And thank you for joining us for the Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee on today, Thursday, July 23rd, 2026.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Councilmember Letitia Johnson.

Present.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Present.

Councilmember President.

Council President Pro Temporal Comunay on the second.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Having a quorum present, we are now in session.

And good morning, colleagues.

Is there a motion on the minutes?

Motion to approve.

It's motion to approve the minutes.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Just want to remind everyone this is our uh last planning and economic development committee meeting until after recess.

So I'm sure we will have a lengthy discussion, but if we can uh be mindful of the time, I would appreciate it.

We will now turn to general public comment.

If there is anyone joining us who'd like to make a public comment, please raise your hand.

Please raise your hand.

Public comment will be cut off at 10.07.

It is currently 1005.

Seeing no hands raised in the committee of the whole, Miss Great.

Good morning.

How many hands do we have raised?

Good morning, madam chair.

We currently have 14 hands raised for virtual public comment.

All right, we'll give everyone one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

And who do we have first?

Our first virtual caller is Dr.

Denise Darnell.

Dr.

Denise Darnell, you have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Well, good morning.

Can I be heard?

Good morning, yes.

Okay.

I want to give a few facts on the 21st century Road to Housing Act and the implication it has for the city of Detroit that just became law, uh, passing the Senate with unanimous vote um without 47 signature.

So I said this yesterday because I didn't think I'd be able to come today, but I still want to give information for people.

I heard Kim Tandy speak at District 2's uh meeting on Tuesday regarding the master plan.

I think this is of particular interest to our planning and development.

First, houses are for people, not corporations.

It literally says that in the bill.

So large corporate investors like private hedge funds and private equity or those who own more than 350 homes now have limits on how much they can purchase.

Secondly, for Detroit zoning and permitting uh to build more houses.

Overall housing supply will be streamlined for federal uh environmental review requirements.

Third, federal housing programs are updated with more vouchers to increase choices and programs for affordability.

There are incentives for uh turning abandoned properties into affordable housing so people have a place to live.

Fourth, a huge win in my opinion is that the bill did not create new spending.

Funds that are already available will be reallocated.

It will not add to our deficit.

I just thought this was important for our city and the planning and development moving forward for people to understand the bill.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Dot Ambassador Brother Cunningham.

D dot Ambassador Brother Cunningham, you have one minute, 30 seconds for general public comment.

Mr.

Cunningham.

Ms.

Great, let's come back to Brother Cunningham.

Our next caller is Mayor Sheffield Honor Voters Mandated Reparations Task Force Recommendations.

And as we go to that caller, just want to remind you all that general public comment has the collection has concluded.

And caller, you have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Good morning, caller.

Are you there?

Ms.

Great, let's return back to this caller.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Black Bag.

Black Bag.

You have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

So it's gonna be one minute and 30 seconds, huh?

Well, uh to the citizens, residents, and taxpayers of the city of Detroit, Michigan, City I love.

We got TV and public officials here in the city of Detroit.

Now try to be cool about it.

This is the last session before they go on recess.

So what I'm gonna do is turn it all the way up to 2026 and a half.

Listen the mayor of the city of Detroit, Mary Sheffield goes both ways, and I know what I'm talking about.

I don't know what I'm talking about because I'm black bag.

Now I will come out the black bag on whoever.

Now here's her daddy done threaten me, Horace Sheffield III talking about skip, don't play about Mary.

I give zero F about any of them.

Now what Mary Sheffield did playing with me like I'm so kind of joked, she don't know who I am, neither do you, Letitia Johnson, or you Coleman, and you cheated in, and your daddy was I was cool with him.

He knew me when I was nine years old.

The first time I had to do something.

Nine years old.

All right.

The next caller.

Are you there?

Let's come back to Miss Rochella Stewart.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Betty A.

Varner.

Betty A.

Varner, you have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

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

I'm Betty A.

Barner, president of the Soda Elswell Block Association.

Here again, advocating, letting the uh public know that uh our annual Arise Detroit event is getting here close.

It's almost here.

It's Saturday, August 1st.

We're still in need of um volunteers to help us uh have a successful event.

We are now in need of volunteers to help us break down our tents, etc.

at the end of the day.

We're also uh in need of volunteers to help us uh get our uh some of the uh uh supplies and things that we're going to be receiving is going to arrive late, and so we are in need of people that morning to help us get the kids together to give away to our children.

We're gonna make it happen.

We want to bless as many people as possible, and we're gonna have everything is gonna be free, all the games.

We're gonna have family games where the parents can interact with the children, get exercise.

We're gonna have big with spades, uh, Uno, dominoes, checkers, snow cones, popcorn, uh hot dogs, chips, free haircuts, uh giving we're signing up children for free bikes and helmets.

So come out, have a good time.

Six, four, five, one elsewhere.

Thank you.

Sounds like you're gonna have a great event.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Marguerite Maddox and Scarlet.

Miss Marguerite Maddox and Scarlett, you have the floor for general public comment.

Thank you.

Um good morning, everyone.

Um I will be mission.

And I will be making my comment later doing the public thing to please get out and vote.

Please get out and vote.

And then please, yes.

Um please vote.

Yes.

And please I am here to educate no use the right community.

But be with this.

Do not use your own word.

I'm not doing to repeat it.

Because we know you guys.

You didn't learn something.

We we I see it learning.

How do you how do you not boys?

Hey, I wish I would have been there in person.

Okay, I need to be shy, no fear.

I'm gonna grow like the boys and do not yet.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Maddox.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Denise Lyles.

Denise Lyles, you have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Good morning, council.

I hope all is well with you guys.

I would just like to stay while you're on recess.

Please, please keep Detroiters in mind as far as these contracts, anything that we can keep in-house, let us keep in-house or things we can't put stipulations on these contractors that they train Detroiters so that we can eat out of our own kitchen and those dollars can circulate back within our community.

Uh I see that we have more council people asking questions about these contracts coming up, and I think that's fantastic because we are Detroiters.

We want our money to stay in Detroit.

I understand sometimes we have to go outside to get services.

Just like I was listening yesterday about something coming all the way out of Kansas City, Missouri.

I have nothing against KC.

But if we can do it in-house or in-state, let's do that.

Just consider it.

Thank you for all you do.

Have a fantastic day and enjoy your recess.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

The next caller.

Good morning, happy heart.

Good morning, yes.

Okay, I'd like to say that uh hopefully I will enjoy your recess.

I know y'all still be doing things.

Uh also separately, I think a greater effort need to be made to make sure more of our Detroit Bowers stay in Detroit and goes to Detroit businesses, but also a greater effort needs to be made to make sure that we are able to get some more economic benefit from our growing busy downtown.

You know, because we see a lot of people downtown, and a lot of them don't even live in the city, so it would be good to have an entertainment tax or a ticket tax or or something.

Uh because I'm older than all three of y'all.

And I remember when the Joe Lewis was built, which is tore down now, but the city of Detroit used to get revenue from that.

We get no revenue directly from the little Cesar Arena.

This is horrible.

We don't get no concessions, we don't get no parking, we don't get anything.

So hopefully we could think about making a little bit of equity so that the people in the city of Detroit, the neighborhoods get some benefit, more benefit from downtown.

And also, of course, doing the the the recess, I think a greater effort needs to be made about doing more things to help the city of Detroit retirees.

Because we're suffered and we gave up over a billion dollars to help improve the city of Detroit, but we don't see no improvement coming to us.

Thank you.

Yeah, have a good day.

Thank you.

You as well.

And before we proceed to the next caller, I'd like to call the never mind.

Who's our next caller?

Our next caller is caller ending in 534.

Caller ending in 534.

You have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Good morning, may I be heard?

Good morning, yes.

Yeah, I uh came in through a second device, and there's somebody who would like to speak on that line.

I know you've let Brother Cunningham do that.

I'm wondering if you would let someone do that for that.

Um I'd like to comment about and quite make a question about 10 point six, and I hope you would please answer me.

Um are these properties uh they appear to be properties the city acquired through the solar equity fund.

And yet now, and correct me if I'm wrong if they were not now, they're being sold for apparently less money than the city bought them for.

If I'm correct about that, this seems highly improper.

If I'm incorrect about that, as always, I welcome any clarifications to any misunderstandings I may have.

I fully agree with uh Ms.

Denise Lyles, the C D5 CHC member, who was the first one who got up at the uh master plan, not very inclusive and meaningful uh outreach to the vast majority of residents, and she stated she did not want to plan other people's neighborhoods, she wanted to plan her own, and others echoed the same sentiment, and yet we were told the master plan group would not meet with black clubs.

That's really not cool.

Thank you.

And we will have a discussion about line item 10.6.

The next caller.

Our next caller is legendary Detroiter who has already spoken.

So our caller after that is calling user one.

Calling user one, you have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Can I be heard?

Yes.

I hate that you guys have to go on summer break.

I do want to say I'm very disappointed that Gabriella has not done anything to stop within the downtown region, Brooks being sold in front of 105, Washington Boulevard.

This is where you can catch the burner, the Jefferson, Fort Street, um Dyke.

It should never be a time that you have to see bombs shooting heroin.

And I'm asking before you leave to do something about this and to stop the drugs being sold at the Grand River Myers bus stop.

It has not been replaced in a year's time.

And every time I ask questions about it, I'm given the runaround.

Why is that?

Thank you, Member Johnson, for being the kind-hearted um respectful council member.

Um, and member young.

You two are my favorite.

Thank you for sticking up for Detroit and being courteous and professional.

We love you.

We support you.

Much Detroit love.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Joanne Warwick, who has already spoken.

So the caller after that is caller ending in 166.

Caller ending in 166.

You have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Caller ending in 166.

Are you there?

Let's come back to this caller.

It sounded like Brother Cunningham.

All right, Miss Great.

Who do we have next?

Our next caller is Tyson Gersh.

Tyson Gersh, you have one minute 30 seconds for general public comments.

Hi, can you hear me?

Yes.

Thanks.

Um maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it if I'm not mistaken, it looks like taxpayer dollars are going to four like roughly 400 grand to put windowed AC units into a co-working space in a privately owned structure downtown.

Like I again, maybe I'm misunderstanding what that contract is, but why would we do that?

That's a lot of taxpayer dollars for a privately leased space in a privately owned building.

Um and how does windowed AC units I'm familiar with that space?

I used to work in that building.

Um I don't understand how that could in any scenario cost 400,000 dollars.

I'm sorry, 378,000.

It's like you know, if that is what's happening, like taxpayer dollars are going to just uh cover the cost of a privately leased space in a privately owned building.

It's like you wonder why people get mad about things like the BZA transcripts, which are a drop in the bucket and involve you know it potentially infinite number of people's um civil rights.

Uh just you know, like I I'd love it if somebody could comment on why that would even be happening.

Also, the building had AC for the whole structure when I was working there.

That's all.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Um, before we are going before we proceed to the next caller, I'd like to call the 1025 public hearing to order and resets it to the call of the chair.

And who do we have next?

We are going back to Dita Ambassador Brother Cunningham.

Dida Ambassador Brother Cunningham, you have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Brother Cunningham, are you there?

All right, Brother Cunningham.

We're going to have to move on.

If you have a public comment that you'd like to make, please submit it to the clerk's office so it can be put on public record.

Ms.

Gray, can you go to caller ending in 166?

I believe that was Brother Cunningham as well.

Yes, madam chair.

I've given them permission to speak.

Hello, can you hear me?

Yes, we can.

Praise the Lord.

My God.

313 444-9114.

303, 444, 9114.

That number was made so you can remember it.

And for subservience coming in on Facebook.

Before I get cussed out again, um, a Facebook friend sent 50 dollars.

Toya Russell, thank her.

She went off on me, so I gotta make sure I shout it out.

Big donation by Lawan Council running for state senator.

Um, donation by the honorable Denzel uh McCampbell, uh, honorable councilman, waters office, Jason Clover, Chantel Sheffield of Dayball, uh, an anonymous donation for the new vehicle or repairing the vehicle from Arizona.

I just want to thank you uh for all you do, D dot is still like lesser needs prayer and improvement and a sense of urgency.

I have a young man that wants to say hello.

Hello, is your name?

My name is Rashon Harris.

All right, and what can you say about D dot?

What can they do better?

Um probably Adam War stops along the way through the uh well that's not Doc doesn't smart boss, right?

The fast buzz is smart.

Okay, yeah.

And then what about Dot?

Add more stop.

The drivers I didn't have invited.

They've been doing fine so far.

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All righty.

And I told you they wouldn't.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Madam Chair, our last caller is going back to Rochella Stewart, DPPTJT.

Miss Rochella Stewart.

You have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Okay, good morning.

Councilwoman Johnson, Santiago Romero and Honorable Comeyon.

My name is Rochella Stewart, and I'm calling today just asking everybody, please get out and vote.

It's vitally important.

Make sure you turn over your ballots.

You have two proposed on there.

Wayne County Transit Millage and the School Millage.

Both of them are validly important to Detroit.

Transportation, so people in Detroit can get out to other areas that they're not able to get to now.

And I want to say again, please get out to Ms.

Barners uh event on August 1st.

It's gonna be a fun field day for kids and adults alike.

Also would like to say um I want to know something about the soil uh that's got to be replaced.

Uh I have a lot that's next door to me that I've been trying to get for five years.

I can't get it.

I know it's because of the soil because I did go to a mandated meeting back in August of 2024.

Presented three bags of sand from around my neighborhood and asked, please test this soil.

I believe it's toxic things in it because it was steel, it was rocks, it was all sorts of things in every last one of these demolition sites around my neighborhood.

And I stay in the fifth uh district, but uh right off of Grand River and Lilinois, and it's so many lots in my neighborhood that's not up for sale because of this contaminated source because a month after I went to the meeting, I looked outside and it was a man at next door on my lot, and I asked him what he was doing.

He said he was getting saw some because I pointed to the area where the house was, and that's where he got the source.

Thank you.

Miss Great, do we have any additional callers?

Madam Chair, the only hands that are still raised are legendary Detroiter Joanne Warwick and Mayor Sheffield honor voters mandated reparations task force recommendations, but I believe they have all spoken.

There what was the long name that you said?

Mayor Sheffield Honor Voters Mandated Reparations Task Force Recommendations.

So we didn't go back to that caller, so let's go attempt to go back to them.

Yes, madam chair, they just re-raise their hand.

Caller, you have one minute 30 seconds for general public comment.

Awesome, member Johnson.

You are very kind.

I appreciate it.

You what I want to say is the charge reparations task force uh submitted a comprehensive report of recommendations to the city council excuse me to address historical discrimination against black residents.

He proposals include cash payments, housing grants of up to 40,000 for down payments, uh $30,000 for home repair, water bill forgiveness, and property tax freezes.

The task force extensive 558-page blueprint, which uh built on a 2021 voter approved initiative covers multiple areas essential to repairing pastimes and creating generational wealth.

Um housing grants up to 40,000 and in down payment assistance, um uh economic development up to a hundred thousand dollars in grants for uh for black uh owned businesses, uh utilities, a moratorium on residential water shutoffs and forgiveness of outstanding water debt, education school grants for STEM fellowships, uh free high-speed internet and support for African-centered education and infrastructure in Detroit public schools community district.

I hope you all uh revisit the recommendations and find ways to thank you so much.

Now that concludes general public comment and Ms.

Warwick, I apologize.

I'm not able to um allow a lot the time for the other individual that you had with you just because we have a very lengthy agenda.

Uh of course, you know if they'd like to make a public comment and have it be placed on record, they can always reach out to the clerk's office.

Colleagues, any responses to the general public comments.

All right, seeing none, we shall go back to the agenda.

And before we proceed, I'd like to call the 1035 public hearing to order and recess it to the call of the chair.

I'd now like to call to order the 1020 discussion.

The 1020 discussion is the Michigan, any Michigan taxing jurisdictions for the Brownfield plan for CO2 redevelopment.

If there is anyone from a Michigan taxing jurisdiction that would like to speak regarding the CO2 redevelopment project, please raise your hand.

All right.

Seeing none.

We will close out the 1020 discussion.

I'd like to call back to order the 1025 public hearing.

The 1025 public hearing is for a brownfield plan for the Code 2 redevelopment project.

And if you are joining us for this project, please raise your hand so you can reported over as a panelist.

And when you see yourself on the screen, please introduce yourself for the record.

Good morning, uh Brian Bosberg with uh senior brownfield redevelopment director at the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.

Morning.

Good morning, Lakisha Brockcliffe with LPD.

Good morning.

Good morning, Clifford Brown, Woodborne Partners Developer as well as Co.

Van Dyke to the uh owner of the property.

Good morning.

And who would like to get us started?

Madam Chair, I'm I can get uh the presentation started if I could share my screen.

Yes.

All right.

Thank you.

There we go.

Um good morning, um, honorable body.

Um this again is for the CO2 uh Brownfield plan.

And um first I will explain um how Brownfield TIFF, how this tax incentive works.

Uh so this uh program uses tax increment financing or TIFF to reimburse developers for costs that they have to pay for up front uh with their own funds.

Uh and these are costs that they uh developers wouldn't uh otherwise have to pay for if they were to develop an undeveloped site on the edge of the suburbs.

Uh it's used to help level the playing field to deal with the cost of contaminated, uh blighted, obsolete and historic properties uh within the city.

That's simplest.

Uh TIFF works by freezing the taxes at the current undeveloped value of the property.

Uh and you'll see that in the blue bars here on this chart.

Uh and then the developer captures the increase in property taxes from the renovation uh and the increase in taxes.

So at no point will any uh tax and jurisdiction receive less taxes uh than they currently do.

Uh that increase um the a portion of it is captured by the developer.

Uh and then the again they're using it to pay for costs such as environmental cleanup, demolition, obsolete utilities, and other costs that uh they typically would not be present in most development sites.

And then over time, in this case 30 years, uh the developer is um repaid for those costs that they paid for up front.

And then at the end, the brownfield plan sunsets, and then the full taxes uh are received by all government entities.

Um so I will go on to the specifics of this brownfield plan.

Uh the CO2 project uh is being developed by Woodborne Partners, and the project uh you'll see here is at Co and uh Van Dyke Avenues, um just south of Kirchhoff between Kirchville and Jefferson and the West Village neighborhood.

Uh and you'll see that there's a total of six parcels, uh which 1500 1514, 1518 uh through 1532 on Van Dyke uh Avenue and then 808029 Co.

Avenue, um, which is uh again Co Avenue and Van Dyke Street right in those corners there uh and then the alleyway in the back.

Uh the property is eligible for the Brownfield program because it is a housing property uh for which eligible activities uh related to uh affordable housing uh have been included in a brownfield plan.

Uh developer is proposing uh the um the likely demolition of the two existing homes uh and the then the construction of a new uh four-story residential apartment building with off-street surface parking, uh be 48 residential apartments, uh, which will feature studio and one bedroom units with 10 of the units or 20 percent that would be affordable to at least 80 percent AMI for a period of 30 years of affordable units would be spread evenly amongst all apartment floors and all units uh of the development.

Uh the total investment is anticipated to be 15.6 million dollars.

Developers requesting uh 3.2 million dollars in uh TIFF reimbursement.

Eligible activities include housing development activities, uh which is the project rent loss for the affordable units, infrastructure safety improvements, as well as demolition.

Uh developer is also seeking uh additional incentives, which include an Oprah and an NEZ for this project, uh, some of which are on the agenda later today.

Uh the developer anticipates approximately 156 temporary construction jobs and eight permanent jobs to be created by this project.

Uh the Brownfield Authority held a local public hearing uh in the neighborhood on Monday, June 3rd.

The minutes from that meeting are included in your submission.

Um so that concludes my uh presentation to this animal body.

Um I think the developer uh Mr.

Brown is up next uh on the on the presentation list.

Thank you.

All right, Brian, do you have another slide after this?

I don't know if you um so we I know we presented this this project last week.

Um this is a 47 unit um mixed income building.

Um this is the this is one of five neighborhoods that we invest in within the city of Detroit.

Um, and I'm happy to answer any questions that you have.

Just as a reminder, um, that we are we will be in addition to the work that we're doing here, we'll be run evading the full alley.

We'll be adding lighting on Co Street as well as Van Dyke.

The mural that you see here will be done in partnership with the community as well as uh the landscaping, and um we'll also be adding uh bike parking and this this building will uh not only have retail, which will be neighborhood retail.

I know there's always questions in terms of parking, but the goal is to have neighborhood retail.

Um, but there will also be space in the building to service um or or to provide community space for the for the community as well as the residents similar to what we have done in Southwest Detroit.

And with that, I'll take any questions you might have.

All right, thank you.

Colleagues, any questions, comments?

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Through you to whoever can answer, um and good morning.

Could you just confirm the TIF if it's 3.2 or 3.5 million?

I think we heard a few different numbers.

Brian, can you answer that?

I apologize, I don't have that.

Yeah, no, I can enter that.

Uh so the Brownfield plan um is for the developers um costs that they'll be receiving through the Brownfield TIFF is for 3.2 uh million dollars.

You know three three million two hundred forty-seven thousand eight hundred twenty-one dollars to be precise.

Uh there are additional uh captures uh for that the state captures and the brownfield authority captures for um our administrative costs uh that would be above and beyond the the developer's costs.

Okay, thank you through the chair.

Um just then want to confirm the rates, um the market rates for the studio and one bedroom, and then the affordable the affordable rates if those could be shared again.

Mr.

Brown, you are on mute.

You would think that I would have figured this out by now.

I think this is the second week in a row that I have on turning into my parents.

Um so give me one second here.

And I pull that up.

I apologize for not having that ready for you.

Um computers never move as quickly as we want it to.

Um so our rates are the same song shape here.

Um can we come right back to that question?

I'm pulling those up.

I apologize.

My computer is is crawling right now.

No worries through the chair.

No worries.

Um I do have just one final um more of a comment and would like to get some insights.

Uh I am excited about storefronts opportunities.

I am nervous seeing a lot of storefronts across the city um be left vacants.

Uh there are a few projects.

I I can think of La Jolla as one as well.

I know that they've got some folks that are coming in, um, but just want to see um if you already have tenants um that you're talking to for the storefronts um opportunities for this project.

Um we are going to work through Motor City Match, but what I can tell you is is that you know, we take a very intentional approach here, so there are storefronts won't be uh empty.

So we are actually going to do the full build out of the storefront and it'll be plug and play.

Um we want to be very intentional about the store that we use, and so it'll be a storefront that will allow us to because the space that we're actually going to be doing for community space, we're actually going to be working directly with our retailer to make sure that that space is available, and so we want to cover as much cost as we can for that retailer.

We also, you know, we have a building right across the street.

We've struggled with the retail there, so we want to make it so that it is one community based.

Um, two also serves our residents, and then three, it's something that they can just plug and play so that we can keep their costs um as absolutely low as possible.

Okay, thank you for that.

Um, madam chair, those are my my only questions for now.

We can there's that remaining, but that's it for me.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah, and I'll get that answer for you.

But what I can tell you is is that um the the goal is that the entire building will we will maintain as much as we can, we want to maintain rents below 120% AMI, and that 20% of units will be at 80% AMI.

Um, and that what we are committing to is um and part of this for financing, is that what we're committing to is that incomes will be restricted for 20% of the units, but that we're going to do everything that we can to also restrict rents as much as possible so that can just be affordable.

We just have to be very careful in terms of what we commit to as we try to finance this, to be very frank, and this is for both this hearing and the next hearing that's coming up.

This is a building that's costing almost 17 million dollars to build.

It's going to appraise at 10 million dollars with um with our abatement, and then when our abatement falls off, the building's worth five million.

So we've got to be very careful how we do this because we want to drive investment into um the city of Detroit.

And to to answer your question, um, so for our studios, um, the rents will be 1425 for the um for the 80% units, they'll be 1433 for the market rate units, and then it'll be 1604 for both the studio and um the affordable units.

And again, the the the distinction here is just that we are restricting incomes on the 80 percent units.

We're not restricting incomes um for the rest of the units, and again, a lot of that is for financing purposes.

All right, thank you for that.

Um so Mr.

Brown, I did want to ask about uh retail as well.

So I believe last week you indicated that you've done a significant amount of community engagement.

How is that community engagement shaping the retail that you look to bring to the code to?

Um, I I heard you say that you are looking to work with Motor City Match, but I think there is also there also has to be some intentionality around who or the types of businesses um that have applied for Motor City Match that are aligned with this project based on feedback from the community.

Absolutely, and I'll tell you that that um more than anything, the very first thing based on the feedback that we have gotten from the community is is a concern of parking.

And so you're absolutely right.

And we want to have retail, frankly, that's fixing community.

We don't want to just bring in retailers just to bring in retailers, but we also want to be sensitive that, you know, let's say that they say, hey, we want a restaurant or we want something like that.

Well, that works contrary to the parking.

The challenge that we're facing here, which which I have to acknowledge, the amazing job that you are doing, and I'm not saying that just to kiss up, is an understanding of trying to balance everybody's needs, right?

And so we're trying to balance the constant constraints that we have.

And so we are we are going to certainly listen to the community, make sure that they have a voice in it, but also be sensitive that if if somebody says they want a restaurant, for example, and that requires people driving and having to park, then that's going to run counter to people's understanding of their need for a better parking situation.

And so that's where we did because we we've been working on this project for six years.

In previous iteration, we did do a retail survey.

I would say that it's it's dated.

So I think it would be disingenuous to say to you, hey, we did a retail survey.

Um those council members who have dealt with us know that we try to be as transparent as possible.

And so we we will certainly listen, but we also just want to be cognizant of the danger that we don't want to do is we don't want to do another retail study, and it comes back and um it it runs counter to some of the other constraints that we have.

So we want to listen, but we don't want to give a false promise, if that makes sense.

Makes sense, certainly.

Um and and I think at least community engagement work that has taken place in District 4, you know, the community is looking for a variety of things, and I'm not suggesting that all of those can be in this one particular uh development project, but certainly um balancing and weighing things to determine what fits within your space with all of those um items being addressed.

Uh, I hope that you know you will make sure that you provide what the community uh is interested in as well as what fits within the development project.

And and with that, can you just remind us again of the number of parking spaces that you will have?

So there'll be 43 on-site parking spaces as well as a loading dock.

And then we are also um going to help make sure that there are 10 spaces on Cole Street, which is which sits between um the phase one, which was previously built and phase two that is built right now.

So there'll be 43 on-site as well as 10 off-site parking spots.

Okay.

And um can you just briefly go through accessibility, universal design um within this particular project, and then I do want to ask you about your experience with development in this area because I know you have co one as well.

Yes, so so um we have one um type A unit and then um the rest of the units are type B, although we do have uh everything will be accessible via um an elevator, and we certainly have um in that that type A unit, everything's accessible by reach.

So the lower microwaves, the lower cabinets, um, the full 360 turnaround within the units, and then the type B units, you know, we try to be cognizant so that if, for example, if that type A unit were not available for somebody, how can we be um adjust and manipulate the type B units to make sure that needs are met?

We are still um working with our architect to get an understanding in terms of automatic doors, but everything in terms of entry into the building is um is zero entry.

My father was a was a double amputee, so this is something that is is close to my heart.

And and and as we offered uh previously, you know, when when we went into um when we went into Southwest, um we we were not fully understanding the culture, so we shared that, and some of the feedback we got was hey, you need to have bilingual communication.

And so we were able to adjust and add bilingual signage, have a bilingual um website, and so even if it doesn't impact this this particular project, we do want to meet with the community and better understand um accessibility needs because this is not the only project that we intend to work on in the city of Detroit, not just in the city of Detroit, just period.

And so we think that two things can come of this.

One, we can try to do as much as we can with this project, but probably almost more important is lessons learned so that moving forward from the very beginning, we can include um include those needs.

I will say that that we, in terms of answer to your second question, um, again, this is this is our our fourth building in the city of Detroit.

This is our third ground up development.

We understand how to work in neighborhoods.

Um and in this particular neighborhood, we own co-phase one.

And because we were working on for um the co phase two, and we knew we could only accommodate studios and one bedrooms and previously we had town homes and we lost the town homes, but because we knew we were not going to be able to accommodate two bedroom rentals into this building, um, as opposed to what other developers typically do, which is make the promise and then come after the fact.

We actually jumped on the front end and we bought um uh building six a building down the street that has 16 two-bedroom units that is 100% affordable, and the rents are anywhere from 50 to 120% AMI.

And so this is you know, the only I'll be completely honest.

The only reason we bought that building is because we could not fully service the affordability needs in this space based on the constraints on this site.

And so, as opposed to making this body a promise and asking you to trust our promise later, we made the commitment on the front end.

All right, thank you for that.

Um can you talk just a little bit about the other phase one, co-phase one um occupancy rates?

How's retail doing?

Um, do are the the retail spaces field.

Yeah, absolutely.

So co-phase one, if you would ask me this question a month ago, I would have said that we were at 100% occupancy.

Um we have had changes, but the changes we have had are actually from our perspective, successes in the city of Detroit.

Because um we have the two bedroom town homes, um, typically we lose the people in those townhomes.

We have eight town homes at phase one, and then we have four apartments at phase one and two retail bays.

If we lose residence in our apartments, uh we were we opened November uh 1, 2017, 100% occupied.

Um, if we lose residents in our townhomes, it is typically one of two reasons.

Either they got another job and they're moving out of the city, or typically it is because they're buying a house.

And normally when they buy a house, it's an Indian village or somewhere else in the city of Detroit.

And so that is what we just faced recently.

We lost one resident because of an ill parent.

But outside of that, everybody that has typically moved out, they're either you're they're like, let's call it medical residents who have gotten assigned to another hospital or they're buying a home.

In our retail bay, we have one available retail bay, but that is because um and and it shouldn't matter whether it's a man or a woman or or their race, but we had a black woman um who started a business there, and it grew too big to maintain in that space.

And so we take great pride in that.

Like we had the conversation with them.

We're like, look, you got pallets everywhere, it's disrupted to the neighborhood, it's no longer meeting zoning.

Um, and she just signed a huge contract, and so she moved to the eastern market.

So we have had challenges in terms of retail there, but in this instance, the vacancy that we have, which uh it just occurred June 1st, is actually a really positive thing where she just outgrew that space and she really wanted to stay because she really wanted to have um a retail presence.

But the fact of the matter is her business, she's selling flavored lemonades um throughout um the state, and it just got a huge contract for distribution.

So, you know, we take great pride in um the retailer that was there, and then the other retail bay is full.

Okay, all right, thank you.

All right, we will shift to public comment.

If there is anyone who would like to make a public comment regarding the public hearing we just witnessed, please raise your hand, whether virtually or in person, going once.

Going twice.

Going three times, the collection of public comment has concluded.

Seeing no phased.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Attorney Cliff.

Okay, attorney.

I did not make that I'm part.

But before you proceed, I do just want to say that the collection of public comment has concluded.

And after attorney Barclay um goes, and we will go to public comment.

I will say that I did not get an opportunity to make my presentation, but my presentation is um reflects what you've already heard.

Um, so if you want to proceed with public comment, that's fine.

But if I I'm more than welcome to, I mean, I'm more than willing to provide my presentation if you like.

Please proceed.

My apologies.

No problem at all.

One second.

So you have before you code Van Dyke to LLC and Machine Limited Liability Corporation, who's the owner and project developer for properties located in the historic West Village Historic District.

The site is comprised of six parcels, which are located on Van Dyke Street and Co Avenue.

Um Co Avenue.

The developer was selected via an RFP process um initiated by the city to redevelop those parcels.

The proposed project co um of West Village Phase Two is directly across the street from the smaller predecessor, Co of West Village.

The project is a new construction mixed use redevelopment that consists of 48 residential apartment complex with ground level parking and a small retail commercial space.

The project will require the relocation relocation and demolition of two historic homes.

However, the historic district commission has given its conditional approval for those demolitions.

However, the um developer has offered up those two homes for relocation if some entity is willing to move those two homes.

The four district of the four-story mixed-use residential and retail building will be at um approximately 44,000 square feet, including a thousand square feet of retail space and 43 on-site parking spaces.

At least 20% of the apartments are designated for as affordable units for households at or below 80% AMI.

The developer is requesting the 3.2 million TIFF reimbursement, with the overall value of the plan to be estimated at 3.9 million, which includes local brownfield costs.

Excuse me.

It is currently anticipated that the construction will begin in 2026 and be completed within 24 months.

In addition to the currently requested brownfield TIFF, the developers also seeking a commercial rehabilitation at BA210 of 2005 tax abatement for the project.

The overall capital investment includes land that is estimated at approximately 15.6 million.

The basis of the eligibility for this project is that it is located within the city of Detroit.

It was per previously utilized for a commercial purpose.

And now it is being redeveloped as a housing project.

And that generally concludes my presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

So now we will go to public comment regarding the public hearing we just witnessed.

And Ms.

Great, who how many hands do we have raised?

Madam Chair, there are six hands raised for public comment.

Okay, we'll give everyone one minute for public comment regarding the public hearings.

Again, we do have three others.

Who do we have first?

We can set the clock.

Thank you.

Our first caller is Joanne Warwick.

Joanne Warwick, you have a one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Good morning, Miss Joanne Warwick.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Something's wrong with the Zoom because that's not how I signed in.

But I recall this uh hearing at the Historic Commission, and I'm truly appalled that the historic commission would think it's okay to very likely end up demolishing uh at least one of those homes is the most historic or oldest home in that area.

And I'm very disappointed with the developer I know has done some other good work that they would even consider doing such a thing like this.

Like I lost faith in the historic commission, which has allowed a lot of other historic uh buildings to go.

And um uh for that reason, I think this should be unapproved.

I also wanted to know if the Brownfield people actually noticed people of their hearing before it happened.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Mayor Sheffield Honor Voters Mandated Reparations Tasks Task Force Recommendations.

Caller, you have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Thank you.

Um first I'd like to know uh how many handicapped spaces are available.

Um is there going to be jobs for returning citizens and neighbors in the area?

It should be.

And um permanent and um and positive uh um I'm sorry, permanent employment and part-time employment uh for uh returning citizens and neighborhood uh residents.

Uh is there gonna be that kind of um offer for that?

Uh and and could you consider pop-ups for neighborhood uh artists and other people uh who have um hobbies and art for some of those retail spots or for that retail spots, maybe the pop-ups could help those people in the neighborhood have some kind of uh part-time employment uh from their arts or uh other things.

And so uh for Detroit uh entrepreneurs thank you, and we are going to ask if there are accessible parking spaces, accessible parking spaces.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Marguerite Maddox and Scarlet.

Ms.

Marguerite Maddox and Scarlet, you have the floor regarding the 1025 public hearing.

We can get it.

I don't believe that you let me see.

And paper.

Thank you again, Miss.

Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Maddox.

And before we proceed to the next caller, I'd like to call the 1055 public hearing to order and recess it to the call of the chair.

I'd like to call the 1105 public hearing to order and recess it to the call of the chair.

We are back at public comment.

And Ms.

Great, who do we have next?

Our next caller is Toya.

Toya, you have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Yes, morning.

My name is Toya Watts of Shalow Village Association, and I am viewing.

I'm asking um Cliff Renim, Van Dyke is a very busy street.

Um, the traffic, the bus.

And you're talking about putting a store front in front of this building.

Where the um patrons are gonna park at.

And number two, I would like another number on how many affordable apartment buildings, how many is gonna be 80%, how many is gonna be what?

But is a church across the street?

Is there still in business or not?

And then you're talking about a hundred dollars a month for the parking space, Cliff.

And I didn't know what do that goes into their rent and how they can afford that part of it.

Then I want to know, proximity, how much is this gonna cost um to be big built on this um on Van Dyke?

And I would like to have a traffic study.

Will this interfere with the traffic going up and down Van Dyke?

That's what I would like to know from you guys.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is legendary Detroiter.

Legendary Detroiter, you have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing caller, are you there?

Going once, going twice.

Going three times.

If you'd like to make a comment, please submit the comment to the clerk's office.

Ms.

Great, who do we have next Madam Chair?

The last caller is caller ending in 534.

Caller ending in 534.

You have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Thank you.

All right, that now concludes our public comment.

And who would like to proceed with responses?

Um the chair, if if it's okay, I'll try to address, and I want to be careful not to relitigate.

We did get approval from the historic district commission, but as part of our approval to the historic district commission, um, our commitment was to continue to try to remarket the the two homes.

We were actually giving those away for free.

Um we spent two years studying a way to um renovate the homes uh and move the homes because it just was not financially prudent to try to renovate them there and and we you know didn't and and we spent a lot of time back and forth and people didn't believe us, and so what we said was um I shouldn't say people didn't believe us, but there were some people um who who didn't have a full comprehension, and so what we agreed to do was to market those homes even with historic district commission approval, and then if we found an interested um taker that they could have those homes for free, they just had to show that they had a viable plan, but they had a location to move them within a historic um site and that they had the capacity to do that.

We got over 700 calls of the 700 calls, we had one viable alternative.

That person who was was open to do it and was not about return, took a look at it, and upon further review, stepped stepped away from it and said this just doesn't make sense.

Uh and so it supported what we had found, and then since that time in June of this year, um, one of these homes, um, the one one home was already uh fire damaged.

The second one got fire damage, and the back of that home um was damaged pretty significantly.

Um we showed up, I was there at two o'clock in the morning with um the fire department.

We immediately the next morning sent an email to the West Village Association as well as to building safety and engineering, just to ensure because you know we're trying to strike a delicate balance.

We don't want to present that we're just want to be overly eager in tearing down these homes, but we also recognize this is a neighborhood that people live in, and they don't want to sit there and look at burned down homes.

Um, and so um building safety and engineering came back and said, look, um, from a safety perspective, as long as they're bordered up, we don't have to worry about tearing them down um right away.

But I've already gotten one email from our resident in the neighborhood asking, like, hey, what is the plan?

Where are we going with this?

And so we're trying to move as expeditiously as possible, not because we're eager to tear down historic homes, um, but because we're eager to add value to this neighborhood and not have burned down houses sitting in the neighborhood.

Um, I want to say that um we will yes, ma'am.

Um thank you for that.

Uh the detail, but if you can just summarize uh the your responses, we would appreciate it.

We do have three.

Yeah, I apologize.

Yep, I apologize.

Yep, so very quickly, um, we have two accessible spaces.

We're working, we will be working with the GC, um, uh our contractor, um the retailer as well as Detroit at her at work on hiring.

So I can't speak to hiring right now in terms of um construction jobs or even in the retail space, it would be an appropriate for me to um the pop-ups.

We had looked at that, we actually were interested in that, and based on the requirement from the financing that we're getting from the MEDC, those pop-ups will not work.

Um, and then um in terms of um Toya Maddox's uh uh Toyota Watts questions, um, the church across the street is still active, and 20% of the units works out to uh 10 total units um and in terms of the Brownfield hearing.

I you know, I'll I'll let Brian speak to it, but I know appropriate notice uh was sent out for um for those, and I think because we've had so many community meetings, I think the community was just exhausted in terms of further coming out to some more meetings.

And Mr.

Brown, did you indicate um accessible parking spaces?

Yes, there'll be two accessible parking spaces.

Two accessible parking spaces and the um retail stores, parking will be incorporated within the 43 spaces that you can.

Yeah, so so we are looking very specifically at um re like neighborhood level retail.

We're not looking for for retail where you got to come and you gotta have a big parking press.

It's but all of our parking, even with the retail space falls within zoning.

We actually exceed the requirement from the zoning department.

And can you share again the cost to build the project?

Yes, it's just over 16 million dollars.

And jobs.

What about um working with Detroit at works or yeah?

So that's that's where I was saying in terms of uh returning citizens.

Um that really will um flow through our our general contractor, um, our retailer and the Detroit at work program, who we will we will reach we you know, we've had a just a very early conversation, but we will reach back out to them.

But I don't want to speak on behalf of them in terms of um in terms of who I don't want to make a requirement to them in terms of who they hire in terms of returning citizens.

I would especially would be inappropriate to to make that commitment on this call.

But you are connecting them with the Detroit at work.

Correct, absolutely.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Christopher Osberg.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um, yeah, yeah, and the jobs uh part, I would add to that uh given that this is a Brownfield TIFF request of three million dollars or greater.

Um the Mr.

Brown will be required to follow executive order 2000 2024-2.

So 51% uh Detroit residents uh on the construction portion of the job.

Um so that commitment will uh be a mandatory for the project.

Um and then as far as the notice in the hearings, we do send out uh every time we have public hearings uh to several dozen uh community groups.

We um you know look for those online as well as through community development advocates of Detroit.

Uh we also work with uh the Department of Neighborhoods, uh the city council member offices, uh, and our uh district business all liaisons to ensure that uh as broad of uh distribution as we can get on the public hearings um are sent out.

Thank you for that.

Um and then I believe the last question that has not been answered is whether or not a traffic study has been done.

Uh I don't believe a traffic study has been done.

I don't believe it was necessary based on the size of um the size of the site um the more um so I'll leave it at that.

Um, but I don't believe the traffic study has been done.

Okay, thank you.

Um, and I know the area uh is is very tight there, and so I'm sure member Miller and her team will be connecting with the appropriate um individuals, departments to address any traffic concerns.

All right, thank you.

Pro Tim Young.

Thank you, uh Ma'am Chair.

And I live not too far away from that area.

It's kind of right around the corner on Van Dyke.

Uh I go to the cleaners a little bit up the street for right there over there at Kimbrough.

So I'm very familiar with that area and the little dog um rooming center they have over there as well.

Uh I uh but I just wanted to ask, is it part of the reason why they didn't have the uh parking study or the traffic study is because they have a large parking lot over there?

Because I mean I know Ms.

Watts asked about the traffic study for the purposes of cars, you know, being lined up on that street is kind of a tight street, but you have like a large parking lot that would go with this program, isn't that correct?

So people are parking off the street.

I believe that's part of it.

I think the other piece of it is is because of the nature of the thoroughfare that um Van Dyke that Van Dyke is is it's built for um traffic.

This is not this is a major thoroughfare, as well as uh it is along a major bus line.

Um, and so this is you know, between the bus line, the parking, and the fact that it's a major thoroughfare.

Um I I believe the planning department had indicated we did not need to do a traffic study just because of of those three factors.

And it's a state street.

So I mean, um I I'm assuming it had to be some sort of partnership with the state, I'm assuming, in order to kind of go through that process, but I'm thinking, you know, because of the parking, you I just want to make it clear, and my my my goal here with my intention with this question is make it clear that we're not gonna see like lines of cars parked along this street because of this development because you have an actual off-site parking uh area.

Correct.

That is correct, and there's also we've been very careful to work with the planning department.

There are not curb cuts right there.

So the curb cuts are leading directly off the alley.

So everything that we are everywhere we're leaving traffic is been designed for this level of uh traffic.

All right, thank you, sir.

Thank you, madam.

Chair, I'm done.

Thank you.

Just very quickly, uh, Mr.

Brown, do you know how far the bus stop is from the development?

Is there a bus stop in front of?

There'll be a bus stop directly in front of.

Okay.

All right.

Okay, well, thank you for redirecting traffic into and out of the development project away from Van Dyke.

So I should clarify when I say it'll be right in front of, it'll be right on it'll be on Van Dyke right in front of the building.

Right.

I mean making sure that there is not a curb cut on Van Dyke.

Oh, yes, ma'am, you're absolutely right.

Yeah, there's no curb cut on it.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Colleagues, any additional questions, comments, concerns.

Is there a motion on line item six, the 1025 public hearing?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item six to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you all for joining us.

That now closes out the 1025 public hearing.

I'd now like to call back to order the 1035 public hearing.

The 1035 public hearing is the establishment of a neighborhood enterprise zone for the Corktown Development LLC in the area of 1350 Michigan Avenue.

And if you are joining us for the 1035 public hearing, please raise your hand so we can move you over as a panelist.

If you see yourself on the screen, please introduce yourself for the record.

Morning.

Good morning, Alton Williams, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation.

Morning.

Lake Shackle LPD.

Good morning, Roger Basmajian, uh President O Bosco.

Good morning, Pete Wett Real Estate Manager at Bosco.

Good morning.

Who would like to kick us off?

Justice.

Mr.

Cook, you are muted.

My apologies.

Madam Chair, Courttown Development LLC is requesting the establishment of a neighborhood enterprise zone in the area of 1350 Michigan Avenue.

The government body of a local governmental unit by resolution may designate one or more neighborhood enterprise zone within that local governmental unit.

Upon their creation of a zone, the applicant will receive the certificate as a matter of right and shall not be required to participate in a public hearing.

I would like to turn it over to my colleague Alton Williams.

Thank you.

Thank you, Justice.

Uh Madam Chair, may I share my screen, please?

Yes.

Thank you very much.

Okay, so today, 1350 Michigan Ave, led by Roger Bosmajian is requesting the establishment of a PA-147 neighborhood enterprise zone tax incentive for the residential portion of his development.

PA147 was enacted by the state of Michigan to promote the development and redevelopment of residential housing in eligible distressed communities.

Per state statute, rehabilitation projects will have the taxable value frozen at the pre-rehab level.

New construction projects receive a 50% reduction on the improved building value.

The exemption may be approved for up to 15 years with a phase out in the final three years.

There is no reduction to the existing property taxes, and the incentive benefits are not generated until after the completion of construction.

On June 11th, 2026, the assessor's office for the city of Detroit provided a letter confirming this project's eligibility for the PA 147 NEZ exemption.

This project is located at 1350 Michigan Avenue in the Corktown neighborhood of Council District 6.

1350 Michigan Avenue is a 10.9 million dollar rehabilitation mixed use project.

Upon completion, over 20,000 square feet will be reactivated to provide 15,619 square feet of residential space, which includes 17 residential units, of which four of them the developer is committing to offering at 80% AMI, which is also inclusive of parking and utilities.

1350 Michigan Ave also includes 3,818 square feet of ground floor commercial retail space and 18 on-site parking spaces.

The DGC has conducted our evaluation of the project.

As part of our evaluation, we ensure that every project meets specific policy objectives.

Project should provide strategic benefits that align with the city's goals and initiatives, economic benefits that create opportunities for Detroit residents and businesses, and generate fiscal benefits for the city.

Additionally, projects should also meet the but for requirement, indicating that financially the project could not proceed without the incentive.

1350 Michigan Avenue demonstrates strategic benefits by providing new affordable units with the developer committing to 20% of the units at 80% AMI, which again is inclusive of the utilities and parking.

1350 Michigan Avenue helps to reactivate a historic and vacant building, and it provides a new community amenity as well.

1350 Michigan Avenue demonstrates economic benefits by creating 60 temporary construction jobs, creating one permanent FTE job, as well as adding one new local business to the community.

1350 Michigan AB generates a 15-year benefit of 439,213, or approximately 29,280 per year.

Through the DGC underwriting review, we have determined that the project meets the butt for requirements due to the developers' inability to cover debt payments without the incentive.

Through the DGC's analysis, we have determined that the existing annual taxes on the property are $7,410.

Upon completion of the development project, the new unabated property taxes are estimated to increase to 101,949.

With the abatement applied, the total annual property taxes would be reduced to $7,441.

This concludes my portion of the presentation.

I will now turn it over to the development team to discuss additional details about the development.

Roger.

Good morning, Honorable City Council members.

I'm Roger Basmajan, the owner of Bosco, Detroit.

The company was founded in 2001, focused on investing underutilized areas and building walkable communities.

We self-performed the real estate development, construction, and property management services.

We've made investments in and around downtown Detroit in the last 13 years, and we've been headquartered in Detroit for the last 13 years as well.

We've done the redevelopment historic restoration of 751 Griswold, conversion of another historic building, 607 Shelby into mixed use, complete gut and rebuild of 220 Congress and two mixed use, and historic restoration redevelopment of 311 East Grand River into community event spaces.

We're also under construction right now, and we're having three historic buildings on Broadway, adding 85 residential units and retail spaces.

The parking will be offered at 200 for market grade and 100 for the affordable.

We're adjacent to mass transit proximity, bus stops along Michigan Avenue.

We have street parking along Michigan Avenue as well for a retail tenant, as well as several parking lots that are a couple couple properties down on Michigan Avenue.

As far as accessibility and universal design, we are using uh units that have the larger um uh doorways, larger hallways, uh turn radiuses, uh, grab bars, the outlets uh that are within reach of the parking lot ramps uh to be in line so that they're not too steep for accessible users for wheelchair users, I should say.

Uh, we have accessible common areas as well as the entrances to the type A units and accessible parking routes to those units as well.

Uh we have in total five uh accessible units, one of them being uh type A and four of them being type B.

Um as well as our retail tenant, we are providing and building ourselves two accessible single-stalled bathroom for the restaurant tenant that we potentially have, um, as well as in flush sidewalks, accessible parking spaces, as well as getting to and from your units as well as the retail space.

For sustainability efforts, we have green spaces that are for the building in general.

Uh, then we have some garden spaces in front of the ground floor units, uh, creating screening as well as uh green space for that residence to use the Lord Garden.

Uh, we're this is a historic project.

Um, and we're recycling all building materials, brick, wood, and flooring, and adhering to SHIPO standards uh for our new build-out, um, incorporating permeable landscaping to reduce stormwater runoff, given that there's no detention system required due to the size of the lot, it's quite a bit smaller than half an acre.

We have energy star appliances, energy efficient windows, energy efficient roof.

As far as workforce development, we're creating one permanent job for the project on our end.

Uh we have 37 additional jobs being created by the restaurant tenant that we're we're in discussions with, and we have an LOI, and we're creating 60 uh construction jobs.

Uh we have met with uh we due to our previous you know experience in projects.

Uh we encourage our subs to hire locals, the uh local um subs as well as hiring Detroit residences.

Uh we are in discussions with Detroit at work um for use for our subs and connecting our subs to Detroit at work as well as the the restaurant tenant.

Um and as I mentioned, we have a proven track record of doing better than the average of hiring Detroit uh based contractors as well as Detroit uh residences on our previous developments.

As far as community engagement, well, we are part of the Corktown Business Association, and we meet regularly with business uh through that association.

We've presented our um improvement plan to this business organization, got their comments, made uh you know some of the comments were very um uh thoughtful, so we've uh incorporated those in our uh in our project.

We've also uh met with uh neighboring uh building residences and gained their um perspective as well and made some tweaks and uh to our project.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Who do we have next?

Um that would be me.

Um you have before you Corktown Development LLC, the developer who is seeking a PA 147 NEZ for property located at 1350 Michigan Avenue in the Corktown neighborhood.

The developer is an affiliate of Basco of Michigan Inc., um, which is a local development and management firm founded in 2001.

The project consists of a rehabilitation of the former Spaulding Electric Building, which began construction in 1900 with various additions until 1937.

The building was first occupied by the furniture store and then house Bology Electric Company until um 1911.

The proposed um project is for a mixed use development consisting of 17 residential units, retail space and 18 space parking lot for residents and retail customers.

The building is 20,000 square feet, of which 3800 square feet will be utilized for the ground floor retail establishments.

20% of the residential units will be reserved for tenants at income levels at 80% AMI.

The units will consist of one and two bedroom walk-up apartments.

Um of the 17 units for will be affordable.

Um investment in this project is estimated at 11 million dollars.

The abatement is projected to be worth a tax savings of 1.3 million for the developer.

Estimated investment in new residents are projected to produce a positive cost benefit for the city of Detroit at 439,000 with a total of 720,000 for all impact detects jurisdictions combined.

Additionally, 60 temporary construction jobs were created and one developer FTE position.

And that concludes my presentation.

Thank you.

Um Attorney Barcliff, I I'd actually like to ask you a question just very quickly.

So it almost sounded like um the city would be foregoing more in property tax revenue than receiving.

Can you clarify that?

I think you said 1.3 or 1.4 million in savings for the developer, but I didn't hear that amount or greater in revenue generated as a result of the project.

So the positive um cost benefit will be 439,000 um for the city.

So after the butt for um analysis, there is a positive cost benefit for the city.

The tax savings to the developer will be 1.3 million dollars.

Okay.

All right, got it.

Thank you.

Um to the developer.

Um, so one thing I have not asked and and would like to know, and I'm not sure if I asked about your previous project that was before us.

Do you offer recycling in your buildings for the residential tenants?

Okay.

All right, thank you for that.

And how long will the this is probably to Mr.

Cook?

How long will the affordable units remain affordable?

Madam Chair, the affordable units will remain for the lifetime of the abatement, which is 15 years.

Okay, thank you.

Colleagues, any questions, comments?

Seeing none, we shall turn to public comment.

If there's anyone joining us from the public who'd like to make a public comment in regards to the 1035 public hearing that we just witnessed, please raise your hand, whether joining us in person or virtually, please raise your hand.

Going once, going twice, going three times.

The collection of public comment has concluded, and seeing no hands raised in the committee of the whole, Miss Gray.

How many hands do we have raised virtually?

Madam Chair, there are four hands raised for virtual public comment.

Okay, thank you.

If you can set the clock for one minute, we will get started with the first caller.

Is Legendary Detroiter?

Legendary Detroit, you have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Okay, uh Letitia Johnson.

Do not let me finish my statement because you say I'm sidetracking and I'm standing, I'm on topic.

Y'all is TD.

So we need a federal injunction to stop this these hearings.

If if you're having the the remainder of your time, I need you to stay focused on the public hearing that we just witnessed.

Not one council member is involved in this project.

Okay.

Well, that's what y'all overseeing it and passing in our own informal session with a recommendation to approve.

And I'm sick of this nice.

Do you have any questions or comments regarding this?

Yes, I would like to know how many blacks are involved in this project.

How many black skinned individuals are involved in this project?

And then I want to know workers.

Who gonna be doing the work?

And then I want to know also how much profit is standing to be gained by the developers, and with these incentives y'all giving away.

The next caller.

Miss Marguerite Maddox and Scarlet, you have the floor regarding the 1035 public hearing.

Thank you.

Um should buy it.

How many pocket again be ready?

He will be cut in the button and added data how many out of the project.

How many added we're going to be uh any but um thank you thank you the next caller our next caller is Joanne Warwick.

Joanne Warwick, you have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Okay, thank you.

I too would like to know what is the uh profit margin on this.

Uh if I saw correctly, the taxes with the incentives would be somewhere between seven and eight thousand dollars.

I know people who pay that much for a single family home, and then these these abatements only last what did I hear?

14 years, then they get to jack it up to rent to market rent, and then they're making lots of money.

So and you know, I don't understand why you're allowing developers who clearly have a lot more resources because I know he's the successful developer.

I do appreciate him, you know, build rehabbing uh a historic structure, not building an ugly boxy bougie new one, which I see a lot of.

But you know, uh when when are we gonna revamp the taxing scheme so we don't have hours and hours and days and days of these kinds of meetings?

Please answer thank you.

The next caller.

Caller, you have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Hi, uh my concern for the developer, they're gonna get uh tax abatement by the 15 years, and after that they get to jack the prices up twice as high.

So they're actually they're gonna be uh uh making more money, and I don't like that.

Uh, this is tax money, and it should go indefinitely.

Uh we should have affordable um housing from these apartments uh uh indefinitely.

Uh uh is that possible to the uh developer and to the developer as well.

Can you make this uh a rent to own?

They can own those apartments and the the people can uh the owners can rent it out if they would like to.

It's being done in other places in the nation.

Um, and and that's what I'm concerned about.

Uh using our tax dollars to make somebody else rich.

I don't like that.

Uh thank you.

Thank you.

All right, but now concludes our public comment.

And who would like to begin with responses?

Uh Madam Chair, I'll I'll I'll take that.

Um to answer how many African-American uh individuals are involved.

Um so as mentioned, we we uh encourage our subcontractors, our tenants and so on to use their best efforts as well as engage Detroit at work to find local residences as far as I can speak for myself.

Uh our core staff, or we have about 15 people, more than 50% of the uh employees in our staff are African American.

Um how much profits um so without so if we did not have the tax, uh I think there's a bit of a misunderstanding that the tax abatement kind of puts more money in the pockets of the of the developer.

Without the tax abatement, we would be at a loss with the tax abatement uh in place, we are making five point nine percent cash on cash, uh meaning that our our cash that we're investing is making five percent almost six percent.

You can make a lot more money with a lot less headache in the stock market today.

So uh this is uh I'm uh I'm a Detroiter myself, so this is a passion project, and I believe in the city, but no one's getting rich off these projects.

Um there was a question about how many parking spaces for the residences, all 18 spots uh on site are for the residences and our tenants will be using the street parking as well as for their employees and their guests, the um off-site parking lots that we just discussed that we have.

We have 40, 50 spots off site for them to use.

Um there's a question about the need for incentives, and I think the kind of the profit answer answers that.

As far as rent to own, that currently the way the way things get financed in Detroit, that is a little bit hard to do, but that's not to say that down the road that we won't sell these units or do a rent to own all, but at this point the financing stack does not allow us for to do that.

And if I miss something, please uh someone can direct it to me.

I'd be happy to answer that as well.

Mr.

Bajmajian, did you mention the side-by-side washer and dryer uh push button?

Um automatic door opening, number of elevators.

Madam Chair, the um the type A unit will have that as well.

The type B units will be set up so that they can be converted to type A.

Uh the building's a uh a two-story building, and we could not uh the the numbers did not allow us for to do an elevator, so they're um somewhat like uh uh townhouses where you have the walk-up units on the second floor.

Okay, and I believe Ms.

Maddox did inquire about whether or not there were any uh disabled individuals that are working on the project that are involved in the development project.

Um Madam Chair, uh I'm not aware of, not in our company right now, but if some of the subs do have, I'm not aware of that.

Okay, thank you.

And I you know, I think that's something that we can work with the DEGC uh in HRD on as one of the co-chairs of the disability task force.

We are having conversations about workforce development.

So um we will certainly connect with you all regarding that.

Anything else?

All right, I believe all of the questions were addressed.

Colleagues, any additional questions, comments, concerns.

If not, is there a motion?

Is there a motion to bring line item seven back as a line item on September 17th to allow for the gestation period?

Motion.

Discussion this pro Tim Young.

We're not gonna vote this out.

No, pro tem young.

I just I just share it.

Why?

It has to oh, sorry, share it again.

I must have missed that.

It has a 60-day gestation period for NEZs.

Oh, okay.

Okay, never mind.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you all so much.

This now closes out the 1035 public hearing.

Thank you.

I'd now like to call back to order the 1055 continued public hearing.

The 1055 public hearing is to amend chapter 50 of the 2019 Detroit City Code zoning by amending Article 17, zoning district maps, section 50-17-28.

District map number 26.

And I believe everyone for line item eight is joining us virtually.

If you are joining us for this line item, please raise your hand so that the team can move you over to be a panelist.

And when you see yourself on the screen, please introduce yourself for the record.

Good morning through the chair to the honorable body.

My name is Asmod is Hag Osman, jobs and economy team in Mayor's Office.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Well, good morning, Dr.

Ben Clark, uh Vice President of Business and Civic Impact at Catula Education, which owns and operates Aviation Institute of Maintenance.

Thank you for the time today.

Jason Watt, Airport Director.

Good morning.

Jacqueline Jacqueline Young, Senior Director of Business Development, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation.

Good morning.

Morning.

And Brandon Lockhear, Senior Advisor of Jobs and Economy.

Good morning.

CBC staff.

Good morning.

All right.

Who would like to get us started?

I know we discussed the project two weeks ago, I believe.

But who'd like to kick us off and maybe give us a brief summation of why we're here?

I can do that, Madam Chair.

Would you like a PowerPoint or no?

Just verbal.

You uh feel free to share whatever it is you'd like to share.

I was going to ask about the um layout, uh, considering the roads and and things.

So if you have that in a PowerPoint, please share it.

Um, I do not have that, but I believe um Dr.

Ishaq Osman would have that on conceptual site plan um if they could pull that up, um, or whoever has that could pull that up and I can just do a brief verbal uh recap.

Sounds great.

And whomever has it, you may share your screen if it is.

Yes, through the chair, let me pull that up and I'll share my screen.

Okay, thank you.

So just to uh through the chair, just to recap um where we're at.

This is a continued public hearing from two weeks ago um for a CPC recommendation of approval for a rezoning um that would accommodate a commercial trade school.

Um so that's um where we're at.

This is uh city airport property, and it would remain city property, and this is uh the first um or encroachment of the airport um kind of east of Connor Street, where historically their operations um has been to the west of Connor Zone Industrial, where um this is City Airport property that was previously undevelopable um but now is and um director Watt can go into that um if desired.

Uh thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Yes, briefly, uh uh ma'am, the the the uh airport department uh had a had this piece of property.

It was uh his it was purchased for approach protection for runway 725.

Um it has uh since runway 725 has been closed, is now giving us the ability to develop this piece of property and use it as uh uh essentially uh turn into revenue generating rather than for uh safety and approach protection.

So uh uh this is giving us a unique opportunity to be able to develop this piece of property into something that could potentially make money for the airport as well as uh to support the local community.

And madam chair, I do have the uh conceptual site plan pulled up.

Um I know that the airport department uh put this conceptual site plan together uh as we are uh still in conversation with uh aviation institute of maintenance of what the final site plan will look like.

But if Jason wants to give a brief overview of this site plan and and what the airport is thinking, uh that'd be great.

Sure.

So so what's depicted here is uh just a simple uh uh facility.

Um that is is where the noise would be focused more towards the airport, uh away from the neighborhood.

Um I would like to say that uh the aviation student maintenance has uh stated and and continues to state that uh if noise is an issue for the surrounding neighborhood, or if they think that it is even, uh, then there they have no problems of putting up uh uh walls around the facility to make sure that that noise is contained and kept to uh a level that were that that would not bother the neighbors in any way.

Um the uh facility though, it's it's pretty simple.

Uh you see here parking, and you see here uh uh just a simple outline of what it could be.

But the more there will be a more detailed drawing that the aviation student maintenance will have uh that you will see as part of the uh lease process.

Okay, thank you.

Uh anyone else wanted to share anything before I proceed with questions.

Okay.

All right.

Um thank you all for the additional information.

So I I really want to understand how this is set up for sound to go towards Connor as opposed to the surrounding residential communities, especially considering that the parking is closer to Connor and the building is closer to the existing residential community.

That's a great question, ma'am.

So this is a conceptual drawing.

The idea of this is while they do depict parking in the front there.

Okay.

All right.

I do have a question for the city planning commission.

And I hope we share this with you beforehand so that it's not something that you're surprised by.

I know we um intensify screening and buffering um sometime last year.

Can you all do you all have a sense of how that will impact this project?

Um that um uh the screening and buffering ordinance wouldn't uh didn't substantially uh impact this project.

Um that dealt more with um increasing screening for um industrial uses, um auto-oriented uses, um, uses that would currently require screening.

Um but in this case we have site features that would require screening.

So the parking lot would require the standard um screening uh to screen cop vehicles, and then if there's loading docks or other features like that, um those previously require screening and would under the um new ordinance.

Okay, thank you.

And I mean Madam Chair, I also uh believe that um they would there would be testing indoors a lot um for the airport and aim um within uh sound um baffling type um rooms um and if they could um if they'd like to go into that.

It wouldn't be strictly outdoors.

Dr.

Clark.

Yes, thank you very much for the time again today and good morning.

Uh the only actions that we would be performing outside would be engine run-ups.

Um just state the obvious, and we teach we teach people after after they graduate high school how to build and repair airplanes, engines are a part of that and propeller run-ups to ensure that your work is good and meeting the FAA safety standards on a variety of levels, and so we have to do that outside.

Our engine run-ups would not be every day.

Um it's basically it's based on the curriculum and where they are in the process.

Our curriculum is 17 um it's classes over 21 months, and so especially at the beginning, we would not be at that point.

And when we do engine run-ups, that one aspect of the curriculum, it would only be Monday through Thursday, which is when we have classes, and we would keep that time frame between 9 30 a.m.

and 7 30 p.m.

Monday through Thursday.

And again, not every day.

Some weeks would go by where we wouldn't have any engine run-ups.

And when we do this, you don't you don't want to wear down the engine, so they're not uh lasting time.

It's the engine would run for anywhere from five to ten minutes.

But within five to ten minutes, you can tell uh very quickly uh what the technician needs to do moving forward, or if the engine is meeting all safety standards, and so uh I want to emphasize too, it's not a long period either.

Thank you, Dr.

Clark.

Are you able to share at your um other facilities in other cities how many times roughly how many times per day you do engine run-ups when you do them?

I would say I I worked here for 19 years, and I would say across the campuses, they would be no more than probably two or three per day, and that's including the morning shift and the evening shift.

Uh when someone's working on an engine of these of these sizes, it's not just one student, so it's a team.

And so even though we might have a class of 20 students, we don't we wouldn't do 20 engine run-ups for each for each student.

It's it's one as a class.

And so uh we would have two of those classes running at the most in the morning and and two at night, so somewhere between two and four at the most.

Um, but again, even with that class, which is a five-week class, would not be doing that every day.

It would just be periodically through the week during the times that I mentioned earlier.

Okay.

And we're very much happy to build sound walls.

We've done that in Las Vegas and also at our Newark campus as well.

Okay, thank you.

Um, do you at some at your other campuses are you in residential communities?

Yes, ma'am.

In in Newark and Norfolk, uh here, Virginia, where I'm uh based and where I'm speaking to you from.

Uh, we're right next to communities, um, Fremont, California, um, also Dallas, Texas, uh, very much close to communities, which also helps us be more accessible to uh different student demographics.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you very much.

And I have another quick question for you.

Have you all done any environmental impact studies at any of your other campuses?

Yes, ma'am.

We have when we've when the city's been asked to ask us to, or it's been part of the uh uh sale or lease process.

Okay.

I I am going to request um that we do an environmental impact study and if we can provide or make sure we have an air monitor um in that area uh just to make sure that we don't have any um air pollution that's coming from the facility.

Um and then Director Watt, can you share how long the lease will be?

Or maybe someone else uh ma'am, I I will uh uh I'll let someone else speak to the lease because that's being negotiated through the DEGC.

So they they would they will handle that part of it.

But I I do want to speak to you and to the uh this body about the uh environmental.

We are currently doing an environmental for this piece of property.

Uh it's a uh it has to be done as part of the FAA process.

And uh uh that is currently being being done.

We're it actually is with the FAA right now, waiting uh approval.

Okay, thank you for that.

So then my request is for us to have an air monitor um site in the area.

Yes, gotcha.

Thank you.

And who can speak to the lease, the length of the lease has it not been solidified as of yet?

Um please uh doctor.

I I was gonna say I really wanted to um put this over to the jet team.

I think it's more appropriate for them to answer this question.

Thank you, Jacqueline.

Through the uh through the chair, madam chair.

So we are still uh negotiating on lease terms.

Uh once that lease is um uh prepared, it will be coming through council again to your committee uh and we will take it up at that time.

Okay, thank you.

And do we anticipate any hazardous waste coming from the facility?

Ma'am, uh uh uh I believe that uh the only hazardous waste that would be coming through there would be uh lubricants uh used as standard uh aviation lubricants used uh anywhere throughout the entire airfield.

So there will be hazardous waste, but but uh we we will work with uh the aim to to find a location uh or or vendor uh that will be able to take care of this for us.

We we have a vendor under under contract that handles that type of waste for us.

Okay, thank you.

Um and I believe lastly, possibly, uh for the city planning commission.

So this is so if R5 allows for trade schools and it's less intensive, what's the benefit of rezoning this land to B4?

And what happens if AIM decides not to occupy the site.

Um through the chair, uh yes, you're correct.

R5 is the least intense district that um allows commercial trade schools.

Um historically the site's been zoned R3, reflecting the uh former De La Salle High School, um, which the R3 district allows parochial or uh public schools, but not commercial, so that's um still allowable within that residential category.

Um the airport uh requested B4.

Um the majority of their property to the west of Connor is M2.

Um, so it is less intense than the zoning of most of their property.

Um I I don't know if Director Watt would like to speak uh more to the B4, but um there's B4 present along the Connor Street frontage, though it's shallower and B4 is um the most common uh commercial district um in the city along Grashet and Grand River.

Um and this is a commercial use.

So um we um advertised the option um of R5 um with the CPC, um, but they um recommended B4 um at their hearing to give them the option um if there were concerns with the B4 district.

Um it would remain city property um so it would go through I believe a similar process if if the AIM proposal um doesn't occur and another developer um came with a different proposal.

And and yes, uh just to back up with what with what uh Mr.

Bazzini said is that uh we just believe that the B4 uh gives us more uh flexibility with this piece of property uh to be able to develop it in let's say this aim situation did fall apart, ma'am.

Uh we would still seek to try to develop this property and just give us a little more flexibility.

Uh as I understand it, it was recommended again by uh the Jet and the DC as well as uh okay, all right, thank you.

I read your lips because for some reason your audio was going out.

Um I do appreciate that I didn't realize there were other B4, um, there was other B4 land on Connor.

So just wanting to make sure that it was not uh an anomaly and something that was just created just for this particular project.

Colleagues, any additional questions?

Um right, I would like to have a conversation about the sound wall.

I know while the sound wall um there is you all would be willing to do it.

Um aesthetically, it has to make sense for the surrounding residential community.

Um, so I would like to have maybe an offline conversation about what that looks like um with uh screening and the screening, the landscaping that is required um on the site as well, just to make sure that the residents aren't just looking at a wall, um, and that it is a little bit more harmo harmonious with with the residential surrounding it.

Uh Dr.

Clark.

I I uh thank you very much for uh let me share just very briefly.

Um we've we would love to have that be like a community service project that we do in concert with another local partner uh in the community uh where we can make a mural or something like that.

We've done that in other uh facilities, so it'd be a great way to uh to um you know create a a co-parented project and good way to build rapport with the community.

So look forward to that offline conversation when your schedule allows.

Thank you.

Thank you, madam chair.

If I may add, um, if the rezoning is approved because it's a new commercial building, they'll go through the site plan review process, um, and as a part of that, and also because it's city property, the planning and development design uh review group will be um reviewing this through that.

So um that would be a good point to um consider you know what they're looking at, what's being proposed more specifically when they have the more developed um plan set.

Excellent.

Thank you for that reminder.

All right, I appreciate the additional information and you all giving me the opportunity to ask all of my questions.

So certainly looking forward to uh this facility and and what it brings to the residents uh in the city of Detroit as far as training and job opportunities.

So thank you all so much.

Uh seeing no additional questions or comments and recognizing that we have already had public comment in regards to have to do another one, Director Todd.

I thought I didn't think I had to.

Okay.

Thank you, madam chair.

Again, as you will recall, one of the reasons why this and these following public hearing was brought back was because notice was deficient.

So therefore, public comment continued public comment is also required.

All right.

Well, thank you for that.

Certainly.

Um so we will now turn to public comment.

If oh, pro Tim has a question.

Pro Tim Notice is sufficient this time, right?

We're not gonna have to come back another time, talk about it with a sufficient, correct?

That is correct.

All right.

All right, we shall turn to public comment.

If there's anyone joining us who'd like to make a public comment in regards to the discussion presentation that we just had, please raise your hand.

Going once, going twice, going three times.

The collection of public comment has concluded.

Ms.

Great, how many hands do we have raised?

Madam Chair, there are four hands raised for public comment.

Thank you.

If you will please set the clock for one minute, we'll get started with the first caller.

Our first caller is legendary Detroiter.

Legendary Detroit, you have one minute regarding the public hearing that was just witnessed.

Okay, now in regards to this public hearing, again, I'm going to restate that the city of Detroit needs to have better people involved in asking the questions from these developers that put forth to get these tax incentives, credits, and whatnot here in the city of Detroit.

What I just witnessed again is the questions asked are not pertinent to the black community in the city of Detroit.

And this city of Detroit is a majority, still majority black city.

We ain't 82%.

Now the airport director is there.

And what I do know about the airport is that how many blacks are involved in this project?

Total number of black faces that are going to get monies from this project.

I thought we were going to be consistent.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Miss Marguerite Maddox and Scarlet, you have the floor regarding the 1055 public hearing.

Thank you.

Um my comment will be on the vibration.

Haven't we from the shot area?

All right.

Anyway, but let me see how much of them isn't this.

And some of us may not be hearing.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our next caller is Joanne Warwick.

Joanne Warwick, you have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Miss Joanne Warwick.

Did you unmute me?

We can hear you.

Yeah, sorry is a bit multitasking.

Um this is next to the airport.

Um is this related to the solar farm stuff and uh letting GTE build more infrastructure, which I heard that's what they make money on building infrastructure, and um it's too bad I didn't get answers to all my questions earlier.

Miss Warwick, do you have any additional comments regarding this public hearing?

No, but I hope you answer everybody's questions.

The next caller, Madam Chair, the last caller who had their hand raised before you cut off public comment was Gwendolyn Howard.

Gwendolyn Howard, you have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Are you there?

I am, but I lowered my hand, my question was answered.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

All right, that now concludes public comment.

And there were a couple of questions in regards to sound vibrations and decibels.

Yes, so uh uh there's different ways uh uh to monitor and measure noise.

So the aviation traditionally uses what they call a DNL or day-night uh day night levels of sound, which is a function of sound over a 24-hour period of time.

So we we we didn't we cannot uh look at aim that way just because of the nature of of how quick and instantaneous, essentially in a 24-hour period of time, a five-minute blast of sound is instantaneous.

Meaning that you can't measure that over that 24-hour period of time because it turns into you know literally nothing.

So that being said, uh we have we do have uh some numbers around what kind of decibels uh they will be uh doing, but I can I can assure you and this and this body as well as the citizens of the city great that any noise that needs to be mitigated will be mitigated, and ma'am, we invite you into that process so we can evaluate this together.

I know the AIM team has talked about some very uh potentially innovative ideas around building of the facility.

There could be ways to to mitigate the noise with the the way the design of the building is.

So we're at that stage where these these inputs can be uh valuable.

So we welcome you, invite you to that process, and uh with our engineering team working along with the AIM engineering team, I think we can 100% overcome any noise issues and and and pollution issues.

Thank you.

Any additional responses?

I do.

I I'll I'll just speak to this that the airport department always seeks to employ Detroiters.

Uh uh we will follow and have followed every rule that the city of Detroit that this honorable body body and the mayor has put in front of us to retain, to hire, to put to work uh the citizens of the city of Detroit.

So that being said, uh we can always do better.

We strive to do better, but we do that is always our first option is to hire Detroiters and get Detroiters working.

And uh uh we will always do that.

And uh I will never back down from that.

Thank you.

And I know this is not related to the solar project, correct?

One, oh yes, ma'am.

I apologize for the answering that.

Yes, this is has nothing zero.

There are two different areas of the airport.

The airport department, I want to make this very clear to this body uh that the solar project is not a function of the air airport, uh, never was.

So the airport department is not uh that has nothing to do, they're totally separate.

Uh I don't have any input to what has happened with the solar farm, so the airport department has no comment, no nothing.

I don't understand it.

It was not a part of the airport in any way.

That's the city of Detroit uh business development folks and and uh the the city's decision, not the airport.

All right, thank you so much.

I believe that is all of the questions that I had jotted down.

Colleagues, seeing no additional questions.

Is there a motion on line item eight, the 1055 public hearing?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item eight, the 1055 public hearing to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Thank you all again so very much and look forward to continued conversations.

This now closes out the 1055 public hearing.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you, everyone.

Thank you very much, ma'am.

Everyone have a good day.

I'd now like to call back to order the 1105 continued public hearing.

The 1105 continued public hearing is to amend chapter 50 of the 2019 Detroit City Code zoning by amending Article 17, zoning district maps, section 50-17-4, district map number three for a variety of properties.

And once you all are comfortable, please touch the base of the microphone and introduce yourself for the record.

Good morning, Madam Chair Delores Palace Laura CPC stock.

Morning.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon, solid Brian Ellison, principal consul uh intersection consulting group on behalf of Michigan First Credit Union.

Afternoon.

Good morning, Angela Nowling, Retail Assistant Vice President of Michigan First Credit Union.

Good afternoon.

Thank you all for joining us again.

Um not sure if you want to just briefly review everything that was discussed two weeks ago.

Uh yes, ma'am.

So I will be just doing a brief synopsis and then passing it over to Mr.

Ellison to go over a presentation that he has very briefly for you all.

But just as a brief synopsis, since this has already come before this body, this is on their uh behalf of Brian Ellison and Michigan First Credit Union to rezone the following properties off of Temple, Perry, and uh off of Temple and Perry and Trumbull Street.

Um the purpose of the request is to modify an existing credit union uh to include a drive-thru facility and to expand uh vehicular parking and circulation within that already existing credit union.

Um City Planning Commission is also co-petitioning by including uh 2801 Trumbull.

It is an already existing building to the south end of the block, which is owned by the Michigan Conference of Teamsters.

Um this is just to avoid spot zoning and maintain um consistency across the subject parcels, which is not um a part of the current development happening with the drive-thru uh banking facility.

Um as this item has already been before you all uh we wanted to reiterate the recommendation on City Planning Commission, which is that CPC does recommend for approval of the proposed rezoning.

This is just the general synopsis.

I don't want to take too much time um from this body, but want to pass it off to Mr.

Ellison to um present his presentation, um, which goes a little bit more in depth and on the item and some of the uh items that weren't able we weren't able to touch on at the prior hearing.

Thank you.

I'll share my screen.

If I may, Nilanaka Edwards, the CFO of uh of Michigan First Credit Union is in the waiting room and she'd like to be admitted as a participant.

Ms.

Gray, do you see her Madam Chair?

I didn't hear the name.

Can you please repeat it?

Lonnie Edwards or Delanaka Edwards, please.

If she can Yes, Delanaka Edwards is being promoted as panelists.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And can if I could share my screen.

Yes, if we can please give Mr.

Ellison permission.

Okay.

There we go.

Thank you.

Uh thank you for taking this matter uh back to council.

Um we have been prepared and awaiting uh an opportunity to present for quite a while.

Um, and I'm gonna try and keep this pretty quick.

So basically, um how do you control uh this project.

I'd like to go down to the last one.

If I could if I could share my screen, might just be a little bit more.

I believe you've been given permission.

I hope you have.

Got it.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

Okay.

I'm gonna try and the reason I want to do this is I'm gonna try and make this as efficient as possible, but I want to make sure I want to hit some high points that we didn't discuss last time.

What I wanted to give an overview of the area that we're talking about.

So just for clarity, we're talking about 2825 Trumbull, um, which is on the backside of the Motor City Casino and their and their parking lot and parking structure in what is a predominantly uh business thoroughfare.

So we're not talking about an additional business use to an area that where that would be um wouldn't be commensurate with what's going on in them currently.

Um so Michigan First Credit Union, we went through this, it's brief.

Uh they are predominantly women-run uh minority-led bank.

They're uh present in the city of Detroit, they're looking to expand their presence.

Um they are focused on community reinvestment financial accessibility, and in this particular case, they've absorbed the Teamsters Credit Union uh operations and most of their membership.

Um to be clear, in light of a lot of the uh conversations had in front of this committee.

This project is eight and a half million dollars and is seeking zero dollars in City of Detroit incentives.

Um our primary request, as you've heard, is to move from an SD1 to a B2 business use.

The only reason that we're asking for that modification so that we can integrate a drive-thru.

Uh other than that, the core function of this facility was a bank and will continue to be a bank, uh, and that is actually being implemented in response to requests that were held before the MFCU to control the bank under the Teamsters.

Teamsters did not knew that things were going to be transitioning and changing, and it came under the MFCU's purview for the membership that had uh requested the integration of drive-thru to do so.

Um I'm not gonna get into where it is, but I there's some important points that I want to talk about on this slide because there's a lot of questions around why are you doing these things just to have a drive-thru drive-throughs have whatever impacts they have.

A financial institution drive-thru is not a restaurant drive-thru.

A financial institution is not an elective use.

Your ability to bank in this country is actually a necessity.

Uh, and the integration of a drive-thru facility into a bank specifically helps those that have elected to one bank that way because they choose to, that's great, but also to provide services to those who are otherwise encumbered from entering the bank and and having a difficult experience in accessing their banking facilities.

So, just so you guys know what we're talking about.

There are about 117,000 Detroit residents that live with a disability.

8.5% of Detroit residents have an ambulatory disability.

That's about 55,000 people, and about 94,000 Detroit residents or 65 and over, and a lot of them still prefer to bank from their car.

So and in person.

Happy to discuss that any further if we need to.

Um we uh we have worked supportively and collaboratively with the North Courttown Neighborhood Association in our design and planning.

The the design uh, and I think this is important to note is the reuse of an existing bank that is uh that has been done with the utmost care to adhere to the design parameters of its mid-mod routes.

Um it is a very expensive renovation uh and it's being done properly from a technical perspective.

The site is integrating uh on-site stormwater detention for the entire area of the campus.

There was none prior, and the reason that that's significant is because right now today it is predominantly a parking lot with concrete plus buildings.

So now that area that's currently concrete as well as the expansion for the drive-thru will be covered and supported by on-site water detention.

Um, for the you know, for the purposes of design control and constraint, do know that once this uh zoning modification goes through, we're still beholden to the special land use hearing process because even in a B2, the integration of a parking lot is a conditional use.

So there will be a site plan review and an SLU hearing to that to that point.

Um again, here's the overview of the area.

This is the existing condition, so you can see that you know we're not taking over an area that was otherwise lush or doing things like that.

We are cleaning up uh improving and improving the services that are provided the space.

And then lastly, I wanted to show you a rendering a rendering of the new facility, which I'm sure as soon as things stop spinning will come up.

Um, but again, the portico for the drive-thru is being designed um with specific intentionality to expanding upon the existing design of the bank.

So it's not gonna be some random you know addition that doesn't speak to the context of the building.

And I'm I'm happy to to answer any questions.

I know that you guys have heard this, you heard this last week, but I don't want to see I wanted to go through that for the benefit of the public that's hearing and anybody that might have had anything outstanding.

Colleagues, thank you for that presentation.

And I wasn't certain if the president wanted to share anything.

You no Brian uh did a great job.

I will just point out um one other thing is that this particular building um is a split level building, so we understand that there are inherent um challenges, and this whole remodel project is to ensure that the building is fully accessible.

Um so adding the drive-thru, adding um the other things, the elevator in the building.

Um we are trying to make it so that our members can bank with us in the way that they choose.

All right, thank you for that.

Uh greatly appreciated.

Colleagues, any questions, comments, concerns?

No, I think I think we all agree.

If um we bring financial institutions back to our community, it helps to improve our communities, recognizing that so many had um left, decided to leave the city.

So glad to see them returning back and glad to see uh Michigan First Credit Unions um support in rehabilitating this building and and creating it accessible for all of our residents.

Uh so thank you for that.

All right, we will go to public comment again.

If there's anyone joining us who would like to make a public comment regarding the presentation we just witnessed, comment again for this too?

Yes.

Um because the notice was the same.

It was if there's anyone joining us who'd like to make a public comment, please raise your hand, please raise sir, get give me one moment.

Please raise your hand going once, going twice, going three times.

The collection of public comment has concluded, and I first like to turn the floor over to Pro Tim Young.

Thank you, ma'am.

For your chill for your leadership pages.

Um, this is this is sufficient, right?

We're not gonna have to come back here again for this one, too, right?

And this is the last one, correct?

It's not gonna be like a reoccurring theme through the chair to Pro Tempore Young.

This is the same circumstances with the first one.

Notice was deficient on the original uh hearing date uh two weeks ago today, but yes, notice has been cured.

It has been both properly published and mailed.

This will be the last time we will have to all right.

Excellent.

Thank you.

All right, thank you all.

Miss Great, how many hands do we have raised for public comment?

Madam Chair, there are three hands raised for public comment.

Thank you.

If you will please set the clock for one minute, we will get started with the first caller.

Our first caller is Joanne Warwick.

Joanne Warwick, you have one minute for a public comment regarding the public hearing.

Thank you.

May I be heard?

Yes.

Number one, is this the same thing as the Teamsters Credit Union?

And uh hopefully they I am looking online.

I see some big trees.

I hope they won't cut those down.

Also wondering uh if they're planning on putting solar panels on top, and if not, I would encourage the city to assist all new businesses and putting solar panels, if supposedly solar is a uh a fundamental governmental function, even though this isn't a governmental body, but you know, so just wondering if you had that in the plans, you could ask the IBEW to help you out since they put some amazing solar panels in their parking lot, and um you know, something to make up for the idling of the cars, especially in the hot weather, would be nice if we truly care about reducing our thank you.

The next caller.

Thank you.

Um not go on the patient.

Right.

You're good, you're good.

And I don't want it don't open out you.

Thank you.

The next caller.

Our last caller is legendary Detroiter.

Legendary Detroit.

You have one minute for public comment regarding the public hearing.

Yeah, I'd like to know how many blacks are going to be and blacks.

When I say blacks, African Americans, blacks is what I call them.

How many are going to be involved in this project?

How many were involved in designing this project?

And how much money are it's gonna benefit the black community?

Now you're getting these tax incentives.

And I noticed that uh what's going on here in Detroit is that the population, the black population is declining, and non-black population is rising.

So I want to know exactly how many blacks are involved overall in this total project.

And where do we draw the line?

That's where I want to know.

How many blacks involved?

All right, thank you for your questions.

Just to be clear, this is a rezoning request.

This is not a tax abatement request.

That concludes our public comment.

And who would like to respond?

I can start uh through the chair.

Um, the first caller asked if this was previously Teamsters Credit Union, Teamsers Credit Union was absorbed by um Michigan First Credit Union.

So the membership um has largely been taken over.

This was previously a a Teamsters Credit Union building.

Uh we do not have a plan to put solar panels on top, uh, but we have a very extensive stormwater management plan to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars to mitigate one of the uh well-substantiated problems of stormwater management within the city of Detroit, uh specifically to benefit that neighborhood as well.

Um Ms.

Maddox, uh, the architect we can we can promote him.

Jeff Rentz from Soroki is actually uh on on board, but I can tell you while I don't have the exact number, is that the there is a very serious intention for being completely ADA compliant and accessible with this building to the extent of um as Ms.

Edwards stated, the integration of elevators into this previously split or the split unit building where there were none, um, as well as ADA bathrooms and usable facilities.

Um and I'm I'm certain that automatic door openers uh are a feature or a function that can be added if they're not already spec'd.

Um for the last caller, as you stated, this is not a uh it's not an incentive hearing, but uh I am very happy to sit here and represent Michigan First Credit Union, which as I said at the very beginning is a female led organization.

I did misspeak, and I apologize.

Uh Lonnie.

Uh Lonnie is the COO of Michigan First Credit Union.

She is black uh for what it's worth.

There are also there's black leadership as well as uh employees of Michigan First, and they have a very um serious mandate for being uh a primary financial institution within this predominantly black city serving a predominantly black clientele in this locale.

Thank you.

Any additional responses?

I did hear a question about public restrooms.

Okay, I can answer that.

Um we will have uh one public restroom on the main floor of the branch that is fully accessible.

Um the lower floor is going to be a community space, and we will um have both men's and women's restrooms down there, and there will be one accessible in each of those areas.

So a total of three within the building.

Okay, thank you.

Um now that brings up a question for me.

Will there be an elevator to get to the lower level?

Yes, this this building did not have an elevator prior, and now it will.

We've already spec'd the integration in all there.

Okay, excellent.

All right, thank you.

I believe that is all of the questions.

Colleagues, any additional questions?

Seeing none, is there a motion on line item nine, the 1105 public hearing?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item nine, the 1105 public hearing to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you all so much for coming back.

Thank you.

Thank you for sharing additional details.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for coming back to the community or expanding in the community.

This now closes out the 1105 hearing.

And we shall now run through the remainder of the agenda, beginning with line item 10.1.

Line item 10.1 was the is the commercial rehabilitation district for the co LLC.

Is there a motion to send line item 10.1 to formal with recommendation to approve?

Motion to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.2 July 14th, 2026, list of contracts subject subject to delegated approval.

Is there a motion to send line item 10.2 to formal with recommendation to approve?

Motion is lineup 10.2 to the formal session with recommendation for approval.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

So I know everyone in the room can hear Pro Tim.

Pro Tim, please be sure your microphone is turned on.

Motion is saying line 010.2 to formal session with recommendation for approval.

Thank you, sir.

We're good with that one.

Line item 10.3 is submission of the fiscal year 2026-2027 annual action plan.

Colleagues, is there a motion to approve or a discussion?

Motion to approve.

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

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.4.

Status of Council Member Mary Waters, submitting memorandum relative to questions on issues impacting Detroit Housing.

There is a request to bring line item 10.4 back on September 10th.

Is there a motion?

Motion to bring back line 10.4 on September 10th.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.5 status of planning and development department approval of property transfer between the city of Detroit and the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

These properties are in district one.

Is there a motion?

Motion to bring back line 10.5 on September 10th.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 10.6, status of planning and development department.

Property sale of 16 residential homes by reverter.

Is there a motion to discuss line item 10.6?

Motion discuss line 10.6.

Discussion.

Thank you so much.

Pro Tim Young.

Who do we have joining us for line item 10.6 to the administration?

Mr.

Washington.

Yes, good afternoon through the chair.

We do have Sarah Patton and Felicia still online.

Thank you.

And I believe John Trong should be available as well.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

If we can move them over as panelists, please introduce yourself for the record.

Uh good afternoon through the chairs.

This is John Tron, the Housing and Vitalization Division.

Uh and I'll pass it off to uh Miss Sarah Pat.

Sarah Packham, Solar Project Manager.

Good afternoon.

Um, and you can probably just share with us what we have here in front of us.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mr.

Steele.

Hi, Felicia Studstow from the Detroit Voting Authority.

Thank you.

Ms.

Patton, can you share with us what we have here in front of us?

Yes, a brief overview.

These are 16 properties that the city of Detroit purchased through the Solar Equity Fund.

These were purchased in neighborhoods that did not become a finalist for solar, so it's not one of the five finalist neighborhoods, but a promise we made to these homeowners at the start of this project about three years ago, is that even if we don't take your neighborhood as a finalist to the PRE residents, if they would like to voluntarily sell and relocate their homes, we would still offer them that option.

So these 16 residents did take that option and they sold their home to us.

We relocated them within the city.

So we then had 16 homes that was owned by the city of Detroit that we had on our docket.

The first initial thought process was to demolish the homes, but after our demolition teams took a walk through all the homes and told us that these were really viable homes, we instead decide to sell them and we did market them.

The market now went to Mr.

Price.

I'm not sure if he's on this call and can be uh a panelist, but that would be great if he can join.

Um and he is going to rehab the homes, and the goal is to lease them to veterans.

Okay, thank you for that.

Um I do have questions.

I am not going to ask them here because I know there's a request to bring this line item back on September 10th, but I will certainly reach out to you all to ask the question.

Of course, my first question is um why we made the decision to acquire the houses, even if the area was not selected for a solar array.

Um, but we don't have time for you to answer that question today.

Just know that additional questions will be coming your way.

Colleagues, questions, comments?

Seeing none, is there a motion to bring line item 10.6 back on September 10th?

Motion to bring line on 10.6 back on September 10th.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Thank you all so much.

Line item 10.7, status of council president James Tate.

Submit a memorandum relative to request for a comprehensive homeless services contract matrix.

Line item 10.7 has been received.

Is there a motion to receive and file?

Motion received a file line on 10.7.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

We shall now move on to new business.

Line item 11.1 is contract number six zero zero six two one four.

100% ARPA funding amendment number four to provide an extension of time and an increase of funds for down payment assistance program.

Colleagues, there is a request from the administration to remove line item 11.1 from the agenda.

Motion remove line 11.1.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 11.2 is contract number 6007917, 100% CDBG DR funding to provide funds for alley sewer repair project to for inspection rehabilitation and replacement as needed.

Contractor, DMC consultants, contract period upon city council approval for a period of four years.

Total contract amount five million dollars.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Motion to approve line 11.2.

Discussion.

There's a motion to approve line item 11.2 with discussion.

Member Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Not sure who can answer the questions.

I know we have a number of alley sewer repair contracts.

My only question is as we are excavating and doing work underground.

Are we also going to work on the surface level of our alleys?

Uh many of them are in need and just want to see if we're going to take this opportunity to also fix our alleys that are caving in.

Good afternoon, Madam Chair Committee.

Sam Smalley, Deputy Director, Detroit Water and Sewage Department.

The purpose of this project is to fix the private connections to the public sewer main.

Those failing private connections are causing sinkholes above.

So while we will focus on re restoring the connections, we will also restore the surface improvements that are impacted by the work that we're doing.

We will not be just rehabbing alleys that are not associated with these uh sewer repairs.

Through the chair, thank you.

So the work that you will be doing will see the alley repairs completed then, correct?

Uh through the chair, yes.

As long as the sinkhole or the structural defect is associated with the sewer lateral repair that we're doing, we will restore the alley uh affected by our excavations.

Thank you through the chair.

Would you happen to know?

Uh actually you do.

I know that we see we've seen maps for each district.

Um, okay, thank you.

Then what we'll do is uh we will connect with residents that are going to uh be seeing these changes because as I mentioned, uh we have a lot of need in this.

Uh so we will uh let folks know that this is coming as well.

Um, and then just make sure that we are addressing um some of these uh major sinkholes in the alley.

Uh thank you.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Deputy director, can would you like to share um the outreach that will be done prior to the work?

Uh yes, madam chair.

Um, prior to uh mobilizing to but first of all, we're gonna be working in all seven districts.

Um we have seven total contractors that are coming before uh council for approval um for this hundred and eighty-four million dollar project before we move into a neighborhood or into an alley.

Um we will certainly reach out to the customers.

We will pass outdoor hangers.

We are attending block clubs, we're working with the department of neighborhoods.

Um DWSD.

We always start with community outreach before we start a project.

Um that will be the same for this project.

All right, thank you so much.

There was a motion on the floor for line item 11.2.

Any objections?

Hearing none, that action shall be taken.

Line item 11.2 shall be sent to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Line item 11.3, contract number 6007930, 100% CDBG DR funding to provide funds for alley sewer repair project, contractor precision infrastructure, contract period upon city council approval for four years, total contract amount 25 million dollars.

Is there a motion to discuss?

Discussion.

Thank you.

Um Deputy Director, can you share with us this contractor in Wisconsin?

Yes, uh, precision infrastructure is a uh contractor um that does a lot of underground construction.

Um a key member of uh a company that also does work in Detroit.

Five star has joined this company.

Um they are making a significant investment identifying Detroit as a strategic client.

They are moving into a facility on Rosa Parks Boulevard.

Um they have significant capacity um to help us go as fast as we possibly can to help as many uh residents as fast as we can.

Um, and again, these are just the initial award amount recommendations.

Um told our our first round of recommendations totals 89 million, 63 million of it is to Detroit-based customers or uh Detroit-based contractors, and um precision is making a uh commitment to move into Detroit, establish themselves in Detroit, and be located in Detroit.

Um so we think that they will significantly add to our capacity to move effectively and safely on this project.

Okay, thank you.

And can you share the total amount that is uh available for alley sewer repair?

The total project is 184 million.

That's a combination of 174 million plus another nine million for the two different uh storm events.

Um of that money is going towards inspection administration, etc.

Um, but that we're trying to put as much money into the street and alleys as we possibly can.

Okay.

All right, thank you so much.

Um member Santiago Romero, is there a motion to send line item 11.3 to formal with a recommendation to approve?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Moving on to line item 11.4, contract number 607374-A4.

This is 100% city funding.

Amendment number one to provide an extension of time only for revenue lease agreement for city-owned parking spaces at 931 Seldon.

Contractor Invest Detroit Foundation contract period through June 30th, 2027.

Zero dollar increase amount, total contract amount, zero dollars.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 11.4 to formal with recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 11.5.

Submitting resolution authorization.

This is uh alterations in a PCA zoning district at WC3D downtown campus, 901 West Fort Street.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 11.5 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 11.6 submit a report relative to the Detroit Land Bank Authorities Fiscal Year 26 Fourth Quarter Report.

Is there a motion to bring line item 11.6 back for a date to be determined so we can schedule a presentation?

Motion.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

Line item 11.7.

Submitting resolution authorization for the acquisition of Wayne County tax foreclosed properties.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Discussion.

Motion to discuss.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Just briefly, I'm not sure if there's someone that can answer the question.

Just wondering if these are the we have, I see here 33 properties from the county.

Just wondering if this is the usual amounts of parcels that we receive.

You're the chair.

This is John Trial with Housing and Vitalization Department.

That number every year is always fluid and it's based on needs.

So there is no quite norm.

I think last year was a little bit less.

It's just uh there's sometimes it's just the abs and flows of uh of necessity.

Understood.

Okay, thank you.

That's helpful.

Thank you, madam chair.

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 11.7 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

And line item 11.8 submitting resolution authorization for a DTE easement at 11446 van Dyck.

Is there a motion to approve or discuss?

Motion to approve.

There's a motion to send line item 11.8 to formal with a recommendation to approve.

Hearing no objections, that action shall be taken.

That now brings us to member reports, and we have four minutes.

Member Vice Chair, Santiago Romero.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Just want to echo Ms.

Maddox comments today to go out and vote.

Um election day is August 4th.

If you have any questions, you can call the Department of Elections at 313-8760190.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you.

Pro Tim Young.

May report.

No report from Pro Tim Young.

And I just want to remind everyone that we are hosting our wellness fair this Saturday, Saturday, July 25th, at the Wellness Center at 5555 Connor from 10 a.m.

until 2 p.m.

Looking forward to connecting with the residents, having an enjoyable event, as well as making sure that everyone has access to wellness resources.

Be safe.

And we will see all of the kids as they are heading back to school.

And we will see all of you on Tuesday.

But after that, we'll see you in September after Labor Day.

So have a wonderful Labor Day as well.

If there is nothing further to come before us, I couldn't read your lips.

We shall stand adjourned without objection.