[4:56] Good morning everyone. I would like to call to order
[5:00] our Public Health and Safety Standing Committee for today, Monday,
[5:04] July 27th, 2026, Miller Clerk. Please call the role. House
[5:09] member Gabriela Santiago Romero. Present. House member Denzel and Time
[5:13] McCambell. Remember McCambell did indicate that he's running late this
[5:16] morning, so his tardiness is excused. Council Member Mary Waters.
[5:23] Madam Chary, you have a quorum present. Thank you Madam
[5:25] Clerk, given a quorum. We'll go into the agenda for
[5:30] today. Is there a motion to approve our last minutes.
[5:35] Here, no objections are minutes from our last session will
[5:38] be approved. Just want to remind everyone that today is
[5:42] our last Public Health and Safety Session before recess. So
[5:47] member Waters, we are being requested for all items to
[5:51] go to new business unless we decide otherwise. But just
[5:55] a note for us today as we move items along.
[5:59] Other than that, we can go into general public comment
[6:03] for this morning. I don't see anyone here in person
[6:06] for general public comments. But if you are online, please
[6:09] raise your hand now for general public comments. I'll be
[6:13] cutting off Public comments in two minutes. So please raise
[6:16] your hand. Now, if you would like to make general
[6:19] public comments, we will give everyone two minutes. This morning.
[6:25] And since we see no one here in public for
[6:30] Public Comment this morning, we will begin with the folks
[6:33] that we have online. We do have the two minutes
[6:37] up on the screen. Ms. Kahn, whenever you're ready, how
[6:41] many hands do we have raised and who do we
[6:43] have first? Madam Chair, we have seven hands online so
[6:48] far. In our first collar is Dr. Denise Darnell. Well,
[6:56] good morning. Can I be heard? Yes, good morning. Good
[6:59] morning, Dr. Denise Darnell here. My city council member here
[7:04] in District 2, Angela Whickfield Calloway, had a very successful
[7:07] meeting regarding traffic and pedestrian safety this past Thursday at
[7:12] Greatory Emmanuel Church on Schaefer and We Seven Mile. The
[7:16] Detroit 12th Police precinct Detroit Department of Public Works, Wayne
[7:23] County Traffic Engineers, Wayne County Commissioner Angelique Peterson Mayberry, as
[7:27] well as Bishop John Scheer and his leadership team all
[7:31] discussed additional safety measures to make sure that congregants would
[7:34] be able to leave the church safely without getting run
[7:37] over or putting their lives in danger. Crossing Schaefer and
[7:42] Cambridge. Those in the community express concerns about cars driving
[7:46] way past the speed limit, putting pedestrians in danger. The
[7:50] Bishop mentioned somebody actually did get run over in the
[7:53] recent past who miraculously survived. I personally was very glad
[7:58] to see how productive this community meeting turned out. There
[8:02] were a lot of commitments made on the spot by
[8:05] DPD. And I think the bishop was pleased with what
[8:08] the City County and our council member would fill Calloway
[8:11] was able to accomplish by simply bringing the community together
[8:16] with those who have the authority to take actions. We
[8:20] actually walked down to the intersection of while standing there,
[8:23] our car came speeding by, breaching the yellow line in
[8:26] order to get around another vehicle and DPD immediately responded.
[8:31] So we got to see firsthand the dangers that's feeding
[8:34] cars can present to pedestrians. Finally, aye Denise Darnell Brown,
[8:39] I'm on the August 4th ballot here in Detroit's area,
[8:43] 8 mile woodwork for District 203, delegate to the County
[8:46] Convention and would appreciate considerations in votes. I am volunteering
[8:51] because I believe everybody can do something. Thank you, God
[8:55] bless you and have a wonderful break. Thank you. God
[8:59] bless you, ma'am. Who do we have next? By the
[9:01] way, general Public Comments is now cut off. Our next
[9:06] collar is William M. Davis. Good morning, can I be
[9:14] hurt? Yes, good morning. How like we put a health
[9:18] and safety concern right here on my street. You know,
[9:22] we have a lot of tree debris that's been down
[9:25] since like July 30th. And I know on one of
[9:29] these committee meetings, we was informed that there's going to
[9:33] be come around picking it up. Right there on my
[9:35] block, an Apple line between joy and oakman. There is
[9:39] a huge pile of wood and debris in front of
[9:42] my neighbor's house. And the thing about it is right
[9:45] next to the fire hydrogen, which will make it compromise
[9:49] to somebody's house caught on fire. And also the elderly
[9:53] lives there, you know, she's like in her eighties or
[9:56] nineties. And, you know, she frequently goes in and out,
[9:59] you know, in ambulance, the good service. You know, so
[10:03] I think a greater effort needs to be made to
[10:06] get this debris up, you know? And some of us
[10:10] pretty big, uh, from the gelather. Also, I think in
[10:15] general, the debris still out throughout the city, especially over
[10:20] here in District 7 that needs attention. You know, so
[10:23] if y'all could help to facilitate help to encourage the
[10:27] people that's supposed to be doing this, to do something,
[10:30] uh, also it appears like still, you know, I work
[10:34] for the water department for 34 years. I've been retired
[10:37] since 2012. But prior to the Detroit bankruptcy, we didn't
[10:43] have so many streets flooding. We didn't have so much
[10:47] problems with, you know, maintaining the streetlights and a number
[10:50] of things. So I, you know, some things have gotten
[10:53] better since the bankruptcy was some things have gotten worse.
[10:57] Hopefully we could do more to help to improve the
[10:59] living standards for the charters. And hopefully we could do
[11:02] more to make sure our dollars are staying in the
[11:05] city more. Thank you. Thank you. Our next caller is
[11:13] D. Mobility Access. D. mobility access. If you can hear
[11:19] us. You're up next. I believe that actually might be
[11:22] brother cunning him. Can you hear me? Yes, we can.
[11:29] Good morning, honorable Councilpersons. Have a great recess. And thanks
[11:36] for always being cordial. Kindness is not always kind to
[11:39] me. And, you know, the life I live, people are
[11:43] not always that kind to me. So I appreciate your
[11:46] kindness, Councilpersons. 313 - 4449 114 - 313 -
[11:52] 44491143134449114. That number was made you can remember it. And
[12:00] forced subservients Cunningham on Facebook. August 4th, 2026, I believe
[12:05] it was eight days out for voting day. And I'm
[12:08] getting a lot of calls, um, people want to know
[12:12] if it's the fixed line bus route, if the fixed
[12:16] line bus route and paratransit will be free. The key
[12:21] part will pair a transit. And fixed line route B
[12:28] free. For Detroit Department of Transportation on August 4. Those
[12:34] who are doing early voting, you can get a free
[12:38] ride from Warriors on wheels. Lisa Franklin, organization 313 -
[12:44] 2515777. Again,
[12:49] 3132515777. And thanks for taking my text message Councilwoman
[13:00] in regards to that flyer. Hopefully it can be sheer
[13:03] robustly. So some people can get to the polls. When
[13:07] everybody to vote. And I'm getting calls, people want to
[13:11] know fixed line route will be free. And disability paratransit
[13:17] free August 4th. It will be a good idea if
[13:22] they put it on their social media or some type
[13:24] of platform so the public knows. And I will disseminate
[13:28] the information once I'm told. Thank you so much. Thank
[13:32] you. We can confirm whether or not that will be
[13:36] free on election day and help let people know as
[13:40] well. Who do we have next? Our next caller is
[13:45] Renard Munchinsky. Hi, good morning. Can I be heard? Yes.
[13:51] Good morning. Uh, good morning. And, um, I'm going to
[13:54] thank Kenny Hahn for his, uh, reminder that the election
[13:57] is in eight days. Early voting is taking place now
[14:01] at the sites that our clerk's office listed. So just
[14:05] be sure to exercise your early rights vote because other
[14:08] states have that. We're new to it. And this allows
[14:11] workers and people that cannot take time off on the
[14:14] election to have their voices hurt. And states that get
[14:18] rid of that and actually don't have that as a
[14:20] form of voter suppression. So we worked harder to make
[14:23] sure that we can have early voting mail and voting.
[14:26] And of course your choice in voting in on election
[14:29] day. And when you look at your ballot, don't just
[14:31] look at the, um, candidates from the parties. Make sure
[14:34] you consider to owes us cause these are very important.
[14:38] I know there's a lot of misinformation and disinformation out
[14:40] there from spring old things of that sort. But for
[14:46] the proposal S, this is the members that will invest
[14:49] in our Detroit Public Schools community district. The old district
[14:54] is no more. The debt has been paid off. I'm
[14:57] not actually sure what happens with our old records and
[14:59] everything, but that's another story. Is the 18 mil tax,
[15:03] but it would not be levied on people on residents
[15:06] renew that live there, all the businesses as well. So,
[15:10] um, that's that case. Um, so people who own a
[15:13] Richter home will not be impacted by this, but are
[15:16] most important resonance in the city who cannot vote, cannot
[15:19] make decisions. Our children and they deserve consideration. So that's
[15:23] proposal. S. D. Wayne County Transit Knowledge also, all of
[15:28] us are Wayne County will decide on whether we have
[15:31] public transit across all 43 cities. And we know the
[15:34] reality that people that live in the city rely on
[15:37] the bus, 59 smart to get to where they need
[15:39] to go. Everything is not available in the city. And
[15:42] then people in the city outside of City want to
[15:44] come here as well. So be sure to vote. If
[15:46] we don't vote on this transit mileage, if it fails,
[15:49] there is no smart service. There is no county service
[15:52] whatsoever. Thank you. Thank you. Madam chair, our next color
[16:00] is Miss Marguerite Maddox and Scarlet. Noting we have four
[16:05] more collars and two joined after the close of public
[16:08] comment. Okay. Ms. Maddox, you're up next.
[16:23] Maddox, if you can hear us, you have been made
[16:25] a panelist. You will just need to unmute yourself.
[16:37] Ms. Maddox, if you are speaking, we cannot hear you.
[16:43] What we can do, Ms. Maddox, since we have a
[16:45] few more folks online, we can add you to the
[16:48] bottom of the queue and welcome you back. If you're
[16:52] able to reconnect with us, but we can't hear you
[16:55] at the moment. So Ms. Maddox, if you can hear
[16:58] us, we are going to add you to the bottom
[17:00] of the cue and call back on you. But we
[17:03] currently cannot hear you. Uh, so we'll come back to
[17:06] you, Ms. Maddox. Who do we have next. Our next
[17:13] collar is phone number ending in 534. Color Indian in
[17:21] 534. Good morning, may I be heard? Yes. Good morning.
[17:27] I. Am so grateful that Miss Alicia called me this
[17:31] morning. She is in one of the solar taking areas.
[17:36] This very disturbed that she just got illegal document that
[17:39] she doesn't understand. And I hope she successfully got into
[17:43] the Zoom. She also knows two of the neighbors that
[17:47] got bullied into signing the deals. And you folks really
[17:50] need to check out what the City is doing with
[17:53] these solar initiative not properly informing people. And I will
[17:58] help her out because it is not okay to go
[18:01] around offering people hundred dollar checks. And not fully explain
[18:06] what's going on to take their use restrictions so you
[18:10] can build these solar farms for often negligent DTE. Now
[18:16] folks, the way this has gone on has been so
[18:19] absolutely disgusting. And so I pray that the chair and
[18:24] the vice chair of this committee will take a look
[18:27] into this because that miss Alicia is willing to speak
[18:30] up about what's going on there. And you've devastated some
[18:34] other people, not you necessarily personally. But the tactics that
[18:39] the City is using not fully informing people, rolling over
[18:42] them with no right to council, while you've got Zelsmur
[18:46] fund to the tuna 7. 7 million dollars. And they
[18:51] know these people don't have the resources to fight back.
[18:54] But they're also being misinformed so they won't fight back.
[18:57] So God bless Alicia and her family for reaching out
[19:01] to me. And then you can hear from them. And
[19:04] I will set up some one - on - one
[19:05] conversations so that you know that what I've been telling
[19:08] you is true. So have the decency to look into
[19:12] this and not let residents of Detroit being rolled over
[19:15] by some callous people who were brought off by DTE
[19:19] or whatever motivates them to do this to Detroit residents.
[19:23] And I'm sorry if I'm speaking in fight or flight,
[19:25] but I am just so appalled that the City is
[19:28] doing this. Our next collar is phone number ending in
[19:37] 223. Color ending in 223.
[19:50] Hi, this is Alicia. I have been bamboozle to sign
[19:56] papers not fully. Explain to me about this solar panel
[20:01] crap. I do not want this next to me. I
[20:05] don't, I didn't want it in the back of my
[20:07] home, but they doing it anyway. I'm very, very unhappy
[20:15] about this because they lied to us. They came around
[20:19] with these programs. And they want to take my house.
[20:24] And I don't want to move. I don't want it
[20:26] next to me. I need help. They didn't explain anything
[20:30] to us. So I feel we've been bamboozled out of
[20:35] our home. I don't think this is a safe environment
[20:38] for these solar panels. I'm just against it. And people
[20:46] been forced out of their home. Rhea was forced out
[20:49] of her home. Her Miss Black, they always forced. And
[20:52] I feel like they trying to force me out of
[20:55] my home with this hundred dollar check. They told me
[20:57] I didn't have to go to court. And I wasn't
[21:00] signing my house away or my land away. And now
[21:04] I feel confused. I need help.
[21:22] Will I be able to get any help from you
[21:23] guys? Um. Legal help. You have, you have a few
[21:28] seconds left to share your thoughts. Um, and then we
[21:31] will be able to share, um, some thoughts as well.
[21:35] So you've got about 20 more seconds. If you have
[21:38] anything else you want to share with us. No, because
[21:43] I'm just totally unhappy about this situation. Okay. All right.
[21:47] Thank you for calling in. So member Waters, is she
[21:53] able to give you a call? Cause I think what
[21:55] we got to figure out is who she's been talking
[21:57] to, um, what she's being promised and then making sure
[22:02] she does not want to move forward, that she's able
[22:04] to navigate that process. Remember waters? Yes. And so thank
[22:10] you, Madam Chair and I won't ask her a bunch
[22:12] of questions online, but I do want her to call
[22:15] my office. And speak with, um, Santana Hill, leave your
[22:22] contact information, please so that we can take a look
[22:27] into this. Nobody is supposed to be forced out if
[22:31] they don't want to leave. Right. And that is just
[22:33] the bottom line. So I don't, I don't understand that.
[22:36] Uh, so please call us at 313 628 2363. 313
[22:46] 628 2363. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you member waters.
[22:53] Thank you for calling in, Alicia. Please do call member
[22:58] waters to let us know about your situation. Uh, Ms.
[23:03] Kang, who do we have next? Our last collar is
[23:07] phone number ending in 1, 2, 4 before we go
[23:09] back to the top of the queue. Caller, ending in
[23:14] 124, you're up next. Collar ending in 1,
[23:24] 2, 4. If you can hear us. We cannot hear
[23:27] you. Unfortunately, since we can't hear
[23:37] you, I believe we are going to miss Maddox next.
[23:42] If you are our caller ending in 124, we will
[23:45] call back, we will call back on you once we've
[23:49] heard from this medics. But to move us along, coloring
[23:54] in 124, we still cannot hear from you. So we're
[23:56] going to add it to the bottom of the queue.
[24:00] And I believe we can bring up Miss Maddox now.
[24:03] Ms. Maddox, if you can hear us, we're making you
[24:05] a panelist. And you should be able to a mute
[24:08] yourself and make your general public comment.
[24:17] Oh, Ms. Maddox, if you're speaking, we still cannot hear
[24:20] you. Unfortunately, we are at the bottom of the queue
[24:26] now. But you have been made a panelists. You are
[24:30] muted on RNs. We still cannot hear you, Ms. Maddox.
[24:40] Miss Marx, unfortunately, I'm going to have to invite you
[24:44] to make public comment tomorrow during formal session. It was
[24:48] so good to see you this weekend at the elections
[24:51] block party, Ms. Maddox. I'm sorry, we can't hear from
[24:54] you, but hopefully we're able to hear from you tomorrow.
[24:58] We will now go back to their caller ending in
[25:00] 124. If you can hear us, you've been made a
[25:03] panelist. And you should be able to unmute yourself. Collar
[25:11] ending in 1, 2, 4. You have been unmuted. Thank
[25:18] you. I already spoke, but now you know what I
[25:20] told you before is true. Thank you. We will end
[25:25] general public comment then for this morning. Thank you everyone
[25:28] for calling in. And for making your comments, um, as
[25:34] we mentioned, Alicia, please do call member waters. Mr. Davis,
[25:37] thank you for calling in regarding the trees that still
[25:42] need to be removed. Um, Director Brundage, let me know
[25:45] that there will be somebody to pick up the tree
[25:48] debris on Apple line. Um, and director since you're listening.
[25:53] We're going to also send you some notes on some
[25:56] tree debris, um, and garbage from mortiseity makeover. That still
[26:01] needs to be picked up in some areas of the
[26:03] district. So we'll send that over to you. Thank you
[26:06] so much for always being responsive. Um, and yes, reminder
[26:10] of election day coming soon. Uh, we will make more
[26:13] reminders of that at the end of the agenda today.
[26:16] But what I'll do now is move on to unfinished
[26:18] business. Unfinished business, 5. 1, this is contract number 309
[26:25] 2101. This is utilizing a hundred percent bond funding to
[26:29] provide emergency demolition at 118 West Dakota. Contractors DMC Consultants,
[26:37] they're in Detroit. This is for 28, 350. And this
[26:42] is for construction and demolition. Is there a motion to
[26:46] approve or discuss 5. 1. Objections.
[26:58] 5. 1 will be approved sent to, um, new business.
[27:03] Thank you member waters. We'll be sent to new business
[27:05] with the recommendation to approve. And remember waters. I was
[27:10] given a pro tip. That I can, if we have
[27:16] a motion, I think at the end of the agenda
[27:18] or at the beginning of the agenda. Now. So, um,
[27:21] member waters, if you wouldn't mind making a motion that
[27:24] we send all approved items to new business unless otherwise
[27:27] noted, then we're good for the rest of today's session.
[27:30] If you can motion. All right. So motion to send
[27:33] all approved items to new business unless otherwise noted. That
[27:38] motion would be approved. Thank you, Dr. Powers. Thank you
[27:41] member waters moving us along. 5. 2. This is the
[27:49] grants application to the U. S. Department of Justice for
[27:52] the reinvestments initiative grants. This is the grants that will
[27:57] be used for drones for DPD. Is there a motion
[28:01] to approve or discuss 5 points 2. Motion to approve.
[28:08] E Rie, no objections 5. 2 will be approved. Sent
[28:11] to new business with the recommendation to approve. 5. 3.
[28:17] This is a petition of Amir requesting an easement. Is
[28:24] there a motion to discuss. Ocean. Thank you member waters
[28:31] for 5. 3. I know that this is something that
[28:34] member McCambell had more questions on. And I'm not sure
[28:39] if he has received the answers. So I think in
[28:45] order to give him that time. Unless you have any
[28:49] strong feelings. I think it's best to bring this back
[28:52] on September 14th. Motion. Hearing no objections 5. 3 will
[28:59] be brought back on September 14th. If member McCambell is
[29:04] able to join us, we can confirm whether or not
[29:09] he wants this brought back or if we can move
[29:10] this out today. Okay. But for now, we'll leave it
[29:13] as that. 5. 4. This is a petition of suave
[29:22] enterprise to vacates land. Remember Waters is their motion to
[29:31] discuss. Thank you member waters. I actually have more questions
[29:35] regarding, um, this request I would like to bring this
[29:39] back on September 14th as well. I'll just bring back
[29:42] September 14th. 5 points 4 will be brought back on
[29:46] September 14th. 5. 5, this is a memo relative to
[29:52] request. For resolution to prioritize the demolition. The demolition of
[30:02] our city properties. The properties in the city. Receive and
[30:07] found. The discussion, remember waters. Thank you member waters. So
[30:14] this is the memo. We did receive the resolution, the
[30:18] resolution, I believe is not attached. Um, do, do, do,
[30:22] do. I'm trying to think we could walk on the
[30:30] resolution. We do have it. It's not a line item
[30:38] in on today's agenda. I don't believe. This is just
[30:40] the memo. Oh, one second.
[30:54] Yes, it is attached, I was told. So we can
[30:56] approve it. Okay. Thank you all. Um, so member waters.
[31:05] If we wouldn't mind, um, just making sure it looks
[31:11] like it is attached in eScribe. The resolution for demolitions.
[31:18] So for 5. 5, if we can motion, we are
[31:23] walking on the resolution for 5. 5. Hearing no objections.
[31:29] We are attaching the resolution to 5. 5 regarding prioritizations
[31:34] of demolitions. Is there a motion to, oh, sorry. Yes,
[31:38] Madir Clerk. I'm looking at eScribe now. I don't see
[31:41] the resolution attached, but I do see a resol request.
[31:44] So if we could just get the resolution to our
[31:46] office prior to tomorrow. Okay. Chair, it's been sent to
[31:51] ESCRAB. It hasn't been posted yet. Understand committee has it.
[31:55] It's processed. Okay. There's been some delays recently and getting
[32:00] things posted and eScript. Okay. So everything as is is
[32:07] still proper Dr. Powers. We attach the resolution. It is
[32:11] on eScribe. It has not been, um, posted its processing.
[32:18] LPD? I think we've been through this before. It's, it's
[32:21] a new practice, in my experience of this committee to
[32:24] not treat the resolution as part of the, as part
[32:27] of the line item. I see the line item as
[32:30] a, as a, uh, subject matter. And you've been provided
[32:34] with the resolution now and the committee is free to
[32:37] act on it. That's my position. If the committee insists
[32:39] on treating that one document is the only relevant part.
[32:43] Then as has been discussed, you could walk it on.
[32:45] You have it. Okay. So then we are, we are
[32:49] okay. Okay. Great. Um, and herd LPD, I just want
[32:55] to make sure that what we are discussing is attached
[32:58] is approved move through. To me, it just seems cleaner
[33:01] that way. Um, so we have attached the resolution to
[33:06] five points five. It is on eScribe. It will be
[33:09] live. Uh, is there a motion to approve 5. 5.
[33:13] Motion. Kirin, no objections, 5. 5 will be approved sent
[33:17] to new business with the recommendation to approve. Thank you
[33:20] everyone. 5. 6 is a memo relative to requests for
[33:25] resolution for the Public Hearings for a Public Hearing in
[33:31] Detroit whenever DTE asks for a rate height. This is
[33:35] for the Michigan Public Service Commission to hold a public
[33:38] hearing in the city. This is a memo. I don't
[33:44] believe we've seen the resolution just yet. For this member
[33:48] waters unless you've seen it. I don't think so. No.
[33:54] This can be. I know that the memo is being
[33:59] drafted. I think the memo has been completed. It has
[34:03] the resolution through the chair. Yes. I sent it to
[34:07] the attachment. It's in the same condition as the other
[34:09] one. Oh, okay. For the committee's purpose, it's attached to
[34:12] an email that I sent you and I've received it,
[34:14] but it has been posted yet. Okay. Thank you. You're
[34:17] right. That is the intent, of course. It's supposed to
[34:19] be clean. It's just that eScribe has been backed up
[34:21] for about four weeks. Understood. Okay. No worries. So then
[34:25] let's do the similar process for 5. 6. Remember, waters
[34:28] is their motion to walk on the resolution for 5.
[34:32] 6. Motion. Hearing no objections. We will walk on the
[34:35] resolution requesting the Michigan Public Service Commission to hold a
[34:40] Public Hearing in Detroit's. Is there motion to approve 5.
[34:43] 6? He no objections 5. 6 would be approved sent
[34:48] to new business with the recommendation to approve. 5. 7.
[34:56] This is a memo relative to your request for information
[34:59] on a heat mitigation plan at the Detroit Detention Center.
[35:03] Uh, we've been asked to bring this back on September
[35:05] 14th. Motion. Hearing no objections 5. 7 will be brought
[35:11] back on September 14th. 5 points 8 is a memo
[35:17] relative to firework curfew violations. 5. 8
[35:27] and 5. 9. These are both memos. Remember mechampbell's office.
[35:32] 5. 9 is a memo relative to the railroad tracks
[35:36] improvements in district 7. I do know, remember McCambell should
[35:45] be able to join us before the end of our
[35:46] session. Ian. Yes, member waters. Let's bring back at the
[35:52] end. Thank you, 5. 8 and 5. 9 at the
[35:55] end of the agenda. 5. 10. This is a memo
[36:02] requesting a complete site by site accounting of every site
[36:06] that received contaminated or potentially contaminated back fill dirt. This
[36:10] can be brought back on September 14th. Motion. Here we
[36:15] no objections, five points ten be brought back on September
[36:19] 14th. The following memos can all be brought back on
[36:26] September 14th for five points 11. This is a memo
[36:30] relative to the dangerous buildings process. 5 points 12 is
[36:37] a memo relative to what type of services, the newly
[36:40] formed office of neighborhood and community safety will offer. 5
[36:45] points 13 is a memo relative to a request for
[36:48] a reports concerning autonomous vehicles. 5 points 14 is a
[36:55] memo relative to a request for legislative options for restoring
[37:00] board of police commissioners oversight through ordinance and council actions.
[37:07] And 5 points 15 is a memo relative to a
[37:11] request for report concerning hydrogen fueled buses. All of these
[37:16] items can be brought back on September 14th. Motion. Hearing
[37:21] no objections, five points 11 through five points, 15. We'll
[37:26] be brought back on September 14th. Under new business under
[37:33] the Office of Contracting Impercurement 6. 1. This is contract
[37:39] number 6007962, 100 percent city funding to provide IO 4
[37:45] gas monitors. And maintenance calibration, calibration, calibration and testing services
[37:53] and related as needed supplies. The contractor is MES service
[37:58] company. They are located in sterling Heights, Michigan. This is
[38:03] for a two year period, 400, 000. And this will
[38:06] be for FIRE. Is there a motion to approve or
[38:10] discuss 6. 1 to approve. Caring, no objections 6. 1
[38:17] would be approved sent to new business with the recommendation
[38:20] to approve. 6. 2. This is contract number 6007922 utilizing
[38:30] a hundred percent grants funding. This is to provide a
[38:33] third party medical billing and coding services for the health
[38:37] departments. Contractor is EA Insurance LLC. They are located in
[38:45] Chattanooga, Tennessee. This is a one year contract at 62,
[38:51] 400. And again, this would be for the health department.
[38:55] Is there a motion to approve with discussion 6. 2
[39:00] motion? Thank you member waters. We should be able to
[39:04] have Christina Floyd. Or Ashanti Booker with us to discuss.
[39:10] If so, if we can please make them panelists. Madam
[39:19] Chair, I am moving Shante Booker over to panelists right
[39:22] now. Thank you.
[39:38] They have been made panelists and I am not seeing
[39:44] director or associate director Floyd. Thank you. Good morning. If
[39:50] you wouldn't mind seating your name and title for the
[39:52] public. Good morning. Uh, my name is Deshante Booker. And
[39:57] I'm with OCP. Good morning. Thank you for joining us.
[40:00] Miss Booker. I was wondering, um, if you wouldn't mind
[40:05] sharing with us The Bidding Process for this contract, as
[40:09] you know, we are, um, trying to bring things in
[40:12] house. And a third party billing seems like something that
[40:16] we might be able to have here in Michigan. So
[40:18] if you wouldn't mind just sharing with us how this
[40:20] bid process, um, the responses and the possibility of bringing
[40:26] this in house. Or at least into the states. Um,
[40:32] why can't speak to the chair? I cannot speak to
[40:37] the, um, ability for the health department to bring the
[40:44] work in - house. I would leave that to them.
[40:46] I, from what I understand, this is a grant funded,
[40:50] um, uh, project. And so, um, they have outsourced it
[40:54] due to, uh, uh, reasons, you know, of their own.
[40:59] This was produced as an RFQ. We received three responses.
[41:07] Only two of them were responsible and responsive. Um, there
[41:11] was a city of Detroit based organization. But I was
[41:18] not able to. Feel, feel their reference to they were
[41:26] determined to be, um, ineligible for award due to that
[41:31] fact. Okay. Uh, thank you. Ms. Khan, assuming Christine the
[41:39] Floyd is not on with us because they remained my
[41:43] questions and will be for the health departments. Um, are
[41:47] for the health department. Um, Mr. Washington, do we have
[41:51] anyone from the health department to discuss 6. 2. Oh,
[41:56] good morning. Good morning. Through the chair, can we please
[41:59] bring this item back to the end of the agenda.
[42:02] Sure. We can bring 6. 2 back without objection to
[42:07] the end of the agenda. Thank you both. I will
[42:14] move us along. Then to the chair. Yes. Apologies. Deputy
[42:22] Director Floyd has just joined if we're able to address
[42:24] the questions now. Okay. Thank you. Is there a motion
[42:27] to discuss 6. 2? Thank you. And then we'll wait
[42:33] for our deputy to join. Yep. Madam Chair, she's been
[42:38] moved over to panelists. Thank you. Good morning,
[42:48] Deputy. Whenever you can, if you wouldn't, oh, if you're
[42:51] speaking, we cannot hear you. But if you wouldn't mind
[42:54] sharing your name entitled for the public. My name is
[43:02] Christina Floyd, Deppie Director Public Offrey HDR Health Department. Citizen
[43:06] Boja do. Oh, Deputy, we can't hear you. You're a
[43:11] little choppy. No, ma'am. You may it might be better
[43:20] if you're off screen. If you want to train your
[43:22] video off, maybe that'll help your signal. Okay. There you
[43:27] go. Is that better. Slightly better. Slightly butter. Okay. We
[43:33] can try to have this conversation and we'll see how
[43:35] it goes. Yes. Okay. Okay. Well, thank you. It sounds
[43:39] like you ran out. I appreciate that. And also, uh,
[43:43] I hope you're staying safe. Um, but just have brief
[43:45] questions. This is regarding your grant funded contract for third
[43:50] party medical billing. If you wouldn't mind just sharing with
[43:53] us, um, one, do we always do this kind of
[43:57] billing through grants funded, uh, through, through grant funding. So
[44:03] through the chair, the medical building is for our programs
[44:06] that are able to provide, uh, services that can generate
[44:11] revenue. And so for Medicaid, like rates, uh, private insurances
[44:18] of our immunizations, uh, reproductive health and so on. And
[44:23] so because those are grant funded, we do provide that,
[44:27] uh, payment for the, uh, service through Grandfast to be
[44:31] able to then, uh, generate and recoup the funds that
[44:34] we're able to get from insurance companies as we medical
[44:37] bill. Okay. Thank you. That makes sense. I am wondering
[44:44] then, um, as you know, we're trying to bring things
[44:46] in house to the city and to the states. This
[44:48] is a one year contract. Um, is there a possibility
[44:52] to try to get, uh, this medical billing services, um,
[44:56] closer to home. Through the chair, uh, that is something
[45:03] that we, we can explore. But as of right now,
[45:06] we want to make sure that we have, um, everything
[45:08] in place that we need, especially with both our, um,
[45:12] our actual, uh, electronic health record system and the systems
[45:16] we have in place to be able to build correctly.
[45:18] There may be something in the future that we can,
[45:20] uh, uh, look, uh, explore. But we definitely want to
[45:24] make sure that we have a system in place before
[45:28] kind of making that leap into being able to bring
[45:32] it in house. Heard. Okay. So we need to set
[45:36] up the systems to be able to do this in
[45:38] - house. Um, okay, we can work on that. Uh,
[45:42] I know plenty of people that do medical billing seems
[45:45] to be like a good job. So I think it
[45:47] would be nice to do it here, uh, with our
[45:49] residents. Um, or with local vendors. Um, those were my
[45:54] main questions. Thank you so much, Deputy. I see no
[45:57] other questions. I hope you enjoyed the rest of your
[45:58] day. Thank you through the chair. I have a great
[46:02] day. You as well. Is there a motion to approve
[46:05] 6. 2 motion. Hearing no objection 6. 2 would be
[46:09] approved sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.
[46:13] I will move us now under the law department. 6.
[46:19] 3. This is a resolution requesting the official establishments of
[46:25] the Ride to Rise Program for Detroit's K through 12
[46:29] students. Is there a motion to approve with discussion. Thank
[46:35] you member waters. I believe we should have director Kramer
[46:38] on with us as a panelist of so if we
[46:41] can make come into a panelist. Madam Chair, he's been
[46:50] moved over to panelists. Thank you.
[47:01] Am I the right direction, Madam Chair or am I
[47:04] sideways? No, sir. You are a sideways. Okay. There we
[47:10] go. Much more comfortable. They really chair. Okay. Now I
[47:13] can see here. Good morning. Good morning. If you would
[47:17] in mind state and your name entitled for The PublicRamer,
[47:20] executive director of transit for the city. Uh, good morning
[47:24] director. Thank you for joining us. Um, we are discussing
[47:28] the Ride to Rise Program Resolution. And I wanted to
[47:32] bring you in to just give us an update on
[47:34] how the program has been going so far. Um, I've
[47:37] heard success. And, um, where we are moving forward, um,
[47:44] given what we've learned about The Program. Absolutely. Thank you
[47:47] for the opportunity. Uh, so the Rise Program started in
[47:52] the beginning of April. And with the, um, opportunity for
[47:57] students to show their ID and Ride for free. Since
[48:01] then, uh, we've seen at least double the number of
[48:03] rides students are taking. Of course, this is available 24
[48:08] seven, 365. And it's something that we see even in
[48:12] the summer months, uh, student rides are continuing to track,
[48:16] um, significantly higher than they were before. So we're excited
[48:21] and energized by the results so far. And really looking
[48:25] for the six month pilot was, um, essentially the council's
[48:30] resolution that changed the fair to zero dollars temporarily. And
[48:36] in some analysis, kind of seeing how the program is
[48:38] working, consulting with the law department, kind of looking at
[48:41] opportunities for making the sustainable in the future. Uh, we
[48:45] actually believe that the best path forward to continue this
[48:48] is to allow the fair structure and ordinance to revert
[48:53] back to its original form, which officially has a student
[48:57] reduced fare, uh, for K - 12 students of 50
[49:00] cents per ride, 17 dollars a month and were prepared
[49:04] to, uh, implement a program that will actually help us
[49:09] track those rides. So the experience that students would experience,
[49:13] uh, that would students would have on the bus would
[49:16] remain unchanged. They're still not going to be paying for,
[49:19] uh, any of their rides. But with the fair structure
[49:22] in place and a way for us to track the
[49:25] rides that are taken, uh, were then basically accounting and
[49:28] accruing those. And then, uh, have opportunities to be able
[49:31] to, uh, seek reimbursement through a state federal grants or
[49:36] for through philanthropy. And in this case, the good news
[49:39] is that, um, a few weeks ago in the state's
[49:43] budget approval for 2027, there was a million dollars specifically
[49:47] set aside to support, uh, Detroit rides, uh, student rights
[49:52] to education. So we have a funding source that's available.
[49:55] We believe, uh, with law, we've got, uh, system to
[49:59] administer this program so that students can continue to use
[50:03] public transportation for free. And this is the, uh, kind
[50:08] of state rat right now and just excited for the
[50:11] continued support of the council. Thank you, Director. This is
[50:17] very exciting. Member waters are very happy to hear that
[50:22] we've got students on the buses, um, at double the
[50:25] rates. Um, and, uh, this resolution is to continue to
[50:29] support that, which I am incredibly happy to support. Um,
[50:34] I just want to share how nice it's been to
[50:39] see the people mover go free and just the impact
[50:42] that it's made on ridership now seeing free rides for
[50:45] students and a doubling ridership really just, I think emphasizes
[50:50] a need for us to make transit free in general.
[50:53] We will continue to work to see what we can
[50:55] do. Um, but this makes me excited to think that
[50:58] maybe we can again, the idea of providing, uh, free
[51:03] rides in the summer when the heat is high when
[51:07] we have poor air quality. And if we're trying to
[51:10] reduce vehicles, um, to, to reduce the impacts of bad
[51:14] air quality, um, maybe we can get the states to
[51:17] find free, free buses in the summer as well. We'll
[51:21] keep working on that. But thank you, Director. Um, member
[51:24] Waters, any thoughts, comments. If not, I believe there was
[51:27] a motion to approve. Motion to a point. Hearing no
[51:31] objection. 6. 3 will be approved since two new business
[51:34] with the recommendation to approve. Thank you, Director. Thank you.
[51:40] Moving us along to the Office of Chief Financial Officer
[51:44] Office of Development in Grants. 6. 4, this is the
[51:50] Grant's application to the Michigan Department of Environments, Great Lakes
[51:54] and Energy Eagle for the Michigan Brownfield Redevelopment Program Grants.
[52:00] Is there a motion to approve or discuss 6. 4
[52:05] discuss? Discussion for discussion for 6. 4, we should have
[52:11] Anita Harrington. Online with us if we can, oh yes.
[52:17] Ms. Sullivan. Through the chair, we are joined by Crystal
[52:21] Rogers. Okay. If we can make Crystal Rodgers a panelist.
[52:33] Madam Chair, she'll be joining rejoining as Pamela shortly. Okay.
[52:37] Thank you.
[52:49] Good morning. If you would in mind, stateing your name
[52:51] title for the Public. Good morning. Crystal Rodgers, General Manager
[52:55] for Environmental Affairs, Building Safety Engineering and Environmental Department. Thank
[52:59] you for joining us. Member Waters. Thank you, Madam Chair.
[53:04] And so good morning. Um, just a few questions. One
[53:07] I want to understand in what contain minutes we have.
[53:14] I couldn't find it. Then the 591 K. What is
[53:24] response activity? If you can just kind of explain that
[53:26] to us. Um, is this for an affordable housing project.
[53:33] If so, what is it? What would be the AMI
[53:37] if that's the purpose of it. And then it says
[53:40] 1 36 K are for other experts. So what are
[53:46] those. Okay. Um, we might need to bring the needle
[53:53] on. I can't tell you a few things. This is
[53:55] for housing projects in, um, Southwest Detroit, uh, response activity
[54:03] plan is our. Is our response to the contamination soil.
[54:09] So that will be the removal and replacement of the
[54:12] soil. Okay. Here is Anita. If we can make Anita
[54:20] into a panelist. Oh, we see you now if you
[54:24] would in mind seating your name entitled for The Public.
[54:27] Anita Harrington Environmental Specialist 3 with BC to environmental affairs.
[54:32] Thank you for joining. Uh, I think, remember Waters. Did
[54:36] you want to repeat your questions. Okay. Well, I was,
[54:40] I was asking what type of contaminants that we have.
[54:46] And just a better explanation for the 509K for response.
[54:52] And Ms. Rogers did kind of, um, refer to that
[54:56] a little bit. And then tell us about the affordable
[54:59] housing piece. And 1 36 K, other expenses, what's other
[55:06] expenses. Okay. Yes. Thank you. Um, so the contaminants of
[55:14] concern are mainly semivolatil and metals. And they are exceeding
[55:23] dermal contact. So a dermal contact, um, barrier will be
[55:28] needed as well as excavation of soil. And then, um,
[55:33] the 136, 000 other, uh, that generally I'd have to
[55:38] go back and look for sure, but I believe what
[55:40] that is for is, um, additional like, um, operation and
[55:45] maintenance plans as well as, um, when the property is
[55:51] transferred, a baseline environmental assessment will be needed. For the
[55:56] entities that, um, take on that, those, uh, the ownership.
[56:03] And then you asked another question. Oh, that it's, uh,
[56:08] it is affordable housing. It's a 71 units. Most of
[56:11] them will be, um, affordable units at 81 percent.
[56:22] I'm sorry. I forget the term apologies. Okay. I don't
[56:30] think 80 percent is affordable. But okay, if you guys
[56:35] say so. Um, all right. Thank you. We can provide
[56:42] more details too. Like I said, I, I'm just thinking
[56:44] off the top of my head and I can provide
[56:47] the additional information. You certainly did provide some explanation. If
[56:51] I need more, I'll ask, Madam Chair here, she appears
[56:55] to be very familiar with the project. Thank you member
[57:00] waters. Yeah. No, this is for a project in Corktown.
[57:07] And as you mentioned, uh, we've do have, this is,
[57:12] we've got a lot of mixed use projects coming into
[57:15] the neighborhood. A lot of them are starting at 80.
[57:19] We are pushing for more to be at 60. Um,
[57:23] and this is to support those efforts of mixed use
[57:27] development. Um, but I appreciate the questions. I don't have
[57:31] any others. Remember waters unless you do. Okay. There was,
[57:36] I believe was there motion to approve. Hearing no objection
[57:40] 6. 4 would be approved centa formal with the recommendation
[57:44] to approve. Thank you both for joining us. Thank you.
[57:50] 6. 5, this is the Public Safety Foundation requesting to
[57:54] accept a donation from Amazon Community Engagement. Is there a
[58:01] motion to approve with discussion? Thank you. It looks like
[58:09] we should have a patty or Tyler. With us to
[58:16] discuss this item. Patty Coocula or Tyler Sarsy. Uh, Madam
[58:25] Chair Miss Patty has been promoted to panelists. Thank you.
[58:52] And Ms. Patty, we can't see you. Oh, we see
[58:54] you now. Hi. Hi. Good morning, everyone. Thank you so
[58:57] much, chair. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. If
[59:00] you wouldn't mind seeing your naming title for the public.
[59:03] Thank you. I'm Patty Cooley, executive director of Detroit Public
[59:07] Safety Foundation. Good to see you, ma'am. We are discussing
[59:12] 6. 5. This is a recent donation request from Amazon
[59:18] for occupying the summer. If you wouldn't mind sharing with
[59:21] us, do you know what specifically this is going to
[59:23] support. Purchase of tennis shoes, I believe. Okay. Um, any
[59:29] idea how many. 300 or so. Um, I think plus.
[59:35] Okay. That's awesome. So we're purchasing 10 issues. This is
[59:39] going to be for Occupy this summer, um, sounds like
[59:43] then for, uh, in events or do you know if
[59:45] it's going to be for, for, for programming. Um, I'm
[59:49] actually waiting for the invoice and everything to, to come,
[59:52] but it's programming, I believe there, um, a lot of
[59:55] activities that, you know, they want to make sure that
[59:58] the kids can enjoy the recreation activities and have appropriate,
[1:00:03] you know, means to have safe, safe sports. Okay. That's
[1:00:09] great. All right. Well, thank you for that insight. Is
[1:00:12] there a motion to approve 6. 5 motion hearing no
[1:00:16] objections 6. 5 would be approved sent to new business
[1:00:19] with the recommendation to approve. Thank you, ma'am. You're very
[1:00:24] welcome. Thank you today. Have a good wine. Okay. Bye
[1:00:27] bye. We are moving on under the legislative policy division.
[1:00:34] 6. 6 is regarding a resolution opposing the usage of
[1:00:42] water resources for data centers. We have already approved this.
[1:00:46] So is there a motion to remove? Notion. Hearing no
[1:00:49] objection 6. 6 will be removed from our agenda. 6.
[1:00:58] 7 is a resolution in supports of the Michigan Senate
[1:01:02] bill 1035. This is for expanding access to post conviction
[1:01:09] DNA testing. Is there motion to discuss. Motion. This is
[1:01:16] a resolution. Thank you member waters. Oh, so then we
[1:01:19] are good to approve his emotion to approve. Hearing no
[1:01:24] objection 6. 7 would be approved. Sent to new business
[1:01:28] with the recommendation to approve. Under miscellanius.
[1:01:39] 6. 8. This is a memo relative to a resolution
[1:01:43] in supports of national Hispanic Heritage Month. If the motion
[1:01:49] to approve. Hearing no objections 6. 8 will be approved
[1:01:55] since you new business with the recommendation to approve.
[1:02:05] And 6. 9 is a memo relative to a resolution
[1:02:08] in supports of recognizing September 10th through the 19th, 2026
[1:02:15] as Welcoming Week. If the motion to approve. Hearing no
[1:02:19] objection 6. 9 will be approved sent to new business
[1:02:23] with the recommendation to approve. And for anyone wondering Hispanic
[1:02:29] Heritage Month is September 15th through October 15th. 10.
[1:02:40] 10 is a memo through member. McCambel's office. This is
[1:02:43] a request for information pertaining to the newly passed chapter
[1:02:49] 4 amendments on section 4 - 1 - 1. We
[1:02:54] have been asked to bring this back. After September 14th.
[1:02:59] Hearing no objection six points 10 will be brought back
[1:03:04] on September 14th. Six points 11 is a memo relative
[1:03:10] to a resolution request that BCed. Do mandatory inspections of
[1:03:18] Munoz properties. Is their motion to discuss or.
[1:03:28] Member waters discussion. Thank you member Waters. This is the
[1:03:32] memo. You haven't received a response, correct? Right. Okay. So
[1:03:35] we can just back after September. Okay. Do the chair.
[1:03:38] This is the exact same as the other two that's
[1:03:40] attached to that email message and it has been sent
[1:03:42] to describe the not posted yet. Understood so. You have
[1:03:45] it. But it's hasn't been officially on the website. Okay.
[1:03:50] So then remember waters. If it has been, oh, it's
[1:03:54] a resolution. Okay. Okay. So six points 11. We will
[1:03:59] bring back on September 14th. Oh, I do see it.
[1:04:06] Okay.
[1:04:22] Under 6. 12. This is a memo relative to requesting
[1:04:27] information regarding the violations at occupied properties owned by Munoz.
[1:04:33] We've been asked to bring this back on September 14th.
[1:04:36] Motion. Hearing no objections. 6. 12 will be brought back
[1:04:42] on September 14th. This brings us to the end of
[1:04:48] the agenda. We do have to walk on requests. Remember
[1:04:52] waters. You also have some that we, a couple of,
[1:04:55] then we got to go back to. Yes. Yep. Yes,
[1:04:57] we do. So for the walk - on requests, let's
[1:05:01] do this first since we are still waiting for member
[1:05:04] McCambell. For the first walk - on request. We should
[1:05:11] have director Brundage who can speak on contract
[1:05:17] 60080. If there is a motion to walk on this
[1:05:25] contract hearing no objections, we will walk on contract number
[1:05:31] 600 - 800. With it being on our agenda, I
[1:05:36] do want to discuss just for us to hear what
[1:05:38] the contract is. Thank you member waters discussion. Do we
[1:05:43] have director Brundage on with us? Yes, we do. Good
[1:05:46] morning, sir. Amen, Madam Chair. Good to see you if
[1:05:50] you wouldn't mind sitting in him entitled for the record.
[1:05:53] Sure. Ryan Brundish, director of DPW. Director, we are discussing
[1:05:56] the contracts to be walked on for major street funding
[1:06:01] construction services for Michigan Avenue Street Skate Projects. If you
[1:06:05] wouldn't mind sharing with us what this is, it is
[1:06:08] a 6 million dollar contract for Public Works. Uh, thank
[1:06:12] you, Madam Chair. And first, I just want to thank
[1:06:14] you for allowing us to be walked on for consideration.
[1:06:17] Uh, as you indicated, this is a 6 million dollar
[1:06:19] streetscape project that'll go along Michigan Avenue from campus Marshals,
[1:06:25] uh, to cast Avenue. Uh, that portion of Michigan Avenue
[1:06:29] is under the jurisdiction of the city. This will actually
[1:06:32] be paired with a separate M. D. project that'll occur
[1:06:36] in 2027, uh, from CAF all the way to, uh,
[1:06:41] I - 96 for an additional streetscape project. Uh, this
[1:06:44] particular street scape project, uh, will provide for, uh, new
[1:06:50] landscaping, uh, bus loading platforms, uh, improved pedestrian crossing. So
[1:06:55] we'll have protected bike lanes. As well as updating the
[1:06:59] traffic signals, uh, and reconstructing the road as part of
[1:07:02] the project. Uh, one of the reasons that we requested,
[1:07:06] uh, that this contract be considered before COFO goes on
[1:07:09] recess, uh, is because this footprint of Michigan Avenue between
[1:07:14] campus marxists and CAS. Of course, it's downtown, but it
[1:07:17] also is being includes the footprint of the Weston hotel,
[1:07:22] which is going to be the main headquarters, uh, next
[1:07:26] April, uh, for when the final four comes into town
[1:07:29] in 2027. So we're looking to get all of this
[1:07:32] construction work completed, uh, before the end of 2026. Okay.
[1:07:37] Thank you. Just, um, just wondering what the design process
[1:07:42] was for the new street scapes. I know there was
[1:07:45] a lot of engagements with MDOT for the portion and
[1:07:48] court town. Do you know if there was any kind
[1:07:50] of engagement for this portion too. Uh, there was this
[1:07:54] particular because it is the streetscape project. We did have
[1:07:57] to go through the community outward shortness process. Uh, we
[1:08:00] did have two meetings, one in December of 2024 and
[1:08:04] then one in April on April 16th and 2025. Those
[1:08:08] were the two community outreached, uh, two community outreach meetings
[1:08:11] required by the ordinance. We've also had four additional community
[1:08:16] meetings. That occurred in 2024 and 25. They all went
[1:08:20] into the ultimate design of this particular bracket. Okay. Okay.
[1:08:25] Thank you. I want to make sure that we have,
[1:08:28] uh, those receipts in case someone, uh, doesn't want a
[1:08:32] bike lane and such. We did provide opportunity for that
[1:08:35] feedback. Um, I do want to be able to share
[1:08:37] that. Okay. Um, member Water is any questions for this
[1:08:40] contract. No. All right. Is there a motion to approve
[1:08:46] hearing no objections. We will approve contract six zero zero
[1:08:51] eight zero zero zero. Send two new business with the
[1:08:55] recommendation to approve. We have one last walk - on
[1:09:00] request member. Waters. This is, um, would need a motion
[1:09:06] to walk on the Paradise Valley encroachment request hearing no
[1:09:11] objections. We will walk on the resolution. It's usually done
[1:09:16] through resolution or we'll walk on the encroachment request. The
[1:09:21] encroachment has been on director. If you wouldn't mind a
[1:09:26] brief discussion, remember, waters. Thank you. Director, if you wouldn't
[1:09:30] mind sharing, um, with us and the public what's Paradise
[1:09:34] Valley is requesting. Sure, I'm sure Paradise Valley is requesting
[1:09:40] authorization through an encroachment permit. Uh, to install enhancement in
[1:09:46] the E. West Public Alley bounded by Grat Shed Broadway
[1:09:49] and Grand River. Uh, in Randolph Street. This particular project
[1:09:56] is part of multiple, uh, improvements and placemaking enhancements. That
[1:10:02] the Paradise Valley Conservancy is making in that area. The
[1:10:07] enhancedness include not only improvements in public spaces in this
[1:10:11] particular alley, but also be a Christopher Park, Degradship Plaza,
[1:10:16] uh, and again, the alley that we just talked about.
[1:10:18] One of the reasons that we're requesting, we requested that
[1:10:22] this particular resolution should be moved, uh, be added on,
[1:10:26] uh, before Council goes on recess, uh, is because the
[1:10:31] paradise value association of conservacy did receive brand funding for
[1:10:35] the placemaking improvements that they're making to this particular alley,
[1:10:40] uh, and they have a requirement for this particular for
[1:10:42] these grand funds, uh, they have the funds, all of
[1:10:46] the word completed. Uh, before the end of August. So
[1:10:49] we wanted to work with them. They're doing great work.
[1:10:52] I am Paradise Valley. And if the opportunity at all
[1:10:55] for this encroachment permit to be approved, uh, it would
[1:10:58] certainly be appreciated. We did get out there approvals from
[1:11:01] all of the City Departments and any impact of utilities.
[1:11:06] No one employed any objection to this particular inculture permit
[1:11:09] request. Okay. Thank you. Mr. Doherty, good to see you.
[1:11:14] Anything else that you would like to add regarding this
[1:11:16] request for encroachments. Uh, no. The Director Coverting pretty well.
[1:11:22] There is a maintenance agreement. We've processed with the, uh,
[1:11:27] association. So they'll be responsible to maintain all the assets
[1:11:32] they place into the alley as part of the encroachments.
[1:11:38] Okay. Thank you. Um, so folks can look forward to
[1:11:43] Dr. Payment. Looks like benches, some, some overhead string lights.
[1:11:49] So really trying to, um, enhance this area. Okay. Thank
[1:11:53] you for that overview. Is there a motion to approve
[1:11:57] the encroachment request? Hearing no objection. This request will be
[1:12:02] approved sent to new business with the recommendation to approve.
[1:12:07] Director Brundage, will I have you on? Um, can I
[1:12:10] ask you a random question. I mean, I'm going to
[1:12:15] do it anyways. And, but Paradise Valley just makes me
[1:12:20] think of, of what has happened in Cities when we,
[1:12:23] when we bulldoze neighborhoods to build freeways, really what that's
[1:12:27] done in the impact to our neighborhoods. Recently saw a
[1:12:32] video of, I forget which city now. They built on
[1:12:35] top of their freeway. I know that we have, the
[1:12:38] discussion around I 375. Where are we in that discussion?
[1:12:41] Is it still happening? Because I know, uh, we did
[1:12:45] discuss about reimagining that freeway. Um, but it seems like
[1:12:48] some other cities have built over their freeways. Is there,
[1:12:52] is this still being discussed. Uh, there might be better
[1:12:57] prepared to provide a more detail response than I can.
[1:13:01] And Rick, if you want to tackle this, if not,
[1:13:04] uh, I think I can respond to some degree. I
[1:13:09] can certainly try. I know, uh, the 375 project, uh,
[1:13:14] from Gresh. It's south to the river to remove the
[1:13:20] below grade freeway and bring a boulevard up to street
[1:13:23] level that that efforts well underway. We're doing plan reviews
[1:13:28] with, uh, with M. to ensure that, uh, as that
[1:13:31] Boulevard comes through, how it interacts with our streets, uh,
[1:13:36] you know, we're able to weigh in and make sure
[1:13:38] that there's good consideration for, uh, accessibility, uh, the ability
[1:13:44] to cross, obviously with that work, there will be some
[1:13:48] land that will be developable out of the excess land
[1:13:51] from the freeway. So that's, uh, all part of that
[1:13:55] effort, but it is a downsized project. Like I said,
[1:13:57] it is from crash. It's south. So the final phase,
[1:14:02] uh, Crescia North to where 75 curves, uh, west across
[1:14:09] downtown, uh, that second phase still needs to be, uh,
[1:14:13] finalized. And I know downtown Detroit partnership is working with
[1:14:19] M. on an effort to, uh, bridge across 75 at
[1:14:24] several points with more of a streetscape style, bridges and
[1:14:30] that, uh, to, uh, to improve connectivity from basically large
[1:14:37] freeway all the way to, uh, 75, 375 interchange. So
[1:14:43] I know the public input into those efforts as well.
[1:14:48] Okay. Great. Thank you. I, I appreciate the updates because
[1:14:53] we haven't heard anything. I haven't heard anything. Remember waters?
[1:14:57] Yeah. And thank you. You know, I have issues with
[1:15:01] that project first and foremost. Then the state has not
[1:15:06] done what they have been totally disrespectful of this, of
[1:15:10] this body. In fact, they've been making all of these
[1:15:14] plans. The community is not engaged enough. I live right
[1:15:18] there myself. You would think that somebody would care about
[1:15:23] what I thought. Since I have to vote on this
[1:15:25] project. So I'm thinking people who don't live in that
[1:15:29] neighborhood and making all of these plans, all of these
[1:15:32] decisions. And they're not keeping us in the loop. Well,
[1:15:35] I just, I just resented. So if you guys could
[1:15:38] just let them know, um, I mean, I take issue
[1:15:40] with it. In fact, I love being able to get
[1:15:44] on and off the freeway real fast. So to tell
[1:15:47] you the truth. So I'm not a fan of the
[1:15:50] project. Somebody's going to have to show me something a
[1:15:53] little bit different, you know, and I need the community
[1:15:55] to be excited about it. And I don't see that
[1:15:57] yet either. So that's my two cents worth, Madam Chair
[1:16:02] and, you know, you just had to get me worked
[1:16:03] up today about that. A little something came around. Yes,
[1:16:09] director. Uh, Madam Chair, we can certainly reach out to
[1:16:13] MDOT and request that they come to Council when you
[1:16:16] guys return back Marisa, September to provide you guys. An
[1:16:20] update on where things stand and, you know, what the
[1:16:23] current plans look like. That would be most excellent director.
[1:16:27] Thank you so much because we do not know what's
[1:16:29] going on. I am being asked by the public because
[1:16:32] they want to provide input. And then we're seeing exciting
[1:16:34] new projects across the country. So would like to know,
[1:16:38] um, how we can make sure that we are imagining
[1:16:41] our city with our residents. Um, Madam Chairman. Yes, number
[1:16:45] waters. I have said for years when you're making plans
[1:16:51] that impact an entire community, the community need to be
[1:16:56] engaged at an intimate level. I've always felt very strong
[1:16:59] about that because I basically feel as though you have
[1:17:03] outsiders in a sense. I mean, even though some of
[1:17:06] some people might live in this city, but if you
[1:17:08] don't live in that community, I mean, I have a
[1:17:12] problem with that. I just believe that we should engage
[1:17:15] the community and it is just really does not happen.
[1:17:20] So anyway, that's my two sets worth. Thank you member
[1:17:23] Waters. Thank you director. Thank you for letting me go
[1:17:26] on that side quest. And yes, would like to bring
[1:17:29] in M. when we come back from recess to hear
[1:17:31] about that project. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank
[1:17:37] you all. Have a good rest of your day. That
[1:17:40] was it for our walk - on request. We do
[1:17:43] have to go now back to five points eight and
[1:17:48] five point nine. So I tried my best to give
[1:17:52] member Mickey Anvil some time. Um, but I think what
[1:17:55] we'll do now is we will bring back 5. 8
[1:17:59] and 5. 9 on September 14th. Motion. Hearing no objections
[1:18:05] 5. 8 and 5. 9 will be brought back on
[1:18:08] September 14th. I believe Council Member McCambell's walking in. Oh,
[1:18:14] awesome. You should remember Water said too late. Remember McCambell,
[1:18:19] we are still here. Thank you, Ms. Khan for letting
[1:18:23] us know. I have a note here for 6. 2.
[1:18:27] Madam Clerk. Did we already vote and discuss 6. 2.
[1:18:34] Was moles to new business 6. 2 was moved to
[1:18:37] new business. And if the clerk can please note, we've
[1:18:41] been joined by member McCambell. Thank you. Good morning. Sir,
[1:18:48] I know. Objection. Um, we are close to the end
[1:18:54] here. Remember McCambell, I know you were dealing with personal
[1:19:02] issues this morning. But, uh, we did want to, we
[1:19:07] did just bring back 5. 8 and 5. 9. We
[1:19:10] can also discuss if you would like. But these are
[1:19:14] the memos regarding 5. 8 was regarding a firework curfews.
[1:19:20] 5. 9 was regarding the REAL ROARE tracks improvements in
[1:19:25] D7. Thank you, Madam Chair. And good morning, everyone. Um,
[1:19:33] if we could discuss 5. 8, we can discuss 5.
[1:19:42] 8 and 45. 8. Ms. Sullivan, who do we have
[1:19:46] to discuss 5. 8. Before I wanted to discuss about
[1:19:53] is that, um, 5. 9, they're now on E -
[1:19:57] Scry. They're not on ESPS. Yeah. So wondering if we
[1:20:01] could get that up there on eScribe if possible. Yeah.
[1:20:08] I think so too, was this worked on by LPD?
[1:20:13] It wasn't, it was by the departments. Okay. So we
[1:20:15] have been discussing eScribe, the lag. Not sure if this
[1:20:20] has already, no, response has been received. It hasn't been
[1:20:23] uploaded to eScribe. So maybe that's the case for this
[1:20:27] as well. Um, same for 5. 9 describe. Yeah. Item
[1:20:31] received not on eScribe. So we can just confirm with
[1:20:34] the administration, um, that this is already attached to eScribe
[1:20:39] just to ensure that's the case, Ms. Sullivan, if you
[1:20:42] are on with us, would you happen to know if
[1:20:48] the appropriate departments for 5. 8 and 5. 9 submitted
[1:20:52] their responses to E scribe. Good afternoon through the chair.
[1:20:57] I do not believe these items were submitted through eScribe,
[1:21:00] but we can work with the clerk's office to get
[1:21:02] them attached. Okay. So the request to attach these to
[1:21:07] E scribe. It's a mountain chair. Yes, vice chair. So
[1:21:11] we can make sure that it is a motion to
[1:21:14] bring back five point in and 5. 9. Those motions
[1:21:19] have been approved. Yes. Okay. We brought those back for
[1:21:23] you. You good? Yep. Cool. All right. So then is
[1:21:26] there anything else, sir? We are at the bottom of
[1:21:29] the agenda. We have not done member reports just yet,
[1:21:32] but we are here. We did approve all of the
[1:21:35] items on the agenda. We moved everything out to new
[1:21:38] business. Um, everything was sent out with motion to approve
[1:21:43] memos were brought back that had not been responded to.
[1:21:46] Is there anything on the agenda that you want to
[1:21:48] change or discuss? Hope I'm also a member reports, member
[1:21:54] waters. No report. Remember McCambell? Uh, no report. All right.
[1:22:01] For myself, just want to remind everyone that it is
[1:22:04] election day today. A voting early has started. I have
[1:22:08] already voted. Please make sure you do buy or on
[1:22:12] April 4th. Um, April 4th, August. Thank you. It is
[1:22:16] also August recess. It's time for a break for all
[1:22:20] of us. So if you are able to, I hope
[1:22:21] you're able to rest this August. I know for our
[1:22:26] office, if you're going to be looking for us, we
[1:22:27] will still be online. We'll be offline. The last two
[1:22:31] weeks of August, um, but we will be back on.
[1:22:35] September, August 31st. What we're going to be back that
[1:22:38] week, um, to get us started. No, we won't. We
[1:22:40] will be back September 7th. We will be back that
[1:22:43] week. Um, but City Council will be back on the
[1:22:47] fifth, on the 8th. I'm done, you guys. It's been
[1:22:51] a long time. Yes, vice chair. Thank you. And thank
[1:22:54] you for bringing up that election day. That's August 4th.
[1:22:57] Just if you, just to remind folks, if you do
[1:23:00] have the absentee ballot, it is recommended that you drop
[1:23:02] it off at one of the mini drop boxes across
[1:23:05] the city. Um, and also please make sure you sign
[1:23:08] the envelope that you put your absentee ballot here. Thank
[1:23:12] you. Thank you. There was also during public comments reminders
[1:23:16] that, um, buses will be free as well on election
[1:23:21] day. There was a question though of if paratransit services
[1:23:26] will also be free for election day. Um, Sullivan, I
[1:23:33] believe tomorrow Council will also remind The Public's Votes. If
[1:23:37] you wouldn't mind, um, letting us know as well what
[1:23:41] other transit opportunities will be provided if para transit will
[1:23:44] be, will be free as well. Um, there was a
[1:23:47] question on fixed lines. Um, I do know that D.
[1:23:51] will be free. But wondering if he would in mind
[1:23:54] confirming the other transit services tomorrow. Through the chair, we
[1:23:57] can follow up with the department and follow up in
[1:24:00] writing with the response. Okay. And if we could, uh,
[1:24:03] be prepared to share that with the public tomorrow. That
[1:24:06] would be great. Okay. Um, all right everyone, that is
[1:24:10] it for me. Since the now adjourned.