Monday, June 29th, 2026.

May the work when the clerk please call the roll.

Good morning.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Good morning.

Present.

Councilmember Denzel Anton McCampbell.

Councilmember Mary Waters.

President.

Madam Chair, we have quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Good morning, Member Waters.

We do have quorum, so we'll go right into the agenda for the rest of our time today.

We did receive our minutes from our last session.

If there's a motion to approve.

Motion.

Thank you.

Hearing no objections, we will approve our minutes from our last session.

Uh for chair remarks.

Just want to remind everyone.

Tomorrow we will have an evening community meeting for District 6.

We are going to be at the IBW at 7 p.m.

Again, that's tomorrow, Tuesday, June 30th at 7 p.m.

This is really an opportunity for the public to give public comments to the full council.

So if you would like to come before the full council, we will be at the IBW tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Other than that, we can get into the rest of the agenda for today.

We can go into public comments.

Public comment will stay open until 10.10 a.m.

So if you are online, please raise your hands now for public comments.

And if you're here in person, please raise your hands.

I see one, two people, three, three people here for public comments.

And then again, if you are online, please raise your hands now.

We will begin with the folks that we have here in person first.

Before we turn it over to the folks online.

And if the clerk if the clerk can please note, we've been joined by our vice chair McCampbell.

Clerk will know.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Everyone will have two minutes for public comment this morning.

We'll begin with the folks that we have here online.

We'll begin first with Eden Bloom, followed by Maurice Weeks.

We will put the two-minute clock on the screen.

And then once we have that up, you can begin.

Whenever you're ready.

Okay, thank you.

Good morning.

My name is Eden Bloom.

I live on Cadillac Boulevard, less than a mile from 663 Lycass Street.

On October 28th, 2025, this body will the full committee full council voted 8 to 0 on a resolution introduced by Councilmember Letitia Johnson.

That resolution found that a Vetus had accumulated 18 citations and seven active violations from Eagle, that 64 air complaint investigations documented persistent odor, creating unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.

That fumes particulate matter from this for facility contribute to upper respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in our majority black low-income neighborhoods, and that the fire uh that they had continued and continued violations raised serious public safety concerns.

The resolution directed B seed the law department and the health department to pursue all available enforcement mechanisms before operations resume.

Mayor Mary Sheffield, then serving as council president, also as part of that unanimous vote.

I'm here today because that directive has not been fulfilled.

Damax Holding, the successor to a Vidas appeared before B seed on June 17th, seeking special land use approval to demolish a portion of the existing structure and expand.

The facility that was operating illegally that did not have a valid city permit that burned under undetermined circumstances and released a thousand gallons of oily water into the public street, and they want to come back 50 cent 50% larger.

While Eagle will hold a public hearing, I've consistently had Eagle staff confirm that they only have power over air emissions and that the real power lies with the city.

We're asking council to reaffirm its October 2025 resolution and direct that BC deny or table any approvals until the fire cause is officially determined and publicly disclosed that the law department provide the written opinion.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you for coming down and for letting us know.

We appreciate it.

I will be reaching out to member Johnson after this.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We'll hear now from Maurice Weeks, followed by Ruben Crowley.

And public comments is now cut off for this morning, whenever you're ready.

Good morning, Madam Chair.

So I know this issue isn't on the agenda for today, but I want to add some information to the public record about ShotSpotter.

And I'll start by taking you back to 2021 in Chicago.

And some police footage that was released.

And in the footage, uh, the officer's body worn camera.

Uh he appears behind the wheel about a minute and 44 seconds in.

He pulls over, he jumps out of the vehicle and starts running after someone.

Seconds later, he slams into a person who's walking in the alley, but gets out and continues his pursuit, finds someone.

He jumps out, yells, police, stop, right effing now.

Um, show me your hands, show me your hands.

Uh a 13-year-old boy turns with both of his hands empty.

Um, the officer yells, drop it, and uh shoots immediately.

Um, and the boy crumples to the ground, um, trying to hold himself up.

The officer is heard yelling, shots fired, shots fired, get an ambulance here.

Um, he realizes it's a little boy, so it says, look at me, look at me, are you all right?

He stretches the little boy's body out.

Um, his black Nike sweatshirt was just do it, covered in blood.

Um, that boy, his name was Adam Toledo, he was 13 years old.

Um, the officer was responding to a shot spotter alert, and he came looking for anyone who might appear to potentially be concealing a weapon.

Um, the officer was in a uh adrenaline-filled state, and as soon as Adam Toledo turned around, uh he discharged his weapon.

I really don't want a risk to risk a story like this happening here in the city of Detroit.

Um, this technology uh shot spotter is uh proven to increase the likelihood of these types of incidents.

So uh I'm here asking you and your colleagues, um, hoping that you vote against this contract extension tomorrow.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Mr.

Ruben Crowley, you're up next.

We will then turn it over to the folks that we have online, if you wouldn't mind going ahead and taking the seats.

I will begin your time if you continue to speak, sir.

Just so you know, as soon as you begin to speak, we're gonna begin your time.

Okay.

Now, if any city of Detroit official, elected official comes out their mouth saying that I put out misinformation or disinformation.

I'm gonna sue him.

And I am gonna do that.

Now, Gabrielo Santiago, Romero, you're a liar.

You're on public record lying about the findings on the allegations of voter fraud by anonymous citizen report.

You said you read it on May the 9th, 2024.

That's a lie.

You didn't have it.

And Dennis Winfrey, the one who authored the report that you said that you read, is on Zoom.

April 25th, lying.

Saying she sent to every member of council, the mayor's office, Michael Edward Duggan was the mayor, and the law department.

Comrade Malik Jr., also a member of the Detroit election commission was sitting right beside her when she lied and didn't say a word.

Now, that's fact.

Now, what I've been saying is the truth.

We got absentee ballot fraud and international absentee ballot fraud happening in the city of Detroit.

I made sure and issured the number 47, Donald Trump got the information.

And he's got way more than what I got to him.

Matter of fact, he said it was truckloads of evidence.

I believe him.

He's not lying.

He was cheated on in 2020 here in Detroit, as well as the February 27, 2024 presidential primary election.

Mary Elaine Beckman, whose ballot is still supposed to be at the Detroit Department of Elections, does not have a valid ballot with her signature on it over there at the Detroit Department of Elections, and I ain't lying about Sugar Honey Ice T.

I know what I'm talking about.

The Detroit Thank you, Mr.

Crowley.

I hope you have a good rest of your day.

We will now turn over to the folks that we have online.

Ms.

Khan, how many hands do we have raised?

And who do we have first?

Uh Madam Chair, we have 13 callers online.

And our first caller is ending in phone number 169.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes, we can.

Great.

Um born day girl tomorrow, Cheryl Marie Lyons, disabled registered nurse.

Her legs don't work with multiple sclerosis, whittle, and lost her son in the same week.

And she kept her strength in Jesus, June 28, 1956, and a woman of God was born.

She's now residing at the nursing home of the rivers of Rose Point.

Um, Isaiah 40 verse 31, new international verse, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

They will soar on like wings like eagles.

They will run and not grow weary.

They will walk and not be sink.

Thank you for my time.

Our next caller is Cecily McClellan.

Miss Cecily, if you can hear us, you're up next.

If you're speaking, we cannot hear you.

You have been made a panelist.

You would just have to unmute yourself.

We still cannot hear you, ma'am.

We will have to add you to the bottom of the queue.

We'll come back to you, ma'am.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Alexandria Trombley.

Good morning.

Can you hear me okay?

Yes, good morning.

Okay, great.

You know, my uh my name's Alexandria.

I'm a trauma researcher here in Detroit.

My job day in and day out is to uh be an expert on data and understand what evidence tells us and then what decisions we should make from there.

And that's one of the reasons it's been so difficult to see the way that DPD has approached their request for more of our tax dollars to extend the shot spotter contract.

Um either they have been unprepared with you know with no data, or uh the data that they do bring really do not support the claims that they're making.

And we actually have ample data to support the fact that the CVI groups, uh both in Detroit and around the country as a whole, are doing a really great job at not only just reacting to crime, right, but preventing crime, which is really the goal.

Um so I urge you in tomorrow's uh broader council meeting to uh to vote no on extending the shot spotter contract and to use the money that's already been appropriated in the budget for this contract to reinvest in the CVI groups that uh our data and our evidence tell us are uh responsible for the decrease in crime that we've seen in Detroit in recent years.

And I just want to thank you for the pushback that you've brought um to Chief Bettison and you know, and really asking questions about what it is that the data he's brought you do and and don't support because I think once we start doing that, it's it's really clear that the evidence just does not support uh a renewal of the contract, it supports investing in um proactive action in our communities, which CBI groups of Detroit have done a beautiful job of.

Thank you, and I'll yield the rest of my time.

Thank you.

Our next caller is Ms.

Betty A.

Verner.

Good morning to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Brown, the president of the Soda Els World Black Association.

If you are a senior or you're disabled, and you um live in your home and you want to remain in your home and you need help, you don't want to be in a nursing home.

There is a program at DAA, Detroit Area A to C for the aging.

Call my MI Choice waiver.

Again, that's my MI Choice waiver.

You would call uh the organization at 313 446 4444.

31346, 4444.

What is unique about this program?

This program allows people who are not normally eligible through the state for Medicaid.

Uh, I have found that uh the majority of the uh programs that we have in uh the city of Detroit in the state, you must be eligible for Medicaid.

If you're not eligible for Medicaid, you cannot receive help.

Well, this program will allow you to earn, I believe it's 2600 a month or 2900.

I'm going by memory.

Um I'm not I don't have my paperwork in front of me.

But if you earn 2600 or 2900 a month and no more, you are eligible for Medicaid.

There is a federal program that is set up to keep seniors and people who are disabled in their home.

They come out, they do an assessment, and they provide you whatever is needed for you to stay in your home.

And that could include some home repairs, but don't call, ask them for home repairs.

They're gonna say they don't do that.

Get in the program and then get what you need.

Thank you for this time.

Our next caller is William M.

Davis.

Uh good morning, can I be heard?

Yes, good morning.

Okay, I like to start off by thanking uh uh yesterday was my birthday.

I got over a thousand Facebook greetings uh on Facebook and LinkedIn and phone calls and texts.

I like to say thank you to all those people.

I'm very pleased that so many people responded to my birthday.

Uh, secondly, I would like to let the church active retired employee association know that we will not be meeting this Wednesday.

Um, because uh our good friend and um comrade uh Rudy, you know, Randolph Rudy, uh Malcolm passed recently.

And in fact, he was at the retiree task force.

He's been uh an active member.

In fact, he had like a shirt, you know, a red shirt and a hat uh for the group.

Uh also as it relates to the fact that, and he, you know, he's he's a community activist.

You know, you he did a bunch of years at DOT and fact he was in leadership with the union on that side too.

But uh also, you know, I think we need to be looking at where we put our money at.

Uh I don't think we're getting any good bang for our bucks by extending spot shopping.

Uh I think far too often we need to be doing more things to make more of our police officers more used and more accustomed to uh doing stuff with and for our city.

Uh, far too many of our officers are not from the city of Detroit, never lived in the city of Detroit, and uh very, very scary.

You know, so they're ready to pull their gun and shoot very quickly.

And you know, if they go into an area they think there was a shots fired, most of them are young and do not know our city and our people.

You know, so I think we need to be looking at how our resources are spent.

If anything, we need to be spending more money to encourage more Detroiters to be on the Detroit Police Department.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Burton, and happy belated birthday.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Brother Cunningham.

Brother Cunningham, you're up next.

Hello.

We can hear you.

Hello.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can.

Okay, good morning.

I thought you didn't like me for a second.

Last week I gave the three shirts for waters and for Darrell McCampbell and yourself.

I called uh Council McCamp McCampbell on another note and asked him, did he enjoy the shirts?

And he said he never got them.

It is what it is.

But I do appreciate your office and you giving out two minutes.

313, 444, 9114, 313, 444, 9114, 313, 444, 911.

That number was made so you can remember it.

Um, if anyone wants uh literature about the transit, uh the transportation transit millage, call that number, I'll text to you or deliver it to you.

Actually, right now we're going to Chicago for the Obama Museum Library.

Um, they got the tickets and then they invited me to come.

So I greatly appreciate that, God's good.

And just know that poor folks like me that do good work, God looks out.

It might be little things, but God looks out, and no weapon formed against me shall prosper.

Any time the rise of the judgment thou shall condemn.

Also, the word says, touch not God's anointed.

If there was service, Cunningham, no harm.

Karma has hit before the powerful people, and Kerma will hit again.

Uh entrapping a person or bullying a person.

You can be law enforcement and bully people.

You can be clergy and bully people and control folks.

If you want mercy, you gotta show mercy.

So again, please vote yes on the millers.

Thank you, council, for having that resolution.

Um thank you, Brother Cunningham, and I got confirmation.

Uh both my colleagues received your t-shirts.

Um, huge thank you to Lisa from Warriors and Wheels, who gifted us all um agent shirts, but we were able to receive it.

They did receive it.

So just so you know.

Um, we love you, sir.

Um, anything do you want to say anything else, Vice Chair?

Uh thank you, Madam Chair.

Brother Cunningham, yes, thank you.

Did get the shirt.

You know, when we spoke, I had just not been to the office yet to get it.

So they get it.

Thank you so much.

Appreciate you.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is owner Papa.

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

Yes, good morning.

Uh, happy belated birthday, uh, Mr.

Davis.

I am against the shot spotter because it has not assisted in reducing or solving any of the crime in the city, and it's a waste of our tax dollars.

We could use the two million dollars to um advance a program for use for conflict resolution.

They do help to teach young people how to resolve their issues, and that's really what we need to focus on.

Them resolving their own issues, not uh policing them or um surveilling them.

Uh, I see there's a detention center, $7 million for uh medical supplies.

No one really told us the price of the detention center that we were taking over, and I'm not sure if the public really understands the amount of money that is going to be spent for um maintaining the detention center.

And it's interesting that uh Miss Romero, you don't want detention centers for your children, nor do you want um agencies to police your people.

But it was interesting that um Chief Bettis, when he spoke, said that he had called out the FBI, the every agency alphabet agency you can think of to release our children on fireworks night.

And out of that night, he got 180 children detained, where he uh where we we we're gonna get money for fines.

And I I find it very disturbing that we we are we're utilizing people's condition to make money, and that's really what this is.

This is a money-making um and and uh endeavor where you're going to violate people and then charge them and then charge their parents um in a in an environment where this is really not uh warranted.

Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Husan.

I I agree with you.

That's why I voted no on the curfew, ma'am.

Um, so I'm I'm right there with you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is J Dante Smith.

Good morning.

I want to say uh happy bloody birthday to William Davis.

Uh Conrad Mallet needs to go, no shot spotter, uh, because shot spotter saved 11 lives in 365 days.

There were 31 calls that were alerted by shot spotter as well.

Um, that were alerted by shot spotter.

21 were accompanied by civilian cost of police, so only 11 calls were uh used where shot spotter saved the day theoretically.

So uh to mayor said I'm looking forward to this meeting.

We have a long-standing relationship, and I know you will I know you will.

You know me well enough to know that I'll be consistently persistent about Chronos uh and get another meeting.

We put in a meeting request.

See you soon.

Also, shout out to your district manager in District 4 and uh district five, Taylor Harrell and Keith Butler, they got your back.

You should ask them about the story.

Uh James to council member Tate, Council President Tate, uh, Councilwoman Miller, Councilwoman Callaway.

Look forward to meeting with you in the Detroit Ham Tramic Coalition about Chronos Concrete.

Also, the Maroons have a horrible deal with the city to pretty much control our port, and the port authority uh is rendered helpless in this deal uh from a deal that was done 15 years ago under the Kwame Kilpatrick administration.

Ed Whitaker, who was around that long ago, 20 plus years, uh helped to do this deal as an as a lawyer, and that's why he made the comments he made last week about uh crossing your T's and dying your eyes with the Maroons as an entity.

Also, district three is in as bad, bad of shape as it has been ever.

And we they just lost their district manager, Kayana Sessions has left.

Uh, also, I'll be headed downtown soon to visit the inspector general, and I'll go to Boston Family Center to visit the board of ethics due to some slanderous comments made made on me uh by city council staffer.

Um I'll make sure I bring my witnesses.

Also, the contaminated dirt and catastrophe has been swept under the rug in this in the city of Detroit.

I've been going around documenting some of these holes.

Some of these holes are not even fully uh being taken out, so some they're not being fully remediated, they're only taking out portions of some of these holes.

Some of these holes you can tell the the entire circumference of where the house used to be has been taken out, but some holes are not even they're not even uh being done properly, and also I would advise everybody on city council to ride past 3405 uh again.

Our next caller is disappointed with about solar Miss Warwick.

If you can hear us, you're up next.

Miss Warwick, if you're seeing it.

Good morning, man.

Yes, we can hear you now.

Okay, they didn't say my whole name.

I'm also disappointed in the non-inclusive master plan update process.

Uh, it should be done by neighborhoods.

Uh it's like the disparity of and well, the secrecy going around about who they're meeting with.

Miss Conneckey she came up and said, We're meeting with stakeholders.

I wrote her, I said, Who are the stakeholders?

She wouldn't say.

Then she said, 'You want to suggest some stakeholders?

How about youth or or seniors?' I said, 'How about residents in the neighborhoods where they live?' So very disappointing.

And if you try and do a rest jab during the summer, shame on all of you.

Shame on all of you.

Also, I noticed you reply to Mr.

Cunningham, but which is great.

I have asked repeatedly, why do some people in the targeted solar areas get housing upgrades, but the rest of us residents do not when there is no community benefits agreement.

Please answer that question.

I'm very disappointed, member Waters and Young about your lack of constituent services.

I'm not saying I'm your only constituent, but very disappointed in all of that.

And you're upset about people losing their house to uh the nuisance illegal illegal land bank takings, but you know, what about this solar stuff?

Anyway, uh, member Callaway, I see your memo about DAH and waiving blight fines.

Yeah, if we hadn't blown so much money on reckless demolitions, we could have been helping people fix their houses and making them more energy efficient.

But also, what about the fact that when the when DAH cannot prove that they properly serve someone, then their tickets should be dismissed.

It shouldn't be that I find out about grass allegedly too long by getting a collection notice in the mail, but was never ever resent the ticket.

It wasn't placed on the site like it was supposed to be.

Sheffield's D5 staff totally dropped the ball, wouldn't look into it.

I've asked other people to help look into it, but I don't get a response.

Thank you, Miss Warwick.

I will say when you put a very long name on Zoom, it's hard to read it all.

So we may not be able to see it all.

So just a note if we don't read the full name, we sometimes can't see it.

Who do we have next?

Madam Chair, we have four callers left, and our next caller is Renard Monchunski.

Renard, if you can hear us, you are a panelist.

Yes, I can hear you.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Good morning, madam chair and honorable members.

Um calling um as an organizer with Detroit's platform of the transit justice team.

And um, I also want to uh wish a belated birthday to Willie Davis, uh wonderful uh public servant and uh of people uh really appreciate what he does.

Um, most of the four was my comment.

I wanted to ask this body uh an honest question.

It's gonna be 90 degrees for the next couple of days, and you know, there's some you know, some people have complained about barriers going into the transit centers, but there's security.

That's all been talked about.

That's not even the scope of what I'm about to ask.

If I see someone lying on the sidewalk or buying on grass or under a tree, and it's 90 something degrees outside, and I'm concerned about their well-being and health because I'm not one to walk past someone and act like they're not there if they're in a state of distress.

Who do I call?

I'm not calling 911 because of the comments from everyone that I agree with earlier in this call, just as a resident.

But who do I call once someone is obviously dehydrated?

Who would take them to a cooling center and give them water?

I don't want to call 911 and then they get thrown into a detention center or precinct or jail just because they're you know indangent and poor or just on bad times and may not have a shirt on and they're they need water.

So who do I call?

And that really concerns me because I am not someone that's just gonna walk past someone if someone's suffering.

I'm what you call a good Samaritan.

That's just central to my faith.

And it's not even that, it's just a human being.

And this is a public health and safety issue for the next you know couple of days.

So my thing is well, the bus is suspend fares for those individuals seeking some sort of respite and court as well.

I understand that fares have to be collected per ordinance, but who do I call?

Honestly, because I'm disturbed about what may happen if we don't have an emergency system.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I have some thoughts.

I'll share once we've heard from everyone.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Rochella Stewart.

Good morning.

Good morning.

My name is Rosella Stewart, and I was calling uh, you know, well, want to say happy belated birthday to Mr.

William Davis.

We all love you, Mr.

Davis.

Um, and I do want to say, you know, uh couldn't have do give out water uh at the bus stops at the transit centers.

I know that's not all over town.

Uh we could have it where you could let so many people on these buses doing these hot times, but I want to get to what I was calling for.

I'm calling about that toxic soil that's been in the dilemmas demolition sites.

Over five years ago, they demoed a house next door to me.

I've been trying to get the lot for those five years.

But as of August of 2024, I went to a mandated mayor meeting with Mayor Duggan.

I took three bags of sand from three different lots that was in my neighborhood.

All the lots that have been demoed at this time has not been up for sale as sad lots.

As uh I had presented those to Duggan at that time, about a month and a half later, it was a man next door at the lot digging up to get soil from out that demolition site.

We do know that we have contaminated soil in those sites as of now with cancer causing agents and other things.

My thing is is when are these lots gonna be filled with the right dirt?

Because when they were telling the house down beside me, I kept calling and saying they're doing it wrong, they're doing it wrong.

I called and kept saying it's steel, it's rocks, it's all kind of things in these soils that they taken out of these demolition sites for these demolition houses.

So my thing is how soon are these lots gonna be put back together with the right soil?

Because I don't know, I'm 68 years old.

Is it gonna take before I die to get the lot next door to me that I've been trying to get for five years?

Maybe you can give me some answers on how soon they're gonna start uh resoling these lots.

Uh thank you and have a blessed day.

Good job.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, ma'am.

Uh, I will get to these at the end of public comments.

Who do we have next?

Our last caller is Mr.

Foster before we go back to the top of the queue.

Okay, Mr.

Foster, if you can hear us, you're up next.

Good morning through the um chair, a couple of things.

First, an item agenda item um 6.15.

I see that there's a grant for youth gang prevention and things.

Um the city having a knowledge that there's a problem yet.

And so to be receiving any grants without first acknowledging that you have a problem, I think, is uh it's necessary.

Secondly, um the city has not promoted any gang denunciation.

All of the money that's been paid to these folks have been given to them in their current status as being active and other things.

And so I don't think that certain people, if they haven't denounced already, should be contributing or be a part of something that's gonna be preventive and proactive.

And so I'll just like to know how do they plan to use these.

Okay, Mr.

Foster.

Um, I don't think you can hear us if you fell off, but we've stopped uh hearing your comments, and it sounds like we have lost you.

Um, so let's go to our final caller.

If Mr.

Foster joins again, we can have him join us, but if not, uh, we will have to move on.

Um, our final caller is Cecily McClellan.

Thank you uh very much.

This is Cecily McClellan uh with We the People of Detroit.

First, I'd like to give my prayers and blessings to the family of Ruth of Marco, who was a retiree of the city of Detroit and a fighter for a restoration uh of retirees benefits.

Uh also to another citizen warrior.

Uh, happy birthday, Mr.

William Davis.

I'm very much concerned about the number of people now that have been uh that may not maybe facing water shutoffs.

Uh we haven't heard the number of people that are shut off since uh December.

Um there were is almost 30,000 people on the Detroit Lifeline program.

That program was uh terminated, and now that number has been reduced down to less than 5,000 or about 5,000.

We need an ordinance and a commitment from the city of Detroit that uh all citizens will be given affordable water.

Currently, the water department is reporting about 17,000 individuals that have not been able to keep up with their easy pay program.

And that's the alternative.

Many of those people were on Detroit Lifeline.

And so now we're we don't know exactly the number, but we do know that there has to be, you know, uh hundreds of uh Detroit residents because uh they were on the Detroit Lifeline program, no longer able to afford their water.

We need the city to make a commitment.

We need this committee to be supportive of an ordinance that will uh ensure that low-income residents, fixed income residents who have the dignity of having access to clean, safe, and affordable water, and it will always be at uh approximately two to three percent of their annual income.

And having an ordinance or this committee back there will be one step in the right direction of ensuring that we have a commitment uh to protect water shutoffs from borders.

Thank you.

Were we joined by Mr.

Foster again?

Madam Chair, that is the last caller.

Okay, thank you.

And I do know that we had some folks join us after I closed public comments.

I apologize.

I need to keep it fair.

Um, and what I will do now is answer to a few of the questions.

Um Miss Cecily, if you wouldn't mind sharing the water ordinance that I know we, the people of Detroit have been working on um with this committee with my office that we would be happy to review, um, talk with the administration.

I believe in the past um these efforts have failed, and I want to understand why.

Um, why was that the case?

Is it too hard?

Is it possible?

Uh, but just want to get a better understanding.

You can share that uh ordinance with our office um at councilmember Gabriella at Detroit Mi.gov.

Gabriella G A B R I E L A.

Uh, when it comes to the lot remediation, uh, I know that this is a huge concern for many of us.

Uh City Council did recently approve a contract so that we were able to to begin to remediate um the sites that we know are contaminated.

Uh, the city has gone through a number of testing.

We know the sites that need to be uh that need to be cured, and we are in the beginning process of doing that work.

I don't know the timeline for all that.

All I know is that we approved the contract, and I'm going to assume that we're beginning that work.

Um, so that is underway.

And Renard to your questions, which are very valid questions around who do we call when our neighbors are in need.

Um, if we don't want to call the police, um, frankly, this is something that we have been trying to create these systems of care.

And when I uh talked with uh Den Chief Um White about a coal response model, um, I was thinking of it being outside of police, co-responding with police.

Um, but frankly, our our core response model here in the city of Detroit begins with police.

Um, so it's very hard for us to get to that place um where we have an entity that we can call.

Um, but this is why I believe our coal response models should start with the fire departments, so that you are being received by EMS or by first responders that are focused in and medical response.

Um, and really, Renard, it's gonna take your calls, other calls from the residents asking that we do that for that to happen.

Um, but I completely agree.

We we need a a system of care, and we need to we need someone that we can call outside of police um if we were to find ourselves with a neighbor that is either um overdosed or um overheated or whatever the case may be.

Um, thank you for lifting that up.

That's something that I know we need to work on as well.

Um I believe that is it.

If there's not there are no other comments, Vice Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um, I don't know if uh Mr.

Washington or Miss Sullivan is on, but if by the end of the meeting, if we can just get someone on to talk about the plan for cooler centers and such for this week as well.

Yes, thank you for bringing that up.

I failed to mention that.

Um, I do know that our rec centers, a lot of our libraries are open, but the idea of free fares for the week for our buses is a really good idea.

Um, so I know that the administration is listening, if you wouldn't mind when it comes down to member reports sharing out what the cooling center plan is for the city.

We'd appreciate it.

Okay, if there's nothing else, I will move us along then to the rest of the agenda under unfinished business.

5.1.

This is a dangerous buildings findings and orders for June 9th, 2023.

This uh can be received and filed without objection.

5.1 will be received and filed.

Thank you.

Hearing no objections.

5.1 will be received and filed.

5.2.

This is a memo relative to a resolution requesting information on data center usage.

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

Motion to bring back in one week.

Hearing no objections, 5.2 will be brought back in one week.

5.3 is a memo relative to a request for an ordinance concerning waivers for black fines and fees by the departments of appeals and hearings.

We have been asked to bring this back in two weeks.

Motion to bring back in two weeks.

Hearing no objections, 5.3 will be brought back in two weeks.

This is an ordinance regarding federal overreach.

If there's a motion to discuss, motion to discuss.

Thank you, Vice Chair, for those wondering.

Uh, we have been working on policies uh to limit ice activities on city-owned property.

There are two versions that we are looking at at my office right now.

Um we are going to review and then hopefully soon.

Um our next step would be to review this with a lot of our immigrant right groups.

Um the the organizations that that are doing a lot of the legal work as well.

Um, because I want to make sure whatever we push through is helpful to those most impacted being our undocumented immigrants.

Um, so hopefully we will have more information on this soon, and we'll be we will be um socializing this with um our residents.

Uh we need to bring this back TBD if there's a motion to do so.

Motion to bring back TBD.

Hearing no objections, 5.4 will be brought back TBD.

5.5 and 5.6 are two mem uh ordinances.

5.5.

This is the ordinance, this is for an introduction and and setting up a public hearing for an introduction regarding excuse me, an ordinance regarding requiring pre-sale inspections.

And 5.6 is a memo regarding our bubble zone ordinance.

We are requesting that these both be brought back TBD.

Motion to bring back thank you.

5.5 and 5.6 will be brought back TBD.

Um, for both of these items, we are reviewing getting these ready to bring these back and present.

For 5.7, this is a memo relative to a request for a report concerning vandalized fire hydrants.

We've been asked to bring this back in a week.

Motion.

Hearing no objections, 5.7 will be brought back in one week.

We are in new business under the Office of Contracting and Procurement.

6.1.

This is emergency contracts for emergency demo.

This is contract number 3091703.

This is using 100% bond funding.

This is for residential demolition of 3035 Holberts.

The contractors DMC consultants, they're in Detroit, and this will be for 32,319.

If there is a motion to discuss motion, thank you, Member Waters.

Uh to my colleagues, I did reach out to our director last week regarding prioritization of demolitions.

Um, he did not oppose to a resolution coming from this council asking that we prioritize uh the buildings that we deem dangerous uh to the point where they are about to collapse.

Um I would like to before moving on approvals, it makes sense to me that we figure that out first.

Um so I was gonna ask to bring 6.1 back.

Um, try to get through that process soon.

Um, but when we spoke, he agreed.

Uh we have limited money on demolitions in general, um, and we need to figure out what we're gonna prioritize.

So just wanted to share that update with you all.

Uh, see if you have any thoughts, but I I figured we can bring 6.1 back in one week.

Motion.

There's a motion, any discussion?

Discussion.

Discussion, vice chair.

I would just say, Madam Chair, thank you for having that conversation.

Thank you to the director.

Um, it sounds like we are aligned there.

So yeah, I I agree with that.

And thank you to both you and uh member waters for bringing that up as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you both.

All right.

So there's a motion to bring 6.1 back in one week.

Hearing no objections, this body will bring this back in one week.

For six points two, this is contract number six zero zero seven eight three zero utilizing the hundred percent city funding.

This is to provide HVAC services for D dot facilities.

The contractor is to STEM corporation, they are in Auburn Hills.

This is a three-year contract at 1,800,000.

And this will be uh for construction and demolition.

Is there a motion to approve with discussion six points two?

Motion.

Thank you, Member Waters.

Any items for discussion.

I just have one question.

Um, if we can move, I believe we should be joined by Nick Payne uh or Raquel Harrington should be able to answer brief questions on this contract if we have them with us.

Madam Chair, I'm working to promote Raquel Harrington.

Thank you.

And then if there's a Raymond Green, um, they might be able to answer the question as well.

I just have one.

Uh Madam Chair, just waiting for them to be promoted to panelists.

I only see uh Miss Raquel Harrington online.

Okay, thank you.

Miss Harrington, whenever you've joined us, if you wouldn't mind stating your name and title for the public.

Madam Chair, it looks like she okay, she's rejoining.

Thank you.

Good morning, good morning.

If you wouldn't mind sitting your name and title for the the public.

Raquel Harrington, Press Secretary, Construction and Demolition Department.

Thank you for joining us, ma'am.

I just have one quick question.

Uh so we are discussing 6.2.

This is the HVAC services for D DOT facilities.

Um, just wondering, um, not sure if you have a lot of information regarding the procurement process, but uh if you wouldn't mind sharing with us the bids that were received and why we went with Auburn Hills.

Um, I know we're trying really hard to bring a lot of services in-house or in the city proper.

So if you wouldn't mind just sharing with us that process if you if you have any information on that.

Unfortunately, I do not have that information.

I would have to defer to OCP with that.

Okay.

And then I don't believe, I think Raymond Green is either OCP or LPD.

Um if he's on with us, he should be able to answer these questions.

Madam Chair.

Yep.

Um, I'm not seeing him.

Okay.

So then he has not um is not on with us.

I will we can move this out.

Um, I'm going to assume based on what we always hear from OCP is that we've gone through our procurement process.

Madam Chair.

Oh, yes.

Um, I'm seeing uh Mr.

Nick Payne joining us as a panelist.

Okay, thank you.

Maybe Nick will know more.

Thank you, Ms.

Khan.

Good morning.

Uh through the chair, Nick Payne, uh planning and strategy manager for the construction demolition department.

Good morning.

Thank you for joining us.

Um, were you able to hear my lines of questions?

I believe I heard the one was regarding um the selection of the vendor.

Correct.

If you wouldn't mind just sharing with us a little bit more, um, as you know, this council is trying to bring things city proper, and it's just helpful to know what the process was like trying to um get these services.

Yeah.

So for uh when we bid out our general funded um facility maintenance contracts, uh, we do go through an evaluation process where we review each uh vendor's proposals.

Uh the department's allocated uh 65 points uh to establish um an evaluation criteria.

Oftentimes this evaluation criteria uh includes evaluating a vendor's previous experience, the reference documents, their capacity, their labor rates, their price proposals, um, and things of that nature.

Uh the remaining 35 points are allocated for the CREO's certifications, uh, such as, like you mentioned, the Detroit Bait based businesses, Detroit headquartered businesses, and uh the other CREO certifications that vendors can apply for and include in their bid.

Uh so we had a consensus evaluation uh for it looks like my apologies.

We had one, two, three, four, five uh bidders respond to this RFP.

Uh the department uh held its evaluation for the 65 points based on the vendors, previous experience references, capacity and price, and then OCP applied the equalization credits for uh you know the Detroit-based information.

Um, and as a result of that evaluation, uh Sys Temp received uh the most points uh during the evaluation.

Okay, thank you.

Madam Chair, yes.

Also joined by a member of OCP.

Thank you.

If you wouldn't mind uh stating your name and title for the public.

Good morning.

Eric Cooper, Office of Contracting Procurement.

Good morning, Mr.

Cooper.

Anything else that you would like to share?

No, actually, Nick did a very good job of uh explaining the uh the OCP process, but definitely uh this was an RP.

We had five respondents and uh just had Nick had responded where um SysTEP was the highest ranked.

Um and um you know equalization credits were actually utilized across all the vendors that did submit that uh documentation.

So okay.

Were any of the other five vendors Detroit-based?

Let me take a quick C.

Uh we did have uh two uh two others that were Detroit-based uh vendors as well.

Two out of the five.

Okay.

Um and then these are annual HVAC services.

Um something for us to also consider as we're talking to um local vendors and providers to look at these kinds of contracts as well and to prepare um to bid.

Um I don't believe that we receive that level of detail.

Um, at least I'm not seeing that in my notes.

If you wouldn't mind sharing the information with the vendors again, um just again, as we are encouraging folks to um gain capacity to to do this kind of contracts, it'll just be good to see what's being asked and what's being submitted.

Absolutely, we will do.

Okay, thank you.

Are there any other questions, Vice Chair?

Thank you, Mount Chair.

Good morning.

Um question on the um the number of Detroiters that are employed by it um system.

Do we know I'll have to take a look at that and see through the chair?

I'll have to take a look at that and okay.

Uh and also Mount Chair, as you mentioned the uh desire to bring some of this in-house, just wondering for construction and demolition for these type of services.

Has there been any discussion on establishing positions for HVAC services across um our building inventory through the chair?

Um the department has limited staff capacity to perform uh a moderate amount of services.

Um, however, the department manages uh asset inventory of over 140 plus commercial buildings uh within the city of Detroit in order to perform all the annual preventative maintenance, startup shutdown services, repairs, filter changes, belt replacements, et cetera.

Um, quite difficult for us to bring everything totally in house.

Um, especially when you know spring and fall comes and and every uh building wants you know their AC or heat turned on.

For sure.

Uh we don't want to have any delays uh performing our services.

So uh a lot of these services would likely need to remain contracted out at some or most capacity in order to meet the level of service uh asked of us each and every day.

Gotcha.

Yep, definitely understand that it's a large task, and wanting to make sure folks are safe and comfortable in the buildings with HVAC.

Um I'm just thinking though, you know, for this with this is just for just the number of facilities would do that um is 1.8 million dollars.

So we're thinking about how much that would be.

So I know this is three years, so um let's say 600k per year.

I'm just thinking about is that comparable to us hiring um full-time folks to do that work uh with that breakdown with that cost there because I might submit a memo on this.

I would love to know how much we are paying throughout all of the contracts that we have around HVAC, because you know, as we're weighing to either contract out or have an in-house, I would imagine that the cost may be um tell the story there.

So I understand that this is a large test, but as we're thinking about contracting services and in-house and also you know, the city being able to employ Detroiters and then get them full-time work.

I would say that it's something worth exploring.

May not be all of the HVAC services, but um this is something that we know will be needed each and every year throughout the year.

So it may be good to start exploring how we bring some of it in house.

All right, and um, Mr.

Cooper, whenever if you don't have it right now, but if we could just get the information before we uh consider it at the table at formal, that would be great.

Um thank you through the chair.

Uh based upon the information that I'm seeing.

Um, they do have one um Detroit resident that will be working on this specific project.

Thank you.

Uh, through the chair.

Um, okay, one and how many total flows will be on the project.

Um that information I do not have.

I do have just uh I'll see if I can't find that information as well.

All right, thank you.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Any other questions?

There was a motion to approve with discussion.

Are there any objections?

Hearing on 6.2 will be sent to formal with the recommendation to approve, and we'll be on the lookout for that information.

Okay.

Thank you, guys.

Moving us along to 6.3.

This is contract number 6007 three eight one.

This is utilizing 85% grant funding and 15% city funding.

This will be to provide tethered drones maintenance and supports.

The contractor is Dings Partners Group LLC.

They are located in Amboy, Illinois.

This will be 327,000 at 558 and 90 cents, and this will be for fire.

I'm going to request a one week bring back.

I did meet with FIRE last week.

I have not had the opportunity to review the information.

If there's a motion to discuss, thank you.

Sorry.

Um, I also know that DPD is currently looking at drones as well.

I think it makes sense that we wait to have the full drone conversation all together.

I know that um fire needs to get their um contract approved um as soon as possible to be able to utilize the grants that they have, and that I am committed to getting this out as soon as possible.

I just need the week to review.

Um, and just want to make a note um from my colleagues that this is coming down the pipeline.

So everyone prepare, be aware of what's going on because we are going to be asked uh for approvals of these drones soon for both fire and police.

Um just wanted to make that note um and ask for one bringing back a one-week bring back.

I'm not sure if it's any other discussions or questions that folks want to ask now.

No, okay motion to bring back in one week.

Thank you.

Uh, we will be bringing back 6.3 in one week.

6.4.

This is contract number 6004932, amendment number two, utilizing 100% grant funding.

This is to provide an extension of time and increase of funds for fiduciary and management services for housing opportunities for people with AIDS.

The contractor is Southeastern Michigan Health Association.

They are located in Detroit.

This will go through the amended time through June, excuse me, through May 31st of 2027.

We are adding uh the numbers are pretty funny here.

It's 3,333,333 for 33 cents.

Um, so we're adding this amounts to the contract, um, which would bring our our total contract at 13,333,333.

This will be for the health departments.

Is there a motion to discuss or approve six points four motion to approve?

There's a motion to approve.

There was a request for new business.

Motion to send to no business.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none.

Will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.5.

This is contract number 6007352, amendment number one utilizing 100% general funding.

This will the amendment will be to renew the medical services at Detroit Detention Center.

The contractor here is Park Pharmacy.

They are located in Girls Point.

This will extend their time through July 30th of 2027 and would increase their amounts to it would increase their amount by 3,672,210, bringing their total contract to 7,044,420.

If there's a motion to discuss, motion to discuss.

Thank you, Vice Chair to my colleagues.

We did receive what services are provided by park pharmacy, but I would like to see if there have been any complaints, any concerns uh before we renew this.

So we did ask uh DPD for information, hoping to receive that back this week to get this through.

Um, but that's something I'm asking and asking for one week bring back.

Not sure if it's any other questions or concerns or ideas, Vice Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Uh I'm looking forward to that information as well.

I am wondering, um I can look at the procurement information, but uh no it was brought up during public comment, but is this something that once we took over the detention center that this we incurred this cost, or is this a cost that we've always had to pay, even when the state ran the facility?

Um, but also has there been any conversation on um expand like expanding the health department to provide the services or such um and that as well.

So I don't know.

I I'm happy to submit that for questions to the department, but um, or maybe we have it at the I'll submit it as a question.

Uh then we can have that discussion once it's brought back.

But I just wanted to state those for the record.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

I'm also curious to know.

Um, so if you do submit that, um, hopefully we get the responses back this week, and we can share that information with the public next week.

Thank you.

If there's a motion to bring back 6.5 in one week, motion thank you.

Hearing no objection 6.5 will be brought back in one week.

6.6, 6.7 and 6.8.

Nope, excuse me.

6.6 and 6.7.

These are transportation contracts.

6.6.

This is contract number 600 7791, utilizing 100% FTA funding.

This is to provide bus wrap repairs.

The contractor here is ACU form.

They're located in Detroit.

This will go through October 16th, 2029, and the total contract will be 360,000.

And again, this will be for transportation.

And 6.7 is contract number 6007 eight seven three, utilizing 100% city funding to provide concrete work as needed for bus shelters and stops.

Contractor is the diamond firm located in Detroit.

This is a three-year contract at 421,350.

Is there a motion to discuss or approve 6.6 and 6.7?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6.6 and 6.7 will be approved.

Central formal with the recommendation to approve.

And 6.8 is a contract for our water and sewage departments.

This is contract number 6004444.

Amendment number four.

This is to provide an increase of funds and extension of time for hard surface restoration repairs.

The contractor's major contracting group, they are located in Detroit.

This extends their contract through December 30th of 2026.

It'll increase it by 7 million, bringing this total contract to 50, excuse me, to 46 million.

And this again would be for the water and sewage departments.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss or approve or discussion?

6.8.

Motion to approve.

Are there any objections?

Discussion.

Discussion, Vice Chair.

Just had a um actually, if there is somebody from the department here, I just have a question on methods around double checking this work because we've had and I've had this conversation with the department, but um we've had some folks with some of the projects have some concerns around the timeliness of the surface repair.

We should be uh we should have Sonali Patel on.

If so, we can make her panelists.

So is Marquisha Welch if they're on with us, Madam Chair, they're being moved to panelists.

Thank you.

And once you've joined us, if you wouldn't mind stating your name and title for the public.

Good morning, madam chair, and through the chair, council members.

Sonali Patel, director of public affairs at the Detroit Water and Sewage Department, and Miss Welch is also on the call.

Good morning.

Mark Reshabal's procurement.

Thank you.

Thank you both for joining us.

I'll turn it over to Vice Chair.

Good good morning.

Um, and yes, thank you for joining us.

And uh Miss Patil, I know we you are very responsive when we reach out and and for information and get the issues rectified, but just wondering um since we are adding um a significant amount to these contracts, just the discussions about um you know, just making sure that the work is done uh initially with the contractor, and I know there isn't you all have inspectors that go out and double check, but just wanted to see if there's been any further discussions on tiny up that um aspect because you know we've we've gone a few complaints about the work or the timeliness of the work.

Absolutely, council member.

I appreciate those questions.

Um, this contract really is for the emergency repairs that we complete throughout the city, so it's a little different than some of the projects we've spoken about recently, where we are going down a street with a planned water main project, and maybe we're on the street for three or four months during construction.

Unlike those projects, this contract is for when we have an emergency repair.

Um, most of which are for water main breaks or service line breaks that we're repairing.

So, for example, if there's a water main break today on Apple Line Street, um, the crew will go out, they'll make that emergency repair to ensure that water service is restored, and then they temporarily backfill the trench that they had to excavate.

So let's say if it's a six foot by six foot trench in the roadway, they'll fill it back with asphalt temporarily, and then we'll return to do the permanent concrete and asphalt restoration.

And so um uh concrete restoration is primarily done April or May weather dependent through October, November weather dependent.

Um, so this contract is especially important for all the work we do in the winter month that we then have to start back up in the spring to restore permanently.

Um, so for example, this past winter we had a pretty brutal frigid uh winter that caused an uptick in water main breaks more than normal.

Um, so we've been working diligently to get through the backlog of all of those temporarily restored areas to get the roadways or sidewalks back to normal, and we're almost caught up with those.

Um so that we are as on an aggressive timeline as possible to get the areas restored.

Got it.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

And uh just for um public that are listening in, if they're what is the best way to contact you all if one if they are experiencing water main break aborts or if they have questions about you know the temporary restoration and the permanent restoration that may occur on their street.

Absolutely through the chair, uh calling DWSD customer service um to report any issues, whether it's a water main break, an active emergency issue, or to check in on restoration, um, is going to be the best approach.

And our number is 313 267 8,000 267 800.

That's DWSD customer service.

Thank you.

And thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

I did have one question, or it might be a line of questions around the funding source.

So I know how expensive it is to do this work and how important it is to do this work, but this is the fourth amendment.

So can you just um walk us through should we be seeing any more of these major large contracts this year, or should this be the last final because we've done a few already?

Um, and just want to make sure uh that we get a better picture of what might might be coming down the pipeline, or if this should be the last of the large uh water contracts.

So we do have um this contract here is funded by our INE Capital Improvement Fund.

Okay.

Um you see the amendment here because procurement was in the process of um advertising for a replacement contract.

Um, this is recurring work, so this contract will always come back to be replaced because we have to respond when we get emergency water main breaks, service leaks, different things like that, um, as Sinali has first indicated.

And so with the advertisement for the replacement, it was unsuccessful.

We only received two bid responses back.

One was deemed non-responsible, and the other one um did not fit within the allotted budget that was planned for this fiscal year.

So this amendment is to add the time and the additional funding as to not impact the construction season, but the new one should be coming before this council somewhere between November and December of this year for approval.

Um, and we do have two additional contracts that are slated for our July's board, which are water system improvement that will come before this council.

So we do have two contracts that will be coming, they're still out on the street.

They have not closed yet, um, but they're roughly about 30 million each for water system improvements in various districts throughout the cities.

And so that will be WS 751 and WS752.

But once we have the award and they go before our board, um, you will see them on the agenda around August of this year.

Thank you for that.

Will those also be utilizing the capital funding?

Those are SRF funded.

So those are the ones that we get through the state, and then we get a um what do you call it?

Uh loan forgiveness for.

So they'll come out of our capital, uh, the state fronts the money and then we have to pay it back.

But yes.

Okay, understood.

Okay, thank you.

This is helpful.

Um, and really appreciate you guys' work.

Um, this is really important.

Um, okay, that's helpful.

Um, our office might be reaching back out just to get a better understanding of what's to come down the pipeline as we understand the fuller picture.

Um, but that is very helpful to know.

Uh I have no other questions.

I also just want to note here because I did reach out to our chief operating officer because we had a very brutal winter this year.

Um, and so on average we get about around 100 uh water main breaks, you know, I'm saying on a monthly basis this year between February the 1st and March the 31st, we had a total of 481 water main breaks throughout the city of Detroit.

And so that is the other reason why we are significantly behind with getting these permanent restorations in.

So I think that's kind of worth noting when you look at the amount they were asking for in the timeline, it's there as well.

We did get significantly more than we generally get on a standard winter storm.

Okay, thank you.

That is also helpful to know.

And yes, we all remember those water main breaks over the winter.

There were a lot of them.

Okay.

Um and I guess to me to that question, we are replacing our infrastructure now.

That can't be our lives forever, correct?

So we have a plan to replace the infrastructure to make sure that it is more sustained, or I guess what does that look like in the future?

Yes, madam chair.

So great question.

Um, as Mark Quecio mentioned, we have those two water system contracts that are coming through in August.

We also had, I believe, two water system contracts that did get council approval earlier this year.

Those projects allow us to identify um on a neighborhood by neighborhood approach which segments of water mean are most at risk of having an increase in water main breaks and some type of failure.

So we are doing um proactive condition assessments throughout the city to identify those areas that need immediate rehab, and then we're working to get those projects out on the street so that we can update the nearly 100-year-old infrastructure to reduce breaks, reduce these kinds of emergencies, and then replace larger segments proactively.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

That is exactly what we have to do is replace our old 100 euro plus infrastructure.

Okay, ladies, thank you for your work.

Those are my final questions.

Anything else, Miss Walter, did you want to add anything else?

No, I was gonna say I just um I had grabbed some notes.

I was trying to uh prepare.

We do have currently five water system um improvement contracts that are in place right now throughout the city of Detroit, in addition to the one that you all approved last month, um, and then the two that'll be coming.

So they will be operating um all over the city, weather permitting.

So we are working aggressively as we can as the funding becomes available to do those water system improvements.

So currently we have five that are actually out in progress right now.

Okay, thank you.

And and I can tell the difference when we have major rain now, and our on our freeways are mostly clear, right?

We're getting there.

We are we're seeing the changes, so thank you guys.

I I appreciate your work letting us know what's coming down the pipeline and also uh what we're looking at as we're seeing these changes happening in the city.

Um, thank you.

I see no other questions from my colleagues.

There was a motion to approve.

There's a request for new business.

If there's a motion to do so, a motion is sent to new business.

Hearing no objections, 6.8 will be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you both.

Moving us along to the law department 6.9.

This is a placeholder for a proposed ordinance to provide Detroit protections from EMS service charges.

We have um been told that we can receive and file 6.9.

If there's a motion to do so, if there's anything to discuss, member waters, would you like to discuss anything for 6.9?

No ma'am.

Oh, right.

There's a request for receive and file.

Motion hearing no objections, 6.9 will be received and filed.

Under the under the building safety engineering and environmental departments, 6.10.

Is a recommendation for deferral of property 17957 Goddard.

There are motion to concur.

Motion hearing no objections, we agree to defer 610 under the office of the chief financial officer, office of development and grants 6.11.

This is to increase uh to accept an increase of the public health emergency preparedness grants.

This will be for our health departments.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss six points eleven?

Motion.

There's a motion to approve.

There was a request to for new business.

Motion hearing no objections, 6.11 will be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Madam Chair.

Yes.

Um I'd like to reconsider 6.9.

6.9 request for reconsideration for 6.9.

All right, ma'am.

So there's a request to reconsider the receive and file.

So you would like to not receive and file it?

Right.

Okay.

Yeah.

Request to bring it back in one week.

Okay, there's a request to reconsider our vote.

Um motion is granted.

All right.

Without objection.

Um now the do we go through the full motion again or just a new motion?

Just a new motion.

Thank you, Dr.

Powers.

A new motion for 6.9 is to bring back in one week.

Okay.

Bring back in one week, yes.

Hearing no objections, 6.9 will be brought back in one week.

Okay.

Thank you, member waters.

Thank you.

No problem.

And then we agreed to the recommendation for 610.

Uh, we have approved and sent to new business 6.11.

6.12.

This is the authorization to submit a grant application to the U.S.

Departments of Justice for the Justice Reinvestments Initiative grants.

This is a grant that's if there's a motion to discuss 6.12.

Actually, if there's a motion to discuss, do no, yeah, correct.

6.12.

So for 6.12 colleagues.

We are also waiting to hear back from DPD.

This connects to their drone, their drone request.

So I'm just trying to get ahead of these conversations and these contracts before we're being asked for approvals.

So I'm requesting a one-week bring back for 6.12.

Hearing no objections, 612 will be brought back in one week.

Thank you, Member Waters.

For 613, this is the Detroit Public Safety Foundation.

Um to accept the Occupy the Summer Cash Donation from Ally Charitable Foundation.

If there is a motion to approve or discuss 6.13.

Motion to approve a discussion.

Thank you.

Tyler Sarce that can answer some questions.

If we can make them panelist, they have been moved to panelists.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Folks, when you joined as panelists, you just have to unmute yourself.

Good morning.

This is Patty Kakul, executive director of Detroit Public Safety Foundation this morning.

Good morning.

Thank you for joining us.

Patty, I just have a quick question.

Um exciting to see the donations.

Thank you to all the donors supporting our summer efforts.

Um, but I'm just wondering uh, would you happen to know if this is going to go to um just the general um occupy the summer programming that we're doing now?

Um, or do you have any more information around what was specifically this is going to support?

Yes, I do have uh a list that I can send you and update you.

The money that we collect, we work very closely with the mayor's office, of course, for invoices, making sure we have all the backup for it.

All of it is going for Occupy the summer, um, but it is one account that we hold.

Um, I can certainly provide you a ledger to show you what's been spent.

Um, we do have, of course, anticipated costs, um, and you'll be seeing these um a few more coming.

Um, but if you'd like a breakdown, I certainly can do that for you.

We've been um you know very active in making sure we're keeping up with uh uh the requests to you before uh money is spent.

Okay, thank you.

And I'm gonna be honest, I don't know the uh the origins of the Detroit Public Safety Foundation.

Is this through the city?

Is this through no okay?

Oh, thank you.

Um we have actually been around since 200 uh 2011 when Dave Bing actually put this together prior to the bankruptcy, which was had a lot of foresight because they saw there may be needs outside of the bankruptcy that we could work with a charitable institution, and so that was the origin.

Jim Nicholson was the very first chair, Reggie Turner was the second chair.

Uh Mike Richie from America Bank was their third chair, and now we have Ann Mervin, who was actually put on the board in the 2011.

She was one of the founding members.

We have um a very active board.

There's about uh 23, 28, maybe at this point.

Um, and we are very fortunate that in our four meetings a year, we get uh at least 85% active participation and folks come to our meetings, and we have um regular audits annually uh by Greg Terrell.

Um we started with Plant Moran.

Um so the foundation is an independent 501c3, but we are formally recognized by the city of Detroit as the official charity to assist the Detroit Police Department, the Detroit Fire Department EMS with items that are outside the the budget, or into capture in uh kind donations as well.

It's not just the um checks or some things that we do or the women in blue event that we do to highlight our first responders, female first responders, or our above and beyond in November.

Those are our pretty much um standard in-house DPS F activities.

However, we are extremely engaged with all of the precincts and CIT, of course.

You'll see grants that come through for our crisis intervention.

Um Carter Drulie and I are.

Um have been working diligently.

She's been here 10 over 10 years.

I've been here since 2017.

Um, and we we love our uh first responders and working.

Um it's uh it's an honor to work for you in the city.

Thank you.

I appreciate that that breakdown.

Um, and I figured as much.

I appreciate knowing just um how all of this flows and works together, and that makes a lot of sense.

Um, so thank you guys for your work.

I have no other questions regarding 6.13.

Um, there was a request to approve to new business.

If there's a motion to do so.

Motion hearing no objection, 6.13 would be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you for joining us.

I am going to move us to 6.14.

This is to hello, we see you now.

Good to see you.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I just saw Carter.

I said I can't believe we didn't have it on.

But here we are.

And who mom is here who is our um accountant?

So here we are.

Oh fine.

And then recently, uh Kitty Whitfield, uh, would you come by?

She's a part-time uh employee for us and loves it because she knows everybody in the city.

Kitty.

So this is it.

It's just the the little team.

And of course, we run the DPD um gift shop and museum with uh retired officer Jeff Lemo on the third floor.

So good.

This is our whole team has been.

So awesome.

Well, thank you guys so much.

We appreciate your work.

It's good to see you.

Um, I'm gonna head back to my job now.

Thank you.

And keep chairing committee.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I will move us along to 6.14.

Uh, this is to accept an appropriate the fiscal year 2023 transportation alternative programs grants uh for Virginia Park.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.14?

Motion motion motion to approve.

There was a request to new business.

Motion hearing no objections, six points fourteen would be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.15.

This is the authorization to submit a grant application to the U.S.

Department of Justice for the Youth Gang Prevention and Intervention grant.

Uh is there a motion to approve or discuss, noting that there was a request for new business as well.

Motion.

There's a motion.

Hearing no objections, 6.15 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.16 is a request to accept and appropriate the federal earmark grants.

This would be for um this is through MDOTS.

Um, this would be for DPW to support with the Joe Lewis Greenway.

Is there a motion?

There's also a request for new business for 6.16.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6.16?

Motion to approve and sent to new business.

Hearing no objection, 6.16 will be approved, sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.17.

This is a donation of 57,000 from the Detroit Athletic Club.

Um, this will be uh for the Detroit Public Safety Foundation.

I do have uh questions.

If there's a motion to discuss 6.17, thank you.

If we can please bring Patty back to discuss 6.17.

There we go.

Good morning again.

Yes, good morning.

Just have a quick question for 6.17.

Um, just want to get clarity on what's this would be used for.

Yes, thank you so much.

Um, we worked very closely, and I can certainly add Commander Fulgenzi if you'd like.

Um, he's on call.

I told him I'd text him if you guys wanted to hear from a uh police leadership on this as well.

This is something that has come out of the metro section in particular with the beautiful centennial uh park that is behind the post office on Ford Street.

It's quite amazing.

But there are areas with those berms that are difficult to get to on a bike or walking.

And you know, you can't really run a car up there, right?

So for safety reasons with so many high burns, and oh my gosh, I I have my have my bike over there.

I can occasionally go over there after work.

Um and it's it's very difficult to see past that.

And the officers have been surveying it for safety, of course, and what could be best utilized.

And um, there wasn't a Polaris available, and they are very excited to come up with this as the safest way, um, the quickest way to uh render aid to anyone that would be needed in the park.

Um, it's a lovely park, it's an amazing 22-acre as we know the facility, and this would be very helpful for um the officers on the ground to aid uh folks in a quick manner and be able to get from one end of the park to the other or over those burns.

This is a very safe um device, safer for the officers to be in, um, safer and quicker to render aid.

And so we um uh with our friends at the DAC foundation that we are in contact with uh quite a bit.

Uh I had requested on behalf of Chief Bettison and Commander Fugenzi um to discuss this, and they popped us a check, which was very nice.

Um, this has all been through fleet.

Um so once this happens, and we've done this before.

I don't know if you recall, we bought six um golf carts before.

You may see them in events downtown, and those are nice for the officers too because but they're more for um community events, you know, you it's easier to get around downtown and it they look nice and and all of this, but this is a more functional all-trained vehicle that will be safer um in particular to Centennial Park.

Okay, thank you.

I well, I understand that.

Um we're essentially we are giving DPD an ATV.

That is correct.

This was um all going to be turned over.

That you know, it's a great benefit uh for me to be doing this and accept the money and all, of course, because they don't we don't pay any taxes on it.

So it's a money saving thing, but it also you know allows um the DAC to really highlight the support that they are giving to the community um when they work through a foundation.

Um and I'm very excited to say actually, and I don't I don't know if Chief Bennison even knows us yet, but um, when Commander Alvarado had been working with her, she said, you know, this is so much so needed.

Um, and there's so many actually other police departments.

I see them.

I see them in parades in St.

Clair Shores, and I was like, why don't we have a Polaris after talking to Commander Fulgenzi about it?

But she feels that maybe in the next budget she would um come to you and ask for another Polaris.

Um I don't know if I'm speaking out of term, but I was very happy that she and the other officers were excited about this opportunity to have this.

Um when I make the order after you approve it, it could take up to 180 days, but I think they're giving me a big number because I think they know that it's important for this summer to try and have this vehicle sooner rather than later, if possible.

Got it, yeah.

Um, with that many days, we probably wouldn't get it this summer.

And I want to talk with them first because I the park is beautiful.

I've been there.

I don't know if it's big enough where we need an ATV to get you from one corner to the next.

Um I appreciate that this is donation, so it's not utilizing city funding, so we wouldn't be using using government funds to buy DPD uh an ATV vehicle.

Um, but let me just check in with DPD first, see what their thoughts are, what their needs are.

Um I'm I'm going to assume that this will pass because it is being donated.

Um I I wonder what the conversations will look like about us using our city funding for this.

Um, but thank you for that.

Just wanted to get that clarity.

Um, my next conversation will be with DPD.

Um I can bring Commander Fulgenzi on if you wanted to talk to him right in front of you.

No, or another.

Not at the moment.

Okay.

I'm okay.

Thank you.

Um, and again, given the procurement timeline, I we are in the middle.

Summer will be over very shortly.

Um, so I I would rather talk to them first.

Um, because I I you know, I think we all know that this is I I just before we buy DPD more tools, more vehicles, more toys.

I I want to talk to them first.

Sure.

But you know, I just so you know, I never do anything without leadership and cheaper.

Oh no, for sure.

Approval and I mean there is no way.

Yeah, no, no, thank you.

And just letting you know, I gotta ask all the questions before I have a I approve, right?

Because I gotta talk to residents about it.

So thank you for your due diligence.

I'm trying to do my own.

Um, are there any other questions for 617?

Um, hearing none, is there a motion to bring back in one week?

Motion hearing no objections, 6.17 will be brought back in one week.

Thank you, Patty.

I will move us along to 6.18.

This is a request to accept an increase in appropriation for the crime victim sustainability fund grants.

Um, there is a request for this to go to new business as well.

And um, just so folks know this is to provide two social workers for their domestic violence um uh uh support.

Is there a motion to approve to new business?

Hearing no objections, 6.18 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.19.

This is the authorization to submit a grant application to the U.S.

Department of Transportation for the Safe Streets and Roads for all grants.

Is there a motion to approve with discussion?

Motion to approve with discussion.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

For this item, we should be joined by Director Brundridge if he's online with us.

And if so, if we can make him a panelist, uh Madam Chair, he's joined as a panelist.

Thank you.

Good morning, madam chair.

Good morning, director.

How are you?

Good, thank you.

Good, good to see you.

Thank you for joining us.

We are discussing 6.19.

Um, I wonder if you know anything about the Echo program that's connected to this.

I know that um it reads that this grant will support improvements over at East Jefferson Corridor, but then there also seem to be some information about um staff vehicles.

Would you have any information on this?

Uh well, well, Madam Chair.

First of all, we are applying for a 25 million dollar uh safe streets for all grant uh with the focus on East Jefferson Corridor from downtown all the way to the city limit uh at Alter Road.

Uh that this uh does require a 6.25 million dollar uh match uh from the city.

Uh and the 6.25 million dollar match will be utilized uh through funding for an emergency management uh demonstration project, uh which will include and I'm just reading this.

I'm not gonna be quite honest.

I'm not really that familiar uh with the specifics, so I'm just kind of reading the information provided to me.

Uh it'll uh introduce an advanced uh staff critical care field response program.

And we'll also measure the impact of that program on survival rates for victims of roadway accidents.

And if needed, uh I can certainly uh ask our complete streets deputy director Christina Pelpier uh to join us if you want to bring us back to get more information uh on the match portion of the project.

Okay, I don't have any questions on the match portion.

Um more than anything.

Oh wait, to do do do oh I do you mentioned I there's a request to send this to new business.

I would be okay with sending this to formal session director, just so that I can have that conversation offline.

Um so if we can let her know uh that we'll be reaching out to her.

And she's very responsive, so we should be able to get that information before the final approval at formal session.

Um so that we'll still get this through if that's okay with you.

Uh we we can certainly arrange to reach out to your office uh uh today in the event that you want to consider moving this to uh new business.

I I'm not sure offhand when the uh when the deadline is for the uh application uh submission.

Uh okay, this is an application.

You're right.

Okay, so then uh we will reach out today, get that information.

Um, but this is an application.

We are being requested for new business.

So let's go ahead and do that.

Thank you for the flag director.

Are there any other questions for 6.19?

Is there a motion to approve to new business?

Hearing no objection, 6.19 will be approved to new business with the recommendation to approve.

Thank you.

For six points 20.

This is the authorization to submit a grant application to the Michigan Departments of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy for the fiscal year 2025 charging and fueling infrastructure program grants.

This is to provide fast chargers.

Is there a motion to approve to new business?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, 620 will be sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.

6.21 is a report regarding questions on wrongful arrests and lawsuits from ShotSpotter.

We can receive and file six points 21.

Motion.

Hearing no objections, 6.21 will be received and filed.

Under the departments of public work, city engineering division, 6.22 and 6.23 are both petitions for easements and vacations for the public lighting authority.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss six points 22 and 6.23?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, 6 points 22 and 6 points 23 will be approved.

Sent to formal with the recommendation to approve.

Which brings us down to miscellaneous items.

6.24.

This is a memo regarding dangerous buildings process and how to improve.

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

Motion.

Hearing no objections, six points 24 will be brought back in two weeks.

6.25.

This is a memo relative to D dot risk management concerns.

We can bring this back in one week.

Motion.

Hearing no objections, six points 25 will be brought back in one week.

This brings us down to member reports.

Madam Clerk, I believe we were only going to ask for cooling center information, correct?

There's nothing else.

Everything else has been completed.

Great.

Thank you.

For member reports, member waters.

Um I just have a question, Madam Chair.

Um is the power back on at the uh health department.

Anyone know?

That's a question that we can ask the administration.

I'm not sure.

Any other questions for the administration?

That's it.

Okay.

Anything else for member reports?

No.

Okay.

Miss Ellivan, I see you.

I will turn it over to you after we hear from our vice chair.

Vice Chair, any member reports.

Uh thank you, Madam Chair.

Um, I uh thank you for lifting up the question, Member Waters.

Uh uh had that as well.

Um, for member reports, no, I do not have any.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Good after good morning, Miss Ulivan.

I see you have joined us.

If you wouldn't mind sharing with us and the public, uh plans around cooling centers for this week.

And as you heard the question, if the powers back on the health department.

Good morning, Brianna Sullivan City Government Affairs.

We have Christina Floyd from the health department on with us.

Okay, if we can make Ms.

Floyd into a panelist.

We have been joined by Ms.

Floyd.

Thank you.

Good morning, if you wouldn't mind setting your name and title for the public.

Good morning to uh dishonorable body, Christina Floyd, Deputy Director of Public Health for the Detroit Health Department.

Thank you for joining us.

The questions that we have for you this morning, um, is the power back on at the health department.

So as of right now, no, and it's not just the health department.

Uh seems other not it seems there are other buildings that are impacted.

So we are working with DTE to get an estimated time of when we'll be able to be back online, but it's it's not just us.

There's several buildings in the area.

Okay.

Thank you for letting us know.

We will all look at that.

Um, deputy, would you happen to have information regarding cooling centers for the city?

Yes.

So uh as um a press release has gone out, and there will be uh more information to come as of today.

That press release will be, I think either by noon or by at least four o'clock this afternoon.

Public safety tips uh and uh as well as some communication from the mayor's office uh to where she has provided some information from over the weekend and worked on all of that will be pushed out today.

Uh public safety tips uh for social media and some other items will be done today.

Tomorrow, the extreme heat will be uh information will be sent out.

Cooling centers have already been uh activated per the um press release, and so all that information is and will be sent out to the public.

Would you mind sharing what those places would be now be?

I know we've got folks online even here that um would be curious to know.

I know for I'm sorry, go ahead.

Nope.

I I was gonna say usually our rec centers in our libraries, but I'm not sure if that's the case or if we're gonna add other sites.

Okay, let me um I'm on city council.

Um just a moment.

Thanks, Brianna.

Okay, so the following rec centers uh will be serving as cooling centers, Adam Butzel, on Linden, Butzel Family Center, on Kirchoville, Clemente, on Bagley, uh, Coleman A Young, uh on uh Robert Bradley Street, uh Community Center at AB Ford on Lenox, uh Crawwell on Lasser, uh Farwell on East Otter Drive, Hellamore Community Center, uh on Dexter Avenue, Hellman on uh Crusade, Kimeney on Fort Laske on Finnelin, Northwest Activity Center on Myers, uh and Williams on Rosa Parks, uh Detroit Public Libraries will serve as respite centers uh during their normal operating hours uh as well and um and so that is uh it for the remaining uh buildings and partners that will be acting as cooling centers and respite centers.

Thank you, thank you.

My my only final follow-up question is do you know if the city has ever provided free fares for buses um in extreme heat so that folks can at least go there?

Uh I I am uh to through the chair, uh my father, I am unaware, and so we uh will have uh uh I would definitely say to have that communication with uh D dot um uh and Director Kramer uh to see if that is a possibility, but that is not a conversation that we have had uh during this time and just as a um uh a part of the communication.

This uh uh press release is going to be from uh starting uh tomorrow all the way up until Thursday, July 2nd.

So these cooling centers just to uh as a reminder will be from tomorrow through Thursday, but I would um definitely suggest that uh that uh question be uh directed towards DDET and understandably DD is also in our building as well.

Uh but just as a heads up.

Okay, all right.

Well, thank you, Vice Chair.

Thank you, Mount Chair.

Um, good morning, Deputy Director.

Uh question for you uh as you went through the list.

I know we have Edison Library Um and D7, but as folks know we don't have a recreation center.

Um, for folks on the east and north, you know, Hellamore and Adams Butsel are um close by, but for the folks who are you know in the Cody Rouge area, um as such as it is a little bit of hike.

So are there any have you all explored any you know community partners or city partners or even if there are other city facilities in that area that we could uh uh use for a cooling center?

Uh we most certainly can work with uh GSD to determine any other community partners, community-based organizations that are in the area that would be willing to work as respite centers as well.

Thank you.

And um we'll I I can all my team and I will also follow up with you.

Let's see how we can be helpful in that.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Melcher.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

All right, everyone.

Um, just want to remind everyone again that tomorrow is our district six evening community meeting, 7 p.m.

at IBEW.

Other than that, there is nothing else before us, so we are now adjourned.