Uh I want to talk about law and order.

Last week, DPD threatened to ticket me if I called 911 again for help against a criminal who assaulted me on three different occasions.

You can't protect the grandmother and a child on their own property.

You protect the predator, but you mobilize city forces to detain our children for standing in the street.

That doesn't seem right.

The irony is disgusting.

There's no such thing as unaccompanied minor at a family reunion in a black community.

Everyone looks out for the baby.

And whatever can be done and keep the curfew at a later hour.

I also have solutions that I think that might be considered.

But uh by all means, my main purpose is investigate independent investigation of the legal department and DPD today.

Today thank you.

Thank you for coming down.

And also my staff will be in contact with you.

Make sure you're connected to the Board of Police Commissioners as well.

I spoke with them last week.

Okay.

You can't have the people that's acting up.

Gotcha.

Investigate themselves.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um next we'll have Scott Allen Davis.

Um followed by Sunia Williams.

Good morning, and thank you for this opportunity.

Um, committee and council members.

I am Scott Allen Davis, Vice President of SEAL LLC Solutions for Energy Efficient Logistics, and I am speaking to support the um expansion for DTE to continue the solar project in Detroit.

This project has been exceptionally successful, as you've heard already today and last week.

And I just want to reiterate how it's been impactful for jobs for people in the community, how it is allowing people to see new opportunities and options when we look at clean energy and where we need to be going socially as we continue this work.

And so I think it would be to our advantage as a city to not just continue in the existing communities, but look at how we can replicate this across the city.

And I support DTE in these efforts.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next we'll have, and correct me if I do pronounce this wrong.

Is it Sanya or Sinea?

Okay.

My apologies.

Oh, that's fine.

Good morning.

For taking the time to get it right.

Oh, absolutely.

Hi, my name is Synia Williams.

I am a resident of City D of the City of Detroit.

I am also a member of IBEW Local 58 for 29 years.

I am in District 5.

Um I've been out in the field for 27 years and now I'm a business agent.

And I appreciate the fact that we're making amendment.

I support the amendment to give this work, the contract to DTE to keep the job moving forward, to keep employing residents of the city.

They use local contractors to get this job done.

And I think that's a plus for the workers that reside in the city.

It helps keep the money in the city of us paying our taxes.

So it's nice to see people from Detroit working on this project and the things that DTE are willing to do for this project, as far as helping support the farmers.

Giving money back per kilowatts to the city of Detroit.

So I think it's a win-win all the way around for the city.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

All right.

Any other in-person public comment?

With that, the request for public comment will be cut off, and we'll move on to our public comment, the folks that are joining us virtually.

And with that, uh, how many folks do we have online?

We have 22 public commenters online.

All right.

Our first speaker is Jadante Smith.

Good morning.

Good morning, Mr.

Smith.

You have two minutes.

Perfect.

I may not even use my full two minutes.

I want to say completely support union work.

Uh nice to see the union contractors coming down, but the way that we have the iteration of the solar farms and taking um private land to you to use uh the eminent domain is a terrible use of our tax dollars.

I think that's a horrible use.

The city owns enough uh public land that we could have taken um even just small bits of public land from all around the city or different different neighborhoods around the city.

And the city owns some of this blighted so-called land, and it could have been used for solar um solar energy, or it could have been put on buildings, could have been used a different way.

That way we still could have had union contractors come and do the work, but it wouldn't have gone through our publicly owned, well, not publicly privately owned resident-owned land.

I think that's a terrible um use for that.

Also, I want to say we have contaminated dirt still out in these holes.

We have holes that are not being filled in, and we're spending money on things like eminent domain lawsuits, and we have issues where I literally have a uh I have to get you the information, Council Member uh McCampbell, but there's a house on Elgin Street right across the street from a solar farm that is completely uh vacated dirt.

So I feel like I I used the word exhumed.

Uh these lots are being exhumed because it's like these are the secret bodies that our former mayor Mike Duggan left us, and now we have to pay the cost for them.

Also, when it comes to Chromos Concrete, I was out there um, I believe it was Thursday or Friday, the day that it rained super hard.

And I want to check on the I want to check on the water drainage fees that the maroon family has to pay for their land over on Vic Nichols and Gallagher.

Uh there's completely giant lakes there.

There was a lot of concrete dust water coming out uh through their gate, lots of trash.

It was palace inside and outside of the fence.

There was bags of trash.

I wonder if BC went over there and given out any tickets or even surveyed the area.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Smith.

Um, and just for media services, if there are folks in media services listening, if we can increase the volume in the room for Zoom.

Thank you.

Um, next speaker.

Our next caller is Evette Williams.

Um, Yvette Williams, good afternoon.

You have two minutes.

All right, we'll put um Yvette Williams in the queue.

Who's the next speaker?

Our next speaker is Sandra Turner.

Ms.

Sandra Turner, good afternoon.

You have I mean, good morning.

It's not afternoon.

Wow.

Uh do you have two minutes?

Good morning.

I am calling in response to transferring the solar park account to DTE as the as a leader on the community organization for the solar park in the Houston Whittier Hayes area.

I am in full support of uh transferring over the contract.

We have promised residents in the community upgrades to their homes.

And it should be no reason that the city goes back and take this promise of upgrading our homes in two areas over here in district four, you know, from the residents after we have made this upgrade promise to the residents uh in support of the solar farm, which is great.

I love to see the city moving towards renewable energy, and just so that the previous caller understand the mail did not go to any neighborhood in which the residents did not support the project.

And as a resident, I am so glad to see this blighted vacant land.

Most of it was owned by the land bank, seeing it put to reuse purpose so that we are no longer looking at blighted vacant land when I look out my back window and see this for six blocks over.

So I am in full support, and our residents are in support because we have now upgraded our homes in our neighborhood, and I want to see the city maintain its promise to the rest of the residents that have not been fully made whole through this project.

Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Turner.

Uh next speaker.

Our next speaker is phone number ending in 169.

Phone number ended in 169.

Good morning.

You have two minutes.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes, we can.

Great.

Um, 100 bottles, 100 bottles, 100 plus bottles on Cunningham's Facebook page.

He gave out over 100 frozen bottles of water and hundreds of bus tickets.

He calls it fair-free Fridays, bus fare-free five Fridays.

Thank you for praying for Brother Cunningham.

Better yet, thank you all for helping Brother Cunningham.

Matthew 10, verse 42, new international version.

And if any and if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciples, truly I tell you the person will certainly not lose their reward.

Thank you for my time.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is Denise Darnell.

Dr.

Darnell, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes, you can.

Okay.

Uh, thank you, uh, Councilman McCampbell for your weekly updates.

Greatly appreciated.

I am here to talk about a couple of topics.

Number one, our primary is coming up August 4th.

I want to encourage everyone who knows young people between the ages of 18 and 30 to make sure that they are registered to vote.

It's very important.

Uh data shows that less than 30% of the registered uh voters participated last time.

Out in California, there were 40 senior graduates in Los Angeles who turned out to vote because they understand that their voice counts.

Uh proposal S is going to be on our ballot in August for the Detroit uh public school community district millage, which is just a transfer from the millage that was already overwhelmingly approved from DPS to DPSCD.

There's no cost to Detroiters who own or rent their home.

I did hear a caller uh earlier this month make a concern that her landlord might go up on her rent, but we want to educate people to let them know that this is just a transfer and it's not an increase.

So I want to make sure that people are educated and they understand what's coming up on our ballot.

I am a community activist, I'm a member of National Action Network 482 Forward, which is an advocate um organization to help our young people and make sure that they are being educated properly.

Thank you for your time.

God bless you all.

Thank you so much and appreciate the information as always.

Next speaker.

Our next caller is phone number ending in 669.

Phone number ended in 669.

Good morning.

You have two minutes.

Phone number ending in 669.

You have two minutes if you're there.

Okay.

313, 444, 9114.

313, 444, 9114.

313, 444, 9114.

That number is made so you can remember it.

Hello, Councilman Chair.

Hello, Council People.

Hello, everyone under the sound of my voice.

Good morning.

I don't look like what I've been through in life.

I do not look like what I've been through.

I know God will make a way out of no way.

Um, I love doing the outreach out of the vehicle.

Um, and the people are appreciative.

Detroit Department of Transportation really shouldn't make any schedule improvements until the buses are on time as is.

Jefferson is so frequent with the pilot, but the other buses, bus line, six line route, they're not sufficient.

They're not on time, they're not showing up.

You know, I uh I really think bus fares should be free.

Uh you guys want to fix the environment and improve the environment.

We'll get people on the bus.

And you know, they found a sponsor for the people mover.

That's free to the people, and they have a state sponsor for the Q line.

Okay, so things should be free at least until things come up to car.

And yes, I am uh would be that a transit ambassador.

Um, but I have freedom of speech, and it's lackluster.

It needs improvement.

In order for me to continue to give up the bus tickets and the ice water, your donations are appreciated.

And please pray that I get another vehicle or get the funds to repair the vehicle that I'm already in.

I love Detroit.

Thank you, Brother Cunningham.

Um, next speaker.

Our next caller is Betty A.

Verner.

Ms.

Varner, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Good morning to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Varner, president of the Soda Elves World Block Association.

Here advocating for my community.

And his sons.

They want to open up a mini market on Finkel and Wyoming, where the Mickey D's used to be.

And within our uh walking distance that we can go to uh purchase healthy foods.

We are uh doing all that we can to improve our neighborhoods where we have seniors, we have uh single parents with children, and we need this mini market.

This market is uh going to have uh frush produce, dairy.

There's going to be a deli that will be serving uh hot and cold food.

Uh Mr.

Dabich, he wants to clean up that area.

There's going to be uh security, there's going to be a parking lot.

We are in support.

And when they come to the council, I'm hoping that uh the council will approve and support this goal to have this mini market in our area.

We're still looking for support for our thinker corridor.

There's wonderful ideas have been uh given to us at our meetings, but we need money.

There are new businesses opening up on the fink corridor, so there's interest in our area.

We just need more business to come.

We need our fink accorder.

Thank you for this time and accidental.

Thank you, Miss Varner.

Um, next speaker.

Our next speaker is stop black bottoming residents.

You have two minutes.

Are you there?

Hello.

Hello.

Yep, you can begin.

Okay, thank you.

Um, gee, isn't it interesting, Mr.

Scott Allen Davis talking about jobs and he's making money off of it?

And Sennell Williams about the IBEW, but do you not care about people having their private property taken when we could have done and you even IBEW folks, you could all work on a solar parking lot just like Michigan State University has.

No, you didn't need to violate the Detroit City Charter and encroach and dismantle upon residential neighborhoods, which is exactly what this is doing.

It's a total violation of the Detroit City Charter, and it's very questionably a violation of um the um Michigan Constitution about eminent domain.

You're not supposed to be doing it for economic development or to enhance tax revenues, which is what these IRA tax inflation reduction tax credits are.

And you're all talking about rushing the job so you can get those tax credits.

So, folks, this is illegal.

Also, Mr.

Graham Anderson told me last week he didn't even know about the Blake definition that they were using as they throw all the spaghetti at the wall to hook up DTE.

And how many of you got DTE contributions?

I'd like to know.

But the definition of blight they're using to take people's property is if a property has ever been tax reverted in the past and owned by a city, county, or state.

Same thing with the land bank property.

It is blighted per se, and a subsequent sale does not take it out of bladed status.

So over a third of the city or more, and anybody if you got a land bank sideline, it's blighted per se.

At any moment under this unconstitutional law, they could come and take it from you, and it doesn't matter who they give it to.

And so they're black bottoming you, except black bottom was a very different situation.

So frankly, fraud was committed on the residents when they didn't tell us about this definition.

Very possibly on the council as well.

And you're buying people out to sell other people out.

How come the rest of us don't get all these upgrades?

How is that fair?

Thank you, next speaker.

Our next speaker is owner Papa.

Miss Hughes, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Are you there?

Miss Hughes.

Oh, we'll put her in the queue to come back to her.

Next speaker, please.

Our next speaker is Cindy Darrow.

Miss Cinderara, you have two minutes.

Good morning.

Miss Cinderella.

Yeah.

I went to the 420 meeting about the school millage.

And I was surprised.

Why are they putting this new millage as a 10-year renewal and doing the tax capture?

They I know that two years ago, or they they passed it with the uh tax capture.

And that was to pay off the debt because they took too much out of the previous tax capture.

So they did they had to operate on what they got and they couldn't pay the debt.

That was the excuse for two years ago.

Now they're putting renewing it.

But tell them to take the school the uh tax capture up.

Then I went to the library and I asked you guys this, and never got an answer.

But the I the librarians said, even though they took it off the tax capture off the library millage for 10-year renewal, that the somebody went to court and said you have to take it because that's the state law, which is an unconstitutional law.

But who cares about the government following the constitution?

But this whole thing we need to stop the data centers.

That's what those those solar farms are for the data centers, and then we're our utility rates go up.

Well, we better make DTE a public utility.

And don't forget, you guys should the city gets a utility tax off of your uh they take part of that.

They tax what you you charge on your utilities.

They get a tax on top of that.

But you know, the whole system we've got to get our referendums right because we don't have a right to have a referendum.

If you shove us a uh uh data center with money put on it already, then we can't even have a referendum according to the state constitution of our city charter.

It's our money, and yet we have the right.

Thank you, Miss Cindy.

Next speaker, please.

Our next speaker is legendary Detroiter, noting that they've joined from another device as well.

Thank you, Mr.

Crawley.

Good morning.

You have two minutes.

Well, it doesn't matter if I'm on two devices.

I'm the youngest member ever in labor's local 1191 in the history of the union.

Now, what I'm gonna do is say this to all the 1191 members.

What's going on with these solar takings is wrong?

Now I'm gonna speak to who I need to speak to over at 1191 to get this understood clearly.

I did the research, I did the investigation, and everybody, this is to the citizens, residents, and taxpayers.

Absented ballot fraud is real in Detroit, and it's the first case I've ever heard of of international absentee ballot fraud.

Mary Elaine Beckman.

Now, all the city council is cheated in, the mayor is cheated in.

The school board cheated in the school board cheated in.

Comrade Malick.

Can smoke D.

Now I gotta take another approach.

I was back to business.

I was trying to be back to business, but now I gotta jump off into the political realm here Michigan.

Clean up this nonsense.

I am who I am.

I make no bones about it.

To nobody.

It's time for the feds to come in to Detroit and help me clean it up.

Next speaker, please.

Mr.

Foster, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Um good morning, through the chair, a few things.

First, I'm in favor of hiring Detroiters as well.

I think that these unions do serve some value.

But one thing I'm not in favor of people that come down and don't have a real picture of the big picture.

They come down and advocate for their own personal benefits.

And really do a disservice to the mass majority of the people that disagree with their views and perspectives.

So I will say that DTE continues to raise heights in our community.

And our most vulnerable people, our seniors are you across the board.

So to give a few jobs here, right?

They could just hire people with the money that they get from our community.

So we don't have to do an exchange to do a good service for our community.

That's first.

But secondly, you know, um, I'm glad to see that these bonds and bond funding is on the agenda today to do some um good.

I want to know exactly what are the goals.

What is the objective?

How many people potential citizens do they plan to affect with 30 million dollars?

It's not enough just to be passing things on here with while people are kicking you, letting real clear goals of what they're gonna do with these money and different vendors.

6.4.

It talks about private security, arm private security.

Why do our city need to have private security where we have a police force?

And what are these um private security bylaws that are gonna be governed by?

Are they is the city gonna be prone to risk management or silver violations because they are vendors that are getting paid by the city?

And so those are just some of the questions.

As far as Mr.

Cunnaham, people don't often see sexual exploitation.

Thank you, Mr.

Foster.

Uh next speaker, please.

Our next caller is from phone number 534.

Phone number 534.

Good morning.

You have two minutes.

Please discuss the renewable energy credits for the solar firm.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

And folks, I would just say it'll make public comment more efficient.

I know folks can join from as many devices as you like, but please do raise your hand using one of those devices.

We'll be sure to get you for public comment.

We will not miss you in that.

Thank you.

Our next caller is William M.

Davis.

Commissioner Davis, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Hello, can I be heard?

Yes, you can.

Okay, I'd like to start out by saying I'd like to wish a happy birthday to my son, my youngest son, who's just a little younger than you are, young man.

And uh also like to uh remind people about the upcoming city of Detroit Retiree Task Force meeting this upcoming Thursday from one to three at the Colombia Young Municipal Building, 13th floor auditorium.

You could join in person or via Zoom.

Uh also I think a greater effort needs to be made to encourage more people to vote.

You're less likely to have people complaining about uh questionable election results if you have major voter turnout.

Uh when I was younger, Detroit used to determine who was going to be elected, you know, U.S.

Senator, governor, and a number of things.

Uh and we could still determine that if we have major voter turnout, and that benefits us in a number of ways.

Uh, just like uh I believe our population is actually a little higher than with it than the weather stated because of the fact that we pay these extremely high insurance for all those.

You know, so I know, especially some young people under 25 who are not voting because they are using addresses outside the city because they can't afford to pay this unbelievably high insurance that we have to pay here if you live in the city of Detroit.

So I think a greater effort needs to be made to do something about the insurance costs, a greater effort needs to be made to do something about helping the city of Detroit retirees.

I believe a greater effort should be made about making our city a better place for everyone, no matter what color or gender or sexual preference or whatever.

We need to be a more welcoming city, and we need to go back to being the great city to who we were before.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Davis.

Happy birthday to your son.

And you are absolutely right.

We do need to increase voter tunnel because there are critical races on the ballot this year and every year.

So thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next caller is Diane Van Buren.

Diane Van Buren, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Hi, thank you for taking uh my comments.

Um I am the co-chair of the renewable energy committee for the Green Task Force, led by City Council.

Um, Councilman Benson.

Um I also was able to be part of the community um advisory group um to three of the communities for the solar projects.

Um, one of them was Van Dyke Lynch.

Um, I also was on Mount Ellivet and Greenfield Park.

Excuse me.

Um, I was able to witness from day one those communities that chose to be to participate in the selection process.

And it was very clear eminent domain would not be used, and that only residents who wanted this program were going to move forward in that selection process.

That selection process took nearly a year or at least six months to a year for each of these communities to be selected.

Uh in Mount Olivet, two of the neighbors said no, we don't want to um sell our houses.

So Mount Olivet did not get the solar farm.

Um I did participate in the Van Dyke Lynch, and I do encourage everyone to go out and see that community now.

When we started, that community was so severely blighted.

Uh some of the residents were coming to these meetings saying, I'm afraid to leave my house.

Now you see new roofs, you see work happening, you see cleaned up.

The city of Detroit removed, or DTE rather, removed several tons of concrete, several tons of trash out of those lots.

This was not an eminent domain case.

This is a case of residents standing up saying we believe in a clean energy future and we want to be a part of it.

So please, I've conducted three tours out there.

Everyone who goes there is totally amazed at what they see and the transformation of those neighborhoods.

Please, I encourage DTE to continue with the work that's happening.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is Diane Checklitch.

Uh good morning.

Thank you.

My name's Diane Checklich, and I'm a resident of District 6.

I'm here to express my support as well for the revised solar contract.

Those circumstances are forcing the project to replace one of the developers.

The fundamental benefits to be had from completing the project remain unchanged.

Two of these important benefits are one, the solar project enables the city to comply with the 2019 greenhouse and gas ordinance.

Our city is on a deadline to reduce emissions, and the municipal solar project is the best way to achieve the mandated goals.

Two, by following through with the solar project, the city will also realize over 20 million dollars in public health benefits.

Last year, Detroit was named the 2025 asthma capital of the nation by the asthma and allergy foundation of America.

So we have a lot of work to do to clean our air in the city.

And the solar project will help with this.

And as a result, they're seeing more than a 20% reduction in their energy bills.

And furthermore, the community is getting cleaned up, as you just heard from the previous caller.

Um the solar project has removed tons of garbage in the course of prepping the land and the landscaping around the border of the solar field has already been planted, helping to beautify the neighborhood.

So despite the changes in the solar developer plan, the project benefits still make it worthwhile to move forward.

I urge the public health and safety committee to advance the proposed solar contract revision to the full city council.

Thank you for your consideration.

Thank you.

Before we move on to the next speaker, we will call the 1045 public hearing to order.

And with that, we will recess the 1045 public hearing to the call to the call of the chair.

All right.

Our next speaker for general public comment.

Our next speaker is William Miller.

William Miller, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Good morning, good morning.

William Miller, I'm a 26th member of Operating Engineers Local 324 here on the Solar Project.

Just want to say that DT has been responsible with using skill trades and approving the area.

I'll say that it would be a great option for them to resume this project.

It allows DTE as well as the city to continue to partner with the skill trades.

And most important, using uh city residents for the work where they can.

This will also help the residents, as it said, as many speakers said in uh with the utility cost as well as much needed upgrades that we all we we all know that the city needs.

And also, as a personal thing, as I come from single mom, six kids now to 12 and getting the opportunity to get in the trade, gave me the opportunity to put my four to line sister through her first term of college, as well as help my family out through the years.

So this would be great.

It's to continue it.

Great for the city, great for the residents, and well needed for careers in the city.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is Darren McCluskey.

Darren McCluskey, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Uh good morning, committee members.

Okay.

So you just heard Diane Van Buren say this wasn't an eminent domain project.

I think oh, you you've probably seen the Facebook short where it's a fear of Russian says this ain't that fam.

There's lots of talk about eminent domain.

This is predominantly an eminent domain project.

7.7 million spent on Farmkin Hills attorneys to take property.

So how can there how can a narrative be such that there's no eminent domain?

This ain't that fam.

Yet you guys are talking about losing 30 million dollars in energy credits.

Like a quarter of that is just been up front on attorneys taking people's private property, just the attorney fees, not even the cost of acquiring it, not even the 80,000 I got for my house by settling.

That's just the lawsuit fees from the attorney.

It's just it's dumbfounding to me.

What I'd also like to know is you guys have a report on how it'll affect the city, and it's basically it has no effect.

The question should be how does it affect the city if you don't continue with this project?

That's the question that should have been asked.

Not how does it affect the city?

I would like to know how in fiscal year 2027 and beyond, there's three million dollars of savings by not maintaining these neighborhoods.

Where has three million dollars been spent on these neighborhoods?

I would really like to know that.

So I think you guys need to vote with your hearts, knowing what this is actually doing to people, and not the people who are paid off who are here to express their livelihoods and how they're gonna put their hand in the pot.

Thank you.

Um next speaker.

Our next speaker is Amy and Andy, and then we'll go back to the top of the queue.

Amy and Andy, good morning.

You have two minutes.

Uh, just Andy here.

Um, I'm uh one of the farmers who was going to be um participating in the state fair site.

Um, and I just wanted to say that while I do support the solar project going forward, uh, mostly just on the principle of wanting more renewables to be mainstreamed.

I'm disappointed that I wasn't given a chance to speak with DTE about continuing the agricultural aspect of the project.

Um a big problem with urban farming that not a lot of people will say out loud is that the small scale nature of it makes the produce unaffordable without going after grants that are usually not available and come with strings attached.

The purpose for us of growing at the solar site was to have more land in order to lower our prices and compete with grocery store uh produce, and that's all.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, I think that would then take us back up to the queue.

Top of the queue.

Our next speaker is Yvette Williams.

Evet Williams, if you are there, you have two minutes.

You hear me now?

Yes, we can.

Thank you.

Thank you, Constantinate for having me here today.

Um, I'm gonna speak from a person that is involved in the condemnation taking of use restrictions of my family property that we had since 1971.

There was no notice, there was no community outreach, and we were taken by surprise that our use restriction rights, which it means is that the utility company can come in and place easiness on your land, which means they can dig up in your front of your yard, they can dig up in the back of your yard, and then they stated that we were going to have the responsible for any hazardous tax toxins or substances that may be exposed from the digging, or it can come from the equipment from the solar energy power plants that they're putting in our communities, and they stated if we sign our rights over for a hundred dollars that we would that they will waive our liability for having to paint it up, but in the declaration of taking that is being filed in the actual lawsuit, is actually stated that the city reserves the right to make us pay that cost.

I feel very sorry for anyone that feels that this is the best avenue for us to generate income or jobs.

I have a family of contractors, but I believe if we would have built new home subdivisions, cleaned up the neighborhoods, revitalized businesses, it would have gave you the same result that you guys are trying to pass off that this solar energy is doing for us.

DTE energy has done nothing for the city with outdated grid from 2004, grid failure, and now they're gonna benefit from from our tax dollars from our land and my family is being impacted.

Thank you for your comment and um our last speaker.

Thank you.

Our last speaker is owner Papa.

Ms.

Hughes, are you there?

Yes, I am.

Good morning, through the chair, Mabby Herod.

Yes, you are.

Thank you.

You've heard a lot of things today, but I'm saying to you that this is illegal and it's against the charter, and they are condemning properties.

Regardless of what uh DTE is telling you or the mayor's office, they are taking people's property illegally.

And we need a we need 6.5 and 6.6.

We need to have a we need to have a a um public hearing on this on this new thing.

We need to have a public hearing because we have a right to voice our opinion on what you're doing.

You're changing this.

It's not the same vendor, it's someone else, and so we need to have a public hearing on these two items.

You're talking about 35 years, and then now we're gonna pay for the decommission for Light Star.

This is not conducive for the people in the city of the street and for the city um to benefit.

DTE is benefiting.

6.7.

Um I don't know what why you guys feel like black people don't need anything but surveillance.

And that brings us to what Mr.

Foster was saying on 6.4.

What is this for?

$56 million for schedule number three security services.

What does that mean to us?

It means absolutely nothing.

So if we don't have a public hearing on this solar project, it should not move forward until we are fully informed of what they are doing and what is what we should expect from this.

You have lots of uh bond funding for rehabilitation and replacement of things.

But what I'm with Mr.

Foster, please show us how this is benefiting us.

And um, Miss Santiago Romero has been missing in action since before uh Mackinac.

Now it's time for her to either bring a doctor's excuse, say she's on a sabbatical, or or something, because you don't get to excuse her.

We're a boss.

All right.

Thank you.

That'll bring us into the end of public comment.

Thank you all for coming down and also for joining virtually.

Uh with that, we will move on to our public hearing.

We'll call the 1045 public hearing to back to order.

All right.

Uh this is um let me just go to it.

This is a public hearing for the proposed emergency ordinance amending chapter 29 related to curfew and Madame Parliamentarian or um, do I need to read it fully again for the public hearing?

Um I would based upon the content.

All right, thank you.

Um this proposed emergency proposed emergency ordinance admit amends chapter 29 minors, Article 3, Regulation of Minors and Public Places and Adult Responsibility for Violations, Division 2 curfew of the 2019 Detroit City Code by adding sections 29-3-14 and 29-3-15 to provide for a superseding curfew of all minors beginning at 8 p.m.

on Monday, June 22nd, 2026, being the scheduled date for the Detroit Annual Fireworks display or any rescheduled date, and continuing to 6 a.m.

the following morning, applicable only to the area within and bounded by the Detroit River, Third Street, the Lodge Freeway, also known as M10, the Fisher Freeway, also known as I-75, the extension of the Fisher Freeway, Easterly to Grassha, Grassha Avenue, Vernon Highway, Shane Street, Atwater Street, and the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater.

Excuse me, sir.

Usually the departments present then you do the public comment, but of course it's your choice.

No, that's up.

This is my first one, so thank you for that.

Um is there discussion?

All right.

Um, I believe we have folks here from the law department and um AC Hayes to come up.

Through the chair Graham Anderson through the chair Graham Anderson Law Department, as uh AC Hayes gets uh settled, then I'll give uh a brief introduction.

As we spoke about, I believe it was uh last week, two weeks ago.

This is a very simple, straightforward ordinance.

It's something we've done for years for the Detroit fireworks.

All we're doing here is just adjusting the curfew slightly to 8 p.m.

for the areas that you just listed, but I'll go over them again.

Is uh 3rd Street, the Lodge Freeway, Fisher Freeway to the extension of Fisher Freeway, Easterly to Grash It, Grashita Avenue, Verner Highway, Shane Street, Atwater Street to the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater.

And uh beyond that, it's really just a tool to make DPD's life more efficient and easier to operate on what uh is a very uh special day for the city of Detroit, an exciting day.

I know myself and my family will be down here to celebrate the fireworks, and all this is is to make sure we're able to have a safe fun time for City of Detroit residents.

And uh with that, I'm available to answer any additional legal questions, and I'll turn any anything over uh to AC Hayes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

AC Hayes.

Uh good morning uh to this honorable body.

Uh uh as my colleague uh turning Anderson uh indicated, this is an annual ask uh for one day.

Uh with the caveat if uh weather impacts it, it would move to the second day.

Uh what this allows us to do is ensure that through uh parental accountability uh that uh those minors uh that wish to view the fireworks must be done in the presence of a responsible adult.

Uh we've seen what's going on uh quite frankly around the country.

Uh as recent as this past weekend, uh neighboring city, uh had to shut down a festival uh in Dearborn Heights uh as it relates to these uh mass gatherings uh of unsupervised teens, uh young adults, uh, that has truly made an impact, uh a negative impact on uh what was supposed to be a great day.

Uh we wish to do uh what we've done again year after year, which is to have this uh starting at 8 p.m.

Uh and we want the youth uh to come, but we just want to ensure that they are under responsible adult.

Uh we will be incredibly mindful uh of those that are coming to school, going to or from school, as well as uh the youth uh that could be impacted uh that this uh directly affects if they're going to work or coming to and fro uh in extreme sensitivity to any that we uh might encounter um that are unsheltered, as we know uh it is not a crime uh to be unsheltered or homeless, and we will have city resources, uh HRD uh to get them help uh if we encounter them.

Uh not only uh we that is our goal each and every time that we're out serving the community, but certainly this day.

Uh DPD cannot manage this alone.

Uh and we've learned the importance of partnerships uh with the uh with this ordinance in place, and even after this ordinance, um even after the time of which it it is viewing, uh the Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety uh will be present, as well as our CVI interruptors in our groups.

One of the things that we learned last year uh when we had a 17 uh year old uh that was a victim to gun violence.

It was not a Detroiter, and uh it is extremely important or extremely valued for the CBI groups to come down because we have I guess it would be groups from across the city that may converge on this place uh or in this viewing area, and we don't want anything negative to happen.

We want everyone to peacefully safely uh enjoy this.

So uh the more help uh we certainly welcome it here as DPD.

But that is the gist of what it is that we're asking today.

Uh and we hope that um I'm sorry, and I am here to answer any questions that this body may have of me.

All right, thank you.

Thank you both.

And now just a note, Madam Parliamentary to open up for public comment now.

Yes, sir.

Presentations for the department are finished.

All right.

Anything further before I open up for public comment?

All right.

We will open up requests for public comment um for folks in the room and uh join us virtually.

Request for public comment will close at uh 1110.

Uh do we have, and if you are joining virtually, please do use the raise hand function as usual.

Do we have folks in the room here to give public comment regarding the proposed emergency ordinance?

All right, yes, madam part.

I I was just going to suggest you remind people it's only on this yes, okay.

Thank you for that.

And just a reminder, it is only on the topic of the proposed emergency ordinance regarding the curfew for the fireworks display.

You have a minute and 30 seconds for your public comment.

Um, we can are there any raised hands on Zoom.

Our first caller is Jadante Smith.

Mr.

Smith, um good to hear from you again.

Uh, you may begin.

Good morning.

As a young person myself, um, I think that there are a lot of issues with this proposed uh move back, only because I went to the fireworks uh I think the last year I went the year before where there was a shooting as well.

I think there were two shootings in a row.

Um, and I think CBI was not there.

Um we pay 700,000 per year, and I think about five or six of them.

That's a lot of money.

They should be there uh handling youth and help working with the youth.

I think people shouldn't be excluded from their own city um regardless of age.

I think parents should be more responsible for their children, but young people should be able to view these fireworks uh in in downtown without being hassled by the police.

Also, when I was a young, when I was younger, I'm a young person still.

When I was 15, 16, I was able to go down there without um my parents being present, and it wasn't an issue.

Also, when people who are older or younger, they were able to go down to see the fireworks without their parents being present.

Also, I think I would I'm gonna advise all the young people I know gonna go down there to um not gonna say to to say a certain thing, but I think there's so many kids that you can't tell if they're if they're uh unhoused, you can't tell if they're um struggling with things, they don't have places to go, and so I think it's very unfair to put them out uh well to to force them to be you know excluded from these activities.

I think that that's super unfair.

I think this ordinance is could be helpful, but it's not done correctly because the work to help has not been done correctly.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next, do we have anyone else?

We have 16 callers in the queue, and our next caller is stop black bottoming residents.

Miss Ward, you may begin.

May I be heard?

Yes, you can.

Okay, you know, uh, frankly, our youth have been neglected for a very, very, very long time.

There is walking trauma all over this city in adults and the youth.

I worked at a uh uh a K through eighth school, K through five and eighth school.

The kids didn't even have a playground.

The kids didn't even have a playground.

Okay, and we're blowing all this money on demolition, reckless demolitions, David Fink, you know, protecting all this dirty dirt and all this other stuff.

And fix the money for the youth.

District 7 Rec Center.

So I do have a problem with this.

And and as the uh Mr.

Jadante Smith said some of these kids could be homeless, and you know, it's a tough thing.

It's a tough thing, but don't criminalize them.

Maybe have an alternative activity or a special space where they can be, or figure something out where they don't feel excluded because it might even make them want to do more teen takeovers because they feel so neglected and so rejected.

I mean, I'm sorry, but this city does a horrible job.

You don't live up to Charter Section 7-201.

There are no mental health services that I am aware of, and I've asked people from the health department to tell me what health services are provided, and they get no response.

You know, and then they sell off the Herman Kiefer Health Center, you know, and you wonder why people are all messed up.

We cannot necessarily we do need some policing.

I'm not against lawful policing, but you know, just we really got to pay more attention to the children.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is Mr.

Foster.

Mr.

Foster.

Umce again.

Um, always appreciate first day C Hayes uh and this initiatives.

You always have a ear to the community.

Well, what I did want to say is that during emergency ordinances under section four-116 emergency ordinances, not to be a party, Cooper, but at first is that it has to be a two-third, two-thirds um vote.

But I would like to just advocate that during these emergencies when you guys enact them that you have access to rainy day funds or some type of funds to help mitigate the emergency.

Yeah, uh, find common ground.

So we can have maybe free ice cream vouchers for these kids, free vouchers for the downtown vengers, chipote, cave, you know, those type of things.

Uh, just like we do with with mad mothers against drunk drivers and people get rides home to avoid driving drought, where we can offer lift drives and Uber drives for our children and and different people to kind of mitigate it so that it don't always appear to be criminal, but we have the funds and resources, and we should have the funds and resources.

And if this council body deems something to be an emergency, then they should equally have the resources to mitigate that emergency.

And so that's where I'm at as far as this ordinance.

I appreciate you all for listening.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is owner Papa.

Ms.

Hughes, you may go right ahead.

One minute 30 seconds.

Thank you.

And good afternoon, good morning.

And through the chair, may I be heard?

Yes, you may.

Everything that has been said before me is correct and on point.

We don't want to criminalize our children, but by the same token, our children, their parents, their grandparents, their aunts and uncles.

We have paid for a lot of this, these things.

And to exclude them is not right.

Not when you are a city that has neglected them.

I'm agreeing with we should find a section for them.

We should find areas for them to participate in.

Um, the police are like a hammer, and everything they see is a nail.

Um this is not necessary to restrict our children.

Yes, parents need to be more responsible, but we also have to understand the environment that we're living in.

People are working two and three jobs just to keep up.

Um, this is a city that gives uh breaks to people with money, and they they step on the heads of the people who don't have it.

They they penalize you because you are poor.

Um, minors have a right to participate in the fireworks, and you all should find a different way.

We have a CVI team.

We have we're paying lots of people to to uh participate with community activities, and that's this is the time to utilize it.

Please, we don't need another ordinance, we just need to respect everybody.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next caller is William M.

Davis.

Commissioner Davis, you have one minute 30 seconds.

Uh good morning.

Can I be heard?

Yes, you can.

You know, I I think that uh we need to uh make sure we identify especially you know, make it more clear about what is a responsible adult to the company or minor, because that could be open to interpretations, and um well, we need to make sure we know that uh we need to make sure that we have more activities for our young people because there's a a lot less activities now for young people than when I was uh a teenager.

That's all I have to say.

Have a good day.

Thank you, Commissioner Davis.

AC Hayes or uh attorney Anderson, how are you all defining responsible?

Um like it.

Yes, just go ahead.

Through the Chair Graham Anderson Law Department in section uh um chapter 29, section Article 3, section one definitions.

Responsible adult is an adult over the age of 21 who is acting in the parents' stud and has the responsibility for the care or the custody of the minor.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, and before we move to the next speaker, request for public comment has closed.

With that, we'll go to our next speaker.

Our next speaker is Tahira Ahmad, Mr.

Hiraman.

Good morning.

You have one minute 30 seconds.

Good morning, chair person and everyone in the audience.

I'm against it.

Uh did all Miss Ward, did um, Mr.

Foster?

Um did our own owner Papa.

Um, let's have a let's have this as an opportunity to help and reach out to our youth.

Uh, how about a talent show during the fireworks like they do on Channel 4?

Let's just look at the the most talented fireworks performer, and let's uh um have them be able to go to Bell Law and Campus Marshes and hold the talent show, fireworks talent show.

Stop criminalizing our children.

You're getting them set up for the prison population.

Stop it.

They're they're good kids, most of them are.

Let's have the uh let's have this uh metal detectors at these spots if you're afraid of gunfire, they're just imitating adults.

So, what I want to do is um uh reward them for being uh a citizen of Detroit and make them feel proud to be a citizen of Detroit and during the fireworks, let them know that we need reparations, and I want y'all to uh to tell them about the city's task force, get educate them about what the city is doing and how to be um uh how to be uh thank you, Mr.

Maud.

Next speaker, please.

Our next speaker is legendary Detroiter, Mr.

Crawley.

You have one minute 30 seconds, yeah.

Uh Ms.

McCampbell and uh first assistant chief, Mr.

Franklin Hayes, who I have the utmost respect for the ordinance should be put in place, but it should not take place until next week after first assistant chief has the ability to connect with several members of the community that I've spoken with, and we're gonna provide extra attention and the security for the youth that want to watch the fireworks.

I've had some of the best times.

I remember a time when I took 10 youth to the fireworks downtown, and we had a spectacular time, and I actually was able to leave with the police escort and uh former mayor, pardon me, Kilpatrick's uh drive-through as we left out the fireworks.

Now, what we have going on in Detroit is TDV and public officials, Mr.

Chief Hayes.

I'm gonna have to cut you up.

With all due respect, all right.

Let's go.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Our next speaker is Betty A.

Verner.

Ms.

Varner, good afternoon.

Good morning.

I really wanted to be an afternoon, don't I?

Good morning.

You have one minute 30 seconds.

Uh good morning to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm speaking, I am in support of the curfew.

Now I support our uh young adults and young teenagers to for them to be able to uh enjoy our downtown.

But they're in the past, they have been incidents uh at our fireworks, and not necessarily it's uh saying it's all our children from the city of Detroit.

We have people coming from the suburbs, okay.

But this we have to have some type of order, and this uh particular uh ordinance or whatever would help us be safe downtown and make it a family affair.

them to be able to uh enjoy our downtown but there in the past they have been incidents uh at our fireworks and not necessarily it's uh uh saying it's all our children from the city of detroit we have people coming from the suburbs okay but this we have to have some type of order and this uh particular uh ordinance or whatever would help us be safe downtown and make it a family affair why come the parents can't be downtown with their children and if they're working or they or they can't send a family member or a trusted friend that's an adult that's the resolution get in by make it a family affair make it safe so all can be safe and Detroit can shine and we won't be on the news with another incident I support our young people I was young but we have to have uh a safe environment so parents get in by bring your children downtown make it a family event eat some food enjoy our downtown or send another dog I am in support of this uh curfew thank you thank you next speaker our next speaker is caller ending in 534 caller ending in 534 good morning you have one minute 30 seconds caller are you there all right let's put them in the queue and go to the next speaker please our next caller is Cindy Dera Miss Cindy you have one minute 30 seconds Miss Cindy Darrell are you there?

Yeah can you hear me yes yeah uh once I was at in the uh well they called it the city county building then for asking uh negotiations so the fireworks started so I went out to the island but on Jefferson then I crossed the street and then went right down on the dock where that's right where they were shooting the cannons off so you could see the reflection on the water I saw some in Boston once like that so on the water and uh you know not just up in the air and uh when one time I was on a boat like that now you could have uh people take the kids out on a boats on the rivers to see that so then that's the best place but if not you could have all the kids come down and be right on the dock area between Jefferson and the river uh so that they'd be able to see that that they'd have the prime place to see the fireworks and if they're uh I can do something like that and also this is not related to it but the driving the insurance is related to the driving we need drivers add we need it and you're not that they're not getting what they need okay well get rid of that tax capture on the on the school millage speaker please our next caller is L good morning you have one minute 30 seconds good morning speaker with the name L you have one minute 30 seconds uh yes hi this is Damico Williams I'm uh community activist uh I just want to say no curfew this curfew is organized by the parade company and the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy to keep our children and our public off of the river walk uh during the fireworks and in the back of the rent and why is it stretching all the way down to Shane Park uh Aretha Franklin that's where people do go uh to watch the fireworks it's a big crowd down there and especially if people with their parents or uh trusted adult the police should not be harassing our young people or our citizens I'm talking with uh AC Hayes right now to open the parks so we could get the parks open for our uh citizens so they can see the fireworks and I am against this curfew for the main reason people on those rooftops snorting cocaine and having orgies but yet our children and our black people our young uh also our citizens and taxpayers legacy citizens can't come downtown to watch a tradition this happens every year and the council passes it without the public uh input and when they do get public input they still pass it because they're paid off by the parade company the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy and the gatekeepers that still have the boot on our necks no curfew if you're gonna if you're gonna have more police enforcement that's fine if you're gonna have more uh traffic traffic control that's fine but the fireworks start at nine o'clock they moved it up from 10 o'clock at least you can get people in and out and have us a good time thank you thank you next speaker our next speaker is Susan Stegerwald uh Susan Stargerwalk good morning you have one minute 30 seconds good morning uh

If you're gonna have more uh traffic control, that's fine.

But the fireworks start at nine o'clock.

They moved it up from 10 o'clock.

At least you can get people in and out and have us a good time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is Susan Stegerwalt.

Uh Susan Stargerwald, good morning.

You have one minute 30 seconds.

Good morning.

Uh I'm a resident of Detroit since 1976.

I currently reside in Northwest Detroit.

And I think that the curfew is ill-advised.

All the studies show that restrictive curfews aren't helpful in uh decreasing crime risk.

What we're seeing is a reflection, of course, of our society not caring about young people, and these young ones are the ones that are going to be populating the city and making decisions.

So I think treating them respectfully and also giving them uh the ability to have things to do.

Um, but a restrictive curfew just results in uh people having more interaction with the police, and if that's a uh if that results in uh a ticket or an a negative interaction, something on their record.

Um I'm echoing what someone had spoken about with the uh pipeline to prison.

So, in conclusion, I think the curfew is not a solution to this problem.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is Billa.

You have one minute 30 seconds.

Hi, can I be heard?

Yes, you can.

Can I be heard?

Yes.

Hello, um Zel.

I'm so glad that you're chairing this meeting.

I mean, excuse me.

Counselman Denzel, thank you for chairing this meeting.

My name is Beulah Walker.

I'm community um activist community leader and also co-founder of Hydra Detrait.

Um I get I'm against the ordinance, and the reason why I'm against the ordinance because I see I do not see this same energy surrounded for the better quality of life of Detroit Black youth.

We have five schools closed in June 10th, five Detroit, five city Detroit public schools.

We all know on this call on this line that programs and resources, that's how children find them out of the schools.

So when you close five schools, you close a community, you close a recenter.

So I don't agree with this ordinance because it has nothing to do with the improvement of black quality of life of black children.

And another thing, this ordinance to me sounds like nothing is to keep white folks comfortable.

I live downtown in District 5.

I've been down here for 25 years, and when they look at me, they look at me like what you still doing here.

They don't want me here, and I'm 52 years old.

So this is nothing about it's just to keep white folks comfortable and happy, and I yield my time.

All right, thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is Sheila Ward.

Uh Sheila Ward, good uh good morning.

You have one minute 30 seconds.

Good morning.

I am a lifelong resident of Detroit.

I have been to many, many fireworks.

I support the ordinance in as much as anyone, regardless of age, race, whether you live in the city or not, can be a victim of senseless actions.

I would suggest that if we are going to continue to support our youth, well, for one thing, I love my children, so no, they can't go everywhere they want to.

I trust my children, but that doesn't mean I can trust everybody who's out in the same area to be as law-abiding and and non-gun-toting as others, granted.

Ultimately, I would like to see us enforce the ordinance with some but with more facts.

How many unhoused teens were rounded up, quote quote, last year?

Or how many teens were out creating mayhem out of all the teens that were there?

How many teens do not have a parent or a responsible adult to take them under their wing for the evening?

If we have more factual information, it might be easier to get more support or other alternatives that would be better than what we now have.

But let's do it with some facts.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Our next speaker is Gwendolyn Howard.

Gwendolyn Howard, good morning.

You have one minute 30 seconds.

Good morning.

Or is it afternoon?

Thank you for taking my call.

Good morning.

But I'm I'm um concerned that every time there's something major that you put in a restriction on these children.

I know that they need to be supervised.

I know that they need to be oh, coordinated in a way that everybody is safe.

But it seems like everything is being taken away from them.

You know, this was a in our youth.

This was a uh a day to get prepared, fix your picnic baskets, do everything and get down to Bell Isle to get you a spot.

But now that's a restricted time to even go on the island, at least it was last year.

So it's a lot of things being taken away and and nothing given to them.

I know that you the city council and and people are trying to figure out ways to accommodate the youth.

But I think the social media plays a big part in um them gathering up as teen takeovers, is what you say, because we just never had that problem before, but now that's just something that's trending right now, and I don't understand um how to even get a handle on it.

But to keep restricting them from everything gives them more energy to fight to do to be defiant, and that's just youth.

And but when you get them in that number, it creates a problem.

So I'm not a I'm I'm not for you restricting them, but still we need some other kind of control.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Going back to the top of the queue, our last speaker is phone number ending in 534.

Uh phone number in N534.

Are you there?

I already spoke.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Um other speakers.

All right.

All right.

No, um, I'll give the admin and um uh a chance to respond to anything that came up in public comment or any clarifying points you want to make.

Yes, through the chair.

Uh great feedback, love all the civic engagement we have this morning.

One thing that I think is important to highlight is that there's really concern about criminalizing the youth here.

And if you you look back to our parental responsibility ordinance last year that was passed by this body, is it's not the minor that is penitalized.

It is the parent.

Um parental violation penalty 2972.

If a minor commits a delinquent act, the parent shall be guilty of a violation of this article.

It's it's not the children that are being criminalized in uh these incidents, and I think that's very important.

Um to highlight as there was talk about you know the prison pipeline and you know lack of uh resources for children.

That that's obviously what we're we're not trying to cause any problems for a young person's future.

The the goal here is just to make sure this is a safe uh protected environment for um the community.

Um I also want to highlight again uh that definition of what is uh responsible adult that uh councilmember McCampbell asked me to again it is a responsible adult means any adult over the age of 21 who is acting in the parent's stud and has the responsibility for the care or custody of the minor.

So this is just uh but something we've done every year that this is we're not reinventing the wheel here, and uh, I believe AC Hayes has uh some more details about last year and and how this ordinance was effective and allowing DPD to make sure the community was safe.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um ACH through you, sir chair.

Um, last year when we talked about statistics, 156 uh juveniles uh were cited uh for violating the curfew.

Uh an additional 126 parents as it relates to parental responsibility as uh and we also had two individuals uh that were victim of gun violence in the viewing area in 2024.

Uh we had 18 juveniles uh that were uh cited, uh 18 uh parental responsibility tickets uh that were issued, and also three individuals, uh two of them youth, uh, were found to be illegally carrying a firearm in the viewing area.

As what's been heard as it relates to the youth not welcome, we absolutely welcome and we support the youth.

This Detroit Police Department supports the youth.

We have a ton of youth programming.

Our honorable mayor supports the youth in the city.

We're not turning our backs just last week and uh was the unveiling or the kickoff, I'm sorry, for Occupy the Summer, midnight basketball.

There's an Office of Youth Affairs, uh, and there are so many different initiatives.

But there are things that we are trying to be mindful of as a law enforcement agency whose mission is to, in addition to upholding the law, making sure our city is safe for all.

We need some help, and that's what this ordinance gives us that help, that latitude, so we're not policing others.

Uh youth that we've seen across the country are easily influenced, and we're having these these mass gatherings and and uh again, these team takeovers that we've uh we're working through uh so that Detroit isn't the black eye that other major cities recently had and now are putting in curfews for the entire city, citywide and for the duration of the summer, we're not.

This one place we simply need some parental help.

We want them to come.

As Mr.

Crowley uh indicated, um he would bring uh a group of youth down there under his care.

He was that responsible adult.

That's all we're asking.

Bring your youth down, a responsible adult, a family member, send them down.

We welcome them.

It is a welcome environment.

Uh but again uh the youth, the the unsupervised minors, um, uh with the amount of people that are down there and to keep the peace and the order as uh again we do not want to over police this.

The help uh that the parental responsibility has, uh, just to make sure that there's someone watching uh our young Detroiters while they enjoy this event, uh this ordinance or this emergency ordinance uh will truly help with that.

And I'm sorry, one additional point as um please forgive me.

Uh as uh Demiko mentioned, uh as it relates to the parks uh and the viewing areas.

Uh there are additional viewing areas uh as it relates uh to well to this year's fireworks.

Uh Irma Henderson Park uh is open to the public.

Uh one of the callers mentioned uh making sure it's safe, uh our caller Ahmad.

Uh we will have our magnetometers uh down there as well uh for those that are coming in there and viewing the area.

It is a weapon-free zone.

But at Irma Henderson Park, uh again the magnetometers you will need to pass through.

Uh again, it is a family event, but you cannot carry firearms in there, so that is a viewing area off the water.

Uh Bellau uh is open with access, that is governed by the Michigan State Police or the state of Michigan, DNR, but that is available as well.

For those that get there early, there's a a viewing area where uh members in attendance or individuals in attendance uh will be able to see on the riverwalk.

Uh, there's a portion of that that will be open as well, and then there is a an event for community uh at Ralph Wilson Park.

Uh that is a ticketed event, but opening up our waterfront and again welcoming everyone uh to see this fireworks, um, having a great fireworks, a peaceful violent and a non-violent fireworks uh is certainly the goal, and uh it is I stand before you saying that with the help with this ordinance we think we can get there.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, um, see if there's any additional questions, Member Waters.

Okay, thank you.

Um is it morning yet?

Is it still morning?

Still morning.

Good morning.

All right, so good morning.

Um last year when the incident happened right outside of K Mac.

Uh, how old was that individual?

Excuse me.

Uh was that last year, ma'am?

I believe so, yes.

Last year was 17 years old, ma'am.

It was 17.

The that was the shooting.

Yes, ma'am.

Uh-huh.

And so what happened to that individual?

Uh through the chair, I don't have where they are in the court proceedings, but criminal charges uh were filed.

Uh we were able to track down the shooter.

Uh it uh it stemmed from a beef that was out there, I believe, in the Van Buren Township area, uh, but criminal charges were submitted uh for the person responsible.

You mentioned a hundred and what fifty-six incidents last year was there?

Of juveniles that were found to be in violation of this ordinance of the curfew that was passed last year.

126 parents were cited.

Okay.

So the curfew, but what about incidents?

I mean other violent incidents.

Those were our most violent.

Uh there were some fights.

I don't I don't have that number.

I was just tracking the violence, but there were some fights and some squirmishes there as well uh that got our attention.

Uh in order for us to and enforce this or uh to to inquire about that, it needs to be something that brings our attention to us.

A crowd, a melee, uh, folks running uh that are there, but just individuals passing by just enjoying, um, they're not gonna get any contact with the police department.

Uh we we are there just in the event of that we're summons, uh that that we would then investigate, and then once we find out if they are in violation of this, then at that point we would cite.

I um I just don't know how you can control the youth coming downtown.

I I don't see how how you're gonna do that.

We don't have enough police officers to do that.

These youth come from everywhere, uh all over uh different parts of the state, especially um in Southeast Michigan, uh, you know.

So that is very difficult.

It's very painful for me to say that our youth can't come down and enjoy a very important piece here, you know, in terms of what fireworks is all about.

Why do we start why did this country start fireworks in the first place?

Though those kinds of things uh bother me.

I I would bel I would think that um our youth 16 and 17, if they're under 16, um then uh parental, but they ought to be responsible enough at age 16 and 17 to come down and enjoy the fireworks.

Their parents might be working.

Um I know you say get another responsible adult.

Well, it's possible, and then sometimes it's not possible.

I I don't know.

It's just that I I don't want to say to our youth that we know you're gonna act up.

We don't expect anything better from you, when in fact we should expect something better for them.

And as I said to you before, let's hold those parents accountable if you know if they want to come down with their children that are of all ages, um uh they should if they could.

But sometimes they cannot, they cannot do that.

And just trying to penalize all the all all of the um the youth for uh we should be teaching them how to do better.

The other thing I would recommend um is that our mayor do some sort of um advertisement.

Uh get on all the TV and radio stations that she possibly can and say, hey, listen, this is fireworks, and if you come down, if you're acting out, we're gonna hold you accountable.

I believe that would be a very important message uh from our mayor.

And um that a lot of them have gotten to know who she is.

She interacts with with with uh with the youth a lot, and I believe that would be a very important message from her.

So I I do recommend that our mayor do that so that they know that if they come down and they act out, this is exactly uh what is going to happen.

We don't want to say we expect you to be uh rude and and expect you to commit a crime while you're here.

We expect you to conduct yourself in orderly fashion.

We expect you not to bring weapons here.

Tell them what we expect of them, and if they don't do it, then they're gonna be punished.

That's what I'd like to see.

So um with that, Mr.

Chairman, I'm done.

Thank you.

Uh thank you through the chair, uh Member Waters.

Um I certainly agree with you.

Um and you said, how do we stop the youth from coming down and uh acting, uh acting out or acting irresponsibly because we're talking to that group.

Um it starts with all of us, and certainly as the lawmakers here and the legislators here in the city of Detroit, and and that messaging coming from everyone.

Hey, when you are in our city, whether you're around your parent or not, you need to act accordingly.

You need to be peaceful, not unruly.

Uh and so many different things that could come with with the mayhem that we've seen happen around the country.

So all of us have a part in doing that.

Um as it relates uh to to again the public campaign.

Uh we speak on it all the time, and I've seen social media where Madam Mayor has done the same.

Uh as it relates to saying uh I'm sorry, as it says Chief Count says everyone counts, but everyone will be also held accountable.

So that message that we have to our young folks and really to the parents.

We need to make sure that you make provisions that if you want your youth to come down here, you bring them or find them for someone else, because if they do something wrong, it's the parent that's held accountable.

Because if they do something wrong, it's the parent that's held accountable.

These are still young adults, they're not quite grown yet.

They're close.

But there still is an accountability piece, and and I just want to make sure that the the mindset of well, we'll just do what we want to do, irregardless of the law, or and and they'll get over it.

Um that's a very, very dangerous scope uh slope.

I'm sorry, that slippery slope that going down, and and I don't want to speak to enabling, but again, the overall uh peacefulness of this event uh it is what's most important, and again, with the help of the parents, we're not telling them don't come.

We want to see the young Detroiters come down and enjoy it, they just need that parental responsibility or that responsible adult uh while they're there uh for the viewing area.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, um, so I would a couple questions um on is there any type of like youth center, youth focused event that is gonna happen in tandem with the fireworks on the 22nd.

Do we know?

But that the administration is carrying out or anything like that.

I can't speak to that.

I'm unaware not to say that it didn't happen.

I do know that there are different community groups uh uh around the city that are bringing youth and busloads down there.

We actually have a parking area to facilitate if they come down and bring a van to youth or a school bus full of youth or whatever, we make sure that they have parking easy in an easy out so that they can get to the viewing area, but uh I can get that as an action item and report back to you hopefully uh tomorrow uh in front of the entire body uh as it relates to uh what the administration is doing to make it uh available to our youth.

Thank you for that.

Yeah, that would be good to know because I bring this up because on Friday I attended the mayor's um opening for Occupy the Summer, and I may be wrong making this assumption, but I don't think all the youth there were accompanied by an adult.

Um but also I haven't heard any instances incidents that happen out of that, and I think that's some of what the spirit that I've been lifting up that a member waters and folks that have been calling in have been lifting up is that I am completely I agree that there should be accountability.

I agree that folks should um act in their best way, especially in public, especially in these large gatherings.

I am just not there on restricting folks for coming to an event when we could think more innovative about how do we actually engage our youth around something like Occupy the Summer that's around the fireworks, right?

Um I also think about uh on the responsible adult side, our fireworks happen on Monday nights.

Um that is a work day for a lot of folks.

I remember when I was in high school, um my friends and I we actually map out all the fireworks that were happening and go around to different cities, including Detroit, um, to enjoy the fireworks.

Was not with my parents, was not with an adult, right?

Um, so I agree that there has to be some type of accountability there on both our young folks and our parents.

Um, but we actually have to allow that to happen.

And I think when we preclude that from happening, what we are saying is that we feel that something will happen, so we're gonna restrict you from coming for not having a responsible adult.

I always I did bring this up, and we tried to work to even um think about amending this to allow 16 and 17 year olds.

The timing does is not working out for that to happen.

So I I would hope as we think about this for next year, since this isn't annual request.

I would hope that we're at a point that we don't have this to be an annual request, but if there is to be one, I hope we can think about those changes uh moving forward.

Because again, 16, 70 year old, there's a lot of households that they are when their parents are away, they are the responsible adult, whether they're not adults or you know, that's we can talk about that, but they are the caregiver in our household and takes them to events and sporting events, their games, practices, and such.

The other thing is when we think about responsible adults and the ordinance, I understand this 21, that leaves out 18 to 20, right?

And I just have a view that um if we are allowing folks, you there's a lot of things that you are asked to do in this country when you between the ages of 18 to 20, and that have you had to make responsible choices, and I think that also would mean that they are able to responsibly look after uh minors.

I'm thinking, and you know, a caller called in, because a lot of this is about how I feel, but I'm also thinking about the data side.

We went from in 24 having 18 and 25 18 juvenile side it to 25 having 156 sided.

So that's actually working in reverse, and what we would assume that the curfew would help to STEM is if we're saying that the curfew that you can't be out during this time, and also that would help to stem violent incidents, that's kind of in the reverse.

So AC Hayes, can you speak to that on why from 18 to 156?

What did you all see there?

That's a great question, uh, Chairman Campbell.

And as one of the callers also indicated, uh, through social media, we're seeing this trend.

We did not see these teen takeovers back then in 24 here in our city.

We're seeing this new social media trend where it's gathering uh youth together.

I saw a flyer today about uh uh and I I don't want to promote the event, but taking over retailers, uh not in Detroit, uh, but but again going out and with social media and with these young minds, these 16 and 17-year-old minds that can be easily influenced and are going to these places.

This is this is the trend of 2024.

I'm sorry, 2025, 2026, and we we keep seeing this.

It came on the tail end of last year.

Uh this year it started early, but as we see these numbers going back and forth, uh that's what we can attribute this to, sir.

Thank you for that.

And a question on, because I know I know a lot of this has been not happening in Detroit, and I think that's actually uh a positive thing that we can say that these things have not been happening in Detroit, whether the retail takeover or what we saw happen in Durban Heights, and I think that is because of the focus that the administration has had from the beginning of the year of engaging our youth.

So but I also want to make sure that that's data informed.

So do you have the trends of what we have seen from violations of our current curfew over the last few weeks?

Has that gone down?

Is it going up or how is that looking?

Um it has gone down.

Uh if you can give me a minute, need about two minutes to pull it up, uh, Mr.

Chair, but I can tell you that it has gone down, and it it is not by accident.

Uh through our partnership again with the Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety with CVI early uh reaching out to uh those uh that are promoting these events and and talking through them.

It has been very intentional, and those are the results uh directly uh from that outreach and that proactive activity.

Uh we're continuing to work.

We saw last week that that still taking over some of these places or public places where a little league tournament was impacted, a championship series that all of a sudden it was decided we will go to this uh public park uh in the city, and we have community members that that are extremely concerned and quite frankly terrified at times, but we are working with our youth, understanding that they are extremely impressionable.

And uh again, that part that I spoke of that we all have a part in as far as shaping their minds and understanding how to responsibly gather and in these places and how to peacefully resolve conflict.

That that is a continuing uh work, uh, and it's still in the works that we work at every single day uh to do that.

But I will pull those numbers up, but again, the trend has uh gone down tremendously uh since that first team takeover downtown where we had a 14-year-old shot uh in our city that again it was a C VI member who was out there attempting to mitigate uh who rendered life-saving first aid to him uh before we could get him to a hospital.

Thank you for that.

Um, and and I am glad to see those numbers go down, and I think that is what I hear, and I think that helps us get to the accountability standpoint, right?

I think those the engagement and the conversations and and meeting our youth wherever they are, right?

I think we're you know, this is focused on the riverfront, but you know, I know there are folks that are doing this work across the city, and you are right that it is upon all of us um here in this room, is def uh definitely upon parents and to caregivers, and I think we really have to have that focus of attention and resources to make sure that that that happens there.

Um I did have uh one more question on the I just wanted to bring up a uh aspect around because I know we we talked about the accountability side of the tickets and such on parents.

I would just I would just say that you know because of where we are in society and the historically, and I know you know AC Hayes and department you work on this day in and day out, but I will say even the contact with policing um or police could be traumatic for a lot of folks, especially our youth.

So I just want us to keep that in mind when we are thinking about um the impact of these of these things.

Um but do you have the data just wonder?

I'm uh Mr.

Chair, I'm working to find that.

Now there is one thing that I do wanted to address that you mentioned, and uh I I agree wholeheartedly uh at 18.

Uh quite honestly, you're able to put on a Detroit police department uniform uh and serve the citizens here of the city of Detroit.

Next year when we come before you, that age of the responsible adult, uh, we'll be 18 years of age.

I'll work with the law department to make sure that that happens.

Thank you for that.

Thank you.

Um why you put up any additional mayor um member waters?

You good?

Okay.

If I could please that's fine, absolutely.

So um I do, you know, I I just so in the current written of the ordinance, um, the emergency ordinance, I'm not in support of it.

Um I will say that, but I do want to get this um to the full body so there can be a deliberation and there'll be a deliberation in time for tomorrow.

So I just wanted to let you all know that I can't make a motion there, but I just wanted to let you all know where I stand on that.

But member Waters, if you have anything.

I've got to be the bad guy.

No, you don't have to I like I wanted to be up front yes.

Okay.

So we're kind of on the same page there, so I'm gonna make a motion um to send it out without recommendation.

To new that is my motion to new business.

All right, there's been a motion to uh send the emergency ordinance to uh new business with no recommendation, seeing no objections, the action shall be taken.

Thank you all.

And now, madam parliamentarian, do I have to close out the okay?

Is there do I need a motion to do that?

Oh all right.

All right, and with that, we'll close out the 1045 public hearing.

Thank you.

All right.

We will now move on to unfinished business.

Um is there a motion to receive and file line item 6.1?

Motion.

There's been a motion to receive and file line item of 6.1.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Um there is a is there a motion to I see that the ordinance is on line number 7.5 now discuss now on 6.2.

Is there a motion to receive and file 6.2?

Motion.

There's been a motion to receive a file 6.2.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

For 6.3, there is a new version of it on new business.

So is there a motion to remove 6.3 from the agenda?

Motion.

So a motion to remove 6.3 from the agenda.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

For 6.4 from the Office of Contract and Procurement, we've been asked to bring back 6.4 in one week.

Is there a motion?

It's been a motion to bring back 6.4 in one week.

See no objections that action shall be taken.

Um for 6.5 and 6.6.

Is there a motion to discuss?

Motion.

There's been a motion to discuss.

Um, and uh with that, I don't know if we don't we can have folks on the table, but member water, do you have additional questions on 6.5, 6.6?

No.

Okay.

I don't have additional questions on this, so we don't have to have folks come to the table unless you all have anything to clarify.

Um, but what I will say for 6.5 and 6.6, get another moment of transparency.

I'm not there yet on supporting 6.5 and 6.6.

I understand the aspect and I appreciate the folks who spoke in support of that today.

And I understand the aspect of the skill trades workforce that is here.

But I will also say that as we talked about the numbers here of the jobs, they are they're still woefully below what we expect around the 51% around Detroiters being employed there.

So I know we had that discussion at the table before, and I just have concerns over not only the price tag here, but also um the the benefits of it is for Detroit.

So I wanted to go on the record there with my thoughts there.

Um, but as my commitment is to get this out of committee so it can be considered by the full body with that.

Member Water.

Um yeah, Mr.

Chairman.

Um I just want to ask that um DTE provide um this body with a list of potential jobs for Detroiters.

That would be great so that we know what type of positions that because we want to be able to send them around to um to Detroiters and see if in fact they want to apply.

Thank you for that.

And uh, can we have the administration work with DT to make sure that that happens?

Thank you.

Okay, all right.

All right.

Okay, so I guess I can make any motion I want.

Can make any motion you want, Member Waters.

Okay, then motion um to send to former new business with recommendation to approve.

There's been a motion to send 6.5 and 6.6 to uh formal with a recommendation to approve.

See no objections and getting that to formal or new business, right?

New business.

You said new business.

Yes.

There's been a motion to send 6.5 and 6.6 to new business with a recommendation to approve an effort to get that to new business.

There are no objections, so that action shall be taken.

Thank you all.

All right.

That will move us on to 6.7.

Um, this is from my office, a memo related to flock.

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

Is there's been a motion to bring back 6.7 in two weeks.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

This will move us on to new business.

7.1 is a resolution authorizing contract number 6006 489-83, 100% opera funding.

Amendment 3 to provide an extension of time only for furniture design and installation for DPD Oakman Building A and C located at 1800 Oakland Boulevard.

Contractor is YTI Office Express located in Detroit.

Um, this contract period is originally for September 24, 2024 through June 30, 26, uh, 2026.

The amended contract period would extend to September 30th, 2026.

Total contract amount is 682,300.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 7.1?

Motion to approve.

There's been a motion to approve 7.1.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

We'll take up 7.2 or yes.

And send the formal.

And so there's been a motion to send to formal with a recommendation to approve for 7.1.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

We will take up 7.2 and 7.3 together.

Um 7.2 is a contract number 600781.

I mean 6007861.

Apologies, dash DWS-980.

This is 100% bond funding to provide inspection, rehabilitation, and replacement of sewers.

Contractor is LGC Global and Detroit Ground Crew LLC, located in Detroit.

The contract period is July 1, 2026 through June 17, 2029.

Total contract amount is 28 million, 792, 425.

This is for DWSD.

And then 7.3 is contract number 6007 eight one zero WS 748, 100% bond funding to provide water system improvements in Palmer Park, Denby, and Maple Root, Maple Ridge neighborhoods.

Contractors, a joint venture, major contracting group and Georgie Concrete, located on Greenfield in Detroit.

Total con the contract period is July 1 through 2026 through June 30, 2028.

Total contract amount is 12 million seven hundred and seventy-five thousand and forty-two dollars.

This is for DWSD.

Is there a motion to discuss 7.2 and 7.3?

Motion.

There's been a motion to discuss.

I believe we have Miss Sonali Patel and Marquee Mark Arcacia Welsh.

Sorry about that.

If they can be promoted, please.

Okay, I see we have the deputy director on as well.

Good afternoon.

Sam Smalley, Deputy Director, DWSD.

Good afternoon, Deputy Director.

Are anyone else joining you or will it just be you?

I believe Miss Sonali Patel is also going to join.

Um I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Okay.

Um as we get Sonali on, we'll wait for that.

Ms.

Patel, if you can just state your name for the record.

Good afternoon, Mr.

Chair.

Sonali Patel, public affairs director at the Detroit Water and Sewage Department.

Thank you.

Yes, it is finally afternoon.

Good afternoon.

As I've been saying that the whole morning.

Thank you.

Thank you both for being here.

If you could just give an overview for folks who are listening for the committee on these two contracts, please.

Sure, I'd be happy to.

DWS 980 is what we consider our emergency repair sewer contract.

It covers the entire city.

When there is a suspected defect in the public sewer system, we will deploy the contractor who will do a variety of things like die testing, uh, put a camera in the sewer, figure out what the problem is, provide a recommended resolution, and then actually do the repairs.

The repairs may include uh just a excavation and a point repair, and it could go all the way to putting a new uh cast in place liner inside the existing sewer, essentially providing us a new sewer main.

Again, it is citywide, it is 28.7 million dollars, three years.

Um joint contract between Lakeshore Global and Detroit Crown Fruit.

We've had a lot of success with both of those Detroit-based contractors.

Lakeshore has been uh competing on this job in various forms since 2007.

Um the recommendation is to award as the lowest responsible responsibility.

Um WS 748, it is a water main replacement project replacing just over five miles of old water main in the neighborhoods of Palmer Park, Denby, and Maple Ridge.

It's 12.6 million dollars, um, which is actually a little bit less than what we use to estimate, which is two million dollars a mile for water main.

Again, it's a joint venture between major and georgie.

We've had great success with both of those contractors.

Um, and it's a two-year contract.

Thank you for that.

Um, and a question on I know I had a requested uh just to get a breakdown on the contractors of both uh if these are you if this is union labor and the the number of Detroiters.

I do know um I I don't have that information.

We'd be happy to get that.

I know that uh major contracting is union.

I can't I can't speak for the rest.

We'll have to report back.

Okay.

Uh member waters.

No question.

No questions.

All right.

Yeah, if we could please get that info.

Um I know I see there's a request for new business, but we can get that info um before we before formal session.

That would be great.

Um is there a motion on 7.2 and 7.3 for new business?

Um motion to approve it's in the new business.

There's been a motion to send to new business with a recommendation to approve on 7.2 and 7.3.

Um seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you, both.

Thank you.

That'll move us on to 7.4.

Um, this is contract number 3092572, 100% major street funding to provide traffic speed cushion parts and accessories.

The contractor is Traffic Logics Corporation, located in New York.

Um, the contract period through December 31, 2026.

Total contract amount of 79,280.

This is for public works.

We've been asked to bring back 7.4 in one week.

Is there a motion?

Motion.

It's been a motion to bring back 7.4 in one week, seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

That moves us on from the law department 7.5.

A report and proposed ordinance to amend chapter 18 of the 2019 Detroit City Code, fire prevention and three protection by amending Article 3, emergency service cost recovery by amending section 18-3-2, four definitions.

Section 18-3-6, billing and collection of costs for emergency response, and adding section 18-5-3-10.

Emergency medical services cost recovery to provide for the health and safety, the health safety and general welfare of six the public.

Uh, this is for introduction of ordinance.

Um, and I will refer.

Is there a motion to discuss 7.5?

Motion.

All right.

I refer to defer to law.

Through the chair.

This item still needs to be approved to form.

So it asks if this could be referred to the law department for review.

Is there a motion to refer to the law department and bring back in three weeks?

Motion.

That's been a motion to refer to the law department and bring back in three weeks.

See no objections that action shall be taken.

And Mr.

Chair, um, member waters.

That would be um my awardness.

Okay.

Yes.

I meant to thank you, Member Waters, for your for your leadership on this.

Thank you.

Three weeks motion.

Okay.

Yep.

That motion has been made, and that action has been taken.

Okay.

Thank you.

Uh 7.6 from the Department of Appeals and Hearings.

This is the dangerous building findings and orders for May 2nd 2026.

Motion to receive and file.

There's actually been member waters.

We've been uh request there's been a request to bring us back in one week.

Oh, okay.

Motion.

Motion to bring back 7.6 in one week has been made.

Seeing no objections, the action shall be taken.

Thank you for that.

All right.

Um we will let's go through.

Let me just check one thing.

Let's just take up 7.7 through 7.13 together.

I believe these are various grants and such.

So from the Office of Chief Financial Officer, the Office of Development of Grants.

7.7 is a request to accept an increase in appropriation for the FY26 Detroit Bridge Environmental Assessment Grant.

This is from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Um be an increase of 208,110.

Um for the appropriation.

Parts A and B grant.

This is an increase of 2 million 914,544 dollars.

And 7.9 is a request to accept fiscal year 2026 Explorer Summer Youth Program Grant from the Marathon Petroleum Company to the Detroit Public Safety Foundation for an amount of 50,000.

There is no match requirement.

If I said that pronounced it right, state crisis intervention program.

The next is for 7.11, a request to accept and appropriate the fiscal year 2026 local health department sharing support grant.

This is from the Michigan Health of Hum Health Department of Health and Human Services to the City of Detroit Health Department.

The grant total is 21,530.

There is no match requirement.

And 7.12 is request to accept the fiscal year 26 kickbacks grant from the DTE Energy Foundation to the Detroit Public Safety Foundation for a total amount of 45,000.

There is no match requirement.

And 7.13 is an authorization to submit a grant application to the Michigan State Police for the fiscal year 2026 by an uh state crisis intervention program for the Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety.

Um the program dollar amount is 500,000.

There is no city match requirement.

Is there a motion on is there a motion to approve or discuss 7.7 through 7.13?

Motion to approve.

And there we had the we have had a request to send to new business member.

There's been a re uh motion to send 7.7 through 7.13 to new business with a recommendation to approve.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Moving us along to 7.14.

This is the report relative to the after hours establishment.

A request from Council Member Whitfield Callaway.

Um is there a motion to receive and file?

Motion.

There's been a motion to receive and file 7.14.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

7.15 is a petition of Lee Plaza 1 limited dividend.

Uh 2026-074.

Request for encroachment within the east-west public alley adjacent to the parcel, commonly known as 2250 West Grand Boulevard for a storm drain encroachment.

And 7.16.

Request for encorchment within the northernly part of Cadillac Square.

200 feet wide, adjacent to the parcel, commonly known as 25 Catalyst Square for the installation of exterior planters, silver sales, greats, under drains, and irrigation.

For both of these, all other city departments, including the public lighting authority and the public lightning department, and also probably on utilities have reported no objections to the encroachments.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 7.15 and 7.16?

Motion to approve.

There's been a motion to approve 7.15 and 7.16.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

7.17.

There's a report relative to the department.

The Detroit Department of Transportation Quarterly KPI report Q1 2026.

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

Three weeks?

Yes.

All right.

Motion to bring back in three weeks.

There's been a motion to bring back 17.7 7.17, my apologies.

In three weeks.

See no objections that action shall be taken.

7.18.

The submit a memorandum relative to the request for a resolution recognizing immigrant heritage month.

The resolution is attached.

Is there a rec uh a motion to approve or discuss?

Motion to approve.

And is uh there's a request to send to new business.

Motion.

There's been a motion to send 17.18 to do business with a recommendation to approve.

Next will be 17.19.

Um from member Angela Member Whitfield Cal A.

My apologies.

Submit a memoranda relative to the request or resolution recognized in June as African American Music Month.

Is there a motion to discuss?

Motion.

Just want to check LPD.

Is this been drafted or it needs to be drafted?

The resolution has been done, Mr.

Chair, it's been provided to the members of the uh committee because it was provided to me.

I'm not clear on why it's not up on the page yet.

So you might want to bring it back a week unless there's different instructions from the proponent to give everybody a chance to read it.

It's been sent to East Crab, but it's not on the page yet, is it as a published report?

Okay.

Motion to bring back in one week.

There's been a motion to bring back in one week.

177.

Why do I keep saying 17?

I apologize.

7.19.

There's been a motion to bring my 7.19 in one week.

Seeing no objections, that action shall be taken.

That move us on to member reports.

Member Waters.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

I just want to highlight um a skilled trades task force meeting, which is going to be this Wednesday, June 17th, 4 to 6 p.m.

at Adams Butle Um Complex, located at 10500 Linden Street.

Waters, Miller, McCampbell.

We are the um co-chairs of um skilled trades task force.

So and you know what, Mr.

Chairman, there um a lot of people really appreciating uh the skill trade task force.

They often um sometime approach me in public or call the office and say how much they appreciate it.

And sometimes other people have called me to tell me that they ran into people who said they appreciated.

So it is something very, very um important.

There's another reason I I wanted to ask uh DTE to send us a list of of those opportunities.

In fact, I think I might invite them to um to the task force meeting so they can share what might be available.

So, but um, but it is Wednesday, June 17th, 4 to 6 p.m.

at Adams But uh Complex 10500 Um London.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Thank you, member waters.

Yes, I I agree with inviting them in.

Um yes, and I find there's great value in the skilled trade status for us, and I appreciate you and your leadership on that as well.

Just a few um announcements for myself, or actually just uh one for this week.

Um please do come out to the skilled trade task for us.

Please do come out to their um retiree task force as um commissioner Davis mentioned as well.

And also um I will there is a district seven.

Sorry, I'm looking at a note that came in.

There's a district seven June team celebration this Saturday from 12 to 4 at Rouge Park on the corner of Spinoza and Joy.

We'll have free food, stuff for the kids to do, free haircuts, hair care, uh dancing, come out and learn a few hustles if you don't know them, and if you do, come show your moves.

But just want to have a celebration for June team.

So please do join us on June 20th, Saturday from 12 to 4.

Um, and we'll see you out there.

I do have one thing that needs to go back to member waters.

My apologies for 7.4.

I know we made a motion to bring back, but one of the reasons why we brought it back is because there is um limited information on the contract there.

So I just want a question for LPD.

Um, we can handle it offline since we brought it back one week, but I just want to note that there's not a lot of information on the Teter report there.

If you uh need to give us a written request to look into it more, we could, or it could be discussed either way.

Usually a written request is helpful.

Okay, we'll follow up that.

Thank you.

All right.

With that, seeing no further um items before this committee, is there a motion to adjourn?

Motion.

There's been a motion to adjourn, seeing no objections that this committee should stand adjourned.

Thank you all.