The Detroit City Council Committee of the Whole met on June 25, 2026, to conduct three public hearings and address multiple items of unfinished and new business. The meeting began with general public comment, followed by hearings on an obsolete property rehabilitation district for a restaurant, a mixed-use development, and a downzoning request. Discussions included workforce development, environmental concerns, and property transfers. Several items were approved, sent to formal session, or deferred for further review.
On today, Thursday, June 25th, 2026. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Councilmember Letitia Johnson present. Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero. Present. Council President Pro Tempera Coleman A. Young the second. Pro Tim did indicate he would be running late. Clerk will so note. Madam Chair, you have a quorum present. Thank you. Having a quorum present. We are now in session. And good morning, Member Santiago Romero. Is there a motion on the minutes? Good morning. Motion to approve. Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken. We are going to move into public comment, general public comment. If you like to make a public comment, please raise your hand. Whether joining us in person or virtually, please raise your hand. Public comment will be cut off at 1006. If you are joining us virtually and would like to make a public comment, please be sure to raise your hand prior to 1007. Prior to 1007. Good morning, Miss Great. How many hands do we have raised virtually? Good morning, madam chair. We currently have six hands raised for virtual public comment. Thank you. And did I see two or three hands in the committee of the whole? Two. If we can please set the clock for two minutes, we'll get started with the individuals that are joining us in person first. Please join us at the table. And we'll get started with the young lady first. Once you are seated, please be sure your microphone is on. Yes. And you're free to start when you're ready. Yes, my name is Pamela Brown. I'm here re uh regarding uh the rezoning. Um and I'm just looking for the SIA. I'm part of the SIA association regarding the rezoning. Um Greenfield Grand River area. And um they have um I've been gone for a while because I had some surgery or whatever, but I'm just coming back, uh, getting back reinst uh, you know, about the rezoning. I support the rezoning due to the fact that that's a um uh it's not supposed to be a zone two, but over the years they uh the companies have came in our neighborhood, and we went up to the zone four dealing with dynamite um concrete company, which we've had many years of trouble and non-compliance from them. So um I was informed that they were gonna um make an attempt to have that area rezoned, and I do appro I I am voting for it to be rezoned because uh my family moved in that area in 1971. Uh just moved mom out seven years ago after 50 years of residency, and I I live in the same area, and uh we've been fighting very hard, the SIA and I trying to get some type of um cleanup or something, especially from Dynamite Sement Company. So the rezoning I totally in support of 100%. All right. Does that conclude your comment? Yes, ma'am.