The second here.

Councilmember Scott Benson.

Benson I.

Councilmember Renata Miller.

Mr.

Chair, you have a quantum present.

Man, Claire, thanks for putting that pro temp right on there.

I appreciate that.

Uh, can we approve have a motion to approve the minutes?

Is there a motion to approve the minutes?

Appreciate that.

Motionary objections.

Minus be approved.

Chairmarks, um, I have a request for LPD.

Um, I'm sure you're probably aware.

The federal government recently filed a lawsuit against Evanston for their reparations program.

Um, I just want to know what impact would that have, if any at all, on our um reparations commission, and what would be the legal strategies if they were, and how should that policy be drawn up to make sure that we can make that as airtight as we possibly can, because I'm sure there will be a lawsuit filed against us as well and want to survive it.

And I'll probably have another question about severability of that as well.

So um, I like to make a motion to assign responses to and um and more information uh about the lawsuit filed in Evanston against reparations.

Motion motion made are any objections.

Hearing none of that motion will be made.

I will have that sent to you, Mr.

Keller.

I appreciate that.

All right.

We will now move on to public comment.

Is there anybody public public comment?

I don't see anybody.

All right.

We will now move to virtual public comment is now closed.

Public comment is now closed.

Public comment is now closed.

All right.

Who do you have in the queue virtually, Mr.

Bo?

And how many people do we have virtually in the queue?

Mr.

Chair, good afternoon.

There are currently five individuals with Carler is Derek Murray with regards to petition request.

All right, Mr.

Murray, floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Murray.

Mr.

Murray.

Going once.

Going twice.

Going three times.

Okay, thank you.

Submit your information in writing.

Who do you have next to the queue, Mr.

Bo?

Mr.

Next caller is owner Papa.

All right, owner Papa, the floor is yours.

Two minutes.

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

Yes, ma'am.

Oh, yes.

Yeah, this this morning, that meeting was very was something.

Did you know, Mr.

Uh Councilman Young, that uh the majority of the world is people of color?

So I'm not sure how you got minority out of that.

And I would like for you to show me that in the census.

As a matter of fact, the majority in this city are black, not people of color, black people.

Black people whose people have been enslaved.

They call them ADOS.

Some people call them foundational, but I call them ADOS.

America's descendants of enslaved.

So back to the then at hand.

What you all did today was atrocious.

There is no way that those things should have moved forward.

Um and let me say this.

This this is indicative of the mindset in this city.

6.2 is United African Community Organization having a July 4th picnic.

Do you do you know the history of picnic?

You know it means pick a nigga.

You know that you know that right.

Well, I'm just telling you the history of it.

Come on now.

No, no, stop, stop, I'm giving you the history of the words.

Stop, stop, stop.

Stop the clock.

I'm giving you the history of it.

Stop the clock.

Please mute her, please.

Okay.

Now I try to give people as much leeway as they possibly can.

And I like people and all respect people's free speech.

But we are not going to have racial efforts be so be said at this committee.

You are capable of being able to express yourself without using that language.

Please refrain from that.

I will only say this one time.

If I had to repeat myself, I will move on.

Restore her time to one minute.

I'm I was just giving you a little history behind the word.

That's it.

If you reject it, that's you.

Um today at the public hearing.

Um we had many questions about how we're moving forward as a city in it.

It appears that we're moving forward as a city um making it possible for everyone else to survive and thrive except for the people that are here.

You asked many things of those people about homelessness.

But what she couldn't answer answer you was where how many people went from homelessness to um permanent housing.

And that's a shame.

That means Terry has no intentions of helping this issue.

As a matter of fact, they're milking it.

They're just using millions of millions of dollars to not do anything to anything with the issue that we have, and this body is making the problem even worse with demo demo demolishing all the houses.

We could do a much better ourselves without these people and programs.

Thank you.

Who do we have next in the queue?

Mr.

Chair, the next caller is Betty A.

Barner.

All right, Ms.

Varner.

Two minutes.

Floor is yours.

Good afternoon to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Barn, the president of the Soda Elsewhere Block Association.

Here again, asking the council, the committee members and all to support uh think a corridor.

We are in need of money, so the process can move forward in redeveloping a fink a corridor.

There are businesses that are interested in the corridor.

There are businesses that are uh opening, they are uh working on uh property that I guess they are purchased, so how whatever the process is, and there are businesses that want to open.

Uh Mr.

Uh Tabit and his sons would like to open up a mini market with uh six gas pumps on Finco and Wyoming, where the uh Mickey D's was located.

This market is needed in our community.

We are a food desert.

We do not have a supermarket in our immediate area.

We have seniors and we have um single parents, don't have transportation, and can't afford uh dash or whatever it's called because I've never used it, but we need a market that that's easy accessible for the uh residents who live in this area.

We're also uh asking for help for our uh property that we have purchased for our uh DEBA community park.

We'd like to expand our park.

We need help uh leveling off the property, uh and also we would like to have that um $1,500 uh land use hearing fee waves so that we can fill out the application.

Thank you for this time.

God bless you.

Thank you.

Who do we have next to the queue, Mr.

Bro?

The next caller is in 534.

All right, five three four, floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Good afternoon, ma'am.

Be heard.

Yes, ma'am, two minutes.

Okay.

Number one, I'd still like to know if residents are allowed to use plywood uh to board up buildings.

Richard Hosey of the land bank and the Fisher Body Plant has plywood.

The people who want to build North End Landing have plywood, but the land bank tells people they can't have plywood.

I don't know why it's so hard to get an answer, but I also would like to call to your attention.

There was a solar fire in Boyle's Height in LA yesterday.

Uh the fire is still smoldering.

There was uh uh shelter in place order.

They told people to close their windows, doors, do not use their air conditioning.

Apparently they lifted that, but they told vulnerable people don't go outside, close your doors and windows, uh, use air purifiers if you have, and so very politely, this solar plan is an absolute violation of the Detroit City Charter because you're dismantling neighborhoods.

You're not supposed to do that if you've read the charter.

But so, and hopefully, member Miller, since she knows a lot about the fire department can address this.

Do the solar plan to get away with it, and you still don't even have all the property, but they were cutting down all the trees that do what?

Carbon capture, carbon capture.

And I feel really sorry for those people if we get Canadian smoke come down again because those people are gonna suffer without having trees that give us oxygen.

But I was told by a construction management specialist that they're supposed to be like um firewalls around like dirt or something around the uh solar firm areas in case there is a fire so that it helps stop it from spreading.

And when this solar stuff catches on fire, it burns.

It's fair, it's hard to put out an electric vehicle fire.

So you really haven't done your due diligence.

I'm not saying the newer members, but everyone who voted for.

All right, thank you.

We appreciate that.

Who do we have next in the queue, Mr.

Bow?

The next caller is Detroit Fire Department equipped.

Go ahead.

Floor is yours, two minutes.

That wasn't the whole name, but I already spoke to you.

We appreciate it.

Who do you have next to the queue, Mr.

Bell?

Mr.

Chair, the last caller before you close public comment.

It's Mr.

Murray again.

All right, Mr.

Murray.

Floor is yours.

Two minutes, Mr.

Murray.

Mr.

Murray going once.

Is Murray going twice?

Mr.

Murray going three times.

Mr.

Murray going three times in the third.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Murray.

Submit your questions in writing.

Is that it, Mr.

Bo?

Mr.

That was the last caller before you close public comment.

Knowing that legendary Detroiter did raise his hand after you closed public comment.

All right, thank you.

We appreciate that.

All right.

Um we will now move on to unfinished business.

Line out of 5.1.

Do I have a motion to discuss line of 5.1?

Motion.

Motion made already discussions.

I mean objections.

Hearing none.

We're now discussing lineup 5.1.

Members, I think we should just remove this from the agenda.

I mean, I've motion.

Oh motion to remove line of 5.1 from the agenda.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, line 5.1 be moved from the agenda.

All right.

New business.

Mayor's office petition of Northwest Goldberg cares.

Request to hold Hoop Fest from July 17, 2026 at 12 p.m.

to July 19, 2026 at 5 p.m.

1941 Ferry Park, Detroit, Michigan, 48208.

Setup will begin on July 15, 2026 at 9 a.m.

It'll be completed by July 17, 2026 at 10 p.m.

Tear down will begin on July 20th, 2026 at 8 a.m.

And we'll be completely completed by July 21st, 2026 at 12 PM.

Is there a motion to send line of 6.1 to formal session with regulation for approval?

We put on to new business.

Motion.

Motion already objections.

Here in the line of 6.1, we move the formal session with recognition for approval, be put on to new business.

Line 6.2 petition of United African Community Organization request to hold African Cultural July 4th Pitnic.

From July 4, 2026 at 12 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

the same day at Rouge Park Cozy Quarter Green Space.

So it will begin on July 4, 2026 at 8 a.m.

and will be completed by 12 p.m.

the same day.

Turn down will begin on July 4th, 2026 at 6 p.m.

and be completed by 8 p.m.

the same day.

Is there a motion move line of 6.2 to formal session with recognition for approval before new business?

Motion's been made.

Are you objections?

Here in the line 6.2, we move the formal session with recognition for approval.

We put on a new business.

Line 6.3.

Petition Detroit Public Safety Foundation request a hold heart diggity dog.

5K from October 3rd, 2026 at 8 a.m.

to 12 p.m.

the same day at 313 Mack Avenue Detroit 48201.

So it will begin October 3rd, 2026 at 7 a.m.

completed by 8 a.m.

the same day.

Turn down being in October 3rd, 2026 at 12 p.m.

completed by 1 p.m.

the same day.

Is there a motion move line on 6.3 the formal session with record dates for approval put on the new business?

Motion.

Motion made or any objections.

Here in the line 6.3 be moved to formal session.

With record dates for approval, we put on some new business.

Line 6.4.

List of contracts subject to delegate approval.

Contract 67964, 100% city funding.

Amendment number one.

Provide various youth development programming.

Academic social, emotional, and health needs for the city of Detroit Summer Camp 2026.

Contractor Warren Ash a total counter amount, 75,000 dollars.

General services contract, subject to delegated authority, pursuit to section 17-5-91.

City Council approval required for certain contracts, monthly report on certain contracts, emergency procurements, security count city council notification approval require subsession.

See, is there a motion to move lion 6.4 to formal session with recognition for approval we put on to new business?

Motion.

Motion made are any objections.

Here in the Lion 6.4, we move to formal session with regulation for approval, be put onto new business.

Lion 6.5 office, the Chief Financial Officer / Office of Development and Grants.

Request to accept and appropriate the 2026 summary discovery grant.

The United Way of Southeastern Michigan has awarded the City of Detroit General Services Department with fiscal year 2026 summer discovery grant for a total of 1 million and 60,000.

There is no match requirement.

Total project is 1 million 60,000.

Is there a motion to send line of 6.5 to formal session with a regular with a recommendation to approve to be put on the new business?

Motion.

GSD operation and management agreement for McKay Park to enter into an operation and management agreement with West Side Cubs to operate, manage, promote, and improve the maintain the city owned park.

McKay Park is located at 999 Potoski, Detroit, Michigan, at 48204.

The park.

The term of agreement shall commence on the date of the city council approval and shall expire on June 30th, 2054.

Is there a motion to send Lion 6.6 formal session with record date for approval?

You put on some new business.

Discussion, Chair recognizing Member Benson.

All right, thank you.

For yourself to the administration, we just have a few questions regarding this agreement.

All right, I believe that's the Mr.

Weather up.

So when he is promoted, he will be recognized.

Good afternoon, Alex Weatherup, Assistant Director General Services.

Do you need member Bibbs to repeat the question?

Through the chair, yes, please.

All right, thank you.

Mr.

Weatherup, thank you for being here today.

So seeing the agreement, what are we getting here?

How is this going to improve the use of the park?

Will residents be able to use it?

What standard will they maintain the park to?

Just what are we getting here for this agreement?

And I understand this historic space.

Uh, as far as football in the community, I know that they have made significant improvements to that park, but once we start putting things on paper, what will the community's access to that park be and to what standard will they maintain the park now that we're making this official?

Uh through the chair to member Benson, um, you are correct.

This is a historic agreement.

We're basically um formalizing what has been um an agreement with this organization since 1957, they've been using it.

Um so they will be according to this operation and management agreement, uh uh maintaining the park to the standard as the city does to the parks that we maintain directly, which is most of them.

Um they will be maintaining the um rec track account, which is what we use for all of our parks and recreation centers.

So the community will still be able to uh reserve it at certain times uh and have access to it uh like any other park.

Um they are just the um on paper custodians and are required to maintain the facilities, the grounds, landscaping, uh, just like the city would for anything else.

Okay, and then how will people be able to reserve the use?

I mean with their exclusive rights to the park for a certain period of time.

Uh uh through the chair, uh they will still use the same rec track as our system for all parks and recreation centers for reserving um time at the parks, so they'll still use that same um websites and same app.

Um, the Westside Cubs that will just reserve the the time that their team is using the park and everything else will be open.

Okay, thank you.

I have a question.

Thank you, Mr.

Benson.

Chair recognized Member Miller.

Hi, Mr.

Brother Up, how are you?

Is this the first time that's been done in Detroit?

Uh through the chair, uh, this is not our only park that is um stewarded by a third party.

The Clark Park Coalition does something similar with Clark Park and the Ice Rink.

And so this is it's not new, but it is not common.

So they have any complaints if residents in District 5 have complaints.

Who do they complain to?

Um, they can bring it to the general services or or Westside Cubs.

Um, and whoever's gonna respond fastest will get to them.

We'll make sure that they get um the answers they need.

So, why is it beneficial to give this company here?

I mean, I know they've been doing it since you said 1957, but how do we benefit from that?

Is it just that we just want to relinquish authority over it, or we don't have the staff to maintain it, or we don't have the finances to maintain the grounds?

Um, through the chair, I'd say it's it's more that because they have been using it for so long.

Um we are honoring that agreement and we are just putting structure to it and clarifying that they are responsible for maintaining.

Um so we you know, in another universe could have run it directly, um, but now we do not have to invest directly in maintenance.

Uh so there are savings to the city, and we're just really honoring kind of our historic agreement with the with the organization.

Okay, so for the record, when I meet with the Potowski community, if someone wants to have a barbecue over there or they want to have a block situation, do they have to register for this?

They can't just pull up at the park and pull out their picnic tables and their cloths and have their food and uh much like other parks.

Uh, if if the space is reservable, they need to reserve it.

But if it's open lawn and it's not being used, they can use it.

Okay, thank you very much, sir.

Any other questions?

Comments or concerns?

Okay.

Do I have a motion to send line of 6.6 to formal session with recommendations for approval?

We put on to new business.

Motion.

Motion made.

Are there any objections?

Here and then line 6.6 be moved formal session with recommendations for approval, we put on to new business.

Line on 6.7, municipal parking department.

A resolution to set a public hearing for a residential parking permit area.

The municipal parking department submitted proposed resolution to schedule a public hearing establishment for residential parking zones on 2nd Street and Peterborough Street as required pursuit to chapter 46, traffic in vehicles, article second, article two, enforcement division two residential parking permits of the 2019 Detroit City Code.

The municipal parking department requests respectfully requests that the statutory required public hearing be scheduled at your earliest convenience.

Do I have a motion to discuss line on 6.7?

Okay, uh, motion to be many objections.

Hearing that we will now discuss line of 6.7.

Um yeah.

Okay.

Uh I think uh is it Ms.

Sullivan?

Who do we have available?

I'm assuming we got uh Director Hutches Hutchins available, right?

I can't hear you on mute.

I still can't hear you.

You might want to like write it on a page or something or use a flashcard or something.

Can you hear me now?

Yes, I can hear you now.

Great.

Um, through the chair, the department has actually asked that this item be brought back one week.

Okay, you tell me you have a reason why that is director Hutchins is unavailable today.

That explains it.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it.

Is there a motion to bring back line item 6.7 in one week?

Motion motion made or any objections?

Hearing that we bring by line on 6.7 in one week.

We will now move to member reports.

Chair recognizes vice chairman Benson.

Uh discussion, Mr.

Chair, before we go to uh member reports.

Oh, discussion.

Go ahead.

Have we received underline information regarding the request for a another permit zone?

I don't know.

That's an excellent question, and Mr.

Hutchins is not here.

Do we have anybody who could answer member Vincent's question for the administration?

Miss Sullivan.

Through the chair, at this time we do not, but we can be sure to provide any follow-up information to this body.

Discussion again.

Go ahead, remember Benson.

We received a request to establish to hold a public hearing to establish another residential parking permit zone without any supporting documentation.

I find that one hard to believe through the chair.

There is a line item attached to the item on the agenda.

I wondering if you need additional information to that that we can absolutely provide at a later date.

What we've received is a resolution.

We haven't received any historical information and why it's necessary.

Just this resolution.

And typically there's more given to this, being the fact that we do have a lot of questions about establishing a parking permit area within the city.

And so this one just seems a bit light, which is unusual.

Absolutely.

So we can be sure to follow up with Director Hutchings and get you that information.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah, well, go go ahead, Member Miller.

This is on a previous item.

All right.

I had an additional question for 6.6 if it's not too late.

Go ahead.

Uh Mr.

Weatherer, can you have him available?

Mr.

Weatherup.

When Mr.

Weatherup is promoted, he will be acknowledged.

Mr.

Chair, Mr.

Weatherup is currently not on the meeting at the time.

All right.

Well, the chair, Mr.

Weatherup is on his way back on right now.

Okay.

Thank you.

And uh line for just further information and reference, Line of 6.7 was initiated by a petition from the residents.

They live across the street from the container restaurants on Peterborough.

Mr.

Chair, do we have a copy of that petition?

I don't know if we do.

I don't know.

This is intel is coming from my office.

I don't know if we have a copy of that petition.

I'm gonna I'm gonna acknowledge Mr.

Weatherup, then I'm gonna ask I'll get that answer while Miss Weatherup is talking.

Uh go ahead, uh Mr.

Weatherup, you are acknowledged.

Uh member Miller.

Hi, Mr.

Weatherup.

For the new um proposed um administrators for the city owned park.

Will there be fees charged for our residents?

And if so, who will be collecting and where would the money go?

Um through the chair.

No, they will not be charging anything to reserve park space um in in a way that we wouldn't, so that they're not profiting from from reservations um that would otherwise be free.

Okay, so they they would not be charging anyone anything.

Um not they would not be charging, no, no.

Okay, thank you very much.

Uh chair recognized vice chair Vincent.

All right, thank you.

Mr.

Weatherup, how does this agreement change the status quote of the parks use maintenance?

Through the chair, good question.

It doesn't.

This formalizes what's been happening already.

Uh Mr.

Weather, can you go into more detail on that?

And so if people aren't aware of the history here, maybe that would also be very helpful for the residents who are watching.

I mean, this you say 1957, but maybe it's it's lost on the the historic nature of the football, what happened to for a football team to take on that space, and why racism at one time played a role in that.

Through the chair, I I would love to give her history lesson.

I don't know the full history, and I don't want to misspeak, but I can say that they have been a cherished partner of the city for over a half a century, and um we're just happy to to get this formalized and to make sure it's clear in paper what they're responsible for, um, which they have done in the past, but now it's it's in black and white.

Okay, uh one last thing.

The reason why I'm asking because on the east, I'm sorry, chair, uh thank you, third chair.

On the east side at Pingree Park, um they have the East Side Cowboys and East Side Raiders, they were practicing there.

And some residents complain about the youth practicing at Pingree Park to the point the children were moved off the park and could not utilize it anymore.

And being a previous east side raider, east side cowboy mom, and even a cheerleader back in the 70s myself.

We went to residential parks, and this is what we did, but to I can understand why they're doing this because residents are complaining, but I just wanted to make sure when you're taking on a whole park that they were not charging our residents who pay taxes to use the parks at will.

Through the chair, that that is correct.

This is um there won't be any change to to folks in the neighborhood who regularly use the park or reserve space at the park.

Um we are just now, you know, crystallizing it in agreement form.

Okay, thank you, Ms.

Weatherwork.

Uh I I just wanted to just chime in uh the question that uh vice chairman asked about history.

Uh that's why it's important we have informational specialists.

I remember there was a certain council member that wanted to add that in the budget, so you know, just a little FYI.

Uh all right.

I think that's all we have.

We will now move on to member reports.

Chair recognizes Vice Chairman Benson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Uh tomorrow is Juneteenth, so happy Juneteenth to everybody.

The city will be closed down, but many of our uh cultural centers and ecumenical uh locations will be hosting numerous Juneteenth celebrations.

I will be hosting our second annual Juneteenth bike ride at the Charles H.

Ray Museum for African American History.

Hoping to see everybody there.

It is a free family friendly and fun bike ride.

We will have treats and nutrition sponsored by the Joe Lewis Greenway.

Black Leaders Detroit will be part of our ride.

The Detroit Greenway Coalition.

We will also have um Black Leader Detroit as well.

So please come on out.

The Charles H.

Wright will also be participating.

We will have numerous events throughout the day at the museum.

And our ride starts at 10 a.m.

Registration starts at 9 30 a.m.

It is free.

It's a great slow-paced ride for the family.

We'll be stopping at the Mount Elliott Cemetery as well as stopping along the going along the uh Mayor Archer Greenway and going along the riverfront uh riverfront uh greenway as well, and stopping at Mount Elliott Park along the way.

And we'll have a great uh presentation at the cemetery to talk about circa 1860, 1868 Detroit uh civil rights pioneers and activists at the time who are interned at the cemetery.

So a great educational opportunity.

It's gonna be great weather tomorrow, and it's a great way to start your day.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, Vice Chair Chair recognized member Miller.

Thank you, Chair.

Uh, I just want to remind everyone to mark your calendars for next week.

District five have a very important week going on.

We will be hosting our district five community meeting on Tuesday the twenty-third at the Considine Center from six to eight.

That's the Constantine Center six to eight.

For anyone that would like to have discussions one-on-ones and could like to be uh caught up on what's going on in district five, and also we're gonna have our community development block grant learning and application assistance program.

That application opens up in September.

I do not have the exact date, but if you want to prepare yourself and you have a nonprofit, not a startup or a mom and pop, but a nonprofit that can prove that they are functioning and thriving with requires bank receipts and things like that.

I advise you to come out and partake in the assistance for the application, which is also going to be from 68 at Considine at 8904.

Wilbur, that's two days in a row.

District five at the Considine Center next week.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Happy Juneteenth, everyone.

And with that, neighborhood community services stand without objection, neighborhood community services standing committee will now stand adjourned.