Clerk was on note.

Councilmember Renata Miller.

Madam Chair, you have a corn present.

Thank you so much.

And good morning, everyone.

We have a scripture for today that someone shared with me to share with you.

God help us to live beyond the moments that overwhelm us.

Help us to be forgiving of everyone in our lives, including ourselves.

When the journey gets tough, help us to look again at the final designation designation and long to be in your house with you and the whole family of faith.

Help us to enjoy this journey and let us feel your presence along the way.

Let's go places together.

In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

All right, thank you all for indulging me.

And is there a motion for the approval of the minutes?

Motion.

There's been a motion for the approval of the minutes hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

There are zero chair remarks.

And public comment will be closed in one minute.

At 10 03, public comment will be closed in one minute.

Do we have anyone here in the committee of the whole who would like to make public comment in person?

See no one here.

Do we have any callers on the line?

We can start there.

And we have one minute before public comment will be closed off.

And no one is present in the committee of the whole to make public comment.

Ms.

JC, how many callers do we have?

Good morning, madam chair.

This morning we have 16 virtual callers.

Okay.

The first caller is if you could um introduce yourself for the record, and you have two minutes.

The first caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Good morning, Miss Varner.

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

I'm Betty A.

Varner, president of DeSoda Ellsworth Block Association.

Advocating for my community.

First, I wanna say we're still in need of monies for our think of corridor.

There are businesses that are opening up on the thinker corridor.

There's also Mr.

Dabitch and his sons who would like to open up a mini market on our thinker corridor.

Thank you and Wyoming in the area where the Mickey D's was located.

They are going through the process.

They are uh their next step, my understanding, is to come to the council to get their approval.

I'm hoping when they do uh get to the council, that the council will support uh them opening up a mini market with six gas uh pumps.

We are a food desert.

There's not a supermarket uh in our area that is uh easily uh access to where you can walk.

There's two supermarkets that closed um in our area.

One was on Fanco, and the other one was on Livinois.

So now uh there's only the gas stations and the Dollar Trees and et cetera.

So we are in need of this mini market.

Also, we're asking for support to help us with our projects with our Debug Community Park.

We have purchased additional land to expand our park.

We would like to have playground equipment for the children in the area and for residents who live in this area to enjoy.

So we're in need of that $1,500 to be waived or support for our land use hearing.

Thank you for this time.

God bless you all.

Thank you, Miss Varner.

Thank you, Miss Varner.

The next caller is the next caller is Dr.

Denise Darnell.

Good morning, Dr.

Darnell.

You have two minutes, ma'am.

Good morning.

It's good morning.

Chairperson Angela Whitfield Callaway, my council member.

Yes, ma'am.

Um I want to address Councilmember uh Benson's line item 9.7 as it relates to the regulation of crypto ATM machines.

Uh research indicates that there are pros and cons to their use, even though they may appear to be a bank alternative for those who don't want to engage with the banks or who can't afford to open a bank account.

I know they have global reach because there's at least uh cryptocurrency machines on at least five continents, and people can buy and sell their digital assets, but it is important to note that while some of those ATMs can be uh also you know, can do both buying and selling, most of them are buy only.

And unlike banks and traditional finance, which have multiple layers of services that are designed to um you know give customers their streamlined experience.

The crypto world requires a user to take custody of their funds and the tools necessary to transfer those assets.

So those machines require a lot of maintenance and upkeep, and they have to be restocked of their cash.

And lastly, they are plagued by extraordinarily high transaction fees, could be up to 20% or more, and are frequently utilized by scammers to steal the funds, and those transactions processed instantly, and they are also um irreversible.

And a lot of those scammers plague on older people.

So I'm just giving a word of caution so that as we move forward, we can have informed educated decisions, knowing that they are not regulated by the FDIC.

Uh God bless you, and those are my comments for today.

Thank you.

Thank you, Darnell.

Your comments are uh well received.

And thank you for calling in.

The next caller is.

The next caller is Jadante Smith.

Mr.

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

Good morning.

I just want to address uh Councilwoman Miller.

I'm not sure if you're in the room, but uh you made some comments to me last night at your meeting that I did not appreciate.

She basically asked me, did I get paid for the work that I do?

Since so many people are paid for the work that they do, negatively impacting the residents.

Think that was very uh unsavory.

I'll leave that at that.

Um won't stop talking about Kronos.

Very disappointed in the vote for most city council members yesterday about um the solar energy.

The city has produced um a misleading contract that is not the contract that was first voted upon because light star uh renewables has pulled out.

I think that's not that's not fair.

Also, I'm gonna speak to the mayor.

This is not the correct form.

Let me speak to the mayor.

Uh Councilwoman Miller uh she'll she pointed to the mayor for having a meeting about Chronos concrete.

I've reached out to the mayor, reached out to the district manager, deputy district manager, uh, even though the district manager has now left uh for district three, and the mayor has stonewalled any attempt to talk to residents herself.

As a as a mayor, you have the duty to talk to your constituents.

Uh also there's a um big problem with that I have.

I feel like as a mayor, you're supposed to reach out to your supposed meeting with your constituents, but to Mary Sheffield, I'm just going to start putting out campaign finance and start putting out just some of these different things, you know, that that are out there floating around that people have questions about, people are very concerned about.

And I'm gonna start calling your people in your office in your cabinet.

Everybody who I have a number of in your cabin, I'm gonna reach out to them.

I'm gonna do a phone bank campaign.

I'm gonna really, really uh do everything I have within my means legally to make sure that you have this meeting with the constituents, especially since you're hiding behind Conrad Mallet, who's also trying to remove you from office, which I find very, very funny.

Conrad Mallet is trying to have you removed from office, Mary Sheffield, and you're hiding behind them.

I think it's very stupid.

Thank you, Mr.

Smith.

Um, member Miller.

Uh once uh through the chair, um good morning, everyone.

I just want to say to Mr.

Smith, uh, thank you for attending yesterday and taking me up on my invites to my mini meetings, which I have one tonight as well.

Um, I made mention regarding uh our department of neighborhoods, which is part of the mayor's staff.

I would I cannot allow you to come to my meetings and wreak havoc on another council person's district.

It's unfair to district five residents who come for a purpose, and that is why I meet with them regularly.

I do not allow name calling and all the additional things that comes out of another district that does not pertain to me individually.

So, yes, I do refer people to the department of neighborhoods.

We have two dons in district five, and I believe you have dons in district three, if that is your concern, and I would suggest that you continue to reach out to them and um feel free again to continue to come, but we cannot, I cannot allow anyone to hijack any meeting that I'm a part of because I have an agenda.

There's a time for question and answers, and I will continue to do so in a timely and professional manner.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Miller.

And the next caller is the next caller is number ending in 534.

Number ending in five three floor.

You have two minutes.

Good morning, may I be heard?

You can be heard.

Yeah, very disappointing.

Somebody lowered my hand on Zoom.

I stu I signed in as please stop violating Detroit City Charter.

It usually doesn't happen in your meetings, Member Callaway, that my hand gets lowered, but it did.

And that's why Mr.

Tate I come in on more than one device.

So Member Miller, I'm shocked at what you just said.

You tried to tell me D5 resident is when you wouldn't call on me last week that I'm you're not gonna let me hijack your meeting.

That is so resident disrespectful.

I can't even believe it.

You mean you didn't want me to educate the people there about the lots of stuff that that about the land bank?

And I know a lot, and so much of people call me land bank lady.

Your staff person even said I I know the most in the room last night.

I just ate two pieces of pizza left over from the meeting.

Thank you very much.

Some raccoons got some of the rest when I left it on my porch for a moment.

But um, you know, how can you vote for DTE and get the stain of eminent domain and then ignore the concrete crushing plan?

I mean, like, do you d the the the hypocrisy is just astounding?

And um uh for the the candidates for the uh uh also about hiring Detroiters.

How come the election department won't hire trilingual me, huh?

There's a problem with that, but nobody wants to help me.

Where's D5 at your service?

Um for the candidates for the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, ask them about getting notice to uh potentially impacted people of projects like didn't happen with the disgusting secretly planned North End landing.

Uh they've only heard about it at the very last minute because only one person in the neighborhood got called and we communicated with one another.

And then the city planning commission.

Boy, did they appear to be rubber stampers, appear to be, appear to be?

Ask them what they think about the solar exemption that that people can't go to the BZA and challenge having their neighborhood made an industrial solar farm in against their will, cutting down the carbon capturing trees before they even have all the land rights.

They just seem to think they next caller is oh my god.

The next caller is L.

Lesecchi.

Lisecki, you have two minutes.

Good morning, Madam Chair, Mabby Heard.

You can be heard.

Thank you.

Morning, Madam Chair, members of the committee.

My name is Lucas Lisecki.

I'm uh with Transportation Riders United.

I'm a frequent writer of the D D DOT and the smart bus systems.

Uh I'm I'm calling in today to express my support for the resolution being considered as item 10.5 on the committee's agenda this morning in support of the Wayne County Public Transit Village.

Uh the passage of this millage would benefit your residents twofold.

Um, first, it would increase funding to D dot, as you've heard us say many times as necessary.

And uh this increase in funding will be vital if we are ever to double D dot and give the people of the city of Detroit the world-class public transit system that they deserve.

Secondly, this would expand the smart bus system to places like Livonia, Canton, and Plymouth in Wayne County where there currently exists no public transit service.

I would serve your residents by allowing them to get more places without the necessity of owning an automobile, would allow people to shop, work, dine, and visit friends in more places across our region.

It would increase regional cooperation, get more people where they need to go for cheaper.

I rest my case.

Thank you for your consideration.

Have a good day.

Thank you, Lucas, and you have a good day as well.

The next caller is the next caller is owner Papa.

Miss Owner Popper, you have two minutes.

Good morning, and through the chair, Mabby Heard.

No, I'm not.

You don't hear me.

That's how you uh you guys voted for that DTE contract that had someone that uh is default, uh not even a company anymore.

You guys are letting Conrad Mallet put you up a stream.

We in the city of Detroit get the C D BG dollars that are supposed to be in the form of grants to people so that they can get their roofs fixed.

But you have Rico Razo who's run it running roughshot over um public money.

I don't know what other kind of money he's part of something that you're some business association.

Um I think it's a conflict of interest.

I think that we need to find out district by district where CDBG money is going.

Um in my life, I've paid a lot of federal tax dollars, and those dollars come back to us.

They're supposed to, but you guys have spent almost a billion ARPA dollars on blight and uh bond money.

What 250 million in that, and then uh millions of dollars on sidewalk repair out of our surplus dollars, and now you want to take surplus dollars to um to pay into uh uh uh a corporate income tax fund.

All of that is not legal, it's illegal.

And Mr.

Benson, they should choose someone else to be the economic or the uh environmental representative because if you let a woman tell you that they crushed up the the the uh panel to see if it was leaking.

No, it leaks with water runoff and with the heat and with over time there is corrosion, and there's also, but you guys don't care.

You don't care what you put in our neighborhoods.

I I say right now today, you need to be cleaning up the dirty dirt, not doing what you're doing.

The next caller is the next caller is William M.

Davis.

Mr.

Davis, you have two minutes.

Uh good morning.

Can I be heard?

Can be heard.

Okay, I like to start off by talking about the community advisory council.

You know, to me, it seems like they are a poor reflection of what we had in the past.

You know, back in 1980, I was living on campus at Wayne State.

I was part of the North Cast community union, which was a group made up of people who lived in that area.

In fact, I t shirts was in 12 different languages.

I ran and was elected to the citizen district decision district council for University City A.

And we was one of the most active citizens, district councils there was, and we was able to uh do a number of developments in that area, you know, near the Wayne State area.

We had citizens, uh, we had uh corporate interests.

We had Wayne State, we had the NAACP, we have a number of people on our board, and we were able to accomplish a whole lot.

We had resources from the city because um Emmett Moulton, who was the director of community and economic development was a frequent one, and we had uh we brought people from the state, and we were able to use like one third of the state budget for community development because we're so active.

You know, the the commit the community advisory councils today is just a poor ex you know poor excuse for what we had.

You know, they don't seem to have too much assistance, they don't seem to have a real budget, you know.

They they you know, of course they over a larger geographical area because we only have like uh a three-mile area, you know, uh less than um you know, less than three by three, but we was able to do a whole lot.

We uh was able to put up the column development that was still standing.

We before before my time on the board, we had freedom place development that's still over there on Warren off of time in the John C Lodge.

You know, so we we should do more and we should do better.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Davis.

The next caller is the next caller is legendary Detroiter Legendary Um Detroiter.

You have two minutes.

Well, the phone with Rubisky, Rubinsky was raised hand before, and the other phone with black bag was disconnected from the meeting.

I don't know who's running the board or who's uh controlling that, but that person needs to be removed from that position.

Now I've been saying what I've been saying.

I'm about to announce that I'm had the intent to run for Michigan Senator over in the new third district.

That's over in Scott Vincent's city council district, the new third district for the state of Michigan to the Senator's district.

Now, Janice is busted, busted, busted, busted.

Daniel Baxter is busted, busted, and Gina A.B.

Walker is busted.

Cheating in Detroit elections, and Donald Trump is not lying.

He was cheated on in 2020.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy the third is the first confirmed confirmed case of Ashanti Ballot fraud.

And Mary Elaine Beckman is uh first time I've ever heard of international absentee ballot fraud in Detroit, Michigan, the county of Wayne, the state of Michigan.

Uh elected positions in Detroit have been cheated in and controlled by this Dennis M.

Winfrey, winner of six elections in a row.

And I'm not lying about sugar honey ice tea.

Now, Miss Miller, I'm a resident over in District 5.

I don't think you really knew that.

I'm also a resident in district two.

And right now, I'm at my residency in district three.

I'm also a resident in district four.

Matter of fact, it's up.

The gig is up.

Y'all cheat in public officials is busted.

It's over with.

Fair's got to get called in.

The next caller is the next caller is Mr.

Foster.

Mr.

Foster, you have two minutes.

Um good morning through the chair.

Couple things.

I would like to just offer Malachi chapter two, verse 13 to 16, as it takes to violence and protecting our women and wives and everything else.

So it's not enough to be married, but you have to be held accountable to do the right thing.

Secondly, um, I heard our councilwoman, Miss Miller.

I think that's a very excellent question for our community.

If you're a passionate about our community, you should be asked if you're getting paid to speak.

Do you love our community or are you lusting from our community?

So those are valid questions for any and everybody.

I think those are very, very important.

I too have asked to sit down in District 5.

I brought some issues there.

I haven't gotten a response, but I am a patient man.

I'm a tolerant man.

So I hope to get a response from you all.

Thirdly, this city and iOS really uh have to have some integrity.

I understand that we want to keep the image of the city up and do all these other things, but we keep the image up by being integrity so that we're not in positions where we have to cover things up.

We cannot continue to go through years and years and ask our community to be tolerant for bad government mistakes.

Government had to be accountable for the mistakes that they make at some point and be uh, and that's where I'm at with it.

It's been too many years.

We spent all our money, all our upper money, all our DGC money have been going to lobbying for county and state reps and all these other types of things, instead of being in our community, and our elected officials are educated people, don't have the guts to stand up against these people.

We talked about a billion dollars came here from DTE yesterday, and while I watched a few years ago, people silenced me.

I done put in IG complaints and everything else based upon free speech at public comments.

The next caller is the next caller is Cricket Icon 2026.

You have two minutes.

Yes, ma'am.

You can be heard.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

I want to talk about these vermits that's running around here digging holes and grass, digging holes against people's houses.

We need something done about that because it's uh this first time since I've been over here, and I've been over here since 77.

That I've seen these fools.

Uh is it something that you all can do?

Put down some poison or some whatever because it's monotonous as a taxpayer, the house owner in 77.

This just started happening.

Somebody planting stuff over here to try to get us up out of here because I'm not going nowhere.

We need that done ASAP, A-S-A-P.

Councilwoman.

It's terrible.

You know, you look on one side, they there, you look in your yard, they there.

We need you all, city council, or whoever in charge to get these animals from over here.

And it's not just my street, the street further down.

They're having the same issue.

And then I was um listen to, I think it was the TV, and they mentioned something about those solar panels that somebody's house got caught on fire.

I guess where it's real hot at or whatever.

I'm not sure if it's real hot there, but they mentioned about the solar panels that somebody's house or some businesses or property has gotten fired, you know, lost their homes because of solar panels.

So I don't know if that's a good idea.

Uh I don't have it.

Uh I mean, if it works to cut down a bill, that's fine, but if it don't work, cut down the bill, and the house is gonna be damaged.

I don't think they should have it.

So either y'all should do a very thorough investigation on the solar panels, you know, go to other cities, find out how it works, how it's working there.

You know, I know some people houses they gave up their houses for the solar panel.

But if it's not good, thank you for calling.

The next caller is the next caller is call in user one.

Calling user one.

You have two minutes.

Can I be heard?

Yes, Ms.

Shea, you can be heard.

Good morning, member Callaway.

Yes.

I sent you and uh council members as a full body.

Pictures that show on Lynnwood and West Grand Boulevard.

Uh abandoned building that has windows broken out, making it a dangerous hazard for those that go to Northwestern High School.

They have to stand at that bus stop that's going northbound.

Like it's going towards the Myers.

I sent you pictures showing you the glass bus shelter at the Grand River Myers that's all busted out.

Myers should not have a say if they're gonna take it down or replace it, either replace it immediately or just take it down.

Stop the heroin crack cocaine being sold at the Grand River Myers bus stop in front of 1055 Washington Boulevard at the corner of Michigan Avenue.

Robert Cramer is not gonna do his job.

It's up for council to do it.

And I'm asking you since you're the only Esquire.

Why is this not being done?

In closing, I'm noticing that tenants is gonna have to shoe because you all won't stop building and safety from giving certificate of compliance to form landlords while still collecting rent.

Why is this allowed?

Member Callaway.

Thank you.

Happy summer.

Thank you, Ms.

Shea.

The next caller is the next caller is Renard Muntunski.

You have two minutes, sir.

Good morning, Madam Chair and members.

Can I be heard?

Yes, you can be heard.

All right, well, thank you.

Um, my name is Renard Myshnski.

I am a long-term resident of the city of Detroit, residing in District 6, and I am a proud activist with an organizer with the Detroit People's Platform, Transit Justice Team.

This August 4th, public transportation will be on the ballot.

There's a proposal to raise new funds for expanded regional transit connecting Detroiters to communities all throughout Wayne County for increased access to jobs, health care, educational opportunities in communities that do not have bus service, as Lucas Luseki mentioned before.

My doctor's in Lavonia, and I can't kind of get to it.

So this is how this proposal would positively impact my own personal life.

But I don't organize for my own stuff.

I organize for all the bus riders in the city.

So it passed.

If we pass this on August the 4th or before, ballots are coming out this week.

The proposal will raise over $57 million in Wayne County, including Detroit with an extra $8 million a year, city council.

That's that's more money.

Um to improve the frequency of buses, improve scheduling, increase seating at bus stops, and access throughout the entire county.

The Wayne County Transit Bus.

We know for a fact that most Detroiters that ride the bus work outside the city.

And with gas prices so high, insurance costs high, and car repairs at an all-time high.

We need another affordable way to get around because bus systems do um benefit car drivers too.

Your car is broken down.

You can use the bus.

And if our buses are running every 10 to 15 minutes, it wouldn't be a crisis.

The Wayne County Transit Millage will be our opportunity to travel safely and affordably across our communities.

Please do not forget to vote on August 4th.

Transit is on the ballot.

So make a plan to vote.

Everyone, even including the city council members, because you also vote too.

Thank you for my time.

Thank you.

Next caller is our next caller is Joel Batterman.

Mr.

Betterman, you have two minutes.

Good morning.

May I be heard?

Yes.

Thank you.

My name is Joel Batterman.

I'm a resident of District 5, and I work as campaigns manager for Transportation Riders United or TRU.

I'd like to add my voice to those urging uh the passage of the resolution in support of the Wayne County Transit Millage that appears on the August ballot.

This is something that will be tremendously beneficial to Detroiters.

As Renard just mentioned, uh right now there's no way for Detroiters to get to places like Lavonia, um Canton and Plymouth, uh if they don't have a car or are unable to drive.

Uh jobs uh located in Lavonia are largely inaccessible to uh folks living just a few miles away on the west side uh if they don't have a car.

Um folks like like Renard have to shell out uh a lot of money for Ubers and Lyfts to get to doctor's appointments, things like that.

Uh there are lots of Detroiters at places like schoolcraft uh who aren't uh able to get to class if their car breaks down.

Um there's just uh a lot of benefit uh that would come from extending bus service to those areas uh in addition to the funding, the increased funding uh that would go to D dot bus service within the city of Detroit.

Uh it is to be sure a new tax uh for Detroiters at least and the residents of those uh opt out suburbs like Lavonia, uh, but it's only eight dollars a month for a home worth 200,000, uh, which is more than the average cost of a Detroit home.

Uh so we believe it's an investment worth.

Thank you, Mr.

Batterman.

The next caller is the next caller is number ending in 669.

Number ending in 669, you have two minutes.

Caller number ending in 669, you have two minutes.

Ms.

JC, you can move that caller to the end of the queue and we can go to the next caller.

The next caller is Cynthia Garrett.

Miss Garrett, you have two minutes.

Ms.

JC, you can move Ms.

Garrett to the end of the queue.

No, hello, I'm here.

I'm here.

I'm calling in response to the over taxation on the homes.

I purchased my home in 1995, and it was taken from me in 2013, and I've been having uh a lot of problems getting in touch with someone to explain to me why um we weren't notified when they were contacting me about a second home that I had purchased in 07.

And I'm just understand not understanding why this is has happened to me with my first home that my father helped my me and my four children purchase.

Um the over taxation uh happened uh I guess during the time that my house is foreclosed on in 2013.

And I'm just trying, I've been trying for quite a while since 20 um well, it would happen in 2013 that it was taken.

But uh I'm reading this flyer that I've been holding on to cut the check for the houses that's been taken due to overtax property.

Um, I just need some answers about this and what will happen.

Um, you know, for me to be able to recoup something from the loss of my home and my family's home.

Miss Garrett.

Yes, I'm here.

I'm gonna give you a number to call.

Um, do you know which which district do you live in now?

Or just give us your um zip code.

My zip code now is 4848035.

I'm in Clinton Township now, but at the present time I was at 4824, uh, Chester Street, Detroit, Michigan.

4824, that's um, I believe the east side.

Um you can call my office.

Are you ready?

Yes, I am.

Okay.

It's 313.

313.

Yes, ma'am.

224.

2245 3535.

And if you can call Ms.

Anderson and share your information with her, and we'll see how we can um assist you.

I appreciate that.

Thank you, and God bless you all.

Thank you, Ms.

Garrett.

Ms.

JC, the next caller is.

The next caller is Darren McCleskey.

Mr.

McCleskey, you have two minutes.

Okay, thank you.

By the way, my hand was lowered.

I don't know.

I've never had that happen before.

I had to raise it again.

But thank you for letting me speak.

Um, I just like to compliment everybody.

You guys really had a solid discussion yesterday.

Um, it shows that you guys care that you're looking at it.

But I do, of course, have some criticisms.

Um, there was a rush job.

I mean, you guys focused on, I don't know why Eagle Creek kept coming up.

It was Apollo and that buyout that they knew about in fall of 2025.

And uh Conrad Mallet left it to the very end, so you guys didn't have a lot of time to deliberate it.

It's uh it's uh negotiation tactic.

I mean, their jobs in my mind were at risk.

They dropped the ball.

Um, the data data was jumbled.

They were giving you what actual homes they took with eminent domain with an order.

They threatened so many people right to the very end to settle so their name wasn't in a lawsuit that they lost.

Contamination, you guys talked about panels.

What about the existing dirt?

That's what we're talking about, disturbing all of that, all these issues.

Uh all the dirt just going in the wind.

And by the way, Conrad Mallie, he used the word swimmingly many times when he describes this process.

That's not what it was yesterday.

So it was everything's going swimmingly until it wasn't right at the end.

Mr.

Ski, still don't have an answer there.

10 million dollars just went missing to be reused for solar.

It still stands as a massive bladed behemoth.

Yet you guys are supposedly cleaning up these neighborhoods.

Um, some numbers 25 to 305 dollars per month in savings.

If you're spending 20, 40, sorry, 35, 15 grand.

That's a 40 to 100 year payback.

That's insane, guys.

And 135 million dollars, finally admission of the project cost over 165 acres, 818,000 per acre.

The city owns three quarters of that.

That's 3.4 million dollars per private acre that you guys took that you're wasting.

You could have done so much more elsewhere on land you already had.

Thank you.

And our last caller is number ended in 669.

You have two minutes.

Caller ending in 669.

Okay, caller ended in 669.

You can submit your questions to the clerk, and that will complete our public comment for this morning.

We will now move to our first interview, which is with um Josh Mack.

Is Josh Mack available virtually?

If not, we'll go to the uh individual who are here in the um committee of the whole.

Ms.

JC is Mr.

Josh Mack on the call for his interview this morning.

Yes, he's present.

I've just promoted him to panelists.

Good morning, Mr.

Mack.

Mr.

Mack, can you hear us?

We can't see me.

Yeah, we can't see you, but we can hear you.

Can you come on screen?

Okay, can you see me now?

Yes, good morning, Mr.

Mack.

We can see in the morning, good morning.

Good morning.

You are here as a reappointment to the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Community Advisory Committee.

If you can introduce yourself and tell us um why you are interested in being reappointed and what your experience has been like on that board.

Mr.

Matt.

Thank you very much for this opportunity.

Um good morning to everyone.

Uh I'm uh my name again is Josh Mack, and uh I've served on the uh community advisory committee for several months, and my experience has been very informative.

I've learned a lot, and I'm hoping that I've contributed something to the process, which included uh participating and reviewing uh rehab uh housing development plans, uh, and within the context of the uh my responsibility.

There are two major areas that I would have an acute interest in, and that is first of all, community participation.

Uh part of the process includes um uh setting up uh community reviews for the community to come in and uh uh review the plans and other part of the process that I'm quite interested in is making sure that it's part of the rehabilitation of the housing development plans.

It provides opportunities uh for low-income families to participate in that process with at least 20% of the provisions being uh reserved for low income.

So those are two of my major areas of uh concern and this experience for the last several months has been uh quite positive.

That's good to hear, Mr.

Mack.

That's so good to hear.

Um, I don't have any questions for you.

We I appreciate you personally for I um will defer to my colleague member Miller.

I appreciate your service and your willingness to be a reappointed to serve.

So I don't have any questions, just um thank you so much.

And member Miller, do you have any questions for Mr.

Mack?

Through the chair.

Hi, Mr.

Mack.

Good morning.

How are you?

Good morning.

Uh you said you were only on the Brownsville development uh for only a few months.

Can you tell me how long is the term?

Uh you you said how long is my term?

Yes.

I mean, did you fill in for someone else or you filled the vacancy?

I think it was part of vacancy.

Out of a one-year term, and my four year term expired in uh this month, and um it's scheduled to be reappointed or review for reappointment.

Okay, so again, these are only one year terms.

Yes, that's correct.

Um member Miller through uh L.

Mr.

King, LPD, is this appointment for one year or multi-year?

One year, that is correct.

Well, in my opinion, you can't do much in one year.

Sometimes you're just getting started after five or six months.

So you have an impeccable resume.

You have been very active.

And the first thing you said was your major uh concern was community participation.

We really need community and participation because so many times after the development is started, our residents come forward and say they never heard about it.

They didn't know anything about it or how it was gonna affect their livelihood or even their just neighborhood in itself.

So with your reappointment, I do support for one year.

Um it's not we probably need to work on getting this changed from one year to at least two years, uh, so you can actually have time to to get in and get involved and try to change the trajectory on uh participation itself.

It takes time to to get people acclimated to come out and uh be concerned and show support or non-support.

So with that, I don't have anything else to add, um chair.

Um thank you, uh Member Miller.

And um thank you again, Mr.

Mack, for your willingness to serve.

We don't have any other questions for you, sir.

Do you have anything you want to leave us, leave us with?

No, I because at this point you have my uh a profile of my resume which outlines my employment experiences, uh, my academic experiences and my public service being a public elected official experiences and all the policies that I've instituted over the last uh 40 or 50 years.

So if you have any questions within the context of my employment, uh academic experience, my uh experience as an athlete.

Um I'll be happy to respond to any of those issues or concerns.

No, we don't have any questions for you now, Mr.

Mack.

We just thank you for your willingness to serve.

Thank you, sir.

Thank thank you so much.

Thank you.

Bye.

Mr.

King, can we just bundle them all together and move them at the same time?

Uh-huh.

Yes, you can um you can bundle them together, madam chair.

Okay, thank you, Mr.

King.

Our next interview is Marlowe Sean Franklin to the Detroit Brownfield Revelopment Authority Community Advisory Committee, sir.

We know you are here in the committee of the whole.

If you can take a seat in the center, once you have a seat, Mr.

Franklin, you can press the button at the base of the microphone.

It's gonna turn green.

You can introduce yourself and then tell us why you are interested in serving on this committee.

Good morning to this honorable body, uh Marlo Sean Franklin Senior.

Uh this will be my third year of appointment to this board.

Uh been very instrumental uh in regards to small, medium, and large developments that we've done over the three years.

I think that uh the reason that I want to stay is to continue the community advocacy and the long long haul work uh of apprenticeships and to some of these programs through labor and also uh the forever jobs after things are being built.

Uh I would continue to advocate for those things at the board.

Uh we have a very dynamic board.

Uh uh, Mr.

Mack is one of the great leaders on this board, new leaders on this board, too as well.

Uh, but we just want to continue to do the work uh of the people uh in these communities that's being impacted with this uh with development.

Mr.

Um Mr.

Franklin, um I know your work.

Um, and uh you're an amazing young man.

You've just very much involved um across the city, and you care about the people.

Um, and it doesn't matter what station in life they are in, you care about people, regardless of zip code, regardless of any other circumstance.

You care about people, and I know that to be true about you, sir.

So I don't have any questions for you.

I thank you for your resume, but I am going to um defer to my um colleague, member Miller, if you have any questions for Mr.

Franklin.

Good morning, Mr.

Sean.

How are you?

I'm doing well.

I am quite familiar familiar with who you are, and I just want to say thank you for being that labor union advocate.

Yes, ma'am.

Our jobs need to be um, they need to be represented.

Close as 51% as possible.

Yes, ma'am.

So whatever you bring to the table, I know they try to lower it with 30 percent.

They're agreeing to just the pay to fines to keep our people out, but I am trusting that you would continue to bring our trades to the table.

They need the work for their families.

It it affects them wholeheartedly.

And in Detroit, we have so many tradesmen, all the trades are here, the electric electricians, the pipe fitters, and sometimes our development do not want to use tradesmen.

They don't want to pay the wage, they'd rather bring their people in from outside of Detroit.

And we need someone that's gonna advocate for our workers right here in the city of Detroit.

We're the home of the labor movement.

And I'm a laborer as well, a retiree from the UAW, and it is important.

And it's hard because for me, I will I was just on a site the other day out in Greek town, and I'm looking around and I'm asking questions about some of these projects.

And one of my main ones that I'm dealing with right now is why I'm being invited to a festival, and it's only for one block between Bobian and Randolph.

I mean Boby and uh whatever the street is.

But then there's development that they're not a part of.

Certain individuals that don't look like me.

Are withheld from a festival or even having their businesses open because the development is slowly slow down, it's broke up into phases.

We we rely on professionals to make a decision how we're gonna roll these out.

And sometimes they don't have the best answers because sometimes the phases aren't right.

So I just would like to talk to you personally afterwards and and talk about that.

That is a big issue in district five because that's where predominantly majority of the development is in district five.

And my office is constantly being plagued with phone calls of disappointment.

And I would like to uh talk with you regarding some of those projects and to make sure that we can speed them up or we know things delay, but we want them to work for our residents, not only our developers, but we want everybody to be happy across the board.

So I don't have any other questions.

Yes, thank you very much, sir.

Okay.

I don't have any questions for you.

Um thank you for being our labor man.

Um all things labor on both sides of the table.

And so um is there anything you want to leave us with, Mr.

Franklin?

I I don't know if you guys, I'm sorry.

Members know that I I've been appointed as the labor liaison for Mayor Sheffield too as well.

And I was also the political director for SEIU for many years.

Uh so it's great to be at the table and be on the other side to be able to articulate these things that the city needs and wants and must have, right?

Uh so I want to continue to do that work uh across the board from uh every specter of labor from from uh the building trades to the service industry to the automotive uh uh industries, too, as well.

So I I look forward uh in hopes of uh getting this to form and getting the vote in uh to continue the work of God and continue the work of the people of the city of Detroit.

We thank you, and you are our labor man on both sides of the table, and we appreciate your professionalism since I've met you.

You've just been um very, very professional, very, very um kind and courteous.

And in your inner in in your interactions with me.

Yes, ma'am.

Um, I remember when I first got newly elected, you were just very, very supportive.

Um, and you were guiding light for me back in 2022 when I took office.

So I just want to um just tell you publicly how much I appreciate your um professionalism and your support back in 2022 and even till today, 2026.

So I appreciate you, Mr.

Franklin.

You have my full support on being reappointed to this um advisory committee.

And that being said, um, we're going to ask for a motion just for the two for line item um six and line item seven, which are both for the reappointment of Mr.

Josh Mack and Mr.

Marlowe Sha um Marlowe Sean Franklin to the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Community Advisory Committee pending the appropriate resolutions being attached.

We're gonna move into formal.

Um is there a motion?

Motion.

There's a motion to move line items six and seven, pinning the resolutions being attached and prepared by Tuesday.

Moving them to formal with a recommendation for approval, hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you, Mr.

Franklin.

Thank you.

Absolutely.

Okay, our last interview for the morning is the appointment of Ashley Jordan to the City Planning Commission.

Is she here or is she here virtually?

Ms.

Jordan is here in person.

Good morning, Miss Jordan.

And you have been nominated by council member Mary Waters.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, Mary Waters.

Oh.

Yes, ma'am.

And good morning.

For the City Planning Commission.

And that microphone should still be green.

If it is, you can um go ahead and introduce yourself and tell us why you are interested in serving on the city planning commission.

We do have your letter of interest and your resume.

So take it away.

Thank you.

Um, my name is Ashley Jordan.

Um resume is not political.

Um I was a data analyst, and I most of my retail, well, most of my work experience isn't retail, but I have a love and a passion for the city of Detroit, and I'm currently in school for urban planning.

Um, I'm interested in being a part of the planning commission just because I want to offer a perspective of restoration, preservation, and sustainability for the city of Detroit.

Okay.

All right.

We love preservation around here.

Um I don't know if you've ever heard me talk about the importance of preserving our um our historic um structures.

Because here in here in Detroit, I don't think we like our um historic structures because we tear down more than we preserve, and um that's how it's been since I've been sitting on the council.

So I'm I'm glad to hear that you're interested in preservation, and um I I I appreciate that.

I don't have any questions for you.

Um, I'm going to defer to my colleague, Member Miller.

You have any questions for Ms.

Jordan?

Good morning, Miss Jordan.

How are you?

Good, how are you?

I saw your resume, and please let me tell you, do not ever shortchange yourself based on a document.

In Detroit right now, what we need is people with heart, people with tenacity and grit to help preserve and move our city forward.

And because I see you everywhere I am, and I'm in our community.

I recently saw you at the Postasi, is it Postasi Asiago Neighborhood Association meeting?

I think I saw you two times there working in that community that is thriving.

Uh they have a newly um association that they're bringing to that area at Grand River and uh West Grand Boulevard.

I am active and I am I'm seeing what you and the other two ladies are doing in that neighborhood.

That requires a lot of time, unpaid time, volunteerism.

And then I recently saw you at the Detroit Historical Society where I'm a member on the board, and to bring all the new business owners there.

Uh, it was an amazing event.

I I was shocked when I saw you, but I just let me say, well, this young ladies everywhere.

So I do believe that you are what we need on our city planning because you're someone that residents can come and feel that they're gonna be heard.

I used to come to the city planning committee meetings every month, and would be sometimes the only one in here when things came up regarding zoning, when they were trying to infiltrate R1 and R2, and which was not the heart of our communities.

So I know what it's like to be the Lone Ranger here and to ask the hard questions that no one really wants to answer because we had an administration that did not really care about our neighborhoods.

I have no problem with saying that because as a president of a pest association and vice president, I know what I experienced in my 19 years in my own home.

So I I am exactly you're exactly who I would like to see in a position with city planning because we need people on the ground, people that have the residents, the residents desires at heart.

A lot of people do not want someone parking in front of their house every day.

Please, I cannot be gonna tell you I will come to that meeting and say, listen, whatever development it we bring, it has to be it has to have integrity.

And we do not we don't need a block of residents to come say, hey, don't park in front of my house 24 hours.

We should already know that because we've not we would not want it done in our own house, our own street in our own neighborhood.

So those are some of the pet peeves that I deal with with residents, and they're disheartened when we have certain businesses there that cross over the zoning.

And I don't know if you know, but we had two zoning issues fail at the end of last year.

Only one passed, and it was for adaptive reuse.

They're coming back.

They're coming back, so you'll be hearing from our office, like everyone else, saying please stand up for our residents.

Create um city planning ordinances that work for everyone.

We know it's given taken.

We can't win everything, but we have to put our residents first.

With I said a new standard, and we have to be forthright and upfront and transparent and to be able to speak about it.

Because I will call you out at our meetings.

I will let people know that we have a city planning committee that is for our people.

It's called city planning.

We're planning for our city, not planning before us, not a plan ahead of us, not a 10-year plan that we have no value or control over, which is what's happens in the city of Detroit.

So I look forward to working with you.

I do.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Miller.

Well, we I share a lot of um views that uh member uh Miller just shared with you.

Um I do like to see and do support and advocate for the preservations of our um historic structures.

Um, and I always want to err on the side of our residents.

We have a situation going on in my district where we have a um and I see you, Mr.

Um Mr.

Todd.

I see you there, Mr.

Um Marcel Todd, and I know perhaps you probably want to chime in in a minute, and we will um allow you to do so, but there's a situation going on in my area that we're not gonna let happen because we're gonna always err on the side of the residents, the taxpayers, right?

And um, there's a situation where it is a um uh single family home.

But um a lot of the homes in my district on uh in a certain um area like um Princeton, Quincy, Bayless, Inverness, a lot of those homes in that area were owned by some of the folks from Motown back in the day, back in the 60s and the 70s, and they're pretty spectacular homes.

Um and we have a gentleman from I think Ontario trying to convert one into a multi-family home, and we ain't gonna let it happen.

He's already put up four mailboxes, getting it all wired up.

It's illegal.

I've reported it, nothing has happened.

But those folks over there, um Princeton, they don't want it.

They don't want it, right?

And and and and I I believe that house could be declared as historic.

But we have a lot of homes over there that um folks want to convert, but we don't want them converted.

And we are not gonna let you come into our community and convert nothing.

Nothing, unless the residents want that, right?

We have some residents over there.

We have one who's been over there since the 60s, and she is the champion over there.

She's like the mayor on Princeton, Quincy, Inverness, and Bayless.

She, and I'm not gonna call her name because you all will know who I'm talking about, from a very prominent family in the city, right?

And so um I just want you to err on the side of what the people want, not so much developers, and a lot of the developers don't even live in the community that they're trying to develop, so they're not um culturally connected and not connected to the community at all.

It's just an investment, right?

Across the water.

So um hope you um and Mr.

Marcel Todd, I know you know what I'm talking about, but I appreciate you.

I I'm looking forward to looking through your lens as a younger person.

Um, sometimes older people, we have an older type of um perspective based on our own life experiences.

So I'm looking forward to you being on that commission.

You certainly have my support.

Um, and I thank you for wanting to serve, and I'm thinking thanking you for being a member uh Miller's district, and you two running into each other like that, because she is totally for preservation.

100%.

So you have a council person who is totally um supportive of everything being preserved, right?

And people not just moving into our communities taking over and turning a single family home into a four, and then four family, uh four unit home, and then complaining about parking.

Now you make that make sense.

But anyway, I appreciate you, Miss Jordan.

And before we hear from you, Mr.

Marcel Todd, is there anything you want to add?

Good morning, and thank you, madam chair.

Yes.

Morning to Member Miller as well.

Uh just wanted to indicate, did have the opportunity to speak with Ms.

Jordan and certainly agree with the sentiments that Member Miller expressed after looking at her resume.

I said that it is not at all an expression of the extent to which she is involved in the community, and uh we're certainly happy to uh uh if again it is counsel's will to have uh her bring her demographic uh if you will, it is much needed on the commission uh to uh uh help balance things out and to bring her uh expression uh her or her perspective as well.

Um the one thing that is interesting uh in in this just to share with you, she did come and participate at a couple of meetings, and it is in fact her predecessor who took note and made the recommendation to Member Waters upon her resignation from the commission.

Uh and so we're happy to see that it appears to be working out.

Uh and again, we've taken a quick look uh in my conversation with her doesn't appear that there are any uh conflicts of interest or any issues that uh would go beyond the norm.

Have no objections, madam chair.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Todd.

And um please, clerk, if you can acknowledge that member Benson has joined us this morning.

Clerk with so notes.

Okay, and Miss Jordan, is there anything you want to leave us with?

I just want to say that I'm always I'm always gonna push for Detroiters because I I love Detroit, so I'm always gonna push for Detroiters even in everything that I do.

Yeah, and so are we.

So we're on the same page in that regard.

So thank you, Miss Jordan, for being here with us um this morning.

Is there a motion?

Motion.

There's a motion to move line item eight, which is the appointment of Ashley Jordan to the City Planning Commission pending the appropriate resolution being attached.

Um moving it to formal with a recommendation for approval for Tuesday.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

Thank you again, Miss Jordan.

Now we are on line item um nine, unfinished business, the status of appointment of Erica Hill to the Detroit Land Bank, and we're going to um combine um four of them, three of them, line item one, two, and three, um, appointment of Erica Hill to the Detroit Land Bank, the appointment of Chris DePate to the Detroit Land Bank, and the appointment of Javon Glenn to the Detroit Land Bank.

And I'm going to defer to LPD because I know this will have to um be a ballot vote.

And I'm um hoping that this can occur on Tuesday.

Mr.

King.

Madam Chair, LPD will draft the appropriate ballot for um Tuesday's formal session.

Okay.

Um is there a motion to move line item 91, 92, and 9.3 to formal with the recommendation to approve, noting that this is going to be a vote by ballot, and all three of these names will be on that ballot for Tuesday.

Motion.

There's a motion to move line item 91, 92, and 9.3 to formal with a recommendation for approval.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

Line item um 9.4.

This is the appointment of Princess Brown to the tennis right commission, and she was nominated by council member Letitia Johnson.

Uh is there a motion.

There's a motion to move line item uh for the appointment of Princess Brown to the tennis rights commission to formal with a recommendation for approval pending the appropriate resolutions being attached for next Tuesday.

Is that correct, Mr.

King?

That is correct, madam chair.

I just wanted to add that this is a non-voting member.

This is a non-voting member.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

Noting that this is a non-voting member.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you, Mr.

King.

Line item 9.5, submitting the memorandum relative relative to rules for community advisory council uh for council member Denzel McCampbell.

And this was brought back as directed on June the 17th.

Mr.

King.

Madam Chair, can we have an additional week on this item, please?

Thank you.

Um, there's a motion to bring back line item 9.5 in one week.

Is there a motion?

Motion.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Line item 9.5 will be brought back in one week.

Now we are at line item 9.6 from the human resources department, the labor relations division, implementation of the 2026 through the 2030 labor agreement between the city of Detroit and the employees represented by um ask me and um 925 AFL CIO, the Detroit Civilian Crossing Guards, and this was brought back today.

Um I'm going to defer to Member Benson.

Remember, I think you recommended you asked you motion to bring this back.

Yeah, thank you.

Yes, sir.

Uh discussion through the chair.

Discussion to the administration.

Please give us an explanation on how this is working.

We talk about eight dollars for crossing.

Um, how does this work?

I believe I may understand, but I just want to verify and want the public to understand how we're compensating the crossing guards.

Miss Sullivan.

Through the chair.

Good morning, Brianna Sullivan, City Government Affairs.

Today we have Anita Ellsworth, Commander Stacey Alvarado, Jessica Frame, and Joseph Shine with us.

Okay.

And you can make them all panelists, Miss JC.

And whoever wants to address line item 9.6 regarding the implementation of the 2630 labor agreement between the city of Detroit and employees represented by ASMI and AFL CIO, Detroit Civilian Crossing Guards.

Whoever wants to go first.

And if you can introduce yourself and tell us what department and your title.

Yes.

All right.

So I'm Shine Joe.

Good morning.

Through the chair, I'm Shine Joseph.

I'm a labor relations administrator.

Like Councilmember Benson asked how we came up with the $8 per crossing.

The crossing guard is a seasonal temporary position.

And they are paid per crossing.

And per crossing is defined as a portion of time that they are stationed at each crossing.

The um typically it can last anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes.

And they average about two crossings per hour.

And for this classification, um the rate of pay is um uh determined based on per crossing.

So um right now um they are paid 735 with the new contract.

We are bringing it up bringing it bringing it up to eight dollars per hour.

So then it's eight dollars per hour per crossing.

Does that mean that if I have two crossings, I'm making 16 an hour?

Yes.

So essentially they average about 16 uh per hour.

However, I mean if the crossing guard can finish uh more than two crossing, um, and then you know, some some of them does move on to another crossing, and if they can complete it, then you know, per hour it it can be 24 per hour.

Oh, okay.

And how many opt to take only one crossing and make eight dollars per hour?

Um commander Alvarado, maybe you can answer that.

Uh through the chair.

The majority of our crossing guards have at least two crossings.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Okay.

Um, I have a question.

Where are these crossings occurring?

Are these because I remember um being in school and we had crossing guards, but I think that was through the school system.

So where are these crossing guards located?

Are they here mostly downtown when there's a game or an event?

No, these are for actual school crossings, not for events downtown.

So we're paying for the crossing guards for DPSCD.

There's a variety of schools, they're not necessarily all public schools.

Um, I can get you a list of the current locations for all the crossings if you would like, ma'am.

Okay, I'm just okay.

So that's great, but so is there a reimbursement for us to cross the students?

Because DPSCD has a uh uh a fat budget.

Do is there a reimbursement?

No, to my knowledge, we do not receive reimbursement from any school for crossing students at the intersections.

So because I remember the crossing guards used to be DPSCD employees, so maybe that was a long time ago.

That's interesting.

So we cross the students, we don't get reimbursed by DPSCD, who has a huge budget.

Um has that always been the case where the city of Detroit pays to uh employees to provide, which is great.

I mean, I'm not um criticizing, but I believe there used to be DPSCD employees, probably back in you know, so a while ago, and we don't get reimbursed.

Ma'am, I would have to look into that historically.

I I'm not certain if there was any type of reimbursement to the city for crossing guards.

Okay, there used to be um DPS, and when it was called DPS before it became DPS C D, the crossing guards were DPS employees.

Okay, that's interesting.

All right, um, I don't have any other questions.

Is there a motion?

Just one last uh Adam, madam chair.

Yes, sir.

And then just sort of everybody's edification.

Why don't the crossing guards qualify for the 22 2145 per hour minimum wage for the city?

So the um uh through the chair, um council member Benson.

The um living wage for city of Detroit uh at 2145 full-time classifications.

Um, like I mentioned, crossing guard is uh a seasonal temporary classification and um the budgeting for um the living page did not include uh seasonal temporary classification such as crossing guards.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, thank you so much to all of you.

Um I think all of our questions have been addressed.

Is there a motion?

Motion is in the formal recommendation to approve.

Okay, there's a motion to send line item 9.6 to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you to all of you who um came on screen.

All right, line item 9.7 status of council member Benson's memorandum relative to an ordinance regulation, crypto ATM machines.

Member Benson.

Thank you for yourself to the law department.

Where we stand with this drafting.

Through the chair Graham Anderson Law Department.

In our research, it is turned out that the Michigan House currently has a bill in the works that would address all of your concerns and would preempt us.

However, as you know, Lancene is not always the swiftest legislative bunch.

Um so with that, I I would defer to you, Councilmember Benson, on if you would our recommendation would be to continue to monitor the situation, but I also understand this is something that we want to make sure our citizens are protected.

Um so uh I I I defer to your better judgment.

Uh Mr.

Anderson, I appreciate your the research the law department has done in your concern about being usurped by Lansing.

Just the sloth at which they progress and the fact that the speaker of the House prides himself in inefficiencies in government and has stated that he wants to pass the least amount of legislation during his term as speaker, doesn't give me confidence that they will come up with anything working on is not the same as implementing.

Absolutely.

I would I'm going to request that you all continue working on that, and if and when they overtake us five years from now, we can look at it then.

But in the meantime, I want to make sure that our seniors and our residents are protected from scams uh and the use of crypto to get away with their money.

Absolutely.

Through the chair, we would ask then for a four-week bring back to be able to present something to you.

That will put us late July, close to recess, which means that we could have something maybe in September prepared for a uh introduction.

Absolutely, that's the goal.

We come back, we work on this through the uh through the recess.

I believe that's a realistic timeline.

Motion to bring back in four weeks, madam chair.

Okay, there's a motion to bring line item 9.7 back in four weeks.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Line item 9.8 status of council member Renata Miller submitting a memorandum relative to questions regarding the community advisory council.

Member Miller.

Thank you, Peter Chair.

Uh, this is for LPD.

Um we ready to proceed?

Madam Chair, Mr.

King.

Um, the the response has been drafted and is currently under review.

We will have something to the to the body um prior to the end of this week.

Um, I would like to ask that you bring this item back just as a placeholder in one week.

However, the documents should be to your offices prior to that member miller.

So in the meantime, should my residents are asking me.

I just want to am I able to speak on this?

Yes.

Um a few attendees attended a meeting with the CAC and they were disturbed, and my staff as well, that they utilize the meeting to talk about filling out a grant to support their endeavors.

And in my opinion, um, after having some conversation regarding this, I just wanted to know was it legal?

Uh legal for the CAC to legally uh pursue a grant and operate as the fisheries of it.

I know member McCampbell has sent out um numerous his memo has been going on for almost a month now, if not longer.

And so now I'm dealing with this in five.

And I know I can't be a part of it, but my residents want answers, or they some of them don't want to attend.

There they think that we're going around in the the wrong direction.

And I would hate to lose our CAC.

We're only one of three districts, they actually have one.

And I I love the opportunity to work with them and for them to be the liaison with our council office.

I wanted to impart on you today.

I was hoping you were so gonna push it back another week, but I do understand that's the urgency.

I'm sorry, Mr.

King.

Through through the chair.

Um short answer, the ordinance does allow for CACs to solicit donations and grants.

Thank you very much.

That is the quickest response I could have ever asked for.

Thank you very much.

Okay.

Um is there a motion?

Discussion.

Discussion.

Member Benson.

Thank you.

Uh through yourself to LPD.

Would any grants received by a CAC have to come before City Council for authorization prior to being accepted by that CAC?

Ask for other grants.

Second part of the answer.

Um Mr.

King.

The stipulations for the acquisition and solicitation of grants is not spelled out in our in the current ordinance.

Mr.

King, now I'm confused.

Does that mean they have to come before this body or because it's not spelled out that we haven't crossed that bridge and we'll deal with it once we cross it?

Um I think uh I think the the last part of your um what you just said is correct.

Unless we have to deal with proactive and put something on the books.

Yes, I think that um eventually something should be put on the books to regulate how the grants and donations are used.

That being in the authorizing ordinance for the CACs?

That's a charter, but we do have the ordinance.

The the chart, I'm sorry.

The the ordinance mirrors the charter.

So I think um language should be added to the ordinance.

Uh that's probably what would have to happen.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to uh move this?

For the discussion, madam chair.

Further discussion, member Benson.

Just to tell my colleagues, especially the ones who are newer, this is an excellent opportunity to uh get an ordinance and have an impact on the CACs and how they operate.

Uh motion to just receive and file.

Um I think he said bring back in a week.

Oh, bring back in a week.

Yeah.

So um knowing that there's some language that still needs to be added to the ordinance regarding the use of the grants, um, I'm hoping that some something will be attached or included in the ordinance so we don't have to come back here again and amend the ordinance, right?

So if the language needs to be in there regarding the use of grants, uh why would we not you know um look at it and consider it and add it, maybe pencil it in and then have whoever needs to take a look at it because member Benson brings up a good point.

If we're in the middle of, you know, I don't know, I mean in the chair, our office there that draft um amendment to the ordinance once we receive yours, uh your um official letter.

Um Mr.

King.

Madam Chair, might I suggest that we bring this item back in a week and have a brief discussion at that time.

That's is there a motion to bring this back in a week?

Motion.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

And member Miller did volunteer to assist in um helping to amend the ordinance.

Thank you, Member Miller.

Thank you, Mr.

King.

Line item 9.9, status of reappointment of George Etherich to the is there a motion to combine line item 9.9, 10 and 11, because they're all um reappointments to the Detroit Brownfield Authority Community Advisory Committee.

Madam Chair, see 9.11 as a council media services?

Yeah, nine point um okay, thank you for the correction.

9.9 and 9.10.

Can we is there a motion to combine those two?

Motion.

There's a motion to combine line item 9.9 and 9.10.

Um this is the status of reappointment of George Etherich to the Detroit Brownfield Authority and the status of reappointment of David Fonner to Detroit Brownfield Authority.

And this was brought back from June the 17th.

Mr.

King.

Madam Chair, we could move 9.9 and 9.10 forward to the formal.

Okay.

And pending the appropriate resolutions.

That is correct.

Absolutely.

Okay.

Is there a motion to move line item 9.9 and 9.10 to formal with a recommendation for approval pinning the attachment of the resolutions?

Motion.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Now we are at line item 911, which is status of council member Benson memorandum regarding City Council Media Services Division.

Request a report on the feasibility of City Council operating its own media services division.

Member Bimpson.

Discussion yourself, Madam Chair.

Discussion?

Uh to LPD.

What is it?

What are we looking at here?

To the chair, uh Phil Keller, LPD.

Uh to Member Benson, apologies.

I know we've been here before about this item.

Uh we just have a couple final details.

If we set it for one week, I'll make sure it's done.

Through yourself, Madam Chair.

And this is why I asked for realistic expectations.

I'm okay with taking longer.

Just give me realistic expectations.

Is one week enough time?

Yes, it is.

I'll say it again.

You better take two.

We'll take two.

It'll be done within the week.

Motion to bring back in two weeks, Madam Chair.

There's a motion to bring line item um 9.11 back in two weeks.

Are there any objections?

That action shall be taken.

All righty.

Line item.

We're under new business, line item 10, Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Uh contract number 6005398-A as an Apple 3-100% city funding.

This is the Third Amendment, and this is for interpretation and translation services for the City of Detroit, the contractor's language line services.

And they're located in Monterey, California.

And is there anyone on?

And this is a 400.

Well, actually, the contract is over a million dollars.

You welcome come forward.

I see you from Creole.

And the chair motion for discussion.

Motion for discussion.

And this is a contract from June from January of 2024, going through January of 2027.

We all have several questions about those since I am sure.

And so if you could um hit the microphone, the base of it, there's a button there.

Your microphone is going to turn green.

And if you all can enter, well, it's just one.

If you could introduce yourself.

Good morning, Megan Maslamani.

On behalf of the Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity Department, I'm the Deputy Director.

It's a pleasure to be before this honorable committee this morning.

Through Madam Chair, I can answer any questions you may have on behalf of Core and why this amendment was submitted.

Okay.

Um, I'm gonna ask you this one question.

When did this this is the third amendment, which is a third contract for this contractor out of Monterey, California?

When did the contract expire, the current one?

This current contract expires January 2027.

This amendment is for funds, not time.

Why are we increasing the funds and not the time?

Because if they agree to a prior amount, why are they increasing the amount but not the time?

Through the chair.

So two parts to that question.

The first part is that we have submitted a requisition and a scope of work to bid this out.

Um and get a request for proposals to determine who's the best suited company that could give the city of Detroit what it needs to satisfy these requirements that are given to us in the ordinance.

As you all know, this was a new addition to the chapter 23 human rights ordinance.

Uh, I believe it passed in 23 or early 24, and then these services were required.

As the city has learned more about its needs, and we have learned more about all of the requests that are coming through, whether it be city council or city departments around the entire city, we are getting more and more requests.

So the reason that the funds are being requested is that it was very difficult to anticipate what would be needed, and the needs are not uh for us to determine whether they're right or wrong.

The ordinance requires that we provide these language access services to many forward-facing departments, which as we know are many of our city of Detroit departments.

In addition to providing language access for due process rights at the Department of Administrative Hearings throughout other city administrative hearings, so it's not something that we could have anticipated the demand, which is why we need the funds.

Now, I know you mentioned um why we're not asking for time.

I think it's important for us to take a look at what we're getting from this company in California and what we could possibly get from other companies.

So at this time, while we're increasing for funds, that's only to make sure that we continue to satisfy the requirements of the ordinance and that we are not in violation of chapter 23.

We don't want to come into a situation, especially with elections coming up and all of the things that we know are coming through city council, the mayor's office, and all of our forward-facing departments, and not have the funds to satisfy those requirements.

How was the 410 um 100,000 dollars arrived at?

How do they determine how to set that?

Is it an hourly?

Is it um per assignment?

How are we paying this contractor out of California?

So that's a great question.

For us, we're looking at what the monthly invoices are coming in at.

So if I look at 2026 alone, some months we're spending 45,000 up to 55,000.

And when we look at the specific services that we're providing, there are different fees that are in the contract.

So just to give you an example, um, in April of 2026, we had 505 over-the-phone interpretation requests.

It's also important to remember that these requests are coming in for multiple languages.

So we may have one request, but we may have three languages.

Um, and that amount alone was six thousand two hundred and sixty dollars and seventy cents just for those over-the-phone interpretations.

We also have on-site interpretations, virtual interpretations, documentation translation, uh, insight video interpretation.

And when we see these requests many times from the departments, just to give an example.

Sometimes there's additional language requests.

So I think that it's very hard to estimate or determine as the city becomes more inclusive and as we're doing these things for the community, what it's going to cost us.

So the 410 was an estimate of what we've been spending, understanding the fees in this contract to make sure that there is no break and these important services that we're providing.

So, Megan, let me ask you this.

Um Michigan company.

Well, that's why I think it's important that I said we're not amending for time.

We're amending just for the funds so that we don't violate this ordinance.

We don't want to violate anyone's rights.

We want to make sure we are affording the citizens with this honorable body intended when it passed this ordinance.

So for us, we'll get if we can get the funds on there and still provide the services at the same time.

Okay, we've submitted that requisition, we've wrote a new scope of work, we're working directly with the Office of Immigrant Affairs and that director and learning more about the needs of the community because the Office of Immigrant Affairs is on the ground, they're talking to the communities, they're working with them, they're understanding their needs.

So if we can understand what companies are in the community in the city of Detroit, and also understanding who can provide the services and the extensive requests that we receive.

Um, you know, we're trailblazers in this industry here in Detroit.

You know, we have a very encompassing ordinance, so it's learning as we've implemented it what the needs are.

And I think those needs have changed since this contract was first signed in 2024.

Okay.

All right.

Um, is there any expectation um to bring um to put it out to bid again after 2027 and hopefully, yeah, January 2027, and hopefully we'll get someone local, someone in Michigan, because I know we have um I think we have a service out of Kego Harbor, if I'm not mistaken.

Um, and I know they translate or that might not be translation.

I think that might be um sign language, which is also translation.

So what about that company?

You know what I'm talking about, they're in Kigo Harbor, and they don't provide at a uh uh huge scale, but we do have they do have a contract with the city, and I think we just renewed it about a year or so ago, but that's uh for American Sign Language.

Um Yeah, I mean we will definitely through the chair, we'll definitely look at all of those options, but I think that's why it's important that simultaneously, while we are asking for these funds, we're not just sitting and waiting until January 2027.

The requisition has already been submitted, we've already signed the necessary documentation to move forward with this.

So we'll be looking, but we want to make sure we're not in violation of this ordinance.

Citizens have become to rely on this.

We've had great feedback from people who are very grateful to this honorable body for allowing this to happen so that they can understand what's going on and be a part of the process and not have to maybe bring family members to the city, rely on translations that can be um inefficient, they're able to get business done more efficiently.

So we appreciate that.

Um there any other questions or further discussion?

Discussion.

Uh member Benson, discussion?

All right, thank you, Ms.

Mazamani.

Thank you for being here today.

Uh just looking at the seven months of additional work um that you're looking for, we're about $60,000 a month here.

What are we expecting moving forward?

If we didn't put enough money into the contract initially, and we're starting to see an increase in use, what are we looking at here per year to offer these services to our residents?

Through the chair, that's what I was explaining.

It's it's very hard to estimate what that amount would be.

And what we're doing in CREO is looking at when we can forecast what's happening.

So in a month where we're having budget hearings, the requests are gonna be much more intense.

In a month where we're having city mandated charter meetings, requests are gonna be much higher.

Um we're only able to take the information that we have and the requests that we've received and estimate.

I anticipate it costing even more as more departments ask for document translations, as more departments learn about what is required under this ordinance.

So we've collected in the short amount of time that myself and director Mathis have been here with the city.

Well, I've been back, but uh while we've been in CREO, we've made it a point to collect each department's uh language access plan to understand what they're asking for, what they're doing.

And we plan to again go back to each department and understand what was requested, you know, what was valuable, what didn't work, what worked, so that we can try to forecast what it might cost.

Some months are 20,000.

It's just depending on what's happening, and the ordinance is very encompassing.

So it's any forward-facing department that deals with the city of Detroit residents on a daily basis.

Okay, and then who's doing quality control to ensure that we're spending our money efficiently?

So when you ask for quality control, I just I I just want to point out one thing.

The way that the ordinance is written does not give us an opportunity to say this is a proper translation or this is not.

It encompasses document translation, hearings, over-the-phone calls.

Uh it's very inclusive.

So I want to say that we are we have somebody dedicated in CRIO, a language access coordinator.

She receives every request.

When requests seem to be um maybe like cumbersome, we will call and have a discussion with the department and really understand like what are you asking for?

You know, how can we do this?

Is it something that's been done by another department where we could use something we've already received?

So we are doing those types of quality control checks.

Um also we're making sure that um because we have had complaints, but not from people using language line, but rather people who are instructed, hey, use Google Translate.

We've had people stand up when they are using Google Translate and say, hey, I'm fluent in that language, and that is not what was said.

So we have somebody, Amia Burner, she's in the room today, she's our language access coordinator.

She does go out to the locations, she does meet people, talk to people.

Um so we are very involved.

But I don't know if you meant quality control in the sense of are these requests adequate or are we looking at the requests?

Uh the requests are coming in and they're coming in fast.

And it's not for CRIO to make a decision whether or not the request is appropriate.

We're governed by the ordinance.

So for me, the it's not about appropriateness of the request, but I am glad that you're vetting the request.

It's just more to making sure that we're getting quality services.

And so my experience was I asked for translation from English into Bangla.

What I got was translation into um, I forget the name of the Indian language from India.

But that's the that's the translation I received.

My bosses were pleased to have the effort, but what they didn't get was translation into Bangla.

And so in that situation, we went to print, we were told by the city this is good, but in our actuality it was not.

And so I just want to make sure that when we're getting our translation, because not everybody is fluent in all of these different languages, and so that's great.

That's what you said, we're gonna go with it, but in our reality, it wasn't accurate.

And then just to make sure that our consultants are being as efficient with their time.

I see we're being charged per hour, we're being charged per page.

So I just want to make sure that we're doing quality control there to protect our investment in this space.

Absolutely.

Was that request that you received that was incorrect through language line?

I don't remember, it's been a while.

I I'd be happy to follow up on it as well, because in those situations we shouldn't be required to pay for that.

So if that ever happens, you know, we want to know.

We want to be able to follow up.

And I I always try to remind everyone that when we work with these vendors, they're working for us.

They're working for the citizens of the city of Detroit.

And if we're not happy with something, we need to speak up, and we're not going to pay that invoice.

So I personally look at invoices as well.

I sign my name on them before they're paid, and I am very careful about what I put my name on.

I'm also an attorney, not in this capacity, but it's very important to me to make sure that what we're being charged for has actually happened.

So we do look at that, and there is quality control specifically with that.

Okay, thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Um any questions, Member Miller?

No, I have no question.

She's answered everyone that I could have asked already.

Thank you, Member Miller.

You're always prepared.

Um I appreciate that.

We appreciate your thoroughness and um I don't have any other questions for you.

Um, is there anything else you want to add?

No, but I'm happy to answer anything else that comes up.

Okay.

All right.

If we have any other okay, member miller in the next six months, please try to find someone in Michigan.

That's all.

We're actually to um Mary Callaway, we're really trying to circulate our dollars right here in Detroit.

We really are, and I am an um pleasure to sit with her and honored to even attempt to do that.

I've watched this for years over over at home and saying, listen, why are all the money going out of Detroit?

So for me, it is imperative that we at least attempt to.

I know it can be difficult, but if we can stay in Detroit, that's better, but it's great.

But if we can stay in Michigan, that's even better.

At least they'll bring money downtown and go to our our gang or something.

But California's a long way.

Understood to have our money there.

Thank you.

It is.

Um, and I agree with you, Member Miller.

Um, and I don't apologize for um advocating for um Detroit contractors and Detroit-based businesses.

I don't um and um that's important to me as a lifelong um Detroiter.

Some folks feel differently because they're not from here, they live here now, but they don't have that in them to fight on behalf of Detroit.

Um I get it.

You know, I get it.

Lifelong West Sider.

And I'm gonna always fight like you are um lifelong East Sider, and we have that in common, and we're gonna always fight for Detroit-based businesses.

If we can't do Detroit, let's do Michigan.

Um, and that's what we're all about here.

We have to in order for our communities to thrive and um to take care of our residents.

But we appreciate you.

I don't have any other questions.

And is there a motion?

Motion.

There's a motion to move line item 10.1 to formal with the recommendation for approval.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you.

Pardon me?

The language was Hindi.

Oh, Hindi.

Okay.

Thank you.

I'll follow up.

Okay, we know you'll follow up.

That's that is that is water on the bridge.

Whereas it's a long time ago.

Yeah, but still follow up.

Because it might happen again.

We don't know.

Thank you all so much.

Um right, and um now we're on line item 10.2, contract number 606360-A as an Apple one.

Um 100% IPA slash city funding amendment one to provide an increase of funds only for equipment and managed print services for printers and copiers citywide.

The contractor is in Minnesota.

Marco Technologies, an increase of three million dollars.

Total contract, eight million dollars.

Is there anyone on from is there a uh motion for discussion?

Motion.

Is there anyone on um from I guess this would be do it?

And do it doesn't really do yeah, do it doesn't do business in Detroit.

Come on, you all don't do business in Detroit, at least you haven't since I've been on the council, and I always scream and holler about it.

It's not even getting better, but um I can just say that because it's the truth.

I don't think there's been uh more than two contracts to come before us, and this is my fifth year serving on the internal operations committee, and I don't think there's been one, I'll say two.

I don't think three contracts that are Detroit-based, sir.

And you know, we always say companies in Detroit lack capacity.

I remember uh Mr.

Boise Jackson when he was over contracting and procurement, he would always say you got to get out there and shake the bushes.

He would always say you got to get out there and shake the bushes.

I don't think I do it does that.

I think you um you take I'm not talking about you, I'm just talking about do it overall.

But since I've been sitting here, there are no contracts ever from do it for Detroit.

And this is eight million dollars.

Um, and none of it, not unless we get some subcontractors.

Um but you want to introduce yourself, sir.

Through the chair.

Uh pleasure to be here.

Brandon Sledge Mellon, director of departmental technology services in do it.

Yeah.

All right, tell us about this contract, Mr.

Sledge Mellon.

Yes, absolutely.

So two years ago, we put out an RFP for managed print services.

Our previous contractor at that time was Canon.

Uh the amount of that contract was about eight million dollars over five years.

Uh I'm not sure if you all received the memo because it circulated last night.

Um, but we we print about two million pages per month, uh, so a large capacity.

Um contract, we did that RFP.

Uh we actually went into our next contract looking to decrease costs.

Um, so we entered the contract for five million over five years.

Now recall what I previously said, the previous contract was eight million over five years.

So we've done some fleet reduction, but unfortunately, you know, um needs have expanded.

Specialized printers were brought into the contract, uh, which is actually uh a great benefit for us because we can keep everything in-house as opposed to sending something to KICO's and and and FedEx.

So there are some efficiencies there.

I will say, as part of the RFP, you know, to your point about Detroit-based businesses, we really do uh encourage that.

Um as part of that process, we asked were there any technicians that would be local.

Um Marco was the company that seemed to participate in the economy the most.

They have other Detroit-based customers, they have a local warehouse.

Uh we have a technician on site every day, something that we didn't get with the previous contract.

I I do believe he is a Detroit resident.

That was two years ago, so you know I don't know if he's moved or not, but uh we did as much as we could to enforce that.

Listen, you need to be contributing to the Detroit economy.

Yeah.

Okay.

I don't have any questions.

Any questions from my colleagues?

Discussion.

Discussion, member Benson.

The Teter report discusses efficiencies here, and we can become more efficient, reducing the number of copies, copiers.

Um, and so this contract, is this city?

Why every building copy machine printer comes through this company?

Uh, through the chair, yes, sir.

That is correct.

Every single one.

Uh I will say two.

We have better control and discovery systems in place.

So once we entered with this pause there, discovering systems.

What are discovery systems?

What does that mean?

Uh you can you can put a software on your network that tells you where all the printers are.

Got it.

Okay.

And so do we know where all of our printers are?

Yes.

Yes, we do.

Are they all authorized?

Yes, they are.

Okay.

Yes, they are.

And so but the contract talks about reducing the number to become more efficient.

So, what's the plan there?

Yes, so we've already done that.

So the prior contract was with Canaan.

We actually experienced about a 10% fleet reduction.

Uh so we we walked every single city location where there was a printer.

Uh, and basically calculated there needs to be.

I mean, I'm using an example.

There needs to be 20 people per printer, and so we were able to remove printers from so some locations.

You know, for instance, if you walk down an office hallway and you see two printers, that's one printer too many, you just need one.

So we actually did that work of reducing.

What happened since then is um we had production printers that were failing and they weren't part of the contract.

Traditionally, they were not part of the contract.

So we had media services, for example.

Um, and what happens when they're not under a contract, they don't have a maintenance agreement.

It costs you a lot of money because the manufacturer knows they can charge you whatever you need that printer fixed right away.

And so what we did was we brought everything into uh one agreement with maintenance and training, and that's how we're experiencing the efficiencies.

We're actually spending less per month, even though we have more printers under contract now.

Okay.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Well, thank you, Member Benson.

Any other questions for Mr.

Sledge Mellon?

Okay.

Any anything else you want to add, Mr.

Mellon?

Uh no, ma'am, thank you.

Okay, thank you so much for being with us.

Is there a motion?

Motion is in the formal recommendation to approve.

Any objections?

That action shall be taken.

Thank you, Member Benson.

We are now at line item 10.3, which is under the law department settlement and the lawsuit of level one physical therapy, Damon Fields versus the City of Detroit.

Um D dot.

And uh I don't see oh 45,000.

Is there a motion?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to approve and send to formal line item 10.3.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.4, settlement in the lawsuit of Midwest Mine.

Associates, Renard McCann versus the City of Detroit, D dot.

$7,000.

Is there a motion?

There's a motion to move line item line 10.4 settlement in the lawsuit of Midwest Mine Associates, Renard McCann versus the City of Detroit to formal with the recommendation for approval.

Any objections?

Hearing none that action shall be taken.

Line item now we are under legislative policy policy division line item 10.5 resolution in support of the countrywide public transit investment millage ballot proposal.

City Council President James Tate has requested that LPD draft a resolution in support of the August 2026 Wayne County Transit Millage ballot proposal and the request is attached.

Um discussion discussion.

Um anyone my colleagues have any questions about this or um Mr.

King, is this a receive and file since it is attached?

Uh madam chair, we can move this to formal for approval.

Okay.

Is there a motion since there are is no um discussion?

Is there a motion to move line item 10.5 to formal with a recommendation for approval?

Motion.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

And we are at members' report, and it's 10 minutes to 12.

So members' report.

Your members' report.

Member Miller.

This evening we will have our CDBG training for anyone that's interested in adding their nonprofit to the poll of um applicants for the funding.

The application process opens up in September, and we'll be we will issue five residents have the opportunity to get assistance with the application that's six to eight tonight at the Contadine on Woodward.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you, Member Miller.

Um, I just have one announcement.

It is our citywide blight patrol.

Um, it's an ordinance, and we're asking for volunteers.

You will um get mileage, and this orientation is this Monday, June the 29th at Adams Butzel Rec Center at 1050 Linden Street.

We're asking everyone to come out.

This is not a D2 thing, this is a city thing.

We're asking anyone who is tired of blight, illegal dumping, trash, littering in your neighborhood, to please come to Adams Butzel Rec Center and bring your neighbors, bring your family members with you.

We want to have as many folks there as possible, and we will have our citywide um blight patrol orientation, and we need participants.

Um so that is going to be this Monday from 4 to 6 p.m.

at the Adams Butsoe Rec Center, and the address again is 1050 Linden Street.

Um that concludes my members' report and without objections, if there's nothing else to come before us, is there a motion to adjourn?

Motion.

Okay.

We stand in adjournment.

Thank you.