Councilmember Scott Benson.

Scott Benson.

Councilmember Renata Miller.

Mr.

Chair, you have a quorum present.

Thank you, madam.

Clerk.

Member Miller is will be tardy, but she is on her way.

All right.

Is there a motion to approve the minutes?

Motion.

Motion made are any exception.

Any execution.

Are there any are the objections?

Here, no objection.

Miss be approved.

My only chair remark is I forgot to ask the question about what this smoke impact has on pets.

I will send that question as well as others in writing.

Charge that to my head and not my heart.

I don't care about fight on lastie.

I just forgot in the heat of the moment.

All right.

We will now move on to public comment.

How many people do we have with the queue for public comment, Mr.

Bo?

Mr.

Chair, we currently have seven individuals with the hand raised for public comment.

How many individuals is that?

Seven.

All right, seven.

Public comedy is now closed.

Public comedy is now closed.

Public comment is now closed.

Who do we have first to the queue, Mr.

Bo.

The first caller?

Detroit.

All right, sir.

Floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Hey, Coleman.

Can you hear me clearly?

Yep.

Okay.

You is God business, the scoundrel.

Y'all both cheated in public officials here in the city of Detroit, and I'm sick of y'all stuff that y'all been doing.

Y'all taking the kids' money and building tall, shiny buildings and stuff they can't afford or enjoy.

And today is July 16th.

Exactly six years ago.

And it's 11 now.

Kinesha Coleman was lying on the operating table getting emergency surgery, a blood transfusion.

Because of a massive amount of blood loss.

10 L's.

Now, Kenesha is listed as a suicide.

She's a victim of unemployment insurance fraud.

Michigan unemployment insurance fraud.

And uh the city council president now, James E.

Tate Jr.

said I told him everything I found out.

He said he was gonna look into it back then, but he called Kinesha's mother, Nini's grandmother, her new miles, and told her I was not the right representative for the family.

Now I'm young blood, real seat of a black limousine at the age of 17.

And I'm also now Mr.

Route and a whole bunch of other monikers.

Y'all cheated in.

And tonight I expect it to hit the fan.

Now Janice Winfrey been cheating in elections, I believe, for 15 years, but I can prove since 2020.

And I got the information directly to number 47, President of the United States of America, Donald J.

Trump.

Y'all busted.

It's time for all y'all to go.

Get that phone.

Thank you.

Who do we have next to the queue?

Mr.

Bo.

The next caller is Betty A.

Barner.

All right, Ms.

Barner, go ahead.

Two minutes.

Good afternoon to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Barner, the president of the Soda Ells World Black Association for speaking today as a resident of the city of Detroit, born and raised.

I've been uh in Detroit for 77 years.

I've been in my community for over 50 years.

I am calling because my property has been damaged.

I appreciate the sidewalk program.

But my fence has been damaged.

My walkways that I put in on the curve have been damaged.

Major construction, they replaced one of the walkways, but I had three.

I don't know if I'm pronouncing his name correctly.

He had attended uh a district two meeting and he did a presentation.

He had attended uh a district two meeting, and he did a presentation, and one of the things he spoke about was sidewalks, and I uh express my uh issues then, and he said that the um city does not uh do walkways.

Well, I asked why did they damage?

Why did they tear them up?

And they did replace one, so that's not working for me.

I need my fence repaired, and I need my uh walkways, the other two put back.

I need my property to look like it was before they started.

Well, not like it looks better as far as the sidewalks, but I need all the damage to be corrected.

And I received a uh notification when they were doing gonna start the work that that property, anything damaged, they will replace it.

I need this to happen.

I need help.

All right, thank you so much for that.

We appreciate you.

Uh make sure you call.

Uh uh, you call my office at 313-224-4248 for more assistance on that issue.

Thank you so much.

Who do we have next to the cubist to bow?

Here's the next caller.

It's William M.

Davis.

All right, Mr.

Davis, floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Uh good afternoon, could I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Okay, I was just wondering if you can get some information, especially for seniors.

Uh I'm capable of going to the recenter and picking up some masks.

Do you know how many masks they would give you and what type of masks?

And also, is there a phone number that uh seniors that are homebound can call and possibly have some masks delivered?

Those are my questions for today.

You have a good thing.

All right, thank you.

I make sure after we done public comment, we'll see if somebody's on the line that can address that issue.

Who do we have next to the queue?

Mr.

Smith, the next caller, it's Dante Smith.

All right, Mr.

Smith, floor is yours too many Smith.

Good afternoon, might be heard.

Yes, sir.

I know you sound like you too happy to hear from me, Coleman, uh, young senior.

So I have an issue with uh some of the individuals in the city of Detroit government uh taking what I would call queer pro quote uh donations, campaign donations, and also I have a problem with the mayor of Detroit claiming to be a victim of her ex-boyfriend Marvin Walker allegedly in his criminal enterprise allegedly um and not doing anything in her power to have this man arrested outside of having Conrad Mallet uh investigating for deed fraud.

So since March of 2025 2026, this man has been investigated for defraud, yet nothing has happened.

There's been allegations of him um sexually assaulting a child under the age of 10.

Nothing has happened.

And to claim to be a victim of an individual and to not warn any other prospective victims and to not speak publicly about any of the activities has done to you or may have done other people, you are uh, in my opinion, complete may not be an accomplice, but you're complicit.

And uh Mary Sheffield would have the meeting with Detroit Ham Channel Coalition.

I don't want to meet with Mary Bellfield, I don't have anything to say to her.

She's gonna have to talk to the FBI or the Department of Justice about her criminal activity allegedly.

That's who she should be talking to.

Please don't have anybody else reach out to me who I don't reach out to first, Mary Sheffield.

You guys have a nice rest of the day.

Thank you.

And I'm a junior, not a senior.

Who's next in the queue?

The next caller is Mr.

Foster.

All right, Mr.

Foster, floor is yours.

Two minutes, sir.

Oh, good afternoon, sir.

Um just briefly, um, during budget season, I spoke about these wildfires and really trying to be proactive.

I spoke about trying to get our firefighters a water bombers so they could contribute to these efforts.

And um, I'm not sure what happened after just speaking, right?

But these wildfires are occurring on a year-to-year basis now.

Right, and more and more frequently.

So my questions would be A.

Do homeowners insurance qualify where we have wildfires here for restoration or upgrades, whatever the case may be.

And B, can we as individuals or collectively sue Canada, right?

For not managing these things here.

Our citizens suffer quite a bit of uh spoken about being a veteran and being in these type of environments with smoke and different things and the effects of them.

I can tell you diagnosis.

I can tell you things that may happen later on down the line, 10, 20 years from now.

And so it's not enough just to dismiss these things and have people come up and speak.

But when people give you it an experience, right?

And they forewarn you about things.

They make you aware of things.

It is a cumbent upon you all to use that knowledge to prepare and to prevent.

Just can't keep coming around acting as if you don't hear these things.

Because your minds may not be sure, but you may not have the foresight.

Doesn't mean that you dismiss these things.

I would like to see individuals, people be a right.

Thank you for that, sir.

We appreciate you.

Who your next to the queue, Mr.

Bow.

The next caller.

Massive amendment.

Go ahead.

Floor is yours.

Two minutes.

Be heard.

Yes, you may.

Two minutes.

Okay, thank you.

Miss Verner, I feel for you.

Um, and I think the city should stop contracting with major.

They damaged my sidewalk too.

Um also, not all these fires are wildfire uh uh uh fires.

Uh some of the ones from 2023 were arson, and I wouldn't be surprised if some more of this is arson, but thank you, Mr.

Foster, for those warnings because I'm not considered a vulnerable person, but it's making me ill.

Um the sixth text amendment.

This is so outrageous that that all you're not supposed to have this many items in the text amendment.

It's like you really don't care about the people and understanding stuff.

I mean, I not that I got a planning degree, but that's a whole lot of information to digest.

It needs to be broken into pieces, understandable pieces, and do some meaningful, inclusive community engagement and not a rush job, like some of you tried to do last year.

Not everybody, thank goodness.

And also, I just saw a very disturbing message that my neighbor got from someone in the planning department, because they've been asking for the master plan people to meet with people in our neighborhood to discuss this, and they were told they're we were told they're not going to do it.

Yet, Miss McConaughey went up and some other planning people and told city council that they've been meeting with stakeholders.

I wrote her and I said, Who are these stakeholders?

She refused to disclose who they were, and then suggested that I suggest some stakeholders like youth or senior citizens.

I said, How about residents in the neighborhoods where they live?

We're the stakeholders.

So, where is the respect for residents here in this process?

Like, I get community engagement, is not in an exact science, but it is certainly lackluster and not meaningfully inclusive in the city.

All right, thank you so much.

We appreciate you.

Who here next to the queue, Mr.

Bower the next caller is Scott Ambassador, Brother Cunningham.

Go ahead, Brother Cunningham.

Two minutes, floor is yours, sir.

Well though, honorable council and everyone on the sound of my voice.

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

313, 444, 911.

That never was made to remember it.

And on Facebook, force subservience cunning ham.

Again, force subservience cunning ham.

One more time, for subservience cunningham.

It's an important day.

It's the D dot input meeting to a department of transportation.

Send me a text message, and I'll send you the Zoom and the Flyer.

Send me a text message, and I will send you the Zoom and the Flyer.

Brother Renard of DPP, Detroit People's Platform had another uh engagement or was busy.

So we weren't able to do our hybrid with the pizza and the bus tickets.

I do appreciate any teamwork and collaboration, and I do apologize for those who have been calling me.

Uh, we're not having a hybrid, it's all on Zoom.

I call it a ghetto hybrid.

We uh have a bunch of cell phones in the room, and we all uh take part uh when the city of Detroit is not having hybrid, we just make our own hybrid.

I want to shout out councilwoman Waters office, Mr.

Clover.

He donated 200 bus tickets, also shouting out Councilman Denzale, who donated um for the uh fee-free fair Fridays, where we go around the city giving out frozen ice water masks, and bus tickets.

Bus fare is two dollars, and so when your economy is low, you need assistance, and God allows me to help.

All right, thank you for that.

We appreciate that.

Who's next to the queue, Mr.

Bow?

The last caller with the hand raised before you close public comment is our fellow support.

All right, Miss Stewart, floor is yours, two minutes.

Good afternoon.

Coming young and the rest of the council members.

Um I'm calling Dave.

We got this bad weather day, all this smoke out here.

I'm just telling everybody, be careful out here.

Because me myself, I got oxygen, I got breathing issues, and I had to get to the doctor today.

But I made it here from the blessing of Cunningham bringing me so I didn't have to get out in that air, and we will be coming back to get me.

But I do want to make everybody aware, you know, voting coming August the fourth.

You know, we have two good proposals on that ballot.

One, the Wayne County Millage, the next one is for us schools in Detroit.

Please, everybody in the sound of my voice, tell someone, anyone that's not voting, get out there, get registered before the deadline and get out here and vote.

We need you to vote.

If you want to get things done in this city in the state, and have some kind of uh inclusion in it, get out and vote.

Don't come back saying next year, oh dang, everything is going bad.

Well, maybe that one vote that you cast might would have made the difference.

But I'm just asking everybody, please get out and vote.

I'm finished.

Everybody have a blessed and safe day.

You two, thank you so much.

Anybody else to the queue, Mr.

Bo?

Sure, that was the last caller before you close public comment.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Washington, or who's available from the administration.

Do we have somebody online that can answer some of the questions about the air quality outside Mr.

Chair?

I don't see uh Mr.

Washington online, but I do see Miss Sullivan.

Promote Miss Sullivan.

Well, we're waiting for Miss Sullivan.

Um can you give me your main name in from the law department?

What's your last name, man?

Uh good afternoon to the chair.

It's Hill.

Hill?

Okay.

Uh Ms.

Hill, I wanted to ask you.

There was a question that was asked by uh Mr.

Foster involving uh filing lawsuits against Canada uh for the air quality that's happening right now.

Um I think that I don't think that's necessarily um something that's possible, but I wanted to comment on that.

Is that something that's possible and how will that process work if it is?

To the chair, I don't want to speak out of turn.

Uh, if that's something that you would like for me to get some additional information on, I can do that for you.

But I don't want to speculate.

All right, so do I need to make a motion to be able to get that from the law department?

Uh yes, please.

Okay, uh, I would like to make a motion to be able to assign to the law department information regarding how can citizens sue the state of Canada for the bad air quality that we're receiving as a result of the wildfire.

Motion made.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, that motion will be made.

Thank you, Mr.

Bo.

She's joining um as we speak.

She's joining.

Okay.

So she'll join in the next two, three minutes.

I'll just gonna send my.

Oh, there she go.

Okay, I was getting ready to say I don't see my information.

Wag my through the chair.

Wag my finger.

How you doing?

Good to see you.

Yes.

Do you have anybody that's available from the administration that can address the issues that Mr.

Davis brought up involving how many masks are available from these centers?

Through the chair, we can get a representative on.

Through the chair, yes, we can get a representative on.

Can we bring this back towards the end of the agenda?

Absolutely.

Thank you.

All right.

I'm sorry, correction.

I said state.

I meant nation of Canada.

I apologize.

I understand.

Yeah, yeah.

I know it's a different nation.

I'm sorry.

And I'm not for United States taking over Canada.

I'm sorry.

I didn't just want to get that clear here.

I'm not trying to start an insert international incident in my committee.

All right.

Status of line of 5.1 submitting relative to DACC data improvement commitments timeline.

Is there a motion to discuss line of 5.1?

Motion.

Motion made any um objections.

Here and then we will now discuss line of 5.1.

Uh is there anybody that we have in the administration to discuss line of 5.1?

I just want to know why are you requesting that we bring this back after recess.

The chair.

Um we were requesting a two-week bring back, but due to the uh recess, we've requested it be brought back for 910.

Why?

Due to the recess in two weeks, we will not have session.

No, but uh, but there's a questions that you have about this, and there's some issues you have with why why are you requesting to bring back at all?

Um, just for to allow additional timing for the response.

Okay.

All right, no problem.

All right.

Uh, do we have a motion for line on?

Do we have a motion to uh bring back line on 5.1 after recess?

Motion.

Motion made are any objections?

Hearing line of 5.1 be brought back after recess.

We'll now move on to new business.

Uh petition of Vanguard Community Development Corporation request to hold hospitality, including festival from August 16th, 2026 at 12 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

the same day at 8324 Woodward Avenue, Detroit Michigan, 48202.

Setup will begin on August 15, 2026 at 10 a.m.

be completed by August 16, 2026 at 12 p.m.

tear down will begin on August 16th of 2026 at 9 p.m.

and completed by August 17th, 2026 at 10 a.m.

Their motion is saying line of 6.1 to formal session with recognition for approval, we put on to new business.

Motion motion made are any objections.

Here in line of 6.1, we move to formal session with recognition for approval.

We put on to do business.

Line 6.2.

Petition of Mac Alive.

Request to hold the 36th annual Mac Alive Parade and Rally from August 22nd, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

the same day at 3746 Fleischer.

Setup will begin on August 21st, 2026 at a.

We completed by August 20, 2021, 2026 at 8 a.m.

We completed by August 22nd and 2026 at 9 a.m.

Tear down will begin on August 22nd, 2026 at 4 p.m.

It'll be completed by 6 p.m.

the same day.

Is there a motion to say line on 6.2 to 4 session with record days for approval?

We put on new business.

Motion.

Motion objections?

Here in Line 6.2, we move the formal session with record dates to approve.

We put on new business.

Line on 6.3.

Petition of Pike Street Entertainment.

LLC AKA, the I think the crew foot.

Request to hold turn still on September 11th, 2026 from 5 p.m.

until 10 p.m.

on September 12th, 2026 at Russell Industrial Center Parking Lot.

1680 Clay Street will be getting 1680 Clay Street.

Detroit Michigan setup will begin at 8 a.m.

On September 7th, 2026, completed by 6 p.m.

on September 10th, 2026.

Tear down won't be in 11 p.m.

on September 12th, 2026, completed by 6 p.m.

on September 14th, begin on September 14th.

Begin at 11 p.m.

on September 12th at 2026 and completed by 6 p.m.

on September 14th, 2026.

Is there a motion to say line on 6.3 to formal session with record date for approval?

You put on to do business?

Motion.

Motion.4 Office of Contracting and Procurement.

Submitting Resolution Authorizing Contract Number 6 006866.

Amendment number one.

Motion made are the objections.

Here in Lion 6.4, we move to formal session with recognition approval, we put on new business.

Lion 6.5.

To provide Algonquin Gothy Park Improvements.

Contract to recreation, Michigan.

Recreational construction.

Location 18631, Coded Detroit, Michigan.

48234 contract pre-point city council for a term of two years.

Total contract amount 128,000 61.

No, 128,061.

Is there a motion to send line on 6.5 to 41 session with record dates for approval?

We put up to new business.

Motion.

Motion made are there objections?

Hearing the line 6.5 we move to 40 session with recognition approved.

We put on to new business.

100% opioid settlement funding to provide engagement center operation.

Contractor Self-Help Addiction Rehabilitation SHAR Inc.

Location 1852 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit Michigan 48208.

Contract period city council approval for a period of two years.

Total contract about 1,465, 490, 489.56 cents.

Motion.

Motion made are objections.

Here in line 6.6, we move to formal session with regulation for approval.

We put on to new business.

The amount being sought is $500,000.

There is no city match requirement.

Total project cost $500,000.

Is there a motion to send line on 6.7 to formal session with recognition approval be put onto new business?

Motion.

Motion to send line on 6.7 formal session with recognition to be put on the new business.

Are there any objections?

Hearing none, we will send line on 6.7 to formal session with recognition approved and then be put on to new business.

Moving to miscellaneous.

Motion discuss line of 6.8.

Discussion.

Okay.

Motion is a discussion, a motion to made any objections.

Here and then without discussing line on 6.8.

Chair recognizes Member Miller.

Thank you to the chair, pro Tim.

Our offices regularly receive calls from residents who are living in unsafe or substandard housing conditions and want to know whether they can stop paying rent until repairs are made.

Many are unaware that there is a legal process procedures governing rent escrow and taking the wrong approach could unintentionally expose them to eviction or other legal consequences.

Rather than providing inconsistent guidance or leaving residents to navigate the process on their own, I believe the city should clearly identify the proper procedure and the appropriate document or entity responsible for handling these situations.

This research will help ensure residents receive accurate consistent information that protect their rights while also ensuring they remain in compliance with the law.

If gaps in the current process are identified, I will also give council the opportunity.

Previously it was B seed.

I would like to see that in writing.

Something that I can actually prefer present to my residents in District 5.

Thank you, Chair.

No, excellent.

I forgot to say uh the the uh can we have a the chair recognizes that we have been joined by member Miller, man or clerk clerk with so note thank you sorry about that, member miller.

Thank you.

Sorry about that, Member Miller.

Any other questions, discussions about this issue?

From my understanding, uh LPD uh requested that we bring this back.

I wanted to ask for how many weeks do you need us to bring this back?

Attorney Keller?

Um to the chair, we reached out to the administration.

If we bring it back in a week, hopefully we'll have the information.

Uh otherwise we may have to bring it back after recess.

So you will just bring it back, display it by air, bring it back in one week.

And hopefully we'll be able to provide an answer.

Okay.

Is there a motion to bring back line of 6.8 in one week?

Discussion.

Chair recognized Member Miller.

I um the chair pro Tim to the law department.

It was in writing where I saw previously that it was through BC, but I was told recently that it was it has changed.

I mean, is there is there now in a process or are we still creating a process or has something changed?

If you just give me something really simple to go by in the next week or so, I'd appreciate it.

Um D Hill Law Department through the chair to Member Miller.

I am not aware of such information.

I will have to reach out and get some additional verbiage.

So can we please bring this back uh in a week so I can confirm?

Okay.

Is there a motion to bring back line of 6.8 in one week?

Motion made are there objections?

Hearing uh line of 6.8 be brought back in one week.

Line on 6.9, Councilmember Mary Waters submitting memorandum relative to questions on in-housing media buying services.

Uh motion discuss line of 6.9.

Motion.

Motion made any objections here then we're now discussed line of 6.9.

Uh back to uh LPD Mr.

Killer.

How much time is needed for line of 6.9?

To the chair, we're requesting to bring us back after recess.

Okay.

Uh is there a motion to bring back I said I need a motion to bring back line on 6.9 after recess.

Discussion.

Check in uh chair recognizing Miller.

Um does this consist of the um same memo that Councilman Benson also had for in-house media services?

Member Member Benson.

Okay.

I was wondering, is this the same ref did this reflect the same item that member Benson has been uh for in-house media services?

Mayor Benson.

Chair recognized Member Benson.

It looks very similar.

Okay.

Are you still waiting an answer?

If to the chair, are you still waiting an answer from LPT regarding your first request?

Can they be combined?

Well, I was before that.

Um, yeah, please help me out here.

It's my understanding that uh this request is specifically about media buying services as opposed to the other memo, which is about city council's um actual media services staff.

I mean the two could be combined, but it's slightly separate.

Okay.

So um is there so so you want to bring this back after recess?

To the chair, yes.

Okay.

So is there a motion to bring back line on six point nine after recess?

Motion.

Motion made any objections?

Here now we will bring back line on 6.9 after recess.

Uh we will now go back to the administration.

Ms.

Sullivan, who we have available as questions?

Through the chair, we have Chief Public Health Officer Ali Abazid, as well as Crystal Rogers from BC'd.

And you pronounce that uh Abazid, right?

I pronounced that correct.

Yes.

Okay, I just want to make sure I give the correct pronunciation when I say the director's name.

And that doesn't have to do with him.

I just struggle sometimes with pronunciations.

Good afternoon, council.

Can you hear me okay?

Yes, sir.

Mr.

Abazid, correct?

Yes, Abba Zed.

Okay, director Abazine.

Okay, excellent.

Thank you for joining us, sir.

Uh yeah, I just wanted to ask um do we know how many uh masks are available overall, and do we know what kind of masks they're giving out at these uh shelters?

So so we have the uh N95 masks.

Um I wanna I'm I'm looking for mine.

Um uh but we have those at uh uh sites across the city um specifically, and I'm pulling it up here.

We have masks, free masks available um at Adams Butsel, Farwell, Northwest Activity Center, Patton, Jason Hargrove Transit Center, the Rosa Parks Transit Center.

We're also working on additional um sites at the moment, but we wanted to make sure that we had coverage throughout the city uh so that anyone can go and pick it up uh if they need it.

Excellent.

I don't know if this is still around or not, or it might be another name, so forgive me, but um but from my understanding, we still have from COVID, a community health core.

Are are they going out you know with their van or going door to door and hand out masks to people, or or do you have like a plan in terms of how you're distributing those masks to people who need them for the most vulnerable?

And what's the process of that?

And how far along are you in that process?

Yeah, to the chair.

Um, so basically um what we're doing now, the community health corp uh core does not look the same as it did years ago.

Um my understanding is that sort of dissolved and it looks different based on certain programs across the city.

What we do have at the health department, though, are community health workers that are stationed at various sites, some of our neighborhood wellness centers um and others at you know, clinic sites, wig sites, et cetera.

What we're doing now, and I believe um uh uh Crystal mentioned this a little bit ago, but I've been in touch with director uh Peckenbaugh, uh, and they mentioned that they will, the director of neighborhoods, uh, the department of neighborhoods will be doing uh outreach to particular sites, senior homes across the city.

Maybe Crystal can confirm that.

Uh, but I did see a text there from Brian a little bit ago.

Um and so at the moment we're looking at distribution sites, looking at reaching out to our most vulnerable, um, and then we'll continue to reassess from there.

All right, thank you.

I appreciate that.

Um I also just wanted to ask uh in conclusion, um, will we expect a follow-up with you as well as with other departments that address air quality uh in the future, just so we can have a because I have some questions that don't necessarily pertain to you per se, but do pertain in terms of the infrastructure necessary for us to be able to mitigate these problems and the response times.

And so is there uh I I don't it doesn't have to be you per se, but it can be somebody from the department in terms of just a rapid spots response um uh committee uh that will be available for council just so I can answer some of the questions that I have in terms of in a public format as well, just so the public can also be forward at the same time because I'm being in forward as well.

Is there a plan to do that at all in the future?

Is there or a plan to form a coordinating committee for this type of stuff?

So we have somewhere we could go where we can ask questions to get responses when this happens.

Yeah, to the chair, council member uh uh Pro Tem, I just want to you know clarify that a lot you know, um a lot of coordination happens in terms of the operations, in terms of the health issues, in terms of emergency preparedness which comes out of my department.

Um and so, you know, uh the mayor's been on this uh issue all week.

We've been coordinating internally, we've been coordinating our own messaging.

We just put out a press release.

Um, and I think you all heard from Dr.

Calvin Freeman uh from the health department a little bit ago.

Uh he shared some of the different you know metrics and thresholds that go into us determining what kinds of plans need to be activated.

Uh so did want to clarify that a lot of that coordination is happening behind the scenes, uh, is happening also, not just behind the scenes, is happening very much uh in front of the scenes so that we can communicate with the public.

Um and I would welcome any opportunity for us to have conversations around further coordination citywide.

No, I appreciate that.

And I and I'll and I'll and I'll reach out to you in terms of what I mean in terms of what I want, not just from a briefing standpoint, but also just in terms of uh coordinating, because there's some things I'm gonna ask you about in terms of infrastructure and in terms of metrics of that infrastructure that you may not be able to answer because that's not that is necessary fall directly within your department, but it is dealing with the issue of air quality that other people should answer, and we should have a response to, and we should have plans for in the future.

So I'll get that to you.

But I appreciate the work that you're doing.

I and I understand the mayor's working hard.

It's just a question of one just updating, you know, from at least from my perspective, an update before the alert comes out, and then secondly, just uh play it on the infrastructure so we can mitigate this if as if and when, because this will happen again, you know, how we respond to it.

That's all the questions I have.

Does any of my colleagues have any questions, comments, or concerns at all?

Okay, just just before you leave, can you just give everybody an update of where they could go, what places are available and open to the public for them to be able to go if they're looking for shelter because of the air quality.

I can, and I can pull up a comprehensive list here for you, council member.

Um so you know, I I do want Detroiters to know that um, you know, if I could, if if if if I could just for a moment, uh, council member to the chair, um uh if I can clarify, you know, the the kinds of things that we're experiencing this summer alone, um, you know, unfortunately, this is the new norm.

We're talking about extreme heat, whether it crosses a certain threshold that activates a plant or not, uh it's uncomfortable, you know, the skin and the body registers the toll.

Uh, so we know how bad it is out there, and we know that it's wreaked havoc, whether it's power outages, whether it's air quality now.

And so our commitment as a department and as a city is one to put out the best information possible uh so that Detroiters know.

And the good news, the hopeful news I should say on air quality in particular, is that the data shows that the more that people know that the air quality is poor outside, it actually tends to work.

A lot of public health guidance sometimes gets you know lost by goes by the wayside, is ignored.

Air quality actually penetrates, air quality actually registers, and people do take heed and do take notice.

And so if there are people out there, whether they're listening here or there are folks here in the room that can go back to those who are particularly vulnerable, let them know that today's not a good day.

If you have a voluntary reason to be outside, don't be outside.

If you need to be outside, masks are available.

And again, I want to let Detroiters know uh that free masks are available at Adams Butzel at Farwell, Northwest Activity Center, Patton, uh uh Hargrove Transit Center and the Rosa Parks Transit Center, but also our parks and recreation department.

Uh their uh uh recreation centers are open as respite locations, so both for the heat, but also if uh there are there's a need to get away from uh the poor air quality and go into a more secure site.

All right, well, thank you.

I appreciate that.

Does it does it also include uh shelters for the heat as well?

It it does.

So those remain active cooling centers.

Um, but when we talk about active cooling centers, there's a particular thing that Dr.

Freeman decides that an active threshold has been crossed.

We're not in an extreme heat warning at the moment.

We are in an air quality warning, but it is hot outside.

Uh, it just the nomenclature matters because uh uh, you know, we're not an active extreme heat advisory plan.

That said, the recreation centers do remain open as active cooling centers in addition to respite locations away from the air quality.

Yeah, and I'll make sure I uh I'll have some conversations with you because I want to talk about like reflective paint and things of that nature for like heat and you know eco roots and stuff like that as well, but uh that's a conversation for another day.

So thank you.

I appreciate that.

Um I'm sorry, I forgot your name of the bonds.

Anything you wanted to contribute.

Give me your name so I won't so I can say it.

I'm sorry.

Crystal Rogers.

Ms.

Rogers, uh forgive me.

Charge charge it to my head and not my heart.

Go ahead, Ms.

Rogers.

I apologize.

General Manager for Environmental Affairs.

Oh, sorry, excuse me.

General Manager Rogers.

I'm so sorry.

General Manager Rogers, go ahead, General Manager Rogers.

Yes, um, Councilmember, I just want to reiterate that residents are able to go on to our um online dashboard to monitor the air in their district at Detroit Mi.gov slash air quality.

This is real-time data, and we do pass through the state's monitors as well as the ones that the city maintains.

Thank you very much, General Manager.

I appreciate you.

All right, thank you, everybody.

Thank you so much for your time.

I appreciate you.

All right.

Now we will move on to Member Reports.

Chair recognizes Vice Chairman Bids.

No report.

Chairman recognizes Member Miller.

Thank you to the chair.

We're gonna have our morning mingle in District 5, July 24th from 9 to 11 at Anthrology Coffee at 1948 Division, and we have our community meeting July 29th from 6 to 8 p.m.

at the Hill and Moore Rec Center at 11825 Dexter Avenue.

Look forward to seeing you out.

Feel free to come sit down, have a cup of coffee and discussion.

Uh once again, you are all invited, and we will have ample time for speaking and uh conversation.

Thank you again, President uh Pro Tim.

Thank you.

You're pretty accessible at these meetings.

I I've gotten it a lot when you taught about these meetings, how accessible you are.

I just kind of want to emphasize that.

You know, it's not like you hide behind a curtain somewhere.

You're pretty accessible with these kind of these meetings.

So we might come and talk to you.

All right, just want to make sure.

All right.

Any other questions, comments, or concerns?

Here in uh without objection, neighborhood community service standing committee will now stand adjourned.