The Community Development Committee met on June 16, 2026, at 1:15 PM. The committee approved multiple items including fireworks discharge permits, public hearing schedules for redevelopment projects, contracts for infrastructure improvements, and funding increases for riverfront projects. The meeting was attended by the Urban Leagues Youth Group. The committee processed 13 agenda items rapidly, noting that significant preparatory work preceded each decision.
Everyone, the time is now 15. We are going to get the community development committee started. And before we begin, I like to say welcome to the Urban Leagues Youth Group. Welcome. Glad you're here today and that you'll be spending some time with us. So our first item on the agenda this morning is a resolution approving a fireworks discharge permit for a spyro LLC for special effects at the Gillette Bridge in connection with the wedding of Dr. Rashmi Junea on June 20, 2026. So move support. We're going to supported good morning. Anything at pretty standard? Yeah, it's like a fourth of July celebration, so it's going to be fully manned the whole time, and we will keep it as safe as possible. Wonderful. Wedding uh fireworks at a wedding, beautiful. Uh, all in favor? Aye. Motion carries. Item number two is a resolution approving a fireworks discharge permit for image engineering special effects, doing business as image SFX for special effects at the Aquisher Amphitheater in connection with the machine gun Kelly Lost Americana Tour concert on June 17, 2026. So we support. Moved and supported. There's any other discussion. Um I'd just like to know what would the um these effects actually be, please. I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. What would the fireworks effects be? Oh, we have a whole list of them. We got a couple handhelds, we got some gerbs, waterfalls, mines, um, and a flame unit. So mostly it's gonna be stuff on the stage, not oh, yeah, no, those things. These are all close proximity fireworks, so everything that you see at the van handle, they'll be using there. But because it's new and we don't know what direction of wind's gonna blow. We're we're in attendance at the stage all the time. Okay, great, thank you. No other questions, all in favor? Aye, motion carries. Thank you. Item number three is a resolution to schedule a public hearing on July 22nd, 2026 for the 11 Barnett Street Northeast, 834th Street Northwest, and 838 Butterworth Avenue Southwest redevelopment project. So we'll support supported, Ms. Renero. Good morning. Yes, thank you. This is a um multi-site residential development uh where we had an existing house that was vacant and as well as adjacent vacant land, and there's gonna be a new um multifamily redevelopment of 20 different units. Um I would call attention to the unit mix because this is a pretty unique uh in that there's uh four bedrooms and five bedrooms, um which we don't often see. So I just want to call some attention to that. Uh five of the 20 units will be set at uh 95% area median income uh for the period of the Brownfield plan, which is 15 years, and the total construction costs are five and a half million. Uh most of the eligible activities are under housing TIFF, meaning the potential rent loss. And um the only other thing I would call attention to is the uh aspirational uh subtract subcontractor participation goals at almost 30 percent um or one point almost 1.5 million of the almost five million in construction costs. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. And you mentioned the unit types. Did you say four or five bedrooms? I think in the memo says sec uh two and three bedrooms. I just want to clarify that.